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Evening star., 1898-09-03
SMOKELESS pow WDER
Bids Opened for Supplying One Million
Pounds.
Proposals on an Average About What
the Navy Is Paying and Below
the Price Paid by the Army.

Probably the navy has fought its last war
with black powder Bids were opened to-
day at the Navy Department for supplying
the ships with one million pounds of smoke
less powder, quantity sufficient to supply
at least the secondary batteries of all the
ships in the service. and this supply viii
be augmented from tine to time until,
within the course of a year or two, all the
black powder will have been retired, ex-
cept possibly some that will be retained for
saluting purposes. There were six bids re-
ceived today at the department and opened
by Judge Advocate Lemly in the presence
of representatives, of most of the bidders,
prominent among them being Mrs. Maria
Dittmar, head of the powder concern bear
ing her name. The bids were on an aver
age about the same as the navy is now
paying for its powder and slightly below
the figure paid by the army under the
emergency created by the war. The bids
We're as follows:
Dupont Powder Company of Wilmington,
Del.-For 100000 pounds, the government
to supply the alcohol and ether, at 79h
cents a pound, making the total S795, 900.
II the government supplies the alcohol
only, so cents pound, making total of
SSoo,ooo. Deliveries to begin with 1000
fo--S oSNocSA anu 10 COutluuc dl lHG
rate OF f,ooo pounds per day.
Giant Powder Company, Consolidated,
San F'rancisco-25O,O0 ,O00 pounds the govern
ment to supply alcohol and ether. at so
cents pound, making a; total of $232, 500;
government supplying alcohol only, 95 cents
per pound, making total S23T 800 Deliver
les begin with 1000 pounds in ten months
and continue at the rate of 10000 pounds
per month.
..- Dittrnar Powder Company of New York
Looeoo pounds, government supplying alco-
MOI mol and ether at SO cents a pound, making
sZoo,ooo. Deliveries beginning December l
at I,ooo pounds per day.
Louis Nixon of Elizabeth Port, N. j.
iooooo pounds, government supplying alco-
noi no, an ana ether at 36 cents a pound. making
ssoo Deliveries beginning November %
Win i,ooo pounds and following at the rate
OF 5ooo rounds per week.
Laf1ln & Rand Powder Company, 600 600
pounds' government supplying alcohol and
slner, @ at f9l2 cents per pound, making
S'9o.ooo; supplying alcohol onIy,-S0 cents
pound, making $500, 600 Deliveries begin
November ] with 1000 pounds;- then LOCO
pounds per day until December, '9S; then
Z'oVo pounds until December, ,99, then 5000
pounds.
California powder works.. 100000 pounds,
government supplying; alcohol only, so cents
a pound making sS00,eO0. Deliveries begin
hine october with 1880 pounds and fol-
lowing at the rate of 1900 pounds per day.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
All Washington Men Better.
GRIEVANCES OF MINERS.
Preparations for PrOtracted Siege
in Pennsylvania.


PITTSBURG, Pa, September 3-M D.
Ratchford, national president of the United
Mine Workers of America, sent kilograms
to district President Patrick Dolan yester-
day, in which he congratulates Dolan on
the progress he has made in bringing the
men out in the third pool and assures him
the support of the national body of miners.
He also urges that the fight be pushed into
the fourth pool. and every mine brought up
to the standard OF the Chicago agreement.
AT the strikers camp near the Ivi and
Cstsburg mines there was much activity
yesterday Preparations were made for
protracted siege. Another march is sched-
uled for today.
HAZLETON, Pa, September 3.-The three
local assemblies of the United Mine w.
ers held long meetings at Colerain last
night, with the result that this morning the
Duffy of the organization, who interceded
for the strikers. that the strike is at an
end, and that work will be resumed at
the colliery on Monday morning
Superintendent Roderick, representing
the company, has agreed to allow the dis
charged Hungarian to return to work in
the capacity of a contract laborer, in which
position he will not be subject to the COM
pany directly, but to the miner with whom
he is to work. The discharge of this man
being the chief cause of the difficulty, the
strikers are satisfied and will hold out no
longer.
me SOHipdHS uoStoi QueSllOH mas DeSH
settled by the agreement that all the en-
ployes who do not want TO pay for the
doctor through the Office will have the op-
portunity this afternoon of appearing at
the Office to have their names stricken off
the list.
The demand for the adoption of the wage
scale agreed upon last fall, but altered dur
ing the winter was withdrawn by the
United Mine Workers altogether but they
reserve the right to ask for it's restoration
at any time in the future.
Today the mules were taken back into
the mines, and many of the employees who
left Colereine to seek work elsewhere will
be summoned back.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Shafter Too I'll to Leave His Deten-
tion Tent.
THE PRESIDENT WENT TO See HIM
Admiration Expressed for the Beauty
Of the Place.
THE TROOPS WELCOME

