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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-06-26

The Chester Inn, on New York avenue
near the beach, Atlantic City, has lately
been remodeled and refurnished, and it
possesses all conveniences. A booklet will
be mailed by the proprietor to any one who
applies for it.
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District Naval Militia Start on Their
Annual Outing.
EVENqFuL TRIP DOWN TIE RIVER
Boys Are Given Taste Of Prac-
tical Work at Sea.
GO ABOARD THE PRAIRIE


Special From Staff Correspondent.
OFF P1NEY POINT Nd, June 26.-The
U. 5. s. Prairie, with the Naval Battalion
of the District of Columbia National Guard
on board, Is about to turn her PROV sea-
ward. The start will be made this evening.
Up to this time all Is we'll. After a de-
cidedly interesting and thoroughly instruct
i've voyage from Washington on the U. s. S.
Fern, Piney Point was reached at ten min
utes after o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Anchor was dropped; but the tackles
found sufficient to keep them busy until
two hours later when the Prairie was
sighted, with the aid of glasses, approach
ing from the mouth of the Potomac. She
was on her way from Baltimore, the Mary
land Naval Reserve having disembarked
from her there. Although a storm was in
progress, with rain falling briskly, every
body who could be spared below insisted
on remaining deck to watch for the
Prairie. She hove in sight, with signal
flags flying, and Lieut.. R. B. Brummett.
chlef ordnance and signal officer of the
Naval Batta lion, took steps to respond by
getting in readiness the flag. that would
make known to the Prairie that the ship
al anchor off Piney Point was the Fern.
Lieut.. Commander Hopkins proceeded at
once in his gig to the newcomer and re-
ported to Lieut.. Commander Mackenzie,
transported from the Fern to the Prairie
early this morning on the ships boats,
towed by the Prairie's steam launch.
Breakfast was had on the Prairie. Work
drill.
Practice with the big guns will occur in
Gardeners bay, at the east end of Long
Island. The Prairie Thursday will be at
New London, Conn, where the battalion
will be in position to witness the Harvard
Yale boat race
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Signs of 4 sdsrm.

Shortly before reachl hg Hney Point signs
of a storm were noted hndsno time was lost
in making things secure, slowing away
awnings and the like. Anchor was dropped
q short distance off Piney Point wharf TT
was some time before the storm broke. Il
did injury to no one, except perhaps in the
way of keeping the command below decks
and thereby detracting somewhat from the
view Of the Prairie as she approached.
Some amusement was afforded in the
cabin yesterday morning, when Lieutenant
Commander Hopkins aroused Surgeon Gov.
who was slumberlng on settee
Have We started YETI" inquired the med.
ica1 man, with a yawn.
"Started?'' repeated Lieutenant Com.
mander Hopkins. why, man, we're Off
Quantico,''
II heard the noise,'' drowsily added DIR.
Cox, but I thought you were just practic-
Ing making the wheel go round"
Those id the cabin at dinner yesterday in.
stinctiveiy put themselves on the defensive,
not knowing what riot would follow. when
the commanding officer gave the order
Pass the word to the ship keeper to bring
u the cheeaa.'' C. T.. q
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The result is that practically the only
measure General Henderson will have Of
the just deserts of members OF the House
in the matter of committee assignment will
be that left him by his predecessor, Mr.
Reed. In that respect the situation is much
a. y would have been bad Reed s,1cceeded
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The record-union., 1899-09-20
MINISTER HUNTER.
American Residents in Central
America Want Him Recalled.

