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FETES OF SEDAN DAY
German Veterans Begin
the Celebration in
Berlin.
GREETING TO WILLIAM.
Thousands Swarm the Streets,
While Bells Ring Out a
Welcome.
AMERICANS HONORED.
Given a Position Commanding the
Entrance to the Memorial
Church.
BERLIN, Germany, Sept. I.— The in
augural ceremonies of the celebration of
the twenty-fifth anniversary of the battle
of Sedan, the decisive engagement of the
Franco-Prussian war, were celebrated to-
day.
The weather was clear and bright
throughout the day. The wind blew
strong from the northwest and the tem
perature was low. Crowds lined the
streets from Bellevue in the Thiergarten
over the Hercules bridge of Kurfursten
damm. Galleries were erected opposite
the main entrance to the Emperor William
I Memorial Church, which were occupied
by 24,000 girls attired in light colored
dresses. A new house facing the entrance
of the church, and built in the style of the
edifice, was covered with decorations, al
though it was unoccupied.
The church itself was completely
covered with flags, banners, flowers and
garlands. Troops lined the roadway in
front of the church, and the German-
American veterans held a position around
the porch commanding the entrance.
This was really the position of honor.
At 9:50 o'clock this morning the ringing
of the church bells signalized the Em
peror's crossing of the Hercules bridge.
His Majesty rode with the Empress in an
open carriage with outriders, escorted by a
squadron of body guards. The Crown
Prince and his next youngest brother,
Prince Eitel, were seated in the carriage
opposite the Emperor and Empress. Both
Princes wore the uniform of the First In
fantry Guard. The Empress wore a steel
gray gown of silk and a triplet cape bear
ing the ribbon of the Black Eagle. Her head
dress was a Florentine straw bonnet, with
strawberry-colored velvet ribbons. When
the Emperor reached the top step of the
entrance to the church, Her yon Wedel,
Minister of the Royal Household, ad
dressed him, saying:
Upon the anniversary of Gravelotte the foun
dation stone of the monument to the great
Kaiser Wilhelm I was laid. Now, on the
twenty-fifth, anniversary of Sedan, your Ma
jesty opens the church which was built with
the funds contributed by the poor and rich
equally throughout the country in memory of
the Emperor, who, in his simple and religious
feeling, attributed all of his great deeds and
victories to God, giving us all in this and com
ing ages an impressive example of trust and
belief in God, without whose aid we are unable
to succeed. May God's blessing be upon us all
coming into this church. Will your Majesty
now please receive the key from the architect?
The procession then entered the church,
headed by the Kaiser. The Grand Duchess
of Baden and the Empress followed the
Emperor, and then came the Imperial
Princes. The colors of tne regiments to
wbich the royalties belonged were placed
on the right and left of the altar. The
Emperor, Empress and other members of
the royal family sat in choir chairs of
carved oak placed at the left of the altar
steps.
- Court Chaplain Faber delivered an ad
dress, sketching the life of William the
Great, ln which he praised that monarch's
childlike and simple-minded piety, kind
ness and thoughtfulness for the lowest of
his servants and his sincere fear of God.
After the lithurgy, Superintendent
Lange, who presided at the organ, began
the musical part of the ceremony. Through
some misunderstanding he started the
music before the "Amen" had been pro
nounced, causing an awkward break in the
services. Dr. Muller preached a sermon
from the text of the 26th Psalm.
After the ceremonies at the church the
Emperor. Empress and the rest of the
royal party, preceded by Herr yon Wedel,
left the church by the center aisle. As
they reached the steps leading from the
edifice they stopped while the bells rang.
As they got outside the church the children
ranged on either side of the walk and sang
"Die Wacht am Rbein." The soldiers,
who had been stationed at various points
in the vicinity of the church, headed by
their bands of music and with colors fly
ing, then passed before the Emperor, while
the children sang "^leil dir im Sieges
kranz."
While the children were singing, the
Emperor arid Empress entered their car
riage and drove away, amid the cheers of
the assembled people. After the departure
of the Emperor the high officials left,, and
the German-American veterans, together
with the German veterans' societies with
their banners, entered the church and
marched up and down the aisles. The
veterans were followed by the children and
several singing societies.
It was noticed that the Emperor, con
trary to arrangements previously made,
did not walk along the line of the German-
American veterans or the German vete
rans, nor did he notice either of them. .
. Accompanying the Kaiser and Kaiserin
were the Grand Duke and Grand : Duchess
of Baden and the King of Saxony. Their
Majesties were received by General Count
Blumenthal, General Freiherr yon Lohe.
General yon Winterfeld, General Prince
Frederick yon Hohenzollern, Court Chap
lain Faber and other general* superintend
ents, together with the following members
of the board of the Protestant Church
Building Society : President,Ministerof the
Royal Household yon Wedel; Vice-Presi
dent yon Hard I; treasurer, Privy Coun
cilor yon Burchard; the president of the
.': Berlin committee, Privy Councilor Dr.
