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THE MONITOR FLEET.
Petersburg Will Make an Effort to Have II
Transferred to City Point

Petersburg Will Make an Effort to Have II
Transferred to City Point
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
RICHMOND, July 13.-1t 10 understood that a
lively effort is being made or will soon be made
on the part Of Petersburg to have the monitor
feet taken back to City Point. The feet is
said to be slightly aground now, and this fact is
being used as an argument against Richmond,
but members Of the James river improvement
committee said today that the sand could be
removed easily and that there was no good
reason why the Richmond harbor should be
abandoned.
Commander Felix McCurley, who came here
with the monitors, was an enthusiastic advo-
cate for Richmond a. against City Point during
his entire stay here McCurley talked Richmond
on all occasions, and when Gen. Malone made
an effort to have the feet removed to the old
harbor succeeded in persuading the department
that Richmond was the better place of the
two.
1t ia understood that Commander Graham is
not strong adv ocate OF Richmond although he
has been as kindly treated socially rs McCur-
ley was. 1t is believed the chamber of COM
norce, which is live and thoroughly repre-
sentative body, will take the question
show any decided strength. Commander Nc
Curley gavo the whole of Richmond an
invitation to visit the monitor every day in the
year if the people choose and he was lavish in
his hospitality. Commander Graham's policy
is different about the public visiting the feet,
but tho citizens have accepted his regu-
lations az all right, and have made
could be true that the commander should have
any objection to this city as place Of resi-
dence. The few who have met him have been
much charmed with his society.
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Success Of the Berdan Fuse Trial.

The commanding officer Of the proving
grounds at Sandy HOOK has sent a report 70 the
chief Of ordnance Of the army az to the result
of the trials recently made by him of the me-
chanical fuse invented by Gen. Berdan. Tho
principle Of the fuse il such ne 70 utilize the
rotary motion Of the shell when passing
through the air 90 as to cause the shell 10 ex-
plode when II has made the number Of revo-
buttons at which the fuse had been set. Tho
mechanism IL ingenious and very simple. With
one screw and one small wheel the motion OF
the shell ID reduced 200 turns ~ one Of she
index wheel by an arrangement Of compound
endless screws. The tendency OF the shell 60
turn the entire fuse around bodily with the
shell Ia counteracted by n weight.
The object Of this trial was 10 determine
whether or not this device would operate
under the shock IN firing and rapid rotation.
Two shots were fired from an eight-inch gun
into butt of sand at distance of 500 feet.
The shells we're recovered and when taken
apart 1t was found that the fuse registered, 40
near as they could determine, with the play in
the screws just fifty turns, which was the re-
CURED distance, the pitch Of the rifing bcins
one turn in thirty feet.
The principle of the fuse was thus estsb-
lished, and the chief of ordnance will ask the
board of ordnance and Notifications to grant
an additional allotment for trials TO perfect de-
tails.
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SEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT,
The Democratic Convention to He Held al
Port Tobacco Wednesday.

The Democratic Convention to He Held at
Port Tobacco Wednesday.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, July 13.-The democratic con-
vention to nominatea candidate for chief Judge
Of the seventh judicial circuit will meet at Port
Tobacco, Charles county, at 2 o'clock Wednes-
day afternoon. The nomination Of thcincum-
bent judge, John p Briscoe of Calvert
county, seems TO be foregone conclu-
sion. His only opponent for the nomination
is c. C. Magruder of Prince Georges county.
Mr.. Magruder has the four votes of his own
county and Briscoe will probably have all the
others-Calvert, Charles and St. Mary's. There
are thirteen votes in the convention and seven
are necessary to a choice. If Briscoe secures
the delegations from the three last named
counties he will have nine votes in the con-
vention or two more than he needs to nomi-
nate him.
The fight will not be carried beyond the
primaries. and if the sentiment ia for Briscoe
his nomination will be made unanimous. The
republicans have already nominated Col. L..
Allison Wilmer of Charles county. Wilmer and
Briscoe are two Of the strongest and
most available men in the circuit
and the fight will be closely
contested one. The counties composing are
oftcner republican than democratic, and for
this reason Wilmer has big advantage, but
the democrats will use all possible means to
beat him.
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Three Years for MansIauyhter.

