Evening Star Newspaper, September 24, 1897, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY> SEPTEMBER 24, 1897-14 PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Alarming Reports From India of Spread of Bubonic Plague. - + MORE DISASTROUS THAN THE WAR Withdrawal of Medical Officers to the Frontier a Misfortune. TILAK’S APPEAL REJECTED September 24.—The latest show that the bubonic ive, having crept un- wlet to hamlet, until a alth 1 from srea is affected. ha assert that the with- apers a the medical officers fer service with the troops on the frontier will entail consequences infinitely more disastrous than anything happening cn the frontier. r of Gungadhar Tilak, the na- f the legislative council and hoo Madow Eal, in publishing r Kezarl, has heen rejected. sentenced to eighteen months’ isonment on September 14, for natives to disaffection. —>—__ WATTERSON VERY ILL. member BISH Fell in Swoon at Banquet of Catholic KRoeights at Columbus. ‘h to The Evening Star. Ohio, . John A. Watterson, bishop of s dangerously iil. He fell into the Catholic Knights banquet ing and was carried from room. He soon recovered con- but spent a bad night, and is is morning. « cousin of Henry Watterson, the abit ay € anquet —————— GEN. TRACY WILL ACCEPT. Wri Chairman Quigg He Will nd for Mayor of New York. telegram from Gen. Bea- Tracy stating that he was will- the dispatch: “SARATOGA, Y., September 24. “To Hon. Lemuel E. Quigg, president re- publican county committee of the city } county of New Yerk, No. 1 Madi- om avenue, New York city: If in the grave crisis which now coa- friends of good government in w York it is necessary in the of the republican convention to » me for the mayoralty, I shall not ~ judgment of the convention. d) “BENJAMIN F. TRACY. PRESIDENT VISITS JOHN SLOAN. Vresidential Party Left for Pittsfield at om Today. ADAMS. Mass., September 24.—Secretary nd Mrs. Long left Adams at and went to D . where they mad Mi. Bryon W overnor during Ge 2. there lasted o: antims ady a short social on, who was ernor Long’s stay y two hours. idential party had ir trip and the Presi “Haslemore,” was at- regular train for Pittsfield john Sloan at Lenox. Mr. B. Plunkett. accompanied In the m the pre for th the w. President and Mrs. McKinley, the other members of the party, e from the house to take the train stood in a group upon the piazza and - >tographed. in was on time, and it was but a -tore they were off for Pittsfield, ure being signalized by a rous- from the crowd assembled on the ee TRAIN PLUNGES INTO A RIVER. Accident on Bangalore-My- sore Road in India. MADRAS, September 24.—Owing to the floods having washed away a bridge of the ngalore-Mysore railroad, near Maddur, » and five cars filled with passen- > precipitated into the river, caus- of life. So CROQUET SCORES. Seri Courts In Good Condition Storm. The fine weather afforded the croquet players today was taken advantage of at early hour this morning. The rain of did not hurt the courts in the so well are they made and with tle handling this morning were in prob- the best condition possible. The re- ts up to 2 oclock this afternoon were folle After the beat Harris, Veasey beat Butler, Wahly y beat Harris. divirion—Hickman beat Edmunds, in, Hall beat Hickman. ed official score will be column. —_ yele Company's Failure. RICHMOND, Ind., September 24—The Ri nd Bieyele Company is to be place is of a receiver. The liabilities 0, and estimated assets of the creditors are fully mortgages en both real and roperty. The cause of the em- is due, primarily, to alleged and to lack of harmony .—The Wash- na series of three games afternoon. Score by innings: on, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0; New York, 0, . 0. ‘Batteries, McJames and M. Sullivan and’ Zearfess. Umpire, Condition. The condition of Rev. Dr. James M. Ster- rett, the well-known Protestant Episcopal minister, and professor of psychology at fh olumbian University, who has been erit- feally fll at the home of his mother, on Corcoran street northwest, is said to be »mewhat improved this afternoon. Dr. rrett was taken ill Tuesday afternoon, 1 until a few hours ago it was feared t the result would be fatal. The pa- at is suffering with severe congesiion of sidominal muscles. He will be removed to his home at Spring Mound, near this ty, tomorrow, unless meanwhile he shall have a relapse. ——— Funeral of James Cooney. The funeral of James Cooney, a mem- ber of Lincoln Post, G. A. R., took place this morning from St. Peter’s. Catholic services as a body, the pall-bear- being selected from members of that post as follows: Col. Wm. Vinal, John Bresnahan, John Morrison, W. K. Taylor, B. PF. Chase and H. R. Markay. The in- terment was at Mt. Olivet. ——.__. Death of a Watchma: > ‘The death of Abram G. Conkling, for four years a watchman at the pension office, oc. curred Wednesday, at his residence, 103 Sireet southeast. _Mr. Conkling was ap- pointed to the place he lately occupied at the pension office from New York state. He was a member of the Union Veteran League and of Hancock Command of the Union Veteran Union. He was seventy years of age. The remains were taken to his old home, in Oneida county, N. ¥., yes- terday afternoon for interment. —__. If you want anything, try an ad. in The Star. If anybody has what you wish, you will get an answer. SOLDIERS FOR KLONDIKE Colonel Randall and Twenty-Five Men to Sail on Humboltd. They Will Establish Camps at St. Michael's and on British Colum- bian Frontier to Aid Miners. SEATTLE, Wash., September 24.