Evening Star Newspaper, July 20, 1898, Page 12

= 20, 1898-12. PAGES. ii ——— THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JULY SPS PSPS PSPS ISIS . Q $ 3 Q Pepper and Salt Cellars, 20° -Cut Glass Pepper and Salt Cellars, with sterling silver tops, never did see or will see their duplicates than 75 cents each. Our weekly specials are growing more and more fa- for 20 cents each. You anywhere less mous. Greater and greater are the demands for- them every week. Such prices Washington never knew be= ry) fore. * "4 Goods to the amount of $10 or over will be sent rs C. O. D. to any part of the United States — subject s to examination. Prices guaranteed 20 per cent lower / than ANYBODY’S. 5 CASTELBERG The Bargain Giver, & 9 : 035 Pa. Ave. ' SA FIRED INTO THE MAGAZINE The Chinese Murderer’s Awful Threat Car- | tied Into Effect. even People, Including Himsel Blown Into Pieces — Buildings Wrecked and Fire Started. Western Fuse and at Oakland, Cal., us C) an at morning. ‘ive deputy les, who were trying to of the ‘ompany, a mu w re arrest the murderer, were killed. Tie dead s narles White, son of ; George Woodsum and D. C. tables Gus Koch and J. J. Leary. Hill Ng Chung. ‘The Chinaman had fortified himself in the magazine and blew it up when the attempt to arrest him was made. Chung, who was employed in the works, had killed Sam Si Sing. a fellow country- man, Monday afternoon in a quarrel over a Chinese lottery ticket. He then defied the officers of the law who went to arrest him. murderer fled into the magazine, contained five tons of giant powder, .ded himself and threatened to blow he magazine if any one came to arrest Deputy Sheriff White, in charge of a - consisting of Constable Koch, Deputy Bheriffs Woodsum and Cameron, Constables nd Harry Cramer, was on the the shooting shortly after the murde i kept guard over the Chinaman n his stronghold. All the officers were d with rfles. After repeated demands to surrender bad been made, to all of which the same reply came, “If you come in here I will blow up the magazine,” the officers retired for the night within the private office of t pim- ot pany, about twenty yards away. Yester- day morning at 5 o'clock Deputy Sheriff White, after a consultation with the others, determined to break down the barricade, ot belle ng the Chinaman would keep his destardly promise. Accordingly the entire posse headed for the door. True to his word the Chinaman fired the giant powder and in an instant a terrific explosion occurred, killing the five officers and biewing the Chinaman to atoms So smail that but one piece has been found. White's body was fearfully mangled. It was found nearly 500 yards away. Koch was also badly disfigured, but lived long enough to be taken to the hospital in a patrol wagon, where he died. Mrs. Hill was visiting a Mrs. Pride, who lived across the way. She was killed in the falling de- bris of the building. Fire Broke Out. Ali the buildings took fire. Engines were soon fighting the fiames, but to no avail. he works are completely wrecked. Four houses also are blown down and about for- ty partially wrecked. Deputy Sheriff Fred Sheritt and Deputy Ed White escaped, but nfully wounded. Sheriff Sheritt’s story is to the t at 5 o'clock the Chinaman called uty Sheriff White that he would sur- White, Woodsum and Koch im-} proceeded to the door, while the followed. Just as the door was reached the sound as of a falling plank was heard and then the explosion occurred. Coroner Wadent and a corps of deputies are searching through the surrounding fields for the remains. . In some instances | they had to be picked. up with shovels. Fourteen of the cars were blown to splin- ters and several were burned. Windows were broken in Oakland, Alameda and as far as Berkley. One of the most thrilling stories of the others fatality 1s that told by Fred Sheritt of West Oakiand, whose escape was simply marvelous. He said: h the other deputy sheriffs we kept to the powder house as we thought isable. Occasionally one of us would jthe top of Mt. saltimore Store, 108 N. Eutaw St. Established 1846. came out. The fellow would invariably re- ply that he would blow up the place if we attempted to take him. Late last night he repeated his threat so often that the peo- ple around there thought he would do tt and many moved out of their homes. Had they not done so they would be dead, for their homes are strewn over many acres. The Explosion. We hung around all night and just at break Charley urged a Chinaman to tell the fellow to come out. He would not do so, but shortly after 5 o'clock he told us he would walk out and give us no more trouble. “As soon as the fellow made his appear- ance at the door of the place Charley White and Koch walked toward him to make the arrest. Ed White and I fol- lowed them about eighty feet behind. They were almost at the door when Goon closed it with a bang. “Less than a second later I was be- ing carried with a cloud of debris and earth swiftly over the ground. My face was cut and my clothes torn and I can- not understand how it happened that Ed White and myself were not killed, as some of those killed were further away than we vere. ‘have no doubt that as soon as the door was closed Goon fired his pistol into the powder. Five minutes after the ex- plesion everything was on fire, including a train of box cars.” Sheritt and Ed White are complete ner- yous wrecks. They were carried over forty feet by the force of thé explosion and thrown violently to the ground. ——__ THE MOORISH SHEIK. His Influence is Supreme Over His Ferocious Retinue. From the Saturday Review. Close upon us is a long calvacade of men on mules and on foot, some thirty or forty in all. I know them from a distance, and already they have seen me and ara leaving the track to speak a few words to me be- fore they pass on to the town. The old Moor with the long gray beard is a sheik of the mountainers, and his authority ex- tends over his tribe from Tangier almost to