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THE MOUSING TIMES, TUESDAY., AUGUST 3, 189T 8timt3 (moiutixg, evexecg asb susday.) bv Tie Washington Times Gompany. STILSOX HUTCIIINS, President HUTCIITKS Builbikg. Sew" Toric Office:" 2003 Tract Building. SoBscitrruox Kates. Moj.Tni.Y. by Cakhiei:: TMbrning, Evening and Sunday, Pifry Cents Morning and SnncLiy..-.Thirty-uvo Gents Evening and Sunday... .Thirty-3ive Cents One Year, Mem., Eve. and Sunday, 55.00 Six Months, ' " " " 3.00 Three Months, " " " " L75 One Year, Morning and Sunday 4.03 Six Months. " " " 2.25 Three Months. " " " 1.25 One Year, Evening and Snnday. 4.00 Six Months, " " " 2.25 Three Months, " " 1.25 Sunday only, one year. 1.00 Orders hy mail must he accoinpauied"by subscript ion price. Teleiuioxes: Editorial Booms, 486; Business Office, 1C40. Circulation Statement; The circulation of Tiie TiiiES for the week ended Saturday, July SI, 1S97, teas as Jollotcs: Sunday, July 35 23,922 Monday, July SS. 39,900 Tuesday, Juhi 27 40.184 Wednesday, July SS 40.GS0 Thursday. July 29 41.G52 Friday, July SO 41,512 Saturday, July SI 41,002 Total 269,452 Daily average (.Sunday SS,V2S, ex agrtad) 40,921 WASHINGTON, TUESDAY. AUGUST 3. The Affront of Condescension. Tne changed position of the British Lion Mnonfc. the political animals of the world could not better be illustrated than In the iHAdchCvndlng remarks or a Russian diplo matist reported In the r&rlb SoleU. "Willi much amity, he ba'd thai the govern ment of the Czar -was not the enemy of England; that it would -witness the feder ation of tne British Empire and the con iHilfdatton c.t tbe Anglo-Saxon peoples with sentiments of complete satisfaction; but that Great Britain always had and dees appeal oa every occasion as the enemy of EussJa, and that one of the results of thlb unkind attitude has been to compel Russia to go Into the Franco Boihsian alliance. Tli ere it. something funny about this. It was not many years ago -when Russia had Ui ask of England the privilege of living in the east of Europe. Then Eng laud had the balance of power between the ;rreat military force of France and a continent bioken up between Prussia, the' outlying German states, an Austria sub ject to levolutlou, and the little states of Italy largely involved In the business of ihuUhiI cutrtnroating. Now it ib very different. Tlie consolidation or the Ger man and Hungarian people in one body; Uhe aggregation of the Italian people in another, and the general nationalization of "peoples ttirsugtiout the -world, has erected walis which British diplomacy no longer is able to wreck. The consequence of this If that the British power must rearrange Its lines. Its com mercial supremacy, born of tbe retarded movement of competing nations, haa been Imperiled by tbe development of Indus try In other lands. It still has tbe advan tage of monopoly of tbe commercial marine of tbe -s-a; but that may be wrested from It by connnon-bense measures taken by the United States. It recognizes JJemesls, and. ittakes precautions accordingly. According to the Russian diplomatist, the deduction Is reasonable that the balance of power or the future ought to be England In alliance with the United States, oc cupying one end of tbe world, and Russia, occupying all tbe rest. Japan and Ilavraii. Most people in this country will be dis posed to congratulate both Japan and Hawaii, in that they have found the peaceful basis of arbitration upon which to fcettlc their several and Kerious differ ences. It Is a scheme wlrtch looks ex cellently well on paper, and. in the present case, appears to be about as good a thing as one of the parties, I. e., Japan, could want. As far as tbe matter has pro gressed, we are afraid it will prove to be not quite so good for Hawaii, or for the United State. It it be certain that our State Dcpartmentbnslnfonned Japan that, pending action on the annexation treaty, the United States will occupy the position ot an uninterested spectator, and keep bnnde off while Hawaii does the best fibo can to secure justice in an interna tional court, we are convinced that there lias been committed another one of those blunders for which the diplomacy of the great "Western Republic has been famous, or Infamous, whichever way one chooses to put it It is wrong, in principle and In fact to assume that the United States could be an uninterested spectator of any thing arfectlng the rights, liberties or national integrity of the Hawaiian Isl ands. In tlmt country the United States haa been recognized as the nation para mount and protectorate. Aside from the additional interest which we have on ao connt ot the approaching annexation of the islands, It is at once our right and our duty to guarantee Justice to our faster child republic, soon to be adoptee? as one of the children of our family Oct Gov ernment knows that arbttUon letwrten the strong and the weak can have but one result. Further, it knows that in the present Instance, Japan Is not the only party at interest in the suit against the Hawaiian government; but that England, certainly, and, perhaps, Germany, aresult ore under cover. "While it may be conceded that the questions directly at Issue, as stated, are such