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Evening star., 1901-07-02
MUCH-NEEDED ASSISTANCE.
New Deputy Auditor for the Post Of
flee Department.

The auditor for the Post Office Depart
ment. Henry A. Castle of Minnesota, and
the deputy auditor, N L. Chew of Indiana.
were gratitied yesterday by the addition of
another deputy auditor, just appointed,
Gen. Harrison Allen of North Dakota. No
other auditors office has two deputies, but
the necessities In this case will be manifest
when il is known that as of the in
considerable functions of the deputy Mr..
Chew during the past year signed his name
nearly 100000 times. The manual labor of
this duty is in itself a drudgery without
reference to the responsibility involved in
attempting to know something about the
documents or warrants which he is signing.
This work will now be divided between the
two deputies. but is growing SO fast that
each Will be fully occupied
General Allen served with distinction as
colonel of a Pennsylvania regiment du,ing
the civil war, was afterward a member OF
both houses of the Pennsylvania leyisla-
ture and auditor general of that state.
President Arthur appointed him United
States marshal for the territory of Dako-
| ia, and he has since resided in what is now
the state of North Dakota.
In addition TO the new deputy there Is q
considerable increase in the clerical force
of the auditors Office, taking effect yeSter-
day. The additional clerkships allowed by
the appropriation bill range in salaries from
$500 to SI,SpU per annum. But the Treas
ury Department at the urgent solicitation
OF the auditor has filled substantially all
these vacancies at the minimum salary of
500 per annum, thus allowing well earned
promotions to many OF the old and faithful
clerks In the bureau.
In consequence OF this arrangement the
following promotions were made Yesterday in
the different grades of the auditors clarf-
cal and messenger force: Five promotions
from $1,000 to S1,SOO per annum, six promo
tions from 81 400 TO $1,000 per aunun, SIX
promotions from 81 300 to 81 400 Der an
mum, ten promotions from $1,000 to S1250
per annum, thirteen promotions from 5000
TO $1,000 per annum, seventeen promotions
from $40 to $500 per annum and twenty
three promotions from S72O to SS4O per an
mum.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
NEW WIRELESS TELEGRAPH.
NJ. POpp TO Use Terrestrial Instead of
Aerial Waves.

\ special cable to the New York Herald
from Paris. Monday. says: Some exceed
irsIy interesting descriptions Of the new
system Of wireless teIesraphy We're given
today at lie V-sinet. little suburban
hamlet on the Saint Germau-en-Laye road.
before s. me fifty or sixty spectators. prin-
cipally representatives, Of the Paris press.
The inventors or discoyerers of this sys-
te.a are Col. Puoxski. an enEi-eer officer
fl the Russian army. and NJ. Victor Popp.
WtII-ku,wu electrical engineer, whose name
has ben attached t. several useful and
valuable inventions Within the narrow
limits IMPOSED for the experiments today
they were "a complete success
Although tho electrical Installation at lie
NeS-uet is Uf the II OSt primitive and tenn
pcraTE character, q number of messages
wer- dispatched - fhe transmitting iustru-
ment in a villa III the Rue P,lsteur and re-
ceivcd in another villa situated about six
hundred meters Instant. without the slight
est hitch.
one striking feature about NJ Popps sys-
TEN is its extreme simplicity. No tall masts
are required. as IS Necessary with the Mar
ccni meth0 d. It Is terrestrial rather than
aerial, that Is to say. the electric waves
follow the surface Of the earth. There is
consequently, nothing spectacular in the
apparatus. IL consists simply of two cleo
tTpdeE separated oy d distance that varies
acc riding tn the distance Of the place
with N4Ilt'L u Is desired 10 communicate
The negative is placed on a sheet Of glass
as iS0ldtJr on the surface. The positive is
buried in the earth at a depth Of from
three and "a half To four meters. These
two electrodes are connected to the trans
mittiuE apparatus
The same arrangement IS followed at the
receiving station. This IS al that IS ueces-
sary for the dispatch and registration Of
nesSaC $. IS Was cunrlusivcly proved by NJ
PJpp yesterday.
The most astounding claim made Hy N
IgIp f"r his system is that its radius Of
action is virtually unlimited. wireless tel
eErarhy with America. for example being
merely a matter IF detail. such as the dis
tau-- Separating the electrodes and the en-
ergy ot the transmitting apparatus
Ia addition. NJ POpp has devised sort
Of reflector isolator that allows Of the cleo
tric waves being compelled 10 travel in Il
given direction.
The gnssiLI.itIes contained IN NJ Poup's
discuvrry are iUcJlcuIabIe- In the first
P.ac,. the apparatus i SD simple that IL IS
not liable 10 get cut Of order 1t is so
trauS1 S1urtah'e that four men can establish
t-lsE~Iuh station in thorough working or
der within an hour anywhere. This in the
cas- IL a city like Paris is a desidcratum
not % he drSUiSed. Furthermore, the ab-
syuce Il the tell-;ale tall poles, necessary
with tie MarcUui system. Is an Invaluable
advau'~- as they would iufallibly betray to
an -r.-ruy the fact that wireless telegraph
station was in the neiEhIlrhGod.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
TO FORM GIGANTIC COAL TRUST.
Movement on Foot Similar to the stes

