Evening Star Newspaper, September 10, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STaR. Sehees TE PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Gor. llth 8t., by Meee Ravens Pert Few York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the < carriers, on thelr own account. at 10 ecnis per week, or 44 cents per montt. ies at the ¢cunter 2 cents each. Ey mall—answhere in the United States or Conada—postage prepaid—50 ccats per mont Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as seccnd-class mail matter.) All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Foe g Star. 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. No. 13,893. MAY RETURN MONDAY STOCK BROKERS’ FAILURE Believed That the President Will Be Back Next Week. REPAIRS 70 THE WHITE HOUSE Painting, Kalsomining and Strength- ening the Floors. NEW ELECTRIC ELEVATOR Although nothing has been received from the President cn that point, it is generally believed at the White House and at other executive departments that he will return to this city early next week, and most probably Monday. In that event the reg- ular semi-weekly meetings of the cabinet will be resumed next Tuesday. Major Pru- den, assistant secretary to the President, has returned from his summer vacation and has resumed his duties at the White Honse. He said today that he did not know when the President would be back, but he would not be surprised to see him some day next week. The business affairs of the executive are in excellent shape and erything is in complete readiness for the President's return. The repairs to the White House, which have been in progress during the summer, have been completed, and the mansion is now ready for the occupancy of the Pres- ident and Mrs. McKinley. During the past month the hydraulic machinery for the private elevator was taken out and an electric moter apparatus substi- tuted. Col. Bingham, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, who perscnally superintended the work, says that much space has been gain- ed in the basement by the change. The new apparatus includes all the latest de- vices known to modern elevator science. It requires a little time forthe new ma- chinery to work with perfect certainty and smoothness, he says, but this may be rem- edied. In the course of the installation an acci- dent occurred, which caused the safety catches of the elevator to work promptly, and thereby demonstrated their efficiency, the more satisfactorily because the experi- ment was unpremeditated. The work of installation involved the remodeling of all framing, which, it is reported, has been made amply strong and safe. The eleva- tor now has a counterweight which over- balances it when empty by about 375 pounds, and which can be increased or di- minished at pleasure. In the new arrange- ment the door of the shaft cannot be open- ed except when the elevator is at the cor- responding floor, which Col. Bingham re- gards as an additional measure of security. The work of strengthening and leveling the floor in the east end office corridor, Over the east room, has been satisfactorily completed. Painting, whitewashing and kalsomining were done wherever necessary and the entire mansion received its usual summer overhauling and cleaning. At the President's stables new floors have been laid in all the stalls on an improved Plan. The size and comfort of the stalls have been increased by the removal of the old mangers and the substitution of side harracks and feed boxes. An improved method of draining the stall has been in- troduced. The changes and repairs are ex- pected to make the stables warmer in win- ter and cooler in summer. Colonel Bing- ham says they have been kept down to the lowest possible limit and were absolutely necessary for the health and safety of the animals. —————_- e +______ CONFERRING WITH THE PRESIDENT Attorney General McKenna Has Gone to Somerset, Pa. Attorney General McKenna is in Somer- set, Pa., conferring with President McKin- ley on important matters. The visit is exciting considerable interest. Many of the gossips have jumped to the conclusion that the Attorney General has gone to Somerset to consult with the President in regard to the disputed paragraph of the tariff law—section 22—upon which the former has be2n ut work preparing an opinion for some tims. Mr. McKenna sev- eral days ago emphatically denied to a Star reporter that he had any idea of consulting with the President on this sub- ject or of submitting his opinion. Otker gossipers believe that there are a number of appointments in the different states pressing and that the Attorney Gen- eral is conferring on this subject. The district attorneyship for the western dis- trict of Pennsylvania is one of these. Ex- Representative Heiner of Armstrong county is the Quay candidate, and it is surprising that he has not yet been ap- pointed. The term of the democratic in- cumbent expired some time ago. Pennsyl- vania people know of no reason for the delay in the appointment of Mr. Heiner, and have been writing to the Attorney Gen- eral on the subject. An Important subject with the adminis- tration