Fischer; Councilor Arnold, Freiherr yon
Bodelschwingh, Judge to Board of Com
merce Borner, Attorney-General Dr. Bor
chett, Privy Councilors Professor Eride
and Frentzel, Councilor Hubert, Town
Councilor Kochhann, Dr. Martens, Privy
Councilor Mendelsohn Bartholdy, Freiherr
yon Merbach, Director Riecken, Councilor
Schmidt, , Building Director Spieker,
7 President Weymann, . Minister 7of Public
Worship Dr. Bosz, President of the Protes
tant Church Dr. Barhausen, Vice-President
Professor Freiherr • yon der Goltz, Presi
dent of Consistory ■ Schmidt, Director of
Ministerial Building Committee, Council
lor Kayser, Police President of Berlin Yon
Windheim, Police Director, of Chariotten
-I >urg Freinerr yon Saldern; Lord Mayor of
Berlin Zelle, Lord Mayor of ', Charlotten
burg Fritzsche, Building; Councilor
Schwechten.
The decorations of the houses along the
principal streets showed that the citizens
had combined their efforts to produce
most startling effects. This combination
harmonized throughout the city in design
and also in- color. The effect was that
there were long lines of evergreens, masses
of flowers and a profusion of flags and ban
ners. Thousands of people arrived* at an
early hour in the morning and continued
till noon, at which hour the Berliners were
crowded out by the provincials, who were
gazing in admiration upon the perfect
adornment of the buildings as well as
upon each other. The police had taken
extraordinary precautions to avert acci
dents similar to those which occurred in
the memorable celebration in 1878, when
many persons were crushed to death in
their efforts to get near the Schloss. The
mob. for so it must be called, was kept off
the ground about every center of attrac
tion, and orders were issued that from 11
o'clock -in the forenoon on Monday
every available policeman should re-enforce
the staff, so that there would be no possi
bilities of accident.
The Emperor is expected to return from
Terapelhof in time to review tbe pro
cessions. His Majesty has directed that
severe restrictions shall be observed in
controlling the crowds throughout the
celebration. He has requested that the
children of the Berlin schools, who num
ber about 31,000, shall form in line and
march from the castle to the Old Kaiser
Palace in Unter den Linden. The children
will line the roadway for the passage of
his Majesty, who will ride at the head of
a color company of the guard. The
novelty of the spectacle is certain to draw
an immense throng, and every precaution
has been taken, especially to safeguard the
line of children.
It is not intended that there shall be any
particular court fetes, as tbe couit is in
mourning ; moreover, the Empress is in a
state of health which demands quiet.
At the command of the Emperor Kroll's
Theater will to-morrow night reproduce
the Ballet Militaire, which was first per
formed on the occasion of the fetes mark
ing the return of Emperor William I at
the head of the Prussian army after the
victories of 1870. Few, if any, of the other
theaters are aware that this performance
will be given, and the audience will be
most exclusive.
However, everybody will be out to see
the illuminations, and nobody, will seek
for specialties, so that it is certain that
every place of amusement will be gener
ously patronized.
A remarkably fine rhetorical programme
by Ernest Wildenbruch has been pub
lished here, accompanied by an enthusias
tic and critical approval on the part of
Herr Zelle, the Burgomaster. This > poem
has taken the fancy of Berliners, and un
doubtedly will be recited everywhere.
"Wachet auf," says the poet, "noch
einmal wird geboren uns der grosse wun
dervolle Tag."
The poem then goes on to worthily cele
brate great events from which triumph
antly issued the unity of tbe German
States. The poet struck a toned lyre
which is resounding throughout Germany.
Among the leading military functions in
direct connection with the celebration will
be a dinner given at the Reichshof Hotel by
the surviving officers who were members
of the general staff in 1870. ' The King of
Wu'rtemberg, the Grand Duke of Mecklen
burg-Schwerin, Prince Hohenzollern and
Marshal Blumenthai will be present, and
it is expected, that the Emperor and ex-
Chancellor Caprivi will also be there.
Count Caprivi has been in Berlin for
several days. He has remained at h_3
hotel, and taken his dinners usually at a
small restaurant in Potsdamer Strasse,
neither seeking nor avoiding recognition.
He, is anxious to keep aloof from the cele
bration commemorative of the Prussian
war, but the Kaiser has asked him to be
present at the military banquets. He will
doubtless accept this invitation, but other
wise he will take no part in the fetes.
In the face of the universal jubilation,
the Socialist leaders, Bebel and Liebknecht,
Aver and Singer, despite the earnest pro
test of many of their adherents, persist in
holding countermeetings, which have been
arranged for Sedan day. It is probable
that these meetings, if held, will result in
disorder. It is proposed that the socialists
shall assemble •at the tomb; of the crank
Agnes Wabnitz, who died in prison be
cause of her refusal to take food and is
now regarded by them as a socialist
martyr. Later, it is proposed to hold a
series of meeting for the purpose of declar
ing in favor of universal fraternity and de
nouncing the memory of Emperor Wil
liam I.
"It is no wonder," the North German
Gazette says, "that a law is certain to be
passed the coming session of the Reichstag
to overcome the outrages which the So
cialists are now endeavoring to inflict
upon the public. The penal code as it now
exists is insufficient and more stringent
measures must be resorted to."
