Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1897, Page 1

f ________ ———< THE EV EN] NG STA R. HED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by Te RE ACreMANS Freee New York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star ts served to subacribers in the any wher prepaid—50 cents 5 United States or Cenada—postage Sheet Star, $1 per year, with 00. it Office at Washington, D. C., as _secend-class mall matter.) TF All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Evening S&S —————=SEleoEoEeeeeeee = Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will ¢ lore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has No. 13,870. WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, AUGUST 44, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. no rival as an advertising med- ium. TWO CENT MOMO WINS THE RACE American Yacht Leavesthe Canadian Far Astern. TORN OF THE SIX- MILE BUOY Smooth Water and Light Breeze at Lake St. Louis. LITTLE BETTING ON ae RESULT MONTREAL, August 14—A light, fitful nd smeoth water gave promis2 of being the conditions under which the first ween Giencairn, representing the Lawrence Yacht Club, and Momo, rerican challenger for the Seawan- haka Corinthian challerge trophy for one- raters, will be sailed today. At 9 o'clock this morning scarcely a rip- ple disturbed the surface cf Lake St. Louis, where the race is to be sailed, and what motion there was was caused by the oc- casional eddying current as the waters of the St. Louis and the Ottawa met in their race to the sea. At Dorval, where the Royal St. Lawrence Yacht Club house is, the yachtsmen were early astir. Mr. Dug- gan and the crew of Glencairn had been busy for some days putting the last polish- ing touches to the Canadian boat, and the bepes ef the Canadians ran high. Momo's Crew Say Little. Mr. Crane and the men of the Momo were not saying anything, but they did not look as though they felt that they were going to be losers. At a few minutes after 9 o'clock the two boats, in tow of their launches, left for Dorval. They were ac- companied by a large fleet of pleasure yachts and excursion steamers. At that heur the wind was blowing lightly from the northwest at a rate of about four miles an hour. It soon veered to the southeast, however, blew fitfully from that direction at vout the same rate. There has been little betting on the result. Glencairn II is fa- vcrite, but what few bets have been made been mostly at even money, or at ids of 2 to 1 that the Canadian boat will nei win three straights. Bulletins Frem the Course. POINTE CLAIRE, Quebec, August 14.— The two racers have cast off from the dam. Both yachts are getting on sail. The course is twelve miles, two miles to wind- ward and return, three times over the course. a.m.—Wind from five to six miles an little sea. ‘Boats are maneuvering for po- will start soon. m.—The yachts are off. Glencairn os the line fi ers of a mile from Starting point Momo was 200 yards ahead. 1 —Momo turned the two-mile buoy 3 est sur- prise is expressed at Momo’s sailing ca- pacity. Momo has broken out her spin- nal p.m.—Momo turns four-mile mark yards ahead of Glencairn. 5 -mile mark Momo rds. ‘Ss turned the six-mile with Glencairn half a mile astern. airn is apparently moving faster just P.m.—Momo turned the eight-mile two-thirds of the distance, about is of a mile ahead of Glencairn. nvas seemes to draw better than Momo’s sails set without a crease. POINTE CLAIRE, Quebec., August 14.— aoe crossed winning line in the lead at Se RISE IN PRICE OF CROCKERY. Advance of From 10 to 15 Per Cent Begins Monday. CHICAGO, August 14.—The Tribune says: An advance of from 10 to 15 per cent and more will be made im the prices of for2ign crockery Monday. The move was decided on at a meeting of the National Association of Jobbers in Crockery and Glassware, just closed. The meeting, which was held at the Chicago Beach Hotel, was attended by abcut fifty members, representing seventy or more corceras in all parts of the coun- try. advance was made to meet the in- creased duty under the Dingiey act, which amounts practically to the duty levied in the orignal Mckinley act. ————— WILL HEAR FROM GORMAN. Specinl Meeting of Maryland State Democratic Committee Called. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PALTIMORE, Md., August 14.—Chair- man Murray Vandiver has issued a call for a meeting of the democratic state cea- tral ccmmittee to be held on Wednesday next at noon at the Carrollton Hotel. It is expected that a letter will be read meeting from Senator Gorman de- attitude in the campaign. firing » Chairman Vandiver has decided to ap- Mr. Lloyd Wilkinson of Worcester who recently resigned as the local er of customs, as secretary of the Woodmen Officials Enjoined. FULTON, DL, August 14.—Head Attor- ney Johnson of the Modern Woodmen of America, who was one of those arrested in connection of yesterday's riot, has been served with an injunction issued late last nig by Master in Chancery. McPahren at Sterling, for the purpose of preventing any further efforts to remove the head- quarters of the order to Rock Island by force. = Red Men's Council Extended. BUFFALO, N. Y., August 14.—The Great Council of Red Men were in session all day yesterday, considering changes in the constitution. It was expected that the session would come to a close last even- ing, but so many members were still ask- fing to be heard that a session will be held today. —— Medal for Canadian Premier. LONDON, August 14.