Evening Star Newspaper, August 17, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING &TAR. PUBLISHED DA Y EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 7101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by i Com epg eee Kew York Ofice, 40 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subserfbers fn the city by carriors, om their own account, at 10 ecnis per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the ccunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—S0 ccnts per moath. Saterday Cae $1 per year, with = foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., fs secend-cliss matl matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,872. WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1897-TEN PAGES. GEN.D.G. SWAIM DEAD Passed Away This Morning in His Sixty-third Year. INTIMATE FRIEND OF PRES. GARFIELD Was Judge Advocate General of the Army. HIS TRIAL AND SENTENCE prigadier General David G. Swaim, U. S. army, retired, died at his residence, Mount Pleasant, at 11 o'clock this morning. Gen. Swaim was born in Salem, Columbi- ana ecunty, Ohio, December 22, 1834. Gen. Swaim'’s family has been represented in the active operations of evcry war in which the United States has been engaged, and conspicuously during the wer of 1812 in the person of Commodore (captain) Lawrence of the navy. His father was the friend of éceshua R. Giddings, Salmen P. Chase and other advanced political thinkers of the day, and was one of the few men who or- nized the free soil party in Ohio. Gen. Swaim received an academic educa- ticn in his native state, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1859, and began practice at Salem, Ohio. He took an ac- tive pert in the presidential campaigns of 1S as a supporter of the republican part In IS61 he entered the army as first Heuten- ant of the 6th Ohio Volunteers, end soon after taking the field was promoted adju- tant general of the brigade to which the regiment was attached in the Army of the Ohio. He was wounded at fhe battle of Shiloh, fought at Perr: ie, Ky., Chicka- where h horse was shot under nd Missionary Ridge. For his ser- at the baitle of Shilch he was pro- moted captain and assistant adjutant gen- eral of v and after the battle of Stone ssigned to the staff of Gen. Thomas, who commanded the Ar- my of the Cumberland. He served through- ut the entire period of the civil war a as several times promoted, and was ¥ tained en staff duty more than a year af- ter the actual close of hosuilities. He was mustered out in October, 16, as assistant adjutant general, with the rank of major and brevet colonel of volunteers. In Feb- ruury, IS67, he was commissioned in the permanent military establishment, and on account of his legal abilities and succes: ful serv Ss on military » he was a signed to duty judge pcate of the fourth military district at Vicksburg, Miss whe as counsel for the government, he successfully a d against eminent coun- sel the cel habeas corpus case of €x parte MeCardie, involving the constitu- tionality of the recenstruction acts of Con- gress. before the circuit court of the Unit- ed Sta for the di: t of Mississippi, and was of counsel in arguing the case on upreme Court of the United . ISG he was appointed major and judge the United States army and signed to duty at the headquarters of the military Department of the Missourt, which position he filled for more than ten rs, and on many occasions during that period he was, by special detail of the Sec- ary nated to officiate z -ourts-martial in different ¢f the country. He also appeared as coun- sel for the government before the ordinary courts of the law in matters affecting mili- tary jurisdiction and administration. Appointed Judge Advocate General. On February 15, 1851, President Hayes ap- pointed him judge advocate general of the army, with the rank of brigadier general. trial cf important c: He was the trusted friend of and compan- ion of President Garfield end attended him through the long fatal hours that preceded bis untimely death. In ISS¢ he was ac- of giving evasive answers to the Sec- of War regarding a private tran: tried by court-martial and acquit- audulent practices, but convicted nduct prejudicial to good order and ine. The sentence imposed by the .r¥ court was disapproved. The court then sentenced General Swaim to suspen- sion from rank and duty on half pay for twelve years. This brought the expiration of his sentence and the date of his retire- ment the same year (1896). General Swaim sued in the Court of Claims to recover his full pay, the court deciding that the evi- dence ‘showed no offense, but that the s had not jurisdiction to r ‘ourt-martial proceedings. The Went to the Supreme Court on appeal and Was decided adversely. cd to Hin Rights. December 3, 184, Secretary Lamont, by direction of the President, remitted the ui expired portion of his sentence and r stored him to all the rights and privileges of his office. He preferred not to take up his official duties on account of ill-health, and remained on the active jist waiting hi retirement, which took place December Ise © his retirement he resided in Wash- He leaves a wife and one child, the wife of L. L. Thompson of this No official information of the death of General tim had been received at the War Department at a late hour this after- noon. Officials were. surp d, as it was not known that General Swaim had been seriously il Upon receipt of information from the family of General Swaim action will be taken. —————e-___ DEMOCRATS NOT DISCOLRAGED. Senator Jones of Arkansas Not In- clined to Discussion. ator J. K. Jones, who has been at Sulphur Springs for some time with his family, reached Washington last even- ing and expects to leave this evening for Arkansas. He did not have anything to say «bout politics today. There was noth- ing in the present situation in Ohio or else- Where at this time to warrant a discussion of the t this fall, except to say that ts found nothing discouraging ook. For the present there fs nothing doing with the national commictee. When vacation time is over activity will Se w ——— Personal Mention. It is expected that First Assistant Post- master General Perry S. Heath will return city from his va fon tomorrow. Representative Hitt of Illinois was in the Bity today. Col. Crook of the White House force has to Lake George for his vacation DeWitt Fowler leav tonigh: for a short vacation in the mountains of Vir- ginia a — Maryland and District Pensions. Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—Samuel wil- Hams, William H. Romaine, Ervin 8. Green, Mary Alexander Rhodes (nurse), George Stringer and John Hockmeyer. aryland—Joseph Ryan, Patapsco; Jo- seph H. Corkran, Williamsburg; Surah E. Dykes, West. Virginla—David Artley, Berkeley; Lucy Dennis, Grafton. —_- Paying the Pensions. The Interior Department has made requi- sitions ow the Secretary. of the Treasury fm the payment of quarterly persions for $11,435,000 at the following agencies: Co- lumbus, Ohio, $3.900; Detroit, Mich., $1,- 78,000: San Francisco, $840,000; Augusta, Me., $750,000; Boston, $2,000,000; Washing- ton, D. C., $2,195,000. GLENCAIRN WINS AGAIN Canadian Yacht Leads the Momo Over Two Minutes at Finish. The Race Today Was Sailed in a Stifl Breeze, Which Favored the Winner, POINT CLAIRE, Quebec, August 17.— The yacht Glencairn II won the race to- day, crossing the line at 2:00.10, the Momo crossing at 2:03.02. Those cynical salt water sailors who profess to believe that the surface of In- land waters is invariably of the placid calm of a mill pond should have seen the heaving surface of Lake St. Louis this morning to gain some respect for fresh water seas. A gale blew off the lake ali last night, the wind occasionally acquir- ing almost hurricane force. The yachts moored along the lake shore tugged at their cables and plunged and rolled about in the green seas, Evidently the wind which blew Glencairn over yesterday's course to victory was holding, and not only holding, but increasing in strength. When the lake people awoke this morn- ing, the lake presented an appearance which gladdened the hearts of the friends of Glencairn. The waves were lashing the shore and running away up on the beach, while out in the lake the white saps were chasing each other eastward. It was a dark, rough-looking morning, h every prospect that the wind would blow great guns before the day was over. Had a Twenty-Knot Breeze. At 9:50 a.m. the wind must have been blowing fully twenty miles an hour, and with no prospect of any moderation. Under these conditions, Glencairn was picked upon as almost a sure winner. Mr. Crane, however, would by no means con- c-de this. ‘fhe Yankee skipper was not sat- isfied that his boat had done herself justice in yesterday's contest, and after the race was over he did some experimental sailing to see if better results might not be at- tained with the same kind of wind. Today’s course was similar to that of Saturday. two miles straightaway to wind- ward and return, sailed three times ov The direction of the wind being differ- ent the starting point was in the opposite direction from that of Saturday. As the morning wore on the wind, if anything, increased in strength and a slight rain began to fall. The yachts a good part of the time were under reefer sails. Started at 11.40 A. M. The yachts got away at 1140.a.m. Glen- cairn crossed the line first. The wind was blowing fully eighteen miles an hour, and a thick fog almost shut off view of the stake beat. The Glencairn on the Starboard tack soon crossed the Momo’s bows, and at the half mile was eight lengths in the lead. The decks of both boats were swept by the seas. The Momo then began to reduce Glencai: lead. Both boats turned the two-mile buoy at 12:20 p.m., the Glencairn leading by ten seconds, Momo having made up some lost ground Glencairn turned the stake boat, followed by Momo, 2 minutes 10 seconds later. Glen- cairn practically ran away from Momo on the outward leg. Glencairn finished the second round at 1:10, Momo at It was so foggy that the boats could not be seen rounding the outward buoy, but Glancairn soon came into view on the last leg, sailing in great style. ee SAYS IT WAS OFFERED TO HIM. Controller Eckles Talks of the Colon- inl Presidency. NEW YORK, August 17.—An official of the Colonial Trust Company of this city, authoritatively denies the report, sent out from Washington, that Controller of the Currency James H. Eckels, upon the ex- piration of his term as a federal officer, would replace R. P. Flower as president of the Colonial. It is said Mr. Eckels’ name has been mentioned in connection with the presi- dency of the Metropolitan Trust Company of this city. DETROIT, Mich., August 17.—Controiler of the Currency James H. Eckels was in- terviewed today by the ociated Press in relation to the report that he had ac- cepted the presidency of the Coloniai Trast Company of New York. Mr. Eckels affirm- ed the report in so far as having been cf- fered the position, but declined to state whether he would accept or decline it. From trustworthy authority, however, it can be stated that Mr. Eckels will not ac- cept the honor, but will remain in his pres- ent position unul his term expires. > S WITH HOG CHE EXPERIME! IRA. © im of an Iowa Company That the Disease ix Curabl DUBUQUE, Iowa, August 17.