Evening Star Newspaper, August 8, 1898, Page 2

AT THE WHITE HOUSE TRAIN JUMPED THE TRACK Three Men Killed and Many Severely In- Cabinet Members Patiently Waiting for News. “FROM SPAIN ———_o— NOTHING - OFFICIAL Progress of the Campaign in Porto Rico. TROOPS WILL BE SENT ON es General Griggs, Secretary Long Secretary Alger were with President inley for some time today, leaving the White House shortly before 1 o'clock. Bach of these officials was asked whether any- thing official had been received as to Spain's accentance of peace terms. Bach ste ted unequivocally that the President was without a word from ony official source in- ferming him of Spa: agreement to the propositions of th: Judging from the positive newspaper dispatches, how- ever, the President was expecting news, chey said. One of the cabinet officer tuought no comr unication would be made by M. Cambon before tomorrow. This, he sald, was merely his opinion, as no one had sufficient informetion to say when M. Cam- bon would present the answer of Spain. The cabiret officers named were disposed to believe. as they have been for the last week. that peace is near. They are net at all impatient that Spain has taken a week to come to a decision. They recognize that | conditions in Spain are critical and that shrewd manipulation is necessary to adjust everything to an acceptance of American terms. The President will do nothing about the appointment of commissioners or the issu- ing of a proclamation of armistice until he is officially notified that Spain has acceded to the American terms. The Porto Rico Campaign. No orders for a discontinuance of his campaign will be sent to General Miles un- til an armistice has been agreed upon by both countries. That will not be for several days and General Miles will, by that time, be well on the way to San Juan, closing in on all sides. It is thought hostilities will cease before there can be a battle at San Juan. The terms submitted to by Spain provide that her iroops in Porto Rico leave immediately. T)2 President will insist that the terms be promptly carried out. Then could begin the reconstruction which will be necessary and which will require garri- sons of troops. Secretary Alger said today that all of the re iments recently ordered to prepare to ga to Porto Rico with Gen. Wade will be sent as soon as transportation can be provided. ‘Lhere is no hurry,” the Secretary said “When Gen. Grant and his troops arr: at Porto Rico . Miles will have all the soldiers he needs to conduct his campaign. At present we need all of our transports to bring away the men from Santiago. When this work has been finished the transports will be used to send more soldiers to Porto Rico.” The Secretary said that there was no occasion to change the orders about Gen. Wade's men. ——__——$_+o+—____ CHANGES IN POLICE FORCE. Appointment of Specials Gives De- partment an Advantage. The twenty special policemen appointed for duty at the street railroad crossings were sworn in today and some of them went on duty this afternoon. They will all be In service tcmorrow at the crossings designated by Major Sylvester, as publish- ed in Saturday’s Star. The appointment of the special policemen gives the police depattment the services of thoze who have been detailed at these street crossings. Major Sylvester sent three additional men to the second precinet and two to the third. Policemen Tompkirs, Hunt and Beans were sent from the first to the second precinct, whije Policemen Cowne and Fields were sent from the first to the third. C. E. Ke y was transferred from the second to the sixth precinct. Policeman Samuel Wilsen, ore of the older officers of the force, who was detailed with the Humane Society for a number of years, has been relieved of this detail and sent to the fifth precinct. where he wili do duty in the patrol wagon service. He will relieve Of- figer Vanzant. ig hkely that some other older officers will take the details now held by young "fa the eighth precinct, Policeman Rhodes, who has done precinct detective duty, has been mounted, and will go on active duty in the county aa SICK SOLDIERS ARRIVE. Over a Hundred Taken to the Wusb- ington Barracks. One hundred end twenty-eight 5! sol- diers arrived here this morning from Nor- on the steamer Norfotk. They to the Washington barracks, were accommoda in the hos- building near the entrance to the The sick soldiers were of the Rough Riders, 10th Cavairy and some in- fentrymenu. Other invalids are expected to arrive here this afternoon or evening. ——— ASKS FOR MAINTENANCE. were taken where th: pital Petition Filed in Court by Mrs. Juliet Herbert. Mra. Juliet Herbert, w W. Herbert of 703 D stree entered suit against her maintenance and support marri of Dr. James southeast, has husband seeking ‘The couple were 1 over twenty-eight y« ago, Jan- uary 1870, and lived ther until last October, when the de it ia al- left his wife and four children for her to support without any means what- F at her husband's , and that her and the a rule re- show cause on prayers of TWO SOLDIERS KILLED. Were Half Brothers and Members of the Same Regiment. G. Forsythe of Company B and jes Dunn of Company A, 4th Regi- States Volunteers, who: atello, just north of Ivy ere killed Satufday night on the hmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac The £ brothers, and Dunn was generally known as Forsythe. When the % men enlisted they gave their ad- as 1106 D street southeast, and yes- a@ telegram giving information of aceldent was received at this The young men lett camp Saturday night to go to a railroad station, and it ts thought they became tired and sat down to rest. Their bodies were found near Po- temac run yesterday