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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
DIVISION OF DAVIS ESTATE
Heirs of Montana Millionaire Settle Their
Long Contest.
Something Like a Million and n Half
to Be Distributed Among
Them,

BUTTE, Mort, August @-The long
| fight over the estate of Andrew j. Davis
Is practically settled. A petition was filed
In the district court dropping the contest
to the alleged forged will and agreeing to
the distribution.
When Davis died i'm 1880 his estate was
valued at eight millions. OF this Andrew
j. Davis, jr. nephew of the dead million
aire, was given stock of the First National
Rank of Butte valued at two millions Nv
an alleged deathbed bequest The stock
OF the Butte and Boston Mining Company
valued then at two and half millions,
mas since been sold to the reorganization
OF that company for S1S0.000
An inventory filed with the petition gives
the amount of cash in the administrator s
iidI'"s as Ni2,ooO; real estate, 5000 600:
notes, Sl1o,o1O; property in the hands of
,he auxiliary administrator in Boston, si5e-
600. Total, I,732Op0. The debts of the
estate are s1S5,0OO; expenses of the admin
istration. $4,000; bequest in will. 81 .oa-
total, 299,O00-leaving 81, ,463. 900. of which
s6'ooOo is ready for distribution now. The
court is asked to allow this to he distrih-
uted right away
In the agreement dropping the contest
an the blood relatives of the dead million
are are taken care of but Diana Davis
and Erwin Davis, sister and brother The
iormer Is barred by the statute of Iirni;a-
uon, never having been a party to the
contest Erwin Davis is also l.arred for
the same reason, besides being indebted to
the estate.
Inc agreement divides the estate into
eleVen-hundredths. The heirs of John \
Davis, brother of the dead millionIl-e .sG
eeieven-hundredths; Henry F. Root, Sarah
MARIA cummings, Mary l.. Dunbar Eli s
i-ado, Chas. H. Ladd. Ellen s Cornue nnd
Johh u. Cornue. nieces and neplaws joint
get 30 eleven-hundredths; Harriet r.
oheiheid the sister, and Ii. A Davis. the
lephew. Jointly get 10 eleven -hunoredths
Enza Bowdoin and Harriet Wood. sisters
ol lawn +. Davis, brother. 80 eleven
nuhoredths NJ each, and Eliza Smith, niece
- eieven-hundredths. The balance 12l
eleven-hundredths, goes to the trustees
4nder agreement, a. J. Davis, jr, and Chas
-. aher, Tor purposes not recited, but
supposed to be for future distribution II
Is oeheved that Erwin Davis will make a
hght. he already claims one-half of the
Davis.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
JERSEY SWEPT BY FLOODS
Serious Damage to Railroads at Many
Points in the State.
WashOuts Cause Delays on Nearly All
Lines-Sa1a manIer Brick Works
Seriously Injured.

NEW YORK, August PA terrific rain
storm between and o'clock this morn
ing caused considerable damage in New
Jersey. In many sections it was the heav-
lest rain in years. There were several
serious washouts along the main line of the
Erie railroad. Trains We're delayed from
various points and arrived in the Jersey
City depot nearly an hour late. At Carl
stadt the water from the hills washed sand
and gravel on the tracks of the New Jer-
sey and New York railroad. Trains were
stalled until the gravel and mud were re-
moved.
Fer a time only the west-bound tracks
could be used. The tracks on the meadows
between Carlstadt and Jersey City were
submerged. and the trains had to run very
slowly The tracks west of the Bergen
tunnel were also partly under water, and
at one time several of the inward-bound
trains were stalled there.
At Passaic the streets in many places
were flooded. There was bad washout
on the Erie railroad near the Passaic
bridge. The tracks were carried away, and
there were no trains between $40 and $50
between Rutherford and Passaic.
The Railway river rose eight feet higher
than the high water mark and was four
feet higher than when the big storm oc-
CURED four weeks ago. The lowlands
about Railway were flooded, and consider
able damage was done. There were fears
that the Irving street bridge at Railway
would be carried away, but it stood the
strain. Boats were in use to cross streets
in the lower section of Railway, where in
places the water was four and five feet
deep. People living in the streets near the
river were taken out of the second floors
of their residences today. as the water was
in some places higher than the middle Of
the front doors
The water from the river backed up to
Irvington and Hamilton streets to a depth
of fifteen feet. Water in the Regina Music
Box Company building was four inches
higher than the main floor, where much
stock was kept.
At Atwood bridge, four miles from Ran
way. the Salamander brick works were
flooded. The water undermined the large
kiln and caused loss of $4,000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
SHIPPING SEACOAST ORnNaNcE
mere the Responsibility of the
mathematics Department Ends

