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3 When the American conditions were carried Into execution. This raised a question as to whether the reply would be accepted as completely responsive to the American terms, or as an indirect opening of nego- tiations on subordinate points. What de- termination will be made on this ques‘ion could be told only when the administration had the full text of the repiy and was Able to measure the seriousness of the in- ridental points raised. If they were purely incidental and forma}, strong hope was entertained in official quarters that peace would be realized as a result of the Dres- ent negotiations, but if Spain sought to impose important conditions there was a prospect of delay, and possibly a refusal to accept the reply as responsive. The lat- ter condition was hardly expected, how- ever, in any quarter. Retention of Arms. f the Madrid advices have suggest- the reply might bring a erisis on at a and lead to er from this go information ob- s tO warrant point involve imme ym iate a best the re is noth reply contains any great conditions far-reaching have bi ow robable the } be withdrawn from Cuba ental point w »mment raised when t Santi- ceding as it force al, while cc der, Was tenacious o undue humiliation he pleaded for the ret xmmunition. In, the gen- e nm of Cuba practically the ne conditions arise on a larger -scale. he American terms demanded simply t tion of C be 1 evacu: a, without s: s arned, how the Spanish es would be treated when they evacu- war, without and ammunition. seeks to be far 4 can whether as pri or with their arm: probable that S| as- that her forces will depart with their i fle it. Having yielded in point of uating, it is possible officials here may look upon it that Spain should know what of her troops and their equip- it is pointed out that a voluntary r2tirement from a country arms a he naturally entitle the retiring forces to more consideration than those who re- tired after a battle. by surrender or other- wise. t 1 that the usual military custom ‘ ary retirement from a country is retiring party to carry its arms of this are The Caban Debt. It had been thought th Cuban deot might rais this was possible, yet it was thought morning that this matter had not troversial issue, al- ugh it involves elements making an is- possible at a later stage. On this ques- so there are said to be precedents of which the debt of an question of th ous issue. this reached a direct, ¢ ational law «vacuated country continues as a charge pon that country. There are specific in- stances also of this rule. Whether, how- t would be accepted as a precede: is government is still open to ques- n. The time when hostilities will cease, reference of the territorial sur- the Spanish cortes for approval, might also be incidental no indicaticn of an extra cabinet meeting to consid2r the Span- President and etary Da reply before call- tention of the cabinet. It at possf the reply would be the ambassador to Secretary and has not said to be 2 argum=nt. Less Hopefuiness Apparent. 1, at L » o'clock, nothing had They admitte was expecting a at been tambo! vis ambassador, officer that the had not reach- This prevented any asserted d that if Span- from what was call the cabinet ia tomorrow mornirg ay informed his colleagues that udersteod the ish reply long one. M. Cambon desired to caution in translating the note, ry word was of importance. He has ken time to go over evei able. ‘abinet officials say that any attempt to give the tenor of the note is wholly 5 ulative, as M. Cambon has not given a: ir its centents to ary official stration. For some reason, S rot the sanguine feeling sek that Spain has unre- r to American terms. No t expression was made showing this, but the members failed tq talk in the hop t er that has been customary. gossip were current in unoffi- accepted he accept- prop- © a peace commission to settle the th reservations, may be fon. Tne President will ment to a variety of swer from complicate erd made, Current Speeutation. probable { there was a design in havin presented before the it was re- th of the in- reply contain2d some an inc reply } be the desire of the and possibly of the an opportunity should be perata of he matter before This being the presen submitting it to th regular cabinet da communication before the meeting would be expected to lead to its being laid at once before the cabinet, and it would probably pro ussion and the expression of op’ in the eabinet before been time for its thorough dige rations in gene sions from warranted the firm con pent will not there had tion. . as well as pri- those in authority, ction that this gov- nt to any modifica- the aeceptance of con: own. d that the reply was not . and this cay t would not be Siactory, was recognized that th ‘ply might king in frankness and suggest things t Spain wanted, and yet these sugge tions might be put in @ form to no more press a wish, without real; ptance of terms sept. This might 1 d an appre- nat Hous@ from M. Cambon at 3 o’clock this afternoon. It was thought that one of two things is delaying the note. The first is that certain portions of the note may not be clear to M- Cambon, and that he is telegraphing for information, so as to be sure that there are no errors. : ‘The second is that M. Cambon sees that the not? will not be satisfactory to the President and is telegraphing Spain to find if Sagasta will make any changes. M. Cembon knows the President's views and knows whac would be accepted here. He also knows what Spain will lose if she does not answer as desired by the President. - + « -______. LOADING THE ALICANTE. Sperish Prisoners at Santiago Being Put on Shipboard. The following dispatch has been received here: SANTIAGO, via Haiti, August 9.