—The members of the Cobden Club have caused a special gold medal to be struck for presentation to the Canadian premier, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, in formal recognition of his at- tachment to free trade. ——. —__ Price of Of) Declines. LOS ANGELES, Cal. August 14.—The Price of of] continues to decline, the best quality now selling at the tanks for sixty cents, with a prospect of a further drop to fitty cents in the near future. John Russell Young, the librarian of Congress, was detained at his residence teday by indisposition, and did not get to his office. Mr. Young exposed himself to the heat too much yesterday, and expe- rienced some unpleasant results today. INDIANS HAVE GRIEVANCES Statement Presented to the Commissioner by the Chippewa Delegates. Claim That Pledges Have Been Broken and Settlers Are Encroach- ing Upon Their Reservation. Gus Beaulieu and William Richards of the Mille Lac Chippewa Indian delegation, which called on the Indian commissioner yesterday, submitted the following letter, which they received from the Mille Lac reservation. The letter is self-explanatory: “Notices in writing have been given to some of the Mille Lac Indians at this res- ervation by persons who say they were sent here by the government to do £0. ‘These notices are to vacate the lands of the reservation. “Further depredations have been com- mitted against some of the Indians since you left by the destruction of their fences and the cattle of the white settlers on this reservation are destroying our gardens. “Andrew Bird and Sergeant say that Gus Beaulieu can accomplish nothing in our behalf and that your appeal to the Secretary of the Interior, copies of which you sent us, will not be noticed by the OM hou) QUAY KONCE.” The letter was handed to the Indian com- missioner, called in the Chippewa tongue Ain-dus-o-keshig. The Formal Statement. The signed statement presented to the commissioner by the delegation was as follows: “Sir: In order to place on record the full extent of our instructions as the delegates of the Mille Lac band, we deem it expe- dient to submit the following propositions, looking to the settlement of the Mille Lac questions: “First—It is the wish of the Mille Lac band of Chippewa Indians. expressed in council, that the unpatented lands of the Mille Lac reservation, amounting to sev- eral thousand acres, be allotted to the heads of families of said_bands. “Second—The said Mille Lac bands desire legislative action by Congress, setting aside a tract of land upon the Mille Lac reserva- tien, containing at least four sections of land, with a frontage upon Mille Lac lake, which may be used as a permanent home for said Indians, etc., be allotted to them in small tracts; also that a tract may be set aside for a cemetery, so that the bodies of the dead Mille Lac Indians may be rein- terred there. Made Certain Promises. “Third. The Chippewa commission which negotiated with the Mille Lac Chippewas for their assent to the act of January 14, 1889, made certain promises to the effect that there would be placed upon the Mille Lae reservation a blacksmith, a carpenter and a farmer. We ask for the fulfillment of their pledges, and more especially that a physician be placec upon the reservation. _ “In making the foregoing propositions Felative to the settlement of the land ques- tions of the reservation, we have not lost sight of our rights in equity to the lands and improvements from which we have been driven by white settlers.” A careful investigation of the treaties effected with the Chippewas will have to be made before any action is taken by the commissioner, and it may be necessary for Congress to legislate in regard to the mat- ter. ——_——__e+_____ Interior Department Changes. The following appointments, promotions and reinstatements have been made in the Interior Department: Patent office; appointments—Lewis T. Greist of Indiana, copyist, $720; Thos. E. Brick, H. 8S. Bryant, Paul L. Freeman of the District and H. H. Spooner of lowa, T™messenger boys, $360. Promotions—F. M. Phelps, fourth assistant examiner, $1,200, from copyist, $720; Miss Alice Peyton, District, copyist, $900, from copyist, $720. Resignation—Mrs. J. G. Houston of New Hampshire, copyist, $900. Pension office: Reinstatements—O. P. Hallam, Illinois; D. McClain of Kansas, J. P. Matthews of Maryland, G. W. Morse of Pennsylvania and J. W. Wheeler of Ohio, special examiners, $1,300; 8. A. Shipman of Kansas, J. M. Welsh of Missouri, W. 8. Johnson of Arkansas, J. F. Simonds of Arkansas, copyists, $900; R. B. Bateman of Wisconsin, messenger, $400. General land office: Reinstatement—J. Cummings of California, special agent, $1,200. Promotion, Mrs. E. P. Foster of New Hampshire, clerk, $1,000, from copy- ist, $000. Miscellaneous appointments—8. F. Sher- wood of Washington and Joseph Stitzel of Washington, appraisers of Fort Colville abandoned military reservation in Wash- ington, $4 per day. . Connecticut, ———_-e—_____ To Look Out for the Dauntless. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip of the Treasury Department today telegraphed the collector of_ chstoms at Tampa, Fla. that information received at the State De- partment was that the steamer Dauntless was about to take on ammunition and men at Tampa for the insurgents in Cuba. The beat is said to be at Brunswick. The sec- retary instructs the collector to exercise vigilance to prev 2nt infraction of the neu- trality laws. This telegram was followed by one from Capt. Shoemaker of ihe revenue cutuer service, instructing the revenue cutters on the Ficrida coast to watch out for the Dauntless. The cutters there are tne Mc- Lean, Forward and Winona. ee To Investigate Nygriffe’s Cane. ‘The attentioa of the light house board was today called to a-newspaper story that the assistant keeper of the light house at Whale Rock, R.I., is insane; that he has run the keeper from the light house, and is intrenched to fight anybody who comes against him. The assistant keeper is a Swede named Nygriffe, and it was feared he would put out the lghts, endangering. navigation. The light house board will in- vestigate the matter, and has telegraphed the inspector of that district to find out the facts. ———__-e-____ Instructions About Holting Cloth. Paragraph 498 of the tariff law admits bajting cloths composed of silk free of duty where they are expressly for use by millers, and requires that they shall be so marked as not to be available for any other use. Bolting cloth for milling pur- peses has for years been admitted free of duty, but the law has been imposed upon. More of it than was needed for milling purposes was brought in, and it was turn- ed into dress goods. The customs division of the Treasury Department has sent out instructions to coliectora as to how to mark the cloth. It must be stamped from selvage to selvage at intervals of not less than a yard, and im a manner which will prevent it being used for any purpose except that intended. ————_e—_____ College Details. Lieut. Oren B. Meyer, 3d Cavalry, has been detailed from ‘duty at ‘Austin Col- lege, Sherman, Tex., and ordered to join bis troop. Lieut. Hugh T. Reed has been detailed for service as professor at the Howe School, Lima, Ind. A TARIFF HEARING Attorney General McKenna Listens to Arguments. TWO EX-TREASORY OFFICIALS COUNSEL Messrs Carlise and Hamlin Repre- sent Private Corporations. BRIEFS TO BK FILED eee Attorney General McKenna today gave a hearing to parties interested in the ques- tion involved in section 22 of the new tariff act. Some days ago the Secretary of the Treasury received information from the collector of customs at Chicago that a large invoice of teas and other geods from Japan had been received at that port over a Canadian railroad, and asking whether the 10 per cent discriminating duty pro- vided for in section 22 applied to these goods. The question was at once referred to the. Attorney General for an opinion. At the request of the Boston and Maine Railroad Company, however, the Attorney General decided to give a hearing today to persons interested. Former Secretary Car- lisle appeared for the Boston and Maine railroad and Former Assistant Secretary Hamlin represented the associated board cf trade and the Merchants’ Association of Boston. Mr. Hamlin was the first speaker. Mr. Hamlin’s Contention. The questicn, he said, was whether goods shipped from China or Japan to points in the United States through Canada were importations from Canada within the meaning of the statute. In the case of a transaction, for instance, said he, of the sale of goods in China to a merchant in Boston, there was an intermediary. The transit of the goods, though they might come in through Canada, was never intér- Tupted. The goods, he insisted, could not fairly be said to be exportations from Can- ada. Mr. Hamlin cited a great many rul- ings, beth of the Treasury Department and the -Department of Justice, in support of his contention. In the case of goods going through United States territory in bond from a point in Canada to another point in Canada, the solicitor of the treasury, in an exhaustive ruling, had decided that sub- entry of goods did not constitute an im- poutesitie within the meaning of the stat- He contended therefore that conversely, goods coming into the United States through Canada in transit from another country ‘were not exportations from Canada. The decision of the above ques- tion, Mr. Hamlin said, hinged upon the construction to be placed upon these words of the statute: “Come into the United States from” contiguous countries. He submitted that the words did not apply to goods in transit. The Century Dictionary defined “from” as “expressing departure™ from a point. These goods took their de- parture from China or Japan, not from Canada. As well, said he, might it be con- tended that a man traveling from New York to Washington through Baltifore parted” from Baltimore. The goods did appear in the Canadian reports as exports from Canada nor in our reports as imports from Canada, He cited as an analagous statute the law requiring the deportation of Chinamen “to the country from whence” they came. In construing that statute the Attorney Gen- eral had decided the words “from whence he came” meant his ultimate country of departure (China), unless the Chinaman had been naturalized by the dominion gov- ernment. It would be strange, indeed, said Mr. Hamlin, “if the country through which he came should be considered the country from whence he came. And so with goods in bond. It was their place of shipment, not a point en route, which must be con- sidered. He spoke of the contract labor law as offering another analogy. Laborers unlawfully coming to the United States must be deported by the carriers to the place “from whence they came.” Object to Discriminating