as might readily be ad justed and settled In a fair and impar tial court, without disturbance of the "statue quo;" on the other nand, the American State Department is well ad vised that, in a settlement of these ques tions to which Hawaii will be bound in sdvaaoe, the rights of Japanese subjects M. the island, in the light ot existing tEht treaties, may be so construed by tbe ar bitral tribunal as to inhibit Hawaii from surrendering hsr independence to the United States. It would surprise us very murli to ec any court of arbitration es-tabllf-hed in the premises that did not rep resent British as well as Japanese Inter eats: and, as remarked before, the in fluence of Germany may be expected to appear From what has been observa ble in the course or diplomatic evolution ,ot late years, where American Interests are involved, we expecs that a firm under standing and agreement to enforce the de crees of the Japanese-Hawaiian arbitra tion tribunal will be had between Japan and the European governments claiming vested or tnity interests in Hawaii; and then the United States will be kicked out, Mibject, of coune, to war or further ar "bl t ration. In ew of these admonishing facts nd considerations, it Is to be hoped that our State Department still Is in a position to take a firm stand, and to as sume for the United Stales its proper func tion ae proteclur or Hawaii in supervising any arrangements which that Infant re public may make, looking to friendly set tlement of its differences with Japan; al ways reserving the veto power with which our right of protectorate endows us. The American people are not deaf, dumb and lliad. They may not universally be blessed with the conventional graces and acconiplis-hments, nor with the finesse or mendacity of modern diplomacy; but they know enough to recognize the fuct tlmt, it the State Department in truth has com muted this nation to the attitude of unin terested speciatorshlp in the mutter of this Japanese-Hawaiian arbitration, then everything valuable in the previous inter national position of the United States as regards Hawaii has been given aw ay; and there will be questions as to who Id re sponsible; why did he or they do it, and what was the consideration, national or personal, cash or credit? Hawaii tin Information. It is announced that Senator Morgan, formerly chairman ot the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, and now the chief mem I er ot the Democratic faith, will spend his Senatorial holiday in visiting the Hawaiian Islands. Tbe country will accept this Item ot in formation with great pleasure. Senator Morgan Is ranked among his colleagues ot the Senate as the foremost authority on International law. Being that, the people naturally are not surprised that ho is the champion ot our rights und duties relating to Cuba, to Nicaragua and to Hawaii. There is one thing worthy of note in jjonnecilon with Senator Morgan's inten tion to viFlt Hawaii. Although a rock rooted Democrat, and as such necessarily Involved In opposition to the foreign policy ot the Cleveland Administration, he believes in the honest Intention ot Mr. McKJnley to annex Hawaii. "While we hope that be is as opposed to, and outraged by the course which tbe Administration has adopted toward Cuba as we" are, we are willing to agree with him in holding up the hands of Uie Government in telling the whole world Uiat Hawaii must be ours. There is no reason why Senator Morgan's, trip to the islands of the sea should not be productive of good to hie country. History will say that everything he bus done in the Senate has been so. "Waldorf Menn for 1807. Tbe "Waldorf Dinner Party is calculating itself blind on H assumed chances of doing something worthy of mention this year In the State elections in Ohio, Kentucky and Iowa. There not only lb dinner, but suf f oeed and vinous after-dinner optimism in sucb an idea. Commenting on Mr. Bynum's inflamed but harmless confidence, the New York Run presents a few figures which indicate the full dimensions of the rainbow that the Waldorf bolters appear anxious to chase. The Sun sava: Last rail in Ohio the vote wab this: ileiunley 52ri.99l ISrjnu 477.497 Talmer 1.857 in Iowa: Alchlaley 289.203 Uryan 223.741 iMimer 4.51G And in Kentucky: AlcKlnley 218,171 Bryan 217.890 I'almer G.104 Uere in three great States were about 11,500 votes in a rotalor I .UOl .800. orlesfi man two-thirds or one per cent Probably facts and figures will be lost for the present on statesmen like Mr. Brnum and thn member of his party, whoso fre quently meet around, or under, the Wal dorf mahogany; but we live in hope that the State elections of 1897, unless accom panied by too many gold dinners, may ox nrt a sobering effect, and that after the umoke and tbe bottles have been removed theso errlnroncs will find their way into Uib fold where thoy belong. That, of coursei is ihe RepublPain party. At pres ent they are amphibians of the specie? which "cannot live on the land and dies In tbe water" Germany Just now is quite as much excited over the tariff question as the sugar people in this countiy were a few weeks ago. The German newspapers are howling with rage. They declare that the American tariff cuts, oft 10.8 per cent of their exports, while abrogation of the com mercial treaty with Great Britain will de capitate. 