—The fact that heg cholera is.curable has again been demonstrated on the farm of the Dubuque Fruit and Produce Co., near this city, where, under the direction of Division Freight Agent Clemens of the Chicago, Mil- waukee and St. Paul railroad, 54 out of 62 sick hogs were treated and saved. There seems to be no doubt that the hogs had a genuine attack of cholera at the time the treatment ‘as commenced. Last year 3,000,000 hogs died in Iowa of this disease. The agents of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company have been using their remedy for over a year, and have succeeded in saving fully 90 per cent of the hogs treated along the line of their road. a TO FORM A FEDERATION. Object of Meetings of Railway Em- ployes This Week. DETROIT, Mich., August 17.—The fed- eration of all railway employes in the coun- try in the train service is the object that will bring together a host of engineers, firemen, trainmen, telegraphers and other railroad men in this city this week. It will be a meeting for the purpose of awakening interest among railroad employes in the movement. it is hoped that a large number of well- known railroad officials will be present as & promotion of good feeling between em- ployer and employe. : Similar meetings ure being held in differ- ent parts of the country, and the results of those held so far have been very suc- cessful. It is expected that from 2,500 to 3,000 men will be present, the orders to which they belong representing from 75,- 000 to 100,000 railroad employes. —-+- ENEMY OF BICYCLISTS. He Buries a Spiked Plank in Favorite Bike Path, MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 17—About 200 bicycle riders who took a spin into the country for pleasure had to walk back to the city, a distance of seven or eight miles, owing to punctures. Some one buried a plank filled full of spikes in the bike path on the Cedarburg road, between Maquon and Thiensville, and succeeded in disabling 200 wheels before the cause of disaster was discovered. The route is a favorite one with wheel- men. Another plank was discovered buried on 9th street road, near the c'ty limits. (AN EXTRA EXPENSE Work Begun of Relaying Concrete Floors of City Post Office. THE OLD MATERIAL WAS WORTHLESS Supervising Architect Expresses His Views of the Matter. OTHER OPINIONS OBTAINED a The work of tearing up the old concrete at the new post office building 1s pro- gressing on the first, mezzanine and second floors, and it is expeciel it will be ccm- pleted in about ten days. here is no difficulty in removing the old material on the floors, hardly more than digging into a mass of dried gravel or ved of cinders. In fact, the concrete, or what was supposed to have been concrete material when It was laid, resembles tothing more on all of the nine floors of the building than a bed of finely pound cinders. At present it will be only the three floors mentioned above that will be reconcreted. It is claimed at the building that the floors were broken up and their displace- ment made necessary by the amount of heavy objects which have been dragged over them, hut not oniy do the floors men- tioned have tie appearance dump, but all mie of them 4 the same. They were inspected this morning by ar reporter, and ail look alike. They have the appearance of having crumbled without any pressure whatsvever. liow the Concrete Was Laid. On the first floor the concrete, or the so- cated concrete stuff, was laid on a brick foundation. On the others it was placed on the terra cotta floor arches. It seems to have made no difference, therefore, what the foundation —the concrete is faulty, has been so pronounced, and it will ¢ ihe government the sum of $7,000 under additional contract made with E. F. God ot Chicago to do the work on the thre floors. It has not as yet been decided } whether the concrete on the others will be reiaid, but the probabilities are that this will also be neces nd_an additional eutiay of several thousand dollars will be incurred. The when Superintendent transferred the ea charge it w measure, of cinders, Ry urefully a year ago, who was part of June, was in composed of five parts, by two parts of sand and one of cemen ak part of the com- pesition, it is alleged by those who are pesed to be up on such questions, is due the fact that the cinders were pulverized. @he people in the building claim that th first three floors were subjected to an over- loading, They were made, it for a mass of he included plumbers’ supplies, plate ¢ bexes, window frames, iron fram many other articles used i tion of the building. This | tion given for the destroying and crushin hich they were never intend- ep- said, the re materials. Th: of the concrete on the three first floors, | but there is none for the other: The fact that they are all in the same condition would go to disprove the theory thai the breaki onerete was % up of the due to the heavy materials resting on them. In spots the mass is apparently solid, im- pervious to anything but a heavy blow with a sharp instrument. This ‘dea is soon ¢x- pelled, however, by a kick from the heel of a shoe. The substance easily falls -apart then. and show how little resistance 1s given by the stuff. What a Visit Disclosed. When a Star reporter visited the building this merning part of the old concrete had been removed, part was being brushed up and hauled away to the rubbish pile, while a force of workmen were engaged in lay ing the new concrete on the first floor. A workman connected with the electric light company which was given the con- tract fer that ss of work, was digging a hole in the concrete with a chisel. was but little effort needed to ak through it. It did not come out in chunks, would a