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IN THE DEATH TRAP
More Bodies in the Collapsed New
York Building.
TOU AFTER TON OF DEBTSB BEEVE
All Night Long the WorR Went
Slowly On.
MANGLED REMAINS FOUND
NEW YORK, August 9.-The work of
clearing av.ay the wreckage of the col
lapsed eight-story building at West Broad
way and West 3d street was continued all
night and one more body has been found.
Ton after .ton of debris was removed. The
men started in their work assiduously, be
ginning with the huge pile on the front of
the building facing West 3d street. Many
times they came upon clots of blood, and
then they renewed their efforts to reach
the body from which it flowed. Blood was
fcvnd to be scattered everywhere, showing
the men supposed to be buried beneath the
pile of ruins must have ,een dead before
they reached the cellar in their fall.
Slow Work.
The work was slow, fer every pound of
the great pile had to be turned over.
Contractor Galligan said that judging
from the way things looked this morning
it will be at least several days before all
the areckage can be turned over.
All night long and up to the present time
the friends and relatives of the men sup
posed to be beneath the pile of ruins were
t the scene, anxious to have their fate
termined.
At 5:30 this morning two of the men
urned over a piece of twisted iron which
d been bent out of all shape and discov
ered a clot of blood. Not much attention
was paid to this fact, for there had been
so many other just such clots exposed.
Near this clct, however, was a shoe. In
the shoe and encased in a black stocking
was a human foot. It was taken to the
/treat and laid upon the sidewalk. Near
by where the tcot was found was also dis
covered a shoe, the mate to the one encas
iog the foot.
Mising Foot Found.
a When the body of Charles Peterson was
taken from the ruins last, night one foot,
the right one, was discovered to pave been
Porn from the body and the other foot was
re. The foot found this morning was
the one torn from the leg of Peterson, the
electrician, and the shoe was torn from the
other foot. The foot looked as if it had
been torn and not cut from the leg. It is
supposed that when the man fell he was
Struck on the leg by the twisted piece of
Iron, which tore his foot off in the de
scent.
The workmen kept steadily at work, but
nothing else was found of interest until
nearly 7 o'clock. Then a gang of the work
men came upon the legs of a man which
were sticking out from under a 'pile of
bricks. The work was concentrated on
this spot, and after a half an hour's work
the body was lifted to the surface and
en to the street.
Horribly Mangled. *
It was horribly mangled and every bone
was broken. The face was so cut and
Swollen that it was almost beyond recogni
tion. Although several persons who claim
ed to have missing relatives under the
wreck looked at it, none of them recognized
the man as anybody belonging to them.
The man was evidently a plasterer. The
body was covered. over to await the ar
rival of the dead wagon to take it to the
maorgue, unless it is identified before hand.
The workmen have not yet reached the
Lot where most of the bodies are believed
be lying. -Most of the workmen who lost
their lives are believed to have been in or
near the center of the building when the
crash came, and most of the bodies are ex
pected to be found near the center.
That there are many bodies beneath the
ruins there i. no doubt. None of the men
reported to have been lost have reported
themselves alive, and it is believed that
* there are at least ten bodies which will be
discovered before the ruins have been turn
ed over by the workmen.
The bodies of two more victims were dis
covered in the ruins shortly before noon.
One was identified as that of Michael
Flynn. His body was drawn from beneath
S mass of wreckage on the first floor. The
other body was unidentified. This was
found beneath the first floor.
Among the list of missing last night was
te name of Michael Farrell, thirty-five
ears old, a steam fitter, living at Ruther
rd, N. J. Farrell turned up all right this
morning.
The body of the sixth victim is thought to
e that of Michael O'Hare, a laborer of 112
alworth street, Brooklyn. No positive
Identification has yet been made.
Revised Death List.
The revised list of the dead and missing,
s furnished by the police, is as follows:
The dead-John Burke, plasterer, Brook
'n; Claus Peterson, electrician, New York;
Charles Smith. electrician, New York;
ichael Savage, plasterer, Brooklyn: Mich
IFlynn. laborer, New York; Michael
Hare, laborer. Brooklyn.
The missing-Patrick Cashin, laborer,
Brooklyn; Patrick Conlin. plasterer, Brook
lyn; James Grosso, New York; Edward
Hanley, plasterer, Brooklyn; John Murphy,
y borer, Brooklyn; Christopher O'Rourke,
oklyn; Augustus Phillips, New York;
Qo rge Smith. ir,on worker,, New York;
m. Hayes, Brooklyn.
LOSS OF HALF A MILLION.
reat Files of Lumaber Burned at
Ogdensburg, 1N. Y.
OGDENSBURG, N. Y., August 9.-Early
this mornir g fire started in the lumber
Sles of Skillin~g. Whitney & Barnes Lum
r Compar y ir. the eastern part of this
lawn. The local fire department was In
adequate to cope with the flames, and at 6
Velock the department from Prescott. Ont.,
arrived in response to an appeal for assist
Once. but fr om ten to twelve million feet
Ot pine lumber were destroyed.
It is valued at $',00,000). The favorable
wind con tinuing will enable the fire fight
es to save the elevator, which, with its
~ntents. is valued at $1~s,0,00. The ware
use, freight and manufacturing buildings
Ed coal piles near the Central Vermont
pot arc also believed to be safe. Dwell
gs on \Vashington street caught fire, but
bard work on the part of the tiremen has
erved them thus far.