The controller of the treasury hos 5a-
clded question arising in the War De-
partment, raised by the acting chief of
engineers. as to the responsibility of the
quartermaster's department for the trans
pcrtation of seacoast ordnance-Whethar
the responsibility terminates at the sites OF
TIE batteries or at the nearest wharf or
1allroad terminus. The controller. in the
following decision, says thats,he RESPONSE
blhty ends at the nearest and most avail
able water point, the engineer department
doing the balance:
am OF the opinion that the practice
heretofore prevailing of requiring the
quartermaster's department to transnor,
the guns and gun carriages for these new
IoruncatlonS and bear the cost of the
same must be continued, and il is only
Necessary to decide at what point the re-
n.ent ceases.
While it is difficult to Law down anv
RUE IN view of the controlling effect which
the circumstances in eacn case must have
|. seems that at least it may be thus far
cetermined-that the quartermaster's de-
pertinent shall deliver at the point near
est TO the battery that it is possible for
IL TO reach by ordinary means of trans
Iorta'lon' all armament of these fortifica-
lions ordinary transportation in connec-
non with this rule being defined as such
transportation as may be obtained through
the channels generally used by the Quarter
masters department, such as railroads
steamboats, and lighters, but not TO include
movement by specially organized hauling
or by such special appliances as more pron,
erly fall within the field of engineering.
"hen these latter are required in the
movement of this ordnance. the responsi-
plilty or the quartermaSter's depar
ceases and that of the engineer depart-
ment begins, and the appropriations made
Tor these respective purposes become liable
IN accordance Herewith
AS TO the case specifically presented. 10
wit, the hauling cf a mortar carriage from
the landing at North Point, Md, to the
battery in that vicinity. a distance of about
a half mile am of the opinion upon the
iaets as presented to me. that the same
is payable out of the appropriafion for
the construction of that battery, and thai
the quartermasters department is not in
such case, responsible for its delivery or
the payment therefor"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
A NORTH SIBERIA TRADER.
Has an Extensive Business. but Neye,
Sees Money.

Away up rear the arctic circle lives an
Old man who is very rich, and yet he never
sees dollar or any kind of money or rem
resentative of money. Some time ago DIR.
Sheldon jackson, general agent of the bu
reau of education for Alaska, on board
the Bear, touch ed at Indian Point, Siberia.
There he found the principal native of the
village, Koharri by name, a trader noted
all along the coast. Writing OF this old
trader, Mr.. Jackson says:
He has a little frame whale house filed
from floor to ceiling with tobacco, flour
and looking glasses, which he has obtain
ed from the whalers, and from which he
supplies the country for hundreds of miles
around. This man has been known 10 have
as much as $4,000 worth of whaiebone in
his storehouse at one time. He does a bus
mess Of probably 100000 a year, and vet
NOT a single coin of gold or silver nor a
single bank note or bank check is used
nor are any books kept. All transactions
are by barter, furs and whalebones being
exchanged for tobacco. flour and whisky
This wholesale merchant of the north ST.
berian coast can neither read nor write.
nor can any one associated with him. AL
though so wealthy, he lives in an ordinary
tent and sleeps on the ground on a pile OF
reindeer skins"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
YELLOW FEVER IN CUUt.
KnvnGes of the Disease Reported to
the Marine Hospital Service

