Evening Star Newspaper, August 18, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. gee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 1th St. by The Evening Star aoe Company SH KAUFF IN Pros't. = Rew York Oiice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fn the city by carriers, on their own account, 10 ecnis per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the ceunter 2 cents each. By mail—answhere in the United States or Crnada—postage prepaid—50 ccnts month. Sat Quintapte, Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.1 (Entered at the Post Uttice at Wasbington, D. C., as _secend-ck: mail matte: C7 All mail sabseriptions rust be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,873. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRONTIER IS AFLAME Serious Condition Confronting British Troops in India. -AFRIDIS AND ORAKZAIS IN REVOLT Native Regiment Ordered to Con- centrate at Fort Lockhart. WOMEN LEAVE THE CAMPS —-+ SIMLA, August 18, 4 p.m.—The whole frentier seems to be aflame. This is the ‘ling announcement ftern zon. ws has been received here confirming » report that the Afridis of the Bazar and the Orakzais have risen. The laiter reported to be descending in force made here this on the Kurramthull road, 6n which is situated the Sadr pest. This post is held hy a native officer and thirty sikhs. A detachment of cavalry has left Kurram with instructions to ascertain the move- ments of the Orakzais. The Afridif are marching through the Khyber Pass upon Jamrud, while the Orak- zais are advancing by Kurram and are threatening Samana. Sikhs Ordered to Concentrate. The thirty-sixth regimert ef Sikhs, which s divided into detachments along the fron- tier, has been ordered to concentrate at Fort Lockhart. All the ladies, except Mrs. Dosvoeux, the wife of Major Dosvoeux of the thirty- sixth Sikhs, Fave left Samana and have reached Hangu in safety The Gurrah and Samil-Mazasai cembined and threaten Parachonar, in the Kerram Valley, which is garrisoned by detachments of Goorkhas and Sikhs. Reinforcements at Kohat. sent to Kobat have have The reinforcements reached that place. If the Afridis rise generally the British forees will te compelled to temporarily abandon Lundi and Kotal. The force of British and Indian troops under the command of Gen. Blood is now in_camp at Kotah. The British cavalry yesterday pursued the enemy so far as Barikot, fifteen miles beyond Chakdara. —_.___ HELD INCOMMUNICADO. > Will Be Garroted Tomor- row or Friday. MADRID, August 16.—The Spanish gov- ernment has forbidden all telegraphic and telephonic communications relative to An- giolillo, the a n of Premier Canovas del Castillo, who was tried by court-mar- tial at Vergara on Sunday last, and who Was sentenced on Monday to be executed by the garrote. It is understood that the prisoner will be executed tomorrow, or on Friday next. The v of General Azcarraga, the act- ting vremier and minister of war, to the queen regent at San Sebastian is regard- ed as being important, in view of the fact that the premier is known to have express- belief that a definitely constituted y is necessary to deal with the sit- especially in view of the arrival the new United States minister, General Stewart L. Woodford. ——— WORLD'S WATER POWER SUPPLY. Anziol Interesting Paper to Be Read by Lord Kelvin at Toronto. TORONTO, Ont., August 18.—Today is the opening day of the British Association for the Advancement of Science meetings, and large numbers of learned men of tht Anglo-Saxon race are arriving on every train. Counting the Canadian delegates, t00 of whom have already registered, it is ated that the total attendance will foot up 1,6). Among the recent arrivals r John Evans, president-elect; Mr. Bryce, M. P., and ‘Prof. Staellard ‘tanford University. Lord Kel- paring a paper, taking as a The Water Power Supply of the obably suggested by his recent Niagara. It is not down on the Prozram and his lordship has not decided when he will read it. Chief among the social functions of the meeting will be the reception to be given by the Governor Gen- eral and Lady Aberdeen-at the parliament bulilngs tomorrow. Two thousand invi- tations have been Issued, and in addi n © preparations in the building large = are being put up on the lawn for the inment of the gues a WORD Frou xo GORMAN. Maryland Senator Absent From Meet- ins of Democratic State Committee. ch to the Evening Star, August 1S.—The dem- ocr: state central committee, with the new sairman, Murayr Vandiver, in the at the Carroliton Hotel this For the first time in thirty Senator Gorman was absent, and munic jon was received from him. as decided to hold the democratic primaries in the city early in September and to have six polling places in each ward. The committee recently appointed to take charge of affairs in the city was contin- ued in power, and a new committee on reg- istration, with Mr. D. F. Crouse of Car- roll county as its head, was «appointed. Chairman Vandiver appointed ex-Attorncy General John P. Poe as counsel to the committee, and Mr. Spencer Watkins of Montgomery county as the treasurer. The attendance was not large. ea ASSOCIATION ENJOINED. LIFE Mansae etts Benefit Placed in the Hands of a Receiver. BOSTON, August 18—Judge Lathrop of the supreme judicial court today appointed as temporary receivers of the Massachu- setts Benefit Life Association Alfred Wood- president of the Eagle National Bank of this city, and Arthur Lord of Salem. Bonds in the sum of $25,000 each li be required. A temporary injunction has been issued, restraining the company from doing fur- ther busines: The order is returnable September 3. —_—_—_. SAYS HE IS TOO OLD TO MARRY. Longstreet Denies the Ramor Concerning His Engageme: Special Dispateh to the Srening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., August 18.