--Sol- diers and civilians mingled together In a busy crowd on the dock where preparations were being made fer the sailing of the steamer Humboilt for St. Michael's, Alas- ka. Lieut. Cul. Randall, with his twenty- five'men from Fort Russell, looked fit to cope with the rigors and nardships of the winter confronting them in the Yukon. The company had an outfit of 150 tons of stores and provisions. Besides the baggage ~ the soldiers, the Humboldt carried 400 tens of steamboat macninery and provis- ions and 40,000 feet of lumber. Lieut. Col. Randall, before leaving, said: “The intention of the Ameri govern- ment is to aid miners as muc possible, and if this entire detach ponsible for the relief of one worthy American, I shall feel that the mission to the north has not been without satisZaciory results. “At St. Michael's the troops will be joined by Capt. Ray, who has been there several weeks. A part of the hmient will be sta- tioned at St. Michael's, and the rest will go up the river, being station>d near the Alaskan-British Columbia Loundary. In an interview, United States District Attorney surten E. Bennett of Alaska said: “I have been quoted as ng that the greatest hardships te be encountered by the northern argonaats would he met on White Pass, when, as a matter cf fact, it will not porbably oceur on vhe pass, be- cause they will hurry over in good weath- er. As a matter of fact, [ do not helieve that 10 per cent of those who go into the Yukon country will ever reatize their an- is ticipated fortunes. The majo will re- turn to civilization after ng spent what little money they could yet together, and with their constitutions broken.” Massachusetts Party for Klondike. CHICAGO, September welve argo- nauts from M husetts left Chicago last night en route to the Klondike. C. C. E! Wood, « British Columbia mining expert, is at the head of the gold seekers. —S KNIGHTS AS VISITORS. Supreme Lodge Delegates and Officers, K. of P. in Town. Delegates to the third annual session of the Supreme Lodge of the Improved Order Knights of Pythias, to the number of 300, are visiting Washington today. The Su- preme Lodge has been in session in Balti- more during the week, and on invitation of the District lodges, decided to spend a day in sight-seeing in the national capital. The party reached the Baltimore and Olio depot at 11:18 o'clock this morning and was wel- comed by a committee representing the local lodges, of which Jacob Brueger is chairman. Headed by a drum corps, the knights marched to the Golden Eagle Hotel, at the northwest corner of New Jersey ave: nue and B si t, where some of them’ reg- istered, while the remainder continued on 430 Sth street. Carriages in waiting. and under the guidance of 1 knights the: visitors are thie after- a seen of to Arion Hall, wer: about Washington and vicinit al knights will entertain the visi- this evening at a banquet to be held in Arion Hall. E tions to. in- sure the greatest poss ecess and en- joyment of the affair were in progress ihis afternoon. bountiful spre sed of remar! > in officers of the Supreme Lodge, as well as many of the delegates and local knights. The visitors will depart from the city on a train leaving this city at a late hour tonight SS NATIONAL CIRCUIT RACES, An Occasion . of Great Interest to Cyclists. ‘The national circuit bicycle’ races are be- ing held at the International Athletic Park this afternoon, the crack cyclists of the country and the District taking part. Coop- er, Bald, Gardiner, Mertens and Zimmer- man will make the meeting a notable one. There are sixteen events. The full list of entries appeared ia yesterday's Star. >— Pensioned, Pensions have been granted as follo District of ~olumbia—John Boom, Mathew A. Mathers, Good Hope; James R. Jones, United States Soldiers’ Home; Emma A. Thompson. Maryland—Daniel Webster, Cumberland; Stephen F. Wendell, Bradshaw; Lizzie A! Harvey, North t. Virginia—Benjamin R. Murphy, tional Scldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Levin Kneck, Mappsville; Charles Fenner, Na- ticnal Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; spe- cial, September minor of Richard Poin- er, Norfolk; Sylvia Tyler, Berkley. —_——_—__o-_____ A Life-Line Above Niagara. From the Buffal The scheme of John S. Macklem of Ni- agara Falls to stretch a light wire cable across the Niagara river just above the danger point at the falls, for the purpose of aiding people who are swep boat: cr otherwise toward the brink, id by those who have investigated the matter to be quite feasible. In order to hold the cable at an equal distance above the watér all the Mr. Macklem proposes rubber tube, about ighths of an inch in @iameter, along 2 cable, with buibs at’ inter- vals, “these bulbs and the tubes connect- ing them to be filled with ordinary illum- inating ga ch as i d in balloon as- censions. ent lights to be placed at intervals along the line so that it may be seen at night." The estimated expense is $5,000 or 3¢ Gev. Black, tc whom the proposition has been submitted, is said to think favorably of it; and Private Secretary Griffiths has written to Mr. Macklem suggesting an act of legislature, Recently in Se Paraffine Roads, From the Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. As the Pennsylvania Central road finds that spraying the embankments or between tracks with oil keeps down the dust, and renders traveling much more: comfortable, why would it not be a good plan to try the experiment of spraying country roads (properly made) with the same cheap me- dium? The great difficulty in keeping up a road results from the ,watcr soaking into its surface and making mud. If the road was properly thrown up and rolled or taken when It was dry and hard, and a film of oil or of paraftine, that would prevent the water from permeating the road, sprayed over it, ts it not quite possible’ that the