19.8 per cent more. Thus 30.6 per cent of their total exports -w 111 go up the Hume unless something Is done alout It. General sentiment appears to favor a bitter tariff war. One leading organ ot the empire comforts itself with the hope that England may become involved in bos tlhrles with the United States, taking ad vantage of which situation Continental Europe could unite to do up England. Questions that touch peoples' pockets and mouths moie often ead to violence and bloodshed than minor considerations, like the horrible outrages and hideous butch eries of Turkey in Armenia or Spain in Cuba. Children of a common family can dwell together In peace and love, and witness the striking down by the Death Angel of their grandparents, parents, and all their other relatives, without affecting In the least their Individual digestions or their collective affection; but, after the funerals are over, lot them differ about the division of a hundred -dollarlcgncy.andthcy will fall to fighting and hate each other to the crack of doom. This parable lb to remind us that the anger of our European friend over the useless destruction of their, and our own, ocean commerce for the sole bene fit of a tew American monopolies, is a more serious cause of difference than the annexation of Hawaii or any little thing like that. They might make that a text and excuse Tpr giving us trouble, but tbe -eal cause and animus would be furnished' by the robber Hanna tariff There is satisfaction in learning that Senator Quay is to go to Hawaii, in com pany with Senator Morgan. The former is a Republican, and as such open to the natural suspicion attached to one of bis political class. On the other huud, ho Ib a pretty good and honest American outside of his political limitations. He does not approve of the butcheries of "Wcyler In Cuba, norot tbe paramount in fluence of foreign powers in our Interna tional policy. In those respects he la bet ter than his party. "We earnestly hopo that the adherents of Mrs. Domlnis will treat 1dm kindly and not eat him. He is fat. The wild waves of the Congress, when its tide suddenly receded, left many old timbers, bottles and pebbles on the beach. Among thcsfi were nominations not acted upon. Some of the gentlemen included in the "waiting list" have not been ap pointed. Oneof these is Mr. "William "Wood ville Rockhill, who had charge or the beautiful Cuban policy of the Cleveland Administration. A critical country Is Just waiting to see Mr. McKinley appoint him as c inister to Greece. Hot only tbe country, but Newspaper Row. In the meantime, it is to bo supposed that Mr. BockhhTs position In the State Department as curator of secret archives is assured. It mast have been a greut relief to a number of statesmen and other persons interested that the Congress adjourned without doing anything about that $114, 000,000 rnciric Railway steal. From all uppearanees it seems to be going through all right. Uy and by probably there will be nothing to do but for the press to pub lish the list of beneficiaries and what thoy got. "The public always is interested in the dlWslon of the swag. It seems so good to see somebody getting something in these hard times. Discussing the approaching campaign for the mayoralty of Greater New York, th"Evenlng Post of that metropolis asserts tlmt there are 100,000 Republicans op posed to 120,000 Democrats; and it Is frank enough to observe that It some of the hitter, either with "gold" or other argu ments, cannot be withdrawn from the party of the people, the Jig Is up. "While the An ciicnnAlmInItralon-lrinti cold CU&uvlsiUi ami Indulges in iU sum mer ''ctlum cum dignltate," the poor people In Hawaii are in anxirty because the harbor of Honolulu Is full of American, EngllFh and Janinee war ships. Asiatics are arriving In hordes, and what does that n.eau? If the Japanese lesldunts were to start a revrilution, what would that mean? And it they did what would the American admiral do, or what would the other fel lows let him do? A BA'K TKIXER KILLED. Struck by a Horse's Hoof While Hiding a "Wheel. Danbury, Conn., Aug. 2.--C. Edward Lyon, teller of the Danbury Savings Bank, was instantly killed this evening, while bicycling, ne was riding a tandem with his brother, G. Fred Lyon. A team ap pioached them oa the wrong side of the road. The wheelmen expected that th driver would turn to the opposite side and went straight ahead. The horse became frightened and sprang toward the bi cyclers. C. Edward Lyon was on the rear seat, and as he fell from the machine the horse struck him upon the head with lta noof. His skull waa fiactured and hu was probably Instantly killed. The team was driven by two women. They drove on without waiting to ascer-v tain whether they caused any damage. The police are searching for them tonight. The victim was twenty-eight years old and was soon to have beea married. Ho was one of the most prominent young men of the city. A VICTIM OF FOOTBALL. Son of Former Governor Beaver of Pennsylvania Dcnd. Eellcfonte, Ta., Aug 2. Hugh McAllis ter Beaver, second sou of former Gov ernor James