The Gazette adds: "We suppose that the
article of the code passed in 1889 relating
to insults to the dead may suffice to give
the insulters of the memory of Emperor
William I six months' imprisonment. But
no member of the imperial family will care
to associate himself with such prosecution
of socialists on such a charge."
The German Government has granted
the extradition of the alleged Chicago
forger, C. M. Reid.
The Militair j Correspondenz ' recalls the
fact that the young German hussar who
communicated to a friend the news of the
Prussian victory at Sedan on a postal card
in Sanskrit is to-day the German Embas
sador at Washington.
All Germany Celebrating. r
BERLIN, Gebmant, Sept. I.— Dispatches
received here this evening show that al
most everywhere in Germany the twenty
fifth anniversary of the capture of Sedan
from the French by the"_orces led by King
William, afterward Emperor William I,
the • Crown Prince of Prussia, afterward
Emperor Frederick, and the Crown Prince
of Saxony, was celebrated with much en
thusiasm. At Frankfort-on-the-Main the
celebration was ' especially noteworthy.
Eighteen thousand veterans, with bands
and banners, marched to the Zoological
Gardens, where a grand banquet was given.
Enormous crowds gathered along the route
followed by the veterans, and cheered them
again and again as they, passed.
In Munich there was a similar i celebra
tion. The city was decorated with flags
and bunting and the streets were crowded
with the inhabitants of the place and peo
pie from the surrounding towns and ; vil
lages. Everywhere the ; patriotism of - the
town found vent in cheers for the men who
took an active part in the events that led
to the founding of the German Empire. 'V
The ; Germany colony lat Warsaw cele
brated Sedan day at the Hotel Europe.
The Germans in Zurich :celegrated the day
in the Town Hall in that city V . 7* V*. •
The Basel * papers caution the Germans
to not cause a recurrence of , the disastrous
scandals connected with the celebration of
the German victories at Zurich and Basel
in 1870 and 1871. '■ 7 • 7' 77
The upper Silesian warriors' unions cele
brated * Sedan Day by a field ' service at
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Loebschutz. At 3 p. m. the • warriors'
unions of Zanditz, Loebschutz, Bohow,
Koberwitz and Schreibersdorf stormed the
fortified Steuberwitz, which was defended
by the Steuberwitz warriors' unions and
other societies.
Then followed the capitulation of the
place, the capture of Napoleon and
a "representation of Napoleon trans
ported to Wilhelmshohe. In the
evening there was a parade of all the
unions and a banquet in Rothsbusch. At
8 o'clock p. 5 m. bivuac of all the unions took
place and at 11 o'clock p. m. there was a
military entry into Loebschutz, with ■ a
great tattoo and military polonaise in
the market place. 7-7- ';■;.
SEDAX IX MOURSIXG.
Honor Paid to the Memory of the Town's
Defenders.' i
PARIS, Fhance, Sept. The town of
Sedan to-day observed the anniversary of
its capture by the Germans in 1870. ; The
churches were draped in black, and the
Municipal Council and many officers, sol
diers and civilians attended the services in
memory of those who lost their lives in
the defense of the town. All those/ pres
ent at the services were in mourning.
Detachments of infantry and cavalry were
stationed outside of the churches and
stood at '-attention" as the people filed in.
Veterans at a Barbecue.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. I.— The
resident veterans of the Franco-Prussian
war • and. resident Germans celebrated
Sedan day with a barbecue this afternoon
at Reed's Lake. One thousand Germans
attended. An ox was roasted, and after
the feast speeches were made by Professor
John Storrer of Owosso and M. M. House
mann, editor, and Editor Beno Meuhlen
of this city. The exercises closed this
evening with fireworks.
. Parade at St. Louis.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. I.— Sedan day
was appropriately celebrated by the Ger
mans of this city. All the : German i mil
itary societies of the city and those of ad
jacent towns of Missouri and Illinois united
in the parade to Concordia Park, where
thousands of people had assembled when
the marchers arrived. German and
American flags decked all the houses on
the line of march. •- ■ p 7 '
Addressed by -Judge Rode.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, Sept. I.— German-
American citizens celebrated Sedan day at
the Zoo Gardens to-day. - Judge August P.
Rode, prominent in German-American
circles, delivered an address in German.
His subject was "Die de Deutsche." Mayor
Caldwell was present and upon taking the
stand to make an address was * loudly
cheered and his 'speech was enthusiasti
cally received. • ' " .
THE BATTLE FOUGHT AGAIX.
A Realistic Reproduction of the Conflict
Giren at Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept. I.— The twenty
fifth anniversary of tne battle of Sedan
was celebrated to-day in Ogdens Grove by
the German veterans of that noted en
gagement of the Franco-Prussian War who
reside in this city. The battle being the
event which laid the foundation of the
German Empire as it stands to-day the
celebration was attended by the best ele
ment of the German population.