Duties. Mr. Hamlin also devoted some attention to the old Cape of Good Hope statute to show that the object of those discriminat- ing duties was to compel direct trade with the United States and eliminate the profits of the middleman. Mr. Hamlin argued that the statute, as shown by its history, relat- ed only to vessels, and ventured the asser- tion that it had »een placed in the statute at the instigation of vessel owners. To this, however, the Attorney General de- murred, saying he understood that Senator Elkins was its author. And if vessels only were meant, why, he asked, was contiguous territory mentioned? Mr. Carlisle at this point interrupted to urge that the words vessels, whether for our ports or those of contiguous territory, qualified the whole section. In conclusion, Mr. Hamlin spoke must refer to goods fmported in vessels not of the United States: What the Attorney’General Said. After Mr. Carlisle concluded the Attorney General pointed cut that there must have been in the minds of thé legislators who framed the clause a meaning for the sub- stitutton of the words “came into” for “im- ported” when applied to contiguous ter- ritory. Mr. Carlisle asked if goods in bond from China could be considered goods imported from Canada. The Attorney General said they were not importations. Then, Mr. Carlisle said, that fact fur- nished: an adequate explanation. If such goods were nct importations then the words “‘came into” would have to be used. The Attorney General gave Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Hamlin until Wednesday next to file their briefs. FINAL HEATS . TODAY Most Interest in the Single Shell Races on the Schuylkill. TEN EYCK MAY kOW THE WINNER Eight-Oared Race Also Attracts Much Interest. Its Splendid Work in Keeping Yellow Fever From Our Shores, Eighteen Strikers Arrested at Bunola Coal Company's Pit. The Drend Plague Raging Throughout the Spanish Main—Precaution: That Are Take OTHERS OBEY THE INJUNCTION Show of Resistance at Sanday and Turtle Creeks. Although yellow fever is more widely prevalent throughout the islands of the West Indies and the Spanish main general- ly this year than usual, not a single case has yet reached the shores of the United States. Cases of yellow fever have reached of the vast importance of the construction of the statute. It would require an hour, he said, for him to begin to tell of the interests which would be affected by an adverse ruling And though such a ruling might ultimately be reversed by the courts, the ruling itself would do an immense amount of injury. The west, northwest, north and northeast, he said, were just beginning to wake up to a recognition of the far-reaching char- acter of this question. He asked that those cpposed to this suggested taxation be given the benefit of any doubt. Mr. Nimmo’s Review. Joseph Nimmo of New York, who is con- nected with the bureau of statistics, asked to be heard, and went into a lengthy re- view of the subject. It had been a war of the transportation interests of the United States and Canada since 1848. Canada had, he said, deported herself not only as a gov- ernment, but as a railroad and canal cor- Poration. To the craftiness of politics she had add- ed the tricks of business. She had built the Canadiap Pacific at a cest of $215,000,000 to divert American commerce from Ameri- can ships and American railroads. He con- fessed that he did net know how this con- troverted clause had got into the statute, but he thought it was cunningly devised to stop the present evil. Mr. Carlisle’s Brief Remarks. Mr. Carlisle, who had been called into the case only last night, closed the hearing with some brief remarks. If Section 22 did not apply only to the vessels, he said, he agreed with Mr. Hamlin that the words “came into” meant imported. But he con- tended that the whole statute related only to goods “imported in vessels of the United States.” The old statute did not meet all the requirements. While it imposed the discriminating duties on cargoes in vessels not of the United States (except where treaty stipulations exempted them) coming directly to the United States ports, it did not tcuch goods brought in such vessels to continguous territory, and then —— to the United States. He argued it the clause had been inserted to prevent just such roundabout importations which now escaped the discriminating tax. He quoted from Senator Allison’s expla- nation that the amendment made no change in existing statute except as to such goods coming into the United States from con- tiguous territory, which now escaped the discriminating duty. Mr. McKenna asked if the last clause of the statute exempting such goods imported in the usual course of the retail trade did not militate against Mr. Carlfsle’s construction, to which the latter responded that the words’ “‘such goods” CURRENCY REFORM The Sound Money Executive Oommittee Will Appoint a Commission. Fifteen Bankers and Financiers to Be Selected to Consider the Im- portant Question. Mr. H. H. Hanna, secretary of the ex- ecutive committee appointed by the sound money conference of businefs men, which met in Indianapolis several months ago, passed through Washington today on his way to Saratoga to attend a meeting of the executive committee, which will be held in that city next Wednesday. “The executive committee will act upon a proposition,” said Mr. Hanna to a Star reporter today, “to appoint a commission of fifteen