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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
THE LATE VIM. ID. Mccoy.

He 10 the Fourth Minister to Liberia Who
Has Died at Monrovia.
Mr.. VIM. D. Mccoy Of Indiana, news Of whose
death has just been received, is the fourth
United States minister to Liberia that has died
at Monrovis during the past twelve years. The
other three were the Rev. Henry Highland
Garnet Of New York. the Rev. Moses Aaron
Hopkins Of North Carolina and the Rev. Alex
ander Clark Of Iowa, all Afro-Americans Of
mixed blood.
President Cleveland appointed Charles II. J..
Taylor Of Kansas minister resident to Liberia.
He remained in the country but q few months
and then resigned. Cleveland then appointed
the Rev. Moses Aaron Hopkins Of North Caro-
lima. who died soon after reaching Monrovia.
The President then appointed the Rev. E. E.
Smith Of North Carolina, who held the post
until President Harrison recalled him and
appointed the Rev. Alexander Clark. who died
in few months and was succeeded by Mr..
Mccoy. At the time OF his death Minister
Mccoy was making preparations to return to
the United States. and wrote friends in New
York that he hoped to leave Liberia early in
July
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
Court of Claims Decisions,

number of opinions were announced in the
Court Of Claims yesterday, and the court sd-
journed until the 10th Of next October. Among
the opinions hapded down was one in favor OF
James A. Briggs of Kentucky, administrator Of
c. NJ. Briggs. for SIS, ,l04, for cotton seized by
the United States government during the war
OF the rebellion.
Another was also rendered in favor OF the
old corporation of the Bank Of Virginia, now
represented by W. B. Isaacs, W. G. Taylor and
John C. Williams, for sl6, ,9s7 in gold. This
was part of Sl77, 30 in gold captured at
the end of the war by the Union army on the
fall of Richmond, Va. The sum Of SI46, ,029 80
belonged to the confederate states, and was
confiscated, but the amount owned by the Bank
of Virginia is now. by the decision of the Court
of Claims, returned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
A MEDAL OF HONOR
Presented to Capt. Lawton for Disting guished
Services at Atlanta, Ga.

Presented to Capt. Lawton for Distinguished
Services at Atlanta, Ga.
Secretary Lamont today presented . medal
Of honor to n. W. Lawton, late captain and
lieutenant colonel thirtieth Indiana volunteers
and now lieutenant colonel and inspector gen.
eral, United States army, "for distinguished
galantry in the battle at Atlanta, Ga. August 8,
1854. The circumstances for which Col Lawton
is thus publicly commended occurred during
the Atlanta campaign, and in front Of Atlanta,
Ga, when Capt. Lawton Of the thirtieth In
diana volunteers, commanded by Col o. D.
Hurd, greatly distinguished himself by the ex-
hibition Of unusual courage and good judg-
ment. During this campaign the thirtieth In
diana served in the third brigade. frst division,
fourth army corps. and on the Sd Of August. 1864,
Capt Lawton was brigade officer OF the day.
On the afternoon Of that day the skirmish line
was reinforced and an advance was ordered
along the whole line (nearly three-fourths Of a
mile) Tor the purpose Of dislodging the
enemy from their rife pits. This move
two brigades OF the division, the third being in
the center. Capt Lawton was in command Of
his line OF the brigade and conducted and led
Its advance. According to official reports the
advance was most gallantly made, few shots
being fired until the rife pits were almost
""u 'no ouoiny uao ohoAon sAu
were fleeing. The rife pits were
taken and two commissioned officers and
forty eight men were made prisoners. The rife
pits were then turned against their late occa-
pants. The brigade on the right, which ad-
vanced simultaneously as ordered, after reach
ing the enemy's line was almost Immediately
driven back to its original position. The
brigade on the left did not succeed in making
any advance, while Capt. Lawton stubbornly
held the position gained and repulsed two
attempts Of the enemy to retake the works. In
the language of Col. Hurd, "The success Of
this assault was due mainly to the intelligent
dispositions made by Capt. Lawton and to his
personel courage and stubborn resistance Of the
enemy's repeated charges"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24