—Gen. Long- street denies the story, widely published here, that he is engaged to be married to Miss Ellen Dertch, assistant state libra- rian. . He says they were together a good deal at Lithia Springs, bet that he is too old to marry anybody. The story was at first wenerally believed, and there are stil peo- Die who put credence in it. Gen. /BUILDING PROJECTIONS Owners of Property May Hereafter Be Gov- erned by New Rule. Plat of the Entire Lot to Be Filed, in Addjtion to Plan of Building. If the recommendations of the inspector of buildings meet with the approval of Colonel Bingham, the United States engi- neer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, all owners and builders of houses requiring projections beyond the building line will hereafter be required to furnish, in “addition to the plan of the building projections, a plat of the entire lot, showing the location of the buildi thereon and giving the width of the pro- posed parking and sidewalk. This is the result of a request on the part of Colonel Bingham for additional regulations governing applications for pro- jections, in order to give his office addi- tional information in prosecuting the neces- sary inquiry. Col. In a letter to the Commi subject. Colonei Bingham : “The examinations made by this office before approval of permits for projections are very often rendered unsatisfactory and inexact by the fact that ground has not yet been broken for the new building. It is, therefore, respectfully suggested that it would be a good plan to kave all new buildings staked out before permit is sub- mitted, in order that the inspection before approval may have actual lines upon which to base a decision. Such a provision would be of very great assistance to this office in its reports upon building projections, The letter was referred to the inspector of buildings, and he made a report which was approved by the Commissioners and a copy sent to Colonel Bing! - Building Inspector Reports. It reads as follows: “Respectfully returned to Captain Burr with report that as the special applica- tion for projections beyond the building line is the first step in the precess of ob- taining a permit, and as all subsequent work on plans depends on the approval of the projections applied for, I cannot recom- mend that owners or builders be put to the extra expense of a survey before the loca- tion of the building, in respect to the build- ing line, has been decided upon. But 1 would respectfully suggest t in order to afford the honorable Secretary of War a practical means of ascertaining the exact location of the bui!ding and the area cover- ed by the projections, all applicants be required to furnish, in addition to tne plan of projections a plat of tne entire lot, showing the location of building thereon, ard giving the width of the parking and idewalk. The revised regulations require a section through the building showing the projections and the grade of propesed ter- race. Bingham’s Letter. joners upon the Serious Objection. “I beg to submit herewith a plat and si tion to ascertain if such an application would afforé the required information. 1 am also of the opinion that the most seri- ous objection to the proposal to stake out the building cn the ground would arise from the fact that if projections are ap- proved in thi manner, it would involve the location of the building, and the respon- sibility for the proper location would fall on parties approving such application, and not upon the surveyor or owner.” Seg ES AFTER THE LAWYERS. Practice of Searching Records for Certain Information Must Stop. The Commissioners are determined to put a stop to the practice of certain lawyers who are in the habit of searching the records under their control for the purpose of instituting suits against the District. This is especially so regarding assessments. ‘The lawyer, as it is unerstood, learns of decision which quashes certain spe as- sessments, because of some error in ad- vertisement, and immediately begins - a search to find out what property is uffect- ed. When he procures such a list of prop- erty he goes to the owner and tells him he is able to secure a refund of the assess- ment, or, in case the same has no: been paid, to cancel it. He works on a commis- sion, charging a certain percentage of the amount involved. As it is no expense to the property owner, and, secing a way to rid himself of taxation, he naturally ac- cepts the, proposition. The attorn. it is alleged, then files his application for a re- fund of the assessment, citing the decision affecting it, and in the course of time the District refunds. Now all of this has got to sto: The Commissioners have issued instructiens to all offices under their control that no at- torney shall be recognized unless he pre- sents a power of attorney from his prin- er FIGHTS AND The Commissioners Have No Power to Change Kxisting Regulations. Several days ago the actifig sealer of weights and measures submitted to the Commissioners a draft of a regulation which provided that hereafter before dea!