Evening Star Newspaper, November 14, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED D pont pas AT THE STAR BUILDIN ho Avenue, corner 11th St. by The Evening Star Newspaper Qompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Oreo on were Mew York Otice, 88 Potter Building. store a to subscribers in the at 10 cents ‘vance. Rates af adve-tising wade known oe application ~— Che Evening Star. Vor. 83, No 20,729. WASHINGTON, D. ©, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re- Quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, im order that insertion may be as- sured. Want advertisements will be received up to noon of the day of publication, precedence being Given to those first received. IN ENGLAND'S HANDS This Government Playing Into Them in the Hawaiian Affair. THE PRINCESS KAIULANT'S GUARDIAN Said to Have Been Given a Straight Tip. THE PRESIDENT’S POLICY. Beene eee Diplomatic sensations seem to be the order of the day. The Hawatian complication is the subject of most of them. The latest one 43 that the United States government has been completely hoodwinked in its treat- ment of the Hawaiian question and has played right into the hands of Great Britain. In other words, in bringing about the restor- ation of Queen Liliuokalani, the United States government has done the very thing above all others that Great Britain desired to have done. It is an open secret in diplo- matic circles that next to having Hawati directly under British rule, Great Britain desires to have indirect control of the is- jJands, through the sovereignty of the Prin- cess Kaiulant, niece of Queen Liliuokalani, and the heir apparent to the throne. The princess was educated in England and has spent the best part of her life there under the guardianship of Mr. Davies, an English subject, who is financially interested to a considerable extent in the government of the Hawaiian Islands. He has large inter- ests there and it was through his personal influence with the queen that he was select- ed as the guardian of the princess. The lat- ter became a member of his household in England and was educated under his super- vision. The princess ts now in her eight- eenth year, and, as all those of our citizens who saw her here during the past spring will acknowledge, she is a young lady of; many charms and unusual intelligence. | Mr. and Mrs. Davies accompanied her on her visit to the United States and were very | eloquent in their claims for recognition of | her rights by the United States. It will also | be recalled that President and Mrs. Cleve-| land treated the princess with rare con-| sideration, Mrs. Cleveland going so far as to call upon her. Davies Got a Private Tip. According to latest advices Mr. Davies fs fm Honolulu, having accompanied Minister Willis on his trip from San Francisco, and the princess is in England, anxiously await- Ing results in Hawaii. This is natural, as the queen is getting old and feeble and she is the next in line of succession. As Mr. Davies came to Washington to look out for her interests, it is natural to assume that he has gone to Honolulu for the same pur- pose, and there is a belief afloat that Mr. Davies was given a private tip as to the President's policy of restoring the queen. Great Britian Alone Benefited. The theory in diplomatic circles is that Great Britain will be the only country to benefit by the so-called coup d'etat of Presi- deat Cleveland in bringing about the res- toration of Queen Liliuokaiani. She has always affiliated with the En- €lish party in Honolulu, and prior to her ascent to the throne was notoriously and offensively hostile to Americans. The En- glish feel that they can count upon her triendly favor while she is in power, and in the event of her death, which may be counted upon speedily, as she is of a short- lived race, her successor on the throne, Princess Kajulani, will be thoroughly Brit- ish in all her sympathies and actions. Then, as the United States were instrumental in placing her in power, they cannot consist- ently dispute her administration. It is intimated at the State Department that all the foreign powers in interest were notified in advance of the President's purpose, and that it received their unani- mous approval. If the Kaiulani theory is the correct one there will be no reason to doubt that Great Britain is more than de- lighted at the turn of affairs. ‘Yo Deal Liberally With the Princess. The last administration proposed to deal Nberaliy with Queen Liliuokalani and the Princess Kaiulani in the event of the an- nexation of the Hawaiian Islands. Under | the treaty of annexation, concluded by Sec- retary Foster and the commissioners of the provisional government, the United States agreed to pay to Queen Lilluokalani $20,000 down and $20,000 annually thereafter “dur- ing the term of her natural life,” and also reed to to the Princess Kaiulani the gross ‘sum of $150,000, provided they in good faith submitted “to the authority of the government of the United States and the local government of the islands.” The treaty was subsequently withdrawn by President Cleveland, and has now been ut- terly repudiated. The Pres! nt Defended. A gentleman entitled ‘to speak ex-cathe- @ra for the President, generally understood to be Private Secretary Thurber, said to a reporter yesterday that when all the facts In connection with the policy outlined in Secretary Gresham's letter were made pub- Ne, there would be a revulsion of the pres- ent popular criticism of the administration's course, and that many of those who are now engaged in making bitter comment on the President's intention would be obliged to admit that the restoration of Queen Liliuokalani Is necessary to satisfy the de- mands of right and justice. “I do not know positively,” said this gentleman, “whether or not it is the in- tention to make