Evening Star Newspaper, August 26, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. SSS eS PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Hei a Avezue, Cor. 11th St., by ‘The Evening Star ts served to sulscribers in the eity by carriers. on thelr own account, at 10 ecni per weck, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the ecunter 2 cents cach. By wail—answhere in the United States or Cenada—postaze prepaid—50 ecnts per month. a Saterday Ca be gee $1 per year, with foreign postage added. . ‘Entered et the Post Ofmice at Washiogton, D. C., as _secend-clasa mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions rust be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known ow application. Che Fn Se enti Star. No. 13,880. WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1897—TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE FALL ELECTIONS —_—_>+—_—__. Result Will Not Be as Significant as Anticipated. DEMOCRATIC HOPE WEAKENING Look to Maryland, but Not Much Expected From Ohio. THE SITUATION ANALYZED The impression is growing among politi- cians that the result of the elections this fall is not going to be as significant as it that it and dis- of Con- gress, when the democrats were twitting the republicans with the “delay of pres- perity,” and when there was more or less discontent concerning the tariff, the demo- erats were looking hopefully forward to the first elections that should follow. The criti- cism of the tariff, not then completed, and the complaint that Congress was ignoring other questicens that demanded attention, together with the fact that the incoming of the new administration had not been ;ol- lowed at once by a marked improvement of caused many republi- even to feel apprehensive lest the should suffer reverses this fall. The rats started out with a feeling of confidence that they would benefit by a re- action and that they would give a goud ac- count of themselves wherever an election is te be held this fall. The Situation Chang: The situation has greatly changed since then. The feeling of apprehension on the part of republicans has almost passed away, and the democrats no longer have confidence. The outlook at this hour is a mixed result in the aggregate, the repub- licans having somewhat the best of it. The three points of principal interest are, of course, Ohio, Maryland and, on accouni of its bearing on the future, the contest over the mayor of Greater New York. Democratic Hope for Maryland. The only thing that has sived the dem- ocrats from a weakening of hope all along this line is the situation in Maryland. ‘The would. agreements of the extra session Pending the uncertainties business conditions, cans division among the republicans there and bad political management, attributed to Serator Wel bas encou ed hope among democrais that they will carry that state and secure the re-election of Gor- man. It is not pretended that there is much impr« vement in the mony among Maryland s declaration in the platform, while n the gold democrats. and the independent pesition to the regular democr rearly 2s strong as it was r. The democrats claim, however, that the unpopularity of Wellington thods will be enough to more than make up for the disaffection of gol men from the dem»- cratic party. However this may be, it furnishes the only instance ef an increase ef hopefulne on the part of the demo- : fall's campaign. But aryland it will not be fon to all democrats, because it will make the conspicuous suc- cess one attended with a greater or less avoidance of the Chicago platform, and will be the victory of a man who is not a silver man, though not only of good stand- ing in the party, but possessing great in- fluence. t what ver men wanted, does not satisfy the ep- be In Greater New York. As to the contest for mayor of Greater New York, the democrats have neither gained nor lost any appreciable degree of their hopefulness, and the republicans con- tinue to feel confidence. Here the situa- tion has not sufficiently developed to ren- der the outbreak more than remotely spec- ulative. Weakening on Ohio. As to Ohio, there has been a distinct fall- ing off of the democratic hopes. At the outset they felt that there was an excel- lent prospect of their succeeding there. They counted mien on Senator Han being a shining mark fer resentment a and antagonism on account of tLe prominence he has acquired. Moreover, they diag- a general conditi discontent ng the working e farm- . With a strong silver disaffection from the republ Upon thi theory that sentiment » farmers are not sat le of the Dingle: offset by the the to r > all about In Other States. The elections in the other states, like Pennsylvania, Virginia, Kentucky and Iowe, do not carry great significance. Pennsylvania is surely republican and Vir- &inia is surely democratic. lowa the dem- ocrats hardly make a pretense of hoping to carry, but they Go hope to Win in Ken- tecky. —____-- e ——____ PROTECTING TREASURY VAULTS. A System of Electric Alarm Wires to Be Pat In. United States Treasurer Roberts has warded the contract for the putting in of an electric protective system in the Treas- ury Department, or rather through the vaults and safes of his department, to the home Electric Protective Company. kmen of the company are now busy ing measurements and doing the p: t Lminary work. In a skort time tie sys- tem, which is practically guaranteed to P vent robbery of the Treasury Depart- nent, will be completed. The system will have every vault