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III CHARRON'S VICTORY.
His Automobile Speeded at Sixty
two Miles an Hour.


Washington's automObilsts, whose name
viii some day be legion, if it is
not now. viii be interested in the state
ment that the performance Of NJ Charron
and his machine, over the Paris-Lyons
road, which enabled him to retain posses
sion ot the Automobile Club de France
challenge cup. is regarded as little short
OF marvellous
The distance between Paris and Lyons
BY the road trsversed is 351 miles N.
Charroa Travelled at a rate faster than
that made by the Paris-LyoEs express, and
this despite the fact that the numerous
Tight-angle turns necessitated considera-
be slowing down in order 10 negotiate
them successfully. The train covers the
more direct route (sIS miles, between the
two cities in hours and SO minutes. NJ.
Charron's necessarily roundabout course Of
35l miles was covered in hours and
minutes. Had the train Travelled at the
rate OF speed attained By the zutomcbilist
IL would take but hours and 1G minutes
for its trip Of 5lS mics. CharrOn won the
Paris Bordeaux race last year and the
Paris Amsterdam event IL 1895.
France, Belgium, and America were
the Only countries represented in the cen
test that n CharrOn won SO CeCisively. II
German competitor Withdrawing a. tie last
moment NlntOn, the American entry.
retired from the race at Orleans. a ter
going about 10 miles His rear left tirs
was useless and one OF the front wheels
had bUckled badly. The Belgian rerre-
sentative, while in the lead, broke a
rear wheel trying TO avoid z frightened
horse and lost over an hour. He fini h ID
81 Lyons a3OCt an hour and twenty min
utes behind the wilmer
French critics assert that the Aneri-
can machine was too ligatly constr ructed
for the comparatively great power It de-
FeloDed- Il weighed but I,45O pOu1ds
and developed Z3-hCTse POWER
NJ ChETron asserts that future races
OF this character must be shorter. a ma
. chine may demonstrate its every sure
rlority over a course OF half the diztauce
covered IN the Paris-Lyons contest T-e
risk TO life is too great. At many stages
Of the race he Travelled al a sixty nile
aH-hOUr rate.
somewhat peculiar result o. the con
test indicates that there is something il
common between fast horses AID fast au-
tomobiles. ability 20 travel speedily adds
10 the value OF the machine rs It dos o
that OF the euimal CharroH, whose racer
cost something in TIE n5ightorhOoi OF
$5,CC0. nov values his machine At $1,000.
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The Hnrries Nuisance.