The reports to the United States marine
hospital service from the various part
OF Cuba indicate a general increase of
malari%l ard pernicious fevers in the island
ana corresponding increase of yellow
fever Or. Brunner sanitary inspector AT
Hav@na, says in his latest report that the
irdil alton of the condition of affairs is de-
ceptiye.
In spite he says. "of all these condi-
TONS existing. which are supposed TO favor
the spread of yellow fever. it would appaar
from the mortality table in this report that
the disease Is decreasing. The appearance
is not real As stated in previous report.
the deaths from yellow fever are being alb
sorbed by those credited to other dises ses.
The military hospitals are filled with pa
tients. and 1t is weIl-known fact that ma
tients brought to the hospitals in and
around the city suffering from some other
cause. Will invariably develop yellow fever
soon after admission If there is not a his
tory OF a previous attack
1T will be noticed from the mortality ta hi.
tnat the deaths from enteric fever and per-
niciouS fever are, together, In excess of
those occurring from yellow fever while
malarial or paludal fever caused seven
deaths. The mortality from all causes
SHOWS each week a steady increase and cor
respondingiy increased ratio per lupo''
Inspector at Santiago, Dr. Caminero. re-
ports the health conditions az slightly m
proved at that place. but he predicts that
the arrival of fresh troops will certaiply
revive the destructive work of the ycIIow
fever DR. Caminero also states that he
has reliable Information that ''the sickness
and mortality in the village near Santiago
are appalling Cristo. with a population of
2rUsi has from three to five deaths daily ~
He adds. yellow fever among the soldiers
is causing many deaths"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
Mr.. GEORGES SUCCESSOR
The Expectation is That Senator Elect
Money Will Be Appointed.
Several Other Names Are Mentioned
us Having Been Drought tOsthe
Governors Attention.

The expectation is that Senator-eiect
Money will be appointed by the governor
of Mississippi to fill the vacancy in the
United States Senate caused by the death
Of Senator George. Mr.. Money was elected
to the Senate to succeed Ir. George at
the expiration of his term on the 4th of
March, 1900, but the death of Mr. George
leaves an Gnexpired term of nearly two
years to be filled
A number Of prominent Mississippi demo-
Gratis are spoken of as suitable men from
whom the governor might make a selec-
ton, but the impression seems 20 be that
inasmuch Mr.. Money mas already been
elected by the legislature to succeed to
the regular term he might as we'll be given
the seat at once. Should the governor ap-
point some other to the place he would
not be sure of retaining his seat longer
than until next winter, when the legs-
lature which elected Mr.. Money meets and
will elect for the remainder Of the uneX-
pired term.
The chances are that unless the govern
ors sppointee, not being Money himself
were a. friend of Moneys, the legislature
would make another change. The impress
sion is that the death of Mr. George will
simply hasten the time of Mr.. Money tax
ing his seat. and will not lead to the tenn
porary elevation of new man.
However. number, of men are either
candidates or are being strongly recon-
mended by their friends for the appoint
ment.
Among these ex-Representative
Stockdale, Judge Cutrar, Ex-Governor Robt
Lowry and Patrick Henry, at present dis
trict attorney. The names of Representa-
tives Allen and Williams also are men,
toned, but it is not thought that either of
them would be willing to give up seat in
the House, with the probability of long
tenure, to go to the Senate for short
time, with the successor already elected,
particularly when the Legislature might cut
the term of the appointee of this winter.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
DEBs SUGGESTS WAR.
Appeal to Social Democracy to At.
tend st. Louis Convention.

Appeal to Social Democracy to At
tend st. Louis Convention.
A special to the New York Journal from
Terre Haute, Ind. under date of August
%, says: Eugene Debs today issued a call
for the st. Louis conference, which. he
says, will be one of the most significant
events in the history of the country, and
which may lead to very important If not
sensational results. The call is as fol-
lows:
'Terre Haute, Ind, August %, 1897
ITO the Social Democracy and All Lovers
of Liberty and Fair Play, Greeting:
"A mass convention will be held at St
Louis Monday, August 80, in the interest
of the striking. starving coal miners. The
official call has been issued by the execu-
tive board of the United Mine Workers
and indorsed by the executive heads OF
the American Federation of Labor and the
Knights of Labor.
II understand that this convention is
called, not to pass idle resolutions but
to take prompt. vigorous and united action
and this being the case, 1 appeal to the
social democracy and to all lovers of lib
erty and humanity to meet at st. Louis
on the day named to lend hand to the
stricken, suffering miners of the country
Constitutional Liberty Bludgeoned.
The injunction has again done It's dead
ly work. Constitutional liberty has been
bludgeoned to death and labor bound and
gagged for the perpetual exploitation OF
corporate capital. There is no relief in the
bottom to the top, and they are all against
labor. So far as am concerned, we will
appeal to them no more. We will now ap-
peal to the American people. Judges the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
WILL NOT BE MOVED.
Internal Revenue Collectors Office
to Remain at Richmond