hard, solid substance. It crum- bled and broke in small pieces, and the flew as if the workman had been dig to a pile of earth. e ers!” was what the workman la- lied, when he was asked what but it's supposed to concrete, nothing but cinders,” he declared, and there Was every evidence that he spoke the truch. It was not the original intention of. the builders to have the concrete laid on false fiooring, as will be done in the placmg of the vew concrete. It was intended tbmt it should be laid direct on the brick, and the tcrra cotta, but this experiment evidently proved costly, or solved a problem which was a knotty one before, and the new plan Was adopted, after it was discovered the first would not do. “1 cannot whether the othcr tloors will have to be reconcreted, or not,” said Superintendent of Censtruciion Stuart to ‘The Star revorier, when the matter was brought to his attention. » “It may be later on,” he said, “1 lies uw of my power to decide. pervising architect of the tr will have te settle the matter.” The superintendent has been at the new post office since the early part of June only, and the concrete was not laid when he had anything to do with the construction of the long-delayed and oft-repaired, unfinished building at the southwest corner of 11th street and Pennsylvania avenue. Whut Foreman and Inspector Say. General Foreman Holmes and Inspector Oliver of the building were seen by the re- porter in regard to the faulty concrete. “It would have been all right,” they both deciared, “if the heavy stuff had not been dragged over the floors. “The concrete, which is being laid now is composed of four parts of gravel, two of sand and one of cement,” said Holmes. “That is lighter than the other. It was thought better that the concrete this time should be laid on false flooring, and the electric light conduits will be placed on top of the concrete.” “Don't you think it would have been all right if the concrete in the first place had been made with broken stone or brick clinkers or furnace slag instead of the cinders?” asked the reporter. Holmes studied a moment and then re- plied: “I'm not on the witness’stand now and am not here to answer that kind of ques- tions. The supervising architect's. office furnishes the specifications and we are here to see that they are carried out. We confine ourselves to seeing that they are carried out exactly.” “Why wasn’t the concrgte laid on the flooring in the first place?” repeated Oliver, in response to a question from the reporter. “You had better ask the fellows in the architect's office who draw the plans and fix them up the reason why. They are the ones who ought to be able to answer. Mr. Kemper’s Statement. Acting Supervising Architect of the Treasury Kemper was seen by the reporter in reference to the new contract let and made necessary by the faulty character of the concrete in the building. He acknowl- edged that it had been necessary to con- crete three floors. “It has not yet been he said, have to be or not. “whether the other will ‘We will settle that later. You have ex- ut that "The su- ury alone amined the concrete and you ought to know whether it is or is not In good condition,” said Mr. Kemper, when he was asked whether he considered the job a good one. “There is a superintendent of construc- tion down at the building who has charge of such matters,” he said. “A general foreman and inspectors are there to watch such things. I have been so busy here that I have not been in the place for a long time. The concrete was laid uncer the former superintendent, who was followed by Mr. Stuart, the early part of June.” A Local Contractor's Views. A local contractor has this to say on the subject of the concrete: “That something was radically wrong with the cone-ete put In over the terra cotia arches of the post oMfce building has long been a known fact, not only to the experienced eye of the builders, but to €very person of ordinary sense, including the superintendent, foreman,inspectors and ethers employed in and «bout the build- ing, as well as the officiais in the super- vising architeet’s ofice. “The purpose of this concrete is to fill in the space between the top of the arches and the top of the iron beams, and it was to be composed of cement, sand and cinders in certain proportions. Upon this are to be laid the tile and wood floors, and when the tile floors are to be lald it will require one inch or more of cement trortar to be laid upon this concrete filling, and the tile will be imbedded in this while yet in a plaster state. “For this purpose the concrete should be all that its name implies—hard, durable, a homogeneous mass. In rooms where wood floors are to be laid there ghould first be laid scantling on sleepers, strips of wood two inches thick and four inches wide, and of sufficient length to reach from wall to wall of each room or cor- ridor. These sleepers are then to be filled in between with the same filling as over the terra cotta arches and finished level with the under side of the wood floor, which is to be nailed to the sleepers. For this purpose almost any kind cf concrete filling: would answer, as its only use is to fill up all space between floor and arch, so that rats, roaches and mice will have no place to secrete themselves. Where Does the Fault Lie? ow, the question is, whose fault fs it that this concrete is in such bad condi- ticn, the contractcr’s cr the architect's of- fice? I claim that the fault is about equal- ly divided. The contractor used a material that he must have known at the time was not fit and proper and the architect ta- corporated in his specifications a formula that has been abandoned by good archi- tects and