Evening Star Newspaper, August 12, 1897, Page 2

2 ‘THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 1897-10 (PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Senator Hanna’s Yacht Comanche Ashore in Nipigon Strait. AE ‘TELEGRAPHS FOR ASSISTANCE Senator's Family and a Number of Friends Aboard. YACHT ISSEAWORTHY PORT ARTHUR, Ont., August 12.—The steam yacht Comanche, with Senator M. A Hanna’s party on beard, is ashore some- where in the Nipigon straits on the north shore of Lake Superior. The boat seems to be in serious danger, as the telegram calls for assistance, ask- ing that two wrecking tugs and a lighter be sent at once. The telegram was sent from Nipigon sta- tion, on the Canadian Pacific. The Co- manche left -here Tuesday morning for a cruise along the north shore. Senaior Hanna's party, up to that time, had had a delightful trip, and had met with no mis- haps. The place where the yacht came to disas- ter is of rocky formation, channels being dotted with many small islands. It is con- sidered dangerous for any except exper- fenced pilots. List of Those Aboard. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 12.—The party ‘on board: the Comanche included Sen- ator and Mrs. Hanna and daughters, Mable and Ruth, of Cleveland; ex-Governor and Mrs. Merriam of Minnesota, who were taken on .t Duluth; Mr. and Mrs. Gosline of Toledo, Miss McCurdy of Cleveland, Mr. Beery of Toledo and Miss Phelps of Cleveland. The Comanche is still thoroughly sea- worthy and was used by Senator Hanna's brother last summer in his cruise in the West Indies. Prospect That He May Have to Fight All Ital; PARIS, August 12—Prince Henry of Orleans, replying to the Duke of Aosta, eldest nephew of the King of Italy, who was sent to France by his majesty with instructions to mak an attempt to pre- vent the duel being fought between Prince Henry and General Albertone, as a result of the prince's reflections upon the con- duct of the Italian soldiers in Abyssinia, has informed the duke that it is imvossi- ble for him to retreat. It is now thought that others will inter- vene in the matter. The following semi-official communica- tion has been issued: It is learned from a trustworthy source that the unexpected intervention of a very high Italian personage claiming for him- self the honor of encountering Prince Henry of. Gricans wiil very provavly modify the situation. Under these circum- stances, it is probable that General Al- bertone will have to give place to the ex- alted personage in question. A telegram which was received by Prince Henry while travelling last night. ap- prised him of the new intervention. ———— GAZETTE GROWS CAUSTIC. London Paper Still Chafing Over That Sherm: Interview. LONDON, August 12—The Westminster Gazette this afternoon publishes a long leading article, in the course of which the opinion is expressed that if Secretary Sher- man should: be forced to retire from the cabinet he will “make Ohio too hot for Senator Hanna,”” adding: “It is awitl to conteraplate the results of Mr. Hanna being done out of his price for making McKinley President. : ~“Some innocents may object that if Sher- man is too sénile to hold office he must be too senile for the Senate, but as a matter of fact, no one has yet estimated how in- competent a man must be before the Sen- ate is closed.to him. In this he shares the advantage of the house of lords.” In conclusion the Westminster Gazette remarks: “We are rather sorry if Secretary Sherman is to be superseded, as in his own rough way he expresses a phase of Amer- ican feeling which it is important for us to know.” : ———.__ NEWS OF THE ORIENT. Let© Advices Brought by Empress of Japa: VANCOUVER, B. C., August 12.—Aa- wices from the orient, per steamer Em- Press of Japan, say: Rev. Wm. H. Noyes has resigned as mis- sionary in Japan of the American board, on the ground that he is uncertein whether he believes some of the doctrines inculcat- ed by the board. It was his avowal of be- lief in probation after death that brought about the famous controversy over that question some forty years ago. News has been received of the death by drowning of Brigadier General De Badens, commanding the third and fourth military districts of Tonkin, while on am inspection trip. He was drowned in Clear river, a native boat in which he was traveling be- ing upset in the rapids. The chamber of commerce of Manila has convoked a ene meeting for the 15th instant of the merchants in Manila, in order to get public opinion on the loan about to be raised for the archipelago and what had best be done to solve the political Steamer A gambling scandal, in which several po- ice officials are involved, is creating a sensation at Hong Kong. One official, who, it is claimed, made $7 per day for permit- ting gambling games to be run, has been committed for trial and severaé other offi- cers suspended. ss The Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank has declared a dividend of one pound five shil- lings for the last year and will carry for- ward the last sum. o———— PLAN TO TAX ME Fort Scott, Kans. Takes Raise Revenue. FORT SCOTT, Kan., August 12-+A. local: paper and some of the councilmen tf tlits city are insisting that an occupation tax be assessed against the ministers of the town 8 a means of raising revenue to make up the deficiency occasioned by the closing of; the saloons. = The council fs wrestling with an.accypa- tion