public Minister Blount’s report, but !f that be done. 1 can assure you that the people will see the wisdom and the foresight of Mr. Cleveland and Secretary Gresham in doing as they have done. These criticisms that we see in the newspapers were expected, and are with- out Knowledge of the facts by which Mr. Gresham was guided in giving his view He considered the whole matter carefully, judiciously and dispassionately, and he was fo to the one and only correct conclusion—that a wrong had been done in displacing Queen Liliuokalani, and that it should be righted. You ask why these facts were not made public with Secre- tary Gresham's letter. Shrewd generals keep a good supply of ammunition and the dest of their men for the final assault. Do you think the President and Secretary Gresham are not wise enough to know this, and that they have expended all their am- munition in the Secretary's letter? When the other material at their disposal, Min- ister Blount’s report and all, is given to the public, the critics of today will find their arguments overthrown and demol- ished, and the President and Secretary of State will be vindicated in universal ap- proval of their judicial and unprejudiced settlement of the Hawaiian question.” + 2+ SCOTT HARRISON’S PLACE. & Singular Feature of His Appoint- ment as Surveyor of Customs. A singular feature of the appointment of J. Scott Harrison as surveyor of customs at Kansas City, Mo., is that it is said to have been made in opposition to the wishes of the entire Missouri congressional delega- tion. Mr. Burns was their choice for t office. It is said that Mr. Harrison vot for his brother, Gen. Harrison, at the !: presidential election,but that he has always refused to accept a position under a repub- lican administration. No one has ever ques- toned his democracy, nor has any one ever criticised it because he voted for his repub- lican brother. ——————_+ e+ Collector Cooper Removed. The President today removed from office ‘Thomas V. Cooper, collector of customs for the port of Philadelphia. | Baggett, Wm. Latham—and ten colored. er a et DAY'S eased ni ABROAD.| AFTER THE CLERKS. SENTIMENT UNCHANGED ACONFERENCE TODAY HIS VIEWS WANTED. Mr Gladstone's Proposition Accepted by Miners and Owners. Lord Roseberry to Bear the Dispatch— Bank Robber Arrested—Chamber of Deputies Open. LONDON, Nov. 14.—Mr. Samuel Woods, member of parliament for the Ince division of Lancashire, said today in an interview that notwithstanding the interference of the government in the coal miners’ strike the men would not resume work if the employ- ers insisted upon any reduction ia wages. Mr. Woods is a practical miner and is president of the Lancashire Miners’ Fed- eration and vice president of the Miners’ Federation of Great Britain. The price of coal in London has risen three shillings more per ton. Both the Coal Mine Owners’ Association and the Miners’ Federation have accepted the recommendations made by Prime Min- ister Gladstone in his letter to the assocta- tion. In this letter Mr. Gladstone said among other things tending to bring the dispute to an end that it appeared to the govern- ment that advantages might accrue from a free discussion of the points at issue be- tween the employers and employes, under the chairmanship of a member of (2 gov- ernment. Lord Rosebery, the foreign min- ister, had consented, at the request of his colleagues, to undertake the important duty of chairman of such a conference. Mr. Gladstone thereupon invited the min- ers’ and the owners’ federations to send representatives to a conference and this will be done forthwith. THINKS MELLO WILL WIN. Belief of a Brazilian Scientist and Former Friend of Dom Pedro. PARIS, Nov. 14.—Dr. Rocha Conceicao, a Brazilian scientist and a friend of the late Dom Pedro, was interviewed today regard- ing the situation in Brazil. He said he be- Ueved that the action of Admiral Mello, the leader of the insurgents, in hoisting the imperial flag would result in victory for his arms. The republic in Brazil, he declared, had hitherto been maintained only by mili- tary dictation, while a majority of the inhabitants of the country were in favor of a monarchy. The officials of the Brazilian legation here state that they have received no dis- patches from Rio de Janeiro for several days. STOLE $90,000. Arrest of Sheig, the Robber of the Minneapolis Bank. LONDON, Nov. 14—Frank Floyd and Philip M. Scheig, who were arrested last evening at Southampton on the arrival there of the steamer Saale from New York, were arraigned in the Bow street extradi- tion court this morning and were remanded for a week. Scheig is charged with stealing $90,000 in cash and a lot of valuable jewelry from the vault of the Bank of Minneapolis, Minn., last September. Frank Floyd and his brother Lou, the latter of whom is now un- der arrest in New York, are charged with aiding and abetting Scheig in the theft. Scheig was paying teller of the bank. CHAMBER OF DEPUTIES. The Franco-Rassinn Relations tolled by the Presiding Officer. PARIS, Nov. 4.—The new chamber of deputies opened its session today. Almost every one of the members was present, and the galleries were filled with spectators. M. Pierce Blane, member for Savoie and Doyen of the chamber, presided at the opening of the house. In his speech he extolled the Franco-Russian entente. A vote was then taken for a temporary president, and M. Zamir Perier, who was president of the last chamber, was chosen. ep TO BOOM McKINLEY. Ex- First Gun in the ‘96 Campaign May Be Soon Fired at New York. NEW YORK, Nov. }4.