morning. They were lying about six feet apart. Forsythe’s head was severed from the ‘body and both hands had been cut off. Dunn's head was struck by the train just above the temple, tearing the top of his head off, and, like his companion, both hands were cut off. Colonel Petit of the 4th Regiment had the bodies buried in the national cemetery at Fredericksburg. es _ Loeeal Knights Bring Sait. The officers of District Assembly 66, Knights of Labor, have entered suit tn equity against the executive board of the Knights of Labor of North America, seek- ing to restrain the revocation of the charter of the local o: on. jured in Massachusetts A Misplaced Switch Caused the Acel- dent While the Cars Were a Down Grade. CANTON, Mass., August 8—At Canton Junction, on the New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad, this morning, three men were killed and a number of mail clerks were severely it.jured by an express- mail special frum New York to Boston jumping the tracks. The dead are: James Sheldon, engineer. G. K. Knowlton, fireman. James Sch ifeldt, ergineer, riding in the cab. Injured: Jos. Killea, Peter Carroll, L. H. Butter- field, F. D. Lincoln, C. A.\Buckland, W. A. Seymour, T. E. Denney. There were fourteen mail clerks on the train, and Schufeldt, who was riding in the cab, was the engineer of a gravel train, and was on his way to work at Mansfield. Sheldon and Knowlton lived at Providence. Schufeldt’s home was at Mansfield, Mass. The accident was caused by a misplaced switch. The special was running at high speed cn a down grade. At the bottom of the slope the switch at a siding failed to work, and in an instant the cars were oft the track. The engine and forward car were turned over on their sides, and the other three cars were thrown from their trucks. The locomotive was completely de- molished and the forward car wxs tele- scoped. Cars Wrecked in Ohio. CLEVELAND, Ohto, August 8.—A colli- sion on the Lorain and Cleveland electric railroad occurred last night seventeen miles west of here. About fourteen of the pessengers were more or less injured, though none of them fatally. A head-on collision also occurred last evening at Willoughby, twenty miles east, between a special car on the Painesville and Eastern suburban line and a regular motor. Misunderstanding of orders caused the accident. Eleven persons were injured, many seriously, but none fatally. Sicotcre rae MOB VIOLENCE AT TAMPA. Unsuccessful Effort to Release Negro Army Teamsters From Jail. ‘TAMPA, Florida, August 8.—Early this morning a mob (ried to rescue three negro teamsters of the regular army incarcerated in the jail here. An armed guard ordered them to desist, but the mob opened fire on the jail. 5 A volley was poured into the crowd from the upper story of the building and several shots took effect. The wounded were car- ried away by their comrades and the raid was unsuccessful eae gee PICKETT’S MEN PARADED. Weleomed to Philadelphia, Where They Will Be Encamped. PHILADDLPHIA, Pa., August 8.—The week’s encampment of the Confederate Survivors of Pickett’s Division and Unior Veterans of the Philadelphia Brigade, at a resort on the New Jersey side of the Del- aware river, was formally opened today. Prior to their departure for the camp grounds the veterans of both the famous ecmmands held a short street parade in this city, and visited Independence Hall, where the visitors were welcomed on be- half of the city of Philadelphia by Mayor Warwick. Speeches were also made by Comrade E. Frazier of the Philadelphia Brigade, Col. A. K. McClure, editor of the Philadelphia Times; Gen. William A. Hemp- hill, editor of the Atlanta Constitution, and Congressman John Lamb of Virginia. Mrs. Pickett, widow of Gen. Pickett, ac- companied the veterans both to Indepen- dence Hall and the camp grounds. At the latter place Dr. William B. Jonas welcomed the southern soldiers, and the response was made by Maj. Charles Pickettt. Sa KILLED BY CARS. Harry Lorshbaugh’s Sad Fate—Texas Soldier Under Arrest. Special Dispetch to The Evening Star. HAGERSTOWN, Md., August 8.—Harry Lorshbaugh, a married man, aged twenty- five years, and a resident of this city, was | run over last night and killed by a freight taain of the Potomac Valley railroad, on which he had been stealing a ride. His bedy was, frigitfully mutilated. Lorsh- baugh left Hagerstown for Big Pool on a fishing expedition : Joseph W.. Farrow of Company A, 3d Missouri Volunteer Infantry, deserted his regiment while marching from Camp Alger to Bull Run, and came to Hagerstown in uniform loaded down with accouterments. While here he passed a worthless check on a Hagerstown merchant for $10, on the rep- resentation that he had deposited $00 In the First National Bank. He is now in jai} here as a deserter and charged with ob- taining money uncer false pretenses. His home fs in San Antonio, Tex. Amos Lavender, whom the Washington police were notified to Jook out for, and who is charged with causing the death of James Houston, colored, by hitting him with a stone, was arrested last night and committed to jail for the action of the grand jury. rege Launch Party. ‘The members of the Golden Beli Pleasure Club gave their sixth annual launch party yesterday, going to Great Falls. Several photographs were taken of the members and the beautiful scenery. Among those preseat were Miss Pearl Hammach, Miss Elsa Brodt, Miss Margaret Nolan, Miss Ella Ehlshlager, Miss Emma Hempler, Miss Annie Yost, Miss Ella Moulton, Miss Tiliie Nau, Miss Olive Sims, Miss Emma Holtz, Miss Ida Volland, Miss Amelia Sievers, Miss Sue Whitmore, Miss Kattie Borger, Miss Petty Peadty, Miss Weils, Mrs. Daisy. Zerega and’ Baby Marte, Mrs. \Volland, Mr. Volland, Mr. Johnson, Mr. Paschal Henshaw, Mr. 8. H. Davison, Mr. Karl Brodt, Mr.’ Geo. Pull, Mr. Benj. Rosenthal, Mr. Geo. Clagejt, Mr. M. M. Fowler, Mr. Theo. Putt, jr, Mr. Zercgu, Mr. Linke, Mr. John Crawford, Mr. ner, Mr. W. M. Joadman, Mr. Wm. Cissel, es Last Wills Filed. Anton Geter, dated July 10, 1808, was filed to his wife, Mi @aret Geier, the house and ty, Va, urai life and widowhood. Afier her death, or in the event of her remarriage, the prop- erty is to be sold and the proceeds divided as follows: To his daughter, Elizabeth B. Eslin, $100, and and Joseph Alexander Geier, share alike. points her executrix. > New Patrol Circuit. Eva Arthur Lanten, Mr. Wm. A. Joyce, Mr. Jue Emilie Oscar Homer, Mr. W. 8S. Jim- merman, Mr. Harry Johnson, Mr, H. Gard- Mr. Thomzs Cissel and Mr. Oscar Krumke. The last will and testament of Michael today fcr probate. The testator bequeaths Jot situated at 1424 North Capitol street ond an unimproved lot in Alexandria coun- to have and hold during her nat- the balance among his three sons, John Joseph, Edward Francis share and Jobn Geier is named executor. The will of Christian Caspar, dated Feb- rvary 10, 1888, was also filed. The testator bequeaths all of his property, real and per- sonal, to his wife, Josepha Casper, and ap- THE EVENING STAR, MONDAY, AUGUST PLEA FOR A SINGLE FARE Also a Continuous Ride to Any Point in the District. Some of the Phases of Reciprocal Trackage Arrangements Between City and Sabarban Railroads. Street railroad men continue to discuss the subject of trackage arrangements be- tween the city and the suburban roads and citizens who are interested in the develop- ment of suburban property, naturally are Icoking into the matter. As no actual steps have been taken to bring about such an arrangement since the petition was filed in gourt some days ago by the Brightwood Company asking the court that the law requiring reciprocal trackage arrangements to be made between the Metropolitan and connecting lines be carried out. It is not expected that this proceeding will result in any prompt settlement of the case, and in the meantime the discussion goes on over the various phases of the sit- uation, which is recognized to be of great consequence in the future of the railroads as well as of the city. In the opinion of some who have given this subject attention, it is believed that Congress has adready declared the basis upon which business be- tween city and suburban roads should be carried on. ie What the Law Says. The particular law quoted in this con- nection is the one that was approved Feb- rvary 26, 1898, and v bich contains the fol- lowing clause: “That the Brightwood Railway Company, the Rock Creek Rail- way Compaay and the Georgetown and Tenleytown Railway Company be and they are hereby respectively authorized and re- quired to sell fcur coupon tickets for 25 cents, good for one continuous ride in the District of Columbia over the lines of sald companies, respectively, and the lines of the Metropolitan Railroad Company, and the said suburban rcads shall redeem the tickets collected by the Metropolitan Rail- road Company at the rate of 2% cents for each coupoa ticket presented by the said Metropolitan Railroad Company. It is stated that this is the basis of set- tlements at present between the companies for the tickets of the class referred to. The city road gets two-fifths and the coun- try road gets three-fifths. It is further as- serted by some who are interested in sub- urban roads that such a basis for the divis- fon of the fares would be acceptable to the suburban roads in the event the present city street railroad fares are applied to the entire District. Pay for Transfers. In other werds, it is said that as far as the public is concerned, there should be ong fare for a ride to any point in the Dis- trict of Columbia, and when the junction is reached between an urban and a sub- urban road the passengers should be given transfers. Instead, however, of making an equal division of the fares between the reads, as would be done if the transfers were used on the present basis, the sub- urban roads would get three-fifths and the city roads two-fifths of the value of the transfers. It ts asserted that un equal division which such a use of transfers would mean would simply result in tha extinction of the suburban road, for the reason that it would divide practically the whole of us business with the city road, while the Jat- ter would only diviie a small poriion of its business. It is therefore ciaimed that the system of transfers, except for money con- sideration, would be sulcilal for the coun- try road, and hence all propositions of this sort have been uniformly rejected Also a Continuous Ride. It is thought by some such an arrange- ment will be the outcome of the present effort that is being made to enforce the law of Congress in requiring reciprocal trackage arrangements between conncct- irg city and suburban roads. The repre- sentatives of some of the suburban roads ere indifferent whether or not arrange- ments sre made for the cars of two con- necting roads to run over the respective tracks as long as they can have a transfet arrangement on the lines above stated. Others, however, are of the opinion that the meaning of the law, as well as the de- sire of the public, is not only for the single street car fare within the District, but for the continuous ride, so that there would-be no need to change cars at the bounds of the city. —— THE GUATEMALAN REVOLT, Foreign Residents Made to Pay by the Insurgents. Advices received from Cocos, Guatemala, show that the revolutionary movement there has assumed a phase which, while not jeopardizing the existing