Ceuta and Tetuan, forty miles and more away. Yet his dress in no manner betokens his influencs or rank, for the linen shirt.and brown-hooded “jejab” that he wears are common to all. Perhaps his white turban is folded a little more neatly and 1s of greater dimensions than those of the other elders of th> band, for the young men wear nothing on their closely shaven heads ex- cept bands of red or blue cloth, or brown cords of camel's hair. He rides a pack sad- dle, as have his ancestors for generations upon generations, and over the neck of his sturdy little mule dangle his bare legs, with their yellow heelless slippers hanging from his toes. In the panniers of his pack one obtains a glimpse of his carpet and bed- ding, and a belt stuffed full of cartridges, while ancther mule ts laden with a couple of sheep, a present for the governor, or basha, who resides in Tangter. One and all bear modern rifles, Winchesters and Rem- ingtons, for the most part, and even the stald old sheik has his own across his knees, for the ways of the native author- ities are treacherous, and mora than once rumor has spoken of his probable tmpris- onment, owing to his growing influence over tae mountaineer tribes. But woe be- tide the men who should try to arrest the chief when his band of trusty followers are by. Frem the Sydney Bulletin. A simple mountaineering anecdote from Egmont, Taranaki, New Zealand: A party of climbers ascended the <opmost rock of the sleeping giant, planted thereon a nine-foot pole and hauled eloft the union jack. A fortnight later another party prepared to shin up the pole and so claim a six-foot higher record than the first, ascended, and found that the fiag had frozen while blow- ing to the breezes; there it was embedded in four Inches of icicle, the colors standing out as in a looking-glass. Not only this, but that fcicle extended right down to the g» ‘oward the door and assure the China- | ground. Doubters must not snigger, for man that we would not hurt him if he ' the party photographed the phenomenon. SIRO LBD RBG BRD of our July clearing sale. ' Continuation ( Fancy Vests f to-order - - 2” | ; Odd Trousers ( to-order - - 2” } : Fancy Cheviot Suiting s ) i to-order == *7* 5 ‘ 3 Mertz & Mertz, ( New Era Tailors, ie 906 F Street. RARARARA DAARARARAAS THAT EXTRA SESSION New York’s Legislature Accomplished Its Scheduled Work. NEW ELECTION LAW EFFECT OF Tammany's Police Chief's Hands Are Tied by It. Se HILL’S PREPAREDINTERVIEW pata ene ae Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, July 19, 1898. Despite the wrangling and talking of tho democratic ‘“‘wind jammers,” the extra ses- sion of the New York legislature finished its labors just as it had been announced it would, and accomplished exactly what bad been scheduled for it. The most im- portant result obtained was the passage of a law giving the republicans practical con- trol of the elections in Greater New York, and the selection of Former Chief of Police John McCullagh to administer it. The law will prevent Tammany colonization on reg- istration days and fraudulent voting on election day. About all that Tammany has left to show it has been in the struggle at all, besides the usual assumed confidence of that organization, is Chief of Police Devery, for whom Tammany deposed Mc- Cullagh. But the new law ties Devery’s hands so far as carrying out Tammany's orders on registration days and on election day are concerned. Tammany Hall will not only have to swallow McCullagh, but !t will have to gulp down his deputy, Charles H. Van Du- sen of Brooklyn. Van Dusen promises to be particularly interesting to Mr. Croker’s lambs, and for this reason: It is stated that one of the double-locked secrets of the re- publican party is that Mr. Van Dusen is the sole auihor ef the “Raines liquor law” of the state. Senator Raines of Canan- daigua, it is said, had no more to do with the law which bears his name than a Choc- taw chief. He merely introduced the bill in the seBate. Mr. Van Dusen, the author of the ‘Raines liquor law,” was formerly on the staff of the Brooklyn Eagle, under St. Clair McKelway. Within the last few years he has held political places in Brook- lyn and Albany. All of which goes to show that Mr, Van Dusen may be a handy man to have around. Hill to the Front Again. Among the great lot of talk precipitated by this “extraordinary session,” as* the democrats call it, is the statement that “Bo: Croker is coming home in a hurry to the defense of his man Devery and his little mayor, Van Wyck. One of his friends says that the Tammany Imperator will sall from Europe within ten days, and that he will reach home about August 1. There are rumors that Croker, Murphy and their more prominent lieutenants will assemble at Saratoga in the first week in August and that Senator Murphy contemplates bringing Croker and Hill together there. And right here it may be said that Mr. Murphy has an “army contract” on his hands. The enactment of the election law and the absence of Croker has been seized upon by the sage of Wolfert’s Roost as his opportunity to get before the public again. The ink was hardly dry upon the signature of Governor Black before Hill Was out in a prepared “interview’’—a char- acteristic attack on the metropolitan elec- tions law. It is just such a wail as might be expected from a back number of the femocratic tribe, who was famous In his time for his knowledge of the practices which this very law was designed to pre- vent. His attack 1s in the nature of a sug- gestion for a plot to defeat the honest ends aimed at by the republicans. In the course of his “interview’’ of over two columns’ length this paragraph stands out amidst all his railing at Governor Black and every one else connected with the passage of the act: “I advise that the constitutionality of this new law be tested in the courts. I further suggest that when the days for registration shall approach 200 democratic members of the bar of New York should