bankers and financiers to con- sider the question of a reform in the cur- rency and banking laws, The Committee will also devote attention to general fea- tures connected with this subject.” This action of the executive committee of the Sound Money League grows out of the failure of congress to act upon, Presi- dent McKinley’s recommendations for the appointment of a currency commission to sit during the recess of congress and re- commend legislation to the next session looking to a reform in the currency and banking system of the government. Results May Be Vatuakie. While, of course, the reeommendations of this committee of business men can have no official weight, it is expected that the results of their labor may furnish a great deal of valuable material upon which a committee of congress, “4f #ppointed, could work. At any rate, if the commis- sion succeeds in agreeing ugon @ bill or a plan of reform it will have aseemplished more than the committee on basking and currency did in the last congress. Official force could be given t the re- sults of the commission’s Jabors by em- bodying the recommendation in bills to be introduced in the house. No Official Sanction Bxtem@ed. Mr. Hanna has had several conferences with Secretary Gage at the Treasury De- partment upon the prcpesition’for the ap- pointinent of a commission of business men to go over the subject of currency reform, and has endeavored to enlist his co-opera- tion. It is understood that Secretary Gage has expressed himself as being interested in the matter, but has explicitly stated that he could not lend his official recogni- tion to the work of the commission. What- ever they should undertake would have to be upon their own motion and responsibil- ity entirely. Any report that the commis- sion should make, therefore, could not be accepted as reflecting the views of the ad- ministration, but must be taken merely as the individual opinions of the men who form the commission. EE Army Orders, The following assignments of officers of the Torps of Engineers are made: Additional Second Lieut. William D. Connor, to duty under the immediate or- ders of Capt. Walter L. Fisk at Portland, Oregon. Additional Second Lieut. John C. Oakes, to duty under the immediate orders of Capt. William E. Craighill at Wilmington, North Carolina. Additional Second Lieut. Henry 8. Mor- gan, to duty under the immediate orders of Capt. Cassius E. Gillette at Savannah, Georgia. Additional Second Lieut. Cheney, to duty under the ders of Major Charles W. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Additional Second Lieut. Frederick W. Altstaetter, to duty under the immediate orders of Major James B. Quinn at New Orleans, Louisiana. Additional Second Lieut. Harley B. Fer- guson, to duty under the immediate or- ders of Capt. Frederic V. Abbot at Charles- ton, South Carolina. The above named officers will report in person on the expiration oftheir graduat- ing leave of absence to the Officers under whom they are assigned to duty, respect- ively. The following named officers will report to various boards: Capt. George W. Crabb, 5th Capt. Samuel McConihe, 14th Capt. William F. Spurgin, 2ist Sherwood A. immediate or- Raymond at Capt. Egbert B. Savage, 8th Capt. Wilson Hartz, 15th Capt. Cyrus 8. Roberts, 17th First Lieut, Solomon E. Sparrow, 21st In- fantry; First Lieut. Charles “M. Truitt, Adjutant 2ist |nfantry; First Lieut. Charles G. Morton, 6th Infantry; Second Lieut. Joseph L. Donovan, 17th Infantry; Second Lieut. LaRoy S. Upton, 2ist Infantry; Capt. Henry M. Kendall, 6th Cavalr: Capt. Argalus G. Hennisce, 8th Cavalry Capt. Samuel M. Swigert, 2d Cavalry: Capt. Joshua L. Fowler, 2d:€avalry; Capt. Richard H. Pratt, 10th Cavalry: Cant. Charles L. Cooper, 10th Cavalry; Charles A. Coolidge, 7th Infantry; Charles A. Dempsey, 2d Infantry; Simner H. Lincoln, 10th Infantry: Greenleaf A. Goodale, 23d infantry. Second Lieut. J. H. Parker, Company C, and Second Lieut. L. @. Bash, Company K, 13th Infantry, have ~exchmnged. A board, headed by Cant. Jno. B. Kerr, 6th Cavalry, has been ordered t& meet at Leavenworth September 15 for the ex: amination for promotion of! Lieuts: J. W. Watson, 10th Cavalry? P. B. 10th Cavalry; A. M. iam. ‘These transfers are made in ‘the 10th Cavalry: First Lieut. 8. D. Freeman: from Troop M to Troop E; First Lieut. W.-H. Hay from Troop E to Troop M; Second Lieut. ‘Troop M to Troop: F. ——_—_-e__ For Appotutment.of » Receiver: Suit in equity was fled today with the clerk of tre Supreme Court df the District of Columbia by the Btendard -Wall Paper Company and Ida M.. Burrows against George EB. Truman, George f. Cornell, E. Hilton Jackson end Martin I. Welficy, asking the appointment ef a receiver and an accounting under en June 29 last of the firm of Truman % Corse, doing a business: im papemaat 336 Pennsylvania avenue st. “The -com- plainants state that at/the of the assig.ment Truman Cornell -were in debt to the Standard Wall Paper Company in the sum of $1,06R.8%, - PROGRAM OF THE DAY PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 14.