right now, and one more likely re- quiring a conference of those most inter- ested than any other, is that of the sale of the Union Pacific road. The information placed before the Attorney General by. the subcommittee of the Senate committee on Pacific railroads is said to have been im- portant. Mr. McKe2nna’s departure so soon after receiving this information is significant. The President has long had this subject under consideraticn, and is himself interested in wanting to know what is best to do at this time. - It is thought the President will remain away from Washington until the present heated term is over. He was expected to- morrow, but with the mercury playing pranks around the White House the Presi- dent will conclude that he ean afford to stay away a few days longer. Captain Shoemaker of the revenue cutter service has returned from Philadelphia, where he made an inspection of the McCul- Icch, the new cutter fitting out there for maker pronounces the McCulloch the finest of its kind im the country, and says she can’t be surpassed. She is better armed and equipped than any cutter. She wiil probably be brought to Washington before she sails. —_-e._____. Treasury Promotions. The following promotions have been made im the appointment division of the Treasury Department: Miss C. C. Millward, from $900 to $1,000; Miss J. A. Judson, from $1,000 to $1,200; Miss M. E. Campbell, from $660 to $900. A number of changes in the treas- ury—promotions, reductions and dismis- sals—will be announced tomorrow. ————-2+-______ Honest About Seventy-Five Cents. A man whose conscience worries him to the extent of 75 cents has made a contri- bution to the conscience fund of the treas- ury. He lives in Oklahoma, and in a com- reunication to the United States treasurer he incloses 75 cents, stating that it is for two loads of wood taken from a United timber reservation. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. brigadier general, Unjted es army, “for AFTER LONG SERVICE Adjutant General Ruggles Gives Op gallant and meritori¢ns. 8 during the campaign terminatii 5 the surrender. of the insurgent Army $i Northern Virginia,” and the brevet. of biigadier general of United States Volunteers “for gallant and meritorious ‘services during the operations No New Developments in the Silsby Affair, resulting in the fall oe Richmond, Va., and ; the surrender ofthe insurgent army, under Active Duty. General Robert E- T-es.7 Upon the ‘dls- it of ytomac he Startling Charges in the Willard —<. bandment meats. e accompanied le to Philadel- phia for duty as adjutant general of the division of the Atlantic, and from that time tll the date of his appointment as adju- tant general of November 6, 1893,_he served at different times as adju- tant g vision of the At- lantic, of the division of the Pacific, of the departments of the lakes, of the east, of the Platte, of Daketa, of Texas and of California. Fighting “Indians. The twelve years and am quarter spent by him in the departments of the Platte and Dakota were years of constant In- dian war, in which the Hives of many gal- lant officers“and soldiers were sacrificed in completing the gonstruction of trans-con- tinental. railways. and protecting the ad- vance of civilization: Passing successively trom second lieuten- ant through all the intermediate grades, he reached that of bfigadier general by his appointment as adjutant general on the 6th of November, His total service covers a period of more than forty-six years—four years eadet:at the Mili- tary Academy, afid.over forty-two years as a commissioned icer in the army. Of this service over twenty-three years were passed west of the Mississippi river. 2: 2s ——__-e. TAKING CARE OF THE PARKS. Collapse—The Losers in This City. - RETIREMENT TO DATE FROM TOMORROW Has Gone With Secretary Alger to See the President. The announcement by Silsby & Company yesterday of the firm’s financial embar- rassment, which affected quite a large num- ber of local speculators in stocks and grains, and the positive faflure of J. R. Willard & Company of New York, who carried on a branch office here at 1343 F street, had the effect of closing up nearly all the other bucket shops in Washington, and toddy McKeldin & Company, on F street near 7th, and J. H. Crane & Com- pany, the new firm occupying the offices in the Corcoran building until recently used by P. J. Hodgins & Company, were about the only ones transacting business. Silsby & Company continue to take orders on the daily settlement of accounts basis, which they inaugurated yesterday immediately after the announcement was made that there would be no delay in the settlement of former accounts. The market was strong in every stock, and grain and pro- visions were also strong. There was little speculation. At Silsby & Company's it was not known when Mr. George W. Silsby, the actual proprietor, would return from New York, and neither was it possible to ascertain when the checks that the firm had announced would be given in payment of old accounts yesterday would he Issued. Everything, apparently, seemed to depend upon the result of Mr. Silsby’s visit