Evening Star Newspaper, September 27, 1897, Page 1

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SILVER IN OHIO A Big Split in the Democratic Party Imminent. SS IMPORTANT BEARING ON THE ELECTION Mr. McLean's Advice May Cost the Democracy Many Votes. eg ei THE REAL SITUATION Since the arrival in Washington of ex- Representative Towne some very interest- ing stories are current in political circles respecting the democratic political situation in Ohio. There is a foreshadowing of com- ing events which, it is said, will have im- portant bearing upon the fall elections in that state. As stated in last Saturday's Star, Mr. Towne denies that it has been intimated to him by the democratic managers in Ohio that his services as a free silver talker will not be needed in the Ohio campaign. If such a course was in contemplation on the part of Allen O. Myers and State Chairman McConville, it had not been outlined to him. Free Silver a Losing Investment. It is learned, however,from other sources, that a campaign of education and oratory on the lines of free silver by Mr. Towne or any one else will be discouraged by the Ohio managers. This statement is putting the case mildly. The real fact is that the democrats in Ohio are on the point of aban- doning free silver as an issue altogether in the campaign and exerting “heir energies in other directions. It is said that Mr. John R. McLean, who in this case is the controlling spirit in the democratic cam- paign, has come to the conclusion that under existing circumstances free silver us campaign capital would be a losing invest- ment. This would be but a passing incident in the campaign, subject to comment, but not worthy of deep consideration, were it not for the fact, it Is said, that there are some other democrats in Ohio besides Mr. Me- Lean, and whose political creed comprises more than the mere election of a United States senator. And here is where Mr. Towne and his friends enter the equation as factors. A Big Split in the Party. The statement is made that the abandon- ment of the cavse of fre silver by the democratic managers in Ohio will bring about a very big split in the party in the backeye state. Those who put forward this assertion explain it by saying that a large proportion of the democracy in Ohio at this time consists of men who honestly and earnestly believe in the unlimite free coinage of silver by the United States government as a financia! policy which will bring great good to the people of the country. Some of these men are former republicans, who left their old political associet‘on, and who stand by the demo- cratic platform on account of this free silver plank. This being the case. it is claimed that these people will not submit to the aban- ment of free silver, just because Mr. McLean may happ2n to believe that it will advance his interests or the welfare of the democratic machine in Ohio. It is pointed out that Mr. Towne is the head of the element organized under the term of bimetallists, with whom the advancement of the cause of free silver is the first co: sideration. In this aggregation are gath- ered many men who were formerly prom- inent in the republican party; Senator Tel- ter and his associates, who walked out of the republican national convention at St. Louls, for instance. They undoubtedly have a large following throughout the United States, and it is claimed a fair pro- portion of them are in Ohio. Loss to the Democracy. The assertion is mac that if Senator Teller, Mr. Towne and the rank and file ef voters whom they represent left the republican party for free silver's sake, they will not espouse the cause of democ- racy. if free silver is given up as a politi- cal issue by that party. If this be true, it is claimed, it will mean that the democracy will lose a very heavy vote in Ohio this fall. It is known that the bimetailic lead- rs are exceedingly indignant at the pro- posed intention of the democratic man- agers in Ohio with respect to the free s: ver plank. Efforts will be made to induce Mr. McLean to reconsider the program ir this respect, but if he persists ‘n his course, it is sald to be a certainty that an imm diate svlit will occur in the ranks of the demoeracy, and the men who have been allies of the democrats will become their hitter enemies. @YERYWHERE. PROSPERITY What Representative Dovener Saw im 21 States and Territories. Representative Dovener of West Vir- ia is in the city. Mr. Dovener has urned from California, having gone there at the head of a party to present a silver service to the gunbecat Wheeling. “We traveled in twenty-one states and territories, “d Mr. Dovener to a Star porter today, “and we found evidences Prosperity and happiness everywhere. Satisfaction is exhibited on all sides in- stead of the dissatisfaction manifesied in the last campaign. I heard little talk of free silver, and instead found the people icoking forward hopefully.” ———_-e- _____. Army Personals. Maj. C. B. Byrne, surgeon at Fort Snell- ing, Minn., and Maj. P. F. Harvey, surgeon at Plattsburg barracks, New York, have been ordered to exchange places. Lieut. G. D. Gwyer, 16th Infantry, has been ordered to duty at Frankford arsenal, Pa. gi Lieut. Johnson Hagood, Ist Artillery, has been relieved from duty at Fort Trumbull, Conn., and ordered to join his battery. Capt. J. D. Poindexter, assistant surgeon, has been ordered to temporary