problem of goed read making at small ex- bense would be solved? Exp2riment in this direction would seem to be legitimate. —+e+ Printing Office Appointments. The public printer has made the following appointments through the civil service commission: Margaret A. Ryan, Mamie L. MeNelly, Lizzie N. Kerby and Annie E. Brett, all of the District of Columbia, feed- ers in the bindery. Wm. J. Cook, an ex-soldier of Pennsyl- Vania, has been reinstated as compositor, and Chas. F. L. Franz of Maryland rein. stated under the one-year limit as book- binder. Large Families the Fashion, Berlin Letter to Chicago Record. The baby carriages in Germany are made double, with seats for two, which are gen- erally needed in all families, although the occupants are not usually of the same age. There is always a new baby ready to ride before its predecessor is ready to walk. Large families are the fashion, and the emperor has set a good example to -his People in this respect. He has recently had his photograph taken surrounded ny his seven beautiful children, and this group portrait is now for sale in all the shops of Berlin. z THE MINT TO EXPERIMENT| KNOWN “BY PICTURE | SALES MUST BE BY WEIGHT To Tost Nickel and Aluminum for Five- Cent Pieces, Results ‘of Last Trials—Object of a £ House Resolution—The Differs ent Alloys Used. The Secretary of the Treasury wiil soon order the Philadelphia mint to resume ex- periments in the use of alloys in’ the 5-cent and 1-cent pieces. This will be done under a House resolution. The test will be to de- termine whether it is advisable to substi- tute pure nickel in these coins in place of the alloys now used. The Swiss and Ltal- lan governments use pure nickel in their minor cvins, and they have proven satis- factory. Pure nickel is much harder than the alloy now used, and, it is said, would not abrade so quickly. Whether it would retain the color better must be determined, but those competent to judge are of the opinion that coins of pure nickel, after be- ing in circulation for a short period, could not be distinguished from= the present 5- cent piece. It is also thought the nickel coins would be. more difficult to counter- feit, one reason being that they are high- ly magnetic, and another that the cost to the counterfeiter would be much greater than now. The present alloy of the-5-cent piece is 25 per cent nickel and 7 per cent copper. Under the new process there would be about 94 per cent nickel in the coin. The 1-cent pieces have 95 per cent copper and 5 per cent of tin and zinc. Experjments are also to be made of aluminum. Heretofore thesé experiments have failed to produce results. The last experiments were made early thts year. Prior to that the lest experiments were in 1864. In 1863 the director of the mint called at- tention of the Treasury Department to the propriety of substituting coins manufac- tured of aluminum of the denomination of 5 and 10 cents, to take the place of the fractional notes of these denominations in circulation at that time. In 1864 a num- ber of experiments were made with an aluminum alloy containing 9 per cent of silver and 1 of aluminum, with a view of ascertaining the fitness of the same for ccins of the denomination of 5 and 10 cents. The alloy, however, did not work satisfactorily, as it was found that it not only Giscolored rapidly, but was difficult to work. An alloy of thirteen parts copper and one of aluminum was also tried, as well as an- other of nineteen parts copper and one of aluminum. ‘These ‘two alloys gave the coins a gold color, and the metal was found to be very hard and it was difficult to procure perfect impressions. At the request of the National Academy of Science, and by direction of the Secre- tary of the Treasury, a number of other experiments were made in 1864, with alum- inum, under the auspices of Dr. John Tor- rey, Prof. Bache, Prof. Henry, Dr. Barn- ard and Prof. Gibbs, members of the academy. For this purpose a bar of alloyed aluminum was furnished, which upon assay was found to contain nine parts of copper and one of aluminum. These experiments were made with a view of ascertaining the?| adaptability of aluminum alloys for coin- age purposes, also to test the tenacity of the same as compared with copper. ‘The composition was found to be very rigid under the rolls, requiring many annealings, and proved very refractory in working, so much so. that perfect impressions of the coins were not obtained. further experiments were made after this date with aluminum alloy for coinage purposes until the experimental pieces calj~| ed for by the resolution were struck. The Austrian government makes its minor coins of 97.37 per cent nickel, 1.30 cobalt, copper, .S0 iron, .14 silicum and .07 carb ‘Too much cobalt darkens the color, and an excess of iron and carbon makes the metal too brittle. —____- e+ __— HAS SAILED FOR ALASKA. Lieut. Col, Randall Departs With Detachment for St. Michael's. A telegram was received at the War De- partment today from Lieutenant Colonel Randall, at Seattle, Wash., announcing his departure on the steamer Humboldt for St. Michaer’s at 8 o'clock last night. ‘The party consists of thirty-two men, all told, includ- ing Lieutenant Colonel Randall, First Lieut. Walker and Second Lieut. Bell of the Sth J Infantry, and Assistant Surgeon Edie, with three hospital stewards from the Presidio,” San Francisco, and twenty-five private sol- diers from Fort D. A. Russell, at Chey- enne. They will establish a temporary military post at St. Michael's. All manner of suggestions, mostly more or less “cranky,” are coming to the War Department, looking to the establishment of winter ‘communication with Dawson. They include locomotives, patent sleds, ele- vated roads and everything except balloon: that will afford a means of locomotion over the snowbound Chilkoot pas: A Boston firm has come forward with an offer to deliver a large quantity of food supplies at Dawson for a lump sum. They propose to make use of a new route, name- ly, via Copper river, which lies well to the westward of Chilkoot pass, and assert that this passage is far superior in point of practicability for horses to any other. —_—__e.