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THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1898-12 PAGES. —— SPECIAL NOTICES. SIAL MEETING OF MEMBBRS OF CA- lanthe Ledge, No. 11, K. of P.. 8 o'clock TO NIGHT, at their hall, to make arrangements for the funeral cf our deceased _brot Jacksou Pumphres. By order of THEO. SCHONDAN. C.C- LOST_ON OR ABOUT JULY 20, 1868. Towles for the sum of $1,000, dated July 15, and payable three months after date. “All parscns are hereby warned against negotiating the stine, as payment bas deen = “1 never disappoint.” drawn by G. Fall is Approaching. Prepace now for the longest period of real booming business this country bas witnessed in many years. Meke a strong bid for » biz share of the coming prosperity. See us about the printing you'll need; cireulars, beokicts, ugsure best results. Printer, 512 11th st. announcem BYRON S. ADAMS, aulo-Ld alt, Evaporeted Cream, ings, Gallon Strawberries with nat- ything else in this line. in a hurry. BB. Fare & BRO... 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Fst. nw. aulod TYLER & RUTHERFORD. 1307 F signed for the ness, and all the und: bus now the agents o op . Clerk. ND PORCHES. prepared to build Iron Fences RAIN TONIGHT. Wet Weather Tomorrow, With Vari- able Winds. till 8 p.m. ‘Thursd: Columbia, rain variablé win No abnormal iz for at least four days. nd Virginia, rz variable winds. Forecast For the tonight and ni Weather conditions and gen=ral forecast: A thunder develop® this, com- sure in the d threatening Pensaoola re- an hour and erm condition has © guif states; a 3 ai s and further hed. have occurred sippi valleys , and threatening con- from Mississippi val- vers th> Kocky the Ohio It will pitation (in € past twen- Md., Waines, Ga., 1.65; Dyersburg, Tenn., Lis. Con rature wreat F ition of the Water. i dition of water at 8 mperature, 79; condi- oir, temperature, , 1; conditio: distributing reser- rature, 83; condition at influent fluent gate house, 8. Tide Table. y tide, 8:31 a.m. and 8:35 p.m.; le, 1:43 am. and 2:14 p.m. -Low tide, 9:24 a.m. and ¢ 0 p.m. 9 m. and The Sun and Moon. sun sets, 7:01. by ) p.m; 5 ex- 4:18 am. The light- the time adings of the ureau foi four hours beginning at 2 p.m. ».—4 p.m., 12 mid- 4 a.m., 7: noon, 10. , August 9. the readings of the her bureau for th beginning at 12 Mrs. Fatlon Dead; Aged 117 Years. Mrs. Margaret Fallon, said to be one hun- years old, was yester- buried at King’s Ferry, Cayuga cour- Y. She is survived by nine childre: n grandchildren and a large num! andchildren. Her oldest ighty and her oldest son sevent. five years of age. Careful inquiry into the records of Lusmuth parish, King’s county, ow that she was born in the 1 FIVE WERE LYNCHED Assassination of John T. Orr Avenged by a Mob. HIS GUILTY WIDOW ‘TOOK POISON Law Not Allowed to Take Its Course at Clarendon, Ark. JAILER GAVE UP KEYS SS ae LITTLE ROCK, Ark., August 10.—Five negroes are hanging from the limbs of trees near the railroad track and the widow of John T. Orr is dead in her cell. This is the tragic denouement @f the assas- sination of John T. Orr, a wealthy mer- chant of Clarendon, a few nights ago. The wife died from a dose of poison seif-admin- istered, while the negroes, her associates in crime, were strung up by a mob of citi- zers. ‘The lynched areg Manse Castle, Dennis Ricordg Rilla Weaver, Susie Jacobs, Will Saunders. ere While the five bodies swung In the early morning breeze the body of the widow of the murdered man iay dead in her cell In the county jafl, with only the soft, sweet voice of her three-year-old child Neva to break the midnight silence of the gloomy jail, as the little one vainly cried for her mamma. Somewhere a young woman, once prom- inent in Clarendon society, is a fugitive from justice, hunted the officers of the charged with murder. Her name is s Rachael Morris, and she is the only rvivor of the coterie of seven named in the cororer’s verdict as being responsible for the tragic death of John T. Orr. Orr died by her own hand. After y breaking down and making a confession, in some way she ob- a quantity of poison and took the 2 o'clock Monday afternoon. ained consciousness. The Lynching. ST. LOUIS, Mo., August 10.