- ers in weights and measures could seli the same they must have been inspected by the sealer of weights and measures and stamped by him as correct. This matter was submitted to Attorney Thomas to see if there was any legal ob- struction to the promulgation of the regu- lation. He has replied that in his opinion the act of Congress relating to the mat- ter is sufficient and that the Commission- ers have not the power to change the regu- Jations as proposed by the sealer of weights and measures. —_—_——_ STAKES MUST BE REMOVED. Attorney Thomas Sustains the Author- ity of the Commissioners. Several days ago the Commissioners gent Out notices to property owners calling at- tention to the stakes placed around side- walk parkings, and directing them to re- move the same forthwith. Attention was also directed to the regulation which per- mitted fences to be erected, and directing that no portion of the same should be al- lowed to project beyond the parking line. When vines or hedges are to be planted along the fence, the fence must be set back at least one foot from the parking line. Blocks or pedestals for fence posts must not project gbove the sidewalk, and fur- ther, that barbed wire would not be al- Jowed on such fences. No sooner had these notices been dis- tributed than there came to the Commis- sioners’ office a stream of ‘citizens demand- ing to know what such regulations mean The authority of the Commissioners w questioned, and to settle the matter a copy of the notice was sent to the attorney for the District to pass upon the Commis- | stoners’ power to issue such a notice and enforce the same. Attorney Thomas, in passing upon the case, says the Commissioners: have ample authority to issue the regulation, and as ich obstructions are clearly dangerous to. life and limb, the failure of property own- ets to remove them when notified would them to trial in the Peliee Court for MUST NOT MARCH Permanent Injunction Issued Against Striking Miners at Pittsburg. EFFORTS 0- EVADE THE ORDER Strikers Are Getting Short of Pro- visions and Ask Aid. THE STRIKE ELSEWHERE PITTSBURG, Pa., August 18.—When court epened this morning, Judges Stowe and Coilier handed down a decision in the in- Junction proceedings of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coai Company against the United Mine Workers of America, Patrick Dolan, Wm. Warner and others. The pre- Mminary injunction was made permanent, and the plaintiff was ordered to file a bond of $5,000 to answer for such damages as n:ay be sustained by the defendants by reason of the injunction. Immediately after the filing of the de- cree, and upon motion of Mr. Thomas Pat- terson, the court ordered a similar decree, to bé drawn in the case against the Bunola miners, in which the injunction was ap- plied for by Rufus C. Crawford. Strikers Did Not March. The striking miners encamped about the mines of the New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company did not march this morn- ing, as they had planned to do. It was their purpose to start fcr the mines, headed by a brass band, and march until the sher- iff stopped them. They did not anticipate, however, that the sheriff had his men close to their camps. At Turtle Creek the men formed in line, and when they were ready to start they beheld the stalwart forms of the deputies standing just outside their camp. The march was at once abandoned, and small parties numbering from two to six each Were instructed to patrol the woods in the vicinity cf the mine and report the number of men going to work. They were instruct- ed to keep moving, and if approached by a Geputy sheriff to get away as rapidly as Possible to escape the service of the in- junction. ‘The leaders propose in this way to harass the deputies and the De Armitts. They say there are 20,000 men in the district. and that the injunction will have to be read 20,000 times before the attack upon the mines at Oak Hill, Sandy Creek and Plum Creek cease, unless the mines are sooner closed down. Men Followed Instructions. The men fellowed the instructions, but Were unable to learn just how many dig- gers went into the pit today. The output of the Oak Hill mine yesterday wus seven cars of lump coal and two of slack and nut, or about 180 tons. This shows a gain for the company, though no claim of an in- creased force is made by the De Armitts, and the strikers claim that only twenty- two men are at work. The price of coal, which is reported to have advanced at almost every point in the country east of the Missouri river, and at all Missouri and Mississipp! river points, since the great strike began seven weeks ago, shows no material increase at Pitts- burg. The ruling figure in barge lots is 5 to 514 cents per bushel. There is no sho:t- age of the supply and the demand is only ordinary. The present holdings in the Pittsburg market are not far from 7,000,000 bushels, und the greater part of this will be held by the operators until the supply at the Ohio river markets has reached low ebb, when, vith an opportune rise, it will be shipped below at a profit larger than ever before. Plans are being formulated for the main- tenance of the strikers and their families for a*prolonged period. The expens. of carrying on the strike is placed at $h00 a day, and appeals are coming in every day for help for families in the mining villages. Appeal for Supplies. A house-to-house canvass in Pittsburg and Allegheny has been decided upon for the purpose of collecting money and pro- visions. Permission was granted by the authorities, and a start was made in Alle- gheny today. The leaders are hupeful