Evening Star Newspaper, September 2, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING &TAR. ———— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by ‘The Evening Star N Cor Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Building The Evening Star is served to subs city by carriers, on thelr own accoun per week, or 4i cents per mont! counter 2 cents each. By mail—= United States or Cenada—postage prepaid_50 ecnts or month. FSaterday Quintople Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, 00. ‘Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @s secend-class mail matt: CF All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Lven q Star. No. 13,886. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, SEPT ER 2, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. 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. FLIGHT OF ORAKZAIS Colonel Abbott Defeats 1,500 Insur- gent Tribesmen at Doaba. MULLAH THREATENS SHA BKADAR British Continue to Concentrate Troops on Afghan Frontier. SERIOUS FIGHTING IMMINENT SIMLA, September 2.—Colonel Abbott, with two guns and a squadron of the 18th Bengal Lancers and the Ist Regiment of Sikhs, has attacked 1,500 of the enemy at Doaba, on the road from Hangu to Thull. The Orakzais fled, the cavalry fail- ing to cut off their retreat. Serious Fighting Imminent. BOMBAY, September 2.—The centers of interest glong the frontier this morning are Hangu and Shabkadar, where serious fighting is imminent. The 2d Regiment of Gourkhas, with Brig- adier General Yeatman-Biggs and his st: has arrived at gu. There the camp, which s open and scattered, has been transformed into a defensible posttion, rounded by sheltered trenches and br works of earth bags. The camp has als been well supplied with stores and am- According to reliable reports are 10,00) hostile Orakzais on the surrounding Hangu. General Yeat- as with him a mountain bat- Irish Regiment and five muniticn. there hills regiments. sth Bengal Lancers and the 9th Field Battery are at Shipwari, to cut off the retreat of the enemy. Mullah Threatens Shabkadar. Advices from Shabkadar say that the Haddah Mullah is treatening the front of that place, where the enemy has col- lected in great numbers. Colonel Mills, who is in command at Shabkadar, has at disposal the 20th Punjab Infantry, the th Gourkhas, the 13th Bengal Lancers, a battery of field artillery and a wing of the shire Light Infantry. The bal- the Somersetshire Regiment and b Infantry are on their way jonel Mills at Shabkadar. a ee WORN OUT WITH DEMONSTRATIONS. President McKinley Purposcly Dodged the Cleveland Blow Out. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, OFio, September 2—The commander of the revenve cutter Andrew Johnson, Capt. C. E. Benham, made a Statement today which throws consider- light on the alleged snub President MeKinley gave this city when he came tere from Buffalo. The Andrew Johtson is the flagship of the Ohio naval reserve, and was to have t™met the yacht Comanche with the presi- dential party aboard. Capt. Benham says Senator Hanna and the President knew the Cleveland people were waiting to give them a warm reception. He said: “We came alongside the Com- anche at 7 a.m. The President and Sena- tor Hanna had just awakened. Senator Henna came out and spoke to Capt. Pond and myself. We asked him to steam out into the lake and come back so that the Cleveland people could meet him. “We told Senator Hanna that a big Gemonstration had been arranged He sai ‘We cannot do that, it's nearly breakfast iime and we wani to leave the yacht at once. The President fs getting very red of this demonstration busi- Bre —<—<—<_.—__—_ THAT FRANCO-RUSSIAN ALLIANCE. PARIS, September ‘The minister of commerce, M. Boucher, is quoted, in an interview printed by the Gaulois today, as saying that the governments of France an Ru: are anxious to make every effort compatible with their economic interests to develop commercial intercourse between the two countries. e Continuing, M. Boucher said he did not entertain the least hope that Russia would abandon her protective policy, as the chief etject of Russia was to draw capital into the empire, and that policy had been crowned with success, many French, Swiss, Belgian and other manufacturers having established works in Russia. On the other hand,’the aim of France was to encourage exports. Where large government contracts could be obtained, French influence had succeeded in obtaining them. For instance, ccntracts had recently been obtained to contruct eighty locomotives for Russia and to build a new bridge over the Neva. The minister added that individual enterprise must still exert itself. ——__ RUMORED DROWNING. John B. Baird Said to Have Lost His Life im the Canal. A report was received this afternoon at the office of the superintendent of the con- struction of the new city post office that Mr. John B. Baird, the chief clerk of that office, had been drowned in the Chesapeake and Ohio canal above Cabin John bridge, and that Undertaker Birch of West Wash- ington had been sent for to get the body. The late hour of the receipt of the report Prevented personal investigation of the sad rumor by Star reporters in time for a pub- lication of the facts in today’s paper, and when the telephones were had“recourse to the remarkable