Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR gy PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILD 12101 Pennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, , 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’ — ‘Tux Evewrxa STAR is served to subscribers im the city by carriers, om their own account, at 10 ceats week, or 44c. per month. Copiem ‘at the coun- jer 2 cents ack. by mall—anyeliere in the U States or Postuge prepaid—Sy cents per month. SaTURDay QUINTUPLE bag ge $1.00 per year: with foreign post 3.00. (Batered Office at Washington, D.C., ‘85 second-class matl matter.) EF All mail subscriptions must be paid tp ad | vance. stew of advectiaing made enon on application Che £vening Star. WASHINGTO D. THURSDAY OVEMBER 9, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Am index to advertise- ments will be found on Page 3. HE IS DISGRUNTLED. Editor Ross on Mr. Cleveland’s Treatment of Colored Men. HE WANTED TO BE A CONSUL, The President Will Reappoint Both Taylor and Astwood, DESPITE THESENATE’S ACTION Mr. James A. Ross, editor of the Free- man, a colored man, who has been in this eity for several months, awaiting substan- tial recognition in the shape of a consulate for campaign services to the democrats in 1892, has gone home at last, very much dis- gruntied at the treatment of the “colored man and brother” at the hands of the ad- ministration. He says his race has been discriminated against in the interest of “dudes like Van Alen and Roosevelt,” and instances the case of Mr. Smythe, a white | man and the editor of a Virginia newspaper, appointed minister to Haiti, and the case of Mr. Mead of Connecticut, appointed consul | to San Domingo, places held heretofore by colored men. He intimates that the nomi- mation of a colored man as minister to Bo- livia and of another one as consul to Calais Was not in good faith. Mr. Astwood's Opinion. This opinion is shared by Mr. Astwood, the colored man who was rejected by the Senate for consul at Calais. He believes, so it is said, that he would have been con- firmed if he had been nominated to an office heretofore filled by a colored man. A well-known colored democrat expresses his views on the subject as follows: “Two colored men were nominated for | offices for which it was pretty well known | they would not be confirmed. In this way | the administration gets the credit of recog- nizing colored men, while we fail to get! the offices. The only colored man who has | succeeded in this way is the one who was | appointed consul at Santos, Brazil. He was trom Alabama and his influence came from Mr. Herbert, Secretary of the Navy. The various departments have discharged hun- dreds of colored men holding office. I shall go home and will never help the democratic Both Will Be Reappointed. It ts said on good authority that the Pres- ident proposes to insist on the appointment of Mr. Taylor as minister to Bolivia and of Mr. Astwood as consul at Calais, regard- less of the fact that the Senate did not confirm the nomination of the former and rejected that of Mr. Astwood. It is said that they will both be commissioned during the recess of Congress to serve until the end of the next session. Such action, es- pecially in the case of Mr. Astwood, will undoubtedly excite considerable comment. ‘There are a number of precedents for it, however, the most notable, probably, being the action of President Cleveland during his first administration in the appointment of Mr. J. C. Matthews, a colored democrat of New York, as recorder of deeds for the Dis- trict, after his nomination to that oflice had been rejected by the Senate. Mr. Matthews was nominated March 4, 1886, and his nom- ination was rejected July 31, 1886. He held office during the recess of Congress and was agin nominated December 21, 1886, and again rejected January 26, 1887, after which, viz., February 28, 1887, Mr. James M. Trotter of Massachusetts was nominated as record- er. He was confirmed. The President undoubtedly has the right to make such appointments during the re- cess of Congress, but the exercise of this right_in the case of persons repudiated by the Senate is only resorted to in extreme cases and then only as a matter of prin-| ciple. ———---—___ Tobacco Manufacturers’ Convention. The convention of manufacturers of to- baceo which was in session at the Ebbitt House yesterday adjourned last night, after i adopting a resolution protesting against the increase of the tax on manufactured to-| bacco. A resolution was also adopted ex- pressing it to be the sense of the conven- tion that the revenues of the government would be largely increased by repealing the law of 13%, permitting the sale of leaf to- bacco direct to the consumer without pay- ment of tax. The resolutions as adopted were trans- mitted to Chairman Wilson of the ways and means committee. —————o+___ Post Office Reports. J. Lowrie Bell, second assistant post- master general, submitted his annual re- port yesterday afternoon, to the Postmaster | General. The total amount spent for mail| transportation during the last fiscal year | was $43,597,997. Of this amount $5,758,513 | was for star route service and $25,716,605 was for railroad routes. The number of star routes is 18,656, and the number of rail routes 2520. During the year there were | 46 accidents to postal office cars. Ten pos- | tal clerks were killed, 66 were badly and 115 slightly injured. The report of First Assistant Postmaster General Jones will be transmitted to Post- master General Bissell this evening. Se ‘Trouble. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Browning this morning received a telegram from | Capt. Bubb, agent of the Colville, Wash., agency, stating that no trouble need be an- ticipated between the whites and Indians over the Harrison, Idaho, township matter. Capt. Bubb says that the Indians are ask- ing exorbitant prices for town site lands. ——_+e+__ terior Department Changes. The following official changes were an- mounced at the Department of the Interior today: Promotions—William H. DeLacy, District of Columbia, clerk, chief clerk's office, $1,600 to $1,800; Charies H. Moore, Florida, clerk, $1,400 to $1,600; Hugh L. Tay- lor, _clerk, Tennessee, $1,200 to $1,400: May M. Dashiel, Maryland, copyist, $900, to clerk, ‘$1,200. Pension office: Appointments—Frank J. Darling, Michigan, and John G. Townsend, Ulinois, special examiners, $1,300. ————-+o + Quick Examinations. It ts said at the patent office that here- after examinations for promotions in the examining corps will be held at short notice. Whe practice of the department has varied. Sometimes examiners were allowed a week or more to school themselves and «et | pee and loaded. This time they will given about one day. This notice is| understood to mean that an examination $s soon to be held and nearly ail the as- wistamt examiners today wear a studious alr. ———-_-e-______ Has Been Promoted. Mr. William H. DeLacy of the chief @lerk’s office, Interior Department, was to- @ay promoted from 31.600 to $1.800. He held | — @ reception. Congratulations reigned. ir. was appointed from the Dis- trict of Columbia on October 25, 1882, and to the position from which he was promoted on September 24, 1890. —— Naval Orders. BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. | pees Col. Wilson Reports the Operations During the Month of October. Repairs on Ford's Theater Building— Severer Punishment for Detacing the Mon ment Suggested. Col. John M. Wilson, corps of engineers, has made a report to the War Department of operations on public buildings and grounds in this city during the month of Cetober, from which it appears that they have received their usual care and atten- tion and are in good condition to stand the rigors of wintry weather. The Executive Mansion has been put in order for the winter, carpets laid, curtains hung, furniture uncovered, &c. The reno- vation and improvement of the red parlor has been completed. New carpets have been purchased for one parlor and two bed rooms. The gas and electric fixtures have been made ready for winter occasions of ceremony and some additions have been made to the china used on state occasions. Washington Monument. The Washington monument and its ma- chinery have been maintained in good or- der. There were a few acts of vandalism. One man was arrested for breaking a piece from one of the tablets in the wall. He Was released on $10 collateral and forfeited it. It would be advantageous, says Col. Wilson, if severe punishment could be in- flicted in a few cases of this character. The elevator and machinery were in good Working order at the end of the month, There were 14,879 visitors to the top of the monument during the month, of which number 5,282 walked up, making a total of 856,673 persons who have visited the top of the monument since it was opened Oc- tober 9, 1888. In a chapter in regard to buildings used by the War Department Col. Wilson says: “At the West End National Bank the floors of the rooms occupied by the office of the chief signal officer have been strengthened with iron beams and girders, thereby relieving them of any probable danger from the loads that will be placed upon them. At present the second floor has a maximum strength of 80 Ibs. to the Square foot and the third floor 4 Ibs. to the square foot, with a factor of safety of three, the weight of the floors in each case being about 20 Ibs. to the square foot. Ford's Theater Building. “Work has progressed very satisfactorily upon this building; all the brick underpin- ning thus far authcrized has been com- pleted; all the iron girders and beams are in position; all cracked and dangerous walls have been repaired and all the brick floor arches on the second floor have been com- pleted. The side walls for the large arch over the new portion of the cellar have been completed, but the arch could not be turned until the large new boiler which was received October 31 was placed in posi- tion. Arrangements have been made for Georgia pine flooring and plastering and proposals have been invited for the tile flooring in the third story. Unless new ard additional work ts ordered it is believed that fie repairs of the building will be com. pleted by December 20 next, if not sooner.” Parks and Reservations, In all the public parks and reservations the lawns have been mown, roads, side- walks and gutters swept daily, drain traps cleaned, water drawn off from fountains, aquatic plants and fish removed and basins of fountains cleaned. The violent storm of October 12 twisted off about three feet from the ground one of the largest, oldest and handsomest cedar trees in the White House grounds and seriously damaged and dis- figured a number of silver maples. After the storm ten loads of wood and brush and about fifty loads of dead leaves and rub- bish were carted away from the President's grounds alone. The wind storms of the sea- son of 18% have done more damage to the trees in the parks than has been exper- jenced for a great many years. The damage done to the telegraph lines connecting the Capitol with the various de- partments by the severe gale of October 13 was promptly repaired. “The usual diffi- culties occurred during rain storms on oc- count of the wires passing through the trees,” says Col. Wilson, “and this wiil con- tinue until the wires are either buried or strung on high poles above the tree tops.” ae CREWS FOR BRAZIL’S NAVY. Their E terest in This City. The enlistment of the crews for the Bra- zilian war fleet fitting out in New York is watched with considerable interest here, m military as well as in diplomatic circles. A Howell torpedo tube has been mounted on the steamer El Cid, and another on the terpedo boat Javelin. Sixty-three men have El Cid. Forty-seven of these have recently served as gun captains in the United States navy, and are known as experienced men. The selection of a crew for the cruiser