CAMP WIKOFF, Montauk Point L. l.,
September 3.-The President and Secretary
of War arrived at Camp Wikoff at quar-
ter of 8. Major General Wheeler and his
staff greeted Mr.. Mckinley, Mr.. Alger and
their party on the station platform. Out
side a thousand smart troopers of the Sd
Cavalry were drawn up, and the converted
yacht Eileen in the roadstead slowly BOOM
ed forth the Presidents salute of twenty
one guns
Gen. Wheeler has arranged for the in
spection party to go through the detention
camp, past Gen. Skaters tent, where the
President will stop to greet the commander
of the Santiago forces. The day is beauti-
full, and the huge encampment is alert in
expectation of seeing the President.
The Presidential Party.
With the President, besides the Secretary
OF War. were:
Vice President Hobart, Attorney General
Griggs, Senator Redfieid Proctor of Yer
mont, Brigadier General Egan, Brigadier
General Ludington, Major Webb C. Hayes,
son of the late President Hayes; Colonel NJ.
7. Herrick of Cleveland, William Mckinley
Barber of Canton, Ohio; H. II. Herrick of
Cleveland, Secretary Porter and Assistant
Secretary CCrtelyou.
The ladies of the party We're Mrs. Alg ar
and Miss Hecker
Major General Wheeler was surrounded
by number of his staff. The carriages,
preceded by the cavalry, wound up the hill
to General Wheelers headquarters. There
the President took a long view of the wide,
undulating, treeless eXpanse, checkered
with regimental camps and hospitals, great
parterres of canvas amid stretches OF
grass.
This is beautiful" Mr.. Mckinley said,
and then later: Il think 1 never saw a
hGndSomer camp.
After a two minutes wait the President
drove through the detention camp to Major
General Skaters tent. The general was
in full uniform, but his face was flushed
with fever. He endeavored to rise from
the chair in which he sat as the President
entered the tent.
Don't get up, general" said Mr.. McKin-
ley, as they shook hands. You are en-
titled to rest. How are your
"A little achy," replied the general, 'bu;
otherwise all right.
Mrs. Alger remained in General Shafter
tent while the President, Secretary Alger,
Mr. Griggs and others went to the general
hospital.
Heat Prostrates Soldiers.
The hot weather is increasing the death
rate among the sick soldiers in the hos
pitfalls at Camp Wikoff to an alarming de-
gree, besides prcstratipg many men who
heretofore nave not been On the sick list.
There were eighteen deaths yesterday, and
more have occurred since midnight.
President Mckinley was shocked on
learning of the terrible sufferings OF the
Michigan troops frcm the heat while en-
route from the camp to Long Island City
yesterday by rail. The President urged
that something be done at once to supply
the troops leaving camp with plenty of Ice
and wholesome rations, SO that their dis
comfort while travelling in the cars will be
as light as possible.
The Long Island Railroad Company up to
t,ad NOT ArIA,
port troops in a body, and it is doubtful
IL any will leave today.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Personal Mention.

Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Van
derlip has returned from Saratoga, where
he delivered an address
Mrs. T. L. White has gone to Montauk
Point for her son, z. L. White, who came
from Santiago i'll with the fever. The
young man is a member of Company G Ist
District Volunteers.
Mr.. John O'Hagan has gone to Atlantic
City for a fortnight.
Mr.. Theodore ]. King and Mr.. A. r.
Coppes will leave the city tomorrow at 8
am, via the Pennsylvania railroad, for
Boston, Mass, where they go as delegates
of the Columbia Railway Company to the
American Street Railway Association.
which is holding its annual convention i'm
that city
Capt E. A Edwards. 25th Infantry. is at
1910 18th street on sick leave.
Lieut.. Col T. A. Baldwin, 10th Cavalry
is at the Ebbitt on leave of absence.
Mr.. Fred. Alvey, secretary to the major
Of police, left this afternoon on a visit tc
his mother at Atlantic City.
Mr.. John J. Beardsley of the War Depart
ment left today for his old home in tn:
Thousand Islands to get rid of the hay fe-
Yer.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
SENT TO NEW CAMPS.
A Number of Regiments Whose Sta
tiOns Will BE Changed.