careful engineers for the past fen years. “Mr. Kemper, the acting supervising ar- is quoted as saying that this for- mula has given entire satisfaction for the ny fifteen Right here is whe: difficult The supervising arc tect’s office is just about fifteen years I hind t d until they make a re- organization of the entire office and | ii on a business plane they will never be able to cutch up. . Kemper lays no claim to being an architect, ner do the duties sors ¢ as th supervising arch. berformed by him and his predece Il for the service of an archites duties performed by the so-called ct of the treasury are those of a cierk. His time is so taken up with such matter$ as reports from his superintendents, signing mail, opening bids and attcnding to other reutine work in connection with the clerical branch of the office that he actually has ne time to. supervise the work of the draughtsmen and artists employed in the designing of” our pubiic buildings, and as a result we are teday constructing buildings of # svére- otyped form that are not only far behind the times, but a disgrace to the high stan dard of architectural work obtained by the American artists of this date. “I seriously question if many of the plans that bear the names of some of our recent supervising architects on large pub- Me buildings have ever received even a ual examination by that official. Tne piace that. a supervising architect seldom sees is the very place where he should spend the most of his time—in the draught- ing room, where his assistants are em- ployed. As a consequence of this enforced neglect of the watchful eye of their chief the government has a poor class of build- ings, and all for lack of a proper system of reducing the office to business principles, and of not keeping up with the constant improvements being made in the building line. “As far as this concrete is concerned, I can testify that from the very day it was put down—now nearly a ‘year ago—until the day they commencett to take it up, there has been no time that you could not scrape it up with the toc of your boot, an this is the formula that has given satis- faction for fifteen years! No wonder that the tile floors in ‘some of the buildings erected by the supervising architect of the treasury rattle when you walk over them like the dried bones of dead men when shaken in their box. No wonder that un- der this system they will put a tinder roof on an otherwise fireproof building, and call it a combustible firsproof roof.’ And yet they have sufileient force, if properly dis- tributed and handled, to turn out the finest buildings in the world.” SS TO TRY THE ARMY’ SYSTEM. Marines to Test the Merits of the Post Canteen. © With the-view of adding to the comforts of the enlisted men of the Marine Corps stationed at barracks and on shore, the de- partment h&s issued the following order to the colonel commandant ®f the Marine Corps: “It is the desire of the department to test the relative merits of the system of post traderships as it exists by regulation in the Marine Corps with that of the post ex- change as it exists by law in the army, and tc this end you will authorize Capt. H. C. Cochrane,’ commanding Marine bar- racks at the Naval Training Station, New- port, R. I, to establish a post exchange at that post, to be conductéd in all respects in accordance with the laws, regulations and rules governing the conduct of post ex- changes in the United States army, as far as practicable. Capt. Cochrane will be re- quired to report monthly to ‘the colonel commandant the results:of thisexperiment, with such recommendations as he may de- sire to make as to ghe- advantages, disad- vantages and practicability of continuing the system at that post; at thesend of six months such reports to be forwatded to the Secretary of the Navy’ by the e@lonel com- mandant, with such remarks and recom- mendations as he may desire to make. Re- spectfully (Signed), = ia “THEODORE. ROOSEVELT “Acting Secretary. It.is evident that if the profits from the sales at the post traders’ stores at the Marine barracks which now Bo to outside parties could be used, as is the case at post canteens in the army, many additions could be made to the comforts and amusements of the enlisted-men. Reading, card and bil- liard rooms could be ‘fitted up, and gym- nastic sppeptce could be bought for their use. In other words, the cantesm would be the enlisted man’s club ropm. Recent Nav: rders, . ‘The following orders hfwe been issued by the Navy Department: Clerk Lewis Poessel, for the Mo: ; Ensign W. H. Standley, detached from; Monterey, and sent to the Alert; TWO CENTS. The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium fot unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. ENGLAND AND SILVER|MESSAGE FROM aNoREE|TIKE MARTIAL LAW Interest Excited by the London Times’ Assertions. AMERICAN = CONCERN = LESSENING Effect of Large Crops and Awak- ening of Business. IMPROVED CONDITIONS > Aispatch from London giving a sum- mary of an article in the London Times an- tagonistic to any concession on the part of England toward the United States with re- spect to silver excites considerable interest here and is regarded as significant by those who have been watching the progress of negotiations for an international monetary conference. The statement that the price of the rupee has risen, while the price of silver has fallen in 1896, and the sugges- tion that India, being the only real whole- sale customer of silver, is benefited by its fall in price, and that, therefore, England should make no concessions to silver, either by the opening of the India mints or other- wise, is regarded as a pretty strong Indica- tion