Evening Star Newspaper, October 27, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY & SUNDAY. AT THE sTak 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't, Blomseannsaimeiuit New York Oeo, 28 Potter Building. served to subscribers im the ote vg ° ‘Tae Evexrv STAm is serv city oy carriers. om thelr own account, at 10 ce per week, of tic. per mouth. Cople at the cut fer 2 cents exch. By wail—auywhere im the Unit States or Canada—postage prepuid—50 cents pe month. SaTUMDAY OUINTOPLY SiicrT Stan $1.00 per year: with foreign postage added, $3.00. t Washingtoa, D.C. (Eatered at the Post Othice a as second-class mail matter.) (7 All mall subscriptions must be paid in ad- nee Mates af advectiaing made known on applic THE FINAL VOTE On the Repeal Bill Expected to Be Taken Monday. STEAM STILL BLOWN OFF By Mr. Stewart and a Few Other Senators. NO MORE FINANCIAL BILLS. The process of blowing off steam is still im progress in the Senate. There is no change in the situation today and no sort of danger of the Voorhees bill not going through, but as long as Mr. Stewart and a few others think that there is something on their side of the question they have not yet said time must be consumed. It has been practically decided that the tinal vote on the bill shall take place on Monday. The voting on amendments may begin at any | time, either today or tomorrow. The thing | is subject to the annoying delays of one- | hour speeches being dragged out to two or three times that length, not for the pur- Dose of delay, but because some of the Sen- ators do not like to siop when they once begin to talk. Due allowance is made for this when Monday is fixed as the time for the final vote, but it is impossible to say whether the action on amendments will begin today or tomorrow. With a quorum present the bill will be disposed of by the House the day after it Passes the Senate. No Furth Financial Legislation. After that there will be no further finan- ¢ial legislation during this session. The administration wants to issue bonds and to coin the seigniorage, but they will not run the risk of going to Congress at this ses- sion for authority for either. They have an uncertain authority now and will trust to that if an emergency arises. It is the expectation of Mr. Carlisle that the condi- tion of the government revenues will im- Prove as soon as the silver question is out of the way. Meanwhile the seigniorage will be coined, and if there is need for it bonds will be issued under authority of existing jaw. Sooner or later bonds are sure to be this action may come speedily. Waiting for Tariff Action. ‘There is believed, however, to be very little prospect of any great improvement in the revenues of the govern- ment coming from the renewed confidence by the repeal of the Sherman law, since large importations will be slow to come while the tariff legislation is in doubt. The importation of no more goods than neces- sary to meet immediate demands can be expected while there is a pending possi- bility of the same goods coming in a little later at a greatly reduced duty. Some loss of revenue comes from the economy of consumers, forced by the hard times, and this may be relieved somewhat, but it is not to be expected that the practices of economy will be abandoned at once upon the passage of the repeal bill. Therefore the expectation of any considerable in- rease in the revenues for some time to come is liable to be disappointed. ———__-2-—___—_ ‘THE FORD’S THEATER DISASTER. Present Status of the Resoluti Pro- viding for Investigation. Yesterday afternoon SenatorWhite, chair- man of the committee on the contingent expenses of the Senate, reported back the Joint resolution introduced some time ago by Senator Harris providing for an investi- gation into the legal liability for damages Yesulting from the Ford’s Theater disaster. The committee made no recommendation other than that the resolution should be referred to “some appropriate standing committee.” This morning Senator Harris | said to a Star reporter that the resolution | is now lying upon the table and will be called up by him whenever he can do so. The present stage of the legislative business of the Senate, he added, precludes present action, io Sanitary Regulations. ‘The attorney for the District today for- warded to the Commissioners a draft of an amendment to the plumbing regulations to require water closets or privies abutting on public sewers and water maina to be con- nected therewith, whenever, in the opinion of the health officer, such connection is necessary for the protection of public health. + 2+ _____. Wear of Poverty Drove Him to Suicide About a month ago Mr. Frederick Love- craft of New York, who yesterday shot himself, was attacked with nervous pros- tration. He gradually grew worse and only Wednesday the physicians told Mr. A. M. Paimer they feared Mr. Lovecraft to be insane and, unless he was watched, he was likely to make an attempt to kill himself. On account of the serious nature of his illness it was intended to take him into the country. Col. Kearney, his intimate friend, ‘was out making the arrangements for the transfer when Mr. Lovecraft shot and poi- soned himseif. The recent financial strin- gency had much to do with the causes with nervous prostra- Fiena’s fund account and found 360,000 of his fortune remained, but it was to get Lovecraft to believe this. —_—<_—__ & Relic of the Naronic. Capt. Anderson of the Norwegian ship Emblem, at Buenos Ayres, from Chicou- ites from the Argentine capital of September 20, that he found in latitude 36, longitude 33, one boats of the White Star line steam- Narconic, which was lost at sea many He adds that the boat was ago. up, and contained nothing what- was thickly covered with barna- ‘There was a large hole in the bottom. lashings of the boat appeared to have cut a beneath where the lash- been fastened were severed. The tent unhooking apparatus had not been cee - —_—_ bett Willing to Fight for $20,000. Champion James J. Corbett received word last evening from the Olympic Club New Orleans that they would hang up a purse of $20,000 for the Corbett-Mitchell glove contest, and Corbett telegraphed his acceptance on the condition that the club Geposit a $10,000 guarantee for the contest to come off. As Mitchell has expressed a desire to have the contest at an earlier date, Corbett urged that the date for the fight be set for either the latter part of November or the early part of December, making it from three to four weeks in advance of the day set by the Coney Island Athletic Club. Corbett said: “The purse is a smaller one fF £4 E rs 828 g 1 E if ii i § bs i Hd E e ? g must not be hurry and with much} | | Vor. 83, No. 20,714. 