W AhShulh blcnmOnu.
The office of the internal revenue collec-
tor of the second district of Virginia will
not be removed from Richmond to Peters
burg unless the Treasury Department
changes it's mind. The treasury officials
say that the Office is not an article to be
carted around at the pleasure of anybody,
and announce that there will be no re-
mcval.
Since the appointment OF Gen. Brady as
collector of the second district there has
been great deal of talk about moving
Brady Delegations from both cities have
waited on the treasury officials, either
urging change or talking against it. Gen.
Brady is in the city today. He will take
charge of the office about the 1st of Sep
tember. He said to a Star reporter today
that he had made no recommendation on
the subject. and did not know that he
would make any.
Gen. Brady was collector Of the second
district for twelve years. eight years pre-
vious to the first Cleveland administration
and four under the administration of Presi-
dent Harrison. During his three terms he
maintained the office at Petersburg The
democrats who served under each oy the
Cleveland administIa Iations moved the office
to Richmond.
The Richmond people claim that the
bulk of the business in the office Is done
in that city, and that there is no Legitimate
reason why the office should go to Peters
burg
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
creatures of the plutocracy rule the coun-

creatures Of the plutocracy, rule the coun-
try by injunction.
From the justice of the peace to the
Justice of the Supreme Court the inIunc-
tion has full sway. American citizens are
forbidden to open their lips or walk on
public highways. Sheriffs, marshals and
otner petty officers issue proclamations and
then proceed to shoot and club working
men If they are not as servile and obedient
as II they were so many savages off their
reservation. That there have been no yio-
ience and bloodshed in the miners strike
is simply because the judges and sheriffs
and deputies have been unable to provoke
an outbreak
Miners Have Been Patient.
The miners have patiently, meekly sub
mftted to the most fragrant insults and
abuse The hour has struck to call a halt.
The cowardly, brutal and wholly un-Ameri-
can reign of fnjunctional government has
got to end. vast army of miners ere
1am1shing, their wives and children are
dying. The calamity cries to heaven. We
40 not ask the courts or the authorities to
help these perishing toilers, but we do de-
mand that they take their cruel clutches
from the throats of workingmen and allow
them @ to help themselves in lawful ways.
me Pittsburg operators have declared
that they will open their mines If they
have got to do it with Gatling guns No
injunction has been issued, and no soldier
mas been called out to restrain them from
executing their murderous designs In
functions. soldiers, marshas, deputies
thugs and jails are for the exclusive bene-
mt or the workingman. Under the rule of
the money power, labor is plundered until
the starvation point is reached, and then
Its emaciated body is shot full of holes 1t
is notoriously true that the American
miners have been robbed. in countless
ways. and now that they are hungry, it is
proposed to murder them
American Manhood Revolts.
The horrors Of Siberia are not of greater
enormity. Every atom of American man
hood revolts against the spectacle. Judges
by the usurpation of power and playing
the role of tyrants, have annihilated the
Constitution, abrogated the right of trial
by jury. forbidden free speech. suppressed
peaceable assemblages and transformed our
republic into an absolute despotism. They
are guilty of judicial treason and should be
made to answer at the bar of an outraged
people.
The issue has been forced upon us, and
we have retreated before it TO the verge of
slavery. Let us now meet 1t as 1t would
have been met by the patriots of 1776
"ECGENE V DERS
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
GRASS FOR THE PLAINS.
The Agricultural Department to Ex-
pertinent With Ruasinn Seed.