volunteer their services to defend the poor and unlettered democrats, occupants of tenement houses, who may be sought to be persecuted and intimidated under its harsh Provisions, to see that these persons are not unjustly or arbitrarily arrested just be- fore nightfall and lodged in jail over night without a hearing; to procure writs of habeas corpus in their behalf, and other- wise to protect their rights; and that 100 wealthy and patriotic democrats should volunteer to furnish bonds for any demo- crats legally arrested or prosecuted with- out cause, so that ball may at all times be available to prevent their unjust incar- ceration pending an investigation. In this manner this infamous law will be deprived of its sting and its capacity for intimida- tion will be minimized.” What Will Croker Dot The only “boss” is not fond of “snap” ways. It was through a former act of Hill's that the breach between this prec- ious pair was created. And now comes the question, will Croker appreciate Hill’s effort to thrust himself, even momentarily, into the front rank of the party? Will he appreciate Hill's endeavor to play Moses to his chosen people? It is therefore doubtful if Mr. Murphy will succeed in his peaceful endeavors. He may, but the job has been made much harder by this recent action of Hill's. Tammany leaders, despite their boasting in public that ‘the people” will defeat the republicans at the polls, owing to the spe- cial legislation enacted at the extra ses- sion, are decidedly rattled. The revival In the Gebates at Albany last week of the stories of gross scandals revealed by the Lexow investigation has struck terror te the democratic heart. Tammany men es- ally remember well the result of those scandals in the local election of 1804, and they fear that the party will be burdened again this fall with the same disgrace owing to Devery’s elevation. Thtre is much grumbling against the administra- tion of the little man in city hall, and Croker’s presence is demanded imperative- ly to quell the storm of complaint. Senator Cantor, the Tammany mouth- piece in the Albany ‘cave of winds,” pre- dicts that former Chief McCullagh in his desire for revenge on those who removed him will make trouble, and charges that this is the Intention of the republicans. “This man was chosen because he has power to create friction at the polls,” says Cantor. “It is the intention to force on us a man whose presence will be a stand- ing threat to the peace of New York and an effort to overawe the people. The gov- ernor has deliberately selected the one man who will seek a quarrel with the police on election day. I warn you now that the police department will not seek a fight, but they will see to it that every citizen is protected against McCullagh and his army of deputies. There will be trouble enough, and after creating disorder you can go to the country and proclaim that the Ku-Klux have taken possession of our city.” What the Democrats Claim. As to the result of the elections the democrats claim that the chances of Gov- ernor Black have been lessened by the new legislation. They claim that the full responsibility for what was done at Al- bany rests upon him» They claim that the elections bill will win him no votes that he would not have had before, and they say he will lose by it the support of mary thousands who were favorably in- clined toward him. They have already be- gun their campaign upon this line, one of the first steps being the apparent enlist- ment of the Citizens’ Union people, It is stated they have been able to do this pri- marily through democrats who are In that organization for certain specific purposes. and, next, through imposition on men who have consciences, but who lack the balance of practical common sense in the concep- tion and carrying out of things political. Some Citizens’ Unionists, of course, wquid revolt at any overture which would seek to ally them with Tammany Hall or with the democratic party; but they do not con- stitute the entire body, and, besides, actual alliance is not necessary. Indeed, it might be embarrassing to Tammany almost equal- ly as it would be to the Citizens’ Union- ists. Tammany can make more use of them as fomenters of revolution in the re- publican ranks or as decoys, to attract from the republican party voters” who would otherwise be allied with them. The Cittzens’ Unionists Adéress. And that is the rule with the citizens’ un- jonists. They have issued an address to the Public frem the office of John De Witt Warner. John DeWitt Warner once was a democratic cong: nin. He still is a democrat and a member of the Democratic Club, which is Croker’siown. In 1896, when Kosweil P. Flowers who then was. president of the club, sough#to Rave it repudiate the nomination of. Bryan, iJohn De Witt War- ner was one of the most vigorous in declar- ing that while hé: disagreed - with ‘Bryan, yet, if it came to%a question of having to vote for Bryan or having to vote for Mc- Kinley he would ote for Bryan. He was relieved of embarfassRfent by a faction in his party furnishi¥g'to him a candidate in Palmer: Mr. Wa?her,“4in the langaage of the practical politfian, fs the “chief mixer” in the concoctionSbrewed by the Citizens’ Union. The “acdless’ twas not only a vi- cious attack upon’Gov.Black, but upon the republican party. *Not’only was there not one syllable of criticism of the democratic party in the documfért, but there was a perversion of history as it was written in the testimony of the Lexow investigation. One of its paragraphs, praising Tammany by inference and slandering the rural com- munities, is as follows: “If plainer proof were needed of how uncalled for by any public interest is the legislation proposed, Circumstances furnish it here: For almost a generation the purity of our elections in New York city, as compared with the rest of the state, has proved the .efficiency of cur local measures against the election frauds. For the last twenty-five years