The exercises at the grove were preceded
by a grand parade made up by local mili
tary and civic societies, there being sixty
societies in line. Peter Hand, the well
known brewer, was grand marshal of the
parade. The military division was in
command of Major George Heinzman and
the civic societies were headed by Fritz
'Augustin. The exercises in the grove were
preceded by : the grouping of -250 young
girls dressed- in colors representing Ger
many and America. ,:*-** r '
The exercises proper were opened by an
address by H. Hochmeister, president of
the festival committee, in which the his
torical significance of Sedan day was ex
plained. He " then introduced Dr. Bopp,
the German Vice-Consul in Chicago.
Dr. Bopp spoke of the German-American
people, the German Veterans and the
Fatherland. He complimented them and
: lauded their loyalty to their chosen coun
try. At the same time he spoke approv
ingly of their tendency to cherish and rev
erence the history, deeds and prowess* of
their German fathers, and the events which
have placed Germany in the front rank
among the nations of the earth, -"'
The next speaker, was Franz Damrosch,
a veteran of the American Rebellion. He
drew a comparison of the veterans of the
American war and those of Germany, and
was enthusiastically applauded.
... The last speaker was Roderick yon Man
stein, president of the German War Vet
erans' Association. He explained the feel
ings which prompted the Veterans' cele
bration of the Sedan day, and hoped the
spirit would survive all those who took
part in the celebration to-day.
After the [ speeches congratulatory tele
grams were read from Richard Machaelis
of the Chicago Frie Presse and four mem
bers of the local association how in Ger
many, who. went there for the purpose of
taking part in the celebration of the anni
versary in Berlin.
The feature of the celebration to-night
was a realistic reproduction of the scenes
of the battle of Sedan with transparencies,
real cannon and rifles and martial music
There were 20,000 people, in the grove and
the celebration was not concluded until
midnight. • ' .•■■■■:•■■'
ARRESTED IX SWITZERLAXD,
Capture of a Man Supposed to Be Em
bezzler Foster.
BERNE, Switzerland;. Sept. I.— man
supposed by some persons to be William
R. Foster, who is wanted in New York .for
falsifying his accounts .to the extent of
$193,000, has been arrested at 7a'. hotel in
Zurich.-
It is not absolutely certain that the pris
oner is the person for whom the police are
looking. The prisoner is 49 years old. He
is six feet tall, has dark hair, and beard
streaked with gray, and is of distinguished
appearance. He was ; accompanied by a
handsome young lady .who passed as his
wife.
The Hon. J. O. Broadhead, the American
Minister,: has informed the Minister of
Justice that a warrant ' has been issued for
the arrest of Foster and the papers in the
case are now on the way from the United
States. The police at Zurich have com
pared photographs of Fester with the pris
oner,- and express some doubt as to the
man in custody being the person wanted. . -
Ravages of the Cholera.
I ST. 7 PETERSBURG; ; Russia, ■ Sept 7 I.—
An official report" that has just been issued
shows that there were 2,025 cases of cholera
and 118 deaths from the 'disease; in the
Government of Volhynia between Jury 11
and August 11. '•"■■• ■;- ■-' •; *- r
Cholera in England;
LONDON, i Esq., 7 Sept.". I.— There 7 has
been a death of .cholera at Grimsby, a sea
port .in Lincolnshire, and ? ' the 7 authorities
have been notified of the existence of an.
other supposed case of the disease. . - -
Count Karolyi Dead.
VIENNA; Austria; - Sept. I.— Count Ga
briel Karolyi, a prominent Radical mem
ber of the lower ,- house of the Reichs rath,
died yesterday from apoplexy. v
WANT CIVIL SERVICE.
Fourth-Class Postmas
ters Organize for
Protection.
— : — ■ - '
CLEVELAND CONSENTS.
Willing to Put Office- Hold ers
in the Classified List
. When Asked.
WILL MEAN A GILEAT WEAPON.
Men Who Control Affairs In Towns
and Hamlets May Hans on
Perpetually.
WASHINGTON, D. C, Sept. I.— A well
equipped and thoroughly organized move
ment, having for its object the placing of
all fourth-class Postmasters in the classi
fied service, is now approaching maturity
in thiscity. '
- On September 2, or as soon thereafter as
possible, a paper will be issued here ex
clusively devoted to advocating extension
of civil service regulations to more . than
70,000 ' Federal office-holders who occupy
minor positions within the gift of the Post
office Department.
Considerable secrecy is thrown around
the first issue of the paper. The names of
those who will be immediately in charge of
its management have not as yet been made
public, but it is understood that the pro
jectors are on friendly terms with the ad
ministration and will be given every op
portunity, so far as higher officials are con
cerned, to establish and attain the" object
of its origin.
There has from time to time to be sug
gestions relative to embracing fourth-class
Postmasters under classified service and
the only reason that has delayed such ac
tion is the fact that those to be effected by
such action have given no indication of their
willingness to have the change made. It
has been the policy of Mr. Cleveland to re
frain from issuing an official order extend
ing the protection of the civil service to
any class of Federal employes until they
have made a formal request to that effect.
This was exemplified in the almost unani
mous movement of the Government Print
ing Office employes asking that they be in
cluded. -
Hence it is held that the President is
only awaiting en expression of desire on
the part of fourth-class Postmasters to re
ceive similar treatment, when an order will
be issued.