government, promises to involve foreign residents in great difficulty. The insurgents, under Morales, are believed to have received con- siderable support from the Mexicans on the frontier, who, at least, are said to be chargeable with failing to observe neutral- ity. Some of the foreign residents have al- ready suffered heavy exactions of money under forced levies by the insurgents, and it may be that strong representations on the subject will be required by our own government. ———_+ o+_____ REWARD OFFERED, Missing Boy Who Disappeared From His Home tn May. Major Sylvester issued a circular this af- ternoon, offering a reward for the finding of Carroll H. Donally, who disappeared from his home. No. 511 B street north- east, May 10, as heretofore published in The Star. The boy ts described as good-looking and intelligent, aged sixteen years, about five feet four inches in height, light brown hair, light blue-gray eyes, full nose and upper lip, slight white scar on forehead, dimples in both cheeks when smiling. He nad, and probably still has, a winter-weight blue clot cadet suit, with stripe of lighter blue on trousers, heavy braid on coat and brass buttons on vest. Vest buttons have “Oehm’s Acme Hall, Baltimore, Md.,” stamped on inside in circle around the shank. The last heard of him he was tramping aiong the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, from Washington westward, in company with a man about twenty-one years old; height, six feet; erect figure; hair, light or sandy brown; who does tattooing, and is said to have tattooed Carroll’s left arm. with figure of weeping willow, a boy and the word “mother,” all in blue ink. The right arm is sald to have a smaller figure,* probably a keart pierced by a dart. SS Rev. Bartholomew Lampert Dead. CHICAGO, August 8.—Rev. Bartholomew Lampert is dead, after an illness of eight months. He was presiding elder of the northern Illinois district of the German Methodist Church. meee Se Hobson Visited Cervera. ANNAPOLIS, Md., August 8—Assistant Naval Constructor Richmond P. Hobson arrived this morning at 8:40 and was in town only a few hours. He called on Ad- miral Cervera and also ae the Naval Academy which i Sait res 5 —— Set Upon by Striking Workmen. BUFFALO, N. Y¥., August 8—Robert Davis, @ non-union moulder, employed at the Gould coupler works at Depew, was set upon by three men last night and beaten Major Sylvester, superintendent of police, has arranged a new beat in the first pre- cinct, which is te include both sides of Pennsylvania avenve, from the east. side of iith street to the west side of 12th street. The changes go into effeot tomorrow, in order that the officers may get well ac- quainted with the new beats before the crening of the new city.post office. This change will also give better protection to the merchants in and about the nelghbor- hood of the Center Market. Major Sylves- ter thinks that he will eventually deta!l two policeme1 to protect pedestrians cross- ing to-the post office. -_— Committed to Jatt. ‘ so badly that his recovery is believed im- possible. His assailants are said to meine: moulders, Three arrests have been * : —_—-——_ Lieut. Col, Burr's Father I). Lieut. Col. Edward Burr, who was until recently assistant to the District Engineer Commissioner, and who partictpated in the Santiago campaign, reached this city Sat- Walter Carroll, cliarged with housebreak- | Urday evening. ihe nie ae ing, has been arrested on a bench warrant, stating that his father, a and in default of $1,000 bail has been-com- | of that city, mitted to jail. there. | formation of the promotion of Capt. VIRGINIA DEMOCRATS ee : All Their: Nominations for Congress ‘Havé Been Made. TWO CHANGES IN LAST YEAR'S LIST Prophecy. That Young Will Tura the Tables on Wise. THORP MAY BEAT EPES Correspcndence of The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., August 7, 1898. The democrats of Virginia have made all their nominations for Congress, the #elec- tion of Captain John Lamb to succeed him- self in the metropolitan district completing the list. ‘There are only two changes in the lst of candidates as it stood last year. W. A. Young of Norfolk, who had to surrender his seat to Dr. R. A. Wise, the republi- can member of that district, will renew the fight with a united party and the sym- pathy that an unseated congressman al- ways secures as a mighty reflex force in his favor. The divisions in the repuolican ranks in that district continue, and it is | considered an..easy prophecy that Young will turn the tables on Wise in the next election. Congressman Thorp will have the same sentiment to combat in his race for Congress with Sydney Epes next time, and the gain of a democratic member will also be had from the Petersburg district unless all the signs change between now and fall. In the southwest, General James A. Walker will have as a foeman worthy of his steel Judge William F. Rhea, one of the ablest and most magnetic speakers in Virginia. Forcing the Fighting. There is @ disposition on the part of the democrats to force the fighting, and the democratic chairman has sent a challenge to the republican chairman for a joint can- yass of the district by the two candidates, but the terms have not been announced, if the challenge was ever considered. From a democratic standpoint the tenth district, now represented by Jaco Yost, republican, 1s the most interesting of the congressional battlefields. Judge J. M. Quarles, who was nominated as a dark horse at Covington, after one of ihe bit- terest convention fights that ever occurred in Virginia, has not aroused tha enthu- siasm that insures success. The papers in his district haye spent considerable time and space