—At midnight a@ mob composed of 300 citizens visited the Monroe coun! jail at Clarendon, Ark., took therefrom the colored prisoners charged with the murder of John T. Orr and lynch- ed them. The mob was a most orderly one, not a word being unnecessarily spoken and not a shot being fired. They marched to the jail and demanded the keys of Deputy Sheriff Frank Wilwee, who was in charge. He at first refused their demands, but see- ing their earnestness turned over to them the keys. A committee of the mob went inside the jail and brought out the prison- ers. They Were taken to the old mill near the river, a few hundred yards from the jail, strung up and this placard attached to their dead bodies: “This is the penalty for murder and Tape.” Mrs. Orr, seeing that she would meet death at the hands of the law, preferred another route, and consequently took poi- ed a about She never son. She died late yesterday afternoon in the jail. Just before she lapsed into un- co ness she willed all of her prop- to her little daughter Neva, and placed it in trust with the Clarendon Lodge, Knights of Pythias, of which her dead husband s a prominent member. The Assassination. Last Friday night, while making a glass of lemonade in his own home, an assassin crept up to his window and fired a shot into Orr's body, from the effect of which he died the following day. Mr. Orr had just returned from choir practice at a church of whose choir he was a member, while his wife was the organist. Bloodhounds were put on the trail, but they were unable to run down the assas- After an inquest extending over two da a verdict was returned charging Mrs. Orr, the murdered man’s wife, with being thc instigator of the crime. Miss Rachael Mo! Manse Castle, Will Saunders, Denn a, Rilla Weaver and Susie Jacobs, e Tast named negroes, were charged e fi with complicity in the crime. Castle was arrested Sunday and barely escaped lynching Sunday night. The mob had alreddy gathered to swing him up, and would undoubtedly have carried out their plan but for the earnest appeal in behalf of law and order made by Judge Thomas, who appeared on the scene just in time to prevent the lynching. He address- ed the crowd, besought the mob to let the law take its course and promisin, them that the accused should have aneecs jal. = Accused the Wife. Castle was accused of firing the shot that killed Orr, but he dented his guilt. Ac- cording to his story, one of the negro women involved in the-case had told him that Mrs. Orr wanted her husband killed and would pay $200 to have the deed done. Castle agreed to the proposition, but later weakened and turned the job over to Ri- cord. Ricord likewise denied his guilt and accused Castle. The negro women in the case had been employed as cook and servant in the Orr household, and it was shown at the 1 quest that they had simply acted as agen of Mrs. Orr in securing a man to do the rae What connection Miss Morris had w! e case is not clear fri - mation at hard. eee After the arrest of Mrs. Orr and the five negroes, Mrs. Orr made a confession. She admitted that she had said to her cook that she wished her husband dead, and that she would be willing to give $200 to anybody to kill him. But she said this was uttered while in a fit of anger, and that she was innocent of any criminal in- tention. Her husband abused her, she said, and once struck her, and she,’ being of high temper herself, sometimes said things in anger that she did not mean. John Orr was several years ago a the- atrical man, and in 1890 was manager of a theater in a small Wisconsin town. There he met and married his wife. The mar- riage was clandestine, and the bride’s par- ents were bitterly opposed to it. The Orrs lived happily but a short time. Both were hot tempered and quarrels were frequent. A few years ago they settled in Clarendon, where the husband engaged in business. He prospered and was considered wealthy at the time of his death. ———— Neglect of Small Parks. To the Editor of The Evening Star: The recent dispute between the local ficrists and the government nurseries at he White Lot developed the fact that many of our small parks are woefully neg- lected, presenting a ragged and untidy ap- . That an improvement can be th the general appearance of these M1 triangles scattered