Evening Star Newspaper, August 31, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. See PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Fennsylvazia Avenue, Cor. a Sty by ‘The Evening Star N t Com: ae Few York Office, 49 bow Se ‘The Erening Star is served to subeccihers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 ecnis per week. or 44 cents per month. Copies at the cents each. By mail—anywhere fn the ited States or Conada—pestage prepaid—50 cents ez wionth. : Satrrday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with ign postage adied, Potter Building. at Washington, D. TF All mail ust be paid in advance. Rates of adv made known on application. THE SLAP AT HARRITY Vote Favoring Removal From the National Committee. —_>—____ BLOW 10 DEMOCRATIC HARMONY Silver Men Giving Notice to the ther Wing of the Party. > SENATOR LINDSAY'S VIEW —— Far-reaching results are expected from the action of the Pennsylvania democratic ate committee yesterday in voting to re- move Wm. F. Harrity from the democratic national committee. While the affair at first blush seems to be purely a local mat- of stzte politics, it is said that in real- ity it will have important bearing upon national politics. Jt is understood that yesterday's action be indircetly charged to a recent con- nee in this city bet Senator Jones. irman of the democratic national com- and ex-Hepresentative Kerr of lvania, now prominently cornected demoeratic politics in the keystone ‘The propesed action as to Mr. Har- s discussed at that conference, and work of the state committee 3 s in accord with the exp: ish of the chairman and tacitly indors ndvance by the executive officer of ncipal democratic organization; at any would be glad to see Harrity off the committee. No Hope of Reconciliation. ing the ¢ the attempted re- m i of Mr. Harrity is taken to mean that ihere is to be no truce between the gold Thi and silver democrats in this country, and no further attempts in the direction of iarmony. Some of the most prominent men in the party have been lending their efforts recently to attempts to bring about of a reconciliation between ¢ ‘They have season to this ave met with op- the irreconcilable of both not given up hope. It is con- Strued at this time that further efforts will be useless, and that the dictum has gone forth from the head of the democratic or- ganization to that effect. It is not considered likely, however, that the any portion of the country, will be troubled in the future with overtures for harmony from the gold democrat he ousting of Mr. Harrity is taken as a vicious in the , and will be understood to n that it was punishment for his sup- posed lukewarmness in the cause of free ésilver in the ampaign. ntice having thus been s2rved upon the gold democrats and the other alleged in- any is not wanted, there is speculation as to what will become of the men turned out into the cold world in this manner In Pennsy ihe majority of them, it is believe go into the republican party, their natural tendency toward pro- tection being the leading string. In other states it is thought that the republicans will absorb some, while in those sections where the protective tariff cannot be tol- erated by demoe: the dissenters will prob«bly drift into a separate organization. Deplored by Senator Lindsay. ater Lindsay of Kentucky, who spent a few hours in Washington today on his way home to the cast to enter the coming campaign in Kentucky, deplored the action of the Pennsylvania democratic committee. “I think it was very unwise,” he said afternoon, for the state committee to » the attitude toward Mr. Harrity which did. It wiil certainly have a bad ef- upon a great many members of the democratic par! It more to be re- gretted from the fact that the tendency of affairs in the democratic party at this time is in the direction of harmony and es- of conserv sm. “t believe that the next platform to be the democratic party will not s the oxe adopted at Chi aid before, a more con- beginning to prevail in Ss fect ty throughout the count That the case, the prospects of harmony rd reun em to be brightening. will be put at once to a lition of the two wings of the a conservative’ platform by t ity as the vote State committee yes- upon n manifes Pen: } r y i t Attitude of Committee. Probable the National expressed the opinion in the national commit- * committee would prob- aI no attention to the vote of the st ommittee. Senator Lindsay will tak n the coming cam- pa He said today he ¢ be ocrats would poll vou or TOURISTS. Preparing Rules House mina tions. asury Department is engaged in ration of regulations to govern ations to be made at the cus- ises under that clause of the new t limitirg the amount of personal for the Custom ni of returning residents of the ates to $100. At the recuest of jayne of the New York mer- rd of trade, the regulations will ed until One of ch are giving the treas- ome concern is the definition sident” in the act. Assis cretary Vanderlip of the t has gcne to Chicago for a week. : ster General Gary has left for a to Atlan’ h D. © City. ry of the Philadelphia 1 an invitation to deliver * and original poem tomorrow vuing at Waynesboro’, Pa., at the cele- ation of the centennial anniversary of founding of the town. Mr. Fry’s ad- ss ls to be preceded by an oration by ‘ov. Hastings of Pennsylvania, and he is be follo by Gov. Lowndes ot Mary- shinnick, one of the eity fathers © Crawford, Va., and corregpon- { the Valley, made a flying vistt to Parker of 2018 H street is visiting rt Hempstone at his beautiful me rear Leesburg. Va. Mr. John Elfreth W ins, jr., who has spending the past three weeks at Abbotsford Inn, Stone Harbor, is registered at Atlantic City. ‘aj. L. P. Williams, one of the clerks of District Supreme Court, left last even- 2g for Michigan City, Ind., to visit his ed futher. Maj. Williams will also at- tt nd the reunion of his old regiment, the 44 Indiana Volunteers, which will be held at Michigan City September 1 and 2. He will also visit friends in Ohio and other tea, AFTER MASSEY’S SCALP Virginia's Superintendent of Public Instrac- tion Severely Criticised. Lee Camp, Sons of Confederate Vet- erans, Starts a Movement to Secure His Removal. Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 31.—The chair- man of the history committee of Lee Camp, Sons of Confederate Veterans, threw a bombshell into the peaceful meeting of ihe camp last night by a set of resolutions in which he went for the scalp of John E. Massey, superintendent of public instruc- tion of Virginia, whom he desired to put out of office in the interest of the confed- erate veterans. The resolutions censured, in severe terms, Mr. Massey for his policy of sending to Connecticut, New York, Massachusetts, Kansas, Illinois and New Jersey for teach- ers in the summer normal schools in Vir- ginia, inasmuch as one of these teachers in the school of Radford had told one of his colleagues, a citizen of New York, that Jefferson Davis is coming to be considered @ man of the type of Aaron Burr or Bene- dict Arnold. Mr. Massey is also condemned for his policy in placing ‘“Earnes’ History” on the school lists, and is attacked as being unfit for office. Confederate camps are called upon to appeal to the legislature to remove Mr. Messey from office and take the public school tem from the influence of poli- tician: The resolutions, which will be acted on next week, call for the appoint- ment of ‘a committee to work the matter up and see that Massey is removed. +. —s.— CATCHING TARDY CLERKS. They Had to Fill a Dlank With Their Names, Division and Time of Arrival. A new scheme to catch delinquent em- plcyes of the Treasury Department was put into operation yesterday morning, and catsed so much surprise as to prove a shcck to those who were unfortunate enough to be after 9 o'clock in arriving at the department. Tke tardy ones, on reach- ing the entrances to the building, were confronted by watchmen with blanks and a request to sign their names, the division they were employed in and the time of their arrival. About 125 clerks were en- trapped by the new arrangement. The plan was not worked this morning, but it may be put into execution at any time. ome time ego, it will be remembered, orders were issued for watchmen to take- the names of employes arriving late and departing before 4 o'clock in the after- noon. This was unexpectedly changed and the new plan substituted. SES. RIVER QUEEN OUT OF SERVICE. Order by Judge Bradley Marshall Hali Company Affairs. In the case of the Central National Bank mst the Mt. Vernon and Marshall Hail Steamboat Company and others, Judge Bradley today authorized id directed the receivers to tie up the River Queen, one of the steamboats owned and run by the company, and, after due advertisement for proposals from purchasers, to sell the boats, lands and other property of the company. The court directs the receiver to forth- with discontinue the services and use of the River Queen, and place her at some suitable dock, in charge of a watchman. The services of all of the officers, crew and ether employes of the boat are ordered to be dispensed with, and certain changes in the officers, crew and other employes of the Cherles Macalester, the other steam- boat owred and run by the company, «re directed to be made, as well as certain changes in the compensation paid said em- ployes. The services of the assistant to the general manager are also to be dis- pensed with. The receivers,Messrs. Jas. S.Edwards and E. L. White, are authorized and directed by the court to prepare and advertise pro- ase, as a whole or in bulk. tenements, steamboat and other property involved in the ca: and held by them. Purchasers are to pay cash for the per- sonal prupecty, and one-third cash for the land tensmeats and hereditaments, and the balance in one ard two years, at 6 per cent interest, the proposals to be ad’ Used in two or more of the local news- papers for at least twenty da; ——__ DENIES THE STORY. Respecting Albaugh Has Not Sold the La- fayette Square Theater, It was stated in a Baltimore paper today that negotiaticns had been completed last nizht to transfer the interest of John W. Albaugh in the Lafayette Square Theater of this city to a resident of Philadelphias it was also stated that U. H. Painter, Mr. Albaugh’s partner, would retain h aud control the theater. A telegram was received by The Star to- day from Mr. Albavgh, in which he denied positively that he contemplated disposing of his interest in the theater and stating that the whole story was a fabrication. Mr. Painter could not be found today, so no Statement could be