This is the largest fire that has ever
yisited Ogdensburg. The loss is partially
covered by Insurance.
SETTLED IT PIV~ATELY.
3e Public Hearing of the Jacobsy
Case.
LONDON, August 9.-A swell number of
gasons assembled this morning in 'he
court room of the queen's bench division of
Se high court of justice, in expectation of
teresting developments during the second
&y's hearing of the suit for damages
bought by Mrs. Jacoby against the Dow
er Countess Cowley, whom the plaintiff
rged with slander in alleging that she
written anonymous and obscene let
basto various parties. But, the crowd
Sdisappolinted, for it was announced
t the case had been settled privately
Mid that both parties had agreed to with
THE .CUSTOMS SERVICE
Important Changes Contemplated to Pro
teot the Revenue From Undervaluation.
Treasury Oncials Believe the Govern
ment Has Suffered Great Loss by
This Species of Fraud.
Several important changes are contem
plated in the administration of the customs
service for the better protection of the
revenue from the undervaluation of import
ed goods. Treasury officials are satisfied
that the government has suffered great loss
from this species of fraud, and are deter
mined to apply a remedy, if possible. As
sistant Secretary Hamlin has made a spe
cial study of the subject and will probably
submit a plan of additional safeguards for
the approval of Secretary Carlisle. The
present practice of examining but one case
out of every ten of imported goods sched
uled in the invoice is severely criticised as
opening the door to fraud.
Not 'Force Enough.
Custcms officers have persistently stated
that they lave not force enough to ex
amine every case, nor technical information
er.cugh to determine all values, and yet it
is admitted that If the force were increased
sufficiently to make more thorough exam
iration, the extra expense would be more
than met by the increase of revenue.
A Fertile Field.
A fertile field for undervaluation has been
in textiles, particularly wooleh goods. En
glish manufacturers wcrk principally on
advance orders at fixed prices from all
parts of the world except the United
States. American Importers demand to see
the goods before they buy. Consequently
the English manufacturer, with orders
ahead which will keep his mills busy three
fourths of the time, runs his mills on full
time with the expectation of throwing the
balance on the American market, either by
sale or consignment for what he can get.
As a result the price to the American pur
chaser will be anywhere from 20 to 411 -er
cent less than the same goods command in
other foreign markets:
EX-CONSUL WALLER'S FAMILY.
It Will Be Sent to Paris by United
States Consul Campbell.
The Department of State has just re
ceived a cablegram from United States
Consul Campbell at Port Louis, Mauritius,
to the effect that Mrs. Waller and her four
children, who arrived there last June, will
be sent to Paris by him on the steamer that
sails on the 20th instant.
This action is taken in compliance with
Instructions from the department of the
6th instant, sent in view of the great in
terest which had been manifested in the
case by the friends of the Waller family.
It was by no means certain, however, at
that time that the cablegram would find
the family still in Mauritius, as Consul
Campbell, in a dispatch dated June 18, in
reporting their arrival, had informed the
department that the colonial government
was likely to turn away a large number
of such refugees from Madagascar, In view
of the possibility of their becoming a bur
den upon the colony.
In a letter to Mr. Campbell, dated Au
gust 8, the Secretary of State commended
his kindly attention to Mrs. Waller in her
distress, and his response to the generous
sentiments which everywhere prevailed in
view of the unfortunate situation in which
Mr. Waller's family were left after his de
portation to France.
ARMY PROMOTIONS.
The Retirement of Col. Abbot Will Ad
vance Several Well-Known Oficers.
The retirement of Col. Henry L. Abbot
of the corps of engineers, on Tuesday
next, will bring about several changes In
thp stations of officers of the corps. Col.
Abbot was the last member of the corps
brevetted brigadier general. He has a
splendid war record, and since the war
has been connected with some very impor
tant engineering works. His retirement
will promote Lieut. Col. Peter C. Hains to
be colonel, Major William Ludlow to be
lieutenant colonel, Captain Joseph H. Wil
lard to be major. First Lieutenant James C.
Sanford to be captain, Second Lieutenant
Charles Keller to be first lieutenant and Ad
ditional Second Lieutenant George P. How
ell to be second lieutenant.
While the retirement of Col. Abbot re
suits in the usual promotions, it is the
many changes that will probably follow
in the assignmelt of officers of the engin
eer corps which causes a great deal of In
terest. Col. Abbot is a division engineer,
and has charge of the northeast division,
which Includes all river and harbor work,
fortifications and lighthouse building in
New England, New York and on the
great lakes as far west and including
Lake Erie. He Is a member of the board
of engineers, board of fortifications and
also of the board of engineers to coasider
and report upon the harbor lines for New
York. He will vacate these positions,
which will be filled by some high officer
cn the active list of the engineer corps.
All these places may not go to one man.
Col. Hains, who is to be promoted, is now
division engineer of the southeast division.
Major Ludlow is military attache at the
court of St. James, and has recently re
turned from Nicaragua, where he went as
a member of the government commission
to survey and report upon the route of the
proposed canal.
HOLMES' CASTLE HORRORS.
