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Evening star., 1898-07-29
REDUCED IN GRADE.
E. ID. Bailey of Civil Service Com
mission Superseded.

The civil service commission today re-
duced Mr.. E. D. Bailey, clerk of class 3.
to the grade Of class 4. and promoted Mr..
G. r. Wales to the vacancy.
Mr.. Bailey is the official of the civil serv-
ice commission who testified before the
Senate investigating committee, which was
locking into the affairs of the civil service.
A reporter of The Star first informed Mr..
Bailey of the change which dropped him
to lower class. He said:
Il never heard whisper of incompe-
tency or inefticiency until after / was
summoned before the Senate fnvesti-
eating committee. On the other hand it
is the present board, less Mr.. Brewer,
which made me chief clerk of the chief ex-
aminers division and which sought my
advice and recommendations in most OF
the important actions taken during the
past two years.
Whatever the commission may say, there
can be no doubt that their present action
is The result of the testimony which i gave
before the Senate Investigating committee
That testimony was very damaging to the
course of the commission, and remains un-
refuted to this day.
LAS to the question of efficiency l am
very willing to submit it to the judgment
of those with whom | have been the long
est associated in the office and who are
In position to give an unprejudiced judg-
ment But | am not willing to accept the
opinion of persons prejudiced by their per-
sonal interest, as is the present case with
the commission.
Il was not responsible for being sum-
moned before the Senate investigating COM
mittee. but when summoned L coRd do
nothing less than speak the truth |
should do the same We're l summoned
again, even though the result were far
more disastrous than a reduction. But
this case has not ended. / have received
assurances from those who were respou-
sipie Tor my appearance before the COM
mission that they woGld see Justice done,
and rely upon them.
When The Star reporter stated to the
commission that 1t was stated that Mr.
Baiieys reduction was the result of an
animosity engendered during the senate in
Nestisation. it was promptly denied
Ihe reduction would have taken place."
said two members of the commission
tMessrs. Brewer and Harlow) IF the tes-
timony had never been given"
The reporter suggested that the minutes
or the meeting at which this action was
taken be given to the public and the COM
mission consented. The record states.
1nasmuch as an examinati ton of the
work reports and the efficiency ratings of
the force OF the commission discIoses the
TACT that certain of the employees of class
3 are Of far more value to the commission
than h. ID. Bailey, who is rated as the low
est of the clerks of class 4, it is therefore
ordered that E. d. Bailey be reduced to a
clerkShfp OF class 3 and that G. r Wales
whose rating is the highest for class 3. be
promoted to clerkship of class on Au-
gust / next
fully considered the responsible character
and the peculiar value of the services rem
dered by Mr.. Wales as compare with those
of Mr. Bailey.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Increase of Optimism in Commission
House Circles.
PROFESSIONALS STILL In CONTROL
Fractional Declines Prevail for .
Time in All Branches.
GENERAL MARKET REPORT

