Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1897, Page 3

THE EVENING STAR. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1897—1 SPECIAL NOTICES. . SOTICE.—ALL PERSONS INDEBTED TO, THE NOkate of Te Ashby: Shackletie. will please call at once and settle with the undersigned, other- wise they will be proceeded against acéordlag to kx LILLA M. SHACKLETTE, rix, 1112 Trinidad ave. n.e. auz3-3t* st 89 oYooks for the transfer ock of the Metropolitan Kaflroad Company ve closed from the above date to September RIFFIN B. COLEMAN, Secretary. wreby given that tl STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETING. A meeting of tne stockholders of the American Graphophone Company will be held at Mountain Harper's Ferry, West Vir mber 2, 1897, at SPIRITUAL 3 EFFIE McNEIL, CLAIIE : ot, business ard test medium, 1914 a "e aw emored t Washin; BUCKS. CK. bricks, call in fre onr special dis- will xave you 1 discount “for AND TERRA x We HAVE YOU VISITED Cleveland Perk recently? Yeu should do so. Somsent t'system of hish- = tt ‘provide a permanent sy: - aye ia that mc if Colun tified of a wap showing a proposed perma- nent. syetem of highways in’ the District of Oo lumbia within the area by Nerth Cap- ftol street. Florida avenue, Eastern branch and the District iine. This map and plats showing in detail how esch lot and tract is affected by he proposed cystem of highways are now - tion im Room No. 9, 4th Moor, of the District beilding. All persons intetested’ are invited to excmire the nap and plats. The commission will ‘ider any suggestion or protest concerning the lecation of any highway or pertion of a highway as shown en the map. The suggestions and pro- tests rust be in writing and must set forth clearly the reasons for the changes, an show the property owned or controlled by the objector. All provests, ete., must he submitted on or be- fore FIRST of OCTOBER, 1897, and be ad- Chief of Fi . ae F M.. in the office of the spose of all objections, from those who desire Itten objections. R. A. N. BLISS, § a then bea’ BLA) — =, ae rn We're After Business [Men. We have eve of INK Mt See tree Files—in fact, Easton & Rupp, 421 11thSt. POPUL "RICED STATION BYT! i1th St. Printer, Is Tharp’s Pure “Berkel It puts new life fato a man ard helps bim drive away the ‘sBraw’? dives. Far abead of all other whiskies, both in taste and . Absolutely pure. Only full quart. At JAS. "S, S12 F auZ5-10d “Worth their weight _ in gold.” = The famous Urderhill Star Brand OS Lathing Hatcbets, finest made—all good pla: terers knew them. Here only. John B. Espey, ‘Hardware’ 1010 F. vE. au7-3m,10 YS MEN DON'T TALK ABOUT THEIR ? They do. Our customers tell their the perfect-fitting, stylish suits ade for them, and as a result the friends become regular customers. We like to be talked about. “Fit or uo pay.” vers atl Tailors, Gatchel & Co., S773, 42 J. Fred Gatchel—_—_—_—____——_—_E. F. Mudd. au2t-Sd t) Lathsat‘Quick-Step’ prices These splendid quality Laths will not remain in onr possession long at these ces 1% 1,000 frour wharf, or $2. 000 om yard. Plasterers shoul tal the hint and order quickly. THOS. W. SMITH, Ist and Ind. ave, Mill and Wharves, foot 4th st. s.e. J 3m-10 HARMONY AT HAGERSTOWN. blican Convention Transacts iness Without Friction. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, August 24, 1897. ‘The republican county convention held here today to select delegates to the state cenvention to convene at Ocean City the th instant, and to name a n state cen- tral committee, the largest in the history of the party. In the absence of a hall of sufficient dimensions the use of the court house was granted. In addi- tion to the 250 delegates there were three or four times that number of spectators in attendance, drawn by the fierceness of the primaries Saturday and with an expecta- tion of witnessing lively times. In this particular they were disappointed. If the Wellington forces were sore over r defeat they showed it in no way, ex- when a resolution was introduced » committee indorsing the senator and ed down. y made no recommendation to convention, which had becr viously org: Cook men, riney as chair- n. The * carried out their pro- m, electing the following delegates, atl ef whom, with one exception, conceded in rit of magnanimity, being opposed to . B. Scott, S. P. le, J. J. Kooniz, H. S. Bomberger, vis Remsburg.’S. M. Kline, C. D. Waga- Cc. M. Keedy, C. C. Sheller and Henry ers. na W. Cable, G. A. Davis, A. R. Van N. B. Seott and L. H. Kuhn, all of Seott-McComas faction, were chosen nbers of the state central committee. arly in the day Newton S. Cook, Senator ston’s leader, although rot a mem- ber of the convention, acknowledged a de- feat of his faction, and urged upon his powers who were members to acquiesce in_the decision of the majority. The resolutions adopted indorsed the Mc- y