and scfe in the department over which Mr. Reberts presides connected with a station the depa-tment. The slightest tam- with the treasure pla out of will cause an alarm to be run in a statien and specify the exact place where fLe tampering is being done. Treas- 'y watchmen could then quickly get to rk-and intercept whatever attempts re being made. At the same time there will be a central station outside of the building, which will also receive notifica- ~ tion of whatever ts going on. In this way in gase one station is put out-of order the other will be at work. + An Ansiously Awaited Opinion. The anxiously awaited opinion of At- torney General McKenna as to a discrimi- natihg duty of 10 per cent on goods ship- ped im bond through Canada to this coun- try from a foreign country will not be ready for Secretary Gage, it is thought, be- fore Saturday, and the probability is ‘that it will not be made public before the first of next week. poring fs WRENN IS CHAMPION|WI[ |. SOON BE OVER Wins the Final in Tennis Tourney From Eaves, Weather Conditions at Newport More Favorable and the American Player Profits by It. NEWPORT, R. I., August 26.—Robert D. Wrenn teday won the champicnship of the United States by defeating W. V. Eaves of Londen in a close and exciting match by a score of 4-6, 8-6, 6-3, 2-6, 6-2. Eaves showed great tennis in the first and fourth sets, but in the other three sets Wrenn played all around him. ‘The match was the finest exhibition of tenuis ever seen in this countr: Bulletins From the Game. Wrenn won the first same by net play. Eaves, however, seemed to cover court bet- ter, and the Englishman took the first set, 6—4; points, 38—27. Wrern won the third set, 6-3, Eaves ap- parently weakening. The match stands row two sets to one in Wrenn’s favor. After getting the games two to one Wrenn fell off in his play, and Eaves tcok the next five games and the set with fine brilliant playing, 6—2, with points to 18 in his favor. The match is new two set all. Wrenn won last set by a score of 6—2 and the match by three sets to two. Fatr, Bright Weather. The last day of the championship tennis tournament of the National Lawn Ten Association came in fair and bright this morning and there was every prospect of good weather throughout the day. With one of the most important international matches ever played in this country sched- d to teke place, the conditions were most satisiactory. Three years ago ship of the country wa: the tennis champion- i of being carried trom these shores to England, America raised up a champion in Wrenn, and Goodbody, like Eaves, yes had won the all-comers’ to1rnament, 1 s morning the conditi exactly as they were in 1 h the exception, that the for- ign foeman was coughty and_for- midable, and the danger, therefore, of the blue ribbon being worn by him was con- siderably incre. If any other p'ayer in the country than Robert D. Wrenn of New York had been pitted against such an expert as Dr. W. V. Gey, Eaves there would have been felt, on the part of many enthusiasts, a greater unx- icty than was the et rning, but s s the generahy ex: ed confidence in Wrenn’s pluck and cndurance that few would believe, no matter what the Eng- lishman’ ill, that th defeat of the American. Doubt as to the Winner. In spite of this prevailing confidence, however, there were some who found it more difficult to make up their minds as to the probabie wi The chances seemed to them more certainly to favor the of ¢ 2 result would be a n= e fact that he had efeated Wrenn at Hobcken, al- though failing te do so at Chicago. Eaves has played the game much longer than Wrenn, a © strongest of the three this year His well-known fac- of covering court, in the minds of e, made him Wr« equal in this re- pect, while his drives and half volley onsidered, if anything, superior to those of the American. $ that aves, ike Wrenn, wants to play to the st ditch, and the pros 4S consid- ered good that the contest would prove to be one of the greatest tennis battles ever fought on this side of the water. Turf in Better Condition. The turf of the court this morning was in far better condition than on yesterday, which favored the American, while he also 1 the prospect of the encouragement of one of the largest audtences ever scen at a tennis match. The match was scheduled for 11 o'clock. Both men were in f shape, with Wrenn, thing, a trifle the better conditioned. © crowd begs to gather about the championship co t two hours be- fore the m s along the side Ine . chi and at the enc i being snapped up quickly. st 19 the first of the cottagers came > Casino and soon the great tier of seats cn the south side full te overflowin; of the court was ——__ NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR. Dr. Von Helleben, at Stutt RLIN, Augu Prussian Minister rt, Selected, —The North German B st Gazette apnources that Dr. von Holiet the Prussian mirister at Stuttgart, Wur- temburg, has been selected for the po German am! ader to the United States made vacant by the Iste amba to Baron von Thielmz the imperial treasu n, to be secretary of TERIOR DEPARTMENT CRANGES. Clerks Appointed, Reinstated Resigned. The following official changes have been made in the Department of ‘the Interior: Pension office—Reinstatements: Samuel W. McElderry of Iowa, special examiner, $1,300; John B. Algate of New York, clerk, $1,000; Charles R. Dougia of New York, William T. Evans cf Hlinois, Israel E. Kirk of Ilinois, Mahlon B. Stetsenburg of the District of Columbia, George