obtained from ugh was instrumental in having Lafayette Square Theater built in spite rong opposition from the outside. He has been its manager since the place open- ed for business, and last year joined the theatrical syndicate. The house has ste: ily grown in popular approval since it was first opened. Mr. inter- VE! The First Volume Devoted to th Work Done by the Experts. The full report of the Venezuelan bound- ary commission has just come from the press in the shape of volume I, devoted to the historical portion of the work under- taken by the commission. This report, previously sent to Congress, is short and mainly devoted to an explanation of the labors of the various experts employed, and nowhere is there any indication that the commission itself has arrived at any conclusion as to the merits of the respec- tive claims of Great Britain an@ Venezuela. Nevertheless the belief is expressed that the commission has been a potent factor in bringing the two nations into a consent to an arbitral tribunal. ———— BIG WHEAT CROP IN CANADA, Manitoba Alone Will Produce 25,000,- ovo shels This Year. TORONTO, Ont., August 31.—Advices re- ceived here report that by tonight all of twenty-five million bushels of wheat in Manitoba will be cut. There has been no frost sufficient to damage the wheat in Manitoba this season, and next week will probably see the bulk of the wheat threshed. : ‘The crop will be the largest in the history of the Canadian northwest. The yield will run as high as thirty-five bushels to the acre, while in Ontario it is as high as forty. The total wheat crop of Canada this year will be fully 60,0€0,000 bushels of prime wheat. ie —_—__ Killed by a Puasenger Train. TOPEKA, Kan., August 31.—Mrs. Croker ef Cedar Junction and her nine-year+dd son were killed by a Santa Fe passenger train near there last evening. RIGHT TO BEAR ARMS St. Louis Labor Conference Urges This Provision of Constitution. NUMBER OF RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED Government by. Injunction the Object of Severe Criticism. TIME FOR DEBATE LIMITED ee ST. LOUIS, August 31.—The delegates to the convention of laber Ieaders were slow in assembling this morning, and it was nearly an hour after the time set for the meetirg before the body was called to or- der. The delay was due to the committee on resolutions, which sent wogd that it was not readv to report. The committze has been in session almost- continuously sirce 3 o'clock yesterday afternoon, and at 8 o'clock this morning they hed not com- pleted the “plan of action.” The commit- tee at midnight had practically agreed upon recommending government owner- ship of the mineral land rights. “But,” as one of them remarked then, “there is no telling what they will do with that idca before morning. One of the members of the committee favors a committee with plenary power to appoint a general labor committee of one from each state, and to call-a national con- vention in a western state in case the miners and operators fail to come together and settle their differences. The delegates are growing impatient and are anxious to get away. Committce Makes Its Report. It was 10 o'clock when the committee on resolutions filed into the hall, and the del- egates were called to order to hear its re- port. Mr. Berger, in presenting the resolu- tons, spoke of the great task the com- mittee had before it. He said the report about to be submitted was the best the committee could do under the circum- stances. Th piatform as presented reads: “The fear‘of the more watchful fathers of the repubiic has been justified. The judiciary has beceme supreme.. We witness a po- litical phenomenon absolutely new in the history of the world, a republic prostrate at the feet of judges appointed to admin- ister the laws. They acknowledge no su- perior en earth, and their despotic deeds recall Milton's ning to his countryme: “Who bids a man rule over him above lai may Lid as well a savage beast.’ “Under the cunning form of injunctions, courts have assumed to enact criminal laws, and after thus drawing to them- selves the power cf legislation, have re- peuled the bill of rights, and for violations ot those court-made laws have denied the accused the right of trial by jury. Free Speech a Crime. “The exercise of the commonest rights of free men—the right of assembi the right of free speech, the right of traveling the public highways—have by legislation, under the form of injunctions, been made «crime, and armed forces disperse as mobs people daring in company to exercise these right i t term the Supreme Court of the United States decided that the thir- teenth amendment, forbidding ‘involuntary vitude,’ is not violated by arres' seaman, imprisoning him until his vess ready to leave port, and then forcibly put- ting hiia on board to serve out the term of his centract; a decision under which the old fugitive slave laws may yet be revived and striking laborers be seized and re- turned to the services of their masters. “Having drawn to themselves all the powers of the federal government, until Congress and Presidents may act only by judicial permission, the federal judges have begun the subjugation of sovereign states, so that, unless a check is soon put upon the progress of usurpation, in a short time no government but the absolute despotism of