to New York. There was a continued hopeful feeling apparent among the regular customers of the firm, who expressed much confidence that Mr. Silsby would manage to make af- fairs come out straight. But others who are not regular patrons of the place, and who had money in the hands of the firm before payments were suspended, did not Kike the arrangement proposed in the notice pested in the office yesterday, nor tne declaration of Mr. Klausman, the manager of the office at present, published in The Star yesterday, that the liabilities of the ecncern were only a minor consideration. The transfer of the furniture contained in the office by Mr. Silsby to Mr. Klausman on a bill of sale of $200 is understood to have been made for the purpose of preventing GENERAL BRECK TO SUCCEED Secretary Alger has gone to Somerset, Pa., to see the President with regard to filling the vacancy in the office of ad- jutant general of the army, caused by the retirement of the incumbent, Gen. George D. Ruggles, tomorrow at noon. Gen. Ruggles virtually closed his active career in the army yesterday, as he is absent today, having accompanied the Sec- retary to Somerset. His retirement is due Improvements inj, Progress or Just jleted. Preparations have been made for the fall propagation of stqck plants for the parks and reservations, according to Colonel Bing- ham's report for August. In the improved parks and park places, lawns were mown, grassed margins of roadg and walks edged and trimmed, asphalt walks end brick side- walks swept, flower beds trimmed and watered, trees and shrubs spaded and wat- ered, and gutters and catch basins fréed from. deposits and sand, etc. Unsightly and worthless trees, whigh had bagy broken by windstorms, of which were dead or dying’ ‘from age, ‘or “overcrowding, and shrubs Which had outgrown their orna- mental character, were removed from the parks. The @ravel rogaway in Judiciary Square is to be-gaved ‘with asphalt. A small watch box which had been removed from the Executive yn grounds, has Gen. Geo. D. Ruggles. to his having reached the age of sixty- four years, which is the limit for service on the active list. Gen. Semuel Breck, the officer next in been placed in Seat The asphalt an attachment ceameene cress oe line of promotion, who is now on duty at | roadway in the Seal ee from & Co., and was not taken as ai di y t- | 12th street to the mn, is re- of an early settlement of accounts by the hes pierce cs ase cae ae been! bane {| pairea by contract, the roadway parties in question. It could not be ascer-|¢€d to succeed Gen. Ruggles as adjutant | DEIP® °¥ cones eum building. tained what part or rather what percentage | general, and his commission will probably | New asphalt walks are tobe laid in Stan- of the amount of the checks which are promised to be given in settlement of the old accounts may be used in the payment of remargins on new accounts. It was said that many of those who have unpaid accounts have not got the cash necessary to open a new account, and that conse- quently the checks, if given to them at once, with the understanding that they were to be cashed by putting up remargins on deals, would be virtually useless unless the holders could get enough ready money to open new acounts. It is said that the firm whose failure Is alleged to have caused the embarrassment of Silsby & Co. was the firm of E. B. Cuthbert & Co., that recently failed in New York. A well known Washington man, who has been speculating for a number of years with both good and bad luck and who managed to get on the right side of the market about three months ago, has about $16,000 in his favor at Silsby & Company's. He is probably the highest creditor, but there are many other substantial sums due to other patrons of the firm. The Willard Fai The developments in the case of the fail- ure of J. R. Willard & Co. since its an- rcuncement yesterday have been little short of startling. It turns out that J. R. Willard had entered into an agreement with the Dwigginses to allow the use of his name in the title of the firm for a period of two years. This contract expired on September 7 last, and on that day Mr. Willard formally informed the secretary of the consolidated exchange of New York that the firm of J. R. Willard & Co. no longer existed. The announcement of the failure followed immediately upon this. Willard is in Chicago and the Dwiggins Brothers are abroad. One of the heaviest creditors of the defunct firm is William H. Osterhout of Ridge, Pa., who figures his loss at $500,000. He deposited 4,000 shares United States Leather stock pre- ferred with the firm, and later he says that Ezra Dwiggins admitted that he had hypothecated it. Osterhout says when he threatened to bring suit against the firm for misuse of private property that Dwig- gins told him that he had better look out or he wouldn't get any of it. It was pub- lely asserted in New York yesterday and last night that the Dwiggins Brothers had sent a large amount of money comprising the visible assets of the firm away from New York city, some reports stating that it was taken to Europe, while others were to the