A. Eeaver, died at his homo in this place this morning. While exer cising with a football on Thursday evening he suffered an injury in his abdomen that developed peritonitis and. caused hisdeath. He was Just twenty-four years old. Since hiB graduation from the Pennsyl vania State Collego in 1S94. be has been working among the Young Men's Christian Associations at colleges in the United States and was general secretary of the Pennsylvania Association. In September he was to have located in New York city, aad a larger field of work was to have been given him. FATAL HTTXAWAY ACCIDENT. A Father's Bnck Broken nnd Two Daughters Terribly Injured. New York, August 2 Charles Miller, of No. 215 Division street, this city, was driving on the Rutherford road, near Homestead, N. J., this morning, with his two young daughters, when the horse took fright at a sprinkling cart and ran away. The carriage was upset and Miller and the two girls Were thrown out. Miller's back was broken. His daughter, Stella, fourteen years old, was injured internally and her skull was fractured. Tho other daughter, Rebecca, was also badly hurt. The three weie taken to St. Mary's Hos pital, Hoboken. Neither Miller nor his daughter, Stella, can recover. The Occupation of Pnltnyra. London, Aug. 2. Th the House of Com mons today the Parliamentary secretary of foreign otfice, George N. Curzon, reply ing to a question, said that a British protectorate was proclaimed over the un occupied part ot Falmyra Island In May, IPSO, and that the occupation will bo maintained. '.New Cathedral in China. Consul Rood, at Tien-Tsln, China, has informed the State Department that a new Catholic cathedral, which was erected on the site of tbeone destroyed during tho massacre, has been consecrated. The serv ice were semi-privote, because of threats of interference by the natives. FATAL TO LUMBER EXPORTS. Effect of the Dingley BUI Upon Southern White Pine. It will not be many weeks before the people of the South will bugln to feel the disastrous effert ot tho duty of $2 u thousand feet placed by the Dingley bill upon white pmo. The export trade in Southern pine has increased wonderfully, and tills increased trade has been a great boon to the Southern States. This export trade will be the first and the worst surrerer from Canadian com petition in the general markets of the world Jf the Canadian lumber Is shut out from tho United States. This is for the bimplo reason that the S2 rate of duiy will be prohibitory and shut out this Canadian pine from entering into our Northern States, ami consequently oblige the Cuna 01 an exporters to look elsewhere for a mar ket. They will soel and rind this market In the ports of 'Great Britain and British colonics, and In Mexico, the West Indies and South America;' so that the Southern people will find that the effort to find a Invger market ror their Southern piuo lu the Northern State's by shutting out tho Canadian pluo will simply result in their losing a very lftrge part of the Southern and British markets, which they already have, and w here, for natural reasons, their wood can be expensively ubed At the same time they will not, for climatic reasons, be nblo to find as' large a market for their wood in the Northern States as they niay expect. In other words, they will find that their lepresentatives. in Congress who Joined the protectionists in imposing the $2 duty on lumber have been throwing a boomerang. The lumber interests of the South are wrapped up in the "southern pine." Tlda wood constitutes the bulk of the exports of lumber from the Southern States, and Is the southern wood which conies Into competition with Northern pine The ex ports of Southern woods contain a llttlo poplar and oak, which go from the Vir ginia ports, and .some oak and cypress, which ro tor the most part, from tho "gulf ports," but these arc inconsiderable hi quantity and do not compete with the Northern pine. It is a well-known fact that in certain latitudes the Southern pine cannot, for climatic reasons, compete with the Northern pine, cxceptln a very limited way. This is tho. casein the New Eng land States and In the Northwest. In certain other latitudes the South ern pine competes on much more even terms with tbe Northern pine. These lat itudes are a little farther south than the ones above mentioned and have a more moderate climate. In these climates tha Southern plno does not deteriorate so rapidly or to much, and gives better ser vice in every way when used for building. Or course In these latitude the cheaper prices at which Southern pine can bo bold enables it to go into quite extensive use. Climates like this, which permit or the extensive use or the Southern pine are by no means confined to the United States. This situation prevails dlbo in Great Britain and many of her colonies. In a climate like that of Germany, tco, a wood or this kind can be used; here, however, the woods from the Russian and Scandinavian forests practically oecupy the whole Held. Tho Northern pine can, of course, be used almost anywhere. The greatest obstacle to Its use Is Its cost. In Southern climates, such as the Southern State, Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, ellher the Northern pine or the Southern pine can be used for practically the same purpo.