Evening Star Newspaper, November 15, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED Diil) EXCHPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR VILDINGS, 1101 Fennsylvania Avenue, corner 11th St. by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Ta Evextxo Stak is served to subscribers in the cits by carriers, om thelr own account, at 10 cents Der week, or tic. per wouth. Copiwe st the coun: ter 2 ceats each. ly mail—any“bere in the United States or prepaid—O0 cents per Beont! SaToRDAY OUDCTUPLT SWEET Stan $1.00 per year: Sth foreign $2.00. Giatered: at the Post Ofice at Wasbiegton, D.C., as second class mail matter. TF All mall subscriptions must be paid tm ad- vance. THE PRESIDENT GONE Ais Departure From Washington for New York. R LAMONT WITH HM SECRERA No One Will Give the Reason for the Trip. SOME RUMORS AFLOAT The President has done the “mysterious disappearance act’ again, and all sorts of wild and absurd rumors are afloat as to his exact unwarranted degree of credence, because of the grave and mysterious manner of persons naturally supposed to be in the secret. The only facts vouchsafed on the subject from official sources are that the President spent part of the night at least at the White House with his family; that he is out of town today with Secretary La- mont and that “he will be at his desk in the White House tomorrow morning.” Silence at the White House. Private Secretary Thurber declined in the most positive terms to say more than that, and he did not even say that much. All) the ushers, doorkeepers and other employes of the White House had been instructed to let no one know anything whatever about the President's movements. So well were thes@orders executed that visitors who de- sirea to see the President were required to walk upstairs and then take their turn in securing an audience with Private Secre- tary Thurber before they could even as- certain that the President was “not in.” The ushers at the main entrance, to the question, “Is the President in?’ invariably replied: “Do not know. See Mr. Thurber.” The strenuous efforts to keep the public from all knowledse of the President's whereabouts, however, were futile. Accom- panied by Secretary and Mrs. Lamont he took the midnight train for New York, with the idea that he could spend the day in that city and be back in Washington tonight without the knowledge of the people. The reason for so much secrecy is not stated. Rumors of Another Operation. A report got into circulation this after- noon that Dr. Bryant, the President's physician, was here last night and that he accompanied the chief executive to New York. The significance of this is the rumoreu possibility that the President has had to undergo another operation on his jaw bone. This is not believed and, in fact, was denied by Secretary Herbert. Accompanied by Detectives. Very few details of the trip are available at this writing, but it is said that several detectives accompanied the party to see that the President was not molested. What Secretary Morton Says. Secretary Morton's attention being called to published statements that the President Was again having trouble with his jaw and that another operation might be neces- Bary, replied: “That's all nonsense. I was with him from ll to 2 yesterday and read him my report. If there was anything wrong with him I should have known it. There is nothing the matter at all.” a DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Adverse Report. The attorney advises an adverse report on the claim of Contractor John E. Lyon for extra compensation for earth exca- vation in constructing Piney Branch sewer. Permission Asked. The manager of the Eckington and Sol- diers’ Home Railway Company has re- quested permission to place a scale within the parking on the west side of 10th street about 50 feet south of the south building line of Florida avenue. Ne Cause for Comp! mt. ‘The attorney for the District today sub- mitted to the Commissioners a number of opinions. In the case of Wilbur F- main, he holds that the water department had the right to demand one-half the cost of laying water service pipes in streets and alleys in front of lots which had been as- sessed for mains, provided such mains are laid at the request of property owners, and says that Mr. Nash has no just grounds for complaint. Not a School. Attorney Thomas also is of the opinion that the sixteenth section of the act regu- lating the sale of liquors has no application to the marine barracks. His opinion was called for to determine whether the marine barracks was a school within the meaning of the law. It was upon this question that the application of John W. Miller rested for a retail liquor license. After citing the sixteenth section of the law Mr. Thomas says: “As the school of instruction for enlisted boys located in the marine barracks is neither a public school belonging to the Dis- trict nor a private school, but is a school esigblished by the United tates for enlisted bogs, I am of opinion that the 400-feet rule in the i6th section of the new liquor law has no application to it. In other words, it is not one of the schools contemplated by nen Not Necessary. In the case of Charles H. Clark as to whether he%g required to secure the signa- tures of the real