Evening Star Newspaper, October 2, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ge ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDiNGS, 3161 Tennsylrania ae Cor. Lith 8t., by ‘The Evening Star Wi ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers In the jers, om their own account, at 10 ccnts 4 cents per month. C at the 2 cents each. By wail—anywhere in the ited | States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 ects 7 month. Saterday Quintuple Sheet Etar, $1 per year, with foreign sdca EF All wait subscriptions ‘ust be pald in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,912. HUENEME A BIG LOSS Wrecked Schooner Had Material for Three Yukon Boats Aboard. PROVISIONS SCARCE AT GOLD FIELDS There Are 5,500 People at Dawson, Mostly in Tents. SUFFERING TO RESULT SS TACOMA, Wash., October 2—The steam- er Northfork arrived here last night di- rect from St. Michael's, with twenty-eight passengers, and the following letter from H. M. Morgan, the Associated Press cor- respondent: DUTCH HARBOR, September 21.—The wreck of the schooner Hueneme, having on board the material for three river boats to be built at St. Michael's Island for service on the Yukon, has had the effect of changing the route of the steamer Port- land, which had on board the material for one river boat, also for service on the Yu- kon. The Portland will discharge her car- go here (Dutch Harbor) and leave Moran Brothers, the contractors for building river boats here, together with their employes, who will proceed with the construction of one of the beats brought up on the Port- land. As soon as the Portland has unleaded she will return to Seattle, where arrangements will be made to seud materizl for the con- Siruction of three boats, as originally in- tended to be constructed here, and for- warded to St. Michael's in the spring. The Passengers and Mr. C. H. Hamilton and the Barber party are to be transferred to tse steamer Bertha of San Francisco, who is expected to September 24, for St. Michael's. Provisions Growing Scarce. P. C. Richardscn of Seattle says there are at Dawson, the great- est number living in tents. There are from 400 to 500 here. Soon after he ar- rived here the North American Transpor- tation and Trading Company closed their store, being out of provisions and unable to fill about 400 paid orders. The Alaska Commercial Company were @iling about one- third of their paid orders, with a bare of the Margaret, with 100 tons of ‘ions, and the Alice, with 75 tons, ar- ving before they would be compelled to e. The Margaret ought to have ar- ed by August 25, but it is almest im- Sle to get up the Yukon on account of the lack of water. Mr. W. E. Langdon of Seattle, also a passenger on the North Fork, nas been up the Yukon as far as Yuxon on the Hamil- Mr. Langdon says the water feil four -half feet in five days, ard that it is for any one to get through to this year. Banger of Starvation. it is impossible to exaggerate the danger from starvation in the Klondike this winter. An early winter is predicted, ard there are absolutely no provisions to be had. There are about 1,000 people at Rampart City living in tents, and the Hunt- ec and Minook creeks are all located. A ——_—_ STA TO FORM A CABINET. Instructed by the Queen Regent to That Effect Today. MADRID, October 2—Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader, has been intrusted by the queen regent with the task of forming a mew cabinet in succession to the Azcar- raga ministry, which resigned on Wednes- day last. SA Senor Sagasta after leaving the queen regent, had a long confererce with the Marquis Vega de Armijo, who accepts the presidency of the chamber. Admiral Bermejo becomes minister ef ma- rine, in succession to Admiral Berange. ‘The financial question is demanding the greatest attention, and the liberals at the outset of the coming session of parliament will expose frankly the position of the Spanish treasury. Marshal Blanco, it is stated im all prob- ability, will the post of captain Cuba in succession to Captai Weyler. accept general of General ee DEMOCRATS RESIST REMOVAL, Deputy Collectors in Kentucky Will Appeal to Courts. Rpecial Dispatch to The LOUISVILLE, Ky., October 2. second district, has democrats from service. sterday Collector Koberts, MeKinley’s pizyrmate and friend, was installed at Lex- ington, eighth district, and announces that sixty democrats in his district must~ walk the plank. Democrats will resist, because of the civil service commission's action in Collector Nunn’s case at Nashville. Lively litigation is expected. Roberts will claim the num- ber of men to be removed composes the list of tnnecessaries, ef men not working or needed. Evening Star. Collector removed a NEW ASSISTANT REGISTER. N. L. Chew of Indiana Succeeds J. B. Brawley. N. L. Chew of Indiana was today sworn in as assistant register of the treasury to succeed J. B. Brawley of Pennsylvania, who has heid the position for more than four years. Nothing is known at the White House as to when a successor will be appointed to Register Tillman. There has been a rumor that a man to fill his place would be ap- pointed at the close of the present