Evening Star Newspaper, August 13, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ge PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. ceunter 2 cents each. By United States or Cenada--postage prepal Per month. Satrrday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., . AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, % 7101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by The Evening Star N Company, 6H RAUFEMANN, Frese New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to cubserfhers In thé eity by carriers, on thelr ow: per week. or 44 cents per ee Siar. as seccud-class matl matter.) aiccar sansa ane meer eimee-| No. 13,869. - WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, AUGUST 13, ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE|MICHIGAN AVENUE TITLE/INTEREST IN OHIO Rudolph Haenni, Stable Boss, Shoots ing = ee Cie: wood Oemetery Declared Void. Himself Through the Head. Action of the Populists in Putting Up a Ticket. Opinion of the Attorney for the Dis- trict Submitted to the Commis- A SPLIT W THAT PARTY LIKELY sioners —Its Text. EE = ie ’ FOUND IN BED IN DYING CONDITION Had Intimated His Purpose Previ- ously to Several Friends. ‘A question has arisen as to the District's | May Affect the Next Congres- title to Michigan avenue, through the Glen- : = wood cemetery, and the attorney for the sional Elections. District has decided, in an opinion rendered . to the Commissioners, that the condemna- tion proceedings of 1877 to condemn that] RADICALS WILL NOT FUSE avehué through the cemetery were void, for want of jurisdiction, and that the Dis- ict’ "" sh that Ke oouetotie cats tie a vente s Cunoush At | Politicians tare! deeply interesteattn the : . | action of the Ohio populists in putting up s Attorne: Pes eee eee * | an independent ticket for state officers. ‘The ore ies epee CI Ue a ae a eee avenue, so far as it is laid out through the AY, lands of Glenwood cemetery, depends upon ) than it is on account of the indication of = what is Hkely to happen when a general the regularity of condemnation proceedin| : é sha fusion is attempted between democrats, : eran ena the other world, | t@ken to acquire it, in 1887. Those proceed- Taeed aie Seno atorne coe pee oe Se ' lings were taken under chapter XI of the | Populists and silver republican e To members of fraternal societies whom | Revised Statutes of the United States, re-| gressional campaign next year and the he had met during the past few 4 ke | lating to the District of Columbia. presidential election. Little doubt is felt had remarked that they wovid soon have Glenwood GaROGFS ewes ieaueorated that the action of the middle-of-the-road to pay a dollar apiece for him. Gienhood cemetery of the Distelet of Co- | PoPulists in Ohio foreshadows the future. The shot was fied by the man in his | jombia,’ by Congress, July 27, 1854 (10 Stat., | It is very generally conceded that the mid- room, on the upper floor ef the stable of J. The charter provides that the ceme- | dle-of-the-road element of the populists T. Varnell & Co., in Cox's alley. He had tate oan h & power ito par cbare bane will never agree to another fusion with the cate = stable ental hold not exceeding one hundred acres : SantiGhe aiien been employed bu the stanle a= Sear he land in the District of Columbia, north of semoeraty, and see Gap ee an several years, and the room in which the | the jimits of the city of Washington; to | they control, from this time forwa shooting was done he had occupied as a | sell and dispose of such parts of said land | after the next presidential campaign, will as may not be wanted for the purposes of j declare for independent populist tickets. Haenni,who was born in Switzerland more | a cemetery; provided, that at least thirty | rhe important question is as to how strong an 8 contiguous acres shall be forever appropri: | the middle-of-the-road faction will be, and ve years. His son-| ated and set apart as a cemetery. Soll ehicthia orticheneltreeialkvecivopulixteho) Jacob Breuger, keeps Arion Hall, | And that the sald company shall have | Delteve in co-operation will stand by thelr on Sth street, and Haennt could have had | power to lay out and sell and dispose of | Conventions when they are overruled, or a good home there had he so desired. but | burial lots,’ etc. whether they will co-operate with the he preferred to live over the stable, where Relating to Thoroughfares. democrats anyhow. This may have much he could be master of his own domain. He |_|. BCUMt! ides. "That ne streets, | to do with determining the complexion of did not have many comforts 1 this room, ction 4 provides: a erernrererkiousaloriReerened cacivess but he frequently entertained his friends | lanes, alleys, road or canals of any sort nce esee tie there, and it was not an unusual thing for | shail be opened through the property of ‘opulist Split. him to “rush the growler’ and treat Dis | cata corporation, exclusively, and appro-| It ieienionen secret tat esol ” eet ee octiaanty tie Haente bee riated to the purposes of a cemetery. Pro- | party is likely. It is