Movement on Foot Similar to the Steel
Trust.
CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 1.-The Cleve-
land Leader of today says:
Before the LIST of September all of the
big companies producing bituminous coal
will have been gathered into one organiza-
ton, similar to the United States Steel Cor
poraton. The capitalization will DO enor-
nous, probably second only to that Of the
big steel trust.
LAS an auxiliary to this movement being
carried on by the promoters Of one of the
ganization, a complete pool of all of the
retail soft coal interests in Cleveland will
be effected within the next ten days, for
which preliminary steps have about been
takcn.
From what can be learned work III on
the big coal trust has been under way for
a greater length of time than any of the
other industrial combinations. j. P. Nor
in with his coal combinations three years
ago, making the first movements along the
line of controlling the products of the Ohio
and West Virginia fields. AT that time he
obtained complete control of the mining
property in the Hooking and Shawnee val
leys. In order to give an outlet for this
coal he purchased certain railroad prop
erty, and this started the com binatton cla-
MIA along the line of railroad ownership
which has gone to extraordinary lengths.
The proceedings in the prese 1T comhina-
ton are similar to those displayed in the
formation of the steel trust"
Evening star., 1901-07-02
CRISIS IN CAPE COLONY.
Suspension of Constitution VIII Be an
Issue of Grave Moment.

Suspension of Constitution VIII Be an
Issue of Grave Moment.
The London Daily News yesterday pub
lished an article by it's parliamentary cor
respondent on the political situation in
Cape Colony, in view of the prorogation of
the Cape parliament, the writer saying that
an issue of the gravest moment, namely
the suspension Of the constitution of Cape
Colony, is involved. He adds:
From the night Of June 80 for an indefl-
mite period the kings subjects IN Cape Col
ony will be deprived Of the protection of
law and will be governed contrary to it's
express provisions. Taxes will be applied
under warrant of the governor without ap-
preparation by parliament, which has been
prorOgued until August q, and Is not like
ly to sit even then.
This illegal method has been resorted to
by the governor and the ministry doubtless
at the instigation of Lord Milner and Colo
NAL Secretary Chamberlain In Il Wocd the
imperial government has abrogated every
article of the compact under which a free
people owes allegiance to it's rulers Lib
erty Is dead, SO far as our Dutch subjects
are concerned.
THE crisis calls for the authoritative in
terventfon of the liberal party, in which
there is a feeling in favor Of summoniuy a
great popular conference to consider tne
situation"
Evening star., 1901-07-02

First of the Kind Has Been Opened to
Traffic.