—Corbin, adjutant general, Washington. Alicante is row being loaded with Spanish sick. It is to carry 1,000. They will be loaded and the ship will leave early in the morning. (Signed) SHAFTER, Maj. Gen. ps HOOLEY CASE REVELATIONS, Justice Wright Thinks Serious Cou tempt of Court Has Been Committed. LONDON, August 9—Counsel for the of- ficial receiver for the estate of Ernest 1 Hooley, the company promoter, applied to Justice Wright, in the bankruptey court, today for an erder calling for the examina- tion of Mr, Hooley, Earl de-la-Warr and Messrs. Broadley, Rucker and Bradshaw by the justice. All the persons mentioned are concerned in the alleged efforts to bribe’ Mr. Hooley to change his testimony in the matter of the large sums of money which he is said to have paid titled people during the course of his company promoting. Justice Wright said a serious contempt of court was charged, and it must be promptly dealt with, but he did not see how he could compel the gentlemen to criminate them- selves The justice, however, ordered that affidavits in the case be presented to him tomorro It developed today that Mr. Hooley is {ll and that he may be unable to continue his revelations for some time to come. TO DEEPEN NORFOLK CHANNEL. Awarded the American Dredging Company. The Secretary ef War has awarded the contract for dredging the channel from the sea to the Norfolk navy yard to the Ameri- can Dredging Company of Philadelphia, at 14% cents per yard, The appropriation for the work amounts to $260,000, and provides for a channel twenty-eight feet deep and Contract +0 t wide, a width of 15 feet to be ob- tained first. This work is to be completed by the Ist of December. The department authorized to let the gontract without advertising and rec d an offer to do the work at 16 cents 5 ‘ard. By advertising a tending the time for the completion ef the work until December 1, a lower bid was obtained and $31,500 saved to the gov- ernment. ee LANDED AT GIBRALTAR, Eighty Spanish Soidiers, Who Were Captured in the War. GIBRALTAR, August 9.—The steamer Hesperia of the Mediterranean branch of the Anchor line, which left New York dur- ing the afternoon of july 24, having on board eighty Sparish prisoners taken from Spanish merchantmen captured by Ameri- can warships, arrived here today. The Spanish sailors were transshipped to the railroad and were conveyed to Algecieras, the Spanish seaport on the west side of the bay of Gibraltar. North Dakota's Governor Dead. $ "K, N. D., August 9.—Gov. F. A. rth Daketa died today of con- J. M, Devine is lieutenant gov- —_ Vaughn Insured for 8293,000. Special Dispateh to The Evening St RICHMOND, Va., August Mr I. N. Vaughn, who died suddenly yesterday af- ternvon,. carried on his life the largest in- of any man in Richmond. — His egregated $293,000. He had $100,- surance policies bles and barn of Capt. John Cus- on, were burned last night, loss, including six fine horses. Death of P. H. Wyekoffe. NEW YORK, August 9.—P. H. Wyckoffe, general freight agent of tne Central rail- road of, New Jersey, died at his home in Elizabeth today. For the past thirty years he had been connected with the railroad. He was about sixty years of age. . ere moet Invited by the Bar Association. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 9.—An in- vitation has been sent to Lord Herschel, former lord chatcellor of England, now in Canada, to attend the meeting of the American Bar Association at Saratoga, on August Lord Aberdeen, governor gen- eral of Canada, has also been Invited. pa eer eee Germany Buys Our Dried Fruit. ‘al., August 9—F. Luthing has commenced shipping dried apricots from this point to Germany. He states there is an increasing demand in that country for all Kinds of dried fruit. Se “Father of Greenbackers” Dead. LA SALLE, Ul, August 9.—Ex-Congress- man Alexander Campbell, known as the father of the greenbackers, is dead. —— - La Bourgogne Disaster Litigation. LONDON, Augvst 9.—In the suit for damages brought by the owners of the British ship Cromartyshire against La wgne’s owners, as a result of the on on Juiy 4, in which the last naim- 1 sank with t lives off Sat |. N. with heav S., the Compagne Generale atiantique has asked the admiralty court to quash the writ 5 en its London agent on the ground t is a foreign corporation. Sir Fran: Henry Jeune, president of the admiralty Givision of the high court of justice, ruled that the English court has jurisdiction. ad Lady Yarde-Buller at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., Aug. 9.—Lady Yarde-Buller is here. She is temporarily omiciied in a down-town hotel, where she avoided the formality of registering. She intends remaining here for some time. Sst Sugar ax Soldiers’ Food. The Berlin corresponceat of the Londen Daily Mail says: “As a result of experiments at the last imperial maneuvers Dr. Lietens ‘Torfer, physician to the general staff, recommends that in future sugar be “regarded as a regular article of soldiers’ food, especially when on the march. “The experiments pyove subjected to a sugar diet increased in weight and suffered less from hunger, thirst, exhaustion and sunstroke on long marches than the men who were put on ordinary diet.” that the men see W. W. Darant’s Wite Divorced, Mrs. Janet L. Durant has been granted a decree of absolute divorce from Wi West Durant, a millionaire, who re the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York city. ——__+ 0+ _______ Soldiers Kilied by Lightning. orm which could be accepted, uggestions being ignored as having no bearing upon the preliminary basis of ne- Heply Not Yet Delivered. The Spanisa arswer has not yet been de- hvered to the Presidenf or the State be laid before the United States gov- ernment has not yet been complete!. The reply -will be delivered today, but probably quite late. Nothing had been heard at the White Corperal E. K. Humphries of Company E, Ist Texas, and Charies Gill of Com- pany G, Ist Louisiana, were instantly killed by lishtning during a heavy electric storm at Miami, Fla., yesterday. Under the lett arm, extending down the side on the body of Humphries, ts an impression of trees { standing but a few feet from the butiding, which is as natural as a photograph. eee. Worth’s Widow Dead. Madame Charles Frederick Worth, widow of the famous costumer, who died in March, 1895, and his successor in the su- perintendence of the Worth establishment,” died yesterday at Paris. THEOBVENING’ STAR, TUESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1898—10 PAGES. - AT MONTAUK POINT|4 SUBURBAN NEED Sixth Cavalry Suffers Discomforts During the First Night. TENTS ONLY FOR SICK SOLDIERS Invalids Seemed Relieved by the Air From the Ocean. SCARCITY OF WATER NEW YORK, August 9.