Britannia is also in progress. A strong preference is shown for men with exper- jence with naval armament. The men for the El Cid and the Britannia are shipped for one year, and the gun captains will re- ceive $0 a month. The Enlistment Plan Leg: The shippers have obtained a legal opin- fon that the present plan of enlistment is permissible by law. An opinion was also obtained showing precedents for the privi- lege of officers of the United States tak- ing duty temporarily under a foreign flag. Lieut. Lemly of the first United States ar- tillery is at present serving as an offi the Colombian army. Lieut, Douglas Cassell, while on active service, was made chief of staff of the Japanese army in a campaign in Formosa. Rear Ad- miral Shufeldt was employed as confidential war adviser to Li Hung Chang, viceroy of China. Capt. D. Pratt Manex was employ- ed for three years as chief of the torpedo department of the Chinese navy. During the civil war in the United States French officers served on the staff of Union gen- erals. Mexican officers have been repeated- ly engaged by the Khedive of Egypt, their engagements having been openly made in the United Siates. A British naval officer is now captain of a Mexican cruiser. Capt. Lang of the British ship Sirius, now before Rio de Janeiro, was recentiy admiral of the Chinese nav ——-+e-0-__ — - CHINESE REGISTRATION. New and Explicit Regulations Being Made by the Internal Revenue Bureau Commissioner Miller of the internal reve nue bureau is amending Treasury Depart- ment regulations for the registration of }Chinamen in accordance with recent act of Congress extending the time of reg- | istration for six months. The department has an unexpended balance of about $20,000, vhich can be utilized in putting the new lation into operation. ent for a month The census of 1 This will be sug- | | origh: | leavini Unite: | place Mille regula < Lieut. J. H. Sears and Lieut. W. T. Chambers have been detached from the | P! Photograph naval war college and granted three | Pa age < months’ leave. Lieut. Sears is civen per- | tood in ee m to leave the United States. r iil reg * and th m8 > shaaace ay fate months all Chinamen not able Cadets Appointed to e @ certificate will be summarily Cadets hav been appointed to the Mill- = - +o- — tary Academy as follows: Hec tor A. Re The British ship Da € the port chon ©f Brooklyn, N. ; Frederick s of Wil aston M a i with oti for of Madden, Mass., and Arthur E. | Dove ad cargo consisis of Hoxie (alternate) ‘of Everett, Mass. | more ‘th 00,000 gallons. istment Watched With In- | already been secured in New York for the | THE TARIFF BILL. | That Being Prepared by Mr. Wilson May Cause Trouble. SOME OBJECT 10 RADICAL CHANGES |And Oppose a Great Enlargement of the Free List. MUCH FRICTION POSSIBLE. It is slowly leaking out that there are some pretty wide differences between demo- crats of the ways and means committee on the subject of the revision of the tari‘. The subcommittee which is at work on the gereral details of the bill is composcd of less than half the democrats and there are several democrats of the committee who do not appear to be taking any special in- terest in this preliminary part of the work. it is intimated, however, that the bill which is being prepared and licked into shape for the consideration of the full committee is going to meet with considerable opposition from democratic members and there is an appreiension spreading that there may be considerable trouble before the bill is re- Ported to the House as well as afterwards. Quite a Radical Bill. The bill which Mr. Wilson is preparing is quite radical, following pretty close on the lines of the declarations of the demo- cratic platform, There are, however, mem- bers of the committee who will not be will- ing to go as far, and the opinion is very freely expressed among democrats of the House who know something of the situa- tion that the bill which is finally reported from the committee will be very mild and conservative, Mr. Wilson's bill being modi- fied in a good many points. Trouble Over the Free List. The chief trouble seems to be with the free list, as there are some members of the committee utterly opposed to a great enlargement of that list. The fear is ex- pressed by some democrats who are them- selves very earnest tariff reformers that there will be difficulty in getting through the House and Senate a bill such the committee will report. In order to get any sort of consistent revision of the tariff the bill must be completed before it is reported to the House and put through under the party whip practically without change. A Party Caucus Desirable. Experience has demonstrated that this can be done only by a party caucus of the measure beforehand, and a party caucus has been rendered impossible if the bill is to be reported under the terms of the reso- lution passed by the House before adjourn- ment. When the Mills bill was being prepared it Was submitted to the democratic caucus time after time in its rude form, and prac- tically the whole party in the House had a hand in its construction. Otherwise it could not have been passed. If the Wilson bill is reported early enough for the House to wet to work on it immediately on the reassem- bling of Congress, as the exigency of the case seems to require,there will be no oppor- tunity for caucuses, and this may be disas- trous to the measure and extremely detri- mental to the party. May Be Trouble in Both Houses. The adjournmentof Congress has rendered it very easy for the committee to go ahead with its workg without interruption, but has deprived them of the party advice and con- currence, which experience has shown to be necessary in tariff revision. The pros- pects, therefore, are that there may be a great deal of friction in the House before the thing is settled, and the Senate may kick over the traces and give considerable trouble, oe ANNIE PIXLEY DEAD. She Made Her Reputation as tress as “M’liss. LONDON, Nov. 9.