Evening Star Newspaper, October 21, 1898, Page 3

ae ie aS. — = = SPECIAL NOTIC DISTRICT OF wy, ISUS. Notice i 1ST DAY OF OFFICE OF THE ASSESSOR MATTHEW TRIME GOULD'S. 4 pictures, beads, fancy paper and MATE ot imeograph and be your own 7" wonderful possibil - the Edison Mim raph—make printer! ils. a. priating press the clearness of the. ft JOHN © PARKER WE Dow? CRED aud therefore a impression. See it 1d $10 or $15 In C*Our customers are not non-payment of some other ima Snyder& Wood, tiers & Importers, 91111 Penna. ave se16-3m,10 Economical Builders our steady trade. deal with us and econo- If you are buildi Fine fixtures a sp. MITH, Ww foot of 4th st. ‘Bailey’s Dollar $1.00 === Saw = Fully warranted. Mechanics pronounce it, after thon test, BQUAL to the BEST. JOSIAH R. BA pes enth w 50c Flag Stationery, 15c bo We have about 50 bo: wlar “Flag” Stationery (paper and envelopes), sold all along fe box (excellent paper), Which will be closed out fo box. EF We weke a specialty =e CARD ENGRAVING— Weddings, Announcements, ¢te. 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(Suecessors i> Hartinan & Cadich.) 0e20-144 and does Blank Boo Here’ » S. 511 9th at. s news for men per cent in ex- for p¥ ask we'll and everythi Swe ask $30 sr to Noah Wa eer Tickets, Programs, Calen= cial Printing ¢ off this lst call and 2 1ith st COLUMBIA FIRE INSURANCE COM fC isd ANY Of stock of TOBER ays inclusive TOWERS, J AND REPAIRIN ecial_ pric Db. DION © feathers, lac ALIS) PIERRE KEEL Mon. r nk of Tha DP AND COKE JRON FENCES AND PORCHES. We are now prepaied to build tron Fences and Porches st goods. best work and. lowest ed. Catalogue of NTH AND G STS. . MOORE, =m Stock E the Wy HIGHWAYS IN THE DISTRICT TU c ction isu of Columbia a. ¢ a proposed per Dh t oe set forth clearly the reasons for ex und show the property owned oF con by the objector. All protests, and so forth, muss be submitted on or before THE SEV. NTH DAY OF NOVEMBER, 1888, and be ad- eased to .be Chief of Enginee: S. Army, War Department, Washington, D.C. The cow- Missiva wil! meet November 17, 1898, at 10 o'clock a.m., ip the office of the Secretary of . te Aisy # of all objections, and will then hear orally from those who desire to thus support their written objections. KR. A. ALGER, tary of War, ©. N. BLISS, Secretary terlor; JOHN Mf. WILSON, Chict of U. 8.'a.. Bighway Comm De. 3. B. TEN EYCK HAS REMOVED | fice to 1832 New York avenue. eel }and Marshal THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 789'8~t6 “PAG SION shops and Deputies, spiphany ait ard of ers’ report eted upon. mple, . 7:36 p.m music. F end tth st speskers, mediui ALL’ welcome. <K OF WASHT as the death of our ctor and vice pres! curred the I6t 5 e reported a r meeting of the Board of held thix day: . That ‘in the death of Mr. Thomas late vice president of the Citizens nk of Washington city, we have lost nd valuable offic judictons and friend, ‘and the cap- an honored and public-spirited was constantly devoted in the selfish munner in serving and achieving : whose memory will ever be cherish- emulation; sion of our great per- and as a e id. fellow Mr. Thomas Somerville » follow! Resolved sonal regard slight token of our deep sympa nd condol- with his family in their sad bereavement and irreparable loss, that an engrossed copy of resolutions, duly certified, he forwarded to and be published in the daily press of this 2PH F. SAU ASONIC.A SPECIAL COMME Dawson Lodge, No. 16, F.A.A.M., will be held ’ ‘Temple SATURDAY, October 22, 08, at 1:30 p.m. sharp, for the purpose of a tending the funeral of our late. brother. George Tatspaugh. Brethren of sister lodges are fra- ternally fnvited to attend. By crder of the W.M. It R. WILLISS, Secretary Woo. COLVILLE LECTURES in WOM TRI- Dune Hall,1325 10th wt. n.w. (bet. N and 0). Sat- urday, Oct 3 pm. “The ‘Troe Basis and Tractice of Spiritual Healing.” 8 pam., “'Concen- tion of Thou ‘Telepathy."” Questions in- i. Singlo t 6 tickets for $1. it = PRIZES OF ar Manufacturing ( selling the * been Secretary. ICATION OF ¥ en app ecelpti ig therefor, oc21-2t © L. HARDIN his. office to Reom a i) Prust bldg. are ete Shirts to Measure. FOR DRESS, FOR BUSINES FOR GUTING FOR TRAVELING. style, fit, werkmarship and price guar- in respec SATURDAY, Qeality, anteed We make to r 6 Shirts for $9. fe finer grades, of course. wv Woodward & Lothrop. oc21-tf sure VISIT CLEVELAND PARK TO SEE GOOD, BEAU- tiful apd cheap homes. seid-tt October Grooms. We four handsome ‘*Wardrob to irooms. Are making a Suits this season, advice 1 ve useful to Tailors, GO4 13th. ous cutter, is now with us. Insure in ARLINGTON FIRE ID SURANCE CO. nw. US, $90,000. for the District of Columbia, 1505 Pa. av ¢ rs Ry $200,004 20X, Pres. EREDERIC L. MOORE, vel CLEARING TOMORROW. But Rain is Predicted for This After- noon and Tonight. Forecast till 8 p.m. Saturday—For the District of Columbia and Delaware, rain this afternoon and tonight and probably Saturday; cooler and clearing late Satur- day; increasing easterly winds. For Vir- ginia and Maryland, rain tonight, with cool- er in western portions; Saturday cooler, with rain in eastern and fair in western Fortions; increasing easterly winds. Weather conditions and general forecast: Th: Mississippi valley storm has moved ward, and this morning extends in a trough from the lake regions