Evening Star Newspaper, August 20, 1897, Page 1

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As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- No. 13,875. WASHINGTON, D. ©., FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1897-TEN PAGES. approachable. TWO CENTS. THE BILL BOARDS Amendment to Building Regulations Limiting Their Construction. CONSENT OF HOUSE OWNERS REQUIRED Order Proposed by Building In- pector Approved by Attorney. TEXT OF REGULATION Property owners and residents in the neighborhood of bill boards will be glad to learn that the Commissioners have at last promulgated a building regulation which will restrict these boards and con- fine them in a large measure to the bus- iress portion of the city. The new regulation, which was promul- gated today, limits the height of any fence to ten feet, ard permits that height only upon the written consent of the adjoin- ing property owners on both sides of the fence, as well as the permission of the in- spector of buildings. it reads in full as follows: Fences. Sec. 86. All partition or party fences shall be kept in good and sufficient repair by proprietors of the ground on eaca side, at their joint expense: Provided, The ground on each side shall be inclosed, used or occupied; and if any person whose duty it shall be to make or keep in good repair any fence or part of a fence shall neglect or refuse to do so for five days after re- quest being made by the other party in- terested, or his agent, then it shall be !aw- ful for the party so making the request, as aforesaid, to make or repair the whole fence, or part of the fence, and to recover one-half of the expense thereof from the person so refusing or neglecting: Provid- ed, also, That no fence erected under the authority of these regulations shall be less than five nor more than seven feet 'n height, except by consent of the parties interested on both sides of such fence, and the permission of the inspector of Lui!d- ings, and no front or rear fence shall be more than ten feet in height. Its Necessity Urged. It has been some months since the in- spector of buildings called the aitention of the Commissioners to the necessity of an amendment to the regulations which would effectually stop the erection of these billboards or restrict their construction in such manner as to reduce the objection caused by them to a minimum. When the unsightly and mammoth bill- board was erected at Thomas Circle this matter was brought forcibly to the atten- tlen of the Commissioners. The property owners and residents in the immediate hborhood proteste? vigorously against board, and did everything in. their «er to bring about its removal. It was learned at that time that the building de- partment had not issued any permit for the fence, and, further, there was no regu- lation which restricted the height of a fence on the building line of a street. Until the fence became rotten or unsafe, mak- ing it dangerous to the public, the District Officials were powerless to act. . Building Inspector's Iden. It was’ at this time that Building [n- spector Brady came forward with a draft of a regulation designed as an amendment to the regulations, which he thought would successfully put a stop to the erection of the obnoxious fences. His idea was to make the party applying for such a priv- first file with the inspector of build- the written consent of the adjoining property owners, together with a majority of the property owners on the same side of the street or avenue in the square upon the fence is to be erected, as well as a majority of the property owners of the confronting side of the square or squares, the limit of the height of the fence being placed in all cases at 10 feet. This was entirely satisfactory to the Commissioners, and steps were taken to put the same into immediate operation. Advice of Attorney Asked. The attention of the attorney for the District was called to the matter, and his advice asked as to the legality of the pro- posed amendment. It has recentiy been learned that he advised against the amend- ment, holding it was objectionable to the extent that it required the consent of ad- ng property owners to the use of a for bill posting, as going beyond the « of a police regulation and interfer- with the right of private property advised the Commissioners how to such a regulation without trans ssing the rights of private parties, and regulation above quoted is the result thercof. —.___ POST OFFICE ELECTRIC WIRES. Bids for the Laying of Conduits Opened. The Treasury Department has opened bids for the ‘laying of electric wire con- r the basement and first floor of the pes: office building, a preparatory work to the clectric system, which is to be put in when the plans for the building are settled upon. The following were the bids: Royce & Marean, Washington, $4,127; John R. Galloway, Washington, ¥ Southern Electric ‘Co., Baltimore, McKay- Howard Engineering Co., Baltimore, part of work, ». The contract will be a d the first of next week. 2+ ION PAYMENTS. SEPTEMBER PE! Over Eleven Millions Will Be Placed at Agents’ Disposal. Ass'stant Secretary Vander! p has notified the various assistant treasurers of the amounts which will be put to the credit of the m agents for the payment of Sep- tex pensions. he total aggregates 311,200. Of this amount. during the or d as nec ‘S, OOO * sent to the assistant treasurer at York for the credit of the pension t Washington; $1,900,000 for the pen- columbus, Ohio; 1,090 to ant