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Evening star., 1897-07-31
GREAT FLOODS IN sILEsIA.
Much Loss of Life and Damage to
Property Reported.

BERLIN. July 31.-The devasta ton
caused by the floods In Silesia is wide
spread. Nothing like it has occurred in
that district for a century. The loss al
ready reaches many millions of marks 1t
Is estimated tha; n hundred persons have
perished by drowning in Silesia and Bo-
hemia-
AT Loebtan a town hall recently bull.
and two other large structures nave col
lapsed- The rivers are still rising At
lsohl the people are leaving their houses.
1t Is feared that the great Elizabeth
bridge will be swept away. large brid, ,,e
at Lauffen has been torn down by tne
floods.
The emperor. who displays the greatest
interest in the situation, is being kept
closely advised from all parts of the de-
yaStated district.
The Borsen Courier says: THE general
opinion in official and commercial circles
Is tfat an agreement will be reached be-
tween England and Germany on the tariff.
tariff war is altogether out of the aue1s-
ton There are too many interests az
stake on h~th sides
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Washington stock Exchange.

I yRs le Il isi 4, . a5 is Aisr Fasn%s'I
70 n,a cents I Lans,on rs, ,.l,! Morstyge. Tat Is
s1rrrnfy Ils,s bid. SeSs, funding, Currency. 10
Miscellaneous Bonds. Metropolitan Railroad IS.
liSls bid. Metropolitan Raiiroad conv. is, lI7Ia
Of indebtedness A los bid MctroIolitan Railroad
sf &c i q s no
ing,on ins,on Gas Gas GSmp,ny n g. .sss & l1 Il. I'd VAST
Electric Light dti.rnure imp. 100 bid. caesapase
and Potomac Teist,lsoae 5s; lo5 bid. American
security and Trust SIS. A: and O.. 100 bid WASH.
ingion Market Company LIST &c. los bid Washing
Market compsny ext % Z los S lid % Masonie s,nfsS a
National Bank stocks.-Bank Of Washington. 2so
q! bid. $40 asked. Csntr.I. s,s bid 1ria Farmer.
@ Sid Citizens .ss Sd % eouma nsssa sseGnd IND ise l
asked Capital. lls bid. West End Io4 bid. io7
asked Lincoln. 1o2 bid. l07 asked. ohic 10
Safe Deposit and Trust compsnIes-Nstionar Safe
and trust .iss asked American aSia1 secarity 'na Saa
Trust. l.s bid. La asked. Washington safe DE.
railroad stocks.-caratai Traction. SAY bid. %
asked .s Me,ropo.itan rs bid Columbia. 60 bid.
Tt2 bid Georeetown Gas, AZ bid u :. Electric
EEnnsn e .a $50 ss sa Me,sSPoi,a. @ bid oeross
s.a. a:xea- ,a Germ.n- M -Amer,san lso hid National
s:ked Rigs; * bid. 81 asked. Peoples. ; bid.
Lincoln -Istz bid Connmerciai. ~ bid. 8 asked.
Title Insurance Sfocks.--Real Estate Title l0a
asked; Columbia Title. bid, Q asked. washinr.
ton Title. = bid.
Telephone stocks-Pcnnsylvania 80 bid 50 asked
ChesaPeake and Potomac es bid. CO asked Ameri.
can GraphophoDe, ek bid, % asked Amerfcan
Graphophone, Preferred. 10 hid Pneumatic Gun
Carriage. -6s bid. 10 asked.
Miseellsnens Stocks: : Merxeuthaler Linotype.
llsh bid, 1I9 asked. LAnston Monotype ISL bd'
~ asked. Warrington Market, 10 I'D Great FaiI
Evening star., 1897-07-31