The, present movement, if successful,
will be by all odds the most important
victory ever won by the advocates of civil
service, as applied to various branches of
the Government. The number of em
ployes involved is far in excess of those
affected by any order heretofore issued.
As a political weapon fourth-class Post
masters have always been regarded as the
most important placed in the hands of a
party. They extend to every village,
hamlet- and cross-roads in the United
States, and are abie to perform missionary
work that must otherwise remain undone.
Their influence, especially, in remote arid
inaccessible sections of the country, can
hardly be overestimated. -.■•'.") -"■ ;'
--• The fact is accepted without argument
that they will be practically unanimous
in their advocacy of having themselves
protected by classified service. They
will be stimulated by the natural desire to
remain in office, unless removed for cause,
arid it will matter little whether the office
receipts amount to 2 cents or $700.
Local feuds, petty ambitions, the inher
ent desire to retain everything and re
linquish nothing, will urge them to fight
for perpetuity in power, if it can be ob
tained. 9_fl_t9Bmd__ffi&l_H__BS&i
ALLEN KILLED HIMSELF.
Second and Successful At
tempt of a Rich Man
to Die.
Putting, a Bullet In His Head, He
Took Poison In a Hos
pital.
BUFFALO, N. V., Sept. I.— R. T. Allen,
who shot himself on a New York Central
train last Friday while returning ; to his
home in Omaha after a visit to a college in
New Jersey, where he had left his daugh
ter, succeeded in killing himself this even
ing. When he was brought ,to Buffalo he
was taken to the French Hospital, where
he improved so well that the physicians
assured him he would recover.
Allen appeared to have lost all desire to
die, and to-day, he was exceptionally
cheerful, and spent the . afternoon • tell
ing . stories and entertaining the attend
ants, and succeeded in having them relax
their vigilance to such an extent that some
time during the day he contrived to secure
a bottle -of carbolic acid, which had been
left in one of the wards. "
During the hour when the nurses were
at dinner he swallowed the whole contents
of the • bottle. He .was • discovered about
half an hour later, but the dose he had
taken was so large that all attempts to
save him were in vain and he died at 10
o'clock to-night.
His last words were: "This time I've
closed the game for keeps."
Allen was a wealthy business man of
Omaha and there is no known reason why
he should have taken his life. V
SYMPATHY FOR CUBAXB.
Xo Cheek to the Movement for the Island
Emancipation.'
PHILADELPHIA; Pa., 7 Sept. 1.-The
circumstances attending the capture of the
Cuban • filibustering expedition at Perms
Grove, N. J., on Friday afternoon were the
chief subjects of conversation among the
local sympathizers of the revolutionary
i cause in Cuba. ;
While deploring the fate of the expedi
tion, there was an apparent feeling of "ex
ultation among the Cubans about }. the city .
over the mild' manner in which the' United
States, authorities treated the prisoners at
the hearing. They .were all unanimous in
the belief .that a case could not be: made
against the alleged filibusters, because of
the ti fact', that their destination could not
be ? established * unless ? one of i the ' party
should choose to criminate himself and
his comrades. ' -~ '"".'■. ' : ■■*■.'■• -'-^v./'-'^
■• "The intercepting of this expedition will
have no material effect here ron the move
ment going in this country ! looking to the
emancipation', of Cuba," said a prominent
Cuban whose family lives on the disturbed
island/^. "The ' most I that . can « be s done as
far as I can see -, is •to confiscate :■ the .arms
and ammunition' seized. . ;. :■-.*.
'4z- "Aid of some sort or other is going to the
revolutionists every day from the United
States, Mexico '_. and '■'■ South 7 America. < We
have more money than Spain to keep up
the fight, we will get" our .* expedition
through at any risk." ; J-7 ?
Another Cuban said two expeditions had
successfully cleared last month, one from
this ; port and* another from Wilmington.
There were . seventy-five .. men in all, with
500 rifles and half a million rounds of am
munition. He also said the members :of
the Wilmington party would keep in close
touch until another expedition should be
ready to start, and then they would join it.
STOLE * THE CITT WATER.
i Operations ; Conducted in .■■ Chicago by
Means of Blind Pipes. ?.;■■■ «%i
CHICAGO, 111., Sept, Jl.— Ample evi
dence 7of systematic stealing of city water
by means of "blind" pipes has been dis
covered ,in the • Union * Stock Yards. The
beneficiaries have been certain packers and
the investigation, which has only begun,
is expected to disclose wholesale secret
tapping of the mains from the old town of
Lake, in which the stockyards are located.
Subordinate officials of the water depart
ment, acting ■ under secret orders of ?• the
Commissioners of Public Works, arid 7 as
sisted by a gang of workmen, discovered a
six-inch pipe leading from a city main to
one of the big packing-houses, which was
diverting water from the meter. It is esti
mated by the investigators 'that the city
has lost millions of dollars in water reve
nues by reason of the secret appropriation
of water for many years. • The : investiga
tion is hampered by the fact thet there are
no maps of the town of the Lake water sys
tem and it may be necessary to uncover
four miles of mains and trace the pipes to <
stop the leaks. ■'.'*.
MAY CAUSE A DRUG WAR
Wholesalers and Jobbers Are
to Act Upon Important
Trade Problems.
