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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-03-21

The following are tho prices paid by re-
tail dealers for round lots delivered at the
wharf or on the cars. or the jobbsng rates
quoted BY wholesale dealers;
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31

test. The final strokes that are to decide
the election may be yet to come. The hard
est and best of the fight is that of the last
few days before the election. The demo-
Gratis are working upon the assumption
that the battle Is still against them, and
that they must not stop for brea thing
spell II they want to win. They are an
ticipating a considerable loss Of votes In the
city, and counting this In their calculations.
They started the campaign with the
chances all against them, and they have
been somewhat embarrassed for the want
of money.
They have greatly improved their pros
poets, but apparently this improvement is
are coming in at the last end of the cam
palgn somewhat better off financially. Grace
presented the democratic state committee
with a check for 5000 today, and is In
many ways giving evidence of his earnest
desire for HilPs election, though he Is fight
ing TammaLy. He is anxious, too, about
the congressional districts. The Cantor,
the Mcclellan and the Sickles districts are
all but lost already. This is a serious mat
ter to the democrats of the whole country,
as 1t may involve the organization of the
House. Grace sees this, and says 1t Is not
yet too late for something to be done so as
to throw the entire democratic vote to one
candidate in each district. If 1t is true,
however, that there is the intention any
where to sacrifice these districts and GER
tain assembly districts to secure votes for
Grant. there will be plenty of obstacles in
the way of an adjustment, as there have
been all along.
Speaker Crisp has accepted an invitation
to speak in New York Saturday night.
j. z. NJ.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
MIR. DOCKERY's PROOF.
He Produces an Official Record t
COnfute Ex-Secretary Foster.

He Produces nm Official Record to
COnfute Ex-Secretnry Foster.
Ex-Secretary Charles Foster has been
placed in an awkward position by the rec
ords of the Treasury Department. He re-
Gently sent the following telegram to the
Kansas City Journal:
Il have your letter In which you say that
Mr.. Dockery made the statement that near
the close of the Harrison administration, /,
as Secretary of the Treasury, caused plates
for bonds to be engraved and that such
plates were prepared and bonds were print
ed, ready for execution. Mr.. Dockery is
mistaken. No such action was taken. Its
absurdity is so apparent that / wonder
that a gentleman of Mr.. Dockery's intelli-
gence should make himself responsible for
such blunder. The only bonds authorized
then, as now, were those authorized by the
resumption act''
On being informed of this telegram Rep
resentative Dockery applied to Secretary
Carlisle for the facts in the case, and the
latter replied last evening by telegraphing
copy of the following order, dated Feb
ruary 20, 1893, two weeks before the close
of the Harrison administration:
To the chief of the bureau Of engraving
and printing.-Sir: You are hereby author
lied and directed to prepare designs for the
three per cent bonds provided I'm the Senate
amendment to the sundry civil bill now
pending. The denominations which should
first receive attention are 800 and 81 900 of
the coupon bonds, and 800, $1,COO and
$4,000 of the registered bonds. This au-
thority is given in advance of the enact
ment in view of pressing contingencies, and
you are directed to hasten the preparation
of the designs and plates in every possible
manner. / inclose q memorandum for your
guidance in preparing the. script for the
body Of the bond Respectfully, yours,
CHARLES FOSTER, Secretary.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31

