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TO BE REINSTATED.
Green Sand holders Mt the Navy
Yard improperly DischarGeL.

Yard improperly Discharged.
A case of great interest to employees in
the navy yard was settled by Secretary
Herbert today a result Of a thorough in
vestigation by various officers covering a
Period of many weeks. September IA Chas.
Waltemeyer. William rockingham, E. r.
Barbour. Joseph Sewell and Henry Samp-
sc n, green Sand molders in the gun foundry.
were discharged by direction of the COM
mandant. Mr.. Waltemeyer, n veteran, pro-
tested. because other workmen in his class
not veterans were retained. The G. A. r.
took up his case and secured an investiga-
ton. 1t was explained in general way
that Waltemeyer had been selected for dis
charge when the work became slack because
he had not shown the same proficiency as
those retained.
The investigation developed considerable
feeling on both sides, and much time was
consumed in arriving at the exact facts
and circumstances in the case After a full
consideration of the report of the board
and the records of the navy yard, Secre-
tary Herbert came to the conclusion that
the discharge of the four men named was
not in strict accord with the rules govern
ing the employment of labor at navy yards.
In communicating his decision on the
case to the commandant of the navy yard,
he says that If the rules in question had
been carried out in letter and spirit, when
it became necessary to make the discharges
in the foundry, the loan molders, for whom
there was no work. should have been dis
charged, and four of the five green sand
molders, for whom there was work. should
have been retained. because of these
Irregularities and to correct the injus tice
done to those discharged the Secretary
says, "you the commandanD Will direct
that the green sand molders who were dis
charged be placed at the top of the eligible
list. III order that they may be given pref
erence over all others when the services of
additional green sand molders are re-
qured." The veteran issue is not in
volved in the settlement of the case.
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4 Gum Hunter.

From the Lewiston tAIeJ Journal.
Jonathan has been into the woods eight
cen seasons, and his occupation there has
teen gathering spruce gum. He builds a
cabin in the fall when he is about to be-
gin work in new territory. 1t is generally
a small one, but he takes great pains to
make it one that can easily be kept warm.
one year he passed five months without see
ing a human being. and at the end OF that
time lie found that another man had been
in q camp less than two miles from him all
winter. They did not see each other $
tracks, for the reason that the other fellow
was trapping. and confined his journeyings
to valley where n large stream and its
branches gave MIN field for his opera TONS
Two miles away Mr.. Stone lived in his little
camp on the edge of a big spruce growth,
and liz following this h. went away from,
instead of toward. his neighbor, the trap
Fer. When they had finished their season S
work and got acquainted coming out, they
told each other OF the lonesome evenings
passe! in their respective camps.
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Regular Quarterly Dividends on
Sugar Trust Declared.
INDICATIONS POINTING TO An ADVANCE
Estimates as to Saturdays Gold
Shipments.
GENERAL MARKET REPORTS

Special Dispatch to The Evening Star
NEW YORK, December 5-The selling Of
bankers bills in the foreign exchange mar
ket this morning. as the only means of sat-
is1y1ng liberal demand from RENTERS in
dicates an early resumption Of specie ex-
ports. To what extent Withdrawals of gold
VIII be made between now and sailing hour
on Saturday cannot as yet be determined.
but careful estimates indicate a probable
outflow of two or three millions.
transactions in railway shares were
again Of that Indifferent character which
has characterized the weeks operations
the professional trader being unassisted in
dc termiEing values. Investors find little
evidence of any necessity to hasten intend
ed purchases, the weight Of argument IA
voring lower level as condition prece-
dent TO higher ore. Fluctuations, how
ever, are not likely to be wide, nor the re-
suit of significant developments during the
inactivity of the public, but until the pres
ent inertia is overcome the cautious trader
Will save interest by waiting until the pur-
pose of the market is more clearly defined
than at present.
The industrial list, not being subject to
the same influences which affect the more
conservative railway issues. will be influ-
enced by manipulation, and will in all
probability reflect series Of wide fluctua-
tons.
me dctlon OIL sugar To-Day again empha-
sized the conviction that higher prices will
not be opposed by the powerful inside in
terests. The regular quarterly dividends on
both the common and preferred stocks were
declared during the day.
The prospect of paying this disbursement
Is relied upon to discourage short selling
of the stock until after the books are closed
While the signs point to an evident inten-
ton to force higher prices for the present,
the opinion that the high level will be
utilized for short selling in liberal volume
sill obtains In well informed circles.
The trading in American Tobacco was
largely in the intel ests of lower prices,
pending litigation ard doubtful dividend
policy being urged in justification of large
sales. Should Congress take no action
against the So-called trusts the courts
throughout the country are likely to deter
mine the legality of certain profitable char
tiers and supply the deficit in speculative
material.
The trading of the last hour was dull and
void of significance. the purely professional
character of the market insuring frequent
changes of direction.
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THE CONFEDERATE FLAG.
A Young Woman is Making mn Income
by Painting 1t.

