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Evening star., 1896-07-20
MCKINLEY GOES TO CLEVELAND.
His First Trip Since His Nomination
at st. Louis.

III 81. Louis.
CANTON. Ohio, July 20.-There was no
blare of trumpets or pretensions of for
mality Of Office when Major Mckinley
started on his trip to Cleveland today
1t was damp, rainy morning in Canton
1t was first intended that Major and Mrs
Mckinley should leave for Cleveland at
BOO. The majors mail, however has
assumed such enormous proportions that
he found it impossible TO leave at that
time. He was engaged with Private Sec
retary Boyle during the morning, en-
of letters that had reached him Saturday
evening and Sunday, and shortly after
noon his one-horse surrey was driven to
his residence and Major and Mrs. Nc
kiDley We're driven to the railroad station.
The party took the 12:30 Mckinley flyer.
en- the Cleveland Canton and Southern
Mckinley Till be the guest of Chairman Nj.
A. Hanna, in Cleveland. Mr.. Hanna, how
ever, is in Chicago today, arranging for re-
publican headquarters there, and will not
see his distinguished guest until his return
tomorrow.
Mai. McKinley's address at the formal
opening of the centennial exercises WILL
OF course. be entirely non-partisan in char
acter. This is Maj. Mckinley's first trip
from Canton since his nomination by the
republican convention at St. Louis. T.ls
crowds assembled at the station bade him
goodbye merely neighbors and fellow
citizens. He is expected to return Thurs
day next, and he may come via Alliance,
twenty miles east of Canton. He is a mem
her OF the board of directors of Mount Tn
ion College there, and may possibly make
an address there.
Evening star., 1896-07-20

achieving practical results. while the south
ern men, remembering their many contests
with the democrats of their section, MAIN
tain that such a course is utterly suicidal!
The feeling is the same whether among
leaders or the rank and file, the only differ
ence being that the former discuss the issue
in committee rooms and the latter In the
hotel corridors. Both classes are equally
earnest and both declare that there is but
one course open.
The crowds are not large, but the men are
all evidently in great earnest. Any two
of opposing views who engage in a con-
troversy have no difficulty in attracting
crowd, any member of which Is only too
glad to take up the thread of the discourse
of his champion. They are all debaters and
all welfsinformed on the issues at stake.
The Bryan followers talk split more openly
than their opponents. They are perfecting
a thorough organization, and mean to make
a most strenuous effort to secure the in
dorsement of the democratic nominee.
They dc not publicly admit that there Is
any possibility that they will not be able
TO control the convention, but privately
many of them say that if they are not in
the majority, and If a separate ti,hlet is
nominated they will walk out of the con-
to the support Of Bryan and Sewall. The
other crowd are more reticent, but the
feeling is none the less intense.
Rain Poured Down.
The rain poured down in steady sheets
today and served to dampen the ardor of
the arriving populists and silverites The
gay bunting which decorated the entrance
Evening star., 1896-07-20
THE TERRIBLE TIDAL WAVE
Description of the Disaster That Over
whelmed Part Of Japan.
Thirty ThOusnnd Lives Lost md Mil
lions of Property Destroyed in
q Few Minutes.