___ PREMATURE a BURIAL. Italian Physicians Are Considering the Matter. The subject of premature burial is just new attracting great interest in Italy, ac- cording to a report of United States Con- sul Mantius at Turin. He says that rea izing that there is at present no infallible test that may be applied to prevent the hervifying cases of persons buried alive, a number of prominent physicians and lay- re at work preparing reports on the t. hese will be made the striking feature of the medical department of the national exposition next April at Turin. Reports of a similar kind are expected trom all over the world, as prizes will be offered for the best solution of the prob- lem, and, the consul says, inestimable good to the cause will result if the people ot the United States interest themseives in it. ‘The city of Panama has contracted for a modern system of waterworks, having up | to this time relied upon rainwater cisterns and bad wells. A Belgian firm has the ecntract, which is already under way, and Consul General Vifquain at Panama, who reports the fact to the State Department, says the necessary tearing up of the streets and ancient sewers will probably cause an epidemic of yellow fever. Consul General Pratt at Singapore re- perts to the State Department that a loan has been authorized there, to the amount of $5,000,000, to begin the construction of a railway system of about 370 miles in length in the Malay peninsula. He believes that this will be an excellent opportunity for American steelmakers and car and loco- motive builders to secure orders. The State Department has been notified, through its consuls at Carthagena and Barranquilla, that the Colombian govern- ment has suspended the export duty on coffge, which amounted to $1.60 per 110 pounds, and was a war tax. SSS YOUTHFUL CRIMINAL. Fourteen-Year-Old Boy Confesses to . Horse Stealing. James Hamilton, a colored boy, fourteen years old, was arrested here today on a charge of having stolen a horse from the farm of Richard Shaw, near Woodmore, Prince George's county, Maryland, two days ago. The boy formerly worked for Mr. Shaw, and, it is alleged, had threat- ened to take one of the horses. When first arrested the boy denied the charge. Later he claimed that the horse had been taken by anothe- colored boy and he said he knew where the animal had been sold. After telling several stories of the theft and sale of the horse, he admitted that He will be held until the sheriff of Prince George's county comes for him. —_—————_ Committed to Jail. - Alexandria Davis, colored, recently in- dicted here for grand larceny, was com- mitted to jail today by Judge Cote in de- fault of $500 bonds. Davis was in Virginia on a bench warrant. | Judge Tuthilf | évide Mora Wituonen, Doin They Saw Out Evidence Favorabla to Defense. SCHIMPKE’s TESTIMONY CHICAGO, September -24.—The defense in the Luetgert trial this morning devoted itself to strengthening*the story that Mrs. Louis Luetgert, who, according to the theory of the prosecution, was murdered May 1, had been seen in and about Keno- sha, Wis., on May 8, 4-and 5. | nesses, one of whom had:known Mrs. Luet- gert for seven years, positively identified a photograph of Mrs. Luctgert as the pic- ture of the woman. they: saw at Kenosha on the dates mentioned: Impeach Emma’ Sehimpke's Evidence. Mrs. Mattie Scherer, Miss Maud Scherer and Miss Gertrude Miller testified this morning that Emma Schimpké, since shé had testified for the prosecution, had said in their hearing that her evidence was en- tirely false. She said the only reason she testified falsely was to support the evidence of her sister Gottlieba, who had at fi lied. Frank Sehlebe, a farmer who lives near Kenosha, Wis. and who had known Mrs. Luetgert for seven years,,testified that he met her on a couritry road near that town on May“4. He said he did not recog- nize the woman, but he was attracted by her worn and generally exhausted appear- ance. Afterward when he, Luetgert was missing and read a desorip- tion cf the clothing she wore when she disappeared, he was centident he had seen her and that the strange woman he met on the road was she. Identified ax Mrs, Luetgert. Policeman Win. Smith of Kenosha told ‘of seeing a strange woman at the North- western depot in Kenosha at 2 o'ciock on the morning of May 5. He positively iden- tifled the photograph of Mrs. Luetgert as the worman he saw at the depot. The po- liceman described the woman and her at- tire. Some time ago Judge Tuthill ruled that no evidence tending to show threats to leave her home by Mrs. Luetgert prior to a week previous to her d.sappearance would be admitted. When the defense began puttirg on witnesses today who testified to hearing the woman make threats to leave during last February and March, this evidence was objected to by the state learned that Mrs. and the objection was sustained. The de: fense had “no other evidence and court was adjourned until 9 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing. rug ceod MRS. LUETGERT'S RIN pgraphs Relied on to Disprove the Char} * Murder. Photography will be the means used to convince the jury that the ri offered in hte by the stk @ counterfeit. B. tween two a go the inissing woman had taken, and‘ the rites’ Were‘on her fingers at the time. Ong of these photographs iS in the possession of the defense, and it is*said ‘to show that the rings of whic#the staté has made so much are not hers!4¥n the photograph two rings are plain hown/ ahd their size is ‘plainty indicated." “The important fact brought ‘out by the pitture is that both ; pect, and could not possibly be th shown in the photograph. Qne of,.them is a plain gold band such as is commonly wora as a Wedding ring. The other is what is known asa guard ring, or a friendship ring, and ds supposed to have baen worn by Mrs. Luetgert to prevent:the wedding ring from coming off the finger. It is simply a smali, thin circlet of gold, and origipaily had a milled edge.