Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1893, Page 2

2 missionary visit to the Hawaiian Islan? Just before the revolution. Talking on ‘he s t Newman sail “I do not believe that the people country will ever permit President land to restore the monarchy. He cannot do it. How ts it to be accomplished? These are questions upon which the people may have something to say. When I was in the country, the people were ripe for indepen- ence. The leaders of the revolution were the cream of intelligence and dignity of its residents. The fact is, that but for Amer- ican influences the ‘sland would be in a rapid state of decadence. The underlying idea seems to be to get a fling at Gen. Harrison. J ust nigh leve- Delaware Senators Think Differently. WILMINGTON, Del, Nov. 13—In an in- terview last night Senator Gray commends the administration for its course in the Hawailan matter and says the action of Secretary Gresham “simply seeks to pre-| serve the government from being a partici- pant in a low, sordid and dishonorable polit- feal in’ . | Senator Higgins said on the subject: “I| am simply astounded at the action of the President and Secretary in their using the power of the United States government in restoring the monarchy in Hawaii.” WHAT ADMIRAL SKERRETT says. | He Believes There Would Be Blood- shed Attending Restoration Hawall SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—Admiral J. | S. Skerrett, U. S. recently relieved of | his command of the war vessels at Hono- Yulu and ordered to report to Washing- ton, arrived this morning on the China. A United Press representative interviewed him as the steamer was lying in the stream | and asked him as to the present situation in the tsland. The admiral replied that perfect quiet reigned there without any indication of im- pending trouble. A new U. S. minister had arrived and was to submit his govern- ment's ultimatum on the morning of the | @ay that the China sailed. + Up to that ume no special effort had been made to anticipate the purport of his in- structions. The country, he added, was prosperous under the rule of the provisional govern- ment and possessed the unlimited confi- dence of the white population, irrespective of nationality. Business was moving with the usual quietness and the merchants were | undisturbed by sensational rumors. { As to the feeling among natives, he said he personally had no opportunity of ascer- taining how they regarded the situation. Speaking generally,however, the provi- | sional government gave satisfaction and Justified the feeling of security, simply be- | cause it is a good government. Under the | administration of the provisional govern- ment the debt contracted with Claus Spreckles by Queen Liliuokalani had been wiped out. Replying to a question as to what would ‘be the effect when the ultimatum of the United States was received, the admiral an- swered that he could not state. He admit- ted, however, that there was some founda- tion for fears of trouble between the party im power and the adherents of the deposed | queen. Being pressed for further details, Admiral Skerrett said that he had been informed by am attache of the British embassy that a member of the provisional government had said twice that before Queen Liliuokalani would be permitted to reascend the Ha- wailan throne she would be killed. This seems to justify the fears that have been expressed in the eastern press relative to the maintenance of the provisional govern- ment. ' Personally the admiral had no knowledge of such a desperate state of affairs. When he was requested to give his ver- sicn of the alleged conflict between him- self and Minister Blount. in which it is stated that Admiral Skerrett refused to comply with Minister Blount’s request unt! | the latter prod: his written authority, | the admiral characterized the story as en- tirely and unequivocal! s He affirmed, on the contrary, that Minis- ter Blount and himself were on the most cordial and intimate terms. i Admiral Serrett also stated that he had} already received his instructions from the Secretary of the Navy relative to Mr. Blount and that he had carried out those instructions. In conclusion, he reiterated his statement | that he had n oknowledge to impart, adding finally that when he left Honolulu Sam er, a member of the queen's cabinet, Mr. Queen Liliuokalani’s brother. in-law and Mr. Widdeman came to the steamer to wish him bon voyage. ae HAWAII AND INTERNATIONAL LAW. ‘The Situation Discussed From a Legal Point of View. Speaking of Secretary Gresham's recent letter to the President relative to Hawaiian affairs, a distinguished member of the Dis- trict bar stated to a Star reporter today that the step proposed to the Presideat was not only un-American, put also contrary not directly, to restore a monarchy, a form of government wholly -epusnznt to every true American, and contrary to interna- tional law, because whatever inay have been the cause or causes which everthcew the Hawaiian monarchy, whether the influcnce of the United States had been wrongfully exerted in that direction or not, by over- | zealous or designing citizens and o‘ficers cf ! this country, the fact remained that the reigning sovereign was deposed ani a pro- visional government established. That pro- visional government, it appeared, had been duly recognized by this country, both by | the last and by the present administration. | And it also appeared that the provisional | government had been fully cecognized by | other countries. Because of such recogni-, tion the provisional government had in con- templation of international law, as The} Star’s informant understood it, thereby be- come an established government, tully en- titled to all the rights and privileges of ether established governments. «4,30 established,” continued the tawyer, | “the provisional government possessed the | Fight to continue until the people of the Hawaiian Islands, not the people of the chose to change it. Suppose indeed, any other power had proposed ot crush out the pro- government by the restoration of Liluakalani to her former throne the United States would have been, and Es so, the very first government to proteseted against such a step. And, if I mistake not, this government would have followed.up its protset with a declara- tion of war, its protest failing to prevent foreign interference. Yet, in taking such a step against the interference of another bower the United States government would | mot have been justified because of any; rights, actual or supposed, acquired by it} in Hawaii through the establishment of the provisional government, as one of the great powers of the world could have justly rest-| ed its right to prevent foreign interference | upon the