Efforts to Be Made to Break Up
the System of Rebate
Prices.
DENVER, Colo., Sept. . Members of
the Association of Manufacturers and
Wholesale Dealers in Proprietary Articles
and of the National Wholesale Druggists-
Association are arriving to attend the an
nual convention to be held here this week.
The discussion will be exciting and in
teresting, for a serious problem confronts
the members of both associations. A pro
posed plan for the distribution of proprie
tary articles' to the trade is to confine the
sales of manufactures exclusively to job
bers. By this plan it is argued that the
business can be so controlled that no goods
can get into the department stores or cut
price drug shops.
Efforts - will be also made at this con
vention by the wholesale dealers of the
large Eastern cities to break the rebate
price system. Under existing conditions
small wholesalers anywhere in the country
can purchase the proprietary articles at the
same price quoted to the big jobbers
regardless of the amount purchased. The
big houses think that they should have
better prices when they buy in carload lots
than the quotations made to purchasers of
a few gross. Under the present system of
rebates retail druggists can purchase these
goods in large quantities and resell to the
department houses upon commission and
the latter sell at cut prices at a profit. As
men with unlimited capital are here to
enter into this discussion the outcome is
, considered a serious matter and a great
war may be inaugurated.
BALL MAGNATES MEET.
Arrangements Made to Send Players lo
California.
CHICAGO. 111., Sept. I.— A secret meet
ing of five of the leading baseball men of
the Western Baseball League was held at
the Great Northern Hotel this morning.
There were present Ben Johnson, presi
dent; J. H. Manning, manager and cap
tain of the Kansas City team; George E.
Ellis, president of the Grand Rapids team;
Charles Comiskey, manager and captain of
the St. Paul club, and President Killilea of
the Milwaukees.
Each- and every one of the gentlemen
mentioned declared that there was nothing
but casual circumstances brought him
here, but a little questioning brought out
the facts in the case. These are that the
Western League wants to get rid of the
Toledo club, now playing as a representa
tive of Terre Haute, and is anxious to de
vise ways ' aud ' means of ousting Denny
Long and the Ohio president of the league.
The matter was discussed at the meeting
and the sentiment seemed that it would be
best for the league to next season give the
franchise to a' team to be placed 'in Co
lumbus, 0. . Although no . definite con
clusion was reached, ;it- is almost a cer
tainty that the circuit next season will
contain the following places:
Detroit, Minneapolis, Kansas City, St.
Paul, Grand Rapids,- Indianapolis and
Columbus. The league"* as at present
formed comprises all of the clubs named
but the Columbus. It is said that Omaha
may be able to come in. ■;
Comiskey will take his St. Paul team to
California immediately ' after the close of
the Western league season and will ' locate
at Oakland. ..
} - A band of players will also ■be taken to
the coast 'by Jimmy ■ Manning. John : 8.
Barnes, who was manager of the Minne
apolis team early in the . season ; has se
cured leases on all of the principal parks
in Oakland and* Los Angeles, as ' well as
Central Park, San Francisco.
RICHEST REEFS IX THE WORLD.
Expert Smith Marvels at the Wonders of
Colorado Mines. \
CRIPPLE CREEK, Colo., Sept. I.—
Hamilton Smith, the London mining ex
pert, after visiting ten of the best mines of
the camp, has been so impressed with the
camp that he has decided to prolong his
stay several days. *
"The formation and conditions," said
he, "are so radically different in this camp
from : anything _I > have ever . seen : ' before
that I am greatly interested to study the
district with, more .; detailed investigation
than I had previously planned. It is hard
to . make a comparison 7 with '. the 7 South
Africa gold fields, because- the sections are
so unlike. In Africa all ■ our ores are low
grade; and the "immense tonnage is what
we rely on. _ Here , you have very high
grade mineral and a small tonnage. "I will
say; however, that I know of |no gold field
in the world where there are so many reefs
of rich ore. 7, I have seen very high* grade
ore iin different ';■ portions of . the * world,
i equally as rich; as ■ any produced here, but
it was always confined to a small section
and not distributed over -such a wide ex
tent of territory. v ".-■ ; *
'•I have ' not '. been ' here long enough 'to
forma definite opinion of ; Cripple Creek's
future, but : before i I -■ leave will ■-, come to a
conclusion. ;; It . certainly is a * great camp.
The i output ]of "a; few of your i big mines
proves that, and a district only a few years
old which is adding to the world's wealth
at the . rate 'of a million a \ month ' is a
wonder." , : • '*„ .': :.
Suicide of a : Boy,
v CHICAGO, 7 III;; ; Sept. I.— Albert J Mc-
Donald of - 1107 Wilcox ( avenue, a 14-year
old boy, committed •• suicide this afternoon
by shooting himself 7 in the 'head.*.? He had
been despondent ever I since i the death of
his father, a year ago, and this was the
cause of bus rash act of to-day.
REFITTED THE YACHT.
Now the Great Defender
Is in Good Racing
Condition.
THE HULL VERY SMOOTH.
... ,
Thousands at Erie Basin to See
the Lines of the Fast
Boat.