One of Admiral Ammen's Latest Utter
ances on Their Value in Engagements.
As a result Of the Victoria disaster renewed
attention will be given, naval experts say, to
the ram a special implement in naval war;
fare. The United States has taken the lead in
this direction and has already launched and
nearly completed the famous Ammen ram, the
Katahdin, designed by Admiral Ammen. now
retired. Admiral Ammen has written much in
advocacy of the principle Of the construction
Of this kind of craft, and one Of his latest ut
terances on the ram in naval warfare. printed
in the Seabodrd Of June Of this year, contains
the following:
',As rams such vessels would be 90 greatly
superior to ordinary battle ships as now con-
structed. and to the armored cruisers in facility
of maneuyer, that they would not use guns
against them. In the face of such rams the old
constructions would be obsolete. Several weeks
ago telegram came from Malta that torpedo
boat had run into the battle ship Nile and in
jured her to such an extent as TO fill her forward
compartment with water. The Nile was docked
without delay, and nothing more has appeared
in the newspapers in relation to this singular
occurrence. The many collisions OF armored
vessels and the consequences have abundantly
established the fact that armor is Of no avail
against ram. but that so light a weight as
torpedo boat should bring TO grief so heavy
weight as a battle ship is indeed a revelation of
which there is more TO learn.
The one pressing necessity with rs is to Sc
cure an effective coast defense. Until then our
assertions Of what we viii do should any other
power annex the Hawaiian Islands. or take mill
itary possession of the American isthmus, are
merely idle words. In the event Of a war, with
our present and prospective means Of defense,
We would have either to abate our pretensions
or suffer the punishment that could readily be
inflicted on us we're all the navy that we possess
and now in progress of construction quad
rupled in force.
Had we fleets and squadrons Of rams. the
battle ships and armored cruisers OF Q hostile
navy would not feel easy on our coasts. We're
We TO attempt to meet them gun for gun IT
would be an expensive and a losing game; we
could not concentrate an inferior force in the
face OF an enemy, but a ram force would move
with impunity at any and all times. Rams with
guns such I have indicated could 60 to the
uttermost parts of the earth, and would meet
no adversaries on the high seas that would be
able to successfully encounter them. Com
pared in cost, vessel for vessel. with the battle
ship of today, they would be much less, would
be far better sea boats. would last much longer
and fewer Of them would be required"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
Senator Hill on silver.

Senator Hill was asked yesterday In refer
ence to letter on the silver question purport-
ing to have been sent by him from Albany, n.
Y, to the president Of the board Of trade at
Cincinnati. Senator Hill said he had written no
letter to Cincinnati on any question, but, on .
request from Mr.. Dolph, president OF the board
of trade Of that city. for his views the iinar-
cial situation, his had caused he clerk to for
ward to Mr.. Dolph a printed copy Of his re-
marks upon his bill for the repeal Of the Sher-
man law, delivered in the Senate in February
last and stating that his sentiments were eX-
pressed in that speech, and that instead Of pub
fishing the simple letter from his clerk, Mr.
Dolph had assumed the liberty Of making some
extracts from the speech and sent them out to
the public in a garbled and inaccurate state
ment as a recent letter to him upon the fnsn-
cial question. Senator Hill has all along de-
clined to be interviewed upon the question,
saying that he had fully expressed his senti-
ments in the Senate and had nothing now to
odd to or dstraet from than.
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RESTORED TO HIS PLACE.
All on account of the Finding Of the Bald
headed Pension Case.