treasurer at Boston for the Av N and $1,850,000 y000 to the zo, for the n Francisco; and $350,000 will be rer at Washington at the treasury. ——+-e -—____i Personal Mention. itor General Richards will leave Washington tomorrow on his summer va- catcn, which he will spend at Duxbury, Bass. at Detroit; $340,¢ g "@ to Baltimore i by the trea ments to be n -\ veeation in a schooner along the north Bhore of the Gulf of St. Lawrence, east of Tocousae, is described by Frederic Ireiand of this city in the September Scribner's. x k Ireland is a devoted sportsman and a observer in out-of-the-way haunts of and game. . V. Smith, accompanied by his ner, A. J. Smith, is sojourning at the side, Eagle's Mere, Pa. for Pueblo, ke c. Duffy leaves ‘co, where he will join in new enter- ©3 with other influential Air. William C. Dix has gone to Atlantic “ity for the summer, THE Effort of the Commissioners to Secure Po- lice Control of Them, DISTRICT PARKINGS Claimed to Be Proper and Necessary That the District Shall Not Be Restricted. The Commissioners are in earnest in their endeavor to secure for the District the control of the street parkings in the District. The desirability of legislation arises from the state of the law on the subject as construed by the Court of Ap- peals, in which the court held, in the case of Libbey et al. against the District of Co- lumbia, that the act of Congress which makes it the duty of the commissioner of public buildings to cause obstructions of every kind to be removed from such streets, avenues and sidewalks in the city of Washington as have been or may here- after be improved in whole or in part by the United States and to keep the same at all times free from obstructions, with- drew the entire subject from municipal control. This decision rendered inoperative the municipal ordinances which were pass- ed to enable the municipal authorities to prevent such obstructions. Not Exclusive. The jurisdiction of fhe commissioner of public buildings under the law as so con- strued seems, however, not to be exclusive, but to be qualified or at least shared py the Secretary of the Interior, who, by act of Congress, is “directed to prevent the im- proper appropriation or occupation of any of the public streets, avenues, squares cr reservations in the city of Washingtoa be- lIcnging to the United States, and tu re- claim the same if unlawfully appropri- ated.” The legislation upon which the jinding of the court is based was passed, it see-us, long anterior to the organization of the present form of government for Washing- ten, and when the general government habitually improved the sidewalks in front of the buildings and squares under its im- mediate control. The pclice pewers thus given to the Sec- retary of War were obviously granted to enabie them to prevent any hindrances to public business that might arise from such obstruction, without rendering it neces- sary for the government to suffer the de- lay or inconvenience of awaiting the actien of the municipal authorities of the city, who were then elected by the citizens, but not to annul the municipal ordinances on this subject. The District Claim. ie It appears the Commissioners are not averse to the continuance of power in the Secretary of the Interior and the commis- sioner of public bui but, to keep the sidewalks in front of property of the gen- eral government free from obstruction, submit that it is proper and necessary that the municipal authorities should at ieast also have police control of all por-ions of the streets, inasmuch as the entire area of the streets, avenues and alleys is by law placed under their control for the poses of improvement and repaii police department, through whi must be enforced, is one of the t of the municipal government. oo FRIENDSHIP FOR JAPAN. ‘anches Object of Secretary Sherman's Latest Letter on the Hawaiian Queston. The reply of Secretary Sherman to Japan's note of July 10, relating to the an- nexation of Hawaii to the United Stat is believed to have had one object particu- larly in view. That object was an assur- ance to Japan of good feell on the part of this country. The Japanese government seems to have received an impression that the American government had been unjust in its management of the Hawaiian ques- tion, and that it had proceeded in disre- gard of the interests of Japan. The pres- ent letter, therefore, will be successful in relieving that impression, as well as in restating the pesition of the United States. It is not believed that Secretary Sher- tion man has proceeded to reargue a qu which this government strongly maintains is not open to argument, but he simply re states the position of the United States as a matter of form, in order to convey other impressions in the letter. The United States government nolds as an indisputabie question its right to annex Hawaii. There- fore it is not believed that Secretary Sher- man has seen fit to again reargue this question with Japan. After fully assuring the Japanese govern- ment of the guod will of this country, che letter contains an assurance that the iu- s of Japan in Hawaii will be fuliy 5 It also expresses satisfac- tion of the plan of arbitration between Japan and Hawali on the question of Jap- anese immigration to Hawaii. Minister Hoshi has cabl of the answer to the government, and the full text of the answer has be forwarded. It will not reach Japan un September 7, and no action may be taken until the text is before the Japanese for- eign office. The Japanese