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Death of Maj. Gaxeby,

The War Department is Informed that
Major James H. Gageby, 18th Infantry.
died at Johnstown. Pa. this morning from
an attack of heart disease. He entered the
volunteer service as a sergeant in Company
X. Sd Pennsylvania Infantry. in 1861, and
served gallantly throughout the war. re-
ceiving three brevets. He entered the regu-
lar military establishment as a non-com-
missioned officer and on account of meri-
torious services was appointed second lieu
tenant of the 10th Infantry, in 1853. He
rose through the regular grades until 1892
hen he was appointed major of the 18th
Infantry. which rank he held at the time
of his death. His death will result in the
promotion of Capt. Henry Il. Humphreys
18th Infantry, to be major of the 18th In
fantry, and First Lieutenant David d.
Mitchell. adjutant Of the 18th, to be captain
In the 18th Infantry
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HALE A MILLION Loss.
Destruction by Fire of a Big St
Louis Elevator.

Louis Elevator.
ST LOUIS, July 13.-At 2:3O o'clock this
morning fire was discovered in the boiler
room of the Merchants terminal elevator
located at I'd and Biddle streets An alarm
was Immediately turned in, which was
soon followed by a general alarm, and
although the fire departments responded
promptly the large building was complete
ly enveloped In flames upon their arrival.
The building being old and dry one
the names ate their way to the top az
quickly as if it had been so much paper
The whole north portion of the city was
Illuminated for many blocks, and such heat
vas thrown out that the work of the
firemen was very difficult, the heat being
almost unbearable
About thirty minutes after the fire broke
out a 2oo-foot smokestack fell narrowly
missing a number Of firemen below
Twenty minutes after this the west wall
was found to be tottering which neces-
STATED the removal of the fire engines
working on that side. The wall collapsed
shortly afterward.
Mr.. John F. Ryan. president of the COM
pany. did not arrive on the scene until
some time after the fire started and when
seen estimated that the loss would be at
least NTD.SD The amount of insurance
at this time is unknown. The elevator
contained many thousands of bushels Of
gram, the exact amount not being known
At 4 o'clock the fire was brought under
control
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SAILS regular oall-l2 O'Clock IN Capital Trac-
bid loss asked. L. S As. coupon. los. hid.
los,. asked: L; s As, 1928. ilG hid. ll6La asked.
District of Columbia Bonds Cougar Fund IS,
lo4 bid. so-year Fund gold Us. llo hid, Water
currency as, 1858. 10 bid. Fund. currency 3 COS.
los bid
Is, rs bid, rs asked Belt kairoad 7s 81 asked
lexington Railroad Us. 700 asked Columbia Rail
road Is, ll3 asked Washington Gas Company.
A. .s, 10 bid Washington Gas Company,
b. 6s. III hid. Washington Gas Company
con- 6s. 200 bid. go asked, Chesapeake aud I'c-
and Trust IS, F. and A.. 100 bid American Sc
curity and Trust IS. 4 and o.. loo bid. Washing
1903 bid Masonic Hal ASSOCIATION IS loe hid
National Bank Stocks"Bank Of wsshingt ~. go
bid Bank OF Republic. 2+o bid. Metropolitan
Mechanics. lis bid second. l25 hid Citzrns',
I2e bid Columbia Us hid Capital. rs hid
WHs5 sid Ed 49, llS iSk.S Ohio S Sd % bid Lincoln
safe Deposit and Trust COMPANIES National Safe
DEPOSIT and Trust t lSs asksd wa,ngt"n Loan
and Trust. l4o hid, 146 asked;
Railroad Stocks Capital Traction Company, es
IS bid. Belt. 81 asked. lexington. % asked.
Georgetown and TennailyrS,sn 3" asked
~ bid, 46 asked United States Electric Light.
100 bid. lo7 asked.
Insurance Stocks.-Flremen S, a. blh. fra1klln,
35 bid. Corco-an 80 bid. Potomac. 70 bid. Ar
lington. 100 bid. German American. lI0 lid. Ma
tional Inion . hid, IA asked. Columbia. 10 bid, Ia
asked. Riggs. "a. bid. sls asked. Peoples, 81
bid Lincoln, ~. hid, sis asked. Commercial,
asked.
Title Insurance stocks-Real Estate Title. 100
bid 10 asked. Columbia Title, hid. Q asked.
District Title bid 10 asked.
Telephone Stocks.-Pennsy lvania. IS bid. so
asked Chesapeake and Potomac. GO lid, Is asked.
American Grappophole, hid. ~ asked. Ameri-
can Graphopbone, pfd, IL asked Pneumatic Gun
Carriage. Is bid .25 asked.
Miscellaneous Stocks. -Mersenthaler Linotype,
1lSIs bid, 12Ols asked. Ianston Monotype, hid.
asked Washington Market, II bid. l4ls asked.
Great Falls lee 40 bid, 100 asked Lincoln Hall.
30 asked.
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headwaters Of Salt Creek instead Of St.
Helena" = II