—Miss Annie Pixley, the well-known American actress, died in this | city last night. Miss Pixley died at the res- |idence of her brother-in-law, Mr. Kawin Fulford, No, 188 Pentonville road. Her hus- | band was present at the time of her death. Her death was caused by brain fever. Ac- Annie Pixley was born in New York in | 1855. When about two years of age she was |taken to California and was ¢ | several years in a convent. While |a child she appeared with her several mining camps and made a great hit by her impromptu songs and dances. Miss | Pixley secured a dramatization of Bret |Harte’s “Luck of Roaring Camp.” She christened it “‘M’liss” and came east with it in 1878. It scored an instant success and Miss Pixley toured the country with it for ten years. —— WEEKS GOES TO SING SING. Panishment Begins of the Attorney Who Betrayed His Trust. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Francis H. Weeks, whom the world knew for years es the trusted attorney, clubman and man of |honor, was taken to Sing Sing prison to- | day, a confessed felon, to begin a ten years’ | sentence for his crimes. He may secure his liberty at the end of 61-2 years | Probably the only admirable thing about Weeks is his iron nerve. Never once has he faltered, not even when | pronounced the dread sentence. | There was no time lost in taking | to serve his time. Sentenced yesterd: was immediately taken from tl Ww Tomb charge of Deputy Sheriffs Brown and | Burke. | it was just when Weeks, between the | two big deputies, emerged from the prison. The prisoner looked younger with his beard off. but there were signs of su Jeven his indomitable will cou not hide. | He carried a package wrapped in brown | | Paper under his arm. | Weeks shook yands with the keever at | the Tombs as he was leaving, but not a | word was spoken. Not a soul was there to bid him good-bye | ; or add a word of cheer to be remembered | during the long years to come. | He stood by the door while Deputy Sher- | iff Brown ran to the corner. | A 4th avenue car was approaching. | Brown hatled it, and the prisoner and Dep: |uties Burke and Brown entered. The for- mer took Weeks to Sing Sing. — HUNTERS SNOW-BOUND. Gen. Carlin’s Son and Friends in Great Perit. SPOKANE, in, son of Brig. Gen. W. P. ir ig the department of Columbia, with his brother-in-law, John Harvey Pierce, and A. H. Himmeiwright of New York and three other men, comprising a hunting party, snowed in at th river ia th toot grave fears are ined for There is now fully six feet of region. Gen. Carlin has requested Col. Burt, com- manding at Fort Missoula, to 1 out a rellef party. The rescuers 4 cavalrymen, \and will_g0 as far as possible on their horses. They will then pr on snow shoes. - _— Fire at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 9.—About 1 o'clock this morning fire burned the Colum- bia Sash and Door Manufacturing Com- pany’s plant. The loss is estimated at $25,- 000, The Sampson House at Excelsior was also ‘destroyed by fire last night. the recorder | ring that | vi |THE NEW CITY POST OFFICE. The Proposal to Turn Its Construction Over to the Chief of Engineers, Senator Cockrell Expresses Approval of Chairman Sayers’ Plan—Action May Be Taken by Congress Soon. The proposition of Representative Sayers, chairman of the House appropriation com- | mittee, to have Gen. Casey, the chief of city post office building has attracted the attention of many of the Congressmen now in town. It looks as though the plan will be seriously considered when Congress meets again, and some definite movement toward the change may be looked for in about a month or six weeks, Senator Cockrell, chairman of the appro- | Priations committee of the Senate, stopped jin front of the open gap in the fence around the lot today, and looked through at the workmen slowly arranging the iron beams in various places about the site. The light may have hurt his eyes, or he may have been displeased at the prospect of the quietude that met his gaze, but, at all events, his brow was furrowed as he turned away. A Star reporter who was near asked him what he thought of Chair- man Sayers’ plan. “What is it?” asked the Senator. porter explained. “That's a good idea," Mr. Cockrell con- tinued. “If there is a man on earth who can make a grand building there it is Gen. ey. He has done enough to demon- strate that. Any one who doubts his abil- ity in that line ought to go up and look at the State Department and then take in the new library building. Both of them are monuments—and the Washington monu- ment, too, that is another fine piece of work. Oh, he's just the man. He can do it cheaper and better than any other man I know. It’s a good scheme to have him finish the work.” “How could it be brought about?” was asked. “Oh, it might be ‘ked on to the end of an_ appropriation _ bill, was the reply. “That's an easy matter.” Favored by Both Chairmen. So the chairmen of the two committees that have to do with this entire matter are in favor of the plan. It is said that Gen. Casey is popular with folks in Congress be- cause he has a habit of keeping within ap- propriations and of making close estimates that he does not exceed. This has secured for him the esteem of those members and Senators, especially, who have to do with the doling out of funds for buildings. They are pleased, too, with the character of the work that has been done on the library building, which comes very near to their attenticn. There ts another factor that enters into the case that {1s interesting. There is a disposition on the part of some Congress- men to keep all matters conntcted with the erection of public buildings out of politics. The rumor has gone abroad of Jate that there has been a good deal of politics connected with the management of affairs on the post office construction, and certain patronage has bgen distributed that has displeased more than it has plea: The new supervising architect of the