expected that the so- Sn ee ee neice cate | vida thing herein contained shall | called Watson crowd will go one way,whille auite fond of such beverages. His daugh- | vided, That nothing herein conta’ {which Si Butler and ter and son-in-law were always willing to | authorize said corporation to obstruct any | that element of which Senators help him, and frequently they sent meals } public road, or street, or lane, or alley now | Allen are the recognized leaders will go the and delicacies to him. actually opened, and used as such.” other. Of course both factions want to get “ f the com- bles. ‘Section 5 exempts the land o: : control of the regular organization, an raat abv pany dedicated to the purposes of a cem-| 1... is a serious contest inside the part Recently the unfortunate man has been | etery from taxaticn of any kind, and no It is practically certain that whichever con- possessed of an idea that he had loaned | taxes appear to have been paid on ny Lert | trois in natioral nr atters, the defeated fa: to friends several thousand dollars in | of the tract of ninety acres owned by the | tio, will refuse to tollow. It is said by so- money. and this, together with his do- | Cémeter: called fusionists that none of their people In 1877 the charter was amended (19) win) vote for Coxey in Ohio, and some say mestic troubles, it is thougat, preyed upen | stat. 266) so as to change the name of the | that they will be clad to let the extremists his mind to the extent that he hardly | corporation to ‘The Glenwood Cemetery’ to | of the Goxey strine, such as are represent. knew w he was doing at times. enlarge the beerd of trustees from three to} 6q py Watton and Bateman, go off by Three years ago his wife, who had come | five, &c., &c. themselves. At present the fusionists con- across the ocean with him, died. — a Charter Construed. trol the nsticnal committee and have an ar or more later he married again. But], - | overwhelming majority in the national ex- married life, it is sald, was not quite so} “The charter and amendment was con | ccutive committee; but’ they understand it had been when his first wife | Strued by the Supreme Court of the United | porrectly well that if they are able to re- was living. the second partner, it is under- | States, in Close vs. Glenwood Cemetery | tain their control over the party organiza- stood. deserting him. Just where she is | (107 U. S., 466) on a bill filed by Close in the ] tion and shape things toward a general the man’s relatives do not know, but rv- | Supreme Court of the District of Columbia | Co-operation in the {nterest of free sliver, it mor has it that she went from here to Bal- | yo 1 conve yarce of the whole of said | Will be at the sacrifice of th2 radical ele- timore. Another rumor is that she was y Trent, who will not consent to act with th to return today, and a wom possibly his | smuety acres of land, on the ground that | gemocrats, and will not support W. J. Bry- wife, is said to have called on him yester- | the corporation had never accepted the act | ay for the presidency. aa. of 1854; had never formally organized under a Haenni was drinking to some extent yes- | it, and that the land, except such burial Significance of the Ohio Vote. terday. it is stated, and to persons in the | sites as had been sold, had not been dedi-| ‘The vote cast in Ohio this fall will give a alley he said he had but a short time to eaten to pes purposes, a rehtnbe te clear indicatioa of how the populists will live. Although he made this statemont | private property, s held © | divide as between the middle-of-the-roader: to a number of friends he did not seem | Supreme Court that the entire tract of | S010 as petween the middle-of-the-roaders very much dejected, for during the after- | ninety acres had been ded: ed. to burial nd e fusionists. ‘wo years ago, when noon he was playing and joking with some | purposes. This being so, the municipal | Coxey was the populist candidate for gov- little children in the alley. Several of them Coe Bid basen er Sueiadteon ue ernor in Ohio, he got over fifty thousand were given some small change, and Haenni | 1887, to institute proceedings to condemn | votes. if he should get anything like that Ss zc sectrtes Ren e8 8) Can 5 cae nn ee een as en Cu nunibersichiay cimastecwounl fiecremthepae: snowhalls. lenwood cemetery. feat of the democrats, cven if there were Night came, and Haenni went to his room| | “In addition to this (section 250) chapter | any hone for them otherwise. It would with his mind evidently made up that it | XI of the Revised Statutes of the District, | aiso show that the populist voters: in Onte was to be his last night on earth. There. | under which the proceedings were insti- | at least, are in sympathy with the mi in his poorly furnished room, he slept on a | tuted, provides that new roads laid out | of-the-road idea, ‘a small cot, and early this morning he got up, paces that Nmies ee of ce a : ath pire Gressed himself and went out. ty, ner more than 100 feet in width. It | he will not a E Roe aa es seems that Michigan avenue was, in fact, eo