On the day following Sthe cannonading
outrage which the militiaman Harries per-
petrated upon the residents Of this city
and vicinity, the District Commissioners
very properly took the matter into con-
sideration and directed Major Sylvester,
Superintendent OF Police. to address the
offender on the subject. He did so in
courteous note, in which he said:
Il have been directed to ascertain from you why
The authorities Of the District Of Columbia were
Ignored IN the matter Of obtaining permit for
the firing of charges Of blank cartridges a. re-
quired by the municipal regulations
Harries' reply was received yesterday.
and it is Of such a nature that the Com
missioners would be justified in placing
it at once before the President and Sec
retary of War as a basis for disciplinary
action In contrast TO the poIiteness of
Major SylvesteT's communication. il is
truculent and impudent. Harries' answer
is that a permit to wake a whole city at
dead OF night and to keep it awake for
nearly an hour. was '1n my opinion. not
necessary" His reason for thinking so
he bases on section forty-one of the act
a. CongresA providing for the organiza-
tim of the~miliJia of the District of Co
lumbia, approved March 1. 1889. which
provides that the commanding general
shall prescribe such stated drills and pa-
rades as he may deem necessary Cor the
instruction of the National Guard. and
may order out any portion of the National
Guard for such drills. inspections. pa
Tades, escort, or other duties as he NAV
deem proper" Harries attempts to re-
enforce his position by reciting section
forty eight OF the same act. the appIica-
tion Of which to his case is rather hard
to see. 1t. provides:
THAT every commanding officer. when on dutv
may ascertain and fix necessary bounds aud limits
10 his parade or encampment. Whoever iutrudes
within the limits Of the parade OF encampment
after being forbidden, whoever shall interrupt
rnolest, or obstruct any officer or soldier while on
duty, may be put and kept under guard until
the parade, encampment or duty be concluded
and the commanding officer may tun over such
persons to any police officer. and said police officer
l. required TO detain him in custody for exarnina
tion trial before the Police Court and the
Judge thereof NAV punish such offence By a fine
not exceeding twenty five dollars"
1.-The foregoing data" observes the al
mighty militisman. "is not furnished in
defence of any act for which I am respon-
sible, Dut merely in response TO a request
of the District Commissioners for infor-
nation as to District OF Columbia stat
ute" rather cool bit of impertinence
We should say. considering that the Com
missioners had not asked Harries for in
formation regarding the law. but why he
had yentured to ignore and violate it, His
statutory defence is roRsensical The right
- order drills and parades does not include
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the tight to order disorderly conduct dur
ing their performance. and there can be
no question that the bombardnent OF last
Wednesday night was disorderly to a fla
grant degree ard an aggravated assault
upon the peace. health, and comfort OF the
community. No regular ofleer. and no
competent National Guard officer. would
think of executing such a ridiculous and
offensive antic Cannonading. without no
tice and ample cause. within the limits of a
city would not be permitted to the Army
or Navy save under exceptional conditions,
and then only by special permission.
The Commissioners are considering
whether they viii lay the matter before the
War Department. or refer it 10 the District
Attorney. The former course would per-
haps be the shorter cut to finding out
whether Washington is controlled by law
or is owned by an eccentric Welshman In
occasional epaulets
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RAILWAY VICTIM IDENTIFIED.
CarPenter's Neck Broken While
Stealing n Ride.

Carpenter's Neck Broken While
Stealing n Ride.
BALTIMORE. July 3.-The man who was
found dead on the tracks OF the Sparrows
Point division of the Northern Central
Railway. at Lombard and Fifteenth
streets. Highlandtown, Sunday night, was
identified yesterday as Albert L. Miles,
forty-four years old, carpenter
TIE body wes sent TO the city morgue
yesterday morning by Justice Heve-n,
where the Identification was made by Fred
erick Miles, a brother, who resides on Cliff
ten Street. between Ninth and Tenth
streets. Walbrook. Frederick Miles said
that his brother was single man, and had
made his home with him. He left home on
Saturday morning. and that was the last
seen of him until his dead 5Ody was recog-
nized.
Justice Hevern held an inquest last night
at his Cfice in Highlandtown and a verdict
Of death from causes unknown was rem
dered II was supposed that he had fallen
of an electric car of the Back River Line
while il was crossing the viaduct over the
steam railroad. tut there was no evidence
to that effect. no officers of the road hav-
ing heard Of such an accident 1t is
thought that Miles was stealing a ride on
a train and either fell of at the point
where his body was found or attempted 10
Jump His neck was broken, but there
were no wounds about the body.
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TO BE CADETS.
appointments TO the Military Acad-
cEy AnuOunced