by Painting 1t.
From the Philadelphia Press
There is young woman in New York who
made for a confederate veteran a sketch in
oils on parchment Of the confederate battle
flag. He was prominent member of the
southern set in Gotham. and the fame of his
picture went through the ranks of those who
were born in Dixie. The young woman was
not well off in the worlds goo5s, and she
was glad to take all the orders her veteran
friend could get,her.
heard an order for half a dozen given at
a dinner a few weeks ago. She is reaping
the result of originality. Very few, even Of
the southerners, own fac-similes of this bat
tie flag 1t was not complete in design when
the war broke out, of course, and this pic
ture contains, / think. four or five flags:
each a painstaking reproduction of the
changes as they were made. They are
grouped artistically together, the four in
termediate around the last as 1t was when
1t fell.
In the home of a southern matron who
resides in New York. the wife of a we'll
known lawyer, hangs one of these pictures
in heroic size 1t is framed in Georgia pine
and over one corner of the frame is crossed
of whom were officers.
That, while all bitter feeling is dead, senti-
ment still remains is a fact of which the
Young woman who conceived the idea is
heartily glad. She asks quite a reasonable
sum for her work and she is being kept very
busy Not only southerners living in New
York are ordering her handiwork. but those
who live below the line are sending for the
Aop
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ARE THEY CUBAN AGENTS.
Suspicious Looking Persons Confer
ring Mt Hartford.

HARTFORD, Conn, December 5.-The
Telegram today says: There is very strong
suapicion here that emiSsarieS and agents
of the Cuban revolutionary party are here
for the purpose of buying arms of the Colt $
Patent Fire Arms Company, and to see if
Pratt & Whitneys people have any ma
chine guns that can be put together on
short notice.
Several foreigners, looking like Spanish or
Cuban gentlemen, are said to have held a
conference in a hotel last night, but search
of the registers of all hotels failed to de-
Velop any clue.
HAVANA. December 5.-General Suarez
Valdes has teiegraphed to Captain General
Martinez de Campos compllmenting Lieu
tenant Winston Leonard Churchill. Lieut..
Spencer, both of British army, and following
the operations of the Spanish troops, for dis
tnguished behavior during the recent en-
SaSement near Ciege de Avila. when Cen
eral Suarez net and defeated Maxine
Gomez, who is said to have been compelled
to retreat with numerous loss. AT the
same time, as already cabled, General Ma
varro is reported to have defeated Antonio
Maceo at Jicolea. In both cases the Span
ish troops occupied the inSurgent positions
with Insignificant loss
The schooner Suitano. after having been
looted by the insurgents at Santa Cruz
del Sur, was set fire to and burned.
NEW YORK, December "a special to
the World from Havana says:
A body of 500 insurgents moved from the
mountains yesterday, under Jayas and vi
dial. and attacked the odd astronomical sta
ton outside Santa Clara city. A corporal
ard foreman were in charge, all volun-
teerS.
The rebels pursued their usual tactics, fir
ing az the defenSes without making an as
sault.
A column of 100 soldiers, under Staff Cap
tain Yncenga, went to the rescue After
brief firing the rebels retired to Iona Cruz
ten miles distant.
The only Spanish officer wounded was
Lieut.. Montesa.
There is no reason why the rebels should
rot have captured the garrison and over
run the suburbs Of the city, had they sufIi-
Gent sand. There are few troops near
Santa Clara.
Consul General Williams visited General
Sangully today in the prison of the Cabanas
fortress, accompanied by your correspond
emit The purpose of the visit was to for
nally attest the signature to the protest
which General Sanguly. through the Amer
lean consul general, will address to the
Department of State at Washington against
the introduction of military evidence in his
recent civil trial. Gen. Sanguily is in good
spirits.
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GROWTH OF NEW YORK.
81 ,OOO.OOO Tut Into New Buildings
Only n Part of the Record.