W. Watkins of West Virginia, Gaillerd S. Fitzsimons of South Carolina, I. Heylin McDonald of New York, Horace E. Ward of Illinois, N. Charles Newsom of Indiana, copyists, at $900; Otis A. Carpenter, North Dakota, messenger, $84. Resignations: Albert J. Xanten of Iowa, clerk, $1,200. Promotions: John M. Churchill of New York, special examiner, $1,300, from clerk, $1,200; John R. Weathers of Indiana and M Emily W. Drummond of Tewa, clerks, $1,200, from $1,000; John Evans of New York, George D. Graham of the District of Columbia, Richard T. Hamilton of Alabama and Ed- win M. Clarke of Florida, clerks, $1,000, from copy $04 Pate H. Deehan of Maine. A. Shuster, jr. and intments: Miss Edith copyist, $720; Ernest f District of Columbia, messenger boy, $360. Reinstatement: Mrs A. Cheeks of Kentucky, copyist, Promotions: Miss Margaret A. Oll- ver of Pennsylvania, clerk, $1,000, from copyist, $0); Charles F. Lemmon of Dis- trict ef Columbia, copyist, $400, from § Miss Mattie L. Collins of Connecticut, copyist, $72), from assistant messenger, § Mrs .Mary E. Barker of New York, assist- ant messenger, $720, from laborer (classi- fied), $600, Miscellaheous appointments: Appraisers of abandcned military reservations: Elisha W. Eliot of Washington and Edwin H. Nixon of Washington, appraisers of Fort Walla Walla in Washington: Henry La- Roshe of Washington and John Salter of Washington, appraisers of Fort Steila- coom, Wash.; Marshall M. Clothier of Washington and John J. Edens of Wash- ington, appraisers of Fort Point Roberts, Wash., $4.00 per day. British Steamer Attila Burns. COPENHAGEN, August 26.—The British tank steamer Attila, Capt, Hughes, from: Philadeiphia, on Avgust 8, for Aarhuus, |: on fire off the island of Laosoe, in the Cattegat, off the northeast coast of Jut- land. The crew was saved. es Regretfully See the Coming End of Vacation. The Little SCHOOLS OPEN IN THREE WEEKS Busy Secretary Falck Preparing for the Important Event. ADDITIONAL FACILITIES Se ee Sad though the blow will undoubtedly be to thousands of young hearts now indulsing in cne dream cf enjoyment, at the sea- shore, on the mountains and in tre coun- try, it is nevertheless a cold fact that three weeks fromm next Monday the public schools of the District of Columbia will resume their sessions. Vacation is rapidly draw- ing to a conclusion. In a fortnight the seashore, the mountains and the country must be forsaken. A few days later Lit- tle Mary and Little Johnny, books in hand, will trudge reluctantly to the near2st school building for nearly ten months of what the little ones consider weary, useless grind, There is alrescdy a most prouounced stir of activity throughout the entire publ schoel system of the District. Es; is this notic wherein tendent pecially le at the Franklin building, located the office of Superin- Poweli Star reporter who calied there th teinoon found that re- markab! energetic ividual, Secreta: Joseph G. Falck, literally up to his ¢ work. Be it said right here that tary Falck has not hid a moment's all summer. In this conne matter of record stantly the pa: tion, it is a that he has beea con- on what is a never-ending duty for t half a dozen years. But Secre- tary Falck is ever pleasant and ing. upervising principals hasten away {rom city as soon as the school year termi- nates und forget to forward their reports. Other Onerous Duties. Of course, all this delays the work of the but he seems to thrive on it. school official and every teach- great many of them, consider the effice of the superintendent a bureau of in- formation, and they ply all sorts of ques- mail. Mr. Faick is supposed to answer. He In addition, he remember every request > das 4 thousand or more te Then, ever. er, or tions by make a nd r in mind just what each f supplies for the com- ry must look a pairs and improvements, the cleaning © school buildings, the moving of sup- nd the employment of hel Falck works hard all through the a but when vacati coun year is launched. perpetual motion pe he is rece , he is attendi he is issuing or- ms direct- janitors for the Faick is when another s short, Mr. Falck nif Th days one a itors, ders in reg: ing the wo gencral pr the school bus! trations opening Mr. perhaps Yashington today. rintendent Wm. 8B. Powell departed Monday last for two weeks’ stay at Mountain Lake ir. Poweil has been in the city all summer, with the exception of a visit to Milwaukee for the purpose of attending the national educational conven- tion held there several weeks ago. Dr. Francis R. Lane, director of the High Aitnough nothing official in regard to the opening of the schools except the date has yet been determined, it is practically a cer- ainty that the annual teache! e zs will be held Saturday, September 18, the teachers of the fifth division assembling at the Corcoran School at ? a.m., those of the first division at the Dennison S a 10 a.m. th div at the i .; second division eighth divi the Tyler School at p m.; fourth div the Jefferson School the icheol. summering at ust Gloucester, Ma: s Edith’C. Westcott, prin@ipal of the Western High School, is in Europe Mr. Hosmer M. Johnson, principal of the Eastern High School, kas just returned from an outing at Ocean City, and Mr. Al- lan Davis, principal of the Business High School. is at home. He also attended the educational convention at Milwaukee. Annual Teachers’ Meeting. at 3 p.m.; ninth division at the Sumner School at 3 p.m., and the tenth ard eleventh di ons at the High School at 4:30 p.m. Admission Rules and