Special Dispatch to The Evening star.
NEW YORK. July 29.-Today's marker
started under the influence of the profess
sional room element, and for a time frae-
t;onai declines prevailed in nearly all de-
pertments. An effort TO break the prfco
OF Sugar was moderately successful for n
time, but later in the day It found good
support both among recent sellers and u
new commission following.
The decision in favor of the Equitable
Gas Company of Chicago, a branch OF tbs
Peoples, is generally regarded as an indi.
cation of the outcome of the Lvingston
suit, ano a consequence a result OF ex.
traordinary value to the company. In
spite of this Interpretation. however. ths
stock was offered In liberal volume and
sold down to facilitate the covering OF a
large western short interest.
The market was again in the same condi-
ton of opposite movements as has been its
recent predominating feature. One stock
or set of stocks can be marked up coinoi-
IDENTIFY with aggressive selling in another
direction. Today, for example. the same
interest bought Brooklyn Rapid Transit ia
amounts sufficient to add substantially to
the price and at the same time sold Rock
Island to take profits
The selling of the latter stock was not
unnatural in view OF st. Pauls slight set
back in earnings, and the predicted de-
crease in Burlington's returns for the sams
period. The assertion that the Big -Four
and Monon consolidation had been COM
pleted under Vanderbilt Morgan auspices
called forth the customary denial from ths
parties said to be interested.
The filing of the referees decision in the
Manhattan tax cases had beneficial Infiu-
ence on the securities of the road concern
ed. Under the ruling, should it be sustain-
ed, fifteen and one-half millions of the
1894 assessment will be set aside and a con-
siderable amount of real and personal prop
erty be relieved of this tax burden. Rubber
co -nmon and preferred were again centers
OF good demand, and confident predictions
OF higher prices are made on all sides The
company Is doing large business and
shareholders are consequently assured of
larger returns.
London will celebrate a holiday until next
IueSday ana Will cease to be a factor over
that period Some purchases were made
Tor that account today however on the
theory that important developments might.
be recorded during the close period OPP
tlnlfsm is increasing in nearly all commits
sion house circles and the stocks which
have moved the least will shortly forge 10
the front. The strength of government
bonds continues to attract favorable COM
n-ent. =
Evening star., 1898-07-29
CENSOR LIFTS THE BAR.
News Messages Abroad ENceDt for
Spain Are Unrestricted

NEW YORK, July 29.-The following no.
tice has today been sent to all the cable
companies in this city by Grant Squires,
the military censor for this city:
1 hereby. raise all restrictions heretofore
imposed by me as Gel sor as to the charac-
ter or news messages you may send abroad
on and after this date, excepting only as
heretofore all messages addressed to Spain
and her colonies.
1t will be observed that this notice is in
tended to cover news MESSAGES ONLY in
tended for transmission abroad, and that
all other foreign cable business and all do
mestic business of every sort are under the
same restrictions now in force
GRANT SQUIRES,
United States Military Censor
Evening star., 1898-07-29

New General Law Deprives state
Courts of JurisdictiOn.

MILWAUKEE. Wis, July 20. - Judge
johnson in the circuit court has handed
down an opinion to the effect that the new
general bankr apt law has deprived the
state courts of jurisdiction in bankruptcy
cases.
VIM. Gerhrad. who made a voluntary as
signment a year ago and wanted to have
the slate wiped off so that he could begin
even with the world again. asked for an or
der discharging him as an insolvent debtor
from his obligations.
This the judge refused to do. and in his
opinion stated that a cursOry study of the
bankruptcy laws convinced him that the
state laws are imperative and had been
since July l. Informing the attorneys they
would have 10 wait until August /, when a
petition may be filed in bankruptcy in the
United States court
The papers We're withdrawn and the dis
charge will be asked of the federal court
The ruling of the court struck principals
and attorneys in pending assignment pro-
ceedings with surprise. as il will operate to
suspend proceedings in all cases and send
them to the federal court
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Or. VIM. PEPPER DEAD
Eminent Philadelphia Physician Suddenly
Expires Near San Francisco
He Was Until a Few Years Ago
Provost of the University of
Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, July 29.-A tele-
gram received here today from San Fran
cisco announces that DR.. William Pepper
OF this city died Suddenly last night of
heart trouble. He left here recently on a
special car to visit friends who have a
ranch near San Francisco, and nothing was
known of his illness until the receipt of
the telegram announcing his sudden death.
Dr. Pepper was one of the most distin-
guisEed and widely known physicians in
the United States. He was until Il few
years ago the provost of the University of
Pennsylvanf1, and at the time Of his death
was president of the commercial museums.
Dr. William Pepper was born in this city
in 1913. and graduated from the University
OF pennsylvania in 1862 He was elected
provost of the university in 1881, and dur
ing his administration as provost acauisi-
tions of the university in land and money
were valued at over 81, 100000 Dr. Pepper
founded the Medical TIMES and was its ed
itor in 1S10-71. He was medical director of
the centennial exhibition in 1876, and for
MS services Herewith received from the
King of Sweden the decorat ton vf knight
commander of the Order of st. Olaf He
was largely instrumental in founding the
Pennsylvanfa Museum and School of IN
austrial Art, and was for several years a
member of its board of managers.
He was a fellow of the College of Physi-
clans and member of its board of man
ayers He was member of the American
philosophical Society. of the Pathological
Society of Philadelphia of the Academy of
Natural Sciences, of the American China
teoiogfcal Association and of many other
learned bodies. For many years he served
as a member of the assay commission of
the United States mint.
In 1881 he received the degree of LII D.
frem Lafayette College, and was similarly
honored by Princeton in 1888.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
BaItimore Markets.