—The soldiers of the 6th United States Cavalry, who arrived at Montauk Point from Tampa yesterday, did not spend a comfortable night in camp. Owing to there being only a few tents ready, many of the men_had to sleép in the sand hills under the open sky. Col. Forwood, who has chargé 6f the hospital arrangements, did al} he eou!d for the comfort of the twenty-two eavalrymen who are suffering from malarial fever. The few tents erected Were occupied by the sick soldiers, This morning the inyalids seemed to be reyived by the sea air. The cavalrymen who were well turned out early today and began to get their camp ready. Tents were put up and trenches dug in the sand about the tents to gnard against heavy storms. There is an ample supply of food, but @ scarcity of water for drinking purposes. The work of driving wells has not yet proven successful because of there betng so much reck at the places where the pipes are being driven. Until water is obtained from wells a supply will be pumped from Fert Pond. This water contains about 175 grains of salt to the gallon, and has a brackish taste. The horses readily drink the salt water. The Precautio: Colonel Forwood has been instructed to provide 750 beds irstead of 500 for sick sol- diers. These beds will be placed in tents. Colonel Fcrwood says that every precaution will be taken in handling sick soldiers who arrive in the transports from Santiago. All fever patients will be placed in a separate hospital, which will be isoiat- ed from the regular camp, and will not be allowed in the general camp until all dan- ger is passed. The Red Cross has made preparations to do active work at Montauk. Howard Townsend, who will be in charge of the Red Cross work thee, has arranged to ship a cargo of delicacies, medicines and clean linen for the sick soldiers. A corps of nurses will be on hand to attend the sick men as soon as they are landed from the transports. The storage buildings are nearly com- pleted. General Young has sent an urgent re- quest to army headquarters in this city to Tush equipment and stores, and especially tents. Lieutenant Weigel has arrived here from Camp Black to assist General Young in organizing the cam pe OBJECTS 'TO § ING WAX, Post Office Department Makes Sug- gestions to the Writing Public. Unele Sam’s business is increasing to such an extent in the Island of Porto Rico that he has already found it nec ry to double the force of the postal clerks now there looking after postal affairs. There will be a total of twelve clerks when the new de- tachment reaches the island. Now six clerks are able to attend to the mail matter that reaches there from America, but up to this time they have all been stationed at .one Place. Owing, however, to the advance of Gen. Miles’ army and the accompanying increase in territory under the jurisdig- tion of this country, Postmaster General Emory Smith has moved the postal stattons to the front, and so the force of employes has been increased. The Postmaster General does not want to interfere with the exercise of private taste | or with the habits of the patrons of the mails, but since the department into business in tropical countrie called on to advise the public generally that letters without sealing wax are likely to be transmitted with greater safety than if this device for sealing letters or for displaying the family ¢ Mr. Smith has no prefe ter himself, but he says it is a condition, and not a theory, that confronts him as well as the people who use the mails, The coudition is simply this, that owing to the high temperature of the countries where the United States army now is, sealing wax on letters melts and fastens envelope to another, with the result that sometimes one letter and sometimes both are de- stroyed. He therefore advises people who write letters to persons in Porto Rico or Cuba to refrain for the reason above given from sealing their letters with wax, or if they cannot entirely overcome the habit they might put the wax inside the letter and then when it melts some one else will have the trouble, and not the department. ence in the mat- FEARS A REVOLUTION, —— on Colombia's Reason for Delaying Cer~ ruti Claim Payment. KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 9.—A dis- patch received here today direct from Car- ena, Republic of Colombia, says the reason of the Colombia government delay- ing its note replying to Italy’s demand for a settlement of the Cerruti claim is apprehen- sion of a popular revolutionary movement, which it is endeavoring to frustrate. Popular opinion, the dispatch adds. strongly opposes the claim and denoun President Cleveland’s award. Coppinger’s Expedition Delaye Special Dispatch te The Evening St s TAMPA, Fia., August en. Coppin- ger’s expedition has not begun to move yet, and it is believed that it has been held up by the War Department. The 5th Infant which was ordered to load on tHe trans ports, was subsequently ordered to delay movement. The headquarters ship has been changed from the Yucatan to the Santiago. oe Steamship Arrivals, NEW YORK, August 9.