Attendance. Cards of admission to all grades below the High School will be issued at all th school buildings Friday and Saturday, Sep- tember 17 and 18, from 8 to 10 a.m., and from 4 to G p.m. each day. of the High Schools High School buildings same schedule. Applications for tickets should b» made by parents or guardians at the buildings nearest their respective resi- dences, The attenéance last year aggregated 44,- 0 pupils. Th® average annual increase is between G90 and 80, and that number of additional pupils is expected to present themselves next month for enroliment. The change of administration and the appoint- ment to public office here of a large num- ber of outsiders may figure to a consider- able extent in the increased attendance. Repairs to The principals ill be on duty at the the according to Sehool Buildings. Perhaps every public school structure in the District is now or will soon undergo repairs. A new roof is being placed over a portion of the Franklin building, and several of the rooms, including the ofiice of the superintendent, are being plastered. The same hold good, as a rule, to the other buildings. Carpets ‘are being’ cleaned and woolwork scrubbed, and in many cases painted. The janitors are required to thoroughly air the buildings every day during the summer. ~ Each janitor just about this time is washing windows and seeing to it that the proper amount. of whitewashing is done. There is no doubt that when the buildings are thrown open Monday, September 20, foP the reception of. pupils everything will be as spick and span as cold be desired. New Buildings to Be Occupied. The opening of the school year will mark the occupancy of several new buildings. Supervising Principal Patterson of the sixth division will have at his disposal a new eight-room building for white pupils at Sth and K ‘streets northeast. The building has not yet been named. The e’eventh division will take possession of the Anthony Bowen school for colored pu- pils at 9th and E streets southwest. This building has been in course of reconstruc- tion sinee last spring. A room has been rented at Twining City. for the eighth di-. vision. A first and second grade for white pupils is to be ‘there established. No school has been located at Twining City heretofore. ‘ ay The seventh division will have a new fcur-room structure on the Conduit road near the junction of the i and New Cut roads. There will be three schools for white pupils, and provision willbe made for receiving pupits in all the grades from the first to the seventh. The°old one- room school on the Conduit road will abolished. All of the Iach building will-be at be . Wal- Giaposal'of the third division. Only the old part of the structure was used last year. Since then an addition of four rooms has been added. An extensfon to the schoot at Cougress Heights from four to elgnt rooms is ¢ pectez to be completed early in the fall. The foundation for 2 four-room trame school building at Chevy Chase has just been Jaid. Titis schocl might be put in cperation by the Ist of next January if Erovision existed tor the employmen: o: the necessary teachers. There §s no such provision, however, and the school’ will Erobably not be in working order until the fall cf 1898. New Ones Being Erected. » There are in course of construction, or soon will be, an eight-room building on 6th strect between B and C streets north- east, adjoining the cid Peabody annex, for white pupils of the third diviston; an eight-room building south of Pennsyl- vania avenue and west of 22d street for white pupils of the fifth division; an eight- room building at Eckington for white Fupils of the sixth division; an eight-room building on Marshali_ street,. Pleasant Plains, for colored pupils of the seventh Givision, and the remodcied Lovejoy build- ing at 12th ahd B streets northeast for colored pupils of the tenth division. The Western High School building Georgetown will in all probability not te ready for use until the fall of 1898. The construction has not proeeeded higher than the second story up to date. No additions are to be made in the way of new build- ings for manual training, sewing or cook- ing. The Normal School. In compliance with a recent order of the beard of school trustees the Normal School will be located at the Franklin building ex- clusively, tne Dennison building branch being abolished.. There will be 100 normal pupfls in at- ance, fifty in the first-year elass and fifty in the second-year class. The large hall on the upper floor of the Franklin Luilding is to be used as an assembly hall fcr the normal pupils, the exhibition of manual training and sewing work of t public school pupils that was formerly Iceated in the hall being discontinued. a DEVICES OF THE INGENIOUS. Some Recent Applications tor Pat- ents. Among the curious articles that have late- ly been patented is a device which will re- lieve persons from the nece: of making notes on the cuffs of their sleeves. It is a small tablet to be attached to the left cuff, convenient for making noz When a leaf of the tablet has become filled it is easily torn off and transferred to a pocket, ieay- ing a new sheet for taking more notes. If this device becomes common throughout the land its inventor believes there will no longer be complaint on the part of those who haye in the past been obliged to wash ead pencil notes from the cuffs of young gentlemen, xe Another clever device is a cork frog, con- structed so that when it is thrown on the water by fishermen