BALTIMORE. July 29.-Flour quiet, unchanged
300 barrels. Wheat easier-spot and month. T05sa
n; August. 70Aa7ots; September sslsae9S !:
steamer No. red, 69a69h-reeeipts, 172 4s6 bush.
els; exports, 81 900 bushels; stock, COS 236 bush
els; sales. $4,000 bushels southern wheat by sam
PIE, 63a721; do. on grade, 69a72. Corn weak
spot and month, 37SsaSS; August, 31Jsa3s: Sep
tember, sAa3S%; steamer mixed, 38a4 aS7-re-
ceipts 54,52l bushels; exports, 116.32o busheis<
stock 636, ,625 bushels; sales 35 900 bushels
southern white corn, 4fa42; do. yellow, Al Oats
frm-No. white. 3Sa34; No. mixed. 31aa2-re-
ceipts. 3,299 bushels; exports none; stock 90 2t4
bushels. Rye easier-No. nearby 47k; No p
western. 4g-reeeipts 2,740 bushels; exports, none;
stock, 1882 bushels. Hay frm-No / timothy
$12o0a$12-a 80. Grain freighfs are quiet demand
halting, unchanged. Sugar strong unchanged
Bntter steady. unchanged. Eggs drrn, unchanged
Cheese steady, unchanged. Lettuce unchanged.
Whisky unchanged.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE.
Thought 1t Will Remain Under the
- -...--.....-- Civil Service. -.

1t is understood from the highest author
ity that the President does not contemplate
taking the government printing office out
of the classified service. -.
great deal of pressure has been brought
to bear upon the President to give the poll
ticians a chance at the government print
ing office but the recent order, just pub
lisbed, gives strong denial to the state
m ents that within a short time the govern
ment printing Office would be without the
classified service, The order reads:
"Certifications for appointment to cler-
ical positions in any of the recognized
trades in the government printing office
shall be made so as to maintain as nearly
as the conditions of good administration
will warrant the apportionment of such ap-
pointments among the several states and
territories andiothe District of Columbia
uron the basis of population according to
the, number of employees provided by law
for that Office who are affected by the pro-
visions of this section.
This order, it is stated, Is the result of
frequent complaint ON the part of senators
ana representatives,, that the representa-
tives in the adjoining states gobble UP all
the appointments. tw
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Deferring Final Action.

1t was stated at the District building to-
day that, in view OF the fact that the terms
OF the members Of -the board OF assistant
assessors do not expire until the 18th of
next month, the question OF whether the
present members shall be reappointed or
one or more new men appointed will not be
taken up by the Commissioners for several
days As was stated yesterday, 1t would
appear that the Commissioners are not in
clined 70 make any change in the personnel
OF the board But. in putting off a decision
IN the matter for some time, ii is also in
dicated that their minds are not by any
means made up in the matter one way or
the other
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Washington stock Exchange.