to the east gulf and south Atlantic coasts. Rain has been followed by clearing weath- er in the Mississippi valley and the westora lake region, and an area of cloudiness and rain this morning covers the eastern lake region, the upper Ohio valley and th: east gulf and Atlantic states. The temperature has fallen 10 to 20 de- grees in the lower Mississippi valley, and frost was reported this morning througn- t the erior of Texas and western puisiana. Frost will occur tonight in the states of the lower Mississippi valley, almost to the ccast line, and the frost will extend over western and northern Alabam: Cloudy ather and rain will continue tonight in the Atlantic coast districts, fol- lowed late Saturday by clearing and colder weather. Storm signals are displa lakes, and information ea: The inches) has y-fo Ville Amite, La Rouge, L ed on the lower signals along the gulf and south Atlantic coasts. following been heavy precipitation d during the y West, ‘Th Americus, Ga., Natchez, Miss., 1.50; Batoa din WW. Tide Table. Low tide, 6:05 a.m. and 6:25 p.m.; . 12:0 p.m. Low tide, 7:18 a.m. and 39 a.m. and 1:13 p.m. un and ¥ 6:16; sun sets, Do , GIT. The City Lights. d by 6:21 p.m.; extin- 25 a.m. The lighting is fore the time named. at 6:05 p.m.; extinguish- guishing t begun one Records for Twenty-Four Hours. The following were the readings of the thermometer and barometer at the weather u for the twenty-four hours begin- ing at 2 p.m. yesterday: ‘Thermometer—October 20, 4 pm., 70; 8 p.m., 5S; midnight, 50. October , ¢a.m., 48; 8 a.m. 12 noon, at 4 p.m., October 20; mini- tober 21 4 p.m., 30 Sp. m.. 5; 12 midnight, 30.20, October 4 a.m., 30.20; 8 p.m., 30.70; neen, 2 p.m., ndition of the Water. Temperature and condition of water at 8 am.: Great Falls, temperature, 56; condi- tion, 1; receiving reservoir, temperature, @; condition at north connection, 2; condi- tion at south connection, 10; distributing reservoir, temperature, 61; condition at in- fluent gate hyuse, 36; effluent gate house, 36. Cuban Weather. AVANA, October 21, 8 a.m.—Barometer, nperature, 80; winds south; cloudy. GO, October 21, 8 a.m.—Barom- 94; temperature, 72; winds east; t SANTI eter, cloudy. —>—_— THINKS CHIEF BUG IS DEAD. Marshal O'Connor Says That is Rea- son He Has Not Surrendered. A dispatch from Walker, Minn., yester- day says: Eleven of the twenty Indians wanted by the authorities started for Du- luth tonight under a guard of soldiers, and accompanied by Indian Commissioner Jones O'Connor. Bug and his son refuse to surrender, but the Indians say that they think they can bring them in. Marshal O'Connor is firmly convinced that Bug will never be captured. He said tonight: “I am thoroughiy convinced that both he and his son were killed in the bat- tle, and I am sure that this is also the rea- son that others have not come in.” Commissioner Jones says that he ts well satisfied with his work here, but he admits that there is a strong possibility that this, the first outbreak of the Chippewas, will not be the last. Wants Quickly Filled. At this season, when so many are seck- ing situations, and, on the other hand, so many seeking employes, it is of interest to know that advertisements under the classifications Wanted Help and Wanted Situations are inserted in The Star at a charge of 15 cents for fifteen words, THE CAB SERVICE Rates of Charges Fixed by the District Commissioners Todav. Police Regulations Amended Relat- ing to the Assignment of Space on the Streets. Pursuant to the provisions of the joint resolution of Congress, approved June 7, 1898, authorizing the District Commission- ers to locate a cab service adjoining ratl- road stations, the Commissioners today fixed the rates of charges for the service to be rendered by the cabs of the railroad companies, and also amended the police regulations relating to the assignment of space on the streets adjacent to the sixth street station and as to the carrying of bag- gage. The joint resolution in question author- izes the Commisstoners to locate on the streets adjoining the station of any rail- road company a stand for cabs, carriages and other vehicles for the conveyance of passengers to and from said stations, the service to he rendered by the railroad com- panies. The Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company, popularly known as the Pennsylvania Company, 18 the only one which has so far taken advan- tage of the privileges granted by the joint resolution, and about the first of the month wil place in operation some twenty or more cabs, which number, it is expected, will be increased later as they are finished. These cabs are now being built, and the company promises that they will be every- thing the public could desire. It is further provided by the joint resolu- tion that the rates of charges for the serv- ice to be rendered by the railroad com- panies shall be fixed by the Commissione and that at no time shall the schedule e ceed the rates in force here at the time of the approval of the law. The rates fixed today by the Commissioners are somewhat lower than those now prevailing. They are as follows: For Cubs and Victorias. the trip—One and one-half miles or direct to cr from station, to one ad- one person, 25c.; each additional per- son, 25c.; eact. additional address, one or two persons, 25e.; each