-The Evening Sun says: A meeting or conference of the ex- ecutive committee ef the national republi- can committee will pe held in this city on Thursday or Friday of this week and the recent republican victory will have the effect of bringing out a full’ attendance of members. At the meeting it ‘s probable that the first move toward nominating Gov. M ley of Ohio for President in 18% will be made. ———— BOUND FOR HONDURAS. Columbian Guards Going Down to s ain the Government. CHICAGO, Nov. 14—The Tribune this morning says: Columbian guards are be- ing enrolled at Jackson Park to go to Hon- duras ostensibly to guard the property of the exposition which it is expected will be held in that country next year, but in reallty to act as sure-enough soliters and help along miniature revolutions. Several meetings have been held in one of the offices, the Tribune says, to which the guards have been invited. Dr. Thack- eray, division superintendent in the depart- ment of manufactures, appears as ‘the pro- moter of the plan, and through his influ- | ence, it is said, the guards have been en- rolled. Those who are willing to go are to assemble at New and from that point be transported to Hon- duras at the expense of that government. —_——~——_ PREPARING FOR CIVIL WAR. A Henolulu Banana Dealer Says That Men Are Secretly Drilling. TACOMA, Wash., Nov. 14.—S. W. Har- vey, a Honolulu banana dealer, who ar- rived by the Canadian-Australian steamer Warrimore, says: “A company of 30 whites have been drilling with Winchester rifles for a long time in anticipation of a disturbance. Each man has his man picked out and after the first shot is fired I have no doubt but that there will be plenty of bloodshed. The friends of the provisional government do not so much hate the de- Posed queen as they do her hangers-on. Her following is detested. Every night after dark the men wh e quietly drilling used to go out past my house at Honolulu. They have their rifles secreted in their houses. They anticipate that the royalists if re-instated will be more offe ev This offensiveness is id cause the trouble. If the ” and other war ships do not turn in and hold the town of Honolulu down there will surely be bloodshed when the royalists come into power. There is no telling what would become of business under such a change. The prospect is not hopeful.” —_—_. DIED FOR HER PUPILS. The Heroism of a School Teacher Who Was Burned to Death. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—A special to the Sun from Buffalo, ys: The village school at Coopersville caught fire this after- noon shortly after recess and was entirely burned. BS Porter, the teacher, vere burned to death. Miss Porter could have saved herself, but remained behind to get the children out. and two little be cases of yellow fever de whites—Chas. Brady and W Ome death, Chas. Brady whites discharged—Edith 1 today, two y. Lancaster. white. Three Tguson, Mrs, Orleans next February | Mr, Dockery’s Commission Making a Thorough Inquiry, SALARIES ON A BUSINESS BASIS. Some Reductions Which It Said Will Be Recommended. A FIGHT IN CONGRESS. ea tapeeaen cs The congressional joint departmental commission which will meet the 27th of this month, as announced in The Star yes- terday, will take up for active considera- tion questions coming under these heads, viz: Efficiency of clerical force,work of dtvi- sions and salaries of clerks. These sub- jects will embrace a wide field of action and it is expected that the outcome will be some radical recommendations of changes to be made, which recommenda- tions will take form in the shape of pro- visions in the legislative appropriation bill. The questions of work of divisions and salaries are expected to furnish good mate- rial for action. The business experts em- ployed by the commission are now making examinations of various departments for the purpose of ascertaining where consoli- dations of divisions can be made with bene- fit to the public business and to weed out or combine divisions whose duties are light. As to Salaries, a closer scrutiny will be necessary. It will be endeavored to ascer- tain the duties of each clerk, and whether his duties and responsibilities are com- mensurate with his salary. For instance, if a clerk is performing light duties and drawing a big salary, if he is being paid $1,200 per year for work that a person em- ploy: at $600 could do, the commission wants to know it, and it is safe to say that when discovered the discrepancy will be changed. Mr. Dockery Talks. Congressman Dockery, who is chairman and one of the prime spirits of the commis- sion, in speaking upon this point, said to a Star reporter today: “We want to have the government pay its salaries in the same manner that a private business firm does. If you should apply to a banker for a position and value your services at $1,200 per year, he would not take you if the duties of the position were such as could be filled by a man whom he could get for $600. Your services might be worth $1,200 to another man who wanted duties performed whose responsibilities | rendered such a salary commensurate, but to that banker it is a $600 place, and he is going to fill it with a $600 man and not pay more. Now that is just what the gov- ernment ought to do. | “Of course, it may be that way already,” said Mr. Dockery, with fine frony in his tone. “It may be that in each department the high salaried clerks perform the great- est amount of work, but"—and here he paused, while the “but” seemed to open the door to a wide range of possibilities. Then he added: “But we want to know of a sible to remedy It.” ded. far made by the experts show that there can be surety if such is the fact and {f, perchance, it should not be a fact, then it may be pos- Some Reduetio: It is claimed that many reductions made fn salaries, cutting off high salaries now paid clerks for the. employing others for such work, who would be glad to do it at a salary better appor- tioned to the degree of labor. It is also said that many instances have already been found where whole divisions can be consoli- dated or abolished, It is said that the sixth