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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
JOSEPH C. HENDRIX, president
Chosen to Preside Over the Afrairu OF tho
BRnkers' Association,

"
Chosen TO Preside Over the Arniru or tho
Bankers Amortization.
DETROIT. Mich. Aug. 19.-The Bankers Con.
vention ended its iabors to-day with the cleo
ton of officers and the usual votes of thanks.
There was n pretty little bit of politics in the
election, as Frank w. Tracy of Springfield, ILL.,,
laid all his wires TO be elected Vice. President
and received the vote OF the nominating COM
mittee. but was beaten out in the Convention by
George II. Russell OF this city. who received two
votes to his one. The report OF the nominating
committee in favor of Joseph c. Hendrix of New
York for President was unanimously concurred
in by the delegates, and Alvah Trowbridge. also
Of New York, was reelected to his place 40
Chairman of the Executive Committee. Mr..
Rouen of New York made a vigorous fight in
favor of Tracy. but it profted him nothing.
N. B.. Van Slyke. President OF the First Ma
tional Bank Of Madison, Wis, began to-day's
discussion with a paper on currency legislation,
in which he said that in these times of peace
and prosperity our Government should not feel
order to maintain its credit"
Harvey J. Hollister. on Organized Capital"
Money with a human personality and con.
science back of 1t is never wholly bad, but when
days. such combination loses the human per-
sonal quality and becomes a problem so serious
that LEGISLATORS confess their inability to deal
He said that capital. to be safe. must not only
protect society by speedy punishment OF the
criminal. but by bearing its legitimate share Of
Government expenses, and should give attention
to the rearing Of men. not machines.
-Myron T. Herrick OF Cleveland. Bradford
Rhodes Of New York. g. Gunby Jordan Of Co
lumhus. Ga; William G. Cornwell of tho City
Bank, Buffalo; Charles r Hannah OF Iowa, and
/. F. Hillyer Of Georgia also read papers. A
resolution was passed urging Congress to pass
legislation permitting the organization OF. ma
tional banks with capital in excess Of $25 900.
Charles Homer. J. L. Hamilton. and E. H. Per.
kins were appointed a to urge neces-
sary legislation in Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
TEE PREsIDENT STARTS FoR TRoY
MS Special Car side.Traokod Outside the City
Until Morning.

His Special Car side-Traokod outside the City
Until Morning.
TROY, Aug. 1e.-The President and bis party
left Plattsburg at $40 tonight for this city to
attend the meeting Of the Society Of the Army
Of the Potomac. His special car was attached to
the Montreal and New York night express.
which is due here at PAS A. NJ. The car will
not reach here, however. until 9 O'Clock to-mor-
row morning. The President did not caro- to
sleep in his car while it was side-tracked in the
Union station; neither did he care to go to ono
of the local hotels here, when his accommoda-
lions aboard the car were entirely to his con-
venience and liking. He know that II his car
were brought within the city limits it would
soon be surrounded by. well-meaning but noisy
siblo; For that reason he decided that his car
should be side-tracked within a short distance
IN Immediate nrSSi S'e con Gu wd.'n Much ineh FA regret P Is e1.
pressed tonight because Mrs. Mckinley will
not be in Troy with the President.
According to best Information tonight, the
He goes back to Bun Point on Friday night,
for a cruise on the lakes in senator Hanna's
yacht.
of citizens. accompanied by Gov. Black, Adjt.-
Gen. Til!inghast, and others. will 60 to the Union
Station and welcome him to the city. Al 10
o collar an. sse e pff' tsssSr, "o af eei nlsy T Coon H's Z 6 5os
and the President will DO presented with . box
Of collars made especially for him. Afterward
he will be taken TO the Troy House. which will
be the headquarters Of the Society of the Army
Of the Potomac.
The civic and military parade has been d.
vided into four divisions. and will include about
5000 men In line. The President will ride in
Mrs. Mary Howard Harris magnificent private
carriage. The Governor. Mayor OF the city. and
some other official will probably ride with him.
The annual meeting Of the Society of the Burn
side Expedition and Of tho Ninth Army Corps
will be held IN connection with the reunion OF
the Society of the Army of the Potomac. The
meeting will be held at the Troy House.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
HOPE FOE CANADA YET.
B1r. Kettle Thinks Immigrants Will Go There
when We Went Fake Thsm Any Longer.