All ON Recount of the Finding Of the Bald
headed Pension Case.
The commissioner Of pensions, Judge Loch-
rem, will recommend to the Secretary Of the
Interior that DIR. Warren Holt OF Missouri, re-
Gently O medical examiner in the pension Office,
be reinstated in his former position. This
action is the result of the discovery in the
pension Office OF what has become known
as "the baldheaded pension case" Last
February Mr.. Tarsney of Missouri delivered
q speech in the House in which he made the
charge that pensions had been granted on ac-
count Of badness that is, where the loss Of hair
was the only disability assigned in cases where
pensions had been granted. This statement was
officially denied by the pension bureau,
and the results upon which this off,
cial denial was based was submitted to
the House by Mr.. Grous. Mr.. Tarsney
in reply said that he could not give the name
of his informant a. he was a medical examiner
in the pension Office and he would lose his place
if he became known. He added. however, that
he would take pains to have the truth Of the
statements made ON the authority of this ex-
aminer verified and if he found that they we're
not true that he would expose him as a falsifier
DR.. Holt was confident that he remembered
such case. but he could not find it. and in ad-
dition on the I'd Of last March he was dis
missed.
An effort has been made to reinstate him.
but as the charges under which he had been
dismissed were not dsproved he could not
be put back in his old place. However, yester-
day the case turned up in the pension Office
and DIR. Hollis statement has been verified
The case is as follows Allen G. Peck OF COM
pany II. first Rhode Island light artillery, WAS
allowed pension on October 10. 1891. Ger
tificate No. 670.175 was issued to him and
the case was ordered to be dated from March
l, 1884. and the arrearages at % per month
amounted to about 1864. The records Of the
pension bureau developed the fact that no
other cause was given as the reason for the al
lowance Of MIR. Peck's claim than the "loss Of
hair result of typhoid fever"
The discovery of this case has not only added
a curious example to the number Of odd cases
in the pension Office, but it has resulted in
making an employe happy. 1t is probably the
only case on record where it was officially
decided that the loss Of hair from the
head disabled person from the performance
of manual labor. The man had typhoid fever,
but the only result from the sickness as far as
the doctors could determine WAS the loss Of his
hair. .aud so the medical referee recommended a
pension on that account
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Appointed Guardian.

Count Eugene de Mitkiewicz has been ap-
pointed guardian of the minor children Of his
first wife, Caroline Martin Lester Mitkiewicz,
who died April 2, 1885, on giving bond in sl 900.
The children are Caroline Marie, Olga Hortense,
Constantine Eugene, Dimitri Ivan,
Laura Blanche and Raphael sergus,
born in 1875, 1876, 1877, 1879 and 1884
The petition states that under the will Of Ralph
Lester Of Massachusetts they are entitled for
maintenance and support during minority to
between 81, 500 and O., 900, and since the death
of his second wife. February % last, to whom it
paid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
THE PATENT OFFICE GAZETTE.
An Experiment Being Made with . New
Publisher.

An Experiment Being Made with . New
Publisher.
An experiment is being made by the patent
office to determine the ability Of the National
Lithographic Company of this city, now con-
trolling the plant Of the Bell Lithographic
Company, to publish the Patent Office
Gazette. The contract for this work has been
given each year since 1874 to what is
now known as the Norris Peters Company Of
this city. This latter company is now the
contractor for this work. A new contract is to
be entered into for the coming fiscal year, and
the National Company offers to do the work for
less than it now costs the Office. Before, however,
giving out the contract the National Company
is being tried, and they are now engaged in
getting out the issue OF the first Tuesday in
July. A similar experiment was made eight
years ago, and prior TO that time an attempt
was made by an outside company to do the
work. but in both instances the new men failed
to give the satisfaction which is claimed for the
work Of the present contractors.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
THE NEW CRUISER MARBLEHEAD.
She Will Soon Be Ready for a Trial OF Her


Engines.
The new cruiser Marblehead is so far COM
pleted that she will be ready for the trial of her
engines the latter part of July. This vessel is
now lying in the East river at tho foot of Sth
street. New York. Sac is in the hands Of her
engine builders, the N. F. Palmer, jr., Com
pany. The future captain Of the Marblehead,
Commander Charles O'Neil, was recently in
spector Of ordnance at the Washington gun
foundry. As an ordnance expert Commander
O'Neil is deemed one Of the best in the United
States navy. Much OF the modern high-pow-
cred gun construction carried on during the last
five years for the new navy has been under his
personal alsuperintendence Commander O'Nell's
last command was the dispatch vessel Dolphin.
He will have command Of the Marblehead for a
three-year period.
Orders have recently been given him for an
increase of 331S per cent in the living quarters
Of the Marblehead devoted to crew space
Commander O'Neil is OF the opinion that the
authorized increase of living space will make
the Marblehead one of the most comfortab
and desirable ships in the navy for sailors.
The above change will not affect the time Of
the Marblehead The alterations directed to
be made have been begun and will be continued,
along with the work of making the new cruiser
ready for her official trial trip.
The battery for the Marbehead is ready for
placing aboard ship. Both the guns and the
carriages have been constructed and tested.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
SHIP ARCHITECTS CRAMPS Views.
All Our Great Battle ships Liable % si,ni
lar Disasters.

