Evening Star Newspaper, November 11, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR a PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Avenue. corner Lith St, by jenth. Copies ‘at the coun- BF wail—aaywitere in the United Canada—postage prepaid—S0 cents per Ofdce at Wasblogton, D.C., second-class mail matter.) “Sry ail mall subscriptions must be paid tm ad- vance. Rate of adre-tining nade enawn on application ! Von 83, No 20,727. WASHINGTON, D. ©, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1893—TWENTY PAGES TWO CENTS. Am index to advertise. ments will be found om Page 3. ALL ASTONISHED, Both Democrats and Republicans, at the Hawaiian Report. | | | said that he was an annexationist and be- | lieved that the time would come when we would regret our failure to avail ourselves of this opportunity. A Question of Veracity. The cogent suggestion comes from a high republican source that this case turns upon @ question of veracity between the two ad- ministrations. The only grounds for a justi- fication of the position taken by Mr. Cleve- ADMINISTRATION SAID 10 BE BARRED From Interfering, for It Has Recog- nized the Provisional Government. | EXPRESSIONS OF -OPINION.| land's administration, it is suggested, is that Mr. Harrison was party to a conspira- cy and fraud by which the queen was over- thrown and the provisional government es- tablished. If this were the case, then it would be proper for Mr. Cleveland to cor- rect the fraud and, in fact, it should be corrected whenever discovered. Of course, it was suggested, Mr. Harrison knew as much about the circumstances of the case as sir. Cleveland does now. He did not act ignorantly, and the responsibility for his administration rests with him. The as- sumption that he committed such a wrong as to warrant this manner of correction | carries with it the assumption that he was The publication this morning of Secre- tary Gresham's report to the President on the Hawaiian revolution caused astonish- ment to democrats and republicans alike, whether they favored annexation or op- posed it. The best informed public men could not credit the reports which have been afloat for several days that Mr. Cleve-| land contemplated the restoration of Queen | Littuokalani. Men who are familiar with | the situation can hardly realize that such | @ step has been taken by the administra- tion, even when the official report is laid before them. The question presented, it is | sald, does not touch on annexation, bese deals entirely with the internal affairs of | Hawaii, and the report is regarded pri-| marily as an attack on Mr. Harrison's ad- ministration. Barred From Interfering. ‘The general comment heard on every hand fs that, no matter how the revo-/ lution was originally brought about, this administration is barred from interfering between the provisional government and the deposed monarchy. } If mistakes were made by Minister Ste- vens they were not sanctioned by Mr. Har- rison’s administration. If the forces of the United States established or at any time maintained the provisional government in power that force has long since been with- drawn and for many months there has been no power exercised by this government to Prevent the queen from being re-estab- lished in power if the people of Hawaii desired it. Moreover the provisional gov- ernment has been recognized officially by | both the Harrison and the Cleveland ad- ministrations. ‘The Provisional Government Recog- nized. Mr. Cleveland after sending a special commissioner there to make an investiga- tion and after receiving his reports and knowing all the facts presented in the re- ort published today changed Blount'’s title from special commissioner to minister plen- ipetentiary accredited to the provisional government, and after Mr. Blount’s return and after a full consultation with him ap- | pointed Mr. Willis to be minister p!eni- | potentiary accredited to the provisional government and as such he was confirmed by the United States Senate. In the opin- jon of the best-informed men here there | is no justification for the re-establishment | of the queen by this country, and a re-es- tablishment by an armed force of the United States will be regarded as nothing short of an invasion of an independent country. mgressman Hitt's Views. Congressman Hitt of Illinois, -vyho was caairman of the House committee on for- eign affairs in the Fifty-first Congress and assistant secretary of state in 1881, when Secretary Biaine wrote his famous letter of instruction to the American <ninister to Hawaii, takes a keen interest in the present situation. Holding an important position in the State Department at a ‘ime when Hawaiian affairs were once before wccupy- ing public attention, he is calculated to possess a close acquaintance not only with eeneral matters bearing upon Hawaii, but also with the policy of this government to- wards Hawaii in the past. In conversation with a Star reporter to- gay Mr. Hitt said: Contrary to Every American Tradi- ton. “I believethat the policy of interference by our government in behalf of a monarchy and a discredited one at that, one that went down in a violent effort of the queen to overthrow the Hawalian constitution, is contrary to every tradition and impulse of the American people. “As to the question of veracity between this administration on one side and Minis- ter Stevens, Capt. Wiltse—now dead—and the five commissoiners on the other side, all of whom were eye witnesses, we ought to have very full testimony before holding them guilty of false statements and a con- spiracy to be carried out by force and fraud. As yet we have no testimony what- ever against them. Mr. Stevens bore a high character as a discreet and able repre- sentative of this government. Mr. Stevens’ Whereabouts. “As a fact he was in another island and did not reach Honolulu until about noon of Saturday, the day of the queen’s violent demonstration and the exciting scenes be- tween her and her cabinet and the disor- derly crowd around her palace. The meet- ing on Monday, January 16, of alarmed citizens is said to have been the most im- portant in number and character ever held in the island, representing property and | business of all kinds, and the diplomatic correspondence states that there were many applications