sole and ample ground that such | @ foreign interference would have been a} violation of the laws of neutrality. “But I cannot believe that this govern- ment’s representative has been instructed to restore the deposed queen to her throne at all hazards, with force if necessary, for it is simply too preposterous. The old max- im that two wrongs do not make a right applies very strongly in this case. If we! did wrong in aiding the dethronement of | the queen we certainly should not commit, another wrong by overthrowing the present provisional governmtne. To restore the late queen to her throne would, in my opin- jon, amount to a violation by this govern-| ment of one of its grandest positions—the Monroe doctrine. That doctrine, which every subsequent administration has proud- ly maintained, is, in effect, that the United States will not allow the establishment of any monarchical form of government on the American continent, and yet this ad- ministration. If reported correctly, proposes doing that very thing upon what is virtual- ly American territory. But, as I have said, I canot believe that such is really thne pur- pose of the present adrninistration. I am apt to believe, I sincerely hope at least, that it will turn out that our present repre- sentative to the Hawatian Islands has only been nstructed to withdragy the previous Fecognition, and, in that, the moral sup- port of the provisional government. thereby leaving the whole settlement of the ques- tion alone to the Hawaiian. And in doing even that I am not certain but that we would be making a great mistak ———_-e About 8 o’clock Saturday evening a slight fire took place at Pool & Brook’: Loutsiana avenue between Sth oth ed by a lighted candle. Contee, a_ colored Struck in the head with a night and badly hurt. He was taken to the Freedman’s Hospital. The audience assembled at North Capito 3 fi a rich tre: 1 t ted le nny on the Mr James A. McDevitt vn | independent detective, was t street Saturday night, but w recover ing and will be out in a few days. | ™morning. Her death is the second death in THE EVENING STAR: WASHINGTON L'TE NEWS BY WIRE. A Deal Between Lehigh Valley and the Susquehanna Roads. DENIAL THAT NEW ENGLAND IS IN IP. Interchange of Freight Traffic the Purpose. ‘algae PRES. BERG’S STATEMENT. : a oe PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13.—It was for- mally announced by officials of the Lehigh Valley railroad today that a deal for the interchange of freight traffic with the New York, Susquehanna and Western road has been consummated. The roads will connect for this purpose at Jenkins, near Wilkes- barre, and also at Hainsburg Junction, near Stroudsburg. It is stated by the Lehigh Valley officials that the deal is not an- tagonistic to the New York and New Eng- land or to any other road. The exchange of traffic will be mutual and promises to be highly advantageous to both companies. A large amount of traffic will be brought over the Suspension bridge and through Buffalo from the west by the Lehigh Valléy and turned over to the New York, Susquehanna and Western at Jenkins for points on the latter's new Wilkesbarre and Eastern extension, or will be carried still further to Hainsburg junction for the delivery at points between Stroudsburg and Jersey City on the main line of the New York, Susquehanna and Western. In return the Susquehanna road will turn over to the Lehigh Valley all the west bound traffic originating on its Wilkes- barre and Eastern extenston. The agree- ment does not include traftic to reach Jer- sey City independently of each other. President Simon Berg of the New York, Susquehanna and Western says that no deal has been made between New England and Susquehanna. He declined to state whether there were negotiations in progress with this end in view. He said that there was already a line connecting the Pough- keepsie bridge terminus with the Susque- hanna. He says that relations with the Le- high Valley are very pleasant. Aside from that there are no other relations. Tr® Wilkesbarre and Eastern (the Sus- quehanna extension) will be in operation within a week. —— MRS. ROOSEVELT’S DEATH. Sad End of the Wife of the American Secretary of Legation at London. LONDON, Nov. 13.—It has been learned that Mrs. J. Roosevelt Roosevelt (nee As- tor), wife of the secretary of the American embassy, who died yesterday, had suffered greatly for many weeks. Her condition, however, was not such as to forbid hope of her recovery until Friday last, when she began to lose strength rapidly and it was seen that the end of her sufferings was approaching. Her complaint was an internal one. Every Possible means was adopted to alleviate the pain she suffered. Her exhaustion to- ward the end of her life was sad to wit- ness. Her husband and a few of her near- est friends were in close attendance upon her until she died. —_—_ B. SANDS’ LOSSES. F. P. Five-Story Building at Detroit Gut- ted by Fire. DETROIT. Mich., Nov. 13.—The five-story building No. 159 Jefferson avenue, owned by F. P. B. Sands of Washington, D. C., Was gutted by fire at 9:30 o’clock this morn- ing. The building was occupied by the Anderson Manufacturing Company, bicycles; | T. F. Kilroy & Co., publishers; Beck & Knight, bookbinders; the Detroit Publishing Company and the People’s Publishing Com- pany. The losses will aggregate $35,000, partially insured. The fire started near the boilers from crude petroleum. H. D. Osborne and E. W. Dickerson were overcome by smoke and were severely burned about the face ia hands before they could be rescued. —_— RESCUE MISSION WORK. Experiences Related at the Gathering at Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 13.—The Christian workers’ convention met this morning at 9 o'clock in Degive’s Opera House for th2 fourth daily session. The house was crowd- ed. Mrs. A. L. Prindle, matron of Flor- ence Crittentor Mission of New York, made the first address. Mrs. H. Luella Jenkins followed with an address on the work of the deaconesses of the Methodist Episcopal Church in New York. The feature of the morning was an ad- dress by Col. H. H. Hadley of New York on rescue mission work. In connection with this address great enthusiasm de- veloped in regard to the establishment of a mission modeled on the Jerry McAuley mission plan in Atlanta. Delegates on the platform rose and gave their experiences of the good done by such missions, and citizens present rose to promise en- couragement in founding such a mission in Atlanta. Mr. Tracey McGregor of Detroit then ad- dressed the convention on the Helping Hand Mission of that city. The convention took a recess at 12:15. This afternoon the delegates will be ten- dered a reception in the handsome pariors of the Y. M. C. A. building. The session tonight will be occupied by devotional exercises by Rev. John C. Collins of New Haven and Rev. P. A. Torrey of Chicago. ——.