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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
CAPT. SUMMERS COURT-MARTIAL.
As He Has Pleaded Guilty n Short
Trial is Expected.


BROOKLYN, N. Y, September 4.-The
trial by ooIrt-martial of Captain GaorgeW
Sumner of the United States cruiser Co.
lumbia, on charges growing out of the
investigation just concluded. regarding
the injuries sustained by the vessel at the
Southampton dry dock in July last, was
begun at the Brooklyn navy yard this
morning.
The charges embrace three counts-first
criminal negligence and ineficiency while
upon duty: second, suffering a vessel of
the navy to be hazarded according to
clause II. article 8, of the articles regulat-
ing the navy; and, third, neglect of duty.
The specifications are first that Captain
Sumner, en- July 4, 1895, made contract
with the Southampton dry dock people for
repairs to the cruiser. but made no cx-
animation to see that the dry dock would
fit the ship; second, that having discov-
cred that the blocking under the vessel
was not suitable he failed to have the dock
flooded and thus save the ship from being
ordering the payment of the bill for dock
ing when he should have refused 1t on
account of the damage done.
The court-martial consists of Com
mandant sicard Commodore R. R. Wal
lace, Captains A. T. Mahan, H. H. Robe
son, S. Cuzar, w. H. Schley, James
O'Kane, Albert Reed, N. H. Farouhar, b.
J. Cromwell and Louis kempff. Lieut..
Draper acting as judge advocate.
The morning session was consumed in
the organization of the court
AS Captain Sumner has pleaded guilty to
the charges preferred, it is expected that
the trial viii be brief.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

Gratis hinged largely on the question of
reassessment, and the leaders are beginning
to realize that the sacrifice of Hayes, the
champion of "a new assessment. was the
greatest political error. The people of
these counties demanded Hayes and ex-
pected his nomination, and had he headed
the ticket the answering support of demo-
Gratis throughout this part Gf the state
would have been assured, but the county
people are indignant at the treatment given
Hayes, and their indignation will be mani
fest in November. The people who de-
manded reassessment refused to accept as
candidate for governor one who was the
most outspoken opponent of the measure
which Mr.. Hayes endeavored to have ell
acted, and they regard the reassessment
plank in the platform as a mere device to
secure their votes.
Col. John Walter Smith and Ex-Governor
Jackson have personally aroused the anger
of the democrats on the eastern shore by
their desertion under the orders of Senator
German, of Mr.. Hayes, and if these leaders
survive the storm, they will have the satis-
faction Of knowing that they have wealth
cred the hardest political fight of their
lives:
The election is still two months off, and
the political machinery is just beginning to
move, and wonders may be accomplished
in the way of pacification in that time
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Death of Lieut.. Col. Butler.

Information has reached here OF the
death, in Paris, on the 22d ultimo, of Lieut.
Col. Edmond Butler, retired officer OF the
army Col. Butler was a native of Ireland
but resided in this country the best part of
his life. In 1861, while living in New York,
he was appointed a second lieutenant Of
the fifth infantry, and served gallantly
throughout the war. At its conclusion he
had reached the grade of captain. Since
that time he served with conspicuous merit
in the campaigns against the Indians. In
March, 1891, he was appointed lieutenant
colonel of the fifteenth infantry, and was
shortly after retired with that rank. He
was brevetted major for distinguished gal
lantry at the engagement against the In
dians at Wolf Mountain Montana, in jan
uary, 1877, and he also received medal
of honor for his conduct on that occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
lEW LIBRARY BUILDING
The Fence Sold, and 1t Will Be Removed
at Once.
Work to BE Commenced ON the Beau
tifying of the Grounds About
the Structure.

