Evening Star Newspaper, August 21, 1897, Page 1

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TO HEAR THE CLAIMS|'N ACCORD WITH WEYLERIDEFY THE DEPUTIES Spain and United States to Agree Upon a Commission. PRECEDENT - ESTABLISHED IN 1871 —_>—___ Object of Calderon Carlisle’s Trip Abroad. —__+--——_. GEN.WOODFORD’S INTENTIONS a A convention is to be agreed upon be- tween Spain and the United States for the settlement of all claims on account of the wrengs and injuries committed in the Is- land of Cuba. The result of this conven- tion is expected to be the appointment of a claims commission similar to that ap- pointed in 1871 which settled the claims of citizens of both countries, after the in- surrection of that time. It can be stated that, although numerous claims of Ameri- can citizens against the government of Spain for injuries done their persons and property in the Island of Cuba during the present revolution have been filed with the State Department, no formal presentation of these claims has been made to the Span- ish government by the Secretary of State, although, as soon as these claims have been filed at the State Department, a notice of such filing has been presented to the foreign office at Madrid. It is doubtful under the present circumstances whether, if any formal presentation of the claims were made at this time, Spain would recog- nize it. The administration is. therefore, resolved to follow the precedent in this matter, and to await the cessation of hos- tilities, and meanwhile to negotiate a treaty or convention for the appointment of a claims commission. General Wocdforé, in his instructions, was directed to negotiate such a conven- tion as was arranged by General Sickles vith the Sparish government in 1871. The trip of Mr. Calderon Carlisle of ‘ashington, who is the legal advisor of Spanish legation in this city, was for same purpose. In recent dispatches London it was announced that Mr. Carlisle would present to this governme: counter claims for damages to Spanish citizens in Cuba. Mr. Carlisle is really erly preparing the cases for the Spanish goeverrment and smoothing the way for the negotiations of a convention. The ireaty of 1871 was negotiated at Madrid February 11 between Gen. Daniel E. Sickles and Minister Cristino Martos, then the Spanish minister of state. The convention agreed that all claims of cit- izens of both countries should be submit- ted to arbitrators, one to be appointed by the Secretary of State of the United States, another by the Spanish minister at Wash- ington, and these two to name an umpire. ‘The claims commission was to meet in Washington, and hear the cases as pre- sented by an advocate appointed by each severnment. The two governments bound themselves to accept the awards made by this commission, and it will be remember- ed that in 1882 the claims commission was extended to January 1, 1883, when they finished their work. It is the idea of this administration to “lew closely this precedent, and it is un- derstood that the Spanish legation here agrees with the State Department in this matter, ard sent its legal representative te Spain, as stated, to prepare for the coming of the new United States minister. INTEREST IN AN OPINION. Decision im Electric Light Contro- vesy Regarded Important. Considerable interest is being manifest2d in the forthcoming opinion of the attorney for the District upon the application of United States Electric Lighting Com- y to exteng its service conduit out 9th street. The company claims the right under the law to extend its conduits to the outlying subdivisions, and in the brief of Attorney Rediagton it is claimed the Commissioners have no discretion in the matter of streets to be occupied by the conduits, their duty being to approve the application. On the other hand, the Potomac com- pany through its attorney, J. J. Darling- t contends that there is no good reason why the company should desire to go out th street, as that thoroughfare is already amply supplied with electric light conduits, and that, while Congress gave the United States company permission to extend its line to the suburbs, it gave the Commis- sioners the discretionary power as to the route to be followed. The settlement of this case means con- siderable to the Potomac Company. If the United States Company is permitted to parallel its conduit on 9th street, it vir- tually means that the latter will underbii the Potomac Company and take away from it the contract for District lighting on that street. rt Made by Superin- MeComb. al report of the superintendent was submitted to the Commis- sioners today. Under the appropriation for ceaning and repairing sewers, 123,049 lin- ear feet of pipe sewers, 10,198 linear fect ©? brick sewers, 4,439 man holes and 81,002 receiving basins were cleaned, from which were removed 6,859 cuble yards of street , 51 feet of brick sewers were ired and 699 minor repairs to sewers