All Our Great Battle ships Liable % Oi,ni~
lar Disasters.
PHrLApELpHrA, June 24.-Charles r. Cramp.
head Of the great ship and engine building com.
pany, VIM. Cramp & Sons, and one most thor.
oughly versed in marine architecture, when
asked for his opinion in regard to the accident
to the Victoria said:
IL cannot understand why she turned upside
down. In fact know 90 little about the de-
tails Of the accident that il ID almost impossible
for me to talk. Until we get the results Of the
official inquiry il will be hard to express an
opinion Indeed We may never know the rea-
son OF the quickness with which the Victoria
sank, for the men who could tell us best are
probably among the dead
zone thing the disaster shows is the supe-
riority Of the English ram. Ramming vessel
is a legitimate mode Of naval warfare, and the
English have built their rams exceuent
models.
Yes, all our great battle ships are liable to
such disasters. They cannot help be. Their
armor and the guns on top make them liable 70
sink in case Of collision War vessels are nos
constructed in regard to safety much ~ they
should be- The more q vessels stability n
increased the more apt she 10 TO roll IN the sea-
Cranky people, therefore, protest against too
much stability because the less stabllity thsre
is the more comfortable the vessel VAL oe ior
the officers and passengers IL VIZ ron i"'' i
the waves.
"Buiiders of vessels are not allowed scope
enough in their plans by the government 1
mean this to apply generally TO all so'oiH-
ments. They are brought down TO very % ma
row compass Then when there 10 oissspe,
like this the rabble will cry out for reform anu
get something much worse. viii make =
careful study Of the testimony taken IN this
osss and after while We may know Jas way
the ovsrturning Of the Victoria occurred SusA
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CUT RATES TO THE PACIFIC.
The Latest Circular Issued by the Canada
Company.

The Latest Circular Issued by the Canada
ST. PAUL, MINI, June 24-The Canadian
Pacific has met the cut on the Great North
ern to the Pacific coast points and also
to the Kootenai country, rates to
be effective June 25, The date on
which the Great Northern and Northern Pacific
rates have been made effective. In detail the
rates are the same to the points specified as
those announced Wednesday by the Great
Northern and met by the Northern Pacific half
an hour later.
The cut is announced in the following circu-
lar. issued last evening: Tacoma. Seattle. Eve
rett. New whatcom, Anacortes, Port Townsend,
Washington; Victoria. Vancouver, New West
minister, Nanaimo, b. c.; first class, S25;
second class, S18.
Koo,enai points-Neson, Kaslo. Pilot Bay,
B. c.; first class. $50: second class, S23.
First-class rates apply both ways; second
class, west bound only.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24

The Government Gaining, a. Was Pre-
dicted.
BERLIN, June 24-The second ballot to de-
eide who should represent Offenburg, Baden,
in the reichstag was held yesterday aud re-
suited in the return of the centrist candidate
Herr Maximillian Reichert, by q majority Of
52s over Herr Won Schauenberg, the candidate
of the ma tional liberals.
The second ballot in Hannah. Hesse-Nassua,
has resulted in the defeat of Editor Hoch. the
social democratic candidate. The vote in this
district stood: Burgomaster Stoh, conservative.
l273s: Editor hoch, 1l,726. Conservative
majority, 1,0l0.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
NO SWEEPING REDUCTION

Proposed In the Clerical Force Of the PEN
SION Office.
There is good deal OF talk among the PEN
sion Office clerks in regard to sweeping changes
that are to be made at the end Of the prese mt
fiscal year in the clerical force of
that Office. Some go SO far as to
say that there will be at least 800
dismissals. 1t is stated that this number
greatly exaggerates what is contemplated, and
that while some changes will be made at the
end of the year, that there will be nothing in
the nature Of sweeping changes. There are to
be some dismissals and some reductions, but
probably not more than is usual at such a
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
Treasury Department Changes.

1rf8sufy department. Chnnge5.
The following official changes were today
made at the Treasury Department.:
Appointments-J. j. Clark, Missouri, in
spector Of public buildings; Charles W. John
ston. Oregon, special agent; Roscoe Thurston,
Maine, United States shipping commissioner at
Rockport.
Resigned-Robert Fl. Hunter, collector inter-
nal revenue, fourteenth district, New York.
Mr.. st. Julian Dapray. the chief of the law
division in the supervising architects Office has
forwarded his resignation to Secretary Carlisle,
and the latter today accepted it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
FREIGHT TRAINS IN A WRECK.
Rear-end Collision on the Central Neal
Rochester.