aera mete tues tenathowssnd , laid out 120 feet in width. agar” It was about 6:30 o'clock when he called Se ee ay at Arion Hall, his son-in-law's saloon, and} 4.4 ming that the monlenel authorities got a drink. He conversed with the man | eae ee tg ley out ae through |2t is Fixed at 5,000, With Aciual behind the bar, and even joked with him. | (00 imei to ey ou cae a = Traveling Expense: Severai days ago he had told the bartender | (Pe lands of Glenwou Beal Aneel eeden [pts stated! latithe wepartmenc of siete that he (the bartender) would soon have to | (iHK i$ more ands aki eek he exceeded | that the compensation of Maj. Handy as pay a dollar for him, but this morning he | ‘Re!r Power in Pe on atten (State cotmianignee tothe or ee Gul uat-veter to the gclejact. avenue more than 100 feet wide, and for | United State : ‘Breakfast isn’t ready yet,” hé was told | that reason also the proceeding was a | C*P0sition is fixed at $5,000 per annum, the bartender, who supposed he had | nullity. with actual traveling expenses. He will called for his early morning meai. “My opinion is the proceedings taken by | be expected to defray his living expenses Then the stable superintendent departed | the District authorites in 1877 to condemn out of his salary allowance. Lieut. Baker and made his way to his room. Michigan avenue through the lands of | of the navy, who will accompany Maj About 8 o'clock one of the colored waiters | Glenwood cemetery were void for w: nt of in the restaurant, Walter Reeder, was sent | jurisdiction, and that the District's title to | #4ndy to Paris, will be subject to his or- to take Haennt a bowl of soup, and it was | that avenue is, therefore, not good.” ders. He will be allowed $250 per month TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL Rodolph Haenni, tired of life, sent a bul- let crashing through his head some time this morning, and when taken to the Emergency Hospital he was aimost un- nd in a dying condition. The exact reason for the man’s rash act is rot known, but it is said he had troubles, both real and imaginary, and had told friends ——————-~—____ MAJ. HANDY’S SALARY. about = o'clock when he reached the —_—_—_ on living expenses in addition to his trav- stable. secending the steep stairway, the = 5 ing expenses. color-d ma hed the door of Haenni’s EECULIAR FENSION CASE. —— reom. It not locked, and he entered <p without knocking. He discovered the dying bes le ae man at once. A big pool of blood on the tamt Secretary Davis. eer. as wer = the crimson-stained pil- | A very peculiar pension case was decided lows. mutely told the story. by Assistant Secretary of the Interi we = me ae nasa Ee Webster Davis today, wherein he reversed roll down the steps and run back to where | ‘he action of the pension bureau and grant- he is employed. ed a pension to Stephen A. Harper, late of ‘Mr. Haenni’s done gone killed himself,” | Company E, 34 Kentucky Infantry. _ exclaimed, as he entered the saloon The facts in the case are very peculiar. joor. While Mr. Harper was in the military hos- pital at Somerset, Ky., in November, 1861, he was taken sick with typhoid fever, and while he was iying unconscious in his bed the surgeon in eharge directed the attend- ants to place a hot iron at his feet. The hot iron set the bed clothes on fire, and be- VETERANS AND REINSTATMENT. What Secretary Gage Says About Their Examination, There is said to be some grumbling among ex-soldiers over what they believe to be a requirement of the Treasury Department that veterans seeking reinstatement must undergo an examination to demonstrate their fitness. To a Star reporter Secretary Gage said that {t was not true that ex-soldiers seek- ing reinstatement were required to stand an examination. The department, however, reserved the right to examine any applicant for position if it had any doubts of his 2 8 Z ability to fill the place he was seeking. It pai Ce esas seeuesaty his weft foot | had the right to examine a man @lready in the flesh was burned off his left heel, All | office, he said, if it was thought the man posing the bones. He was otherwise se- | “5 inefficient. Vaideclip hi t Hously injured and has been a cripple ever | ,¢'Ss!stant Secretary Vanderlip hears most since, with a very serious and loathsome | 0f,the people who make application for re- running sore on his left leg. instatement or positions. He is sympathetic By Assistant Secretary Davis’ decision he | 2nd kind, but he never gives hope to an ap- will be granted a pension from the date of | Pilcant if none can be held out. It Is fre- filing his application, September, 1891. quently unpleasant for him to say so, but a ga fs 2 he Deomnely inion aie Reents s nes s that there is not the least hope. He does WAS A SPANISH SUBJECT. this that they may waste no more time in their efforts, and does it in such a way that fries Into the Case of | they are impressed with what he says and Ramon Hidalgo. go away. Where there Is opportunity to do Consul Ger Lee something Mr. Vanderlip as pointedly says Guadnaior ate Ge has made a careful | {>and applicants are beginning to