over the city is universally conceded. It seems that all the energy and appropriateness are cen- tered on three or four of the principal parks, while the others shift for them- selv An exception can be made, however, to the magnificent and truly regal manage- ment of the Congressional Library grounds on Capitol Hill—the fresh, green swards are as velvety and beautiful as can be fcund the world over, the trees, shrubs and walks receiving daily attention, all of which develops the library grounds into a picture of exquisite landscape gardening as a copy for others to follow. Superintendent Bernard H. Green, Foreman Wurdeman and Head Gardener White, with a small force of assistants, have exploded the old theory that a green lawn is impossible in this section in midsummer. The library grounds in their present bewitching freshness create an atmosphere of the possibilitles of nature that Intelligent landscape gardening can develop. They have called forth the ad- miration of thousands of visitors. The l- brary grounds are truly a perfect model to copy and shouid be a strong incentive for our - Two of her s fought in the 1 war, one in the Union and the other he confederate army. soe First Doctor—“T’ve got to make a trip out of town tomorrow.” Second Doctor—“Business or pleasure?” “Both. I'm going to operate on a wealthy patient.”--Life. citizens to beautify thelr home yards and front parking. One’s own standing in a community is generally judged by his sur- roundings. G. P. August 10, 1998, “APENTA," THE BEST NATURAL APERIENT Water. " “Shows an excellent proportion of sulphetes and vblorides. It is, therefore, a most usefut aperient.”"—Julius Althaus, M.D. . NEAT CAPTURE OF COAMO General Wilson's Splendidly Executed At- tack Upon the Spaniards, Only Seven Americans Wounded, but the Enemy Lost Twelve Killed and 180 Captured. (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press. ] COAMO, Porto Rico, August 9, 12 noon, via St. Thomas, DanishWest Mat&%.—Gen. Wilson took the tewn ef Coamo this morn- ing with a loss of only seven men wounded, all members oi the 16th Pennsylvania Regi- ment. Corporal Barnes of Company E was mor- tally wounded. Sergt. Wishart was slightly wounded. Private Frank Whitlock was struck in the groin. Private Clyde Frank was struck in the leg. Privates Jolly and Herbert Lubold were shot in the arm. The Spanish are known to have lost their commander, Maj. Yellescas, Capt. Ecante, Capt. Lopez and nine privates, all killed, and to have had thirty-five wounded. The Americans made 180 priscners, prac- tically the whole force of Spaniards, except the cavalry. 3 ‘The capture of the town and garrison was neatly planned and splendidly executed. The 16th Pennsylvania Volunteers moved to a point off the north of the town last night, and by forced marches of eight miles across the mountains, arrived at the rear of the town about 7 o'clock this morning, just in time to cut off the enemy's retreat. Fire Was Opened. At daylight the 3d Wisconsin and Troop C (New York) moved by the right flank, and the artillery, supported by the 2d Wiscon- sin, advanced in the center. The 4th Cav- alry took up a position from which it could gallop to the field and sweep the valiey into the town. At 7 o'cleck fire was opened upon the bicck house, which was hammered with shell and shrapnel. The Spaniards replied with a few shots from their Mausers and then fled. The block house was soon ablaze and the artillery fire in front ceased at 7:45 a.m. Almost immediately volley firing was heard in the rear of the town. The Span- jards, in seeking to escape, ran straight into the arms of Col. Huling’s regiment, posted 0. the hills, commanding the road. The enemy sought protection in trenches, but they could not withstand the deadiy fire. With their commander and two cap- tains killed, they were compelled to sur- render. A troop of fifty Spanish cavalry escaped through the mourtains, our cavalry being unable to pursue them. The Spaniards had destroyed the stone bridge across the River Coamo, leading into the town, but it was evident that they were not prepared to make a strong resistance, as no artillery was posted there. The natives recetved the Amcricans with delight. Gen. Wilson, immediately after taking the town, pushed the Wisconsin troops a mile out- beyond, where they will camp for the night. NOT SORRY TO SURRENDER. Spanish Troops Fought in a Per- functory Way at Coamo. (Copyright, 1898.) Special Cable Dispatch to The Evening Star. PONCE; Porto Rico (via St. Thomas), Au- gust 10.