auditor's office furnishes an example of the practicability of dispensing and consolidating divisions, and that in the assorting division, where clerks have to assort and arrange money orders of the Post Office Department, changes can be made in salaries. It is re- ported that the exnerts have already re- commended dispensing with the services of five clerks in the finance division of the third assistant postmaster general's office, five clerks In the office of the super- intendent of the money order system, and two chiefs of division in the sixth auditor's | office, resulting in a yearly saving of $135,- | 0 in salaries. ‘There is no doubt, however, it is thought, | the carrying into effect of these recommen- | dations Will meet with vigorous opposition on the floor of the House, for there Is al- ways strong sentiment against reducing the clerical force of any of the departments, and the dropping of such a considerable number, it is believed, cannot be effected without a fight. The Experts at Work. ‘The experts who have been employed by the joint commission are J. W. Rein- hart, C. W. Haskins and E. W. Sells. Mr. Reinhart is president of the Atchison, To- peka and Santa Fe Railroad Company and is said to be a man of executive ability whose experiences in managing the affairs of a great railroad is expected to stand | him in good stead in the present case. He gives, however, only a general supervision to the work of his colleagues. Mr. Has- kins is an auditor and public accountant. | He has been at the head of the accounting \departments of large corporations, includ- jing the Nicaragua Canal Construction Co., the Augusta Iron Co., the Charleston Ter- minal Railway Co. and others. Mr. Sells is also an accountant, having been auditor of the Colorado Midland Railway Co. and [connected with the Oregon Rallway and Navigation Company and other corpora- tions. Chairman Dockery said today that the commission may make fifty or sixty sepa- rate reports before it finishes its work. The members find that the work grows upon them, and that new fields are opened |up day by day and new suggestions ob- | tained. Mr. Dockery said that the commis- |sion is by no means a smelling committee going around looking for possible “mares’ nests,” but it is organized solely for busi- ness purposes. The members have received anonymous communications from many persons ventilating petty matters of depart- mental life, but no attention ts paid to jthem. The commission is not a clearing house for personal grievances and feuds, and no notice will be taken of alleged scan- dais discovered through anonymous com- munications. If any one knows of clear and obvious abuses and comes out openly and ayows them the commission, Mr. Dock- ery , will look into them, but it has no time for trivial grievances. BACK TO TH x President and His Family Moved | in From Woodley Today. | | The President made another sudden and unexpected change in his }ians teday when | he and his entire family abantoned ‘““Wood- ley” and resumed their occupation of the White House. The President came in from his country home about 10:45 o'clock, or fif- teen minutes ahead of the time for the meeting of the cabinet. Mra. Cleveland end the two children came in during the aft noon. They were followed by the servant: in wagons conveying nousehold and per- sonal effects. It is said that the President and Mrs. Cleveland are now permanently installed in the Exeontive Mansion for the (winter, The President witl probably revise |his rules, so as to sive a litt! Ume each day to the reception of wsitors on official business. a \Secretary Curtis Back From New Yor! | Assis k ant Secretary Curtis has returned from New York and resumed his duties at the Treasury Department. His visit to New York at this time is associated with coming | New York appointments. * performance of mere mechanical duties and | forty-one clerks in the sixth auditor's office, | In Regard to Interference With the Ha- waiian Government. To Sustain the President's Policy Means Democratic Defeat—Mr. Holman’s Views. News from Hawaii is awaited with im- patience, of course, and pending its ar- rival no information can be had. Nothing that has been said by the friends of the ad- ministration of the administration itself up to this date has had the effect of chang- ing sentiment in any way, and the. best informed men hold to the opinion that no matter what sort of testimony is brought in in suport of the assertion that the for- mer government of Hawaii was overthrown by fraud and conspiracy they cannot dis- close any state of facts which will ‘war- rant the restoration of the queen. ‘The return of Minister Thurston to Wash- ington shed no new light on the situation, since he has been kept as much in ignorance of the purposes of the administration as were any others. There is nothing that he can do to affect the situation, and his oc- cupation is gone or on the point of going. The assumption that the policy of the ad- ministration has already been carrjed out and the impossibility of speedy communica- tion render every notion of anything bel done at this time out of the question, and the whole matter will probably stand as it is until Congress meets. The Peril of Party Defent. The opinion is very freely expressed by democrats that if the Party in Congress sustains the administration it will be at the peril of defeat for the party whenever the election times come around to give the peo- ple a chance to express their sentiments. Even those who are opposed to annexation and are strongly of the opinion that there was a great deal of impropriety on the part of American citizens and representatives in connection with the overthrow of the queen, condemn in unmeasured terms the proposi- tion for this country to invade Hawaii for the purpose of overthrowing the recognized