—__ A MAN OF VARIED CAREER. Arrest of a Recently Converted Preacher for Embezzlement. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Nov. 13.—Rev. J. T. Hall of Jeffersonville, Ind., was arrested this morning charged with embezzlement. Hall represented a Louisville furniture firm in Indiana, and until all accounts are com- pared the exact amount of the shortage cannot be stated. Pending investigation Hall was released on $2,000 bond. He was converted by a girl evangelist about a year ago, and since then has been the pastor of the United Brethren Church at Sellersburg, Ind. Before that he was a justice of the peace, and while serving as such sentenced his own son to the rock pile. Prior to this Hall was a circus clown. ESS ES Retirement of a Petersburg Clergy- man. Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta: PETERSBURG, Va., Nov. 13.—Rev. Floyd L. Kurtz, who, for the past two years has been the pastor of Old Street Presby- terian Church in this city, tendered his resignation at a meeting of the congre- gation yesterday afternoon, which was accepted. He has not yet determined where he will go. Mr. Kurtz is one of the best known Presbyterian divines in_ Virginia, and is also widely known in Maryland. Before entering the university he was en- gaged in the newspaper business on the eastern shore of Virginia. ——.__ O'ROURKE NOT TO COME. President Wagner Allows Him to Sign Elsewhere. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Nov. 13.—President Wagner of the Washington club has signed a document giving James H. O'Rourke, captain of last season's Washington team the privilege of negotiating with any club | of his choice. O'Rourke does not care to play in Wash- | ington next season, preferring to be nearer home. —_—— Twelfth Victim of the Fog Disaster. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—The list of fatalities iting from the Rock Island rear-enj col- id street last Wednesday evening numbers twelve. Miss Kate Snow, now who received severe scalds and bruises, died at the Mercy Hospital at 7 o'clock this he Snow family caused by the wreck. There remain four of the wreck victims ut lercy Hospital, all of whom are declared out of danger. D. C, MONDAY. NOVEMBER 18, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. | RESUMPTION OF BUSINESS. | | | Another Window Glass Factory Signs the Wages Scale. | PITTSBURG, Pa., Nov. 13—The.Cham- bers, McKee Company‘ of Jeanette, has signed the window glass workers’ scale. This is the third firm in the Pittsburg dis- trict to sign the scale. The Jeanette factory and the Belle Ver- non factory of the R. C. Schertz Company began blowing glass today. The Phillips Glass Company will start their factory on Thursday, but have not yet signed the wage scale. This will leave nine idle factories in the district with no Prospect of their resuming. It is reported that owing to the lack of improvement in trade it ts possible that several of the plants now in operation will draw their fires. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Nov. 13.—Neilson shaft resumed operations today, giving employ- ment to eight hundred men. Ten men were kilied by fire at this shaft last April, since which time the mine had been idle. SEIZED A STATE BUILDING. The Sheriff Takes Possession of Washington's Structure at the Fair. CHICAGO, Nov. 13.—The sheriff took pos- | session of the Washington state building at | the fair grounds this morning. He acted on attachment proceedings brought by the Union National Bank to enforce claims for | $1,325. The state commissioners held an ac- | count at the Merchants’ National Bank, | Tacoma. They drew a check for $1,325 on | the account, but the bank had suspended, | and payment was refused. The Union Na- tional, Chicago, had cashed the paper and brings suit to recover the amount advanced. — GLADSTONE’S DETERMINATION. Parliament Not to Be Prorogued Until the Two Chief Bills Are Passed. LONDON, Nov. 13.—The Westminster Ga- vette, a liberal organ, declares that the government is determined that parliament shall not be prorogued until the parish councils and the employers’ lability bills have passed the house of commons, If the divisions on these measures are not fin! ed by Christmas, the house will then ad- journ for a few days, and upon the re- sumption of its sittings, will continue in session until the work before it is finished. ———— METHODIST MISSION WORK. Dr. Jackson Describes What Has Been Done in Alaska. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Nov. 13—Wnhen the general missionary committee of the M. E. Church reassembled this morning Bishop Hurst, who presided, commented on the little progress that had been made since the opening session on Thursday and it Was decided to hold three sessions daily. The work of pruning the appropriations was resumed. North Dakota was cut down from $11,000 to $9,778, and Northwestern Jowa from $4,000 to $3,555. A special appropriation of $15,000 was made for Oklahoma and new work in the Chero- kee Sirip. A special committee reported resolutions approving the work of the Wo- men’s Home Missionary Society in Ouna- laska, Alaska, and Dr. Shelton Jackson of Washington, "United ‘States commission- er of education for Alaska, was given the privilege of the floor for a fifteen-minute address upon the work that had been ac- complished under Methodist auspices in that region. Senne eee Denver “Sports” Want the Big Fight. DENVER, Col, Nov. 13.—A company of enthusiastic sports have a project started to get Corbett and Mitchell to settle their contest in this city for a purse of $25,0). Among the leaders in the scheme are Bai Mastersoa, Reddy Gallagher, Bob Austin and “Soapy” Smith. Chief of Police Kel- logg was appealed to to allow the fight to take place here, but he refused to commit ; himself. The police board will be visited today to find out what position they will take. ens Epidemic of Diptheria. BRIDGETON, N. J., Nov. 13.—Five deaths from diphtheria in as many days have oc- curred in the village of Greenwich, and the, people are greatly alarmed. There are about twenty-five cases. Mrs. Lemuel Sloan died | last night. She nursed two children safely | through the disease and then was stricken herself. —_——_ New Cases of Yellow Fever. BRUNSWICK, Ga., Nov. 13.