tre: ury, it is said, has almost nothing to,do with the selection of superintendents and foremen on the public buildings, and has gradually been relegated to a minor posl- tion In the department. All appointments and removals are originated and con: summated in the office of the Secretary, and the architect learns of them, it is said, only when he gets the documents in the usval course of the mail. A Confilet of Authority, There ts a story that Mr, O'Rourke en- tered the office with the determination to “run it to suit himself’ on the ground that he is to be held responsible for the Success of the work of the bureau. So afterward there came a clash between him and the assistant secretary who has his bureau under supervision, and for a time things were in a delicate balance. The result merely is that the architect is still in office and the assistant secretary continues to select the subordinates, who go a long way toward making or breaking the repute of the architect as a success, These internal troubles, it is alleged, have had their effect in delaying the work jon the building, and for three months dur. [ing the summer, when the weather was |most favorable, nothing was done. The | contractor was ready to go ahead, but the | Treasury Department blocked the way by |discovering certain alterations that might be made in the plans of Mr. Edbrooke. It | Was a point that might be settled in a few hours by means of consultation, but it was only the other day that the order went forth to go ahead with the work, and a fechle start was made. |, The point involved was “basement or no | basement.” It is certain that it was the |intenticn of Mr. Edbrooke to furnish the |buflding with a lighted basement, and the original plans, it is said, involved elaborate jdetails for such. It is intimated that what has become of those plans might be an interesting question. The re- — PRESIDENTIAL PARDONS. Some Issaed Today, but Many More Were Refused. | The President has granted a pardon in | the case of Michael Magruder, convicted in jthe District of Columbia o: carrying con- jecaled weapons and sentenced September 3, 18%. This is granted “on condition that |the pardon shail be void and the convict |shall serve the remainder of his term if jat any time hereafter he skall be guilty of carrying a pistol or any other deadly pon, I do not propose to interfere in of this kind, and only do so in this se because the applicant is an old colored soldier and peaceably disposed.” were also granted in the cases lof Robert M. Bryant, convicted in Indian |territcry of selling mortgaged property; | Agnes McKinley, convicted in New York of jon laws; Frederick n Califorria of violating law. rdon were denied in s: Joseph B. Yon and rida, obstructing revenue e of their duty; Jas, Ohio, violating pension alias John Howard, of Columbia, convicted of | housebreaking; John F. Richards of Massa- chusetts, counterfeiting; Joseph H. jot violating postal icat following cas | Joel B. Yon of F' officers in the disci McGindley Samuel North Carolina, laws; ‘Wm, May of Alabama, counterfeiting; Wm. | McNair ¥ of New York, mailing y to Thomas S. Smith for Edward L. Green, ounterfeiting, the President + find any reason pre- ion why the mon ef a eriminal for his eited by hi on-Ap= remitted and returned. force the lesson that arance appointed Calvin » to be collector of istrict of Maine and George G. Tanner ‘ustoms at Indianapolis, Ina. . Page held the same place during Le “atic administration. , lo be assayer of the United : office at St. Louts, Mo.: Ge: to be agent for atilla agency, Oreg . Crawford, removed; Isaac J to be agent for the Ind Nevada, vice Chas. ©. Warner, removed: Charles E. Davis of lilinois, to be agent for the Indians of the Colorado River agency in Arizona, vice |Capt. A. G. Tassin, twelfth infantry, de- ‘ ceased. engineers of the army, complete the new | } | He Says That the President Doesn libelous | of | AFTER THE ELECTION. Scattering Returns From the Great Contest. WHAT IS SAID BY LEADERS. McKinley's Plurality Now Placed At 83,791. OTHER LATE REPORTS. NOW PLACED AT 83,791. McKinley's Plurality From Official nd Unofficial Returns. COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 9.—The official returns are in from three-fourths of the 88 counties, and, with the unofficial figures from the remaining counties, Gov. McKin- ley’s plurality is placed at “3,791, and his majority over all at 30,000. ‘The senate will stand: Republicans, 26; democrats, 5. House: Republicans, 86; democrats, <1. Mercer county, which gave Neal 1,800 plurality, elects a populist representative. Neal carried 23 only out of 8 counties, and these by very narrow majorities. Hamilton county gave McKinley 11,64, and Cuyahoga 9,248. Twenty-one couniies that gave big majorities for Cleveland last fall went equally strong Tuesday for McKinley, who carried 18 out of 21 congressivnal districts. This, Mr. Outhwaite'’s Gistrict, gave Mc- Kinley $5 plurality. The two constitutional amendments on taxation and separate legislacive disiricis were defeated. —— EVEN TAMMANY FAILED. Couldn’t Keep M rd Up With the Ticket in Its Strongholds. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Additional returns fron: election districts in this city show how disastrous a candidate Maynard has been to the democrats. He ran 34,00 be- hind his ticket in New York county. The plurality of Meyer, democratic candidate for secretary of state, was 64,97, while that of Maynard was only 30,817. The republicans gained three assembly- men in this city, carrying the eleventh, twenty-second and twenty-seventh districts. The result in this last named district was a great surprise as Mr. Croker’s pet candi- date, Webster, was running there. The returns show that not even in Tam- many strongholds were the “bosses” able to keep Maynard up with the ticket. pS WAS PREPARED FOR DEFEAT. John E. Russell Says Massachusetts Wants the Tariff Left Alone. BOSTON, Nov. %—John E. Russell, the defeated democratic candidate for governor, was seen last night, after his return to his hotel from the theater, and in the course of a brief interview said: ‘‘Yhe election in Massachusetts demonstrates one thing de- cisively, und that is that the people of this state are not prepared for and are unmis- takably opposed to any meddling with the tariff. As far as my own {eelings are con- cerned, I am perfectly satisfied with the re- sult. It may surprise you, put it is none the less true, that I was in town las: night, and at Young's Hotel, and knew nothing whatever about the result urtil 8 o'clock this morning, when I read it in the papers. I felt perfectly satisfied, however, sn ad- vance, that the republicans would carry the state by something \like 10,000 plurality. I had not figured on anything higher and was a good deal surprised to find that Mr. Greenhalge had been elected by 36,000 plural- ity, or thereabouts. Undoubtedly the de- pression in business contributed its share to the result, but I consider that the tariff agitation was an important factor. That is positively all that I will say in regard to the election.” —— GERRYMANDERING WILL CEASE, Effect of a Decision by the New Jersey Supreme Court. CAMDEN, N. J., Nov. %—The supreme court of the state of New Jersey this morn- |ing declared the county excise law uncon- stitutional, also the law electing assembly- men by districts. They will hereafter be gerrymandering of the state legislature in the future. The declaring of the county excise act | unconstitutional will close many saloons in |this city and probably result in doubling the license fee. YET IN DOUBT. The Fate of Woman §: we ft rado Not Definitely Settled. PUEBLO, Col., Nov. 9.—Republican ma- Jorities in this city run from $2 to 924, the latter for treasurer. The republicans elect the entire ticket except District Judge Voor- his (pop.), he having a majority in the three counties of 200. This county voted against woman suffrage by a considerable |majority, but suffrage is carried in many of the counties and towns of the state. The |auestion is not definitely settled. In coun- ties down the river the election resulted in about an equal division of offices between |the republicans and populists, Colo- BESS “seas NO DOUBT ABOUT McKINLEY, | Senator Palmer Eclieves That He win Be the Republican Candidate. SPRINGFIELD, I, Nov. 9.—Senator John M. Palmer arrived here from Wash- ington last evening and when asked to explain the landslide said: “I have no reason to assign except that | the country {ts in trouble and that the dem- ocrats are apparently in power. There was no legislation in the recent session of Con- gress which affected the matter unless it | was the repeal of the purchasing clause of |the Sherman act and that was one of the |most important acts in our monetary his- tory. The election certainly shows the wishes of the Ohio republicans, and 1 have |no doubt that Mr. McKinley will be the re- publican candidate in 1896." ———~— SENATOR TELLER’S VIEW. | Know Anything About the Tarif, | DENVER, Nov. 9.—Senator Teller, who arrived home yesterday, predicts the uiti- mate success of the silver cause, scores the eastern press, owned by banks and trust companies, and sees nothing bright in the immediate future. Referring to the tariff he says: “We know nothing about the tariff plans in the Sen- ate. There may be some legislation next winter or these recent electioi ay s them off. Of course nothing would change Cleveland. I? he knew anything about the tariff he would prepare the House nd h ut the troub! he doesn't know thing about the tariff. and that is whe committee has got him.” =_ NO MATERIAL Republicans Will Have a Good M. gin im the New York Legislature. NEW YORK, Nov. 9—Returns recetved up to 11 o'clock this forenoon do not tend to make any material change in the state legislature as sent out last night. The re- jrult, the latest reports Indicate, will be |as was last night announced: Senate, re- | publicans, 18; democrats, 13; independent democrat, 1. Total, 3. ‘Assembly, repub- licans, 75; democrats, 63. Total, 128. NGE. elected by counties. This will prevent any | ations to | AN EXCHANGE OF TREATIES Between Norway and This Government Took Place Yesterday. The Terms Almost Identical With the Extradition Treaty With Sweden —Crimes ai Offenses Covered. An interesting ceremony took place in the diplomatic room of the State Depart- ment at noon yesterday. It was the cx- change of ratifications of a treaty of ex- tradition concluded during the last admin- istration, The parties to it were Secretary Gresham, representing the United States, and Mr. J. A. W. Grip, representing Nor- | way. The Norwegian copy was a work of |art. It was beautifully engrossed on the | finest parchment and bound with cords of the national colors of the kingdom. The seal of the government was contained in a massive solid silver casket and was ot- tached to the document by an ingenious arrangement of the cords. The treaty is bound in the form of an album, with bive , Velvet covers. The American copy is quite modest in comparison with this elaborate affair. | The treaty is almost identical in its terms with the one previously concluded with Sweden. Provision is made for the grant- ing of extradition for the following crimes and offenses: Murder; attempt to commit murder; the killing of a human being, when such act is punishable in the United States as vol- untary manslaughter, and in Sweden as manslaughter. Robbery; burgtery, 0 4 3 Forgery; the Socpey, or falsification of official acts of government. ‘The counterfeiting, falsifying or altering of money, whether coin or , or of in- struments of debt created by national, | State, provincial or municipal governments. Embezzlement by public officers, or by | Persons hired or salaried, to the detriment of their employers; larceny. Fraud or breach of trust. Perjury; subornation of perjury. Rape; abduction; kidnaping. Willful