—Arrived: Spaarn- dam, from Rotterdam; Mongolian, trom Glasgow; Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, from Bremen. —— A Hot Day in Spokane. SPOKANE, Wash., August 9.—Monday was the hottest day in Spokane’s history. — temperature rose in the afternoon to cee ee Seaber in Place of Blees. MACON, Mo., August 9—State Senator A. N. Seaber has been selected by the re- publican congressional committee for the first Missouri district as the party's candi- date for Congress. Col. F. W. Blees, the ecnvention nominee, declined the honor. pen ge Pilot Robert E. Hughes Dead. CAPE MAY, N. J., August 9.—Robert E. Hughes, aged fifty-two years, one of the best known Delaware river pilots and treasurer of the Delaware Bay and River Pilots’ Association, died at his home here this morning of appendicitis. > Orderly Crowd of Lynchers. RIPLEY, Tenn., August 9—Saturday morning about 3‘c'clock Richard Thur- mond, a negro of Fad reputation, entered the house of L. D. Hines and attempted to assault his daughter. A posse captured him Stnday evenirg. He made a full con- fession and was hangee at 1 o'clock Mon- ey morning by an orderly crowd of cit- ns. ee Capital Stock Increased $15,000,000. NEW YORK, Avgust 9.—At a meeting of the stockholders of the Metropolitan street railway today it was unanimously decided to increase the capital stock of the com- pany from $30,009,000 to $45,000,000. Ten. million dollars will be used to liquidate out- standing obligations, and the remaining $5,000,000 will be held as @ fund for im- proving the prcperty. 100 | Views Expressed by Mr. & 8, Shedd, the Mayor of Takoma. => Continueus Street Railroad Ride for One Fare From the City’s Center to the. District Line. Naturally the people ving out in the sections of the city suburbs who do not as yet enjoy ¢ vantages of a street rallway servi tt the rate of one fate for a * inuous “trip to or from. their nitesg “Of business are taking great interest im the subject of trackage arrangements between city and country lines. One of these is Mr. S. 8. Shedd, a well-known business man of this city. Mr. Shedd owns a fine =residence in Takoma Park, and fcr some Ame past has been the mayor of that flourishing town, which, as every one knows, ‘ix on the border line be- tween the Distriet and Maryland. In talking today with a Star reporter in regard tothe ineréaged.and improved facil- ities which would!he enjoyed by the resi- dents in that léedlity, in the event the proposed trackage! arrangement was made by the’ Metropolitan and 14. Brightwood railroad companies,“he said: “I am sure alniost any agreement be- tween the companies which would give the residents of Takoma, as well as those who live in that. vicinity, a continuous ride for one fare from the center of the ‘city to the beunds of the District would not only be a daily advantage to’each resident, but would also result in inducing people to come out and Tive where they can get ample ground and a Commodious house for the same amount that they are asked to give for a small house on a smafl lot in the city. “I have beer af the opinion for some time that the main reason why our suburbs do not develop more rapidly is because the cost of street railroad travel is necessarily large, and-in some respects unsatisfactory. People who live out in the country are just like the people who live in the city, they Want to reach their places of business in the morning with as little delay as possi- ble, and they want to get back home in the evening with as little loss of time as is practicable. : “If they are obliged to stand on street corners waiting to Make connections, in- stead of getting on a car and staying on it until they reach their destination, then, in my opinion, they have a right to growl. | In addition, those who might decide to lve in the country determine to wait until the conditions are more favorable. “The fesidents of Takoma are about as far from the center of the city as those who live in Chevy Chase, yet the latter are able to come into the city by the payment of one fare, and I have no doubt that the Capital Traction Company will soon have ears running out 7th street or 14th street, or perhaps both streets, all the way to Chevy Chase. What we don't under- stand at Takoma is why the residents in the Chevy Chase region are able to get to their homes by the payment of one fare, while for going the same distance we are called on to pay two I am glad to know that the relied, which Congress has given us is about to be made available, as I have no doubt that the court will direct that, a law which is so plain be carried out.” a REGARD 1T AS NO JOKE. tao Health Officer? Hxtreixed Over Notice Sentqo President. The officials of the District health office are much exerdlsed°ver the receipt in an official White? Hoéwbe envelope Sunday morning of a nétfee which was last week sent to a local’¥edl state dealer to abate a nuisance on ’bné of his premises. The first name of this Sealer is William, like that of the Presidéwf, and when the notice was received in‘thé Executive Mansion ‘en- velope by the healt ‘office authorities Surt- day, over the last’ name of the ‘person to whom it was “origthally addressed was written that df' Mckinley. The health of- fice. inspector's ‘vertificate of service, howe ever, had..been seme yeds 5% ves Naturally. the health office people were annoyed fo learn ‘that Some one had sent -the notice to the Whit? House, and as the inspector who was given it “to serve on’ the Real estate dealer stated positively that he served it on that person, they were at a loss then to understand w been sent to the dent. That heatth office authorities presume sent to the President, for when it was re. turned to them it came in an official White House envelope, the