The high board fence about the new
library building was sold yesterday for
800, and the work of removing it will be
begun at once.
The removal of the fence about the new
building marks an important era in the
construction of the handsome library. Work
has now feen begun and will be pushed to
completion as rapidly as possible. looking
to the beautifying of the park about the
library building. Workmen are now en-
gagged in widening street south, by re-
moving the curbing, which is being placed
eight feet nearer the building.
Increasing the Width of Parking.
Both East Capitol and Sd streets will be
widened in like manner, while 1st street, in
front of the main entrance Of the building,
will be made narrower, in order to increase
the width of the parking on that side of
the building. By bringing the sidewalk
nearer to the building on the three streets
named the trees will be placed in the street
and of course will be removed. The curb
ing now being set is placed on a foundation
of broken stone and cement and made as
firm as possible. The sidewalk about the
library will be granolithic The parking
about the building will be constructed to
conform with the Capitol grounds. There
will be coping all around the building
about two feet high, as is the case around
the Capitol grounds, and orna mental walks
will be run to the parking. Shrubbery will
be planted together with a small number
of trees, probably tropical varieties that
will not grow to a very large size, and con-
sequent1y will not to any great extent hide
the library building. The removal of the
trees around the building, made necessary
by the widening of the streets, will give a
much better view of the handsome struc-
ture than can now be obtained from a
short distance about it.
In Readiness for Congress.
If possible the work of beautifying the
ground about the library will be completed
by the time Congress meets, when the
handsomest architectural structure in this
city, and the finest building built and used
solely for the purposes of a library in the
world, can be seen to the best advantage.
The work of beautifying the grounds about
the library was not begun before because it
was necessary to use that space in con-
nection with the work. The final, dressing
of the stone and many other purposes re-
quired a lge space. The work to be done
now on the building is chiefly in trimming
1t on the interior and small amount of
touching up of the stone trimmings on the
exterior.
The tunnel to connect the library with
the Capitol is now nearly completed, ard
almost all of the big trench in which it was
laid has been filed in.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
TO TRY COL. FORNEY.
Seen etary Herbert Has Ordered
COurt-NInrtinI

Seen ctary Herbert Has Ordered n
COurt-MartiaI.
Secretary Herbert has ordered court
martial for the trial OF Col. James Forney
of the marine corps on various charges of
irregularity during his administration as
comnlandant Of the marine barracks at the
Brooklyn navy yard. This action is the re-
suit of the investigation into the affairs of
Col. Forney's office by a naval court of in
quiry. 1t is understood that the report of
the court showed carelessness and negli-
gence On the part of Col. Forney in the
care and disposition of government prop
erty in his charge Charges and specifica-
tions against that officer are now being
formulated in the office of the judge advo-
cate general of the navy. They Will be
completed in day or two and the detail of
the court to conduct the trial will then be
announced. 1t is settled that the court
will meet at Brooklyn. Col. Forney is the
second ranking officer in the marine corps
and is well known in this city, having
formerly been stationed here for long
time.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
persOuaI Mention.

Mai. o. L. Pruden. assistant private sec
rotary to tie President has returned to
this city from visit to Manhattan Beach.
Commander c. NJ. Thomas of the navy IS
in the city on leave of absence.
Lieut. E. NJ. Blake, fifth artillery, is in
the city on his way to his station, San
Francisco.
Lieut.. Col. E. B. Williston, third artillery,
is in the city on leave of absence.
MIR. ]. B. Calvo, the charge d'affaires of
Costa Rica, has gone on short trip to his
country, and will return by the end of this
month.
Adjt Gen. Ruggles has resumed his
duties at the War Department, after a six
weeks tour of inspection along the north
ern frontier as far west as Vancouver.
Mr. Charles w. Fairfax has returned,
having spent the month of August travel
ing through the New England states.
Dr. Irving c. Rosse of this city was to-
day elected vice president of the medico-
legal congress in New York.
Cadet D. Pratt Mannix, U. s. N, is at
home on leave from the academy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Both Sides Will BE watchfuI.
A BALLISTIC TEST.
Interesting Results Looked for ut In
dian Head.