state campaigns. It is probable, however, that Mr. Tillman will be succeeded earlier than that. : lt is said to be a mistake that Mr. Till- man thinks he will be allowed to hold h's position. He knows, it is said, that a suc- cessor will be appointed sooner or later. He would hawe been ready to leave his pesition some time ago but for the fact that he was preparing his annual report and a government document of interest. He has compieted these and ts now ready to give way. He has been in office four years and three months. As heretofore stated in The Star, his suc- cessor will be a colored man, Gaines of Kentucky, cr ex-Senator Bruce, now stumping in Ohio. —_<e-_____ WEYLER HAS RECALLED, This Time the Persistent Report Comes From London. _ LONDON, October 2—A special dispatch received here from Madrid today says that Ceotain Generel: Wartet Ses Site seein’ from Cuba. His successor, it is added, has pot yet been officially arnounced. THE BRITISH BLUE THE BRITISH BLUE S0OKlaT THE WHITE HOQHRE|DECLAGED ZHOLWWARICCABCE Wil DUMI@EL OER aoa Scanned With Interest by Government Officials. Correspondence With England Re- garding the Senls—Con: it to - the Conference. The British blue book on the Bering sea was received here today, and was scanned with great interest by the few officials to whom it became available, owing to the controversy on the subject, in which not enly this country and Great Britain, but also Russia and Japan, have taken part. The volume covers 130 large printed pages, and is apparently exhaustive of the cor- respondence, beginning wita Sir Julian Pauncefote’s letter to the Earl of Kim- berly of January iS, 1895, and closing with a dispatch from the foreign office to Mr. Adams, the charge d'affaires at Wash- ington, July 30. The cable reports from London that Secretary Sher-nan’s letier to Ambassador Hay had been printed only in part, the alleged discourteous portions be- ing omitted, proves to be ect, the letter is given in the blue book in full. There anpears to be no answer to this letter from the Marquis of Salisbury, except a brief note to Col. Hay, much in the na- ture of an cknowledgment, and briefly stat- ing the terms on which a conference would be held at Washington, adding that other portions of Mr. Shermai dispatch had been sufficiently answered in the past, in so far as they required any reply. Particular attention is directed to Lord Salisbury’s closing letter, as defining the scope of tne coming corference at Washing- ton, abeut which much controversy and criticism has arisen on both sides of the water. This acknowledges Col. Hay’s let- ter, in which a wish is expressed for a conference of “‘the powers interested” in the fur-seal fisheries of the North Pacific. Lord Sahsbury’s reply is as follows ‘In reply I have to state that her maj- ‘sty’s government is willirg to agree to a meeting of experts nominated 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 concluded. The object of the meeting would be to arrive, if possible, at correct conclusions concerning the numbers, con- ditions and habits of the seals frequent- ing the Pribyloff Islands at the present time as compared with the several seasons previous and subsequent tc the Paris award. It seems to her majesty’s govern- ment that Washington would be the most suitable place for such a_ meeting.” This is said to define the limits of the conference so far as the British govern- ment agreed to it, and to be the only agree- rent entered into as to a conference at Washington. As it mentions Colonel Hay's wish for a conference of “the powers inter. ested” and replies that her majesty’s ggv- ernment is willing to agree to a meeting of experts naminated “by Great Britain and Carada and by the United States” in October next, there is apparently an im- plied exclusion of Russia and Japan, as re- ferred to by Colonel Hay’s mention of “the powers interested.” ‘The blue book closes before the receipt of Col. Hay’s letter stating that the Pr dent hoped that representatives of Russi ard Japan would be present at the confer- ence. Prominence is also given to the dis- patches between this government and the foreign office as to the regulations under which British and Canadian sealing v Ls shall pursue their vocaiion. In brief, these show that the British government agreed to revive for the present season the ar- raugement of 1894 as to sealing up fire- arms. This made it optional with masters of vessels to have firearms sealed up by United States or British naval oificers, whose certificate operated as a safeguard to them in case of subsequent seizure, the sealing up being prima facie evidence that the ‘ms were not in use. The ‘ited States pressed that this agreement should” ee extended, making the United States reg- jations binding instead of optional. Lord Salisbury's concluding dispatch on this subject expresses regret at declining to ac- cept the proposal that United States regu- lativns shall apply to British vessels, and addi that British regulations, deemed to be sufficient, have been issued. —__-e+_______ COL. CHOPTANK ON MULES. He Discusses the New Motor Power of the Traction Company. “There is one wrinkle that the drivers