additional passen- ger, 10c.; exch additional half mile cr less, eack person, 10c. On call, to ge to station—To call at any address within one and one-half miles of station, one person, each additional Ferson ezch additional half mile or One or two persons, first c.; three or four persons, $1; quarter hour or less, one or 20c.; three or four persons, two pers>as, ‘Qe. Rates for Omnibuses. By the tri or on call to go to station— Minimum charge for four persons or less, ene and one-half-mile limit, $1; each ad:li- tional person, 15c.; each stop en route, not over ten mlautes, 50c.; each additional half mile or less, 20c. By the hour—First bour, four persons 3; eech additional person, a additional quarter hour or les' When vehicles are not engaged hour trip rates shall be charged. When charges for trip or trips exceed rates per hour charges shall be by the hour. or by the Matter of Street Space. ‘The question of the assignment of street space for the company’s cab stand was a matter of some perplexity to the Commis- sioners, as they found that not only was the space at their disposal somewhat limit- ed, but that it is now occupied by public cabmen. Then, too, they found that space must be allotted to the wagons handling mail, freight and baggage, and that the “busses of licensed hotels must have certain space, as well as sufficient space for pri- vate vehicles. As the law not only author- izes the establishment of cab service by the railroad companies, but also authorizes the Commissioners to designate the street space for stands for such cabs, the Commission- ers concluded that it was their duty to re- voke so much of the police regulations as designated hack stands on 6th street near the 6th street station and on the south side of B street west of the station. Regulations Amended. They have, therefore, amended the regu- lations as follows: “So much of section 5 of article 4 of the police regulations in and for the District of Columbia as designates the following as hack stands, namely, ‘on 6th street near the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Com- pany’s depot, and on the south side of B street northwest, west of the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Company's depot,’ is hereby revoked, and that the space on 6th street, from the building line of B street to the south line of the depot building, is reserved as a stand for the "busses of li- censed hotels; from the south line of said building, southward in front of the train shed, for such use as the Philadelphia, Wil- mington and Baltimore Railroad Company may desire to make of {t for its business, Including its cabs, and the handling of freight, baggage and mail; that the space on B street northwest, from the west line of the depot building, extending westerly 160 feet, is hereby set apart for the ex- clusive use of the cabs of the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com- pany, as authorized by joint resolution No. 442, approved June 7, 1808, entitled ‘Joint resolution authorizing the’ Commissioners of the District of Columbia to locate a cab service, and for other purposes.’ ” Another amendment of the police regu- lations made by the Commissioners today revokes the paragraph in section 2 of arti- cle 5 relating to the carrying on public vehicles of trunks or other traveling boxes or bas At present, each passenger is en- titled to have conveyed with him without extra charge one trunk or other traveling box or bag, but the amendment adopted by the Commissioners today provides that “when a passenger desires to have baggage carried with him the driver shall be en- titled to make a charge not to exceed 2% cents for each trunk, or 10 cents for each large vValise or bag.” Cards bearing the rates of charges for the cabs of the railroad companies, the Commissioners have ordered, shall be car- ried and conspicuously displayed in the ve- hicles, and the Philadelphia, Wilmington and Baltimore Company, in observing this regulation, will have prepared a map of the District, on which by means of circles, of which the 6th street station will be the axis, the rates will be illustrated. The radius of the first circle will be one and one-half miles distant from the station, the second two miles, the third two and one-half miles and each additional circle one-half mile farther away. Then, too, the various points of interest in the District will be designated by figures, by consulting which the passenger may at a glance see just what the proper charge for convey- to a certain point is. That there may be cabs on the stand at all hours, the com- pany will have extra drivers and horses. Prohibits Other Cabs. Of course the establishment of the rail- road cab stand at the 6th street station will prevent the standing there of any other public conveyances, and such public vehi- cles as are now there will be required to make use of other hack stands. The law provides that there shall be three feet of space between each vehicle occupying a position on a public hack stand, and as the railroad cabs will be about seven feet in width the placing of twenty of them on B street would mean the occupancy of about 200 feet. Owing to the fact that the tracks of the Eckington street railway line are run adjacent to the sidewalk on the south side of B street as 7th street is