fact was developed that neither Cabin John Bridge Hotel nor Glen Echo, resorts where thousands of Wash- ingtonians congregate daily and nightly, had telephonic or other quick means of communication with the city. Undertaker Birch had not returned to his establishment, and it was not known there where he was. Nothing could be ted by those in charge of his place it the rumored drowning of Mr. Baird, consequently his friends and associ eS at the new city post office and else- where were in a state of uncertainty that “as aaything but pleasant. Mr. Baird was a native of Georgia, about forty-tive years old, and had a wife and a Caughter, the latter a girl of about eigh- teen years. He was a large, portly man, of a pleasant disposition and great good humor. He had held, his position as chief clerk for about two fears. ———.__ THE ELLIS ISLAND FORCE. Between Fifteen ahd Twenty Dismins- ais to Be Made to Save Expense: Commissioner of Immigration Fitchie of the port of New York is in the city and to- day had an extensive conference with Com- missioner Powderly as to affairs at the pig port. The conference related wholly to routine matters. Mr. Fitchie will file an additional bond as disbursing officer of his office. ‘ Assistant Secretary Spaulding, after hear- ing a statement by Commissioner decided to luce the force at Ellis Island between fifteen cut- ting expenses $20,000 a year. It was Gueed. The discharges will'be made w! Commissioner Fitchie returns to New You. INTERPRETING THE TARIFFIWITHOUT A CLUE The Attorney General Still Considering Sec- tion 22. Collection of Discriminating Duties Suspended—Decisions of the De- partment Regarding Duties. ‘The Aitorney General is devoting much of his time this week to the preparation of Fis decision of the questicn involved in the interpretation of section 22 of the tariff law relating to discriminating dutles. He is exhausting all the authorities and carefully weighing all the arguments. It is not probable thet the decision will be ready until next Monday. Mr. McKenna had not yet decided whether the present Gecision will cover all the controverted questions involved in the section that have been referred to him, and there seems to be a strong probability that the forthcom- irg decision will not decide the question raised as to whether the omission of the words “act of Congress” from the present section repeals section 4228 of the Revised Statutes, thereby imposing the 10 per cent discriminating duty on goods imported in vessels of countries not exempt by express treaty stipulation. If not, it will be cov- ered in some future decision. Assistant Secretary Howell has instruct- ed the collector at New York te suspend the collection of discriminating duties un- der section of the new tariff law pend- ing the decision of the Attorney General. These instructions were issued when it Was ascertained that the collector at New York had been collecting these discriminat- ing duties on goods from Canada. The Treasury Department has decided that cod ofl imported from Newfoundland and used only for tanning or dress‘ag chamois leather, being fish oll, is n empt from duty under paragraph the new tariff law, but is subject to a duty of 8 cents per gallon under paragraph 42. The Treasury Department has decided in the case of some plaster casts imported in the Britannic in July for the art museum of Southampton, N. Y., that the casts are not entitled to exemption from duty as works of art intended for public institutions. The Southampton institution, though at preseat open to the public, is a private institution and can be closed at any time.” The Treasury Department has informed the collector of customs at Detroit that the department would follow previous rulings and hold that opera glasses, certain lenses and oculists’ outfits and instruments are not philosophical instruments within the meaning of paragraph 475 of the new tariff law. e The Treasury Department has decided in reply to an inquiry from the collector of customs at Detroit that domestic distilled liquors bottled in bonded warehouses, under the new bottling act, when imported back into this couniry are liable to a duty equal to the internal revenue tax, and that sec- tion 27 of the new tariff law, which pre- scribes that “articles manufactured in bonded warehouses and exported pursuant to law * * * shall be subject to the same rate of duty as if originally imported,” is not applicable. —___-o-__ REPAIRS TO THE CAPITOL. What Has Been Done During the Past Year. The Secretary of the Interior has re- ceived the annual report for the last fiscal year of Edward Clark, architect of the Capitol. It is accompanied by the report of Prof. S. H. Woodbridge, heating and ventilating engineer, upon the improve- ment of the ventilating system of the Sen- ate wing of the Capitol. ‘The report states that the most impor- tant work in connection with the annual repairs to the Capitol has been the paint- ing and general renovation of the commit- tee rooms and corridors throughout the building. During the present recess of Congress the temporary rooms under the rotunda, constructed for the accommoda- tion of the Library of Congress, will be removed and the crypt will be put in its original condition, which will include light- ing by electricity and painting to corre- spond