this as a text for an attack upon Mere
dith, charging him with drawing the line
Of caste in disparagement of the humble
voters Of the district. He estimates that he
has a real majority of less than 1900 to
overcome, and he believes that he will ac-
oomplish this next Tuesday.
Mr.. Don NJ. Dickinson, ex-postmaster
general. and a close personal friend of the
President has been quietly In town for
about week. He protests to those who
call upon him that he is here on purely
legal matters. being counsel in a land case
before the United States Supreme Court
There is considerable gossip about a speech
that Mr.. Dickinson has not delivered in
New York state in the interest of Mr.. Hill
Some time ago he wrote to Hill and offered
MS services On the stump. No acceptance
OF this oner was made public, and 1t Is
evident now that the democratic arrange
ments do not include a speech from the ex-
Postmaster General.
Instead. it is published that he has sent a
check for about four figures to the demo-
cratic headquarters. 1t is probable that he
will spend the remainder of the time be-
tween now and election in Washington, at
tending to his law business. 1t is known
the President and that he and Ambassador
Bayard dined with the latter on Sunday
night.
No Letter Expected.
There Is no longer any doubt that the
democrats do not expect an utterance of any
kind now from the President That is one
OF the past episodes of the campaign, and
the issue Of a letter now will certainly be
regarded by the managers Of Mr.. Hilrs
campaign as more of handicap than an
aid.
The clerks at both headquarters are kept
quite busy Just now making out certificates
for voters who are going home to vote in
their respective states. OF course, there is
more of this at the democratic headquarters
than at the republican, as there are more
democratic voters in Washington who are
anxious to vote than republican. The voters
are getting half fare generally and are ap-
plying daily for certificates from the COM
mittees. About twenty of these are being
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
THE TEXAS FEVER.
impossible for Our Cattle to Carry 1t
to Germany.


The announcement that the embargo
placed upon American cattle by the senate
of Hamburg has been extended to the
length of an exclusion Of American cattle
and dressed meat from every port Of Ger
many was received with surprise by de-
partmental officials. That the Texas fever
was merely a ground which Germany could
adopt for enforcing retaliatory measures
against the United States because of the
supposed discrimination against German in
terests in the sugar schedule of the tariff
bill was the prevalent impression. The
German ambassador, however, has assured
the Secretary of State that the measure of
exclusion Was inspired solely by sanitary
reasons and had no political motive be-
hind 1t. Government officials are obliged to
take this view of the case, since any other
view might seem reflection upon the am
bassador.
Secretary Morton had a consultation with
Secretary Gresham about the matter yes
terday before the stringent measures Just
adopted were known. He assured Secretary
Gresham that the expectation of Texas
fever into Germany by American cattle
was altogether improbable If not impossi-
bic, according to the opinions of the patho-
logical experts, who have devoted much
time to investigating the disease during
the past year, and said that he was con-
fdent that the supposed discovery of Texas
fever was mistake.
DIR. ID. E. Salmon, chief of the bureau of
animal industry, said:
Admitting, for the sake of argument
that the cattle which are landed in Ger
many are infected with Texas fever, there
is no danger to the German cattle, because
even In this country cattle with this dis
ease do not communicate it to other ami
mails. The disease Is not communicated
directly from one animal to another, but
animals from certain district in the
southern part Of the United States are able
to infect pastures and pens in which they
happen to be placed, within thirty days
from the time they leave the infected dis
trict. Animals which contract the disease
obtain the infection from these pens and
pastures. and not directly from other cat
tie. The cattle which are sick do not in
feet the grounds or pens, and consequently
are not dangerous to other animals This
has been proved by many years of expert
ence in the United States. The conveyance
Of Texas fever in dressed beef is impossi-
BILE. These animals, thus diseased do not
fall sick at all themselves. They simply
carry the ticks. The ticks drop off and lay
their eggs and die. Those eggs must lie
on the ground a certain length Of time be-
fore they get on the cattle, and another
length of time elapses before they produce
the disease"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
CAPT. DERBY'S NEW POST.
The Change at the District Building
Still Causing Comment.