READY FOR THE CUP RACES.
There Are No Signs of Injury From
the Groundings at Host Island
and Newport.
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. 1.-The De
fender attracted thousands of people to
Erie Basin, where she was drydocked this
morning to have her bronze hull - put in
shape for the coming contest with Val
kyrie 111 for the blue . ribbon of the sea.
Under the supervision of Dockmaster Mc-
Givney the yacht was taken in the dock
before 6a. m. The pumps were set at work,
and at 9 o'clock the hull was dry. Captain
Haff and a small portion of his crew were
at New Rochelle. ■ They • arrived later, and
the canvas-clad sailors set at work rubbing
down the hull. The manganese bronze
underbody was in very good condition, but
the men worked at it all day, polishing the
metal with sandpaper and filing down
bolt heads until it presented a perfectly
smooth surface and shone in the sunlight
like burnished gold.
The upper part of the hull, which is
made of aluminum, was rubbed down and
given a coat o_v, white enamel paint. . In
stead of being a dead white the paint has
a decidedly bluish tinge. While this was
going on below other men were busy on
deck. The gooseneck was strengthened by
riveting a flat plate to it so that the great
strain on the strap that attaches the boom
to the mast will be amply met. Wooden
crfps were made and fitted into the outer
ends of the new boom and gaff. These
spars are hollow steel tubes, tapering from
center to ends, and are made of steel plates
three-sixteenths of an inch in thickness,
riveted together as a boiler is made. The
boom is 106 feet long, and has a diameter of
about sixteen inches in the center and
eight inches at the ends. It has no flanges
inside or outside. The spars wokred well
yesterday,. and practically do not buckle
at all. .77.77^ -" :'.'
The boom does not seem to be half as
heavy as the lighter one of the two which
Dunraven's boat has used. As hollow steel
booms were first used in England and the
fact that the Valkyrie was to have one was
kept secret until almost the last moment,
the yankee ingenuity which has taken up
the English idea has vastly improved up
on it in time to fit the Defender with both
boom and gaff far superior to Valkyrie's,
is to be commended. To Nat Herreshoff
is due the credit.
There is absolutely no signs of injury, to
the hull from the various groundings the
Defender had at Hog Island and Newport.
Aside from the work on the new boom and
gaff, and rubbing down and painting the
hull, there was nothing done to the boat
to-day.
Crowds swarmed the dock and watched
the crew fitting the craft for next Satur
day's race. Early to-morrow morning the
Defender will leave the dock and go to
Sandy Hook for a spin.
"' The Valkyrie remained at the dock close
to the Defender all night, as the storm
prevented her from being towed to the
Horseshoe yesterday afternoon. At 8:30
a. m. she was towed ont to the , basin ; and
across the bay , to ah anchorage off Staple
ton. For once the custom .of giving the
British crew a rest on Sunday was broken.
At 11:40 a. m. the mainsail was hoisted,* jib
and staysail shaken out and the Valkyrie
sailed down past Quarantine, but through
the Narrows, and with a light westerly
wind reached down the lower bay. At
1:30 the Valkyrie anchored in the Horse
shoe. ■""'. "~ ' : -
LABOR AXD AXARCHISM.
J. Kier Hardie of England Delivered a
Speech in Chicago.
CHICAGO, 111., Sept I.— J. Kier Hardie
delivered a brief address at the fortnigbtly
meeting of the Chicago Labor Congress this
afternoon. The relation of the indepen
dent labor party to anarchism, he de
clared, is one of open hostility. Anarch
ism represents no government, but tne
labor advocates believe in making use of
existing forces of government, both na
tional and local, to accomplish the better
ment of their condition. He was opposed
to revolution because men who would not
take the trouble to vote could not be
counted upon to fight; but even if they
fought ana were successful they would not
be capable of carrying out the new organ
ization of industrial enterprises and there
would be a return to the. old. conditions.
The prospects for socialism appeared more
favorable in this country than in Europe,
because there is a larger suffrage, no her
editary aristocracy, and a better system of
electing the National Government. The
first step must be in - the organization of
the trades unions, and if workingmen were
unable to do this, they could not hope : to
carry out the greater reforms which social
ism would bring about.
Mr. Hardie ; and John Quiriton will
speak to-morrow night at the Auditorium.
Kidnaped a Chorus Girl.
ST. LOUIS, Mo., Sept. 1. — Manager
Bowles of the Edwin Foy "Little Robinson
Crusoe Company," laid a startling story be
fore the police to-night. He said that at
the close of the piece at the Olympic
Theater to-night, two men appeared at the
stage door and asked : for Ethel : Yorke, a
chorus girl. She went to . see them, when
they said they were police officers and came
to arrest j her. v She was placed in a hack
and taken away; Inquiry at all the police
stations shows she was not arrested. The
company left immediately for Indianapolis
without Miss Yorke and the police are
searchiug for the kidnapers.
Grand Central Pete Kipped.
CHICAGO, 111., ; Sept. 7 I.— Peter Lake,
Cool Breezes
Will not restore vitality and vigor when
the blood is in a depleted condition. Hood's
Sarsaparilla does this promptly and surely.