What is said to be the first passenger
carrying mountain railway of its kind in
the world has been opened to traffic in Sax
ony, according to a communication received
at the State Department from Consul Cen
eral Cole at Dresden. The road Is $50 feet
long, running from LoschwitZ, a village on
the banks of the Elbe, about five miles
from Dresden, to the top Of ROchwitz
Heights, 1t has gradient Of 80 per cent,
33 iron piers of varying height carrying the
rails on which the cars are hung. The
highest Is about 40 feet The cars weigh,
when occupied, 12.S tons, and hold so pas
sengers each. Their shape and construc-
ton is said to differ entirely from all other
railway cars. The road is operated by two
powerful S0-horse-power machines, sta
toned al the top terminus of the road Tn
usual pr cautions against accidents are
taken, each car being provided with dan
gcr-signal apparatus, consisting of an
alarm and a telephone, which enables the
conductor to communicate from any point
of the road with the engine house. Auto
matte brakes, both at the lower and the
top station are put into action by the cars
they arrive, and stop them, no matter
how careless the engineer may be- The
journey takes three minutes, and 81 600
passengers can be carried daily.
The construction Of the road was super
intended by the Maschinenbauac uactiengesell
schaft of Nuremberg, Batavia.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
APPRECIATED BY THE BRITISH.
Gift of the Hospital Ship to Their
Navy.

Navy.
dispatch from London yesterday says:
The Earl of Selborne, first lord Of the ad-
miralty, announced in the house Of lords
today that he had great qualification in in
forming the house that the hospital ship
Maine, which was fitted out by a commit
tee of American ladies for the use Of the
wounded and sick in South Africa. and
which later was sent to Taku. where she
took on board wounded and sick men of
various nationalities, had been presented.
as free gift, to the British navy.
The Earl of Selborne read a letter from
President Bernard Baker of the Atlantic
Transport Company, Offering the Maine.
and also read the governments reply, &C
cepting the ship. Lord Selborne added that
the ladies of the Maine committee had do
mated the ships hospital fittings. This
gift of citizens and ladies of the United
States was most gracious one.
Lord Spencer concurred. He said they all
appreciated the gift very highly, not only
on account of the ship herself, but as
sign of the cordial relations and good feel
ing existing between the United States and
Great Britain.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
AMERICANS CAUGHT LOOTING.
Captured by Chinese Soldiers and
Imrnrh ONcr To- Mni. Rnb.rtsmn.

\ dispatch from Pckiu yesterday says:
Fivr u-u calling themselves Americans
wers e.pturrd by Chinese troops In a town
ffty miles from Pekin. and were today
turned over 10 Major Z. r. Robertson. COM
rnaud.r Il the United States legation guard
her The men We're armed and demanded
30" ta".s from the keeper og a pawn shop,
and E't 5'o They hllsd five carts with
plurI-r. and then began shooting, not
knowing that the town was occupied by IOO
Chinese troops. The United States le-
gatiou was notified. and the quintet was
brought In.
All parts u Pekin occupied by the British
for police purposes were turned over today
10 the htucSt authorities.
The foreign ministers will meet July 3
A Berlin dispatch. dated July l. says:
Nothing IS known in German official circles
resardinS the news from Shanghai To the
effect that kai-FOnS Flu. in the province Of
Ho-Nau. is TO become the Chinese capital.
The latest reports received here from Pekin
reiteratr the statement that it is the
court intention To return to Pektu.
The German government has not been In
formed touching the plans of Prince Chuan
further than that he is coming 10 Berlin to
apologize for Baron Won kettelers murder
II Prince Chuan means also TO visit other
European countries and Washington the
Berlin authorities have not been informed.
In relation To the present status Of the
Ptkin diplomatic negotiations, the repre-
sentative Of the Associated Press here
learns upon reliable authority that the
question Of the guarantees for the bonds
securing the indemuitics is still unsoIved,
a difference OF opinion between Great
Britain and Russia still existing. Russia
proposition is TO raise the sea tolls from
=" 10 per cent. but only II the Junk aud
DssIt taxes with . per cent of sea tolls
shall not yield sufficient results. The Ber-
lin authorities believe, like the other pow
ers. that RUssia's proposition is not likely
TO 20 into effect Hence Germany conf
IDENTIFY expects final agreement upon the
above question
The matter Of the renewal and rnodifca-
tion of commercial treaties with China is
meanwhile being taken up jointly by the
Pekin diplomatists. since this. like the in
Evening star., 1901-07-02
WEST INDIAN TRANSPORTS.
Fleet Disbanded, Civilian Lines VIII
Perform the Work.