it has been outside the city of New York that the great election’ scandals of this state have been found. It is in the upper Hud- son and the ‘southern tier’ counties that grow annual crops of bribery scandals; and from the Yates caucuses, which have long been notoricus, to Troy’s carnival of cor- ruption and violence, the most brazen frauds and the boldest outrages have been perpetrated outside. of our bounds. Such are the conditions under which, coming himself from one of the worst sinning com- munities, our executive summons is, with others of like smirched repute, to put in leading strings the city of New York, the good order and general fairness of whose elections have been long and ever more and more a just source of pride to her citi- zens.” John De Witt Warner, or whatever other democrat thasquerading as a citizens’ un- ionist wrote that paragraph, tried to do his work well, but overdid it.’ He wrote too plainly; and ft is sald that when Croker over in Wantage, and Hill up in Wolfert ¢ Rocst, and Murphy down in Elberon, and McLaughlin out at Jamesport read it they will probably wish it had not been written so plainly, because all four of them know that once an ally discloses itself its value asa decoy is lost. ee AFFAIRS IN «GEORGETOWN. Gathered West of Rock Creek. The Georgetown and Tenleytown electric road has discontinued the system in opera- tion last year of running cars on the tracks of the Glen Echo road from Tenleytown and permitting the cars of the Glen Echo line to run over its own tracks into Georgetown. Instead, under the direction of Superintendent Hall, an agreement has been made whereby the patrons of the Tenleytown road ride as far as Somerset Heights, or West Chevy Chase, as it 1s termed by some, about a quarter of a mile beyond the District line, for one fare. They can then board a Glen Echo car going east toward Chevy Chase circle and be sure of getting a seat. To those who are going to Glen Echo no extra charge is made on the Glen Echo line for the distance be- tween West Chevy, Chase and Chevy Chase circle. ried) William Cline, a youag white man about twenty years of!agey was arrested last evening by Policémam‘Bradley and locked up at the station on g charge of being a fugitive from justice..’The right charge against the prisoner js housebreaking in the day time. About: 10:30 o'clock the morning of March 7, 1896, Cline, with an- other young map named Howard West, entered the placé of Ifred Wetzel, on the New Cut road, and stole a number of ar- ticles. West was taught, and after a trial was sent to jail’for eight months. Cline escaped to Philadelphid’ and remained away ever since, the police of that city being un- able to locate him. When recognized last evening by Policeman Bradley Cline start- ed to run, but after a chase of four or five squares was overhauled and arrested. The members of Mizpah Chapter, No. 8, will give a complimentary lawn party and fete this evening“at the residence of Mrs. W. F. Hant;ion 52d strest extended, com- mencing at 8 o'clock. A’ meeting of the chapter was held last evening, at which final arrangements for the event were made. The entertainment committee con- sists of Mrs. M. L. Hunt and Mrs. Carrie Bornheim; the lemonade committee of Miss Lizzle Raeburn, Miss Becker and Miss Hughes: the refreshment committee of Mrs. Hughes, Mrs. Wagner, Mrs. Thrift, Mrs. Powell, Mrs. Wise, Miss Hughes, Mise Grace Hess, Misses Mollie and Mamie Becker, Mizs Louise Cunningham and Miss Raeburn. Mondéy afternoon Robert Nelson and Henry Causiesco, both colored, the latter a foreman employed by Mr. William King, ir., the coal dealer on K street near 20th street, became involved in a quarrel over some work to be performed. The men were shoveling coal when the dispute arose, and Nelson endeavored to hit his boss. Caus- fesco used his shovel to advantage and cracked Nelson across the head, rendering him insensible. While the injured man was taken to the hospital the aesailant was arrested by Policeman Pratt and-lock- up on a charge of assault and battery. Nelson's condition is reported to be se- rious. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Baer and family have gone to Atlantic City, where they. will spend several weeks. Last evening, shortly after 8 o'clock, an alarm was turned in for the burning of a ban of grease at the lunch room of Mr. H. C. Chick of 1204 32d street. No damage was done. Mr. and Mrs.W. Nordlinger are at Atlan- tie City, where they will remain several weeka. News Items Se WILL OF GEORGE EINOLF, Last Wishes Regarding the Distribu- tion of His Estate. The will of the late George Einolf, dated October 11, 1897, and a codicil thereto, dat- ed January 15, 1898, has been filed for pro- bate with the register of wills. By the terms of the two instruments all of the tes- tator’s property, real and personal, is con- veyed in trust to Henry Schlosser of Balti- more and the late William Redin Wood- ward of this city. The property, when con- Yerted into cash, is to be distributed as fol- lows: To Louise Loeffler, $100; to Loutse Cook, $100; to Catharine Dittrich and Caroline Davison of Baltimore, $100; to the heirs of the testator’s deceased wife's brother, Geo. Dickel, Berleburg, Germany, $200; to a nephew, Philip Gehb, a deaf mute, $1,000; to Justina Einolf, $100; to Jacob Emmich, $100. The sum of $250 shall be sent to the burgomaster at Bieden-Kopf, testator's na- tive town, in Germany, for distribution among the poor. The residue of his estate Is to be divided in four equal parts among his sister Kath- arine Gehb, Baltintore#the heirs of his sis- ter Mary Young,* Ricmond; the heirs of his brother Augi nolf, and his sister Elisa Krich, both, of tye latter residing in Germany. 