from Americans to the minis-| ter to have marines landed to protect | American interests and preserve order. “This does not look like a secretly con-| trived conspiracy by the American minister | and American commander to overthrow a friendly government by suddenly landing armed forces. The reports of that meeting in the Honolulu newspapers indicate that the queen’ which it was held. Only One Op: by the People. “The American people would have but one opinion if they learn by the next} steamer landing at San Francisco that this cast-off monarchy has been sect up again by our armed forces, perhaps amid blood- shed, and that the provisional governmen, whose chief offense seems to be that th are friendly to the United States and Amer- jean interests, destroyed. For forty years the instructions from our State Department | by Webster, Marcy, Evarts, Blaine, Fr. linghuysen and Bayard have held one tone. Our ministers have been instructed to en- courage rather than discourage sentiments | favorable to the United States and its in- terests, and to bear in mind and impress upon that government the overwhelming Superiority of the interests of the people of the United States in those islands as com- pared with the interests of other naifons and the manifest and ultimate destiny of that government with all its questi meet in the end ‘an American solution nexation.” A Question of Law and Fact. Representative Oates said that the ques- tion presented in the report of the Secre- tary of State on the Hawaiian matter was one of law as well as fact’ Cert inly this government would not be justifiable in taking any steps toward the restoration of the queen if we were not directly re- sponsible for her overthrow, and at events this government should be v sure of its ground for absvlute proot our responsibility in the matter befor qrald, interfere to . at he was opposed to annexation that this proposition to restare the via presented a different ques and he not prepared to discuss it 1 th before he had made a thorough st the question. Judge Wilson of Minnesota, formerly a democratic Representative frum that state, al we He | bat | guilty of conspiracy and fraud and this is the most severe arraignment possible to make. The gentieman giving expression to these views was not willing to grant that Mr. Harrison could be placed in any such attitude, but said merely that this must be true of Mr. Harrison's administration in order to warrant the action of the present administration. Don’t See How It Can Be Done. Senator Faulkner of West Virginia, when seen by a Star reporter, did not want to make any sweeping statement until he had carefully read Secretary Gresham’s argu- ment. He had only glanced at it, he said, but inferring that the main idea of Secre- tary Gresham’s statement was the restora- tion of the monarchy in Hawaii, he could not understand how that could be brought about by the United States under existing conditions. ‘The provisional government is in full power there and has control of everything in the islands,” he said. United States might do one of three things. It might keep its hands off of Hawail, pro- ceed to annex it or declare a protectorate, but how we can interfere to restore the | monarchy is beyond my comprehension.” Agrees With Secretary Gresha! Representative Kilgore of Texas fully agrees with the doctrine announced by Secretary Gresham, and thinks that the queen should be restored to the rights of which she was deprived, and which depri- vation was not the wish of any considera- ble portion of her subject: “I do not favor annexation,” he said. ‘We do not want Hawaii. For the past twenty-five years the efforts to bring the territory of New Mex- ico into the Union have been combated on the ground that New Mexico did not pos- | sess a homogeneous population. This is not the case at present, but this very same argument as to population will apply to Hawail, and to Cuba and Canada for that matter. countries. ee ge gee ee POST OFFICE EXPENSES. Facts From the Report of the First Assi nt Postmaster General. First Assistant Postmaster General Frank H. Jones has submitted his annual report. Under recent legislation the follow- ing additional duties have been assigned to the division of salaries and allowances: The adjustment of salaries and duties of money order clerks at first and second- | class post offices; money order clerks are now paid at first and second-class oftices from the annual allowance for clerk hire, while the apportionment for clerk hire on money order account is limited, as hereto- fore, to the money order commissions z2c- cruing at the respective offices. The salaries of presidential postmasters are required by act of Congress of March 3, 1883, to be adjusted annually instead cf biennially, as heretofore. In compliance with this act the tenth annual adjustment of salaries was made upon the basis of the gross receipts which accrued at the re- spective offices for the four quarters ended | March 31, 18%, to take effect July 1, 1893. The salaries of 3,567 postmasters Were re- viewed. As a result of this adjustment 161 post offices were assigned to the first class, 674 to the second and 2,515 to the third class. The aggregate amount required to| ST. LOUIS, Nov. 11.—Information received | pay the salaries of postmasters from July 1, 1893, is $5,667,700, being an increase of $271,800, as compared with the same item July 1, 1892. The total gross receipts at presidential offices for the four quarters ending March 31, 189, amounted to $69,i67,- 200.9, an increase over the preceding year of $5,000,227.82. The report states that the limitation of the allowances for rent, fuel and light for third-class offices Is not in the interest of good service, as the depart- ment should have discretionary authority to fix these, having in view the local con- ditions. The act of March 1883, making provision for the classification and the fix- ing of the salaries of clerks and employes attached to first and second-class post of- | fices the present compensation of fourth- class postmasters is not sufficient to pro- cure the best service. Following is a sum- mary of the estimates for 1891-95: Compensation to postmasters, $17,250,000: clerks in post offices, $9,700,000; rent, fue light, first and second-class