use of which for other than oficial busines prohibited by a se- vere penalty. It is also Waid that the envelope in wi the notice was sent to the Exeéutive Man- it should have sicn was addressed “William Mci<inle: President, Tenint of the White House, ete., in the same handwriting in which the President's !ast name was written ove last name of the person io whom it criginally addressed. The health office people do not belteve that the party for whom the notice was in- tended Is the guilty person, for they are of the belief that after the notice was prop- erly served on him.some would-be joker got hold of it and mailed it to the President. It is understood tbat the police authorities will be called upor to investigate the case, that the offeader may be punished. SS VOLUNTEERS’ AID 4 the a3 Meeting Last Evening in Drill Hall at Armory, An enthusiastic meeting of the District of Columbia Volunteers’ Aid Association was held last evening im the drill hall of the armory at the Center Market. President H. N. Couden presided. The committee, -Messrs. John W. Doug- las and J. Whit Herron, appointed to call on the Secretary of War in reference to the return of the District regiment to the United States, reported that they had done 50; that Seeretary Alger received them y and assured them that their re- quest would be granted at the earliest op- portunity, and that he gave orders Wednes- day last to isolate the regiment. Mrs. M. M. North and Mr. Ferree were appointed a committee to call on the proper railroad authorities and see if the latter will run an excursion from Washing- ton to Long Island after the return of the regiment to camp there; ulso to ascertain the cost of board in the Vicinity and to ask the Secretary of War if the District men can be visited as soon as they reach this country. The reading by Mr. Herron of a copy of a special dispatch received by The Evening Star from its staff correspondent at San- tiago, containing important news about the District regiment, was greeted with ap- plause. Addresses giving information as to what District soldiers will need upon their ar- rival on Long Island were made by Rev. Dr. Domer, Maj, lanes E. Bell and Mr. Ferree. The association adjourned subject to the call of thé ‘chdirman. His Ribs Broken. a. Ww. Dekrefft?’ a ‘carpenter, aged sixty- one years, living!’ at''No. 501 New Jersey avenue northwest, Was admitted to the Emergency Hospital this afternoon to be treated for injuries réceived Saturday last while he was ati work at Burgdorf's new stable on 8th streefhear D street north- west. The injuries were incurred through his making a misstep, and falling through an levator shaft @ distance of about twenty feet. of his ribs were broken, but he wus nof°awdre of the fact until after his arrival at the hospital. te Charges of Cruelty. Charles G. Smith, a well-known contrac- tor, was arrested yesterday: upon com- plaint of Robert A. King, who charged him with cruelty to animals. King is a special officer in the employ of the Society for ihe Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. He had four cases against the contractor. Collat- eral to the amount of $5 in each case was left. > Drowned at Colonial Beach, The friends of Mr..and Mrs. Warren Bick- ford of 2511 K street northwest were shocked last night.to learn of the sudden death of their son George, who was drown- ed yesterday at Colonia] Beach. Deceased was a bright and energetie lad of fifteen years, and at the of the accident was pas an_ outing with a! ire boys "3 Episcopal Church, which in the city at @ late hour this afternoon, t DISTRICT BOYS’ CONDITION. They Have Malaria, but No Evidences of Yellow Fever. Special From a Staff Correspondent. SANTIAGO, Monday, August 8.—There is no yellow fever among the District troops here, but considerable malaria. Col. Har- ries ts well again. The regiment starts home this week. MERCIER. a PASSENGERS WITH GULD DUST. Jos. Barrett of Seattle Returns With About 825,000, PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., August 9.— SAMPSON AGAIN. ACCUSED Chaplain Mclntyre of the Oreo: Makes * Grave Charges. Says He Reported Himself Near the Colon to Get $10,000 to Which He is Not Entitled. DENVER, Col. Avgust 9—At Trinity ‘The steamer Rosalie arrived here last night | Methodist Church kere, in the course of a from Skaguay, Alaska, with 100 passengers | !ecture for the benefit of the Young Men's from Dawson City, who came up the Yukon river. via the lakes. They bring advices from Dawson up to July 27 and gold dust estimated at $100,000. Jos. Barrett of Seat- tle brought out about $25,000. Others brought out sums ranging from $2,000 up to $15,000. The steamer Monarch arrived at Dawson July 23, and the steamer Sovereign July 26 from St. Michaels. The Monarch was last reported high and dry up the river, but the Warm weather caused a sudden rise in the river and she was easily floated. The steamer Jos. Glossett, while trying to run White Horse Canyon, struck a rock and sunk ir six feet Of water. No lives were lost'dnd al the outfits were saved, though fa damaged condition. It is thought the steamer can be floated. The Dawson mar. ket is well supplied with fresh beef at $L15 per pound dressed. Mining operations in the Klondike are at a standstill, and will continue so until cold Weather sets in. It is estimated that there are about 25,000 idle men in Dawson eager- ly waiting for something to turn up. This number is being swelled every day by new arrivals from both up and down the river. There are now more people there than the country can support. VICTORIA. B. C., August 9.