The Secretary of State today received
a report from the United States charge
at Toxic in regard to the recent tidal wave
disaster In Japan. "A horrible disaster
has befallen Japan" he says, causing
the death Of 5000 Of her people, and leav-
ing twice that number homeless and starv-
Ing. On the evening of June 10 last. at
about $40 or $40 pm, the northeastern
littoral of the Island of Hondo. for a dis
tance Of nearly 100 miles. was submerged
by a tremendous tidal wave eighty feet in
height. which, sweeping irresistibly upon
the coast. only spent its energy after a
rush Of miles into the interior, and retired.
leaving a desolate waste of sand and de-
bris, where had stood SO many homes and
thriving villages.
Sought Safety to Find Death.
During the 18th of June a number of
earthquake shocks had been felt by the in
habi;ants of the unfortunate procedures of
Mirage, Aomori and Iwate but these slight
disturbances gave no warning TO the fish
ing people who were celebrating the May
festival which. according to the Chinese
calendar, fell upon that day. At about 5
o'clock the people living along the coast
were startled from their tranquility by a
frightful roaring from the sea, likened to
the reports of heavy artillery. Reused to
dcttOH Uy cries Oh tSuNafnl,
c'tidal wave" tidal wave') from those
who realized the impending disaster, the
Inhabitants rushed from their homes into
night of pitchy blackness to be over
taken and engulfed In their fight to high
ground.
The Greatest of Similar Disasters
The first meaSer reports from the scene
of the catastrophe gave little idea of its
ma msgnftude, but each succeeding budget of
rews arriving from the north has added to
the appalling character of the disaster
until, at the time of writing June 20, it is
estimated that the mortalities will number
more than thirty thousand. The magni-
tude of the losses Of life is better appre-
ciated by comparing this catastrophe with
those known SO well i'm history. Lisbon at
a conservative estimate. lost but 1000 of
its people in Its memorable earthquake and
Japan but 100 in the Gifu disaster of 1882
in fact, the mCrtalities exceed those of
the Chinese-JapaneSe war.
am pleased to say that so far as I have
been able to learn from persons at the
scene of the disaster, no Americans have
suffered either IN person or properly. ia
pan has sought no foreign aid, but seems
able to provide for all its destitute The
imperial family has headed the subscription
list with 1900 yen, and donation from
private sources are swelling the relief
fund
Evening star., 1896-07-20
REPORTS AS TO CROKER
Speculation as to Whether he Will Appear
in the Campaign.
He Is the Only One Who Can Control
ammany-PrObnblc Conference
With Senator Smith.

Will Richard Croker appear in this cam
paign? Reports on the subject are contra
dictory. He Is now in England racing his
horses. Some of his friends expect him
home in September, while others express
the opinion that he will not return until
after the November elections.
The question asked Is interesting because
of the divided state of Tammany Hall re-
specting the work Of the Chicago conven-
ticn. The rank and file of Tammany are
inclined to support Bryan and free silver
and for no other reason than that both
ticket and platform bear the stamp Of reg
uiarity. Others may hesitate about this
point or that, but the average Tammany
man Is curious only about the proceedings
Satisfy him that the whole thing Is enti-
tied t. be considered democratic, and he
is ready to support 1t. That is Tammany
discipline. His training Is that of soldier,
His not to ask the reason why"
And so the rank and file Of Tammany are
getting into line. Some of the leaders are
not. These leaders are in touch with local
business sentiment, and are against free
silver and an income tax. But no one OF
tEem has the influence to head off the or
ganization. MIR. Croker alone since the
days of John Kelly has shown the power of
supreme control. The wonder. therefore
is if Mr.. Croker can be induced to return
and If so. what course he will pursue.
MI croker is d man OF property. II IS
assumed that his sympathieS are with
those who are supporting the established
order of things His relations with Mr..
Whitney are close. and Mr.. Whitney re-
jects the whole Chicago outfit. Can Mr..
Croker be persuaded to take position be-
side him, and oppose the free silver ticket? :?
If he can, and returns home for that pur-
pose New York city is likely to be a lively
locality for awhile.
Sound money democrats must be glad to
see Mr.. Croker make this move. Tammany
is filled with wage-earners, and If free sill
YER support can be arrested there the effect
may spread beyond the limits of the hall.
There are democratic organizations in New
Jersey and Connecticut fashioned after
Tammany. and it may be possible to in
fuence these by news that Tammany takes
no interest in the Chicago ticket.
\ part of this gossip is that Senator
Smith of New Jersey, now on the ocean.
will see Mr.. Croker upon his arrival in
England and talk over the whole situation
with him The two men are close frien,ls,
and as Mr. Smith attended the Chicago
convention, he will be able to give Mr.
Croker full account of matters up to
date. Mr.. Smith himself has no sympathy
with the attitude of his party, but he has
not as Yet openly bolted the ticket.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION.
Work is Being Pushed Forward by
the Different Members.