From the Providence Journii-
During the present year the growth OF
new buildings in New York city has been
phenomenal Up to October l, or during
only three-quarters of the year, there had
been filed with the building department
the plans for new buildings to cost alto
gether S71, OOS911, and plans for alterations
to old buildings to cost SS@A.41S.
To form some conception of what this
means a few comparisons may be made.
Since this sum of SS0,OOO.0O0 represents the
value put into buildings alone, it may be
fair to assume that it represents at the
same time reasonable valuation for other
properties for the purposes of taxation. If
this be SO there has been added to the city
in but a single year city greater in value
than was the city of Buffalo in 1850, greater
than the city of Newark in New Jersey. in
that same year, and almost equal to the en-
tire value of the whole OF Hudson county,
New Jersey, including Jersey City, Hoboken
and Weehawken.
Another Sl0,0o1,o00 worth will perhaps be
filed during the last quarter of the year,
making the grand total sW.UoOoD0 for the
year, or S}5,O00,OOO more than the total of
1894. On October l there. We're in coui SC of
erection in New York 900 buildings. and of
these eighty were great steel and ron strGc-
lures down town, to be used for stores and
offices,
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SPEED OF CRUISERS,
1t Makes Some Difference When the
Conl Bills Are Considered,

1t Makes Some Difference When the
Coal Bills Are Considered.
From the Boston Transcript.
Because cruisers in ordinary service do
not, as rule. come up to the speed they
make on trial trips it by no means follows
that they cannot repeat the record they
reach on such occasions. The explanation
is that when they are on trial the builders
pay the coal bill, which, when in service,
Uncle Sam has to foot. An ocean liner may
Use 400 tons of coal a day, for her owners
have receipts to Offset expenses. There are
no money receipts for a man-of-war, and
her commander has orders to be careful of
the coal. and to reserve engine power for
occasion when bursts of speed are demand
ed.
The landssaan is apt to imagine that the
tWenty-knot ship is always going twenty
knots, whereas, unless her commanders
orders bid her hurry, she is more likely to
be jogging along comfortably at half that
speed using only part of her boiler power
and economizing coal The conditions that
govern trial trips are of infrequent occur
renee in actual service. Seas are always
! ind to contractors, and possibly Neptune
has a percentage of the bonus. So well is
distinction between the trial trip speed and
service speed understood in England tina
officially ships are rated two knots below
the record they made when racing for ac-
ceptancc.
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PAYMENTS OF CORK.
4 Suggestion to Reduce the Wear
on Modern Nerves.

From the Popular Health Magazine
Cork pavements have been suggested of
late as dn improvement over the old
methods of paving streets. Modern city life
is so full of noise and confusion that any
suggestion tending to reduce this noise
should be considered Persons may like
city life. but sooner or later the constant
wear and tear and the incessant noise and
hustle of the streets affect the brain and
give disturbed sleep. Cork pavements and
rubber tires to vehicles might keep per-
sons more on the lookout in crossing crowd
ed streets, but such reforms would yield a
quiet that would be refreshing. The mod
crn rapid transit street car is accompa MED
by much unnecessary changing and ringing
of bells, and if public opinion could reduce
this nose. streets, though crowded, would
yet be fairly quiet.
Cork is said to be much cheaper than
formerly, and its use to limited extent
il. some cities has shown that ii is dura BILE
and not expensive. Asphalt streets are too
slippery in wet weather, especially on grades,
and are very warm in the summer. The
hcrseshoer would have less work to do in
Il city OF cork streets. but the heart of the
enthusiastic wheefnan would rejoice and
the tired city aEeRef wolild be- glad.
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Details Of a Plot to Capture the
City of Canton.
INSTRUMENTATION THE GOVERNMENT
A Christian Chapel Used by the
Conspirators.
SOME OF THEM CAPTURED