—The steamer Torkinsjole. has arrived from St. Michaels, but she brought no passengers, the reason for which is unexplained. Her officers re- port that the steamer Progreso will likely return soon to Seattle with most of her passengers, who have no means of getting up the Yukon. The Moran fleet of ten river steamers, which has been several times re- ported wrecked, is said to be safe at False Pass. The steamer Katy, from Dawson, has arrived at St. Michaels with fifteen passengers. a “THE EVERLASTING REVOLUTION.” Its Depressing Effect on Business in - Central America, SAN FRANCISCO, August 9.—The Pacific Mail steamer City of Panama has arrived from La Libertad with a cargo consisting principally of coffee. According to members of the crew of the vessel, business in Central America is exceedingly dull. Goid is very scarce and the depreciation of the value of silver has greatly reduced the wealth of the popula- tion. Everything is purchased outside and nothing to speak of is manufactured. La- bor is paid in silver, but the wages remain the same as when silver was almost at a parity with gold. | The “everlasting revolution” is causing a great deal of trouble, as capital is gradu- ally being driven from rich fields, which might easily thrive were the capitalists af- forded protection of property and stability of values. However, it is charged that am- bitious adventurers in the United States and malcontents at home are responsible for a good many stories of “revolution” that nevec take place, Moraes, in the mat- ter of Guatemalan affairs, is not looked upon as a serious menace to the well-being of the present government. ~ ADOLPH SUTRO'S ESTATE. Uncertainty ax to Its Division Amonz the Sons and Daughters. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., August 9.—The final disposition of the fortune left by the late Adolph Sutro is still in doubt. When Dr. Emma Merritt was appointee guardian of ker father last February the Sutro e tate was apprai Its reai value, however; is believed to be much more. It is said that sons and daughters will hare equally in its di Tt has long be2n ex-Mayor Sutro’s d and in- tention to give the Sutro Heights property and the Sutro Library to the people of Francisco. Whether the conditions of prevented him from carrying out his yet to be mad> known. BRITTANICS THIEVES. ribution. THE More Evidence of Their Crimes Dis- covered by Jersey City Police. NEW YORK, August 9.—Further evidence of the conspiracy among some of the offi- cers of the White Star line steamer Brit- tanic to steal and smuggle was reportea to the chief of police of Jersey City today. in the rooms of Third Officer John Ky- naston, who is under arrest here, and First Officer J. W. Jago, the first officer who disappeared after the arrest of Kynz on Friday last, were found three ri for registered packages mailed on Friday in New York. These packages were sent by Jago to London on the Cunard line steamer Etruria, due in London next Friday. It is believed that they contained money and valuables stolen from the Brittanic during her trip over. The Brittanic arrived in New York on Friday, and the packages were posted in New York shortly after- ward. Chief Murphy has learned that the lace which the accused tried to smuggle from the Brittanic to the dock was part of the cargo of the vessel, and that the shippers of the‘lace were net in the plot to defraud the government. Chief of Police Murphy sail today that a the White Star line was a Gritisa corpor: tien and as English mail was oj British authorities have jurisd riatter. Kynaston told Chief Murphy today that the coupons were given him by Jago. a Officer Kills a Mad Dog. Policeman Lally of the first precinct was summoned to the home of Mr. George W. Brodie about 9 o'clock last night because of the presence in the house of a suppos:d mad dog. When the officer reached the house the brute attacked him. Instead of shooting the animal, the officer used his club with deadly effect. The body of the dead dog was turned over to the driver of the dead animal wagon. ——>—_—_ Husband Wants Release. Richard Hopp, through his aitorney, Mr. Campbell Carrington, has entered suit for divorce against his wife, Louisa Hopp. The couple were married in 1887 and lived togé@ther until August, 1891, when, it is al- leged, the husband was deserted by his wife, who has continued to live apart from him since that time. ——._—_. Marriage Licenses. Marriage licenses have been issued as follows: White—Arthur A. O’Neili and Pauline Hills; Joseph Allen Wheeler and Dora Brooks, Spottsylvania county, Va.; Benj. B. Gottsberger, El Oro, Mex., and Helen M. Beadle, this city; Joseph B. Hall and Mary c. Emmert; James A. Springman and Phil- lippina Mades; Fredk. B. Sturm, Iowa City, Ia., and Isabel H. Currier, this city; Fred W. Baugeater, District of Columbia, and Nellie Brown, Delaware, Ohio; Wm. J. Hunter and Mary F. Southern. Colored—Samuel Butler and Alice Henry; Hamiiton Rozier and Babe Brooks, = a Daniel Kelley Insane. Daniel Keliy, sixty years oid, who says be has a ‘wife in this city, was today sent to St. Elizabeth’s Asylum as a lunatic. He had been picked up by the police and his condition was passed upou by the surgeons. Sanitary Officer Frank, at police headquar- ters, is now endeavoring to find the unfor- tunate man’s wife. 5 Beene Bismarck, N. D., Fire Loss. BISMARCK, N. D., August 9.