81. james Gazette Thinks Ii VIII
Wake America More AgYressixe

LONDON July 3l--The St James Ga
zette, referring to the forthcoming interna-
tional conference on the sealing question.
says:
The Americans will consider the confer
ence another climb-down for the British,
and not unnaturally Mr.. Sherman's dis
Patch will be regarded as the direct cause
The United States makes a quite unwar-
rantable demand We ignore 1t. Then the
American State Department sends a men
acing and insulting dispatch. We promptly
yield 1t is the Venezuelan business and
Cleveland message once again.
And once again II will confirm the
american political mind in the conviction
that John Bull always knuckles down when
bulled and threatened. Our statesmen are
preparing future disasters for both coun-
tries by carelessly encouraging this dan
gerous delcsion-"
Evening star., 1897-07-31
NO BUSINESS SESSION HELD.
Delegates to Evangelist Convention
Mt PiftsburE Take an Outing.

Delegates to Evangelist Convention
mt PittsburE Take an Outing.
PITTSBURG. Pa, July 31.-A boat ride
on the Monongahela river took up the time
of the delegates to the biennial convention
of the Young Peoples Alliance of the Evan
gelist Association this morning, and no
business session was held.
At the afternoon session, Rev. Theo.
Gaehr of Cleveland read a paper on The
Mission Of the Young Peoples Alliance in
Large Citics.''
The rest of the session was taken Up
with a discussion, led by Rev c. A Thorn
as of Cleveland and Rev. l.. II. Seager of
Akron, Ohio, on The Best Methods of
Work in Order to Garry Out the Aims of
the Organization
Evening star., 1897-07-31
GOLD SEEKERS PROTEST.
Object to Canada Levying Duty Mt
Victoria and Dyea.

SEATTLE. Wash. July 31.-Prospective
gold seekers in the north are aroused over
the action Of the Canadian government in
collecting duty at Victoria or Dyea on
every miners outfit from the United States
A mass meeting has been called by the
merchants and outfitters in this city to
outline plans for retaliatory action. The
idea is that this action of the Victoria COL
lector is not taken in the interests of col
lecting revenue, but to try to compel par
ties TO buy their outfits in Victoria. The
Secretary of the Treasury will be memor-
1alized and requested to withdraw his or
der making Dyea a SUPPORT of entry 1t
was so designated. it is claimed. for the
purpose of permitting British steamers to
land freight and passengers there
Evening star., 1897-07-31
THOMAS GORsUCH DEAD.
Professor of Languages of baltimore
Dies ON Steamship st. Paul

Professor of Languages OF bRItimore
Dies ON Steamship st. Paul
NEW YORK, July 31.-Thomas Gorsuch,
a saloon passenger on the American liner
st. Paul, which arrived this morning from
Southampton, died when the steamship
was one day at sea. on July "a. He was
professor of languages and native OF
Baltimore. Md. For the last seven or eight
Years he lived in England. He was about
sixty years old and had retired from bus
iress In eCember last he had an attack
of apoplexy. He had apparently recovered
and had decided to return to Baltimore
The Professors niece, Miss Fannie Black
of Baltimore, accompanied him in his re-
turn trip. A stroke of cerebral apoplexy
carried him off The professor had no fam
ily. His body will be taken to Baltimore
for burial.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

Farm Hands in Louisiana Get mn In
Increase of 10 1-3 Per Cent

NEW ORLEANS. July 31-Mr Leon
Godchau. the owner of seven plantations in
Louisiana. and the largest producer in the
United States. has telegraphcd to the man.
ager of his several places to advance the
wages Of all field laborers l61s per cent,
the advance to begin August l. in conse-
quence, he says. of The passage of the
DingIey tariff bill.
In sugar circles the opinion is general
that this advance will be conceded by all
the planters to labor employed in sugar
culture or manufacture. The skilled labor
employed in the sugar houses or refneries
are paid according to the price the sugar
commands. and will get an increase in
wages of from 20 to % per cent as COM
pared with last year.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
STEAMER ALKI OVERDUE.