By order of the War Department the
United States army transport service that
has existed between New York and Cuban
and Porto Rtcan ports since the beginning
of the Spanish-American war ended yester-
day, and the fleet OF vessels that has
been engaged in that service will be dis
banded. Contracts have been closed with
four steamship companies to do the work
of the transports. These lines are the
Ward, Red ID, Munson and the Porto Rican
Steamship Company. The proposition to
discontinue the transport service has been
under consideration by the War Depart
ment for nearly a year, and was finally de-
tcrmiued upon last month.
The transports have carried to and from
Havana, San Juan. Matanzas Nuevitas.
Santiago, ManZanillO and Gibara horses
equipments and forage, together with SOL
dierS and some civilians. The steamship
companies complained that the transports
deprived them of their legitimate rights in
the matter OF carrying civilian passengers
and freight, and they offered to do the work
Tor a thlrd less than the transport service
cost. Their offer was accepted. The fleet
of transports engaged in the West Indies
service originally included the Sedgwick,
the Mcclellan the Rawlins. the Mcpherson
and the Crook. The Mcpherson was wreck
with useless boilers.
A telegram has been received at the War
Department saying that the transport Nc
PhcrSon, which was stranded near Matan-
ZdS, Cuba, few months ago is being
towed TO New York by the wrecking tugs
Rescue and Merritt, and is expected to
reach there within five days.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
LAUREL NEWS ITEMS.
Funeral of John w. Whitesides-ser
Accident.

Special Correspondence of The Evening Star.
LAUREL, Md. July 2, 1901.
Funeral services were held yesterday over
the remains Of the late John W. White
sides. aged seventy-six years, a longtime
resident and highly esteemed citizen of this
town. at the Presbyteri Church, of which
church the deceased was member Rev.
A. +. Baker oficiated, Laurel Wreath
Lodge of Masons conducted the services at
the grave Mr. Whitesides came here in
the year 1S4T and made this place his home
since that time He was one of the oldest
members of the local lodge of Odd Fellows
and also a charter member of Laurel
Wreath Lodge of Masons of this town His
death was due to a severe case OF grip
which he contracted about three years ago.
Three sons. Messrs B. +. Whitesides. J. L.
WhiJesides and +. w. Whitesdes, all OF
Washington. survive HIM.
Mr.. Don Little, accompanied by his wife
and young son. met with an acc!dent While
out driving Sunday night, as the result OF
which Mrs Little received painful injuries
on the left side and arm. while the t:ttle
boy received several bruises about the head
and body. The accident happened at the
crossing of 4th street and Laurel avenue.
The filing in of the trench containing the
water main has left a ridge of earth be-
tween foot and foot and half high dt-
rectly across the driveway. Mr.. Little's
horse stumbled over this ridge, which
caused the carriage to tilt to one side. The
little child slipped from the lap of Its
mother. and in her effort to catch the baby
Mrs. Little lost her balance and fell be-
tween the wheels of the buggy, one of
which passed over her. She was carried
into house at the scene of the accident
and it was several hours before she could
be removed to her home.
4 large st. Bernard dog. the property of
Mr.. Woodviue 7. Ashby of this town. died
from the effects of heat Sunday afternoon.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
CAUSING MUCH AGITATION.
Southern Republics Interested in !
bitrat ton at Pen-A ccicnn COnRre