Another Mode of Killing Victims Dis
covered.
CHICAGO, August 0.-The pick of a
workman in the Holmes "castle" uncover
ed a strange construction last night, which
carries more terrible suggestion of the con
spirator's work. In the closet room.on the
second finor, where Holmes used to sleep,
there Is a gas pipe running over the floor.
Where the pieces meet the wall they turn
down into the floor~and beneath the hoards
is a cut-off. The pipe runs directly to the
windowless room where it is believed Mrs.
Conner was murdered.
The cut-off is believed to be one of
Holmes' instruments of death. Sitting in
his room he could turn on the ourrent that
would fill the dark sleeping apartment with
deadly gas, asphyxiating the occupants.
The cut-off was a secret. It was reached
siriiply by lifting a board in the closet.
GRADE CROSSINGS TO BLAME.
Thbree Persons Killed by tbe Car. in
Philadeilhia.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 9.-Three
pertcns were killed cnd two seriously in
jured on the rail in this city this morning.
A wagon, driven by Win. Hasson,' was
struck by a Pennsylvania locomotive on
the outskirts of the city at a grade cross
ing. The vehicle was smashed and Hasson
was instantly killed. Edward Miskell and
John Hasson, a younger brother of Wil
licm, who were also in the wagon, were
seriously injured internally.- They were
taken to a hospital, where the physicians
say their condition is critical.
At about the same time in another section
of the city Martin E.rvin. while crosgsing
'he tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio rail
road. was struck by a locomotive and in
stantly killed.
Willie H. Stanley. six years old, was
ground to pieces under the wheels of a
fast-flying trolley car at 9) a.m. near his
AWAITING ADVICES
No Further News of Missionary
Massacres in China.
STATE DEPARTIEMS POITIN
Relying on the Discretion of Our
Minister and Admiral.
THE POWERS MAY ACT
No official advices have reached the State
Department concerning the reported de
struction of American mission property at
Inghok, China. It is believed that the place
referred to is identical with Suihing, where
troubles were reported two days ago, and
that this second dispatch really relates to
the same kicident. Acting Secretary Adee
yesterday received a telegram from Nash
ville sign, d jointly by the Southern Metho
dist and Presbyterian Missionary Society
officials ccnfirming the report of the out
rageous character of the Ku Cheng mas
sacre and urging the State Department
to protect the American missions in China.
Mr. Adee responded by telegraph shat
United States Minister Denby had already
taken the mcst vigorous measures to secure
the safety of Americans, and that renewed
instructions to that end had already been
cabled to the minister.
Fnith in Minister Denby.
It is not doubted that Mr. Denby is doing
everything possible in these distbrbed con
ditions to care for the missionaries; but
there are some things beyond his power to
accomplish at this time. He has for many
months personally and through the Ameri
can consuls in China urged the mission
aries to come down from the dangerous
'interior posts to the treaty ports, represent
ing to them that to matter how well in
clined he might be to do so, he could not
dispatch ships overland or up shallow
streams to protect them. Admiral Car
penter is also willing to do everything
proper toward co-operating with the min
ister, and, if he believes it to be prudent
to send some of his sailors and marines
overland through a hostile country, he is
fully authorized by his instructions from
the Navy Department to do so.
Broad Discretionary Powers.
The propriety of such a movement or
of even going to the length of making re
prisals upon China for the destruction of
American property are matters entirely
within the discretion of these two -offi
cers-the minister and the admiral, and
every zoofidence is felt here in the sound
ness of their judgment. In view of the
fact that no harm has come to the :'erson
or property of any American citizen in
the treaty ports, or even at any non-treaty
port within reach of our warships, it is
regretted here that all of the missionaries
have not heeded Mr. Denby's appeal to
repair temporarily to the cust.
The State Department fully expects to se
cure full and amnie reparation and in
demnity for all injuries sustained by
Americans, and, indeed, Minister Denby
has already made a most vigorous demand
upon the Chines, government to that ef
fe:t, but it is reall'e'l that the conditions
in China are now such, with an ignorant
population holding all foreigners without
discrimination responsible for the Japanese
conquest, as to make it wellnigh impossible
to police the whole of the vast interior
country with American forces. It is prob
able that if these conditions are not speed
ily modified, so that foreigners may freely
enjoy the rights of residence conferred by
treaty, the great powers will feel obliged
to take joint action in the matter, but so
far no proposition of that kind has been
made to the United States.
THE CHENGTU RIOTS.
Details of the Outrages Committed
Last May.
Acting Secretary Adee today received
from United States Corsul General Jerni
gan at Shanghai a disatch, dated July 12,
inch sing four letters received by him from
missionaries, giving in great detail ac
cot nts of the ev nts in China leading up to
the riots against the missionaries at Cheng
tu in the province of Szechuen.
One of these, from Spencer Lenir, very
comprehensive in scope, dated Chungking,
China, says that the West China Mission
of the Methodist Episcopal Church is the
only American mission represented at
Chengtu. The Americans there were the
Rev. Olin Cady and wife, H. L. Canwright,
M.D., and wife and two children, and Rev.