government. This was the sentiment ex- pressed freely on every hand when the pub- Meation was first made, and it has not changed. Representative Holman’s Views. Representative Holman, speaking of the Hawaiian affair, said that the most and the least that this country could do was simply to take hands off and permit the people in Hawaii to govern themselves by’ such ever method of government as they thought proper. He said that it was not known definitely yet what the instructions to Minister Willis actually were, and it was to be hoped, and he believed, that it would be found that they were such as had been rep- Tesiqg cd. He said that it would be mani- improper and in violation of inter- national law, and the propriety of the case, for us to attempt the restoration of the queen. He said that he thought the action of the last administration in the Hawaiian matter was of questionable propriety, but that whatever the administration had done was very indirect in character, and certainly any attempt to correct any possible wrong done at that time by an interference be condemned by popular sentiment and justly so. No Sentiment in Favor of Interference He said that he did not believe there was any popular sentiment in this country in favor of annexation of Hawaii, but that there certainly could be no sentiment in favor of an interference by this government to restore the queen. The only thing that we could do in way of reparation for any possible wrong we had done them would be to refrain from any demonstration of force or inter- ference and simply declare emphat- ically to the world that we would not interfere and that we would not permit any foreign country to interfere | with the rights of these people to govern themselves; that we regarded the Monroe doctrine as applying to these islands as |properly a part of the western continent jand that we would not permit any foreign government to disturb these people or meddle with them in any way in the exer- \cise of their right of self-government. We |should then, he sald, leave them alone to govern themselves. As for the restoration |of the queen, he said that we would have |no more right to restore the queen of Ha- wail than we would have to go down to Brazil and re-establish the monarchy there. ee TODAY'S CABINET MEETING. The Hawaiian Matter Discussed, but No News Given Ow The cabinet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretary Smith, who is in Georgia. ‘The sexsion began at and lasted until i:30 e’cloox. ‘This is atout the usual length of cabinet sessions, The Hawailan question came in fer the usual share and the discssion developed the fact, so it is learned on good authority, that the |cabinet is a unit in its imdorsement of the | President's plan of “rishtlag a wrong” by | the restoration of Queen Liliuokalani. Sec- | retary Morton remained with the i'resident after the adjournment and it .s presumed he took luncheon with tim After the close jof the meeting a Star revorter was inform- jed by a gentieman wno participated in it that nothing would de tiads public today on the Hawatian ques:ion as a result of the meeting or otherwise. THE TARIFF BILL. The Committee Struggling With the Question of Raising Kevenue. The subcommittee of the ways and means still have the tariff bill confined in their subterranean council room, and do not expect to reveal it to the full coremit- tee for a week at least, and possibly longer. They are now struggling with the question of raising revenue, having practically dis- posed of curtailing revenues and duties. The beer and whisky tax and the question of an income tax are now being formally considered, the discussion heretofore on | those questions having been entirely in- formal. — LATEST FROM BRAZU A Cipher Telegram Received at the Navy Department Today. A cipher telegram was received today at the Navy Department from Brazil. The dispatch was translated in the bureau of navigation and was found to contain no | startling news. The text of the dispatch was given out late in the afternoon, thus: “Senior commanding officers informed Mello that they would protect the landing of cargo in lighters of any nationality. Flag of the nation discharging cargo to be hoisted in the bows of lighters, Mello, in anger, promised an answer, but he had made none. Noticeable commerce not dis- turbed since, however. Firing upon city daily with small arms and machine guns. Both sides to blame. “PICKING.” SUBURBAN LIGHTS. The Commissioners Recommend the Use of Gasoline. The Commissioners this afternoon recom- | mended to Congress that contracts be made | with Messrs. Nicolai Bros, of this city for ‘furnishing the District with five hundred | gasoline lamps for use on suburban streets, |for a period of five years, and that an |award of five hundred single wick lamps | be given to the Wheeler Reflector Company | for use in alleys for a peric of five yearg. new with affairs of the Hawaiians would | | shrewdness. The Hawaiian Minister Has an In- terview With Secretary Gresham. NO MORE REPORTS 10 BE GIVEN OUT Until the Correspondence is Sub- mitted to Congress. THE HAWAIIAN LEGATION. It appears that the Department of State has heard from Minister Willis by tele- graph from San Francisco, for it is learned that dispatches received at the depart- ment yesterday confirm the press reports of Minister. Willis’ arrival at Honolulu and other events up to the time of departure of the steamer China. The Hawaiian minister, Mr. Thurston, called at the State Depart. ment this morning and was privately in conference with Secretary Gresham until the hour set for the meeting of the cabinet. The Secretary still declines to make any statement touching Hawaiian affairs, and it 1s believed that if he had any intention of making public at this time Commissioner Blount’s report or Minister Willis’ instruc- tions that idea