know plaint made by | that whatever he says he does. He doesn’t Speareperan Barroeta of New York, to the | believe in quibbling. = e that the Spanish had confined his — rd Juenemann attended him. There was no trouble in locating the bullet, but because | brother-in-law, Ramon Hidalgo, in Cabanas New Lighthouse Tender. of the patient's condition it appeared that | fortress, notwithstanding he was an Am A new lighthouse tender for the second there was nothing that could be done for | tcan citizen and so registered at Havana | aistrict. of the New England coast has him other than prevent his suffering in- | and Cienfuegos. The consul general now ed at the ship yard of the Bath terse pein. reports to the Secretary of State that. Hi- | been launched ai irs ‘The unfortunate man is about fifty-five | dalgo is a Spanish subject; that he was | iron works, Bath, Me. e launch was years old, and is a member of the Swiss | confined in Cabanas, but had been since | successful, and the tender, which has been Society, Hermann’s German Society, the | sent to the penal settlement on the Isle of | named the Mayflower, will be ready for Improved Order, Knights of Pythias, and | Pines. service in about sixty days, by which time other organizations. SS ee her machinery will be in. At a late hour this afternoon it was MUST GIVE UP. thought that Haenni might live for a few ©, but it was not probable he would Police Notified. The waiter was so much excited that it was some time before he was able to tell jest what he had seen. Another man em- ployed fn the saloon went to the staple with him, and Policeman Newkirk was ealled and an investigation was made. It was thought from a hasty inspection that the man had ghot himself in ‘the mouth, and tiat the builet had come out through the «ye, but the subsequent examination by the physicians showed that the bullet Bad e:tered his right eye. After using tie mal! pistol Haenni had shoved it under the pillow, where it was found by the offi- cers. In a few mirutes the Emergency Hos- pital ambulance, with Dr. Bahr in charge, reach the stable, but because of the 7a- ture of the Injury the doctor could do but little to relieve him until the hospital was reac hed. - When the hospital was reached the wounded man was still unconscious. He was soon on the table in the operating room, and Drs. Turner, Bahr, Vaughn and farieadeers Naval Orders, ae ie fed States | yseut. Commander A. B. Speyers has been bag deans ordered to the New York navy yard; As- The following conscientious letter was sistant Paymaster T. 8. O'Leary, from the Fecelved in the office of the Postmaster | Wabash to the Nashville: Licut. A. G. General today. It was postmarked from a Berry, from the New York navy to little town in Massachusetts, and was as | the Amphitrite; Ensign C. B. McVay, to follows: the Amphitrite. “To the Hon postmaster General “Dear sir Please Giv Me on orerable Discharge from-the U s Mail Business Service. Can't Conti ——___ CANADIAN STONE. Action of the Secretary of the Treas- ry Regurding Its Entry ft Buffalo. The Secretary of the Treasury today in- structed the collector of customs at Buffa- lo, N. Y., to admit to entry the Canadian esata bei a ‘fnal, perfctr lin, Turkey, yesterday. "The dispateh boat Dolphin sailed from Boston yesterday for to the rate of duty and by whom the duty Po 4, Me. The fe nee is to be paid. This prevent delay to the baa ory ‘at Algiers from Tang stele : wor! In all previous tariff acfs there has been @ provision admitting to free entry all arti- cles for government use, but such a pro- vision was left out of the. ie Naval Movements, ‘The gunboat Bancroft arrived at Mete- than were needed. It is probable War Department ss te CANNOT KEEP THEM OUT No Means to Prevent Anarchists From Gom- ing to This Country. If European Nations Deport Them They Will Find Our Hospitable Shores Unprotected. Iromigration Commissioner Powderly says he has been incorrectly quoted in the state- ment that he proposes to make special ef- forts to keep out deported anarchists who are supposed to be heading this way from European countries. The statement is that Spain, Italy, France and other countries are trying to rid themselves of the anarchists by deporting them. + Mr. Powderly weuld be only too glad to prevent some of these customers landing if it could be done under the law, but he knows no provision of the law especially aimed at them. Then, Mr. Powderly, in looking over the law, found that a special clause is inserted in the immigration laws as to persons convicted of political offenses, and the Enropean anarchists are thought to come under this head. The Law Quoted. The immigration laws applying to all persons seeking admission to this country are as follows: “That the following classes of aliens shall be excluded from admission into the United States, in accordance with the existing acts regulating immigration, other than those concerning Chinese laborers: All idiots, in- sane persons, paupers or persons likely to become a public charge, persons suffering from a loathsome or dangerous contagious disease, persons who