In the Criminal Court today Joshua Selvey
was sentenced by Judge Bradley to the Albany
penitentiary for three years, having with
drawn a plea Of not guilty Of murder and
plead guilty of menslaughter. selvey was
charg ed with murder in having caused the
death of Andrew Smith April 2. 1880, by strik-
ing him in the head with a stone on March 20
at 4th and y streets northwest
MIR. Cole, the district attorney stated that the
prisoner proposed to plead guilty to man.
slaughter, and from an exam ination of the ca sc
if it went before the jury. lac would not ask
conviction of the higher offense
Mr.. 1. c. Taylor said the case was not one of
more than manslaughter and there was no in
tention to kill. He submitted that in view of
all the circumstances aud the fact that Selvey
had been sixteen months in jail the court
should be as lenient as possible.
Judge Bradley thereupon imposed sentence
OF three years in the Albany penisentiary.
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What the London "Times" Has to Say
the Columbian Exposition.

What the London "Times" Has to Say of
the Columbian Exposition.
LONDON, July 13.-The Times today in a long
article on the worlds fair reviews the growth
and importance Of Chicago and says that it
is not doubted that the exhibition will in many
respects surpass oil exhibitions previously held.
Concerning the advantages to English ex-
hibitors the Times says that while it is not
doubted that no advantage can accrue to some
traders, il must be remembered that the exhi-
bition is likely to attract visitors from many
countries. including China, japan. South
America and Australia and from many markets
in which American and English manufacturers
are now or soon may be III competi-
ton, while even In America itself the perhaps
only temporary existence of high import duties
NAV not induce the Weather portions Of the
community to deny themselves the luxury of
English manufacturers in those departments
in which England stands without rival. The
more they see the wares England can produce
the more certain they are to become impatient
at the system which loads these wares with
almost prohibitory duties.
The Times enumerates the disadvantages
arising from the distance of Chicago from
England, the high cost OF labor in the United
States and from the alien labor act but il saws
n NAV at least be hopefully remembered that
the government has supreme control of the
exhibition and that there will be. there
fore, ample power and willingness to
set aside for time ali mpediments
which might threaten to diminish tie success
of the far. The enormous resources Of the
United States will be freely used to support
what has now become national enterprise
The result can hardly fail to be Commensurate
with the magnitude Of the means which will be
employed.
II it be decided that the roya! commission to
represent Great Britain at the worlds fair will
be composed of the councI. of the Society of
Arts, which carries with it the prestige o. hav-
ing the Prince Of Wales as it president and Sir
Richard Webster, the attorney general, as its
chairman. The council contains many mem
bers who are well qualified to insure a success
frl issue. The appointment OF the council as
a commission also implies that Sir Henry Wood
will be its secretary.
The council is fuctue.iIg body. some Of its
members retiring annually when others are
elected to nil the vacancies caused by their re-
tirement-
The royal commission has received q grant
of Sl25, COO. which is less in amount than any
previous grant made for a similar purpose
The Willingness Of the council to accept this
s.pall sum is due 10 the experience gained at
the Paris exposition, for which the government
made no grant
The council is confident Of having sufficient
funds to insure the success of the British ex-
hibit.
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A THOUSAND TO Co
That Number To Re Discharged Frosn On
Census once on August I.

That Number To Re Discharged Frosn the
Census once on August 4.
One Of the heaviest dismissals Of clerks that
has ever taken place in the government en-.
ploy is scheduled for August 1. At that time
1000 clerks will be discharged and ten days
later three OF four hundred more will be 70,
leased from the government service. Ths
force Of the census Office will be somewhat
attenuated rs compared with what il was, bee
there viii still be left quite a respectable force,
After She time mentioned there viii be some
400 clerks in the population division, IN
IN the division Of farms and
mortgages aud 800 IN the other divisions, max.
ing total of 800 clerks. The highest number
employed In the census office has been about
$500. but SINCE June last the force has been
reduced from time TO time. Supofintendeus
Porter states thRt about Sc. 900 900 cards hsvo
been punched and are ready for use in the tab
ulating machines. There come IL. 600 coo
yet 10 be done and at the daily rate, which -
about $4,000 cards, IL is expected that the work
Will be completed by the time the cyclone az itls
termed, strikes the Office. In addition 70 The
discharges which have been made and which
are mainly confined TO the three months foros
there has been a general reduction OF salaries.
80 that those Who are exempted from sitting in
the chair OF the elecfrocutionist have under-
gone a process almost as painful in the loss Of o
certain proportion of their monthly pay. Tha
reduction has followed along the line Of the
various grades. and $500 clerks have been re-
duced TO S720 and so on down the grades.
There are but few high salAried clerks left in
the census Office.
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LOOKING TO THE UNITED STATES.
France and Europe Generally Have Less
Wheat Than Their Actual Need.