effect that it had been taken to New Jersey. It was said on the streets of Wash- ington today that the heaviest loser in Washington by the failure of the firm was “Plunger” White, who is said to be in- volved to the extent of about $3,500. see Se CONCERN OVER THE LEGISLATURE. be signed by the President today and be brought back to Washington by Secretary Alger tonight. The appointment will be announced on the retirement ef Gen. Rug- gles tomorrow. ton Park. Srall ti removed from all crowding; branches Walks and otherwise itructing the view. cently 150 grant s, taken from the stock of old grgnite ‘on the storage grounds, have been ‘tub and squared and méPked with the letters “U. 8.” on their top surface. It is; ipten to use these stones in#fiMgking : 1. unimproved triangulat reservati in Yarious parts of the Disttfct té.show-that tiey are the prop- erty of the, United es. The stulpigr for the Strian ‘statue of Generaf Sherfian haw eed the erec- tion of a temporary “wi bulldthg for a studio in the nartheast ‘corner of.the reser- vation south, of ‘the y’ Department building, undé¢r autho: of a joint resolu- tion of Con; Gs The shed removed, fro {he rear of the President's Btabjes has ‘Srected over a pile of potting-eoll on the hew compost and storage gretinds, The road entrance to the grounds has .been built up. with ashes, the fence alang the line of B«#treet repaired, and gates have been erected at the en- trance, 5 és There were 12,071 visitors to the top of the Washington monument during the month of August, of which number 9:887 made the ascent in the elevator and 2,234 by the stairway, making a total of 1,431,- 061 persons who bave visited the top since the shaft was opened to the public, Octo- and shrubs are being ‘ks, to prevent verhangi the Gen. Ruggles’ Record. Gen. Ruggles was born at Newburg, N. ¥., September 11, 1833. Having removed to Poughkeepsie, N. ¥., he was appointed to the Military Academy in 1851, and was graduated in 1855. From that time till the ecmmencement of the civil war he served west of the Mississippi river in Minnesota, Kansus, Nebraska and Dakota, among the Ckippewa and Sioux Indians, and at Jef- ferscn barracks and St. Louis in the state of Missouri. On the 10th of September, 1857, he was appointed adjutant of his regi- ment, and continued in this office until his Promotion in 1861 to the position of assist- ant adjutant general. He has thus been for forty years and one day continuously an adjutant. Called with his regiment from Fort Kearney on the plains for ser- vice in the east, at the time of the attuck upon Fort Sumter, the command passed through Kansas and Missouri, border states in excitement, ard was fitially as- sigred to Gen. Patterson’s army in Penn- sylvania and northern Virginia. In that command he served as acting adjutant gen- eral of brigade. From Patterson's army the regiment was called by Gen. Scott’s order to the defense of Washington. Ten days after arrival in’ this city he was commissioned as assistant adjutant general. The day after the battle of Bull Run he was placed in charge of the or- ganization of volunteer troops. There was little precedent of law or regulation and little of record at this time touching United States volunteers. The officer in charge had often to improvise and to invent as he preceeded. The appropriations for the army provided for support of soldiers only frcm date of enlistment and for no single expense prior thereto. -The quartermas- ter’s department and subsistence depart- ment could not pay for necessary expense in advance of muster in. The several states did this as long as their funds held out. When their money hecame exhausted it seemed that volunteering must be at a standstill. Drilling Volunteers. At this juncture Gen. Ruggles, then Capt. Ruggles, succeeded in obtaining from Con- gress an appropriation of $20,000,000 for collecting, organizing and drilling volun- teers. With this money volunteer camps and barracks were established: at all im- portant points in the loyal states; office rooms and clerical service were provided, and transportation, subsistence and cloth- ing were supplied and paid for from the moment that the soldier signed his consent to enlist, and before he had reached the mustering officer to complete his enlist- ment. The volunteer bureau being success- fully organized, a year after its inception he was assigned as chief of staff and adju- tant general of the army of Virginia, with the rank of colonel. The campaign was a short and active one, and during its con- tinuance he was engaged in the actions of Cedar (or Slaughte: Mountain, 9, 1862; the two days’ fight on the Rappa- hannock, August 22 and 23, 1862; the bat- tle of Waterloo bridge, August 23, 1862; the battle of Gainesville, August 29, 1862, and the battle of Groveton, August 30, 1862, these two last commonly known as the second Bull Run, and the battle of Chantilly, September 1, 1862. Im the Maryland Campnign. From the Army of Virginia he was trans- ferred as assistant chief of staff for Gen. McClellan to the Army of the Potomac, and served therewith throughout the Maryland campaign. In this campaign he re. ber 9, 1888. ee PLEASED AND. INSTRUCTED. Assistant Secretary floosevelt on His Experience ou Shipboard. Assistant #écretary, Roosevelt has re- turned to tho city from a_visit to the North Atlantie squadron at the southern drill grounds abgut ‘thirty miles off the Virginia capes. 