HF. Kettle Thinks hWuliEronto VIII 10 rnero
when We Went Take Thsm Any Longer.
TORONTO. Aug. 19.-The British Association
got fairly down to work to-day and some twelve
or fifteen meetings were In session at the same
time In different parts of the University OF To-
ronto building. The proportion OF young men
attending the meetings as Members is striking,
and 1t must be acknowledged that they appear
to be pursuing the studies and researches in the
different branches OF science for o commercial
desire to make a living.
One of tho most important meetings was that
of the geographical section, presided over by j.
Scott Kettle. the Secretary OF the Royal Geo
graphical Society Of Great Britain. Speaking Of
exploration. he said immense progress has been
made In North and South America, Asia, Aus
traiia, New Zealand, and In the North Polar
regions. but unfortunately little had been done
to follow mp the work OF Sir James Ross in the
Antarctic regions.
In the field that was open before them In the
future we're districts OF the Balkan peninsula.
which are as vaguely known as central Africa.
There are unexplored tracts in southern and
central Arabia and Thibet, and blanks TO be
hlled In other parts Of Asia and on the Siberian
Referring to the polar expeditions. Mr.. Kettle
said that some one would reach the North Pole
He referred TO the problem Of population. and
said that a third of Australia was as barren
as the Sahara. Asia already. has an
| enormous. population and has few, tracts
| tations Of Africa were touched upon. and. IL was
shown that for Europe, in default OF Asia,
| Africa, and Australia. America must remain
the great outlet; and there was no reason TO
It's progress 10 the United States blocked 1t will
| turn toward Canada
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
MINERS TRIAL IN PRoeREss.
Judge Coz Hears the Cases or Alleged Deaane,
OF the jackson Injunction.


OF the jackson Injunction.
WHEELING. W. Va, Aug. 19.-At 4 O'Clock
this afternoon Judge Nathan Goff adjourned the
trial of the twenty-seven coal miners who were
arrested yesterday for contempt Of court to 10
o'clock tomorrow morning. John J. Davis and
William Scott OF Fairmont represented the oper-
stors and ex-Gov. A. B. Fleming and W. g.
Meredith of the Same place appeared for tho
strikers. The Monongah Company, under whose
ipjunctions tho arrests were made. said that 1913
out of 249 miners were at work at their mines,
and that tho assembling Of the prisoners in and
about the property Of the company interfered
greatly with the conduct of the force employed.
The defence moved to discharge the prisoners ON
the ground that they had been arrested Illegally.
but tho court overruled the motion and the trial
went on.
location Of the mines. and Deputy Marshal Ran
dolph said he had frequently warned the strikers
against paradinR on the roads leading TO the
cOmpany's grounds. At the conclusion OF Ran
dolph's testimony court adjourned until to-
In the New River district Organizer Fred
Dllcher announces that he will proceed with
the work assigned him regardless of the injunc-
tions issued by the Federal Court. He alleges
that three-fourths of the district Is idle.
1t 10 announced to-day, and is not denied by
union officials, that reports Of the organizers
from Monongah are exaggerated.
There Ii not a mine in the district idle,
although some are badly crippled.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
REDUCED RATES FROM eA1vEsrox.
a Chance for soathwestern Bayers TO Come
Here by tho Manory Line.

Hero by tho Mallory Line.
The Mallory Steamship Company announced
yesterday that 1t would sell reduced-rato
tickets from Galveston to New York on Aug.
%. and that 1t would continue the rate to mem
bers of the Merchants Association on all its
sailing dates throughout September. This con-
cession opens up a large part of the Southwest
to the association. which was shut OF by the re-
fusal Of the Southwestern Association to grant
the reduced rate made so generally by the other
roads of the West. The Mallory line belongs to
the Southwestern Association.
Communication has been opened with the
Southern Pacific people asking II they will not
sell through tickets to New York from all points
on their lines on the certificate plan. provided
the Joint Traffic people will handle such tickets.
The Trunk Line people have %announced that
Western Railway Company, the seaboard Air
Line. and the Richmond, Fredericksburg and
Potomac Railroad Company. 40 that this simpli-
fes the Southern situation very much.
Among the visitors at the rooms OF the Mer-
chants, Association yesterday were about twenty
Association, now in convention In this city.
Most Of them were out-of:town. men, and they
ton before returning to their homes. The resi-.
dent and nonresident membership lists con-
t,nss to gr wore dt lily Ge AmSnE the and aoeGS olamSfs
banks. Goldman. Sachs e Co.. and Kuhn, Loeb
Th: merchants and buyers from the West and
South now in town all seem convinced that
good times are coming to stay. J. e; Lance Of
La Crosse, Wis. said yesterday: A this talk
about the Improvement of trade In the West Is
absolutely bona fide. The market Is In excellent
shape; Prices are sayancing in woollens and
Gardner g Bates. Laundry, supplies. Grand
Rapids. Mich. said: We did the best July
are hopeful OF a good fall trade. All indications
point that way. The factories are all working
full time. The reports from agricultural dis.
tricts are very encouraging. There is n general
| feeling that business is improving"
r. B. Franklin of Franklin & Co., dry goods
| merchants of Columbus. Miss, said: Business
10 good. The prospect is very bright in that we
have tho best crops since the WAT. The mills are
ali In operation and arc making money"
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
ORDERED TO MOURN FoR oANorAs
Many Cuban Women ygho Did Net wear Black
Were Arrested.