in discussing the charges of fraud made by the friends of Flood end Glasgow, between whom the real contest existed, and the stray shots haye consid- erably weakened Judge Quarles’ strategic position. He is not regarded as stronz be- fore the people and does not possess that ability as a “stumper” which counts for so much with the Virginia voter. On the other’ hand, the republicans of the tenth distri¢t’ are badly split up, and the bitter fight between S. Brown Allen, United States mafshal for the dis:rict, and Congressman "Yost will follow on down to the coming cintest. Mr. Yost folind this opposition to him so strong that after ‘having announcad that he would oppose Judge Quarles he had to with- Graw from what ‘he saw would be certain defeat. Mr. Yost/fought Allen’s candidacy for the marstalship, and Allen is now pay- ing Yost back, Deciitred for Hackman. Mr. Turner.K. Hackman is Allen’s candi- date for the memination, and the delogates of Staunton and Augusta have declared for him. . Mr. Hackmen will, however, not have a walk-over fon; the, nomination. Col. James Lyons, formerly gf Richmond, but now a resident of Buckingham coypty, who. went to the republican, party last-ysar when the democrats split in Virginia cn the money question, will be a candidate. Colonel Ly- ons ts a man of pleaSing address and has all the enthusiasm of a new convert. ol. R. T. Hubard is also a candidate from Buckingham, and has the Cumberland delagation pledged to him. Colonel Hubard is a popular man and experienced “‘stump- er,” and, it is understood, will have the Yost support. The counties are slow in electing dele- gates to the Staunton convention, and until th? republican nomination is made the chances of the democratic candidate ate very uncertain. So far, General Walker’s is the only ném- ination the republicans haye made. In the first district they have called tha conven- tion for September 18 gat Tappahannock, and though it is conceded that Hon. W. A. Jones, the democrat, is invincible in his district, there will perhaps be more candi- dates for the r2publican nomination tha in any other district in the state, Restless Colored Republicans. In the second district Dr. R. A. Wise not only has the ever-present differences be- tween the Lamb and Agnew factions to consider, but the colored republicans are restless and, talk of making an independent nomination. The fifth district republicans will meet in convention at Stuart on the Jith and Mr. Jno. R. Brown, who contested the seat in Congress with Mr. Claude A. Swanson, will again be his formidable opponent. In the Lynchburg, Valley and Alexandria districts no republican conventions have been called, and probably no nominations will be made, as they are recognized as surely democratic. districts, The real fight in the republican Tty this campaign is for the election of the state exgcutive committee and the control of the party machinery, the two separate organizations partictpating in the district conventions. The efforts of the leaders of the two fac- tions to get together have only partially succeeded, neither side being willing to surrender as long as the other existed; but with a new committee elected by the dis- triet conventions it is believed that the two wings can be brought together, if not in enrire. harmony, at least in good working order. EE The “regulars,” headed by Park Agnew, captured all the patronage under the pres- ent administration, and its leaders are the holders of the high offices, and, in a mea: ure, itis a battle royal of the outs against the ins. So far the honors are easy,the tenth district having elected three members fa- vorable to the “ins,” and the ninth, Gen- eral Walker's district, three members iden- tifled with the “outs.” This phaso of the republican contest is“watched with absorb- ing interest by the democrats, as it de- pends on the recoricillation of the two re- publican factiofis whether or not the dem- ocrats will have’ & sold delegation in Con- Breas, 26 ———— American Demand Refused. The porte on.Fridgy replied to the Amert- can demand for ‘eompensatfon for losses sustained by American subjects during the Armenian md The reply is the same as that ;given to other powers, ro- pudiating all responsibility for the losses. In the course: of the farewell audience of Dr. James B. Angell, the retiring American minister to Tupkey,s the sultan referred to the war between the United States aa e@ Was much with the nayal"optrations and the terrible gracias of Ameréan guns, and had or- fered the pursbasd of-similar guns:for Tur- ys 288 ‘ aes » —s 0+ Capt. Montgomery’s Promotion. ‘The army orders’ tday give the first in- a.~ min F, Montgomery, signal officer, Bes States Volunteers, to the rank of t Meutenant colonel Lieut. Col, Montgomery, who has for many years been an shea bee! @foient executive lerk at the White H captats in 486 tHitie) Coens 8, 1898-10 PAGES. AMONG THE STATES Apportionment of Places in the Government Printing Office. How They Stand at Present — States “¢ Ahead and States Be- hind. On June 15, 1898, the President amended civil service rule VIII by directing that hereafter all certifications to positions of a clerical nature and all positions of the recognized mechanical trades in the gov- ernment printing office be apportioned among the several states, territories and the District of Columbia as nearly as pos- sible. The positions included in this order num- ber about one-half of the force of the gov- ernment printing office. In order to carry out this omer an elabo- rately tabulated statement has be2n made, showing the state from which every em- Ploye of the government printing office is accredited, reference to, which will show readily whether a state is below or above this apportionment. ‘This statement was made by Mr. O. J. Ricketts, prjyvate secre- tary to the public printar. The following table shows the number of employes of the classes designated by the President credited to the several stat2s and territories, together with the number to which these states and territories are 2ntitled under an apportionment based on the Jast census, and supposing there are she appointments to be divided among trem. No. No. No. No. ‘at under at under pres’t. App’nm't. pres’t. App’nm’t. Alabama.... 