that England will not even make a pretense of joining the United States with other countries in trying to rehabilitate silver. There is a growing feeling that the United States is rapidly tending toward a situation which wili render us entirely in- dependent of Great Britain in this respect and render it of comparatively little im- portance whether anything is done by the international monetary commission or not it is believed that the awakening of bu: ness in this country, with large crops here and short crops in Europe, is going to bring a great volume of goid to this country, and that American securities will continue to advance and will hold the ground gained in spite of any effort on the part of the European bankers to beat them down end to protect the foreign gold. The suggestion from London that the United States cannot OR s to silver from Eng- land while we a egarding the British commercial interests in the new tariff act shows a misconception of the situation. Losing Interest in Silver. It is said here by those informed as to the situation that the operation of the Dingley bill and such other conditions as will bring a revival of business activity and a restora tion of prosperity, weaken the interest of the United States in the silver question, and it matte little whether our mone- tary commissioners succeed or fail. 'They hoid that while the restoration of silver through international agreement might be of doubtful benetit to the United States, the h business and commercial conditions de- veloping under the Dingley act, which will bring European gold to the United States and firmly establish American sec § accomplish all that even the best friends of that it would do for the coun- belief is among those who are der t try y.. The 2 egntident of permanent prosperity tHe new tariff that not only will all inter in international coinage agreement be lost by the time Congress meets, but that there wiil be an indisposition at that time to con- sider the currency question in Congress. Business Conditions Generally Better. Representative Henderson of Iowa is in Washington today. In.a day or two he is going to Iowa and will take an active yart in the campaign there this fall, and will probably go into Ohio for a short time before the election. He said this morning that there was no longer an excuse for any to deny the gencral improvement of business conditions throughout the country. “There is a steady, safe and permanent improvement in conditions,” he said, “and prosperity is assured. The advance in prices and increased business activity is not sporadic, but 1s the result of improve- ment in conditions under the new adininis- tration. There are five large railroads pass- ing through my district, and since Presi- dent McKinley’s inauguration they have advanced an average of ten points. 1 am not a follower of the markets, but I al- ways watch these roads; because they are in my dictrict and because they are a safe, reliable index of business conditions. This advance is significant of the improvement of business.” Speaking of the political situation, Gen Henderson said that the republicans ‘would win in Iowa and Ohio. He said that his taking the stump in Ohio would depend upon whether the state committee of Iowa could spare him, but that he thought he would be able to fulfill a promise made conditionally to Senator Hanna. Improvement in the West. Ex-Representative Pickler of South Da- kota, who is in Washington on bi and will be here for a day or two, sa; yreatly improved. “Our people, “are doing very much better than they were, and there is a very perceptible re- laxation of the financial strain. The high price of wheat and the increase in the price of cattle is a very great benefit to the people of my section. I would not ay that 2ny one thing alone has brought about the improvement, but undoubtedly we are feeling the benefit of the tariff. The duty on hides is affecting the price of cattle to some exient, and our farmers feel the benefit of the wool duty and the Guty on other foreign products. Another thing is that they have been economizing and scraping together a little money to re- eve them of some of the pressure of debts with which they became burdened some time ago. They are generally more contented and occupied with their business, so that they are not talking politics. They are not even talking about the money ques- tion. I do not know whether there has been any change in sentiment with rela- tion to the silver question—whether the silver sentiment has grown any weaker— but the fact that the people are not dis- cussing it indicates probably that there is rot as much interest taken_in it as former- ly. Of course, there is a good deal of feel- ing in favor of silver among the demo- crats in tlhe state.” SSeS ‘TREASURY TELEPHONE SYSTEM. Contract Has Been Awarded to the Chesapeake and Potomae Company. The Treasury Department is to have a complete system of telephone exchange. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company has been awarded the contract at a cost of $2,262.50. The system Is to in- clude forty-five stations, thirty-nine ot which will be in the Treasury Department proper. The remaining six will be dis- tributed ons each for the marine hospital, the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department, the bureau of statistics. the office of the auditor for the War Depart- ment, the treasury stables and the Secre- tary’s private residence. Ingtruments are to be placed on the desks of the Secretary, the Ae Seep ae chiefs of bu- reaus. io this will mecessary to have a switch beard in the s Carrier Pigeon Killed by a Sailor Near Lapland Coast. The Explorer Wrote “Eighty-Two Good Journey Northward”—Also Bore a Letter. Degrees Passed, CHRISTIANIA, August 17.