Sales-regulsr csll-I2 o'cl ok IN m-American Sc
Linotype. 10 at 1sS Lansfon Monotype. 10 at
l6l2; 90 at 161a. After cai-Lanston Monotype 30
at l6I2: Mergenthaler Linotype, at 1sa
District Of Columbia Bonds.-3.65s, funding, cur
rency. lis bid.
Miscellaneous Bonds.-Metropolitan Railroad IS,
lis bid. Metropolitan Railroad ccnv 6s 12O hid
Metropolitan Railroad certificates II Indebtedness
A, ia bid. Metropolitan Railroad certificates OF
I20 bid. Belt Railload S. so bid Eckingion Rail,
road 6s, loo bid Washington Gas Company Us,
ries b, ll2 bid, U. S, Electric Light debenture
imp, leo bid. Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
5s, LOB bid. American Security and Trust SIS. 100
bid Washington Market Company LIST 6s, 10 bid.
Washington Market Company imp. es ITO bid,
Washington Market Company ext 6s ITO bid
Light Infantry LIST Is, s5 asked.
National Bank Stocks.-Bank Of Washington. 2s5
Farmers ard Mechanics. Is0 bid. Second. i4o bid.
Citizens, l40 bid. Columbia 1872 bid. Capital.
ils bid West Fad. Sc bid. 80 asked. Traders. a6
Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.-Nstional
Safe Deposi, and Trust, xli2 bid. Washington
Insurance stocks.-Firemen's. 90 bid. Franklin,
81 bid. Metropolitan, 40 bid. Ccrcoran, 50 bid.
Potomac, 5S Did. Arlington, 125 bid, 1S5 asked.
German-American, ls5 bid National Union, 10
"a bid, asked Peoples, bid. Lincoln 81
bid 9A asked Commercial. bid.
bid Columbia Title. AZ bid. District Title 2 bid
Railroad stocks.-Cnpitai Traction. 73 bid, 7S
asked: Metropolitan. i2o bid, LIB asked. cOlum-
Gas and Electric Light tstocks.--washington Gas.
x47la bid. ASH asked. Georgetown Gas ~ bid.
Telephone Stocks.-Chesapeake and Potomac, 81
bid; Pennsylvania: es bid IS asked.
1s2 bid. 1884, asked. Lanston Monotype, i51s bid.
1874 asked American Grapbcphone. 12As bid, I3A
bid. isss asked Ppea@sue Sse csrTisse' rs MID. sid
80 asked. Great Falls Ice Ito bid, LIS asked
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Kos asked.
Ex div
Evening star., 1898-07-29
A Joint PrOtectOrate.
From the New York Times.

We carrot give the islands back to Spain
to be dealt with at her pleasure, or as she
has dealt with them heretofore. We can
not trust them to their own inhabitants
: 1t being settled that the natives Of
the islands must for some indefinite time
at least remain in a condition of pupilage
under a protectorate, the practical ques-
tion is whether we shall endeayor to ad-
minister that protectorate alone, by right
of conquest, or whether we shall invite
other pow ers to share with rs the respon-
sibility.
A joint protectorate in the interest of
open commerce would vindicate our good
faith and greatly mitigate the envy of our
conquest. Again, joint protectorate would
lessen both our expenses and our risks
The administration and police of the Philip
pines viii constitute enormously ex-
persiye undertaking. 1t is not fair to our
selves that, as one only of the competitors
for the trade of the islands, we should be
at the whole charge of their government
On the other hand, there is nothing in
vidious and nothing exclusive in confining
the government to those powers with pos
sessions In the Pacific which open those
possessions TO free competition.
Finally, there is the consideration that a
joint protectorate over the Philippines
would be unassailable. If Great Britain,
japan and the United States are agreed
upon any question pertaining to the Pa
cific, the failure of the rest of the world
to agree is a matter of no consequences
whatever
Evening star., 1898-07-29
TWENTY MILES OF BAD CLAIMS.
Returning kIondikers Dispei Belief
in AaIne of EIdOradO Creek Ground.