were made. Under the appropriation for permit work there were constructed by day's labor 4,1:4 lirear feet of pipe sewers, bearing from < to eighteen inches in diameter. Under the assesstaent system there were tructed by day’s labor 30,507 linear of pipe sewers. Superintendent McComb calls attention to the assessment made for sewers construct- ed under the assessment system. Accord- ing to present tactics, he says the amount charged against property is in direct pro- portion to the linear frontage of the sewer on the abutting properiy. In view of the fact that practically equal benefit is conferred by a small or jarge ontage, this rule is not equitable. He suggests that the law be changed in such manner that the amount assessed be di- vided among the abutting lots in propor- tion to their superficial extent. The report contains a lst of the sewers constructed during the year. —__ CHIEF JOHNSON’S POSITION. mo St is Not "Likely That oved, i There is nothing at this time to indicate that Claude M. Johnson, the head of the bureau of engraving and printing, will be from his position, as has been published. On the other hand, it is stated today on good authority that Mr. Johnson will probably remain where he is unless he voluntarily leaves his position. - The report of the committee which has been investigating the operations of the He Will Be Spain’s New Prime Minister Outlines His Guban Policy. Decides to Convoke the Cortes in November—Sketch of the Suc- cessor to Canovas. SAN SEBASTIAN, August 21.—Gen. Az- carraga, the premier and minister for war, kas decided to convoke the cortes in No- vember. The premier announces that he is in ac- cord with Gen. Weyler, the captain general of Cuba; but he reserves the right to make a further examinaticn of the Cuban ques- ticn. In conclusion, the premier proclaims him- self as beiag the head of the government and not the leader of any party. Sketch of New Premier. Lieut. Gen. Azcarraga, who was appoint- ed by the Queen Regent of Spain to succeed the late Senor Canovas as premier, is a Spanish soldier o* ancient descent and a friend of the limited morarchy. Azcarraga is mentioned as a possible president of an interim administration, pending the trouble General Azcarraga. in Spain, and he is well fitted for just such a position. No intrigueuer in the whole corrt of Spain is more adept than Don Azcarraga. He it was who compasced the downfall of Gen. Campos. When the present revolution broke out Campos was put in command of the Spanish forces in the Island of Cuba. Campos was a mild and gentle soldier. Azcarraga knew his weakness, and there was no trick to which the wily diplomat dic not resort to discredit his ancient eremy. The Cubon revolution was swollen to five times its size in the eyes of the Spanish parliament, and Martinez Campos suffered accordingly. Campos was 3,000 leagues away from the center of govern- ment at Madrid. Azcarraga was in the full tide of power at home. The result of his intrigues is known to the whole world. Undermined Campos. He undermined Campos, and had that noble general recalled to Spain. In his place was sent Capt. Gen. Weyler, the man who Las earned the title of “butcher,” and it was the shrewd Spaniard, Azcarraga, that kept him there. Consistently refusing to be identified with any ministry, liberal or conservative, he has held the reins of government in Mad- rid, and while a friend of the democrats, he has made himself most acceptable to the constitutionalists and has coquetted even with the Carlists. The only danger that threatens the marquis today is the possibijity of his being sent to Cuba as captain generel. EE EXPECT TO GO IN TWO MINUTES. Owners of Star Pointer and Joc Pat- chen Both Confident. CHICAGO, August 21.—People who go to Washington Park this afternoon are likely to see the greatest pacing race ever wit- nessed in the world. From all indications the two great pacers will be at their best, for they are both seasoned, and, as near as human knowledge can tell, are on a feather edge. The owners of Star Pointer and Joe Pat- chen express themselves as satisfied with the condition of their horses and both are confident of winning. The owner of Star Pointer said that if his horse was beaten today he expected to see the timers hang out the two-minute sign for the first time in the history of harness horse racing. The owner of Patchen said it would not sur- prise him to see the two-minute mark reached, under favorable conditions of track and weather. Outside of the respective stables of the pacing champions, the opinion prevails that Star Pointer will win the race by a small margin, although it is generally con- ceded that Patchen will win one heat. Star Pointer has already beaten Joe Pat- chen twice and lost to him once. Both are thought to be better than ever before, and they are so nearly equa! that a mere trifle will deciae the ownership of the $4,000 purse, one way or the other. A few pools were sold on the race track last night, Star Pointer being the favorite at nearly two to one. The 2:11 pacing race, it is expected, will be hotly contested, as there are several en- tries that are close enough in quality to make an interesting race. : ——_ SENATOR QUAY OFF TO FLORIDA. Requests His Friends Not to Pre Bat PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Augasi 21.