has been abandoned, and the next official statement that will be given to the public from the department will Probably appear in a communication to Congress of the entire correspondence re- lating to Hawaii which has passed since President Harrison sent the annexation treaty to the Senate. In some quarters there was a disposition to attach signifi- cance to the fact that Mr. Thurston was received by Secretary Gresham today,on the supposition that the reception was equiva- lent to an admission that the provisional government, from which the minister is ac- credited, is still in existence. It is improb- able, however, that any real importance can be attached to the incident, for it may be assumed that Secretary Gresham would continue to recognize Minister Thurston until official advices are received that indi- cate the overthrow of his government. Possibly Prompted by Foreign Gov- ernments, Some of the speculative gossips in the de- partments are now recalling an expression in the last paragraph of Secretary Gres- ham's published statement to the Presi- dent, wherein he asks how the United States can expect other nations to recog- nize the independence of Hawaii when the United States fails to do so. This has raised the further question as to whether it may not be that the State Department has been prompted to take such action as it has indicated by representations, per- haps indirectly made, from other interested powers that the United States government | had interfered in Hawaiian affairs to the extent of destroying the independence of the little nation. The cypher experts at the Navy Depart- ment were again at work this morning and the supposition is that they are putting in- to code for transmission to San further instructions to Minister Willis. If it ts intended that such instructions shall be sent promptly by the next steamer this is the only manner in which it can be ar- ranged. At the Hawaiian Legation. If there ever was a modern instance of & sword of Damocles it is to be found today at the Hawaiian legation, which is located | sec; at the Everett, 1730 H street. There they sit, the officials who represent the perturb- ed little group of Pacific islands, “like Pa- tience on a monument, smiling at grief.” They sit in the great pleasant office room in the H street front of the building and talk and wait. They seem to be confident of ultimate success, however, for they feel that this country will not long stand as a prop to such a tottering throne as that which may now be trembling beneath the great weight of Lilluokalani. They are optimists, and though determined to fight for their rights in the present until the last hope is gone, yet they have faith in the future. What Mr. Hastings Says. “There will be no news from Honolulu,” said Mr. Hastings to a Star reporter this morning, “before Saturday. That is the earliest date on which a steamer can ar- rive from the islands. Until then we must walt and hope.” Would Like a Cable. The lack of a cable and other means of quick transmission of thought between here and Honolulu is keenly felt just now by the legation officers, who would like very much to get the private ear of Presi- dent Dole for about half an hour. They could probably give him some very inter- esting and valuable tips. With a knowl- edge of the prevailing American sentiment they might stiffen up the presidential backbone considerably. They might also suggest a number of plans to him for thwarting Mr. Willis in his mission. For instance, they might give him the pointer that was contained in a suggestion made by Mr. W. H. Stayton, formerly a Meu- tenant of the marine corps, but now in the practice of jaw in New York. He is an adept in international law, especially that phase that effects naval officers abroad, | and he said: “A naval officer has a right to disobey an order which he knows to be illegal, but he assumes the responsibility in so re- fusing. If on his trial the order is shown to be illegal, he cannot be punished. But the first instinct of an officer is to obey orders and throw the responsibility on_his superior who gave the order. In this Ha- waiian matter, President Dole has a simple way of tying Minister Willis’ hands if he is sharp enough. All he has got to do ts to hand him his passports and to refuse to have any @urther dealings with him. Mr. Willis becomes immediately a private citizen, and cannot legally give any order to a naval officer. It makes no difference if he has another set of credentials to Lilluokalani. The provisional government has received recognition as the de facto government from foreign nations, and any act by Mr. Willis as the American minister to Hawaii after President Dole had sent him his passports wouid be illegal. It takes two nations to make a minister. Lord Sackville West ceased to be the British minister when the State Department gave him notice.” Confidence in President Dole. But it is felt here, at the legation, that President Dole and his advisers, if given time for consultation and deliberation, will have formulated a policy that will lack for Dole is said to be a man of fairs, acute and clever, and his repre. sentatives here are confident that_he will make the best of the situation. The only danger, they fear, is that Minister Willis may have hastened his action and prevent- ed full discussion of the situation among the members of the provisional government. Another Conference This Afternoon, The interview between Minister Thurston and Secretary Gresham this morring was interrupted by the necessity for the latter to go over to the White House to atten} the cabinet meeting. He made an appvint- ment with Mr. Thurston for 3 o'clock. it was expected that by that hour ths Secre- | tary might be able to give the minister some facts concerning the status of the Hawalian case that were touched upon dur- ing the meeting of the cabinet. ——————————— John M. Glover Awarded 827,000, ST. LOUIS, Mo., Nov. 14.