of the new horse cyar line on the avenue haven't caught onto yet,” sald Co. cx tank of the Eastern Shore to The Star man tcday. Yes?” “It's true. You see the horses they have put into use are eld cyar horses, accus- tomed to stop at one bell and start at two bells, and they do it. But you observe, the drivers have a lot of trouble with the mules they have drafted into service. They have to pull their jaws of purty nigh to make ‘em stop, and it’s the hardest kind of work to git 'em started ag’in. That's be- cause they don’t understand the critters. “Them mules is canal mules. Now, while 1 am a native of the Eastern Sho’, I spend considerable time every summer up the Potomac fishin’, and I have made a study of the canal mule. Yeu might ring a bell at them mutes all day and they wouldn't understand it no more than a saw-horse. You sce, they are accustomed to a different method of having their orders issued to Now, in order to make the thing fa- miliar to, readily understood and appreciat- ed by them mules you want to wait till your passengers are all aboard the cyar, then begin something l‘ke this: ‘You top- eared, frost-bitten, biankety-blanked, blin- kety-blunked dash of a blank-blanked ex- cuse fer a mule, h’ist up on your biankety- blanked, fiy-bitten, spavined old laigs and get a move on you bianked quick. bo you think yeu are going to siand here all day, you dashety-dashed, blankety-blank?’ ‘Now, the mule recozmzing a familiar order will begin to pull. He knows what is wanted, the fact having been communica- ted to him in a naterat way. Then, whea you want him to stop, you say, ‘Whoa, thar, you dashety-bianked,’ etc., etc., using about the same formula as above. “Take my word for it,” continued the colonel, “if you only approach them muies the right way, such as I have specined, you can git twice the work out of ‘em. i've driv mules myself." ———_—--e-_--___. HIS REMOVAL DIRECTED. Action Taken in the Case of Superin- tendent Carr. Assistant Postmaster General Heath to- day directed Postmaster Gordon at Chi- cago to remove Chas. W. Carr, superia- tendent of Station O. of the Chicago post office, for general insubordination and in- ccmpetency. Carr's case has attracted ccnsiderable attention, and has been fought in the courts under the civil service act. ~ ‘The papcrs in the case, which has at- tracted much attention in Chicago, reached the Post Office Depart: last Monday. WASHINGTON, D. pe ee ee et Fees ee CENes SATURDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1897—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. Advertising i is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such 2 paper as The Evening Star, that = on larly and thoroughly ly worth reaching. ie eo is the recognized household and. family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. AT THE WHITE HOUSE DECLARED A HOL®WAR/GEORGE WILL RUN Interior Department and Navy Ap- pointments by the President. DR. HONTER 70 GO 10 GUATEMALA Politicians in Force at the Execu- tive Mansion. SOME PROMINENT CALLERS -——_+—____ The President has made the following appointments: Thomas Scadden, register of the land of- fice at Marquette, Mich.; John I. Worth- ington, register of the land office at Har- rison; Ark.; David L. Geyer of Pomeroy, Ohio, receiver of. public moneys at Rose- well, N. M.; Albert M. Anderson, agent for the Indians of the Colville agency at Washington. Wm. H. Driggs, to be Meutenant com- mander in the navy; Ulysses Grant Am- men, to be assistant paymaster in the navy, with the relative rank of ensign. Politicians were in full force at the White House today, wrestling with officials to gain entrance to the President. In the language of yellow fever bulletins, “There is no change in the situation” around the Executive Mansion, so far as callers are coucerned. As the offices get fewer the applicants grow in numbers and _persist- ency. Next week is expected to be a busy one with the President. Dr. Hunter Will Go to Guatemala. Dr. W. Godfrey Hunter of Kentucky will be appointed minister to Guatemala the first of next week, probably Monday. The appointment was promised him two months ago. The Kentucky indictments were then hanging over him, and the President did not care to make the appointment until Dr. Hunter had established his innocence of the charges against him. Having been acquit- ted of these charges, and having put his business in shape for residence abroad, the appointment will now be -made. Senator Deboe of Kentucky saw the Pres- ident this morning in regard to this and other appointments. The senator talked with the President about the political out- look in Kentucky, expressing confidence in a republican victory. It is not improbable that a few appointments which might af- fect the situation will be held until after the election. One of these is that of C. M. Barnett for surveyor of the port of Louis- Ville. Mr. Barnett will get the position, but may have to wait awhile. Mr. Comingore will in a few days be appointed revenue collector. The President today appointed the fol- lewing eae ster: ‘husetts, it Walpole, John F. York, New Hartford, Albert P. ; New Jersey, Phillipsburg, Samuel Davis, and