offices, $845,000; do., third-class offices, $660,000; incidentals, $140,000; advertising, first and second-class $15,000; rental of canceling ma- $60,000. The free delivery system in towns and villages has not been a success. The an- nual outlay of $10,00,00 for this’ service { not justified by the results. The syst should be discontinued at the close of this year. a = MR. GRESHAM’S ASSISTANT. Mr. Uhl Takes Formal Possession of His Office Today. Mr. Uhl of Michigan visited the State and took the oath of nt secretary of state Department today office as first assi The oath was administered by Mr. Harry Bryan, the department notary. Mr. Uhl was welcomed by Secreta: am, introduced to the other officials of the de- partment. He will enter actively on the discharge of his new functions Monday morning. It is believed that now the consular ap- pointments have been disposed of, the new assistant secretary, will be able to do what Mr. Quincy was precluded from doing and that is to give Secretary Gresham act ance in the consideration of diplomat matters which are now pressing heavily on the Department of State. a —— sane An Importa Decision. Second Controller Mansur has rendered an opinion overturning those of former controllers, refusing to allow the claim of First Lieut. G. S. Bingham, ninth United States cavalry, for the loss of a horse, his | private property. The controller says a construction of the law to reiinburse army officers for articles lost that “reason- able, useful, necessary, and proper” for them to have, would at once make “the of- fleers and sold: f the army a priv class, entitled ayment from the ernment for all privat: yperty lost with- out their fault. But fortunately,” the con- troller zoes on, “Congress did of the arm: make the off class, d Congress did, by the a March 3, 18%, make the manner of the k an essential feature, and limited paym to such articles as were lost without fault or negligence on the part of the claimant.” the tahel of who at one commanded Army f the Potomac, | | eleventh army corps, for dis- tinguished gallantry displayed at the battle f Pie . June set, while command- ing the « Iry under Gen. Hunter. , e- a Naval Orders. Ensign A. H been detached rom the Fran nd ordered to the tichmond; Civii r F.C. Prindie, from duty at Boston to the navy yard, Portsmouth, N. H. “The | We do not want any of those | and | HELD UP. THE TRAIN. Daring and Sucessful Attempt of Masked Men. THE PASSENGERS NO? MOLESTED Their Spoils Did Not Amount to Very Much. SHARP PURSUIT ORDERED. BARDWELL, Ky., Noy. 11.—Three closely masked robbers held up a northbound train, No, 22, on the main line of the Illinois Cen- tral early this morning at Mayfield Creek trestle, two and one-half miles north of Mayfield junction. The express car was robbed of two money packages, one contain- and the other a bag of money containing an unknown amount of money in transfer from Memphis to Chicago. The express messen- | ger saved the remainder of the contents of the safe. About 3 o'clock, while the train was leav- ing Bardwell, three men climbed over the tank and one of the robbers said to En- gineer Clark: “Pull out as soon as you can.” At the same time the robber grabbed the |left arm of the engineer and one of them | put a 45-Colts’ revolver under his ear, order- ing him at the same time to do what they Wanted or they would kill him. At that time the fireman ran away and got on the | Pilot of the engine, where he remained in sone until the robbers had finished their work. | While this was going on the passengers in | asleep and no firing was done to wake them. The engineer wanted to get down and put in some coal, but the robbers refused to let him stir from his seat in the cab. One of the robbers did the firing for him from Bardwell to Port Jefferson and ordered him to stop the train on the Mayfield trestle. The self-possessed engineer insisted that the robbers should let him put the flagman off to protect the rear end of the train |they had passed a freight train at Bard- | well, which might run into them. This the robbers agreed to and when the train was |stopped by their orders at the trestle they |forced the engineer at the point of their |Suns to go in front of them to the express car door and oper it. He shouted to Ex- press Messenger McNeil to open the door |and not to shoot as he was in front of the robbers. One of the robbers went into the car and came out with several bundles, which he | put into a sack. He told the engineer to pick up his dynamite on the platform of the car and put it in another sack, which Clark did. In the robber’s company, and | with revolvers close to his head, the en- gineer carried the train to Port Jefferson, | where the robbers got behind some piling jand shouted to the engineer to “pull out fast, old man.” In reply to Clark’s question the robbers | Said they wer not going to bother the pas- | Sengers, and they kept their promise. | Ali the robbers wore soft hats and masks of black cloth, completely covering their heads with only holes cut in for seeing and breathing. Two of them were spare built |men and the other heavy and tall, with blue overalls on. One of the, spare built }men was well dressed, but the clothes of all were covered with mud. All carried fine double-barreled shot guns, with pistol grip and Colt’s revolvers. |, The sheriffs of Ballard and Carlisle coun- | ties and the marshal at Fulton, Tenn., as | Soon as they were notified of the hold-up, started with a posse in different directions |to hunt the robbers with blood hounds. Second Vice President Harahan of the Illinois Central sent word along the line |to spare no money to bring the robbers to | the penitentiary and a reward will prob- ably be offered for their capture. About $7,000 Secured. at the offices at the American Express Com- pany in this city state that the amount of money secured by the robbers is about | $7,000, This amount was being carried from |New Orleans to Chicago. The express offl- jclals say they do not know the name of | the consignee. Detectives have been sent from here to assist in the search of the | robbers. —$<—____ | RIFFS WANTED A TRUCE, |But No Hostages Were Given Was Denied. a it |from Melilla show that the envoy of the |Sultan who was sent, it is said, to order the kiffs to desist from thefr warfare on the Spaniards under penalty of having the sultan send an army against them, instead of carrying out the orders intrusted to ‘him, procured an interview with Gen. Macias, the commarder of the Spanish troops, and proposed that an eight days’ truce be established, This proposition was almost ic with the one made by the [tiff leaders, but, oming as it did from the sultan, Gen. Macias agreed to accept it on condition that » sultan send hostages to Melilla to antee his good faith. No hostages being forthcoming, fire was continued upon the Riffs. The cannonade upon the Riffs has con- tinued without cessation since yesterday evening. The Riffs have made only a fec- ble reply to the fire. -_ +> REVOLT AGAINST HIPPOLYTE. pntical & Uprising in he Southern Part of Hayti in Favor of Manigat. KI ‘TO: jamaica, Nov. 11.