duty at New York city, relieving Capt. Charles Hichard, assistant surgeon, who is ordered to Fort Monroe, Va. Capt. Robert J. Gibson and First Lieut. H.R. Stiles, assistant surgeons, have been ordered to this city for examination for promotion. First Lieut. Paul F. Straub, assistant surgeon, has been ordered to San Fran- cisco: First Lieut. George J. Newgarden, assistant surgeon, to St. Paul, and First Lieut. H. M. Hallock, assistant surgeon, to Denver, Col., for examination for promo- tion. Capt. E. K. Russell, 1st Artillery, has beer granted ene month's extension of leave of absence. ——— + For Gallantry in Battle. A medal of honor has been presented to Jchn 8. Kenyon, clerk of the New York senate, Albany, N. Y., formerly sergeant of Company D, 34 New York Volunteer Cavalry, for most distinguished gallantry at the battle near Trenton, N. C., May 15, Ase. i me@al of honor has been present- ed to er, Andrew Trayr: general agent of the Union Pacific railroad, Coun- cll Bluffs, lowa, formerly corporal of pany D, Ist Cavalry, for gallantry at the battle Mason's Hill, Va., March 16, 1864. © near FATAL BOILER EXPLOSION| NEW CASES OF FEVER HARRISBURG. Pa., September 27.—En- gineer E. Bennett Mitchell was killed and Fireman John R, Cawley seriously injured this morning by the explosion of a loco- motive’s boiler on the Northern Central railway at Georgetown, a few miles north of Harrisburg. The victims were both res- idents of Harrisburg and had been in the passenger service of the company for many years. Mitchell was thrown up the side of a mountain a distance of sixty feet, and was dead when found. Fireman Cawley was hurled in an opposite direction, almost to the edge of the Susquehanna river. He was so badly scalded that it is thought he will Gie. He was removed to the Sunbury Hos- ital. PiMitchell's body was brought to his late home in this city. The wrecked locomotive came out of the shops Saturday, after an overhauling, and the railroad officials cannot account for the explosion. The boiler was blown 150 feet and alighted cn a mountain side, which rises at an angle of sixty degrees from the track. The trucks were thrown into the river and the tender along the bank. All the cars except the rear Pullman sleeper were derailed. No passengers were seriously injured, although several were badly shaken up. The explosion occurred opposite a watch- box, which was reduced to kindling wood and the watchman badly hurt. The wires and tracks for a distance of 1: yards were badly torn up, and telegraphic com- munication and travel was suspended for several hours. —_—_+—_- 7 PTY HANDED. RETURNED E: Gold Hunting Expedition to Pera Met With Bad ‘Luck. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 2 ‘Three members of the expedition which went to Peru last March in charge of ex- Police Sergeant Johns have returned to this city. They tell a story of privation and hard luck, ahd give anything but a the Peruvian gold glowing account of fields. J. P. Stanford, an engineer, one of the returned miners, is at St. Luke’s Hospital broken down in health es a result of his venture. The other members of the expe- dition who are now in the city are George Glenny and R. A. Boone. The party went direct to Mollendo and from there set out for the gold fields. The natives, when questioned concerring the treasures which were sail to exist, either wot could not tell where the location — JORDAN'S SOCIAL VIEWS. not or were. PROF. President of Stanford Gives His Ideas of Repressing Crime. OAKLAND, Cal., September 27.—Prof, David Starr Jordan, in an address at the First Unitarian Church, declared that it would be better to have no courts than corrupt courts. If it was right to execute a sane man for murder, it was right to hang an unsane one. He held that it was as proper to prevent a pauper, insane per- son or criminal from reproducing his kinc, as it is to punish him. A Utopia, with all work equally divided, he declared to be an abomination, It would be cheaper for San Francisco, he said, to board its evil population in the Palace Hotel than to have Tar flat as it is. Chil- dren should be given homes on farms in- stead of being lodged in orphan asylums. ae w FELL THIEVES. Klondike Miner Squanders His Hard- Earned Gold. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 27.— John H. Webber, & young man who re- turned from Skaguay on September 1, with about $3,000 and mysteriously disappeared the rext day, is now on his way back to his home in Detrcit. Before leaving for the east he found some friends to whom he cenfided the fact that ali of his money had been squardered with congeniz] spirits and that he had barely enough left to pay his fare home. He is believed to have been buncoed by confi- dence operators. —- DESTRUCTIVE TIMBER FIRES. Fifty-Four Square Miles Burned Over in South Dakota. RAPID CITY, S. D., September 27.—A de- structive timber fire has been raging in the Big Horn country. G. W. Green, special agent of the Interior Department, who has charge of public timber, has just returned and reports 54 square miles in the heav- jest timber destroyed. The estimated loss is over $500,000. The fire was finally ex- tinguished by a snow storm. PRICE PUT ON MORALES’ HEAD. Barrion Offers $100,000 for Revolu- tionary Leader's Pacitication. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., September 27.