-Lo rebut this ‘testimony, the state cannot ofter any evidence to show that M¥s. EAtétgert did ngt wear the same rings the night she disappeared and at the ‘same ‘tive’ the photograph was tak 1 Louis Luetgert, who was a witness’ ‘for the state, swore that for three, years his mother’s tiger had been so large that it was impossible for her to get her rings off. The state felt much satisfaction at the fact that the rings had been, by this testimony, securely fastened onthe wo- man’s finger for a period, dating three years back. This evidence fans the son of the missing woman, it was sald, provell Heyohd "a Goubt that the rings could not have been left at home by Mrs. Luet- gert arid pit in the vat by some enemy of her husband, as had been suggested. Ac- cording to the staté, therefore, the rings Mrs. Luetgert wore’at’ the time she dis- appeared must haye'been those she had on rer hand at the time the photograph was taken, ——_—_—__+e+ A Curtous Famtly Incident. From the Indianapolis News. There is a William Linck in Jefferson- ville, Ind., and another William Linek in Nashville, the latter a well-known hotel owner, and the strange thing is that these two men, with the same Christian name, are brothers. It was not from lack of names that the Lincks, father and mother, pemed both children William, but on ac- count of a pathetic incident of which the two men are the iiving memorisls. The parents of ‘the two Wiliam Lincks are dead, but they were well’ known, not only in this city, but in Madison and Indian- apolis. Before they came to Indiana they lived in Virginia, and it was there that the elder Wiliam was born to them. He sSrew to young manhood, and one day con- cluded that -he could make a fortune in the far west. To this his parents were op- posed, and he slipped away from home, going te California. He never -vrote home. and after waiting many years in the vain hope of hearing from him the parents gave him up for dead: Another son was born to them, “and the, mother, thinking of her first born, christened, the newcomer. Will- fain.” ‘But, thirteen years after he had disappear fiam. Linck, | No, .1,. re ‘appeared, and was. welcomed, and there were henceforth two Williams in the same family. EE Rk Admission to the Bi From the Loudon LawsJournal, Nobody -ean-voriflaiff°that ‘admission to either branch of>4he'+legal profession is too easy. .A tabi of the results of the jJast four preliminary examirations‘at the law in\{itution .stowsi@hat two-fifths of the candidates: fated. {The results at the final examinations weres not much better. At the examination in ‘April, indeed, the percentage of fallares ‘was nearly fifty; as against-seventy-five canilidates who passed, there were thirtysseven! who failed. The percentage of faiturestiat the bar final examination is evés greater. Whether this increased severity will produce a_ better race of lawyers a diestion on which it is pardonable to 2entértain some doubt. » Comparing the, vesult swith the past, we apprehend that any attempt to establish the superiority of the present generation would not be unattendea by: difficulty. HO cos What, His Teacher said, From the Boston ‘Transcript, ‘The two elder boys at the breakfast table had described thelr academic acquirentents to thelr father with the just pride which inspires youths in their teens. over-Greck in England. “fwo wit-" Market Masters Advised of Requirements _ Upon Dealers in Potatoes, | Attorney for the District Renders an _. Opinion That Sales by Mens- ; ure Are Illegal. Hereafter dealers in potatoes will be re- Squtted to sell by weight and not by meas- ure, as is customary. Recently this matter was called to the at- tention of the Commissioners by the sealer ot weights and measures, and the attorney for the District was requested to submit an opinion as to what the law required in the sale of potatoes. This opinion, which was recently submitted, says: ‘Section 2 of the act of Congress’ approv- ed May 30, 1896, in regard to weights and measures, provides that when potatoes are Sold by weight, sixty pounds shall consti- tute a bushel. And an ordinance of the late corporation of Washington, approved January 17, 1867, provides that potatoes shall be sold by weight, and that sixty pounds shall constitute a bushel. In my opinion potatoes,. whether sold by the bushel or in less quantities, must be sold by weight. The law does not contemplate one standard for a bushel of potatoes and a different standard for less quantities than a bushel.” Upon this opinion the sealer of weights and measures today addressad the following letter to the several market masters of the city: “I have been directing my attention to many violations of law in matters that come under my charge. The one I now de- sire to call your attention to is the sale of potatoes in the District of Columbia. 