Southern Republics Interested in Ar
bftration at Pen-Americnn Congress.
The issue which occurred here recently as
to the extent to which arbitration would be
a theme before the coming congress OF
American republics has now been trans
ferred to the southern republics. where
there is much agitation on the question.
In Venezuela the two views are being pre-
sented. by Minister Guachalla Of Bo-
livia, who represents his country here as
well as at Caracas. and the other view by
a Chilean commissioner who has Just ar
rived there. In Nicaragua delegates from
Argentine. Peru and Bolivia are urging un-
restricted arbitration, 1t is understood that
Nicaragua sympathzes with this view
mainly on the ground that the wishes of
the majority of the countries attending the
congress should prevail. and that in this
case there is practical unanimity among all
the republics, with the exception of Chile,
favorable TO discussing arbitration without
any limitation as to it's present or future
apDlicatiOn.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
AUCTION SALES OF REAL ESTATE, &C.
Today.

IOday.
Ihomas ]. Owen & Son. Aucts 9l3 F ST NV
trustees sale of No 325 G St sw. on Tuesday,
July = at PM Frank T. Browning trustee
1honlas D. owen Son, Aucts. 9l3 F St NV
reFeHptofy sale of No. 1901 Walter st. bet B.
~ i@tn and 18th SITS. Sc, Tuesday July 2, at
$3.50 pm.
u u. Sloan & Co. Aucts., 14O7 G ST. NV
trustees sale OF lot on st. bet. 18th and 18th
sts' NV. on Tuesday, July 2 at 4:30 p.m VIM
f. Mattlngiy and Arthur s. Mattingly, trustees
Tomorrow.
lhomas bowling & Co., Aucts 612 E St NV
trustees sale Of No 1892 S. Capitol St. on We'd
nesday, July 8, at 4:30 pm Anson s. TAYLOR.
surviving trustee.
Walter b. Williams & Co.. Aucts 10th and d
SITS. n.w-Trustees' sale Of Nos. 443 Franklin ST.
and 40 + st. NV, on Wednesday, July 8, at 8
pm Eugene Carus and Adds B. Browne. trus
tees.
Marcus Notes, Auct.. l21s2o F St nw.-Sale of
household effects, &c, Wednesday July 8. at
10 m, at auction rooms
Magrath Kennedy Aucts.. 2o5 1Ith St NV
Sale of horses wagons, harness, &c. used In o.
s. mail service, on Wednesday, July g. at 10 a m
at stable No. 226 st. s.w
James W. Ratcliffe Auct., go Pa ave NV
Trustees sale of real estate at ne cor Sd and
SITS. Sc, on Wednesday. July 3, at 4:3O D. m.
Judson I. Gull and Etchison II. Hickman trustees.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT.
Decrease Owing to Increase of Cash
on HIND.

The statement of the public debt issued
yesterday shows that at the close of the
fiscal year, June 80, the debt. less cash in
the treasury, amounted to 81. .044 739. 120, q
decrease during June of ST. 1884 This
decrease Is accounted for in the main by
an increase in the cash on hand. The debt
Is ecapitulated follows:
Interest bearing debt. s9S7 141 .o40. Debt
on which interest has ceased since ma
turity, 81, ,415,620. Debt bearing no interest,
S3S3, ,015,5S Total s1371, ,572. pa. This
amount, however, does not include s771,-
754 $50 in certificates and treasury notes
outstanding, which are offset by an equal
amount of cash on hand held for their re-
dtmption. The cash in the treasury is
classified as follows:
Gold reserve fund, $3.50, 100000.
Trust funds s771. .T54. $50.
General fund, s15S, ,697, ,24S.
In national bank depositaries. s101, ,416,9I3.
Total, 81, ,1S1011, against which there are
demand liabilities outstanding amounting
to $3.50, ,o35. 1856 which leaves a cash belauce
on hand of S326 S33, 124
Evening star., 1901-07-02
BANK NOTE CIRCULATION.
Increase of Over S44.OOO.OOO for the
Year just Ended.