—A dis- patch from Harrisburg says that before leaving for Florida Senator Quay requested his friends not to permit the introduction of a resolution in the republican state con- vention that meets Thursday indorsing him for re-election to the United States Senate. He will be satisfied with an indorsement of his course and that of Senator Penrose on the Dingley tariff bill, and a resolution to that effect will be placed in the plat- form. —————— BRIGHT WEATHER FOR TENNIS. Good Sport Expected at the Interna- tion Tourney Today, NEWPORT, R. I., August 21.—The fourth day of the national tennis championship tournament was clear and bright, with an invigorating air that gave promise of some excellent sport on the Casino courts. Of the four matches scheduled today the Whitman-Nisbit contest seemed to attract the most attention, for choice seats about the exhibition court cammanded a pre- mium at an early hour. The grand show- ing made by the American yesterday, when Mahony went down before his brilliant net play, gave many of his confi- dence that he would win today. ——_.+__— Beliszama Wins the Bentinck Pilate. LONDON, August 21—At the secon@ day's racing of the Nottingham summer meeting today the Lorillard-Berésford bles’ three-year-old brown Belisama; won the Bentirck plate of sovereigns. tain F. Foster's “was second. and Mr. A. J. Schwabe's Rowan Berry Plum Creek Strikers March in Spite of Injunctions. SEVERAL OF THEM ARE ARRESTED Serious Fight Likely to Occur at Any Time. INJUNCTION ON HE DOG ——-—_—__ PITTSBURG, Pa., August 21.--There was a clash between the deputy sheriffs and strikers at Plum Creek at 4 o'clock this morning, and five strikers were arrested for contempt of court in disobeying the orders of the court as contained in the injunction. There was no blood shed, but a battle between the deputies and the strik- ers'may be fought at any time. The determination of the strikers to march at 4 a.m. was formed yesterday afternoon after they had successfully passed four deputies, who wanted to stop their escorting some citizens of New Texas to their camp. Their plans were known to the deputies and they were ready for the marchers. The campers were divided into three parties. one going to Clarks- ville, another to the tippie at Plum Creek and the other along the Saltsburg pike. They were not formed in line, but walked along aimlessly. The deputy sheriffs met the vanguard on the pike, about half a mile above the post oflice at Center. The men in advance were turned back, but the others kept on, and the deputies formed a line across the road. Chief Deputy Samuel Young stepped to the front and told them they would have to turn back to their camp. There was a laugh at this, and the men pushed on, Deputies Forced Back. There was a sudden push from the rear cf the body cf strikers, and the deputies were forced back a considerable distance, and then there was such a mix up that one could not tell which of the struggling men were deputies and which were strikers. Chief Deputy Young seized two men and called out that they were under arrest. At the same time he shouted to the depu- ties not to struggle with the strikers, but to arrest any man who attempted to pass. This had its effect. The strikers stood still to see what Mr. Yourg intended to do with his prisoners, and the deputies thus had a chance to form in a more solidimass across the road and to bar all passage. The two men were placed in charge of deputies, who conducted them to the De Armitt stables and placed them under an armed guard. There were about sixty men in the body of strikers, and most of them started back slowly toward Camp Isolation. Would Defy the Deputies. There were about a dozen of them, how- ever, who stood still and said that the court had no power to block public roads, and told the others to go back to camp, and they would either see the miners in their homes and persuade them not to go into the pit or be taken to jail. They started acros3 the road on a run toward the tipple, with a posse of the deputies in pur- suit. The latter caught up to them near the company houses at the coal works and placed three more under arrest. The prisoners were loaded into a spring wagon and were taken to Turtle Creek, where they were brought to this city and lodged in Jail. The camp at Jefferson School House, guarding the Sandy Creek mine, has been re-established with seventy-five men. The camp is weil stocked with provisions, and it is proposed to decrease the output of the mine by doing missionary work in the dig- gers’ houses. The campers at Turtle Creek attempted to march at 5 a.m., but they were stopped by a posse of deputy sheriffs. Injunction on the dog. The strikers have made a dog blanket out of a copy of the injunction and have clothed a bulldog with it, and their motto is: “Injunction is on the dog.” The lead- ers in the camp will not allow the animal to be paraded on the stneets, en TO BE SENATOR HANNA’S GUEST. Plans of President McKinley's Party for Remainder of Vacation. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio August 21.— The yacht Comanche touched this port at 7:30 o'clock this morning, with Senator Hanna and party on board. ‘The senator was feeling well after his three weeks’ trip up the lakes. On Monday he will head the Comanche for Buffalo, bringing back with him President and Mrs. McKinley, General Alger, Mr. and Mrs. Garret A. Hobart and Mr. and Mrs. J. Addison Porter. This distinguished party will reach Cleveland Thursday morning and will be Senator Hanna’s guests for several days. The President and Mrs. McKinley will re- main here until August 31, when they will attend the wedding of Miss Hayes at Fre- mont. The President will then attend the re- union of his old regiment at Fremont. Thenee he will go to the state fair at Co- lumbus, where it is believed he will speak, and thence to Washington, accompanied by Secretaries Alger and Wilson. President McKinley’s visit here at this time will be his first in Cleveland since his inauguration, and his second visit in Ohio since last March, whe: he became the chief executive of the nation. It is probable that his visit to Cleveland next week will be a far more quiet affair than was the one of last January. While there has been some talk of a public demonstration in his honor on his arrival the plans have taken no definite form as yet and will very likely not materialize, although someching of the kind may be done spontaneously. No doubt the presidential salute of twenty-one guns will signalize the entrance of the yacht next Thursday into the Cleve- land harbor. Socially considered, the visit of the Presi- dent, it is thought, will not be a brilliant one. One or two receptions not of a public nature are likely to be the extent of the functions, if, indeed, they even go to this length, ——_——-_— CABLE ROAD TO THE MINES, J. P. McCormick Promises to Con- struct One in Twenty-Five Days. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., August 21.— The steamer Alki has sailed for Alaska with 150 passengers and 300 head of live stock. = t J. P. McCormick of New York took cn outfit for the construction of a cable road from Dyea over the pass to Lake Messrs. sentatives-of a cate, will leave the steamer at Fe gle and locate a new trail to the WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, AUGUST 21, 1897-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. paper. TWO CENT PRINTING OFFICE iTS. Selection of a Large Némber of Fold- ers—Several Reinstatements. ‘The public printer has-maile the follow- ing probationary appointments: Folders—Mrs. Carrie Vj Burchard, Dis- trict of Columbia; Misses Mattie E. Fowler, District of Columbia; Mary B. Kehoe, New Ycrk; Frances P- iackistan, Emma Slater, Alice L. Brick, Agnes €. Gainey, Adele A. Tait, Mary A. Bergman and Nida W. Kee- fer, Distriet of Columbia. Annie E. Dolan, District of Columbia: Jo- sephine A. Killigan, District of Columbia; Ellen S. Reilly, District of Columbia; Alice G. Wood, District of Colambia; Lucy E. Williams, District of Columbia; Mildred E. L. Jackson, District of Columbia: Susie A_ Collins, District of Columbia; Catharine E. Jones, District of Columbia; Mary K. Fal- bush, District of Columbia; Miriam E. Mor- gan, District of Columbia; Madge W. Gra- m, Virginia; Naomi R. Bogan, District of Columbia Mrs. Mary EB. Cosden, Mary- id. Press feeder—Miss Alice E. Toner, Dis- trict of Columbia. The following have been reinstated: Mrs. Annie R. Jewett, widow of soldier, press feeder; Miss Ellen F. Sydnor, Virginia, sewer; Alice V. Lee, sewer: Mary A. Dona- hue, widow of soldier, folder; Wm. A. Swan, soldier, watchman, and Edward Morgan, soldier, compositor. —-e- GETTING READY FOR TRIAL. District Will Have Special Counsel in Street Extension Cases. The Commissioners are making prepara- tions to try the highway extension cases. Special counsel will be employed to rep- sent the District in the prosecution of these cases, as the attorney for the Dis- trict and his assistants have not the time to give to them. In the proceedings here- tofore, Mr. A. S. Worthington has repre- sented the District, but he declines to con- tinue unless Congress shall appropriate the money already due him as counsel fees. There is any amount of good ma- terial to be had, but the Commissioners are handicapped by lack of funds to pay them. The highway extension act contemplates the trial of the cases by a judge with a jury. It is important that