it will kick its legs when a finny inhabitant of the wate touches it. The ends of the leg= are pro- vided with hooks, and the ingenious in- ventor thinks that if the cork frog aims straight he willbe able to kick the fish in the gills and secure him as @ prize for bis master on shore. Stull another device has been patented vhich seems likely to inc the death ¢lers if it is put in general an attachment for a bicycl d wheel to an erdina so that a railroad track may be ri and providing tres for all the wheels with grooves to fit the r. If this device fs put into operation bicyclers need mot visit a ticket agent before leaving on their sum- mer tours, but il only have to take out accident policies, get started on the rails and look out for the locomotive. a RELIEVING HL Contribution From n Man Who Erred in Meking His Income HKeturn. The Treasury Department teday received an unusual contribution to the conscience fund. These contributions are nearly al- ways sent anonymously, but in this in- stance the contributor does not shield his name. He lives in the interfor of New York and forwards a draft for $30, signing his name to both it and the letter which he writes. He says that in 1864 he made an error in his income tax return, which lost the government the amount he sends. He desires to be just to the government, as well as to nkind. The matter has troubled his conscience and he wants re- lief. Communications of this kind are kept confidential at the Treasury and that is why the man’: given out. Si tion to con: Department, name is not cretary Gage has no objec- ences working in favor of the government, but he wishes to say that the names of senders of funds will not be revealed. + —___-—_ VERY ON THE FIELD. BR Honer Awnrded by the Govern nt. A medal of honor has been given by the War Department to Nathan M. Hallock of Middletown, N. Y. At Bristoe Station Va., June 15, 1883, this soldier, then a p vate, Company K, 124th New York Volun- teers, at imminent peril, saved from death cr capture a disabled officer of his com- pany by carrying him to a place of safety under a hot musketry fire. A medal has also been awarded to Cant. Frederick Fuger, captain of the 4th Ar- lillery, located at the Washington bar- racks in this city, At Gettysburg, Pa. July 3, 1863, Captain Fuger, then a si geant with Field Battery A, 4th United States Artillery, succeeded to the command of the battery, all its officers. having been killed or wounded, and five of {ts guns disabled, in Pickett’s assault, With the most distinguished gallantry .he fought the remaining gun until the battery was ordered to be withdrawn, -. Personal Mentien:. Mr, William Herbert Smith, who has for several years been vice president and treasurer of the Columbia. Phonggraph Company, has succeeded to the office of general manager of the company, in place of Mr. Frank Dorian, who has been trans- ferred to Paris. Mr. Smith’s’ headadarters as general manager will be in New York. He has arranged to move his famfly and establish his residence at Arkola, N. J., where he will be a neighbor. of Mr. EH. D. Easton, president of the company. Reeve Lewis and F. C. Davis have gone to Ocean City, Md., to spend their vacation. R. H. Miles, R. E. Jones and Geo: G. Bradly have gone to Ocean City, Md:, to attend the Maryland state republican con- vention. i Se Harry P. Wilkins safled from Baltimore on the Willehad of the North German Loyd line August 18 for =Bremen. Mr. Wilkins wili pursue his “musical studies at Leipzig, Germany, = Mr. Frank Orme Morgan: left Washing- ton last night for his home. ington, Ii, after a vacation of five weeks. He Medals of speaks in glowing terms of the capital city, be his fu- and says that some day it will ture home. Point: Walter’O. Boswe ‘The Navy Departr 7a Deuaetapt has ordered Chief. }sions capita of 2% cents, I belfeve that the~best interests of the order would be subserved by an in- The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. | WELCOMED BY BLACK|MR. EVANS’ MEANINGIFIGHT TQ A FINISH New York’s Governor Extends Cordial Greeting to Veterans. REPORTS OF NATIONAL OFFICERS After a Season of Festivity the En- campment Takes Up Business. CLARKSON IN COMMAND BUFFALO, N. Y., August 26.—The dele- gates of the Grand Army of the Repubiic to the thirty-first national encampment marched to Music Hall this morning from the Iroquois Hotel io the music of bands and the cheering of their comrades, vis- itors and citizens. The lavish decorations of the building were such as to appeal to the patriotism. A proscenium arch was draped and fes- tocned in the national colors, surmounted by the coat of arms of the United States. Upped with a golden eagle crest. Beneath the arch flags of all nations formed a brilliant cluster. The sides of the arch were of satin banners bearing the arms of the state of New York. The balcony was covered with maroon silk plush hangings. Pictures of Wash- ington, LincoIn, Grant and Garfield oc- cupied prominent places. Guards, with croxsed bayonets, barred the doors to the hall. Only comrades with ‘sword were and only dele: dmitted to the tes with eredent On? inary session of the encampmen cpen to a sentatives. gal- w limited aumber of press repre- Star Chamber Session. The executive session was secret. Gen. Clarkson, cemmander-in-chief, took the platform at 9:30 o’elcck and was eheer- ed by the delegates and the gallery. General Edgar B. Jewett, mayor of Buf- falo, was among the next to come on the stage. He was welcomed by General Clark- son