— The latest news from Guatemala received in this city states that a price of $100,060 has been piaced on the heads of Prospero Morales, the revolutionary leader, and his aid, Manuel Fuentes. It is also stated that an ‘order to this effect has been promul- gated by President Barrios, oe Oklahoma Indians at a Dance. GUTHRIE, O. T., September 27.—Six hun- dre@ Sac and Fox, Pawnee and Osage In- dians are holding a grand medicine dance on the Pawnee reservation. A larg? part of them are stripped to the skin and painted in most gorgeous style, and hun- dreds of ponies are being exchanged as gifts. a France's Crops Are Short. PARIS, September 27.—The official re- ports of the harvests of barley and oats for 1807 show that the former will yield 15,542,210 hectolitres, compared with 16,- 1,431 in 189%, and that the latter will yield 87,016,990, in 1896. compared with 92,003,398 — Fred Sims Suspended Till Next August BALTIMORE, September 27.—The fol- lowing special bulletin was this morning: “For continued unfair and foul riding af- ter repeated warnings, Fred. Sims of Phil- adelphia is suspended from road and track racing until August 1, 1898. “Albert Mott, L. A. WwW." issued chairman racing board, -—_-—_ Steamship Arrivals. At New York—Tauric from — Liverpool Aller from Bremen; Spaarndam from Rot- terdam; Mobile from Mobile. .--- At Cherbourg—New York for 1 At Queenstown—Gallia, Bost. pool. % y —_—>——- Troops After\Obstreperous Indians, BOISE, Idaho, September 27.—Troop F, 4th Cavalry, Capt. Hatfiela commanding, has left pas for Fort Hall- assist Ii Agent Irwin in streperous bucks. Bremen. . for Liver- Locomotive on Northern Central Blows Up With Terrific Force. Engineer aaa Sixty Feet Up a Mountain Side and Killed—Fire- man Mortally Iujured. { reservation to subjecting ob- Ten Reported at New Orleans and Seven at Edwards, GRAVE SITUATION AT LATTER PLACE People Are Praying for the Frost to Come. NO FEVER AT NATCHEZ NEW ORLEANS, September 27.—Total cases of yeilow fever up to 1 o'clock to- day, ten; deaths, two. Dr. Guiteras, the noted yellow fever expert, engaged by the Marine Hospital authorities, arrived here on a special train-shortly after 3 o'clock this morning and immediately went to the St. Charles Hotel, where he retired. He Says he has come to New Orleans simply to await orders. The doctor came from Vicksburg and was very much fatigued. Arrangements for Special Train. The Scuthern Pacific is making arrang2- menis for a special train to leave here on Wednesday. Dr. Carter of the Marine Hospital service and President Oliphant ‘will be aboard. It is expected that Dr. Swearingen of Texas will join tie party. The train will stop at various points on the Southern and Texas Pacific roads be- tween here and Shreveport, and gather up health officers in the different parishes and towns for a conference to decide upen a united line of action in the matter of quarantines against infected points and the handling of property. disinfected and vouched for merchandise from New Or- leans. There is some anxiety in the sugar dis- trict among planters as to obtaining labar to work in the fields and in the sugar houses. Most of the labor thus employed is from New Orleans, and the rigidity of the quarantine regulation has made it well- nigh impossible for planters to get the help they require. Terrebonne has set an example, however, that may be followed by other parishes. It provides for detention of labor at the quar- antine camp at the mouth of the river for a limited period. From the detention camp the labor will subsequently be permitted to enter Terrebonne. No More Attempts on the School. No attempt was made last night to de- stroy the Beauregard school, which is. to be used as a yellow fever hospital, and the authorities expect to move a number of patients to the institution today. The mayor will properly guard the building at night, though in spite of threats it is not thought that the building will again be at- tacked. Twenty-One Cases at Mobile. MOBILE, Ala., September 27.—The re- turns at the board of health office yester- day for the twenty-four hours ending at noon showed five new cases and no deaths, with two patients discharged. This leaves twenty-one under treatment. So favorable a report was not looked for by many, for the weather has turned warm again, and the increase in the number of cases the previous two days seemed a pre- jude to a serious turn of the outbreak. There is, however, no actual change for the worse, the case on Lafayette street near the old Shell road being but a reappear- ance of the disease in’ one of the foci, where it had seemed to be stamped out. ‘This case is that of Brother Symphoran of the Catholic School, an orphan asylum on that street. There has been no case in the school before, but several cases in the vicinity. The isolation of the sick man is complete, the infirmary being detached from the schol proper. The other cases are Mrs. John Christie, Alexander Sillers, Mrs. Matthews and Mrs.