Helena"
Kansas Silver Men for Bryan.
TOPEKA, Kan, July 13.-Conventions
were held in 1.-The forty-three counties to
chose delegates for the non-partisan silver
convention. vhiehl meets here next We'd
nesday. to select delegates to the national
co1fvei ton at 81 Louis. Democrats. pop
ulists ard republicans participated in the
meetings, and the nomination of VIM. J.
Bryan for President was tndorsed and
delegates instructed to vote at the Topeka
convention only sf1r men who will support
bis nomination. Seven populist county
conventions were also held, and all OF
these hes indorsed ths action of the Chicago
Opposed to Boiling.
Special Dispatch to. Ete Evening Star.
BALTIMORE, Nd, July 13.-The delega-
ton to the Chicago convention has return
ed, and while, neither the platform or the
ticket arouses their enthusiasm the ma
1or1ty OF them will not bolt.
Henry Wntterson's Message.
LOUISVILLE, KY, July 13.-The follow
ing was received this morning by Mr.. w.
n. Haldeman, president of Courier-Journal
Company:
Geneva, Switzerland. via French cable
Walter Haldeman, Louisville, KY.
Another ticket our only hope. No
compromise withs dishonor. Stand firm.
'(Signed) HENRY WATERSON."
New Hampshire Men Uncertain.
NASHUA, N. H, July 13.-C. A. Sullo-
way. representing the New Hampshire del
egation, has telegraphed Chairman Amey
OF the state committee to call conven-
ton to determine what position shall be
assumed by the New Hampshire democrats
with reference to the silver question.
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The Australians Easy Victory en- tn,
Pufney-HorflRkG CnurSe


LONDON. July 13.-James Stanbury, the
Australian, defeated "Wag'' Harding today
in a sculing race on the Thames for the
worlds championship. The race attracted
great crowds to Putney and Mortlake. not
withstarding the intense heat of the day
Waternnen along the Thames were especial
~ interested N the contest, and with them
Harding was a strong favorite. In their
opinion Stanbury had neglected to allow
himself reasonable time to prepare for the
race, and had not Undergone a strict train
ing at any time during the last three years
Thus the Australian Rad terrible task to
reduce his weight. He INDUCED day after
day in the most violent exercise and fire.
quently brought on severe illness before he
left his boat
Lately his work had been better sys-
tetnatized. and when he entered his boat
today he weighed thirteen-stone Harding
on the other hand. did not need to train as
severely as his rival. but had been doing
steady work in his boat Today he weighed
stone pounds. Harding rows a Clasper
boat while Stanbury rows a Swaddle
Wind and tide were favorable for a good
race The betting was even. Harding won
the toss and chose the Surrey SIDE although
there was not much in the choice
After three false starts the men got
away at I'D o'clock, Stanbury pulling SO
and Harding 81 strokes to the minute
At the twentysecond stroke Stanbury led
ny iehsth- ana at 3D yards from the
start was two lengths in the lead and
TOOK Harding s water. The mile was made
IN minutes Is seconds, Stanbury leading
by four lengths.
AT HaInmersmith the Australian had In
creased his lead to six lengths. the time
al that point being 8 minutes II seconds
which is better than the record The
race from this point to the finish was a
mere procession, Stanbury rowing easily
and frequently looking around to view
the course.
Barnes bridge was reached In IS min
utes IL seconds, Stanbury being eight
lengths In II ont of his competitor STAN
oury won what appeared to be very easy
victory. Time, II minutes 81 seconds
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One Eject of Bryan's Nomination.