J. F. Peat and wife and two children. This
mission owned but one piece of property
in Chengtu, on which was a Chinese build
ing fitted for the residence of two families,
a Chinese building used as a chapel, a dis
pensary and minor structures. Mr. Lenir
says that substantially all these are gone,
even the paving stones being carried out
of the courts. The total loss, exclusive of
personal losses, is about 6,00 taels.
The American Baptist Missionary Union
had stations at Sul-fu, Kiating and Yacheo.
The mission and personal property in Kia
ting and Yacheo is probably all lost,
though particulars had not been received
by Mr. Lenir when his letter was written.
At Sul-fu the Americans owned a great
deal of property, but not much damage was
done to it.
Mr. Lenir describes the various attacks
made on the missions at Chengtu, particu
lars of which have been published in the
American newspapers. In the attack on
the premises of the Canadian Methodist
Mission. the two physicians in charge of the
new hospital and chapel, which were after
ward looted and burned, kept the mob at
hay, but, says Mr. Lenir, the officials would
give no assistance, although several of them
were quite near.- Late on that evening,
May 28. the members of the American
Methodist Mission sought refuge in the
district magistrate's yamen, but were re
fused admission, and told they would be
protected if they returned home. Relying
on this promise they were entirely unpre
pared for the mob, which soon visited them.
and barely time to escape. Operations were
renewed by the mob at daybreak next day,
and before noon the attack was general on
all of the Catholic and Protestant mission
places. The American Methodists from
their hiding place in an attic, only six feet
away, watched the mob for twelve hours
plundering the houses.
Some of the ten thourgnd soldiers of the
province assisted in the looting, and dug up
a number of bones which they took to the
district magistrate's yamen, representing
them to be the bones of babies, which, they
said, the foreigners had eaten. The viceroy,
and consequently all lower officials, says
Mr. Lanir, were simultaneously suffering
from a severe attack of indisposition. He
makes serious charges against the viceroy,
Cheo Taoti, claiming that as he had been
degraded and was soon to be recalled, he
was bent on giving a parting hit, both at
the foreigners whom he hated, and the gov
ernment.
When the flames burst forth from the
Roman Catholic bishop's residence, scarce
ly a stone's throw from the viceroy's 3a
men, the viceroy remarked, according to
Mr. Lanir, that this was a matter for his
successor to attend to, and he states that
only after everything -was quite destroyed
did the viceroy make an effort to restore
order. In the meantime he sent out tele
grams that a mutilated child had been
found at a foreign place, with a result
that nearly all the natives believed the
story.
Mr. Lanir scores the viceroy severely and
demands the -punishment of hostile offi
tory placards that were posted every
where, charging that the foreigners were
kidnaping children and using oil from
tleir bodies.
A letter from Dr. Harry L, Canwright
confirms Mr. Lanir's stateseeits.
Geo. W. Hill of the American Baptist
Missionary Union at Yachan tells of the
flight of himself and party from that place,
and of an attempt to mob them while pro
ceeding down a river in a boat. He was
unable to tell at the time the letter was
written whether the Baptist mission prop
erty at Yachan hs&been destroyed, but he
learned before leaving there that all the
stations on the Chengtu and Yachan roads,
Catholic and Protestant, had been looted,
and there had also been riots at Hung Ya
Kiating, Sui-fu, Li Chinang and other
places where the missions were attacked.
Mr. Hill praises the action of the Chinese
officials in giving ihem every protection at
Yichang.
Consul Jernigan adds that most of the
statements of the missionaries have been
corroborated by other persons cognizant
of the facts.
RELIEF FOR THE TREASURY
Mr. Reed Will Afford It, but Upon Strictly
Republican Line,
Politicians Are Speculating as to
Whether President Cleveland
Will Accept This Aid. -
Conceding that Mr. Reed will be Speaker
of the next House, it is practically known
what policy he will advocate as to tariff
matters. He has expressed himself upon
this line to some of his friends, and before
the last Congress adjourned it was pretty
well understood what line of action he
would advise in case he were elected Speak
er.
The question of tariff will come up in
Congress immediately upon its assembling,
being precipitated by the necessity of enact
ing some kind of legislation for the relief
of the treasury. The first question that
Congress will have to grapple will be the
one of quick financial relief for the govern
ment. Mr. (eed and his friends will put
the shoulders to the wheel without mur
muring to lift the stalled wagon out of the
mud hole, but they will choose their own
method of doing it, and it will be dis
tinctively a republican method.
Relief on Republican Principles.
The relief to the treasury is to be afforded
on strictly republican principles, which, as
everybody well understands, will be legis
lation that produces sufficient revenue- Tor
the government, and at the sane time afre
fords protection to American, Industries
This does tot riecessarily mean that there
is to be a sweeping revision of the tarft on
the lines of -a McKinley bill, and, in fact,
such is farqrom being the case, but there
will be important changes in a few-items.
The object of the tepublican leaders as it
is now understood will be to avoid as far
as possible, action that might disturb the
business anflvhianufacturing interests that
are now feebly recovering from the long
spell of depression, and to this end the
country will be given to understand that
general business may be proceeded with
without fear of congressional interference
and in the cases where existing law will be
changed the correction will be made in a
manner which will not disturb business con
ditions.
Will the President Aceept?
The question is already being agitated
whether President Cleveland will accept
the kind of assistance offered him by Mr.