- Alma’ Krisch. The deaths so far show a ratio of 14 per cent. Ancther death was reported last night— Miss Florence Barlow, aged twenty-four, residing at Elmira, 2d West Wilkinson street. She was reported Saturday. New Cases at Edwards. EDWARDS, Miss., September 27._New cases of yellow fever since 7 o'clock last night as are follow: Whites—J. W. Ratliff, sr.; John L. Red- field, R. H. Smith, Miss Josie Crisler. Colored—Lula McKay, Minnie Sherrod, Willie Galloway. Mr. Redfield, the mayor, was taken this morning. There are five serious cases, Mrs. Dr. Pool among them. The situation here is grave indeed, and-deaths may be ex- pected at any time until the much-prayed for frost. The weather remains unfavor- able, with chilly nights and warm days. A special train from Vicksburg will arrive at 12 noon with nurses and provisions. No Fever at Natchez, NATCHEZ, Miss., September 27.—The steamer Liberty succeeded in shipping a crew here today and left for Bayou Sara this morning. The New Orleans passenger who was put off the City of Camden below Harrisburg, La., with fever some days ago, is reported as doing well, but is still held in detention camp, together with his father and mother, who went to his assistance when he was put ashore. ‘There is no suspicion of yellow fever in this city, and the quarantine situation re- mains unchanged. The scattering cases of fever reported yesterday about this cou:: try may result in stricter regulations, if that 1g possible. Summary of the Situation. The summary of yellow fever cases for yesterday, prepared by the surgeon gen- eral of the marine hospital service, gives the following results: New Orleans, 17 cases, one death; Scranton, one case and one death; Ocean Springs, one case and one death; Edwards, 24 new cases; Mobile, five new cases; Biloxi, ten new cases. Dr. Carter wires from New Orleans that the report of the appearance of fever: at Gramercy has been investigated and been found to be unwarranted. Dr. Sawtelle reports from “Atlanta that there are no suspicious cases in the city, and that two suspects in camp prove aot to be affected with fever. Dr. Glennan at Mobile reports that there were five new cases there, but no deaths. The urgent need of inspectors of freight disinfection at Montgomery and Thomas- ton is urged by Surgeon Glennan, and he requests authority to appoint three. He adds that if the New Orleans baggage is labeled disinfected, like that of Mobile, it will not be detained near Atlanta, Surgeon Kalloch at Cairo, Iil., reports that the temperature of all the cases on the government dredge boat Alpha were normal. Those cases in the Marine Hospi- tal will be discharged, and that in St. Mary’s Hospital has already heen dis- charged as well. Dr. Guiteras, the expert, reports that there is no yellow fever at Tallulah and Dethf,. La., where he was sent to investi- gate certain cases of sickness. There is a case of yellow fever at Cali- fornia,. the wife of a physician, and the infection is traced to Edwards, Miss. The case is a mild one, and the the infected district. of the New Orleans district sent a di sman Davy atch to his..colleague, Representative Meyer, now in the city, asking him to confer with the officials in regard fto-the mails, and adding: 4 “Only one train out on ‘the Louisville ana Nashville; two on the Central; one on the Northeastern; ly one on tite Southern Pacific. Exp service absd- lutely pi Lai tte parish re- to pass. Dr. Carter wires that as fumigated the mails cannot possibly opery contagion.” Since the recetpt of is dispatch Mr. Meyer has had an inte! w with the Post- master General and the surgeon general of the marine hospital servige, and he reports that as a result of Is representations there will be an immediate relaxation in the stringency of the regulations where they are palpably unreasonable, and that the officials of the marine hospital service are doing everything possible to mect the necessities of the case. * ceananiay ise es HANNA A GOOD STUMP SPEAKER. { He is Making a Vigorous Campaign Under Committee's Direction. Special Dirpatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 27.—Sen- ator M. A. Hanna invades the enemies’ country tomorrow. He makes a tour of the northwestern part of the state, which is strongly democratic. This morning the senator is attending to the big rush of business accumulated. He starts tomor- row for Toledo; he them goes to San dusky, Norwalk, Marion Caldwell and half a dozen other towns. His. traveling com- panion will be Senator Thurston of Ne- braska. The senator appears to have made a suc- cess us a stump speaker. He. uses no manuscript or notes, ang, indeed, he speaks to all appearance entirely Without previous preparation. As a matter of fact, the only guide to his speech that he uses is to con- sider ell ‘the points he intends to cover before he goes to the meeting. He com- mits nothing to memory, and frequently, striking an unexpected vein of thought, di- verges altogether from what he originally intended to talk about. He really made a new speech every day hie was gone. ‘The senator’s campaigning has only just begun, and a good deal of it will be the hardest kind of hard work, but Mr. Hanna is working entirely under the supervision of the state committee, an@ will not shirk. He is making his campaign a strong plea for the state ticket and a source of strength to it as well as in the interest of his own candidacy. b —_———___ COMPARE THE HESULTS. Gladstone Replies Wigérously Charge of Inconsistency. LONDON, September 27.—Réplying to the accusation of inconsisténcy made against him for condemning tNe \cohcert, or so- called coneert, of the powers, Mr. Gladstone writes: Fi “In 1880 we tried to,make the concert act, and we fafled and went on without it. We thus procured enlarged ‘territory for Montenegro and Thessaly for Greece. This is exactly what I havé degired for a mode of action in the east in thege two disgrace- ful years. Compare the“ regults.”” ——so—_— FELL NINETY-FIVE “FEET. to One Killed and Two Fat#tly Injarea 3 in Tunnel Accident. CHICAGO, September. 