Belief That Her Crew Have Deserted
for the Gold Fields.
PORT TOWNSEND. Wash. July 31.-In
view Of the fact that the steamer Alki.
from Alaska. is past due, some credence
is being placed in the statement Of one of
the steamers crew while the ship was here
on the way north thirteen days ago. This
man remarked that 1t had been arranged
by the entire crew to desert the AlkI at
Dyea and strike acl oss the summit for the
Yukon valley and the Klondyke.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Lead Mine I'm Heart of n city.

JOPLIN. Mo-. July 31.-A rich lead mine
has been struck on Main street. within a
few blocks of the business center of town.
H. ID. Graves and Sam Vaughan, two
miners who found II. took out at the depth
of seven feet. over a ton OF ore. Machinery
Will be put in. and the mine will soon be in
operation right in the heart OF the city.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
ELDER SAILS FOR ALASKA.
Carries BIS Passengers and 1,3OO
Tons of Freight.

PORTLAND. Greg. July 31.-The Oregon
Railway and Navigation Companys steam
er Geo. w Elder sailed for Dyea, Alaska.
at IL o'clock last night, with 3S:' passen-
gers, nearly all of whom are bound for
the klondyke. She carried 1900 tons of
freight. her full capacity; 13o horses and
burros and 80 dogs.
All day long hundreds of people congre-
gated IN the vicinity of Ainsworth dock.
where the Elder was moored. and at Z
o'clock il was estimated that 1o,U09 We're
on the river bank or on the bridges to bid
Godspced to the gold hunters.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Chief Clerk Green Promoted.

Darius A Green. chief clerk of the bu-
reau Of construction and repair. Navy De-
partment. has been promoted to the re-
sponsible clerkship In charge of navy yard
organization. while retaining him in his
present position. Mr.. Green is a citizen of
Medford. Mass. and for eleven years was
clerk to the naval constructor at the Bos-
ton yard. He was also associated for some
time with the Suffolk Savings Bank and the
Commercial National Bank Of Boston.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
TO GO INTO LIQUIDATION.
First National of Ashev1lle, n. g.,
Closes It's Doors.

AS1EVILLE. n. c., July 31.-The First
National Bank of this city did not open
this morning. A notice was posted on the
door stating that owing to the inability
to collect and the stringency of the times.
the bank will go into voluntary liquida-
ton.
The last statement. made on Nav IA.
showed loans and discounts S:slDS 2t;7 "a ;
over drafts. $l0,323. %; deposits. $T6 $50 50
capital stock 100000; surplus, S2OGSW
The three ether banks in the city opened
as usual No run has teen attempted and
there is no excitement
Evening star., 1897-07-31
TWO YOUNG MEN MURDERED.
NutiInted Bodies Found by Little
Girls mt Railroad Crossing.

SELIGMAN Mo-. July 3l.-Near a rail-
road crossing three miles north OF here
two little girls found the dead bodies ol
George Tucker and l.. w. Harper, TWO
Young men whose homes are said TO nave
been near HindsvIlle. Ark
The skulls of both m show marks OF
violence They are believed TO have been
beaten to death and robbed.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
BONA-FIDE CIRCULATION.

A reference to the statement be.
low will show that the circulation
sworn to is a bona fide one
1t is easily possible for q news
paper with an elastic conscience to
swell its legitimate circulation enor-
mously. in order to deceive adver-
tisers. by sending out thousands Of
papers to newsstands. which are re-
turnable. and which are in fact re-
turned. but nevertheless are In
cluded in what purports to be an
honest statement Of circulation.
Intelligent advertisers. however.
Judge by results, and bogus circula-
tions don't give them.
The family circulation Of The Star Is
many thousands in excess of any
other Washington paper.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

The following are the opening. the highest
and the lowest and the closing prices of the
New York stock market today as reported
by Corson & Mccartney, members New
York stock exchange. Correspondents,
Messrs. Moore & Schley. No. 50 Broadway
Evening star., 1897-07-31
bids for . New Lixht.hip.