federal judges will exist anywhere over any portion of American soil. The pending strike of coal miners, starved to feebleness by their scant wages and by arduous and dangerous toil, the pending strike for the right to be fed enough to make labor possible, has been prolific of judicial usurpation, showing ‘he willing- ness of judicial despots to resort to the mest shameless defiance of Gecency, as well as of law and humanity, in order to enable hearth avarice to drive its hungry serfs back to the mines to faint and die at their drudgery, and there remains to- day not one guaranteed right of American citizens the exer of which an injunc- tion has not somewh made a crime started by these subversions of constitu- liberty We have met to counsel and have come to the following ions, that Liberty Called a Sham. ereas, the present strike of the cca miners has again demonstrated the fact that our so-called liberty is not freedom, but is a stupendous sham, under which millions are degenerating, while hundreds of thousands—men, women and children— are siarving in hov and on the public Ww s, this condition has become per- manent for a large and ever-increasing number of our population, as long us we permit a comparatively sraall class of legal- ized exploiters to mongpolize the means of production and distribution for their private benefit—a fact again obvious in the case of miners Whereas, appeals to congress and to the courts for relief are fruitless, since the legislative as well as the executive and judicial powers are under the control of the capitalist class, so that it has come to pass in this “free country” that while cattle and swine have a right to the public highway, Americans, so-called freemen, have not. Whereas, our capitalistic class, as is again shown in the present strike, is armed, and nas not only policemen, mar- shals, sheriffs and deputies, but algo'a reg- ular army and militia, in order to enforce government by injunetion, suppressing lawful assemblage, free speech and the right to the public highway, while on the other hand the laboring men of the coun- try are unarmed and defencelegs, contrary to the words and spirit of the Constitution of the United States. Therefore, be it Give Wages of Good Friday, - Resolved, No. 1, That we hereby set apart Friday, the 3d day of September, 1897, as a “good Friday” for the cause of suffering labor in America and contribute the earnings of that day to the support of our struggling brothers, the miners, and appeal to every union man and every friend of labor throughout th it epee fs) e country to Resolved, 2, If the strike of the miners is not settled by September 20, 1897, and announcement made to that effect by the president of the United Mine Workers, a general convention be held at Chicago on Monday, September 27, 1807, by the repre- sentatives of all unions, sections, branches, lodges and kindred organizations of labor- ing men and friends of their cause, for the purpose of considering further measures in the interests of the striking miners and labor in general. Resolved 3, That we consider the use of the ballot as the best and safest means for the amelioration of the under which the laboring class suffers. Resolved 4, That the public ownership of. railroads: telegraphs. farms for cur body polltie necessary ret for cur Resolved 5, That we most emphatically ‘from protest against government by tnjunction, which plays havoc with ¢ves such political liberty as workingmen have saved from the steady encroachment of capitalism, and be it finally Resolved 6, That no nation in which the people are totally disarmed can long re- main agfree nation, and, therefore, we urge upon ail liberty-loving citizens to remem- ber and obey article 2 of the Constitution of the United States, which reads as fol- lows: “The right of the people to keep and bear arms shall nat. be infringed.” Clamor for Recognition. As soon as the plaform was before the convention a dozen delegates:were on their feet clamoring for recognitian. One dele- gate wanted to change the date of the Chi- cago conference to October 10, claiming the day proposed was too early. Amendment was laid on the table to be taken up later. Delegate Osborn of Atlania, Ga., offered a resolution to the effect that it was the sense of the mecting that all unemnloyed men in the United States should apply for ad- inission to the poor house of their respec: tive counties. No action was taken on this wesolution, and the convention went off in e desultory raanner regarding the debate. rat Mr. Mahon of Detroit favored the limit- ing cf debate to five minutes, and made a motion t» that effect. He said further: “I am tired of this thing of talking and talking, and the advancement of political ideas thrcugh conventions.” M Mahon’s motion was amended read ‘Ten minutes” by Mr. Ratchford, and this was agreed to. Mr. Oxborne’s Ametidment. Mr. Osborne introduced an amendment to the platform to the effect that the country should take care of its unemployed, the riking miners and other laborers of the country apply to the authorities of their respective counties for admission to the poor kcuse, and again oratory was in fall ng. There was no particular attention paid to the motion before the convention und delegates turned themselves loose. Mr. Clemens, a member of the