approached, the street space there, which otherwise might be used by the cabs, is thereby limited to about 160 feet, which means that about only sixteen cabs can stand on B street. The remainder will, therefore, be epmpelled to take positions on 6th street, where at present several public vehicles stand, and the latter will thereby be forced away. Improvements Projected. The railroad company will extend the awning shed on B street, so that passen- gers will be fully protected from the weath- er, and the company will also erect a booth there to be occupied by the superin- tendent of the cab system. The superin- tendent will be provided with telephone service, so that Cabs May be called to any part of the city, ang if will be observed that no charge Wwill,be. made for calling for passengers. It wil pe the duty of the superintendent to afford all information and every eonvenienge to the passengers, and in case of dispute between the cabmen and passengers as tovrates the matter will be decided by any police officer called upon by the passengers. ilf no policeman is avatiable the company advises the passen- gers to pay the chargés demanded, take the number of the vehitle, note the time and forward a staterhent to the company, when, if there has béen°an overcharge, the amount improperly taken will be promptly refunded. = — ee PRISONER POWELL’S ESCAPE The Penalties Imposed Upon Officers Respon- sible Therefor. , Recommendations Made by Superin- tendent of Police Approved by Commissioner Wight. Commissiorer Wight this morning received from Maj. Sylvester, superintendent of po- lice, the report of an investigation made by him relative to the escape of Eugene, alias James, Powell, from the sixth precinct sta~ tion honse, October 12, as stated in The Star at the time. It will be remembered that Pow- ell was charged by a coroner's jury with having committed the murder of Patrick Lee the night previous. = Commissiorer Wight approved cf the various recommendations in reference to the punishment of the officers responsible for Powell's safekeeping, ‘‘with the further recommendation that Sergt. Falvey, who was in charge of the station In the absence of Lieut. Kelly, had shown himself unfitted to perform the duties of a Neutenant,” and “in consideration of his long record as a sergeant, against which there has as yet been no other charge,” the only penalty ts that “he be disqualified from acting as lieu- tenant in charge of a precinct until furtner orders.” The recommendation is yet to be acted upoa by the other Commissioners. As, however, Mr. Wight is in charge of the pelice department, the recommendation will doubtless b> approved. Major Sylvester's Recommendations. After reviewing the circumstances of the escape at much length, Maj. Sylvester, in Fis report to Commissioner Wight, says: “Sergt. Falvey states that he had no knowledge of an inquest being held at the station, or that there were prisoners con- fined therein upon a grave charge, and that he knew of no such thing until after the prisoner, Powell, had escaped, although Acting Sergt. Payne met Sergt. Falvey at about the hour of 2 o'clock p.m. “It appears that Private McCormack of the eighth precinct brought the murderer, the accessories and witnesses to No. 6 sta- tion house, as is the custom, to be held therein until! after the coroner's inquest, and that the prisoners were secured by the officers of the eighth precinct, except so fer as is concerned the locking of the iron dcor leading to the cell corridor. “At the conclusion of the inquest, it is stated, Private McCormack reported ‘to his precinct, No. 8, that he was prepared to re- move several of the prisoners, excluding James Powell, who would be taken from No. 6 to the jail for commitment. This statement was made upon the strength of the offer of the officer in charge of the patrol system at No. 6 to take the prisoner, Powell, to jail. Such arrangement was contemplated and would have been carried out no doubt by the officer in charge of the patrol system, had not Powell escaped. From the statement of McCormack it ap- pears he was satistied that the cell con- taining Powell was securely locked by him and that the placing of the prisoner in cell No. 5 was at the instance of the morgue keeper, who Is an assistant to the coroner before and after an inquest. Lieut. Kelly's Absence. “Tam satisfied that Lieut. Kelly took proper steps to inform Sergt. Falvey that he would be absent from command and that Sergt. Falvey did net understand that he was to assume the duttes of acting lieu- tenant, for he did rot act as such, but pro- ceeded to pursue the regular duties enjoin- ed upon him as sergeant upon the street. To this extent he neglected to take upon himself the responsibilities prescribed by the manual, orders and practice. It is to his credit, if it be true, that he designated Acting Sergt. Payne to care for the sta- tion In his absence during the time he was performing his duties as sergeant, but Act- ing Sergt. Payne, by his actions and indif- ference to the affairs in and about the sta- tion showed plainly that he was in need of erders or guilty of the latter condition pre- vailing after 1 o'clock the day in question. “It was an assumption upon the part of the private in charge of the patrol system to say that he would take charge of the