Reed and his colleagues, and upon this
point opinion is divided. Many politicians
think the President will be compelled to
swallow the republican tariff pill on ac
count of the surgar coating of relief to his
treasury which It carries. Those who'hold
to this opinion ntake the argument that
Mr. Cleveland will have no other alterna
tive. . They say that extrication from the
difficulties in which the treasury finds itself
is the first consideration with him, and that
he will ef necessity have to waive minor
matters in connection with It.
There are others, however, who believe
that the President would stultify himself
by abandoning democratic principles and
accepting higher duties on any articles,
even if it should bring in greater revenues,
for this would be in direct opposition to the
cardinal principles of democracy. It has
been contended all along that the Wilson
Gorman law would meet the demands of
the government as soon as business should
adjust itself to the requirements of the law,
and these people claim the President would
do better to support the government by
more bond issues until, that time arrives
than to accept republican help upon repub
lican principles.
The probable action of the President in
this connection raises a very interesting
issue, and it is the subject of increasing
speculation among the politicians. It is
thought that the final settlement of it will
depend largely upon the shape which treas
ury affairs may assume between this time
and the- assembling of Congress.
FOR THE NEW BUILDING.
Secretary Pugh Will Gather Some In
teresting Information.
Mr. James E. Pugh, the general secretary
of the Y. M. C. A., interds to leave the
city for a brief period of rest. Since the
destruction of the home o the association
scme two weeks ago Mr. Ijgh has been at
wcrk endeavoring to start anew the ma
chinery of the exter.ded 4ctivities of the
association, and at the same time corral
all the sympathy that had been expressed
for the association in its misfortune and
direct it toward securing IL new building.
He has been successful to a remarkable
extent in both particulars; and in regard to
the latter it may be said that the public
and Mr. Pt.gh stand on the same platform,
and no one that is familr with both of
these influt nces has any doubt that the
united efforts will result iia building that
will be a credit alike to tiassociation and
to the city.
During 1-is absence Mr. ugh does -not in
tend to fC rget that one oi the purposes of
his life is a new home foi the association,
and therefore he intends to correspond
with those who hold similar positions in
other assrciations throughout the country
and ask them if tlhey he good build
ings, and if so, how they went about to
get them. In this way he hopes to secure
acme points which may be of use to the
citizens of Washingtoa in the campaign he
is confident they are going to undertake in
providing a building for tlie association.
DR. TRYON HOkORED.
Awnrded n Medal by the Venezuelan
Red Cross Society.
Surgeon General James Rt. Tryon of the
nagy, chief of the bureau of medicine and
surgery, has been elected a member of the
Red Cross Society of Venezuela. He has
also been awarded the bronze medal of that
society in recognition of the services he
rendered the wounded at La Guayra dur
ing the revolution of 18192, when Dr. Tryon
was attached to the flagship Chicago.
Proof Against Earthquake.
Consul General Jones at Rome has sent
to the State'DIkpartmnent- an account of a'
plan jast patented in Italy, by Louis Dini,
a civil engineer, for building houses proof
against earthquakes. It con'sists in erect
ing "the building as though it were of one
piece by mealis of iron 'frames, rigid and
inflexible. This would not suffice, contin
ues- the constal, unless the center of grav
ity *ere nuintaned at the base of the
structure. Mr. Dini claims to have solved
thia problem.
WHITE MEN WANTED
A New Phase in theLocal Republi
can Fight for Delegates.
HOW SUFFRAGE CAN BE SECURED
A Review of the Conditions and
What They May Bring Fcrth.
CONTRACTORS TO COMBINE
The politicians of republican pi-oclivities
are discussing earnestly the feasibility of
sending two white delegates from this city
to the next national republican convention.
The leaders among the republicans, both
white and colored, are interesting them
selves in the discussion. These leaders
make no secret of the fact . that their
greatest aim, politically, is to have the
right of suffrage restored to the people of
the District of Columbia. They will present
this subject for the consideration of the
next national republican convention, and
they will make a desperate effort to have
put in the republican platform a plank
favorable to the restoration of suffrage.
They believe that by sending two white
delegates from the District to the conven
tion, who are favorable to this idea, that
the cause will be made stronger before the
convention than by the selection of a white
delegate and a colored delegate. It has al
ways been the custom hitherto to send one
white delegate and one colored, but those
who are favorable to the selection of two
white delegates claim that the colored peo
ple here are even willing to abandon the
selection of a delegate from among them,
with the hope of creating a sentiment
favorable to the restoration of the right of
suffrage.
Those who are in favor of making a fight
for this "home rule" idea say that the im
pression has become almost general that
the only people who are favorable to the
right of suffrage in the District are the
colored people, and that to restore the right
of suffrage here would mean negro domina
tion in District affairs. The friends of suf
frage say that this is not true, and that
many white citizens as well as colored
citizens are favorable to the suffrage idea,
and it is proposed to demonstrate that by
the selection of the two white delegates
from this District. -
Prodiinent Men to Be Selected.
The idea of the politicians is to agree
upon two men of influence and good stand
ing with the republican leaders all over
the country, nd they are to bring the
leaders into line with their idea as to home
luk and suffrage, so that when the time
comes to present the question to the na
tional republican convention the leaders
outside of Washington will be in sympathy
with the movement.