committee on resolutions, and who was expected to bring in a minority report, enlivened the pro- ceedings by a witty speech. “This is the tamest aggregation of witty animals I ever together, Clemens’ salutatt expressed dissatisfaction at the mild meas- ures presented for the relief of the labor troubles in general, and said he was ashamed to go home and tell his people what they were trying to do or what tt had don “Give me liberty,” said M Clemens with much gravity, r I'll take Up a collection.” Mr. Pat O'Neill, the. Rich Hill, Mo. miner, said he inferred from the talk that there were two resolutions. One was “R: solved, That the miners should be pau- pers,” and the other “Resolved, That the miners were paupers.”” O'Neill took up the entire ten minutes, but offered no amendments, Mr. Mahon pieaded for something practi- cal and quick acticn. He wanted relief for the suffering miners. Let the theories ccme later. to Wanted Money for Strikers. He was opposed to Mr. Osborn. house resolution, and sais our dollars for the miners, Mr. Ratchford took the convention task for getting cf€ the subject. He said the miners did ret ask for aid; that was not the object of the convention. He pro- tested against Mr. Osborne's resolution, and the conference should endeavor to setule the paramount quesgon of govern- ment by injunction. Mr. Osborne's amendment’ was lost unani- inously, aud the attempt;to change the date of the collection for the striking min- from September 8 to 10 was defeated. Mr. Clayborne of Springfield, M moved to strike out the second resolution of the platform calling for the mass convention in Chicago. H. M. Williams of St. Louis presented a substitute for Mr. Clayborne’s motion to strike out the plank calling for the Chi- cago convention, convening a labor con- gress In St. Louis September 20. Without action the convention adjourned until 2 o'clock, poor Let us put up to es “TON MAY NOT RESIGN. Maryland Senator May Remain at Head of State Committee. Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August 31.—Senator George L. Wellington was in town today and spent several hours with the republi- can machine politicians. The senator pro- poses to do what he can to carry the new primaries in the city for Mr. Theodore Mar- burg, recently nominated for mayor at the “organization” convention. He had a con- ference today with Mr. Marburg and sever- al of the latter's managers, and said that he was confident of Malster’s defeat on September 9. Mr. Wellington evidently has given up his intention of resigning the chairmanship of the state central committee. He said that he had not fully decided whether he would retire or not, but that he had recefved let- ters from republicans all over the state and me of those who opposed him at Ocean City, requesting him to remain at the head of the committee. Now that his mor- tification over his defeat has subsided, he apparently has no {dea of giving up the reins. The Marburg men have recoyered from their discouragement of last week and are ying considerable energy and confi- WELLIN y Supplee men have gone over, and the report that “Marburg has staved in his barrel” is creating considerable excitement and activity among the workers. FLOGD STATISTICS. Gen, Wilson Collecting Material for His Annuni Report. Gen. John M. Wilson, chief of engineers, is engaged in going over the reporis of officials under him, preparatory to his an- nual report. In looking over the report of the Mississippi river commission, General Wilson found that the Mississippi river fleod this year was the highest ever re- corded. The flood wave reached Cairo, IIl., at the mouth of the Ohio river, March 25, and arrived at Carrollton, near: New Or- leans, May 13. The total length of levees on:the river was 1,377 miles. There was a total of thirty-eight breaks, aggregating “8.7 miles, or about .64 per cent of the whole, much less than expected. + A fact creditable and pleasing to the en- gineer department of the country is that not one of the levees built by the United States was broken, : +--+ Recent Navalo@rderm ‘Navy orders today are as follows: Passed Assistant Paymaster F. T. Arms, to the Detroit; Passed Assistant Paymaster T. H. Hicks, detached from the Detroit to await orders; Chief Engineer A. B. Bates, de- tached from the Franklin and sent to the Texas; Chief Engineer “W. N. Little, from the Norfolk navy yard to the Franklin; Chief Engineer W. 8; Moore, from the ‘Texas to the Columbia; Theodore B. Wat- son, appointed acting gunner; Assistant Engineer F. N. Freeman, from the New Yerk yard to the Cincinnati. Secretary Alger’s Return, British Forces Disperse the Tribes- men Who Had Captured It. GORDON'S COLUMN ON THE MARCH Insurgents Threaten the Mach- Muskaf-Bolan Railroad. SIG OF COMING TROUBLE See ee BOMBAY, August 31.