prisoner, Powell, for delivery to the Jail. Private McCormack did all that he could do to care for the several prisoners in his charge and exercised proper judgment when he communicated with his station as to the disoosition of his prisoners after the conclusion of the inquest. I am satisfied after experiments with the lock, which I found in an old, but fatrly good, condition, that Private McCormack really thought he had placed the ‘U’ {ts full length into the lock when he actually did not do so, which would enable a prisoner with little effort to open the same. But whether or not he had secured the lock at the cell door, it was Incumbent upon the official in charge of the sixth precinct at the time to see that the fron door to the corridor was locked, which would have prevented an escape, even had the cell remained unl oven! “emi locked or The Other Officers. “In my opinion Sergeant Falvey did not show proper famillarity with the duties of his position, and I, therefore, feel that he should be reduced to a private of class 2, but recommend him to the mercy of the Commissioners. “In my opinion Acting Sergeant Payne did not show proper familiarity with the duties of his position, and I, therefore, recommend that he be relieved from further duty as acting sergeant, be reprimanded and warned against future neglect. “In my opinion Private Lynch should have familiarized himself with the {m- portant conditions that existed at the sta- tion during his brief charge, and I am con- strained to warn him against future neg- ject. “I believe that Private Mansfield, in charge of the patrol system at the sixth precinct station house, was neglectful in not ccnsulting with the officers in charge of the station house regarding the security of the prisoners, after lending his presence to the act of placing Powell in cell No. 5, and that he should be reprimanded. “I believe that Morgue Keeper William Schoneberger, assistant to the coroner, was presumptuous in giving directions to the officers from No. 8 ngt as to the con- flement of prisoners, and that he should have directed such officer8 to the person in charge of the station”! “I would suggest that the steel gratings approved by me some, manths ago for con- nection with the cell doors be placed in all the station houses f tately, except No. 1 precinct, where they have been in use for some time and have proved efficient, and that so soon as 4t may be practicable to obtain an appropriation from Congress, steel cells with modern appliances be put in vogue in all the station houses in the District. i 5 “This condition is a,strong argument for the creation of desk sergeant in lieu of station keepers, who should have authority to give directions as to the security and disposition of prisonérs ft the absence of the commanding officer in any precinct. —_>—_—_ All Washington an Audience. The Star's “Wanted Help and Situations” columns are carefully read by thousands daily. Fifteen cents pays for fifteen words. ——— Imports From Switzerland. Swiss exports to the United States last August showed an {nerease of over a quar- ter of a million dollars compared with Au- gust of the preceding yedr. Consul Gey- eral Du Bols at St. Gall, why malés a re- ort to the State Department on the sub- Ject, says: ‘‘These are the first two Augusts under the new tariff, and the increase has taken place in spite of the war and the as- sertions of exporters here that the action of the New York custom house would great- ly reduce shipments and thus curtail the revenue.” ——______+0+_—_____- Joe Ott was hanged at Granite Falls, Minn., yesterday for wife murder, Ott made a statement from the gallows express- ing sorrow for the crime. ' ILLINOIS IS DOUBTFUL] Both Parties Claim It, With Chances Favor- ing Republicans. Almost Certain the Democrats Will Gain Six or Eight Representa- tives in Congre: Special Correspondenc> of The Evening Star. CHICAGO, October 19, 1898. Illinois may reasonably be placed in the doubtful list for the fall elections. Local conditions are largely responsible for this, end there is a strong chance that a gov- ernor who carried the state by 115,000 two years ago may have his administration and his candidates repudiated by the people by from one-sixth to one-third of that number of votes. Both parties lay claim to the state, but there is not the same ring of certainty and sincerity in the claims of the republican managers as in the past. Indeed, it is with the greatest reluctance the officers of the state committee will talk at all on the out- look, and figures are something practically impossible to get from them. On the other hand, the democrats are loud and positive in their claims, and without hesitancy enu- merate facts upon which they base their claims of victory. The campaign is peculiar for the reason that there is no distinct issue between the parties that is accepted by both. The re- Publicans are making their fight on na- tional issues, and the keynote of their cam- paign throughout the state is found in the opening speech of the campaign, delivered by Congressman Lorimer in this city. He explained to his hearers that the real ques- tion in this fall’s elections is: ‘Shall the national administration be indorsed?” Democrats Take Up Local Issues. On the other hand, the democrats are making their entire fight on