—Four new cases of yellow fever are reported today, all of which are colored. Five patients were discharged, two being whites—E. D. Greg-} ory and Mrs. Gregory. There were two deaths Chas. Rockull and Frank Brady, both white. There are now aimost seventy cases under treatment. Weather fair. No hopeful indications in sight. —__ ADMIRAL STANTON'S RECALL Said to Have Occasioned Surprise | and Regret at Rio. | A New York Herald dispatch from Monte- | video says: } “The recall of the American admiral has | caused general regret in Rio. Admiral Stanton was well liked by his men, and he, in return, was deeply interested in their welfare. It is generally felt in Rio that | | his fault, if any, was trifling and at most | only a question of courtesy. Brazil's gov- | ernment complained to the authorities in | Washington without the knowledge, it is | said, of the American minister in Rio, and | he knew nothing of the affair until the or- |der came for Rear Admiral Stanton’s re- ‘call. The opinion is freely expressed in Rio that the American government acted | hastily in the matter, and that if it had | investigated all the ‘circumstances thor- oughly the result might have been differ- es is said at the Navy Department that {no further action will be taken in the case of Admiral Stanton until he arrives in this city and explains his conduct to Secretary | Herbert. —$$$——__+-s-+—___ The Nicaragua Canal Report. It is probable that the report of the Nica- ragua Canal Company will not be incor- | porated in the report af, the Secretary of | the Interior. A dispatch in relation to it |has been sent by the department and word | Was today received that the data could not be furnished this year much in advance | of the time as required by law, Decem- | | ber 1, A Short-Lived Rebellion. The so-called rebellion in Cuba against the Spanish was impotent and short lived. | The Spanish legation here bas received official information of the complete over- throw of the rebel forces and the surrender of their leaders. CALAMITIES IN JAPAN. Three Hundred Drowned by a Flood and L by a Typhoon. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 13.—The steamer China brings news of two severe calami- ties in Japan. One was a flood at Oita, in which 3 people were drowned and over 2,0 houses destroyed, and the other was the foundering of forty-four fishing boats off the western coast during a typhoon, and the toss of ail their occupants, numbering 142 men, a The District Won the Case. In Circuit Court, Divisionl, Justice Brad- ley, today a verdict for defendant was ren- dered in the case of Robert Johnson against the District.This was an action for damages by falling into an excavation for a water main on llth street near Q northwest. The District proved that it was the work of the United States and a verdict for defendant was found. ——_—_ Divorce Not Granted. In the case of Edward R. Campbell for a divorce from Abbie M. Campbell, to whom he was married at Springfield, Vt. in March, 1872, Justice Hagner this morning dismissed the bill. — Appointed Special Eaminer. Cc. W. Freeman has been appointed a special examiner in the pension office. —+e A Report Disapproved. The President has disapproved the re- port of the examining board recommending the promotion of Paymaster Reah Frazer, ——_—_—__-e. Rev. Dr. Wm. R. White died at his home in Fairmount, W. Va., Saturday, aged seventy-three years 4e was born in Georgetown, | government of England, and the only dif- A GRAVE QUESTION. | !To Emable Secretary Smith to Com- The Attitude of the Administration in the Hawaiian Matter. CONGRESS 70 LOOK INTO IT, The Senate Kept in Ignorance When Willis Was Nominated. MR. McGUIRE’S VIEWS. ‘The astonishment at the attitude of the administration in the Hawaiian matter does not appear to grow less from longer contemplation of Secretary Gresham's letter. Democrats are getting more cautious about being quoted for their opinions, but the opinions given in confidence ure none the less radical. A number of democrats in Congress have today declined to talk on the subject on the grounds that their expres- sions, if they said what they felt, would be too intemperate. Two or three said they Were too indignant to talk. Congress Must Deal With It. The general expression is that it is a ques- tion of great gravity with which Congress must deal. It is believed now that Mr. Willis has restored the queen to the Hawa- ifan throne and that a grave responsibility has been assumed by Mr. Cleveland which it will require the disclosure of a most re- markable state of affairs to sustain. As soon as Congress meets both the com- mittee on foreign relations of the Senate and the committee of foreign affairs of the House are expected to take up the question for investigation. If force of arms is used to restore the queen, the question of the | right of the President of the United States | to make war without authority of Congress is one that is expected to come up. The Senate Kept in Ignorance. It Is regarded as most extraordinary that when Mr. Willis was nominated as: minister to Hawaii nothing was said to the Senate about the situation of affairs set forth in Mr. Gresham's letter, and that the Senate was kept in ignorance while they confirmed a minister accredited to a government which he was instructed to overthrow. It is said that the State Department has testimony to sustain its position and that it will be given out after the “fire of the enemy has been drawn.” It is understood that great stress is going to be placed on the fact that a secret com- mission was here some time before the | revolution occurred. This commission was ! here, and had talks with members of the foreign affairs committees of Congress, and with members of Mr. Harrison's adminis- tration. Mr. Blount saw and talked with this secret commission, and knew all about the object of their visit before he was sent to Hawaii. A Secret Commission. It is believed that one of the points made to prove fraud and conspiracy in the over- throw of the queen will be that this com- mission was here plotting the revolution, | and they secured the assurances of sup- Port they wanted from this government,and then went home to Hawailand started the — in accordance with arrangements made. What testimony can be brought in sup- port of this (if the plea is made), except the bare fact that the commission was here seeking recognition and assistance for the revolutionist party before the revolution oc- curred is not know! Representative McGuire’s Views. Representative McClure of California (dem.) makes an earnest defense of the administration. He said to a representative of the Star: “I have read Secretary Gresham's state- ment to the President concerning the Hawaiian question, and upon the facts! stated by him it seems to me clear that | a vindication of our national honor re- | quires the restoration as far as it is pos. sible now to restore them of the govern- mental conditions existing on the léth of January, 1893. The documentary evidence submitted by Mr. Blount in connection with the testimony of Commodore