1 have before me an opinion trom Mr. Thomas, the attorney for the District, that potatoes must be sold by weight, by the bushel or in less quantity, and sixty pounds shall coristitute a bushel. “I have been ordered to request you to notify all the people in and around your market that they must comply to the letter of the law in the sale of potatoes, under a penalty of $5 fine in the Police Court for h offense. I trust that this will meet with your approval, and you will take such steps as you may deem proper to inform your people and see that they comply with the law. A reasonable time will be al lowed them after your notice to supply themselves with scaie: “Any suggestions you may make in line with my office will have iny carnest atten- tion, and hope our mutual co-operation on this matter will bring bout a siricier com- pliance with the law.” ————— WILL VISIT WASHINGTON. PEARY Noted Arctic Explorer Now at League IsInnd Navy Yard. PHILADELPHIA, September 24.—Lient. R. E. Peary, the arctic explorer, arrived in this city last night. He went direct to the Lafayette Hotel, and after a light lunch re- tired to his room without registering. He gave orders not to be disturbed, ‘ing that he would receive no one. Early this morn- ing the explorer was driven to the League Jsland navy yard, where he said he was going on offic s Lieut. Pe leave this city for Washington this evening or early tomorrow morning. Lieut. Peary of arctic fame arrived in the city this afternocy, but had not reported at the Navy Depariment up to 8 o'clock. 4 e+ WORK ON THE WARSHIPS, ‘Reports Received by the Navy De- ~ partment From the Various Yards. According to reporis recelved at the Navy Department from the various ship yards where naval work is in progres with the exception of four torpedo boats last ordered, good headway Is being made with all the ships under construction. These four boats are distributed among the Herreshofis, Harlan & Hollingsworth, Wolff & Zwicker and the Gas Engine and Power Compan: nd while the actual work of constructioa upon them has not begun, much has been done in the gather- ing of material to start the work. Of the big ships, the battle ships Kearsarge end Kentucky, at Newpcrt News, are 41 per cent advanced toward completion. The battle ships Illinois, Alabama and Wisconsin weré ordered Jater, and they are not so ell along, the figures being 20 per cent for ‘the Illinois, at Newport News; 21 per ,cent for the Alabama, at Cramps’, and 14 per cent for the Wisconsin, at the Union iron works. Only one gunboat is now being built, namely, the Princeton, at Dialogue’s yard in Camden, and this is 90 per cent ad- vanced toward the end. The queer sub- marine boat, the Plunger, being built af the Columbian iron works, is going on probably because the plans are entirely novel, and the work is more or less, experimental. The state of work on the torpedo boets 1s as follows: Rodgers, 96 per cent; Winsiow, 87 per cent; Rowan, 80 per cent; Dahlgren, 4 per cent; Craven, 4 per cent; Farragut, 6 per cent; Davis, 53 per cent: Fox, 45 per cent; Talbot, 40 per cent; Gwin, 40 per cent; Mackenzie, 46 per cent, and McKee, 18 per cent. See oe NO PROSPECT OF A CHANGE. Rumors Regarding the Coast and Geodetic Survey. No changes will be made in the coast and geodetic survey for some time. A report siates that Mr. Crumbaugh, a Kentuckian, who has been hese for several months pushing his claims for a consulship, has been promised the position held by General Dutfield, but at the Treasury Department nothing is known of such a promise having been made. Mr. Crumbaugh is a graduate of Annapolis and has filled scientific chairs in several educational institutions. ——__-e~. Naval Orders. Ensign T. V. Gillis has been detached from the Texas and ordered to the Porter. Ensign J, F. Hines ordered to the bureau of navigation, October 5. Ensign F. H. Clark detached from the torpedo station and ordered to the Dupont. Commander G. C. Relter detached from the Naval Home and granted three months’ leave. Lieut. S. S. Wood ordered to command the Dupont. Assistant Surgeon M. 8. Elliott detached from the Indiana and ordered to the Por- ter. T. J. Haskinson has been appointed pay clerk to the general inspector of the Pay corps. - —2+—_____ Personal Mention. The many friends of Dr. R. H. Hardman will be glad to hear of his success in ‘the west. After graduating from Colum- bian Medical College, Dr. Hardman followed the advice so often given to young men, and went west. He located. at Converse, Ind., where already he has stepped into a good practice. The local newspapers there have extended to him a warm wei- come, and no one doubts that he will ren- der a good account of himself. Colonel Thomas Ward, istant adjutant general, has returned from his vacation at Nantucket and Sconsett. Lieuter.ant Commander R. R. Ingersoll of the Naval Academy is in the city. Lieutenant C. J. D. Kelley of the New York is at the Army and Navy Club. Captain 8. N. Seyburn, 10th Infantry, has reported at the War Department for duty in the war records office. Lteutenant H. L. Cavanaugh, 9th Cavalry, is at 1914 G street, on leave of absence. Commander George W. Pigman, inspector of ordnance at Newport News, Va., is on @ visit to this city. ._ Captain Wm. B. Hoff, United States navy, retired, ts at 1829 Jefferson place. Lieutenant Simon Cook of the navy is in the city on leave of absence. shares, and partial payments amounting fered to them at par, and as the stock is Pany’s stock will do more than anything else to allay possible irritation between them and the and employe will discover that their inter- ests are identical, and that they will be equally benefited by any policy that helps to strengthen and enrich the road. A man who owns stock in a company of which he is an employe is not likely to consort with those who falsely denounce