Many Cuban Women VINE Did Net wear Black
Were Arrested.
HAVANA, Aug. 10, via Key West, Aug. To-
Last week the Spanish military commander Of
the town Of sagua. Santa Clara province. ordered
all the inhabitants TO dress In black for nine days
as mourning for the death of Canovas.
He ordered at the same time that all the
houses should be drapedin black and forbade the
singing and playing of musical instruments In
the private residences.
A careful list was taken Of tho families that
did not comply with the order. and the report
was given to the Governor by bis agents that
many young " men had not dressed In black.
They were Immediately placed under arrest and
sent TO the jail in chains for forty-oight houra,
where they were among the lowest class Of
criminals and were exposed to all sorts Of
dangers.
One hundred and nifty orphans of pacihoos.
who were killed BY the Spanish troops in Pinar
del Rio, are now in slavery In that province.
The Governor. Senior San Pedro. has given them
as servants to tho Spanish officers. The girls
have all been assaulted, and terrible ~tortures
are inflicted upon the boys by putting them in
the cepo. an old instrument of torture used In
Cuba years ago upon the colored slaves.
Another report of q barbarous raid upon =
Cuban hospital comes from Cienfuegos. At o
hill near Cumanayagua. in the district Of Glen
fueaps. Major Moscoso of the Spanish battalion
Of Bailen attacked a hospital OF the insurgents.
assassinating twcnty-six wounded Cubans. four
women. and 1--WE children. Mosooso was at the
head of 100 Spanish soldiers. The hospital was
not protected by the Cuban Army.
At Armenteros. a few miles from Havana. the
Cuban forces Of Col. Aranguren routed the
Spanish battalion of Otumba after q hard fight.
which lasted several hours. This 10 considered
here TO DO one of Arrangements most brilliant ex-
ploits. as his cavalry numbered less than half as
many men as the Spanish force.
Gen. Adolfo Castillo also had an important
encounter with the Spanish battalion of Baleares
at Falcon plantation. near San Antonio do los
Bahos. Havana province. Only the Spanish
version of 1t 10 yet known, and they claim q
great victory, but for all that the column 70
treated to the town of San Antonio.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20

A strike Of paper cigarette makers In twenty
four shops on the east side has been In progress
since Monday. There are about 100 strikers,
% shs w stpiR. nD are are at iss Ludlow stTe Sar' %Se pc
they held a meeting yesterday.
Tho strikers belong 10 the Russo Turkish
legged Turkish cigarettes with mouthpieces.
These alleged Turkish cigarettes are great
~favorite among the east siders during strikes
The Secretary OF the union, Samuel Ginsberg.
said Yesterday that the strikers had been work
inv sixteen OF eighteen hours out OF the twenty
four, and made only from $5 10 SO a week.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
WARSHIP BRuIX DISABLED.

Special Gable Dcspatch to THE Sun

Nu6 bTturh me " u httlEANS ~
This Accountable May Retire.
Special Gable Dcspafch TO THE sun.
PARIS, Aug. 19.-The French warship Bruix,
one Of the vessels forming the escort OF the war
ship Pothuan, on board Of which President
Faure is en- route for Cronstadt. has returned to
Dunkirk disabled.
Although the accident to the Bruix seems to
have been such as warships are always liable to
meet with. tho incident has inconsod the press
and public, who regard 1t as marring the 6clat
Of tho Presidents visit to Russia. Admiral
Bcsnard, Minister OF Marine. has accordingly
been made n scapegoat.
1t is asserted that some Of his colleagues Out
~spokonly criticised him at a Cabinet meeting
that was held to-day, with the result that there
was an exchange Of warm words. Admiral Bes-
nard finally declared that he would resign.
Prime Minister Meline acted as peacemaker,
and induced him to withdraw his resignation,
but 1t is believed that he has only deferred his
retirement from office until the return Of Presl-
dent Faure.
The BruiK 10 o steel. broadside cruiser Of 4 ESQ
tons. She was built at Rochefort. and was COM
pleted only q short time ago. Her dimensions
are: Length, BAT feet 7 inches; beam, 40 feet,
and depth. II feet 8 inches. Her armament
consists Of two 7l9-inch eiRht-ton guns, six ola-
inch quick-flring guns, and fourteen guns Of
lesser weight. Her engines are Of $500 horse
power. and she has q speed of 10 knots.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
POLICEMEN STONED BY 1oUGH rs.