The exclusive announcement In yester
days Star of the order relieving Capt
Derby as assistant to the Engineer Commits
sioner and his detail at New Orleans, to-
gether with the detail of Capt. Beach ir
his place, caused no little comment at the
District building today.
Several well-known contractors sauntered
down to the headquarters Of the District
triumvirate during the day and discussed
the change, evidently with considerable sat.
isfaction. One Of them was disposed to take
the credit of the change upon himself He
seemed to be very willing to have it under
stood that he had had influence in bring
ing about the change.
Capt. Powell was somewhat nettled this
morning over the affair when a reporter OF
The Star requested an interview.
There is really nothing to say. Capt.
Derby has been ordered away, ana there
is nothing to DO but graciously obey orders
1 can hardly believe that the order was the
result of complaint by certain contractors
although 1 admit It was rather sudden. If
I only knew the names of those who claim
to have brought this change about L would
go at once to headquarters and If possible
have the order revoked. Capt Derby is an
efficient officer and has been of immense
service to the District. His loss at this
time is especially to be deplored We are
about to make some important improve
ments in the subsurface department, and
his intimate knowledge of affairs pertaining
thereto will be severely missed. i tell you
the District will feel his loss"
Capt. Derby had nothing further to say
upon the subject when a Star reporter in
terrogated him this afternoon. A copy of
the official order was received this morning.
At the War Department an entirely diff
ferent view is taken of the change The
new post TO which Capt. Derby has been as
signed is regarded one of the most i'm
portant in the engineer corps, and ii is
aYalo arali
that that officer has been selected for the
service
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
AMERICAN CITIZENS.
Law Regarding Alien Sailors Work.
ing Well.

In his annual report to the Secretary of
the Navy Judge Advocate General Lemly
Comments ost favorably upon the excel
lent working of the new law permitting
alien sailors in the American navy to be
Iaturalized. The effect of this legislation
uron the morale of the enlisted force, he
says, cannot be overe stimated, and he ex-
presses the hope that the time is not far
distant when the records of the department
will show that the naval service is COM
posed entirely of American citizens. He
renews recommendations that laws be
rassed limiting punishments by eourt-mar-
tial, establishing act of limitation for
naval offenses, permitting testimony to be
taken by depositions and requiring the at
tendance of civilian witnesses. The report
reviews the defects in the present system
OF examinations for promotion and retire
nent, and suggests the adoption of meth
DDS similar to those of the army and marine
corps. As the use of steel in ship building
has made unnecessary the continuance of the
live oak timber reservations in Florida
Alabama and Mississippi, Capt Lemly sug-
gests that they be restored to the public
domain. The report reviews the steps that
have been taken for the establishment of a
coaling station at Pago Pago Harbor, Sa-
moa, in the requirement of land, etc. but
shows that no special change in the situa-
tion has occurred during the past year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
IMPORTANT SHELL TESTS.
PrOjectile That Bursts After Pene-
trailing ArmOr.


A series of interesting tests OF shells
that will penetrate ships having thin armor
and then burst inside was begun at the
Indian Head proving ground yesterday. The
Navy Department contemplates purchasing
several hundred Of these shells for the big
battleships, and for this purpose invited
five firms making shells to submit sam
piles. Two of these, one made by the
Wheeler Sterling Co. and the other by the
Midvale Steel Co., were tried yesterday.
Both were fired with a velocity Of 975 feet
against a seven-inch nickel steel plate, and
both went through the plate and backing
and into the earth. They were recovered
comparatively uniljured. Commodore Samp-
son, chief of the ordnance bureau, says the
test showed that both were excellent pro-
jectiles. The tests will be continued to-
morrow.
Another charge was fired from the Hurst
gun yesterday. The powder charge, lS4
pounds, was the largest yet, and the We
locity the projectile attained was 2,452 feet,
and a maximum pressure of ID $40 tons.
This is about 800 feet greater than the
velocity obtained from an ordinary gun
Of similar caliber, although part of the in
creased velocity, Commodore Sampson says,
may have been due to the fact that the tail
Of the projectile, which weighs about 100
pounds, was broken off. This was the case
with the two projectiles fired from this
gun last week, and the department will
make some steel projectileS before further
tests are conducted.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
Civil Service Promotions.