with the passageways leading to it. ‘The steam heating apparatus and the ven- tilation of the Supreme Court room have keen greatly improved, and the improve- ment in the ventilation of the Senate is recounted. Architect Clark recommends an improve- ment to the ventilation of the hall of rep- resentatives poy a reconstruction of the House floor ard galleries in a manner sim- ilar to that of the Senate, and the substi- tution in the galleries of the House of chairs with ventilating seat legs. Substi- tution of electric for steam operation of ventilating fans is included, and recom- mendation is made for a new dynamo and engine of 1,500 amperes to meet the re- quirements of such a change. The recom- mendaticn of ventilating chairs for the gallery to take the place of the present benches is made in consequence of the general satisfaction derived by their use in the Senate gallery, where overerowding has been prevented. An additional water supply for the Cap- itol and a filtering plant sufficiently large to care for the water used in drinking fountains and for bathing purposes are rec- ommended. As soon as the joint commit- tee on the library decides upon the proper historical event to be commemorated in fresco in the frieze of the rotunda that work will be completed and the scaffold- ing will be removed. The architect speaks of the satisfactory results obtained from the electric lighting of the Capitol and grounds. In the accompanying report of Prof. Woodbridge recommendations are made for further improving the ventilation of the Suprem2 Court room and for prevent- ing the chimneys of the Capitol from smoking.= ——____+e+_____- APPLY TO THE COMMISSION. Information About Civil Service Ex- aminations Given Freely. The civil service commission is much an- noyed~by the operations of a number of individuals and bureaus claiming to have special information of value to applicants for government offices and special facili- ties in preparing them for civil service ex- aminations. Many letters are now reaching the commission from applicants in different parts of the country inquiring whether these claims are genuine. Special pains are being taken to call attention to the fact that the pamphlet of instructions and the examination schedules, which are furnished gratis by the government to all applicants, contain all the information about the times and places of examination, the methods of marking papers, certifying eligibles and the prospect of securing appointments, and also sample examination questions. ‘No person,” says the commission in an announcement, “has any information of importance to applicants concerning ex- aminations which cannot bé obtained with- out cost from the commission. te Five Architectaral Firms Apply. Five applications from architectural firms who desire to submit plans for the Ellis Island immigration station have been tions to the architects selected will be is- sued next week. ' Police Discover No Trace of Missing Messenger. PILLAGE OF COLLECTOR DAVIS’ SAFE It is Believed Hawkins May Have Gone to Canada. REWARD OF $500 OFFERED en “Thomas Varick Hawkins is about as far from here as a train could get him,” re- marked Collector Davis this merning, re- ferring to the bold robbery committed Tuesday afternoon. “He may be in Can- ada now,” added the collector, “or he may be on his way to Cuba.” The collector said that so far as he knew the fugitive bad not left a single clue be- hind him, He had hoped the man arrested in Fredericksburg yesterday would prove to be Hawkins, in which event he would probably have had the money on him, but a dispatch received late yesterday after- noon made it evident that the suspect was not the man wanted, both his eyes being sound. When the first message was received from Fredericksburg Collector Davis and Inspector Mattingly were summoned to Maj. Moore's office, and the arrest was dis- cussed. The message made the officials feel confident that their man was in cus- tody, but u second message caused a little doubt, although Inspector Mattingly did not change his mind about sending a de- tective down to identify the prisoner. The information was given that when an offi- cer started to make the arrest the colored man raa and was pursued a mile before he was overtaken and apprehended. When a third telegram was received stating that there was nothing the matter with the prisoner's eyes, the officers gave up the hope they had, and an officer was not sent to the Virginia town. The Reward Offered. Some comment has been made on the action of the officials concerning the amount of reward to be offered. Just be- fore the receipt of the Frederickburg tele- gram it was given out that the amount was $500, but at the time the news of the arrest was announced it was also stated that the reward was $250, and this was stated in yesterday’s Star. When, how- ever, the department lad several hundred descriptive postals printed, the original reward, $500, was offered. The descriptive circular sent out reads as follows: > Headquarters Metropolitan Police, Washington, D. C., September 1, 1897. $00 REWARD—Look out for and arrest Thomas Varick Hawkins, colored, bright yellow mau, about six feet high, 160 pounds, thirty years old, no beard, shoulders in- clined forward, carries head to one side when talking, forehead