the cases be tried as soon as possible. There are forty- seven subdivisions embraced within the first section, each subdivision being re- garded as a case. One of the cases, the Dennison and Leighton, has been partially disposed of. In his interview with Commissioner Ross this morning Attorney Themas pointed out that it took a week to try that case alone. There are, he says, in a letter to Commis- sicner Ross upon the subject,’ about 100 percels of property, improved ang unim- proved, in this subdivision, esented by perhaps sixty owners, while the Meridian Hill subdivision conta ‘about 400 parcels, represented by about 250 owners. He says, further, he: thinks the special attorney appointed by the Commissioners should -have an assistant, not necessarily a lawyer, but preferably a real estate expert. ——— INDEMNITY TO AN AMERICAN. He Was Maltreated an@ Banished From Kimatara. Richard M. Aylwood, an Amertean citi- | zen, was engaged in business for several years on the French protecteraté island Kimatara. Not long since, éyring some troubles on the island, Mr. Aylward was maltreated and banished’“He gomplained to United States Consul Doty at Tahiti. The latter brcught the matter to the at- tention cf the governor of Tahiti. The lat- ter ordered a vessel to the island to inves- tigate. As a result a naval court was con- vened. It rendered. a judgment in favor of the American for $500, and he was paid the money. eg eee LAKE SCHOONER. SUNK. The Crew Heached Milwaukee After Experiencing Great Hardships. MILWAUKEE, Wis., August 21.—The crew of the schooner Emma Booner, bound from Manistee to this city with bark, has arrived here and report that the vessel capsized in the lake, fifteen miles off Little Point Saubel, last Wednesday night. The crew escaped in a yawi boat and drifted about for twenty-two hours in a heavy sea. They then sighted the steamer Fred Pabst, which took them to_ port. They were thirty-six hours without food. ——.__ CROWDS FLOCK TO BUFFALO. National Encampment of the G. A. R. Attracts Many Visitors. BUFFALO, N. Y., August 21.—The in- flux of visitors to the National encamp- ment of the Grand Army of the Republic has begun in earnest. All trains and boats arriving here are crowded to their utmost capacity. The six hundred guides, who will show visitors to their lodgings and to points of interest will go on duty this evening, and from then until Wednesday at noon there will be 200 of them on duty all the time. —>_—_ ARMING COAST DEFENSES. Board to Consider Distribution of the Cavairy. a board of officers, consisting of Col. John a board of officers consisting of Col. John I. Rodgers, 5th Artillery; Lieut. Col. Henry C. Hasbrouck, 4th Artillery, and Capt. Crosby P. Miller, assistant quartermaster, meet in this city September 1 for the pur- pose of considering the question of the lecation and distribution of tke present force of the artillery arm in the care and preservation of the seacoast armament and with? to th ¢ Vith re t to the forming the defense of sack’ ha the harbors contiguous, the b dicate the size and loca! of the garrison that should be provided, and with: respect to the separate batteries that ‘belong to the group, the number of - Tequired as guards and caretakers at 3 it is not already If the War ljand for garrison at each batteries bor, or of yd will in- possessed of the requisite. of the uses the area and site required Place will be nasa = Existing k accommodatit will utilized wherever any exist,-and ‘femeral es- timates of cost will be submitted ef addi- tional buildings, also for: drain: water supply, wharves, etc. There ‘s} be a statement of the means of water transpor- tation needed in maintaining pfoper, com- munication between the detached batteries. ‘The board will also state the ion that should, in its ju nt, be were the present foot ar foree te be in- creased by twenty batteries. ‘The attention of the board ts invited to the provisions of the last for tion act, which requires a report on ck:accom. modations to be submitted to the next Con- Srphe board will dubmit ttalreport on ‘a e on or before October 15. 4: . A Distinguished General ‘Coming. Gen. Barker, one of the. most #istin- guished commanders of the British JOHN BULL GROWLS Does Not Take Kindly to the Boom in Wheat. ENGLAND'S SHORTAGE ACKNOWLEDGED English Press Tries to Make Politi- cal Capital Out of It. THE MARKETS TODAY el LONDON, August 21.