that enough funds will be secured in this way to carry them through the great struggle. The action at the meeting of coal opera- tors at Cleveland yesterday is in accord- ance with the plan mapped out after the uniformity agreement had beea formulated. The agreement provides that all cual con. tracted for on the 54-cent basis shall be mined at that rate until the contracts are filled. It is known that the requi lake trade by September are 6,000,990 tons. If the contracts are not filled the operators will not only lose a large amount of money, but put themselves in a pesition to lose contracts for all time to co: Camp at De Armitt’s Abandoned. The indications are that the camp about De Armitt’s mines will be abandoned and there will be no more marching. Uriah Bellingham reached Plum Creek about noon, and calling the men together, told them of the adverse decision of the court. He told them there would be no further use in remaining in camp, as no more {ccd would be furnished. ou had better go home to your families,” he said, ‘and find work where you can.” There was considerable murmuring among the men, but shortly after about 250 started for their homes and others soon followed. Bellingham, Kelly and ‘omlin- son, who were in charge at Plum Creek, then took the train for Pittsburg, abandon- ing the camp and demonstration against De Armitt’s mines. The mine managers expect that all the men will be at work tomorrow. Operators Preparing to Start Mines. The coal operators are preparing for an aggressive move to break the strike. Yi terday’s meeting at Cleveland will be fol- lowed by a general meeting of mine cwn- ers at Monongahela House in this city tonight, at which arrangements will be made to start the mines in a-few. days. When the strike was inaugurated the operators did not expect it to last more than two weeks. In this they were mis- taken, and, with the liberal contributions coming in for the support of the strikers, it is expected that they will hold out for some time yet., J. C. Dysart, one cf the largest operators in the district, returned from Cleveland this morning. He said the operators had decided to start their mines, and, in his opinion, the strike would ke broken in a short time. «5 At tonight’s meeting, he said, arrange- ments would be perfected for putting some of the mines in operation at once. The expenses of starting what mines are ogreed upon will be borne by all the operators. If the old men do not return to work new ones will be imported and they will be given protection. Fifty to sixty- per cent of the diggers can mine all the coal neces- Sary to supply the demand. Presideat Dolan said today" that if the operators carried out their intentions” he would keep on marching and establishing @ camp at every mine they attempted to’ start. % Henry Lloyd Reports fer Daty. COLUMBUS, Ohio, August 18.—Henry Lioyd of Boston, general president of the Brotherhood of Carpenters ani Joiners cf. the United States, reported today for.duty ments of the gomery, W.- Va., ment, for ‘work. COAL SCARCE 1¥ WHEELING. Retail Price Has Doubled Within Past Fetw Days. WHEELING, W. Va, August 18.—The local coal situation is beginning to grow serious. The city gas. works had what was always deemed:a: sufficient advance supply of coal from the Floersheim mines on the Wheeling division of the Baltimore and Ohio, but this supply is now grow- ing decide@ty short and new arrangements will soon have to be made. Coal is selling in local yarés at 12-cents a bushel, just @ouble the usual price. Slack brings six cents and beth are hard to get at those rates. There are five hundred families in Wheeling in need of coal, While ‘all manu- facturers that do not use gas are ham- pered for fuel. On the Ohio side of the river manufacturing establishments using thonsands of ‘bushels’ of coal daily have had their supplics cut down or shut off. In the Fairmcnt field, O'Connell and his campers are still at the Montana mines of the Watson Company, not having suc- ceeded in closing them: entirely, The march to West Fairmont and New England is scheduled to begin tonight, when the United States court injunction will prob- ably be served under Judge Jackson’s new ruling that marching columns are an in- tended intimidation and contrary to law. The movements in the Kanawha valley show no change. A few ‘more men went to work this morning atid Dilcher’s col- umn succeeded in winning a few more re- cruits in the upper valley. The new cam- Faign of the agitators on the Norfolk and Western railrcad has apparently borne no fruit. EXCITEMENT AT FAIRMONT. the placé ‘of nis agsign- Business Men Object fo Wholesnle Ar- rests of Marchers. FAIRMONT, W. Va., August 18.—One hundred and ninety of the Montana camp- ers were arrested this.morning for march- ing, which, Judge Jackson claims, is a violation of his injunction. They were taken to the depot and guarded for five hours, when a special train took twenty- four of them to Glarksburg. The organizers claim that their men did not know they Were violating the injunc- tion, and that ac¢or@ing to its terms it should have been read to them. They say fret there will ke no trouble in securing the Hberty of the. men, and that while one man looks after them the other three will organize the remaindersef the men. Public sympathy runs high in favor of the miners. Business meri ‘are arranging meetings, petitions ane being signed, and today thete 18 tore likelihood of a gen- eral laying sors of togis than-at any time Sirite’'the’ 8ttiké "began. At present only two big. mines remain. uncrippied, Gaston and New England. The opergtors.claim 189 men ate at work at Montana today against 122 yesterday: 5 7s tg : IOWA REPUBLICANS MEET. ee oe Big Crowds and Great Rathusiasm at State Conyentien. CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, August 18.