{. coincidence that the receipt of the bulle-
tin announcing the nomination of Bryan
by the democratic convention was imme-
diately followed in the office of the chief
clerk of the State Department by the mys-
ferrous and inexplicable fall of a large
head of Liberty, forming one of the prin-
Cilal ornaments of the old-faShionad
eight-foot clock that stands at one side Of
the room The incident occasioned general
comment among the clerks, and many OF
them have come to regard il as an omen
for good evil according to their wishes
in the matter.
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LATE NEWS BY WIRE
International Contest Between half
Raters.
WEATHER CONDITIONS FAVORABLE
Big Yachts Racing on the Firth Of
Clyde.
KAISER'S YACHT AGAIN WINS

CENTRE ISLAND, OYSTER BAY, L. L.
July 13--Everything in readiness at
an early hour this morning for the first
days International race between the chal-
leTsing halSrater Glencairn CT the Royal
st. Lawrence Yacht Club and the Ell Here
for the silver trophy cup offered by the
notwithstanding Yacht Club for
small boats.
The weather conditions were favorable
for a good days racing Inside Oyster bay
the water was unruthed and a light breeze
blew from the west. Outside the harbor
where the course had been laid. a good sail
ing breeze was blowing west northwest
with indications for lighter weather To
days race is to be sailed on course
starting from a line drawn from Centre
Island buoy to the committee steamer Dun
deEburg. three miles to winIward or lee
ward and return. twice over.
As early as s, CLOCK the Canadian bows
were-hard at-work giving trial spins of the
Glencairn- After two close-hauled tacks
they found the jib to be rather close but
a little work on the sail remedied this de-
feet, although the mainsan still retained
Its stiffness. The Ell Here remained on
the beach, covered with canvas on bow
and stern, until 1890, and then the two
boats were rnoored to the leeward of the
dock. surrounded by an admring crowd of
the experts. The free-bosird on the Cana
di-n boat. they lay side by side was
quite apparent and figured at 5 IL inches
In favor of the Glencarn Judging from
the present weather it favors the American
boat.
AT II 30 both tiny racers left their moor
lngs at the club warehouse wharf and in
tow of their tenders, went to the scene Of
the start.
Meteor Wins Again,
ROTHESAY. Firth of Clyde. July 10
There Was another contest today between
the frst-clas5 yachts Meteor, Britannia
Satanita and Ailsa, in the regatta of the
Northern Yacht Club. There was blowing
when the yachts got away. a wholesale
breeze from the southwest The course was
the same as In the race of Saturday fifty
miles. and the rpizes were f15 and 10
Meteor crossed the line first a 1920 a. m
with britannia close Under her lee. Satanita
followed. with Ailsa right in her wake.
The Saint PenItent and Niagara started
at ii O'Clock to sail a thirty-two-mile race
for prizes of lis and Is, the boats getting
away III the order mentioned
Meteor Won.
In the contest between the twenty-raters
penitent won. with the Saint second TO
cross the finish line and Niagara next
The times of the big yachts at the finish
were as follows.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

The War Department has made a con-
tract with a Brooklyn firm for the con-
struction Of two steam launches. One of
these vessels will be placed at the service
CT Major Gen. Kruger. commanding the
department of the east. with headquarters
at New York. The other craft is intended
for the use of the officers stationed at
Fort Monroe, Va. These boats will be op-
Grated by steam and win cost about $4,000
each. They will be forty-five feet in length.
copper sheathed and fitted in the interior
with mahogany.
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1t Is Believed That the Estimate of
10000 Deaths is Low

SAN FRANCISCO. July 13-The steam
slip Doric has arrived from Yokohama
bringing news up to June -.
Estimates of the loss of life from the
great tidal wave reach as high as 10000
and this number is believed to be far be-
below the mark. The wave was eighty
feet high and swept inland a distance OF
two and a half miles along 200 miles Of
coast Thousands of acres of land under
cultivation were devastated. and the fnhab-
ftants OF the flooded districts are suffering
from famine.
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To Enforce Judgment.

To enforce a judgment Of $3.50, q bill in
equity was filed today by Chas. H. Allen
der against Kate r. Powell and others.
asking the sale of lot H. square 6s2 The
complainant is represented by Attorney
Bates Warren.
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BELGIAN ELECTIONS.
CIericals Have Majority OF Fifty
EIGHT I'm The Denutiea.

BRUSSELS. July 13.-Complete returns
from the election for members of chamber
of deputies show that there were 1o5 cleri-
Gals, IS liberals and % socialists chosen.
This gives the clericals in the chamber q
majority of 50 votes
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Found Dead.

Mrs. Mary j. Kelly was found dead IN
her bed at her home. No. 1119 New Jersey
avenue, about IL o'clock today. She was
about eighty years old. Because she had
no attending physician, the coroner was
notified.
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TO OPPOSE AMERICA.
Ex-Premier Sagasta Thinks European
Powers should mite.