Secretary Herbert, Captain Sampson,
chief Of the naval ordnance bureau, Chief
Clerk Mlcou and a number of other Off
cials and naval officers went to Indian
Head today to witness an interesting test,
for which preparations nave been making
for several months. There has been con-
structed at the Norfolk navy yard an exact
representation of section of the side of
the battle ship Iowa, outer. skin, cellulose
compartments, coal bunkers and all of the
ships framing, and upon this structure
has been bolted an 1S-inch nickel-steel
Harveyized plate. which Is offered for bal
hstic test by the Bethlehem company. The
trial consisted primarily, of an accept
ance test of the plate, but of more interest
to naval experts was the result of the
heavy battering effect of the shot from
the large twelve and thirteen-inch rifles
upon the ships framework. There is a
lack of information upon this important
point In naval circles, as no experiments
OF the kind have been made in recent years
since ordnance and armor have been so
developed.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Charges Preferred Against Him by Mr.
Chas. 7. Lyons of Brooklyn.
The investigation VIII Have a Direct
Bearing on the Case of Ex-
Consul Waller.

spice of interest is TO be added to the
Waller case by an investigation of Consul
Wetter, who was Walters successor and
Is the present consul at Tamatave, NADIA
gascar. This investigation is the result Of
charges made by Charles T. Lyons, a resi-
dent of Brooklyn, N. Y. who was temporar-
.ly in Madagascar on business last Sep
tenber.
Incurred Wetter's Enniity.
Mr.. Lyons went to the island as the agent
of a Boston firm Of exporters, and, it is al
legged, incurred the enmity of Wetter
through the fact that in taking the place
there he necessarily ousted man who was
a personal friend of Wetter's. Wetter had
Lyons arrested on the charge Of opening
mail addressed by the consul to the gov
ernor of one Of the provinces of Madagas-
car, and at his trial insisted upon sitting
as Lyons judge as well as acting as prose-
cutor. Lyons became SO convinced that he
was doomed to Imprisonment through this
process that he forfeited his bail and left
the island before the trial terminated. He
claims to have notified the State Depart
ment promptly of what he had done and
to have filed charges against Wetter, and
complains that his charges until recently
have received no attention from that
quarter.
What the Department Says.
The State Department authorities explain
the fact that no acknowledgment has been
made Of Mr.. Lyons communication by say
ing that they did not know OF his where
abouts until notified very recently of his
arrival in Brooklyn. It was stated at the
same tirne that Mr.. Lyons had now been
notified that any charges he might have to
make would receive due consideration at the
hands of the department.
Mr.. Lyons is represented by his friends as
still determined to press the charges, but
he has decided to await the return of AS
sistant Secretary of State Uhl, who has
charge of consular questions in the depart
ment. 1t is understood that Mr.. Lyons then
press it to a conclusion. His defense
against Wetters original charge is that the
letter he opened was addressed to himself,
and that the letter to the Madagascar Of
fcial was inclosed> under one seal with
various other letters to himself Iyons).
VIII Bear on the Waller Case.
The Investigation will bear directly upon
the Waller case. Waller and his stepson,
Paul Bray, sat'with Wetter as members of
the court, and, it appears, themselves gain
ed the ill-will of Wetter because they re-
sisted what they conceived to be Wetters
desire unduly to punish Lyons. This was
one of the questions touched upon by Wal
Ter in one of the letters to his wife, which
We're intercepted by the French authorities,
and this fact it is asserted, accounts fer
Wetters alleged supineness in defending
Walters rights.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
LIEUT.. COwLES' CASE.
He Will Probably BE Tried for Neglect
| of Duty.

He VIII Probably BE Tried for Neglect
of Duty.
War Department officials profess ignor-
ance in regard to the reported arrest al
Fort Douglass of Lieut.. w. Fl. Cowles, six
teenth infantry, saying that whatever ac.
tion has been taken would have heen taken
at the direction of Gen. Wheaton, com.
mander of the department OF the Colorado
There appears little doubt, however, thai
If proceedings have not already been in.
stituted against Mr.. Cowles. they will soor
be. He is charged with neglect of duty
Sergt. Grandlee of the sixteenth infantry
was recently tried by court-martial on the
charge of conspiring to defraud the govern
ment in the handling of supplies. He was
found guilty and was sentenced to foul %
years Imprisonment 1t is said that the
charges against Lieut.. Cowles are predi
Gated on evidence adduced in the case Of
Sergt Grandlee. Other officers are also
said to be implicated in the alleged 1rregu
la rites. The action OF the War Depart
ment will depend upon developments.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
WOULD DIsMEMBER TURKEY.
If the Proposed Armenian Reforms
Arc Denied.