7 TELEGRAPH AND BALLOONS. | Two of the Things Touched On by Gen Greely. Advances Made in the Signal Service Work—Quick Communication Ne- cessary—Future Work Laid Out. } | Gen. A. W. Greely, chief signal officer of the army, has submitted his annual report to the Secretary of War. It was made public this morning, and contains a number of important recommendations as to the conduct of the service. The report starts out with a consideration of the matter of military telegraph lines. Gen. Greely says there are now thirty-three |military posts and stations whose tele- | graphic connections with the great com- mercial systems of the country are over permanent lines constructed or operated, either entirely or in part, by the signal corps of the army. There is now hardly a military post which has not a telegraph station either within its limits or within easy reach. These lines, permanent or | fying, are usually operated for drill pur- | poses, but on special occasions, as during this year in the Rio Grande valley, they are established and temporarily worked in connection with important military opera- tions. While the permanent telegraph lines under the control of the chief signal officer of the army are constructed primarily for military purposes, yet they secondarily subserve commercial interests by affording speedy communication with business cen- ters. The tariff charges for commercial telegrams over military lines are extremely low, ranging from 10 to % cents for ten words, so that the revenue from commer- cial messages is necessarily limited. Nevertheless the volume of such business so great that the income assumes re- spectable proportions. There has been col- lected and turned into the United States treasury, during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, the sum of $1,964.69, while for the same period the additional sum of $4,262.73 was collected for tolls on account of the commercial! telegraph companies and turned over to the proper officials. The total number of free messages transmitted over government wires, consisting of gov- ernment, state and other business, ag- gregate 36,530, with a tariff value of $3,885.67. The same proportion on other lines, under post commanders, would make the aggre- gate tariff value of free messages about $5,000, so that during the year the volume of business handled over military telegraph lines and calculated on its very low tariff, aggregates not very far from $15,000. Extending the Systems. ‘The important part which electrical com- munication plays in modern warfare em- phasizes the necessity for developing effi- cient and supplementary methods for armies operating in the general telegraph system of the coun- try. Special attention is now being given by the signal corps to the suitable equip- ment of its flying telegraph trains in ail phases from the connection, by means of such lines, of army headquarters with the permanent lines of the country, to the pro- vision for temporary telegraphic or tele- Phonic communication between army, division or even brigade headquarters with all essential points, whether in camp or on the battle line. With this end in view and with the ap- proval of the major general commanding the army and the Secretary of War, fly- ing telegraph trains, equipped with the Most.modern appliances, are in course of organization, each separate train having material for fifteen miles of line. These trains, available for drill purposes, will be located at Fort Riley, Kan., Fort Grant, Ariz., Fort Sam Houston, Tex., Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and at the Presidio of San Francisco, Cal. Flying Telegraph Lines. The field or flying telegraph differs mater- lay from a permanent line; the material, while being sufficiently strong to insure uninterrupted communication and with- stand the vicissitudes of weather, must also be light enough to render casy its transportation with moving troops; say material for twelve miles by a four-mule team. The wire supports must be such that they can be readily erected and dis- mounted, while the wire and insulators can be easily attached and detached from the lances without injury or deterioration. Moreover, the appliances for constraction must be such that the line can be quickly put up over any kind of country. With such conditions to fulfill, theory must be supplemented by practice, since the erec- tion of a flying line for drill purposes over chosen ground tests only in part the ma- terials, methods and appliances. Fortu- nately, the past year has been marked by an extended practical application of flying telegraph train of the signal corps, that has not only tested its worth and fit- ness for field work, but also demonstrated its great practical utility to the army. This was the series of evolutions in con- nection with the border troubles in the val- ley of the Rio Grande. A detailed account of the work there is then given. Balloons in War. The introduction of balloons, the report then goes on to say, in connection with field telegraph trains, for the purpose of collecting and transmitting military in- formation, brings into special importance the question of aerial navigation. The utill- ty and importance of balloons for obtain- ing military information, during field opera- tions were amply demonstrated in the last civil war, but, like many other American ideas, had to await recognition and devel- opment by military authorities of other nations. The United States, first to use balloons in war, as it was the first to use the electric telegraph and signal appli- ances on the field of battle,has consequently seen these ideas adopted and improved by all other important military powers. Military Affairs. The report also deals at length with the questions