high and receding, bad front teeth, long arms, sight of left eye gone, ball of eye white. Wanted for the larceny of $9,000 from the office of tax collector of the District of Columbia, on the evening of August 31, 1897. WM. G. MOORE, Major and Supt. Police. Scattered Far and Wide. As soon as the cards were received from the printer they were sent to the police authorities in all directions. These, in ad- dition to the scores of telegrams sent out yesterday, it is thought, will post the de- tectives in every section of the country. Because of the distinct marks of identifica- tion, the local police officials think that Hawkins should certainly be apprehended with but little delay, unless he 1s under cover. All day yesterday and last night the “detectives worked on the case. The fugitive’s house was visited several times and well searched, the officers having an idea that Hawkins might possibly return for something, as so many others have done when endeavoring to elude arrest, but he did not return. The usual flood of clues have been re- celved by the police from all sources. Several persons have appeared and claimed Positively to have seen Hawkins. One of them declared he had seen him in the Bal- timore and Ohio depot yesterday morning, but this man, the police say, was mistaken, for the depot was watched all day. What the police place the most reliance in is the statement that he was seen in the Bal- timore and Ohio depot Tuesday aight about 7:30 o'clock. There seems to be no doubt that he was there, and it is believed by some of the officers that he took the 8 o’clock train for New York. Others, how- ever, do not believe he went out on that train, and have an idea that he took a southern train and started for New Orleans. The Defective Eye. Hawkins’ defective left eye, as already stated, will be the means, the police think, of identifying him, but some friends be- leve he is smart enough with so much money in his pockets. to undergo an opera- tion and have a glass eye substituted for the one which now attracts so much at- tention. This, it is said, is possible to be done ir a short while, and he would prob- ably not have a great amount of trouble in procuring the substitution by some sur- geon who would keep quiet for a consid- eration. Hawkins, although a married man, was fond of the society of women to the neg- lect of his wife, as was stated in yester- day’s Star, and persons who knew him say he spent much of his salary in the section south of Pennsylvania avenue, where there are so many disreputable houses, It is also stated that he was soon to have been named as the co-respondent in a divorce case now pending before the court. His name having appeared in this connection so often, Inspector Mattingly this morning was of the opinion that per- haps a woman had gone with him, and he instructed his detectives to ascertain if any of Hawkins’ female friends had dis- appeared. Among other places Detective Weedon went to the house of the woman in whose divorce case it was stated Hawkins would soon have figured, and he found the woman at home. Possibly in Canada. It was learned this afternoon that Haw- kins has relatives in Canada, and this strengthens the belief that he has gone there, where he may be able to get under cover and avoid being arrested. The of- ficers have learned where those relatives are, and the Canadian authorities will be asked to look out for him. Should he be cavght oa he may be arrested on a friends t the belief that he is still here. Since the murderer Dorsey Foults has supposed il cess of hiding as Dorsey had. This causes the belief among some thatrhe’ts still here. An Old Incident Collector Davis received mumerous re- marks of sympathy from friends today. He thinks his trusted messenger is in Can- ada or “some. other ‘seaport where the United States has no extradition treaty.” Collector Davis reiterated to a Star re- porter today the confidence he had in Haw- ins. He recalled-how several years ago at the old District building om Ist street Hawkins had found a package contatming $5,000 and immediately brought it to him in great excitement. At that time it was supposed that Sergeant Pjerce, the old po- liceman who carried the money to the treasury, had dropped the paeKage, and Hawkins was commended on all sides for his honesty. Now it is thought he ab- stracted. the and fearing detection turned it over to the collector. His tale at the time was fishy, for the reason that he said he found it in the passageway, where clerks and citizens passed - every second during the day. When he found it Officer Pierce had been gone over ay hour, and Collector Davis at the time won- dered how it was it had laid there un: noticed until Hawkins chanced upon it. Now that Hawkins and the money have gone, the collector, while deploring his loss, is glad it is no more. .