state and local issues. For a time they played the sick soldier issue for all it was worth, but the time when that was useful or effective ap- pears to have passed. Of the state issues what is known as the ‘Allen bill” is the most prominent. The last legislature passed an act permitting city councils to extend franchises for street railways for a period of fifty years, and providing the rate of fare “shall be 5 cents, and shall not be subject to change for twenty years.” The previous street railway laws limited the 'fe franchises to twenty years, and named no minimum limit for rates of fare. The bill was passed by the Yerkes city railway crowd, which has corruptly controlled city councils in Chicago for a decade, and the fame methods and arguments were used in passing the Allen law. In the state plat- forms the republicans did not name the Allen law, but promised to “repeal any leg- islation not entirely satisfactory to the people.” The democrats denounced the law boldly, and promised its absolute repeal. Notwithstanding this action the democrats permitted the renomiration of several members who helped place the law on the statute books, and therein lies the only weakness in their fight on the Allen issue. In the campaign this issue has been forced to the front by the democratic stump speakers and candidates, and ignored by the republicans, except in a few legislative districts. Governor Tanner's signature to the bill makes him personally responsible, and the cry of the democrats is “Down with Tannerism.”” The governor in the two speeches he has made during the campaign has paid no attention to the Allen tssue, but has defended his administration largels on the ground of economical management of state institutions, and has attacked the Altgeld administration, preceding his, for extravagance and dishones the latter based on several embezzlements, shortages and largely overdrawn appropriations. Silver Question Tabooed. The silver question is practically t: in the campaign. Ex-Gov. Altgeld refers to it with much feeling and appar- ent great interest in his speeches, ind the democrats, of course, have it in all their platforms. But so far as the street talk, the general run of speeches and the liter- ature sent out is concerred, no attention 1s being paid to the silver question. Some of the republican congressional candidates are talking for sound money, as they did in 18%, but {t occupies about the position now that the tariff question did in the cam- paign two years ago. There are other local issues, but they are less prominent, and will change few votes either way. There is but one state office of importance to be filled this year, that of treasurer. Floyd K. Whitemore. personal friend and protege of Governor Tanner, is the repub- lican nominee, and Millard Fillmore Dun- lap, a Jacksonville banker, treasurer of the state committee, and a strong Altgeld fol- lower, was named by the democrats. The more influential populists fused with the democrats, but the ‘“middle-of-the-road” crowd réfused to accept the agreement and named a state ticket, but it will cut little figure, and two-thirds of the populist vo' is confidently counted on by the democrat In addition to the treasurer, a superin- tendent of public instruction and regents for the State University are to be elected. Women vote for the school trustees, and there is considerable interest in this end of the campaign. In 1892 Grover Cleveland carried the state by 26,008 votes, and that fs about the plu- rality the democrats belleve they will end this campaign with. In 1804 the repub- licans carried the state for their treasury candidate by 133,000, and in 1896 McKinley won by 141,000. Even in that campaign Tanner ran behind the ticket 30,000, and this year, when the principal fight is against him, the democrats hope to swing the state around 50,000 votes the other way. Claims of, the Republicans. - The republicans claim, outside of Chica- go, the fourteenth, fifteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth, twenty- first, twenty-second, eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth and thirteenth districts. They claim as certain the first, sixth and seventh in Chicago, and the other four in the city as doubtful, with chances favoring the re- publicans. ‘Lhe democrats, on tue other hand, claim the fifteenth, sixteenth, seven- teenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twenty-first as absolutely certain, the fourteenth as doubtful, but probably demo- cratic, and the eleventh doubtful and prob- ably republican. In Chicago they claim everything but the first and seventh. They concede to the republicans only the eighth, ninth, tenth, twelfth, thirteenth and twen- ty-second. In the present House the Cook county delegation of seven is solid repub- lican, and the democrats have but five members in the state. Chairman John M. Smyth of the Cook county republican committee has expressed the situation in Chicago very aptly, and it applies to the entire state. He says “General apathy is the commander-in- chief of the opposition forces, and if we are defeated it will be due to him entirely.” The conditions prevailing throughout the country is also found in Illinois. Repub- licans are not livening up as their leaders would like, and in tnis state the democratic organization