of post telegraph lines, military signaling, signal equipments, signal schools for instruction, experimental city lines, heliograph service, target ranges, harbor défense cables, the world’s fair exhibit and other matters. It then goes on to say: Some Recommendations In concluding his report, Gen. Greely makes some recommendations for changes that would better the prospects of the offi- cers in the service, and then says: It is recommended that whenever che position of chief signal officer becomes vacant, the chief of the corps thereafter be a colonel, with two assistant chiefs, one with the grade of colonel and the other of major, to be promoted from the lower grades, and that the two inferior offices thus vacated should ,be discontinued. This would de- crease the number of officers by one and reduce the expenses of the corps by several thousand doilars annually, while affording that promotion which is one of the incent- ives to zealous and efficient service. After careful consideration the estimates for the regular expenses of the s'gna! corps during the fiscal year ending June 39, 18%. Were reduced below the current appropria- tion, the sum asked for being 321,500, against $22,000 for the year ending June 30, 189. The new military telegraph line, about 112 miles in length, between Forts Ringgold and Mc- Intosh. Tex., is being constructed under such terms as leave, from the permanent specific appropriation therefor, unexpected moneys sufficient for the maintenance of the line during the year. 1 own, Silver Is on the down grade in London, the quoted price as sent to the Treasury De- partment being today 231-4 pence per ounce. This is a half penny lower than yesterday's price. In our money this is, with exchange, about .728 cents per ounce. With silver at this low figure the bullion value of the standard silver dollar is 58 cents. a chase away from | the | TWO CENTS. BY HER OWN HAND. Miss Daisy Garland Ends Her Life With a Pistol Bullet. A SAD TRAGEDY ENACTED TODAY. ee eer Grigf in the Home of the Ex-Attor- torney General. DETAILS OF THE CASE. Miss Daisy Garland, daughter of ex-Attor- ney General Garland, by her own act, brought her young lifé to a sudden and sad end this morning, by a pistol held in her own hands. No occurrence that has hap- pened in this city for many a day will bring deeper desolation to the family circle it has so cruelly broken, nor to the wide circle of the dead giri's own friends and those who held her father in high esteem, Guy and Bright at Breakfast. This morning Miss Garland joined the family at breakfast, and, if anything, was gayer and in better spirits than usual. After the meal she went about the house as usual, spent some time in her grand- mother’s room sewing, and then, it is sup- posed, went upstairs to her own room. No notice was taken of her absence, because no one asked for her. When the hour for the early luncheon arrived her little brother came in from school, and, not seeing his sister, went to her room. Found Stretched on the Floor. The little fellow found her stretched on the floor near her bed, and hastily sum- moned his grandmother and father, who were both in adjoining rooms at the mo- ment. A little trickle of blood from the | heart stilied forever and a revolver near the dead hand told the story all too well to | the horror-stricken father, In a short time sympathizing nei; came in, and a few gentlemen friend: had heard the sad story down town, the sorrowing family were surrounded by willing hands anxious to relieve them of all care. With tears streaming down hfs face and his voice choked with emotion, Mr. Gar- land endeavored to tell the sad story to those who came in or going up to the room where the body of the dead girl |: ing the coming of the coroner, self up to the dreadful anguish that shook his frame. He recognized in the old-fash- foned revolver that had been the instru- ment of his daughter's death, one that had not been used in fifteen or twenty years, and so far as he knew, had not been | emptied of its contents in that time. Temporary Insunity the Cause. ‘There will be a great many theories ada- vanced as to why this young girl ended her life, but the most reasonable ane and the one that has the widest credence amongst | those who knew her best, that she did the jfatal act in a moment of temporary in- | sanity and extreme melancholy. It is |known that since the. excitement that at- |tended her disappcetance from her home one day last summer, she has not been quite the same. She always felt, that she owed some explanation to her family and friends for the worry she had caused them by going away and ing over night without telling them of Wer destination. | At any allusion to it since by outsiders she at once showed her sensitiveness on the subject and to one young lady the other day she said when questioned about it, laughingly: “I am coming to see you soon and 1 will tell you all about it.” Somewhat Morbid on Religion. It was known at the time that she was growing somewhat morbid on religion and |while she had full permission from her |father to do just as she pleased in that matter her mind was always upset with doubts as to the final step. Before she went away to Baltimore that day she spent some time talking with one of the nuns at the Georgetown Convent, to whom up to the time she was a perfect strancer. She asked for counsel on some religious questions and left there seemingly much relieved. Her family at the time said that they thought she would become a Catholic, brit since that period there has not been’ any talk of her taking such a step. Much Liked by Her Friends, Miss Garland was much liked among her young friends and had the faculty of mak- ing older people like her also. She never had robust health and was consequently unfitted to go about as other young girls of her age. While her father was in Mr. Cleveland's cabinet, *the Garland house- hold became quite prominent. Miss Garland finished her schooling and under the chap- eronage of her grandmother, Mrs. Hub- bard, opened her father’s house in a hos- pitable way, giving several receptions and some evening parties. With her young friends she became a belle in a circle made up largely of interesting young