" OFk IN icing FuShPu Forward by
the Different Members.
While negotiations have been going on
between the State Department at Washing
ton and the British foreign office. the Vene-
zUelan boundary commission has been
steadily pushing on its work of investiga-
ton.
Abroad, Prof George l.. Burr has been
diving into the Dutch archives at The
Hague. and out of musty volumes and old
manuscripts has been collecting informa-
ton hitherto unpublished, and which Is said
to throw much light on the merits of the
controversy. In this work, and especially
in the translation of important documents
which have been discovered, he is being
ably assisted by DIR. DeHaan of Baltimore
DIR. DeHaan graduated recently from Johns
Hopkins University as a doctor of philos-
ophy, and is now one of the associate in
structors In that institution. He is a lin
guist of rare proficiency. thoroughly fa-
miiiar with Dutch, Spanish and English,
and with excellent attainments in French,
Arabic and other tongues.
Professor Burr vii shortly be joined by
Mr.. Frederic r. Coudert, who sailed for
Europe last Saturday. While abroad, Mr..
Coudert himself will inspect the Dutch
archives, and then push on for Rome to su-
perintend the Investigations now being
carried on in the archives of the Propa-
gaEda with respect to the commencement,
extent and duration of the Catholic mis-
sions in the disputed territory.
On this side of the water the work is being
prosecuted with equal vigor. Mr. Marcus
Baker of the United States geological sur
vey, one of the cartographcal experts of
the commission. spent all of last week in
Cambridge working in the Harvard library
In company with the secretary. This week
he goes to North East Harbor for consul
tation with DR.. Gilman, who has been hard
at work at his home in Maine
d
Judge Alvey at Hagerstown, DR.. White at
Ithaca, and Mr.. Mallet-Prevost at Beach
Bluff, Mass. have been pushing along the
work, and large amount Of material Is be-
ing examined and collected preparatory for
the final report.
AT the same time the work has been 90
ing on at the office of the commission in
Washington. where Mr.. Perry Allen, the
assistant secretary, is in charge. The COM
missioners are anxiously awaiting the prom
ised supplement to the British blue book
iab hos NOT orrix-
Evening star., 1896-07-20
MIR. SPARkMAN'S VIEWS.
He Thinks Florida and All the South
ern States VIII Support the Ticket.

Representative S. NJ Sparkman of Flor
IDA. who was one OF the delegates at large
from that state to the Chicago convention
aid who IS conservative gold standard
de mo1rat, is here on business. He will sup
pert the nominees of the convention When
asked this morning what his state would
do, he said
Florida will support the ticket, as will
all the other southern states. There won't
be any boiling in my state TO amount to
anything Here and there democrat NAV
cut the ticket, but / have seen no an
rouncegneht yet that any prominent man
has bolted the ticket 1t is safe to say
that the democratic electors will carry
Florida by the usual majority. 1t is nv
teliet that every southern state will be
Just as safe They are going to hold in
lire for the democratic ticket"
Mr. Sparaman said that if the Chicago
ticket was indorSed at ST. Louis this week
1t would be strengthened considerably
Evening star., 1896-07-20
A PLEASANT PROBABILITY.
New System of Rapid Transit to he
Tested ON the AnacOatia Road.

New System of Rapid Transit to he
Tested ON the Anacostia Road.
Unless something unforeseen occurs, it
now appears as though rapid transit be-
tween Washington and Anacostia would be
accomplished in the near future-much
sooner than the most earnest friends of
that mode of propulsion have heretofore
hoped for.
President Griswold of the Anacostia Rail-
road Company today gave permission to a
Mr.. Pole. the inventor of gas motor for
moving street cars, to try his invention on
the tracks of the Anacostia road, and this
will be done not later than next week.
Mr.. Pole has been at work on his inven-
ton for more than year at his home near
Benning, and he claims to have brought
the machine to high state of perfection
and that with its use cars can be propelled
as rapidly as they are moved by cable
or electricity in Washington.
Evening star., 1896-07-20