is well in hand, is active, and apparently has its followers thoroughly in- terested. ‘The state fs really doubtful, although the majority to overcome {s so great that re- publican chances seem the best at this writing. The peace jubilee, the presence and speeches of President McKinley and his associates, including some of the war heroes, has helped the republicans mighti- ly, and just now it ‘s probably safer to pre- dict a republican victory, on a small mar- gin, then anything else. That the demo- crats will gain from six to eight congress- men over their present number is an abso- lute certainty. SS EXAMINATION OF IMMUNES. Regiments Inspected Reported to Be in Good Condition. The board selected to inspect five regi- ments of immunes has returned to Wash- ington and made its report. It consisted of Lieutenant Colonel M. P. Maus, inspector general; Major W. H. Daly, surgeon, and Captain J. P. Morton, assistant adjutant general. The regiments inspected were the 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 10th United States Volunteer Infantry. These regiments were examined as to their fitness for service. Each officer was examined theoretically and practically. <aee regiment was drilled and inspected with and without arms. The troops were also examined by the su: nm as to the condition of their health. “rhe books, rs, eto., were examined by Cap- tain Morton. ' The report is to the effect of that the regiments were found in a general- good {tio since Bees Sent tae ov eae FACT AND FICTION, . Both Will Re Well Exploited in To- morrow's Big St Among the literary features of particular value The Star, in its big Saturday edition, wil print another chapter from the re markable story of Louis de Rougemont, Who claims to have been among the canni- bals of Australia for more than thirty years and to have but recently returned to civilization. Thestrange narrative of this most unusual man, who has been described as a French- man who speaks English with a German accent, is attracting a great deal of atten- tion in Europe, and opinion is divided as whether he a modern Robinson Crusoe or a nineteenth century Munchausen. He has been flooded with requests to address gecgraphic and scientific bodies in almost every country in Europe, and some of the best informed men in the world have placed themselves on record as believing implicitly in the truth of his story. At the same time the veracity of his tale has been at- tacked by some of the leading journals of Londen and Paris. However, whether it be the true story of a most remarkable life or the figment of a most wonderful imagi- nation, it is certainly interesting reading and The Stir js fortunate in being able to place before its readers a plece of writing that has stirred up such a lively contro- versy. In the matter of fiction, admittedly such, readers of The Star will have a treat to- morrow, for the short story this week is from the pen of Ian MacLaren, than whom no writer of the day is more generally pop- ular. It is called “Saved by Faith,” and is the story of a young Liverpool grain brok- er who gets into business difficulties and is saved from disaster and disgrace by the efforts of three of his early friends. It ts told with the author's characteristic humor and pathos. In addition to this there will be a second installment of S. R. Crockett’s story, Black Douglas,” whi last Saturday. ‘The started out so well Following are but a few of the special features in tomorrow's paper: BEHIND PRISON A BARS (Illustrated.) r reporter's account of his trip to mbus with a batch of convicts from s city, and a visit to the Ohio state penitentiary. PERT IN CRIME (illustrated). A description 6f the methods of the Chi- nese Highbinders of San Francisco who live by blackmail and even worse. FOOT OF THE ANDES (llustrated). Frank ‘enter describes some of the beauties and wonders of a trip through the Strait of Magellan. STYLES FROM VIENNA (Illustrated). What women of fashion are wearing in Austria's capital this fall. COWBOY AND HUNTER (Illustrated). Interesting experiences of Col. Roosevelt en his western ranch, tcld by one of the Rough Riders. FROM THE ORIENT (lilustrated). A visit to some of the queer shops of New York, where oddities from distant lands are offered for sale. NEW YORK FASHIONS (lilustrated), The regular weekly letter from The Sta special correspendent is full of timely suggestions. SEEKING TO ESCAPE (illustrated). M. de Rougemont tells of his efforts to get back to civilization by traveling overland to the white settlements on the Australian coast. THOROUGHLY DISLIKED. Why Major Esterhezy, who plays such a prominent part in the Dreyfus affair, was never popular with his fellow-offi- cers. RISKED THEIR LIVES. Dangers that beset men who tried to break through the shotgun quarantine during the yellow fever epidemic of ‘7S. GETTING THE NEWS. The system by which the newspapers of New York manage to keep tab on all that goes on in that big town. ———— Cheap Publicity. For fifteen cents you can let every one in Washington know that you want a situa- tion or want a cook. _ CONFEDERATE MUSIC. A Collection Recently Added to the Congressional Library. Among the recent additions to the new Library of Congress is a collection of con- federate music—that is to say, music print- ed in various parts