and unlawful destruction or ob- | struction of railroads which endangers hu- |man life. | Crimes committed at sea. Piracy, by statute or by the law of na- tions. Revolt, or conspiracy to revolt. Wrongfully sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or attempting to do so. Assaults on board a ship on the high seas with intent to do grievous bodily harm. Crimes and offenses against the la of both countries for the suppression of slav- ery and slave trading. Extradition is also to take place for par- ticipation in any of the crimes and of- fenses mentioned in this treaty, provided such participation may be punished in the United States as a felony, and in Sweden by imprisonment at hard labor. ——___- e- REMAINED AT WOODLEY. The President Did Not Come to the White House Today. The President remained at Woodley again today and disappointed a large number of Congressmen and officials who called at the White House to see him. That he is not devoting his time in the country to the exclusive consideration of his message to Congress is shown by the disposal of a number of pardon cases yesterday. Tomor- row being cabinet day, it is confidently ex- pected that the President will spend the day at the White House, although it is Possible the meeting may be held at “Woodley,” as in that way the President — be safe from interruption by other rs. ————_—+-2._______ FRANCIS PARKMAN DEAD. The Eminent Historian Passes Away After a Brief ness. BOSTON, Nov. 9.—Francis Parkman, the eminent historian, died at his home on Prince street, Jamaica Plain, yesterday evening. His last sickness was brief, peri- tonitis being the cause of death. It was only recently that he celebrated his seventieth birthday in an unostentatious manner, receiving few callers, but a great many letters and telegrams came from all parts of the world. His home, on the south bank of Jamaica pond, was one of the most beautiful resi- was there that he did his best work in his last days. Several months ago Mr. Park- man’s condition was regarded as serious, (and fears of his death were entertained, but |he rallied from the attack. He remained, | Sewaver, hae . oe condition, and when y peritonitis his vitalit; was insufficient to sustain him. crane Francis Parkman's Life. Francis Parkman, whom Blackwood’s Magazine recently called “the most emi- nent American Historian now alive,” was born in Boston, September 16, 1823. In 1840 he entered Harvard College, and it was | then, at the age of seventeen, that he plan- ned a project, since realized, of writing a history of the French and Indian wars. Young Parkman resolved to live the life of |of 18% he started for the distant west. | Through the region now covered by the | States of Kansas, Nebraska and Colorado Indians, partaking of their their rough life. His health, however, sut fered severely by this exposure. The ac- count of his travels was Published in the Knickerbocker Magazine, and after au appeared in book form under the title “The Oregon Trail.” This appeared in 1847. After this work was completed Mr. Park- man resumed his work on the “Conspiracy of Pontiac,” which appeared in 1851. Arter it was completed the condition of Mr. Parkman's health obliged him to lay aside literay pursuits and devote himseif ered to a small exte! |lished his first novel, “Vassall Morton.” “The Pioneers of France in the New Woz-id" was given to the Public in 185. This ind in 1856 he pub- | upon the “Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century.” In 1869 appeared “La Salie and the Discovery of the Great West.” _ “The Old Regime in Canada,” | “Count Frontenac,” Montcalm and Wolfe” jand “A Half Century of Conflict” followed, |and these volumes have taken place beside the works of Prescot and Motiey, as among the worthiest products of American histor- ical writers. —___. | WILL DETER TARIFF REVISERS. Ex-Speaker Reed's Opinion of the Ef- fect of the Elections. NEW YORK, Nov. 9.—Congressman Thos. |B. Reed, when. interviewed on the resulis lof Tuesday's election, said: “‘It is certainly a wonderful victory and so universal that jit may be regarded as a full popular ex- pression which will Jo the country much good It will affect even the secret ses- | sions of the committee on ways and means. “The voice is loud enough to penetrate jeven where they are,” he continued, “bu: | must recollect that persistence y to obtain the fruits of victory. k sep on giving daily voice to s they do I fear they may not be fully understood. “A second election is sometimes needed jto interpret the preceding one, and the terpretation Tuesday of the election of 1892 lis in very large print. It is a good idea, however, to keep it posted on all corners.” ¥ Nov. 9—The defeat of the opposition in the elections is very |pronounced. The Whitewayites, 16; opposition, 4. WHAT IS SAID OF IT. What Some Public Men Say of the Result. ACONSERVATIVE TARIFF POLICY. dences in the suburbs of Boston, and, tt | | the Indians in order to fit himself for the | | Work he had projected. Early in the spring | he traveled. For weeks he lived among the | food and living | to his physical welfare. His health recov-| | was followed, two years later, in 1868, by a! |Temarkable volume, the only one of its kind, | returns so far stand: | That May Be One of the Effects of Tuesday's Voting. TALKS WITH CONGRESSMEN. It is being made quite apparent that a number of democrats in the House are ready to construe the recent landslide to mean disapproval of radical tariff legisla- tion and to take advantage of it to make a fight for more conservative action. Repre- sentative Conn of Indiana, a democrat and @ manufacturer, said today: “The working- man is prone to charge hard times to the party in power. If an election had been held in Indiana last Tuesday the state would have gone republican by at least 25,000. Indiana is a manufacturing state and an analysis of the vote of Tuesday will show that republicans made their gains in manufacturing