The lighthouse board today opened bids
for the building Of a Hghtship for Over
falls shore. Of Delaware bay. and for the
rebuilding OF the tender Holly. at Balti.
more.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

William Edwards and Lulu Edwards
were today each sentenced to pay fine of
s. for creating a disorderly scene at the
corner of 11th and H streets northwest late
last night.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

A tels gram received at the War Depart
ment today from Lieutenant Little at Gin
cinnati states that Major Jas. f. Gregory,
corps of engineers, was found dead in bed
at O'Clock this morning at Lane Semi
nary Hotel. Major Gregory was an engI-
neer officer of high repute. and was at the
ard karbor improvements upon the ka-
nawha, Big and Little Sandy and other
West Virginia rivers. He was formerly
static ned in this city as engineer secretary
of the light house board.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

Assistant Secretary Howell Leaves.
Assistant Secretary Howell Of the Treas
ury Department left Washington this after
noon for Atlantic City. N. J., for q short
rest. He expects to return next. Monday.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
COL. JAMES F. GREGORY DEAD.

Engineer Officer In Charge of I'M
prOvements ON West Virginia Rivers.
CINCINNATI. Ohio. July 3l.-Colonel
James F. Gregory, United States engineer
in charge of the improvement service OF
the Ohio river and tributaries. dropped
dead today from heart disease. He was
formerly on Sheridan's staff.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
The spanish Mini.ter lien,

Senior Depuy de LONE. the Spanish min
lister here. left for Lenox. Mass. today to
spend his vacation.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
RAILROAD BRIDGE BURNED.
Striking Miners Say 1t Was Set OH
Fire by Their Enemies

WHEELING. w. Va. July 31.-The first
act CT violence since the mining strike was
inaugurated was committed at 3 O'Clock
this morning. when a small bridge on the
Wheeling ana Lake Erie road, between the
mining settlements of Dillonvale and Long
Run. was fired. Employees of the company
saw the blaze and extinguished it. but not
until the structure had been half destroyed.
The road was blocked this morning, but will
be opened by this evening.
The affair caused much excitement
throughout the valley, and the company is
making preparations to guard it's property
more effectuaily. The strikers deny being
implicated, and claim it was the work OF
their enemies.
Evening star., 1897-07-31

Want ads. In The Star pay becauss
they bring answers.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Government BOnds.
Quotations reported By Corson q Macart-
.ev hankars
Grain and Cotto. Markets.

Furnished by W. B. Hfbbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1927 + st. members New York
stock exchange. correspondents MessrS
Ladenburg. Thaimann Co.. New York
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Circulation of The evening STAR

Circulation of The "Evcning STAR
SATURDAY, July -, 1897. 3,4s4
MONDAY, July 26, 1897. 97...................27,6 27 ,616
TUESDAY, July 97, 1897. S97...................7,55 81 $50
WEDNESDAY, July 2s, 1897. ..27, $50
THURSDAY, July 20, 1891. 81 62S
FRIDAY, July 30, 1897. s97............-......s7,3 81 1886
Total. ,4S4
baiiy average ZOO *
l solemniy swear that the above statement rep
resents only the number Of copies Of THE EVEN
ING STAR circulated during the six secular days
ending Friday, July 80. 1ss7-that is, the num-
Der Of copies actually sold, delivered, furnish
ed or mailed, for valuable consideration, to bona
nde purchasers or subscribers, and that none Of
the copies so counted are returnable to or remain
in the ONCE unsold.
J.F. NEWBOLD,
Supt. Circulation Evening Star Newspaper Co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
thirty-first day Of July. \. D. 1897.
JNO. G. ATHEY,
Notary Public. D. C.
Evening star., 1897-07-31
Anslo-Chinese Tragedy.