in Value of EIdorauo treeh urouhu'
SAN FRANCISCO. July 29.-The steamer
Portland has arrived from St Michaels,
bringing seven returning Klondikers and
about S2J0,OO0 in gold dust and bullion
Three Dawson mine owners, Edward
Lewis George Davis and c. McCa5le,
brought out about 100000 In bullion, rep
resenting their joint labor in Dawson dur
ing the past season.
Z Lewis of Circle City, Alaska, brings
over So ns0 He states that only one out
of every ten claims around Dawson are
payins; wages. Those that pay at all are
paving big money On EldoradO creek, he
saws. there ara about three miles of really
rich ground and on Bonanza. every foot of
which has been advertised as paying. there
are more than twenty miles of absolutely
worthless claims.
Captain Linquist of the Portland reports
that on the 10th instant he sighted the
steamer Tillamock with the Rideout in tow
just of St. Lawrence On the 18TH the
steamer Navarro. towing the State of Min
uesOta, was sighted ten miles north OF Una
Iaska. When the Portland left Dutch Har-
Dor, on the 10Th the steamer Brunswick.
the tug Holyoke and three barges were IN
port. The schooner H. c. Wright arrived
there on the 10th of last month.
TACOMA. Wash, July 29-Four thou
sand men are spreading themselves over
the Stewart river country with picks and
shOyels. according to Edwin F. Lang Of
Haverhfl Mass, who has arrived from
Dawson. Lang believes that next season
will see opened several important new dis
trfcts on the Stewards upper waters. \
town called Stewart River has been laid
out by prospectors on Island No. 1 in the
Yukon river, three-quarters Of a mile
south of the mouth of Henderson creek.
The richest diggings yet found about Circle
City was discovered July / by men who
We're trying to trace a five-foot coal vein
along Coal creek, which flows into the
Yukon ten miles south of Circle City.
Evening star., 1898-07-29

Hrs. Anna Maria Druee Asserts That
Her Son should Hnve the Title.

LONDON. July 29.-The chancellor of the
diocese of London has ordered that appli-
cation should be made to Sir Francis Henry
Jeune, president of the probate divorce and
admiralty division of the high court of JUS
tice, 10 say whether the faculty ought to
issue an order empowering Mrs. Anna Ma
ria Druce TO open the vaults and inspect
the coffin which is alleged to contain the
remains of T. C Druce. who. the applicant
asserts. was really the fifth Duke of Port
land.
Mrs Anna Maria Druce claims that the
father of her late husband was the Duke of
Portland, who was supposed to have died
unmarried, and that her son is the right
ful Duke Of Portland. She asserts that
ber husbands alleged death and burial un-
der the name of Druce. wera deceptions
and that he died after having been in
lunatic asylum as DR.. Harmer.
Evening star., 1898-07-29

habitants is preposterous To retain her
sovereignty means deception, oppression
and bigotry. We placed our rights in your
hands and pray you to induce the Presi-
dent and Senate not to abandon in the hour
Of peace a people who. trusting in Ameri-
can honor. fight for their common in
terests."
The agent here of Aguinaldo, the insur-
gent leader in the Philippine Islands, has
received cable dispatch dated Hong Kong,
$40 pm. today, but it makes no mention
OF Manila having surrendered to Rear Ad-
n.iraI Dewey.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
GREAT STORM IN ENGLAND.
The Northeast Coast Swept and Grow
ing Crops FIattened.

LONDON. July 29.-The northeast coast
OF this country has been swept by a great
storm The fishing fleets have had mar
row escape, being obliged to relinquish all
their gear and nets and run to the har-
bors for shelter, where many other yes
sells were compelled to seek refuge. The
north-bound trains have been DELAYED by
the force OF the winds, which have caused
considerable damage inland the crops
having been fiattened
Evening star., 1898-07-29
DENY HooLEY,s DISCLOSURE.
A Duke and EarIs Rush Into
Print.