4 Star reporter saw him at the Navy Department today. He was exceedingly busy.’ with naval affairs, but ‘found time to make & few remarks nbout his trip. = “I was more than pleased,” he said, “with the trip. I wanted to see personally how various schemes. zeally worked in practice. For ingtance, I wished to see how hydraulic steam and electric turrets worked ‘when the guns were being used under service conditions. I wanted to see how the short rofl of the monttor affected the gun practice! ps \compared with the longer roll of. the |sea-going battle ships. I wanted to find out exactly how fast the guns could be fired as well as how ac- curately. I wished to see the methods of signaling by day and night, and to test tke practice with search lights and rapid fire guns at a drffting target at night, so as to see what could be done in case of a torpedo boat attsck. I don’t know when I've spent. a pleasanter three days or when I gained so mgch information in so sbort a time. I sh @ full report to the Secretary.* 's all. Good-day.” Representative McDonald Discusses Republican Prospects in Maryland. Representative John McDonald of the sixth district, and Representative William S. Booze of the third district, in Maryland, were in the city today for a few hours. Representative McDonald, in conversation with a Star reporter this afternoon, said the outlook was very favorable for the re- publicans at this time. “A great deal will depend, however,” he said, “upon the convention which is to be beld in Baltimore tomorrow, and upon the selection of the men who are to go upon the legislative ticket. The action of the convention will have important bearing up- on future events in republican polities fn Maryland. “If we get a good legislative ticket,” con- tinued Captain McDonald, “we will carry the state by 30,000 majority. There is no qvestion at all about the election of Mr. NOT REPORTED BY CAPT ABBOTT. Nothing Kuown Officially of Lieut. Sobran’s, Reg Spying ‘Visit. Nothing ‘is. known: at thé War Depart- ment concerning the yeported visit of Lieut. Sobran of the Spanish legation to the gov- bor. General Wilaon, ¢hief of engineers, makes a 3; lof the report that Capt. F. V. Abbott, emgineer officer of ACOLLISION AVERTED |0!StRICT Home RULE Law Secretary Bliss and Commissioner Evans Reach an Agreement. EFFICIENCY RECORD IN PENSION OFFICE It Will Rule in Making Future Promotions. REDUCED CLERKS COMPLAIN The employes of the Department of the Interior, and especially those of the bu- reau of pensions, are much worked up over a struggle that has been going on for several weeks between Secretary Bliss and Commissioner Evans. It has all been over the question of making changes in the offi- cial force of the pension office. It has not been accompanied by any stormy meeting between the Secretary and the commis- sioner. On the other hand, they have come together with the utmost show of good feeling and conciliation, but they have had different views about the way the civil service law should apply to the official force of the pension office, and they each have been persistent in the enforce- ment of his views. Commissioner Evans has insisted upon a reorganization of his office and upon deal- ing with its employes as he would in any great establishment where the object would be to accomplish the best results in turning out the work at hand. Secretary Bliss has feared that the commissioner was making too many changes. That caused the clash of authority, but a peace- ful way out has been devised and will be followed in the near future. When Commissioner Evans was appoint- ed he was given to understand that he would be unhampered in his work. As soon as he took the cath of office he ap- pointed as chiefs men who he believed would help him in his work and he gave them instructions to proceed with a plan of reorganization. ‘This plan was to right wrongs that hed been done capable re- publicans in the last administration, to put men in places where the government would profit most by their work and to push the adjudication of pension claims, especially original claims. Not many men were drop} but over 400 changes in rat- ing were r - This meant the reduction of 200 clerks and the promotion of an equal number. ‘The clerks who suffered. from this stirring-up began to kick. They appealed to Secretary Bliss, and the ladies who were reduced were especially persistent in making their appeals. The Secretary was besieged. The Secretary's friends reminded kim that he had been a member of the Civil Service Reform League since its beginning. They wanted an explaration. Secretary Bigs then issued an order that no changes sh be made in the pensior office -until he had seen reasons for each tedividuat change... Then he received #n- other batch of changes, accompanied by the reasons in documentary form, It wocld