MEMPHIS CTenn.), Sept. ia spe-
cial to the "Commercial-Appe from
New Orleans says:
From authoritative advices received
in New Orleans to-day, the sentiment
existing in Central America, against w.
Godfrey Hunter, the American Minister
to Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua
and Salvador, has crystallized and a
movement is now ON foot to have him
recalled.
To this end the American residents of
those four republics have joined in
what is practically a round robin. This
round robin recites the grievances of
American residents of Central Amer
lea, especially the alleged indifference
of the American Minister toward Sc
curing from the respective Govern
ments the rights due American citizens.
1t is stated in the round robin that
Hunter is not only incompetent, but
that he is so tied up with the Central
American Governments in different
schemes that he can take no stand
against them
The round robin will arrive on the
next steamer, and will be Immediately
forwarded to the Secretary Of State at
Washington.
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Not Complaining Of His Assignment to
Command South Atlantic Squadron.
Assures the President That He
Would Cheerfully Assume the
Duties of Any Post Selected by
the Authority Which It Had
Been His Pride to Serve So
Many Years.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-Rear Adj
miral Winfield Scott Schley will sue
ceed Rear Admiral Howison in COM
mand of the South Atlantic station. He
has no protest to make against the
assignment which the Navy Depart
ment selected for him. AS a sailor, he
will obey orders without murmur.
He called upon the President this
afternoon, and told him that he had
no complaint to make; that he would
cheerfully assume the duties of any
post selected by the authority which it
had been his pride to serve for forty
three years.
Rear Admiral Schley was very re-
ticent when he left the White House
after his interview with the President,
and except to say that he always
obeyed orders, would make no state
ment as to the interview, and offer no
comment upon the assignment to the
command of the South Atlantic sta
ton.
To the Rear Admiral's friends the
President has said that he regards the
station as of great Importance, espe
cially at this time, in view of the sit
uation in South Africa and the un-
settled condition of affairs in some of
the South American countries. Far
from regarding the assignment as a
Slight, the President told Admiral
Schley's friends he regarded it as a
mark of distinction. Besides, he said
it was the way to crafty the Admiral S
desire for sea service. The Asiatic
squadron is in command of Rear Ad-
miral Watson, and Rear Admiral Far
quhar, who is Admiral Schley's senior
has been elected for the command Of
the North Atlantic squadron, when
Rear Admiral Sampson leaves it after
the Dewey reception in New York.
The only other squadron commensu-
rate with the dignity of flag officer
of Schley's rank, therefore, is the
South Atlantic. It is probable, in view
OF the Importance attached to the sta
ton at this time, that some additional
ships will be attached to the squad
ron, which now consists only of the
flagship Chicago, the Wilmington and
the Machias.
The record-union., 1899-09-20

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.-The fire
which destroyed the plants of the w.
H Perry Lumber and Mill Company
and the Los Angeles Farming and Mill
ing Company burned all last night,
and this morning the fire was still
burning at several places in the lum-
ber mill grounds.
The loss to the lumber company is
total, but a large quantity of wheat
stored in the bins and warehouse of
the milling company was saved, but is.
of course, much damaged by water. 1t
is soaked, in fact, and unless at once
spread out and dried will be practically
worthless in a day or two.
Two lives were lost in the fire.
George H. Knowlton, the assistant
engineer of the Perry Lumber Com
pany, who was SO badly burned, died
at an early hour this morning.
Ward H. Cunningham, mill foreman
of the Perry Lumber Company, also
lost his life. After the fire was under
control and the employees had been
mustered, Cunningham was missing.
He was last seen a few minutes after
the fire started, when he was in the
office. This morning his charred re-
mains were found in the ruins.
Plans for rebuilding the burned dis
trict have not yet been considered.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
BoILERMAKERs' STRIKE.
The Government to Resort to He
roic Measures.

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept 19.-These
are troublous times for the transport
service. With work of repairs and a
strike of the boiiermakers, it is no easy
task to get a vessel out of port.
The Grant is lying in the stream. The
transports George w. Elder and Ia
coma are scheduled to sail tomorrow.
Between them they are to take the
Twenty seventh Regiment. The Sher-
man is scheduled on the 1st, but it is a
question if she can be made ready by
that time. The Sikh and the Rio were
to sail to Portland to take on board the
Thirty-ifth Regiment. The Rio will
probably be delayed for lack of hunks.
The Sheridan is to go on the 25th.
On top of all this work comes the
strike of the boiler makers, which. up
to this evening, showed no signs of be-
ing settled. IF the strike is not settled
tomorrow, it is said that heroic meas
ures may be resorted to, in order to
bring the men to time. The Govern
ment will not stand for ten hours pay
for eight hours work, and will not pay
for eleven hours work at the rate of
twenty-six hours for over time. In
other respects, the work on the trans
ports has been well kept up.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
GUERIN SURRENDERS.
AFTER A SIX WEEKS SIEGE IN
FORT CHABORAL.
He Gives Himself Up to the Munich
pal Guard and is Taken to
the Police Depot.