Ridgewood, Roger M. Bridg- man: North Carolina, Biltmore, George W. Reed; Virginia, WincheSter, Benjamin B. Weisiger. Prominent Callers. Senator Foraker, on his way from New York to Ohio, called on the President this morning for a chat on the Ohio situation. Representative Steele of Indiana, one of the oldest members of the ways and means committee of the House, was one of the President's visitors. “The Dingley bill will soon furnish revenues sufficient to meet expenditures,” said Mr. Steele to a Star reporter. “The receipts have been steadily increasing since the bill went into effec! It will not be long before the ac:umutlatio: of goods under the old bill will disappear. This will, of course, necessitate importa- Senator Shoup of Idaho, accompanied by Cel. D. Stuart Gordon, had an interview with the President. Col. Gordon {s a can- didate for a position cn the Dawes Indian commission. Col. Gordon's friends have put before the President the fact that Col. Gordon's long service in the army in the west well fits him for a position on this commission. There are at present no vacancies on the commission, but the President is expected 0 make some changes in the course of time. Ex-Senator Corbett of-Oregon, ex-Senator Blair, Representative Landis of Indiana, Representative Overstreet of Indiana, Rep- resentative Mahon of Pennsylvania, Repre- sentatives Walker and Yost of Virginia and Representative Bankhead of Alabama were among the other visitors of the day. Mr. Bankhead wanted to secure the retention of a democratic friend in a minor office, and the President-promised that this should be done. Judge Kimball's Position. Judge J. M. Wilson and Mr. C. J. Bell brqught up the ‘matter of the reappoint- ment of Judge Kiinball, whose term ex- pires next month. The President spoke pieasantly of Judge Kimball, but said that he had not yet taken up the papers. He did not know, he said, who the can- aidates were. Putting Down Carpets. Visitors not having business were ex- cluded from the White ‘House today. This was due to the work of putting down carpets. The east room, the Mecca of all visitors, is baving carpets laid on it. They are not new, however, having served last winter. They were put down by Mrs. Cleve- land just before Mrs. McKinley came in. New carpets are being laid in nearly every other part of the building. room where the office seekers stood patiently for hours has been covered with a beautiful carpet of green color, one of the figures being the harp cf Erin. By some the in- vestment is regarded as injudicious. If the figures of the carpet are not soon ex- terminated it will! not be the fault of the waiting and restless throng. The flight of steps to the executive offices are also to have new carpets. The old carpets which adorned them had done duty for four years. —————_--e+—____ TAKE FINAL ACTION. Commiasioners Decide Formally to Permit Air Motor Equipment. The Commissioners this afternoon took firal action in the air motor matter by is- suing the following order: “That upon the application from the re- ceiver of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home and Belt Railway Companies, a per- mit will be issued approving of the equip- ment of said railways with air motor cars of the type, power and reservoir capacity of that tested, and provided with arrange- ment for bottling the air and discharging it-at some points where it will have no ef- fect upon the roadway, and also to author- ize the construction of a sufficient limited sunteng stations provided cite cera BS charging machinery.” spasioe ———— bE recugareuranded ree.2 THEIR, DEFEAT. Tho Uprising of the Natives: Against the British in India. Ameer of Afghanist: Subjects Againet Engaging in It Under Penalty. BOMBAY, October 2.—The Ameer of Af- ghanistan has issued a proclamation for- bidding his subjects to leave Afghanistan to join the holy war, under a penalty of 5,000- rupees. Advices received here from Guistan say the Orakzais are again gathering in force in the Khanki valley, prepared to restst the advance of the British troops, while bands of Mamozais have arrived five miles west of Khangarboor. In addition, the Afridis are moving on the Khyber pass, and the telegraph wires from there to Hangu have once more been cut. The Chamkanis are also raiding. They attacked a cavalry patrol near Sadda, but cee 80 soon as reinforcements ar- A heavy fall of snow has made the Koh range safe. —————— FORAKER STILL IN baie od FIGHT. The Ohio Senator Denies That He Has Withdrawn From the Campaign. Senator Foraker of Ohlo reached Wash- ington this morring, ané vigorously de- ned the report which had preceded him that he had withdrawn from the campaign in Ohio and had cenceled his‘engagements. “That is a characteristic demozratiz mis- statement,” said Senator Foraker to a Star reporter this morning. “It was put out by Gemocratic papers tor political effect, ani is absolutely without foundation. I expect to leave Washington Monday, and will go to Toledo to take up the campaign work again. My trip to the east is a business ene, and my absence from the campaign will be very brief. “The campaign is progressing to the utmost satisfaction of the