-. Or course, In the South ern Stetcs. the Southern pine practically occupies the field by reason of Its prox imity and cheapness. In the other South ern climates above mentioned, our South ern woods have gradually been finding their way In increased quantities. The Canadian pine, under the low rate of duty or 'free entry prevailing since 1890, found a reailv and cdhvcnn-nt market In the Not t hern States, and ao has not been pressed to any great extent into the South ern markets of Mexico, the West Indies, and South America, or, as much asitmlght have been, into the markets of Great Britain and the British colonies generally. This Is the main reason why our exports of lumber to Great Britain have increased, and for the same reason our exports of Southern wood to the Mexican, West Indian, and South American ports have very largely Increased. Or all the e.orts ot lumber rrom both the gulf ports and the Virginia Atlantic pone about 95 per cent is the "Southern pine." The bdlance ot the exportatlons consist mostly of poplar, oak and cypress. Naturally the exports that go from the "gulf portB" go for the most part to Mexico, the West Indies and South A merlca. Ou tbe other hand, a very large part of the exports that go from the Virginia At lantic ports go to Great Britain and Brit ish colonies, even to Australia. While our total exports ot lumber Increased from 1392 to 1800 about 15 per cent, our exports ot Southrrn pine Increased a great deal more than this, averoclng from 40 to 50 per cent during the same period. All of this was due to free lumber from Canada or a nominal duty only, and the cieation of a condition that prevented Canada from competing with Southern lumber In other markets of the world. Tho duty of $2 on white pine changes the whole situation and will effectually destroy the advance made by Southern timber In foreign markets if It does not destroy this industry altogether. It Is a situation upon which the Southern people cannot look with complacency GAVE TIP LIFE TOGETTIER. Husband nnd "Wife Asphyx'ate Then -selves In Jersey ICry. New York, .Aug. 2. Henry Aupert and his wife were round dead this, morning sklo by Ride at their home, 45 Lincoln street, Jersey City, with three gas Jets turned on in their room Thej sent their servant away last night and In her absence committed suicide together. Aupert was fifty-eight years old and bis wife was fifty-six. They wero Germans. A letter on the table removed any doubt that the police might have had that the oalr had committed suicide It was written in German, and said that the pair were tired of life and intended to end It togethor. GHAT TALKS "WITH STRONG. Ex-Police Commissioner Does .Not Expect the Chinese Mission. Now York, Aug. Col. Fred. Grant called at the city hall this attcrnoou to see Mayor Strong. They had a' long talk behind closed doors. Later Col. Grant said: "I called to bid official farewellio the mayor. There was nothing in our conver sation of public interest." Col. Grunt reiterated that he was not a candidate for any office. As to the Chi nese misslou, he made this emphatic state ment: "I dc not believe there is any possibility of it being offered to me." A report was current today that Col. Grant was to be the Republican nominee for comptroller. "I do not believe there Is anything in the report," he said. , Seliun LnrsonJvot JPoisoned. PoughkeepMe, N. Y.,Aug. 2. The report of Prof. Wheeler, of Albany, who made an pvmninatlon of the contents ot Selnnr Larson's stomach; was received today by District Attorney Wood. The chemist says that he found no trace or poison. The dis trict attorney is inchined to the theory that the death was due to an ulcer of the stomach. GENERAL DILLON EXPLAINS. Cause of. the Trouble in the Union Veteran "Union. A sensation was created among the old soldiers or thU city by the publication yes terday or the news ot thesuHpension,of the W. S. Hancock nnd John A. Logan com mands of theUniou Veteran Union. In October of last year an order was Is sued by Netlonal Commander-in-Chief Charles W. Wood detaching all Washington commands and placing them in the pro visional department of Washington, D. C. Gtn. M. A. Dillon was at the same time appointed department commander. Tbe present trouble dates from this beginning, and is ntserted to be tho outcome of a per sonal matter between Col. H. L. Street, the commander of Logan Command, and National Commander Wood. Ocn. Dillon, in conversation with a Times reporter yesterday, spoke of the affair as follows: -k. "After I was placed In command Lbgan and Hancock commanderlea refused to recognize ma as their chief, or to admit William C. Butler, whom 1 had appointed my department Inspector, to their camp fireb. As was Butler's duty, he appearud at the outer door ot Logan and Hancock commandcries, knocked, made known the countersign, his name, rank and business They refused to recognize him, and he left. "As to the per capita tax the constitu tion provides that it shall pass through tho nands of tho department commander before being forwarded to national head quarters. They completely Ignored me and sent It direct