“He might just as well have stolen $75,000,” said Mr. Davis. “It often ran up to that amount, and he could have decamped with it all. I had the utmost confidence in his honesty and trusted him implicitly. He frequently went to the banks with the bank messenger, and remained in the buggy, with many thous- and dollars in his possession, while the bank messenger was making the deposit.” Those clerks who knew Hawkins inti- mately declare him to be a very shrewd person. He was always asking questions, and seemed to delight in raising legal ques- tions and hunting up some clerk yersed in the law to answer it. Although a favorite with the collector, he was never much thought of outside the tax office. The mes- sengers regarded him with suspicion and would not associate with him, and the heads of the other departments would not brook his presence. He was of a cringing nature, and was always supplicating in his manner. This afternoon the detectives stated that there was nothing new in the case. The officials interested have had several con- sultations today, but, sq far as they stated, there was no positive information con- cerning the whereabouts of the fugitive. The Penalty. The extreme penalty for grand larceny is three years’ imprisonment in the peniten- tiary at hard labor. The offense of grand larceny consists of the theft of $35 or more, but the law makes a difference between larceny from a private individual or cor- poration and that from the United States, the theft of money or other property of the United States being punishable by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or imprisonment for not more than five years, or®oth.« In the opin- ion of some lawyers thie person guilty of robbing Collector Davis’ safe would be guilty of larceny fromethe United States. But the more general belief is that the cf- fender, or offenders, stole money belonging to the District of Columbia, amd can, upon conviction, be punished By imprisonment in the penitentiary for not less than one nor more than three years at hard labor. Assistant District Attorney Hugh T. Tag- gart is one who holds»that» the robbery amounts merely to grad Jarceny, and is not larceny from the United States. Mr. Taggart also holds that should the sus- pected man be found toxbe the guilty one his offense could not be:said to be embez- zlement, for the feasof«thatihe was not, although an employe of.thé District, suck an employe or agent as*would make him, in contemplation of law, custodian of the iaissing money. nef In speaking of the robbefy of Collector Davis’ safe, Mr. Taggart referred to the case of “Dan” Williams, who stands in- dicted for the. embezzlement of Police Court funds to the amount of several thou- sand dollars. Mr. Taggart said that Will- jams will be one of the first persons to be tried upon the reassembling of the Crim- inal Courts next month,; He also stated that it is the purpose of District Attorney Davis to prosecute Williams to the full extent of the law. H FINAL TEST OF AIR MOTOR ‘The Commissioners to Subject the System to There will be still another test of the air motor before the Commissioners give out their.final verdict as to its adoption. The return of Engineer Commissioner Black reopens the subject, and now, it is stated, he has ordered fnother test. This last test (for it !s no secret there will be no other) will be complete, The company will be required to charge a car and run it a certain distance, which represents the distance from one charging station to another. It is not the purpose of the Commissioners, it is sald, to compel the company to run a train over the entire route before re-charging it, but to per- mit, if they adopt the’sygtem, the loca- tion of charging stations along the line at certain intervals. Capt. Black Discusses System. During the absence of Commissioner Black he has investigated the air motor system in New York, and is loaded with information. “It is a difficult problem,” he said to a reporter of The Star this afternoon, “and one which calls for the most careful con- sideration. On the.cne hand you have the interests of the public to guard, and on the other the rights of the railroad company. The air motor is, in my opinion, still an exptriment, but practical under certain conditions. Personally, I believe in the un- derground electric system.” © “I notice that the big New York syndi- cate has adopted the underground trolley as a means of propulsion for its cars,” ob- served the reporter, “Yes, I know all about that, but was un- able to find out what actuated them in such’ a conclusion. Those gentlemen evidently looked into the mates very carefully be- fore making up their minds. “I have not-had an opportunity as yet to examine the last reportef oumexpert,whom the Eckington road sent'to New York. The first chance I get willbe dsvoted to this get report, and then I shall decile about this last test, as well as nti to l= ern it. bs te = oat WILL BE NO > eet a 2.—Senator of the foreign re- lations committee ofthe Snited States Senate, was today asked for an expression to the As- annexation A POST OFFICE BANK|'™ PORTANT CHANGES New Superintendent for the Street Cleaning Department. General Gary Greatly Interested in a Scheme for Its Establishment, PLEASED WITH CANADA'S SYSTEM Other Changes Made in the Same Line —Major Davis Made Chict Clerk. Will Urge Favorable and Speedy Legislation. For somé time past the Commissioners have been considering the advisability of making several changes in the street and alley cleaning department, with a view of bettering the service. Late yesterday afternoon the changes were made. Warner Stutler, the chief clerk, is promoted to the position of superintend- ent, vice A. G. McKenzie, who is reduced to the position of inspector, vice