administration; the Dingley bill; de- clared for the gold standard; rejoiced in the redemption of the state from demo- cratic rule, but made no mention of the names of either Governor Lowndes or Sen- ator Wellington. — THE COURTS. Equity Court No. 1—Judge Bradley. Ament agt. Belt Railway Company; order authorizing iease of property at 3d’and B Streets southwest. Miller agt. Mulvihill; partition ratified. Boudin agt. Boudin; time extended to comply with terms of ’ sale. Stewart agt. Stewart; rule discharged. Wal- lace agt. Accardi; testimony before Jno. A. Sweeney. examiner, ordered taken. In re Parelee Kelly, lunatic; Ophelia K. Boswell appointed committee. Shoemaker agt. Ket- = r; sale ratified nisi. Burch agt. Parker; lo. Criminal Court No. United States agt. housebreaking; nolle 1—Judge Bradley. Chas. H. Cleveland, bros. United States agt. Archce Robinson; do.; recognizance $300 taken, with Jno. W. Thomas surety. United States ugt. Mildred Campbell; recognizance ®. taken, with Jas. A. Brown surety, Cireult Court No. 1—JSudge Bradley, Bradshaw agt. Earnshaw; order extend- ing time. Hughes agt Daggett; demurrer to pleas overruled and order for security for costs. Simon agt. Tanzer; judgment by default. Rudolph agt. Shaw et a&; judg- ment against Shaw on motion. Christy agt. Matthews; motion to quash execution over- ru! Probate Court—Judge Bradley. Estate of Henry King, jr.; will admitted to probate and letters of administration c. t. a. granted to Harry King; bond $25,000. In re orphans of Rosa and Geo. Janney; Rosa Janney appointed guardian; bond $159, Estate of David G_Swaim; will partly prov- ed. Estate of A. Thos. Bradley; letter filed in lieu of account. Estate of Arthur Whe- lan; receipts filed. Estate of Julia A. Kel- logg; renunciation filed. Estate of Samuel Brownschweig; proof of publ'cation. In re W. G. Lown, guardian; letter filed. Estate of Thos. J. Hodgen; order of sale. NAVAL PENSION FUND Important Decision by the Judge Ad- vocate General. NO INCREASE FOR CERTAIN CLAIMANTS The Act of March 2, 1895, is Not Applicable. REASONS — THE GIVEN Lieutenant Lauchheimer, for the judge advocate general of the navy, has rendered an important decision as to the applica- bility of the pension act of March 2, 189 to the naval pension fund, section 4 R. S. The decision kas been approved by Acting Secretary Roosevelt. The case was that of William Bealer, who enlisted as a fifer in the Uniied States marine corps in 18!7; served until 1850, a period of thirteen years; was honorably discharged. In February, i892, LBealer made application for relief under section 4757 of the Revised Statutes, and a board of officers recommended relief to the amount of $2 per month for a period of five years. The Amount Increased. March 2, 1895, the commissioner of pen- sions, without reference to the Navy De- partment, increased the pension from $2 to $6 per month, in consequence of the act of March 2, 1895, which was foliows: “And it is further provided, that from and after the passage of this uct, all pen- sioners now on the rolis, who are pen- sioned at less than $6 per month, for any degree of pensionable disability, shall have their pensions increa: to $6 per month; and that hereafter, whenever any appli- cant for pension would, under exis rates, he entitled to less than $% for single disability, or several combined dis- abilities, such pensioner shall be rated at not less than $6 per month: Provided also, That the provisions hereof shall not be held to cover any pe e period prior ing to the oftice in pending cases cov: n ionable period prior to the passige of this Application for Renewal. The period of five years, during which relicf was granted in Bealer's case, having expired on February 5, 1807, the beneti made application for a renewal, which ap- plication having been, in due course, acted upon by a board of officers and approved by the Sccretary of the Navy, was trans- mitted to the commissioner o: i In granting the renewal the Secretary of the Navy, not having been advised of ihe in- crease made by the bureau of pens' certified the amount of relief as recom- mended by the board at “$2 per inonth for a period of five years.” The commissioner of pensions thereupon, May 17, 1807, return- ed the case to the Secretary of the Navy, with the request that he state whether the pensioner fs entitled to receive the benefit of the act of March 2, 1895, relative to in- crease of pensions less than $6 to -he rate of $6 per month. The judge advocate general's oftice, in rendering the decision, says it is a different question, because of the broad terms ef the act quoted. Various decisions apper- taining to the subject are quoted, and then the naval pension fund section is given. It is as follows: “very disabled person who has served in the navy or marine corps as an en- listed man for a period of not