to Wood, who promptly returned It and ordered It sent In the usual way. "They retused to do so and now have the money In their possession. Under In structions from Gen. Wood, I hae Issued this official order, and unless they comply wlthit the matterwillnot beadjusted until the IStli of August, when the national reunion occurs at Spriugrield, Ohio "Dillon Commandery was organized by myself In May. 1897, and the opposing faction claims that the Dillon command is uot legally constituted, but holds its char ter from the commander In chief. We are a legally constituted body, as tho records will show. "Eligibility to the Union Veterans' Union consists of six months" continuous serv ice uuless sooner discharged on account of wounds, and part of this service must have been at the Tront. It is said that Street was never at the front, and he is suspended until the matter can be looked Into. If I am upheld in my action at the national encampment In Springfield, and they do not comply with the orders in a reasonable length of time, their charter will be taken from them.'' Col. Street, when interviewed, said that he did not have very much to say for pub lication. "I entered the service on September 16, '61, as a private," he stated, "and was mustered out a captain of Company K, Second CnHfornla Regiment, on the 18th or May, '66. My wounds and the War De partment records will prove this. The whole matter Is at n standstill until August." lie intimated that at that time the Wood Dillon combine would be unseated In conention, and, himself made national rommander. A DKSIKABLE POSITION. JIuny Young- Lawyers Anxious to Serve the Treasury Department. Twenty-three young lawyers took part yesterday In the Treasury Department ex amination for the position ot chief law clerk, at a salary of 52,500 per annum The candidates for the place who ap peared for the examination were P. A. Ader, J. 11. Brunemer, Richard K. Camp bell. Henry J. Davis, T. H. Greene. J. W Howard, George. U. Hendrlekson, Henry C. Jones, Charlos J. Kellogg, W. M. Lytic, Allen C McPonnld, Charles E. MoNabb, Edward J Morton, Henry W. Olds, Edwin H Peer, S. C. Pool, John A. Stagg. J. L Summers, J. I). Terrill, N. H. Thompson, Robert Thomson, J L. Underwood and Walter W. Warwick. The questions usked the aspirants con sisted of ton on general law, ten on stat utory construction, and the laws und prac tice pertaining to the Tiensury Deportment, Including decisions of the comptroller and auditor. Mr. Dc Lord had charge of the evauilnntion, and marked the candidates upon merit only CLAIMS H1JAVY DAMA.GES. Mr. Kuehllnir Akf S15.000 for Be ing Thrown From n Cnr. Mi. John H. Kuchling yesterday filed a suit against the Brightwood Railroad for $l.",00o damages for Injuries received by hl'ti on one. or the cars or the company on the 3d of August, 1391. Mr. Kuthling states that on that day he was going from Washington to North Takoma, and that he wished to trans fer at the junction ot the North Tnkoma branch of the line. As he stooped to pick up a bundle under his seat the car rounded the curve at the Junction with great rapidity, and he was thrown forcibly against one of the trolley p les of the road. Ho alleges that this trolley pole was so closi- to the track as to be always very dangerous, and that the speed of the car was loo great in rounding tho curve. Ho says that he was not careless in any way, and that the accident could uot have been avoided by him Mr Kuchling says that his doctor bills were $500, and that he Was very pain fully, nnd he now rinds, permanently, In jured. He has been unable to work since the accident. Messrs. Edward G. NHes and Alphonso Hurt are the attorneys for Mr. Kuehllng SUING FOK SALE OF PROPERTY". L. Strouso & Co.'s Action Against Edward McXenney. The members of the firm of L. Strouse & Co. yesterday entorcdan equity suit against Edward McNeaney, alias Edward McNcy, and his wife and otheis for the sale of lot 5 of the subdivision of lots 10 and 11 of square 1S3, their statement being that McNoaney owes them tl'e sum of $251.85 for goods hold to him, and that he has left the city to avoid payment of the debt. The lot In question is that occupied by 1149 Seventeenth street, and is said to bo worth ?6,000. The defendant, Mc Neaney, had placed a deed of trust on the property foi paitof its value, and whether this deed of trust is a Lona fide transac tion or not, Messrs. Strouse & Co. stale there Is a latgc equity in the property re maining with .McNeaney. Stiouse & Co state that they have sued the defendant at law foi the debt, but that he haB no property whatever in the District ex cept his Interest in the lot. The trustees of the deed of trust, also 'made parties in the suit, are Joseph Mc Cauimon and Frnncls S. Smith. R. Dale Benson, George Jenkins and G. S. Benson, Jr., the parties In whose favor the deed ot trust was made, are also made defendants. Tobacco Manufacturers Protest. An order recently Issued by the commis sioner of internal revenue, holding that the new tariff law forbids cigarette and tobacco manufacturers to put coupons und prizes in packages of their goods han re sulted In a number of protests. Some of the manufacturers Bad a hearing before