5 48|Nebraska.. 15 34 Alaska. 0 1jNevada.... 1 Arizona. 0 2'New Hamp 10 = 12 Arkansas.. 16 36 New Jersey 50 46 California.. 6 39'NewMexico 1 5 Colorado. 9 13/New York.303 191 Connecticut 12 IN. ao} 10 SIN. a 6 7 Ohio 4% 17 | Oregon 0 3'Penn 61168 12)R. 1... 3 1 Wis. C. wat 1s. D. 7 10 61)Tenn 238 56 46) Texas ..... 11 a 59) Utah . 2 7 36 Maryland . 6 i 21| Virginia .. 5C os 33 Washing'n. 2 n 71) W. Va..... 26 67 Wisconsin. 9 42) Wyoming.. 0 Mississippi. 15 41) — Missouri 86, 591 2,000 Montana. 2 The basis of appor: and the number of office being but 1,501, the figures of the ap- portionment as given above should be re- duced about 25 per cent, if it is desired to ascertain the inequality of the present ap- Portionment as compared with what it would be if each state and territory was provided for according to its population. it is not likely that an exact apportion- ment of places in the government printing office will be possible, for the reason that some of the states and territories are no: ligely to supply the class of sxill required. These inequalities are to be weeded out as far as possible in time by seeing that ap- Sees are only given in states not now aving their apportioned number. Out of the 704 compositors now in the government printing office New York h: 110, togather with eighty-eight out of 356 bookbinders. The District of Columbia has seventy-five compositors and ninety book- binders in the office, while Pennsylvania has sixty-two compositors and fifty book- binders; Maine has but three appointments = the office and not a single compositor there. ee TURKEY TAKES OUR POSITION. Reply to Demands for indemnity for Attacks on American Missions. Relative to the statement that the Turk- ish government has declined to recognize the American demands for indemnity for outrages committed upon American mis- sion establishments in Turkey during the Armenian troubles, it is learned that this answer was retuined some time ago, and, in fact, has been given by Turkey when- ever approached on this subject. The Turkish answer has cited the attitude of the United States in cases where claims were preferred oy foreign governments for damages susiained by their citizens in riot. + 0 +—______ Col. Lamont’s Car Wrecked. SEATTLE, Wash., August 8—News has been received here that the private car of Daniel Lamont, vice president of the Northern-Pacific Railroad Company, has been badly wrecked on the Seattle and In- ternational road between Gotschel and Ar- lington, about fifty miles from this city. Fortunately no one was hurt. —_e—_—_ Importance of Wheat Stores, LONDON, August 8.—The parliamentary committee appointed to inquire into the question of national wheat stores reports that it is profoundly impressed with the immense importance of such concerns as an aid for national defense, and recom- mends the appointment of a royal commis- sion to deal with the matter. —_—._—_ Death of Dr. James Hall. ALBANY, N. Y¥., August 8—Dr. James Hall, who had been state geologist since 1887, died today at Echo Hill, Bethlehem, N. ¥., where he was spending the summer. Dr. Hall was eighty-seven years of age. ——_—_ Exit Populism From Alabama. From the Savannah News. Populism is dead in Alabama. It died a natural death, so that it will not be neces- sary to hold an irquest. In the election preceding that of last Monday the populists carried twenty-two counties. They now have feeble holds in about six counties. The populists of Alabama “shot their big gun” when Kolb was the general in com- mand of them. In five years they will be as extinct as the-dodo and the Green-back- er. 0 The Militia After the War. From the Cincinnati Enquirer. One of the “lessons of the war” will be to secure more practical attention to the National Guard, and the keeping of the state soldiery in closer touch with the gov- ernment at Washington. We shall have something, perhzeps, that will be like a standing army in size, but not having the objectionable features; + = _____ Open to Criticism. From the Norwich (Conn.) Bulletin. If we do not take better care of our ‘wounded some foreign nation may remind us that humaniterianism should begin at home. ——_--+»—____ The Navy as a Peace Agent. From the Cincinnati Times-Star. If we had been forced into war hae etd ago when the Spanish navy was relatively stronger than it is now_and we had tically nothing, the Spanish Philippine squadron could have played highly enter- pranks on our Pacific while SSS RED CROSS AT SANTIAGO The Story of Its Operations One of Great Heroism. The Suffering Incidental to the Cam- paign Was Heartrending—™ Kennan’s Graphic Story. From the Philadelphia Press. The story of the Red Cross work in Cuba, since the opening of the Santiago cam- paign, is a tale of gracious chasity that in its magnitude has never been approached in the history of the Red Cross Society, im- portant as has been its precious work. The suffering incidental to the Cuban campaign has been great and heartrending, but with- out the assistance of the Red Cross it would have been appalling. ‘Here is the story of that work as told by George Ken- nan, who has been one of the leaders