legati cent over the patch, gh there is no effcrt to conceal the satistaction felt over the friendly spirit displayed throughout Mr. Sherman's reply. The attention of the Tokio government has been particularly directed toward these expressions of good will. SMALLPOX AT BIRMI) AM. Report to Surgeon General Wyman of the Marine Hospital Service. Surgeon General Wyman has received the report of the oificers of the marine hospital service sent to Birmingham, Ala., at the request of the local authorities, to investigate the smallpox epidemic which threatened to be serious. The report pro- nounces the disease to be genuine smali- pox, ard not a lesser type of the disease, as had been claimed. It states, however, that it is not of a virulent caaracter, resulting in death. Thus far it has been contined entirely to the negroes. The sanitary ar- Tangements are pronounced excellent. An isolated camp, known as Camp Evans, bh been established, and a hospital located on the mountain-side outside the city. As cemetery also is located on the mountain- side, much agitation was caused among the colored people lest their going to the hospital was a preliminary to going to the cemetery. The report as a whole does not treat the epidemig as sericus. aes NOT IN LINE OF DUTY, Soldier KiNed in a Dranken Fight Not a Cuse for Pension, ’ Assistant Secretary Webster Davis of the Interlor Department has been called upon to pass upon a pecular case in which a mother applied for a pension on account of her son, who was killed during the civil war. The case was that of Christine Mar- quardt, whose son Paul was killed at his post at Santat Maria, Texas. The evi- dence showed that Marquardt and a com- panion attended a dance, where there was a good deal of drinking In progress. The two were fast friends, but in an erratic fit caused by drink the boy’s companion shot him and then blew out his own brains. On this representation the mother applied for a pension, but the pension office held that death did not occur ‘in line of duty, and refused to grant relief. Mr. Da- vig took the case up on motion to recon- sider, which he denied and affirmed the TO SUE THE SHERIFF Marching Miners Claim Lowry Has Violated the Law. CHARGED WITH OBSTRUCTING ROAD West Virginia Strikers Excited Over Fairmont District Output. GATLING GUN STORY DENIED PITTSBURG, Pa., August 20.—It was re- ported among the strikers today that suit was to be entered against Sherif? Lowry for obstructing the roads in Plum and Pat- ton townships. The strikers contend that he exceeded his authority in closing the reads to them, and that the matter will be tested in the courts. When told of the reports of his impending prosecution, the sheriff said no change would be made in his methods for a few days. The camps of the strikers were slowly disintegrating and he thought in a day or two all the strikers would have gene to their homes At present he has ninety deputies on duty at the three mines. These will be kept there until he is notified that they are no longer necessary. The cost of maintaining the deputies up to this time amounts te something like $10,000. Attorney Kaufman, representing the New York and Cleveland company, says the ex- pense of employing the deputi great, and that the order of court will be enforced rigidly and at once. If the campers do not leave, Mr. De Armitt will petition court to issue attachments for contempt. The sher- iff, however, has said that he will not in- terfere with the camps, but will not permit the strikers on the highways. Forty-Seven Signers. Forty-seven coal companies of the Pit burg district have signed the uniformity agreement. Eleven other pig concerns have promised to sign, and their names wiil be appended to the list as soon as the tors of the various diree companies meet and go through the formality of instruc’ ing their official heads, the presidents, as is pre- scribed by a clause of the uniformity ment. This morning the camped at Turtle Cree the sheriff's a : stole a march on deputies guarding the Oak Hill mine. While the deputies -w : ite ing for the detachments cf cam appear on the roads leading to th s, and wondering why they did not come, the strikers were making a long detour, so as to approach the mouth of the pit from the hillside, and they succeeded in getting there without being observed. Their ap- pearance was startling to the few men who were ready to go to work, and the Geputies were hurriedly sent for. While they were coming the strikers told the men that there would be a concert in their camp tonight, and invited them to attend. When the posse of deputies, commanded by Deputy Sheriff David Hanna, appeared @ copy of the injunction was read to John Lar the leader of the strikers, and they left the place. Another party of strikers went to Mon- roeville, but so far as they could learn no new men were taken into the entrances there. Plum Creek to Start Up. The strikers express the belief that one of the mines to be operated by the mine owners in their effort to break the strike will be the Plum Creek mine, and that the miners now at work at Oak Hill and Sandy Creek will be taken to Plum Creek and the two mines closed down. By centralizing their forces the company would have 281 men, which would be enough to operate the Plum Creek mine in full. To offset this move the strikers will abandon their camps at Turtle and Sandy creeks and all the men will go into camp at Pium Creck. Edward McKay, who is in charge of the campers at Turtie Creek, said today that the miners had no fear of labor being im- ported. It would be too expensive, and would benefit the strikers more than the operators, as many mines now working would su y close down, Everything was quict about Plum Creek this morning. The strike 1 by Ci s followed out the pt. Bellingham and and in pairs to patrol the roads. The deputies did not interfere with them. In spite of the injunction the strikers claim to have made thirty coaverts by going to the houses of the miners and talking the strike over in a friendly way. Secretary Warner was at camp last night and notified the miners that any men e ed from the comipany houses for s would be provided with comfortable houses, food and clothing. ‘Strike Gains in West Virginia. WHEELING, W. Va., August 20.