—There is much surprise that the enemy at Coamo did no more damage than to wound seven of the United States force. They had all the advantage at first sight, but they fought perfunctorily and were not sorry to surrender the town, the houses of which were shuttered and closed. When the American troops entered they found it deserted. Gen. Miles says that the place is not in- teresting militarily, but other officers praise the plan of cutting off the retreat of the enemy. The peaceful march notion has now been given up. Gen. MIL Movements. PONCE, August 9, morning.—General Miles will probably leave on the Adjuntas road in a day or two with a troop of the 2d Cavalry. Telegraphic communication has been established between his headquarters her? and all the moving columns, but the reports this morning show that all is quiet. General Wilson’s headquarters are now at Descalabrade river. See gee MARINES SAIL FOR HOME. They Left Guantanamo Bay Yesterday Afternoon—Work on Wrecks. GUANTANAMO BAY, August 9, 10 p.m. via Playa del Este, Province of Santiago de Cuba (delayed in transirission)—The New- ark, Scorpion, Suwanee and Resolute, with the marines, sailed this afternoon. ‘The Badger and the I. J. Merritt nave ar- rived. The latter, after coaling, will pro- ceed to the wreck of the Cristobal Colon. * The Merritt and Chapman wreckers now think the Infanta Marla Teresa is held in position by a rock through her bottom for- ward, but they expect to haul her off soon. sag ees MEMPHIS LAWYER'S CRIME. C. P. Roberts to Serve Three Years in Prison for Forgery. C. P. Robevis, the prominent Memphis lawyer, recently indicted for the forgery of the name of W. H. Bates, St. Louis, on a Memphis hotel register, was yesterday found guilty and his punishment fixed at three years in the penitentiary. A motion for a new trial was entered. Bates, whose name is alleged to have been forged, has figured in the trial of A. K. Ward, the alleged $300,000 forger, as a man who signed one of the Ward notes instead of W. H. Bates of Memphis. Ward, for whom Roberts was an attorney, has never established the existence of the St. Louis Bates, and the alleged forgery by Roberts is said to have been done in Ward's in- terest. toe Steamship Arrivals. SOUTHAMPTON, August 10.—Arrived: Saale, from New York for Bremen. ‘CAMP NOT WHOLLY READY Nevertheless More Troops Wjli Reach Mon- tauk Point Tomofrow, —— Prospect of a Strike Amonz the Car- penters at Work—Progress is of Preparations, ee NEW. YORK, August 10—of the thirty hospital cases in the military camp at Mon- tauk Point, fully one-halt, ft is said today, are ill with typhoid fever: There is one’ case of measles, and @ number of soldiers are down with dysentery. . The hospital is now in good shape, and will be finished today. The kitchen is go- ing there, the ranges being up and working. Almost all the 500 tents have been erected. Otherwise, the camp Is, by no means pre- pared for the troops from Santiago, who are expected to arrive tomorrow, although progress is being made. The men were busy at the two buildings intended to hold the commissary stores. One of these buildings is to be 300 feet long and thirty feet wide, the other is 200 feet long and thirty feet in width. The flooring of the larger. building has been laid and the frame was érected yes- terday. It will probably be covered today, and both buildings will be finished by Sun- day. * ‘There is, however, some prospect of a strike by the carpenters employed on the government work. They allege that they were engaged upon representations, both as to wages and hours, as well as to their housing and food, that have been violated. Col. C. A. Woodruff, chief commissary of the department of the east, is in charge of the food supplies at Montauk Point. He said today that rations for 25,000 men for one month would be stored in the buildings. In addition a refrigerator car of fresh Meat will be sent here daily for the army, along with carloads of bread, about 10,000 