—The to- tal loss from last night's fire will be from $609,000 to $750,000, with insurance not to exceed $250,000. The heaviest individual Gis Ey Christian Association, Caplain J. P. Mo- Intyre of the battle ship Oregon last night described the remarkable trip of the Ore- gon from San Francisco to join Sampson's feet, and the part this battle ship took in the destruction of Cervera’s fleet. He spoke in most complimentary terms of Capt. Clark and his fighting seamen. Chay- lain Mcintyre gives the Oregon the bulk cf the credit for the annihilation of the Span- ish fleet on July 4. He said: “Sampson wrote a report of the battle and reported himself within four miles of the Cristobal Colon when she pulled down her flag. He did that to get his share in the prize money, for a ship must be within four miles to share in the prize money. So Sampson will get $10,000 of prize money and Captain Clark, who fought the Oregon as never man fought ship before, will get only $500; and you, who have just exactly as much to do with the battle as Sampson did, will not get a cent.” Chaplain McIntyre said that when the Spanish ships ran out of the harbor the Icwa was within two miles of them and the Oregon about three miles. The Oregon, he said, tore up to the front like a shot and met the Jowa moving to the rear, where, he added, Captain Evans kept her through- out the battle. The chaplain offered no ex- planation of this allegedemaneuver of the Iowa. He did not refer in any manner to the conduct of Commodore Schiey during the engagement. Chaplain McIntyre, who is very proud of the Oregon, boldly stated that the reason the eastern-made ships did not come up to expectations was that the contractors who made them got the contracts through polit ical pulls and did not care how much they cheated the government. The Oregon was the only one that was made honestly. Sa THE PURCELL CONTRACT CASE, Arguments of Counsel Concluded and Coart Preparing Decision. Argument was concluded this morning before Justice Cole in Equity Court in the case of the Purcell Envelope Company of Holyoke, Mass., against the Postmaster General, Mr. Charles Emory Smith. De- cision was withheld. The complainant com- pany claims to have a contract with the government for furnishing the Post Office Department with stamped envelopes and newspaper wrappers for a term of four years, The contract was made by former Postmaster General Gary, but his succe sor, Mr. Smith, refused to sign the papers, and on July ordered the contract annull- ed and readvertised for bids. The Purcell company entered suit for injunction to re- strain the annullment of the contract, which action, it is alleged, was taken with- out cause. : Justice Cole stated just before the co: clusion of argument that he wes perfectly satisfied that the contract as it exists is the Postmaster General in ordering it can- celed was void The only question in the case left open to discussion and decision, therefore, is: whether or not the complain- ants have adequate remedy at law for a violation on the part of the government: whether or not the amount of res' damage could be ascertained. It is exp ed that Justice Cole will readily reach a conclusion on this point, and that a de- cision in the case will be forthcoming in a day or so. Mr. Henry E. Davis, Unite trict attorney, made the closing argument on bebalf of ‘the Postmaster General, 4 claring that by the terms of the contra that official’s power to revoke or annul was absolute. A vital flaw in the complainant's casi furnished with the name of the cone: the Purcell company proposed to purcha! its paper from, as requi Mr: Davis clared that ch a contract the Postma: ter General had a grave duty to perform. He had to engage to furnish all of the peo- ple of the United States, including Hawaii, Porto Rico and the Philippines, with stamp- ed envelopes, and he had to be careful of th» public interest. Mr. Davis said it was admittedly a fact urt could not enforce a contract e in question by a writ of man- and it would certainiy not under- to do the same thing negatively by writ of injunction. If injunction were granted it th: was that the government had not been m ting the Purcell contr 1 new one. In the latter event the complainants would be in no better position than they are at pres- ent. Mr. . Hoehling spoke briefly in clo ing for the complainants. He claimedsthat the company had no adequate remedy at law, and therefore the injunction should most assuredly be granted as prayed. ——— CONDENSED LOCALS. The dead body of an infant was found in the branch near the mouth of the big sewer-at 17th and E_ streets northeast about 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon. The police were notified and the body was taken to the ninth precinct station and held until Acting Coroner Glazebrook gave the neces- sary death certificate. A colored msn named P. Lewis, who lives at 212 I street southwest, fell from a car at Pennsylvania avenue and 7th street last night, receiving a painful cut o eye. He was taken to his home in a cab. The infant child of. Mary Anderson of 1634 Florida avenue died suddenly about x terday afternoon. As no phy- sician hai been in attendance, Dr. Giaze- brook, the acting coroner, w aih certificate. Judge Mills today fined Philip W colored, $2) with the clternative of days in jail, for the larceny of a valued at 36 from Frederick Contee. SSeS THE COURTS, Equity Court No. 1—Justice Cole, In re Charles M. Skippon, lunatic; decree appointing Alex. Scott trustee. Kirby azt. Kirby; confirmation of auditor's report, ex- cept as to claim of Chas. C. Duncanson. Muse agt. Muse; trustees authorized to convey to Alonzo C. Barnett. Circuit Court No. 1—Justice Cole. Ulman Goldsborough Co. agt. Brown; judgment by default. Criminal Court No. 2—Justice Cole. United States agt. Jas. H. Smith, violat- ing acts of February 10, 1891; appeal dis- missed. Probate Court—Justice Cole. Estate of Susan B. Sheriff; R. Morris Richards appointed administrator; ond, $2,500. Estate of Westel Willoughby; claim filed.” Estate of Rebecca S. Weaver; will dated Mareh 25, 1897, filed. Estate of Mary A. Baltzer; petition for probate of wil! filed. In re Mary C. Weaver, guardian; ex- ceptions to accovnt filed. ——— Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., bankers and brokers, 1427 F st., members New York stock exchange, correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York. GRAIN. Open. Low. Close. 60% iy Open B35 3.90 BIE Hi inc hat the action of | Vider lid and binding, and that c | crigtanity-otaaea! 