have been convicted of a felony or other infgmoms crime or mis- demeanor involving moral turpitude, polyg- amists, and also any person whose ticket or passage is paid for with the money of an- other or who is assisted by others to come, unless it is affirmatively and satisfactorily shown on special inquiry that such person does not belong to one of the foregoing excluded classes, or to the class of contract laborers excluded by the act of February 26, 1885, but this section shall not be held to exclude persons living in the United States from sending for a relative or a friend who is not of the éxcluded classes under such regulations ag the Secretary of the Treasury may prescribe: Provided, ‘That nothing in this act shall be construed to apply to or exclude persons-convicted of a political offense, notwithstanding said political offense may be designated as a ‘felony, crime, infamous crime or misd meanor, involving morab-turpitude,’ by the laws of the land whence he came or by the court convicting. Mr. Powderly’s Opimion. Mr. Powderly says that unless the an- archists belong in the class prohibited from landing here, they canmot be kept out. More objection” will have to be found to them than the fact that they hold certain political opinions or have committed po- litical acts. : Mr. Powderly has received no official irformation that Planas, the leader of the Italian anarchists, is on his way here from Havre, and if he is there is nothing to keep him out unless ke comes under the head of persons excluded. » Mr. Powderly said it would be hard to define an anarchist. The latter claims to be a philosopher seeking an ideal state of society. To this end he advocates the abolition of ali law and the substitution of individual effort. —_—____--o.— GUARDING AGAINST LOSSES. An Electrie Protective System for ‘Treasury Safes and Valuts. Ever since United States Treasurer Rob- erts came into office he has been thinking over the question of new devices for pro- tecting the government against losses of money from inside or outside the building. He has now arranged to bave an electric protective system for the safes and vaults under his care, and the contracts will be let within a few days. Secretary Gage has sanctioned the plan, and will have it ex- tended, after he sees and is satisfied with its operations, to the offices of the register of the treasury and the controller of the currency. The little opportunity there has ever been to rob the government treasury will be minimized under the new system, which is in successful operation by big banks and trust companies throughout the country. ‘The system provides for a central station outside the treasury building, as well as for stations within. These stations are on the same order as a fire alarm in a fire engine house. Of course, the different safes and vaults will be connected with these sta- tions. In case a vault or safe is tampered with, an alarm is immediately rung in at the stations, and everybody is prepared to turn out on short notice and go for the per- son doing the tampering. Should the stations in the treasury build- ing be tampered with ta prevent the prop- er alarms there, the central station would be sure to furnish the location of the evil work. The man in charge of the central station would immediately notify those in- side. ‘Treasurer Roberts will-have an arrange- ment by which he can be at once notified at his home if anything wrong 1s going on. He can then take himself to the scene and direct investigation or operation. By the electric system the safes and vaults clos2 at a certain hour, and if an at- tempt is made to open them previous to the hour fixed by the system for their be- ing opened, the alarm is turned in. The system will extend to the-outside of the building, and will be a warning against attempts from that dtrecticn. - % Personal Mention. Lieut. P. M. Kessler, Bd Artillery, is at 1444 S street for a few days om his way to San Francisco, Assistant Engineer G. W. Laws of the Naval Academy is-at 1990 3ist strect on leave of absence, Capt. Wm. E. Craighil, Corps of Engin- eers, is in the city for @ few @ays on sp2- cial duty. Bismark Ely is the guest of*Mr. Michel Shea of Washington ef the Virginia Beach Hotel. Mr. Joseph E. Washington, jm, son of ex- Congressman Washingtom of Tennessee, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Phelan €. Hawn at their cottage, Bradley Beach, N. J. -E. H. Talbott, Clemmemt A. Howard and eh Elmo Boyd have returned fmom Atlantic y. % Messrs. George M. Bowe and George Whitney are spending -their vacation at Mountain Lake Park. A letter has been received from Post- 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. MINERS COMING BACK|PLANNING THE CHUTES Blockade at Dyea and Mountain Passes Discourage Prospeotors. © Books Ticketed a: Ready to Be REPORTS BY STEAMER ELDER] © "isee# t= thetr new Home. How the Books Are to Be Taken From the Old Library. Intending Gold Seekers Advised to! ror the past ten days Mr. Spoffora ana — 3 Mr. Hutcheson of the Congressional Eibra- Wait Till Spring. ry have been busily engaged with the cn- tire force of the establishment getting a portion of the books ready for removal in- FEVER IS DYING OUT Ito the new bullding. Their labors rave ; covered a section of the library comprising about 27,000 volumes. ASTORIA, Gre., August 13.