republicans, and I believe there is every prospect of a r2- publican victory, with Jarge madjoritie: ‘The people have received our speakers cor- dially and have’ listened with closer atten- tion than I had expected, “I was afraid that this campaiga, coming on the heels of the elaborate canvass of the state last fall, might fifd the people listless and unwilling to fail into line to save the state again, but such is net the case. “Are the democrats making free coinage of silver 2n issue?” Senator Foruker was asked. “Well, as a matter of fact, we are not paying much attention to our @emocratic friends, and hardly know what they are doing. They seem, however, to~be devot- ing their attention principally to attacks upon Senator Hanna. I donot think they can possibly cary the state, but that we will elect the whole ticket,and return Mr. Hanna to the Senate.” Senator Feraker was ‘very indignant at the statements that he had gone-out of the campaign. He said the democratic papers that ptblished them knew themato be un- true, State Chairman Nagh was-aware of his ‘proposed’ trip to Waskhiytom, he said, and had canceled engagements. for the time of His absence only. —_—— oe ee a BAD OUTLOOK O§ THE OCHAN. Frequent Gales Likely,on the Path of the Transatlantic Véasels. The pilot chart of the North Atlantic ocean issued by the naval hydrographic bureau today makes tke following forecast for October: « “Freqtierit gales between the New Eng- land ceast and the British Islés and as far south as the 40th parallel.. Tropical cy- clones or hurricanes very probable. South of 40 degrees north and east of 60 pgs west, weather generally moderate. F. the Grand Banks between: 48 degrees oat and 57 degrees west diminishing in quan- tity. No ice south of the 50th parallel, but bergs probable in the vicinity-of Belle Isle. +o Personal Mention. Colonel E,.F. Townsend, United States army, retired; Lieutenant*R..C. Van Viiet, 10th Infantry; Lieutenant F. L. Arnold 6th Cavalry; Lieutenant L, & Miller, 4th Artillery, and B. A. Springer, 6th Cavalry, registered at the War — yester. day. Commender Z. L. Tanner of the naval hydregyaphic office is at 1613 New Hamp- shire avegve. Assistant Naval Constructor R. F. Hobson of the Naval Academy is ‘in ‘the city... Commissioner of Indian ‘Affairs Jones has gone to his home in Wiscensin for a short stay. Colonel Daniel W. Benham, 7th Infantry, has been granted leave of absence for two months on account of sickness, and=Post Chaplain Henry H. Hall hag had his leave extended s!x months on the Same account. Major |. N. Wheclan, 8th Cavairy, is at of absence. Colonel Thomas Ward js acting as ad- jutant general of the army in the tempo- rary absence of General Bretk and Colonel Corbin. Dr. N. S. Lincoln returned from Deer Park last week, much stay. He was the guest of at Deer Park. - Mr. John Gough, 714 18th street, sailed today for Europe, in the hope. that the change and voyage will be bpnenictay after his protracted"illness. + Dr. Henderson,"surgéon ral,-D. C. N. G., has returned’ tO the city fromoan ex- tended hunting and fishing In the Ad- frondacks. The doetor reporta to his score one four-prong, buck and lange strings of trout. Dr. Walter A. Wells has returned from a per oe pleasant ‘Sojourn: at Vijeinia Warm aaa oe ee tobe le Valin, chief et Se, od brother to Dr. Charles_de- Valin, U.S.N., U.S.8. Brooklyn, has left $6r Piiladelphia, after a nine weeks’ visit “with the famfiy of Prof. Wm. J. Rhees, aa Col. Corbin, U. 8. A., has: gonerto White Plains, N. Y., to pass Farm as the guest of Mr: and White- law Reid. He will return,to thercity Mon- Gay morning. Among the- Serato oie ae raed by the pat § vx> ‘was une to Herbert 8. Woods, a Schoo peer of this city. Prof. Gustay Bender of-the Depart- ment has returnedfrom Mi where he attended ae te the District of Columbia t! ions. of oe Grand Lodge of the & Henmani OR ered yz at Ophir | ‘Mts. Tammany Had Hoped That He Would Withdraw. POLITICAL OUTLOOK IN NEW YORK Probable Attitude of the Flower- Whitney-Lamont Element. PROSPECTS OF ELECTION The announcement that Henry George will accept the nomination of the united democracy and the democratic alliance for mayor of Greater New York puts a new face upon the situation in New York. It is believed to mean something more than that he is not satisfied with the nomina- tions made by Tammany, but that he be- lieves that he can be elected. The Tam- many people did not expect him to accept the nomination of the silver and labor forces, which had been tendered to him. He had stated with directness that he would not corsent to be a candidate unless Tammany gave great provocation. Tam- many thought that, by the municipal fea- tures of their platform and the nomination of candidates who had supported the demo- cratic national ticket last fall, though they were silent on the subject of the Chicago platform, they had avoided giving that provocation which would keep George in The radical silver men w. thought that Mr. George would’ prefer the election of the Tammany ticket to running the risk of the defeat of the democrats altogether. In other respects than silence on the subject of the Chicago platform the