3 called upon | FINANCE AND TRADE Weakness of American Sugar is a INDUSTRIAL LIS? REMAINS POPULAR Prohibitive Premiums on Gilt-Edge Bond Investment. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 9.—Opening prices in today’s stock market were made under the influence of an irregular and flat specu- lative condition in London, weakness in Spanish 4s due to rumors of Carlist upris- ings and a moderate reactionary tendency in all continental markets. For a tim these conditions led to profit-taking an motierate scale, prices yielding in all parts of the list. As on previons days, how: concessfons invariably attrac’ ers, and no mate The most disturbing factor in the market due to the selling period was the weakness in American Sugar. The stock was sold for both long and short account, but regained a fair propor- tion of its loss on covering toward the end of the first hour. A movement of consider- aie importance is said to be impending in this stock, recent erratic action leaving only the direction in doubt. In some Sources trade prospects are considered to be all that could be wished at this season, but there is a growing disposition to fear the results of an actual clash with the Cof- roasting oppositi he bala| of the industrial list acted well and bas not lost of its recent popularity as a center of quick returns. The delay in fillmg Spain's reply to our re- cent peace terms caused some hesitation among the conservative buy voad and dividend i: There quent periods of uiiness, but hunting capital was evidence Side: The bond market presents a rather de- Pleted. supply of gilt-edged investments cept at prohibitive premiums, and the stock market must in the natural evolution of an investment demand come in for a con- siderable share of activity. The deceleration ofa ent dividend and 2 per cent extra by the Standard Oil Company is an indication of the triumphant dictation of the controlling interest in the presence of ‘3 of the rail- fre were bari on aw some wrted opposition. The Standard Oil nce in the present market is too vital a consideration to have discord in the property, from which the leaders of the market derive distinction. A decrease in New York Central’: almost uniform 4 of the earnings added to the lecreases in the earnings larger roads. While some stock was sold to take = re was no elt profits, considerable apprenension as the current reports do not indicate rk of prosperces traffic. The com- ra9orts will improve shortly, and are no indications of any f. ‘of in quarters in whic! Bipeey, Cond predicted. : h prosperity has been The Union Pacific preferred di- likely to be but 3 per cent, and Burlington is thought ts have a fair chance at getting its rate marked up to a permanent 6 per cent hasis Northern Pacific Common will have a modes nd earned to its credit even though it may be considered prudent to withhold it for a time, and Atchison Pre- ferred may also make a similar record, but its withholding, at this time, seems reason- ably certain. i y omeary FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. New York Stock Market. Open. High. Low. American Spirits... 4 13 American Spirits, pid. 3 American Sugar...” American Sugar, pta. American T) 180n, pra Balumore & Onio Brooklyn R. Transit. Canada Southern Canada Pacifie.. Chesapeake & Ohio. C.C. & St. Louis. __ wage, B&Q. F ieakoa Nos eWestern, Chicago Gan... CM. & St. Paul. Ohic St P.M. &O Chicago, Rus. & Pact Chig. & G Western... Consolidated @as. Del Lack & W . Kelaware & mudson nh. & iu «rane, pra Ene 2 . = Generai Ziectre... . Damo Central . Lake Snore... ose Louvitie & Nasnvuie.. Metropolitan Traction, Mannatian Bievated. Michigam Cencas.. Missouri Paeitic. | National Lead Co. New Jersey vent New York Centra: Northern racic Yenm. Com @ tron. tmon Pacine Union Facife, pia Westerm Umion (ei, - Am. Steel and Wire| Ain. Steel and Wjre pfd. Ruvver. Rubber pf... Washington stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12. o'ctork tion, 10 at 734. U. 8. Ele Mergenthaler Linotype, 16 at 184 Lanste 5) at 16%; 50 at 1614: 100 at th After cali—Capital Traction, 5 at 74. District of Columbia Bonds.—3.t5s, funding, cur- bid. eons ‘Bowds.—Met 117 bid. Metropolitan Railr« Metropoli@in Ruilroad A. 110 bid. Metropolitan indebtedness, “B, 107. bid. 118 bid. Belt Ratlroad 5s, 4x ht road #8, 100 bid. Washington Gas ¢ res A. 112 bid. Washington res B. 112 bid 1 101 bid, 103 asked. phone Ss, 103 bid. American Security 100 bid. Masonie Hall Association 5s, 10 ational Bank Stocks.—Bauk of Wasiiugton, 2 Metropolitan, 305 Md. Central, 140." bid. ic Mechanics’. 180 Bid. Second. 140 bid. 13 i mmbla, 130 bid. Capital, West End, 85 bid, 90 asked, ee Safe Deposit and ‘Treat Companies.—National Safe sPepontt and Tru 112 bid. Washington Loan and Trust, | American Security and iii a 7 ‘Trost, Insnraace Stocks.—Firemen's, 26 bid. Franklin, 36 bid. Metropolitan, 70 bid. Corcoran, 50. bid. Potomac, 58 bid. Arlington, 124 bid. "German. American, 185 bid. National Union, 10 bid. Co- lumbia, 10 bid. Rigs, 7i4 bid, 8 asked. F “s. 5% bid. Lincoln, 94 bid. “Commercial, 4 bid. Title Insurance Storks.—Real Estate Title, 71 bid. Columbia Title. 4% bid. Railroad Stocks.—Capital Traction, 73% bid, TS asked. Columbia. 121 bid. Columbia, 75 asked. Gus and Blectric Light Stocks. Washington Gas, 4744 bid, 47% asked. Georgetown Gas, 48 bid. U. 8. Flectrie Light, 100 bid, 104 asked. ‘Telephone Stocs.—Chesapeake and Potomac, 50 bid. Pennsylvania, 37 bid. Miscellaneous Stocks. —Mergenthaler Linotype. 184% bid, 185 asked. Lanston Monotype, 16% bid. 17% asked. Americsn Grapbophone, 1% bids 15 asked. American Graphophone preferred, x18% bid. Ra ig) Chesapeake and P bid. Farmet Pneumatic Gun Carriege, .27 bid, .30 asked. Gi Palis fea 130 bid. k rt xEx diy > Baltimore Markets: