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No. 15,113. ? WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, AUGUST 5, 1901?TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS.
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PREPARING FOR WAR
President Shaffer Says Strike Will Bk
Ordered This Week.
HE TALKS OF EECENT CONFERENCE
Rumor That Negotiations May Be
Resumed With Employers.
WORK OF ORGANIZATION
PITTSBURG, Pa., August 5.-Now that
the suspense induced by the uncertainty of
the outcome in the strike negotiations is
over, there is less excitement here than
there was last week and the people arc
looking matters squarely in the face.
Everybody is watching President Shaf
for^as it is recognized that from him wiil
emanate the next move in tills great strug
gle. Speculation is now rife when h-> will j
Issue the order for a general strike of all
the Amalgamated rrn-n employed in th<
mills of th<* United States steel evapora
tion's plants.
Although President Shaffer did not say
so today, he explained not long ago that
be fore an order for a strike was issued, a t
circular letter would be sent out from the j
general offices to all lodges of the organ!- I
zation explaining the situation, giving a '
complete report of all that had occurred)
between the members of the executive
board and the officials of the trust; of the
earnest attempts made by the association
to bring about an honorable settlement and
their failure.
Circular Will (in to All Mill*.
This circular will be read in lodge meet
ires in order that the men in the mills can
have a clear and comprehensive insight of
the entire matter and act intelligently.
"With this information in their hands the
men will be able to see that the officers
have acted cart-fully and with an earnest
desire to avoid an open rupture. The strike
order will then follow, and will be taken
up without the least misunderstanding on
the part of the members. Doubt is ex
pressed in some quarters that the strike
will spread further.
It i:- suggested that the employes of the
Federal Steel Company, National Steel
( ompany and National Tube Company are
at the present time1 the strikers" main
source of revenue, ami to cail them out
would weaken the association in its fight
by depriving it of the funds necessary to
carry on the struggle. Another reason
given was that the Amalgamated Associa
tion having signed contracts with all these
companies f>>r one year beginning with
July 1. umi. would, by violating these con
tracts, give Mr. Morgan and his associates
trumn cards they would not hesitate to
use to the best advantage.
An intimation has been made that there
Is still one hope of ending the strike soon,
and that is by the return to work of the
m-n at the Painter, Lindsay and Mo
Cutcheon and Clark miils. These mills
w?-re non-union last year. The men went
out when the strike was ordered and they
are now members of the Amalgamated As
sociation. In the efforts to secure an ad
justment of the strike, however, their
status has been an embarrassing factor, it
is said that if the men in these mills desire
to go to work there will be no objection by
the association. The immediate effect
Would be to eliminate them from considera
tion of any basis of settlement. Such a
course would It ave the Amalgamated olli
cials in a position to accept Mr. Morgan's
terms with honor.
I'ittshurtc Feels the Strike.
The steel strike, though but begun, is
already being felt in l'ittsburg. Many
leading business houses have found busi
ness dropping off so as to make the re
moval of clerks imperative.
One department store last Saturday laid
oft twenty-five girls, and at the same time
gave notice that if the strike was not
settled by next Saturday it would likely be
necessary to lay off more. Finances also
suffered. On two days last week the clear
ii.>- house reports showed a decrease C3m
pared with last year. These were the only
two days of the year whose clearings did
not exceed figures of the corresponding
days last year.
The situation at the local mills involved
in the light is without new features.
( lark s mill, .'i.>th street, is in the same
eondition today as it was two weeks ago.
The strlki rs are keeping away from the
place and everything is orderly. This
morning about loo men applied at this mill
ar:d the upper and lower I'nion mills for
employment. Among th< m were many
from this section, but the majority were
from out of town. There were all classes
of mechaiTics from common laborers to
skilled men. The management of the Clark
mill anticipates no trouble, and nothing
w..i bt- done until the extensive repairs be
ing made are completed. This wiil be 111
about ten days.
\it->?M ?if the Striker*.
The strikers were son this morning, but
they knew nothing new. Some of them
sai i they did not expect anything to turn
up for at least a week.
Th. general opinion in Lawn nceville is
that **ie men in the Upper and Lower
I nion mills will net join the strikers. It
Is . d by the merchants that the men are
mtisfied and will not throw up their posi
tions, as they are making too much
money.
At the Lindsay and McCutcheon mill. Al
legheny, everything is quiet. Not a wheel
is turning in the plant, and all the work
that is going on is some repairs. Almost
all the men who left the mill at the open
ing of the strike have gone lo ,\ork in in
dependent mills.
SIT! ATION AT WEI.LSVILLE.
A rrt'nt of Hioteri Hit iiipeiin the Ardor
of the Men.
PITTSBURG, Pi., August 5.?A Wells
ville (Ohio) dispa'- h says the wholesale ar
n st of the participants in the riot at th?
h 'me of Harry I'liillips e>n Saturday has
dampened the ardor of the strikers, and
if the potters and ether labor organizations
would keep their hands e?ff, it is felt that
the troubles so far as the Wellsville mill is
concerned, would toon be a thing of tho
past. Seven more members of the associa
tion des'-rted this morning and returned to
work. There are now about eighty men
at the mill, and it is emphatically stated
that five of the six mills will be in full
operation this afternoon. Engineer Harry
Thompson of Pittsburg, who is in the em
ploy of the mill company, but who has
been here for the past three weeks, is ex
pected back this afternoon with a rein
forcement of men. The few remaining
members of the Amalgamated Association
promise to give Thompson and his men a
warm reception, but in view of the fact
that ill-success has attended all previous
efforts in this respect, it is not thought
that th*1 men will be seriously interfered
with. Mayor Dennis has sworn in an- ex
tra lot of policemen and declares emphat
ically that all men who come to town for
the purpose of going to work shall be pro
tected. Says he:
"We are perfectly able to preserve peace
and wo mean to do so."
About twenty members of the Amalga
mated Association left town last night for
other places in hopes of securing work.
Unless a general strike of all labor organi
zations be ordered, it is safe to predict
that all will be peace and quietness in
Welhville before the end of the week, and
the mill will be running full turn, night and
day.
ORGANIZING AT MeKEESPORT.
StriUe Oriler Will. It I* Thought, Be
Effective.
PITTSBURG, Pa., August 5.?A McKees
P<>rt dispatch says: The Amalgamated or
ganizers are "working like beavers strength
ening their lines for the coming struggle.
Meetings were held here yesterday of both
union and national lodges, which are com
posed of the men in the National rolling
mill and the Boston iron and steel mill,
both rolling plants of the National Tube
Company. The result was that -70 new
members were added, and the control of
the rolling mills is settled. Only two men
in the Boston mill are now outside the
fold, and a large majority of the men in
the National mill are now in the associa
tion.
Preparations are being made for the or
ganisation of the men at the National gal
vanizing plant and the seamless tube plant,
as they have asked for admission either to
the Amalgamated or the Federation of
Labor. The workmen are all apparently
anxious to go out, and the great mills of
the tube company will be closed tightly
when the order comes. Several thousand
TV 1< s and Huns, who are employed as
laborers in the tube works, are anxious to
strike, and will either be formed into an
organization of their own or admitted to
the Federation of Labor. It is not thought
that the order for a strike at the tube
works will come before the next day turn
comes on at .'5 o'clock tomorrow morning.
HYDE PARK MILL TO START.
Trouble Expected There When Xon
I it ion .Men Arrive.
PITTSBURGH, Pa., August 5.?A Leech
burg, Pa., dispatch says:
At 4 o'clock today the plant of the Amer
ican Sheet Steel Company, Hyde Park, will
be opened as a non-union mill, unless the
strikers now gathering should prevent. At
H o'clock this morning Robert Locke, for
years assistant manager at the non-union
mill at Leechburg. assumed control of the
idle Hyde Park mill, he having been ap
pointed superintendent of the plant, which
will be started non-union. Superintendent
Locke, in the mill office, gave out the fol
lowing statement:
"Our mill starts non-union at 4 p.m. I
will bring crews from Apollo, Vandergrift
and Leechburg. as many of the tonnage
m< n who worked here before say they will
nnt return. We will hold the positions open
for them for some time."
It is announced that the Westinghouse
Company of Pittsburg has forced the Hyde
Park plant to open to fill a contract for
certain steel. The Westinghouse people had
contracted to take the mill's entire output
until July 1, l'.Mrj. About U.io men can find
employment at this plant. Trouble is ex
pected when the train bearing non-union
workmen arrives at Hyde Park this after
noon.
Interview With Shaffer.
President Shaffer arrived at the Amalga
mated Association headquarters a^ 11:45
a.m.. and fifteen minutes later called the
newspaper men to his private office. When
asked if a settlement could have been
reached in New York Saturday, had they
waived their rights at the Painter, Lind
say and McCutcheon and ' the Wellsville
plants, he said:
"The Amalgamated Association could
have settled in New York if they had given
up these mills, but we could not do that.
Just as long as we can fight we are going
to fight for them. They are as much of us
now as any of the other lodges. Their
fight is ours and our fight is theirs."
"When will you issue the call for a gen
eral strike?" was the next question put to
the president, and his answer was:
"Within a week."
"Can you say how many men will be af
fected?"
"I don't know." said he. "how many men
the strike order will affect."
"Will the board be called for any more
conference?"
"No. the board has been dismissed, and
will not be called unless the other side
wants peace. It has declared war."
President Shaffer said that the statement
in the papers of his ?stop-off at Washing
ton was true, but that he did not see Pres
ident Gompers of the American Federation
of Labor, as he was not in town. Secretary
Morrison was seen, however, and he as
sured Mr. Shaffer that the Federation of
Labor would give its financial support.
"I have requested President Gompers to
come to Pittsburg this week for a confer
ence," said President Shaffer, "and I ex
pect him here."
It is thought that most of the vice pres
idents have left for their homes, as only
four or five of them visited the association
rooms during the morning.
TO REOPEN' NEGOTIATIONS.
Steel Trnut Director* Said to Dc Dia
l?I<-ia??-d With Morajfn.
PITTSBURG, August 5.?The Chronicle
Telegraph says this afternoon: "One of
the officials of Lafayette Lodge, Lawrence
ville, of the Amalgamated Association this
morning annsunced that he had been noti
fied that there would be no general strike
ordered. He is authority also for the state
ment that the directors of the steel corpor
ation are dissatisfied with J. P. Morgan's
attitude, and are making effort to open ne
gotiations with the strikers. The official is
[>ne of the leading steel workers of the city,
and the inference is that he has received
an inside tip from the higher officials of
ihe association."
IN THE WHEELING DISTRICT.
Vice President Lnrklnx Looking Over
the Ground There.
MARTINS FERRY, Ohio, August 5.?
Walter Larkins, vice president of the
Amalgamated Association, returned here
last night from New York and started out
early this morning to visit the Amalgamat
ed local leaders in the Wheeling district
and to learn what had been accomplished
since he left for the Pittsburg conference a
week ago. He has had reports from the
organizers at Benwood and Bellalre that
are quite satisfactory, but he is visiting
the ground today to see the full effect of
the work.
At Benwood the National Tube Com
pany's Riverside plant, employing 2,500
men. is located. These men have had only
a perfunctory organization until since the
strike was declared. They have been part
ly organized, but it has not been perfected,
and there is some doubt a3 to the advisabil
ity of calling out the men till the lodge is
further strengthened. At Bellaire the Na
tional Steel Company's plant has been run
non-union since the Amalgamated lod^o
was broken up five years ago, the plant be
ing filled with negroes from Virginia and
Hungarians. Since March organizers have
been working secretly among the men, and
there are now 400 of the 1,500 men in the
Amalgamated Association.
Sltaatloa at Cleveland.
CLEVELAND, August 5??All was quiet
around the Newburg mills of the United
(Continued on Second Pags.)
BOY ATTEMPTS SUICIDE
RASH ACT OF ERNEST PETTIT, AGED
SEVENTEEN.
Declared He Wai AnstonR to Die and
Re(n?ed Antidotes?Mentions
Family Troubles.
Earnest Pettit, seventeen years old, who
lives at 1017 Maryland avenue southwest,
attempted Buicide about 1 o'clock this
afternoon by taking laudanum. He was
in the establishment of the Evans-Jany
Printing Company, No. 62) Louisiana ave
nue, where he made the attempt. He de
clined to accept attention from a physician
and also refused to go to the hospital. Po
liceman Galpin, who answered the call for
help, forced him to enter the ambulance.
He was taken to the Emergency Hospital,
where the doctors relieved him of the lau
danum he had taken and soon had him
out of danger. The boy declared he was
anxious to die, and assigned family
troubles as the cause.
Pettit was given employment as a press
feeder in the printing establishment
named about two weeks ago, and after
working several days he told one of his
employers that his domestic affairs were
not of the happiest. There was nothing
unusual noticed about his conduct, how
ever, when he appeared at his place of em
ployment this morning. At noon he stopped
work and ate his lunch. Then he swal
lowed the poison and took a seat on a big
paper cutter to await developments: It
was a few minutes after 1 o'clock when
he called a member of the lirm to where
he was seated and said "good-bye."
"What's the trouble with you?" asked his
employer, who noticed he appeared a little
drowsy, although he really believed the
boy was joking.
"Family troubles," the boy remarked,
"and 1 want to die."
A small bottle, labeled "poison" was
picked up, and when it was evident that
Pettit had swallowed its contents the men
in the office sent for assistance. Dr. Czarra
was the first professional man to arrive,
but upon being informed of his presence
the boy declared he would take no antidote.
Men in the office held him while the doctor
administered an antidote, and then he de
clined to drink a cup of coffee that was
procured for him.
When the Emergency Hospital ambulance
arrived the boy had to be forced to enter
it, as stated, and then he was hurried to
the hospital. The surgeons at the institu
tion took charge of the patient'and the
stomach pump was applied.
The young man's relatives were notified
of his act and he will probably be placed
in their care. The bottle in which he had
the laudanum was taken by the police and
an investigation will be made to see if the
law was violated in the sale of the poison.
WAITING FOR ADVICES.
Third Member uC tlie Schley Court Not
Yet Announced.
Admiral Dewey, president of tfie Schley
court of inquiry, was at the Navy Depart
ment today in consultation with Assistant
Secretary Hackett. Admiral Dewey will
leave shortly for the north for a month's
rest. The successor to Admiral Kimberly
on the court was not announced at the
Navy Department today, but Secretary
Hackett was hourly expecting advices
which might enable him to make public the
name of the officer whom the department
has selected, should that officer respond
favorably to the communication that has
been sent him.
Smith & Hulshe of this city have been
selected to make a ste nographic report of
the proceedings of the court of inquiry.
There was considerable competition for this
work, and the contract was given to the
local firm on the ground that their bid was
for the best interests of the government.
It is extremely unusual for the government
to invite proposals for work of this char
acter, but in view of the expected length of
the investigation of the West Indian cam
paign and the magnitude of the work of
reporting its proceedings, it was deemed
desirable to pursue that course.
There were no developments at the Navy
Department tcylay in connection with the
proposed investigation of the West Indian
campaign. Acting Secretary Hackect said
this afternoon that no one had yet been
selected to fill the vacancy on the court ol
inquiry caused by the withdrawal of Rear
Admiral Kimberly. There appears to be
some hitch in that matter, but exa- tly
what it is has not been disclosed. It is
believed that the department is fin.tnig
considerable difficulty in finding a man
who meets all the reciuirements wno is
willing to serve. As the court will r.'t
meet until September 12 there Is still plenty
of time to complete the court.
THE CUMBERLAND CONVENTION.
Friends of Pearre and Lowndes Claim
Control.
Special Ttlspatrh to The Evening Star.
CUMBERLAND, Mel., August 5.?The re
publican convention was slow in assem
bling today, for after nearly twenty-four
hours' caucusing the delegates were called
to order still more or less at sea as to the
composition of the ticket. The "<x>mblne"
or "anti-slate" element held a caucus with
Benjamin A. Richmond, their candidate
for senator, present, but they could muster
only fifty-eight votes, lacking six of being
able to control the convention. John N.
Frantz, candidate for sheriff, who carried
district No. 5 with eleven votes, was will
ing to enter the ceimhine, but his delegates
refused. The so-calied "slate" people, com
posed of the friends of Col. Pearre and ex
Gov. Lowndes, claim they will control the
convention, anel it looks now as if it will
be easy sailing for J. Phillip Roman, their
cardielate for state senator.
William Nickel of Cumberland will prob
ably be the nominee for sheriff, although
I'lysses Hanna of Frostburg is making a
strong fight.
Owen Price of Elkhart will in all proba
bility be nominated for county treasurer.
The nomination of John J. Bell for clerk
of the county court is conceded by all.
John G. Wilson is chairman of the conven
tion. having defeated T. A. K. Hammel
shine. Ex-Staje Senator David E. Brick
was received with applause when he ap
peared. He fought all night against the
Richmond combine.
Mr. LaiiKley Progressing? Favorably.
Mr. Langley, appointment clerk of tne
census bureau, who was operated on at
Garfield Hospital three weeks ago for ap
pendicitis, was able to sit up yesterday for
the first time. There havo been no un
favorable developments in Mr. Langley's
case, and it is expected* he will be able to
leave the hospital in about ten days. He
will then go to the seashore for a saort
stay, after which he will visit his home in
Kentucky. He will return to his duties at
the pension bureau in September.
Court-Martial at Fort Porter.
A general court-martial has been ap
pointed to meet at Fort Porter, N. Y., for
the trial of such persons as may be brought
before it. The detail of the court is: Lieut.
Col. Charles K. Winne, deputy surgeon
general; Capt. John McA. Palmer, 15th In
fantry; Second Lieut. Gustave A. Wieser,
15th Infantry; Second Lieut. George F.
Brady, 14th Infantry: Second Lieut. Edwin
S. Hartshorn, 14th Infantry; First Lieut.
Benjamin H. Watkins, 15th Infantry, judge
advocate.
Steamship Arrivals.
At New York?Marquette, from London.
At Bremen?Grosser Kurfurst, from New"
York. *
NO THIRD TERM FOR HIM
AXXOlXCEME\T BY GOV. McMILLIX
OF TENNESSEE.
It Is Thong;lit That He Will Be a Can
didate for the Sennte?Others
Mentioned.
Governor Benton McMlflin of Tennessee,
who is in Washington today in conference
with Governor Tyler of Virginia relative to
the survey of the disputed line between
those states, has announced, that he will
not be a candidate for a third term as gov
ernor. This determination on the part of
Governor McMillin is taken by many in
his state to mean that he intends to oe a
candidate to succeed Senator Bate in the
United States Senate. Senator Bate's term
expires March 3, 1906* and his successor
will be chosen by the legislature whicn
meets in January of that year. The re'^1
tight will take place when the members of
this legislature are elected, which will be
in November,
Senator Bate has served in the Senate
since March 4, 1KS7. It has been suggested
by some that he would not be a candidate
again on account of his advanced age,
but those who know him best think that
he will ask another term, if his health
will permit. While Governor McMillin will
not say at this advanced date whether or
not he will be a candidate for Senaior
Bate's seat it Is well known that he cher
ishes an ambition for the senatorial toga.
Should he conclude to make the race he
will go before the people with two success
ful terms as governor, a service of four
teen years in the House of Representa
tives, with high committee assignments,
and the political organization built up while
he was governor.
Other*! Mentioned.
Two other names are mentioned in con
nection with the Tennessee senatorship?
Representative Richardson, minority leader
of the House, and ex-Gov. Robert L. Tay
lor. Representative Richardson is now in
Tennessee. Mr. Richardson's distinguished
services in Congress have commended him
strongly to the Tennessee people, and he
has been prominent in Tennessee politics
for many years.' Ex-Gov. Taylor, perhaps
the most picturesque political figure in the
state, has a strong personal following. He
has announced repeatedly that he was out
of politics, and has devoted his time to a
successful lecturing career, but it is hinted
that he still retains his old senatorial aspi
rations.
The report printed some days ago that
Representative Richardson would be a
candidate for governor . of Tennessee is
given little credence in well-informed po
litical circles, because it is said he would
be unwilling to give up the democratic
leadership in the House in exchange for
the governorship. The most prominent
candidates to succeed Gay. McMillin men
tioned thus far are James B. Frazier of
Chattanooga and Judge W. H. Swiggart of
Union City.
Gov. McMillin has recently invested some
money in the Texas oil fields, and is asso
ciated in the venture ?with Charles A.
Towne.
SHIPOWNERS' APPEAL. DEMEl).
Chinnmen Will Not Be Allowed to
Tnke Part in Unloading.
Mr. Taylor, assistant secretary of the
treasury, today decided to- reject the ap
peals of shipowners and masters affected
by the strike of stevedores and other wharf
workmen now in progress at San Francisco,
to allow Chinese hands employed on board
vessels to assist in unloading the various
ships now in port of their cargoes. The
strike of wharfmen prevails generally in
San Francisco, and as a result owners and
masters of vessels have been unable to ob
tain enough hands to land merchandise
which has come into port across the Pa
cific. Several applications were made by
telegraph at the department today by
owners and masters asking that Chinamen
employed on board ships be allowed to
participate in the unloading. While such
action would not be legally admitting the
Chinamen to the United States it would in
volve their actual presence on shore, and
despite the vigilance of officers who might
be assigned as sentries some of the Chinese,
it is held, might escape and effect a perma
nent landing in the country, which would
be contrary to law. Mr. Taylor also de
cided that aside from this consideration it
would not be good policy for the depart
ment to interfere with the pending strike
of wharfmen. and for these two reasons de
nied thfe applications filed.
THE PKESIIJEXT'S MERCY.
Mnj. Eltonhead's Sentence of Dismissal
Commuted OwinR to Gallant Services
President McKlnley has acted on the
court-martial case of Maj. Francis E. El
tcnhead, 14th Infantry, and commuted his
sentence of dismissal from the army by or
dering that ne be placed at the foot of the
list of majors of infantry, and there to re
main for a period of five years. Eltonhead
was tried on a charge of being drunk on
duty and of misbehaving himself at the
Army and Navy Club in Manila and of
using profane and abusive language to
Lieut. William H. Muilay, 21st Infantry
The court which tried Eltonhead sentenced
him to be dismissed.
The President's Indorsement is as follows
"Executive Mansion, July 30, 11)01.
"In the foregoing ease of Francis E. El
tonhead, captain, 21st Infantry (now major
14th Infantry), the sentence is confirmed
but in view of his military record, as testi
fied to at his trial; of his good conduct in
the engagements before Santiago, Cuba, In
July, 18'JS. and in the subsequent operations
in the Philippine Islands, and having re
gard to the recommendation to clemency
submitted in his behalf by the members of
the court-martial, the sentence is com
muted so as to place Maj. Eltonhead at the
foot of the list of majors of infantry, there
to remain for the period of five years.
"WILLIAM McKINLEY."
AWARDS FOR 6ALLANTRV.
A Snuplemental Report to Be Made by
the Rourd.
There Is to be a supplemental report
by the board of awards appointed by Sec
retary Long, to consider and report upon
the recommendations made by command
ing officers relative to rewards to officials
under, them during the ^Spanish war. It
was found that when the^flrst list was
made up quite a number of officers de
serving of consideration had been over
looked in the first reports upoh which the
board acted and from tjme to time the
attention of the defSartnrant has been call
ed to these omissions. The medal board
which made its report sometime ago, rec
ommending the striking of medals for the
enlisted men aboard the ships, is winding
up its business. It held a meeting at the
Navy Department today.
Movements of Naval Vessels.
The Navy Department has been in
formed of the departure of the gunboat
Yorktown from Kobe, Japan, today fo
Guam.
The Iowa has arrived at Everett, Wash.
The torpedo boats Winslow and Cusaing
have arrived at the Brooklyn yard.
The cruiser Columbia, ;which is :o be
used as a receiving ship, left Philadelphia
yesterday In tow of the I tugs Somerset,
Potomac and Modoc; }
Claim for F?M.
Leonardo Trltot has filed with the Span
ish treaty claims commission a ?to'.ra for
$20,212 for property destroyed by Spanish
and Cuban troops.
BUSINESS OF THE BANKS
CONDITION OF LOCAL FINANCIAL IS
STITt'TIONS COMMENTED VPOX.
Increase in Deposits and in Loant
Favorable Showing; n? Compared
With Other Years.
In local business and financial circles a
subject of a good deal of interest just now Is
the condition exhibited by the recent state
ment of the national banks and trust com
panies to the controller of the currency. It
was generally supposed that a falling off
in the amount of deposits would be shown
as compared with the figures of three
months previous. Instead, however, all of
the twelve national banks, with the excep
tion of three, report an increase in the de
posits and the four trust companies make a
similar showing. An increase is also re
ported in the loans.
It Is the general experience of those who
are familiar with business conditions here
that there Is much more activity at this
season of the year than is usual during the
summer period. At the beginning of the
last month of summer the report comes in
very generally from the banks and trust
companies that business continues active.
In fact it is stated that for some reason,
and to an unusual degree, the deposits are
greater in bulk than was the case last
year, whi'.e the demand for money Is much
greater.
A large part of this summer activity is
attributed to the building operations in nil
parts of the city, which, of course, requires
money. No explanation is given of why
there is more money than ever o?for? on
deposit, in spite of the fact that during
the three months ended last mo'U'n the
entire real estate tax for the year, amount
ing to over $.'{,500,000, was paid to the Dis
trict tax collector, and by him deposit'"!
in the United States treasury. The with
drawal of this large sum from circu!at!'>n
has apparently had 110 effect u*jhi tiie
bank statements.
The entire deposits in the national bank
and trust companies amount to over thirty
three and a half millions of dollars, an in
crease during the past three months of
about three and three-quarter millions.
Seven or eight years ago, according to the
recollection of Mr. John Joy Edson, the
deposits of the District institutions were
only about twelve or fifteen millions, so
that in that period there has been an in
crease of what may be termed the banking
capital of the city of over 100 per cent.
There has also been an expansion of the
loans, which shows that the money is be
ing used.
It is believed by some financiers that this
phase of the development of the District is
due in part to the increase in the popula
tion. but perhaps, in a larger measure, to
the education of the people in habits of
saving, as well as of making use flf bank
ing Institutions.
TRIALS AT FORT MYER.
Sentences of Coiirts-Mat'tlul Recently
Held.
Private Albert J. Lounsbury, Troop I,
11th Cavalry, having been tried by a gen
eral court-martial at Fort Myer, Va., and
found guilty of violation of the 47th and
(!2d articles of war, was sentenced to be
dishonorably discharged the service of the
United States, forfeiting all pay and allow
ances due him and to be confined at hard
labor for one year.
Private Jacob Berger, Troop M, 11th Cav
alry, having been tried by court-martial
at Fort Myer, and found guilty of violation
of the :Od article of war, was sentenced
to be confined at hard labor, under charge
of the post guard, for thirty days, and to
forfeit of his pay.
Private James Moungie, +th Battery,
Field Artillery, having been tried by court
martial at Fort Myer, and found guilty of
violation of the find article of war, was sen
tenced to forfeit $10 of his pay now due or
to become due. The sentence was ap
proved.
Private George Russell, Troop L, 11th
Cavalry, was tried by court-martial at
Fort Mver of violating the OJd article of
war. He was acquitted and released.
DR. VAX It BY PEN'S SUCCESSOR.
Speculation ReKiirdhiK the Xew Sur
Kcon General of the Navy.
Notwithstanding the term of Surgeon
General Van Reypen of the navy does not
expire until December next, there is al
ready considerable speculation afloat con
cerning his successor. Up to this time It
has been generally accepted in naval cir
cles that Dr. Rixey, the President's physi
cian, was booked for that appointment.
Dr. Rixey has been unremitting in his
service to Mrs. McKinley during her long
and serious illness, and is known to have
the friendship and esteem of the President.
Recently, however, a strong rival for the
surgeon generalship has appeared In the
field in the person of Medical Director John
C. Boyd, fleet surgeon of the North At
lantic "station. Dr. Boyd is recognized as
one of the ablest officers in the medical
department of the navy, and has many in
fluential friends in this city. He served for
eleven years as assistant to the chief of
the bureau of medicine and surgery and
outranks Dr. Rixey by several numbers.
Dr. Rixey halls from Virginia and Dr.
Boyd from Georgia. So far as known they
are the only two candidates for the pros
pective vacancy. The chances are said
to favor the selection of Dr. Rixey.
MAJOR DOYEN'S PUNISHMENT.
Publicly Reprimanded by the Acting;
Secretary of the Navy.
The charges and specifications upon
which Major Charles A. Doyen, fleet ma
rine officer of the Nqrth Atlantic squadron,
was tried by court-martial recently at
Newport, with the findings of the court
sentencing him to lose two numbers and be
publicly reprimanded, together with the
acnon of the reviewing authority in the
department here, have been published !n
general orders. The reprimand authorized
by the court is contained in the following
indorsement of Assistant Secretary Harn
ett:
"An officer should be deeply mortified by
the publication of an order announcing to
the service the fact of his trial by general
court-martial and a finding tliat he has
been incapacitated for the performance of
duty by reason of indulging in alcoholic
stimulants. Such publication will be re
garded as a sufficient performance of the
duty imposed upon the department by the
court, viz, that Major Doyen be reprimand
ed by the Secretary of the Navy."
VIPER IS A TOTAL WRECK.
British Torpedo Boat Destroyer
Struck Rock Off Alderney Island.
LONDON, August 5.?Late dispatches re
ceived from Portsmouth regarding the
wreck of the torpedo boat destrower Viper
off Alderney Island say that it is believed
that the well-known difficulty in reversing
turbine engines contributed to the acci
dent.
A French fishing smack, acting as a
pilot, helped the crew to reach the shore.
The Viper was running at twenty knots
when the fog set in. She was then eased
down to five knots and was running at
that speed when she struck. When her
cables parted her stern smashed on the
rocks. She subsequently parted amidships
and is now in three pieces, the stern end
being inverted upon the rocks. If there
had been much sea running when the ac
cident occurred it is probable that every
body aboard of her would have perished.
As It was the crew must have perishe<
but for the assistance rendered.
The British torpedo boat destroyer Vlpei
struck a rock off the Island of Aiderro
yesterday. The Viper was the only \esse
in the British navy fitted with turbine en
glnes. During her speed trials in Ma]
and June she attained thirty and a hal
knots, and was pronounced capable o
doing thirty-one knots. At that time sht
was handled by an inexperienced crew
and her builders believed she would ye
attain thirty-four knots.
DIED OF STARVATION.
Miner Den.ii** Companion* About tc
Eat HI* Remain*.
PORT TOWN8END, Wash . August 5
A story of death from starvation in the
Agiapuk mining district was brought from
Nome by passengers on the steamer Cen
tennial. and as a result of forty-three days
of unparalleled hardship George Dean, a
miner. Is dead and his two companions.
Jack Houston and Joseph T. Thiery. are
at death's door. Houston will probably re
cover, but there-is little hope that Thiery's
life will be saved.
Added to the story of starvation is a hor
rible tale that in their desperation Hous
ton and Thiery severed the thigh of their
dead companion from his body and were
cooking it when help arrived and saved
them from practicing cannibalism. The
men had been in Good Hope country pros
pecting! On June 7 they started for Nome
by way of Agiapuk river. Before they
reached Teller City provisions gave out.
and hunger compelled them to eat grass,
birds' eggs and anything they could find.
Dean left g letter, partly written, bidding
his family, who live in Canton. Ohio, fare
well. He was a member of the Masonic
order. Thiery is from Davenport. Iowa,
and Houston wras formerly mato on the
Yukon river boat Sovereign.
GOVERNOR'S DAUGHTER KILLED.
Mis* Carrie Joiir? linn Over l?y Car at
.Montgomery. Ala.
MONTGOMERY, Ala., August 5.?Miss
Carrie Jones, twenty years of age, daugh
ter of Gov. Thomas G Jones, was run over
and killed by a street car today, in front
of the executive mansion. The accident
was witnessed by the governor.
THE DISTRICT TROOI'S.
A**i*tnnt Secretary Sanger Praise*
Their Behavior in Camp.
Although Col. Sanger, assistant secretary
of war. did not wish te be quote'd in re
gard to his visit to the recent encamp
ment cf the National Guard, he expressed
himself as being very much impressed with
the spirit of enthusiasm which character
ized the work of the Washington troops.
The excellent behavior of the force while
it was in camp and the fact that no pro
vost guard was needed in Loesburg, he
thought, were especially to the credit of
officers and men. Col. Sanger has re
peatedly expressed himself as greatly in
terested In what he saw and as oeing very
favorably impressed by the excellent f-pirit
of the .troops.
Rev. G. S. Men<l'* Dentil at Antigna.
Mr. Hunter, United States minister to
Guatemala, reports to the State Depart
ment the death at Antigua of Rev. George
S. Mead, an Episcopal clergyman at San
Francisco, formerly a resident of Hlnghtim,
Mass. He was traveling in company with
Prof. Walter E. Bryant of Santa Rosa,
combining pleasure with scientific explora
tions. While at Antigua, June 111, he was
taken ill during the night and was found
dead in bed In the morning. An autopsy
showed that death resulted from heart dis
ease. Dr. Mead was burled in the Antigua
cemetery. Prof. Bryant took charge of his
effects.
Salary of Superintendent of Meter*.
The controller of the treasury today ren
dered a decision in the matter of the salary
of the superintendent of meters at the Cap
itol. The question arose, upon receipt by
the Secretary of the Interior of a letter
from the superintendent of meters concern
ing the latter's right under law to a sal
ary of $1,200 a year instead of a salary of
less amount as now fixed and paid him by
the architect of the Capitol. The controller
holds that the salary of the superintendent
is not fixed at $1,2<J0, although it is limited
to that amount. The decision, embraced
in a letter to the Secretary of the Interior,
says, after quoting the sundry civil act of
August 7, 1XS2, fixing the limit of salary of
tne official in question:
"It is very clear that the foregoing act
limits the pay of superintendent of meters
from the appropriation for lighting the
Capitol and grounds to $1,200 per annum,
but it is equally clear that it does not fix
the salary at that or any other figure. I
must, therefore, hold that the salary of the
superintend* nt of meters is not fixed by
law at $1,200 per annum."
Pernoual Mention.
Mr. T. P. Kane, deputy controller of the
currency, has returned to the city from a
%acation trip to Atlantic City and resumed
his desk at the Treasury Department to
day.
Chief Clerk Hills of the Treasury De
partment is in Philadelphia on business in
connection with the new mint building in
that city.
Attorney General Knox Is expected to re
turn to the city early next week and re
sume his duties at the Department of Jus
tice. Mr. Knox is now in Pittsburg.
Dr. Jesse B. Shafhirt has returned from
the Buffalo exposition and side trips.
Dr. Reisinger has returned to the city.
Mr. John Doyle Carmody has returned
from the Grand L.odge session of Elks, held
recently at Milwaukee, and a visit to the
Pan-American exposition at Buffalo.
Singleton L. Cooper left Saturday to visit
his old home in Stafford county, Va.
The following Washingtonians will sail
from New York Wednesday on the Vader
land: Charles S. Bradley, George C. Laf
ferty and Mrs. L.ifferty, Mrs. W. P. Tisdel,
Miss Tisdel and Miss E. F. Tisdel, Wilton
Snowden and Robert H. Waring.
The following from this city will sail for
Southampton Wednesday on the St. Paul:
Lieut. G. S. Brown, U. S. M. C.; Miss M. D.
Routh and Dr. F. P. Vale.
Mr. Ralph Given, assistant United States
attorney at the Police Court, accompanied
by Mrs. Given and their child, has gone to
Aurora, W. Va., to remain a month.
Mr. Edwin P. Hanna, solicitor of the
Navy Department, Is in charge of the judge
advocate general's department during the
absence of Capt. Lemly.
Col. Theodore F. Bingham, In charge of
public buildings and grounds, has gone to
his summer home on the St. Lawrence near
Brunswick, Nova Scotia, where he expects
to remain with his family for several
weeks.
Major Frederic D. Abbot, Corps of Engi
neers. one of Gen. Gillespie's assistants at
the War Department, has gone to Virginia
Beach with his family to spAid a few
weeks' vacation.
Lieut. Chartes Webster of the navy, one
of the principal officers In the bureau of
navigation of the Naty Department, will
leave tomorrow on his annual vacation,
which will be spent in northern Virginia.
During his absence Lieut. Cassius B.
Barnes will be in charge of Mr. Webster's
office.
Position of Computer Filled.