MADRID, July 13.-Senor Sagasta, for
mer prime minister of Spain, in an inter-
view on the subject of suggested aili-
ances, declared that Europes energies
must be eXerted to maintain it's policy
against the policy recently developed in
America.
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VIII Filed.

Isaac Lyons Is named as executor in the
will of the late Jacob Lyons. dated Au-
gust q. 1895. and fled Saturday afternoon.
OF the estate, including part Of Barry
Farm, Georgiana Lyons Is to have two
thirds and Isaac Lyons one-third
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

Furnished by w. B. Hibbs & Co, 1921 F
street, members New York stock exchange
correspondents Messrs. Ladenburg Thai
mann & Co New York
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

Haynd Roberts. Nebraska farmer, shot
his wife to death and committed suicide
yesterday. Roberts was q wealthy and &C.
centric individual.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-07-13

Frank Buckper, colored. fourteen years
old, was overcome by the heat near eth
ard r streets yesterday. He was sent to
his home on Reeves street by the police.
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FoOfe and Lnrned Win.

LONDON. July 13.-In the all-England
tennis tournament today Foote beat Halves.
81. 90. 6-S: Larned beat Hallward. 81.
60, IS.
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Postage on The Star.

The rate of postage on The
Evening Star is one cent for IL
pages, two cents for from ID to
26 pages. ~
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-06
Notice Ia

Noricr is hereby given that vii
yaminc all persons who may desire
offer themselves as candidates COR
acher- oftho public schools of this
nuty, at Red Cloud on the third
'Irday Of each month.
Special examinations will be held
" ~" Friday proceeding the 81 sat
roay or "ochmouth.
T. landing desired for I'd and
q, ,tilicates is the samc-no
90 per cent, average ~
1900 first grade certificate
he ow 80 per cent, average
in all branches required
HUNTER County SupJ.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-06
IN TIE DEPARTMENT STORE.
How tho C~harsisg nuyer Got TO the
NIntwnrd OF tho Merchant.

'SN w '"S
Windward OF the Merchant.
what won't merchants nowadays
DO in order to gain II business adyan-
tagc?' asked the drummer from Ohio,
and then partially answered his own
question by saying:
Il went into a big department store
last week. | found that the buyer for
nay line of goods was II roman a
mighty handsome omar ] made an
appointment for her next morning,
and when ! arrived with my samples
found half a dozen statesmen ahead of
me and had to wait my turn.
"Thc buyer was busy just then with
II fellow who sold cheap jewelry. lie
was n susceptible youth and the girl
was stringing him for all he was worth.
You'd have sworn she was dead in love
with him. She called him by his first
name, leaned her head confidingly
against his as they looked over the
samples and insisted on pinning the
goods into his scarf and shirt front,
TO see how they would look. As a re-
suit, she bought all she wanted for a
song. That young fellows employers
ire probably wondering yet how he
came to sell 5 cheap.
Some male buyers are just rs un-
scrupulous, though" continued the
drummer from Ohio, though not al
ways on their employers side. ! went
into "A store i'm Providence, II. /. The
buyer sAircrod and remarked that il
was II very cold day and that he didn't
self, obtained his address and sent him
five tons of coal that afternoon, The
nest day ! called around AZ the store
and took II big order Mt my own fig
urcs,'-BuHalo Express.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-06
LAND OF MIGHTY WONDERS.
Bewildering iieauty Of the Sublime
Scenery In Iceland.