given that matter a great deal Of thought,
but have not yet determined upon the
selections. So many vast interests have to
be consulted in matter of this kind that
progress is necessarily slow. And. besides.
the committee does not have to be made
up until the candidates have been officially
notified Of their nomination.
Then, too, l am not confined to the men,
bership of the national committee in choos-
ing the executive committee, but can go
outside Of that organization entirely If
such course is considered advisable"
On the subject of the location of the ex-
ecutive committee headquarters he was not
very explicit.
Il have not selected Washington, as re-
ported," he said, land l have expressed n
preference for no location In fact doubt
that the selection will be left to my judg-
ment. but l am inclined to think that the
executive committee, when chosen, will
make the selection"
Gov. Stone who. 1t is understood. will be
a member or the executive committee eX-
pressed very decided preference for Chi
cago.
My personal choice. of course, would he
ST; Louis. said the governor. but con-
slderation OF interests Of vaster concern
irclines me to Chicago. Certainly the head
quarters must be in the west and as Chi
cago is of easier access to the battle ground
my choice Is that CITY,"
A Bolt Regarded MS Probable.
Ihe belief continues to be generally preva-
lent that bolt is among the strong prob
abilities of the populist convention, what
ever the course decided upon by the ma
5ority The delegates are constantly arriv-
ing now. and the larger the crowd becomes
the more evident Is the intensity Of feeling
over the one question at issue. This oues-
ton is whether to indorse Bryan and sewall
or to nominate an Independent ticket
In general way the contest is between
the north and south. The western and
northern delegate calls himself a populist
and the southern delegate also refers to
himself as a populist. Many of the dele
gates express the opinion that they may at
no distant day be separate parties The
northern men as a class contend that in the
Endorsement of Bryan lies the only hope of
making the influence of the party felt or of
Evening star., 1896-07-20
PersOnal Mention.

Assistant Secretary Hamln has gone to
Boston to attend the funeral of ex-Goy.
Russell. He will then go to Marion to
spend August in vacation there
Secretary Olney is in New York.
Gen. Doe. assistant secretary of war. has
resumed his duties at the War Department
from few weeks holiday at Long Branch
and vicinity.
Lieut.. H. ID. Todd, Sd Artillery, is in the
city on leave Of absence from the MiIi1arv
Academy.
:. Lieut.: ii. u Iodd; 1r.. 4th Artillery, is at
1884 18th street on leave of absence.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
Secretary OIncy'. Vacation.

Secretary Olney has gone away for a
vacation at Falmouth, Mass, where he has
a cottage He spent today in New York,
but 1t is thought he will not return to
Washington for several weeks. yet as it is
on the program for him to confer with the
President on important foreign questions
including the Venezuelan affair and the
Cuban situation, it will be very convenient
for the two statesmen to meet frequently
a their summer homes are not far apart
During his absence ss'stant Secretary
Rockhill will have charge of the foreign
office.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
THE TEMPTATION OF BRYAN.
California Populists Urged Him 10
KcnOunce the DemOcrnts.

TscHoUuce the DemOcratS.
KANSAS CITY, No., July 20-while en-
route to the national populist convention,
the California delegation, thirty-nine
strong. last night issued an open letter to
the democratic presidential nominee, VIM.
J. Bryan, urging him to go before the
country as the nominee of the populist
party. The letter was composed and dis
patched while The delegation was waiting
for its train TO 81. Louis, DIR. q. w. Day
walt of San Francisco being chosen secre-
tary, and instructed to write it, The letter
says, in part:
IF you will accept the nomination of the
peoples party, declaring yourself a popu-
list. you will become a leader 10 whom viii
rush every reformer, be he silverite, demo-
crat or republican, and not only be elected
yourself, but also elect Congress. the law
making power. This is the opportunity OF
your life; take advantage of il, and you
will like Lincoln with the republicans.
send down your name to history as savior
of your country by means of populsm.
IF you do not do Ii, We must, in defense
of our principles, put another nominee i'm
the field. Can you thus be elected?"
Evening star., 1896-07-20

Gossip as to His Successor as Quarter.
master General of the Army

Gossip as to His Successor az Quarter.
master General of the Army
Brigadier General Ra.chelder quarter
master general of the army, will retire
for age on the 2Sth instant, and gossip
is lively concerning the personality of his
successor. If seniority is followed In the
matter the next quartermaster general
will be either Colonel Sawtelle. now On
duty in New York, or Colonel Ludington,
on duty in Chicago. Colonel Sawtelle is
the senior of the two named, and on that
account is regarded as having a slight ad-
vantage over Colonel Ludington. whose
friends, however. have strong hopes of his
preferment. Colonel Saw.elle is a grad
uate Of West Point, while Colonel Luding-
ton was appointed to the army direct from
civil life. The first named has but two
years more of active service, while Colonel
Ludington win not retire until 1903.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
REPUBLICANS AT CHICAGO.
Western Headquarters to BE Estab
likheI Today.