—The final heats of the silver jubilee regatta of the National Association of Amateur Oars- men, the trial heats of which were rowed yesterday, will be pulled off this after ison on the Schuyikill river. The weather con- ditions today are fine, although it is con- siderably warmer. What little breeze is blowing is from the southwest, but is not sufficient to disturb the course. This being the usual Saturday half holi- day, the indications are that the number of spectators who will witness the races will be very large, and in all likel{hoed wi! exceed in numbers those who witnessed the memorable regatta which was held here over the national course in centennial year, when a number of English oarsmen meas- ured strokes with the then American cham- pions. Interest in Singles. The all-absorbing topie among oarsmen along “boat house row” in the morning wes the senior single shell contest for the championship of the United States. J. J. Whitehead of Boston, who won the cham- pionship at Saratoga last year; Joseph Ma- guire of Cambridge, Mass., and James B. Juvenal, the Philadelphia’ champion, are the favorites. Each won his heat in the trials yesterday. The race promises to be a warm one from start to finish, as each man seems determined to strain every nerve to win. The eight-oared shell race is also claim- ing much attention. The University of Pennsylvania "Varsity eight, which rowed against Harvard and Cornell at Pough- keepsie; the Weld crew, composed of Har- vard undergraduates; the Worcester, Mass., High School crew, and the Pennsylvania Barge eight of Philadelphia, are in popular esteem. Of these the two Philadelpnia crews are hot favorites. Many knowing ones think the Pennsylvania "Varsity eight will cross the Ine first. They contend that the crew having been in training for n.cnths for a four miles race, a mile-and-a- half race will be comparatively easy. Ten Eyck May Row. There is a possibility that Ten Eyck may row an exhibition race this afternoon with the winner of the senior single event or scme other well-known sculler. The first race will be called at 3 o'clock. The program for this afternoon follows: 8 p.m.—Senior double sculls. 320 p.m.—Senior four shell for cham- pionship ef America. 3:40 p.m.—Senior single sculls. 4 p.m.—Intermediate single sculls. 4:20 p.m.—Pair-oared shell. 4:0 pm.—Intermediate double sculls. 5 p.m.—Intermediate four shell. 5:30 p.m.—International four shell. 6 p.m.—Senior eight shell pee See AMERICANS IN CUBA. Consul General Lee Reports on the Relief Their Destitution. Consul General Lee has madg a report to the State Department in regard to the fund of $10,000 placed at his disposal re- cently for the relief of destitute Americans in Cuba. The fund, which was equivalent to $10,975 Spanish dollars, is nearly ex- hausted. Out of it about 1,400 destitute Americans have been fed daily and pro- vided with medicine when necessary. The cost of each person averaged 9% cents, American money, a day. The expense was even less in cases where transportation was provided from the fund. One hundred and eleven persons were furnished with transportation to various parts in the United States. General Lee says that about 95 per cent of the 1,400 persons relieved are naturalized citizens of the United States, who had been in business in Cuba for a long time. Many of them do not speak English, and a large number have never been in the United States at all. The latter class is composed of the wives and children of naturalized citizens. MINISTER TO RUSSIA. Ethan Allen Hitchcock Said to Be Slated for the Place. Missouri people in this city say that the President has selected Ethan Allen Hitch- cock for minister to Russia. Mr. Hitch- cock is a well-known plate glass manufac- turer of St. Louis. He became well ac- quainted with President McKinley when the latter was framing the McKinley bill. It is said that Mr. Hitchcock visited the President at Lake Champlain a few days ago, and accepted the offer of the mission. —__+2+______ ANOTHER VAIN CLUE. Detectives Make a Fruit for Dorsey Foults. Policeman Muller, who is to become a member of the detective corps next week, called at police headquarters this morning, and soon after he reached there Inspector Hollinberger received another clue to the whereabouts of Dorsey Foultz, the fugitive murderer. While the inspector had no idea that the fugitive was where the report had put him he called Detectives Boardman and Lacy to go out and make an ,investigation. Officer Muller went with them. The officers went to the neighborhood of 16th and U streets and made an investigation, but they were not paid for their trouble. —-. CIVIL SERVICE IN THE ARMY. Regulations Recently Adopted Make It Satisfactory to Officers. ‘The engineers of the army experienced some trouble and made several complaints concerning the extension of the civil ser- vice to the employes on puVlic works un- der their charge. The new regulations oc- easioned considerab:e correspondence, which was finally transmitted to Congress, where the complaints were lodged by the army officers. The regulations have since been so arranged that the engineers now. say the civil service extension will workin @ most satisfactory manner. The right of selection of men from any branch of the classified Search and re- sponsible positions which such clerks occu- py. The paymasters in the army can se- ay oaks Se aay eee the classi- service, such cler] be- sub+ Ject to a bond of $15,000. ee —_—_ Sailing of the Dolphin. The dispatch boat Dolphin sailed from Portland yesterday for Machias, Me. our “quarantine stations on the southern Atlantic and gulf coast and also on the Pacific coast, rine hospital service. stations as far north as Virginia. Conditions at S: e Pass. They are uniformly of a most gratifying character, with the single excepdion