—It is re- Ported here that there is an uprising against President Hippolyte in the southern part of Hayti, the rebels having d favor of Gen, Manigat. The rebellion said to be headed by Jean Gilles, No de- tails are as yet obtainable. —_ ‘The Congressional Library. Mr. Ainsworth R. Spofford lectured before |the University Clib of Baltimore on the subject of the New Cong-vessional Library Building in this ci Mr. Spofford toid of the struggle for this structure, and then described it, and told of its future. > - tory Reports. The report of an outbreak of the Navahoe Indians cannot be confirmed at the Indian bu; Commissioner Browning discredits it, as, had an outbreak occurred, Lieut. E. H. Plummer, the agent at the reservation, would have notified the n office. The War Department has received news. ‘The Navahoe reservation is situated in the No Conticm: no northeastern corner of Arizona and the northwestern corner of New Mexico. These Indi ving disposition and im- provident na nd a large percentage of them is Iv r the ervation, They have ven the surrounding settlers trouble and have been guilty of many lemeanors. t raids and roboeri« often charged hem of which they are innocent. At nt, so the agent has recently reported, are in the very worst condition. This is due partiy to a succession of dry seasons starvation of sheep and ponies and failur the wool crop. The ‘attered over 109 square miles of te and many of them live over 100 miles from the reserva- tio! © commissioner of Indian affairs is in. >] to believe that the report is the work of some sensation monger. Still he admits that an uprising may have taken plac d for some reason the department has failed ‘to receive notification of it. ing $83 addressed to J. S. Titus, Chicago, | | two sleepers and three coaches, which made | | Up the train, were in ignorance, as all were | |and the lives of the passengers, because | MALAGA, Nov. 11.—Advices received here | THE ARGUMENTS CLOSED. | Court of Appeals Must Now Decide the Disaster Oase. Mr. Perry Closes Today and E: the Talk—Atinckn the Indictment | Vigorously—Future Proceedings. The case of Messrs. Ainsworth, Dant, Covert and Sasse, indicted for manslaughter in connection with the Ford’s Theater dis- aster of June last, is now in the hands of the Court of Appeals, Mr. R. Ross Perry, on behalf of the defendants, making the concluding argument this morning. It was understood yesterday that Mr. Perry should | have but one hour, but the court granted him an additional half hour, in view of the great importance of the case. The hearing concluded this morning was on the appeal of the four men from the decision of Judge: McComas, dismissing thelr demurrer to the |two indictments returned against them. Should the court sustain the decision of Judge McComas, District Attorney Birney would move the trial of the defendants at the very earliest practicable day, probably not later than some day next month. But should the court decide against the indict- ments, there would arise the necessity of a new indictment, and steps would be at once taken to secure it. Just when, the court will render its decision is, of course, a matter of mere conjecture, but it is believed that a decision may be expected not later than two weeks’ time. The court room was well filled by members of the bar and other interested persons this morning, and the court’s de- cision will be awaited with considerable interest. Mr. Perry Argues. Mr. Perry said in his argument that all | he hoped to be able to do would be to make clear the confusion which had arisen dur- ing the hearing below, and to some ex- tent during the present hearing. it seemed |to him that the defendants were either | charged with the actual digging away of | the earth beneath the fallen pier, or with | having improperly employed others to ao |{t. The district attorney's faulty indict- |ment had bee the result of a too hasty drawing of it to meet public clamor. It sought to make Col, Ainsworth responsible simply through his official position as the head of the office, but in no manner what- | ever showed what connection, if any, Dant, Covert and Sasse had with the repairing of the wrecked building. The man killed, Loftus, the indictment also utterly failed |to describe, and for all one could learn through the indictment he might have been (8 foreigner merely visiting the building. Instead of charging the digging away of the earth from beneath the pier, an act |of commission, the indictment alleged an |omission of duty. But the instrument was inconsistent, for it subsequently charged that the defendants improperly dug away the earth. That is, the indictment first \charged omission thereby leaving the defendants at an utter loss to know which of the two things they must answer. But after all, the pleader | discovered that he could not charge a felon- ious digging away of the earth by the de- fendants, and he was, therefore, forced to |rely upon the allegation of duty. | The omission of duty, said Mr. Perry, was |@ negative thing, and was an individual | matter. Where more than one person omit- ted to perform a duty, the thing became a | conspiracy, and therefore an act of com- | mission. “That the indictment did not | charge, and because of that failure it be- came fatally defective. Hence, the indict- ment could only be treated as one charging an act of omission, @ failure to perform a duty. But the fault of the indictment was | that it failed to charge a fact, making