27—By the break- ing, of 4 cable this morning three colored mer who were bein§.carried up ih an ele- vator shaft of the Northwest Land tunnel, fell ninety-five feet to the bottom of the excavatiom One of them>was Iilled—in- stantly and the othes two sustained fatal injuries.“ ‘Bhe dead man was Charles Wil- soni: ‘ Phe injured are Richard White, burt’ internally; William Hafkins, three ribs broken and skull fractured, en PRESIDENT LINCOLN’S CANE: A Valuable Memento Belonging to Mrs. Dorothy Lamon. Mrs. Dorothy Lamon of the pension of- fice received a valuablé relic today from her home in Virginia. If 1863 Capt. B. Frank Winchester of the Maryland Votun- teers. presented a handsome cane to Pres: ident Lincoln. It is made of wood from Lookout rountain, thé Wandle being’ in the form of an eagle's hea@, gntwined with a snake, the head of which i8 being crushed in the bird’s beak. It is suppesed to repre- scnt the crushing of a “‘capperhead” by the Unjon. Mr. Lincoln a8 said to have cerried the cane until hig death, when it was given by Mrs. Lincoln to’ the. late Ward H. Lamon. Upon the death of Mr. Lamon the cane becam@the propetty. of Mrs. Lamon, who has kept it at her home, and lately wrote to have it sent to her here. The cane was padased around the Pension cffice today, and |was the subject of much curiosity. eo NEW SURGEON GENERAL. The Appointment, It is Expected, Will 5 Soon Be Made. * = It is expected that soon:after he returns to this city the President will appoint a chief of the naval bureau of medicine and | surgery, with the rank and title of surgeon general. This office has been vacant since the 7th instant, when the term of Medical Director Tryon expired. Strgeon John C. Boyd is ia temporary charge of the office, but his powers are exceedingly limited. It has been assumed in naval circles that Medical Director Bates, in charge. of the Nayal Museum of Hygiene, would be ap- pointed surgeon general, but the delay in the matter encourages thé friends of Medi- cal Director Tryon to believe that he’ may be reappointed. a Ont CAPTAIN CARTER’S CASE. Temporary pensioi of the In- quiry. It is stated, at the War'Department that the suspension of the inquiry which has been making at Savannah Ga., into the conduct of the river arf@\Rarbor improve- ments by Capiain Cartery Corps of Engin- cers, is only temporary; and was allowed for the sole purpose of eftablistg the officer under investigation to~preparé his side of the case for presentation to the board of inquiry. The members ofthe board passed through this city Saturday en route to their various stations, and their sessions at Savannah will be Ime@ as soon as Captain Carter expresses* his ‘readiness. to proceed. 3 oe _ MeCORD’S CLAIM' DISCUSSED. * Conference. at the State Department * With the Peruvin Minister. — There was a cenference, at the State De- partment today between’ Secretary Sher- man-and Assistant Secret@ry Cridler, on the one hend, and Senor Egiguren, the Peruvian minister, on the,efther, respecting the claim for indemnityy sf Mr. McCord, an American engineer who was imprisoned’ and mulcted fn fines in Peru by goveramert officials {1 course of one of the revolutions in that country. Or government has fs . taken the Tadeo. jon. BANK OF ENGLAND RESERVE TREASURY DEFICIT When Receipts Are Likely to Equal the Expenditures, VIEWS OF GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Assistant Controller Coffin Diecusses the London Protest. Vast Structure of Credit Resting Upon a Comparatively Small A, of Gold. “ Heavy Payments to Be Made in Assistant Controller Coffin talked with a January. Star reporter today of the protest of Lon- don banks against a silver reserve for the — Bank of England. He said: =a}. “The recent protest of the London clear- PACIFIC RAILWAY BONDS} ing nouse banks against the Bank of Eng- land’s propositicn to hold a portion of its reserve in silver was most natural, and their failure to do this would have evinced ignorance of or indifference to the very vital interest they have in the matter; for the Bank of England is the great reposi- tory for the reserves against deposits held by the banks in Great Britain, just as the national banks in New York, Chicago and St. Louis are the reserve agents for thous- ands of banks outside of these cities. “To what extent the Bank of England holds balances due to other British banks it is hard to say with exactness, because the item ‘other deposits’ in its weekly state- includes what American bankers call Treasury officials are commencing to fig- tre on the government revenues and the Prospective heavy payments that are due next January. The available treasury balance now is $215,000,000, of which $147,000,000 is gold. The receipts are running light, and there is no telling when they will begin to cofne within distarce of the expenditures. Al- ready for the fiscal year the expenditures have exceeded the Tcvenues by $28,000,000. In October quarterly interest to the amount of $5,596,000 has to be paid. Again in No- vember nearly $3,000,000 has to be paid in interest. At the present ratio of receipts the deficit for October will be about $10,- 