A number Of regiments will today be or
dared from their present stations, and it is
understood that they are going into camp
With the view of their retention in the SER
vice. The regiments as follows: Third
Georgia, from Griffin, Ga, to Jacksonville:
10th Minnesota, from St. Paul to Middle
town; 4th New Jersey, from Sea Girt to
Middletown; Sth United States Regular In
fantry, from Fort Thomas to Lexington;
9Th Massachusetts. South Pennington to
Middletown; 35sl Michigan. from Island
Haven to Middletown; Sd Mississippi, from
jackson, Miss, to Lexington: 201st New
York from Hampstead to Middletown: Sd
North Carolina, from Fort Macon to Knox
vile; 4th Kentucky, from Lexington to
Knoxville; Sd Alabama, from Mobile to
Jacksonville; Sd Regiment, United States
Engineers, from jefferson barracks to Lex
ington, and 1st Territorial Regiment, from
Tucson, Ariz., to Lexington.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
No Report on the OIfvette's Disaster.

No official report to the circumstances
under which the hospital ship Olivette
foundered in Fernandlna harbor, Florida,
mas reached the War Department. and It
Is said none is expected. The vessel is
NJ longer part of the government estab-
hShment but reverted to her owners the
m' ment she became unservceable Acting
Secretary Meiklejohn took the precaution
to insert a provision in the charter which
exactly meets this case, not only relieving
the government from liability for dam
ages resulting from the sinking of the shin
but also stopping the payment of the per
Diem compensation the moment the vessel
became unservicea BILE.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
EARLY G. A. IL. ARRIVALS.
Advance Guard Mt Cincinnati Making
Arrangements.

CINCINNATI, Ohio, September 3-The
advance guards of the national eneamp-
merits of the Grand Army of the Republic.
which will be held here next week. began
arriving today
These early arrivals are arranging the
headquarters of different state depart
n ents for the posts that will be here Mon
day. Quite a demonstration is expected on
Monday az the Labor day parade viii be
the opening event after the dedication OF
the camps. The naval parade is on Tues
cay, Grand Army parade OF "Wednesday
and the civic and industrial parade
with the peace jubilee, on Thursday.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
ALI the Forts of 0mdurman Have
Been Destroyed.
SUCCESS OF ENGLISH OPERATIONS
No Casualties Among Gen. Sir
Herbert kitchener's Force.
THE KHALIFA'S RETREAT

LONDON, September 3-The Evening
Telegraph. in its 3 o'clock edition this af-
ternoon, publishes a brief dispatch. say
iEg:
"All the forts of Omdurman have been
destroyed. Great success No casualties"
The British war office at noon today re-
ceived a dispatch from Nasri on the Nile
saying that a gUnboat had returned there
and had reported that there were no cas-
uaItes among the Anglo Egyptian forces.
that the right bank of the river had been
completely cleared of all forts: that the
lorts on Tut Island, opposite Omdurman,
had been demolished, and that the guns
had been captured
The dispatch also said the Howitzer prac-
tee Of the Sirdar's force was excellent.
Drove i'm the Outposts
CAIRO, September 3.-On Thursday ar
ternoon the Sirdar, General Sir Herbert
Kitchener, advanced to within a mile and
a half of Kerreri. driving in the enemy's
outposts, without any casualties on the
side of the Anglo-Egyptian army. The
forces of the Sirdar were then halted 10
await the result of the gunboat reconnois-
sance. The Khalifas forces, estimated TO
number 10000 men. was drawn up outside
Omdurman. Keppers gunboat partially de-
stroyed the dome of the mahdis tomb IN
the mosque of Omdurman
LONDON. September 3.-The war ofic,
later In the day, received another dispatch
from General Sir Herbert Kitchener bv
way OF Nasr. 1t was not dated and read
as follows:
Owing to the wet weather the lines
nave been broken and telegraphic com
munication has been interrupted Am send
ing this to Nasri to be forwarded
khaIifa Has $4,000 Men.
The march has been very favorable
Practically none has fallen out of the ranks
or been invalded.
During the two days We have driven I'm
the Deryish cavalry and small parties. af-
ter slight resistance. From Jobel Rowan
we marched to Wad FL Obeid, thence to
SayaI and thence to Surarat This morn
ing we reached Egina, a mile and a half
south of Kerreri, six miles from Omdur-
man. The mounted camel corps with q
horse battery pushed forward to Khor-
shamba, whereuDon the entire Dervish
force issued from Omdurman and were
clearly visible 1 estimated his force at
$1,000 men. They advanced at IL am.
The Sirdar's dispatch was apparently
sent after receiving Keppel's report and The
telegram breaks of at an important point
Further news is awaited here with intense
interest.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
HALF-WIT'TED TRAMP'S CRIME.
Killed a Girl Because She Was Afraid
of Him.