PARIS, Sept. 20.-At half-past II
o'clock last night (Tuesday) Lucien
Millevoye. one of the deputies of the
Department of the Seine, accompanied
by the brother of Jules Guerin, the anti
Semitic agitator. entered the Grand Oc-
cident, the building in the Rue de Cha
brol where Guerin and his companions
have long been besieged. About the
same time the soldiers who have been
guarding the approaches We're with
drawn and replaced by troops fully
equipped as if for field service.
2 a. MN. Millevoye and the brother
of the agitator left the building al
half-past l o'clock. While they were
within a rumor circulated swiftly that
Guerin had decided to surrender. II
is said that he strongly urged Guerin
to surrender but that the latter in-
posed impossible conditions.
40 a. NAT a. m. Nj. Guerin
promised to surrender. There has
been considerable military activity in
the Rue de Chabrol throughout the
night.
$3.50 a. m.-Precisely at the hour ap-
pointed a Captain of the Municipal
Chaboral. There was moment OF
expectation and then the door opened
M. Guerin calmly presented himself,
meekly surrendered and was driven to
the police depot in an open cab, seat
ed beside the Captain Of the guards.
His companions We're allowed to go
free.
Thus the six weeks siege ended in
sublimely ridiculous style
The night was we'll chosen by the
Government, as the excitement over the
capture OF the fort would inevitably
divert attention from the pardon ex-
tended to Dreyfus. The plan was to
attack the building and arrest Guerin
and his band. The Government had
given him until 4 o'clock this. morning
to surrender, and had a regular army
to assault the fort if he refused. Troops,
Municipal Guards. mounted and on
foot, and policemen to the number of
nearly 1000 were dispatched to corr
don all the streets within a radius of a
quarter of a mile of Fort Chabrol.
The neighborhood presented a pic
ing to the house were first a swarm of
policemen; then a double row Of
mounted Municipal Guards: then a
Gordon of police; then a double hedge
of infantry and again within twenty
yards of the fort another row of in
fantry, while in a semi-circle in front
Of the fort was ranged a row of Mu-
nicipal Guards. One would imagine
that a general assault upon a fortified
camp was about to take place.
The Gordon was exceedingly strict.
At 2:4O a. m. a Colonel and two Ma
jors of the Republican Guards arrived
at the scene in a cab. At 3 o'clock M.
Guerins brother, with M. Chanteloube.
whose consumptive son was inside the
fort, arrived. Both were much moved.
Then, successfully came M. Lepine.
Prefect of Police: M. Cochefort, Chief
of the Secret Service Police, and other
high police. officials. These We're soon
followed by a. Colonel of the First Bri-
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NO MORE PASSES.
Railways to Dispense With All
Forms of Free Trausportation.

CHICAGO, Sept. 19.-The Chronicle"
tomorrow will say:
1t is probable that after January 1st
SO0,000 or more railroad employees in
the United States will pay fare when
travelling over any but the respective
lines on which they are employed. Not
only are all railroad men to be barred
from a time-honored privilege, but
everybody else, not excepting the infiu.
entail shipper, will be forced to pay
for his ticket.
AT a meeting of a committee repre-
senting the largest railway systems in
the country in Chicago yesterday, 1t
was decided to recommend to a general
meeting of officials of all the roads west
of Chicago, to be present in ST. Louis
on October 10th, an entire abolition OF
passes and all forms Of free trans
portation. The only exception to the
radical action is employees travelling on
business for their respective companies.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
REGISTRY OF VESSELS.
President Issues an Order Stopping
the Practice in Hawaii.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 19.-The fol-
lowing proclamation has been issued:
BY the President of the United
States, Executive order:
In the exercise of the power con-
ferred upon him by the joint resolution
of Congress. approved by the President
on July z, 1898, entitled Joint resolu-
ton to provide for annexing the Ha-
waiian Islands to the United States,
the President of the United States
hereby directs that the issue of regis
ters to vessels by the authorities of
Hawaii emitting such vessels to all
the rights and privileges of Hawaiian
vessels in the ports of nations or upon
the high seas shall hereafter cease.
In witness thereof, etc"
The purpose of this action is supposed
to be the preventing of indiscriminate
admission to Hawaiian register Of for
eign built ships, which will later on
become entitled to United States reg
lister.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
NEW YORK DEMOCRACY.
Croker Showed Under at Primaries
in Districts Reported.