—The coal strike seems to be gaining a little strength on the Norfolk and Western rail- road, but it will take rapid work there to make up for the losses suffered at Fa! mont and in the Kanawha and New River valleys. The Montana campers are able to do nothing toward inducing the men who went bi to the mines yesterday to rejoin the strike. They are guarded by -deputy marshals and cannot move in the direction of the Montana mines, all of them being really under arrest for contempt and liable to be taker to Clarksburg before Judge Goff ‘the moment they make a move not sanctioned by the marshals. The announce- ment of the national executive board at Columbus that all the railroaders ‘and fed- eral workers are to be called upon to join the strike is looked upon by local labor leaders as the last gasp and a practigal ad- mission of defeat. It is announced today that the national labor leaders at their meeting here in July laid the groundwork for a national political movement. against injunctions in labor troubles, atk that it will be put into opera- tion in next fall’s congressional elections. All recognize that the courts have been the chief weapons of the operators in the pres- ent contest. Hard to Control the Men. Feeling runs high over the river in the coal mining communities, which is aggra- vated by the large quantities of coal now passing to! the lakes from Fairmont, and the strikers’ Jeaders afe having all they can do to keep some of the hotheads with- in bounds., The miners deny- complicity in the two attacks on the coal trains, and decline to be responsible for the acuons of rash sympathizers, who have not iearn- ed the lesson of the strike of 'D4. The big steel manufacturing plant cf the Riverside works, in the lower part of the elty, was shut down last night on account of inability to secure coal. Notices were posted that the men would be informed Saturday if coal can be a from West Virginia. Qther manufacturing establish- ments are in straits for coal, and unless there Is a change in the situation it is likely several thousand men in the Wheel- ing mil) district will be thrown out of em- ployment within a few days. * Gatling Gun Story Denied. CLEVEL# , Ohio, August 20.—Loftus Cuddy of the Cuddy Mullen Coal Company, program outlip: sent out men who was quoted as saying that’ Gatting | guns would be used to subdue the striking miners in the Pittsburg district, says that he never made any-:such statement as was attributed to him. Mr. Cuddy said that the. determined mines, but they expected to use peaceable means to accomplish their purpose. Situation at Hazleton, Pa. HAZLETON, Pa., August 20.—The chaftces for a settlement of the strike in the Honey Brook district of the Susquehanna Coal Company's mines were more favorable to- day. Mature deliberation over the proposi- tion submitted by Acting President War- ren is changirg the sentiment, and a desire for adjustment is becoming more general. The men are new pretty ‘well organized, and, as the ranks are unbroken, an order to resume work will be unanimously ac- eepted. All depends on the outcome of the cenference with Manager LaweHl, who came down from Wilkesbarre at noon. The con- ference will be held this afternoon, POM K. SOH’S LAST WISHES Will of the Late Corean Statesman Filed for Probate, Was a Naturalized American and a Resident of This City—Petition of Beneficiary. The nuncupative will of the late Pom K. Soh, a native of Corea, but a naturaliz- ed citizen of the United States and a resi- dent of this city, was filed for probate to- day by Bong Sun Pak of Corea, a cousin of the testator, and temporarily residing here. The will is dated August 17, 1897, and was witnessed by Royal Emerson Whitman, a retired army officer; Sung K. Seen, Tam E. Ye, secretary of the Corean legation, and by Kin B. Surh, a for- mer attache of the legation. The affidavit of the four witnesses re- cites that the deceased did about 11 a.m. the 13th instant, being then nigh unto death, call upon them to witness that it was his will that the said Bong Sun Pak should absolutely inherit his dwelling in this cit: S19 Lith street, together with its effects and all other personal property therein. . With the will was filed the petition of the beneficiary, Bong Sun Pak, praying that letters of administration be granted to George M. Coflin of this city, a friend of lent. ‘The petitioner states that Pom K. Soh became a citizen of the United States here November ie 1sv2, and that estate cons ed of said dwelling, valued, incumbrance, at $4,000; household ef- s worth about $500, $3,000 of United States bonds and $479.62 in Riggs’ Baak. ers, Cho and Mrs, Ye, residents of Seoul, Mrs es MAIL FOR PENSIONERS. missioner Evans Issues a Circular Queting