Have taken him a month to ge over them all and to pags judgment. About ten days ago Commissioner Evans was taken ill, and the whole matter was allowed to rest for the time. Commissioner Evans returned yesterday afternoon to his office for a short time and is now on duty as usval, and the case is again to th: front. - . Secretary Bliss ‘today set machinery to work to accomplish what he wants and what, it is believed, will allow Mr. Evans an opportunity to push things along in his bureau to his own satisfaction. The plan is to establish a system of making promo- tions throughout the Department of the Interior by the keeping of efficiency rec- ords. This system is now in force in the Post Office Department, and wag originally devised by the civil service commission. It will be revised to suit special conditions in the Department of the Interior, and it is thought it can be put in full operation within two or three months. It will leave the commissioner free to make reductions, but will regulate promotions. It is believed it will result in a peaceable settlement of the trouble between the Secretary and the commissioner of pensions by satisfs.ng the civil service principles of the former and allowing the latter to place the best clerks in the most important places. —-e.+____ PLENTY OF GOLD. The Yellow Coin Poured Into the Government's Coffers. The healthy condition of affairs in this country and the complete restoration cf confidence is illustrated by a hint conveyed to the subtreasurer at New York by Treas- urer Roberts. This intimation was that the government is not seeking additions to the gold reserve, which today stands at $145,091,435, with little probability of a material decrease. On the other hand, the indications point to a further accumula- ticn in the fact of instructions that the government is not seeking additions. It has been many years since any such in- structions were issued. On the other hand, up to a few months ago, there was a constant scramble for gold. me Treasury officials say today that if the situation keeps up, with the prospect that the tariff will soon begin to furnish suffi- cient revenues to meet all expenses, the government may have to in paying out gold to prevent exhaustion of the available Paper currency. The available paper currency today stands at $71,157,763, many millions in ex- cess of the limit which it ought to reach before gold is paid out. The movement of currency hae n strong, notes of small denominations. In July, 1: the treasury began paying out the gold reserve, which was then small. Owing to a deficit in revenue the currency reserve had reached the small amount of gold reserve was then $95,000,000. Early in the succeeding year the first bond sale DRUGS BADLY NEEDED Biloxi Suffers From Want of Medi- cine for Fever Patients. NEW CASES AT OCEAN SPRINGS Great Demand for Skilled Nurses at Latter Place. SITUATION IN NEW ORLEANS Provision Discovered Which May Invalidate Appointment of Sealer Haskell. Treasury Officials Declare Non-Resi- dent is Barred Under a Maryland Statate Valid Here, The power of the Commissioners to ap- Pcint to the office of sealer of weights and measures a non-resident has been raised by the Treasury Department, and it may be, after all, that Gen. Haskell, the admin- istration’s appointee, will not be permitted to assume the duties of his office, without regard to his desire in the matter. It was the first legislative assembly of the District that created the offices of the city government and regulated by legal enactment the appointments thereto. Un- der date of August 21, 1871, the several of- fices were created, including that of the sealer of weights~and measures. Section 3 of that act regulates the appointment of the sealer in the following language: “And be it further enacted, That no per- son shall be appointed to perform the duties of any of the offices herein created, ee ig Siete ~ and shall have su! - trict of Columbia.” : eee The Organie Act. Then comes the organic act, which puts in force all laws then existing not incon- sistent with the act. So that even now the laws of the legislative assembly are in ferce. . Coming to the recent law of Congress, which has for its object the regulation of the office, it is pointed out by the treasury officials that this law docs not repeal the NEW ORLEANS, September 10.—Dis- Patches from Biloxi this morning say that the trouble that is becoming unbearable is the fact that drug stores are running out of medicines and no freights have been re- ceived, although crdered in ample time. President Lemon of the Biloxi board has wired President Oliphant, urging him, in behalf of humanity, to see that requests for drugs be promptly attended to. The Biloxi board of health this morning issued a notice to all physicians that they must report within twenty-four hours, to that body, all infectious, contagious and suspicious cases met with in their practice, under a penalty of $100 fine. There were otherwise no serious developments a? Biloxi®this morning and all prevailing cases of fever were reported to be con- valescent. New Case at Ocean Springs. Ocean