less than ten years, and not been discharged for mis- conduct, may apply to the Secretary of the Navy for aid from the surplus income of the naval pension fund, and the Sec- retary of the Navy is authorized to con- vene a board of not less then three naval officers, one of whom shall be a surgeon, to examine into the condition of the ap- Plicant, and t@ recommend a_ suitable amount for his relief, and for a specified time, and upon the approval of such recommendation by the Secretary of the Navy, and certificate thereof to the com- missioner of pensions, the amount shall be paid in the same manner as is provided in the preceding section for the payment to persons disabled by long service in the navy; but no allowance so made shall ex- ceed the rate of a pension for full dis- abifity corresponding to the grade of the applicant, nor, if in addition to a pension, exceed one-fourth the rate of such pen- sion.” The Scction Analyzed. In analyzing this section with reference to the question under consideration, the advocate general observes: “First. That faithful service for ten years at least, and present disability, are the conditions upen which aid is granted. “Seconé. That the disability need not be incurred in the line of duty, a point of dif- ference from an ordinary pension. “Third. ‘That the amount paid to a bene- fitiary under section 4757 is specifically referred to as ‘aid,’ ‘relief’ and an “allow- ance.’ “Fourth. That such aid is to be granted, not from any money in the treasury not ctherwise appropriated, as in the case of ordinary pensions, but from a_ special fund; i.e., from the surplus income of the naval pension fund. “Fifth. That the application for such aid is not to be made to the commissioner cf pensions, but to the Secretary of the Navy. Sixth. That the amount of pension al- lowed is not to be determined by the ma- chinery created for the administration of the general pension laws, but is to be fixed by_a board of three naval officers. Seventh. That the aid or relief is to be granted for a specified time only, and not permanently, as in the case of a regular pension. Eighth. That such an allowance may be “in addition to a pension,” in which case it shall not “exceed one-fourth the rate of such persion.” These particulars are entered into be- cause the direct question presented to the department for determination is whether or not a general act relating to pensions, the act of March 2, 1805, hereinbefore quoted, is applicable to the special sort of pen- sions provided for by section 4757. Th: points of difference between the “aid,” “re- lief” or “allowance” granted to a pen- sioner under that section and a regular |, pension are so many and so clear as to justify the theory that these two sections are in the nature of isolated legislation, and in some cases may and in other cases may not be embraced within the purview of any general pension enactment—whether so embraced or not being dependent on circumstances. Against the Increase. The conclusion of the decision is as fol- lows “Because of their separation from the body of pension legislation, it seems in- trinsically unlikely that allowances granted under sections 4766-7 were within the con- templation of Congress at the time the act of March 2, 1896, was passed. That act explicitly refers to ‘all pensioners now on the rolls,” and speaks of ‘degrees of pen- sionable disability’ and ‘existing rater.’ Tnese terms have relation to provisions to be found in the general pension laws, but are not strictly applicable to the methods ef granting aid prescribed by section 4757, in which the amount of the pension or allowance is not determined by any fixed ‘degrees of pensionable disability’ or ac- IPOS PEODSESESOOOSNOSOCEEIOL The Medal Medicine Is the Model Medicine. . $ — ‘The only medal awarded to sarsaparilla at the World's Fair, 1893, at Chicago, was oe Ayer’s ~ Sarsaparilla. THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. |: - ay Sul} va © Partly Cloudy Wacs0rwill® 6 crouy @fun _\-80" — @ Snow. EXV'LANATORY NOTB: Observations taken at $ a.m., i5th meridian time. Solid lines are tso- Vars, or lites of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth of an iuch. lines of eqval temperature, Dotted lines are isotherms, or drawn for each teh degrees. Shaded areas are regions where rain or show has fallen during preceding twelve Lours. The words “High" and “Low” show location of areas of high und low barometer, Small arrows fly With the wind. FAIR TONIGHT. ‘Weather Indications for This Ev ing and Tomorrow. Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, fair tonight and Thursday; scuthwest to south winds. A depression of great intensity has de- veloped to the north of Montana, Prince Albert reporting a pressure of 29.30 inches and Swift Current a west wind of thirty- eight miles per hour. A storm appears to be developing in the central gulf. The storm central over Lake Superior hes moved to the St. Lawrence valley, causing showers in the lake re- gions and New England. The pressure is high over Newfoundland and off the north Pacific coast. The temperature has fallen in the upper lake region, risen on the northern plateau and has remained stationary elsewh-re. The following heavy precipitation inches) was reported: During the past twenty-four hours. ry Sound, 1.14; Saugeen, 2.2 Boston, 1.44. (in ‘Temperature and condi ion of water at § Great Falls, temperature, 78; condi- Receiving reservoir, condition at north connection, 26; d:tion st south connection, 36. Distribut cording to ‘existing rates’ established by w, as in the case of ordinary pensions, but fs fixed by a board of officers, who are restricted by such hmitations only as are fe d in the section itself. he debates in the Senate indicate that so far as the upper house of Congress at least is concerned the enactment under discussion had relation to that large class of pensioners borne upon the regular rolls of the pension bureau, who having borne arduous burdens during the period of the civil wer are now growing old, and finding themselves suffering from disabilities, ™many of which were difficult to trace to any pensionable cause, had succeeded in securing places at the bottom of the pen- sion rolls, where some of them received as little as $2 per month, a rate of pension decreed by Congress to be too low, in view of the impertance of the services for which the pension was granted. Hence the en- actment ef Mach 2, 1895, fixing $6 per month as the minimum. That act operated to raise $2 pensions to $6; but is it to be so construed as to affect all allowances of like amount, under section 4757, in like manner? If so, a beneficiary under the section at $2 per month, who at the same time is receiving a pension at the same rate, making $4 per month, would find himself in receipt of two pensions of $6 each, or $12 per month. It is difficult to be- lieve that Congress intended to bring about such a result. A more reasonable inter- pretation of the law seems to be that it raises the regular pension to $6, but leaves the allowance granted in addition thereto unaffected. “For the foregoing reasons, I am of opinion that the act of March 2, 1895, re-. lates to pensioners borne on the regular pension rolls only, and has no appiication to beneticiaries of section 4757. “Should the views herein expressed be concurred in by the department, It will be unnecessary to consider the second ques- tion presented by the bureau of navigation in this connection, namely, whether, as a matter of administration action applying the act of March 2, 1805, to beneficiaries of section 4 should be taken by the Sec- retary of the Navy or by the commissioner of pensions.” es TRIED TO KILL A. H. SMITH. F. A. Parks Charges Him With Seduc- ing His Wife. F. A. Park, who claims this city as his home, made an unsuccessful attempt to kill Turfman A. H. Smith at Newport, Ky., Monday night. Park arrived from Windsor, Canada, sev- eral days ago, and about 9 o'clock last night found his wife in company with Smith at the Newport race track. He ac- cused Smith of enticing away his wife, and drawing a revotver, which he held close to the latter's face, snapped it three times. None of the cartridges was exploded. Of- ficer Cottingham separated the men and Smith escaped. Park swore out a warrant for Smith’s arrest, charging him with adultery. A constable was sent out to make the arrest and traced Smith to a tavern conducted by Robert Cleary. Here the keeper refused him entrance to the house unless he had a search warrant, and the constable was forced to leave empty-handed. Park threatens to kill Smith, who has a wife and family in Terrell, Texas. Park was married in Colorado two years ago, and they have been making their home in this city. At the close of the races at Windsor, Canada, he came to the New- pert track with his wife. Park alsu has a number of fine horses at the latter track. Smith says he was not aware that Mrs. Park was married until Saturday night, when she told him who she was. se FRED CLARKE NOW LEADING. Latest Batting Averages Place the Louisville Left Fielder at the Top. The following table shows the batting average of all league players who have perticipated in fifteen or more games and who have an average of .800 or more: 1—C’arko, Louisville........ 416 2 Delehanty. Philadelphia. 411 8—Keeler, Baitim<re. -400 4—Burkett, -Cleveland. -385, B72 359 ‘387 1349 346 “346 ‘B41 “B40 Br B38 1335, , Boston... 