people, resi; dents mainly, and southerners frequently. During the last year of his term, Mr. Gar- | land purchased the spacious residence he now occupies with his family, 915 Rhode | Island avenue. A Horrible Shock. Miss Garlands friends then were still her chosen companions and her untimely end will come to these especially as a horrible shock. What led her to her dreadful end is to these young people, who have so recently seen and talked with her on every topic, is the greatest enigma of all. That the act had somehow grown to be an accustomed thought with her, during these moments of melancholy to which she has always been subject, is best evidenced by a remark she was seemingly fond of making to an estim- able person of her acquaintance. She was forever saying, “Is life worth living,” and today’s act shows that to her the problem has been answered. No Inquest Necessary. This afternoon the coroner viewed the re- mains, but did not consider an inquest necessary. ighbors: vhs In the House yesterday afternoon Mr. Heard introduced a bill reorganizing the salaries of the officials of the District jail. |It provides for a warden at a salary of | $2,500 a year, deputy warden at $1,100, three |captains of the guard at $90 a month, a |clerk at $900, a physician at $1,000 a year, three matrons at $60 a month, an engineer at $100 a month, two assistant engineers at $90 and a cook at $60. Sakae aa Wills Filed Today. The will of the late George L. Sheriff was filed today and admitted to robate. It was executed on the 22d instant and he leaves his estate to his wife for life and then to his children and grand children and re- quests that his business enterprises be carried on by Glenn T. Jones and George R. Sheriff, his executors. The personal es- tate is about $50,000) and the real estate at near $100,00 and his steamboat enterprises and other business will be continued. ‘The will of the late John Montgomery, s1 was filed today. After directing the pay. ment of debts, funeral expenses and the erection of a tomb over his grave he leaves his estate to his wife during life, then $100 each to his two grand children and the pro- ceeds of the sale of his property to be di- vided among his children. He names his son, Chas. F. Montgomery, as executor. The will of the late Isabella A. Webb of Virginia was also filed today. She leaves certain personal bequests and the larger portion of her estate to her neices, ——— + mo me at College Park. The foot ball team of the Maryland Agri- | cultural College gained its third successive victory yesterday. The opposing team was hat of the Baltimore City College. The | Score was 18 to 0. | toms at Kansas City, SUGGESTS AN EXAMINATION Of Gripmen and Motormen on Local Street Railroads. Mr. J. E. Dunn Petitions for Govern- ment Inspection of Roads—Mr. Hil- born Introduces the Petition. Mr. Hilborn of California today in the House presented a petition from J. E. Dunn, a civil engineer, in relation to street car regulations, The petition is as foi- lows: “In view of the many accidents on the cable and electric cars of Washington, in the District of Columbia, and for the gen- eral safety of the public, your petitioner would respectfully set forth: “1, That the gripmen and motormen of the street railroads of Washington be re- quired to pass a strict and impartial exam- ination as to their capability to conduct through the streets a car or cars loaded with passengers; this examination to be conducted by an inspector to be duly ap- pointed by the District Commissioners, to be paid his salary from a yeariy tax of $% each imposed upon each and every gripman and motorman employed by the aforesaid railroad companies. “2. The government takes supervision over steamboat engineers, and even the petty engineers, so called, who operate station- ary engines, then why not the gripmen and motormen, who have fully as much re- sponsibility on their hands, if not more? “3, That the government provides for the inspection of steamboats and other vehicles of wavel, but no provision of law is made for the inspection of either cable or elec- tric cars whatever. This inspector, if ap- pointed, having the authority of law, could and would be abie to compel said ‘street railway companies to repair any defects in their cars; also employ competent men to operate the intricate machinery of the cable and electric trains. “4. It is further suggested to your hon- orable body that the men selected as in- spectors shall be fully experienced and capable of judging men and necessities. “S. That should the aforesaid street ratl- way companies fail to ubey the commands of the said inspector there be provided a legal penalty, to be provided by Congress and imposed by the judges of the Police Court of the District of Columbia. “6. That {it shall be considered a crim- inal act on the part of any electric or cable street railways to employ men deficient in mechanical knowledge and the common rudiments of mechanics to operate the cars in the city of Washington, and thus jeopardize the lives of passengers and pe- destrians. The frequent recurrence of ser- fous and often fatal accidents on the street railways is due to the employment of un- qualified men, many of whom are fresh from the plow and unacquainted with city methods of locomotion. “7. We further respectfully ask that in enacting a law governing the said elec- tric and cable railways a man employed as a gripman or motorman shall after serving his training at the hands of the railway company be subjected to a search- ing examination at the hands of the Di trict of Columbia inspector as to his qual- ifications to operate a train of cable or electric cars.” GEN. ———_—+- 2+ _______ MANIGAT’S TREACHERY. He Had the Haytien Ship Alexandre Petion Sunk With Her Crew. NEW YORK, Oct. 27.