France and Europe Generally Have Less
Wheat Than Their Actual Need.
"A report on the harvest prospects in France
and Europe has been received at the State De-
partment from Commercial Agent Griffin
OF Limoges, France. The National Mill
ers Association Of France. the report
says, has Just issued an estimate
founded on very carefully collected data Of
the probable wheat harvest Of France and
Europe for 1891. In order to NEE. the demand
OF France until the harvest is gathered in 1897
IL Is necessary to see how much wheat was
yielded by the crops of 1890 and the quantity
imported.
The official figures Of the Yields for 1880 given
by the minister of agriculture. are lla 436. s27
nectotiters. There is a monthly consumption
OF 1000 600 hectoliters recurring for a
years supply los. 0oO. 900 hectoliters: about
io,ooo,ooo hectoliters are used for
seed; so that the present average need of wheat
in France per annum is rs. 600 600 hectoliters.
MS year there must be added 70 this amount
oooo,O GOO hectoliters which is REQUIRED for re-
sowing where the grain has been frozen or in
lured; making total for this year Of l2s ooo, 900
The estimated yield Of wheat for 1891 will be
s2..IsOoo hectoliters. This is the maximum
estimate. II will be 81 per cent less than the
harvest Of 1890.
hnss'a, Tunis, Egypt Roumania and some
OF the Danublan provinces will have a fair
harvest In Hungary it will be below the
average this year.
The estimates given by the millers, the re-
port says are optimistic. The desire to create
an impression that there is a better supply than
real y exists Is all done with a purpose: thew
want 70 buy grain as cheaply as possible in
tpose fortunate countries that have an abund-
ance to export.
In 1890 Il, 6s7, 7S7 acrec were sown with whea,
and the average yield was 1877 hectoliters per
acre; 1900, 600 hcctoliters were used for seed
making not quite eight bushels for fifteen
bushels.
In conclusion the report says not only
France. but all Europe is looking longingly
to the wheat fields of the United States
Last year many hoped that South
America would help supply the dc.
felt, especially the Argentine Republic
but today no mention is made of those coun.
tries; all hope is built upon our united States
harvest The fact, as recently stated. is that tho
bread OF Europe must come from America.
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BACH On Saturday. July n. ls9i, at her late
w., ,ae,se, %, street hor1h"eS DELLA, beloved
Funeral 90 TUESDAY. the 1sth instant, at D. IL In-
terInent strictly private.
hS ,. % beloved dausher Of Joanna and the late
Daniel browh OF hometown. ID Z.
Funeral Tuesday Inprnins. July Ia. from her
Requiem Trinity Church at 10 O'Clock
CLARK. Go. c. CLARK. July Is. 1881, An the
Funeral from the resistance Of ms brother in-lax,
Wednesday al PM Friends aud relatives invited 90
FARRELL. Departed this life on Sunday. July ~,
lS.l, AZ 4 a. a.m;. THOMAS fARhELI. in tlss
Funeral from his zrandniother's residence. No 20
Sask son street nSrthsast on Tuesday, JuIy IA at
o'clock m Friends and relatives Of the family rs-
=, HUGHES On Monday. July -, ls,l, q consump-
HU6HEs. AGED thirty i've Years isioy.a .an ~
Robt Eli and kuth Miimoth Hughes Of Bardsiown.
please copy.l
KheHhS beloved husband q a.e s keitesen:
sS lss. y ssrsS stser n Saa P 1
AS e ssSSqsdsf h' Ik wi: 81 q SsloI.
FUNERAL from her son1n-aw's. 1918 Z stree, south.
Church Friends and Relatives sns.ss to st.
MAY 81 gas 4lseI Ct e es...as
Funeral from residence, 1424 street northwest. at
9:1U IN Tuesday. l4th instant. Requiem mass at
81. Matthews Church at 10 O'Clock.
ss Son 81 Is ai. si,sr H ssf
Auna d. Merwin.
PAYNE. On July 10. 1891. at $50 O'Clock a m.
MARY APAiNE, beloved mother Of William B-ckssts
IN ne year OF her aee on Nichols sveS
Funeral Will take place from Metropolitan A. NJ x.
streets, on Tuesday afternoon O'Clock Eeistives
and friends are invited TO attend
PERKINS. Near Hyattsville, Nd, SATURDAY. july
aaal lss. o. 2. 10 c. fades Louise in,.sf
and seven days.
Deaths cruel dart has pierced cur hesr,s
And bowed US down with gri.f.
Our darling baby seeIs.
Shall more our baby see
While earth relnalA
Well give her up and
Can IL he that We shall meet ssafu.
BY HkR MOTHER
The funeral VIII take place from her parents, res.
dence Tuesday, July IA. at 2 O'Clock pm. FrienAa
and relatives are invited TO attend.
sMITH l.; On SATURDAY. July IL. 1891. at 10 D. M,
smith. nee Cronin, aged four yezrs.
fynersl from his parents' ressdence. 3l3 II aress
tise. and rnds ". !qs L. :, Oss hs.
baltimore papers please copy
STEELE. On sunday, July n 1All. n ,xsa m.
FREDERlcK ALExANDER. infant son of Paul 4.
and Kate Y. Steele.
Funeral private.
a. TYLER. sunday. July. u. 1901. OF 30 p.m.. N
the eighty second year Of her are. NARY AM widow
Of the late Thompson User Of Akxandris. Va
rs.id.nce Of her scn-n Jaw csaries " Stern. eS
Thirteen and shah strest southwest Iutermens N
Alexandria Relatives and frisnds invited
-s. !. II her re %SSs:1 kc u a2lf 81. FLA
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
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Name.
Washington Stock Exchanre.