of Sa- ‘The recent growth of the commerce of Sabine Pass, owing to the deepening of the channel there, has re- sulted in conditions which make the in- bine Pass, Tex. to infes habitants unusually liable of the town. This practice is strictly against preven- tive regulations, and has now been stopped. An officer of the bureau is at Sabine Pass, looking after matters. In addition to these and other regular precautions, sanitary in- spectors have been appointed at Colon and other piaces on the Isthmus of Panama to prevent, as far as pessible, the embarka- tion of infected persons bound for United States ports. Florida Being Patrolled. The great amount of smuggling and sur- reptitious communications between Cuba and the coast of Florida, which might re- sult in the introduction of the dreaded fever, has also caused the establishment of what is known as the Florida patrol, in which the inarine hospital service is as- sisted by the state board of health and the revenue cutter service under the Treasury Department. The marine hospital service has pur- chased the pilot schconer Fox of New York for duty in conveying supplies and mail from Cuba to the marine hospital stationed at Dry Tortugas. + e+ Chief Clerk of the Service. John W. Holliday has been promoted to chief clerk of the railway mail service. For several years he has been secretary of the Railway Mail Clerks’ Association, a beneficial organization, and he is probably persunally known to more men in this branch of the service than any other man in the United States. He. was born and raised in Ohfo, his father being a Presby- terian minister, and entered the railway mail service about twenty-one years since, served in every capacity in the field for about seven years, and came to this city about fourteen years ago. He has been promoted from time to time, until he now stands as the third officer in the mail ser- vice. Railway Mail ————_-+-o-____ EX-SECRETARY CARLISLE Favors the Gold Democrats Patting Up Tickets Everywhere. Ex-Secretary Carlisle, who is in the city, says he will not be able to make speeches this fall in all the states in which reports have accredited him. He would like to do so, he says, but his law practice will not permit. He intends to make at least one speech in Kentucky in favor of the gold demecratic state and county tickets. He is receiving requests from many directions for speeches, but so far has not been able to accept any of them. The ex-Secretary says he is in favor of the gold democrats putting up tickets in very state in which an election is to be held this fall, no matter if they poll mere handfuls of votes. He is as uncompromis- ing in his views as the silver democrats and speaks plainly on the subject of the gold men maintaining their organizations and their principles. > TOBACCO IN CUBA, No General Order for Its Release for Export Known. - So far as is known at the State Denart- ment, there has been no general order is- sued by the Spanish government, for the release of all the tobacco held in Cuba for export to the United States, under the pro- hibitory rule of Capt. General Weyler, is- sued last year. Each case is being treated on its merits, and the only general order issued, relates to the evidence that must be produced by the American owner of the tobacco, such as proof that the contracts for delivery of the tobacco were actually made prior to the issue of the prohibitory rule, dates of the various steps. in the transaction, and explanations of the reasons. why the tobacco had not been shipped before. In.some cases there has been considerable delay in securing the release of the tobacco owing to the fact that this evidence has been sent to Madrid instead of to Havana, but generally it is said the Spanish government is treating the applications with proper attention. Personal Mention. Lieut. Jos. T. Dickman, 34 Cavalry, who accompanied the remains of Capt. Thi- baut, 6th Infantry, from Fort Thomas, Kentucky, to Apington cemetery, is spend- ing a few days at Fort Myer. Lieut. 8. W. Dunning, 16th Infantry, is at the Army and Navy Club on leave of absence. Mr. Harry B. Bradford, the artist, is spending a few weeks at Hopeworth, R.I. Mr. J. J. Dermody is at Atlanite City. 8. Hurtington Rogers, Ph. D., has gone to Asbury Park. Mr. P. 8. Garretson, the acting chief ex- ecutive officer, supervising architect's of- fice, has gone to Atlantic City for a few days’ rest. Pastor E. Hez Swem of the Second Bap- tist Church returned yesterday from a vacation visit to the seashore. ——— A Mine Inspector's Report. Luke W. Bryan, government mine in- spector fof the Indian territory, has ren- dered his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, but it has not been yet ap- proved. It will be given out next week. ferred from the 4th Cavalry to the 1st Cav- alry, exchanging places with “Lieut. Col. Louls T. Morris of the Cavalry, who goes to the 4th Cavalry. but in every instance the infected persons have been stopped there. ‘The Pacific coast cases come from Panama, where the disease is unusually severe and widespread. Our immunity thus far has been due to the untiring efforts of the ma- The surgeon general has just received reports from an inspec- tion of all the gulf and South Atlantic ion. The ballast for incoming vessels was dis- charged there and used to raise the grade MARINE HOSPITAL SERVICE MARCHERS IN JAIL SUFFERING AT MOON RUN —$— PITTSBURG, Pa., August 14.