ROCHESTER, n. Y, June 24-It was reported
In this city at am. that a very serious wreck
had occurred on the New York Central railroad,
a few miles west of this city, Several injured.
1t is learned that two freight trains were
wrecked by a rear-end collision. The four
tracks we're badly damaged, blocking all traffic.
The injuries sustained by the crews Of the
two trains were as follows: Charles Cnierhil
engineer, arm broken and knee injured; Henry
Schultz, fireman, head cot, two ribs broken
.n2 interna! injuries; John Ransom, engineer,
sLouldsr 3isiocated and wrists sprai,es:
Tracey Stebbins, fireman, slight scalp wounds:
VIM. Seeley, brakeman, shoulder dislocated
and arm broken; VIM. Garland, brakeman, ribs
broken and shoulders sprained; Cert Chapman,
brakeman. injured in the back: MS arm WAS
also broken and his Shoulders sprAined
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
THE VIKING SHIP.
The Navy Department Can't Tow it Further
Than Albany.

The Navy Department Can't Tow It Further
Than Albany.
Capt Andersen, the hardy seaman who
brought the Norwegian Viking ship across the
Atlantic to New York, recently applied at the
Navy Department for assistance in getting his
vessel to Chicago. Commodore Ramsay, chief
OF the bureau Of navigation, said the depart
ment would do all it could under the law, but
that it was entirely without means to assist the
Viking farther on her journey than Albany
There is no vessel or tug in the navy light
enough in draught to enter the Erie canal. That
is why the Navy Department cannot undertake
the work oftowing the visiting ship all the way to
Chicago. and why Capt. Andersen was informed
that he must himself provide means for the
transportation Of his craft from ALBANY
through the Erie canal and the lakes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
A Negro Dwarf Lynched.

SELMA, ALA, June 24.-Thursday night Dan
Edwards, a negro, was lynched while being
taken to Jail from Sardis, about eight miles
from here. The mob was composed Of about
100 men. Edwards is q dwarf and committed
an assault upon Miss Lotitia Woods, the thir-
tssn-ysar old daughter Of . farmer.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
Preparinr for the yik,uc,s Trim.

New YoBE, June 24.-Capt Andersen ard his
men were busy all day preparing for their trip
to Chicago. Tbs Viking will sail susr IL tie
booming Of cannon on Monday morning. Its
sturdy skipper does not know how long it will
take them to measure the distance from this
port to the world's fair.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24

The Jury Found Her the Victim, of Emo
tiOnal Insanity.

SEATTLE, WASH, June 24-Early this morn
ing a jury in the superior court returned a
verdict of acquittal in the case of
Urusula Juanita Juang. the woman
who for the past five days has
been on trial for the murder of Editor
Boyd. editor of the Olympia Tribune. last
June. The defense set up plea of self-defense
and emotional insanity. The case attracted
more attention than any similar case tried in
this city.
Boyd, who lived with the woman as his wife.
was well known in Philadelphia, where his
people live.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
The Return of the Newark.

The Return Of the Newark.
The cruiser Newark, which accompanied the
caravels from New York to Quebec, has arrived
at the Norfolk navy yard. She will be thor
oughly repaired at the yard preparatory for
duty on the South Atlantic station.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24

AUBURN, Me-, June 24.-Miss Abbie Gratfan,
aged seventy years, fell asleep in her chair last
evening. By some movement lamp near her
was overturned. The old lady's clothes caught
fire and she Was burned to death.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
FEY York 0fics, SO Potter Building.

TEE EVENING STAR IL served to subscribers in the
city By carriers their account at 10 cents per
cents each By na-snywhsre In the United Statssor
Cansda-postage prepaid-50 cents per month
SATURDAY QUADRUPLE SHEKr STAB SL 90 per year
with foreign postage added. %. 90.
Entered at the Post Once a. Washington, d. c. n
second-clsss nail ma.rer.l
- AL mail subscriptions nust n. -asa N advances.
Rates Of advertising made known application.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1893-06-24
The Machias Accented.

The Machias Accepted.
The preliminary acceptance Of the gunboat
Machias. being built by the Bath, Me-, iron
works, was made today. The reports received
at the department show the vessel to be in first
class condition.
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Religious Notices.

Religious Notices.
The special notices relating to the churches
of the city, which formerly appeared on this
page, will be found on the third page.