—The fact that the price of wheat has reached $1 a bushel in the United States has produced consider- able excitement among grain speculators and others in London. The secretary of the Baltic said: “Of course we have been caught largely short. The rise in the price oi wheat, with the uncertainties of the fu- ture, make a somewhat hysterical market. The rise of six-pence in the price of barley, for,example, today was due to no assigr able cause. There is no speculation here, as it is known on Wall street, though there is some speculation at Liverpool.” The secretary of the corn exchange re- marked: “There is no specuiation here, as such transactions are generally known. There has been a disposition upon the part of the outside public to bear the market, but the brokers have @issuaded their cli- ents from so doing. The rise in prices terday morning and today was not due so much to “dollar wheat” as to the buying by France, where the threshings are proving disappointing. Our millers, too, are short. Brokers Held No Stocks. “Our brokers have not made much, as they held no stocks; but, it is needless to say, that the rise of half a crown in the price of wheat yesterday makes the hvcl est times on Mark Lane. The Americ apparently got it all their own w: The Westminster Gazette this afternoon, referring to the rise in the price of wheat, Say: ‘Dollar wheat’ is an unmeriied stroke of good luck for President McKin- ley’s government, which ought to have been overtaken by swift calamity for shameless- ly paying election debts to the trusts by the passage of the Dingley bill.” At the same time the Westminster Ga- zette finds comfort in the allegation that “the Bryanites are made to look foolish” and adds: “The western farmers will see at once that high prices are compatible with a gold standard, and the destruction of Bryan and his panacea is bound to fol- low. But, if President McKinley’s sup- porters are wise, they will not for a mo- ment imagine that when they dispose of the silver craze they will dispose of the revolt against the American capitalists, who have never used their power so ruth- lessly as since the last presidential elec- tion.” New, Tarif! Denounced. The Gazette then proceeds to denounce the “extortions” of the new United States tariff, which, it adds “is one of the worst and most fruitful sources of the corruption f public men and public servants.” In conclusion, the Westminster Gazette Says: “The degree of success which has attended Bryan shows that the Americans are becoming alive to the rottenness of something, and next time the campaign will be directed less to the gold standard than to the standard of pyblic life.”” PRICE ADVANCES AGAIN. Wheat Advances About 4 Cents in New York Today. NEW YORK, August 21.—With a rush and a deafening uproar, wheat started out this morning or its climb toward the new level set by the bulls for September or December, $1.25 a bushel in this market. Every eye on the floor was fixed on the big deal as the gong stroke set the ex- cited speculative machine in motion. Round and round went the hands until $1.02% was marked for wheat that closed officially last night eat 99% and sold later on the curb at 101%. As fresh high levels were reached the swarm of writhing brokers in the pit be- came simply frantic, and the bewildering roar which ascended like a bedlam to the living fringe in the gallery reminded the spectators more of a wildly excited politi- cal reeting than of a regular business in which thousands and thousands of dollars were changing hands on the nod of a head or the wave of a card. The first re- corded sale of September was made at 102, representing an advance of 2% over the official close. Later it whizzed up to 103% in jumps, sometimes % a cent at. a clip, disdaining the one-eighth and one-quarter fluctuations that usually accompany a market's action. From there it fell again to 102%, but subsequently bobbed back again. Cables from Liverpool came 3a3%d. higher and added fire to the bull movement. Foreign houses, however, were not so unanimous on the buying side as they were yesterday and this served to partially relieve the heavy demand. At 11 o'clock the market had quieted somewhat for a breathing spell, with September solidly fixed at 103. Corn went up a cent a bushel and oats followed moderately. Just before the regular closing, wheat again branched out into excited trading with an attendant rise to the highest point of the morning, $1.05% for September. Later on the curb it held very strongiy at that figure on light offerings. Corn was also very active and strong at 36%c. for September. It was reported that nearly a million bushels of corn had been marked for export here and outports today. DEAR BREAD IN FRANCE. Chamber of Deputies Asked to Re- move Duty on Wheat. PARIS, August 21.—A meeting of mem- bers of the chamber of deputies is being arranged, with the cbject of urging the government to action, in view of the rise in the.price of bread, and the. council of the department of Eure-et-Loire has pass- ed a resoluticn protesting against the pro- posal to remove the duty on wheat im- ports at a time when the French growers are able to sell grain at a remunerative price. The Soleil urges the government to take immediate action, and says the cry of dear is a powerful weapon in the hands of the socialists. Dollar Mark Reached at Chicago. CHICAGO, August 21.