tax ordinance, and some of the mem- bers refuse to support the measure unless it shalt include ministers. The town is two months in arrears with the police salaries. The city attorney had advised that minis- ters be taxed, thovgh they are not in other town in tke land. os Steps to —_-—_ JEALOUS OF PoLITics, Wife of a Cherokee Politician Gives Novel Reason for Suicide. FAYETTEVILLE, Ark., August 12—At Kennison, Cherokee nation, the young wife of Tom Regers, a promizent Cherokee poli- tician, comuitted suicide by swallowing morphine. . ‘Mrs. Rogers was a white woman, for- merly of this city. She gave as the mo- ae oa Tender Mayflower Launched. BATH, Me., August 12—The new govern- ment ‘light-house tender Mayflower was launched from the Bath iron works yard Yclock today. The official dimensions FLAMES LOOKED DANGEROUS. Great Excitement Caused by a Fire in a Bi mes! What threatened to be a conflagration of reammoth proportions started shortly after 2:30 o'clock this afternoon in a stable in the rear of 635 H street. For a quarter of an hour the big installment establishment of P. Grogan was in’ danger from the flames, as was other valuable property near by. The stable was the property of Jeremiah McCarthy, a saloon keeper. It literally went up in smoke, and the indications were. at some distance, that the entire block was ablaze. The flames spread to a row of frame alley dwellings nearby, and only the active ef- forts of the firemen prevented damage to Grogan’s establishment and the residence of Mr. McCarthy. In addition to the stable, Mr. McCarthy lost two valuable horses, a new wagon and harness, as well as other stable fittings. The row of frame houses were unoccu- pied. Mr. McCarthy stated that he was con- vinced that the fire was of incendiary origin. His son had been in the stable but a moment before the flames were discov- ered, and everything at that time was all right. The damage will aggregate about $3,000. ee ADDITIONAL DUTY ON TEA.” The Attorney General Carefully Ex- amining the Question. The important question of whether this country can levy an additional duty of 10 per cent on Ch‘nese and Japanese tea brought into this country through Canada will not be decided by the Attorney Gen- eral in less than six days. The question is one involving so much that the Attorney General will give hearings on the subject to Americans who are interested. Saturday. next he will give a hearing to New Eng- land railroad men, who are interested in preventing the additional duty being levied. The railroad men secure a large amount of the hauling of tea brought into the United States after being landed in Canada by Canadian railways. It is prob- able that representatives of western rail- ways will also have hearings, inasmuch as they would like to see the additional duty imposed. If they can sepure the imposi- tion of this extra duty they will probably direct the shipment of ted from Vancouver, B. C., to American ports on the Pacific cost. Zs ees SS SE ILLINOIS STEEL CO. ATTACHED. Ore Company Sets Up a Claim for #60, MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 12—Part of the Tilinois Steel Company ts in the hands of the sheriff, who has attached the prop- ety to satisfy an attachment for $60,539 in favor of the Newport Mining Comp; The suit grows out of failure on th part of the Illinois Steel Company to pay that amount, alleged to be due on iron ore delivered by the plaintiffs. It is said that the attachment will in no way in- terfere with the operation of the plant because the sheriff has not taken posses- sion of any of the operating departments or machinery. ad Big Offer to Miners. BRAZIL, Ind., Avgust 12—Today Hous- tin Johnson, general manager of the Jack- son Coal Mining Company, offered his miners 8) cents per ton to return to work and mine sufficient coal to supply the Cen- tral Iron and Steel Works here. No action will be, taken on the offer until the mass meeting Saturday. The offer is unexpect- ed, and has created intense feeling among the miners, who claim it is a scheme to break the strikers’ ranks. ea American Lumber for Russia. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 12.—The building of the Siberian railway has been of great benefit to the lumber trade of this coast. The Glen Turret, a new freight steamer of 3,026 tons net, now at Shanghai, has been ghartered to take lumber and rail- road ties from the Columbia river to Vla- divostock. Se . State of Washington's Wheat Crop. SPOKANE, Wash. August 12.—The Spekesman Review has crop reports from special correspondents. The estimated wheat yield, -as given. by the reports, is as follows: Washington—Spokane: county, 4,- 000,000 bushels; Walla Walla, 4,000,000 Adams, 3,000,000; Whitman, 13,500,000; Lin- coln, 13,400,000; Kittas, 400,000; Yakima, 300,000. North Idaho—Latah county, 2,000, (00; Nez Perces, 1,900,000. Total, 41,000,000 bushels. # ——— Death of Prominent Coffee Planter. TALLAC LAKE, Cal., August 12.—Philip Kern, a wealthy coffee planter of San Sal- yador, died nere yesterday. He was one of the best-known coffee planters in Central America. He commenced business fifteen years ago and amassed wealth, until the present value of his property is. over $5,- 000,000. He was a German by birth. —————— Patricide at Lavinia, Tex. HOUSTON, Tex., August —At Lavinia Tuesday night Gus Tiner went home drunk and began ebusing his wife, finally picking up a butcher knife and assaulting her. His eighteen-year-old son came to his mother’s rescue and shot and Killed his father. SS English Grouse Season Open. LONDON, August 12.