Springs reports ene new case and ene suspicious case this morning, but no deaths have occurred sinc that of the act of the legis sembly above re- CeaSeOIEGS eae er Biove 36" sn Rayaseas kipetel peat. - Ab According to this ruling, which is be-| Urgent request, however, has been for- Meved to be correct, the Commissioners warded to New violated the law when they appointed the nurses, A corps of at least five trained former sealer, who was a resident of Mary-| nurses is absolutely needed, because it ia land. That part of the act which refer-| said that many of the sick at Ocean Springs red to the applicant having exercised the right of suffrage as a condition precedent to his appointment, is, of course, repealed, they say, but the stipulation that he must be a resident of the District is still in force and no other has a right to hold the office. . A Home Rule Plank. If this contention is upheld, and it is be- lieved it will be, the District has a home rule plank of its own that no President may violate at his pleasure, and independ- ently of the platform upon which he was elected. And it is pointed out in this con- nection that the old law of the legislative assembly, which is regarded as a Moses, operates in all important appointments un- der the Commissioners. It will be upheld, it is said, if there is any opportunity. Every one agree it is the one big chance the poor District has to rule itself. ——.__ BRUTAL ACT OF A FATHER. are not receiving the attention which only experienced yellow fever nurses can give. New Orleans will probably find some way of meeting the request, but if it is unable to do so, the federal government will probably be appealed to. The Catholic coliege at Bay St. Louts has been closed, and nearly two hundred boys were sent to New Orleans last. night. There is no sickness at the bay, but the professors considered it wise to take time by the forelock and not run any risks. The Western Union Telegraph Company has established a telegraph line at the Rig- olets, in order to facilitate the physicians stationed there in communi: ing with the A camp of detention been estab- lished at this point, and it has now several patients. Death Due to Alcoholism. An official has just returned from the block in which the twelve suspicious cases were reported last night, and declares that none of the patients has died. A man liv- ing in the same block, John Williams, a bailiff, died tUbix morning of congestion, produced by alcoholism, and this gave rise to the early report that one of the pa- tents suffering with fever had expired. Of the twelve cases, two are considered to be very sick. Board of health officials say they are yet unabie to Say what the fever in this neighborhood i. In the meantime no precaution is overlooked to confine the disease. Ocean Springs, Miss. has issued an ap- peal for help, and any contributions of money or provisions will be thankfully re- ceived and acknowledged. There are twen- ty-eight families in distress, and the citi- zens of the stricken town have already been taxed beyond their resources, Every- thing In the way cf relief, Mayor Grayson of Ocean Springs suggests, should be sent to President R. A. Van Cleave of the board of health. Steward Thurston of the marine hospital service arrived there this morning, and im- mediately reported to Surgeon Murray. His duties will be the hiring of hands, making of contracts, purchasing supplies, medicines, etc., in connection with t de- tention camp to be established near that place. Threw a Burring Lamp at His Son, With Dire Result. CHICAGO, September 10.—Charles Say- ers, upon reaching home last night, be- came angry and upbraided his wife be- cause supper was not ready. William, the elder son, took the part of his mother, and the father struck the boy on the head with a lighted lamp. Vedalia, the twenty-year- old daughter, made a heroic attempt to save her brother from the father’s violence, and she is now dying at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, frightfully burned. Mrs. Ellen Sayers, the mother, and Burt, a fourteen-year-old son, made a brave at- tempt to rescue Vedalia from the flames, and they, too, were taken to the hospital severely ‘burned. William, the object of the father’s wrath, covered with blood and burned also, was the fourth member of the familly to be cared for at the hospital, while the father, unhurt, was locked up at the West North avenue police station. —— CANADIAN ROUTE TO THE YUKON. Dr. Dawson Claims Advantages for the Teslin Lake Tra’ VICTORIA, B. C., September 10.