the Law. ans today issued an or- ion agents stating that it has come to en that in certaia in- stances checks, vouchers and certificates are being mailed to pensioners in care of attorneys. The commissioner then says: ae l from the United States pension agencies cannot be delivered to parties in whose care it may be addressed, and to aid the postal authorities in the proper delivery of mail for pensioners you are requested to see that no mail from your office to a pensioner is addressed in care of another person. Your attention ts in- vited to the following rulings and informa- tion upon postal subje found on page 956 ef the Postal Guide for January, 1807: “353. Letters addressed to a pensioner, from the office of any United States pen- sion agent, must be Gelivered ovly to the pensioner, or to a member of his famtiy specially authorized by him to receive them, except as stated below. They must not be delivered to any person in whose care they may be addressed.’ 3. Under no circumstances must the letters of pensioners, sent from the pen- on office or from any United States pen- lon agency, be delivered to any attorney, claim agent, broker or any other person except as stated above.’ ee ER HITCHCOCK’S COMMISSION at the White House Today. The commission of Ethan A. Hitchcock of Missouri, as minister to Russia, was made out at the White House today. The appointment dates from August 10. The following appointments were also announced at the White House: James Jeffreys of Camden, Tenn., and Ross Grifiin of Kansas City, commission- to allot lands in severalty to the In- jans of the Uncompaghre reservation in Utah. > ‘The appointment of Mr. Hitchcock closes up the last of the best places in the Bu- ropean diplomatic service. The minister to Denmark and Sweden is yet to be nomi- rated, but, as heretofere stated, he has been pick: out, and it is only a question of time when the appcintment is made. W. W. Thomas of Maine is the man sele ed, and the delay in sending in the nomin: tion is to give more time to Minister F guson, who was a gold democrat and came home to work for President McKinley. —— TO OFFSETT TIIE BOUNTY. MINI Was Made Out Increasing the Duty on Sugar From the Netherlands. The Treasury Department is preparing regulations for increasing the duty on sugar imported from the Netheriands, upon which that country pays a bounty. This is ia accordance with the provisions of the new tariff law imposing an additional duty on bounty sugar equal to the bounty paid. The new sugar bounty law of the Nether- lands goes into effect September 1, and the Fremium on beet sugar for the first year is placed at $1 per 100 kilogrammes. It then gradually decreases .until at the end of nine years and thereafter it will be 52 cents per 109 kilogrammes. An additional bounty to refiners is to be paid ranging from 34 cents in the first year to 7% cents in the ninth year. ~~ ro Recent Naval Orders. Navy orders today were as follows: Pay Clerk G. E. Marchand, appeintment on Monongahela revoked; Eugene M. Isaac, appointed mate; Assistant Naval Instructor L. 3. Adams sent to the Norfolk yard from Newport News; Assistant Surgeon D. H. Morgan, from the Monongahela to the Cin- cinnati; Surgeon A. G. Cabell, from -the Monongahela to get ready for sea; Ensign = H, Durell, to be examined for promo- tion. Oo Pensions Recently Granted. Pensions have been granted as follow District of Columbia—Michael Donlin, Jonas Flanham; Howard Bond, Bright- wood; Samuel C. Van Deventer. Maryland—Malinda ©. Lopp, Boonsboro’ Annie Waters, Princéss ne. Virginia—Stephen Bauer. National Mili- tary Home, Elizabeth. City; minors of Frederick Cood, Great Bridge and Spring- field; Rachel Roop, Newborn. Export Duty on Coffee Suspended, United States Consul Midlake, at Barran- quilla, informs the § e en OPPOSED TO ALLIANCE Significance of the Attitude of the Towa Populists. BREAKING AWAY FROM DEMOCRATS Leaders of the People’s Party Are Distrustful. OUTLOOK FOR FUSION The action of the populists in Iowa yes- terday at the Des Moines convention, and more particularly the utterances of ex- Senator Peffer in his address before the convention, convey a threat against the silver combination which means a great deal. There is more significance to this than there was to tae action of the pop- ulists in Ohio, as bearirg on national pol- ities. The expressions of Peffer, a visitor to the convention from Kansas, in antag- onism to an alliance with the democrats in the future, carry weight with the pop- ulists. Peffer did not oppose the alliance made in the late presidential campaign. On the contrary, he was at St. Louis ad- vocating the nomination of Bryan by the Populist convention, and it was under- stood that he theught it best that the con- vention should take the entire democratic ticket, though he did not openly antagonize the nomination of a populist for Vice Presi- dent. Moreover, his relations in Congress were intimate with the democrats and ver republicans. Therefore, the position Le has now taken signifies that he sees no hore of success in continuing the alliance or co-cperetion on free silver lines; and is 20 ioneer in accord with Senators Allen and u What Caused the Split. This is the outcropping of a condition which those on the inside have been aware of for some time. It comes, not only in consequence of the discouragement to the silver forces produced by the revival of prosperity, buf frem the fact that the dem- ocrats have given both the populists azd the silver republicans