One of the attractions booked for the Gar
rick is Chinese tragedy, the plot of which
is said to be located in San Francisco The
principal characters will be played by Eng
lish actors, but genuine Mongolians will
be drafted for minor parts.
Paul Dunbar. the negro poet, who owes
to w. D. Howells his introduction to the
public. is being lionized in London In most
fattering fashion. The color line is not
drawn in English society, and the coiored
versifier being the latest literary novelty,
Is much sought for receptions. garden
parties and similar gatherings. His read
ings OF his own verses have been highly
praised by the press. nor are criticisms Of
the verses themselves less friendly.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23
FLORIDA.

Jacksonville's new crematory has just
stood a test successfully.
The colored odd Fellows have rebuilt
their hall at Apalachicola.
The hessian fly is destroying water
melon vines in De Soto county.
The peach and pear crop is going to be
extremely light in Alachua county this
summer.
A negro woman killed herself at High
Springs Thursday by taking too much
morphine.
DR.. Tip Warren is an aspirant for the
collectorship of the port of Apalachicola.
II Is also stated that A. ]. Murat of Apa-
lachicola is an aspirant
Hon. w. b. Sheppard of Carrabelle.
who is a prominent candidate for the
United States northern district attorney
ship, has gone to Washington.
3. F. Mosley's old store at Madison, said
20 have been the oldest building in town.
has been torn down to make room for a
large brick building, which Mr.. Mosley
win erect at once.
Fx-Pollceman John w. Taylor is a can
didate for city marshal of Jacksonville.
His opponents as far as heard from. are
T. b. Hernandez. who now holds the Of
fice, and David a. Williams Of the police
force.
Lewis Smith surrendered to the sheriff
at Pensacola Friday, he having killed Sol
Campbell about o'clock Friday morning
at Mllview, nine miles west of Pensacola.
He Is In jail and claims that the killing
was done in self-defense.
II Is understood that Messrs Ritten-
house. Moore & Co. OF Mobile have the
contract for dredging the river channel
from the docks at Carrabelle to the ship
plng-or to the amount OF the appropria-
ton. which carries $4,000.
The bill OF sale from w. A. Dell to
Thomas Clarke. conveying the drug bust
ness at the corner OF Laura and Bay
streets, at Jacksonville, for a considera-
ton OF $4,000, was filed for record In the
Office Of the county clerk Friday.
II Is said that some OF those who have
been logging In the western part OF Alach-
ua county owe large sums OF money for
lumber, which It Is impossible for the
farmers who sold Il 20 collect. on a fair
estimate, the people have been swindled
out OF 5000.
The FIRST OF n series Of cheap Sunday
excursions to Savannah will be given by
the Plant system on Sunday. June T. The
rate win be 81 for the round trip from
Jacksonville. and the tickets win be good
70 return on Tuesday following the day
OF departure.
The fishing smack Maud Squirting. be-
longing TO the feet OF ID. s. Saunders g.
Co., arrived at Pensacola wednesday
evening from Campeachy Bay with twen-
ty-four large hair seals, all alive. These
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

that no one had heard any calls for y.
sistance. Bethinking himself Of the o ...
opening into the main at the foot OF nee
aZine street, Cambridge, the friend lulHs
cd upon a Cambridge car and was soon - -
the opening on the river bank, wheIe ~
sat down to wait. la
Meanwhile, Lazaronl, In the Dig PP1
had been having a trying expelle' s,t
When he found that the light was ~,
Off from the end OF the main IN Wa.n
street he knew that he was prls ',iss
He tried TO attract attention by snous' ~
but the workmen were gone, includins ~
night Waterman, who had started III ~
toward the other end Of the trench ai
Lazaroni could not make any one ~
him. He knew that the only other ~,
ing was at the foot OF Magazine $50
three miles away, so he turned apou' ~
started for that end. The main Is W
In diameter, and Lazaroni Is iool ~ M
inches taller than that; so he iounu III
STOPPING position which he was conlp. 80
10 assume very trying, and haa " NJ,
frequently 10 sit down and rest s'a,
than that, the unbroken darkness "a
dered him; and he had 10 grope hH ,srnl
slowly, In order TO get around wy heiaf
without harm. At length, atleI s,ori
three hours IN the main, he emei 49,. M
the opening at the river faint ti IT. Mind
exertion, hungry, and temporary. no
from his long experience IN the ue.,s, b
was glad to ind his friend WaltNs ii
meet him, and as soon as he was -" n
10 his homo the friend spread the h'"'
Lazaronfs ordeal.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23
HOW TO TELL FRESH FISH.
Some Rules the Housewife Should
Follow when Marketing.
From the Philadelphia Recor