2 <a —— Charged | With Larceny. William Warfiél{ ‘And. William, alias “Buddy,” Johnses;, young colored men, were arrested todjly By Detectives Helan, Lacy and McNamee and locked up on a charge of stealing #50 from Sam Hing, a Chinese laundry mip. af 1418 12th street. It is charged that Warfigd entered the laun- dry and engaged:. ig in conversation while Johnson entered the back room from the rear and toék the money from his elothing, hanging“"in’ his sleeping apart- ment. Warfield ‘that he was in the place and says tkaf 4ehnson entered the back room. Johnsen denies the charge. They will probably betgiven a‘ hearing in the Police Sourt tomorrow. A false alarm of fire turned in from box 238 called out several companies of the fire department between 12-and 1 o'clock this morning. ‘The police are endeavoring to ap- prehend the person who turned in the alarm. TRY ALLEN'S FOOT-EASE, A powder to be shatén Into the slocs. At this Season your feet feel swollen, nervous and hot, and get tired easily. If you have smarting feet or tight shoes, try Allen's Poot-Ease. It cools the feet and makes walking easy. Cures swollen and sweating feet, blisters and callous spots. Re- lieves corns and bunicns of all pain and gives Test and comfort. Try it today. Sold by all drwg- gists and shoe “stores for 25. Trial package "REE. - Address ‘Olmsted, Le Boy, N. Y. Allen 8. myli3m VIRGINIA POLITICS Warm Contest Among Republicans in Tenth District. MR. YOST'S CHANCE i The Situation in the State Re- viewed by a Republican. THE ALLEGED FRAUDS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STAUNTON, Va., July 20.—The repub- lican conyention to nominate a candidate for the House of Kepresentatives from the tenth district of Virginia has been called to meet in this city August 17. It is not unlikely that the scenes attending the meeting will be fully as exciting as those witnessed at the recent democratic conven- tion in Covington, when Judge Quarles was placed in the field for the same position by the democrats. At this time there are two avowed candi- dates for the republican nomination—Rep- resentative Jacob Yost, the sitting mem- ber, and Lawyer L. A. Hackman, both of Staunton. It is claimed in some quarters that while Hackman belongs to the anti- Yost faction of the republican party and would like to see Yost beaten in the con- vention, he is not really the candidate of the opponents of Mr. Yost, and his name has only been brought forward because of the hope entertained py many that Hack- man will be able to defeat Yost in the Au- gusta primaries, which, if consummated, would remove him from the list of candi- dates, At the time of the assembling of the re- cent democratic convention at Covington, and for some time thereafter, close friends of Mr. Yost declared that under no circum- stances would he again be a candidate, and it is alleged that the reason he has changed his mind on the subject is because the nomination of Judge Quarles has fallen very flat. This has caused many repub- licans to believe that there will be a chance for them to keep the district in the repub- lican column. It is possible Mr. Yost may finally decline to go before the convention, but at present he is in the race, so far as his friends are concerned. A Republican Review. Referring to this subject, one of the most prominent republicans in the tenth dis- trict said to a Star reporter: “Coupled with President McKinley's con- stantly increasing popularity on account of his war record, the people in this portion of the state who have been opposed to Mr. Yost because of failure on his part to keep pre-election promises are disposed to over- look their representative's dereliction in this respect; at least this is what the friends of Mr. Yost believe, and it is said Mr. Yost further believes that the district ought to again go republican, notwith- standing the immense frauds that are usu- ally put up at elections in the counties east of the Blue Ridge. ‘ “The republicans have reason to believe that the frauds will be minimized this year, since those who have heretofore been most active in the past in monkeying with the ballot box were badly left in the race which ended in the assembling of the Covington convention and the nomination of Quarl test after his announcement that he would not be a candidate for renomination is re- some quarters as exceedingly It is said that Rockbridge, Au- gusta and Allegheny, the three republican strongholds of the district, are opposed to his re-election, but it is to be tested wheth- garded in doubtful. er Mr. Hackman can rally the republican forces to his support. Disappointment of Office Seekers. “If he does it will be wholly due to the anti-¥Yost sentiment in the district which grew apace with the disappointment in the various counties on account of the appoint- ment of postmasters, only to be augmented by Mr. Yost's strange and unaccountable opposition to the appointment of S. Brown Allen to the United States marshalship for the western district of Virginia. His oppo- sition was so bitter as to cause the Presi- dent to delay all of his appointments in Virginia, and besides cost this section of the state the loss of all outside appoint- ments and held in check those that had to come to us by the fact that they were Vir- ginia appointments. If, however, the con- vention can be harmonious and select a formidable candidate, whether it be one of the two men named or another, and at present there seems to be no other, the dis- trict ought to be kept within the sepub- lican lines. Outlook in Other Districts. “The outlook for the rest of the state so far as the next national House of Repre- sentatives is concerned may be summed up as follows: “The first, which ts composed of Acco- mac, Caroline, Essex, Gloucester, King and Queen, Lancaster, Mathews, Middle- sex, Northampton, Northumberland, Rich- mond, Spottsylvania and Westmoreland and the city of Fredericksburg, will prob: ably return Mr. William Atkinson Jones, the sitting member. At the election in 189% the returns were: Jones, democrat, 15,525 Tyler, republican, 10,752; ‘inder, prohibi- tionist, 216, and De Shazier, socialist la- bor, 82. “The second district is believed to be re- Mably