l1SheO Today.
CHICAGO, July 2O.-The base Of sup
plies for the republican campaign will be
establis he'd in Chicago before sundown.
NJ. A. Hanna will arrive In the city today
to fix headquarters. The exact location
has not been decided upon, but with so
many eligible quarters to choose from it
will not take Mr.. Hanna long to find the
place he wants.
The republican headquarters will be a
busy place from the first day. Since the
meeting of the executive committee in
Cleveland last week 1t is more than ever
certain that the money question is going to
be the issue of the coming campaign par
ticularly in the west AS soon as he gets
the matter of headquarters settled Mr.
Hanna will run down to New York The
campaign along the Atlantic coast is not
expected to open nearly SO early as it Is
in the west.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
AGAINST FREE COINAGE.
California Socialist Labor COnycu
ti0n Pr<feAts

SAN FRANCISCO. July 2O.-The Calf
fornia socialist labor convention has adopt
Ell platform protesting against the free
coinage of silver, on the ground that such
action would be class legisla ton, mas
much, as alleged, it would benefit the
debtor class at the expense of capitalists
The platform declares that free silver
would not benefit faboring men, as wage
earners, 1t Is said, are not, as a rule.
debtors.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
SAVED By THE. PRESIDENT.
Three Texans Who Were to He Hune
Will Serve Life Terms.

The President has commuted to impris-
oEment for life the death sentences impos-
ed upon three Texans-John C. Ball, Tom
Davis and Taylor Hickman. They were to
be hanged September A. In the case of
Ball. the President says that while he has
been twice convicted of murder. the Judge
and district attorney both urge the COM
mutation on the ground of the youth of
the convict and for other cogent reasons
Davis and Hickman are full-blooded In
dian boys of fourteen and thirteen wears
respectively, without any apprecia ton of
The enormity of the brutal and cold -bfooded
homicide committed by them and in their
cases also the judge and district attorney
strongly urged the communication
Evening star., 1896-07-20
baptist. to- Meet at Chattanooga.

The only sensation Of ihe 3. Y. P. U. A.
convention was sprung at Milwaukee Satur-
day night. when formal announcement was
made that Chattanooga and not Denver is
to have the convention of 1898. This decis-
ion was reached by the board of managers
at session held in the afternoon. At the
same time 1t was decided to give the 1899
convention to Denver. The action of the
board was ratified by the convention.
Evening star., 1896-07-20

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address In the United
States or Canada. by ordering 1t at
this office. in person or by letter. or
postal card. Terms: 13 cents per
week; 25 cents for two weeks. or 50
cents per month Invariably in ad-
vance. Subscribers changing their
address from one Post-ofiice to
another should give the last address
as well a. the new one.
Evening star., 1896-07-20

The chief OF the secret service division
received telegram today from Agent
Griffin in Pittsburg saying that Carl Miller
has been arrested for counterfeiting on a
strong case having counterfeit halves and
quarters on his person.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
New British Laws,

LONDON, July 20.-In the house of lords
today it was announced that the royal
assent had been given to the diseases of
animal bill and the agricultural land rat
ing bill.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
Secretary Carlisle Retnrn,,-

Secretary Carlisle, who has been on a
cruise on the light house tender Maple,
telegraphed from Fort Monroe yesterday
tnat he would return to Washington this
evening
Evening star., 1896-07-20
Movement. of Naval ye.s.l.

The Mir neapolis arrived at Christiani to-
day. The Philadelphia is at Portland. The
Dolphin has sailed from Newport for
Gloucester. The Raleigh has sailed from
League Island for New York.
Evening star., 1896-07-20

National bank notes received today for
redemption, s463.S4l Government recefnts
From internal revenue. s5s1 ,913; customs
$Sl1,30 miscellaneous, $63, 772.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
FIRE At SALEM. MASS,
Explosion of a Lantern in an Oil
Room.

SALEM, Mass, July 20.-By the explo-
SION of a lantern in the oil room in the
basement Of the Henry A. Hale building, a
four-story brick block On Essex street, to-
day fire was started which caused dam
age amounting to $4,000. The building is
situated In the heart of the business sec
ton and tons of water We're poured into it
from all sides and the stock of the several
occupants Of the building was completely
drencned. All of the individual damage
however, is covered by insurance.
Evening star., 1896-07-20
New BfxIk 0rsIereI

As heretofore stated in The Star. the Com
missioners today directed that all bids for
site for the Western High School he
thrown out and new bids invited IL seems
The trouble was that all bids were con-
sidered excessive.