—Recent dispatches from Hayti throw a@ new light upon the sinking of the gunboat Alexandre -Petion, which was said to hive gone down in a hurricane near Cape Tiburon about a month ago. It is said now that when the war- ship sank the sea was perfectly calm and that instead of being overcome vy the storm the vessel was sent to the bottom by paid agents of Gen. Manigat, the ieader of the revolutionary party, which for years has been plotting the overthrow of President Hyppolite. The Alexandre Petion was one of two modern gunboats purchased by the Haytian government in France. The engineers and | Mechanics were Frenchmen, and were under contract to serve in the Haytian navy for two years, or until they could train natives to do the work. The rest of the crew and the officers were negroes. ‘The gun boat sailed away from Port au Prince in fair weather, bearing a commis- sion to Santo Domingo, where a treaty was to be d-awn up and signed by representa- tives of the two negro republics. When the ship came to a point off Cape Tiburon at the southwestern end of the island, na- lives on shore suddenly saw the Petion plunge into the sea and disappear with all on board. Only one negro sailor is sald to have escaped, and yet the ship foundered less than three miles from the shore. As soon as the real cause of the disaster became known to the president he banished jen. Jean Gilles, the Secretary of the Navy, — Mr. St. Martin Dupuy, minister of po- ce. Gen. Jean Gilles, it is said, has been se- cretly affiliated with the revolutionary party for two years, and ever since the purchase of the gun boats he has been plotting to rid Gen, Manigat of these dangerous naval op- ponents. Before the Petion sailed from Port au Prince on this last occasion the secretary of the navy, it is charged, found @ pretext to order all the French engineers ashore, and during their absence he sent an agent on board, who opened certain valves in the hold of the ship. These valves were Partly stopped up again, but in such a way that the pressure of the water would force an entrance within a few hours. in this way the ship suddenly filled with water before the pumps could be brought into use. ‘The secretary of the navy was banished for being a traitor and the minister of police | Was dismissed in disgrace for not knowing that there was a traitor in the president's cabinet. CAPT. COOPER'S MURDERERS. The Date of Their Execution Fixed by Governor Brown. BALTIMORE, Oct. %7.—Gov. Brown has signed the death warrant of the colored men, Arthur Courtney and Henry Taylor, ‘xing the date of their execution December 15, 1898, for the murder of Capt. J. Frank Cooper: : The crime for which these men will be hanged was particwjarly atrocious. The murderers are ycung men from Carter's creek, Va., where Capt. Cooper made his home, and whence he sailed with them in his schooner. The vessel was lying at Deals Island, Somerset county, Md., June 16, when the captain was attacked by the men’ after he had retired for the night, and beaten to death for the money which he was sup- posed to have in his wallet. After com- mitting the crime, the murderers escaped, but were tracked to Virginia, where they were arrested and brought back to Mary- jand in the face of a mob which had col- lected to rescue them from the custody of the olliecrs of the law. ‘The prisoners con- fessed 1 gave all the horrid details of the murder. On the 13th of October they were convicted of murder in the first de- gree and October 17, sentenced to death. ee eee Asked to Resign. Secretary Carlisle has requested the res- ignation of Ross Griffin, surveyor of cus- M Postmasters Appointed. The total fumber of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was seventy. The Virginia appointments were as follows: Cleaveland, H. C. Smith, vice R. B. Mu- sick, removed; Lynhams, E. D. Rock, vice J. H. Dise, removed; Snowville, C. E. El- more, vice W. J. Showalter, removed. The Maryland appointments were as follows: Bertha, J. 8. Dorsey, vice Mrs. F. R. Will- fams, resigned; Gwinn, W. J. Ervin, vice isaac Ervin, dead; Rutland, Wm. Gaither, vice Samuel Anderson, dead; Seat Pleasant, J. W. Kaldenbock, vice W. A. Lusby, re- signed. ” SHE SHOT TO KILL. —_—_+ Murder Followed By Attempted Suicide at Omaha MRS. ELLA RUDIGER'S DESPERATE ACT. The Tragic Climax of a Scandal in High Life. STORY OF CRIME AND SHAME. OMAHA, Neb., Oct. 27.—The climax of a scandal in high life was reached last night when Mrs. Ella Rudiger, a prominent and handsome society leader, walked up to Hen- ry J. Reiser on a busy thoroughfare of South Omaha, fired a bullet through his brain and followed the murder with an ef- fort at self-destruction. The victim of the tragedy was a well known young unmarried man and a mem- ber of a number of popular Omaha s80- cieties. He was connected with the man- agement of John Cudahy’s packing inter- ests ‘in Omaha. Mrs. Ella Rudiger is the wife of a well- known Omaha resident, who is also con- nected with the Cudahy interests in this city. It was 8 o'clock when three shots from a heavy caliber revolver startled the hun- dreds of people passing the corner of 24th and J streets. Immediately following the reports the bodies of a man and woman handsomely dressed fell to the pavement. She was within a foot of her victim. The first shot, she claims, was fired to cause the young man to turn around, but he did not turn. She then sent a bullet into his body. The excited woman gazed at her awful work and then placed the re- volver at her head and pulled the trisser. |The bal! grazed her hair and dazed her. | The woman talked freely of t she had nd continually asked: “Is he dead es, I shot to kill,” said Mrs. Rudiger. | “It was for my husband to do, but he would not, and so I did it myself. The wretch has given me enough cause and I hope I | have accomplished what I undertook.” |. The woman went of to relate some of her experience with her victim. “I have known Mr. Keiser for about two years, but intimately for only about on: year,” she said. “I loved the man at first, and do net deny it.. My conduct has worked on my mind until I concluded to make a clean breast of it to my husband. I did so. I | then wanted Mr. Reiser to admit our rela- | tions to my husband, in order that he | might get a divorce. This Mr. Reiser re- | fused to do. He denied everything to my husband. Reiser used to talk to me about | running away with him, but of late he had | not. I watched for him when he passed up the street this evening. We met on 24th street and talked for about thirty minutes. I urged him to go to my husband and make 4 confession, but he refused point blank to lo 80. “He wanted me to do an act that was so low, so