much reason for dissatisfaction. The silver republicans have been patient and long suffering, as have some of the populist leaders, but the discontent occasioned has str thened the middle-of-the-road populi: in their ef- forts to br the al! e. Peffer found hims succeeded the S a@ man who turn at, , the The pep and the same thir leader of the s. ulists and silver republicans have no as- surance that similar result may not come from the alliance all along the line. They realize that skculd succeed in t list of North Caroli f the silver e future Butler, popu- a, might be ceded by a democrat, as Peffer and Dubois have teen,and that in Montana and Utah, where none but silver men can be elected. Maatle and Cannon may be succes Ly democrats. There is no assurance to the contrary and experience indicates what they may ex- pect from their more powerful allies. The suggestion, when it has been made, that the democrats should not fight their allies has received only a negative sort of “ap- proval by the mouth,” and little doubt is felt that the democrats will get all they can. In Utah, for instance, there is every possible reason from the point of view of a silver alliance that Frank Cannon should be supported by the democrats for re-elec- tion; yet it is very strongly indicated that there will be an effort ade to elect a democrat in his place. Populists Take the Alarm. This situation is calculated to destroy the confidence of the allies, and the populists are quick to take the alarm. The silver re- publicans are fighting for silver alone and must stick to that, but the populists have a very extensive cabinet of curios which they want to exhibit at public expense, and they are more ready to set about it on their own hook. The failure of the democrat: their allies by putting a pop’ republican on the ticket in Ohio has con- tributed to: ‘d the distrust in which they are held. The result shows the relative adhesiveness of the populists and the silver republicans to the old silver alliance. The former have put up an independent ticket in the state, while the latter (whatever their number may be) are working to help, elect_a democratic senator in the place of Mr. Hanna. If this ctfort should suc- ceed it would strengthen the Ue between the democrats and silver republicans, but if it fails it is liable to cause a breach. The Outlok for Fusion. Practically, the only prospect of a con- tinuance of the silver alliance is between the democrats and the silver republicans and that faction of the populists who are first of all silver advocates. The independent action of the populists in Ohio and Iowa will probably be followed by such action in the congressional cam- paign by those states and by Kansas and other of the western and southern states. Apparently Nebraska is the only western state where the populists seem Teasonably sure to remain true to Bryan. The presence of Peffer in Iowa and the position taken by him in his address give rise to the belief that he is figuring on the organizaticn of the western populists for independent action at the next pres! dential campaign, and that he will be the ian -¢ to recognize st or a silver Populist cancidate for President, even though the democrats and silver republi- cans should nominate Bryan again, Peffer for President. It is regarded as almost certain that the populists will have an Independent candidate, and it is thought to be likely that Peffer will be their man. This would be ene of the most serious things (politi- caliy) that could happen for the confusion of the silver forces, since the nomination of a western populist would draw heavily from the Bryan vote in that section. Yesterday's events in Des Moines simply confirm a belief that has been erowing here for some time, that at least a very large proportion of the populists must be counted out of any silver alliance in the future. . ————————+e+_____ PRICES GOING UP. A Result -tm Mexico of the Fall jn Silver. The diplomatic ard consular’ representa- tives of this country in Mexico are keeping a lookout'on the condition of affairs there since silver bégan to tumble in Price, and will probably send in some interesting re- ports on the situation. Consul General Joseph G. Dudley, stationed at Nuevo Laredo, in a communication to the Depart- ment of State, says that there has recently been a marked rise in the prices of all com- eater in Mexico as a result of the recent ‘all in the price of silver. This is true of domestic products, including rents. He says there nas been no corresponding advance of wages or salaries, and the intima: is that the situation is growing The price of inbor remains on a basis, +o 5 Gen. Weyler has informed Consu! General ager) date of August 12, that he has a . eltizen, for to the column of near Baracoa.” - Angiolillo, who shot and killed Senor Can- ovas Del Castillo, the prime minister vf Spain, at the baths of Santa Agueda on Sunday, August 8, was exccuted at o'clock this morning according to the sen- tence of the court-martial imposed upoa him on Monday last, after hi; previous Sunday, which "sentence was con- lirmed by the supreme council cf war yes- terday. Prominent Akron, Ohio, Manufacturcr ling, a former prominent manufacturer, as- signed to Francis Seiberling, his nephew, today. $150,000 each. condition since the failure of the J. F. Seiberling Mower and Reaper Company. Failure to realize in silver mining prcp- erty helped to bring the failure. ARTIST HINCKLEY’'S HEALTH WHEAT AT A DOLLAR September Option