To the botanist and gcologist Iceland
presents II peculiarly rich field. The
fora is plentiful and varied. The noun
tains have many curious shapes and
forms; the outburst of volcanic energy
having occurred in closest contact with
the realm of ice bears evidence of frost
and fire having grapplcd in stcrncst con-
flict, writes Ruth Shaifner. In some
eases the nucleus in the hasaltic mass
alone remains, and looks like monu-
mcnts or cairns, and it is difficult 10 be-
llcvc they are natural. Xcolitcs. en-
hcddcd in reddish clay, bits of agate
and fragments of chalccdony, are II few
of the treasures found Strcwn in the
paths leading to the fiords.
Nothing can be more delightful than
n horseback trip of 500 or 1000 miles
through Iceland. The traveller sees
thousands of mountains covered with
eternal snow, outriyaliug the Alps in
grandeur; great gcyscrs and innumer-
able hot wells; waterfalls, one of
which-thc G~ullfoss-is second only to
Niagara in size and beauty; crystal
streams and daShing rivers; lava beds
of fantastic figures, covered with moss
that glistcns in the sun like hoar frost,
and rs Il crowning glory the atmosphere
is so brilliant that objects so miles dis
tant appear close at hand.
The effect of light and shadow are
the puIcst ! have eyersccn. and the con-
trast of color is trn!y astonishing; one
square foot OF a mountain iuts out i'm a
blaze of gold against the flank of an
other dyed of the darkest purple, while
up against the azure sky beyond rise
peaks of g~listcning now and ice.
If within the domain of nature such
another region is to Toe found it must
he in the heart Of those solitudcs which
science Is unyciling TO us amid the un-
troddcd businesses of the lunar noun
tains.-N. Y. Mercury.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-06
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Prof. Dubois Raymond, the physi
ologlst. who is now n years old, is about
to resign his place Of perpetual sccre-
tary Of tho Berlin academy Of ~sciencea
Cardinal Melchers' death, following
closely on those of Cardinal Pcrsico and
Bonaparte, will keep alive the supersti-
ton that cardinals always die in threes.
Foreigners who are not bachelors
of arts or science are to be excluded
from the Paris medical schools, as the
laboratories are ovcrcrowded, and even
enough subjects for dissection cannot
be obtained.
"A number of prominent citizens of
Philadelphia will give u banquet to
Prof. Edmund j. James, of the Univer-
sity of Pennsylvania, before he leaves
to assume his new duties Mt the Univer-
sity of Chicago.
"A "Christian Labor union was re-
Gently organized in Milwaukee, the OBJ
icct of which is "to furnish q bond of
reciprocal sympathy and information
between the church and working men
in their organized movements"
The Congregational church of Sc
dalia, Mo-, is going to make II grand
effort to bring the old sinners into the
fold this year. Young women are to
act as ushers in place Of the young
men hitherto acting in that capacity.
Presbyterian vigor in invective has
not dcgcncratcd in Scotland. A Glas-
gov minister, who opposed total alb
s%tincncc, was described lately in the
pulpit as "a whitC-chokcred bias
Ihcmer engaged in raising n signpostt to
hell"
Some people have been making a
count aud find that not one Of the state
governors in the United States Is Il Ro-
man Catholic. There urc no Roman
Catholics in the cabinet and very lew
in the senate, nonr in the supreme
court, and there never has been one in
the white house.
Miss Ella Wilcox is the highly Of.
icicnt ]iani,or and soyton OF The church
Of the Uuitcd brethren i'm Marccllus,
Mich. She has fun care of the church,
keeps it in order. rings the hclI on Sum
days. and attends 20 ali the other du-
tics of II sexton Gin every way better
than any male ]jnuitor ever has" the
ohurch-gocrs say. She is Cood-looking,
rs well MS accomplished: doubtless an
point of superiority over the male
.janitors.
A class in ethics is one of the novel
educational features of the Massachu-
state rcformatory. 1t is conducted
on II plan devised by President Hyde, of
llowdoin college. About $50 of the
intelligent prisoners are mem
of the class. The usual procedure
OF the class consists of Il lecture by the
instructor or n paper by some member,
followed 10y Il general discussion of the
Tho debates are said to be spirit
cd and earnest, and the effect on the
prisoners excellent,
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-06
How Treasure IL Transported In China.

We have heard much, especially of
late Notwithstanding fpublictrcasur to
private gain by Chinese officials of all
ranks, and the pitiablc evidence of il in
the failure of the Chinese army and
navy to he ready for the inevitable
struggle with Japan is too recent and
convincing to be disputed; but on the
other hand, we can only wonder at the
power of this law of responsibility
which, in such a land, enables the re-
hottest province q transport it's dues
to Peking IN solid silver, by the simplest
means, without loss by the way and
without the protection of n single
soldier. Nothing impresses one more
with the ahsolutencss of this power as
applied TO transportation than to meet
n line of pack-mules, horses, or camels,
loaded with silver bullion. The silver
is usually confined in rough logs of
wood that have been split. followed
out, and then bound together, and each
load is marked with a little flag Of i'm
pcrial yellow, stating the amount and
destination. That is all the protection
there Ia except the ordinary drivers,
who carry no weapons, and are at
tended hy no guard. In what other
land on the face of the globe could the
same he done?-Prof. c. NJ. Cady, in
Century.