leaves a day, with several carloads of po- tatoes and onions. carload of fresh meat was due today, ich will supply the 700 men of the 6th Cavairy and th 500 men from Fort Mc- Pherson until the main body of troops ar- rives here. The question of water supply is still a se- rious problem. Beyond the slightly brack- ish water of Fort Pond, which can be used for the horses and for culinary purposes to some extent, little can be had yet. Piping and pumps for the projected driven wells are still lacking. A Severe Storm. A severe northeast storm reached Mon- tauk camp at 8 o'clock this morning, and ecntinued with but slight diminution or brief intermissions until midday. The most of the men in camp were exposed to the rain, but the signal corps fared the best, bivouacking under their shelter tents. It is said that all the a ble tents in the ccuntry have been ordered to M®6ntauk Point, but at Lest there will be several thousand men at the camp by Thu y night or Friday unprevided with shelter from the eleme Four troops of the 1st Volunteer Cavairy (Rough Riders) reached Jersey City at 8 * s morning, en route to camp. s are not of th that feught so bravely at San d the other eng: ents beforeSantiago de Cu- ba. but constitute th rtion of the rez- iment that was det: at'Tampa. Karlier in the day there 1 men of the 1st Fort MePherson and ed on board @ ferr y, from which place ti ceeded east by rail to Montauk Point, Floating Quarantine Station. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 10—The new United States disinfecting barge Pro- tector, built in this city, was today towed down the Delaware mver, en route to Fort ite Montauk Point, L. 1. will be used as a floating quarantine station. Sep Se, THE WAR REVENUE hed Jersey C nd Ci ACT. Recent Interpretation. of Passages in the Law. The commissioner of internal revenue has prepared regulations which are to govern the coliection of the tax on mixed flour un- der the provisions of the new war revenue act. The law provides, among other things, that every person, firm or corporation mak- ing, packing or repacking mixed flour shall pay a special tax of $12 per annum, and shall plainly mark or brand each package containing the same with the words “mixed flour,” in plain black lett2rs, not less than two inches in length, together with the true weight of such package, the names of the ingredients composing the same, the name of the maker or packer and the place where made or packed A similar notice shall be piaced inside each package. Violations of the provisions of this act are punishable by a fine cf not less than $25) and net more than $500, or imprisonment for not less than sixty days or more than one year. Mixed flour packages may not be used again, and a prescribed cautionary notice 1s required to be placed upon each package, which may contain not to exceed 196 pounds. An addi- ticnal fax upon the manufacture and sal> of mixed flour {s levied at the rate of four cents per barrel containing 1% pounds or more than 98 pounds; two cents on every half barrel, one cent upon each quarter barre] and one-half cent upon every eighth barrel. Information having reached the internal revenue bureau that certain express com- panies were shipping packages of money without affixing a revenu> stamp thereto, the commissioner has made a ruling rroney shall be regarded as “goods” for the purposes of the act, and therefore a stamp must be affixed to the bill of lading or other evidence of receipt given therefor. ‘The ruling heretofore made that “each bundle of newspapers having a different destination should hay2 a different Dill of lading and be stamped” is modified, in view of opinions of s:nators and members of Ccngress that such was not the intention of the law. Therefore, when the tax of one cent is paid on the general bundle each package in the general bundle which is taken there- from and delivered at intermediate points does not require a separate receipt and stamp. ee It matters little what it is that you want— whether a situation or a servant—a “want” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. CAMBON: SAGASTA:s “HUMPH.” “HOW DO YOU LIKE THE PRESENT srTuATION?