—Notwith- standing the injunction secured by the Bunola Coal Company, the strikers con- tinue to march every morning to the pit. This morning the deputies arrested eight- een and brought them to Pittsburg. They were placed in jail on a charge of disor- derly conduct. The injunction case against the Bunola miners was heard before Judge Collier of the county court this morning, and the decision reserved. The judge said he wan:- ed to do justice to both sides and before rendering a decision he desi: examine the testimony. Pending his de- cision, the preliminary injunction against the miners was continued. Clash at Tartle Creek. Despite the orders of the miners’ officials, the campers at Sandy and Turtle Creeks attempted to march on the mines this morning, but the deputies were on the alert and beth bodies were forced to break ranks and return to their camps. There was the same show of res! made by the marchers at Sandy Crock nae morning that occurred at Plum © terday, but of a milder degree. ‘amp- ers began the march at 3 o'clock, an hour and a half earlier :han usual. done to outwit the deputies, but The sheriff's men were on guard, and wh: the strikers came up the road they were met by twenty-six @eputies and ordered to halt. The injunction was then read to them and they were ordered back to camp. They resisted at first, but when the depu- ties pressed forward the strikecs quickly broke ranks and returned to their quar- ters. As the result of this twenty-two dig- ay era gine ~ mine. t Turtle Creek the men had just form- ed on the road when the deputies appe . After a short parley the strikers quiet- ly withdrew. The output of the mine shows an increase. Yesterday it was sever? cars of lump, three of slack and one and a half of nut. Victory for the Company. . At Plum Creek the situation is a victory for the company,-so far as operating the mine is concerned. There was no march- ing, the strikers having decided to obey President Dolan’s order to -iiscontinue the marches until after the injunction proceed- ings next Monday. All was quiet during the night, and the campers and deputies had a gocd night's rest. There were 238 men ia the mine to- day, a gain of thirty-five. The output was twenty-seven cars of run of mine. The sheriff arrived at 7 o'clock this morning with an additional force of deputies. They were distributed throughout the district, so as to prevent all marching, even of squads of three or four. The strikers had decided to go about the pits in groups of from two to four men, but this will not be permitted by Sheriff Lowry. This morning Chief Deputy Richards, Su- perintendent De Armitt and two deputies went to Clarksville on a scouting tour. They found several small bodies of men on the road. They were stopped, and, after the injunction had been read, were ordered to disperse. The men invariably obeyed the order. The object of the trip to Clarks- ville, it is said, was to secure the names for the purpose of entering proceedings for contempt of court. A score of names were obtained, among them being President Dolan, Capt. Biiieng- ham, Paul Trimmers and James Bruce. Big Meeting at Plam Creek. Tpere will be a big meeting at Plum Creek this afternoon. President Dolan says a large number of the Plum Creck miners will be present, and that they will succeed in shutting down the mine. Distressing word comes from the Moon Run district, where three hundred families are said to be in want. It has been seven weeks since the miners went out, and at that time they had little or nothing ahead of them. Much sickness is said to prevail. A fund for the distressed has been started. About forty Italians returned to work at the Oak Hill mine today, under guard of deputies.“ Most of the Italians carried knives, and as they marched to the train they kept close to the deputies, but no at- tempt was made to interfere with them. STRIKE IN WEST VIRGINIA. ‘The Men Seem to Be Gat 5—Wheel- ing District Closed. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 14.—A spe- cial from Wheeli: W. Va., to the Plain Dealer today say: The failure of the operators in the Fair- ment region to call the bluff of the national labor leaders by serving Judge Jackson's United States court injunction, which was plainly violated yesterday, throws the strike in that regicn into about the shape it was a week ago, except that the strikers are gaining a little daily. ‘The Monongah union now has 507 mem- bers, a growth of fifty this week. Other mines are losing their workers slowly, and the strike is gaining in proportion. It is argued now that cince the injunction was not served on the leaders the operators will hardly try serving it on the subordinate egitators and miners. Reports from reliable and disinterested sources in the Kanawha valley do not agree with those given by Fred Dilcher to the Associated Press, although it is ad- mitted by all that the strikers are miking gains in thct region. There are still twen- ty mines at work and 2,000 miners. It is reported that the Norfolk and Western will be attacked by the organizers again Mon- red to carefully This was it failed, y. The Wheeling district is now entirely closed. A_maxs meeting will be held at Martin’s Ferry this afternoon to discuss the closing of the last two mill mines in the eastern Ohio region. —_—_ MR. MUDD’S METHODS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. Congressman Sydney E. Mudd and his republican state convention meets at Ocean