vile and indecent that it almost makes my blood boil to think of it. As we were about to separate | he again refused to make a confes-- sion to my husband. I drew my 1, which I had in my pocket, and fired gme shot in the air, in the hope of making stop. When he did not stop or turn aroun: T fired to strike him. When fell, T placed the weapon at my own head with | the intention of ending my life, and pulled the trigger. I am sorry I did not suceeed— No I am not, either. I am too good a wo- man to die for such a fiend as he was.” The woman wrote a long letter a few hours before the tragedy, in which she ex- plained that her seducer’s influence was the result of mesmeric power. He had thus introduced their fllicit relations, and rhe could only break the spell by killing him, which she preferred. She is now in jail, but declares that she will yet kill herself. PHIL KING ALL RIGHT. The Famous Foot Ball Player Denies the Story of His ens. A telegram from Phil King, the famous quarter back of the Princeton foot ball team, to his relatives in this city states that the published reports that he had been taken ill were without foundation, pond on the contrary, he is in perfect ealth. —_—_____ The Dedication Postponed. The dedication of Gunton Temple Memo- rial Church, which was arranged to take place on Sunday, has been postponed until Sunday, the Sth of November, at 3 p. m. The postponement is on account of the de- lay in completing the upholstering work in the interior. The program arranged for belay Sunday will be carried out Novem- r 5, ee, THE AUSTRIAN PREMIER’S PLAN, Ministers to Be Changed and the Suf- frage Bill Revised. The adjournment of the Austrian reichs- rath is believed to be imminent. Count Taafe's plan now is to reconstruct the cabi- net in such a manner as to conciliate the opposition, although it is much doubted that he will be able to heal the breach between himself and the united German left under Ernst von Plener. Three ministers are reported to be on the verge of dismissal. Taafe wish2s to throw overboard Dr. Steinbach, finance minister, as the original advocate in the cabinet of the suffrage bill; Baron von Frankenthurn, minister of public instruction, because he defeated the bill, and Baron Zaleski, min- ister without portfolio, because he failed to forewarn the government of the position which his Polish compatriots would mani- fest against the measure. After unloading these men Taafe is expected to revise the suffrage bill and introduce it in a form ac- ceptable to a majority of the deputies. —__+e--____. Interseminary Mission Alliance. The fourteenth annual convention of the American Interseminary Mission Alliance began in the rooms of Yale Theological Schcol at New Haven yesterday afternoon. Over 150 are on hand and about fifty more are expected. They represent sixty Ameri- can theological schools, colleges and uni- versities, situated in all parts of the coun- try. The exercises yesterday consisted of the report of the executive committee, and an address on “The Missionary Outlook,” by Rev. S. L. Baldwin, D. D., secretary of the board of missions of the Methodist Episcopal Church; reports from semina- ries, and a reception of welcome. Yesterday evening Rev. George B. Stevens, D. D.,Yale Divinity School, and Rev. T. T. Munger, D. D., spoke, and an address was delivered by the Right Rev. A. M. Randolph, bishcp of southern Virginia. The convention will continue until Monday. cee Late News From Rio. The British admiralty denies the report that Capt. Lang of the Brftish cruiser Sir- ius, now at Rio Janeiro, lent an engineer and fireman to Admiral Mello. The Brazilian minister at London received a dispatch declaring crepe port of a battle between insurgents and government troops on the Ibicuhy river, Rio Grande do Sul, is entirely false. The dispatch adds that the government at Rio Janeiro is strong and well supported throughou. the country, and that the cause of the insurgents ts losing ground daily. Rio Jane 2o is said to be tranquil, business being transacted as usual. The reports that the government has in- stigated an attempt to assassinate Admiral Mello are denied at the Brazilian legation. ALASKA IS PROSPERING: The Governor Tells of the Advances of the Territory. Raising Reindeer for Food and Trans- portation—The Bering Sea Deci- sion Popular—The Natives. James Sheakley, governor of Alaska, has submitted his annual report to the Secre- tary of the Interior. The governor states that because of his brief period of control in the territory he must be limited to gen- eralities in his report. There has not been sufficient time to collect accurate statistics of the diversified industries and products of the country. The civil officers who were intrusted with the administration both of the civil and criminal law have been vigi- lant and faithful in the discharge of their duties, and the people are in the enjoyment of peace and prosperity. Mining, fishing and the taking of furs are the leading in- dustries that furnish employment for a large majority of the people, both white and native. There has been greatly increaséd activity in the gold mining indusiry during the past year. The well-established mines have con- tinued to yield their usual amount, and some of them have largely increased their production, Many new claims have been located and new mines opened with grat- ifying results. The large amount of fish taken from Alaskan waters during the past few years has created some apprehension in regard to the supply. The government has already taken efficient measures to prevent the further wasteful destruction of this valuable species of food, and no effort in this directicn shall be relaxed. The rains during the present season have so | swollen the streams that the usual catch could not be taken, and the pack will not | be up to the average. Bering Sea Decisi 4 The decision of the Bering sea court of arbitration, made public at Parison August | 15, has given great satisfaction to the peo- | ple of Alaska, for the reason that it is a | triumph of civilization to have a great in- | ternational dispute settled by arbitration, | and also because it will afford protection to seal life and put to an end in a large measure the