and cheered. Many delegates were late in arriving, hav evidently missed the main body as it marched to the hall. The belated ones came in in groups and caused considerable confusion. Grand Army poiitics were discussed in stage whispers until the bugle sounded the assembly at 10:12, when a hush fell over the room. Bugler E. H. Rexford rendered “We're Tenting Tonight on the Old Camp Ground.” At the last note deafening applause rose throughout the hall. Genera} Clarkson then calied the encamp- ment to order. In a few words he asked the delegates to assist him in his desire to conduct the business ef the encampment with celcrity. As he was speaking Gov. Frank 8. Black was escorted to the stage. The delegates rcse and cheered him. “I introduce to you, gentlemen,” said General Clarkson, “‘the governor of the great em- ire stat Welcomed by Gov. Black. After paying a high eulogy to the co: mander who led the Union army to v: tory, and particularly to General Grant, he concluded by saying: “To cvery brave and though his fame be les his countrymen extend the same full measure of esteem, and to every soldier here, whatever his rank may be, I extend the cordial welcome of the state, remembering that they who do not wear the badge of office may still wear the decoration of noble service well performed. For power is not proclaimed by title, nor heroes made by stars or epau- lets. “There is one soldier here in whose wel- come every citizen will join with unequaled zeal and fervor. Not alone because he holds a highest office in the world, but absolutely honest soldier, beca character, unspotted through all h ars, his impulses strong and high, his whole life, by its unobtrusive power, has enobled and enriched the office which he holds.” Report of Gen. Clarkson. The annual report of Commander-in- Chief J. S. Clarkson was in part as fol- lows: Comrades: Once more we have assem- bled in annual encampment to render an account of our stewardship, to renew old associaticns, to legislate for the present to plan for the future. We mect in fral ternity, charity and loyalty, and m ay all our hearts unite as ene in sustaining the great objects of our order. Thank God, we still live to enj ard prosperity in the land w. sav I have given the entire of the crder, traveled somewhat over »00 miles, have visited every depart- ment that I could reach at their encamp- ments, some at other than their encamy-- ment dates, besides very many posts a: a reunions, end have been splendidly receiy- 1 everywhere by veterans and all other itizens, and by reason of these visits haye been gieatly impressed h_ the spirit and enthusiasm of the comrades and the very high position the order occupies in the hearts of our people. I may be permitted to make special al- ion to my visits in the southern cepart- ments, where I made it a point to come in centact as much as possible with the m who wore the gray ard the'r friends. reception there will ever be & warm spc: in my memory; my conception of American manhood and American bravery has been greatly magnified. I met no warmer grasps, no heartier God-speeds in ‘patriotic work than from our once enemies, now friends. I found Old Glory floating as high, her stars as bright, her stripes as broad in the southland as at home. My sentiment, “One corntry, one flag, one peo- ple, one destiny,” met as hearty a respons» in Georgia as in Massachusetts, and more than once, after my public receptions there, I repeated to myself, over the worx oz the G. A. R. in that country, the dox- olcgy, “Praise God from whom’ all bless- ings flow.” The Grand Army of the Re- public can do no grander work for their covntry téday than to strengthen in those good people their devotion to the land we so dearly love—to help blot out the resent- ments of the past. Seeured the President's Presence. I set, out early in-my official year to se- cure the attendance at this encampment of Comrade Willipm McKinley, believing that his presence would add much to the inter- est of the occasion and to the high posi- tion occupied by our order. His acceptance of my invitation was so prompt and cor- dial, and he entered into every detail with such apparent pleasure as to more than ever convince me that there is no tie so strong as that of -comradeshin welded in the fire of battle. His presence here has been an inspiration to us all, and we hail with delight the dawn of a new era of prosperity which we see breaking on all sides. The beg:nning of the end is in sight, the day of smaller things is upon us. We are far past the meridian individually, and as an order the stream is running rapidly down the hill. Age and poverty are mak- ing great inroads into the ranks. Suspen- are upmerogs, charters are being surrendered. Owing to the steady decrease in, the membership and the very small bur- den imposed by. the mational per joy increase © helped to ear to the work on Eighth Page.) Explanation of Instructions Recently Given to Chiefs. No Insult to Veteraps Intended— Efforts to Expedite Action on Certain Cases, A report has been circulat that pension office is “imsulting veter: 5 through instructions lately given to chief: of divisions requiring them to refer for special examination all new disability casi in which there is an absence of medical or record evidence showing exisience of the alleged disability in service. hen a Star reporter referred this charge to Chief Clerk Bayly of the pension office today, he was informed that the action taken was simply in line with the policy to