—Great relief is felt in official circles here at the news that the tribesmen who yesterday biocked the Kohat pass have been dispersed. Col. Gordon's column of troops proceeded toward Kohat from Peshawur this morning. Dispatches received from Peshawur to- day say that all is quiet there, though oc- casional shots are exchanged between the advance posts and the insurgents. A cavalry reconnaissance was made at daybreak today, in force, as far as the entrance of the Khyber pass, without the discovery of any of the en Mad Mullah Refrses Aid. The notorious Mullah of Haddah, who has been at the bottom of a great deal of the present trouble, is reported to have refused to send assistance to the Afridis, who begged for aid. < The Mullah announces his intention of immediately attacking the Khan of Dir, on account of the latter's friendship for the British. The Dir’s troops are all watching the frontier. The Mullah has been joined by large num- bers of tribesmen from Afghan territory Bad News From Quetta. Disquieting news has been received from Quetta, the Britis military post in chistan. The tribesmen have the hills about the Mach. Muskaf-Bolan Iroad in such numbers that the authori- S have telegraphed to the governor gen- t eral, the ments of arl of ng for reinforce- and for a heavy force of igns of coming trouble in this re- found in the fiight into the terri- tory of the Ameer of Afghanistan of two important chiefs, the heads of the Bungal- azai und Sehri tribes. In addition, lar: bodies of the population of the Pishin vil- with their families, are crossing the Kii by G ain, Ss and four coolies whe were working upon a redoubt near the Harrar railroad, eight miles from Quetta, have been killed by Ghazi The native levics in that district are gen- erally considered unreliable. The Civil and Military Gazette, a paper of high standing, say “The empire is wrapped up in red tape. Colonel Warburton, whose influence in the Khyber is a greater guarantee of yy than a garrison, offered his services wher the outbreak occurred, and was refus because he had passed the age for active service. “The mobilization and the frontier fore of transport. scheme broke down was stuck for want Orders to purchase animals are just being issued. “We know as the S| fact the Mohmands in abakar fight were nearly all armed ally the tribes to attack simu’ usly.”” Influential Khen Joins Insurgents. PESHAWUR, August 31.—Khawaschan, net one of the most influential khans of the; at the county jail shortly after midnig' Afridis, has joined the tribes in the Khyber P: His house here has been selzed by the authcrities. The Ublan pass, through which the Pe- shawur column is trying to reach Kohat, is reported to be strongly held by Bazotis. Heavy fighting is anticipated. There have been muny sunstrokes among the members of the different British columns operating against the enemy. —<—____ TRIED TO SHOOT THE PURSER. Mrs. Josie Jury Takes 2 Hand in Her Husband's Fight. SEATTLE, Wash., August 31.—Mrs. Josie Jury made a desperate attempt to shoot Purser A. L. Parker of the steamer Utopia at Skaguay on Sunday, August 22, and was only overcome after a struggle, in which two revolvers played an important part. At the time Mrs y produ ver her husband, Edward Jury, had Pa in a vise-like grip about the neck, and was intent upon choking him to death. Pierre Shiroux, a French (€ dian, why wit- nessed the attack, drew a second revolver and interfered in behalf of Parker. Jury had 3,000 pounds of freight, and claimed that the steamer had promised him delivery at high-water mark, and th: he shouid not be called upon to pay exce: ighterage charges. He went to Parker, who represented the charter parties, but the latter gave him no satisfaction. A pute ensued, resulting in a personal counter, during which Mrs. Jury tried to kill the purser. —— PRESIDENT FAURE’S RETURN. Met at Dunkirk by Members of His binct. DUNKIRK, Aupust 31.—President Faure and M. Hanctaux, the French minister for foreiga affairs, landed here at 945 a.m. from the French cruiser Pothuau, on their return from Russia. They were met by the premier, M. Meline; the minister for war, Gen. Billot, and the minister of ma- rihe, Admiral Besrard. M. Meline, in tendering the president the congratulations of the cabinet, was warmly applauded, and the immense crowd present entausizstically cheered the chief magis- trate of France. —__— © oPEXING OF PORT ARTHUR. Shipment of Grain Will Soon Begin From the New Town. KANSAS CITY, Mo., August 31.—Robert Gilliam, chief engineer and general man- ager of the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railway, has returned from a trip over the line and announced that the road will be completed to Port Arthur within a week. Freight and passenger trains will then run over the company’s own rails from Kansas City to Port Arthur. “Within six weeks,” said Mr. Gilliam, “grain will be shipped to Port Arthur for export shipment to Liverpool. Lighters will be used to transfer the grain from the cars to the steamers. This will prac- tically be the opening of Port Arthur as a port of export.” a Miners Will Celebrate Labor Day. MOUNT OLIVE, Ill, August 31.—A con- vention of delegates from the miners’ or- ganizations of Staunton, Gillespie, Litch- field, Worden and Sorrento has decided to give a monster celebration here on Labor day. The delegates estimate that 5,000 each fighter receiving eight annas | SENSATIONAL It is rumored that a day was fixed for] Minneapolis Jail Omicial Trouble Expected at Spring Valley, Ill, Between Rival Factions. School Board Divided and Each Faction Has Employed a Fall Quota of Teachers, SPRING VALLEY, IIL, August 31.