eny Announced.
The following appointments to the West
Point Military Academy. made by the
President under the act OF June 6, 1900
prcyiding for ten additional cadets from
the Unitsd States at large. were announc-
ei at the War Department yesterday:
william Stuart Dowd. son of Herman
Dowd. of New York city.
Thomas Duncan. son Of Major Joseph
w Duncan, Thirteenth Infantry
Louis Nelson. grandson Of the late Rear
Admiral c. r. P. Rodgers. L. s. n.
Roger D. Black. sen OF Major William
NJ Black, Corps Of Engineers.
Joseph w. Stillman. Of Yonkers. n. Y.
Sherman d. Chambers, Of West View,
Ohio.
Henry S. Hoss, Of Nashville. Tenn. son
Of the Rev DR.. z Z. Hoss, editor Christ
ian Advocate"
Henry J. Reilly. jr. son of Capt Henry
J. Reilly, Fifth Artillery
Kenzie b. EGmunds, son Of Major Frank
II. Etmunds. First Infantry, recently died
| "A Cuba % yellow fever.
Francis y. Roneycutt. son OF the late
sDiain J. T. HOncycutt. Sixth Artillery,
HhO died in Florida. in 1896 OF typhoid fe-
yer.
Alternates-First. Robert Madison Camp
bell. OF Maryland: second, William F. l.
Simpson. son of Major W A Simpson. As
sistant AdJulant sEeral L. S Army; third
Julius V. Vale, jr. OF St Louis, No:
fourth. Pearson Sands, son of Capt. c. H.
Sands. Sixth Cavalry; fifth. Bruce 3. But
Ter. son of Capt W c. Butler. Third In
fant1y. sixth, Richard " La Garde. sen Of
Aatc- l.. A la Garde. surgeon L. s Army;
seventh. Jacob 9. GOldenson. Of New YORK.
eighth, Charles L. Williams. san OF Major
c. 4 Williams. Seventeenth Infantry;
ninth, c. a. Russell. son OF Lieut.. Col
George b. Russell, Z. :. Army. Rnd grand
son Of the late Gen. G. c. AuSuT; tenth.
Pelham E. Glassford con OF Major W. 4.
C3assfOrd Signal Corps.
Appointments for YsCancies to occur by
graduation in 1S01-Sht rman Miles, son OF
Lieut. Gen Nelson 4 Miles. and John p.
Bubb. son Of Lieut. Col J. ". Bubb.
Twelfth Infantry.
Alternates-First. Arthur r. Joyce. Of
Minneapolis. MINI. second. John B. c. Ne
Ciure son OF Major Charles Mcclure. pay
master L. s Army.
Appointments for District OF Columbia-
Lloyd Burns Magruder; alternate. J. W.
Churchill
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SPANISH WAR EXPENSES.
Accounts settled in the Quartermas-
ter's Division.

ter's Division.
The report OF the Auditor for the War
Department. covering the fiscal year 1900,
which ended June 30. was sGJmittsd 70
the Secretary yesterday b. Auditor Nor
ris- II is the first OF the Bureau reports
Of the Treasury 20 be made
The amount involved In accounts settled
in the cUar,ermastCr's Division during the
year was SS7.211 .24s. For the ascaI year
1899 the same class % accounts represent
ed a total OF SS5.s6S. AZ. while 1898 showed
a total Of S30.0Z5.5IG.
These accounts relate 10 payments for an
imals. fuel, forage. buildings OF all Hu2s.
tentage. clothing. camp. and garrison
eqglppage. telegTaphing. transportation Of
the Army and its supplies by land and Tl-
ter. and all supplies and Incidental ex-
penses for the Army IN camp or field. no-
especially provided for elsewhere new
branch Of this department called into ez-
is-ence by the S3arish-Amsricau war ard
It's results is the Army Transport Service
This covers the charter or purchase.
selling. and maintenance Of al Army trans
ports
The amount disbursed through paymas-
ters' accounts during the year Was SIS
200 500. The ordinance accounts settled ss-
gregatsd SI3.539. 81, the medical accounts.
S2.156. 959 and those fer national volunteer
homes. $4.C02.OSS.
Tne amount paid on military claims. cop-
ering both the Spanish and the civil war.
was Sl.259. .4OS. as against SfSs O2s fo- 1889.
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THREE GREAT CRUISERS.
81. louis, Milwaukee. nna Charleston
TO BE Improved BroOkIyHs.