The monthly circulation statement issued
by the controller of the currency shows
that at the close Of the fiscal year, June 90
the total circulation of national bank notes
was S353 142, 1877. an increase for the year
of S44, LOLITA, and an increase for the
month of 81, 159, $50.
The circulation based on United States
bonds was $323, $50 ,GS4, an increase of
the year of s49,715, ,134, and an increase for
the month of S352. .5O7.
The circulation secured by lawful money
amounted to 500, ,S51 .503 decrease for the
year of S5,6I3. 800, and an increase for the
month of 81, S07, 100.
The amount of United States registered
bonds deposit to secure circulating
notes was 326219. .23O, and to secure pub
lie deposits, $105, $40 45O.
Evening star., 1901-07-02
AUCTION SALES.
THIS AFTERNOON.


THoS. ]. OWEN & SON. AUCTS, s13 ST. Wv.
PEREMPTORY SALE OF 2-STORY. 7-ROOM AND
BATH BRICK DWELLING. NO. 1901 WALTER
STREET. BETWEEN B AND c. 18TH AND
18TH STREETS Sc. LOT 10 BY 81
On account OF sickness and the owner being com
PEELED to leave the city, we will, at his -e1lnSt
sell to the highest bidder, at public auction In
front OF the premises. on TUESDAY, JULY SEC
0ND. 1901, AT HALF-PAST FIVE O'CLOCK PM
lot 203 In square lolJ, improved as above. The
house is In good condition: ami; rented TO
good tenant at $3.50 month.
Terms: Cash. OF which 500 deposit required at
time of sale. Conveyancing and recording. ETC.
at purchasers cost
je25d&ds THos. J. OWEN & son, Aucts.
TRUSTEES SALE OF DESIRABLE IMPROVED
real. ESTATE, 325 G ST. s. w
Tho Undersigned trustee by virtue Of a deed Of
trust. dated the 26th day of September A. D. 1900
and recorded in Liber 2531, folio Az of the land
records of the District of Columbia. viii, on
1901, AT FIVE O'CLOCK PM, offer for sale At
public auction. in front of the premises all that
part of lot four (il in square five hundred and
thirty y-nne t53sp. beginning at point on South q
st. distant twenty and $1,000 t27 s33l feet
from the southwest corner Of said lot and running
north one hundred and twenty-five and i67-I009
022. $50 feet; thence west nineteen and AS 100
t194S} feet, and thence south one hundred and
twenty-five and 167 1000 022 167) feet to the point
Of beginning, improved by a three-story brick
dwelling, No. 325 G. ,treet southwest
Terms of sale: Onethird cash. balance In one
and two years, with interest six per centum per
annum, or all cash, at the option of the purchaser
Conveyancing and stamps at cost of purchaser
FRANK T. BROWNING, Trustee.
o -,, ~ 422 9th St NV
THOS J. OWEN & SON Aucts. je22-d&ds
Evening star., 1901-07-02

The state department mas received from
the International Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Commercial instruction
Qeonhardstr. II, Brunswick the program
and the order of exercises of the consti-
tuent meeting at Zurich on July lib of
this year. The United States Is requests
to send as representatives members of insti-
tutions Of commercial instruction. Persons
interested in the matters of trade and COM
mercial education are invited to become
members of the association. The utility Of
an international association of this nature
will be discussed at the inaugural meeting,
to be held at Zurich. The universal nature
OF trade, 1t is stated. makes it possible for
the question of commercial education to
be internationally treated in an advan-
tageous manner, as the bases of trade and
mercantile requisites are essentially the
same in all countries. 1t is considered de-
sirable to have an annual statistical re-
view. published in several languages, as