— Trouble is cxvected here tomorrow with the opening of the public schools. Two sets of teachers have been engaged and both will attempt to teach. The two fac- tions of the board of education are bunch- ing their respective teaehers and each . expects to be on the ground early tomorrow morning to see that thcre is no interfer- ence from the other side. A clash hardly be avoided. The fight among the members of board of education dates back to the spr ele tion. At t time the Spring Val Coa afier forcing an issue upon th uestion and being defeated fo! seven straight years, was suc” fu Chas, Nee, a holdover member, who » ous! trained with the anti-company memi of the board, turned away from the latter and was given a position ef & month turaing the Hilinois river bridge t this place by the new city administration, which ‘st time is controlled by the coal on gave the company pany me clared ) count of him moving his family S across the river to Putn the anti-company jor They then held a meeting and were making ar- rangements to hire a new set and call zn election to fill were stopped from going any fur tay Judge Puter- h of F ved the injunction and that night the anti-compan: held a mectir ged a new set of teachers, Last night they held another meeting and the newly em: chers were present to sign contra The teachers that were engaged by the company membe gred contracts a month ago. a AES Vestry of Benicin Church Will Not Consent to Their Removal MILWAUKEE, W August —The vestry of the church of Benicia, Cal., where the remains of Rev. Dr. James Llord Ereck are interred have refused to allow the remains to be removed t Wis., unless there is a money con tion forthcoming for the care of the grave. Dr. breck was one of the most noted missionaries of this country. In his will he directed that his remains be buried un- der the chancel of a church to be butlt at It is claimed that this church en built; that only a temnor- ary structure on posts was erected and that oe grave has never been p roperly cared ‘or. The consent of the relatives of kes not only been obtai: Dr. Breck |, but his sons Who reside in Californ: have asked Bishop Nicholson to receive the remus aw er them at Nashotah. ‘op Nicholson says that no money will be paid and that the remains will be in- terred at Neshotah during the missionary council convention. i — SHOOTING AFFRAY. Seriously Wounded by a Deputy Sheriff, MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., August 31. There was tional shooting affray this merning. James L. Murphy, a deputy sheriff, succeeded by virtue of his official sition in getting access to the jail. He broucht with him a woman of the town, who, he said, was under arrest, and sent fer Matron Woodburn. Having - thus cleared the way he entered the latter apartments and opened fire on her hus- Land, Clay H. Wocdburn, who was asi in bed. He fired €atered Woodburn’: » ven shots, five of which body, exclaiming: “I'll daughter.’ The watchman rushed in and prevented Wooecburn, who had by this time secured pon, from firing at his now retreat- emy. Murphy gave himself up and refused to dis: the case, except to Say ntuckian and had shot to is dangerously but net He will not talk. LAWYER A DEAF MULTE. Woodburn fatally shot. Theodore Grzy Passes an Examina- on and is Admitted to Practice. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 31.—For the first time in the history of the supreme court of this state a written examination has been given to an applicant to practice law. The examination, which was success. fully passed, was taken by Theodore Gra adeaf mute. He is a teacher in the asylum for the deaf and dumb at Berkeley. He has studied law for several years, and ex- pects to become a writer of briefs and per- haps an author of legal works. ———. WAR ON KANSAS SALOONS. Liquor Poured Into the Street and ¥F e Confiscated. August —Ten saloons in Kansas City, Kan., were raided by the police last night and $3,000 worth of liquor seized and poured into the gut- ters. Saloon furniiure and fixtures filling ten big drays were seized and carted to police headquarters, where they will be burned. Similar action will be taken against some seventy other saloons. —— Warning to Klondike Prospectors. SEATTLE, Wash., August 31.—The cham- ber of commerce has received a letter from the miners at Skaguay warning the people of the futility of trying to reach the Yukon by that route this season, and asking some medifications as to duty. It was signed by D. J. McKinney and W. A. Saportas, secre- tary of the Miners’ Association, —— Presbyterian Mixstonaries for Chinn. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 31.—The Cumberland Presbyterian Church has be- gun mission work in Central China. The first representatives of this denomination to enter this vast empire will be Dr. 0. T. Logan and wife of Mlinois, Rev. H. 1. “Walker and wife of Alabama and. Rey. T. J. Preston of Texas. They are to locate near Hankow, some 400 miles up the Yang- tse-Kiang river from Shanghai. ———___ Steamer P. B. Weare ix Safe. SEATTLE, Wash., August 31.