Brings the Round. Figure at New York. PILLSBURY OFFERS $1 FOR SPOT His Constitution Collapses Under the Strain of Overwork. The Distinguished Washingtonian Obliged to Seek Recuperation at Bellevuc—Hopes of Recovery. The many friends of Mr. Robt. Hinckley, the well-known artist of this city, who has his residence at 1310 Massachusetts ave- nue, will be pained to learn that he has broken down, supposedly from overwork, and has been taken to Bellevue Hospital, New York. Mr. Hinckley was taken to the hospital last night to be treated for a nervous trou- ble, caused by his arduous and unremitting labors for the past several years. He has been in New York for ten days or two weeks, having left Washington early in June to recuperate, was his custom in the summer. He was living in an apart- ment house at Lexington avenue and 33th street, and was working in a studio which he had lately opened, when he was taken ill. A physician who was called in yester- day to attend him advised his removal to the hospital. Mr. Hinckley lived here with his family at 1310 Massachusetts avenue, the house now being closed for the summer. He has a beautiful wife and three children, two boys and a girl, the eldest being a boy of about ten years of age. Mrs. Hinckley is a Baltimorean, and the couple have entertained considerably in a quiet, artistic manner, Mr. Hinckley being possessed of an ample fortune, besides what he made by the practice of his art. Work of a High Order. He is not only a portrait painter of note, but his genre work has been very favor- ably criticised by eminent artists. One of the examples of his work can be found in the ladies’ room of the Arlington, the sub- ject being an ancient one, splendidly exe- cuted. His subject “Fate,” at one of the exhibitions of the Cosmos Club, attracted widespread attention. It represented the figure of a woman with pointing finger, and the whole effect was regarded és far out of the ordinary. Many other of his works have attracted atten- tion here and elsewhere. The friends of the unfortunate artist as- sert that it is solely due to nis ambition, and his attempts to gratify t break-down came. Although he often com- lained of being tired, and feeling ext Philadelphia Breaks the Record . With $1.02 for No. 2 Red. EXCITEMENT ON THE BOARDS. eee NEW YORK, August 20.—Wheat opened’ on the local board this morning amid the! greatest excitement at from 3 1-2 to 4c. ad- vance over last night. September sold at the same instant all the way from 97 1-2 ta 98 in different parts of the pit. Traders were fairly riotous in their efforts to buy wheat. Not only did the local contingent absorb large quantities, but foreign houses as well bought on a large scale. News from all quarters but Paris was intensely, bullish. The latter market singularly enough opened lower, but was speedily fore gotten in the excitement created by the 21-8@23-4d. advance in Liverpool futures. Spring wheat advices were of the most gloomy character. The trade is now bas- ing its bull views on the poor outlook for the northwestern crop. At 1:40 p. m. there was much excites ment and noise in the wheat pit ongthe prodvce exchange when Sey ver wheat sold at $1. The strength was due to talk of a million bushels being taken for exe port at New York and outports. Pillsbury Offers a Dollar for Spot. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 20.— Wheat sold for a dollar a bushel in Mine reapolis today. When the September ope tion went to 90 cents Charles A. Pillsbury offered a dollar spot for 1,200 bushels of old No. 1 northern, which is selling at @ premium. The offer was accepted. James Marshall offered the same price for 5,000 bushels, but it has not yet been accepteds Excitement on Philadelphia Board. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 20.—The wheat market today was the most exciting ever experienced in the history of the ex- nervous, on account of his hard work, | change. Quotations jumped up 4% cents = eo not consent to give up work, even | and brought the price beyond the dollar ‘or a time. ore wi es Y His One Relaxation. mark. There were sales of No. 2 red at 101 and No. Pennsylv red was quoted After Mrs. Hinckley and the children left | at 102. This is the highest quotation here Washington in June for a summer resort, | im Many years. . he remained at the house some little time. Bri Band Accompainment, His only relaxation was in ri ey CHICAGO, August 21.—Just as the mare ket was closing here today the tickers were telling that C. A. Pillsbury marched into the chamber of commere: Minneapolis at the head of a brass band celebrating the advent of dollar wheat. The final trading on the regular board here was at 9c. September, or within one- half of the top price of the day. The tone of the market at the close was firm. —— ee DEATH OF A KLONDIKER. ing the bi- le, and he was extremely fond of th rising carly in the morning to pursue the pastime. In person Mr. Hinckiey is quiet and re- wh ved in manner, but thaws out speaking of his art, or in the socie bis close friends. He is tall and slim in figure, and easy and graceful in his man- ners, though his extreme nervousness, of which he frequently complained, has been 'y marked cf late. He suftered from in- somnia to a great extent. It is thought that with proper medic attention and a complete rest, which w: most reeded of ali, the patient will re- cover. His friends do not regard his con- dition as in any way serious. ae NO ULTIMATUM GIVEN. Shot Himself Accidenta While Hunting en Route to the Mines, ST. JOHN, N. B., August 20.