thoroughly sift all cases in which the oftice was not perfectly satisfied with the evi- dence submitted, and that in doing so no irsult was intended or implied to the veter- ans who apply for increase of pensions. The instruction, Mr. Bayly said, iu no way abr‘dged the right of a veteran to an in- crease of pension, but on the other hand realiy operated to expedite final action cn cases about which the office was not in- formed sufficiently to allow the passage of a claim. Speaking of the instructions which we given to the chiefs verbal, Mr. Bazly said: d the ‘The part of the instructions not quoted in these reports, and probably intention- ally cmitzed, related to the order in which claims ination. should be taken up for exam- The part referred to is as fol- ions were in a ow to instructed and new law: brought up to date urday in the examination of ir hew disability invalid claims, structions not affecting the examinati of widows’ cla'ms in any perticular. “It having come to the attention of the commissioner of pensions that certain classes -of increase claims were being worked over time and time again ta th disadvantage and delay of original claims in whi no final action had been taken, he was specially desirous of giving tne benefit of the pension laws to the class of claimants who had not yet become par- ticipants in the bounty of the government. “In the same connection it was developed that no class of claims was so hard to ad- judicate, with justice to the soldie people, as those involving clai disability. The long time that h: e close of the war néce: ly tends scredit the testimony of any ink vidual or class of individuals unde rtaking to prove the existence of such disabilities as rheumatism, heart disease, lung dis ete., in it All claims sent to the field ervice for special examination, where the merits of the claim are simply in question, must be shown to have merit before they are sent to the field. This class of claims cre prima facie cases, and it is simply to pro- tect the government and heip out the indi- viduai (that is the soldier, in his efforts to secure a pension), that these instructions were issued. fs he commissioner of pensions cecupies a dual position, His duties are to protect the government from imposition resulting from the filing of illegal claims, and at the same time to give every worthy Imant the op- portunity of proving his claim. He stands between the people who furnish the money and the claimant who is asking for the bounty. He simply asks, in the instar question, that in the absence of p' record or medical evidence the cla furnish a special examiner, 4 d for that purpose, with full knowledge of the law and requirements in the case, such data as will enable him to ‘termine the merits of his claim, and aid in a speedy adjudication. “The proposition is a simple one, one that should commend itself to every good sol. dier and loyal citizen, and one that cer- tainly cannot be twisted or distortel for partisan purposes into any form or shape of unfriendliness to the soldier. rely there has been no intention to place ditti- culties in the way of soldiers proving th claims, but merely a desire to have t adjudicated promptly and correctly Saar oan CAPT, COTTONS RETIREMENT. The Resulting Promotions Will Al Come From the First Artillery. Capt. Gilbert B. Cotton of Battery H, Ist Artillery, has been retired by the War I pariment at his own request, hay ery thirty yea in acdition to four al the Military Academy. to West Point from Ohio in 156 ing in 1867. He was assigned as a licuten- ant in the Ist Artille He rcse to a cap- taincy in_ 1889, He graduated from the Artillery School in 1873. at Capt. Cotioa went . graduat- A rather singular thing is that all of the promotions to fellow the retirement will be from the Ist Artiller: First. Lieut. Henry L. Harris of Pennsylvania will be- come captain of Battery H, from Battery I. He graduated from V Point in 1s6y, Senior Second Lieut. William Lassiter of fattery K will become first lieutenant of Battery I. Lieut. Lassiter is from Vir- ginia and graduated from West Poin: in 18w. Hoth are graduates of the Artillery School. . OUT OF THE HURLY-BUR: Communication Made With Pitcairn Island Only at Rare Intervals. One of the rarest occurrences of which the State Department has opportunity to take cognizance in common with the resi of the world is the dispatch of a maii to Pitcairn Island, the isolated community in the South Pacific which depends upon the casual visit of some sailing vessel for its exceedingly infrequent communications with the rest of the globe. Sometimes this happens ones a year, but there is no reg- uiarity about it. The last news of the is- iands came six months age, when an ot! clai of New South Wales formal!y annex- ed the diminutive territory to the British crewn. Re-ently the State Deparyment has been informed that any letters addressed to the islands will be forwarded, if they reach her British majesty’s censul at Hon- oluld not later than September 20. It is probable that another mai! may not leave tor Pitcairn Island in a year, and there is a po:sibility that there will not be a mail for two er three years. —_e-—____ The Bea = of Arms, Gen. Lieder, judge advccate gcn_ral cf the army, has decided, and his opinion h been approved by Acting Secretary Meikle- john, that an officer or soldier of the army might wear his arms from one state into another and was rot subject to the pulice regulations of states as to the carrying of arms. The case arose