republican, provided the party is united. The district comprises the counties of Charles City, Elizabeth City, Isle of Wight, James City, Nansemond, Norfolk, Princess Anne, Southampton, Surrey, War- wick and York and the cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, Williamsburg and Newport News. With harmony in the republican ranks it is believed the democrats are in a minority of between 4,000 and 5,000. This year, however, the republican’ party is split into two factions, each being suffi- ciently strong to draw off a large vote from the regularly nominated candidate. This gives the democrats a fighting chance un- der ordinary circumstances, and a winning one with the methods the demucrats usual- ly employ to get their men in. The returns at the election two years ago showed that William A. Young, democrat, received 15,- 789 votes against 13,390 votes for Dr. R. A. Wise, republican; 1,895 votes for William A. Whaley, national democrat, and 240 votes for A. B. Griffin, independent. “If, however, the next House Is republi- can, as it is believed it will be, the fight for representative in that body from this district, after being contested at the polls, will be fought over again before the com- mittee on elections in Washington, which, under the deplorable condition of affairs which exists in the state, is the only place where this district, with its immense re- publican vote, has any show for a fair count. Democrat From Third District. “The third district will, it 1s believed, again return a democrat, as there seems to be at present no determined effort ‘on the part of republicans to capture it. The dis- trict is composed of the counties of .Ches- terfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, King William and New Kent and the cities of Richmond and Manchester. At the last congressional election Lamb, democrat, re- ceived 16,634 votes; Lewis, republican, 12,- 716, and 517 votes were returned as scat- tering. ‘ “The fourth district {s republican by 4,000 to 5,000, but will, it is expected, re- turn a democrat. It comprises the counties of Amelia, Brunswick, Dinwiddie, Greenes- ville, Lunenburg, Mecklenburg, Nottaway, Powhatan, Prince Edward, Prince George and Sussex and the city of Petersburg. At a recent conference of colored republicans in Charlottesville Thomas L. Jones, a col- ored lawyer, who votes in the district, but practices law in Washington, D. C., was indorsed as a candidate. This is nothing more than a democratic trick and will amcunt to nothing except that it gives the democrats an opportunity to manipulate the ballot box more freely and to claim that their victory was more by dissensions in the republican ranks than by the meth- bs oy teo well known in that part of the state. “The fight in the district is assuming an interesting phase, and Mr. Jones’ friends claim that he is making a strong fight for the republican romination. Mr. R. F. Thorp, the present representative, is now on the stump in his own interest, but his failure to secure office for the many office- RRENOMINATION Whether Mr. Yost can win in the con- seekers in the district, It ts claimed, gives Jenes the advantage. Representative Swanson’s Prospects. “The fifth district, which is composed of the counties of Carroll, Floyd, Franklin, Grayson, Henry, Patrick and Pittsylvania and the cities of Danville and North Dan- ville, is expected to return Claude A. Swan- son, the sitting member, who was beaten at the late election, but counted in. He will probably win this time because he has been virtually retained in his seat by the House, the effect of which is to encourage the methods in vogue in that part of the state, and at the same time to discourage the fricnds of Brown, republican, who was elected in 1896, at which time the returns showed that Swanson had 14,333 votes against 13,782 for his opponent. “The sixth district, comprising the coun- ties of Bedford, Campbell, Charlotte, Hali- fax, Montgomery and Roanoke, and the cities of Lynchburg, Radford and Roanoke, is expected to re-elect Peter J. Otey, whose majority in 1896 was nearly 5,500 over Rad- ford, national democrat. At this election the republican candidate, J. H. Hoge, re- ceived but 748 votes. Hay and Rixey. “The seventh district, with its more than 4,000 democratic majority, will doubtless return Representative Hay, and the eighth will do likewise with Rixey, who at the last election had nearly 4,000 more votes than his republican opponent. “The present member from the ninth dis- trict, Mr. James A. Walker, is a republi- can, and as the Cistrict is usually carried by that party, and he has been nominated for another term, there ts a strong belicf that he will again be chosen. There is, however, considerable doubt as to his ability to pull through, as in 1896 he had but about 1,100 majority, and since that time the ranks of those who want to de feat him have, it is said, been largely aug- mented. The district is composed of the counties of Bland, Buchanan, Craig, Dick- enson, Giles, Lee, Pulaski, Russell, Scott, Smyth, Tazewell, Washington, Wise and Wythe, and the city of Bristol. At the last congressicnal election Mr. Walker re- ceived 16,077 votes against 14,909 votes for S. W. Williams, democrat.” —— COMMISSIONS. POSTMASTER: umber Signed by the Presi- dent. President McKinley today signed the commissions of the following named post- masters Thomas H. Stephen: son Hays, Colton, Cal A Large 3 , Gadsden, Ala.; Wil- Samuel N. Androus, Pomona, Cal.; H. M. Strooter, Riverside, Cal.; W. D. Pennycook, Vallejo, Cal.; Orange W. Richardson, Longmont, Col.; Robert L. Williams, Griffin, Ga.; James A. Lauder, Carterville, I.; Harry M. Martin, Shelbyville, I.; William W. Lingle, Paoll, Edward E. Hissem, South Whitley, Gerritt Vanden Burg, Alton, Iowa; Adelbert J. Weeks, Correctionville, Iowa; Cornolius L. Robberts, Grinnell, lowa; Da- vid H. Scott, Griswold, Iowa; George A Danforth, Hamburg, Iowa; R. A. Coates, Hartley, Iowa; Heary