—Information received here confirms the story published in a dispatch from Hammerfest, Norway, saying that one of the searchers for Herr Andree met the sealing vessel Alkea about July 22, ani was informed by her cap- tain that one of the crew had shot a car- tier pigeon, between North Cape and Seven Islands, on the north coast of Lapla bearing a,message from the explore dressed to tne Aftonbladet of Stockholm, which reads ms follows: “Eighty-two ce- grees passed. Good journey northward. Andree.” The date cf the message was illegible. ‘The pigeon alsq carried a letter addressed to the Aftonbiadet, but the captain of the Alden declined to surrender either the dis- patch or the pigeon and continued his voy. age northward. ‘The captain is familiar with Andree's plans and is greatly inter- ested in them. The news arrived here very Indirectly. The captain of the Alken communicated the information to the commander of ship Injeperg of Tromsoe, the latter tran mitted the news to the commander of the steamer Express, upon which the Lorner polar expedition was coming home, und the Express finally passed the news ‘along {© the ‘steamer Lofoen, which broaght it ere. —= NO FEAR OF IMPOSITION. The United States Could Kee; dians From the Gold Fi It is not believed by officials of the gov- ernment that any serious hardships will be imposed by Canada upon American miners in the Klondike gold régions. It is pointed out that it would be difiicult to enforce any serious impositions upon the miners. Such a course might result in retaliation en- forced by the United States, so as to make it almost impossible for the Canadians to go or return from the Klondike equntry. If this country should prevent Canad officials from entering the Kiondike thro n territory they would be ublized ch the gold country over thousands s of unexplored country > it is said that there has been no correspond bearing directly on the an miners 3 ern con- position to best inter- It is stated that in y there is and that there is a 4 co-operate so as to further th ests of all concerned impesing the 10 per Ity on the gold output equally on and Ameri- cans, the United States can have no cause of complaint. Acting Postm received a tele postm, ral Shallenberger from the deputy nada stating in reply to a communication sent by our zov- ernment regarding Klondike mail that a counter pi jon had just been riailed by Canada. The acting postmas' eral had suggested to Canada that a change of mail between the United States and Canada be established at Dawson City in the Klondike district. The counter proposition may be the scheme a has just forwarded to the State Depart- ment for the construciion of a telegraph line from the Lyan canal to Klondike, with a provision for maintaining dog trains for the conveyance of maiis in both direc- tions along the line. ARMY NOTES, Current Matters of General Interest to the Service. Army orde’s have been issued as follows: Chaplain Francis H. Weaver of the 10th Cavalry is retired from active service on account of disability incident to the serv- ice. Privates William Darcy and Charles W. Dreher, Band 16th Infantry, and Joseph Arndt, Company G, 16th Infantry, Fort Sherman, Idaho, have been discharged from service. Private Nathaniel R. Albright, Company C, 24th Infentry, Fort Douglas, Utah; Private Frank Ross, Company B, 12th In- fantry, Fort Niobrara, Neb., are discharged from service. Private David Halle, Com- pany D, 8th Infantry, now at Fort Russell, will be discharged. The following enlisted men have been placed upon the retired list at their own re- quest: Sergeant Solon D. Neal, department, Indianapolis arsena George Burkle, Company D, 5th 1 5 -Fort McPherson, Ga.; Artificer Friedrich Adams, Light Battery K, Ist Artillery, Fort Sam Houston, Tex.; Private Charles H. Boies, Company B, 3d Infantry, Fort Snellirg, Minn. Captain Frank Baker, ordnance depart- ment, will proceed to the Sandy Hook prov- ing ground, Sandy Hook, N. J., on official business pertaining to the test of S-incn disappearing carriages, and, upon the com- pletion thereof, will return to his proper Station. Leave of absence for one month and ten days is granted First Lieutenant Charles L. Beckurts, adjutant, 6th Infantry. Leave of absence for one month, to take effect upon his relief from duty at Fort Preble, Me., is granted Captain Henry S. T. Harris, assistant surgeon. Second Lieutenant Richard L. Livermore. 10th Cavalry, will report in person, Sep. tember 1897, to Captain John B. Kerr, 6th Cavalry, president of the examining board appointed to meet at Fort Leaven- worth, Kan., by special orders, for ex- amination as to his fitness for promotion, instead of to the president of the examin: ing board. The following transfers are made in the 4th Cavalry: Captain Fred Wheeler, from Troop E to Troop G; Captain Hugh J. Mc- Grath, from Troop G to Troop E. ——— Whereabouts of the Warships. The North Atlantic Squadron, consist- ing of the New York, Maine,-Massachu- setts, Iowa, Brooklyn, Texas and Puritan, has arrived at Portland, Maine, and will remain there until about the 33d of the month. The Standish, which is being used as a training ship for the engineer cadets, has arrived at Annapolis. ———-2+_____ McRae to Be Given Up. The State Department has issued a war- rant directing the surrender to the Cana- dian authorities of Alexander Matthews McRae, who is wanted on a charge of for- gery to the extent of £45,000 and robbery of a bank at St. Catherines. The warrant is issued under the extradition treaties in force between the countries. McRae has been arrested and is in the hands of the United States marshal in New York. — 2 -—_____ | mines who are after the De Armitts. Deputy Sheriffs Patrol the Roads in Vicinity of Miners’ Camps. jmataieecaipsaieckaaasions TRAVELERS MUST RENDER ACCOUNT Report That Anarchists Are After the De Armitts. NEW MEN TO BE —s IMPORTED PITTSBURG, Pa., law has to all August 17.