estate owners and resi- dents in square 461 for a retail liquor li- cense, Mr. Thomas holds that square 41 cannot be said to be confronting or oppo- site the square on which Mr. Clark desires to locate his bar room, and he is therefore of the opinion that he is not required to get the signatures of any one in square 461. How Much. The Commissioners have asked Attorney ‘Thomas to inform them as to the quantity ot liquor that can be sold under a retail license. place today of Lilias, only daughter of Sir Algernon Bothwick, to the Earl of Bath- urst. It- wae a-great society affair, and Was attended by a large number of aristo- erats. a Riffs Stolidly Sustain Shelling. MADRID, —The shelling by the Spaniards at Melilla of the camps and trenches occupied by the Riffs continues without appreciable advantage so far as ean be seen from the Spanish outposts. ——— rkm: Bequest to Harvard. BOSTON, Nov. 15.—Francis Parkman be- queathed his printed books, relating to his- tory, voyages and travels, and also his printed books in Greek and Latin, and all his maps to the president and fellows of Harvard College. He gave all his historical manuscript to the Massachusetts Historica! Society. — a A Chicago Building in Peril. CHICAGO, Nov. 15.—At the meeting of the board of trade commiee on real estate held yesterday afternoon the authority on buildings and foundations, Gen. Wm. Smith, stated that unl. immediate tensive repairs are made to the be trade building that structure eeciemine hateeae Congressman Hu: nerated. GALVESTON, Tex., The trial of Congressman J. C. Hutcheson upon an affi- davit charging Immoral conduct was conclu: ‘The court ordered a aung and vindicating ntered exon: t. Hutcheson. dec Capt whereabouts. They obtain an | may collapse. | Che Evening Star. | Von. 83, No 20,780. WASHINGTO) D. ©, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS 'RELATIVES IN OFFICE. |Bumors That Action Will Follow the Commission's Report. Old Age Not a Drawback-—Statistics of the Departments—Ages of Clerks —Length of Service. It is said that one feature of the work of the departmental joint commission is likely to result in action, either by the heads of departments themselves or by Congress, and that is the development of the fact in the departments at Washington who have relatives in the departments. Of this number 4,151 persons have one relative each, 1,087 have two relatives each, 279 have three relatives, 9% have four relatives, 26 have five, 10 have six, 4 have seven, 5 have eight and two persons have each nine relatives ure was very surprising to the commission and that its members think that the situa- tion thus revealed needs changing. Elderly Clerks. Considerable uneasiness has been caused by the circulation of rumors that an on- slaught upon elderly clerks is to be made. The Star reporter was informed today that there is no ground for general apprehen- sion upon this score. It ray be stated Positively that the commission has not yet taken up this feature of the departmental | Repheawn for consideration as to action, al- though a report has been made upon it. “There are many elderly people in office, it is true,” said a member of the commis- sion, “but what of it? Age, in the depart- mental service does not signify incapacity |by any manner of means. There are lots of clerks in the departments sixty years of age who do better work for the govern- meny than men of twenty-five. It would not make any difference io me if a man were one hundred and thirty years old if he came to his desk every day and did his work capably and with the added qual- ity of long experience. Why. you can stand on the corner here any morning and the gray beards on the way to office will pass you in such numbers that you can’t keep track of them. You will notice, too, that they move along at a lively gait and when they get to their desks they are a deal more likely to buckle down to work before your callow youth gets through smoking his cigarette and rubbing his sleepy eyes open.” Interesting Figures. There are some interesting features in the report to the commission on ages of clerks. It appears that there cre 1,416 clerks who are sixty years cld and over. There are 742 between sixty and sixty-five years of age, 386 between sixty-five and seventy, 182 have passed the age of three-score years and ten and are still at work, 66 are verging on to eighty years of age, 33 are between eighty and eighty-five, six are creeping close on to ninety, and one has passed the ninety mile stone. The highest number of clerks of any one age class are those between twenty- and thirty years of age, numbering 2, Between thirty and thirty-five years old there are 2,348, and between thirty-five and forty there are 2,033, so that out of 17,076 clerks in the departmental service there are 8,761 who are under forty years of age. Many of the elderly people have been many years in the government service. Over 1,380 people have served a quarte> of a century and above, thirty people have served forty years and over, while one per- son has stuck to the desk sixty years. Ten years is but a day compatatively for 5,933 clerks have served Uncle Sam for that ye- riod. + e+ AN UNFORTUNATE CRUISER. French Prototype Not ing Success. Now that the triple screw cruiser Co- lumbia is