® 'MR. BABCOCK RENOMINATED Formal Ballot. Bland to Be Temporsty Chairman of Missouri Meiklejohn’s Popularity. Convention — Mr. Representative Jos. W. Babcock has been renominated for Congress by the third Wis- coensin district rpublican convention on the first formal ballot. Alexander Stewart has been renominated by the republican congressional convention of the ninth Wisconsin district b¥ acclama- tion The cleventh Ilinois district Gemocratic ccnvention has nominated M. 'T. Moioney of Ottawa for Congress. ‘The populists of the St. Paul, Minn., con- gressional district have nominated L. S. Beardsley of St. Paul by acclamation. The democrats of the eleventh Texas dis- trict have nominated Rudolph Kieburg for Congress by acclamation. ‘she Missouri democratic state convention, which will convene in Springfield, Mo., t day, will nominate two candidates for su- preme judge, for the-short and long terms respectively, one candidate for state supe intendent of public schools and state rail road commissioner. Resolutions to be adopted will deal with the question of territorial extension, which will be the paramount issue, the war ques- tion, and will, without much doubt, indorse the Chicago platform. It was decided by the state central com- mittee that Representative Richard P. Bland, the famous free silver advocate, should act as temporary chairman of the ccnvention, and Nicholas H. Griffin of St. Louis as temporary secretary. Everything pointed at Lincoin, Neb., last night to a short and harmonious state convention by Nebraska republicans to- day. e large number of uninstructed dele- gates causes an element of doubt, but it is generally conceded that Judge M. L. Hayward of Nebraska City will be made the nominee for governor on the first for- mal ballot. His leading opponent is Judge B. 8. Baker of Omaha, and the selection lies between these, unless, as was rumored last night, the name of Assistant Secretary of War Meiklejohn is sprung. Mr. Meiku john, however, in an authorized intervi: two weeks ago, said that under no circum- stances would he be a candidate, and it is doubtful if his name will be presented with a more serious intention than to keep him before the people as a possible aspirant for the United States Senate, to succeed Wm. V. Allen. Indications are that the con- vention will be largely attended. The name of Theodore Roosevelt was prominently mentioned last night for the candidacy of governor of the state of New York at a meeting of the general commit- tee of the republicans of the county of New York, but after considerable heated discus- sion it was decided that the subject should be further considered before any recommen- dation by the committee should be made. A olution indorsing Governor Black for renomination was read, and by a large vote of those present it was ordered to be laid upon the table. 0 ANACOSTIA HAPPENINGS, Enlistment in Fifth Cavalry — Com- plaint Investiguted—Briefs. orman North, the eldest son of Rev. 9h B. North, pastor of the Garden Me- terian Church, went to Tam- pa, a fey days ago and enlisted in the 5th United States Cavalry. Mr. North was acquain‘ed with his son’s intention, and did not oppose it The young man was a student at the Co- lumbia Medical Schcol. About two wee zgo he resigned his position at St. Hliz beth, where he was securing an insight into his future profession. It is understood that y to which he is attached will go apson, ames Cannon, William Scott and Newtor Swindells. A complaint was recently made to the District Commissioners by a lady residing in Anacostia concern gested condition of street traffic at the ter- minus of the Anacostia railroad, on Nichols avenue. It is said the complaint in ques tion referred to the way in which the horse cars are being operated about the terminu: of the line, to the inconvenience and dela: it was charged, of the cars of the Capital R Company. The engineer depart- ment detailed an employe to make an in- vestigation of the case, and his report, it i3 stated, does not uphold the complaint. A special police report was also made on the matter by Lieut. Gessford and Sergt. W. ‘T. Anderson, which is understood to ha’ been similar to the first one. In the future, hewever, wigons will not be permitted to remain standixg along the section of Nich- ols avenue complained of. ‘The surveyors are at