NEW YORK, Sept 19.-Democratic
primaries We're held in the various As
semDly districts in this city tonight
In the Ninth Assembly District John G..
Sheehan defeated the Croker faction
by some 800 votes.
The Sheehanites were in a great
state of jubiIation at the Pequod Club
tonight when the result became
known. A great crowd gathered,
cheers We're given incessantly, and the
crowd celebrated royalty. In the large
hall on the first floor there hung a
portrait Of Richard Croker. The crowd
nrst hooted the face OF the chief, and
then somebody yelled to tear it down.
we don't want him in this district .
they shouted
The crowd nearest the wall where
1t hung caught hold of the frame and
started to pull it down. Mr. Sheehan,
upstairs, heard the yelling, and came
down. Don't do that" he said I'VE
are not pulling pictures down now
The face on the wall did not please
the crowd, however, and it was turned
to the wall
Mr.. Sheehan received an ovation
wherever he went in the district The
crowd cheered and yelled and half a
dozen orators harangued, denouncing
Croker.
Mr.. Sheef1an went down to police
headquarters about IL o'clock, and was
gone two hours. During his absence
the crowd took Croker's picture,
smashed the glass in with their fists
and threw the picture into the street.
In the ThirfV-fiYSt Assem- hly Dictrio
it was reported at the Democratic Club
where returns were sent, that Isaac H.
Hopper had overthrown Charles Welde,
the present leader of the Thirty-first
District. Welde was strongly backed
by Peter F. Meyer, Richard Croker's
partner.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
FoRGER wINDERs.
Has Been Indicted by San Joaquin's
Grand Jury.

STOCKTON. Sept. 19-The Grand
Jury to-day found two indictments
against men not in custody, and it is
generally believed one of the men
wanted is the forger Winders, who
worked a swindle by bogus check and
deed on local lawyers and got 5000 by
the trick. Winders used letter heads
stolen from the law offices of Judge
Crichton at Fresno, and that gentleman
was here as a witness to-day. W. r..
Price, a bank cashier of Fresno, whose
name was forged on the bogus check
used, was also a witness before the
Grand Jury. 1t is believed the second
indictment is against the accomplice
of Winders, but his identity is not
known, except to officers working on
the case. Winders has undoubtedly
left the State, and the indictment is
wanted to hold against him when he
is caaght.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Confidence Shattered.

"There is a big joke on some of the
teachers who went on the Los Angeles
excursion in early July said a. Brook
lyn teacher the other day, land al
though it is at the expense of my pro-
fession / shall have to tell it.
"On the beach there is a charming
old man who keeps a curio shop. He
has been an expert mineralogist for
thirty years. and is versed in concho-
logy and geology as swell as mineralogy.
When he heard that a lot Of New York
and New Jersey school teachers were
coming to the convention his heart
overf1owed with delight at the thought
of the delightful symposiums he would
have with these learned women, who
would appreciate to the full his rare
and curious treasures.
'sFor weeks he busted himself in
leisure moments in carefully brushing
arranging and classifying his choicest
specimens, many of which he consid-
cred too sacred for the casual gaze of
the ordinary tourist.
"That his confidence in the intellec-
tual acumen of his prospective visitors
was misplaced may be CLEANED from
the following bit of dialogue which he
gravely transmitted to a relative here
and was furnished by the school
teacher:
1.-THE schoolmarms," he writes, "are
thick here, and all of them are asking
questions at the same time. They are
not, however. of the kind that I ex-
pected. We have devilfish in jar
in the shop, and 1 will give you a spec
;,,,o,, of o,,r oont-arca ti0Ya.
"Ho. What pretty shells. How do
you sell them?'
Different prices.
What is in that jar?'
"A devilfish or octopus
"(All together) oh, it looks like the
devil
"'What is the price of this shell?'
(Which one do you mean?'
"'Have you got any for five cents?
yes
What is in that jar?
"'Devilfish'
"(All together) Let me seathat pin
(The tray is taken out)
LET me see that other tray
ct is taken out)
"(From a new arrivaD What is in
that jar?'
"'Devilfsh.'
" is it alive?'
mo
"(An together) What time does the
train leave?'
Don't know GIeaven forgive me.
I did, thoughD
Did you get all these shells here?
"'No.'
What comes out of these shells?'
.Shellfish.
What matches out of them?'
'Shellflsh.
rs this coral real coral?'
Yes
".Let me have five cents worth, and
pack it good.
oh, yes
rs this the Pacific ocean,
Yes
sAnd so on ad infinitum."
What wonder that his confidence in
the deep, intellectual gifts of Eastern
schooIma' ans is somewhat shattered? !?
New York Tribune.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Marriage Licenses Come High.