—Martlal intents and purposes been declared in Plum, Patton and Wilkins townships by Sheriff Lowry. The three mines of the New York and Cleve- land Gas Coal Company are in these town- ships, and all roads leading to them will be patrolied by his deputies. Persons walk- ing or driving along the roads who can- not give a satisfactory accovnt of them- selves will be ordered to leave the neigh- borhood, and upon refusal will be arrest- a. The sheriff will not attempt to break up the comp of the strikers until the court has passed on the question, bat announced today that he is determined to stop the marching and trespassing on the com- Pany’s property, No one will be allowed on the company’s property, who fails to have a pass signed by Superintendent De Armitt. There are now nearly 80 men in the camp at Plum Creek. After the mutiny at Sandy Cresk yeste the camp at that point was ab: and the men went to Plum Creek. Provisions Getting Short, In addition 200 men arrived at 3 o'clock this morning from Belle Vernon. The large increase in the number in camp has caused a shortage of provisions and the men are hungry. They threatened to march dur- ing the morning, but were induced not to do so by the deputies. Last night it was decided to have the women march, as the injunction did not in- clude them, The order of the sheriff to ar- rest all persons, however, caused a change in the program, and there was no march, Sheriff Lowry said he would disperse the wemen as quickly as the men, as he inter- preted the court's order to mean to enjoin not only the men, but all who attempied to interfere with the De Arimitt miners in any v by a show of force There were twenty-two evictions near Plum Creek during the day of striking iners. The evictions began at noon yes- rs on the morning train from urg to Turtle Creek say a man who his name as John Monroe, and said he Ss from the Osceola mine, announced he was going to kill Sam De Armitt. Anarchists at the Mines. The claim is made that the ber of anarchists in the v are a num- cinity of the They are not in the camp, however. Samuel De Armitt is under arrest by the sheriff. Neither he nor the sheriff will say tor what. The strike leaders for som reason have abandoned the idea of having a meeting of the heads of the different labor corgan- izations to devise ways and means of bat- Uing with an adverse ruling of the court on the miners’ injunction. ident Do- lan says me ~ of the union officers may be held on Thursday, but if it is it will be for another purpose. There is a rumor current Unat the De Ar- mitts have arranged for the importation of 200 foreign workmen next Mond to work in the Turde ek and Plum Creek mines. This is denied by Thomas De Ar- mitt, who says the company has enough men working, and that there is no need of importing other miners. To Bring in New Men. In spite of all denials, however, it is be- lieved that the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company will give notice to all strikers that they are willing to re-employ all the old hands, and should the strikers not choose to return to work within a few days the company will try to employ some who will work. The work of securing signatures to the uniformity agreement is progressing favurably, and in a few days the list will be ready for publication. About thirty operators are said to Lave ed, but the comr S not willing whether or not of the larger FAIRMONT, W. Va marching strikers have suce ting about half of the men out tana, and it is said they will march on New England this afternoon. If they do they will probably be arrested by the deputy marshals, who arrived this morn- ing. Senator Camden is a recent arrival from Parkersburg. He says from what Governor Fleming tel!s him he would n be surprised if the region were tied up by Monday. STRIKE AT HAZLETON. Men Are Confident of Success—No _ Clashes With the Police. HAZLETON, Pa., August 17.—The strike situation in the Honey Brook district ot the Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Company's collieries is unchanged today. No attempt -was made to start work at the mines this morning. Superintendent Jones said that the com- pany would not experience any embar- Tassment because their collieries in the Wilkesbarre and Wyoming district could supply the demand for coal. The strikers are coniident of success. The unanimity of sentiment is that unless a compromise is effected the tie up will be a prolonged one. ‘The coal and iron police are still guarding mines, but thus far they have not been molested or had occasion to arrest a sin- gle striker. Superintendent Jones was arrested this morning on a warrant sworn cut by John Hudor before Squire Daily, charging him with assault and battery. This is the out- come of Saturday's scrimmage between the strikers and the superintendent. Jones en- tered bail before Squire Robinson in Au- denreid fo; his appearance at court. nin ple SNEER AT GIMETALLISM. at Mon- Leading Engli: Newspapers Talk Plainly of the Commission. LONDON, August 17.—The Westminster Gazette this afternoon echoes the editorial of the London Times this morning on bi- metallism, cabled to the Associated Press, and says it sees no chance of the Indian Kinley’s commission is surely unnecessary. In declining to abide by the market value the standard of currency value, India has taken a ey toward demonctiz-