It purifies the blood, creates an appetite,
gives strength and elasticity to the j mus-
cles and tones the nervous system. / '
Hood's Sarsaparilla
Is, the one true blood purifier prominently
in the public eye. : $1 ; six for $5. Sold ' by
j all druggists. 7 7* "44 Be sure to get Hood's:
Hk'^'j.r n:il_,' the after-dinner pill and
"P9"_ S PIUS lamfiy c»tha;tic MC.
one of the . old-time American confidence
'men; is under arrest here. ■ Lake is known
to the police 7of the country as "Grand
Central Pete," from the fact that he made
the Grand Central depot in New York City
his field of operation for over twenty years.
He has virtually retired from * the busi
ness, and, although * he is said to have
made $200,000 by his wits, he is now poor.
He has bee through the West, and to those
! whom he selects for victims he represents
himself as owner of large Cripple Creek
mining interests.
■♦
INTRUDERS' IMPS O TS.
An Extra Session of the Cherokee -Legis
lature Called.
TAHLEQUAH, Ind. T., Sept. 1.-A
considerable surprise was created here
yesterday when Chief t Harris. issued hia
proclamation calling the Cherokee Legis
lature to meet in extra session on Septem
ber 11 next. No one was expecting an
extra session. '
The proclamation does not specify what
the extra session was called for. It is un
derstood it is to make disposition by sale
or otherwise of the 173 intruders' improve
ments made by non-citizens of that na
tion. It is .. understood that Harris re
ceived yesterday some instructions from,
the Secretary of the Interior as to what
course to pursue in disposing of the im
provement of the intruders, who will be
removed at once' by the United States
Government, as per previous arrangement.
Matters have assumed such an aspect as to
cause an uneasiness among many intruders
throughout the Indian country.
ONE OF THE FLOORS FELL.
Several Firemen Injured Dur
ing the Big Blaze at
Buffalo.
The Destroyed Academy of Music
V .-. Was a Noted Historic Play-
House.
BUFFALO, N.Y., Sept. I.— The Acad
emy of Music, which was gutted by a
fierce fire early this morning was Buffalo's
historic playhouse. Besides the the 'Acad
emy property the liquor store of P. C.
Millet, the saloon of Jacob Fried, the fur
and hat store of G. W. Comstock and the
variety store of William Vaughn Company,
all in the Academy of Music building, are
damaged. The fire started in the variety
store of the William Vaughn Company at
2a. M. and gave the firemen a fierce fight.
At about 3 o'clock one *of the floors of
the Academy building fell with a crash
and the flying glass and timbers injured
several firemen. Those who required
treatment at the hospitals are: William
Hart, struck on the head by flying glass,
serious; A. G. Stewart, injured in the
chest and arms; Simon O'Donnell, badly
cut by glass and timbers; A. Rock, hand
cut, arm fractured.
*• A rough estimate of the total damage to
buildings and contents is placed at from
$250,000 to $300,000. At 4:15 A. M. the fire
was practically extinguished.
The Academy of Music was 1 originally
erected in 1852 by Henry L. Meech, who
died in 1870. On his death he was suc
ceeded by his sons, Henry L.' and John H.,
both natives of Albany. They* brought
out several .celebrities, among them Joe
Emmet. In 1875-76 the house was leased
to Abbey and Schoeffel of New York, who
did not succeed, however, and the manage
ment of the theater was again resumed by
the Meech brothers. '.'.
On Friday, October 5, 1894, the academy
was *• sold ; under -foreclosure | for $202,000.
The property was ' bought ;by a' syndicate,
which included the Bank of Commerce,
the German- American Bank.and the Bank
; of Syracuse, Syracuse, N. Y. -, ; 7 7v 7
Troops Sent to tha Mines.
HOUGHTON, Mich., Sept. I.— By orders
from Governor Rich the Fifth Regiment
State troops will concentrate at Ishpeming
early tomorrow mornine. Two compa
nies of infantry -left Houghton to-night.
The Fifth Regiment is already en route
from Ironwooa, and three companies from
the lower peninsula have been ordered to
report at the earliest possible moment. In
all 300 men, fully armed and equipped,
wiU be on hand to protect the men who
will start the steam-hovels to-morrow.
E. M. Carnegie Back From Europe.
NEW YORK, N. V., Sept. I.— E.M. Car
negie and family of Pittsburg, Pa. , arrived
in this city to-day from Europe on the
French steamship La Bourgogne and aire
stopping at the Waldorf. ~
Science
In medicine has reached its highest
point in the wonderful discovery ol
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Which are always effective in ear*
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tone up the disordered stomach and
liver and cleanse and effectually
restore the system to its normal con-
dition.* For sale everywhere,
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Take no substitute.
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A LADIES' GRILL II
Has been established in tlie Palace Hotel
ON ACCOUNT : OF REPEATED DEMANDS
made on the management. It takes the piaca
Of the city restaurant, with * direct entrance from
Market at. Ladies shopping will find this a most
desirable place to lunch. Prompt service and mod-
erate charges, such as have given the gentlemen -,
Grillroom an International reputation, win prevai
in this new department.
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