Skerrett shows very conclusively that the revolu- tion in the Hawaiian kingdom, which re- sulted in the dethronement of the queen and the establishment of the provisional government, was aided and abetted from the beginning with a strong probability that it was instigated by authorized repre- sentatives of this government. And it further appears that the consti- tutional government of Hawail. represented by the queen, made a conditional abdication and surrender of its authority under pro- test and solely on account of the menace of the military and naval powers of this country. The indorsement upon that writ- ten protest and conditional abdication made by Mr. Dole, the president of the provisional government, may be fairly construed to have been a recognition of the conditions of abdication stated in the docu- ment. Taking that view of the matter, the whole matter of the change of government there was submitted by the opposing par- ties to the arbitration of this government. Minister Stevens’ Part. But however we may view the wretched part which our government took in that revolution the fact appears to be that Mr. Stevens, while the accredited minister of this government to the constitutional gov- ernment of the independent kingdom of Hawaii, a power at peace with this coun- try, deliberately engaged in a revolution- ary intrigue with alien residents of that Kingdom for the overthrow of that gov- ernment, and brought to the aid of the revolutionists immediately upon the di covery of their pla the menace of the superior military and naval power of this country. The ministers ot civilized nations are not | accredited to friendly nations for any such purpose, and they are received by the gov- ernments to which they are accredited upon the faith and belief that they have no purpose in coming other than that which is recognized as rightful by the law of nations. The minister accredited by this government to the kingdom of Hawatia had no more right to engage in an intrigue for the violent overthrow of that govern- ment than the minister or ambassador accredited to the court of St. James has to engage in a conspiracy to overthrow the ference which I can see between the in- trigue in which the conduct of Minister Stevens involved this country and the sup- posed intrigue inst the government of England is that land has greater power to defend herself against such a menace. The worst feature of the whole situation is that it looks very much as if Minister Stevens in promoting the Hawaiian rebel- lion was acting in perfect accord with the! President of the United States and his cabinet officers. Just what should be done now in view of the complications that have arisen out of the recognition of the provi- sional government by other nations I am not prepared to say, but that all the powers of this government should be exerted to right the wrong and outrage which was in- volved in that intrigue I am certain. Jus- tice should be the basis of our treatment of foreign nations, great and small, strong and weak. We uld not deal more lightly with the rights of the weakest nation with which we have treaty relations than with the most powerful nations of the earth.” —_———— The new afternoon paper of Berkley, Va., the Daily Citizen, made its appearance yes- terday. Berkley has two papers now, both daily. Norfolk’s new dally, the Tribune, appears about the 27th instant, it is said. Capt. Calvin D. Cowle of the twenty-third infantry, United States Army, has been at Appomattox Court House for several days superintending the erection of tabiets to mark the positions of the Union and con- federate armies at the surrender. At an oyster supper given for the benefit of a church at Newhouse, W.Va., on Thurs- day night, Isaiah Saunders shot and killed Albert Buckner. They quarreled about a young woman who Was claimed as a sweet- heart by both. The funeral of Passed Assistant Surgeon c. W. Rush, United States Navy, retired, took place Saturday at Annapolis. ‘The death watch has been set on the con- demned murderer, Wm. Foreman, who is to be executed in Portsmouth, Va., on the 26th instant, The body of Capt. Edward Trower, watch- man at the American fertilizer factory, ad- joining the navy yard, was found drowned in the harbor at the foot of South street, Portsmouth, Va., yesterday morning. He went off duty at 6 o'clock and the body was found an‘ hour afterward. ‘average amount of the orders issued w: TWO DUCUMENTS NECESSARY plete His Annual Report. There is trouble at the Department of the Interior over reports. Al! the reports neces- sary to be included in that of the Secretary of the Interior are in with the exception of two, one the annual report of William C. Renfroe, governor of Oklahoma, and the other that of the president of the Nica- ragua Canal Company. Just now the Sec- retary is absent, but is putting in his odd moments on his report. It was hoped trat immediately upon his return to Washing- ton he would be able to transmit his an- nual statement of the workings of the de- partment to the President. But this im- portant document will be delayed till the Feports just named reach Washington. There is an excuse for the delay of the canal report. The president of that com- pany is directed by Congress to make a report in December, and consequently the canal people do nat call upon the various branches for reports till late in October. Usually, though, the president sends in a sufficiently accurate statement of the work- ings of the company for the year preceding to be incorporated tn the report of the Sec- retary of the Interior. This may arrive in Washington at any day. The hitch in the Oklahoma matter cannot be explained at the department. ——_______»+ @ «________ THE COLUMBUS CARAVELS. They Are to Be Cared for in Chicago for the Prese Secretary Herbert is satisfied with the arrangements made the Columbian Museum of Chicago in caring for the Columbus cara- vels at the world’s fair until Congress shall make permanent disposition of the vessels, and tomorrow the temporary transfer will take place. Commander Berry of the United States steamship Michigan will pass upon the adaptibility of the precautions taken for the safe keeping of the boats, which will be kept under cover during the winter, and‘so situated as to prevent dam- age by ice and waves. The Columbian Museum, through its trustees, recently requested Secretary Herbert to give them charge of the caravels until Congress had time to pass upon a petition for the permanent transfer of the vessels to the museum. Mr. Herbert granted the request on the condition that the arrangements for safe keeping le should meet with the approval of the de- partment. A telegram received this morn- ing from ee Berry says the ar- mnts