-
pertinent With Russian Seed.
The Agricultural Department Is preparing
to make an experin ent with a new forage
plant which is thought to be adapted to
the semi-arid regions of the west. 1t is
the Bromus lnermis. a grass which is in
dlgenous to the Russian steppes An order
for two tons of the seed of the plant has
been wired to Moscow in response to a
telegram from Professor Hanson, the de-
partments agent, that he could secure this
quantity by taking it Immediately. The
grass is said to thrive in lands which are
too dry for the ordinary forage plants. 1t
is tall, nutritious plant and it is hoped
will prove to be adapted to the plains re-
gion along the bases Of the Rocky noun
tains.
Professor Hanson, through whom this
order has been placed. Is resident of
South Dakota He Is making a special in
vestigation Of the grasses and other forage
vegetation of Siberia for the department
with the view of securing plants adapted
to the soil and climate of the plains re-
gion, and this order is the first fruit of his
labor. He will make very complete in
vestigation. which may result in the intro
auction OF many new plants. which it is
hoped can be grown on the elevated pla-
teauS.
The dispatching of Professor Hanson on
this mission has had the effect apparently
VI Siea.ihs tue Impression mat Ine de-
partment Is making especial inquiry into
the agricultural possibilities Of the coun-
try which will be traversed by thenew ST.
berian railroad. with the view of determin-
ing beforehand the probable Increase and
character of competition thu American
farmer will have to encounter fr1m that
quarter. The department Is receiving nu-
merous newspaper statements crediting it
with having such a commission in the field.
The officials say, however that there is no
truth In the report and they know Of no
foundation for it outside of Mr.. Hanson's
nilsson.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
TO FORWARD HONEST TRADE.
Object of New Regulations Regard
ing bonded Warehouses.


Assistant Secretary Howell has issued a
modification of the regulations hitherto in
force for the government bonded manufac-
turing warehouses By this amendment
the proprietor Of any such bonded ware
house is required to file with the Secretary
of the Treasury a list Of all the articles in
tended to be manufactured, giving the spe-
cific names under which they are to be ex-
ported, and under which they will be
known to the trade. He also is required to
name the ingredients entering into the
manufacture, with the qualities of such in
gradients r materials as may be dutiable
or taxable. A strict conformity to this
rule is required. and in no instance will an
article be permitted to be manufactured in
or withdrawn from the warehouse which
does not contain all the ingredients and In
the quantities specified. Articles manu-
factured for export are required to he
marked In strict accordance with the for
mu1as and with the trade name of the
goods, and shall bear no other designation.
The purpose of the regulations is to pre-
vent the expectation of spurious wines and
other articles under names which misreD-
resent their true character, and so tend to
tnjure the sale abroad of the genuine ar
ticle.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
Personal Mention.

Archbishop Keane has gone to Brooklyn
to visit a cousin who is dangerously ILL., He
will be gone until the middle of Septembe-
visiting meantime seashore ard mountain
resorts.
Assistant Secretary Davis, who is in
Steubenville. Ohio. will return Friday.
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
Bristow was at his office today.
Mrs. Susie r. Jacobs of the Potomac
Corps has gone to Buffalo to attend the
G. A r. convention.
VIM. w. DUNCAN of 1JO6 18th stree,
northwest has been quite sick for three
weeks past with bilious typhoid fever, bu,
Is now improving, though still confined IA
his room.
Archbishop Ireland. who has been in
Washington several days. left for Buffalo
Last night He will make speech tonight
at tie G. A. R banquet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-08-24
No Evictions at Plum Creek.
Called RatchfOrd Hard Names.

AT the afternoon session at Pittsburp
yesterday there were present on behalf of
the miners National President NJ d.
Ratchford, National Secretary-treasurer
w. c. Pearcc. District President Patrick
Dolan, First Vice President Edward Nc.
Kay and Secretary William Warner Pres
1dent Ratchford made a statement of the
case. He said former occasions the
miners went to the operators, when with
crocodile tears, the conditions were deplor-
ed by the operators. Now he said 1t was
dlnerent, the operators had come TO the
miners. He expressed himself In favor of
arbitration at a living rate of wages.
This brought Col. w. P. Rend to his
Ieet he said that there could be no ar
bitration on the lines as laid down bv
Ratchford. He referred to the meeting at
81. Louis. and Ratchford estimated that
UNIVERSAL strike and a demand for an
eight-hour day and readjustment of the
wage question would be the result of the
ST Louis convention. Colonel Rend renlied
by calling Ratchford a villain, traitor.
biackguard ard an anarchist. With en-
phasls he told him that seven anarchists
had been hung in Chicago and all were
better than he; that if he precipitated an
lnsurrection in this country he would be
hung, ana when he was hung he (Rend)
wanted to pull the rope. Colonel Rend left
the conference in rage.
Rochester and London Miners Strike.
DUBOIS. Pa, August 24-The Rochester
and London mines at this place. quit work
this morning. notwithstanding that they de-
clded at meeting held last night to con-
tlnue. The agitators from the Pittsburg
region had been working uncea singly for a
week to get the men out and have succeed
ed, in the face of the fact that a maioritv
were opposed to striking