000,000, atl for the balance of the calen- dar year it is Ikely to foot up $6,000,000 or $7,000,000 additional, which would bring the treasury up to January, 1898, with & deficit of $45,000,000 and an available bal- ance of less than $200,000,000. January 1 next $29,904,952 of Pacific rail- road bonds mature, which will have to be paid out of the treasury avatlable cash, These sre: Central Pacific, $10,614,12 Union Pacific, $15,019,512; Kansas Paciti $1,423,000; Sioux City, $1,628,320; Central branch “Union Pacific, $320,000. January is a month of the largest treas- ury expenditures, and with the additional disburrement of $30,000,000 on account cf the Pacific railroads, and with receipts running low, a large hole will be made in the treasury cash. It is this condition that is causing treas- ury officials some thought and making them tighten up the custom law that no revenue may escape. 5 There is not the slightest uneasiness, however, as to the final outcome. If the Union Pacific railroad is sold under de- cree between now and the Ist of Januai the available cash in the treasury w be increased by about $45,000,000. Of course it is not known that the sale will take place #t that time. It is understood that at the next cabinet mecting the question of @ government appeal from the decree of the court at Omaha will be considered. The probability !s that no appeal will be taken and that the road will be sold un- der the present decree, the reorganization committee which gave a guurantee of a big securing the road. A Star reporter talked with treasury offi- clals today as to when they think the tariff law will furnish rece!pts sufficient to meet expenditures. General Spaulding, acting secretary, said: “Early next year tke receipts will, I think, bégin to gt ‘up’ with the expenditures. There is no solic tude in the treasury about the deficienc continuing until the cnd of the_present fiscal year. By the Ist of next July the receipts will be rurning ahead of the ex- penditures.”” Assistant Secretary Howell, who has charge of the customs, predicted that the ict of January would see the receipts equal the ‘expenditures. He believes that alt Imdé¥ of imports wil: show heavy increases by that time. Not a dollar is now being das duty on sugars. Mr. Howell believes that considerable money will "Se coming in from sugars in three months. Treasurer Roberts also believes that Jan- wary will sce the situation clearing up and the receipts running along with expendi- tures. The opinions of the treasury officials are in Ine with that of Chairman Dingley. About a week ago he predicted that the tariff law would be furnishing sufficient revenues by the beginning of the new year. The daily receipts now occasionally reach and surpass the receipts of the same period of last year. ——_—_—-e+—___ CITY POST OFFICE WORK. ‘Individual deposits’ with balances ‘due to other banks,” but it is more than probable that the $200,000,000 of ‘other deposits’ held by the bank on September 8 included about $150,000,000 of balances due to other Brit- ish_banks. “It is 2 fact well known in London that the joint stock banks. throughout Great Britain keep a very small percentage of actual cash in bank, and no doubt such as they do keep consists of silver coin and Bank of England notes, and includes but little goid coin; so that the Bank of Eng- land practically holds such of the coun- try’s stock of gold as is in bank and not in actual circulation as coin. “This stock of gold coin and bullion in the Bank of England on September 8 was about $175,000,000, and, compared with its outstanding liabilities for its own notes and to depositors, amounting in all to about $270,000, represented a gold re- serve of abvut 50 per cent of the bank’s liabilities. But as the bank helds this gold as a reserve also against the Hablilities of the banks waich deposit their balances with i: and hold no stock of gold in their own vaults, tie amount of these liabilities bears a very close relation to the subject and explains why the Londen banks are so deeply interested in the recent silver propo- sition of the Bank of England. “The latest available figures show that the estimated total of deposits and current accounts held by banks of all kinds in Great Lr:tain amounted to about $3,600,- 000,000, and if we add the $370,000,000 lia- bilities of the Bank of England, we have a grand total of about $4,000,000,000 Habili- tie: against which a gold reserve of but 000,000 is held in the Bank of England, ch expressed in a ratio represents a gold reserve of about four and a half-tenths (4.4) per cent of liabilities. “Compared with this feature the national banks in the United States on July 23 held, in addition to all other forms of coin ard currency, about $196,000,000 of gold coin against about $2,400,000,000 of liabilities for deposits of all kinds, and bank belances, or over eight (8) per cent gold reserve against four and four-tenths (4.4) per cent gold re- serve held by the British banks. “These figures convey some idea not only of the great extent to which banking trans- actions in Great Britain are conducted on credit and not on actual currency, but also how greatly this vast structure of British credit. rests upon the Bank of England, whose gold rescrve may well be compared te the keystone of the arch supporting the mighty burden. “This being true the Bank of England cannot too