Arc Denied.
CONSTANTINOPLE, September At is
officially announced here that Rustem
Pasha, Turkish ambassador to England
has telegraphed to the foreign minister
that he has had an interview relative to
the Armenian question with Lord Sails
bury, whom he had assured that the sub
lime porte is not opposed to the reforms
proposed by the powers signatory to the
treaty of Berlin, but that Turkey could not
permit control of Armenia by an intsrna-
tional commission.
Lord Salisbury replied that under the cir
cumstances it would be useless to continue
the interview. If, he said, the porte per
sists in its refusal, the powers will under
take the suggested reforms and rest satts-
fed.
If the porte continues to resist, Lord Sal
isbury adled, it would be a signal for the
dismemberment of Turkey.
The dispatch has caused the greatest un-
eaSineSs here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
CHARLES ALLEN CAUGHT.
One of the Robbers Who Escaped
From Ludlow Street Jail.

SPRINGFIELD, Mo-, September A.
Charles Allen, one of the Springfield, ILL.,,
post office robbers, who broke out of the
LUDLOW street Jail July 4, last, was caught
today. He was arrested on a telegram from
Park, twenty miles south, where he had
film f1ammed' the postmaster and several
bankers out of small sums. Claud Webb,
confidence man, recently chased out OF
St. Louis, was caught with him. Aliens
picture, sent out by NJ. D. Wheeler, chief
inspector at Washington, D. c., offering
So, 900 reward for him, tallies perfectly vita
the prisoner and there is no doubt that he
is the right man.
Letters found in Aliens pocket shows
that he has gone under the alias F. P.
Hogan, NJ D. Miller and Charles Robinson.
These letters, which are from his wife, are
dated Oakland, Cal, and found him at
many points between that place and this
city. Joseph KilleTan and another man,
who escaped with Allen In July, each have
5000 reward hanging over their heads.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
PANIC IN A THEATER,
A Portion of the

Portion of the Scenery Catches Fire.
CHICAGO, September 4.-The blowing cut
of high tension fuse in Hopkins West
Side Theater last night the smell of burning
oil which followed and a cry Of Fire
from a small boy threw the audience into
panic, which very nearly resulted in
stampede with fatal results. The house was
in total darkness. but the manager ad-
dlessed the audience and informed them
that only a portion of the scenery had
caught FIRE, and that the stage was in no
danger of catching. The house was cleared
without any one having been injured
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
SEEKING TREASURE ISLAND.
4 Story That Rivals Those of HaE
surL.

SANTA CRUZ, Cal, September At. ID.
Hughes, r. +. Davis, r. l.. Mann and Pete
Chr;smann of Gonzales and H. N. Mohr-
man and p Jennings of Gilroy today sailed
for a lone island in the Pacific ocean, about
500 miles west of Peru, in search of buried
treasure. Forty-three years ago Mr.Jennings
was a sailor in the south seas and
is said to have heep one of six who buried
on a lonely island in the Pacific three
large Jars of Spanish doubloons, valued at
between 100000 and S1,09o,u09. Mr.. Jen-
nings is the only man alive that knows the
location of the money, as the other five
died in his presence on the Peruvian coast.
He has also a chart of the island, and
claims it is volcanic and uninhabited.
Three months will be required to make the
trim
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
No Bannuck Indians in Confinement

The Department of Justice has notified
the Ir dian bureau that there are no Ban
mack II dians in confinement at Marsvale,
Wyo, those arrested and imprisoned by the
state authorities for violation of game laws
having been allowed to escape. The dis
trict attorney for Wyoming, therefore, is
urable to ask writs of habeas corpus in
their behalf and this means of bringing
the Bannack treaty before the United
States courts for adjudication cannot be
carried out.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
NO QUARTER GIVEN.

Japanese Said to BE Spnrfng Neither
Sex Nor Age.
ST. PETERSBURG, September 4.-The
Novoe Vremya's correspondent at Vladi-
vostock writes that the Formosan insur-
gents are conducting a successful warfare
against the japanese, in which women
show, with the men, a determined resist
ance. Though the army is decimated by
sickness, the japanese will grant no quar-
ter, and spare neither women nor children.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
The State Department Exhibit.