—The repubfican state conventiom began today with perfect. weather.. All night and early this morning special and reguiar trains brought crowds, verifying the predictions that this would be the lgrges: convention ever held in the state: Their interest was by no means confined to delegates, every visitor being an active paftisan for one or other of the candidates. The withdrawal late last night of Speaker Byers as a gubernatorial candidate, while ostensibly ta favor ‘of Flickinger, really throws strength to Shaw. The district caucuses confirmed the be- lief that there is a drift of sentiment in favor of Shaw. The withdrawal of Cownie, the second district candidate, strengthens the chances” of Waterman ‘for, supreme jeder, Bleventh district ‘caucus sdeclared overwhelmiiiglY in favor or = Temple amendment..aa, a. platform plank. The huge tent holding 4,000™people in which the convention is being held was crowded long before the time for opening. Senator ‘Allison, who entered with ex-Gov. Lerrabee, was greeted with great applause. State Chairmah McMillan called the -con- vention to order, and introduced C. M. Hatrl of Council Bluffs, the temporary ckeirman. Mr. Harl’s speech was heartily arplauded. ~ ee DUBLIN ENTERTAINS ROYALTY. Tees Enthasiastie Reception Given the Duke and Duchess ef York. DUBLIN, August 18.The Duke and Duchess of York arrived at Kingstown, from Holyhead, at 9 e’clock this mora.ag. The weather was gloridws, and all the ships in the harbor werg brilliantly dec- orated for the occasion.. The guardship Melampus fired a royal salute as the royal yachts Victoria and, Albert entered the harbor. At noon the commissioners of Kingstown township boarded: the Victoria and Albert and presented theif royal high- nesses with an address, expressing the hope that their visit would lead to the establish- ment of a royal residence in Ireland. ‘The Duke of York replied that he and the duchess looked forward td becoming better acquainted with the people and the beau- tiful scenery of Ireland. On disembarking the duke and ducizss were accorded an enthusiastte reception, being loudly and continuously cheered by the vast crowd assembled on ‘nd about Carlisle pier and its approaehes. The cheering, which was mingled with the booming of cannon, was followed by the bands playing the national anthem, duriag which the whole throng uncovered. a STICK TO CHICAGO PLATFORM. Sentiment of. the Demecratie Lenders of Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, ‘Auguf 18.—Demo-. cratic State Chairman, Jehn. M. Garmar, and ex-Congressman and jex+State Chair- n-an James Kerr are in,the city. In speak- ing of the democratic state:gonvention to be held at Reading August'31, Mr. Garman said: ee “The convention wilt verwkelmingly re- affirm allegiance to the; Chicago platform, and if a resolution declarings@r. Harrity'’s seat vacant-in the nafjenal.-committee is presented, it will be adapted. id cannot say, however, that such a presented. For- state. ti Kinney of Icuisville ‘i; F. Kerr of Bedford is mefhtioned. For auditor general, ‘Surveyor of:Port P. Gray Meek appears to de-the strongest candidate. Jacob Weidle, maycr :ef,Reading, is also mentioned for the state rea suer's nomina- tion. Surveyor Meek, ia;'spesking of the anti-Harrity feeling, 1; ight said: “The Chicago platform will ei adspted, but I do not think Mr. Harrity will be attacked, unless his friends" eHow their teeth.” z GE mess oe KILLED BY DYNAMITE. Seventeen Cartridges “Go. Of Acci- dentally in a Farmer’s Hoase, ROCKMART, Ga, August.18—W. B. L. .tkis morningpy the accidental explosion of avoees a “ He had: Vie boxgof dynamite -un- pder theskitehen stove fot the of a % Kitehen : were badly wreeked and body —. = Davis, a wealthy r liying three: miles. west of ute vince killed at 5 o'clock BOMB SCARE IN PARIS Explosion Takes Place on Route Traversed by President Faure, NO ONE WAS INJURED BY THE SHOCK Presidential Party Had Passed Ten Minutes Before the Occurrence. POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING ew PARIS, August 18.—The departure of President Faure on his visit to the czar at St. Petersburg today was marked hy a scene of greatest excitement, accompanied by the circulation of the wildest kind of rumors. After his departure a bom) ex- ploded along the route the president had feliowed, and aithough no damage was done, and in spite of ‘the fact that nobody was hurt, the most intense excitement pre- vailed for a long time afterward, and the sensational reports had it that* those who exploded the bomb had intended an out- rage of a more serious nature. The president received an ovation from the public when he started on his journey to Russia, large crowds of people lining the route from the Elysee Palace to the railway station, and greeted the president with en- thusiastic cries of “Viva la republique, vive la Russie, vive aure,” ete. Ten min- utes after the president’s departure, while the crowds were returning along the route traversed by M. Faure, a bomb exploded at the corner of the Boulevard Magenta, and the Rue Lafayette, in front of the Res- taurant Duval. Report Caused a Panic. | The report caused a panic in the »eigh- borhood, and all sorts of wild stories were circulated, based on the statemenis at- tributed to anarchigts that their next effort would be an attempt upon the life of Presi- dent Faure. Cpen investigation by the Police, however, it developed that the’ ex- plosion caused but little damage, and that nobady was hurt. The bomb was of <ylin- drical form, was covered with yellow paper ana appears to have contained a black sub- stance, possibly coarse gunpowder, mixed with large-headed nails, similar to those usually found in the roughly constructed infernal machines used by the less intelli- gent class of anarchists. bomb were taken to the prefecture of police, where they were submitted to a thorough examination upon the part of ex- perts, who pronounced the bomb to have been a comparatively harmless affair. It had censisted of an iron tube, thirty centi- meters long and five centimeters in di- ameter. It was placed in an empty store close to the corner of the Boulevard Ma- genta and the Rue Lafayette. Some of the nails contained in it were thrown a few feet on to the sidewalk. Scraps of paper were found about the the explosion, inscribed “Vive la Fragments of the and “Vive la Pologne’ ap- parently indicating that the author of the explosion today was the same individual Who é¢aused the recent explosions inthe Bois de Boulogne and on the Place de la Concorde. Accompanied by Hanotaux. President Faure was accompanied on his way to Russia by M. Hanotaux, the minis- ter for foreign affairs, and by Admiral Bos- nard, the minister of marine. The presidential party, according to the official program, will leave Dunkirk this afternoon on board the French warship Pothuau. The latter will be escorted to Russia by the French watships Bruix and Surcouf, and will arrive at Cronstadt on Monday morning next, August 23. The French president will be received by the czar in the Cronstadt roads. The first day of M. Faure’s visit to Tt sia will be devoted *o his reception at Cron- stadt and at Peterhof, to the exchange of official visits, a banquet at the Peterhof Palaee and a gala performance at the Im- perial Theater. On Tuesday, August 24, the czar and his guest will start to St. Petersburg. There the French president will be wetcomed by the municipality of St. Petersourg and will receive in audience delegations from tne municipalities of the principal citics of the Russian empire. The president will also on Tuesday lay the corner stone of the new French hosrital, and in the evening M. Faure will preside at a banquet, whica he will give at the French embassy in honor of the czar. z On Wednesday, August 25, he will be present at a grand review on the p: ground of the Krasnoe-Selo camp. review will be followed by a grand mili- tary breakfast, and the day’s entertain- ments will wind up with a brilliant fete in the gardens of the Peterhof Palace. On Thursday there will be a grand re- view in Cronstadt roads of the combined French and Russian squadrons, at the ter- mination of which President Faure will bid farewell to the czar and czarina and will return on board the Pothuau, which will immediately afterward sail for France. The president should reach Dunkirk on his re- turn journey on Tuesday, August 31. Memorini of the Visit. Among the magnificent decorations pre- pared for the occasion of the visit of M. Faure to St. Petersburg is a very hand- some fountain, to be known as the Faure fountain, constructed in the middle of the historic Kazan Square. It is” destined to remain as a permanent memorial of the visit of the president of the French re- public to the Czar of all the Russias. President Faure takes with him three hundred medals in gold and platinum, eighty medals of silver gilt. and twenty of dull gold, all of which have been es- pecially struck for presentation to the Russian guard of honor which will attend the president during his stay in Russia and to the various Russian officials who -will be in attendance upon the chief magistrate of France. These medals bear on one side the pro- file of an effigy of the republic and the words “Republique Francaise.” On the obverse side of the medals is a wreath of laurel surrounding the date, “August, The semi-official Novoe Vremya recently threw a damper upon the visit of the French president to Russia by denying that M. Faure would be accompanied by his wife or daughter, thus recalling the un- pleasant discussion which arose, during the visit of the czar and czarina to Paris re- garding the precedence to which the wives of presidents of chief ladies of the republic are entitled. The municipal authorities of St. Peters- burg oe present three silver loving cups to the French warships which accom; President Faure to Russia. aoe Anarchist After the President. LONDON, August 18—A special dispatch from Paris this afternoon says that a maa memed_Perier was arrested yesterday on the train in which President Faure arrived frcm Havre. The prisoner was found to have a loaded revolver in his pocket, and known to be a dangerous anarchist who tiny already peennes = two years’ infernal machine. —. | Secretary: Long of the navy is enjoying j com, BROWN ALUMNI’S PETITION Urges a More Liberal Policy on University Corporation. Controversy Over President Andrew's Resignation Brought Out the Re- quest to the Management. PROVIDENCE, Rk. I, August 18.