Secretary Gage, Mr. Formau. the coinmis sioner of internal revenue, and Deputy Commissioner Wilson yesterday. They wanted the order made less stringent. IN THE HOTEL LOBBIES. Mr. Thomas A. Hughes, of Flagstaff, Ariz., passed through Washington on his way to his home last night. Mr. Hughes is interested in agricultural and irrigation schemes in manjr parts of his Territory, nnd in a chat at the National Hotel lAst evening said: "A large portion ot Southern Arizona Is semi-tropical. The orange, the lemon and the almond, and in fact all the eeml troplcal fruits are produced with grand rcMultH in that part ot the Territory. It is seldom that you will find on the same section of land that corn and alfalfa , wheat, barley, and the orange, lemon, almond and grape can be S2Cn growing side by side Few countries in the world produce sucii an exhibition. "In nil Southern Arizona this can be ob served. Five or six crcps of alfalfa, one of the most nutritious ot all grasses, are produced. The winters are rrrtld. There is no dayln the year that a man cannot work in his shirt sleeves with comfort. Ours Is the laud of perpetual sunshine. There are no cases of sunstroke, owing to thcdryne.ss of our atmosphereand health statistics show that Arizona is one or the healthiest countries In the world. The northern portion of the Territory produces all the fruits known to the temperate one, and its valleys yield liountlful harvests ot wheat, barley and oats. Not only have its great valleys produced large crop3 ot grain, but It is one great pasture-field for Immense herds ot cattle." "Everyone who has visited Niagara Falls," said Mr. Samuel E. Christy, or Buffalo, at the National yesterday, "has seen tbe little iteamer Maid of the Mlst. Her trips In the chasm of Niagara River below the great cataract afford during the summer season one of the most dis tinct thrills In all thn world of travel. The steamer takes on her rubber-clad pas sengers from a little dock at the foot or the incline railway in Prospect Park ou the State reservation. It seems to the sightseer that the 'Rock of Ages' and the American Falls are passed perilously near. Then rounding Goat Island the tiny craft seems in imminent danger of destruction us she m.rves Into the mighty Horseshoe She advances nearer, until she Is almost beneath the falling waters. Then her en gines are. stopped, and the boat drifts backward out of the vortex, while her passengers seem spellbound from then close interview with nature in her sub ihnest mood." "The reports of the extraordinary dis coveries of gold in Alaska,'" said Mr. Ross Jackson, of San Francisco, at the Arlington yesterday, "are not only draw ing thousands of men from points along the Pacific Coast to the new gold country, but already the East has begun to send recruit b to the new mining lields. It Is characteristic of the speculative nature of the American, that he is willing to take chances of extreme hardslilp, and even of death, for the remote possibility of quickly found fortune. The remoteness of the possibility has been illustrated at the opening or every new mining country and It has been proved agaia and again that the proportion of men who grow wealthy In mining Is almost as small ao that or trie men who break tho bank at Monte Carlo. "A Tew years ago California sent a band of argouauts to Australia, where some very rich gold discoveries had been made. Before they reached their destlna ttor discouraging reports began to come from the new gold rields. These reports showed that while a very few men had grown enormously wealthy through the disco vcrv or rich gold deposits, their less fortunate its-sociates had undergone fear ful hardships w Ithout reward. Both water and food had been lacking, and men who had little capital found themsehes con fronted cot only with poverty, but with starvation. Government reports based oa a careful census showed that the average production of the precious metal was some thing less than $300 to each mluter for twelve months "In a countiy where supplies sold for ex travagant prices $300 a year was a star vation Income. When from the aggregate the enormous earnings of the- few fortu nate miners were subtracted, It reduced the average for the less successful more than one half. A similar condition of affairs exists on the Xlondike, if reports which come by way of San Francisco and Seattle are trustworthy. Ouly the for tunate have returned to civilization bring ing the bags and boxes ot gold dust to prove the wonders of which they tell, and we have vet to hear from the men who are fighting poverty and hunger." Mr. Ralph Dunn, of Melrose, Scotland, accompanied by hts son , Master Thomas John Dunn, a bright boy of twelve years of ace nre at the Arlington, en route around the world Mr. Dunn Is town clerk of Melrose- Ho was here ten years ago with Mrs. Dunn, but since that time, he says, Washington and all America he has yet seen have made mnny important strides rprwaTd In Scotland, for instance, there is only one city with an electric cnr line, and only two cities lighted by elec tricity. Mr. Dunn disclaims having the Klondike fever, but for all that he is going to San Francisco to settle up a large estate. EXT'ERTS