—August wheat closed at $1 here today, with future options ‘close around the same figure. —_—_. ‘Judge Staples Dead. DISASTROUS TRAIN WRECK|AN AWFUL TRAGEDY H. ©, Ghanghton and Miss Vila Custis Dashed to Death. STRUCK BY A PENNSYLVANIA TRAIN No Warning Given at the Deadly Deanewood Grade Crossing. INQUEST IN PROGKEs o————— Lake Erie Freight Crashes Into an Excur- sion Train at Lima. Many Passengers Injured, Though No ‘atalities Are Reported—Neither Train Stopped at Junction. LIMA, Ohio, August 21.—A terrible smash-up occurred here about 10:30 o'clock last night at the junction of the Lima Northern and Lake Erie and Western rail- reads, in the eastern portion of the city. A Lake Erie freight crashed into a Lima Northern passenger train, carrying a large number of excursionists on their return from Toledo, the train bearing a special ex- cursion given by a store of this city. The injured are: Mrs. Bert Bennett, right arm and shoulder; J. B. Trenfield of West Cairo, badly bruised; Mrs. A. E. Clutter, Mrs. Wm. P. Hall, badly bruised: Mrs. Flora Gless, back injured; Henry Breo and wife, injured about head: Mrs. P. W. Fox, internally injured; Mrs. W. H. Long, leg broken; Agnes Rosenbeck, in- jured inside; Rex Waltzer, knee injured; Mrs. T. N. Scanlan, cut and bruised; Mrs. Ida Watt, head cut; Mrs. John Watt, scalp wound; Mrs. Ed. E. Botkins, inter: nal injuries; D. V. Flanghter, head eut; Mrs. George Coe, fatally crushed; Miss Annie Koch, badly sprained; Abe’ Stein, ear cut off; Mrs, Will. Murray, head cut. No one was killed. AN Ss An occurreace probably as deplorable in character as aj like event in the history of the District of Columbia occurred a few minutes efter 7 o'clock last evening. It resulted in the almost instant death of Hierome 0. Claughton, one of the best- known members of the legal profession in Washington, and a professor in the law department of National University, and also of Miss Villa Custis, daughter of Dr. G. W. N. Custis of 112 East Capitol street, who was one of the most popular young ladies of East Washington. Mr. Claughton and Miss Custis were re- turning from a drive, and in crossing the tracks of the Pennsylvania railroad at Deanewood, a station about half a mile The Lake Erie engine was knocked off | ®0ve Benning, the vehicle in which they the track and badly demolished, and two| Were riding was struck by an express coaches of the Lima Northern overturned. | train which left this clty at 6:39 o'clock, At the junction of the Lim: Lake Erle and West 1 orthern — bound for New York. There was a sicken- > a estern railways it has oe KE a been learned that neither train stopped at |!" Crash as the locomotive dashed over the junction, the Lake Erie engine dash-|the horses and vehicle. A moment later ing into the second coach, overturning it. It was filled with passengers. The engine was sent into a wheat field fifty feet from the track. Mr. Claughton, considerably mangled, waa — CURRENCY RECONSTRUCTION. Grave Doubts Expressed About the Wisdom of Agitation. Grave doubts are entertained by persons familiar with the legislative situation of the wisdom of the banking association ad- vocating a federal currency commission and laying great stress of importance upon currency legislation by the present Con- gress. Though the House, in response to President MeKinley’s request, passed the currency commission bill just before the close of the extra session, there was very little sentiment in favor of the proposition in that body, and it is doubted whether the bill could have been passed had it not been known in advance that the Senate would not approve it. It is regarded even by many of the leaders who consented to the passage of the measure as unwise, and there is practically no disposition to agi- tate the question when Congress convenes again. It is absolutely certain that the Senate will not pass a measure, and it is a as foolish to continue the discus- sion. As far as general. currency legislation is concerned, it is known to every man of ex- perience in Congress, from the Speaker down, that it will be impossible to secure action by the Senate on any proposition which would have the approval of the Mr. H. 0. Cloughton. picked up at a point about a hundred yards distant, just as he was breathing his last. Some distance away Miss Custis was found, and a few moments later her death occured. Might Have Becn Avoided. Those familiar with the surroundings ex- pressed no hesitation in declaring that had House. the livening of business and ing can be accomplished. —————o+____ COUNTERFEITERS’ TOOLS CAPTURED Important Seizures Made York. The secret service division of the Treas- ury Department has been informed that Detective Geo. President Hendricks. The arrests were made in New York city, and the secret ser- vice office captured the outfit of the coun- terfeiters, including a complete mill and four litograph stones, having the im- pressions of the face, back and seal of the certificates. One hundred and