Thomas Quantrell, dismissed. Major A. H. 8. Davis, clerk in the assessor's office, is promoted to the position of chief clerk, and O. H. Herring, recently dropped from the rolls of the assessor's office, is reinstated to the position held by Major Davis. MUCH INTEREST MANIFESTED ar Postmaster General Gary is greatly in- terested in the scheme for establishing a postal savings bank system, end is getting facts about the workings of such systems in foreign countries. He has just received from the postmaster general of Canada a full explanation of the system adopted there, and is most favorably impressed with the system in vogue there. He has re- ceived letters in regard to the system from prominent men all over the country and farmers, especially as banking facilities for the latter are extremely limited. Sav- ings banks in connection with the post of- fices, therefore, it is thought, would be of great benefit to them especially. The New Zealand Post and Telegraph Guide, published at Wellington, New Zea- Jand, containing the rules and regulations of the postal savings bank system as ap- plied there, has just been receive by the Postmaster General. In that country de- posits of one shilling, or any multiple of one, may be made at any post office sav- ings tank. Interest is allowed to each de- positor at the rate of 3% per cent per an- num, when the balance at the credit of his account does not exceed £200, and at the rate of 3 per cent when it exceeds that amount; but no interest is allowed on more than £500. The calculation is made from the first day of the calendar month next following the day on which a complete pound has been deposited up to the last day of the calendar month preceding the day on which the money is withdrawn. The interest due to each depositor is cal- culated to the 31st of December in each year, and is then added to and becomes part of the principal due the depositor. Upon opening an account the depositor is required to furnish his or her Christian name or forename, and surname, and occu- pation, and residence, and must also sign a declaration to the effect that he or she is not directly or indirectly entitled to any sum or sums standing in his or her name or names of any other person or persons in the books of the post office savings bank, unless it be as trustee of another person, or as a member of a friendly or other society, and consent must also be given by the de- pesitor for the amounts to be managed ac- cording to the regulations of the post office bank. It is required that such a declaration must be witnessed by the post- master or by some person known to him, or by a justice of the peace. ‘The Postmaster General will decide upon geod individual features of each system in vogue throughout the world, and will em- body them-in his coming annual report, and will request that favorable action be taken as soon as possible. It is thought most of the details will be copied from the Canadian system, though there are a num- — of others which are considered excel- lent. New Superintendent. Warner Stutler, the new superintendent of street and alley cleaning, was born in Doddridge county, West Virginia, thirty- nine years ago. He was educated in the public schools about his home and later took a course in Goodman's Business Col- lege of Knoxville, Tenn. He came to Washington in 1889, and first served the general government as clerk in the pension office. When the work gave out he was appointed to an humble posi- tion in the street cleaning service, and graduelly, by his own perseverence and close attention to duty, rose to the posi- tions of inspector, chief clerk and finally superintendent. He is a strong advocate of hand sweep- ing, and promises by his long connection with the office to give the city a good, in- telligent administration. a ee DEBS IN FIGHTING HUMOR. ST. LOUIS, September 2.—Eugene V. Debs spoke for one hour last night to 500 people assembled at National Hall, under the auspices of the social democracy. He said: “The Supreme Court of the United States is a breeder of revolution and a few more injunctions will see all of us walking side by side and fighting for the cause of humanity. I am anxious; I am ready. The time ts ripe, and it is coming surely.’ ‘The speaker then lauded the anarchists who were hanged at Chicago, and said that some day his wife may mourn his loss as did the widows of those four men. “They are-martyrs, and the time will come when the world will pay tribute to their names and memories,” he added. Mr. Debs then launched into an attack upon capital and capitalists, and asserted that it was his purpose to dispossess them of the property amassed at the expense of labor. —_—_—__-e+____ CONSIDERING COAST DEFENSES. Dourd of Army Officers in Session at the War Department. A board of officers is now in session at the War Department considering the ques- tion of the coast defenses, with special reference to their garrisons. The board is composed of Col. John I. Rodgers, Sth Ar- tillery; Lieut. Col. H. C. Hasbrouck, 4th Artillery, and Capt. C. P. Miller of the quartermaster’s department. Col. Rodgers is in command of Fort Hamilton, New York, ard Col. Hasbrouck is on duty at Fort Mcnroe. Under its instructions, the board will ecmpile a schsuule of the various batteries at each port, and