action of Tammany, it was thought, would not warrant opposition on the ground of lack of loyalty to the democratic national’ party. Both the leading candidates sup- ported Bryan by their votes and their morey, and one of them, Coler, has been regarded as somewhat extreme for a New Yorker as a Bryan man during the last campaign. The municipal control of fran. chise, dollar gas and the clause in the platform with respect to the use of in- junctions ts in line with the George posi- tion, and that of the element of the laber vote, which George might expect to get. Thi cons‘derations lead to the beliet that Mr. Gears would not. take the field against Tammany. A Machine-Made Ticket. “On the other hand, the fact is brazen athat the ticket is entirely machine-made, and apparently Mr. George’s friends had nothing whatever to do with its making, and, moreover, it is likely to have the sup- Port of the Flower-Whitney-Lamont. ele- gent of the gold democracy, which is greunds for suspicion in the eyes of the radical’ silver democrats. It would re- quire a yery detailed explanation to show how. it is possible for a candidate which ‘Ythe silyer democrats should be ‘satisfied can have the unqualified support of lower and Mr. Whitney. It was represented privately, however, that’ Flower and Whitney have local in- terests which render it desirable for them to support the Tammany ticket under any condidions short of its being run directly on the fssues of the indorsement of the Chicago platform. There are several elements that go to make up the silver democracy of New +York which would be represented by the candidacy of Henry George. The O’Brien demoerats are distinctly anti-Tammany Tammany and would keep their ticket in the field under most any excuse. They would not willingly forego having a ticket of their own unless Tammany had indorsed the Chicago platform and nominated “orig- inal” silver men, But, while they head the aggregation of forces which nominated Mr. George, they could not hold out against the other elements of the George movement and against George himself and_ still amount to anything in the contest. If, therefore, George had decided not to run it would have meant the support of the ‘Tammany ticket by the united democracy even though Mr. O’Brien should not agree. Tammany’s Loyalty Questioned. It is chiefly What is under the surface that determmes Mr. George’s course. If he had been satisfied that Tammany in- tended to stand loyally to™demccracy as it is now organized it is not at all probable that he would be a candidate. Evidences to the contrary he probably regards as clear enough, however, te convince nim that it is duty to place himself at the head of a ‘gular democracy” and to de- mand recognition from the democratic na- tional organization. He may also see a prospect of success which would influence im to run. In a four-cornere] fight Low and Tracy dividing the republican vote and he drawing votes from Tammany, Gecrge, it is believed by many, might be elected. The ticket put up by Tammany, though machine made, is not the Croker ticket. It may be a compromise with Mr. Croker and sufficiently under his influence, but it is not the ticket he wanted. The fact that he did not get just what he wanted shows a par- -tial, if not a complete loss of his powers. The indications are tnat Senator Murphy inflvence has had some effect upon the con- vention, but !f Mr. Croker is actually over- thrown, it is merely a change from Boss Croker to Boss Sheehan, with a new lot of men in the place of the old Croker ward workers. What Influenced George. The two things that probably induced Mr. George to stick in spite of the fact that Tammany nomingted men who voted for Bryan are a lack of confidence in the sin- cerity of Tammany and a determination*to have a Bryan democracy in New York which can claim recognition of the demo- cratic national organization as regular, and also the fact that he was assured of the support of the labor element of Tam- many if he should run. This force known as the labor element is about all the Bryanism there is in Tammany, and, while not power- ful in council, is numerically strong. It is estimated by some to amount to more than half the voting strength of Tammany. if Mr. George assured of this ‘vote, coming directly m Tammany, his can- @idacy will be disastrous to the ticket, end if Low and "Tracy be both remain in the field, the repubiicans would probably have more to fear from George than from Van Wyck. If the republicans succted in harmonizing it might possibly result in. the Tammany ticket being withdrawn; other- wise republican suctess (with a compro- mise candidate) wculd be practically as- fourccornered fight it is felt ert would have as good a @ chance PO ioe ey = SEAL ama SUING A eae WILL OFFER $50,000,000 is srisnaajaticntiiasinin tien Union Pacific. Coumscl Hoadley Has a Conference With the Attormey General Re- garding the Coming Sale. Ex-Governor Hoadley, counsel for the United States in the matter of the Union Pacific foreclosure sale, spent several hours today in close conference with Attorney General McKenna, arranging the details of the sale on November 1, and the subse- quent