of the expedition, and who has actively superin- tended, with Miss Clara Barton, its opera- tions: . “We arrived off Santiago June 25 from Key West, on the State of Texas,” said Mr. Kennan, “and reported to Admiral Sampson. He told us there was no possi- bility of landing any supplies there, and suggested that we goto Guantanamo and advise with Commander McCalla of the Marblehead, who was in communication with General Perez of the insurgent forces in the interior as to the best method for Setting relief to the Cubans, who were at that time most in need. “We returned to the ship to report, and Dr. and Mrs. Lesser, with a half dozen nurses, went ashore, carrying cots, bed- ding, pillows and other comforts. The sur- geon in charge, whose name there is no use In mentioning, Inasmuch as subsequent- ly our aid was accepted, refused the serv- ices of the nurses, saying they were not wanted. So we then went to the Cuban hospital, where we found a most revolting condition. The floors on which the sick were lying, bare of any covering, had not even been scrubbed, and our nurses went to work and thoroughly scrubbed them. Before night on that day, June 28, every Cuban had been bathed and made com fortable with clean bedding. There were no lights in our hospital, but otherwise matters were soon in good condition. “On the way to Guantanamo we ran into Siboney, having heard there had been fierce fighting there, and many killed and wound- ed. We were informed, however, that there had been only a skirmish, and we proceeded to Guantanamo and reported to Commander McCalla, who immediately wrote to Perez asking if he could furnish transportation for our supplies. “While awaiting the reply from General Perez we ran back to Siboney, arriving there on June 27, and learning’ that the skirmish had been far more serious than had been reported to us, Dr. Lesser and I went to our advance line and found the condition of the sick very bad indeed. The sick, sixty or seventy in number, were ly- ing on filthy floors in the houses that had been turned into hospitals. They had no bedding of any kind, not a pillow on which to lay their heads, and were even without ligits at night. “The next day, June 29, we opened our own hospital at Siboney, and then tye hos- pital force got really to work. We [eft Dr. Lesser and a nurse on shore there, and a plentiful supply of malted and condensed milk and canned food. “We then returned to Guantanamo ta give food to the refugees. Commander Mc- Calla furnished a large lighter and a steam launch and we soon janded 5,000 rations. We came back to Siboney the same day and lay there until the battle of Santiago. “July 1 ths wounded began to come in, and before nignt we had more than 200 to care for. The army had four long operating tents, and Dr. Lesser, Dr. Gardner and Dr. Egan of our forces went in and materially assisted the army surgeons. By that time the hospital corps was doing- very good work. The next day Dr. Egan and I went to the front an visited the field hospital, about two miles back of the firing line, tak- ing with us such provisions as we could carry. “We told Lieut. Col. Pope, chief surgeon of the Sth Army Corps, we would bring aid if furnished transportation. He communi- cated with General Shafter, and the latter sent word to seize on any wagon at Sibo- ney. This order was promptly carried out, and Sunday morning Miss Barton came in person with a wagon load of supplies, drawn by a six-mule team. We then open- ed a Red Cross station there, and Major Wood of the 1st Division gav> us two tents, together with cooking utensils. We at once set to work making cornmeal gruel, malted milk and invalid food, and before night ee feeding all the wounded in the hospi- “Miss Barton herself was four times over the road from Siboney to the front, twice in the night. Any one who ever traveled that road knows what that meant. I have myself traveled the road in army wagons, on the back of a mule and on foot, and it is far from pleasant any way you mak: it. “Meantime the State of Texas returned to Guantanamo and landed 10,0 more ra- tions, and then proceeded to Port Antonio | fer a supply of ice. From July 3 to July 122 we were constantly at work, both at the front and at Sibonsy. Then yellow fever broke out, and Dr. and Mrs. Lesser and on of the nurses were taken down with it. Or the 13th they were transferred to the army hospital. “We then began supplying food to th> ref- ugees from Santiago at Caney, fifteen miles fiom the city. These refugees numbered betwe2n 10,000 and 15,000. A Red Cross dis- tribution station was established at Caney and a committee, of which the British con- sul was chairman, organized to regulate the distribution. Leading citizens of Santiago made up the committee. One pound of food a day was allowed each perscn. “Last Sunday, learning of the surrender, we brought the State of Texas to the north of Santiago harbor and asked permission to enter. Admiral Sampson quickly granted permission, although the mines were not then all out of the channel, and with an of- ficer from the fleet and a Cuban pilot we steamed in, being the first ship to enter the harbor after the surrender. We arrived at the wharf at 4 o'clock Sunday aft2rnoon, and Monday morning at daylight began to a our remaining 1,400 tons of provis- lons. “The same morning we began the distri- bution of food, which at the end of four days was all stored on shore. Leading mer- chants of the city competed with us in opening soup kitchens, and at these kitch- ens 10,000 persons were being fed two days ago. Those persons were on the verge of starvation when we began to fesd them, and in a day or two more the condition would have been terrible.” —__-e-+—______ Col. J. O. Broadhead Dena. Col. James O. Broadhead, minister to Switzerland under Cleveland, is dead at St. Louis. He leaves a widow and three chil- dren, Mrs. W. M. Horton, Miss Mary B. Broadhead and Charles 8. Broadhead. Col. Broadhead was elected to Congress in 1882. At the beginning of President Cleveland's second term . Broadhead was appointed United States minister to Switzerland. He was one of the leaders of the democratic party of the country for a number of years, and at the democratic convention in 1876 he received a good many votes for Presi- dent, including the sixteen votes of Mis- souri. ——_~+e+—_____ Baltimore Markets. BALTIMORE, shteu 6 Stour let — FINANCE AND TRADE Opening at Substantial Increases Over Last Week's Close, ALL CLASSES SHARE THE ACTIVITY American Sugar's Advances Are Obe served to Lack Snap. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 8 —In sym- pathy with London's refiection of Spain's willingtfess t> accept America’s peac terms, the local stock market ed at substantial advances over last week's ¢ ing level. Phe buyipg by commission houses Was especially good, and readily. absorbe? all offerings. Protit-taking was pronounced in certain speculative quarters, but the de- mand was equal to the taking of all offer- igs within a small fraction of prices. The market vas broader than at any time since the advance began, practical: i classes of securitles sharing in the actty he industrials were prominent, but not to si the meritorious issues in curities opened well above level of Saturday bought in round amount in the street. F Burlington _ res; mand which, judged from inspired by a liber: closing ditic of the several p is no longer any doubt about tonnage this ye nd divic com: ativ the loan market. per Will be curtailed by advance 5 per cent return. bond market this process has al- y achieved considerable headway and in the premi- H stock lst is beginning to impress the mcst skeptical with its willingness to tm tate the achievement. ‘The lower priced hares, such a: rthern Pacific Common, Southern Preferred, m Preferred, Tennessee ( nd Iron and Union Pacific Preferred have a following of thelr own which promises higher priced share their new level Occasional weekly decr come to hand, but such re: impression on a siturtion known to be ex traordinary in its main points of rec n prosperity The buying of the in I shares has lost nothing in confide because of the Migher range of pric sme instances extravagant pred made of the prices I'kely to preva! tment before the bacco is giving y creasing merit and is lik y near future. Its divid: expected to equal those of su, mark sition is being carefull by interests of experience and financial strength. The one ct is American sugar. T' ck con- ctive enough, but its advances lack competition of its riv: become acute at any who invariably generalizing on the market gutlo are so many stocks whose fatu . ‘There is less in doubt that activity is not Mkely to be post- poned sim; because adtérse critic made of a few which &re. influenc: special causes. <a FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Open. Hizb. Low. Close. American Spirits... My 14K Og 13y American Spirits, pfd B94 BD SBS American Sugar... .. American Sugar, pfd... American Tobaceo...... Atchison .. Atemison, pra. Balumore & Umo. brookiyn R. Transit. nada Southern....... ada Pacifie. 2M. & St. Paul Chic St. P., M&O. Chicago, Rui. & Pac Chig. & G Western Delaware & fudson Den, & itv Granae, pra Gne...... General Ziectr Thnois Centrai New York Norvhern Facts Northern Pacifle, pfa. Ont. & Western. Pacite Maui. oh Phila. & Ieeadt Southern Ky. Union Pacific, pr Western Union Tel... Am. Stecland Wire soy aye ao See Am. Steel and Wire pfd. 0% S9x, BOIg SO Rubber... se HK OIG a aig Rubber pf. Wig Wig ME BOI Washington Steck Exchange. Sales—regular call-412 o'clock m.—Lanston M. type, 60 at 16%; 100 at 16%. After call Mer thaler Linotype, 5u at 181%. District of Columbia Bouds.—8.65s, funding, eure reney, 112% bid. Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropolitan Railroad 5 117 bid. Metropolitan Railrosd conv. 6s, 120 i Metropolitan Railroad certificates of indety B, 107 bid. Belt Railroad 5s, 45 bid. Eckington Railroad 6s, 100 bid. Washington Company 68, series A, 112 bid. Washington Gas Company Gs, series B. 112 bid. U. 8. Flectric Light deb. imp., 100 bid, i i asked. Che mac ‘Telephone 5s, 103 bid. Arm Trust Bs, 100 bid. Masonic Hall 106 bid. National Bank Stocks.—Bank of Washington, 85 bid. “Metropolitan, 305 bid. Central, ide” Mad. Farmers and Mechanics’, 180 bid. Second, 140 bid. Citizens’, 137 bid. Columbia, 130 bid. Capital, 118 bid. West End, 87 bid, 90 asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—National Safe Deposit and Trust, 112%: bid. Washington Loan and Trust, 126 bid. Awerlcan Security und Trust, 149% bid Insurance Stocks.—Firemen's, 26 bid, Franklin, Association 5s, 36 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid! Corcoran, 50. bid, Potor 58 bid. Ariington, 124 bid. German: . 18S bid. National Union, 10 tid. 4 bid, 8 axked. People’s, 4 Commercial, 4 bid. tocks.—Keal Estate Title, 70 4% bid. District Title, 2'bid. road Stock! fal Traction, 73 bid, 74 asked. Metropolitan, 121 bid. Grs and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 47 bi Georgetown Gos, 48 bid. U. S. Electric Light. 100 bid ‘elephone Stocks.—Chesaperke and Potomac, $0 Milicesienese. tock: — be bal incellapeous Stocks. — Mergenthaler Linot te 180 bid, 181% asked. Lanston Monotype, 16%, Md 17% asked. American \ Graphophone, bid. 18% asked. American Graphophone erred, x13 bid. Pueumatic Gun Carriage, .26 bids "20 asked. x div. Government Bonds,