Tho Reserves Had TO he sent TO Disperss the
Saloon Wreckers.
A gang OF toughs tried to wreck william
Klotz's saloon at sos West Fifty. second street
last night. Policeman Mcintosh OF tho West
Forty-seventh street station caught Bernard
Kelly. II years old. OF 4l2 West Fifty-second
street. In the act OF throwing a stone into the
saloon. The crowd tried to rescue Kelly and
attacked the policeman with stones. Policeman
Tterney went TO Ic1ntosh,s assistance and
caught John billiard OF ABS West Fifty-second
street.
Somebody telephoned to the station house,
and the reserves were ordered to the scene OF
battle. The patrol wagon full OF cops reached
there in time to save Mcintosh and Tierney
from further attack. and when the mob had
been dispersed the two prisoners were landed
safely in the station house.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
MORE cAoAKMAKERs STRIKE.

some Strikes Won-Uncertainty About . Gea-
eraI strike.
Several more strikes OF cloakmakers against
individual manufacturers took place yester.
day. The largest OF these was that of the out
aide men employed by Peler Bros, at 734 Broad
way. OF whom $50 went on strike.
The strikes in the shops OF Singer, Son & Field
mann. 3l7 Canal street, and }. Blauner, Spring
street and Broadway. were settled yesterday.
An increase Of 80 per cent. In wages was granted.
srhood of Cloakmakers. would not say yesterday
how long the general strike had been postponed
mr. whether 1t had been postponed indefinitely.
An the new strikes were. authorized by the
Executive Committee, he said.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
4 sTEA MsHIP THIEF CAUGHT.
Arrested in Hoboken After Robbing Tws
RuerNt BismArck PassenGers.

Arrested in Hoboken After Robbing TIVE
Fuer~t ismArck Passenger.
Some days ago the officials Of the Hamburg.
American Steamship Company notified the Ho-
boken police that a number of articles had been
stolen from staterooms Cd the steamships while
they lay at the Hoboken piers. Detective Ser
geant Nelson saw a well-dressed man about
80 years old lettering around the ships every
sailing day. Just before the Fuerst Bismarck
sailed yesterday Nelson saw the man walk up
the gangplank. He remained on board until the
ship was about to be pulled out and then hur-
ried of. carrying a cane and a silk-lined over.
coat. Nelson took him to Police Headquarters.
He said he was q Frenchman. an that he
could not speak English. He wrote his name as
Frassora Arnaud. but would not give his adj
dress. The cane he carried bore the initials
&c. H. F." When the steamer reached Quar-.
rantine one OF the ships officers telegraphed
back to Hoboken that an overcoat had been
stolen from A. Rosenthal, a passenger, and that
a cane had been taken from stateroom No. 100,
occupied by Gotfried H. Floto.
Recorder McDonough held Arnaud for further
examination.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20

Csnada's Latest Proposition Accepted By the
Post Omce Department.

- NV
Post once Department.
WARRINGTON, Aug. le.-The Post ONCE De-
partment to-day received from Mr.. Coulter.
Deputy Postmaster General for Canada. a pro-
posal for the carrying Of mails between Dyea,
Dawson City. and Circle City. which was 40
cepted by the department. and the Canadian
Post Office was 30 notified. The offer of the
Canadian Government is to establish a Post
ONCE at Dawson City, appoint a Postmaster.
and make it an international exchange office.
They then agree to carry all the mails Of the
United States. one trip a month, from Dawson
City to Dyea. the United States agreeing in re-
turn to carry all the Canada mails from Victoria.
B. c.. to Dyea. The Post Office Department is
to pay the Canadian Post 0Hice the sum which
1t asked from Canada If the United States was
to provide for the transportation of the mails.
This Is REGARDED as an exceptionally fair pro-
posal. 1t will give the United States two mails
a month to Dawson City, as there is already a
monthly contract In force running from Dyea to
Circle City via Dawson City.
Up to this time. while the mail for Dyea from
Circle City passed through Dawson City, there
being no exchange Office there. the pouches
were kept closed and no mail could be dis
tribnted. nor could any mail be added. The
establishment Of an exchange Office there will
change all this.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
LIVELY TIME8 IN NUBIA.
Finding Plenty or water fer the Railroa,
Building on the Desert.