the averment one of mere law, a conclusion of law. It alleged, in a general way, a duty, but entirely failed to set out that duty. The excavation itself had been treated as an innocent thing, and yet something in connection with that harmless thing had sought to be made a criminal matter, — It was true that the indictment charged that the earth was improperly removed from be- | neath the pler, but the pleader neglected to | charge that the defendants felonious!y and improperly removed the earth, and while the term feloniously had been employed twice in the indictment, it had not been used in connection with the alleged duty of | the defendants. | Acts of Omission. ‘The government had urged, stated Mr. Perry, that the indictment read together | plainly acquainted the defendants with the | charge against them, but such a contention, | asserted Mr. Perry, could not be maintained |in the District or elsewhere. A man was | undoubtedly responsible for his own acts, whether of omission or commission, but in the present case it was sought to make four | equally responsible fo> one act, when any one of them could have prevented the ac- jeident had it been true that all four of | uem were responsible for its prevention, ‘Phe case sought to be made out by the | indictment was the extraoruinary and ile- sai one of maxing the omission of duty that ot Ainswortn pius Unal of ant, pius thac of Covert, plus tnat of Sasse. Such a con- tention, asserted wir. Perry, could never be single authority proposition. the criminal law to an extent authorized |neither by principle nor by precedent. In criminal law there was, said Mr. Perry, no such thing as contributory negligence. A criminal omission could only be predicated upon an exclusive duty, and that assertion, for so extraordinary a stated Mr, Perry, was authorized by the | very latest authorities, despite the @untrary rtion of the district attorney. Where one of several charged with a common duty | was indicted for the death of another the indictment could not be sustained if it ap- peared that the indicted person had a right |to suppose that one of the others would perform the duty. The authorities quoted | to sustain this contention were unanswer- able, said’Mr. Perry, and by the judge be- low (McComas) and by the district attor- ney those authorities had been passed over. In conclusion, Mr. Perry said that he was confident that the indictment would be |found by the court to be absolutely faulty, jand thanked the court for the extension of | his time. Chief Justice Alvey replied that the ex- tenston had been granted that there should be the very fullest consideration of the mat- ter, for it was a matter In which not only the defendants themeselves were vitally in- terested, but also the whole people. | a | One Pardon Granted, One Denied. The President has granted a pardon in the case of Albert Fowler, convicted in ;Indian territory of larceny, because the convict has consumption and cannot lve much tH longer. He has denied the applica- for pardon in the case of Edward 0. Flood, convicted in Nevada of violating postal la rd in the case of John W. Dean, convicted in Alabama of counter- felting. ——_— +. us | Poxtmasters Appointed. ° The total aumber of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was fifty-two. Of this number thirty-five were to fill vacan- cles caused by death and resignations and the remainder by removals. The Virginia appointments were: Jaratt, J. S. Grigg, vice E. J. Freeman, resigned! Pungo, G. W. Land, vice Simon Land, re- signed. = -o< i Changes at Indian Agencies, Maj. Henry B. Freeman, sixteenth in- fantry, has been eved from duty as acting Indian agent at the southern Ute agency, Colorado, and ordered to duty as Indian agent at the Osage agency, Okla- homa territory, oe Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today ‘were $479,324; from customs, $413,994. and then commission, | istuined, and ne defied anyone to show a | THE RESTORATION Of Queen Liliuokalani the Plan of the Administration. SHE MUST DEFEND HER GOVERNMENT After That and Expect No More Assistance From Us. AVAL OFFICERS INDIGNANT. The policy of the administration as indi- cated by the published report of Secretary Gresham respecting Hawail was the sub- Prect of discussion everywhere this mornin; Naturally ‘the question was in every mind as to whether the President had given in- structions to carry out the radical sugges- tions looking to the reinstallation of Queen Liliuokalant, The President Approves. Inquiry at the Department of State war- rants the statement that the President has given his approval to the Secretary’s find- ings, based as they are upon the searching thority ” commissioner, Mr. Blount. And while it has not been regarded as expedient at this moment to make public the instruc- tions given to Mr. Blount’s successor, Min- ister Willis, or the orders issued to Admiral Irwin, who has by this time assumed com- mand of the United States naval forces at Hawaii, !t is intimated that In each case the | officers have gone to Hawaii charged to do alf that is necessary to restore the status quo ante bellum. ‘The Navy May Be Used to Restore the Monarchy. ‘There is still a question as to what may be necessary to secure this result, but it is generally believed that if the representa- tions made by Minister Willis upon the oc- casion of the presentation of his credential: to the effect that the President desires that the queen be re-enthroned, is not sufficient to induce the provisional government to give effect to that desire, then Admiral Irwin will be called upon to exercise his functions, and once more the naval forces now aboard the United States flagship Phil- adelphia and the Adams will be landed, and will march through the streets of Honolulu, dragging their Gattlings to the government house. It is felt to be highly improbable, however, that the provisional government will, by obstinate resistance to the ex- pressed wish of the President, necessitate a recourse to military demonstration. The Queen Must Then Take Care of Herself. | But taking into consideration Secretary |Gresham's declaration that this govern- 'ment should recognize the absolute inde- | pendence of Hawaii it is believed that when | Liliuckalant is again placed upon the throne from