STEUBENVILI4E, Ohio, September g.
Two weeks ago yesterday, near Hnpedale,
Mary Wesley. aged thirteen, carried lunch
to her father, coal miner, and failed to
return All search for her was vain until
Friday OF last week, when she was found
dead in a lonely ravine, her skull crushed
and her body covered with stones.
Yesterday John Carson Dubbs, aged sew
enteen. a half-witted tramp, when ar
rested. said: Yes, l killed her with a stone
when she got scared at me and ran away
and then ] piled stcEes on her where she
fell. Now feel better after telling it,
Evening star., 1898-09-03
THE STAR BY MAIL

Persons leaving the city for any
period can have The Star mailed to
them to any address in the United
States or Canada. by ordering 1t at
this office. in person or by letter.
Terms: Is cents yer week; 25 cents
for two weeks, or 80 cents per
month. Invariably In advance. Sub
scribers changing their address from
one Post-office to another sho.-il
give the last address as well as ,h,
new one
Evening star., 1898-09-03
JUSTICE WHITES INTENTIONS
No word Received Regarding the
Peace Commission ORer.

Still 10 word has come to the State De-
partment from Justice White as to his in
.teEuons respecting his appointment as a
member of the peace commission. whence
1t is inferred. owing to the approach of he
date Set for the sailing of the commission
from New York, that the prospects of mis-
acceptance are becoming brighter The
present intention Of the commission is 10
take passage by the steamer Csmpania on
the 18th instant.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
The AngIo-German Alliance.

NEW YORK, Septemter er "A dispa tcf to
the World from London says:
Little credence is attached in Well-irF form
ed quarters to the reported Anglo-Germau
alliance.
In the past fortnight the German ambas-
sador has had almost daily interviews with
Nh. Balfour, who is acting as foreign Sec
retary, and the rumor mentioned is a con-
lecture founded on these visits
1t is regarded as highly probable that
Balfour has been engaged in negotiating
an arrangement for the reconstruction of
the mixed tribunal in Egypt, whose eX-
istence expires by lapse of time next year
Germany would demand some considera-
ton for siding with England in this mat
ter, and al arrangen ent is limited at by
which DelaSoa hay is to be acquired frcm
Portugal on the understanding that Ger
many is to obtain certain trading facilities
there.
Beyond this there is believed to be moth
ing in the air between England and Ger
many at present.
In financial circles where these reports
originated, a tendency is shown to support
Portuguese stocks. which have been very
firm, and South African shares have also
improved. on the prospect of the settlement
of the long-vexed Delagoa bay difficulty.
''Thay advanced at IL d I'm. as if TO alta ck
US, 10 meet "nicn disposed OF our tOfce
in a good, open position, with clear field
of fire. The Khalifa's force had halted
three miles southwest Of our position, and
is now there, at pm.
EARLY this morning, according to orders
the gunboats advanced, towing howitzer
battery and barges, in support of the
Arabs on the right bank. The howitzers
took up position opposite Omdurman anc
the gunboats bombarded the forts. They
have not returned, but their fire has par
TALLY demolished the dome over the Mahdi's
tCnb All well"
Evening star., 1898-09-03
OFF TO CUBA ON MONDAY.
Sampson and Gen. Butler VIII Sail on
the Resolute.

NEW YORK. September 3.-Rear Admi-
raj Sampson OF the victorious Nor.h At
lantic squadron and Maj Gen. Butler OF
the Cuban commission held a prearranscd
conference this morning in the Astor
House. at which Ii was decided to sail for
Havana or the steamer Resolute from the
Brooklyn navy yard at 4 pm. on Monda,
next.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
Government Receipts,

Government receipts-From internal reve-
nue., S92S,56 customs, sS93,34S; miscella-
neous, $e9, Io4; expenditures, 81, 1890
Evening star., 1898-09-03
mAc1As' INVITATION TO BROOKE.
spanish Captain General Offers His
Private Residence for Use

SNte NeS1dence Tor Use.
GuAYAMA. Porto Rico, September (de-
layeo IN transmission).-Capt. Palma of The
spanish civil guard brought Gen. Brooke
To-Day under a flag of truce dispatch
from capt. Gen. Macias,, extending to the
American general the .lsse of his private
residence at Rio Piedraa. near San Juan,
during Gen. Brooke's stay there
The health Of the troops mere is steadily
improving.
The Panama has sailed for the United
States with 100 convalescenas, leaving less
than fifty men In hospitals
Gen. Stone started TODAY 70 make tour
OF the island and examine the roads and
harbors.
Cen Brooke leaves for Rio Piedras to-
morrow.
Evening star., 1898-09-03
EFFECT OF THE VICTORY.
French and Russian Resentmen,
Seems Inevitable