ARDMORE (I. IT,, Sept 19.-The
Chickasaw Legislature, in session at
Tishomingi, passed the bill to-day rais-
ing the fee for marriage licenses from
$500 to 81 900. The measure is aimed
at white men who marry into the tribe
to profit by the annuities and lease
money drawn by female Chickasaws. It
has been decided that to be legally en-
titled to these moneys white men must
have married in accordance with the
laws of the ChickasaWs.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
sorAl s.xNe so~osa CO., NEW yoax.

Tom Sharkey and Jim Jeffries will take
place on October 9th instead of the
I'D. This was decided at a meeting
held to-day between William A. Brady
and Tom O'Rourke, when the fighters
managers agreed to postpone the meet
ing a few days. The postponement was
made to give the COney Island CLUB
more time to arrange their boxing car
nival to take place during the week
of the big battle There will be three
days fighting On Wednesday, October
25th, Dixon and Curley will fight, and
on the following night Gardiner and
Jordan will meet.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Suit to Condemn Lands.

LOS ANGELES, Sept 10 Papers
have been prepared by the United
State District Attorney for condemna-
ton proceedings against the A. p. john
SON lands on Main street, needed for a
Postofffce site. Mr.. Johnson refused
$4,000 for the lot, and the Attorney
General at Washington directed con-
demnation proceedings. The complaint
was filed this afternoon III the United
States Circuit Court.
The record-union., 1899-09-20

him. He never made any attempt to
injure his new driver, who knew
enough to treat him decently. But one
day the old teamster came back. The
mule remembered him. He waited with
as much docility and patience as an
OK until he was harnessed, and then.
when the old teanister was off his
guard, he let fly with both heels, caught
that negro in the pit of the stomach
and stretched him out as dead as q
hammer. The other teamster was
standing right there by him, but that
mule didn't make any attempt to ks<lx
him. He had just been laying fs,~
the fellow who walloped him two
months before, and when he had an
ished him he was satisfied.-Major Ira
c. Brown. in Buffalo Horse World
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Young Boy Instantly killed.

LOS ANGELES, Sept. 19.-Luther
Renme, the ten-year-old son Of ". A.
Renme, was instantly killed this after
noon on Pico street, near the corner or
Reed. Young Renme, on his way home
from school, stopped to play at
building in course of construction He
started to climb up gas pipe standing
by the side of the building. The pipe
slipped and fell to the ground, carrying
the child with it. In falling the pipe
struck young Renme's head at the
back, crushing his skull, and causing
his instant death.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
WOmen's
Silk Waists
For Fall

Ihe separate skirt and silk
waist combination richer and
more popular than ever this
Fall. A superb value Is found in
a line of rich plain coIored taft
feta silk waists, In shades of
bIuet, lavender, red, etc.; shirt
waist style of front, stock collar,
ruffie at wrist; also stitched in
most attractive manner across
front and back with fancy stitch
OF embroidery silk. Price, $C.75.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Black Blister
CrepOn Skirts

A fitting companion to a stylish
silk waist is the black crepon
skirts, with the rich silken mo-
hair blister effect patterns
adopted as Fashions favorite for
Fall. The one here quoted is OF
the double skirt order; the over
skirt scaIloped at bottom and
edged with three rows of ruffled
ribbon; the underskirt finished
with a deep ruffle of plated taf-
feta silk and corduroy bound;
rich In appearance; the newest
style and popularity priced-$ Is.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Very Swell
Tam O'Shanter
Golf Hats

These are the newest in the
popular styles, Tam O'Shanter
golf, medium felt brim, silk
bound edge, with tucked and
stitched crown, alternating col
ors Of black and white, castor
and white, blue and white and
purple and white, with black
satin ribbon around and rosette
at side, inserted with very large
quill; $3.50.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
Burglars About.

Two burglars entered the lodging
house at 51311a street at an early hour
this morning. Occupants of the house
telephoned to the police station, and
Officer Bailey and Patrol Driver But
Ter were soon on the Scene. The
burglars, however, had become fright
ened and made their escape down the
back stairway into the alley.
They are described as representing
soldiers in their dress.
The record-union., 1899-09-20
No Trace of Mrs. Knudson.

REDDING, Sept. 19.-No trace Of
missing Mrs. Knudson has yet been
found, although a diligent search has
been prosecuted ever since he'd disap-
pearance. Several clews have been
run to earth, but without avail. The
impression that the old lady was
drowned in the river during her wan
derings is gaining support steadily.