—Grouse shoo:ing opened today under favorable auspices. The Highlands report good bags. In southern Scotland there is some «disease, and in Derbyshire the birds are healthy and strong, but too wild to yléld good bags. The Yorkshire moors are yielding well. The first grouse at Sheffield sold at 18s. ($4.50) per brace. ——— Peace Negotiations Postponed. CONSTANTINOPLE, August 12.—The meeting which was to have taken place today between the ambassadors of the powers and the Turkish minister of foreign affairs, Tewfik Pusha, for further consid- eration of the Greco-Turk peace treaty, has been postponed until Saturday next, this being the feast of the birth of the prophet. ——————— Labor Official Arrested. PEORIA, Iil., August 12—W. A. Shea- han, ex-grand secretary and treasurer of the Brotherhood of Raflroad Trainmen, was arrested today at the instigation of the grand trustees, charged with embezzle- ment of $1,840. He was released upon giv- ing $2,300 bail. He claims it is an over- draft. SSS Daniel S. Lamont Elected. NEW YORK, August 12—C. 8. Mellen was today elected president of the North- ern Pacific Raflway Company. Daniel 8. Lamont was elected director and vice pres- ident. ed Alisorbed .by Glucose : Trust. PEORIA, Il, August 12.—Deeds were filed today transferring the property in Peoria of the American Glucose Co. and the Peoria Grape Sugar Co. to the Glucose Sugar Refining Co. of New Jersey. The ecns‘deration of the former is $1,750,000 and of the latter $900,000. ~ ———-—— Seoteh Oil Combine Collapses. GLASGOW, August 12.—The Scotch oil trade combine has collapsed, owing to the decision of the various companies not to fix the prices for the coming winter. ——-—_—_. a Minister Woodford Of to Madrid. LONDON, August 12—Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, the new United States minister to Spain, started fur Paris today with his staff on his way to Madrid. aie WILL. FILL THE JAILS President Dolan’s Comment on Judge Collier’s Injunction. MINERS STRIKE GROWS SERIOUS Trouble Almost Certain to Follow This Late Action. THE STRIKE ELSEWHERE PITTSBURG, Pa., August 12—The much- talked-of bill for an injunction against the United Mine Workers that was to have been filed in the United States courts was filed in the county courts about noon by counsel for the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company. .The défendants named are the United Mine Workers of America, Patrick Dolan, president; Edward McKay, vice president; Wm. Warner, secretary and treasurer, and others. The plaintiff company sets forth that it is a corporation under the laws of Pennsyl- vania, with a capital of a million dollars, invested in coal lands of Pennsylvania. Three of their mines, employiag 1,200 men, are at Plum Creek, Turtle Creek und Sandy Creek. The bill then recites the conditions pre- vailing at their mines since the strike be- gan, and alleges that the strfkers have paid no attention to the sheriff's proclamation and that the lives of miners and the prop- erty of the company are in danger. Injunction Granted. Judge Collier grznted a preliminary in- junction restraining ordering and enjoining the defendants from assembling, marching or encamping in proximity to the mines and houses of the miners for the purpose, by in- timidation, menaces, threats and oppro- bious words, of preventing the miners of the plaintiff from working. It further restrains the defendants from inducing or compelling any employe cr miner to quit work. A hearing was fixed for August 16. The injunction is regarded as the most sweep:ng yet issued. President Dolan expressed surprise when informed that it had been granted, and added: “It will make no difference to us. We will not break camp and will go right along as usual until the matter is tesied in the courts. We will stay there regardless of every judge in Allegheny county, and if they try to enforce the injunction they will have to build more jails to accommo- date the men.” Dolan’s Plan Outlined. ‘The striking miners at Canonsburg have determined to force the injunction issue by continuing the daily marches and meetings in the neighborhood of the McGovern and Canonsburg mines in spite of the order of Judge McIlwaine of Washington, forbidding marches on the public roads leading to the mines. The purpose is to have the men arrested in order to test the legality of the injunction. Patrick Dolan stated that it had been de- termined to keep up the marches, and as fast as one group is arrested another will take its place, until there will be so many of them in jail that the public opinion of the community and country will be aroused on the question of the alleged new form of injunction. In this movement the support of all the leading trades unions of the country is said to have been pledged, as a result of a secret meeting at Columbus during the Jast three days, and which was presided over by Samuel Gompers, president of the Ameri- can Federation of Labor. Reason for the Injunction. Serious trouble was threatened at Unity at 4 o’clock this morning. Deputy Sheriff Richards was in charge of some men going to work, and the strikers ran ahead of the men, hooting and jzering them. Sheriff Richards ordered the strikers to move, but they refused. He then called on his other deputies to assist aim, and the strikers seeing that he meant what Ne sald, moved off, still hooting the men going to work. When the report of the trouble was made at camp there was great excitement and many threats, but the excitement quieted ‘down on the arrival of the leaders. There are now one hundred and twenty-two dep- ties at Plum Creek, an increase of fifty- two. When T. B. De Armitt heard of the threatened trouble he drove over from Turtle Creek, and spent all morning going from house to house to induce the men to go to work. At noon there were two hun- dred and three men in the mine, a decrease of: thirteen. This decrease is due to the new tactics of the strikers in guarding the miners’ houses. Situation in West Virginia. CLEVELAND. Ohio, August 12.