Nothing is more difficult in marketing
than to tell whether a fish has been
properly killed. 1t should be killed as
soon as taken from the water, but too
frequently it is allowed to gasp itself to
death and then treated so as to appear
properly slaughtered. The only absolutely
safe way is to buy a live fish and have it
killed before ones eyes. This certain rule
which, If observed, will result in the pur-
chaser getting fish of good quality.
Fish purchased killed must not smell
any different from the ordinary fish odor;
they must have their natural color, and
should never be covered with slime. When
the meat is Shiny and fatty it proves that
the fish is not fresh. Fish, the meat of
which looks bleached, with spots on the
skin, sunken eyes and discolored mouth
and gills, should not be bought under any
consideration. Fresh water fish must
be of brilliant color, the scales must adj
here closely to the body the eyes must
be clear, the gills rosy. Shiny fish, with
the scales loose and projecting from the
body, or with traces of mould at the
joints of the scales, are spoiled and very
unWholesome. Dead cells are easily told
BY the odor from the mouth, which is Of
fensive, and spoiled salmon can also be
recognized by the color of the meat,
which turns yellow and even brown when
too far gone Salmon in this condition is
very dangerous to life.
Sea fish will keep longer and better on
ice than fresh water fish, but care as
to their appearance should also be ex-
ercised. Goldfish, for instance, should be
of a spotless white color, without stains
OF mould on the skin, and not too soft.
Particular attention must also be given
to preserved or canned fish, and if only
slightly discolored, it is the best policy
not to eat il.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-05-23

'T have been a sufferer for eight yeart
with that horrible disease, Eczema, az
times all over my body, and no person
can describe the burning and itching
had to endure.
"The extent of my suferings can bs
appreciated when state that my con.
dition was such that I could not take
my bed, and for three months I never
laid down, but was compelled to sit il
my chair when not moving around. I
was treated by the best of physicians
with no success, and tried all the patent
medicines recommended for Eczema,
without any good results. I then went
to the Indiana Mud baths, with the sars
results, and then to Mt. Clements, the
celebrated medical resort, where the
treatment partially helped me, but the
disease shortly returned. went to
Florida, thinking that change Of cll'
mate and water and the citron fruit
might cure me, but found no cure.
81 then tried S. S.S.and after threedays
the burning and itching subsidized, and
1 continued to improve steadily until
was well-entirely cured. After com'
mencing S. S. S. never put an eXter'
nal application to my limbs or any pan
of my body. You may refer to me any
person suffering from Eczema. / viii
always keep the S. S. S. in my house.
for consider it the best blood medicine
of the present age. am seventy years
of age and am now in perfect health.
For real blood diseases relief can only
be obtained by using a real blood RENEE
dy. So many people who are sufferers
from an obstinate or deep-seated blood
disease make the mistake of taking rem.
edies which at best are only tonics anu
cannot possibly reach their trouble. i
is in just such cases which other so-callsd
blood remedies cannot reach that S.SS::
has made some of the most wonderlai
cures.
S. s. S. cures permanently Cancefi
Catarrh, Rheumatism, Eczema, Tetef,
Contagious Blood Poison, Scrofula, anu
all other diseases having their originn
the blood. II is