BOSTON. Mass. December 5.-AIail adj
wees received by reliable persons in this
city from Canton, China, this morning, give
details of an attempt to capture the city of
Canton by a secret organization for the
purpose of establishing an independent
government
The writer says:
The plot ripeued October 81, when the
attention of the United States consul was
called to a suspicious telegram from a
Hong Kong firm to its branch in Canton
concerning the shipment of certain pack
ages.
The authorities were notified and the
packages, which proved to be five barrels
of pistols and ammunition, labeled oe-
ment," were seized on their arrival. On
the same steamer from Hong Kong came
400 men, who expected to aid in he revolt.
The officials, however, captured seventy
five of them. The revolutloniStS mad no
weapons, but it was learned that they
were to be supplied by friends in the city.
This seizure of arms ard The capture OF
those implicated completely thwarted the
attempt, and the authorities are now max
ing diligent search for the leader as well
as for more weapons.
1t is sad there are thousands in sympa-
thy with the movement. The Hong Kong
papers speak of it as a patriotic move
ment' and worthy of support.
The plan of the organization, which or. g
mated in Hong Kong, and was taken up m
Canton. was first to capture the city treas
ury, next to demolsh the viceroy's palace
By this time they would expect sufficient
aid to storm the city.
They next expected to proclaim an In
dependent government and to take meas
Tres to hold the city.
The movement has involved the Chris
tians to a considerable extent, and great
excitement prevails, especially inside the
city. near chapel. which had been used.
unknown to the missionary, as sort OF
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An Ice bicycle.
the st. Louis Post dispatch.

From the st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The bicycle does not go into complete
retirement even upon the arrival of winter
ice and snow. In tact, the bicycle will be
one of the big things on ice during the
coming season. From the suggestion
thrown out by boy who dashed an ordi-
nary skate 10 the front wheel of his safety.
and was enabled to make good time over
the surface of frozen lake, two enter
prising young men in Chicago have in
vented and patented an ice bicycle, and
formed company for its manufacture.
With the first perfected model one of the
inventors made a mile in one minute and
twenty seconds, and this can be improved
upon, the skill of the rider being the only
limit to the possibilities in the line OF rec
ords. The change from the normal BIZ
cycle to the ice machine can he made in
five minutes. The rear tire is Debated and
the toothed band of steel slipped over it.
The tire is then inflated until the tension
is sufficient to hold the band firmly in
place.
The blade is hollow ground. rendering
lateral slipping impossible. The weight of
the machine remains unaltered. The de-
vice is quite cheap, costing less than $50.
and for thar reason cycling on ice Is sure
to become popular, if not the reigning fad
of the winter.
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A BUNCH OF BEARS.
Five Quickly Piled Up by n California
Hunter.

Hunter. .
From the San Francisco Post.
II believe 1 got as big a bag of bears in
short a time as any man ever did," said
Doc Stadley, the eX-Sheriff and bear hunter
of Merdocino.
"A bag of bears?" exclaimed the young
man who had just been telling about bag
OF snipe he had once killed. What We're
they-little fellows; what is it you call
them-kittens; no. cubs: that's it,
mo, sir; they, were not kittens or cubs.
They were bears" declared Doc. Il think
l piled up about ton of bear meat in
the southern part of Trinity county about
seventeen or eighteen years ago. We had
killed about forty deer and three panthers
and 4 bear or two in a couple OF weeks.
and were pretty near ready to break camp,
when | thought | would 20 out and kill
another deer to take home fresh. 1t was
late in the afternoon, aud l was creeping
along in the brush, when suddenly l came
out into little opening. stopped to see
if there was any sign of deer and while l
stood looking about big black bear climb
ed up on the trunk of big fir tree that had
been uprooted. He wasn't thirty yards
away and 1 plugged him in the ear He
rolled off the log and down the hill toward
me. but before | had time to see # he was
dead another bear climbed up on that same
log to what the row was about. | shot
it in the head, and it rolled down the sa me
way the other had gone. Up climbed big
two-ycar- old to take its place. and after l
had shot it two big yearlings. one after the
other clambered up on the log to be shot
Every one rolled down the hill toward me-
and were kicking and thrashiug around not
ten steps away. By that time l came to the
conclusion that L was i'll bear country,
and l didn't lose any time clsnb'r" a So
ling. When l got well braced up among the
limbs l sat and pumped lead into that pile
of bears; every time one kicked l gave him
bullet, till they all stopped kicking. l had
five bears in one pile, and l think they
must have weighed over a ton altogether
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Baltimore Markets.