Mr.. John NJ. Biddle has gone to Atlanta,
Ga, to prepare the State Department ex-
hibit at the exposition. Mr.. Renick, chief
clerk Of the State Department, is the rep
rcsentative of that department at the At
lanta exposition, ard Mr.. Biddle is his as
sstant. They will alternate in charge of
the department exhibit until the close of
the exposition.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Fourth-CIass Postmasters.

Forty-eight fourth-class postmasters We're
appointed today, of whom forty-three were
to I'LL vacancies caused by deaths or resig-
nations.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Government Receipts.

National bank notes received today for
redemption, s15G,62s. Government receipts
From internal revenue, s1S7, $50; customs,
S239. $50; miscellaneous, $41 ,001.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
Presidential postmasters.

The President has appointed William G.
Williams postmaster at Waxahachie, Texas,
ard James ID. Robertson postmaster at
Grafton, n. D.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04
THE PUBLIC DEET,
Facts Given in the Treasury State
ment Issacd Today.

Facts Given in the Treasury State
ment Issued Today.
The public debt statement, issued by the
Treasury Department today, shows the
public debt on the last day of August, less
cash in the treasury. to have been $942,-
924, ,323, an increase for the month of ST.
S15.41S.' The following is the recaptuiation
of the debt:
Interest-bearing debt. $7i7, 800, ,G10
Debt which interest has
ceased since maturity......... 1,695,S10
Debt bearing no interest. 371, ,906, 99S
Total NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. sl,126,9 963, 479
There are also certificates and treasury
notes outstanding, offset by an equal
amount of cash in the treasury, amounting
to S6O2, 3o4, 6o3.
The cash in the treasury is classified as
follows:
Holu
ollNer .................... ol l,tfl ,3ft
Bonds, disbursing officers bal
dHceS, etc. 1851 i,o,13
1oedi ......-...........-...... $o@o.Joo,o4o
Against which there are demand liabil-
tiles amounting to $624. .921 ,1S9 eaving a
cash balance of $1s4059, 1876. The decrease
in the cash for the month was s., ,1G,374.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-09-04

tee proof Of f6e puooins Is
in fee eating. 9pesferoap's
Star contained p columns
Of Advertisements, Maee up
Of 635 separate announce
menfs. t8ese advertisers
fought pu66eifp-nof merefp
space.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-28
Dashed His Economy.

THIS is a story about a man over in
Alexandria who has a great deal Of
money 10 which he is deeply attached
He is, in iNact, so attached to it that he
hates to be separated from a dollar of
it. He has q Nilk hat, too--a we'll pre-
served silk hat of great age and I'M
doubted responsibility. He is fond of
his hat, and he'd like to wear it every
day, but silk hats, you know, are ex-
pensive, so he has been wearing his for
these many years just on Sunday. On
week days he e a shocking bad hat
which does not concern this story. The
last time the storks visited the Alexan-
dria mans house they were generous.
They brought twins, a boy and a girl.
The father was sitting in the parlor
when somebody entered to bring the
news.
"Well, you're a father now" said
the somebody.
"Boy or grip" asked She Alexandria
man.
"Both-twins."
"Great Scott cried the father,
springing to his feet. "Give me my
silk hat! / might as we'll wear it every
day now. What's the use of trying to
be economical, ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Post.
The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1895-11-28
Lowell's Greatest Defect.

In this same year, 1S4S, Lowell sent
forth also ''The Vision of Sir Launfal, !"
his first attempt at telling a story in
verse. Perhaps it is the best of all his
serious poems-loftiest in conception
and most careful in execution. His
habit then, as always, was to brood over
the subject he wished to treat in verse,
to fill himself with it and finally to
write it out at a single sitting. if posi-
BILE. He rarely rewrote, and his verse
lacked finish and polish, though it never
wanted force. 1t was at this time that
he told ~Longfellow he meant to give up
poetry because he could 'not write
slowly enough"
His poetry also suffered from another
failing of his. He was not content to set
forth beauty only and to let the reader
discover a moral for himself. Longfel-
low, Whittier and Lowell all insisted
too much at times on the lesson of the
song. And Lowell knew his own defect
and wrote later in life, II shall never
be a poet till get out of the pulpit, and
New England was all meeting house
when I was growing up. "-"James
Russell Lowell, by Brander Matthews,
III ST. Nicholas.