scrupulously safeguard efedit, upon which so much depends. “It is not forgotten that three times since 1844 the bank has been compelled to sus- pend payment in gold, and as lately as 1866, when this great gold reserve ran down to bout £730,000, This silver proposition is made now in the face of a reasonable cer- tainty that the bank must soon part with more or less gold for shipment to the United States and already has raised the discount rate to 2% per cent. This plan of raising the rate of discount is put into operation every time there is a natural demand for gold fcr shipment, to check the outflow, and the bank goes further and deliberately borrows large amounts in Lon- don at the same time to lock up funds and maxe gold hard to get. “There must be something radically wrong with any system which necessitates an interference with the natural law of supply and demand, and one of these de- fects in the bank's plan is, I think, that $55,000,000 of its notes do not represent ac- tual gold deposited, but a government debt on open account, and another that the British banks hold too little cash in their own vaults and depend too largely upon the Bank of England. For myself I prefer the American system of more free and in- dependent banking, and not putting ‘too many eggs in one basket,” as in the Bank of England.” —_—_—_—__--e+______ REFUSED THE GOLD. its Conference to Be Held Regarding the Lower Floors. The acting supervising architect of the Treasury Department will hold a confer- erce in a shcrt time with the contractor for the interior finish of the lower floors of the new city post office building. This confzrence ix said to be relative to another change in the plans for the interior finish of the lcwer floors, but nothing official can be obtained on the subject. Acting Supervising Architect Kemper states that the plans for the finish of the six upper floors will be completed ir his office by the 15th of October, and that the office hopes to have the work under con- tract by the Ist of December. From then on it is desired to push~the work. It is said to be probable that the genefal Post Office Department will get to move into the building before the city post office officials. This will be due, if it proves to be a fact, to changes now contemplated ard to be arranged at the conference to be ala! 5 The Government Would Not Take It if It Involved Cost. The Treasury Department today again refused to receive $2,000,000 gold imports from Australia in the subtreasury at San Francisco and pay currency for it out of the New York subtreasury. The offer was refused last week, but the bankers to whom the gold was sent renewed the offer today, at the same time making an offer for paying the expenses of shipment of the gold to New York. The offer was not sufti- cient. Treasury officials are indifferent to receiving more gold, and at least will not Go so if there is any cost attached. The government cam move gold from San Francisco to the east at less cost than a banking firm. The usual cost to bankers is about $2.25 per $1,000. —~-o+—___ PATENT ATTORNEYS REGISTERING. Some Applications Have Been Denied by the Officials. Between 700 and 800 patent attorneys have registered in the office of the commis- sioner of patents, in accordance with the new rules promulgated by Commissioner Butterworth, Applications to be registered are coming in daily. In several instances applications to register have been denied by the office. When these applications are received they go to the chief clerk of the patent office, who yerifies the statements made by applicants regarding their past practice before the office. When this is done they are sept to Assistant Commis- sioner Greeley, who finally passes upon the merits of cach case, and where the right of an applicant to be registered is doubtful further information is called for, It is the intention of the officials of the Personal Mention. Capt. A. C. Ducat, 24th Infantry, is at 1105 H street on leave of absence. Medical Director W. K. Scofield of the Naval Academy is in the city. Lieut. George M. Storey of the navy, au- thor of a plan for a naval patrol of the a was at the Navy Department to- jay. Passed Assistant Engineer J. 8. McKean has been detached from the Minneapolis and granted three months’ sick leave. Dr. Z. T. Sowers and family have return- ed to the city. Dr. H. C. Yarrow has refurned from ings, Va. V. Jacobs, who has been visit- ing relatives here, will leave today for his heme in Cleveland, Chio, where he is cn- gaged in newspaper work. ——__1_-9 LIEUT. SAVILLE’S ACCOUNTS, Secretary Bliss will return to Washing- An Investigation Ordered by the War | , United States perts has re Department, > pene to the city, after a week’s absence The War Department has ordered an in- vestigation of the accounts of Lieut. Mat- thew E. Saville of the 10th Infantry, who is reported to be short in his accounts as post quartermaster at Fort Sill to the ex- tent of $1,400. Meanwhile his pay has been stopped. This action grows out of the re- ported firding of a forged bank slip among his vouchers. _ +4 § Mr, D. J. Evans cf the Navy Department, a well-known contributor to local and out- jodicals, retu: nee — ——E SEAL CONFERENCE met a The Outlook is Far From Favor- able. EFFECT OF ENGLAND'S OBJECTION Poenasaee Negotiations on the Subject in Progress. CAUSE OF THE HITCH nets LONDON, September 27.