—The following petition, which is to be presented to the Brown corporation at its meeting on September 1, is being circulated the alumni of the university for sign “As alumni of Brown Universit deeply interested in her welfare and jealous of her good name, we respectfully address your honorable body with reference to the action of the committee appointed 1 you to confer with President Andrews regard- ing the best interests of the uni: “The recent correspondence betwe at y and President Andrews has,right- ly or wrongly, been interpreted to mean that the president and facaliy of Brown Vniversity are called upon to re their cherished rights of freedom thought and speech, and that the ion is giving Brown Uni- ead reputation for intol- incon- ging to nd is that erance’ and me sistent with her her good name and usefaln further giving color to t our universities in general exist for the Propagation of ideas favored by certain © $ rather than of the discovery und dissgmination of truth. “We cannot remain silent while our hon- ored institution of learning is thus mis- represented. We, therefore, appeal to you to take that action upon the resignazion of President Andrews wiich will effect. uaily refute the charge asonable liberty of utterance was, « F denied to any teacher of Brown University. We ask that by emphatic vote you shali announce’ to the public that enlighten toleration shall be the guide of our alma meter in the future, as it has Lee: dearest tradition of her past.” per ——__ DESTITUTE AMERICANS ABROAD. They Are Frequently Offered Help by the State Department. Representative Hopkins of Ilinois some lime 2go sent a letter to the State D part- ment asking that depariment to make in- quiry into che condition of Lawrence M. Cottrell, an American citizen, reported to be in destitute circumstances and ill health at Madras, near Calcutta. The department requested the consul general at London to secure transportation to that point for Cottrell, and, if his condition wa Ss re- ported, to serd him to this country. t- trell was taken to London. His condition was found to be as represented, and he was offered passage to this country. He refused to be sent to New York, and went so far to deny his identity. The State Department investigates many cases of this kind, and when a man h had good standing in this country he is frequently offered help. = ——e—___ OFFER TO MR. EUKELS. May Hecome President of the Metro- polltan Trust Company. Controller Eckels has under consideration an offer to become president of the Metro- politan Trust Company in New York, a financial institution about ten years old. that has a paid-up capital of $1,000,000. It is learned positively that he declined the offer of the Colonial Trust Company some time ago. There is much interest here in the au- thorized statement from Detroit that the controller will remain in office until the expiration of term, next April. Here the impression has prevailed that Mr. Eckels would resign immediately after he had submitted his next annual report. For several months past influential friends of Charles G. Dawes of Evanston, who has accepted the office to succeed Mr. Eckels, have been trying to induce the present controller to retire. When Mr. Dawes was last in Washington he had a long taik with Mr.° Eckels on the subject. Mr. Dawes is anxious, apparentiy, to come into his po- litical heritage, while the present contreller is quite as desirous of not being forced out of office. Several propositions have been made to Mr. Eckels from men pretending to represent the administration. —__—_—e.—. Recent Naval Orders. The foliowing are Navy Department or- ders: Pay Clerks G. A. White, R. L. Cres- sitt and A. Gaffney, appointments on the Detroit, Vermont and Cincinnati, tively, revoked; Lieut. Com: Potter, detached from the and ordered to the New York as executive officer; Boatswain C. Miller, detach the New York navy yard and orae: fore the medical board; Lieut. detached from the Pensacola yard and or- dered to duty with the Portsmouth, -.-—____ Whereabouts of the Warships. The Montgomery will sail tomorrow from Pensacola for New York, having been re- lieved by the Helena. After being docked the Montgomery will join the North At- lantic squadron. The Montgomery will not iurn to southern waters for some time. The Raleigh has sailed from Algiers to Bixerta. coe Personal Mention. Surgeon Gen. J. R. Tryon of the navy has returned from his vacation. The Rev. Dr. Stuart is on a visit to Lieut. Wm. J. Borden, New London, Conn. Joseph D. Milans of 1232 New Hampshire avenue is at the Lockwood House, Harper's Ferry. ————_—__—-o.+____ Government Receipts. Government receipts from internal rev- enue, $293,114; customs, $198,660; miscel- laneous, $11,328. National bank notes re- ceived today for redemption, $262,162. $$$ The Sory Dixscredited. It is not believed at the Treasury. De- pertrrent that Controller Eckels will re~ sign to accept the position of president of the Colonial Trust Company of New Yerk. Mr. Eckeis has never given any intimation to Secretary Gage that he will do other than complete his term of office. Nothing has*been received from him since he left the city to the effect that he in- tends to leave the Treasury Department. ~~» ______ To Be a Melter. > ‘The President has appointed Louis A. Walker of Helena, Mont., to be melter in the United States assay office at Helena, ‘Mont. . . ———__ + e--_____ Buties on Silk Ribbons. Assistant Secretary Howell, in a decision If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. NO DRAIN OF GOLD Why the Yellow Metal Will Remain in This Country. OUR SECURITIES NOP LIKELY 10 BE SOLD - - Effect of the Tariff