—A spe- cia! to the Plain Dealer from Wheeling says: At 2:30 o'clock this morning 250 strikers from over in Ohio marched through Wheel- ing to the Riverside and Elm Grove mines, where they joined the 500 Moundsville, Glendale and Boggs Run miners, who had been on guard all night. It took only a few minutes’ persuasion to close these two pits, and the whole panhan- dle district is now idle except a few small peddling mires that supply purely local household demand. This morning’s reports show less strength in the Kanawha valley strike. More men have gene to work on both sides of the river. At Fairmont there is more listlessness than has been seen for several weeks. The local lieutenants are waiting for Gompers and the conference of national leaders at Monongah tomorrow. The lgad- ers will brave the United States -court’s injunction, and, if any are arrested, all the labor unions in the country will take tp the fight for them. COAL IN REFRIGERATOR Discovery Made by Colorado Railrond Men at La Junta. DENVER, Col., August 12.—Railroad men are greatly interested in the discovery which is alleged to have been made at La Junta, Col., that the Santa Fe Railroad Company is shipping coal to eastern points in refrigerator cars. According to the report, four refrigerator cars were sidetracked at Lu Junta for re- pairs. The cars were marked and sealed and the contents were billed as perishable fruit, which has right of way over all other class of traffic except mail and fast passenger service. It was necessary for the workmen to enter the cars in order to make repairs. The seals were broken and the cars were found to be filled with coal from mines of lo and New Mexico. Refrigerator cars are said to have been going out of the state on a very extensive scale for two or three weeks past. —— DISEASE IN THE HIDES. Alarming Mortality Among Tannery Empleycs at Cleartield, Pa. CLEARFIELD, Pa., August. 12.—The Falls Creek tannery at Falls Creek, this county, has closed gown, because of the appearance of a peculiar and terrible dis- TARIEE ON STONE. Awkward Complication Concerning = Million-Dollar Contract. The War Department has got into a se- rious tariff complftation In connection with the construe! sthe big breakwater in the harbor lo. “A contract for this work has we with Hughes Bros. & Bangs.at ‘big @f $1,635,797. The stone for the-breakWator.}s. obtained in Canada. Under the Wiikon- it was entered free, but it has decided that itis now sub- Jeet to duty tkider the Dingley bill, regard- less of the faet that the stone ts imported by the gové: ent, for its own use. Acting Secrétary lejohn is in corres- pondence with the, Treasury Department with a view to allowing the continuance of work under a: on of duties until the matter can be rer led by Congress, other- wise the work wilk have to be abandoned for the present arid thé’government be sub- Jected to great loss of time and money. oS CHICAGO TENNIS ‘TOURNEY. Wrenn Defeats Collins and Nisbet ‘Wins From Mahony. = Larned and Eaves played to a draw in the only fhatch at the Chicago tennis tour- ney “yesterday, where the American and English experts: tested their’ skill. The affair was called on*account of darkness, after each man had secured a set.’ In the other matches “Bob” Wrenn won two straight from Collins, the western chan- pion, and Nisbet created a surprise by win- ning two out of three from Mahovey. The contest betweon Larned and Haves, although. unfinished, was the most inter- esting to watch and brought cut the pret- test work of the day. - All points constder- ed, the style of the men is as different as would be expected and both are masters in the art of pidying. Eaves obtained a lead of 5-2 before Larned fairly got started and then the latter did all the playing, running the count to 7-6 and 40-love. With one point between him and the loss of the set, Eaves played good ball, the set being finally won, 10-8, by Larned. In the following set Eaves recied off four-in short order. Larned then took five straight and Eaves followed up the erratic scoring by gathering in the next three and Set. " Mahoney and Nisbet ‘gave a fine exhi- bition of steady accurate play, although it lacked the brilliancy of the Kaves- Larned match. The first and second’ sets were both played to duce, but after three all was reached in the déciding set Nisbet ran out. Nisbet is accounted the weakest of the three Englishmen. His successive vic- tories over each of his countrymen puts a different aspect on the rating. Champion Wrenn found Coliins casy prey. The latter did-not seem to catch his str®ke at all, besides being inaccu- rate, hit