—The suit of John M, Glover, .awyer and ex-Congress- man, against the American Casualty In- surance and Security Company of Balti- more for $150,000 damages for publishing him as an embezzler of $66,620 in its circu- lars, came to trial yesterday and resulted in a verdict for $27,000. What Will the President Say About Our Navy? Ramors on Both les, Toward an In- crease and a Decrease—Hard to Get Appropriations, ‘There are many people who would like to know just what the President is going to suy in his message to Congress. A little advance information on the subject would be keenly appreciated by naval folks es- pecially, and they are eagerly waiting for tips. There are many reasons why they should be anxious, for the air is full of ru- mors regarding the President's policy in relation to the navy. One is to the effect that he will recommend what is know as a Chinaizing system, whereby our interests abroad will be brought to a minimum and the necessity for a large naval force will be greatly reduced. Again it is reported that the President intends to urge a vigorous foreign policy, inaugurated by the decidedly aggressive move towards Hawaii, and this will force upon the country the need of con- siderable increase in naval force. There is just this anxiety exhibited each year while the President is compiling his views. But the discovery that some of the smaller gunboats are a bit top-heavy and that the cruiser New York is too big for the dry docks has caused some of the watchdogs of the treasury, on the appro- priations committees of Congress, to de- clare that they do not intend to grant any more requests for new ships if they are to be “botched.” It is said that Chairman Cummings of the House naval committee despairs of secur- ing any liberal allowances unless the inter- national complications should make them necessary. So it is that the naval people are pinning their faith in the President, and their hopes alternately rise and fall as ru- mors are started about his intentions. DECIPHERING A MESSAGE. Supposed Have Come From Minister w at Honolulu. A mysterious cipher telegram was re- ceived at the Navy Department late yes- terday afternoon, and its deciphering oc- cupied the entire force of experts several hours. The general impression was that the dispatch was one from Minister Willis, which he had charged Commodore Skerrett to put upon the wires immediately upon his arrival at San Francisco. It is inferred that the ministes was permitteu to use his own discretion in fixing the time when he should proceed to enforce the new policy of the administration toward the provision- al government. Evidently he had made no definite move in that direction up to the morning of the sailing of the (‘hina on the lth instant. He had then been three days upon the ground, probably @ sufficient time to enable him to arrange his plans, and it was supposed that his communication to |the Secretary of State, if such was the communication, was a statement to the department of his intentions in the execu- tion of his instructions, —————+ o+_____ THE TREASURY POLICY. Secretary Carlisle No Change. Secretary, Carlisle stated today that he had made no change in his announced in- tention ais.to the coinage of standard silver dollars. He Has Made At no time has it been the intention of = ag = ! Arg ~a nor - it his ——- ow, ‘oll off the seigniorage and coin it. He is convinced that the Secretary of the Treasury has not such authority to do so and that it can only be done by an act of Congress. This matter will probably be one that will engage the early attention of Congress in December. _o-— PARKS AND BOULEVARDS. Capt. Powell Considering Plans for Beautifying the City, “My great object and desire is t> have a chain of parks all over the city connected by a handsome boulevard.” So spoke Capt. Powell this afternoon in discussing the future of Washington. “For some time I have been considering the advisability of recommending a great park flats of the Eastern branch and situated at some point between Benning bridge and B street extended. We would then have East Capitol street as a grand boulevard extending directly from it to the Capiiol. Already I have selected a site for another park between the Soldiers’ Home and the Benning bridge, similar in area to Gar- field Park, and my purpose is to connect this in the same way with a boulevard. The Eastern Branch Park could very weil be started by depositing the ashes of the city on the flats if Congress authorizes the collection of ashes by the municipality.” —————_—_ MURDER CHARGED. Thos. Crumpton on Trial for His Life Today. Before Judge McComas today the trial of Thos. Crumpton, charged with the mur- der of David Shanklin, was commenced. addresses made by Mr. Jeffords, for the | pose “A today testified that the two men s reled, and Shanklin had Reorken Coton ton down. The latter had returned shortly and shot the former. —_—_.