on the Balance of Trade. i. WHEAT'S UPWARD TENDENCY - = tle batt ‘old, for It is felt here that in the b: or, more correctly speak the balance of trade ed States and fore’ ipulators, p is no longer bility of th ll States being the loser. The feelin t th Treasury Department is that th ted States has at last got into a sirong posi- tion; that the American securities cannot be beaten down by any effort on the part cf European bankers, and that this country can hold its share of the world’s gold sup- ply in spite of any manipulation that may be indulged in. The belief that the unsuc- cessful attempts which have be made to teat down the American market were the result of a concerted action of Burope bankers renders the question of our abilit to withstand ma r of h atiacks a great importance. Littl ubt is felt that European bankers view with som« the growing strengin of American secu ties and the development of Americ t which exactly reverses the order of things which existed during President Cleveland's administration, and brings gold in abundance to this country, instead of taking it out and weakening the gold re- serve of the gcvernment. With the certainty of an abundance of gold in the United States, the silver qnes- m shrinks in importance, and the sit ation is discouraged and deprived of éanger. The contention of silver men that the gold standard leaves the Unite s in the power of the foreign holders of gold loses its force when gold s a here ani the conditions are sure its being held. Encouraging Conditions. The utmost confidence in the <ituation is felt by the Treasury Department As- sistant Secretary Vanderlip said today that all the conditions existing were of a ¢ acter to insure the United Stat any retrograde movement, and to r impossible a return to the condition caused universal depres: States during th: conditions are gold to this couatry and any raid upon the gold reserve of the trea ury. On the contrary, there bei volume of goid held by the Amer and the movement of crops demaadix r- gcainst nder render unhkely use of small notes, sider aly’ old is likely 10 come into the treasury, ard the trade conditions do not admit of the drain of American goid py Eu The tariff law, while promising abuadant rv ue for the government, ha: rated that it will red necessity of foreign covntri isting conditions to our product , and the or ex- ade being us or by the of Ameri foreign operators. Europe and the rest of the tarif act combined to giv vorable balance of trade, (0 inere prices of American pri Ss, i vance American securit This condi- tion tends to the importation of gold into this country and the res perity. oration of } American Securities Held Abroad The importations of gold due to trade by conditions cannot be gr checked the sale of American securiti reason that there is a limi such securities in Europe. holders of Americ; ing them immediately failure, and since then have sold themselves out, and th-r very I n securit pretty has impr, the money volume in t ily reducing the nece ities seeking a foreiga European manipulators a without means of drawi this country or of beating down our mari: To the extent that we are comme dependent, we are financially in ty for the: market, “nt of Europe. Mr. Vanderlip does think that this is a temporary jon, ut that it will continue to imp. antil the natural level is reached, and :b= <00d con- ditions will become ‘substantially per- manent. The Rixe in Wheat. The upward tendency of wheat is i diately due to the short crops abroad, 4 the price may go beyond a point which be maintained, but the pi past has been abnormally low, a can for some time there is no reason to believe that it is likely to fall to such a iow P gen- eral business acti eveloping will be sufficient ses of wheat and other ¢ ney have |i much high en the past The advantages to this country coming from an in 1 revenue under the Dingley law, and from the re- the striction of importations thr» tective quality of that law, in w a cons| that is only one of bringing about @ re’ uvity. In other words, thinks that we have got the upper nand of the business situation, and that there is every reason to feel not only encourage- ment, but confidence. —— ENCOUNTER WITH BANK ROBBERS. Posse Attacks the Men Who Missouri Bank. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., August I8.—A posse from Noel encountered the eville bank robbers about one mile east of Noel Hillis, and a number of shots were exchanged, Two of the robbers abandoned their bors which, when found, were sprinkled with blood. It is thought both men were seri- ously wounded. 5S at eae Former Rulings Reversed. The Attorney General has rendered an opinion in which he holds that under sec- tion 3 of the administrative act of 18%) the personal attendance of exporters or their ooted a agentS is not required at the consulate in order to validate the consui's certification. This opinion, in, reverses the former ru partment. which has been acquiesced ngs of the de- -o-<—-_---_ Corean Minister Silent. ¥Ye Pom Chin, the Corean minister, left rendered today, holds that “silk ribbons” are dutiable at the rate of 50 per cent ad valorem as “manufactures of silk,” under the new. tariff act. The question at issue as-“‘trimmings” ai cen! valorem, or “manufactures of silk” at 50 per cent. ———o-—____ Canadian Mining Regelations. The Canadian mining regulations for the Yukon mining ccuntry, fully outlined here- available force at i tofore in The Star, have been received escort to :