the ball ‘with the woodwork of the racquet many times. Summary: Nisbet defeated Mahoney 6-8, 7-5, 6-3. Wrenn defeated Collins 6-1, 6-1: Larned vs. Eaves, 10-8, 5-7 (unfinished). See TEST OF BULLET-PROOF CLOTH. C mer Zeglen’s Invention Given -a Practical. Trinl at Ft. Sheridan. At Fort Sheridan yesterday a test was made of the bullet-proof cloth invented by Casimer Zeglen, the Krag-Jorgensen rifle being used. The test was a triumph for the cloth, and the officers who were present de- clared that the cloth had fulfilled all the claims made -for-it'by the inventor. The test was made- under the personal super- vision of Col:-Robert Hall of the 4th In- fantry, the commatdant of the post. A piece of the cloth, 15 by 24 inches and 1% inches thick, wA8 ‘stretched across one of the ordinary silhouette targets, repre- senting the figure of a man standing. The cloth was composed-of five layers of equal thickness, the--weight of the piece being about eight pounds.- The firing began at a distance of 4¢0-yards, the first bullet strik- ing squarely .in .the center of the cloth. The bullet went no.ifurther than the first layer of the cloth. It was picked out with the fingers, looking. yery much like a small toadstool. At 300 yards’ the bullet penetrated to the eeee layer of cloth, ee was smashed: out of shape. i200 yards second layer was parrot and the? third penetrated. At 200 yards’ the: ffth ‘layer of the cloth was struck.--*- “2 a ‘Phe -officers- present” amittel that the bullets. were stopped, but suy ‘the cloth in its. present shape -is-too thick to be of any service to a soldier save-as a stield. ‘Land Grant Forfeit’ Rentirmed. Acting Secretary ‘Ryan of the Interior Dérartment: today” reaffirmed.a former ac- tion of the’ ‘départment in the matter of fcrfeited lands of the Mobile and Girard lard grants in Alabama, involving about 200,000 acres.. The lands. of the uncomplet- ed ‘road were forfeited under the general forfeiture of railroad lhds, but the law contained a provisidn protecting bona fide purchasers of lands’ which had been pat- ented to the company. Through several al- leged sales and purchases. the Perdido Land Cempany clatmed to have a purchase right in the forfeited lands. The decision today denies that right and holds the forfeited lands as restored: tothe public domain. 5 - 2 To Examine Enlisted Men. A board of officers has been ordered to meet at Fort Leavenwotth, Kan., Septem- ber 1 for the competitive examination of the following named enlisted men, who lave successfully.passed the departmental preliminary examination for promotion to the line of the army: Corporal Benjamin 'P. ‘Nicklin, Troop I, ist Cavalry; Private Malcolm Young, Troop G, 4th. Cavalry; Private Robert E. Wyllie, band, 1st Artillery; Corporal Charles S. Lincoin, Company B, 2d Infantry; Corporal Samuel Curtis Vestal, Company E, 2d In- fantry; Sergeant Patrick H. Mullay, Com- pany F, 4th Infantry; Corporal Thomas H. R. McIntyre, Company”E, 5th Infantry; Corporal Richard H: McMaster, Company D, 10th Infantry;-Corporal John C. Bar- rard, Company G) 21st Infantry; Corporal Engelbert G. Ovenshine, Company C, 23d Infantry; ‘also\.Gandidate First- Sergeant Joseph D. Bradley, Company D, 12th In- fantry, and Candidate Sergeant Major Jas. V. Heidt, 13th Infantry, The detail for the examining board is as follows: - ‘ Capt. William Baird, 6th Cavalry; Capt. James A. Irors, 20th Infantry; First Lieu- tenant James A. Cole, 6th Cavalry;- First Lieutenant John H. ‘Stone, assistant sur- geon; First Liéutenant Basil H. Dutcher, assistant surgebn; First Lieutenant , Fred- erick V. Krug, 20th Infantry, recorder. eee anes Extra Pay for ‘Letter Carriers, A&Ssistant Secretary Vanderlip of the Treasury Department today referred to the accounting officers for examination and settlement additional judgments of the Court, of Claims,in favor of 330 letter car- riers of Chicago for extra pay under the act of May 24, 1888. These claims became payable yesteyday,,under the provisions of the deficieney 2a4-of June 19, if the judg- ments of the Gounsef Claims were not ap- pealed fror by the United States. The work the accounting officers wit! take a week® and'upon the adjudication made warrents ‘wil issue in -payment- of ~the claims. 4. pravious. list of judgments Ineluded. in thy fency act. for 300. Chi- so nisease been passed upon cago carriers. and paid by Treasury Department. Goverument,,$purces of Income. MARYLAND POLT Fight for the Republican Nomination for Mayor of Baltimore. MARBURG ARRAYED AGAINST MALSTER Character of the Campaign Now in GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, August 12.