point out the number and position of the troops required for them, either as caretakers or as gunnezs. It will also indicate what additional sites for batteries should be procured, as well as the needs of new or enlarged barracks. Questions relating to drainage, water sup- ply, wharves and communication by wa- ter between detached batteries will also be considered. One of the most important questions to be considered by the board, however, is in relation to the redistribu- tion of the present artillery force in con- nection with the new system of coast de- fenses, and what increase, if any, is made necessary by their establishment. The re- port of the board will undoubtedly be made the basis of representations to Congress in the forthcoming annual report of the Secretary of War for an increase of the artillery arm of the army sufficient to meet the new condition of things due to the recent establishment of modern de> fenses supplied with heavy guns and mor- tars. In eddition to the trained gunners needed to operate these guns, it will be necessary to provide a force of caretakers to look after the batteries in times of peace to see that they do not deteriorate. —- e —__-___- ARMY AND NAVY NEWS. ——.__ DULUTH IS BANKRUPT. One-Third of Police Force Discharg- ed for Want of Salary. DULUTH, Minn., September 2.—The city funds are practically exhausted, and the city employes will probably not be paid off for many pay days to come. This embar- rassment is attributed to a law passed at the last legislature allowing taxpayers to June of next year in which to pay their 1s¥7 taxes. The heads of one-third of the police force were severed today, and five engine houses of the fire department will be boarded up, and all park and other public improvements have been stopped. —$—__ KILLED IN A RUNAWAY ACCIDENT. Eccentric Bachelor of San Francisco Loses His Life. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 2.— Henry Windell, an eccentric money lender and furniture broker, whose life for the past many years has been one long chapter of trouble with pretty women, was last evening thrown from his buggy and in- stantly killed. Windell lived all alone at 4 Burritt place, in a house jealously protected from intrusion by a trellis fence and barb- ed wire. He was a bachelor, over sixty years of age and reputed to be very wealthy. Windell went out for a drive yesterday with a young lady, Miss Constance Kohl, a musician living at 1812 Bush street, who claims to be an adopted daughter of the deceased. When opposite the alms house, the horse ran away and the occupants were thrown out, Windell being instantly killed. SSS ive ag SOCIAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION. Orders, Leaves, Transfers—Movements of the Vessels. Chief Engineer A. V. Zane has been or- dered to temporary duty at the Washing- ton navy yard; Ensign P. Babin, from the San Francisco to the Raleigh; Ensign V. D. MacDougall, from the Raleigh to the San Francisco; Mate Chris. J. Cooper to the Constellation. The cruiser Raleigh arrived at Naples yesterday. The training ship Alliance is at Queenstown and the Bancroft is at Samos. The Helena has left Pensacola for Key West. First Lieuts. John Pope, jr., and Arthur Murray, Ist Artillery, have been ordered to Fort Monroe for examination for promo- lon. ‘ Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Capt. J. M. K. Davis, Ist Artillery, for forty days; Lieut. B. A. Poore, 6th In- fantry, for two months; Maj. J. M. Ingalls, 1st Artillery, from September 16 to October 1; Lieut. Chas. Miller, 16th Infantry, for two months; Capt. Wm. A. Nichols, 23d Infantry, one morth’s extension. ‘The following transfers have been made: Second Lieut. Joseph L. Donovan, from the 1%th Infantry to the 2ist Infantry, Com- pany D; Second Lieut, Charlies D. from” the 2ist Infantry to the 17th In- Interesting Papers Read at Fourth Day’s Meeting. SARATOGA, N. Y., September 2.—This was the fourth day of the convention of the American Social Science Association. In the department of jurisprudence opening remarks were made by Professor Francis Wayland of Yale Law School. Papers were read by Professor T. S. Woolsey of New Haven, Conn., on “Our Foreign Policy and Its Relation to Domestic Problems;” by F. J. Stimson of Boston on “The Atti- tude of Courts Toward Labor Questions and the Bearing of Our Constitution Upon Legislation, by W. M. F. Round of New York on “How Far We May Abolish Prisons.” A discussion of these papers followed. the a the 25th sey Cae ———. Ord, mm. Com} ‘ompany F; Capt. George ‘Andrews, from Company F to Com- pany K. ——_—_—__+-2+—_____ Counterfeiting Gold Coin. Special Agent Barker of the secret serv- an | g j Bi ! ae, | CIVIL SERVICE LAW Power of Removal From Office to Be Tested in SUIT IN EQUITY FILED BY J. G. WOODS The Postmaster General Made De- fendant in the Proceedings. TEMPORARY ORDER ISSUED A suit, raising the very important ques- tion of whether the amendments to the civil service rules, limiting the power of removal, made by ex-President Cleveland and by President McKinley, are within and authcrized by the civil service act, was filed ere today by Attorney H. N Low, on behalf of John G. Woods cf Louis- ville, Ky. The sult is a proceeding in equity, Mr. Woods praying that the Post- master General and First Assistant