—Anxiety as to the fate of the Yukon river steamer P. B. Weare, said’to be laden with gold, is set at rest by Traffic Manager Charles B. Hamilton of the North American Trans- portation Company, stating teday that he had advices that the Weare was tied up near Circle City, repairing her boiler flues. ° . cnn —=—== Advertising is not an expense, It is a business investment. If you want to invest vour money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. RETAKE KOHAT PASS|TO° MANY TEACHERS/GETTING NEW IDEAS nw —_ Secretary Multer of Y. M. ©, A. Returns From Inspecting Tour. FEATURES OF PROJECTED BUILDING Result of Observations of Struc- tures in Other Cities. > THE COMPARISONS MADE eae Secretary Multer of the Y. M. C. A. ana Architect Hill returt e last night from their visit to Phi hia, Brooklyn and New York, whither they had been for the pur of examining the large ¥. M,C. A. buildings there, with a view [o using some of their best features for new building her ‘The secret was much pleased with what he saw, and cspectally with the ne West Side branch Y. M. C. A., on West Sith street, New York, which was cc pleted in the spring. “Many of t problems with which we have to deal,” b this morning, Side mere “were so t to int branch, there y we foun us than anywh st y a fine on nees fills ion it wa uion ° was nar- » we could study the one her that feature with profit. tare, ture in the West ly liked. This was the arrang which is ment of about the the swimming pool, size of the on in contemplation here, 1 It is in the basement the lockers and dressing s ed. 7 mnasium floor. In preparing for this the members use the asement room, and are transferred in nasium © direct to the top it is lo think this iss geod plan that the plan of rvator and a » West Side branch 1 for or sixty sh a mem- We think perhaps we might arrange here for twenty or twenty-five rooms, on the top floor and on the one beneath. Our building will have six complete storie with basement and subbasement, making eight in all. “Besides the West Side branch. York, we visited the Harlem branch and the Central, and the one in Brooklyn, but the Wcst Side seemed to fit our needs bet- ter than any of the rest, as it is newer and in POssesses more up-to-date facilitles. The summer membership there is about seven hundred, which in all probability will be increased to 2.000 in the winter. There are no classes going on there no course, akes a big difference, stories were added to the New York West Side buflding I think it would be qual to the one in Chicago, which we had visited a short while before. Philadciphi Stractures, “In Philadelphia we inspected the Ger- mantown branch, the Central and the Rail- road branch, of which I was secretary. There was one feature in particular which we wished te look into in the Ger- mantown building, which w the location of the hall i the gymnasium. in the ing, which is like the one the gymnasium is just were Satisfied that thi: or If several antown build- in Trenton, N. J. w was no’ a desirable plan, for great trouble been expe- rienced there on this account. It has be found almost impc to dead floor, that some: operation: had to be entirely m while an ent thing else is going on in the lars kh din th ment or some- hall. The pil- s from one to the other act as nsmitters of sound. “In Philadelphia proper we inspected Houston Hall, a university branch of the Y. M. C. A., built by a Mr. Houston of that city in memcry of his son, who died while cn 2 » to Europe. Ii is connected with the University of Pennsyl cost about $125,000. It is one visited halls of the universi about 1,800 students attend there club rooms, incladin, ted there. The furnis in tremely handsome on the students of th most popular with is Space for Library. “I forgot to mention th West Side branch in New Yo a library of 5 reserved for which naturally takes up rcom. “I was greatly impressed on my trip by the dignity and importance of the ¥. M. which I visited. spent, and cities C. A. work in all the Millions of dollars have been the Y. M. C. A. institutions, officers and members are regarded with the greatest respect. Its permanence everywhere 1s most marked. aa “I am sorry to say that Washington is not in the race with the other Y. M. C. A. cities. Even Cleveland, which was the smallest city we visited, is far ahead of us. There are two or three times as many members there as here, and there is a cen- tral buileing, with two brenches. “In| New York there are eighteen branches: in Chicago, fifteen, and fourteen in Philadelphia. Why such a state of af- fairs should exist here we can not say, but we are striving to ascertain the causes. One of them is that probably the wealthy residents here do not take as great in- terest as they do in other cities of a com- mercial character. When a men comes here to live he has usually made his money and is content to rest easily and enjoy it. Where men are striving for their fortunes they are apt to take a greater interest, it is my idea, in the Y. M. C. A. and such in- stitutions. Calls for Best Endeavors. “However, we will do our best to interest them here, and I think everything will come out all right, eventually. “If there is any place where the ¥. M. C. A. should be striving, I thing it should be here. There are hundreds of young men come here not expecting to find per- sachs homes, and they look around for social pastimes, and some piace visit and spend their spare time. such as these that the Y. M. C. A. is in- tended, and it throws open its arms to. them.” Mr. Multer says that the operations for ‘swelling the subscription list for the ¥Y. M. C. A. building will begin before Jong, and ‘will be carried on with vigor. —e ALL ANARCHISTS. MADRID, August 31.—The Spanish