The following promotions in the office of
the United States civil service commission
will take effect on November 1: William s..
washbur1 of New York and Paul V. Bum
of North Carolina, from $1,000 to 81 1.SOO:
James A. Stratton of Pennsylvania and
George r. Simmons of Colorado, from
s.. 400 to S1,G0O; Claude E Miller Of Penn
sylyania and Edgar w. Crawford of Ken
lucky, from 81, 200 to 81. 400; Walter L. Pep
perman of Alabama and Miss Nettie Peter
son of Minnesota, from $1,000 to $1,000;
George Risk of Flosida and Frederick Wan
ramaker of South Carolina, from $500 to
81 900: Thomas p. Chapman of Texas, from
$40 to $500.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
UNITED STATES BONDS,
Some Interesting Facts From Register
Tillmnn's Report.

I1llmnn's Report.
Register Tilman has made a very long
report of the operations of his office dur
ing the past fiscal year, including a review
of all government bond transactions The
money in the treasury July /, 1891, amount
ed to s763. .5G5, $40. of which SOS, ,G4 were
unavailable funds deposited with the states.
Tables are given showing that over one
third of the total amount of registered
bonds are held by the United States treas
urer in trust for national banks.
According to the records of the Office,
to June 80, 1884, of seven-thirty Lotes of
various acts there are still outstanding
s137.9OO; total issue, 500, ,OS7, go. One-year
notes, March 3, 1863, So, i35; total ISSUE
$44, 900; two-year notes, March 3, 1863,
S2I $50; total issue, $166, ,4SO,UO. Three-year
compound-intere5t notes, $l73,570; total is
sue, $262, ,932, 600. Gold certificates March
3, 1858, s24S, 120 total issue, $9S1, 134 $50. .46
Certificates of Indebtedness, acts March l,
II, 1862, and March 3, 1853, 5000; total is
sue, S561, ,753, ,241.65. Three per cent certifi-
gates, acts March 2, 1867, and July 25.
1865, 5000; total issue, $50. 5.155,OOO. Four
per cent refunding certificates, act Feb
ruary 26 1879. payable to bearer, s5S,92O;
total issue. s39954, ,250; and payable to or
der, $40; total issue, $5S,500.
The total number Of redeemed securities
of the government of every form of in
debtedness on file in the office at the close
of the year was los, IA, sos pieces, amount
ing to Sc, SS7 ,403 322 80 1-2, and total amount
of the same destroyed after registration,
S6,314, ola, 5000.
The total number Of coupon bonds Of the
United States, District of Columbia and
Louisville and Portland Canal Company,
registered and now on file In the office, is
1,914,92 with 54,916,362 coupons attached,
and amount to S1,1O1, ,493. $50; and the total
number registered and destroyed, 2,363, ,OS5,
with 76,S42, lbs coupons attached, and
amount to S1,421, ,6S7, S7,450Laggregating in
number, on hand and destroyed, 4,27S,OO9
bonds, with 13l, ,15S, 400 coupons attached
and in amount s., 523, $50, GOO, as the records
show have been received and registered.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
THE NEW POsTMAsTER.
Overwhelmed With Congratulations
Acknowledged Through The Star.

Mr. James P. Willett may han lie more
mail when he enters upon his duties as
postmaster than he did today, but 1t is
doubtful. At each delivery the carriers
left big piles of letters at bis place Of busi-
ness, every one of which was full of con-
gratulatory expr essions. He started IN to
answer them as they were opened, but
had to give it up. There were too many
Interruptions from visitors calling to per-
sonally express their qualification at his
appointment, while the epistles increased
too rapidly.
At noon, when a Star reporter called on
him, his arm was weak from constant
handshaling. :
II wish you would allow me to say through
The Star that1 am deeply grateful to all
the friends who have written me such kind
and complimentary thiEgs upon my appoint
ment as postmaster" said Mr.. Willett. II
will personally acknowledge them hereafter,
but | find 1t will be absolutely impossible
to do 50 now. 1 hope they won't think me
discourteous."
He was assured that his friends knew
him too well to charge him with any fault
of that character. He said he would take
charge of the office in a week or ten days.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
Awaiting the Chinese Treaty.