The question of the selection of white
delegates was the topic for discussion
around the city hall and the District build
ing today, where the politicians frequent,
and the colored politicians talked much as
to the feasibility of the scheme. Some of
them approve of the idea, especially those
who are opposed to the selection of Perry
Carson as a delegat.--o the convention.
They say that the relationship existing be
tween the colored leaders here have be
come so strained that the selection of a
colored man favorable to both elements of
colored politicians is impossible, and in
crder to avoid a contest before the na
tional convention a white delegate is to be
selected in Carson's place, thereby closing
the breach among the colored brethren,
and at the same tine help the cause in
which the republicans are acknowledging
themselves mostly interested.
Although the time for the selection of the
delegates is a long way off, still meetings
are to be held weekly from now on, and all
phases and sides of the question discussed.
Dtuing next week meetings are to be held
in South Washington and on Meridian Hill
in the interest of the different aspirants.
The politicians of both races of the re
publican party have concluded that the
Union League Club is to have no part in
the selection of the delegates from this city.
An Alleged Combine of 'Contractors.
The white politicians, including such men
as M. J. Foley, Andy Gleeson and C. J.
Ortlip, have determined to name the white
delegate that will go from this city, and in
event that two white delegates are sent,
they will see that both of them are friend
ly to themselves. These men are contract
ors, and they give employment to thou
sands of men, and, it is claimed, will in
struct their employes to only vote in the
primaries for such men as delegates to
the District convention as are favorable
to their candidates to the national con
vention. These men have their choice as
to whom the national convention should
select as the republican standard bearer
in the next campaign, and, although they
differ in their choice, this will not enter in
to their agreement upon a white delegate
favorable to them. Foley is favorable to
the candidacy of Senator Allison, Gleeson
is interesting himself in the Iteed cause
and Ortlip is fighting for McKinley, yet
Foley and Gleeson have agreed upon Ort
lip as their man to goas a delegate to
the convention.
It is rumored that a delegation of poli
ticians favorable to Mr. McKinley's candi
dacy will visit Mr. Mark W. Hanna at
Cleveland, who is accredited with having
charge of the McKinley boom, and will ask
him to select some one to take final charge
of McKinley's interest here. The man to
whom the McKinley interest here has been
intrusted, it is said, is an employe in ene
of the departments and therefore cannot
"get out and hustle" in Mr. McKinley's
interest. The rumor has it that the dele
gation will urge that C. J. Ortlip be put in
charge of McKinley's District boom.
Robert H. Keys, the South Washington
saloon keeper, who wants to succeed Col.
Carson as a delegate to the convention.
launched his boom for the place in great
style last night, Keys ran an excursion
down to Glymont, which was the largest
excursion ever carried out of this city by
the colored people, The George Leary was
chartered to carry the crowd, but one or
two other boats had to be put into service
to carry the people. The excursion was an
all-night affair, and Keys took occasion to
make himself all right witfi the boys, and
made it known that he was a candidate to
go to the national convention, and that he
expected to go. He hoped for the co-opera
tion of all the boys in his candidacy.
Dled Without the Honor.
Mgr. Satolli recently received from Rome
a papal brief nominating Vicar General
Hughes of Hartford, Conn., as .i domestic
prelate to the household of the popa, with
the title of. monsigoor. Directions were
given that the title should be conferred
through the bishop of Hartford, who is
row on his way back fronm Rome, conse
quently the brief was held awaiting the
arrival of the bishop. Word now reaches
the delegate's residence of the death of the
4'car gernral, thus making it impossible
to execute the brief, and causing the re
gretable circumstance that the prelate died
without knowing of the honor conferred
on him by the pope.
Admiral Ammen's Condition.
Word was received at the Navy Depart
ment today thatt Admiral Daniel 'Ammen,
who was strickien with vestigo at the Navy
Department Wednesday last, is resting
easy at his home at Ammerdale, Md.,
with good prospects of recovery. He is a
very sick man, however, and will require a
good season of rest before he can be pro
THE CHINESE MASSACRE
No Sntprise in Oiroles Acquainted With
Life in the East,
The Sad Event May Prove to Be of
Great Permanent Beneit-The
American Minister's Work.
As distressing as it is, the present news
from China causes no surprise in circles
acquainted with life in that part of the
east. The wonder expressed is that the
missionaries thenselves should not at the
conclusion of the disastrous war with Ja
'pan have taken precautions of .unusual
thoroughness, and, if necessary, have re
treated for .a time back on ports of as
sured. safety. The era, it is pointed out,
was ripe tcr the native fanatic. There was
a general shifting of the burden of respon
sibility for the terrible losses sustained.
Civilians and soldiers accused each other,
and censure and distrust became the order
of the day. Then the fanatics, to relieve
the native pressure, bethought themselves
of the hated foreigners, and the burden
was made finally to rest there. China had
been punished for harboring the mission
gries, and so the cause of the trouble must
be removed.
May Serve a Good Purpose.
The opinion is expressed that these mas
sacres, deplorable as they are, will yet, in
the end, serve a greater purpose in the
spread of civilization throughout the Chi
nese empire than the whole of the Japanese
triumph considered in its separate relation.