to BE Improved BroOI-IyBs.
The Naval Construction Board has be-
gun the preliminary designs OF the three
large protected cruisers. 10 be called the
St. Louis. the Milwaukee. and the Charles
ton. for which Congress At its last session
appropriated s., ,gG0. eco for hulls and ma
ehinery alone. stipulating that they should
be Of about 5000 tons displacement, to car
~ the most powerful ordnance for vessels
of their class. and to have the highest
speed compatible with good cruising quali-
ties and great radius Of action.
The board decided at the outset that as
il was particularly desirable TO build these
ships with as little delay as possible. and
in order that the bids might be obtained
early in the fall, the hull design Of some
existing American naval vessel should be
selected and with such modihcatlOus as
might be required the same lines. at least
below the water line. should Be strictly fol-
lowed. The choice was quickly narrowed
down to the New York. which is OF 6.200
tens, and the Brooklyn. which is Of S.lO0
tons The latter ship was selected as the
type, with the exception Of her tumble
home" sides. which have been found od3ec-
tiClable in practice and the new SHIPS VIII
K is proposed 10 speed them either at
twenty-five knots, which viii require 20
GQ0 horsepower, or twenty-tLTee knots
which wculd consume 2. Geo horsepower
The speed viii be definitely fxed as soon
as il can Re determined how muca weight
can be allowed for engines. The Brooklyn
I.-ade 21SI knots on her speed trial. and
has bunker capacity Of 1859 tons Cf coal
her machinery weighing 1883 tons NOT
Z rF Oh I1
2. ed by the new cruisers. but more horse
power can be cbtaired from . ton OF ma
chinery today than when the Brooklyn was
/ designed. seven years ago
The ordnance experts propose a remark
abe main battery for the new ships. con-
sisting exclusively Of 6-inch rapid-hre
guns sixteen In number, OF which seven
are IN each broadside. and one each IN the
bow and stern. behind shields. tUTrets be-
ing altogether abandoned.
This is the most homogeneous main bat
tcry ever suggested for an American war
. ship. and IL is most favOrably received
Among is chief advantages is the fact that
any gun on the ship nay IRE the last shot
from the magazines There VIII be 20
possible confusion Of ammunition. as there
is when guns OF many calibres are installed
Ia the ship There is q powerful element
in the board that believes in S-iDch guns
for bow and stern, and there Is Cne pCopo-
siticn TO put I0-irch gun ca the bow
The new vessels viii have great as
sortraent OF most useful ordnance for vari-
Gus purposes in The secondary battery. in
. Guiding a dozen torpedo beat alniEiiators.
landing guns. and autouat!cs. ILght ar
NOR viii protect the b-oadsi5e 6-inch
guns ard the yitals @ the ship. and O
heavy protective deck viii cover the bow
and stern.
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GoEBEL SUSPECT GIVEN UP.
NirEinia's Governor HoRorS RequI-
SitiOn From Kentucky.

FirEinia's Governor HOnorS Requi-
SitiOn From kentucky.
RICHMOND. Va. July 3.-Rendition pa
pers have oeen issued from the Virginia
executive Office for Robert Noaks. charged
by the Kentucky authorities with compile
ity in the murder Of Governor GoebeI. 4
Kentucky officer arrested Noaks in the
mountains Of Wise county on Saturday and
came here to present his requisition, which
was promptly honored. The ofEcer started
at once for Bristol where his prisoner is
ccndned, TO take him back 70 Kentucky
The accused was the conductor On the
train which carried I5e0 Taountaineers TO
Frankfort in accordance with the orders Of
William 5. Taylor. Noaks is q native OF
Aubin. Ky. where he has wife and three
children. he has been a conductor on the
Louisville and Nashville road Tor the past
ten years The man asserts his innocence.
but declined 10 return TO Kentucky without
a requisitica.
Col. c. c. Campbell. Of New York. who
is assisting the prosecuting attorney in
cases against the alleged murderers Of
Governor GOebel. was here 10 present the
reQuisitiOn papers These. he said. were
drawn precisely like those for Taylor,
which the Indiana Governor had refused
10 honor
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The Oregoa's aIishau.