transfer of the government's inter- est in the property to the highest bidder. Both the Attorney General and Mr. Hoed- ley were reticent regarding what further concessions had been made by the reor- ganization committee, but it is understood from perfectly trustworthy sources that the committee has acceded to the gov- ernment’s contention that its lien on the Union Pacific road includes the Omaha bridge, and that it has increased its cash bid so as to make the entire concession approximately $5,000,000. This would make their guarantee offer forthe property, including the sinking fund now in the treasury, about $50,000,000, So far as can be learned the reorganiza- tion committee will be the only bidders at the sale, aad in all probability the trans- fer will be consummated by the payment of the purchase price by December 1, or very soon thereafter. Treasury officials recogn‘ze the fact that the withdrawal of $45,000,000 in cash at one time might have a very serious effect in the money market, and in consequence are Gevising a plan by which the force of the shock may be reduced to the minimum. No determination of the question has yet been reached, but it seems pro! le that at least $30,000,000 of the amount may be placed on depcsit with government de- pository banks until January 1, when it will be needed for the redemption of the per cent subsidy bonds maturing an t date. The remainder of the purcl money, it is thought, may be safely trans- ferred to the treasury. Gov. Hoadley expects to return to New York late this afterfloon. — TROUBLE THREATENED. Secretary Blixn Want’ Troops Sent to Tuskuhoma, I. T. Secretary Bliss has requested Secretary Alger to order troops to proce2d to Tuska- homa, I. T., to avert threatened trouble during the sessions of the Choctaw council, which convenes Monday. Both Gov. Mc- Curtain and Indian Agent Wusdom fear an outbreak between political factions and urge that troops be sent to preserve the peace and prevent riots, It is probable that a troop of cavalry will be sent from Fort Gibson. MUST BE WELL HEATED. Otherwise the War Records Will Be Moved to Another Building. A controversy has arisen between the War Department and Mr. Archibald Hop- kins, owner of the building at the corner of 18th and G streets, occupied by the clerks of the war records office. It relates to the heating apparatus of the bui'ding, which is represented to be totally inadequate. Mr. Hopkins holds that under the lease he is not required to repair the apparatus, whereas Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn, representing the Wer Department, holds that the terms of the lease require that the building shall be maintained in an abso- lutely tenantable condition at all times, re- gardless of the seasons, and he has di- rected that the lease be canceled unless these terms are complied with and another building selected for the occupancy of the war records office. SSS ee TO SUCCEED CAPT. CARTER. Another Will Take His Place on the Miearagun Commixsion. As a resylt of several consultations held recently between Admiral Walker, presi- dent of the Nicaraguan canal commission, and officers of the State and War depari- ments, it has been decided that a change shall be made in the composition of the commission, and that Captain Oberlin M. Carter shall be succceded as the engineer member of the body by another member of the Cerps of Engineers. No selection to fill the place has, however, yet been made. The reason for making the change is be- lieved to be the fact that the present in- vestigation that is being made by a board of eng:neer officers into Captain Carte conduct of the river and harbor improve- ments in his charge in Georgia before he came to Waskington promises: to consume so much time as to prevent the execution of the plans of the commission fer its visit to Nicaragua next month. As Cap- tain Carter has attended but two meetin; of the commission since his appointment, and these were prelim:mary in character, the selection of another engineer officer to take his place on the commission is not likely to set back the work. GEN. STERNBERG RETURNS. Back From a Two Months’ Tour of Europe. Surgeon General Sternberg of the army has returned from a two months’ tour of Europe. .He represented the army medical department at the international medical congress at Moscow, and afterward visited St. Petersburg, Copenhagen, Vienna and Switzerland. In St. Petersburg he met Gen. Miles, who was making military ob- r servations. Gen. Sternberg says the congress was 3 great success and was attended by nearly 8,090 physicians from all parts of the world, including surgeons from all the leading armies. Mrs. Sternberg accompanied her husband on the trip. —_—__-2+__ No Passengers on the Wreck. Mr. A. Y. Leech of the War Department has received & telegram from Mr. Weare, president of the Northwestern Transporta- tion Company, Chicago, saying that the vessel sent out by that company and lost on the way to St. Michael's -was loaded with ges and carried no passengers. She left Seattle August 7. . —————~o-—__—_ Force of Clerks Reduced. ~ ‘Women ‘clerks to the number of about RAILROAD’S PLANS Underground