Post- master General Perry S$. Heath, the de- fendants in the case, be enjoined from in- terfering w'th or in any wise preventing him (Woods) from exercising and perform- ing the duties of nis o} that of superin- tendent of mails for the Unitcd States at ard in the post office at Louisville, Ky. Mix Complaint In petitioning for the injunction, Mr. Woods states that in June, 18%, he was appointed svperintendent of mails at and ia the post office established and maintained in Louisville, Ky.; that he duly quaiified and accepted the said appointment and of- fice, and entered upon the discharge of the duties thereof; that he has ever since con- tinued to hold said office and to perform and discharge the duties thereof, and he is still in possession of said office, and still performs and discharges the duties thereof, said office being worth to him, he explains, more than $2,500, exclusive of interest and ecets, the amount in controversy herein be- ing greater than the said sum of $2,500, ex- clusive of interest and Order for Diaminsal. Without right in law, further states Mr. Woods, and coatrary to law, without hav- ing made against him any complaints or charges of whatsoever kind, without gtv- ing him any notice thereof, without giving him an opportunity to be heard in relation thereto, the defendants have made and en- tered an order removing him from his of- fice and position of superintendent of mails aforesaid, and have also made an order promoting and appointing to the said office and position of superintendent of mails aforesaid one Lewis O'Donnell. Both of said orders, explains Mr. Woods, by the terms thereof, are to take effect on and with the Ist day of Séptember, 187, and both of said orders were made without his censent and against his protest, all of which he has decfined and still declines to abide by and accept. Mr. Woods says that all of such acts and doings of the defendants are contrary to equity and good conscience, and tend to his man! wrong, injury and oppression in the premises. In consideration where- of, and forasmuch as he is remediless in the premises, at and by the strict rules of the common law, and can only have relief in @ court of equity, where matters of this nature are properly cognizable and reliev- able, he prays that the said defendants may, if they can, show why he should not have the relief hereby prayed, and that the defendants may answer the premises, but not upon oath or affirmation, the bene- fit whereof is expressly waived by him, Wants Perpetual Injunction. He further prays that the said defend- ants, their clerks, agents, attorneys, serv- ants, workmen and all other employes, subordinates and officers connected with the department of which said defendants are officers, may be both temporarily and perpetually enjoined and restrained from further carrying out both of the orders aforesaid, and that the saf@d defendants may be compelled to revoke and rescind said orders, and to desist from further in- terfering with him in the discharge and performance of his duties as superintend- ent of mails aforesaid. The petition was presented to Judge Cox in Equity Court No. 1, by Mr. Low. Temporary Order Inssucd. After reading it to the court, the peti- tioner secured the following order: . “On hearing the application of John G. Woods? the complainant herein, for a tem- porary restraining order against the de- fendants, it is this second day of Septem- ber, 1897, adjudged, ordered and decreed that the said James A. Gary, Postmaster General of the United States, and Perry 8. Heath, first assistant postmaster general of the United States, and their subordinates and clerks, be and are hereby restrained from removing, dismissing, causing to be dismissed, making any attempt to procure the dismissal of or in any manner changing the official rank or compensation of, or interfering with, in the discharge of the duties of superintendent of mails at Louis- ville, Ky., the said John G. Woods until further order, to be made, if at all, after a hearing, which is fixed for Saturday, the 4th day of September, 1897."" aon SEVERE GALE IN ENGLAND. Much Damage to Crops and Shipping Greatly Delayed. LONDON, September 2—The thunder- storms and heavy rains which have pre- vailed all the week throughout Great Brit- ain and the continent culminated last even- ing in a severe gale which did much dam- age to trees and crops, resulting in numer- «us shipping casualties to the English channel and flooded many parts of the Thames valley. The royal yacht Osborne, having on board the Princess Victoria and Princess Charles of Denmark, who intended to start for Denmark yesterday, is weather bound at Sheerness. Many vessels have sought shelter from the storm in the waters of the Solent, and the sailing for Halifax of the British bat- tleship Renown, which is to become the flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, has been delayed by the severity of the weather. ————_ _— INJURED AT A FIRE. Four Nashville Citizens Hart by an Explosion. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 2.—Diehl & Lord’s wholesale beer, cider and soda works, corner of Church and Front streets, owned by Adam Diehl, were | i by fire last night. estimated at $30,000, The building was Hy sf Fs i i + Es § i L i i 5 g A i | ‘i t £ | i i i i x