(trom the Philadelphia Record.l
IL would seem that our greatest battleship tbs
Oregon was sent on her latest and possibly her
last voyage in the charge Of inexperienced officers
II she shall go 70 pieces on the rocks in the Gull
Of Pe-chi-i a reckoning Will certainly be De.
manded from the department which permitted
the pride OF our Navy TO go 4 delicate and
difficult errand in notoTiouslv dangerous sea.
with a complement OF ncw-fedged ensigns and
an executive officer twice court -nartialed and
convicted fo- drunkenness but saved from dis.
missal through official favor. The fact that ons
OF the hest captains in the service was in com
mand OF the ship Will not Cvc,iSe the wrong
captain must rely upon his subordinates for the
proper execution Of his orders. and he has no
choice but to accept such aids as may be assigned
TO him by the department
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THE SNAIL BANKNOTES.

Acting Secretary Enndcrl;p Says
They VIII Help Business
Assistant Secretary EGnderlip the act
ing head OF the Treasury Department. is
well pleased with the operation OF the new
currency law providing for small national
banks.
''As yet we are not feeling the full bene-
ft OF them" " he explained, as the issuance
of the necessary bank notes is net nearly
completed Nevertheless / believe that by
fall the new currency viii be literally in
circulation. That does not necessarily
mean an easy money market in handling
the crops. but it means an increase in the
supply Of national bank notes for doing
the business of the country"
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Ercited Over a Rumor.

CLARKSBURG. w Va. July 3-Thls
city WAS thrown into fever of excite
ment Sunday night by a rumcr that a
small organized force Of men from Buck
hannon. under the leadership OF a brother
of Edward Young. the boy who was killed
by Vale Boughner. about year ago ID
arrived here to assassinate Boughner Chief
of Po ice Childers detailed an armed guard
at B0ughner's home, but no one appeared.
Boughner's father was at Annapolis Nd
after his nephew's body. which arrived here
yesterday and was buried. Vale Bouga-
ntr Will be sent West until after the feel
ine against him dies out
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Schooner Sinks. Crew saved.

VINEYARD HAVEN. Mass. July 3.-The
crew of the schooner Kate Walker. CT
Bangor. from Port Reading for Bangor,
with coal. were brought here yesterday by
the schooner EIvira J., French The men
escaped from the Walker as she was sink
ing about thirty miles south of Seguin on
Sunday at noon. The rescued party in
cluded Captain Jordan and four men, The
men took to the boats about fsc minu Is
before the vessel went down. The schcol-
er was built at BreweH Me-. in 1860. SIZE
was owned by A. P. Veazie & Co., Of Bin-
gor. Her gross tonnage was forty. TIE
vessel and cargo were insured.
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ALABAMA MINERS QUIT WORK.
Question of Wages Unsettled uith
Operators.

Operators
BIRMINGHAM. July 3.--Au the union
coal miners in this State. about 10000 in
number. cult work yesterday pending the
settlement Of the wages dispute The old
wages contract expired yesterday. and the
miners demanded 40 per cent increase
and other concessions. The operators re-
fused this demand and offered 20 renew
the old contract. which is an advance Of
from 10 10 40 per cent over the enc IN ef-
feet prior D July I. 1888 This the miners
rejected. and a referendum is being held al
the various camps for the purpose OF fur
theT insJrucJing the delegates 10 the min
ers' State convention which meets here
again today. Pending negotiations work Is
suspended.
II today's convention reports that the
rank and file support the demands OF the
scale committee a general strike may fol-
low. as the operators say they viii not ad-
vance wages in face Of a falling iron mar
ket Meanwhile about 5000 tons Of coal
are being mind in the district daily by
conyiCts and Eon-uniOl miners. a pro
longed shutdown means the blowing out
Of many furnaces
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4 BUSY BUREAU.
Great Numbers OF Notes Being Pre-
pared for Little Ranks