Sales-Regular can-l9 o'clock m: Capitol and
North Street Railroad Rights, 5000 at IoO4
100 bid. = asked: .. 3. avs, 1871, coupon, loo
bid, - asked Y. 5. Is, registered, 1891, 1863.
bid; lis asked U. S. Is, 1901, coupon. 11d'1 bid,
District Of Columbia Bonds-Market stock, Is, 1922.
currency, l0l bid. 4Nyear fund, s. 1899, gold, 100
bid, asked. so-year fund.- IS, 1899, gold, IO5s bid
Water stock, - 1901, currency, l24 bid 135 asked.
3o-year fund. %, gold, 1902, ZIG bid, - asked
Water stock IS currency, 1908, 12s bid, l36 asked
BIO ,
town Railroad, 1910, %. lo3 bid, 1 asked. Wash
ington and Georgetown Railroad Convertible Is.
1873 bid, 140 asked. Masonic Hall Association.
IS, 1905, los bid, l0s asked. Washington MarI ct
Company. LIST mortgage q, bid, - asked. Wash
ington Market Company imp. 6s. ia bid, I21 asked
= asked. Washington Light Infantry list mortgage,
Is, 1904, % bid, = asked Washington Light In
fantry I'd. 70. 1904, IS bid, 1e4 asked Washington
Gas Light Company, series A, 6s, 1851 bid, -
asked. Washington Gas Light Company, series
b, 6s, 1861 bid. = asked. Washington Gas Com
p aa . SonysrtOe g. ~ bid asked Eckns-
National Bank Stocks-Bank of Washington. 435
bid, Soy asked Bank Of Republic, $40 bid. asked.
second. iss bid, ~ asked. Farmers and Me-
chanics'. $50 bid. - asked. Citizens. 40 bid.
lss asked Columbia, Isl bid, 100 asked. Caps
1854 asked. traders, lisx bid. Iso asiei Lincoln,
~ bid. l03h asked.
Railroad ssocks-wasningson and Georgetown,
Columbia, q bid, q asked. Capitol and North o
Street, IS bid, ~ asked. Capitol and North Street
Rights, 1O0K bid, 101 asked. lexington aud
Soldiers Home, IS bid, - asked. Georgetown and
Tenleytown, IS bid. 64k asked.
insurance stocks-tlremen 5 - bid. 90 asked.
Franklin, 55 bid, 81 asked Metropolitan, 81 bid,
asked. National Union, 1s bid, 70 asked Airing
ton, - bid, - asked Corcoran, g bid, - asked.
Columbia, 15L bid, 16s. asked Gsrman-American,
ISo bid. = asked. Potomac, 80 bid, 100 asked.
Riggs TX bid, asked Peoples, s bid, -
asked lincoln, bad. - asked Commercial, 4
bid. - asked.
Title Insurance Stocn-Reai Estate Title, 1a6
bid, - asked. Columbia Title, 6 bid, 6}< asked
Gas aud Electric Light Stocks-W arlington Gas
4Sx bid. ~ asked Georgetown Cas- Is bud. U. 5.
Electric Light, LIS bid, 10 asked.
Telephone StockS-Pennsyfvania -bid, asked.
Chesapeake and Potomac. az bid, Is asked Amer
lean Graphophone, AZ bid, asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks-W ashington Market Com.
pany, 10 bid, 81 asked. Great Falls Ice Company
is5 bid lis asked. Bull Run Panorama Com
pany, is bid, rs asked. Pneumatic Gun Car.
Rage, Il bid. asked Ivy City Brick Company,
sly bid.
Safe Deposit Company, 11a bid, - asked WASH
ington Loan and Trust Company, IS bid, 81
asked American Security and Trust Company,
" Uaos - oAS<s
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THE SIGNAL MAN FORGOT:
In Consequence There Was a Rear Collision
in Paris Railway Station.