districts in other states. The business depression has had its effect upon laboring men. The laboring man’s bread depends quite as much on his vow @s on his muscle. I have been an employer of labor all my life and I know how work- ingmen feel. If I were to go into my fac- tory at any time and say to my employes, “Boys, you must vote at the coming election against a certain political party because it proposes to reduce the tariff on our man- ufactured products and if it does I will have to curtail expenses in order to com- pete with foreign goods and consequently have to reduce your ‘wages,’ the result would be that these workmen would vote to serve my interest and theirs as @ mai- ter of self-preservation. “I do not think the a should be held responsible for ‘the ‘eae?. ness depression. I think, however, that the immense democratic majority given at the ed | caused them to buy sparing- ly and to suspend operations teenporarity tariff! reform- €rs to carry things with a high hand and bring the couatry practically to free trade. I do not believe that there is going to be very much of a change in the tariff on perme eed articles. I ing democrats and am deeply inter- ested in the subject and I believe predict this with authority. _— “There is going to be an enlargement of the free list in raw material. The tariff on coal, iron and on wool will wiped out. The impression seems got abroad that the tax is to be increased on malt liquors. I can state positively that the ways and means committee has never considered the advisability of doing this.” The Pension Policy. “Do you think the pension Policy of the administration is responsible in any de- gree for the result?” “I do, The old soldiers are up in arms against the pension policy of the admin- istration. The policy is all wrong. It is right enough to revise the pension list, but if a man has had his case disposed of by the departments once, it is not right to suspend him with new evidence giving him an opportunity first to hearé and re-examined before a coedieas eee Most of the suspended claims in my district have been restored to the rolls. That i true in many other * However honest the pension bureau be in its intentions its methods are to criticism and the democratic party been rendered weaker by it. I do not think will the election just ended signify ho thing as to the outcome in 18%. Business depression will probably have ended by next spring and prosperity will follow. When the laboring man os bread in kis cupboard and steady employment ahead he goes about his work whistling and happy and is content to vote with the party in power.” How Mr. McAleer Sees im Congressman McAleer of Pennsylvania thinks that the falling off in the democratic vote in Philadelphia was due to the resent- ment of Pennsylvania democrats against bossism. He said this morning that there had been a falling off of sixty per cent in the democratic vote in Philadelphia, and he attributed it largely to the fact that the federal offices have been given to personal followers of the democratic leader of the State, regardless of the rights of men who | work for the party's interest. These demo- crats, who did the hard work in the election of a year ago, having failed to realize any benefits therefrom, concluded this time to | let the men who got the plums do the work, but that class was not sufficient. Mr. Mc- Aleer thinks that the sweeping republican victories in the manufacturing districts of other sections of the country were due to the disposition of laboring men to lay un- justly the blame for hard times upon the | dominant party. | Mr. Heard’s Explanation. | Mr. Heard of Missouri said that a num- ber of influences were at work to cause the democratic defeat. Prominent among them, | however, was the result of the administra- | tion’s policy in failing to turn out republi- | dj cans and to appoint good democrats who | had worked for the party’s interests. The sweeping republican victories in the manufacturing districts were due to the fact that the workmen throughout the country manifested a disposition to blame the hard times upon the party in power, forgetting entirely the fact that the financial depression is the result republican legislation, and was predicted 8 proven, the fact that no legislation ed by the democrats, and the country at the time of the setting in of hard was operating under republican legislation. | Heard also thinks that the aggressive | The result of the elections on Tuesday has pleased none more than the repubil- can ex-office holders of Washington whe have remained here. They are busy find- ing reasons for the avalanche, and there has been no explanation advanced that is more interesting then that of Gen. Pat- |terson, who was second auditor of the |treasury during the last administration. He said this morning to a Star reporter “The election? Why, it seems to me the republicans ought to hold a mass meet- ing somewhere and pass resolutions of thanks to Secretary Hoke Smith, for it is my opinion that he did more to bring about the glorious revival than any other jman. I suppose he was an unconscious and humble agent, but he helped might- iy nevertheless with his suspension af pen- sions. I believe that his action in these ases caused a Vast amount of feeling ong not only old class of citize: u high-handed disregard Hoke Smith's attitude in this case puts me in mind of a story I used to hear about an old darkey who had great faith in the efficacy of prayer. “Prayer, he thought, was a salve for all | the ills of the world. Faith was his strong point. He tested his theory one year about Thanksgiving time, when his mouth began | to water for a big, juicy turkey. As a | highly moral darkey, preferred to get his turkey in a religious manner, so he be- | gan to pray for it. He prayed every day, | every night, hard and long, always asking | the Lord to send him a good, fat bird. But soldiers, but also thet (Continued on second page).