Electric System for Avenue and Fourteenth Street. ——— MEETING OF DIRECTORS TODAY —_—_-+—__ The Cable Wii! Possibly Be Run Temporarily. ELECTRIC PROPOSITIONS sel ea EES It was practically decided today at a meeting of the directors of the Capital Traction Company, held at the union sta- tion, in Georgetown, to introduce a system of underground electricity on the avenue and 14th street lines. When the directors assembled three propositions were submit- ted for consideration. One embraced the adoption of the air motor. This was quick- Hy disposed of, however, and the other two suggestions taken up. These were respectively the introduction of the Love system of underground elec- tricity, now in operation on the U street line of the Traction Compeny’s road, and the adoption of the system of the General Electric Company, similar to that operated on the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company in this city. While the meeting wes distinctly of a preliminary character, and was not expected to, and did not take definite action today, there can scarce! ay be a question but that the s eral Electric Company will be finally de- cided upon and quick!y introduced it was considered that the Love system Was equal : cts to the one thus vored, and that its operation would be econcmical and desirable in every way to the company Itself, but it was ee on the other a, that the public in Washington was so enthusiastic over the underground system on F and 9th streets that the Traction Company should follow out its tong-established policy of conform- ing to the wishes of the public in evey way pcorsible. Work to Begin at Once. The general idea prevailed when this sentiment became known that Contractor E. Saxton would be engaged to do the werk of fitting the present conduits for the receptica cf the electrical appliances. Mr. Saxton had prepared for the meeting estimates covering the cost of the neces- sary changes. It is understood and gener- ally believed that Mr. Saxton will begin at once drilling holes on either side of the mduits on 14th street and Pennsylvania avenue, in order to permit the introduction of the electrical applianc as above stated, and that as soon as these are put in place an arrangement will be made w one of the electric companies here to fur- nish power for the propulsion of tne cars until the power house containing the ma- cuinery which is to be purchased by the company will be completed. The power house will be located, it is thought, in Georgetown along the level of the Chesapeake and Ohio canal, thus al- lowing the coal used in such quantities by the company to be secured in the most economical manner. An Important Proposition. A proposition of very great importance was received from the Walker Manufactur- ing Company of Cleveland, Ohio, which agreed fo bring on to Washington at once two electric machines to be used to turn the drums and run the systems by cables tempcrarily until the underground electric system is permanently in place. The Ch land company offered to have the machines here and in operation within ten days, and it is believed that the prepositign will be accepted. : The meeting was a protracted one, being in session several hours, and the announe ment was made at the outset that a num- ber of the largest stockholiers of the ccmpany would insist that no ether than an underground elgciric system should be ccnsidered in connection with the rehabili- tation of the road. This effectually pre vented any very serious consideratioa of the air motor suggestion. While the meeting was in progress, thy leng central room or the second floor o} the Union station next to the meeting room was a gathering place of a !arge number of the representatives of various electric and machinery companies and rai y en- gineers. Prominent ameng them was Mr. W. J. Clark, gencral manager of the railroad di- vision of the General Electric Company ct New York, Saxton, the weil-knowa E. H. Sniffen of the firm , Church, Kerr and Com- pany, the well-known engi: of New York, Boston and Chicago; Mr. Calvert Townley, assistant to the first wice presi- dent, and Mr. E. N. Sawtelle of the West- inghouse Electric and Manufacturing Com- pany, the representatives of the Walker Manufacturing Company of Cleveland, and a number of others. Depot Rumor Not Credited. The statement published in a morning paper that the Pennsylvania railroad is contemplating the establishment of a depot on the site of the power house, where all the passenger trains of that company and the Southern and Chesapeake and Ohio companies could enter and Gepart, cannot be traced to any authoritative source. Men well versed in railroad affairs smiled today when asked their opinion on the subject. One of them remarked that it was scarcely possible that the companies mentioned would care to expend over a half million dollars on a site for a depot already occupied one in a cen- tral position without expense for taxes or rent, anc whith they would doubtless be permitted to retain permanently. said the vast e: a GOLD COMING FROM EUROPE. . Two Million Has Arrived and Been Sent to Sabtreasury. NEW YORK, October 2.—The $1,000,000 og a Tae try ral fac