The Chinese minister is anxiously await
ing the signed official copy of the new
treaty between the United States and China
1t was forwarded from China some time
ago, but has met with inexplicable delays
en- route. Secretary Gresham shares the
minister's desire to get the document, as
the treaty provisions cannot be proclaimed
by President Cleveland and put intc effect
until the official papers have been cxchang-
ed There have been several conferences
between the minister and Secretary
to the papers.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
ATTEMPTED TRAIN WRECkING.
Instructions Placed on the Lake
shore Tracks.

BUFFALO, October 31.-An attempt was
made to wreck the Boston and Chicago spe-
cial On the Lake Shore railway last night
near Lake View, ten miles west of Buffalo,
by placing a plank and stones on the track
Just vest of a siding. Fortunately, the OBJ
structicns were discovered. and the train
was stopped in time. Superintendent Niles
does not credit the theory of train robbers.
An investigation is now in progress.
CLEVELAND. Ohio. October 31.-The Of
ficials of the Lake Shore road are very
reticert and have not been fully advised
as to the details of the attempted wrecking
this morning. The train did not carry
money. and II the motive was robbery IL
does not appear to have been successful.
The train passed through this city at 4
o'clock this morning. None of the passen-
gers made any statement of the trouble
hero
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
Acting Indian Agents.

Capt Frank D. Baldwin, fifth infantry,
has been detailed as acting Indian agent at
the Kiowa agency, Oklahoma, and First
Lieut.. Victor f. Stottler, tenth infantry,
as acting Indian agent at the Mescalero
agency, New Mexico.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
The MRchfaS' Guns.

The inspection board has discovered that
the boats of the gunboat Machias are i'm
properly placed aboard ship, and I Will be
necessary to change the cradles and davits,
which will delay the sailing of the ship for
China about two weeks.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
Fourtb-Class Postmaster..

Eighteen fourth-class postmasters were
appointed today, fifteen of them to fill va
cancies caused by designations and three to
succeed postmasters removed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
MIR. Bede's Successor.

The President has appointed William M.
Campbell of Minnesota United States mar
shall for Minnesota, in place of ]. Adam
Bede, resigned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31

@e proof Of f6e paootns Is
IN f8e eating. Hesferoap's
zfar contained 8 columns
Of aeoerGsen,enfs. ,aaoe up
Of 9o7 separate announees
shenfs. t8ese aeperfisers
6oas6f pu8&etfp-nof merefp
space.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31
Four welI-Kno,vn Democrats.
Hill Helping Tracey.

The latest most interesting news from
the congressional contests in New York is
that Gen. Tracey, in the Albany district,
who at one time was In danger, is likely to
pull through with the aid of Senator Hill
Gen. Tracey is the Presidents friend, and
has never affiliated with Senator Hill, but
the Hill enthusiasm around Albany is, by
the Senator's direction, being utilized to
assist the Tracey campaign.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31

The prospect is that two unusually small
anta6onistic majorities will meet al the
Harlem to fight IT out. Morton has not the
trouble to contend with In his bailiwIck
that Hill has in his, and TINS puts the odds
In favor of Morton's majority being a little
the bigger and best for the fight
This is at the present stage of the con-
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-10-31

Prince Cantacuzene today received the
following cable from the Russian minister
of foreign affairs:
'ST. PETERSBURG, October 8.-Yes-
terday the expectoration, with blood con-
tinued. Chills Temperature, 100. Pulse,
90; rather weak. Breathing difficult; little
appetite. Great weakness. Oedema con-
sideraby increased.
c'Sgned) GlERS.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1894-10-31
SiwnHloTriunnHff Won

Two signal triumpks have been
achieved by DR. Prices Cream Baking
Powder. First it received highest
award and diploma at the World s
Columbian exposition of 1895 Next
it secured highest award ana gold
medal at the Californis Midwinter fair
competitors in every respect. The
award, IN eachinstanee, was forstrone-
estleavening power, perfect purity and
general excellence. 1t was sustained
by the unanimous vote of the judges.
The victory at Chicago established
the supremacy of DR.. frice's as 1.-The
Foremost Baking Powder in the
World" The triumph;a at San Francis-
go confirms and emphasizes it.