—The Oregon | These books have been ticketed and och- Railway and Navigation Company's steam. | €TWise labeled, accorging to a design er Geo. W. Elder has arrived here from | @8teed upon, so that they wili be taken Dyea. The Elder left Dyea August 9. She | fom their old resting place directly to the confirms previous repcrts that both the | Shelves in the new book stacks. It was White and Chilcoot passes are blockaded. | @termined to remove one section at a time, The route from Skaguzy and White Pass | nd this preliminary work of ticketing will is more level and easier traveling, though | have to be done in the case of each ¢ twenty-five miles farther. But the pros- | tion of books pefore ona of the books is pector is landed on Lake Bennett, the sec- | taken from the shelf. ond lake above Linderman, where travel- The Chutes Planned. ers by the Chilcoot pass are landed. Be-| superintendent Green of the Congres- sides, there fs plenty of timber on Bennett lake to build boats, while there is none on Linderman, Nearly all of the Elder’s passengers were landed at Dyea, the ves: yin ile Sear S Eee SS cg eae er library at the Capitol, and, with his work- gccds were lightered ashore at arcost of | ™M, planned to commence the construction $10 per ton for freight. next Monday of chutes by which the books Officers of the Elder say that not one-|™&¥Y be tobogganed from their resting hglf of the people will get over the moun- | Places upon the top shelves to the floor. tains this winter. Many are selling their} When the books are pushed down these its and returning. Letters from parties | Chutes they will be packed in boxes, who went up on the Elder advise their | Properly labeled, trundled across the rot friends not to go this fall, as they cannot da to the east entrance of the Capitol, and eat teh the boxes loaded into wagons for transpor- vaca a s “ tation to the new building. Here they will INTEREST IN KLONDIKE ABATIN be treated to the air-hose cleaning process, as heretofore described in The Star, and The Blockade at Pyen Discourages | lifted upon the elevators to their stacks, Would-Be Prospectors. where they be placed in order. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 1: or Se a the During the past week the Klondike fever | chows no sign of decreasing nau avers: has abated somewhat in this city, owing, | number of persons who inspect the building probably, to the discouraging reports re-| every day is 1 It is said there nave ceived from Dyea. There are pienty of been very few cases of attempted vandal- ple who announce their intention of trying | ™-,4nd for once the American public is 2 awed into an appreciation of the beautifal the Chilcoot route in the spring, and of without attempting to take home chips of those who are anxious to go at once al it in their pockets. The guards at the large proportion seem Gispcsed to travel | building keep a close watch, however, and via St. Michael's and up the Yukon. offenders would be rigorously dealt ‘with Promoters of expeditions by this route | When detected. are ready with profuse assurances that the Applicati a trip can be made before the ciosing of nav- ie woke ee igation, but in all cases they are careful | Applications for positions continue to not to bind themselves in any way to take | Pour in. Librarian Young, since he has oc- passengers through this fall. At the offices | cupied his office in the new building, has of the steamship compaates it is reported | been besieged by applicants that inquiry for tickets is diminishing. sear apes Mes ag rigors ea The automatic book ting § MAILS TO THE KLON tE. eee Sen ce SLL the tunnel between the Capitol and the Effort to Secure Canadian Co-Opera- | Geverihed ty The Bea eee has been tion in the Matter. running. It will be utilized during the ses- The postal authorities of Canada have | sions of Congress for the quick transporta- been written to by the Post Office Depart-| tion of books, but it is desired to have a ment concerning co-operation in transport- morough tert, of the apparatus in the ing mails to the Klondike gold fields. It is| Cosy running ordere’, oo ™ncuinery into trought, however, there is not much chance es of an arrangement being made, from the 4 ‘. fact that the American contractor may not ee ee permit of a qualification of his contract. | Semators Will Hereafter Ascend a The proposition has been made that the Descend More Rapidly. two governments should co-operate and ar-| Bids have been opened in the office of range for an interchange of mail at Circle | the architect of the Capitol for a new City and Dawson City, the United States | elevator to replace the one now in use to maintain a service once a week and the | at the end of the west corridor on the Sen- Canadian government to do thé same, mak-| ate side. ‘This elevator is the one set week. = So far, no reply