on a requesi from General Otis, commanding the Department of Colorado, in which he asked the War Department if soldiers could carry their arms ir going to target practice, which required crossing the state line. The opin- ion of Gereral Lieber is that any soldier under orders is an instrumentality of the government of the United States and may carry the arms ard equipment which the army regulaticns require. ———_>-__——_. - Eucaped Murderer Arrested. RICHMOND, Va, August 26—Irvin ‘Brown, who- murdered Emanuel Crull, liveryman, of this city, at Sistersville, W. Va., and escaped from the jail there after ——— No Prospect of Compromise at Ocean City Convention. > SENATOR WELLINGTON'S POSITION Indications All Seem to Point to Malster's Success. > WITH MALSTER MUDD - Special Dispatch to the Eve Star. ciTy, M ust AN the and rocters to the state conven- tion were up and astir early todd o'cleck the dining room cf the hotel was deserted, and all hands were hard at it earrestly discussing the qrestion of the day. The Malster pcople were hopeful and confident. The organization people seemed to be just as confident a little glum about it. ft is 2 hard fight to a fin- ish, with no quarcer askel or given on either side. How it will wind up it is impossible to say, but this morning it looks for the first time as if there was a good ¢ to pull out fer the Mal with at least a new set of primaries ordered. This seems to be as much as thcy hope for, and in the minds of country dele- gates who are supporting them seems to be all that can be gotten. With this the Malster people will be fecily satisfied. Az stated in yesterd Star, th gotten to be Wellington and ant a. With the read with which ‘sj jor senate Ways rushe scrap that is not ne sarily his own or which could be avoided by a more politician, t has made Stone solved to stand or fail with him. Astounds the Old Politicians. ‘The way he and Mr. Stone talk to the old politicia the state is positively teunding to some of them. T is th tenor of the remarks of both of these gen- Uemen when they are addressed on the subje “These fellows } to be knocked out, party or no at's all there is to it. are to run the publican without ing to its prim: It is ii tion en their part ned, we lose it, > the party course, not an argumer Wellington's fine, but it is ber of Mr. With « mck ont- with him, and this e sixth congressional own 8 » it looked lik in the le and that, in. KS Axpiretions, Phillips Lee eh, the young header of Dorche te conven- ticn to be nomi of the state. He hal n one krew of, and the ation had beex ied to him on a silver 7 ter by the organization, as Messrs. Wel lington and Stone will persist in calling themsely as a sort of consolation purse for in the senatorial fight. - would be expected to s N ganization in suca a fight. But he came cut and cut for the propcsition to send the ack to the people for another i he. party “I can- ruin} t be re from De Thi: my y will insist o; Jone in this it n G. Tuc ¢ Arunde! king, if Washingt n the side evening he announced he primaries should be id the doct “That's m nd 1 will stay the Collec: or no Nector, that's my ation will be ppreciated Tuck n- pended and to fly emed nlmost rely in his fi t this y dangerous for ¢ from him. on Mr. Rule or Rein & rule or ruin i Welling advanced in this before. and no net only want their own n point, but they want the ows shut out of the party. Every- contam- or Parlett, fire board: -tgh, Senator Scott, ¢ put down as the jowest order of in= grates and political lepers. The old Tam- many motto, “Are yer wid us or agin us? If yer ain't wid u: are agin us,” was never moce absolutely laid down and en- forced than it is here by Messrs. Welling- ton and Stone. They cre riding to a fall today, though, if men’s words can be tal for anything at all. To make it wor: Senator We lington is sick. When he is he becorres petutant and peevish and will not listen to #ny reason. He seems to be absolutely immov day. What he will be when he that he is likely to be beate seen; but he gives absolutely compromise. It looks now as if the convention will surely be continued over toa The m fight will be in the committee on creden- tials. Thomas J. 1 ble to- yvard of Baltimore came down last nig He had a consultation with Messrs. Stone and Wellington. Mr. Hi ard is one of Mr. Marburg’s closest iriends, and there was a hot tip out that he ceme down to carry the official infor- mation that if something was not done pacify the Malster people Mr. Marbi would withdraw from the candidacy. This could not be substantiated, however, for Mr. Hayward would not talk, and it was natural that Stone and Wellington would net. ‘were are other emissaries here repre- senting the independent democrats in Bal- timore, -ppealing, imploring a: caution- ing Mr. Wellington in the name of th m.en who have made the success of the republican party possible, but it dces not seem thst they are making any great im- pression on him. The final arrangements were not made until just before the convention met. Con- — Mudd had his interview with nator Wellington about 11 o'clock. He 1d the senator just “sot in his ways” as the others had found him. He would not yield an inch either way, but simply said that there should be no concessions and no Mr. Mudd then came with indictment, returned to his home here to- |"Attorney General Clabaugh, Senator West- day. He was discovered on Main street | cott and Mr. Goldsborough. The result was by the police and: 1 that. jn afew minutes it was known