pared for Little Ranks.
The entire plant Of the Bureau OF Er-
craving and Printing is now under the
eigEs-hOur law. Assistant Secretary Van
de-IiP. who has general direction Of the
plant. instituted the new rule yesterday.
The Bureau is doing an enormous amount
of work The production Of bonds and OF
no,es for new national banks has pushe7
the capacity Of the plant to the uttermost
Twsnty-three hundred people are en-
ployed. In order 10 keep Up with the de-
mands Of the establishment many Of the
employees had been regularly working
twelve hours-a shift and a haIf-daiIy.
Now Mr.. VandeTlip has systematized mat
ters 50 that additional employees have been
added. and none are working Overtime.
Little country banks all over the nation
which have been crea-ed by the new Cur
rency Law. are now getting their notes en-
graved- BY the aid Of machinery and by
a system Of specialization the sixty en-
gravers at the plant are producing bank
plates at the rate OF eighty-hve week
Il is believed that one hundred weekly
viii soon be the output of the Bureau
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MEDALS FOR ENeNEa1zN.
The Baltimore and Oh:o Distributes
Rewards fer Long service.

The baltimore and O5.:o Distributes
Rewards fer Long, Service.
CUMBERLAND. Nd. July 3.-The Balti-
more and Ohio Railroad Company has CON-
HeHeed tle distribution OF medals 10 en-
giECmen- 4 man in the service between
five and ten years receives a fvr-year
bronze medal; between ten and hfceen
years. ten-year bronze medal. and so on
up 10 f0rty-lve years Service between
f0rty-dve ani fifty years commands a sill
Yer medal and over ff,y years a golE medal.
Ths gold AID silver medals are equivalent
20 life passes.
Eug-nemen William Blackwell and ,i--
seph West viii receive gold medals. West
who was born in Frederick cog1ry Nd. n
1925. Is sJil in the active service OF the
railroad. He is eug-nemGn on acc0-lGO-
GatiCu trains Nos. IS and Il between Bal
timCre and Cumberland. He has been On
every class Of engine ever used on the sys-
ten. IL HIS hfty-three years of employ
meut M West has never received The
slightest injury has not had wreck Of
sry consequence. and has a. no time had a
man IN his crew killed
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Mr.. Perry Heath.

tFr0m TIE Indlanap pOIls NeWs.)
First Assistant Postmaster General Heath en-
phatically deneis the reports OF ms impending
resignation. We doubt whether Mr.. Heath really
knows what he will do General Alger said many
times that he had no thought Of resigning. Yet
he did resign Mr. Heath Will do the same Thing
il the President requests it. Mr.. Mckinley is not
Inexpensive to public opinion In such cases As
this There Is no doubt that Heath was responsi-
bic for Neely's appointment. and that he was in
siStent in suggesting that Neelys salary be raised
There is good ground for suspecting that Neelv
had big pull at Washington. Mr. Heath
ought not 10 be too sure that be will not RESIN
OF course. he means what he saws, but he does
not seem quite to appreciate the situation And
bad as II Is, il is possible that it may at any
time change very much for the worse.
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and murdered in the streets of Fez, in
Morocco. and We suppose there will be
a claim for damages Collecting them
might make a pleasant summer trip TO
Mediterranean waters for Sampson. But
perhaps t is the part OF prudence TO keep
him in the dark as much as possible until
after election Sampson is not a drawing
card when it comes to voters.
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United States and China.
(From Harper's Weekly

Today China il TO be partitioned II IS for Us
to demonstrate that we, a nation want moth
ing OF II and that our sole desire Is to be per-
mitted to d0 business there Let the other na-
tions have the land, the empire-arything they
may choose TO want II is the part of the United
States TO insist solely upon its right TO be
friendly with its neighbors TO sell 20 them
what raise by honest toll and TO buv from
them what aeed and can afford to pay for.