has been recetved from | #8ide exclusively for the use of the Senate the Canadian government. It is extremely | during the session, and Is a very slow, old- deubteut If the ‘contractor Will allow any | fashioned affair. Congress at the last 2 e in his contract, and his representa- | session m: i el tive here is of the opinion that he will not |i, wich Bean See cut = snes do so. Arrangements must be made with | i{ ime enionca te the contractor who carries the mail to Cir- | PS were received, one from the Sprag1e cle City to carry that also destined for | Electrical Cofnpany of New York and one Dawson City. from the Otis Elevator Company. The bid Sarr a of the Sprague company was $3,685 for a MYSTERY OVER AN ARREST, modern elevator of 4,500 pounds’ cepacit: constructed so that the speed may Le reg: Newark Police Officials Conceat | Uiated anywhere between one foot a min- Name'ef a Prissuee, ute to 250 fect a minute. “This was the = = . lowest and will probably be accepted. NEWARK, N. J., August 13.—The police | “The Otis bid was $122) for a he peeuiic are reticent over the case of the man who | elevator, or $4,370 for an electric elevator. ‘s now locked up here, on the charge that | Bids Were opened also for a new boiler he is implicated in extensive Jewel robbe- | (rete, cece Plant on the House side. ries In this city and Philadelphia. Rage aa liga! aa Chief of Police Hopper said today that the ———+e+___ police were rot ready to make public the EXCITEMENT AT THE CAPITOL. particulars of the arrest, adding that Cap- tain Daly had gore to Philadelphia to ‘n- | Smoke From a F) vestigate the case. = ‘The man was arrested yesterday as he got cf a train from Philadelphia. The Newark | the Capitol today by the cry that fire had police had been notified to look out for him. | Preken out in the old library. An im- The prisoner gave his age as thirty-four | mense volume of smoke appeared about the years, ard said that he was a resident of | roof and fragments of burning paper were Philadetphi - business. “* 974 ergaged in the novelty | caught up by the wind, making it appear The police have withheld his name for | ®S if the roof was on fire. An alarm was {he reason that they expect to make other | telephoned to the engine house, and cm- arycsts in connection with the case at New- | ployes of the building were sent at once to ark or Philadelphia. make an investigation. By the -time the —_—_- engine arrived, however, it was discover=d CHAIRMAN BREIDENTHAL RETIRES. | that the fire was nothing more than the burning out of the big flue, and that no Leader of Kansas Populists Too Busy | Part of the building was in danger. It With Other Dern scems that in clearing out the old library TOPEKA, Kan., August 13.—The populist | the seoane ag anne old papers in the fireplace, and the strong dra’ state central committee met here last night | scattered the burning fragments eee ane to accept the resignation of John W. Breid-| reof, but the building had not taken fire. enthal, who has been a leader of the Kan- + Sas populists and chairman of their state Foreign Merchandise Figures. committee since the organization of the] Figures at the Treasury Department party. sh t vi Taylor Riddle, a fusionist populist, was | Snow tat the value of foreign merchandise imported into the United States and - named as his successor. Mr. Breidenthal =f Eat pape announces that his duties as state bank | Wuently exported, amounted, during the commissioner prevent him from giving syf- | fiscal year ended June 30, 1897, to $18,955,- ficient attention to party matters, but it is | 9388. Durii 4 stated, on the other hand, that he has not Ing the preceding year the value f such” merchandise was $19, 51. been altogether in harmony with the ad-| © 406,451. The ministration of Gov. Leedy. © 94°! total value of dutiable foreign merchandise exported during the last year was $9,239,- TRAIN WRECK IN TEXAS. $B. and of that tree of duty, $9,746,495. ‘The value of foreign merchandise exported Messenger Rawlins Killed and Sevy-| {0m warehouse was $8,517,084, and not cral Passengers Injured. Iittle Ructuation’ trom year: torres tS bat DALLAS, Tex., August 13.—The north- value of foreign ‘hand! xports 1, and bound Missouri, Kansas and Texas train the figures for the past aoe § aon was wrecked this morning near Caddo | tative of those for a number of years pre- Mills, Tex., by some one’ removing fish- | ious. plates and bending rails. Every car but the rear sleeper was turned over. - Regulations Medised. Messenger Rawlins was Instantly killea,| Acting Commissioner Wilson of the in- veral passengers were injured, but-hgw | ternal revenue bureau has modified the learned. The injured | regulations governing the bottling of dis- tilled spirits issued in May last. By these engineering features of the removal, began this afternoon the preliminary steps in his portion of the work. He visited the cid Gives the Impres- sion of a Big Fire. Considerable excitement was caused ‘at Ser seriously cannot be will be taken to Greenville at once. A wrecking crew has reached the scene. amendments the time in which the bot- tling may be completed is extended from —_-»—_— BIG STRIKE AT CHICAGO. Two Thousand Men W: Public Schools Will Quit. sional Library, upon whom will devolve the” The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. /CLASH WITH SHERIFF First Bloodshed in the Miners’ Strike in Pennsylvania. MARCHERS RESIST LOWRY'S ORDERS Jacob Mott Receives a Cut Over the Eye. pee aia SITUATION GROWS SERIOUS PITTSBURG, Pa, August 13.