that company @s an oppressor, and, on the other hand, a business concern whose employes hold a large block of its stock is net likely to treat those employes with harshness or in- justice. There is little doubt that if the employes of all the great railways in the country had been stockholders also, to however limited an extent, some of the most costly and disastrous contests be- tween railroads and railroad men would have been avoided. quarters today giving the description of a horse and buggy stolen from the stock yard at Baltimore last night. About the time the message was received a report was received from Laurel that a team of the same description was in a stable there. Inspector Mattingly, who received the mes- Sages, sent word to, the Laurel authorities to hold the team aaji driver until an inves- tigation can be made. chai els; No. '2 : 3 5 receipts, 32,656 NEW OFFICERS OF U. V. L FINANCE NextEncampment at Williamsport, Pa.,Sep- tember, 1898, Resolutions Adopted Expres: pathy With Cuba Urged to Stop the War. COLUMBUS, Ohio, September 24.—The national encampment of the Union Vet- eran Legion have elected the following offi- cers for the ensuing year: National com- mander, Archibald Blake! Pittsburg senior vice commander, Ed Spooner, Chi- cago; junior vice commander, Wm. Baird, Lewiston, Me.; surgeon general, Dr. C. M. Satage, Columbus, Ohio; quartermaster general, Thomas J. Hubbard, Baltimore, Md.; chaplain in chief, Rev. Chas. She gar, Wellsboro’, Pa.; executive committee, Edward Donnelly, Jersey Cit: John W. Baker, Pennsylvania; Jos. B. Knox, Mas- sachusetts; John D. Shephard, Kentucky A. S. Oliver, Ohio. A resolution was adopted upon the pen- sion question. It provides the following scale: All persons who served over ninety days shall each receive $ a month and 1 cent a day for the time they were tr service. The widows of officers and en- listed mer who served three years and over, $12 a month; widows of those serving over two and under three years, $10 a month; widows of those serving over ninety days and under two years, $8 a month. The date of the encampments of the fu- ture was changed from the second Wednes. day in October to the seeund Wednesday September. The next encampment will be held in the city 6f Williamsport, Pa. A resolution was adopted expr ing the greatest sympathy with the struggling Cubans, and urging that the President of the United States “take such action as may be necessary to cause a speedy stoppage of the outrages, and that all the aid and comfort that may be possible, under the dictates of the brotherhood of man and the law of nations, may be afforded the insurgents of Cuba, and that right speed- ily.” A resolution was adopted to appoint a committee to urge the Secretary of War to include in the printed war records the ill treatment of Union soldiers at Ander- sonville by Wirtz. ee BEN. BUTLER AND YELLOW JACK. How He Made New Orleans Clea: and Stay So. From the Boston Herald. E About the first summer in the history of New Orleans when the yellow fever did not prevail was that of 1863. The city had been captured from the confederates, and Gen. B. F. Butler was in command. After careful research the general became con- vigeed that all countries where frost was Fnown would be free from this pestilence if it weie 2ot imported. He obliged the reluctant city authorities to give the streets a thorough cleaning—something they had not undergone in the memory of the oldest inhabitant—and then established an ab- solute quarantine. The latter measure en- countered great opposition, as senseless as it was irritating. The State Depart- ment at Washington was app misrepresentations co. red in the end. He wrote, and no one at the national capital gainsaid his words: “My orders are imperative and distinct to my health officers to subj coming from infected po: uarantine as shall insure Up afety from Whether one.day or one hundred y for the purpose, it will be be done if it is necessary to el to piecs as the United States h to enforce it. 1 have submitted Judgment of my very competent surgeon at the quarantine the question of the length of time and the action to be taken to in- sure safety. I have by no order interfered with his-diseretion. If he thinks ten days suflicient in a given case, be it if forty in another, be it so; if one hundred in an- other, be it so.” The result of this resolute course on the commanding general's part was that the summer heats came and went without the appearance of yellow fever. Ships from Nassau and Havana, where the contagion raged unchecked, brought their tropical stores and delivered them, but left. the fever behind at quarantine. Twenty thou. sard men, not simply unacclimated to the south, but born and acclimated at the ex. aa sa cers entire hot season at New Orleans without the slij egos e slightest touch For the first time since it became a muni- cipality, the city and the'strangers residing in it passed unharmed through the ordeal of a summer's constant intercourse with the cities where the pestilence walked for weeks in power, and whose ships had al- Ways before brought sure, fatal, irreme- diable cantagion into its borders. ——+o+____ Employes as Stockholders, From the New York Tribune. The policy of the Illinois Central Rail- road Company in-encouraging its employes to buy stock of the company, paying for the same in installments, seems to have Proved successful in more ways than one. Since the employes were invited to become stockholders, about four years ago, thes have purchased and paid for nearly 2,000 Ps to do it, so long the physical power to the to nearly $60,000 have been made on 1,624 additional shares. As the shares were of- now quoted at about $8 above par, it will be seen that the employes have made a paying investment. But more important than any pecuniary returns to the employes of the company is the fact that their ownership of the com- company. Both employer ——_-e-___ Missing Team. A message was received at police head- Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, mber | 24.