LONDON, July 29.-Denials of the ale
cations made by Ernest Terah Hooley,
the company promoter, in the bankruptcy
court. continue to be published here.
The Duke of Somerset writes that he was
of course ignorant that his co-directors
had accepted money until he read Mr..
Hooley's evidence. and then. he adds. reed-
less to say. he forthwith retired from the
directorate of the Dunlop company.
The Earl of Warwick also emphaticapy
denies that he received a penny of the
HooIey money
Counsel for the Earl of Winchelsea, in I
letter published in the newspapers here,
makes a formal denial of the statement
made by HoOley that he had paid the earl
10000 for acting as chairman of one Of
the bicycle tube manufacturing concerns.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
scovei Barred From the Army

The adjutant general of the army, by d.
rection Of the Secretary of War, has is
sued an order, revoking the license here
tofore granted to Sylvester Scovel of the
New York World and announcing that
''he will not be permitted to accompany any
part of the army In the field under any
conditions whatever"
Evening star., 1898-07-29
SOLDIERS LETTERS DELAYED.
Numerous Complaints Received Inv
the War Department

The War Department has received nu-
merous complaints from persons all over
the country of the non-receipt of mail from,
soldiers in Cuba. The Postmaster General
has just completed arrangements for rea,,
lar trips for carrying the mail and viii not
depend, as heretofore. upon the irregular
trips or transports. Even with this i'm
proved service 1t is feared, however. thar
mail deliveries will be retarded by QUAR-
antine regulations. owing to yellow fever.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
OHIO FREE sILvERITEs.
State Committee Adopts Resolution
Reafrrmins the Chicago Platform,

State COmmIttee ,E4uoVtB HesOIutfOna
Reafhrmins the Chicago PLATFORM.
Special Dispatch to The Evening Star.
COLUMBUS, .Ohio, July 29.-The state
committee of the free silver republican par
ty adopted resolutions here last night de-
claring that they wili support any party
that stands for the Chicago platform Of
1896. and oppose any that opposes it: de-
nouncing the issue Of bonds to meet the
war debt. and urging that no accessions of
territory be accepted by the United States
in lieu Of money Indemnity from Spain in
the negotiations for peace.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Steamer. In ColIision

VICTORIA, 3. c.. July 29-News has
been received OF q collision between the
steamers Hamlin and Mcconnell on the
Suckeen river. The Hamlin was complete
" wrecked and the Mcconnell sustained
7erious injury
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Fresh La Bourgoxne I,on,-

Edouard Lockrey. French minister of
marine. has decided to order a fresh in
quiry into the loss OF La Bourgogne
Evening star., 1898-07-29

EDINBURGH. July 29.-The University
Of Edinburgh tomorrow will confer honor
airy degrees Of doctor of laws on Prof. Hem
ry Pickering Bowditch OF Harvard, Prof.
VIM Osier of Baltimore and Prof Rod
derrick of Montreal
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Government Bonds.

Grain, Provisions and Cotton Markets.
Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co.. bankers
and brokers. 1927 r ST., members New York
stock exchange, correspondents Messrs.
Ladenburg, Thalmann & Co., New York.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
Burginr Commit. Murder.

RICHMOND, Ind. July 29-Christian
Lieb, sroceryman. was fatally shot early
today BY George Keefer, who entered the
store to burglarize
Evening star., 1898-07-29
No Sentiment,

From the Boston Post (dem.).
The government cannot allow sentiment
to stand in the way of the enjoyment by
the country of the substantial fruit of the
victory won at such an expenditure of blood
and treasure.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
BISMARCK HOLDS HIS owy.
The Prince Had Supper with HI,
Family Yesterday Evening.

HAMBURG. July D.-The Nachrichten
learns from Friedrichsruhe that Prince
Bismarck, had supper with his family yes
terday evening. and that his physician.
DR.. Schweninger. left Friedrichsruhe last
night. 49,.
Evening star., 1898-07-29
!. .A con.uI Appointea..

The President today appointed Rufus w.
Lane Of Ohio as consul Of the United States
at Smyrna, Turkey.