wanton destruction of that animal. The occupation of the poacher is \gone if the new regulations are enforced |in regard to the close of the season and the prohibition of the use of firearms and ex- | piosives in fur sealing. But 7,500 seal skins | were taken by the North American Com- mercial Company, lessees of the islands of St. Paul and St. George, during the season of 18%. So far as can be ascertained, the company has complied with the conditions of their contract, and have dealt justly and fairly with the natives. The militia organ- ization of Alaska is in a state of disinte- gration. The migratory habits of the peo- ple will prevent such an organization from becoming permanent. Militia soldiers in Alaska could only be used as home guards or for police duty in the immediate vicinity of their organization. To be any service to the territory at large each organized com- pany would be under the necessity of hav- ing and maintaining steamboat transpor- tation, there being no roads or land travel possible in the country. The civil govern- | ment of the territory can rely on the United navy, which has always rendered and effective service. Smugeling Troubles. | treated, but the coming of the gunboat has had some influence with the more uncivil- ized portion of them. The law prohibiting the Introduction, manufacture or sale of intoxicating lquors in the territory, in its | Present construction, is a source of irrita- | tion and discontent among all classes in the | territory. It gives rise to a large trafic in smuggling, mostly from British Colum- bia, which our custom officers can neither prevent nor suppress. The employment of Indian police by the government has a ten- dency to establish confidential relations between the two races. The native police- men take great pride in the performance of their duty, and have proved themselves honest and prompt. Their influence has also | been exerted for good in having Indian ¢all- | dren attend the government schools. Four- teen government and as many contract Schools were in successful operation during the year. Eleven denominations have es- tablished mission schools in the territory. ‘The amount of the appropriation of $30,060 for education is entirely inadequate. A new — house is badly needed at Juneau ty. | \ | | Raising Reindeer. Dr. Sheddon Jackson, who was the first Protestant missionary in Alaska, and by whose good management the government and mission schools were established, is now engaged in the laudable work of importing domesticated reindeer into Western Alaska from the tame herds in Siberia. Each year Dr. Jackson, with Capt. Healy of the Bear, |has made ‘annual trips to Siberia and brought back reindeer for distribution at points along the Alaskan coast. It is claim- ed that the introduction of this animal into the territory will errest the present starva- tion and restock that vast country with a permaner. food supply, and that by covet ing these great plains with herds of Somesti- cated reindeer it will be possible to support in comparative comfort a large population. be used a8 a means of transportation. For mor a hundred years after the dis- cover¥ of that country suppérted a great population and was swarming with sea otter and other fur-bearing animals, and was a mine of century, and of great commercial import- ance to all the civilized nations of the “he publle buildings e pul yu at Wrangell have been repaii fair order. The Old log building erected many years ago by the Russian: and known as “the Castle, which clings many a legend, been trans- formed into a handsome two-story building, and will be occupied by the United States istrict court, the United States commis- sioner’s court and other officials. The other old Russian ruins at Sitka are beyond re- pair, and it would be cheaper to build new structures than to attempt their reconstruc- tion. Since the establishment of civil rule the population has increased, towns have been built, mines have been opened, com- merce has developed, industries have grown in a gratifying way. The territory has out- grown its swaddling clothes, and the organic act is no longer sufficient for the adminis- — of justice and the enforcement of we Sitka and —__—__-. The Model Battle Ship Mlinois. Senator Cullom today introduced a joint resolution transferring the exhibit of the Navy Department, known as the model battleship Iilinols, at the world’s fair to the state of Illinois, to be used as a naval armory for the naval militia of that state on the termination of the exposition. A similar resolution was introduced by him last February. The articles contained in the model ship, loaned by the Navy De- partment and its bureaus, are not to be included in the transfer. Supervising Inspector General Dumont has issued a circular stating that at the ext regular annual meeting of the board of supervising inspectors, which will be held in Washington, D. C., Wednesday, January 17, 18%, the board will, by direc- tion of the Secretary of the Treasury, con- sider and act on suggestions for new rules to regulate the lights of barges and canal boats when in tow of steam vessels. —_——_—_+-e+____ Tke Johnson, @ negro boy, has been ar rested for assaulting a five-year-old daugh- s jum ent lynching. “ ‘~The natives are not hard to control, and | can be easily led into better ways if kindly | Then, it {8 also claimed, that reindeer may | Alaska by Vitus Bering, in 1742, | wealth to the Russians for more than a! red and put in | he ferry _ boats, | An index to advertine- SENATOR STEWART. He Again Occupies the Time of the Senate WITH A CHARACTERISTIC SPEECH. A Lively Colloquy With Senator Carey Takes Place. THE PRESIDENT ATTACKED. Promptly at 11 this morning the Vice President tapped his desk with the gavel and announced that the Senate resumed its session. (Referring to that which began on Tuesday, the 17th, and has continued ever since), He then, without an instant’s pause, announced that he laid before the Senate the “unfinished business,” being House bill No. 1. (The silver purchase re- peal bill). At this time there were but few democratic Senators present, although many of the most distinguished on the re- publican side were in their seats—including Mr. Sherman (Ohio), who