In Paris Railway Station.
PARIS, July ia most serious accident hap
pened yesterday evening TO the club or special
train, running between Calais and Paris in con-
nection with the club train service between
London and Calais. The club train came into
collision with an express train from Lille
Both trains were entering the Gard Du Nord
(northern railroad station) when the club train
dashed into the rear of the Lille train, causing
q terrific shock to both. The conductors
caboose and second-class carriage Of the Lille
express were wrecked and another car Of the
same train was much damaged.
All the passengers on board the club train
escaped without injuries, but two passengers
and the conductor and q brakeman of the ex-
press were seriously hurt. Ten other passen-
gers were extricated from the debris Of the
wrecked train, all suffering from shock and
from Commissions. Those who were most
severely injured were tdken to the nearest
hospital.
Madame Regnier, one Of the Lille passengers.
who was among those who were most seriously
injured, has since died in the hospital. The
cause OF the accident, unlike nine out of ten
railroad accidents, seems 10 be without nys-
terry. The signal man admits that he omitted
to signal the club train to stop, as he had be-
come confused at the number Of trains running
In and out Of the Gard Du Nord.
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A SGCSrURA BrrTIRS. INDORsED BY PLY
n sscians aaa cas-..ss for purity and wholssonts-
Or ,. g. B. snGLkT 4 sO.sS, sole manufac-
soeEs- "a. " s.--yk
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BAR HARBoR, Me-, July 13.-The Associated
Press correspondent couversed with Secretary
Blaine for q few minutes this morning. He said
Il am as well as usual today. The sensa-
tional reports about my health sent to the press
all over the country are lies. I am not sick man
They have magnifed slight illness into some
thing very serious.
II am taking no medicine whatever. I 60 out
every day and often twice . day. have
good appetite, eat whatever I desire,
rise at o'clock and retire at 10 or lin short.
live in my usual manner. There 10 nothing
moro to say"
Mr.. Blaine spoke in his accustomed quick,
unhesitating manner, his voice showing no
trace Of weakness
he took a long ride this morning in an open
carriage through the principal streets and
some distance into the country.
He gets in and out Of the carriage without
assistance sits erect recognize acquaintanees
as in former years and does not
seem fatigued by riding. The reports that Mr..
blaine Is mentally unsound are utterly false
and absurd.
Emmons Blaine said this morning:
MY father is constantly improving. We no
longer consider him sick man"
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CONGREGATIONAL COUNCIL,
Breakfast Given TO the American and I'll
British Colonial Delegates in London.

Breakfast Given TO the American and the
British Colonial Delegates in London.
LONDON. July 13.-At the breakfast given to-
day at the Holborn restaurant in honor of the
United States and British colonial delegates to
the international congregational council. which
formally opens here tomorrow Mr.. Alfred
Illirgworth member Of parliament for West
Bradford. presided. Mr.. Illingworth in well
coming the delegates said that the liberals
we're pledged to disestablish the Welsh and
Scotch churches, after which the English
church would be attacked on all sides. The
speaker declared that the arstocracy was the
chief buttress of the established churches, not
5 per cent Of the wage workers being COMMUNE
cants.
The council at today's meeting will elect
committees and officers, and afterward attend
a reception rendered them by the Congrega-
tional Union of England and Wales. The coun-
Gil consists Of about 800 representatives, Of
whom about 100 come from the United States.
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The Rock Creek Park Case.

In the Court in General Term today an order
was made limiting the time for filing objections
to the instructions to the Rock Creek Park ap-
praisers given on Saturday to August 1. Mr..
Lambert stated that the counsel for the prop
erty owners had just received the printed
copies of the instructions. Speaking for his
clients he said that they objected to some por-
tons of the instructions. but he had not had
time to put the objections in shape, and he
asked what time would be given. After some
discussion the court said that al order would
be signed limiting the time to August ], but
with a proviso that it shall not interfere with
the work of the appraisers
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Arrested for Perjury.

Saturday night Lawyer James Coleman
drove TO the house of Justice O'Neal
and swore out warrant against a col
ored man named Washington charging him
With having committed perjury. The warrant
charged that the perjury was committed in q
certain information against Catherine Miles,
alias Widdicombe, but did not set out what the
alleged perjury was nor was the warrant backed
with the persons who were to be used wit
nesses against Washington.
The warrant was placed in the hands of the
police and Washington was arrested
Soon after his arrest he was released on 800
bail.
This morning the case was taken TO the Po-
lice Court and the prosecuting officer had /,
continued until Saturday.