which, according to the findings of |Commissioner Blount she was displaced by the action of the United States minister jand the United States naval forces, the government of the United States will re- |gard its duty as fully accomplished. . In other words, the assistance of this govern: |ment will extend to reparation, but not to maintenance, and once installed the queen (must defend her throne and government unaided by the United States. This position is believed to be in accord with the so- |called doctrine of neutrality and fair deal- | ing to which the government of the United States is pledged, and also in +onformity with the republican principle of recognizing the right of a majority of the people of a ernment. Liliuckalant May Claim Damages. One novel and totally unexpected result, or rather possible result, of the reinstalla- tion of the queen by the action of the United States government was suggested |today by a person possessed of diplomatic lore. It was in substance that this action would be an absolute acknowledgment that the queen was dispossessed by the United |States and therfore that potentate would have a sound claim against the United loss she has sustained through her tem- |porary exclusion from the exercise of her |functions and her emoluments. Naval Officers Indignant. | “1 think it's the most wonderful thing I ever heard of and one that will meet with the unanimous condemnation of the | American people—derrocrats as well as republicans,” said one of a group of naval officers this afternoon, “and just think,” he added, “how the religious ele- ment ill protest against the restoration jof ‘that old rip’ they call the queen.” He voiced the indignation of almost every (Raval officer who was approached on the subject. None of them, however, would submit te an interview on the subject, ex- plaining that their position preeluded their commenting publicly on the acts of the government. “PRESIDENT HARRISOWS VI iug (he Annexation Treaty, ary Gresham bas raised an import- ant issue with the last administration in his statement of facts attending the revolution jin Hawaii. In view of the publication of his report it is urged as only fair to repeat | briefly the views of his predecessor on the subject. These are condensed in the mes- sage of President Harrison transmitting the Hawaiian treaty of annexation to the Senate, in the course of which he said: “It has been the policy of the administra- tion not only to respect, but to encourage | the continuance of an independent govern- ment in the Hawaiian Islands so long as it afforded suitable guarantees for the protec- | tion of life and property and maintained a |stability and strength that gave adequate |security against the domination of any jother power. The moral support of this ne has continually manifested it- self in the most friendly diplomatic rela- | tions, and in many acts of courtesy to the | Hawaiian rulers Not Promoted by Thix Government. “The overthrow of the monarchy was not in any way promoted by this government, }but had its origin in what seems to have |been a reactionary and revolutionary policy ‘on the part of Queen Liliuokalani, which |put in serious peril not only the large and lpreponderating interest of the United States in the islands, but all foreign in- teresis, and indeed the decent administra- |tion of civil affairs and the peace of the islands. | “lt is quite evident that the monarchy |nad become effete and the queen’s govern- ment so weak and inadequate as to be the prey of designing and unscrupulous per- sons, The restoration of Queen Liliuoka- |lani to her throne is undesirable, if not im- possible, and unless actively supported by \the United States would be accompanied by serious disaster and the disorganization of all business interests. The influence and interest of the United States in the t: lands must be increased and not diminish- ved. | Only Two Courses Now Open. “Only two courses are now open; one the establishment of a protectorate by the | United States, and the other, annexation |full and complete. 1 think the latter | course, which has been adopted in the | treaty, will be highly promotive of the best interests of the Hawaiian people, and is the only one that will adequately secure the in- ‘terests of the United States. These inter- inquiries conducted by his “paramount au- | nation to prescribe their own form of gov- | States and therefore that potentate would | ‘Yo so hold would ve to extend | 4% Expressed im His Message Trans- | ests are not wholly selfish. It is essential | that none of the other great powers shall | Secure these islands. Such possession would | not consist with our safety and with the peace of the world. “This view of the situation is go apparent and conclusive that no protest has been heard from any government against pro- ceedings looking to annexation. Every for- eign representative at Honolulu promptly acknowledged the provisional government. and I think there is a general concurrence in the opinion that the deposed queen ought | not % be restored. Prompt action upon this | | treaty is very desirable. | “If it meets the approval of the Senate | peace and good order will be secured in the | ; islands under existing laws until such time as Congress can provide by legislation a permanent form of government for the islands. This legislation should be, and I do not doubt will be, not only just to the natives and all other residents and citizens of the islan: but should be characterized | by great liberality and @ high regard to the rights of all the people and of all foreigners (domiciled there. Cannot Be Restored With shed. An Indianapolis dispatch to the New York | Tribune says: When the news of the ac- tion of the Cleveland cabinet in reference | to Hawaii was carried to Gen. Harrison tonight he was inclined to doubt it, and | said he did not think the President would jannounce a policy except in a message to Congress. “But in any event, whether true or not,” he said, “I do not want to comment on Mr. Cleveland's acts. If his policy suits him, mine suited me. But if it had been known that his administration would take this step previous to the election |the other day, I think John’s estimate of )what McKinley's majority in Ohio would | be would come true.” This was a refer- ence