1335 16—McPhee, Cincinnati se “833 17—DeMontreville, Washington. . - [382 18-Lange, Chie 329 —Mercei “327 20" 826 i324 “324 “323 323 E bebebeeeetepbererppin It matters little what St is that y. nether ar ast “at (Re 4 —wi @ situation or servant- “want” ad. in The Star will reach Person who can fill your need, x ce ing reservoir, temperature, 79; condition at influent gate house, 36; effluent gate house, 27. Both Rivers Maddy. A report received from Harper’s Ferry = morning states that both rivers are muddy. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 12 m. and’ 11:49 P.m.; high tide, 5:14 a.m. and 5:38 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 12:41 p.m.; high tide, 6:04 a.m. and 6:25 p.m. The Sun and Moon, Today—Sun rises, 5:23; sun sets, 6:40. Moon rises 3:33 a.m. tomorrow. Tomorrow—Sun rises, 5:24. The City Lights. Gas lamps all lighted by 7:48 p.m.; ex- tinguishing begun at 2 a.m. The hght- ing is begun one hour before the time named. Arc lamps lighted at 7:33 p.m.; extin- guished at 4:47 a.m. Temperature for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau during the past twenty-four hours, beginning at 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon: 24-4 p.m., 77; 8 p.m., 80; mid- August 25—4 a.m., 61; § a.m., 68; 12 m., 81, and 2 p.m., 82 Maximum, imum, ¢ 4, at 1 p.m., August 25; min- » at 6 a.m., August MR. MELOY’S EXPLANATION. Wis Exact tion in Regard to the Recent Conventions, To the Editor of The Evening Star: May I not avail myself of your courtesy and love of justice to correct some things in your article of yesterday on “The Fight of Factions” in Prince George's county, which might otherwise de me a wrong? I am reported to have characterized “the primar‘es held July 31 as an outrage.” In this I was certainly ‘misunderstood— Possibly through my own fauilt—but! I can- not let this pass, for I have no pérsonal knowledge of any of the fourteen pritharies, except that in Kent (my own) election dis- drict. There, through my counsel and per- sonal influence, the program laid down in the “call for primaries,” issued over the names of the state central committee, was suffered, without objection, to be carried out by a young man just from school, not a voter in the county, never before in a pri- mary meeting, not known te more. than a dozen of those present, but who said he was the person named in the call. He ac- cordingly, from a paper in his hands, read out the names of judges and clerks of the meeting. But as he did: not Propose to hinder a vote by ballot, nor the keeping of @ poll list, my advice was, for peace’s sake, to suffer this once, the Wrong:done in depriving the voters of their right to select their own officers. As a result the Primary was without dis- turbance of any kind, perfectly fair and honest, like every other primary in the dis- trict during the ten years past which I have attended. This primary, therefore, nas not a disgrace, but an honor to my dis- rict. 5 It was perfectly understood on both sides that whether the Mudd-Merrick influence or e Hill elected their delegates I was the choice of the district and to be supported by them for the senatorial nomination. But what I may have said, and what I am ready to stand by, is this: The call by a republican state central committee which assumes to deny to re- publican voters assembled in primary meeting. the full exercise of their natural right to elect their own officers is without precedent or justification in the constitu- tion of the party and an outrage on che people. Whether such a call is so ultra vires as to nullify it, and justify the people in hold- ing, pumeres iss a county cénventian at he time and place named this co: bes tee, regardless of their ne a Stee was done in many districts, n e convention at Ocean City tomerrow ought to consider and decide calmly and wisely, for on-its action depends four republican votes in the next general assembly, What I intended to characterize as a dis- grace to the party in the county was the manner in which the Mudd convention, so called, was conducted; because when ‘the ticket written out by him, and read by Capt. Poiter, was presented, and its ac- ceptance moved, the chairman forced it through by sheer celerity, and his wanton and most unfair, if not unparliamentary, refusal to recognize or permit any of the delegates who rose and did attempt to make other nominaticns, until he had in the most absolute and peremptory manner declared the motion adopted, and himself, with the others so named. by Mr. Mudd, the choice of the ccnvention. I myself saw delegates rise within four feet of me; I myself heard delegates call loudly on the chairman to make opposing nominations; and I saw the chair look them stolidly in the face and go on with his call to his dec- laration of the result, while they stood un- heeded and defied, It was because of this—because I bellev- ed it a wanton outrage upon the rights of the people; believed that'the convention had in fact had no privilege or opportunity for a choice of nominees, and because, on. the other hand, I found that the other con- vention had put in nomination for the* state senate, In defiance of the constitu- tion of the state, a United States army of- ficer on the retired lst, that I announced myself through the county press an in- Gependert candidate for the state senate, on the platform of fidelity to the Constitu- tion and fidelity to the interests. of the !people as against any boss rule whatso- ever. a » And now as soon as thésé warritig fac- tions will lay aside the strife for personal aggrandizement and agree upen any vintelli- gent unpledged honest jepul is, on these two principles, whether will ultimately vote fer Mr.’ Mudd of Gov. Lowndes, or Mr. Gray or ‘aity othér man, for the United States Senate, I am ready and shall be glad to ‘retire, and vpledge them my best support... | a WILLIAM A. MBLOY. ——o a | WII of Mrs. James B. Fry. The will of Mrs. Caroline Fry, widow of Major General James B. Fr¥, who died in Newport ten days ago, was filed yé#terday. She gives to the Associatio# of Graduates of the United States Military Academy, at West Point, all her books and pahphlets, a writing desk and two small tablés, each supported by three small muskets, which to Mrs. Elizabeth Custer, ow Of eral Custer, $2,000; to Martha Scott, Lg shen’ of the late Col. Robert N. Seott of Wash- ington, $5,000, and to Elsie eever, Gaughter of General Chauncey McKeever of ‘Washington, $5,000. CS iogets as the cause, have been made tn the store- keeper's office at the navy yard. The men dismissed are John F. Foley. ‘West Vir- ‘ginia, a it; 5 Sik, 3.08 Garonay of Minto in the stationery : AGES. BACKED BY RUSSIA ee Veteran English Officer Analyzes the xin faints MAY SET ALL EUROPE ABLAZE He Thinks It Will Take Time to Suppress the Revolt. ECHOES OF SEPOY REBELLION —— + --— To one person at least in this city, Col. Frank F. Hilder, the present rising of na- tives against British rule in India| has a deeper significance than it has to the or- dinary individual. Col. Hilder was for- merly a Br‘tish officer in the Indian army, and while there commanded a detachment of cavalry in Havelock’s relief expedition on the march to Lucknow. His service continued throughout the Senoy rebellion and he afterward served four years on the Afghan frontier, fighting the very tribes which are now in -rebellion. Col. Hilder thinks that the influence be- hind the present rising is the porte. The Afridis (proncunced as if the f's were e's) have been incited to a religious war by Mohammedan priests, and these priests have recefved their instructions in turn from the Turkish government. Turkey has Genied this, but Col. Hilder has little faith in a denial or any other statement the Turkish government makes. In fact, Mo- hammedan literature has been captured and this he considers first-class evidenc that somebody other than the Afridis has been inciting them to revolt. The Afrid:s are densely ignorant, and even of that book of books of the Mohammedan, the Koran, they kno# only a few verses by heart, con- sequently some one with education is re- sponsible for the printed literature. On the face of it it would seem that the blame for the present disturbance rests on the shoulders of the Ameer of Afghanistan and through him on the Sultan of Turkey. it the Real Disturber. er, however, Col. E that Russia is really the power that the most interests at stake. Russia has advanced her outposts to such an extent that only the little independent state of Merv is between her and Afghanistan on the north, le the northeast corner of the ameer’ ates the Brit ish and the Russians by only a narrow strip. The policy of the Bi is to keep Afghanistan independent as a buffer s while, on the other hand, Russia is st encroach on Afghanistan terri- vy, if the advance of the becomes so extended as to th: en Britain in India, then the British their turn will endeavor to take ameer’s territories away from him. meantime, diplomacy the peace, but these inroads of the ameer’s kinsmen make the situation so delicate that if the present rate of progress is kept up these inroads of the Afridis on the south of Aighanistan and the advance of the Russians on the north, will be the torch that will set Europe in a blaze. As a straw showing how the wind blows, it may be pointed out that the army of the ameer is now being drilled by both En- glish army officers and Russians, whereas in former years the English had it all their own way, there were no Russians about, and the ameer was looked upon as an ally ot England. The ameer can put in the field about 65,000 men fairly well drilled and armed for the most part with Enfield and Martini-Henry rifles. They also have some field guns, regular uniforms, and about thirty-five thousand of them com- Pose the standing army, the rest being paid irregulars. England has no use for Afghanistan, it being an inhospitable country. Russia wants the