—Interest in the local republican mayoralty contest, which was for the time being overshadowed by conjecture as to the value of the report that Senator Gorman intended to retire from politics, is again absorbing public at- tention, and-the party primaries on the 23d will settle the. most remarkable pre- Mminary campaign that has been fought in the city for years. The “organization,”-or the Marburg fac- tion, still expresses confidence in ultimate victory, and the Malster mén appear to grow more and more encouraged as the time for holding the primaries approaches. Col. Supplee and his followers are still in the field, but are being taken less and less seriously. All three aspirants are display- ing tremendous energy, and every evening the city rings with fervent oratory, while such picturesque (and occasionally gro- tesque) features as trolley parties, “Sup- plee straw rides,” cake walks, dances and picnics en the bay shore have, througa con- stant repetition, lost their novelty. Senator Wellington’s Opinion. Republican business men who are sup- porting Mr. Marburg have felt encouraged this week at the visits of Senator Welling- ten, and the conferences he has held with City Chairman Stone, Chairman Airey of the Marburg campaign committee and other machine leaders. While Mr. Wellington has publicly <xpressed satisfaction at the eutlook, privately he has admitted that the situation is very critical, and this fecl- ing is fully shared by many others wno are conducting Mr. Marburg’s campaign. Officially, the organization leaders say that they are making progress every day. ‘They concede great strength to Mr. Mal- ster, but declare that its distribution will prove fatal to his candidacy. They predict that while he will probably carry some wards by big majorities, he will lose by suf- ficient margins in others, and, although he’ may have the bulk of the rank and file of the party back of him, this, under the. sys- tem of the election of delegates by wards, will be of no more avail to him than a popular majority to a presidential candi- date who is unable to carry the electoral college. . Some Campaigning Schemes. The support of the radical reform ele- ment is sought through representations that in the event of Mr. Malster’s election, he will be in duty bound to “take care of” certain republicans who have not stood very high, either in public estimation or in their party councils. The candidate's identification with certain: of these “‘po- litical vagabonds,” as some of the Mar- burg men term them, is being exteasively used to alarm the purists, whose votes are sought. An effort is now being made to induce Governor Lowndes to bring Police Com- missioner A. W. Johnson, who is consid- ered a*Malster man, over to the Marburg” standard. The governor was of conside: able service to Mr. Johnson when the la’ ter made his fight before the general as- sembly for his present office, and it is hoped that the commissioner may listen to his appeal. The organization's chief anx- Jety lies in the fact that Malster has the police board, and can consequently depend on approximately fair treatment at the primaries. ere it not for this rotection Marburg would douhtiess carry the day in’ approved: Gorman-Raisin ritg style, but it is ex- ceeding dubious if the machine can shake Malster’s hold cn the board, The power of the state administration Is being applied, and the police magistrates, who have been quietly working for Mar- burg, are showing moré activity. The sa- loon keepers have received instructions via the liquor license board to exert their in- fluence, and the cicsing days of the fight find the organization working with an en- ergy only displayed by a machine that realizes that its very existence is imper- iled. Enthusiasm for Malster. The Malster campaign is going on with characteristic enthusiasm, and every night meetings and demonstrations in behalf of the shipbuilder are held, which bave never been equaled in similar campaigns in Bal-' timore. Fresh accessions are reported daily, and so intense is the devotion of the Malster men to their idol that it is safe to predict that, if Mr. Marburg’s nomina- tion should he effected through unjust means, and it seems impossible that it should be otherwise accomplished, there‘ will be a desertion of the party mayoralty candidate this year which will practically’ insure the election of whomever the demo- crats may nominate. Southern Maryland Drawing Atten-' tion. The maneuvers of the Mudd and Lowndes factions’ in southern Maryland: are attracting a great deal of notice from politicians of both parties in Baltimore. and visitors from that section are assured of attentive listeners. State Senator Wash- ington Wilkinson, who has represented St. Mary’s county so many times at Annap-— olis that it has been occasionally suggested that elections for that office are super-. fluous, has been in town during the pres- ent week and has confided a pathetic tale.|- of grievances to his friends in the city. According to Mr. Wilkinson, his renomi-: nation for the state senate’is by no means a certainty, owing to the practices of Con- gressman Sydney E. Mudd, who is back- ing Mr. Joseph Ching, a young lawyer and: a former member of thé house of dele- gates, and who has succeeded in shaking the fidelity of many of the former Wilkin- son supporters. Mr. Ching has recently’ inherited a large fortune from a relative in. New York and is consequently well quali- fied to meet the emergencies of a southern Maryland campaign. This, in addition to tfie- support of Mudd, renders him a for- midable antagonist. Senator Wilkinson has appealed to his old ally, Postmaster General Gary, and it is understood that he will eceive substantial assistance from him. a ‘He ts especially anxious to return to the state senate next January, as he proposes, in the event of his election and republican control of bend body, to peer y a a lency. Gov. Lowndes fs anxious tr ose en sotan and is doing what he to see him returned factions there, are hoping that the state will order new primaries to-be _| ing the. body hanging. At no time was it he palm of his hand, and is holding back the recalling of the county convention until it ts decided who shall succeed Mr. Murray Vandiver as collector of internal FINANCE AND TRADE Another Day for the Bulls on New York Stock Board. COMMISSIO STRONG BUYERS Buoyancy Due to the Engagement of Grain for Export. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS "Fae fac e tor attributes the boom of ex- a aoe Thomas oe of Calvert & compromise lidate between himself and Mr. B. F. Parlett, and the sug- gestion that he (Tuck) shail resume his old place as postmaster at Annapolis, to the machinations of Mr. Mudd, and conse- quently ke has turned toward Senator Wel- ington and Governor Lowndes. He has notified both sides, however, that in case he is not made collector, or is com- pensated for the loss of that appointment, he will himself head Anne Arundel’s re- publican legislative ticket, and will create all the disturbance in his power, if elected, in the next house of delegates. Democrats Looking On. Chairman Murray Vandiver of the demo- cratic state central committee will open headquarters next week and will call the new committee together toward the cnd of the month to outline the preliminary steps in the campaign. There is some. doubt as to whether or not the committee will oc- cupy a suite of rooms in the Carrollton Hotel, as heretofore, or will, as some demo- oe take rooms on Baltimore street. Since the flutter occasioned by the discus- sion of Mr. Gorman’s alleged intention of withdrawing has subsided democratic poll- tics have been quiescent, and the attention of members of the party in the city has been riveted on the three-cornered mayor- alty fight among their opponents. Nothing would it Baltimore democrats more than the nomination of Mr. Theodore Mar- burg by the republicans, as they hold that his defeat would be a foregone conclusion, and would be precipitated by desertions of the Maister men. The republican ma- chine has the full sympathy of regular democrats in its fight to nominate ‘Star. burg, and if opportunity offers there are “enthusiasts” among them who will un- doubtedly be found willing to back its ef- forts by voting for its candidate at the republican primaries. The democrats believe that no matter what the result cf the republican mayor- alty fight may be, the bitterness engen- dered in the anti-primary struggle will handicap the successful nominee, and while the harmony in their own ranks is not re- markable, they feel that they are in bet- ter condition than they have been for the Past two years, at least, and are likely to take the field in better trim than the republicans. Special Diapatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Avgust 12—The change in foreign sentiment, noted yesterday, was again an important factor in stock market operations today. Arbitrage houses reported some difficulty in getting stocks out of Lon- don, and concluded, in consequence, that an early buying demand from that center was inevitable. Foreign selling has un- doubtedly left the market bare of the-more active stocks, and the new account is likely to be largely given over to the long side of the market. Continued improvement in the wheat market and the heavy seaboard shipmen‘s of grain are recognized as factors justify- ing a range of values ncet recorded during the last five years. Tonnage is now limited only by the car- rying capacity of the roads in many in- stances. The United States will ship car- goes of bread stuffs to all parts of the werld during the next few months, and un incoming tide of gold will result. There is no incentive to extensive liqui- dation in a market supported by such con- ditions. While profit taking is going on in one group of securities, another is being advanced under buying of an extremely confident character. The group forced to recede temporarily under the desire to secure profits has in no instance been wholly abandoned. The market is being moved up step by step, and once the advance becomes uniform, the original issues are again taken in hand and made to reflect their possibilities. The process is an incident of all genuine bull mark: The commis forenoon was superior in character, well as in volume, to any recor the year. Public interest is with each succeeding day, t prices doing more to attract buyers than ail the theories of the last six months. In some instances a covering of short con- trects assisted the upward movement. Baltimore and Ohio was a@vanced nearly 5 per cent on an interest of the latter char- acier. Rumors that no assessm nt would te made on the stock and increasing business were responsible for the score. The North- ern Pacific issues were in good demand at a new high level, inspired by the official announcement of the election of a new president. Ex-Secretary Lamont, while temporarily acting as vice president, will be elevated to the first office once certain stock contingencies are removed from the situation. The coal shares are in better demand, the Reading issues being relied upon to assume a position of increasing prominence. Puacttic Mail was marked up under a demand in- spired by the recent favorable construction of the new tariff schedule. Texas Pacific and Union Pacific were features of the low, priced issues, the advance in the latter be- ing attributed to favorable developments in connection with the propose] reorganiza- tion. Extens.ve realizing sales were in progress during the final hour, but the market as a whole reflected