BALTIMORE, December 5.-Flour quiet. Nm
changed-receipts 49, 9SS barrels; shipments % 7b2
barrels; sales 1850 barrels. Wheat rt.nrcr r,t
and month. G5hsa65si; May 69ssa7O; steamer No. 2
red. 62.a62Ri- 4.5I6 OuSnrls; pa, ~ :.
4s0S6 bushels: stock 40, 721 bushels: Sales 1000
brlshels-southern wheat By sample. Goat d GA
grade, 63ha66L. Corn frmer-spot 33@sa33A;
year, 33asa33h January, 3Sssa33ii: Fchrila!, .- 4
bid; March. "a bid: steamer mixed. 2'r3'' re-
cepts, 100 900 bushels shipments, 52.02S bushels;
stock, l,304.5s6 bushels; sales. 5000 husne.s-
southern white corn. 32as3l2: do yellow. 32a34.
Oats trncr good inqury-No. white western,
24a24la: No. mixed. receipts, 3,osI BUSH
els; stock, 225 2g6 bushels Rye frmer-No. . Ala
As nearby; 4TIha4S wes:ern-reccpts, 81 .90i bush
els: stock, 1OO,6i4 bushels. Hay firm, demand
active for chocc-choice timothy. $3.50. Grain
freiehts STEADY, unchanged. Sugar, butter, eggs
and cheese firm, unchanged.
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HORRIBLY MANGLED.
An Old Man Killed by u Railroad
Trnin.

An old man, thought to have been an in
mate of Soldiers Home, was struck by a
train ard instantly killed between Terra
Gotta and Stotts stations on the Metropoli-
tar branch of the Baltimore and Ohio rail-
road this afternoon. The police were on
hand soon after the fatal accident happen
cd, but there was some delay in learning the
particulars Of the tragedy.
The old mar wore the uniform of the eN-
soldiers who are inmates Of the home, but
this is not conclusive evidence that he is
this is not conclusive evidence that he was
common thing for the cast-off garments
TO he worn by laborng men about the
county.
The police report that the mans name is
William Harrison Smith. and if this is his
real name he was not an inmate Of the home.
The victim was disemboweled and de-
capitated. ard the badly disfigured body
presented horrible sight.
" ord WAS sent to the eighth police sta
ton to send for the body to remove it to
the morgLc. and Coroner Hamfnett will
make an investigation later in the after
neon or tomorrow.
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RELIEF WORK IN TURKEY.
The Red Cross Society Asked to I'M
dertnke Its Organ izntiOn.

BOSTON, December "a special meet
ing Of the prudential committee of Ameri-
can board was held this afternoon for the
purpose of requesting the Red Cross So
ciety, of which Clara Barton of Washing
ton is president, to undertake relief work
in Turkey, as an international organiza ton.
forwarded TO Miss Barton at once. 1t is be-
leved by those advocating the step that the
organization being international in its char
acter is the one which can successfully adj
minister Americas relief contributions in
Turkey.
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4 Nur Q;iu;n,.

Mr.. Faulkner introduced a bill in the
Senate authorizing the Secretary OF the
Treasury to pay to the estate of A. II.
Herr deceased, late OF the District of Co.
lumbia, SlI,2SS,;;, allowed the estate of A.
II. Herr by the Secretary of War fer the
use Of his premises, known as Hers Is
land near Harper's Ferry, by the army
during the late war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05

Tie new Episcopal diocese. created by
dividing Kentucky into two dioceses, was
organized at Lexington. XIV. yesterday
and named diocese of Lexington. The cleo
ton of bishop viii! be held today.
F.duard Won kilanyi, who introduced liv-
ing pictures in this country. died yester-
day at New York of bronchial colsump-
for intermeIt.
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The Wool Growers,

The National Association of Wool Grow
erS met behind closed doors today in order
10 adjust privately some differences with
in the association over the memorial 10
congress which it was decided TO draft
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Popular Hypnotfsm.

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
The hypnotist smiled confidently.
Yes" said he. "by making few passes
can cause a man to go to any part Of the
city 1 choose
Him. said the railroad magnate, 81 can
do the same thing and send man clear
from here to San Francisco
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1895-12-05

Ger. William I;!rney. counsel for the
Market Company. has notified the Commits
sioners of thu fling of the amended bill of
the Market Company in reference to the oc-
cupancy of the north side of 3 street be-
tween eth and 9th streets