are satisfactory. Scremerrow evening, the old Michigan, the only war vessel of the United States in the great lakes, will leave Chicago, where she has been stationed during the continuance of the exposition, for Erie, Pa., her regular station. - ORDER BUREAU. THE MONEY Orders and Postal Notes I and Paid Out Last Year. Edward M. Gadsden, chief of the money order division, Post Office Department. has submitted his annual report. In pursuance of the policy of extending money order facilities to post offices where the com- pensation of the postmaster amounts to $200 per annum 6,401 offices were added, thus making a total of 18,434. To the 717 postal note offices in operation on June 30, 1892, there were added 131. The number of such offices discontinued was 137, ard the total number in operation on June 30, 18%, was 71. Of the number discontinued 100 were | made money order offices, and as such are horized to issue and pay postal notes as well as money orders. Money Order Offices. On June 30, 1892, there were 2,224 money order offices authorized to transact interna- tional money order business. To this num- ber 195 were added during the last fiscal year and 12 were discontinued. The total amount of payments and repayments of domestic money orders for the year was $127,697,381.70. The excess of payments and Tepayments over issues was $120,948.05. The $9.59, and the average one received $8.42, The number of postal notes issued during the year was 7,753,210, and | Cj the number paid during the same period, 7,741,423. Exchange of Foreign Money Orders. In pursuance of the provisions of con- ventions a direct exchange of money orders with the British colonies of Bermuda and South Australia commenced January 1, 1898. A convention for the exchange of money orders with the republic of Salvador went into operation on July 1, 1893. A direct exchenge of money orders between the United States and the grand duchy of Luxemburg commenced January 1, 1893, Previous to that date the money order busi- ness with Luxemburg was transacted through the German postal administration, necessitating the payment of an extra ft Negotiations are still pending for the es- tablishment of a direct exchange of money orders between this country and Hon, Kong and Ecuador. . — The international money order business shows an increase. During the last fiscal year the expenses of the money order busi- ness amounted to $944,337.36. al THE ORIENTS DEFEATED. Y. M. C. A. Team Beat Them by a Very Close Scor The Y. M. C. A. foot ball eleven defeated the team from the Orient Athletic Club by a score of 6 to 2, at Y. M. C. A. Park, Sat- urday afternoon. It was a very close call for the Christian athletes, for they went into the game loaded down with over-confi- dence and the result was they had all they could do to score once in the two 20-minute halves that were played. Avis of the Ori- ents played a very fine game, making two runs of thirty-five yards. Johnson, Leet and Harder did the best work for Y. M. C. A., Johnson making the solitary touchdown and Leet kicking goal. The Y. M. C. A. were compelled to make a safety touchdown when an attempted punt was blocked. The teams were as follows: Y. M. C. A—Houchin, left end; Corby, left tackle; Davis, left guard; Gapin, cen- ter; Saunders, right guard; Bright,’ right tackle; Cross, right end; Harder, quart-r back; “Davidson, left half back; ‘Johnson, right half back, ‘and Leet, full back. Orients—Sterritt, left end; Fugitt, left tackle; Stewart, left guard; Davis, center: Mosher, right guard; Gooding, right tack! Maupin, right end; Brock, left half back; Avis, right half back: and Geoghegan, ful bac! ae HAS BEEN ACQUITTED. And Now Effor Be Made to Re- . instate Him. Strenuous efforts are being made by a number of people in authority to bring about the reinstatement of Arthur J. Beall, the letter carrier who was arrested during | the summer by a post office inspector on suspicion of having rifled a letter of 91, and who was recently acquitted by a jury in the Criminal Court after a thorough trial. The young man lost his position, al- though many persons who knew Mr. Beall contended from the first that he was in- nocent and that the inspector had made a mistake. He was arrested, charged with opening a decoy letter, but though every Piece of his clothing was taken from him and he was searched immediately after he was said to have opened the letter the detective acknowledged that the dollar said to have been missing was not found. age Threatened His Father. Charles Schneider, jr., aged twenty-three, is at the sixth precinct station charged with threats to his father, the well-known baker, of 413 I street northwest. He will be taken to the Police Court tomorrow. He has been drinking for some days, and when his father upbraided him yesterday he went to the stable, clipped the tails and cut several horses and turned them loose, and attacked his father. It is thought that his mind is affected from drink. ——__ Chi Phi Banquet. The convention of the Chi Pai fraternity, in session in this city last week, came to a close Saturday evening at Welcker’s with an enjoyable banquet, which, though closed to all outsiders was participated in by up- wards of eighty Chi Phi’s and there was no denying the fact that they enjoyed them- selves right merrily. After the dinner there was speechmaking and singing and it was well towards midnight by the time the guests had all gone. ——— Rumored Civil Service Changes. The report is again revived that Civil Service Commissioners Lyman and Johnson are soon to be relieved from duty oa the commission. FINANCE AND TRADE. Prices Opened High, but Later Were Depressed. INDUSTRIALS THE CENTER OF INTEREST —_.—___ The Sugar Pool Unloads at High Prices. ——— GENERAL MARKET REPORTS. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Nov. 13.