It is assumed that both this government
and the English government will press the
case to its utmost limit. Japan improved
her opportunity merely to secure a small
extension of trading facilities. But the
United States and England, it is believed,
will improve this occasion to make the
path in which civilized people may travel
in China broader and safer in every direc
tlcn, and in that way lay a substantial
foundation for the ultimate opening up of
the whole empire to civilizing influences.
The hideous backwardness and superstition
of the whole Chinese race stand revealed
a little more plainly than ever before, and
will justify, it is asserted, the imposition of
the strictest and severest terms by the two
Christian governments.
The American Minister.
Some criticism along with some praise
has appeared in the cables directed at the
American minister at Peking. Complaint.is
made in certain quarters that he lacks
energy and resolution. Friends of Colonel
Denby in Washington are very confident
that the charge cannot be sustained. They
speak of him in the highest terms. They
accredit him part'cuiarly with both energy
ard resolution, and refer to his unbroken
servige as minister to China for ten years
as evidence of his undeniable capacity for
diplomatic business. They predict, indeed,
that when the whole' business shall have
been disposed of it will appear that the
United States was admirably represented,
and that no point calling for either courage
or acumen was overlooked or unimproved.
His Career.
Col. Denby is a Virginian by birth, and
was educated at Georgetown College. Af
ter graduating in the law, he went west
and settled at Evansville, Ind. He built up
a large practice, and confined 'himself strict
ly to it. Though repeatedly solicited to en
ter politics, he declined. He served with
distinction in the army on the Union side.
When Mr. Cleveland was first elected Pres
lcent, Col. Denby, who had amassed a com
fcrtable estate at.the bar, decided to try
for a place in the diplomatic service. He
asked for Russia, but got China, and, with
the exception of a vacation of several
months spent at home last year, has been
at Peking ever since. He stands very high
at the State Department.
Col, Denby is seventy years old, large of
frame, and a handsome man. His bearing
is distinguished and dignified, and his cul
tore of a high order. The English-speak
ing *world at Peking is composed of only
about seventy souls. To many men the
appointment would be a sort of exile. But
Col. Denby is a student, and finding a great
deal of time for reading, is represented as
well satisfied at his post. His influence
with Li Hung Chang is said to be treater
than that of any other foreign representa
tive at the Chinese capital.
THE GAME OF CRICKET.
It Can Now Be Played on the Public
Play. Ground.
At the instance of persons fond of cricket,
Col. Wilson, in charge of public buildings
and grounds, has added that game to the
list of sports that may be freely indulged
in on the recently established public play
grounds on the south end of the ellipse
south of the Executive Mansion. He re
cently issued t permit to a local cricket
club to have its games there, subject to the
usual conditions that the players comply
with all police regulations for the protec
tion of trees and shrubs in the vicinity.
Originally, lawn tennis and croquet were
the only 'games requiring apparatus that
were permissible on these grounds. So far
the children of the District have not shown
any disposition to avail themselves of their
privileges on this play ground, set aside for
their benefit by special act of Congress.
Their failure to use it is generally attrib
uted to the hot weather and to the fact
that many of the children who would play
there are now out of the city.
WIDTH OF THE BOULEVARD.
The Position of the Suburban High
way Commission on the Subject.
It is stated at the War Department that
the action of the suburban highway com
mission with respect to the proposed boule
vard to the Soldiers' Home does not seem
to be clearly understood. As a matter of
fatet, the commission were unanimous in
favor of having the boulevard 200 feet wide,
as proposed by the Commissioners of the
District, until they ascertained that the
statutes governing the District prescribed
169 feet as the maximum width of a public
thoroughfare within its limits. They there
fore reduced the width of the proposed
boulevard to 14310 -feet, not because they
favored that width. but solely because It
was the extreme width allowed by law, in
case the matter is brought to the attention
of Congress, there is no doubt that the
suburban highway commIssion will join
with the District Commissioners In an earn
eat recommendation for the enactment of
legislation that will permit the boulevard
to have a width of 204) feet as laid down In
the original plan of the Commissioners.
The New Assistant Postmaster.
The new assistant city . postmaster, Mr.
Wilson, will not assume the duties of the
place until 'September. His leave of ab
sence from duty in thfe Post Office Depart
ment and that of Assistant Postmaster
Sherwood, whom he succeeds, expire Sep
tember 5. It is likely that Mr. Wilson
will enter on his duties before that date in
order to familiarize himself with the new
work before him.
Government Receipts.
National bank notes received today for
redemption, $188,636. Government receipts
-From internal revenue, 3-434,93i7; customs,
$437,416; miscellaneous, $20,470.
Bank Examiner Appointed.
The controller of the currency has ap
pointed Frank M. Wallace of Plttsbuirg,
Pa., a national hank examiner to succeed
THE NEW VACANCY
Speculation Already as to Justice
Jackson's Successor.
BI-POSTIABTER GENERAL BIESLL
He is the Most Likely Eastern
Man.