work on the prelim- inaries for the proposed improvements to Herrison street, and report that a portion of the street will be concreted. Mrs. James Halley of Maple avenue, ac- ccmpanied by her niece, Miss Lucy Hoilis seuri, a guest, and Buffalo, N. in Anacostia M: gone to Niagara Faiis . Mr. Halderman remains Mr. Halley's guest. Signe Guerdrum is visiting in V yeorge Guerdrum is visiting in the jor of New York state, and Miss Hel- Sing the summer with her uncle in Trenton, N. J. Mr. Benjamin F. Middleton of Bowie, Ma., and Mr. W. were recent fon at Martinsburg, W. Va. Joseph Klug are summering y Point. Geo Skidmore has gone to Co- ach for a few weeks. nder French has joined his wife and young son in New Hampshire. Mr. Walter French has returned from Niagara Falls, N. Y. Capt. Robt. J. Green of Company B, Gon- zaga College Cadets, and Mr. John J. Mad- igan, who will have charge of the band, has gone with the cadets for the annual en- campment at St. Inigoes. Dr. A. M. Green has gone on a northern trip for the benefit of his health, a INDEX TO ADVERTISEMENTS. ACCOUNTA! ATTORNEY AMUSEMENTS. . AUCTION SALES. NTS BUSINESS CHANCES. Page 4 CHIROPODIST’ Page 4 CITY ITEMS 12 4 4 4 EXCURSIONS. 12 #INANCIAL.... BOR RENT (Fiata) FOR RENT (Houses) FOR RENT (Miscellaneous). FOR RENT (Offices). ¥OR RENT (Rooms). FOR RENT (Stables), FOR RENT (Stores)... FOR SALE (Houses) FOR SALE (Miscellaneous)... HORSES AND VEHICLES. LADIES’ GOODS. LEGAL NOTICES LOCAL MENTION LOST AND FOUND. i Pee R ETA de OR eM E EEO HORE meee Dee EOE OCEAN TRAVEL.. OFFICIAL NOTICES. PERSONAL ae POTOMAC RIVER BOATS. PIANOS AND ORGANS. PROPOSALS. BATLROADS. ROOMS AND BOARD. SPECIAL NOTICES. STORAGE....... aeei SUBURBAN PROPERTY... SUMMER RESCRTS. ONDERTAKERS. WANTED (Help). WANTED (Housea)....--. WANTED (Mis:ellareous). WANTED (Situations). WANTED (Rooms)... gaseeeaae ate + iH HILL -AND CROKER Both Fighting to Control the New York Democracy. RECENT SARATOGA CONFERENCE Outline as Stated by the Tammany Small Fry. REPUBLICAN UNCERTAINTY Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. NEW YORK, August 9, 1898. From the mass of gossip with which the Uttle-big fellows of Tammany, who tramp aground at the coattails of the leaders all day to catch a stray bit of policy as a hum gry dog would catch a bone, were loaded on their return to New York and earth, egain, the following seems to ring true: An offensive and defensive alliance be- tween Tammany Hall and the Kings Coun- ty Democracy for control of the democratic state campaign has been formed at Sara> toga. Richard Croker and his Tammany lieutenants and four of Hugh McLaughlin's chief aids spent the greater part of Sunday together, and the political situation, judged from the Greater New York point of view, was discussed. If the outline of the state campaign, as practically decided, could be made public, it would®afford interesting reading, no doubt, for David B. Hill and the adherents of his lost cause. The lines are now said to be formed with Senator Murphy, Croker, Tammany Hall, Hugh Mc- Laughlin and the Kings County Democ- racy on the one id B. Hill, Elliot Danforth, Frank Campbell, John B. Stanchfie!ld and a few others the other faction. ngular coincidence that, while this liance for control of democratic politics in the empire state was being welded, certain adherents of Hill were declaring that Croker n, to have meet in arted by self. Da: mens to be chairman democratic state committee, has refused to call th € committee to meet this week, acting under orders from Hill. As Dan- forth has refused to call the committee to meet just now, the only way that Croker can get ‘the mecting held would be to have a majority of the committee's members s a cail for the meeting. Democratic Gubernatorial Booms. Uncle Ros” Flower, who has a well-de- veloped Croker gubernatorial boom, 1s in high feather at present, but the knowing ones say that there is a surprise in store for Flower. Croker has not committed him- self to Flower's and it is whi pered that Croke te may be Jus- tice Barrett of the supreme court. Croker and Justice Barrett are firm friends, de- spite the fact that it was before Justice Barrett that Croker’s trial. many years ago, was held. Justice Berrett’s term in the supreme court expires next year, and as he would reach the age limit before another term as justice would be finished, even if he were re-elected, there is a suspicion among many democrats that Croker ts seek- ing to make another place for him. There is another new governorship boom. Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck is the name it bears, and considerable enthusiasm was aroused for it, not only among the mayor's Tammany friands, but among the up-state Croker, however, does not are in this outburst. According rter there would have to be an- alty election at the next gen- eral election after the president of the municipal council succeeded to the mayor's ir. That would mean that if Van Wyck should be nominated and elected governor President Guggenheimer would succeed to the mayoralty, but that he could hold office only until November, 1899. Croker, say the wise men, would hardly take chances on another election so soon when he now has his grasp upon the municipality until January, 1902. On the other hand, if Van Wyck should be nominated for go ernor and defeated, it might be a stagger- ing blow for Tammany Hall, especially in state politics. Croker Going Into State Politics. And it is now an open secret that Croker is going heavily into the state politics. The gathering of the Croker-Murphy forces at Saratoga is regarded by politicians as a matter of something more than local in- terest. The assertion is frequently heard a contest for the state leadership of his pires also to be in the p party, and a tion of a President-maker in 1900. Senator Murphy, it is said, is to be kept to the front as a figurehead for the p . in order to defeat ex-Senator Hill, n the state mpaign begins, these fans predic! will come foi as the state leader, and will thus be in ition to in- fluence the nomination of the next demo- cratic candidate for President. As an evidence that the Croker-Hill fight for the control of the is on in earnest John L. Shea, commissioner of bridges, turned this afternoon from news that all the membe tic state committee from New York had -d a request to Chairman Danforth to call the committee to meet in Saratoga on Friday night, to fix the time and place for holding the’ state convention. Croker’s friends say he is going to force the issue and the fight against Hill. The Silver Buz. But there is one thing both factions of the democratic party will have to reckon with, and this is the oft-jeered-at “siiver bug.” In this connection a conference of the free silver men of New York state will be held at Albany on Wednesday of this week. The conference has really been call- ed by the free silver democrats of Albany, who are angry at both Senator Murphy and ex-Senator Hill. Both of these leaders have studiously avoided discussing the Chicago platform in its relation to the affairs of New York state. It is the expressed inten- tion of these free silver men, in the event of the nomination of ex-Gov. Flower, Perry Belmont or other. gold-standard man, to nominate a free silver democratic candi- date for governor. This threatened split in the democratic ranks may give Croker, Hill and Murphy considerable trouble and force at least a semblance of harmony among the regular democratic state leaders. It seems to be pretty well settled that the next democratic state convention will ignore the Chicago platform and Bryan, and if the “bolt” of the Bryanites in the state ma- terializes the election of the republican gubernatorial candidate and the defeat of Senator Murphy's re-election aspirations will be materially assisted, if they may not be taken as assured results. Republican Uncertainty. If the selection of a democratic nominee for governor is mixed, the republican situa- tion is no clearer. Two weeks ago it was “Prank” Black at any odds; then there was talk of Theodore Roosevelt. Black seems to be passing away in the political gossip and Roosevelt, too, is not the bright guid- ing star he appeared to be in the first set- ting off of his boom. There is a brand-new ticket talked of now, like this: For governor, to succeed Francis 8. Black, Congressman B. B. Odell. For United States senator, to succeed Ed- ward Murphy, Secretary Cornelius N. 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