—Dis- cussing a proposed Canadian route to the eee Yukon, Dr. Dawson of the dominion geo-] That Yellow Fever Does Exist in logical survey says that beyond danger of Missinsippl. low water being encountered at certain] It was not officially stated until today seasons of the year there should not be any serious hindrance to navigation. This opinion is borne out by the pub- lished report of Mr. Hays of the United States geological survey. The latter gen- tleman, who went to Teslin lake from Taku inlet, has furnished some valuable and reliable data upon this point, and from his statements Dr. Dawson is strongly of the opinion that an all-Canadian route via Telegraph creek, thence to Lake Teslin and the Hootalinqua river, may be looked upon as being not only feasible, but actually preferable to any of the routes to the mines. that yellow fever does exist in the infected Gistrict in Mississippi, Surgeon General Wyman having reserved his statement un- til receiving the report from the expert, Dr. John Guiteras. This was received last night, and the surgeon general directed the following tel- egram to be sent to the state healih offi- cers of Tennessee, Texas, Arkansas and Alabama: WASHINGTON, D.C., September 9. “Information received from officers shows yellow fever in Ocean Springs, Biloxi and Scranton, Miss., and suspicious cases in New Orleans. “WYMAN, Surgeon General.” The report on which this confirmation of the rumors was based was from Dr. Gul- teras, ard was as follows: “Of three suspicious cases reported by me yesterday one confirms yellow fever by autopsy; another by subsequent course; the third case is not yellow fever. Today I have diagnosed another case of yellow fever. We have, then, two cases in a sick list of forty. There have been here a few cases of yellow fever in the midst of a widespresd epidemic of dengue.” Site for a Camp. Late last night the following telegram was received by the surgeon general: “OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss., September 9. “Have visited a point about seven miles from Ocean Springs with Carter, and think it will be suitable place for a camp. Have begun conference with the railroad author- ities for site, material, labor, switch and train. Compelled to visit Biloxi this morn- ing with Carter. We saw three cases of yellow fever. Guiteras has gone to Scran- ton in answer to a telegram regarding cemp outfit arrived at Mobile. ——>__ GIRL MYSTERIOUSLY MURDERED. Found Dying on the Street From Gunshot Wound. MIAMI, Mo., September 10.—Following the report of a pistol, Carrie, the sixteen- year-old daughter of Capt. Thomas Mat- tingly, a well-known steamboat man, was found dying in front of A. Royer’s home in this city last evening. She was taken to her home, where she died in a few mo- ments. That she was murdered there is no doubt, but for what cause cannot be surmised. —_—__ WILL INSPECT PACIFIC HARBORS. Representative Dovener and Party at Los Angeles, Cal. special train bearing the party of congress- men nd prominent citizens from many states east of the Rockies, who are making a tour of the United States, has arrived R. B. Dovener of West Virginia, R. P. Bishop of Michigan and J. H. Bankhead of Malster in Baltimore, for that is almost a foregone conclusion. We must pay more attention to the legislative ticket, however, and it is that which is causing the repub- licans the greatest concern at this time.” —_——__-o+_____ BUSHNELL DENIES A RUMOR. was engaged in the battles of South Moun- tain, September 14, 1862; Antietam, Sep- tember 17, 1862, and the skirmish at Snicker’s Gap, November 2, 1862. Shortly after the relief of Gen. McClellan he was ordered by autograph letter from. Secretary Stanton to duty in the Secre- tary’s office. Later, under the Secretary's order, he assisted in the organization of the conscription bureau, and the following year was sent on special duty by Secretary Stanton. Returning from’ this service, in Con- Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 10,—Gov. Bushnell was asked today if he would in- terpose an objection to Col. A. L. Conger’ attacks*upon Senator Hanna. Ks Said he: “No, I shall not interfere in the matter. That is a personal matter that does not concern me.” “But, Col. Conger is a member ot your governor, does it not seem te involve your administration in the attack Fe capture of Petersburg, Va., March 29 to 4 1865; the . of- aap aueith is poibe’ and the sur. | tdclosure House, April took place to replenish the gold This follo ittee on rivers a was followed by succeeding bond | Somm! Sedge soles. The gold reserve reached its lowest | Satta ear " point February 11, 1805. It was then $4.- a .181. It again went very low in Fe ruary, 1896, touching $44,503,493. 3 potoary _——_-o Personal Mention.~ — Lieut. Gustav Magnitzky, U. 8. A, re- tired is at the Hotel Vendome for a short visit, r the Terre Haute ‘Trotting Association Col. Charles J. Allen, corps of engineers, | closed today, and the list shows that all left here to day to spend a short vacation Mass. “MURRAY. The following telegram mae sent it by the surgeon general: a “WASHINGTON, September 9, 1897. “Surgeon Murray, Ocean Springs, Miss. “Establish detention camp soon as pos- sible at site selected by yourself, or by your direction. Special train of thirty-five cars, with camp cutfit, left Waycross, 10 o'clock last night. Superintendent Haines directed to wire you for point of delivery. been report to ou, both im- mune. Richardson familiar with camp out.— fit. gt ~nad leaves Washington borhood. Carter be for out- side work. Eni treasury regulations, ‘working in with estate and local suthorities. It is that cordon already established by Dr. Gant is eff WY: ‘i j if p ie