—Prices in the stock market this morning were fractionally above closing figures, but sold off on later trading. London was dull at concessions from Saturday's closing and did rothing of importance on this side. The industrials attracted most attention and monopolized the business of the day, The bull pool in Sugar having unloaded | at higher figures are now uctively engaged | in depressing the price of that property | and are aided in their efforts by probable legislation and decreased earnings. A de- cline of 2 per cent to 9 7-8 was recorded | during the morning. Chicago Gas, notwithstanding the talk of a new bull pool who are pledged to restore its former glory, sold down 1 3-4 per cent to 59 7-8. General Electric is supposed to have been selected as the most vulnerable point of attack for the next bear raid and it is raid that the company’s earnings will justify the proposed course. In the regular list Manhattan was de- pressed on decreased earnings for the last quarter to 1291-2, loss of 11-2 per cent from the opening. Northwest declined 11-4 per cent to 1023-4 and Burlington lost 13-8 to $01-2. The market is still entirely confined with- in the narrow and unsatisfactory limits of the professional element, and trading is sluggish in consequence. ‘The loaning rates for active stocks are graded from 2 per cent down to flat, and show no signs of being reduced by an increase in the supply The short interest is still very large, and shows no signs of uneasiness, but con- servative operators predict that the next rally will be at the expense of the shorts, who have spread themselves out over tco great a surface and will be easily panic stricken. Louisville and Nashville earnings for the first week this month show a decrease of $82,320, making total decrease since July 1, | $1,455,114. Manhattan Elevated for the quar- ter ending September 30, report net earn- Ings, $468,914, against $528,2% for correspond- Ing period last year. Missouri, Kansas and Texas for the first week in November re- ports an increase of $50,200. The foreign exchange market developed decided strength during the afternoon and the supply of commercial bills was ex- tremely limited. Demand accommodations advanced 1-4 per cent to 484 1-4a484 1-2. Money was quoted at 1 1-2 per cent on call and 5 and 6 per cent on time. The market rallied slightly around de- | Gas, 10 at 474g. | 112 bid, 113 asked.” U | bid, 113 asked. Alton, quarter back! | livery hour, but there was no snap to the trading and no news to influence prices. The closing was at fractional advances from the lowest. FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following arethe opening, the lowest ard the closine prices uf the New York sane market tovay, as reported by & Macartney, members New York stock exchance. Correspondents | Messrs. Moore & Schiey, No. 80 Broadway: Clone. | Biehest and the 233 1 il ag 165 ss Bix a ‘tomy Wabash ® Wheelin Wheeling & Western Ui iecousin Suiver. Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—reguiar call—12 o'clock m.—Waushington Georgetown Gas, § at 52. <0. S. 4s, registered, 1907, S. 48, ‘coupon, 107, 113 District of Columbia Bonds.—20-year fand bid. Water stock 7s, currenc , Iwi, 112 bid. By. year fund in — 113 bid. Water stock curr '. bid. . funding, curres UGA, ma. 3% registered 2-10, 100 — Miscellaneous Bonds.—Washington and George- town It. K. conv. Us, Ist, 135" bid, “140 “nore, | Washingt and Geo own KE. K. conv. Gs, 2d, 135 bid, 140 asked. Masonic Hall Association G2. luv bid. Washington Market Conipany Ist Ge, 100 bid. Washington Market Company imp. Ge, 106 bid. Washington Market Company ext. te 100 bid Awerican Security and Trust 5s, 1905, 100 bi Bye ige Security and Trust 5s, Ov bid. American Security and ‘Trust 1906, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Light ia fantry Ist 6s, 97 bid. Washington Light Tufantry 2d 96 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 114% bid. ‘hington Company Gs, series B, 115% bid. Washington Company cony. Ga, 125 bid. Eckington R. R. 6s, 100 asked. Chesa- peake and Potomac Telephone $s, 103 asked. Cap. | M Ss, 0 wd 140 tol and North O Street R. R. Ss, 105 asked. Saeegyae conv. = 100 bid, 106 asked. lectriec Light conv. 108 bid. Ana: ‘ia R. 66, gold, 101 asked. oe | National Bank Storks.—Bank of Wasbii rte 300 bid, 360 asked. Kank of the Republic, 230 bid, 200 asked. Metropolitan, 280 bid, 290 asked. Central, | 260 bid. Farmers and Mechanics’, 170 bid. Co. | lumbia, 110 bid, 130 asked. Capital, 110 bid. West End, 95 bid, 110 asked. Traders’, 110 asked. coln, 100 asked. Ohio, 80 asked. Georgetown, 100 asked. Columbia, 55 ed. Capitol and North O Street, 17 bid, Georgetown and Tenallstown, 33 asckd, Stocks.—Firemen's, 38 bid. Franklin. asked. Metropolitan, — ‘ational sked. Arlington, *150 bid. be . aes Pie Sree id asked. legs, 6% iid. Ty asked. People's. s asked. Lincoln, 6% bid, 7, naked, Cosimente 5% asked. g pitts, Insurance Stocks.—Real Estate Tithe, 108 | 1 asked. Columbia Title, 64 bid, ington tle, 6 bia. sd pares Gas and Electric Light Stocks.— Washingt: 4814 bid. 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 48% ae S. Electric Licht. 110 bid. 130 sked. Telephone Stocks.—Pennssivania, 45 asked. Ches- apeake and Potomac, 38 bid. 0 asked. Amerheen Washington Market, 10 Graphophone, 1% Wid, 214 wsked. Miscellan Stocks. hid. 14 asked. Great Falls Ice, 110 bid, 130 asked, Bull Run Panorama. 25 asked. Pneumatic Gun Cer. | riage, ed. Inter Ocean Building, 100 asked Nortotk and Washington Steamboat, 85 bid. 98 | : bid. 5 ‘Safe Deposit and Trust Compantes.—National Safe Deposit and Trust Company, 120 id. 130 asked. Washington Loan and Trust, 100 bid. 112 asked. American Seenrity and Trust, 119% bid, 122 asked. *Ex dividend. ——___ | Baltimore Markets. | 13.—Flonr . extra, Bs . winter wheat . -» 4.004.320: do. do. straight, 3%. celpte, 12.168 barrels: sales, 425 barrels, Dece: OSX: May. TRia73i:: 2 red. 60% n6 receipts, 13.617 bushels: stock, 1.205.864 bushels: sales, 77.000 bushels: milling wheat hr anmple, AS 266. Corn —mixed. snot. 45144514. rorembe 44a44%i: January. 44244°: eteamer mixed. 43° asked—receipte. 2.818 bashele: stock. 324.338 bushels: soles. 41,000 bushels: white cor mple. 46 old. 48a45 new: yellow corn hy same . 46 old. 38a43 new. Onts steadr— No, 2 white . 2 mixed we tock, 228.820 by 164 bushels: stock, 46.200 bush- roa to choice timothy. $14.50n . Grain freiehts qniet—steam to Livernool. per bushel, 24.a3%ed.: Cork for orders, : cotton, Pfic.; flonr. 13¢. Cotton nominal. RaSY. Rutter etesdr—creamerr, fanev, 29: fair to choice. 25927: do. imitation. 22424: jade. fancy, 22: goml to choice, 19020: rolie, fine. 21022 Ao. fair to good. 19270: store pocked. 16817. Fees i Mearhy. 22924. Coffee steadr— i: No. 17, 18%. Sngar strong —trannlated. Sa5%. Other articles unchanged. BALTIMORE, Nov. 13.—Virginia consols, threes, Aull—western u- Sa2.85: do. family. 