The civil service commission has cancel
led the examination which was announced
to be held on September 3 for the position
if ? computer in the coast and geodetic
survey,' for the reason that the position
Tor which the examination was to have
been held has been filled by the transfer
yt a person already In the classified ser
vice.
THE STAR BT MAIL.
Persons leaving: the city for anjf
period can have The Star mailed to
them by ordering it at this office. In
person or by letter. Terms: 13 cent*
per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or
50 cents per month. Invariably In
advance. The address may bs
changed as frequently as desired.
Always give the last addreac, as well
es the new one.
THE EMPRESS DEAD
Mother of Germany's Ruler Passe3
Away at Cronberg.
END WAS SOMEWHAT SODDEN
I
Though Hope Had Been Abandon
ed for Several Days.
SKETCH OF HER LIFE
CRONBERG, August 5.?The Dowager
Empress Frederick died at 0:15 p.m. today.
Her death was somewhat sudden. At I
o'clock her physicians reported no change
in her condition. Emperor William and her
majesty's other children, except Prince
Henry, who is at Cadiz, were in the sick
room most of the day.
Emperor William arrived at Homburg at
3:15 o'clock this morning and drove to the
Homburg castle. Thence, accompanied by
the empress and Crown Prince Frederick
William, he proceeded to Friedrichshof,
which he reached at 5:20 o'clock.
Relatives of the dying empress have been
continually arriving here throughout the
day. and a detachment of the 115th In
fantry has come from Homburg to do sen
tinel and patrol duty round the castle.
By special desire of Dowager Empress
Frederick. Dr. Waller, the English chaplain
of Homburg, was summoned.
The eleventh company of the 80th Regi
ment of Infantry, of which the Dowager
Empress Frederick is honorary colonel, has
also been ordered here to d6 duty at the
castle.
The authorities of Emden have Issued a
notice, saying that the ceremonies in con
nection with the opening of the new har
bor and the unveiling of monuments to the
Great Elector and Frederick the Great
have been indefinitely postponed.
nritlxli Kfnic to Sail Tomorrow.
COWE3, Isle of Wight, August 5.?Ac
cording to present arrange mtnts King Ed
,ward will start for Flushing. Holland, on
the royal yacht Osborne Tuesday morning.
The next royal yacht, Victoria and Albert,
will accompany the Osborne.
The usual gaieties of Cowes regatta week,
which began today, are almost entirely ab
sent. By royal order no dancing of any
kind will take place during the week. All
the entertaining will consist in Impromptu
invitations to small concerts and dinners,
issued an hour or two beforehand, owing
to the hourly news expected from Cron
berg.
The Americans here are seldom ashore,
except during the shopping hours or on a
brief visit to friends. Mrs. Droxel's yacht
Margarita is moored close to the royal
yacht Osborne. Mrs. Arthur Paget is a
guest on the Margarita.
lived retired mfe.
Seekn SeclfiKion Upon the Deatli of
Her HuMbnntl.
Victoria Adelaide Maria Louise, late em
press dowager, was born November il,
1840, and was married to Emperor Fred
erick January 25, 1858. Two sons and four
daughters were the issue of the marriage.
Since the untimely death of her husband,
the late Emperor Frederick, the dowager
empress had lived retired from the great
world, alone with her memories. As the
eldest daughter of Queen Victoria and
princess royal of England the dying em
press was born. In feature she close y^ re
sembled her mother, and their dispositions
have been much alike. As a girl the im
press was perhaps the most popular J?'?
ber of the royal family with Englishmen,
and she had retained that popularity to
the present day. Englishmen saw In her
the cleverest of all the queen s many ch 1
dren and It gave them inexpressible delight
to know that she was happy In her married
life Like her mother, she was blessed
with many children, and the domestic at
mosphere of the court of the German crown
prince was closely patterned upon that
which prevailed at W indsor.
The Itoynl Marriage.
The princess royal married the Crow n
Prince of Prussia, the eldest son of the old
King William. He was one of the hand
somest men in Europe, and with his high
stature, long blonde beard and blue eyes,
he embodied the finest male Teutonic type.
"Unser Fritz." as the German people loved
to call him, was a man of advanced lib
eral ideas, and he had a strong sympathy
for the masses. The old king and his prime
minister, Count Bismarck, were reaction
aries, and hence from the very beginning
of her marriage the princess royal of Eng
land found herself in a court which was
divided into two camps. Her own tastes
were similar to those of her husband, and
being possessed of strong will power and
the obstinacy characteristic of her mother,
she encouraged her husband to fight Bis
marck. The fact that she was an English
woman did not help to make her popular
with the Germans. It had just the oppo
site effect, and she was never able during
her long residence in Germany to secure a
place for herself in the hearts of the peo
nj0t
The Germans did not like to see the crown
princess of Prussia interfere In the domes
tic and foreign politics of the kingdom, and
the nation as a whole sided with Bismarck#
in spite of the personal popularity of the
crown prince. When at last the death of
the old Emperor William left the throne
vacant, it was a dying man who succeeded
him as Emperor Frederick. The three
short months of the unfortunate monarch's
reign were the Calvary of the Empress
Frederick. All liberal Germany had been
waiting for years for the accession of
"Unser Frit*," and the dawn of a new era
was expected that would uplift the masses
of the German people. Fate ordained dif
ferently, however, and the reign of Em
peror Frederick had hardly begun when It
was over.
Am I'sfopalsr Move.
The bringing of Sir Moreil Mackenzie, ay