Finding Plenty or water Tor the Railroad
Building on the Desert.
Special Gable Despdtch to THE Bun.
LONDON. Aug. ia correspondent who has
returned to Wady Halfa. at the second cataract
of the Nile, after q years absence, reports that
since the advance Of the Anglo Egyptian ex.
petition against the dervishes was made the
town has been metamorphosed. Whole streets
have been cleared to make room for workshops.
A shed for the use Of the engines employed
on the railroad that is being constructed up tho
river is being built.
The railroad across tho desert to Abu Hamed
has been completed for q distance Of $50 miles.
The difficulty that was so much dreaded. tho
lack Of water, has been overcome. a good sup
ply having been found at a depth Of sixty feet
eighty miles from Korosko, along the limo Of the
railroad. Another we'll is being sunk fifty miles
further out. The engineers are Of the opinion
that water will be frequently found in the desert
by sinking wells.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
SPANS NEW GARNER.

The Queen Is Likely to Confirm AHoarraGa ana
His Coilea Eues In O1loo.
Special Gable Despdtoh to THE sUN.
SAN SEBASTIAN. Spain. Aug. 19.-Gen. AEcar-
raga. President Of the Council of Ministers, ar
rived here to-day. and had an audience with the
Queen which lasted an hour. Her Majesty will
again receive him to- morrow.
1t Is expected that the Queen will confirm
Gen. Azcarraga and his colleagues In their
offices, but the indications are that tho dissen-
eions In the Conservative party. are too numer-
Gus and too serious 10 permit the belief that tho
crisis will DO smoothly pOlved.
The Ministers yesterday placed their port
folios at the disposal Of Gen. Azcarraga In order
to facilitate matters II tho Queen desired to
make notifications In the Cabinet.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
AN ARGONAU UT ARRESTED.
schensthars Trip TO the klondike Gold FIeldl
Interrupted.

Joseph Schemethal, the manager Of a saloon
at sos Kent avenue. Williamsburg. was ar
raigned in the Lee Avenue Police Court yester~
day charged with appropriating $500. The 40
c~usation was made by julius Scharmann. .
brewer, OF 239 Cook street. Scharmann hired
Schemethal TO manage the saloon a few months
ago. When Scharmann went TO the place ON
Saturday to collect the receipts Schemethal was
not there. SchArmann says that 5000 was
missing from the cash box.
A warrant for Schemethal was issued.
Court Officer BreuniR went to his house on
Wednesday night TO arrest him. Schemethal's
mother-in-law and fntherin-law would not leo
him in. Srhemethhl r"n out Of the house. but
pamphlets on The klondike gold relds. and .
railroad ticket to Seattle in his pockets.
%ome said he had made arrangements to
go 10 Alaska. He denied that he had approprt-
ated any money belonging TO Scharmann. jus
tice Teale referred The matter to the District
Attorney. The matter may be settled out q
court.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
.,,cs Favor. ~vyIasn,nr Rector street.

Comptroller Fitch acted on the petition yes
terday which was sent to aim requesting his aid
In socu inn the widening OF Rector street by
r rnscoe%mmending to the Board oil street Opening
ami Improvement that II DO done between Trim
h3ifv Of continuing the Improvement to Broad
way! as Trinity churchyard Is on one side Of tho
street and an expensive office building is In
nrocess OF erection on the other,
pMnyor strong said Yesterday that he Is not In
favor OF such an imprevenent at this time.
nrnvcments for The borough OF Manhattan could
taaHe hold OF the matter, he added, and there
would DO little delay in considering and scting
en- II then
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-08-20
PETER CARROLL 4 SUICIDE.
The Third Avenue Chop House Keeper Asphyn
lated by Gas.

Peter Carroll. keeper Of q chop house at 500
Third avenue. killed himself sometime Wednes.
day night by inhaling Illuminating gas In his
rooms over his restaurant. which had been
closed for repairs for a month and were to DO
reopensd on Sept. l. He was found dead in bed
yesterday morning. The gas-jets in the room
were open.
Carroll had been complaining Of bad business
for some time past. and blamed the Raines Law
for this. He was also heard to say that he
feared he would not have enough money to
reopen his chop house: He suffered much from
insomnia, brought on by worry ovor his business
troubles.
Carroll had been in the oyster and chop house
business FOR more than thirty years. He was
known TO every man. woman, and child in the
neighborhood. and was worry popular. He WAS q
pronounced Tammany man. and his chop house
was patroniZed largely by politicians.