D. Overholt, Iowa City, Ia!; William H. Needham, Sigourney ‘Miles M. J. Williams, Eminence, K. Wehrli, Mound Ci Sandcoulee, Mont ry L. H Oaks, Mich.; Peter L. Rork,Tokamah, Robert J. Cox, Delaware, Ohio; W M. Miller, Dresden, Ohio; A. M. Richards, Hicksville, Ohio; George Hall, Lima, Ohi Charles McDonald, Astoria, ‘Ore.; Benja- min F. Vaughan, Heppner, Ore.; | William B. Curtis, Marshfield, Ore.; Francis 1. Jones, Blossburg, Pa.; Thomas P. Mck lane. Kingston, Pa.; Joseph I. Latimer, New Bethlehem, Pa.; William W. D. Yerkes, Ogents, Pa.; William M. McKim, Oil City, Pa.; Frank H. McCully, Osceola Mills, Pa.; William P. Bach, Pottstown, Pa.; Cornelius P. Bucklin, Tidioute, Pa.; James A. Stewart, Edgemont, 8. D.; Alten Smith, n, 8 William D." Todd, Northport, sh.; James H. Dunn, Sut- ton, W. Va.; Amos A. Dee, West Union, W. Va.; Woodbury A. Ham, Everett, Ma: John E. Bosworth, Lee, Mas: Charles J. Wood, Natick, Mas: eG Fairbanks, Westboro’, Mass. Villlam H. Coggeshall, Summit, N. J.; Sidney B. Cloyes, Earlville, Charles F. Shel- land, Oneonta, Y.; Warren Logee, Pas- coag. R. 1.; James H. Gross, Richford, Vt.; Charles A. McKinn Cape Charles, Va. ; John, V o. OF BOND CLERKS. Many Have Been Discharged, but There is Much Work to Be Done. A number of the clerks who were en- gaged on the bond Issue have been dis- charged, but a considerable force is still retained. Much work is to be done ! the remaining clerks will be discharg: d. Assistant ‘Secretary Vanderlip said + day that the total of subscriptions for $500 and under was $99,728,000. A number of sub- scriptions which had been held up on sus- picton of being against the department's intentions would probably swell the total to $100,000,000, in round numbers. Secre- tary Gage is delighted that this much was subscribed by people with small amounts of money, and thinks it shows the great confidence in the government by the mid- dle classes. ~~ —__ Volunteer Army Act Interpreted. A decision has been rendered by the Se retary of War holding that the authority contained in the volunteer army act for the acceptance and muster of officers tn ser- vice with militia organizations, and not provided for by law in organizations of the regular army, or of officers with higher rank or pay than is allowed to officers of similag grades in the regular army, applies only to those who held commissions and were actually in service with the militia at the time the members enlisted in the volun- teer army, and were appointed by govern- ors to similar positions in the volunteer or- ganizations. Hence upon the promotion, discharge, resignation or death of any such officers appointed in excess of the regular army organization the offices held by them in the volunteers lapse and cease to exist. ———-2.—____ Must Send Back the Shells. It has been ordered by the Secretary of War that in all cases where troops expe! small arms ammunition in target practice the empty shells after firing will be packed and shipped to the Frankfort arsenal. oe -______ For Kicking a Boy and Stealing. Judge Scott this afternoon sent George Bailey, colored, to jail for ninety days for kicking James Ellis, a small colored boy, and fifteen days additional for the larceny of a piece of copper pipe valued af $2, from the steamer Mattano. ——__ Injured by a Fa Mrs. Maria Moore, living at 933 D street, while attempting to get off a car at 9th and D sireets last night, fell to the con- crete pavement and was slightly injured. She was removed to the Emergency Hos- pital by Policeman Cochran. > An alarm was turned in from box 149 about 9:30 o'clock last night, for a slight fire in the nouse of Mrs. Toney, No. 1115 15th street. What caused the fire is not known. TAP WORM “A tape worm eighteen feet at least came on the scene after my taking two CASCARETS. This lam sure has caused bad health for the past three years. Tam still taking Cascarets, the only cathartic worthy of notice by sensible people.”” GEo. W. BowWLgs, Baird, Mass. FORCE fore «. CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Berliag Remedy Company, Chieage, Montreal, Hew York, SI3 WO.TO-BAG fis CRE teet Wa CLOSE AT HAND NOW Business Men See a Bright Prospect for Good Times. Se THE INFLUENCE OF WAR See ee Local Merchants Tell of Trade ta Star Reporters. Ee ARE OF ONE OPINION — The feeling that bustness Is improving and is now much better than last year seems to be held by about every busine man in Washington. The Star continued its investigation in this line among local merchants today, with the following Its: Jur business this year up to the present ” said Mr. G. L. Peckham of W. B. Moses & Sons, furniture, corner 1th and F streets, “has been better than for seve- ral years past, and the prospects for the fall trade are very bright indeed. We have been very fortunate in securing government coutracts, one of the recent ones being that for furnishi:g all the chairs needed for all the government offices throughout the en- tire United States for the fiscal year just begun. We have just received instructions, by the way, to forward at once to Cuba the office furniture necessary to equip the eleven new stations of the weather bureau where our observers will study climatology and give warnings of any tornadoes that may be bound in this direction “My business has been very good during ree the past spring and winter,” said Mr. W. B. Hoover, grocer, of No. 1417 New York avenue, “and has held up this summer bet- ter than it has for years. F om present in- dications I believe the fal! trade will be very good. So far as I am concern I am entirely satisfied with trade conditions.” Mr. William W. Galt of the firm of G. G. Cornwell & Son, grocers, Nos. 1412-1414 Pennsylvania avenue, said: “We find that business is as good and perhaps a little bit better than it has been for several years past. At this season we ship a great many goods out of town. We have no cause to complain of business con- ditions. For us the tall trade promises