territory, though only a means to an end. ‘The newspaper reports state that the yising of the Afridis was a revolt against British rule, but strictly speaking this is not the case, as the British have never tried to exercise much control over the Afridis and other tribesmen, preferring to let them remain indenendent since they occupy a mountainous region of no use, but which serves as a buffer. While Col. Hilder thinks, of course, the rising will be put down by the British troops within a few montlis, yet he says that it is his éxperfence that the British will have some desperate fighting before they do it. The Afridis, the Orakzais and the other tribes living, as they do, in the mountains, have any amount of endur- ance and arc tall, stalwart soldiers. They are many of them very dark, with bushy black beards, and are armed with the “tulwar” and long rifle. Sepoy es a Soldier. The Sepoy during the great rebellion stood fire like a veteran, but he was al- ways afraid of a bayonet charge; not so these tribesmen. The “tulwar” is a sword, a trifle shorter tkan our present cavalry saber shaped somewhat in the resemblance of a scimiter, though heavier at the back, and a terrible weapon in any kind of an en- counter. When they have used their long rifles until it js of no advantage to fire them any longer, and they are taught to shoot them from boyhood, they take to the tulwar, and with this they meet the advancing line of bayonets by slipping in under the points of the bayonets and slash- ing the legs and bodies of their foes. While, of course, they will not refuse to meet the bayonet in this way, yet they prefer to fight behind stone walls, where they can get the full effect of their terrible precision with the rifle. Col. Hilder says he has known an Afridi to lie down be- hind a small rock which no more than half covered hii, and yet in-the course of an hour, all of the time of which he was en- gaged in firing, to scoop himself out a trench with his left elbow which would cempletely screen him. Unlike other mountain tribes, they are excellent horsemen, but ,in their raids on British possessions they generally come dewn on foot. The newspaper reports have stated that the Afridis have mustered 100,000 men, but this must include all the tribes at present fighting, as according to Col. Hilder the Afridis can only muster about 20,000 fighting men, and the others are not so strong. The British have on the field 35,000 troops, made up of British regiments and native regiments, the latter composed mainly of Gourkas, also moun- taineers, and Sikhs. What the object of the tribesmen can be, except that the power behind the throne wishes to‘annoy the British, is not known. They are Mohammedans, and the larger portion of the Indians are Hirdocs. So that it is practically imvossible for them to start another widespread rebellion. This, .d, in fact, every other circumstance con- 320006960505569550560650068. 4 2 “Civilized Man cannot live without _ cooks,” said Owen Meredith; and the best cooks can’t do without Liebig — Company’s Extract of in the In the is working to keep -]of $500, INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS, FINANCIAL oy eats Ser SSG “ne Commission & \Brokers’ Charges: Eat into a loan ton extent. at G per ceat in extra commission ACCOUNTANTS... AMUSEMENTS. BUSINESS CHANCES. CITY ITEMS... sult us xbout a Joan. \ Esitabte paaeaaes Building Association \ 1003 F St. See eee ere meee ewan sansrsensannasea FOR RENT (ats) FOR RENT (Hall FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous) FOR RENT (Off FOR RENT (Rooms! FOR RENT THOMAS soy couse President ¢ y James Rice, President, NO. 96 BROADWAY, NEW YorK. aoe VERSON AL, PIANOS AND ¢ POTOMAC RIVER BC RAILROADS, SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAGE. Capital Stock, 500,000 Shares of $10.00 Each, Full Paid and Non-Assessable, A Transportation, pai The names of 1 eu: jee that the WANTED perated im the int | WANTED AMES Cr, nected with the rebellion, lends coior to the | wary RCE statement that some European power 4s | Vier Prosdont behind the present troubles. The wild and | Dispatey Co > HL ©. desolate cow of the tribesmen would New York, reem to prec them into their tains, but this is Hilder says the ic regular troops following es in the moun- ince Col. oT OF TI . and that guns, if nis they ary, into th 2 elephants, have done demolish their gholds. Ir Piss tail it the Rives several papers from traveler: Company t i tact turned from the cast would seem to make the rising due to oppres: ush rule und to ihe sc ad famine, but Col. meet Hilder stat far as he can Ie " contrtbat : neither the s nor the famine 1 mae wmanaed merece: penetrated into the mountains, and as the y very little rull over the Af- use must be looked for in out- We Own [lore Claims Than WeCan Work. We Have Claims To Sell. mgular