2 sor 3.73 re 63%; Baltimore ae ts, 100; 21; third ‘incomes, 7x9; 111%; do. stocks, and Ohio : ae Sea Sree ‘Ges bonds, a a Os oa Pork—Jan. 14. Dov. lh wer, eT —h — + 0+ CLAIMS FOR LEGAL SERVICES. In Connection W' the Rock Oreek Park Not Sustained. Chief Justice Richardson today handed down in the Court of Claims his opinion in the sult brought by R. Ross Perry of this city against the United States for $20,000, which he claimed in payment for legal serv- ices rendered by him as a member of the Rock Creek Park commission. Judge Rich- ardson dismissed the petition on the ground that Mr. Perry, as a member of the com- mission, entitied to compensation at the rate of $10 a day, could not draw another stipend. The Attorney General, he held, was the proper officer to transect the legal affairs of the purchase of a site for the park, and not a member of the commission. Mr. Perry, he further decided, was an officer of the government while serving on the | commission and was, therefore, subject to draw the restriction that no officer shall two salaries, In his brief Mr. Perry claimed that he had not drawn the per diem allowance, and argued that this strengthened his claim. Judge Richardson dismisses this plea as handed down the opinion of the court in the similar cases of C. C. Cole and Hugh Tegeart, dismissing their claims for $10,000 each for legal services connected with the same transaction. Among the other decisions of the court Promulgated today was one by Judge Peele dismissing the claim of Capt. Samuel C. Lemly, judge advocate general of the nevy, who sued for the difference between the pay allotted to him—shore pay of a captain —and sea pay with ration, a matter of about $1,800. The late occupant of the of- fice drew the pay of @ colonel of marines, which amounted to about %,000, and Capt. Lemly’s pay is about $3,200. The case has been pending for some months. ——— AMERICAN SENTIMENT Disregarded and Outraged by the Government's Hawaiian Policy. From the Hartford Courant. ‘The Courant has known the American peo- ple for a good many years. Its belief is that they will not take kindly to Mr. Cleve land’s Hawaiian policy as now divulged af- ter the elections. From the Utica Morning Herald. ‘The sentiment of the American people is disregarded and outraged by this action. From the Springfield Repoblican. It is not at all likely that Congress will approve this recommendation of the Secre- | tary if the President makes the mistake of indorsing it and referring it to that body, and assuredly the country will not. From the Boston Journal. It is the first time in American history that the power of the republic has ever been used to force a monarchical yoke upon !a people who had once won their indepen- dence. It is an act of national self-stultifi- cation. From the Providence Journal. President Cleveland has taken a bold course in offering to restore the native dynasty to the throne of the Hawaiian Islands, and this country may be involved in. very serious complications before the affair is over. From the New York World. Our true policy in Hawail is to keep hands off. We are under no obligations to place Liliuokalani on her throne again. It is enough if we leave her people free to place her there if they like. It would be absurd for this republic to re-establish a throne once overthrown and its over- throw seemingly acquiesced in by the people. —__—___ + e-—___ —___- STELLA HORTON'’S ESTATE. Justice Hagner’s Opinion as to the Motion of the Son. In the case of Annie E. Northeutt, other- his opinion on the motion of George B. Northcutt, who claims to be the son, that issues be framed to determine his rights, deciding that the son is entitled to have | the issues tried. The testatrix was weil known here, and lefi considerable prop- erty, real and personal, approximating $100,000 in value, and after her death two wills were presented, and these have been some time before the courts, and in the Circuit Court the will leaving the resi estate to John McCann was sustained, but the probate of the will has been deferred. Then the alleged son of twenty-three years, from a similarity of names, made inquiries and became convinced that the will was that of his mother, and filed a petition through Mr. D. W. Giassie against the Probate of the will and asking that his rights be determined. The case has been before Justice Hagner some time in various forms, and on the son's motion Justice Hagner delivered his opinion on Saturday. After reciting a number of authorities the justice holds that the verdict of the jury on issues is not conclusive, but that the Orphans’ Court may for cause reject the findings. He said that there was no evi- dence that the son had notice, except that in the Law Reporter. To call such a pubii- cation a sufficient notice in such a case is, in his opinion, an absurd travesty of the requirement that the public shall be noti- fied. That newspaper notices may be made effective appears from the fact that the publication ortered to be made in the New York Herald when McGrane filed will No. " |2 resulted in the information to the son, then living in one of the upper counties of Maryland. — BOND INVESTMENT COMPANIES. What the Attorney General for the P. 0. Department Says. Judge John L. Thomas, assistant attor- ney general for the Post Office Department, in answer to an inquiry as to the truth of the reports to the effect that the depart- ment had consented to let bond investment companies transact their business through the mails made the following statement: “he department, as well myself, has beep by these reports put in a false attitude toward these companies. The law excludes from the mails two classes of business: First, lottery schemes, and second, schemes devised to defraud the public. In the consideration of the questions ir- volved in the schemes of these companies I have persistently refused to pass on them. as schemes devised to defraud the public, for the reason that I uniformly held them to be lotteries, which excludes them from the mails, and beyond that I have not hitherto deemed it necessary to 0. But these companies are now trying to modify their plans of business, so as to eliminate the element of chance from them, and if they succeed in that, which 1 pre- sume they can do, I will be driven to the | consideration and decision of the ques- tion, whether fraud is involved in them or not. “It is apparent that if these schemes tn their nature be such as are calculated to deceive the public, an endorsement of them by the Post Office Department as legitimate business enterprises would enable their pro- moters more successfully to carry out their object. oI wish to say most emphatically thatl have not indorsed them, and I shall hesi- tate long before I give them, as now pre- sented, my sanction, or advise the Post- master General to open the mails to them by revoking the “fraud” orders heretofore issued against them.” REV. DR. TUPPER DEAD. He Founded Shaw University ana Presided Over It for Years. Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. KALEIGH, N. C., Nov. 13.—Rev. Dr. Hen- ry Martin Tupper, presigent of the Shaw University here, one of the largest colored educational institutions in the country ts dead. He was a native of Massachusetts and founded the university in 186. He served in the Union army as a private and was a Baptist preacher. He was widely known as one of the most prominnet and successful educators of negroes. Shaw University hav- ing 400 students.