—The first biood shed during the pre strike was that of Jaco Mott in the McDonald ! curred about 5 o'ch the Plum Creek tipp! The 1,000 strikers in the Creek left the camp at nt miners’ drammer i. The trouble oc- his morning near camp at P' m., and divid i into two squads one body of the marchers going to © school house and the other to the m houses. The Center squad was headed by the Me- Donald Drum Corps. Sheriff Lowry rm ed Center about 5 a.m. He drove from Turtle Creek by way of Menroeville was met by Deputy Sheriff Richa number of deputies. The stopped, and the sheriff rea order made yesterd: He then ordered the their camp. The men paid no attention to the order for a time, and the drum corps uttempted to lead the marchers past the sheriff and his deputies. The deputies closed up and moved for- ward, headed by the sheriff, and the op- posing forces came together. No Blows Strack. No blows were struck and no weapons drawn. But there was a lively scuffle, dur- ing which a horn in the hands of one of the band was pushed into Jacob Mott's face. and he was badly cut over the right eye. Blood flowed in a stream from the gash, ar® the sight of the blood checked the pushing men. The sheriff again read the order of court and ordered the crowd to disperse and appear in court Saturday to make answer to the bill filed. The men again refused, and Joseph Brown was par- ticularly pronounced in his opposition. He was threatened with arrest, considerable argument, during w asserted his right to be on the public roa, the band again tried to force their way past the sheriff and his deputies. The deputies “gain closed up and moved forward, More pushing and shoving followed. The depu- tles pushed ahead, crowding and pushing the strikers back unwil both bodies were elcsely packed, and it looked for a time as iLseriovs trouble would follow. Sheriff Lowry again ordered them to dis- perse and threatened them with arrest if they did not instantly obey. After some hesitation the strikers moved back, turned and marched back to camp, closely followed by the sheriff and his deputies. March pn Turtle Creek. Bodies of marchers also started from Turtle Creek for Oak Hill and Spring Hi this morning, in deflance of the injunction, but nothing has been heard from them. About 2 o'clock this morning some of the deputies doing duty at the Plum Creek mine were called from Center school to disperse a crowd of Hun ns. Mary Haas, the daisy Jeanne 4’Are, went to the camp and aroused seventy-five of the Hungarians to the point of accom- panying her to the company houses to do missionary work. The motley crowd got a good start before news of the movement was conveyed to the De Armitt stables, whence the warning was sent to the deputies. After much chasing the deputies managed to catch up with the crowd and dispersed it. Men in jem Mood. The men were in a sullen mood, and nearly a hundred others gathered about the sheriff. One man demanded to know by what law the courts granted an injunction against citizens who were using public roads for a lawful purpose. He was im- mediately stood up and served with a copy of the injunction. There was a threat- ening movement among the men, and Sheriff Lowry made a shost speech, saying the men were defendants in a suit brought by the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, and that “the injunction would hold good until Monday, when they would have a hearing before Judges Stowe and Collier. He added: “I command you, as high sheriff of Allegheny county, to cease this marching. You must not molest men who want to work. Tney have as much right to the roads as you, and if you do not desist, in obedience to this njunction, I will arrest you.” Deputy sheriffs formed a line across the road and forced the strikers to move along. Seeeing no way to help themselves, the fife and drum band commenced to play, and the men moved on in the direction of their camps. By this time the news of the xhe- rift’s arrival and action had reached the division of the strikers guarding the min- ers’ houses across the ravine, and they hastened to gain their companies. They met on the hill above Center and formed on either side of the road, and invited the deputy sheriffs to pass through. This invitation was not accepted, and the deputies allowed them to stand. not please them, and the band started 1 the injunction y by the cour: rikers to return to Attempt to Stampede Deputies. a right to go down the road in the direction of the pit mouth, but Sheriff Lowry was and told them that as they had come their hey would have to re- that way. of adi i rls i E z t iF 8 F a, ay f i i e2 4 5 # te i: | | I 5 j f 7 i ti Hj g & i H