no indication of weak- ness. ee SAW HER ASSAILANT HANGED. Victim of the Negro Brackett Wit- messed a Crowd Lynch Hi Bob Brackett, the negro assailant of Miss ‘Kittie Henderson, was lynched near Ashe- ville, .N..C, yesterday afternoon, As an- nounced in The Star yesterday, a mob broke into the jail at that place and bat- tered down the steel doors that led to the cells. It was then discovered that Brackett had been spirited away by the officers. All the other prisoners in the jail were liberated. Pursuit of the officers was soon commenced and a crowd caught up with them at Ter- rel! station on the Southern railway, eight- een miles east of Asheville, early yesterday tMorning. Brackett was taken from ris protectors, but the mob could not agree as to disposition of him. Some wished to hang him there, but the stronger party de- cided to take him back to the vicinity of his crime. It was 4:35 a.m. when the party started | out afoot, leading the negro, now nearly exhausted and seemingly only half con- scious, though he had not been ill treated. Breakfast was had with a farmer, the ne- gro having his share, and then the walk of some twelve miles was resumed. The Toute was through a deep ravine, between towering mountains. At noon Hemphills school house ‘was reached, and there the Party was informed that the Asheville militia had been called out and were on their way to meet the mob. After consultation Miss Kittie Hender- son, the negro’s victim, was sent for, four and a half miles away, that che might see her assailant hanged. When ske arrived the negro was strung up so quietly that half the hangers-on, who had gathered from the country round, did not know that it had been done. No shots were fired, and the mob dispersed after a half hour, leav- jon house buying during the as —_— FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL, The following are the opening, the high- est and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as re- ported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stcck exchange. Correspondents, possible for the militia to have interfered. | Messrs. Moore & Schle: 5 . 80 Broadway. This is the third lynching in. Buncombe Low. Close. county in twelve years. American Spirits... 14 3% American Spirits, BR: —-o-—_—_—_ HAVANA GREATLY INTERESTED. to Who Shall Succeed Canovas: Discussed by Politicians. The Associated Press correspondent at Havana, under date of August 11, say: The question of who will be the perma- nent successor of’ Senor Canovas del Cas- tillo is being hotly discussed in political Uhicage, Ba @ circles. Many believe that Senor Sagasta | Uneaten soni a0" a0" will be called in. In official circles, how- | © G we 10RK ever, the conviction 1s strong that the con- oa servatives will Continue in power. yi ‘ss on a Captain Geriefal Weyler will not resign | Chicago'St. Paul M-£O° G2” Gvy est” go While. a conservative cabinet handles the | Cousvlidated as, ~~ ee ae! reins, but no one doubts that he would do 80 if-the queen regent called on Sagasta. A v-ell-dressed woung man, who gives the name of Guasha, called on Jose Sarra, a wealthy wholesale druggist, and demanded $00, threatening to blow Sarra to pieces with an alleged dynamite- machine if he refused. He was promptly arrested, and when the box was opened it was found to contain enly & brick. Insurgents to the number of 800, strongly intrenched in the Gillo hills, near Madruga, province of Havana, have been attacked by three Spanish columns, commanded bx Generals Molina and Morote and Colonel Aguilera. Details of the fighting have not Med yet been received, but reports from Madru- tie ga say that the Spanish troops have lost aS, eleven ‘killed, among them a major and a A + lieutenant, and forty wounded. The fight- ing ‘still continues. The insurgents have seized the town of Media Luna, near Manzanillo. A Spanish force was sent from the steamer Fausta to gather horses in the Manzanillo district, but it was received with @ hot fire and compelled to suspend opera- tions. : 2 -—_____ Naval Orders. |. Paymaster R. M. T. Ball, from the De- troit to the Cincinnati; Paymaster H. E. ‘Drury, from the Cincinnati to the Texas; Passed Assistant Paymaster T. H. Hicks, g m,--Lincoln Fire at Fonds.-20-sear fand Sa, 101 pid. 30-year fund @s, 112 bid. Water stock from the Norfolk navy yard to the Detroit; | js 1901 caren eA ad. Water sok fa, Tye Paymaster C. S. Williams, to the Norfolk a 112% bid, 3.05, funding, currency, 110 navy yard; Passed Assistant Engineer J. 4 Bondts.—Metropolitan Railroad L. Gow, to the Boston navy yard; Assist- | 113 id. Metropcan alirest cou Gx: tise big, ant Naval Constructcr H. L. Ferguson, to | 120 asked. M. itm Railvoad aise st superintend construction of torpedo boat : . certificates of indebted B, Ws ‘Colma bia we 20 at Pea Melee —— hig 18 bid. Washington Commpany sign. S. Bookwalter, from the Maine to 3. .— Naval Academy. and brokers, 1427 F st, members New Yorx 4 stock ex correspondents Messt's. | yng ‘bid. bia, “C Ledenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York, -| tid.’ West End, 103 wid » 8) bid, 100 sag B Lincola, 104 bid, 10S asked. Olio, 90 tee Soe fe Deposit and Trust National ar and | a z 455 4.70 73 713 z 699 asked. Riggs, ‘a, & bid. 6.90 aot Spa, De eked “ise bia 693 6.98 Insurance Stocks.’ Estate Title, 110 ‘Telepione 38 bid, 50 asked. S50 | Scan Grapboptone, i bid, oy adeed Ameten ‘Treamatic ‘Cun