eighteen counterfeit notes were seized. The counterfeiters had hardly gone to work when they were pounced upon. They had succeeded in putting eleven of the notes in circulation, and were not re- paid for their trouble and expense. The record of the secret service division ntly has been an unusually fine one. A number of counterfeit gangs have been broken up and are behind prison bars. —————__-e ACKNOWLEDGED BY MR. HOSHI. Secretary Sherm: Reply o Hawali: Question. Secretary Sherman has received from Minister Hoshi of Japan prompt acknowl- e@gment cf the Secretary’s letter of last Saturday relating to the annexation of Hawaii to the United States. Mr. Hoshi’s acknowledgmert is formal, and does not go into the merits of the subject, as the answer to Secretary Sherman’s last note will not te made until word comes from the Japanese foreign office. Thé Star has contained all of the features of Secretary Sherman’s note, with one’exception, name- ly, Japan’s prior note referring incidentally to reports that a majority of the inhab- itants of Hawaii did not favor annexation. Mr. Sherman’s answer takes issue with this statement, and urges at some length that the preponderance of influence in Ha- wali is favorable to the annexation of the isiand to the United States. Aside from the man’s former letter stating the attitude of the United States favorable to annexation. es BROOKLYN POSTMASTERSHIP. Even among the republicans in both houses of Congress there is a division of sentiment on the question of the retire- ment of the greenbacks, and the belief is general that in the face of the present situation, the development of prosperity, the strong feeling of confidence which is being revived among financiers and business men should not be disturbed by an agitation of the cur- rency question when it is known that noth- in New W. Hazen has arrested Henry Moses, alias Henry Stein, Samuel Heyman, Nathan Luberman and Harry Meyer for counterfeiting the $10 silver cer- tificates containing the head of ex-Vice a sufficient numter of employes been pro- vided by the railroad company the ter- rible catastrophe would have been avoid- ed. Deanewood is a tower station, and the thoro.ghfare over which Mr. Claughton and Miss Custis were driving crosses the railroad tracks there obliquely. The cross- ing is previded with gates. Persons ap- proaching along the road from either di- rection have their view of the railroad tracks obstructed by rows of houses which intervene. There is no watchman employ- ed at the crossing, and the duty of rais- ing and lowering the gates devolves upon the dispatcher, located in the tows The requirements of this employe aiso include the receipt and transmission of dispatches and the manipulation of the block signal system. On duty in the tower yesterday evening was a young man named Levi Baker. He is employed as a “supply” or extra dis- patcher, and served in the place of the regular man, who is absent on his vaca- tien. Baker reported for duty at 6 o'clock. As stated, at 6.59 o'clock, train No. 64, drawn by engine No. 68, in charge of En- gineer J. A. Cockley, left the 6th street de- pot in this city for New York. Mr. Claugh- ton, finding the safety gates open and not being able to see for any distance along the tracks, proceeded to cross, just as the train epproached Deanewood. When the New York express entered what is known as the block for which Dis- patcher Baker was responsible, he received a telegraph message from the operator on duty at the next block, informing him of the whereabouts of the train. Just as he ticked back “O. K.” another message was sent in from the operator at the block to the north announcing the approach of a train bound for Washington. Before the latter message was completed. Baker heard the rumble of the express train nearby, and rising hastily from his chair reached over and grasped the lever and began lowering the gates. Overcome With Terror. Just then he glanced at the crossing and noticed a vehicle entering within the gates. Before he cculd speak or even turn a hand all was over. Miss Custis, who saw the train approach just as the vehicle reached the track, was noticed to grasp the arm of Judge Claughton, as though she ‘Was overcome with terror. As soon as he recovered from the shock resulting from the horrible sight he wit- nesscd Baker dashed downstairs, where he was joined by Joshua A. Disner, a track foreman, who had been standing ip front of his residence just a few yards from the scene of the collision, but who had not seen the train until it was almost upon the vehicle. The engineer of the train brought it to a standstill as soon as he could do so, and with the conductor and a number of pas- out delay to the tower house. The animals driven by Mr. Claughton met with instant death, and, badly mangled, they lay at the side of the track. The vehicle was splin- tered. and but little remained of the har- 3 8a i i i : ? i Fi i