—__. TRACKED BY A REPORTER. Menage, the Alleged Absconder, Lo- cated Guatemala. Louis F. Menage, president of the insol- vent Northwestern Guarantee Loan Com- pany of Minneapolis, who disappeared last June @nd was indicted in September for grand larceny and embezzlement, his al- leged stealings amounting to several million | dollars, has been located in Guatemala City, | Guatemala, and the State Department has jernment, requesting his arrest. We have |no extradition treaty with Guatem will readily surrender him to the American | authorities. Preside The President made the following appoint- |ments today: George W. Haynie, to be |surveyor of customs for the port of Evans- | ville, Ind.; Webster Withers, to be collector | jot internal revenue for the sixth district jof Missouri, J. Scott Harrison (brother of |ex-President Harrison), to be surveyor of customs at Kansas City, Mo.; Samuel W McMillan, to be collector of internal reve- nue for the eleventh district of Ohio; Jas. | McCaffery, to be appraiser of merchandise jat St. Louis; J. Edward Kauffman, to be } |district of Texas; Louis P. Ohliger, to be |collector of internal revenue r the jeighteenth district Ohio; Frank B. Earnest, to be collector ,of customs at Corpus Christi, Tex.; Marcellus L. Davis of Arkansas, to be consul at Merida, Mex.; Jas. B, Stevens, to be assistant appraiser at San Francisco, Cal.; Wm. D. English, to be surveyor of evstoms at San Fran- cisco; George B. Tanner, to be surveyor of customs at Indianapclis, Ind. An Equity B A bill in equity was filed by Riggs & Co. against John Paul Jones to enforce on sub- lot 183, square 93, a judgment creditor's bill of $3,000, with interest, recovered on the 7th iustant. of to be made of the reclaimed land from the | A jury was promptly secured, and opening | | Sovernment, and Mr. G. K. French, for the | The prosecuting witnesses heard | communicated with the Guatamalan gov-| | ala, but) | it is anticipated that the government there | collector of internal revenue for the third , FINANCE AND TRADE. ATemporary Improvement in Values of Stocks, BEARS ARE STILL IN CONTROL, HOWEVER. Wall Street Waiting for an Influx of Idle Capital. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS, ee Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, Nov. 14.—Opening prices this morning reflected an improvement ranging from 1-4 to 3-4 per cent, and were improved somewhat on subsequent trans- actions. London was dull and fractionally lower, without any special feature. There was some covering in the early hours that resulted in a marking up of values, but the bear party have not in the slightest degree relinquished their control of the situation. The market is extremely narrow, and will probably continue so until the attention of investment seekers is turn- ed in the direction of stocks, instead of bonds, which have of late absorbed all the money that came into the street. The enor- mous amount of idle money now awaiting & satisfactory opportunity for investment must eventually be forced into the stock market, and with its appearance will come activity and higher prices. The character of the market is unchang- ed, and trading is dull and lifeless, owing to the dearth of news. Activity comes in spurts whenever an effort is made to buy back stocks sold at higher figures, but is never long sustained. Some idea may had of the narrowness from the fa! @ small block of Manhattan, less shares, put the price of that security before a purchaser last hundred shares could be found. asi ——__ FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. a ie fas gist Hi ore Tort $35 5 ee the 2 4 en £2. * ” Shee Be Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 0’ Washington Gas, 5 at 4815. Washington Loan and ‘Trust, 4 at S's Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone, § at Government Bonds.—U. 8. 4s, registered, 1 112 bid, 113 asked. U. 112 bid, 11 U.S. 4s, coupon, 1907, 112 District of bid. Water 907, bid, ing, currency, 106% Did. Sigs, registered, 2-108, 100 bi Misce Bonds.--Wasbington towa R. K. conv. Gs, Ist, 135 bid. Washington 3 town R. K. conv. @s, 2d, t Company imap. 6x, 100 bid. Washington Company ext. 6s, 100 bid. American Security and Trust 5s, 1:00, A. and O., 100 bid. American Se- curity and Trust Ss, 1905, F. and A., 100 bid. Awerican Security apd Trust 5s, 1906, A. and O., 100 bid. Washington Light Infantry Ist 64, 96 bid. Washington Light Infant Washington Gas Company 6s, series A, 115 bid. Washington Gas Company 6s, B, 116 bid. Washington Gas Company conv. 6s, 125’ bid. ington R. R. 6s, 100 asked. tomac Telephone Ss, 98 bid, 108 asked. and North © Street R. R. 5s, Metropolitan R. R. conv. 6s, U. 8. Electric Light conv. R. R. Gs, gold, 101 asked. | 350 asked. Bank of the Republic, asked. Metropolitan, 260 bid, 260 bid. Second, 110 bid. Farmers bid. Citizens’, asked. Capital, 110 asked. Traders’, 110 asked. | Ohio, 50 bid, 75 asked. i 45 bid, 55 asked. Metropolitan, 85 asked. Nat Union, 18 asked. Arlington, 150 bid. bid. Columbia, 12 bid. Potomac, 7 bid, 7% asked. coln, 7 bid, 7% ‘bid, 120 asked. Columbia Title, 6% bid, O% asked. Washington Title, 6 bid, § asked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 48% Did, 49 asked. Georgetown Gas, 48% bid. U. 8. Blectric Light, 110 bid. ‘Telephone Stocks.—Pénnerlvania, 45 asked. Ches- apeake and Potomac, 39 bid, 44 asked. American G:aphophone, 1% bid, 244 asked. Miscellaneous Stocks. Washington Market, | bid, 14 asked. Washington Brick Machine, 100 | Md. Great Falls Ice, 110 Did, 130 asked.’ Bull Ran Panorama, 23 asked. Pneumatic Gun Carriage, 3B asked. fe Deposit and Trost Compantes.— National Safe | Deposit and Trust Company, 120 bid, 180 asked. | Washington Loan and Trust, 100 bid, 105 seked. American Security and Trust, 120 bid. So~asebaset ore Markets, 14.—Flour dull, unchanged— shipments, 64 No. . spot. 644268; December. 65n65" 3 + No. 2 red, 61 014: milling wheat by sam- receipts, 15.218 bushels: stock. 1.276.- Wushele: salen, $9,000 toshels. Corn easy. spot. 45tend5t: November, 45045: year, A42%: white corm by a yellow corm br sample, 46 s. 11.296 bushels; stock, Oats quiet 43 ». 46 ald, 442046 R8a42 new 5 bnshels: sales white western, 251 ” Hay stende 47.216 bnshele . $14. A815. ° Rio carroes, fair, 18%. Sneer strong—granulated, Se. whisky onchanged, RALTIMORE, Now Copper and 14. Raltimore ana Ohio stock, 72%, Reltimar and Obto Southwestern firet fn ps y second incomes, 27: do. thint In somes, bonds, 111; do. stock, S8aBSi4. Want a Trustee. Smith and Josephine Thompson tofay filed a bill in equity against Jeanette Taylor et al. for the appointment of a trustee to release trust on lot 15, square 88.