AN IMPORTANT FACTOR
Speculation as to the successor of Jus
tice Jackson is being indulged in very gen
erally today, but, of course, there is very
little light on the subject. As a matter of
fact, this speculation has been more or less
active for several months. Justice Jack
scn's health had been such for a long time
tlat it was thought there would be a va
cancy en the bench caused either by his
resignation or death. It was believed last
winter that he would resign, and the mer
Its of a number of men available to suc
ceed to the vacancy were then extensively
discussed. The opinion then was and now
Is that the vacancy will be filled by the ap
pointment of an eastern man, since after
the failure to secure the confirmation of
either Hornblower or Peckham of New York,
the lat vacancy was given to the south
through the appointment of Mr. White of
Louisiana.
Ex-Postmaster General Bissel.
The impression is. that the appointment
will go to New York, but it Is not
thought that Mr. Cleveland will run the
risk of a repetition of the Peckham-Horn
blower experience. The man whom gossip
mentions most frequently as likely to secure
the appointment is ex-Postmaster General
Bissell. It was understood among New
Yorker, just before Mr. White was ap
pointed that Mr. Bissell was to be select
ed. It was said that Mr. Cleveland had de
cided on that selection, but for some rea
son, probably because he did not want to
give the place to New York after Hill had
defeated two men from that state, Mr.
Cleveland changed his mind. When Justice
Jackson's resignation was expected last
winter, the belief became general among
democrats in Congress that Bissell would
succeed him. Now that the vacancy has
occurred, gossip has naturally taket up the
ex-Postmaster General's name again.
Less Talk Abont Carisle.
For every vacancy that has occurred
when Mr. Cleveland has had the power to
appoint the name of Secretary Carlisle
has been mentioned. This time there is
less talk that way, for some reason. While
Mr. Carlisle's name is mentioned, a great
deal of doubt is exprese'd. It is believed
that both Mr. Cleveland and the Secretary
himself have other plans for the future.
It is thought that if Mr. Cleveland should
go to his cabinet for a justice he would
be more apt to select Olney or Hoke Smith,
It is said that Representative Josiah
Patterson of Tennessee will probably be
prersed for the appointment He is cne
of the most devoted ('belnd mei 'of the
south, and it is said that the President has
great respect for his ability.
An Important Consideration.
One question in connection with the selec
tion of a man for the place, to which im
portance is attached, is whether the' can
didate's views on the income tax and
kindred questions will be taken into con
sideration. There is liable at no very great
distance to be a further agitation of the
income tax question in the form of nevi
legislation; or if not that, of some kindred
proposition to make taxation bear most
upon successful industry and wealth. It is
believed that in making his selection Mr.
Cleveland will take this into consideration,
and will prefer a man holding different
views from those expressed by Justice Jack
son in his vote to sustain the income tax.
It is thought that he will select a man of
most conservative views on all great ques
tions, and one not tinctured to the least
degree with the ideas of populism.
Secretary Olney Wet Likely.
A gentleman near to Secretary Olney said
this-afternoon that he did not believe Mr.
Olney would be transferred to the Su
preme bench, for the reason that It wes
settled several weeks ago that the next
vacancy on the bench would go to the state
of New York. He would not divulge his
authority for this statement, but said sig
nificantly that the future would prove its
accuracy:
Lindsay and Harmon Suggested.
CINCINNATI. August 9.-The Times
Star's special from Frankfort, Ky., -says
that Senator Wm. Lindsay will be pressed
for the supreme bench, to succeed Justice
Jackson, and that Secretary Carlisle will
then be re-elected to the Senate.
In this city there is a movement for the
appointment of Attorney General Harmon
to the Supreme Court bench.
MISS HENTINGTON'S QUiEER ACTS.
Lost hler Place In the Departments,
Which May Have Affected Her.
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind., August 9.-Miss
L. Huntington. a young woman who regis
tered as a guest at the Grand Hotel last
evening, entered the State Bank of Indiana,
threatening that if she was not given $50,
00 she would return to her hotel and cut
her throat. While-one of the attaches en
gaged her attention another official sent in
a police call. Soon thcreafter, however, the
woman returned to the hotel, apparently
having recovered her normal condition.
She is a woman of superior education.
Within recent years she has held a position
in one of the departments at Washington.
but was thrown out by political changes.
This is supposed to have unbalanced her
mentally.
THlE BOND) SYNDICATE.
Distribution of Capital to the Mem..
bers.
NEW YORK, August 9.-Notice has been
given to the members of the government
bond syndicate that a distribution will be
made tcday of 34.4946 per cent of the capi
tal cor~tributed for the operations of the
syndicate. This payment is 30 per cent on
account of principal and 4.4916 per cant
on account of the premium paid for the
bonds, and lercves 30 per cent still due. It
is understocd that this balance will be re
taIned by the managers of the syndicate
until the sterling exchange market reaches
a point which sthall preclude the possibIlity
of further gold shipments this year. Tho
London operations of the syndicate were
terminated yesterday by 'the actual de
livery of the bonds to the holders of tae
syndicate cor tracts. -
DEADLOCK IN MiSSISSIPPL.
Twenty-One Ballot. for Railrond Comt
mtissioners.
JACKSON, Miss., August 9.-When the
democratic state conventien reassembled
this morning the balloting for railroad
ccmmlssioners was proceeded with. The
convention is in what seems a hopeless
deadlock on these nominations, twenty
one ballots iiaving been taken without
result. The deadlock is on the first die
trict, and candidates for tinree districts are
to be nominated. There wili probably be
a fight on the reaining tw-o also.