REPORT COMPLETED. Lant Revised Proofs ol Tariff Com parisons Sent to the Printer. The expnrts who have been compiling the 'tariff comparisons for the Ways and Means and Finance Committees ot the two Houses sent the revised proofs ot the last pages to the public printer yesterday afternoon. The comparisons deal with every article in the law , arranging them In groups ac cord'ng to the rate ot duty levied against them. The?a groupings consist ot those article? payingjess than 25 pr cent ad val orem: from 25to 30 percent; from 50 to 75 per cent; from 75 to 100 per cent; nnd, finally, those assessed at over 100 per cent, a few of which run up as high as 500 per cent. It alsoshows a list of those articles where the rate have been incrensed over tho law or 1S90. There Is also a grouping of the principal articles, showing what the duty Is and the equivalent ad valorem, covering a period from 1867 to 1896. District Improvements Ordered. The Woodley Lane Bridge is to receive a new coat of paint. The boird sidewalk is to be taken up nnd the gutter relald outside of the old sidewalk line on the north side of Grant road, from Wisconsin avenue to the cul vert. Tbe roadway of Nichols avenue, between Stldfoot branch and the Insane asylum gate, is to be resurfaced with gravel. 'Ihe northeast corner of Fourteenth and E street? northeast is to have a gas lamp and also the northwest corner of Four teenth street and Tennessee avenue.north of Lincoln FarkiT The Yncht "Algn." To the Editor of The Times: I have just been shown a clipping ficm your evening Issue ot July 28 In which you say that "twenty-five years ago" the yacht "Alga," just purchased by me, was a famous craft, etc., or words to that ertcct. This does the yacht a sericus In justice, as she was built in 1890, in verl rication or which I refer you to uny of the yacht registers. As Washington isimy winter home I trust yen will correct this error at once C. M. BUSCH. Harriaburg, July 31. L 10th, 11th and F Sts. N. "W. .3-Our business hours until September ara 7:45 a. m. to 5 p. en.; Saturdays, 7:43 to 1. Special Sale of Trunks. One of the best known trunk manufacturers pre paring to move into larger quarters closed out to U3 several numbers of his high grade Trunks at a very liberal discount. We offer them for sale today on the same basis, which represents a very decided saving on regular prices. At S4.50 , 28-inch Heavy Duck-covered Trunks, cloth lined, four strap binges, extra beavy bolts, slats protected by Iron tips, iron bottom, best "Excelsior" lock. 30-inch Trunks, same descrip tion $5.75 At $6.50 A special lot of Men's 2S-inch High grade Trunks, with shirt tray; hat box mado especially for men's use a trunk made of. strictly tlrst-class ma terials and In a first-class manner. 30-inch Trunks, same descrip tion .- ST.25 3"-inch Trunks, same descrip tion $7.95 34-inch Trunks, fame descrip tion S8.6O 30-inch Trunks, same descrip tion J&O.OO At S6.60 38-inch Deck-covered Trunks, brass "Victor" Iock, long trap hinges, malleable Iron clamps, heavy Taylor bolts, lion. bottom a very strong and durable Trunk; two sizes only. 40-inch Trunks, same descrip tion .. S7.5 At 31 8.50 3S-lnch Basswood Trunks, covered with tbe best duck, bound with threa fiber center bands, brass trimmed. extia heavy valance clamps, long strap hinges.narrowslats, extra heavy Excelsior lock and bolts.hned through out with heavy linen, extra paddingin top or lid, extra tray a very nancUome lightweight Trunk. 4U-inch Trunks, same de scription $19.50 These Trunks are of a strictly high character, and" at the very low prices named are unusual bargains. Third floor. Special Sale of Hammocks. Hammocks for country lawns, city porches, picnics and the seashore. We have just purchased very much below the regular prices a manufacturer's stock of high grade Hammocks, and place them on sale today AlMit Half Keplar Prices. At 69c Woven Cotton Hammocks;76x3S-inc2t bed. At 79c Woven Cotton Hammocks, fuH col ors; 7tix3tMncn bed. At 95c Woven Cotton Hammocks, full col- . ors, b4x4H-mch bed. AtS1.15 Woven Cotton Hammocks, full co ors; 9Gx4d-Inch bed. At 1 -25 Colored Macrame Improved "Lux ury" Hammocks; S4x42-lnch bed. At 65c " ; Colored Woven' Cotton Nursery Ham mocks. J At 79c Woven Colored Cotton Hammocks, with pillow and spreader. At S1.00 Woven Colored Cotton Hammocks, with pillow and spreader; 76x38-Iuch bed. 84x32-inch bed, SI. 25. 0Sx4S lncb bed, $1.50. At S1 .35 Woven Colored Cotton Fringed Ham mocks, with pillow and spreader. 7Ux3tt-lnch bed. 84x42-inch bed. LUy. At S1 .95 Woven Colored Cotton Hammocks, twineu canvas weave; witn valance. At 85c A lot of bent quality. White Mexican Hammocks, with braided edge; full- sizo. Hammock Sr readers Tc.eacn 1 bird fh.or. Special Sale of 7 Fruit Jars. Owing to an advantageous purchase we are now able to offer the very best Machine made Fruit Jars, with Ma son pattern tops, at the low est prices yet quoted for these goods. They come nicely packed one dozen in a wooden case, complete with rubbers, etc. A rare chance to get the best 1S97 Jars at bargain prices. Pint size, per dozen 400 Quart size, per dozen SOo Hair-gallon size, per dozen 650' Firm rioor. Woodward & Lothrop. ami 1