—The body of Robert Jarvis Gilbert, who formerly was employed on Boston and New York papers, was taken through here today, on the way from Barclay, Ont., to Dorchester for interment. Gilbert at the time of his death was one of the staff of the London Graphic. He was accidentally shot last Friday in th wilds of the Algoma district, Gilbert and an artist named Glover, also’ cf the*Graphic staff, were on their way to Correspondence in Progress With Peru Over the McCord Claim. It is stated at the State Department that Peru has not been given an ultimatum that she must pay the $50,000 claim of Vic- tor H. McCord at once or take the con- sequences. On the other hand, it is ad- fhe Ssonnie country, it being the rine ite cae aa neoprene | 22 0 secure sketches of various Bee ae con ewoulence Al in) prosrens |S Ver oneuaur Twente Canada on between the two countries for the purpose | their way. Friday, while on ac of closing up the case, which has beea| game, Gilbert's revolver failed banging fire for about ten years. Peru was long ago given .o Understand that she must not dispute the claim, which is a just one, and the treuble has been over the amount of the indemnity. It is stated that the fresh talk probabiy arises over the arrival in the city of the new Peruvian minister, Senor Eguigur The minister is conferring with the Stat Department 4 the subject. The financial condition of Peru is such as to create pathy, but something must be done, willbe done before a great while. COMMISSIONER WRIGET’S QUARTERS and while examining it a cartri of the chambers exploded, inflicting a wound that caused death in a short time, ———_——__ MORE KLONDiIKE ADVENTURERS, - City of Kingston Sails From Victoria, With Large Contingent. VICTORIA, B. C., August 20.—The team, er City of Kingston has departed for Dyea and Skaguay with another large contin- gent of Klondikers. She had as much freight aboard as she could comfortably, carry, and she was crowded with miners. Residents of Ashcroft, Cariboo, are raise He Wanted to Enlarge Them, but a |i? fends for an exploratory survey for a Decision Prevented. reute from that town to Telegraph Creck, at Stickeen river, a distance of 650 mile Carroll D. Wright, commissioner of labor, has for some time desired an addition to his quarters in the building of the National by land and water, a trip oft Cariboo miners going to the ¢ end by Hudson bay trade made by siar mines It offers, so Safe Deposit Company, at the corner ot | many believe, a good all-Canadian route 15th street and New York avenue. He has‘? the Yukon, 3 the first and second floors of the buildin: DISGUSTED GOLD SEEKER. + and these hawe cost the government $5,000 a year rent. Mr. Wright ascertained tha the owners of the building would allow him a portion of the third floor of tu. building without additional rent for the coming year if he would make some re- pairs to the rooms, amounting in cost to about $180, Mr. Wright submitted to the centroller of the treasury, R. J. Tracewell, the question whether this amount could come out of the contingentgfund. Mr. Tracewell today decided thatthe amouni cannot be paid out of the contingent fund. Comunissioner Wright will, therefore, have to make other arrangements or content himself with his present quarters, ————_e-______ CANOVAS’ SLAYER EXECUTED. C, M. Weymouth Writes in a Gloomy Vein From Alaska. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., August 20.— In a letter received here from C. M. Wey= mouth, who left here on the last trip of the Mexico, dated Lake Lindemann, Au- gust 7, Weymouth says he is disgusted with the trip over the pass, and would re- turn but for the terrors of returning over Chilcoot pass. In Weymouth’s opinion, Dyea will be- ceme famous as a horse market, for the reason that horses cannot stand the usage there longer than a few days, when their | hoofs, regardless of heavy shoes, become | so broken as to entirely incapacitate them | for any use. Weymouth is with W. J. Jones, the United States commissioner for Alaska, and a well-known newspaper cor-- respondent, which party was the drst to land at Lake Lindemann since the Klon- dike rush began. Both Jones and Weymouth give the opin- ion that not one in ten of those who are now at Dyea and Skaguay and en reute will be able to cross the divide this year. ot STUDENT BY PROXY. Michele Angiolillo Garroted at San Sebastian This Morning. SAN SEBASTIAN, August 20.—Michele 11 trial of the Wife of Attorney Louis Titus Attends Lectures for Him, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 20.—At+ torney Louis Titus of this city has just be- gun his third collegiate year at the Univer- sity of California as a student by proxy. For one year Titus was a regular student at Berkeley, attending the university in person. Then he passed the examinations tor admission to the bar, and his business kept him on this side.of the bay. His wife took up his work at the beginning of the scphomore year and is now his proxy in the class rooms. In the evening she goes over the work with her husband, who has thus far taken every examination with) credit, and will graduate at the end of the —_——->--_—_ JOHN F. SEIBERLING FAILS. Makes an Assignment Today. AKRON, Ohio, August 20.—John F.Seiber- The assets’and liabilities are about His affairs have been in an unsettled the plated reopening the Indian minws. It thinks, however, that the piece and the silver dollar and wheat are, ‘should legitimately be. os