—An announce- ment was made this aftern: confirming the dispatches of the Associated Press of Saturday Iest that the Marquis of Salis- bury has not withdrawn from the Bering sea conference, but has simply objected to the presence of Russia and Japan. liations on the subject are proceeding. Great Britain is willing to take part in the conference, and is endeavoring to se- cure the acquiescence of Canada. The Unit- ed States ambassador, Col. John Hay, and the Brittsh ambassador to the United States, Sir Julian Pauncefote, visited the foreign office this afternoon. The whole hitch seems to be due to the failure of the, Marquis cf Salisbury to respond to Colonel Hay’s note of July , acknowledging the Marquis of Salisbury’s agreement to “a meeting of experts,” and in which Colonel Hay stated that the Presi expected Rursian and Japanese ntatives: would be present at the confer Exception being taken to this, . Hay concluded that the matter was settled, until Wednesday last, when an ot received from the British side, pointed out that the Marquis of never contemplate i ence at which Ri represented, having always shown in his dispatch of M have no locus standi. so pointed out that the Marquis of Salishury’s letter of July 29 distinctly says that Great Britain had agreed to a meeting of British, Cana- dian and American experts. ‘The Japanese minister here said to a representative of the Associated Press to- day While no formal com passed between Japan and discussed the arrangements ence with the foreign office officials. It is a curious fact that Col. Hay’s dis- patch of July 2 is omitted from the Bering sea blue book just issued. ations have I State Department Officials Stent. Although the officials of the State De- partment decline positively to discuss the matter, it is generally understood in diplo- matic circles that”they are fully informed of Great Britain's objection to the parti pation of Russia and Japan in the proposed conference in regard to the seal fisheries Ex-Secretary Foster, who is acting as the agent cf the United States in this mat- ter, says that mo official notice has been received either from the British embassy here or from Ambassa@or Hay at London that Great Britein will not take part in the conference if Japan and Russ'a are to have a voice in the proceedings. Nevertheless the report to that effect coming from Lon- don finds general credence here. It is ad- mitted that although Great Britzin knew that Japan and Russia had been invited by the United States to send representa- tives to the conference, she had never sig- nified her approval of the plan. On the other hand, she never formally dissented to the proposed participation of the gov- ernments named until last week. ° Engtand’s Contention. It is understood that the British authori- ties take the ground that what is to be done for the protection of the seal indus- try should be done jointly by the United States and Great Britain in pursuance with the rules and regulations adopted by the arbitration tribunal of Paris. Cer- tain regulations were prescribed by that tribunal for the government of the two countries in the matter of fish- eries for a period of five y: British contention is that re- vision of the regulations is now necessery to accomplish the desired results should be made as a result of a conference be- tween the United States and Great Britain alore. It is fugthermore heid that two countries named are better pi handle this troublesome reason that they ’ arate scientific investigations into all the facts in dispute during the past summer, something which it is alleged Ss mot been done by either Japan or Ru: The British idea is that the seal qu on is one directly concerning the Uni: and Great Britain, and into t sion of which no other govern: be invited unless it is absolutely sary for a satisfactory settlement. One of the officiuls of the Brit ernment is quoted as sav is no special necessity for anyhow, for the reason that ¢ States and Great Britain can re agreement by correspondenc experts of the two countries axree upon the main questions of tact us to seal life made the subjects of special investigation during the past season. Delegates on Their Way. The representatives of Japan and Russia are now on their way to Washington, and are expected here within a few weeks. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, who was to have represented Great Britain tt the conference, is still in England, and the last report is that he will not leave there for the United States before the end of October. Ii that is a fact, it will certainly cause at leest a delay in the as- sembling of the conference, which was originally fixed for the Ith of October. Although there is no certainty on the sub- ject, the outlook is far from favorable for a conference unless it shall be decided to hold it without the participation of Great Britain. England's Agreement. Lord Selisbury in his letter of July 23 to Ambassador Hay said regarding the con- ference: “In reply I have to state that her majes- ty’s government are willing to agree to a meeting of experts mominated by Great Britain and Canada and by the United States in October next, when the further investigations to be made on the islands during the present season will have been completed. The object of the meeting would be to arrive, if possible, at cor- nts should neces- h an provided the award.