to be very bright. The indications are for @ good improvement.” “We find that business is better, if any- thing, than it was last year,” said Mr. N. W. Burchell, gro No. > F street. “The promise for fall and winter trade {s excellent, I think.” The Btar’s inquirer was informed at the Evans Dental Parlors, No. 1309 F street northwest, that business was fully as good as It was last year, and in some branches decided! work in early ant. “People who are go “There's lot of the inform- f away and who have neglected their teeth all the year rush in and want them fixed before going to the seaside or mountains. We are doing a good deal of work for the boys, because we extract their of charge. Business will be better, I think next winter, It always ts the second wine ter of a new administration.” Camp Decided Improvement, W. S. Teel, 1329 F street: “Improvement in business has been very decided in my ex perience during the past few months, as compared with the same period of last year. This ts due in part, no doubt, to the change I made in the location of my place of business, 25 well as the practically new stock which I bought at that time. I be- eve that the increased trade may be also attributed to the influx of visitors to the city, caused by the war. I believe the trade in the fall will be good and far ahead ~ what it was last year.” J. Fred. Gatchel, 604 13th street ng the past year,” said Mr. B business has been with us three times in volume what it was last year. We expect not only a continuation of this experienc but next fall a decided increase. The times are favorable and ccrcitions are improving with all classes of people, and of course business feels the influence.” ns’ drag store, #38 F street me,” said Mr. Henry Evans, “business slows a marked improvement over the same period last year. I know of no rea- son, except that on account of the war more visitors have come to the city and more people have remained in the city than usual. Whatever the explanation, the fact remains that- business is better, and the prospects are that it is likely to continue so.” Mayer Bros & Co., 937 F strzet: “Business has been fully as good as it was last year. In fact, with us it has been better, because of the increased facilities we have provided. The prospects for th2 fall trade are very encouraging, indeed.” John G. Hodges, bookbinder, 511 9th street: “When the fire attacked my place of business Saturday afternoon I was doing more business than I ever had before in my career. Fortunately, the damage caused “Dur- “With by the flames was comparatively slight, and as soon as possible I expect to ha’ a new plant In operation and prepared to d» more and better work than ever before.” Great Improvement. Mr. R. C. Lewis of R. C. Lewis & Son, hakerdashers, 1421 New York avenue: “Trade in every line, I belteve, has been better right along than it was last year. The conditions now point to a still greater improvement for the fall. Yes, the war has helped some, but business was in a very healthy condition, or getting so, long before the war was thought of.” Mr. Snyder of Hoover & Snyder, shoe merchants F street northwest: “Thera has been a steady improvement in our bus!- ress since the Ist of January. There has been no spasmocie increase. We have not felt the war one way or th» other, but it has doubtless been a benefit to trade as a whole. Right alcng throughout the spring to the present time the improvement in trad» over the same period last year has been marked, indeed. And I am inclined to believe that the outlook for a heavy fall business is exceptionally good.” Transition State. Mr. B. B. Earnshaw of B, B. Earnshaw & Bro., dealers groceries, &c., 1105 Lith street southeast: “I have been in business in Washington since 1870, and have seen all the ups and downs of trade since then, and I should say of the present business situation that it is in @ transitory state. Finances and business are slowly but very surely regulating their conditions, seeking the norma! condition, which I feel is com- irg, more rapidly, perhaps, because of the stimulation given by the fact that the country is at war today. War is, of course, a horrible thing, and no one more truly de- plores it than I do, but the fact remains, nevertheless, that it is surely bringing about a large increase of business, not only here, paced also throvghout the whole coun- try. One of -ts effects js the -opening up of many near-by: markets for our manufac turing and agricultural products. Our bus- iress this year has so far shown a decide@ increase over that of last year, and we ar today selling more fine goods than we have ever sold before. There is, I think, a great deal of moncy in cur trade centers, and it is bound to be soon equitably distributed. We are buying more. heavily than for many years, and of the finest goods, in anticipation of a very hea i and win- ter trade, and we are sure we hte enter= ed upcn an era of great prosperity. not alone here, but also throughout the efuing country Mr. Edward Stevens, proprietor of thi well-known drug store at 9th street und Pennsylvania averue: “Business in the District has undoubtedly increased thi« year to a very gratifying extent. Such is our experience, and such seems to be the experience of about every business house here. In every line of our business sales have materially increased this year, and the prospects at present are for a still heavier increase during the coming fail and winters The war has, of course, put a vast amount of money in circulation, and it is being spent by the people much more readily than for several years. But, out- side of that, I believe that times are and will continue to be, very good, indeed.” ——>_—__ Fell From Street Car. Mary Holloran, seventeen years old, fell to the street and was painfuily injured about 11 o'clock last night while getting off a cable car at 4th and H streets northeast, After being attended by Dr. Stoddard shé ‘Was removed to her home. —