to a story he told the day after elec- tion, when John, a democratic workman, said that McKinley would get all the votes cast in Ohio. Gen. Harrison continued: “The queen cannot resume her throne, I believe, without bloodshed, and it remains now to see whether the United States ma- rine service will be used to establish her in power again. The question of annexation |is one of deep interest to America, and will | be handled, I have no doubt, by newspapers | and the people in a patriotic manner. Un- | less my administration is the object of un- | jest reflection in the action taken, I will have nothing to say to the public.” BRAZILIAN AFFAIRS. it Blood- ON Senor Me: mca Believes Mello’s Sit- uation to Be Desperate. At the very moment that the green and yellow colors of the Brazilian government | are hoisted at the masthead of the steamers El Cid and Brittania the two vessels will | receive a new christening. The El Cid will in future be known as the Nictheroy, in| | recognition of the gallant defense of the |elty of Rio Janeiro by the militia from the |state of which Nictheroy is the capital. |The name America’ will be given to the Brittania, as one more in keeping with the | ‘national sentiments of the Brazilian people. _Mellos's Sit Growing Desperate. | Mf Admiral Mello has bombarded Rio this | week the fact is still unknown at the lega- tion here, where constant communication | is had with the Peixoto government. Senhor Mendonca now disbelieves the report, which at first seemed to have a strong basis of probability. According to the information jhe has, Mello’s situation seems daily to grow more desperate. Hemmed in the har- bor of Rio like a rat in a pit, his ammuni- tion nearly exhausted, his forces demoral- \ized and himself unable to escape in any one of his more pretentious ships, his capit- ulation, according to the latest advices | from Rio, seems to be but a matter of days. The provisional government set up by him on.the island of St. Catherine's is next ex- | pected to fall, for the land forces which | Peixoto has concentrated there are power- | ful enough to crush out the opposition in a | few hours. | Expects the Capture of St. Catherine's | ‘The capture of St. Catherine's, the only | | point of land in the republic held by Mello, is the news which Minister Mendonca is |now awaiting. Peixoto’s troops at St} | Catherine's will be commanded by Gen. | Argallo, an officer of veteran experience. |The troops were sent there from three} potits—from Rio Grande do Sul on the, |south, from the interior and from Rio Janeiro. They are well equipped, well of-| ficered and full of enthusiasm for their | “Tt is believed that when St. Catherine | falls Mello will endeavor to escape to some foreign land, where he may remain in safety. The Aquidaban, his flagship, is too crippled to move, and the monitor Jauray could only be towed out of the harbor un- {der a galling fire from the forts, which | would probably destroy her. He could es- cape only, Senhor Mendonca says, in one of |his torpedo boats, and then only under | cover of darkness and aided by fortuitous circumstances. a DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. A Protest, A petition signed by M. L, Gottwals, W. | G. Glenn, E. D. Farnham, Z. B. Babbitt and | |B. F. Singleton has been received by the Commissioners protesting against the zrant- ing of a Hquor license to Mrs. Nalley or anyone else in square 12. Heating Cars. Health Officer Hammett in his report upon | | House bill 4280, providing for the heating of street cars in the District of Columbia, says “There is no doubt in my mind that colds and pulmonary diseases may be concracted | jin street cars, and that the health sf those who are compelled to ride in such conve ances would be better protected if they were heated by some process in the winter | season. License Disposals. After The Star's report closed yesterday afternoon the excise board took yp and dis- posed of the following applications for liquor | license: John T. Hoffman, 409 9th street southeast; Elizabeth Guy, 1251 34 street southwest; Carl Gavin, 1916 M street northwest; Louis Kulle, jr., 1423 G street northwest; Joseph |B. Walz, 631 Pennsylvania avenue south- east; William A. Ehrmantrout, 1 F street southwest; Michael King, 83 K street south- | | west; John Craven, 960 26th street north-| | west; John Frazer, 1309 llth street south- east; John Costello, 522 Sth street south- east’ Clarence P. Bernard, 511 7th street | northwest; Charles H. Stello, 1019 7th street | northwest; Joseph B. Ehrmantrout, 1115 E | street northwest; Conrad Eber, 480 Louis- jana avenue northwest; Patrick O' Donohue, | 908 4th street northwest; J. B. Lawler, 2100 E street northwest; Mary Sullivan, 73 Ist | street southeast; William H. Rose, jr. 7| Harrison street, Anacostia; Eugene Swee- |ney, 9” Half ‘street southeast: Barbara Blake, 301 Ist street southwest; Joseph Danhakl, 742 2d street northwest: A. Pauili, 227 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; Rich. ard Curtin, 202 7th street northeast: David Nagle, 153 G street southeast; J. J. Farrell, 03 2d street northeast; August Douglas, i706 Pennsylvania_avenue northwest: Wil. liam Helmus, 414 7th street northwest; Ed- ward Nagle, 109 Pennsylvania avenue northwest, and Catherine Griffin, 520 4 street southwest. Four retail applications were rajectea, follows: John A. Voegler, 213 G_ stree northwest; Robert H. Ke: 1 34 str southwest; John J. Noonan, 901 26th stree northwest, and Leonard Egloff, 200 td street southeast. | Fifteen wholesale applications were sp-| proved, as follows: John Madigaa, 436 Mon- roe street, Anacostia; George H. costia; Perry W. Lowe, west; G. Pessagno & Sons, S08 northwest; Robert E. Smith, southeast; C. Schmidt, 808 Maryland northeast; Frank G. Davidson, 1551 6th street northwest; William A. Smithson and Richard T. Mazinger, 42 H street south- west: Warner H. Wright, 1800 dalf streot southwest; William Muehleisen northwest; T. A. Rov ystreet; Jackson & © avenue northw wning & Midd!-ton, 610 Pennsylvania avenue northwest; J Doyle, 431 Ist street southwest, Daly & Co west. A lar tail appli to the lieutenants of police for furth ports. 