Coincidence. It is a coincidence that the present dis- turbances in India, the most serious that have arisen in the last few years, are oc- curring on the fortieth anniversary of the breaking out of the Sepuy rebellion. Such a thing is hardly possible now, but the ter- rible dangers and the manner in which they were overcome by the Anglo-Saxon soldiers are interesting, particularly at this period, when in a few weeks the for- tieth anniversary of the recapture of Luck- now will be celebrated as one of the mosi glorious achievements of the British arms. Col. Hilder was educated at Rugby, and dent takes p the following list of re s. C late Treasurer Lycoming GQ MOND, Is after private instruction for the life of a PHC. HE sniet — was commissioned a lieutenant in a Sere PRA tke army, and sert to India at the age of & C MAUGHAN, 219 Times- nineteen, jusi as the: Sepoy rebellion was | }ieraid. ay ee tg breaking out, in 1 He immediately re- | J ‘j" LAMBER’ ve Editor Chieftain, Pa- ceived command of a detachment of na- tive caval-y, and was atiached to the force under command of Gen. Havelock for the relief. He had previously served at the taking of Delhi and Cawnpore, so that when the Lucknow expedition took place he was old in experience, though young in years. During te three attempts that Were made to recapture Lucknow, the last of which was successful, Col. Hilder re- ceived but one wound, and that was caused just 2s he was entering the city by a grapeshot driving a piece of his shattered sword into the palm of his hand. EE, Wholesale Grocer, 7 M. G. B. SWIFT, Attorney at Law, Fall River, Mass.; 8. 1. HILLEGHMAN, Tax agent MW. BR: R.. St. Louls, Mo. full paid stock is now offered at ten dollars per share. the LOCAL AGENT, E. C. BAUMGRAS, 1410 G ST. N.W., WASHINGTON, D. ©. ‘Send your orders to ALASKA-KLONDYKE claims fer cash. — ite. Of the officers who served in the British hb. Tney have each been ected and army during the Sepoy rebellion, there are ase eae Fa! - two men. Practical a xd the work says there Is sure not a great many still living, and of those | pid nine $3,000,600. t> ‘$5,000,000 in each wlaine who were or the relief to Lucknow very 0 They are on American soil. Titles good and au- few remain. and it is thought that Col. | tnentically recend d. Adin os JAMES Rick Pres., Hilder is the only one living in this coun- | 96 Broadway, New York. 2u21,236:25 try, Col. Hilder rose to the rank of brevet y _ = i major-in the British army, and afterward commanded a regiment before. Kharioum | Money to loan at 4 percent res ey ef the Kheiive of Egypt. Dur- weep — org Bonds, ete., or ony gilt- Ing his long army service he received Wey jer ee number of medals, including the Indian re- | %S1m LO. DE LASHIMUTT, 1421 G ST. N.W, bellion medal and’ bars for bravery at the taking of Luckrow, Cawnpore and Delhi. oe RACING AT BERRYVILLE. THE BEST IS THE CHEAPEST— A home at Cleveland Park, Washington Loan & Trust Co., . STH AND F STs. ie Finest Meet in History of Clark County Association. Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. BERRYVILLE, Va,, August 24, 1897. The racing held here today under the auspices of the Clark County Fair Asso- ciation was the event of the season. This OFFICE, CC IY AMoUNt Be on approved or collate estate reasonabie quiet old town, already filled with hun- gc Nye rl dreds who are summering here, was sim- | ——— trator, (miany 2c Soar ply taken possession of by the visitors myrilicpg oe a Teaaisiae beeen b = Boxes for rent int nd fire-proct rela aid storage of val- 8 for safe deposit It is conceded by all that this is the finest mace. meet in the history of the association, with a better grade of horses and larger purses than ever before. Through the untiring efforts of Mr. Frank Tilford, rresident of the associa- tien, and Mr. Conrad Kownelar, secretary ard treasurer, the course has been made one of high grade and the buildings and grounds wonderfully improved. The weather was all that could be desired, and an immense crowd filled the grand stand. Aithough a heavy rain fell during the night, making the track quite muddy, it wes in fair condition when the first race was called. It was a mile dash, purse $! and won by Lida Weodland, in 1. Miss Carter second and Princeton third. The second event, half a mile, two heats, gentlemen's race, purse $125. Frank T. was first, Betsy second. In this race Dr. T. M. Allan of Baltimore was thrown and Seriously injured. ‘Third event, three-fourths of a mile, purse $125, was won by Diabolis in 2.46; Ned Murch second, Pope third. The last event of the day, a two-mile steeplechase, purse $200, was won by Brock in 4.57, with Ben Bolt second and Harry Harwood third. The trotting races booked for today were pestponed until tomorrow on acceunt cf the condition of the track. 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