LONDON. September 3.-The Pail Mall
Gazette this afternoon says It is sarlsfied
that a general Anglo-German agreement
has been reached to act together in variou:
quarters of the wcrld.
The paper adds that it has verified yas-
terday's information. and as an instance
OF when Germal-"'s support will prove ex-
ceecingly useful ii points out that the fan
of Omdurman will change Great Brliain's
position in Egypt and that in the face Of
the inevitable French and Russian resent-
ment Germ my will be useful as an active
guarantor Of our permanent occupati3n."
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
EDISON AFTER GOLD.
HAS A NEW METHOD OF Ex-
TRACTION.
The Wizard Turns His Eye Toward
the West and Sees Anoth r K1ondike
Two Men Confess Completely in
Murder a Year Ago.
Want New Mexico's Wealth.

Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, has be-
come largely interested in the gold fields
of South Santa Fee County, New Mexico,
and he proposes to construct a plant,
fashioned after the style of his remarka-
bic mechanical device for extracting iron
from the gravel beds of New Jersey,
which shall just as readily save the gold
in New Mexico. This is the announce
ment that comes by private letter from
New York The wizard has been engag-
ed at his laboratory for the past year In
making experiments with the low-grade
gold ores which abound in unlimited guam
tity in South Santa Fee County, and he
has been so far successful that he has be-
come one of q strong syndicate OF New
York and London capitalists who have
leased the Ortiz mine grant for period
of two years, with the expectation of
purchasing it at an agreed price of 81 $780,
600. The tract Of land conveyed thereby
to Edison and his associates consists Of
"a 600 acres, every acre of which is rich
in either placer or lode gold. Indeed, 1T
is all historic ground, for it covers the
oldest gold-producing region on American
soil, and in it's midst, near the town OF
Dolores, ST. Louis capital is to-day sue
cessfully operating the Oldest gold mine
in America, the famous Ortiz mine. In
that vicinity, and for miles around in any
direction, placer gold may be washed from
the dust shoveled from the public high
ways; the gulches and @ravines are filled
with gravel yielding from $3.50 to $2.65
in gold per cubic yard to an average depth
of 60 feet, and the symmetrical slopes of
the surrounding mountains expose great
porphyry dikes hundreds Of feet in
width, which carry gold values Of from
So to So per ton.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
Powers Would Keep Out.

A correspondent of the st. Louis Globe
Democrat says: This Government has re-
ceiyed assurances through diplomatic
channels from the leading powers of Eu-
rope that no objection will be raised to
Intervention to end the Cuban war. The
positions of the powers, as expressed dip
lomatically, vary from declarations of abb
solute neutrality, as between the United
States and Spain, to the opinion that the
time has come for the United States to
step in and end the struggle upon some
basis. The latter is notably the position
of Great Britain. This Government I'M
derstands that it is the decided conviction
of Great Britain that further continuance
of the struggle on the island is useless;
that Spain is unable to suppress the insur-
rcction and that the United States should
at an early day assume an aggressive posi-
ton to enforce peace upon some terms
Great Britain stands foremost among
the powers in the desire for speedy action
by the United States. Even Austria, the
home country of the queen regent OF
Spain, is said to have conveyed the in
formation that its position will be that in
tcrvention by the United States will be
none of its business. From the advices
received it seems certain that in case Of
intervention by the United States Spain
will not receive aid from single Euro
pcan power. The belief seems to be
Worldwide that Spain cannot suppress
the Instruction"
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1898-01-27
DRY DOCK A SHAM.
Government Determined to Locate the
Blame for Faulty Construction.

Government Determined to Locate the
Blame for Faulty Construction.
The scandal in the construction OF the
large timber dry dock at the navy yard,
officially known as No. 3, continues to
grow, and from present appearances there
promises to be lively and interesting
time when the engineers are brought be-
fore the court to answer the many ques-
tions which are now being prepared. AS
the work of making the repairs continues,
the weakness and faulty construction OF
the big structure is met with everywhere,
and it is doubtful if the dock can be made
seryiceable again. The blame for the
weak and faulty construction will not
alone rest with the engineers. Both the
contracting firms-John ellis. who start
ed the dock, and r. and A. Walsh, who
completed twill be brought before the
court. Civil Engineer Menocal who rep
resented the Government, is on his way
home from Nicaragua, having been or
dered by the Navy Department to return
The other engineers who will be brought
before the court are q. S. q. White,
Franklin C. Prindle and Lieut.. X. T..
Peary of arctic fame All are inspectors
of the work and it is to determine where
the responsibility is to be placed that they
will be called before the court.