6 5th street orth Czpitel Ansylvania | town today, | the game is likely to bring out one of its | prettiest | worth and Brooke back of the line, each | team is strong in that respect, and the |revenue bureau, who TO BE A GREAT FIGHT. | This Afternoon’s Struggle Between the College Teams, YALE AND UNIVERSITY OF PENNA Their Strongest Foot Ball Elevens Will Meet. FINE PUNTING EXPECTED. orn nenasaiie NEW YORK, Nov. 11.—At Manhattan Field this afternoon a great and important | Struggle will take place. The contending factions will be the foot ball elevens of Yale University and the University of Pennsyl- vania, The interest in this game exceeds, if anything, that taken in the Priaceton- Pennsylvania game at Manheim a week ago. Since it was definitely settled that the game would be played, little else has been talked of in college and sporting circles. ‘The Princeton-Yale and Yale-Harvard Kames are for the time being forgotten. The feel- ing between the two big universities is sub- dued, but fierce. Pennsylvania is fighttag to sustain her claim that she is the equal of the “Big Three” on the foot ball field, and Yale has her great record of two years without a single defeat to keep up. Both sides have mustered their very strongest teams. The conditions are all fa- vorable to a desperate contesi. Wita but one or two exceptions on the Yale «ide the men are all in the best of physical condi- tion. Receiver Freedman has been nursing Manhattan field as a mother looks after an invalid child. it is in a near perfect con- dition as care can make it. have been made to handle a big crowd, and there is no doubt that the crowd will Nature has furnished a day just to the liking of both spectators and contestants. Not only are there large numbers of Yale and Pennsylvania “undergraduates” in but Harvard and Princeton | Were also liberally represented. Each will have ite entire team out to see the game. The opposing teams slept on their arms in this city last night. The Hoffman House Was the stronghold of the Pennsylvania | contingent, while the New Haven warriors pitched their tents at the Murray Hill. | Every player was hustled off to bed warily in the evening to husband every particle of energy and strength in his composition, and to dream of victory. There is scarcely any wind today; #0 features—kicking. With Butter- punting duel should be a lively one. Play will be called at 2:30 o'clock, with the teams lined up as follows: Yale. Position Penna. -Left -Left tackle. -Left Center. Right guard Right tackle Greenway. Right end Morris. -Quarter back. Thorne. Left half back. Armstrong....Right half back. Butterworth -Pull back. Referee—W. . Brooks of Harvard, Um- | Pire—P. J. Dashiel of Lehigh. ——— ee DIED IN SLEEP. B. Perry Collins, a Young Washing- ian, Asphyxiated at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 11—At 6 o'clock this morning the attaches of the St. James Hotel detected a strong odor of gas on the third floor, and examination located the leak in room No. 21, the door of which was locked. A ladder was hoisted to the tram som, and the porter saw two men lying @@ the single bed in the room. The door was quickly broken open, and a hasty examina- tion showed that the men had been dead sev- eral hours. Their names were B. Perry Col- lins, aged nineteen, of Washington, D. C., and J. Salmon, aged twenty-five, of New York. The men were last seen alive at 4 o'clock yesterday morning, when, after a night of dissipation, they entered the hotel and were shown to their room. At 10 o'clock yester- day morning the employes rapped on their door, but the men refused to get up. Later in the afternoon a knock at the door brought no response, and the men were Supposed to be sleeping. When found this morning both men were lying in a single bed, their arms clasped about each other in an affectionate em- brace and their features as composed as if asleep. The gas was pouring from the Single jet in the room, the door, windows and transom of which were tightly closed. The gas fixture is an old-style affair without any stop cock, and it is supposed the men, in turning off the flame, twisted the valve beyond the safety point. Both men were connected with the ad- vertising department of the Old Dominion Cigarette Company. Mr. B. Perry Collins, news of whose death in St. Louis was received here this morning, is well and favorably known in this city, where he had lived the largest part of his life. He was a son of Mr. Benj. H. Collins, chief of division in the internal lives at 612 13th Young Collins was about twenty-one years of age. He graduated from St John’s, Alexandria, and afterward attended a course at Emerson Institute. After leav- ing school he entered upon a business career, commencing first with the Wilson Biscuit Company. About a year ago he secured a position with the American To- bacco Company as an agent for plug to- bacco. Later he was transferred to the cigarette department and since then he had been on the road as @ traveling man most of the time. anime WILL REMAIN HERE. street. An ce! t From Rome Concern. ing Mer. Satolli. LONDON, Nov. iL—A dispatch from Rome to the United Press conveys the in- telligence that Monsignor Satolli, the papal delegate to the United States, will remain in Washington. The dispatch adds that Dr. O'Connell, rector of the American College, yesterday presented to the pope a volume containing the speeches and state papers of President Cleveland. The pope» made some flattering remarks upon the gift. COLOGNE, Nov. 11.—A publication in the Voiks-Zeitung yesterday of a statement to the effect that Monsignor Satolli would be made a cardinal at the next papal con- sistory is generally accepted as a fact by the Catholics here. has been no of- cial confirmation of report from the Vatican, but the statement of the Volke- Zeitung is considered deserving of credit WARSAW, | Nov. 1L.—A h from Brest-Litovsk, a town of Russian Poland, reports an accid today that re- sulted in the loss of many liv A territie explesion occurred in the shop of a chem+ ist and the building In which the shop was located was completely shattered, as were also the adjacent houses. Each of the buildings contained several families Twenty-one persons were killed outright ad many other persons injured. he explosion is supposed to have b caused by fire reaching the ether in hemist’s shop, a considerable quantity it having been stored on the premises.