was one of the first to enter the hall this morning, and Mr. Morrill (Vt), who made his appearanze for the tirst time since he left the city on leave of absence about two months ago. A Joint resolution was offered by Mr. Cullom dlls.) and was referred, to transfer the model battleship “Illinois” to the state of illinois as an armory for the use of the naval militia of that state at the close of the Columbian exposition. The absence of a quorum having been Suggested, the roll was called, and forty. four Senators answered. For a School of Mines. Senate bill to aid the states of California, Oregon, Washington, Montana, idaho, Ne- vada, Wyoming, Colorado and South Da- kota to support schools of mines (allowing to each of them 2% per cent of the pré- ceeds of the sale of mineral lands within those states, but not to exceed $12,000 per year), was reported by Mr. Dubois (idaho) from the committee on public lands, and was, on his motion, cousidered. It was explained and advocated by Mr. Teller (Coi.), Mr. Dubois, Mr. Pettigrew (8.D.), . McPherson (N. Higgins (Del). After some discussion an ment was offered by Mr. Washbura finn.) and agreed to, adding the state of Minne- Sota to the other states, and as so amended . was passed. Mr. ‘Stewart Again Takes the Floor. The debate on the silver purchase repeal bill was then, at 11:40, and Mr. Stewart (Nev.) began again his talk upon imetallism. “are were, he said, various kinds of Jeera amen Bwyd _ some Senators who boast under no circumstances could they be seduced into a surrender of their high standard of bimetallic views. These Senators, when they met the chief executive—that all-powerful and virile hero of monometallism, who wielded not only legislative, but executive authorit boldly informed him that no argument of his could induce them to surrender one iota of their stern bimetallic virtue. They had got up compromise amendments, which were a kind of legislative cuttle fish. were two or three such amendments. He that the Senator from West Vir- i | vented. The Senator from — (Mr. Squire) has also invented one. | legislative cuttle fish would be very useful to Senators in the next campaign. | “Phe cuttle fish had a way of hiding him- self from attack by the emission of a | black fluid which colored the water. The | Senators who had got up these legislative leuttle fish would use them yin the next campaign. They would so muddy the water as to blind the eyes of their con- stituents. Tricks of that kind, which one | might suppose to be vain, succeeded some- times. An Amusing Colloquy. After some more talk of this kind an amusing colloquy sprang up between Mr. Stewart, on the one side, and Mr. Carey | Wyo.) and Mr. Dolph (Oreg.) on the other. |For some time questions and answers came \Tapidly, but the senatorial antagonists could not succeed in understanding each other. Mr. Carey characterized Mr. Stew- art as a monometallist and Mr. Stewart | told him that he was mistaken and did not know what bimetallism meant. His creed jon that point was laid down by Mr. Carey | jand was to the effect that if th¢- ry went to the free coinage of silver 4 | gold were thus driven out of use the silver | would become the exclusive y and em | the country would be, for all _ poses, on a single silver standard. t | exposition of Mr. Carey’s belief showed Mr. | Stewart “how little the Senator from ; Wyoming had thought upon the subject. (Laughter.) Bimetallism, he added, was |heving the mints open to both metals. |“At what ratio?” Mr. Carey asked. | “At the ratio of 16 to 1,” Mr. Stewart | plied, and he added, “You say that consequence will be that gold will be driven out of the country. I say that gold will not go out until we have got silver coin enough to take its place and that will take |so many years that gold will probably be cheap before that time.” Mr. Dolph Gets Into It. At this stage of the controversy Dolph managed to get into it and \a point against Mr. Stewart for not insist- | ing on the old ratio of 15 to 1. After talk- ing some time with numerous vain attempts on the part of Mr. Stewart to stop him the latter finally said: “Will you give me a moment now?” Mr. Dolph yielded, with a parting shaft aimed at the Nevada Sena- tor, “who had,” he admitted, “a right to heard on the subject.” Then the con: troversy was transferred once more to Mr. Carey. After some mutual thrusts at each other, which furnished much amusement to the crowd in the galleries, Mr. Stewart re- sponded to some question of Mr. Carey's. How many times must I tell you. (Laugh- ter.) I decline to be interrupted further. Mr. Carey _witharew from toe content with the stinging remark that “1 tor from Nevada would talk less, and would | try to understand more, the Senate get along better.” Mr. Stewart's retort | was: “I think that you have talked to the full extent of your information.” (Laugh- re- 3 bs H r 4 i further interruption. President as the man whose law came from Wall street, and who had been guill gross act of nullification in the matter the silver purchase law; and said was the last time the people of the Unt States would trust a Wall street lawyer the executive chair. “The Music of Golden Avarice.” of silver as a money metal, but who were, now obeying the behests of the President and “marching to the music of golden | avarice.” Some extraordinary power, he said, must have been exercised to swerve them from what they had once cons to be the path of duty. He a postponement of “this criminal act” until those Senators had gone back to their peo- ple and had their warrants renewed. voice of a press in the interest of a gold ring was not iticient. The command of a President with an office in Wall street was not sufficient. He ventured the pre- diction that if the Voorhees bill (with the promise of bimetailism in it) went to the President it would never receive his signa- ture. That promise would be taken out in the House of Representatives or in the con- ference commitice or in some other way. Failing that, the President would never sign the bill. He would let it become a iaw without his signature. The President war not going to give any such promise. Mr. Jones Resumes. Mr. Stewart, at 1:30, yielded to bis eol- (Continued on second page) | i