—Flour dull, un- ealen 1 00 barrels. Wheat dull and. firm. mixed, 3243214 —recelpt Is—southern white corn, n Oats, rm No. whe, Wg bid. 30- stock 7s, 1901 1963, currency, 112 bi 111 bid 115 bid. Met Eckingtou Railroad road 6s, 118 bid. series A, series B, 110% bi Imp., 105 bid. 58, 104 bid. American Security ai and Bee Met it ed. 1a oid "Columbia tae de” Gant asked. Columbia Titi ton Title, 3 bid. - District Title, 8 asked. AND TRADE Bear Element in Control of New York Stock Markets SUGAR GOES OFF FOUR POINTS Entire List Suffers in Sympathy With This Decline. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS —_+--——_ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, September 24—Today's market was more professional in character than any of its recent predecessors, a’ lower prices were uniformly recorded in consequence. The chief element of weak= ness grew out of the establishment of Sugar in its old-time position of leader. "The enor- mous advance in these shares had im- pressed upon the minds of professional Wall street the certainty of a day upon which short selling would become profitable. The lagging of the gencral list of early week liquidation suggested the ad- Visability of inaugurating the long-delayed attack on Sugar. During th the most bearish enthusiasm ed by an advance of 242 per cent in thes shares, but the buy not being of best new courage was inspired, and y: the opening hour was dam day's attack was resumed with good sults. From 14% the price w almost vninterruptedly depressed to 145%. This decline was accomplished in the face of the treasury’s probable decision to make all Holland sugars pay the export bounty as provided in the tariff bill, This sanctioning of the American monopoly failed to invite inside support. ay Much was heard of domestic competition ard Hawaiian annexation as undesirable factors, but the interests “creating ine stories were alone in acting upon them. A large short interest undoubtedly exists in Sugar, as well as in the general market, as the result of this week's trading. all parts of the list the unfavorabl of Sugar’s prominence were notic ‘The yellow fever scare was cr the weakness in the railroad departm: but the largest losses were in roads en ly remote from che quarantine districts The real reason for the weakness may attributed to selling on a larg traders anxious te dislodge poorly mar- gined holdings. The success of the effort was admittedly disappointing in view of railroad reports. arnings, actual und prospective, continue to be exceptionally encouraging, and dividend prospects have rarely been brighter. These facts will prevail ultim the present is given over to activ With and in opposition to the fais market is not pledged te one movement nl The market conformed exactly to diction for a period of nearly two imonths. and-its return to irregularity is aow due to well-organized opposition. Gold shipments are not likely to set in, in volume, for several weeks » but this in- centive is only dela: margin of profit must increase before such a move- ment becomes a matter of daily occur rence. The gold now in howeve is was owed to loca banks, and its return in no sense artific 1 al. All thin ket i the present tendency of the mé ratural, and should make for ultimate gccd. FINANCIAL AND COMM CIAL, The following are the opening, the high forted by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Amtrican Spirits... American Spirits, pi American Sugar... Americau Sugar, pid American Tobacco. American Cotton Oil, Atchison .. we Baltimore & Om10.. Bay State Gas... Southern Canada Pacitic Chesapeake & Oia bay CoC. a St. Lous: o. BQ... micagoa Nortnwestern. Chicago Gas.. : CM. & St. Paul C.M. & St. Paul. pid... Chicago, R.I. & Pacific.. Chicago, St. Paul, N.&0 Consolidated Gas. Del, Lack. & W Delaware & Hu Lake Shore.. yes Louisville @ Nashvilie.. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated Michigan Central. Missouri Pacific. Nationa) Lead Co. National veaa Uo... pa New Jersey Central New York Centra Northern Pacitte Northern Pacific, pid. Ont. & Western. Pacific Maul. Phila. & Keading. Pullman P. €. Co. Southern Ry., pfa. Phila. Traction . ‘Texas Pacific. —Merzenthal Mergenthal Water stock » funding, Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan It Metropolitan Railroad conv. oltaa Railroad B Ce: 5 110 bid, 111% asked. Belt Railroad 5x, Sy asked 100 asked. Oolumbia Rail- ington Gas pany Gs, Washington Gas Company Gs, U. 8. Blectric Light Bevonturs Chesapeake and Potomac. Telephone d Trust ? 110 bid A., 100 bid. Ameri 5s, A. and 0., 100 tid. peny Ist 6s, ‘110 bid. pany imp. 6s, 110 bid. Washington Market Com- ey St te U0 bid. Masonic Hall Assocation 204 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of W: ington, 205 1s } West End. 104 bid. 107 asked. rs". OR asked. 104 bid, 108 asked. Onio, 89 asked. Safe it and Trust Companies. ing (on Loan and it, 117 bid, 120 asked. Ameri -an Ne- and Trust, 144 bid. Washington Safe De- posit, 50 bid. i 5. ‘Tract 5G Wid, BT%y Railroad Stocks.—Capital ‘tion, x! sue sked. Metropolitan, 118 ae bia, 60 bid. ase Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 45 bid. U. 8. Blectrie Light, xlil ind, 112% Columbia, 1i bid, 13 asked. T% bid. Lin: <oTile “inwaance Estate Title, 110 € asked. Washing- Pueumatic Gun Car Mergenthaler rn Market, 10 ‘asked. Norfolk and