of the south during the civil war. As a rule the paper is good, and the execution, although rude, shows taste. Some of these songs are reprints from music preceding the war. “Her Bright Smile Haunts Me Still,” “Good-bye, Sweetheart,” “Call Me Not Back From the Echoless Shore,” and many of Foster's melodi are among the collection. There is the famous pathetic anthem, “Lorena,” which had such a run in the confederacy. “Maryland, My Maryland,” 1s in two form: one lithographed handwriting on flimsy pa- per and the other somewhat more ambi- tious, printed in Augusta and certified to as being the “only edition that has the au- thor’s approval.” The general impression is that the music of “Maryland, My Mary- land,” is a repetition of the old German anthem “Tannenbaum,” but Mr. Randall certifies that it is “by a lady of Baltimore.” One confederate anthem has for a frontis. piece a cavalier holding the southeri standard, inscribed “God Save the South. There is a ballad of the times called ‘Pra’ Maiden, Pray”’—“Pray for thy southern land of streams and sunlit pines.” There is the song of ‘The Southern Soldier Boy,” to the tune of “The Boy With the Aubur: Hair.” There is a “Virginia Marseillaise, calling “brothers true to guard on the tren- chant brand.” There is a southern adapta- tion of “When This Cruel War is Over,” and, likewise, “Who Will Care for Mother Now?’—anthems that came at the end of the war, indicative of the impatience of both sides for the close of the strife. There is a “Farewell to the Star Spangled Ban- ner,” which was to have been supplanted “py thirteen bright stars around the pal- metto tree;” “The Bonnie Blue Flag’ and “All Quiet’ Along the Potomac Tonight,” attributed to Lamar Fontaine. These are all entered for copyright in the “district court of the confederate states of America,” and form an interesting relic of the “lost cause.” i The policy of the national library is to acquire everything pertaining to the civil war. Already the collection is large and unique. The historian of the next century will find the material for his researches on Capitol Hill, —__—___-..___ ARE PORTO RICANS CITIZENS? Test Case to Be Made in New York Courts. A dispatch from New York last night says; A test will be made tomorrow of the rights of natives of Porto Rico residing in the United States to exercise the franchise without naturalization, the argument being advanced in their behalf that by the rais- ing of the American flag over Porto Rico Tyesday they acquired the same status as that of native-born citizens of the country. It ig said that about one thousand unnat- uralized natives of Porto Rico residing in FINANCTAL. ND NOTICE-AT_A MEETING OF THE f THE NATIONAL. SAFE SAND TRUST COMPANY T OF LUMBIA, held was decla sing the transfer 1898. te stockd dooks at 4 p Union Savings OFFICERS—F. HW SMITH Pres.—A. M. LOTHROP. I=: al Vice Pres. TG. KIM BALL. 24 Vice Pres 3 ACh RALSTON JOHN B. SL BERT. Attorn MLA C. AIN WORTH, US. T. A. LAM BERT -A. M. H RAL STON PF. H. SMITH —£. QUINCY SMITH XK. M WATERS- NATHANIEL WILSON 1222 F STREET. $1 opens an account. Anything after from $1 to $2,000 will keep It going. 020-154 T HANDLE PRIVATE ACCOUNTS FOR INVEST: ment fn stocks. Money properly invested pow should double in the neat sixty days. For pit vate interview call between 3:30 and 5 pm. or write me and I will call. FL 1B, Woop, Rooms 9 and 10, Banker and Broker, Washington Loan And Trust tutlding. oe tt S1.0CKHOI ana ope Y of thls myany will be paid on November 1, ISPS. whet checks will be matied to ail stockhold. egtstered address The books for the treuafer of stock will be closed from October 24 to November 1, 1898, both dates inclusive Stockholder; who have changed “helr addres since previous dividend will please ANDRE) OF WASHINGTON, FORMERLY THE - INGTON AND SOLDIERS’ HOME RAILWAY COMPANY WASHINGTON, D.C. nce with the term Eckington and Soldiers” Hoenn ay ¥, dated June 1, I8#1, end secured by deed of the same date upon the property of the said Railway Company, notice le hereby given that on presenta of the said bonds at the office of the con puny, 13th and D sts. ne. the principal and interest ‘thereon to date of payment will be paid Under the provisions of said bonds Interest therecn will cease at the expiration of sixty days from the date of this noth CITY AND SUBURBAN, RAILWAY Kept. 2.1 of the bonds issued OF WASH ON seQlawtf By 0. 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WANTED (Situations). this city alone will be affected by the deter- mination of the question. The test will be made by S. Velez Alvare- do, who has lived in this city for ten years. He will apply for registration, and, on being refused, which he expects, will apply to the courts for an order compelling the election officers to enroll his name. As the case is one which will undoubtedly be carried to the higher courts, if Mr. Alvarado persists in asserting his alleged right, it is unlikely the question will be determined before elec- tion day. tee » Situations Secured. Many situations are secured th want advertisements in The Star. ie is but trifling. Fifteen cents pays for fit words, and Ce ee es the — The threatened si of conductors on the Texas railroad over the question stating three discharged conductors been averted, the company agreeing to back two of the men.