making ready for her official trial trip naval officers note with interest and a wish that the omen may be averted, the fact that her prototype, the French cruiser Dupuy de Lome, has recently fail- ed again to meet the requirements of the ers. According to the French authorities, singular misfortunes seem to follow this magnificent ship. Her trials have now been in progress for two years, yet the machinery has failed in each case through some mishap, one of these resulting in the scalding to death of a number of the crew of the vessel. About the time that Chief Engineer Melville undertuok the design of the Columbia it was learned that’ the French government already had under con- struction a triple screw cruiser, the Dupuy de Lome. Efforts were made to learn some- thing of the plans of the vessel, but in vain, and, in fact, it was difficult to es- tablish the fact that she was designed for three screws. As far as the Navy Depart- ment here was concerned it was probab! fortunate that it did not get this informa- tion if there was any purpose of using it in the designs of the Columbia, for the French ship has been unfortunate from the beginning. On the occasion of her last trial all was going on well, when, sud- denly, the furnace crowns came down. ‘The damage was severe, and will probably necessitate a change of boilers and the tearing up of the decks, so that it will be at least another year before the ship is again ready for trial. Thus it will be three years from the time that the ship was announced to be complete before she can be accepted, even if the next trial be a success. Another French man-of-war, the Coet- logon, a cruiser of the Detroit class, began her trials in 189, and has repeatedly failed owing to faults of the machinery. In view of the splendid record of the trials of the vessels of our new navy the engineer offi- cers feel justified in claiming that their ystem of engine construction, which in- volves the designing of the machinery of vessels by the men who go to sea to run it, is superior to the French method of em- ploying a special corps of engine designers, unfamiliar by personal experience with the practical operation of the machinery, al- though this system has been urged for adoption in the American navy. ———— EALED BY DEATH. REV The Secret of Another Wife and Family of a Long nd Man. . I, Nov. 15.—The death of this village has brought to light some facts which have been kept secret for many years. Mr. Little and wife came here fifteen years ago. According to L. M. Little, a nephew Mr. Little has a wife and two children living in Ohio and there is considerable question about the present Mrs. Little having any | claim to the title of wife. He" say his no proof of any divorce from the woman in Ohio. The nephew believes that his uncle was poisoned by his wife with morphine and w: have the body placed in the hands of the authorities and a post mortem held. There is a general feeling of sympathy expressed here for Mrs. Little and not much it is given to the nephew's side of the story. Mrs. Little refuses to talk on the | matter. LABOR. or | PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 15.—This morn- jing’s session of the general assembly, | Knights of Labor, lasted but one hour. | at 9:50 o'clock and adjourned at 10:20 o'clock The annual report of General Secretary | Treasurer Haye by th [port of th board, and | both were re committee on di tribution. The consideration of Mr. Ha: report was made u special order for the ning. a lutions were read by title and referred, but none of th ne press com- mittee say, are of imy that there are 5,610 persons holding office | in office. It is understood that this disclos- | contract, through an accident to the boil- | ‘'s there | JOHN HOGG DEAD. The Veteran Chief Clerk of the Navy Department EXPIRES SUDDENLY AT | i HOME. Sketch of His Long ‘Career in Official Life. TRIBUTE TO HIS EFFICIENCY. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 15.—John W. Hogg, chief clerk in the Navy De- partment, fell dead at his residence at this place at 8:45 o'clock this morning. He had started for the train to Washington, and not feeling well, stopped at the office of his physician, Dr. E. E. Stonestreet, who examined his condition and advised him to return iiome, which he did. He had just entered his house when he dropped dead from heart disease. There was universal grief expressed on all sides at the Navy Department this morning when the news came of Mr. Hogg's death. The first intimation of trouble came in the form of a telephone message from Major ! Lowry of the marine corps, who lives next door to Mr. Hogg’s family in Rockville. He announced that Mr. Hogg was not feeling well enough to come into town today. This was unusual, for, though in his seven- ties, Mr. Hogg has maintaineg very good health. He has been exceptionally well of jlate, and was at his desk yesterday. There was a heavy mail for the signature of the Secretary,and Mr. Hogg superintend. ed it in the afternoon, as has been his cus- tom for many years. A few minutes after Major Lowry’s tele- phone message had been received there came a telegraphic dispatch from a mem- ber of Mr. Hogg's family, addressed to Sec- retary Herbert, announcing the death of the chief clerk. Later in the morning the Secretary in- formally designated Mr. N. S. Faucett of South Carolina, third class clerk in the bureau of supplies and accounts, as acting chief clerk. Nearly Forty a Mr. Hogg had been in the Navy Depart- ment for nearly forty years, and had.accu- pied the position of chief clerk for nearly half that period. He was the oldest chief clerk in the service of the- government. He came from a celebrated family of southern people. He was born in Nashville, Tenn., on the 13th of May, 1828, and was therefore seventy-five years old last spring. His father was Dr. Samuel Hogg, originaliy from North Carolind, who was a leading physician of Tennessee, a surgeon in the army at the battle of New Orleans,and also during the civil war. He was a member of Congress from Ten- nessee in 18i7@9 and a presidential elector in 182. Mr. Hogg was appointed to a clerkship in the office of the register of | the treasury in 1819 and on the Ist of Jan- | juary, 1854, was transferred to the office of | the Secretary of the Navy after the usual | examination. He was principal correspond- ing clerk of the Navy Department during |the rebellion and disbursing clerk from 1866 to 1874, when he was made chief clerk \to fill a vacancy. All of his promotions |have been due to his personal fitness and | not to any influence. For two years during the administration of Secretary Thomp- |son Mr. Hogg served as assistant secretary lof the department without extra pay. He |entered the Navy Department at the salary of $1,400, and was steadily promoted from jerade to grade until his salary as chief clerk was $2,500. During the early part of | the administration of Secretary Whitney an effort was made to obtain Mr. Hogg’s place |for a political friend of the democratic jadministration and a movement was n- augurated to secure his retirement from the service. Tremendous pressure was brought to bear on the Secretary to dis- miss Mr. Hogg, but he recognized his great value and retained him. One Officer's Tribute. Said an officer of the navy this morning who has been on duty in the department for several years: “Mr. Hogg was in some | respects a remarkable man. While he may have passed the hey-day of his usefulness he yet had acquired during bis long service here a vast amount of experience of the Sreatest value. There was not a question of naval custom or in fact of law regard- ing the conduct of the naval establishment that he did not have at his fingers’ ends. Of late years his age has made it advisable to take from him some of the details of his former work and he has not originated as much of late as_he formerly did, yet | there was not an officer in the navy who |did not feel that in Mr. Hogg they could find a fund of accurate information.” Mr. Hogg leaves a widow and two chil- dren, a son, Lieut. William S. Hogg of the navy, and an unmarried daughter. BUREAU OF AMERICAN REPUBLICS, It is Not a Branch of the State De- partment. First Controller Bowler in a lengthy dect- sion defining the status of the bureau of Americans republics says “the bureau of Arrerican republics is not a bureau of the State Department, although under supervi- ing the case the bureau has no authority in law to have its printing done at the govern- ment printing office and its rent must be paid to the owners of the buildings it occu- | pies. It has the right to sub-let, the con- troller decides, and it is not under govern- mental control, except that as the United States advances $36,000 a year for its main- tenance, it is the duty of the United States officers to see that the United States is re- couped for the money ft advances, less its | prepertionate share of the expense for con- tinuing the bureau. —_—_—_-+e+___ NEEDS OF GEORGETOWN. In the Way of Schools Shown by Trus- tee Wilse The Commissioners received a letter this morning from Schooi Trustee Jesse H. Wil- son of Georgetown, calling attention to the need of water in the Curtis school build- ing. Since the change was made in the water arrangements here, no water is ob- ainable beyond the second floor. He says the old frame building in the rear of P street, east of North street, formerly used for school purposes is left In an unprotected condition and is sald to be a meeting place for disreputable characters and to bed |hood. He suggests that the building be | condemned and torn down. in their estimates the cost of a high school building to be located in Georgetown. He urges that the Commissioners include | A RADICAL TARIFF BILL An Enlarged Free List and Some Very Heavy Cuts. ‘The Advalorem System is Almost En- tirely Adopted—Some Ki an Income Tax. In spite of all the talk that ts being in- dulged in by some of the democrats of the House about a conservative and moderate tariff bill, the measure which is now almost completed is radical, some of the cuts in duties being extremely heavy. The average percentage of reduction, which will be shown by the bill, will not be indicative of the cuts made, for the reason that a great many things on which there are more or less heavy duties now will be put on the free list, and will not figure in the estimate of averages. It will be some time yet be- fore the full bill is given out, but some of the features of it have become known from time to time. There are a number of other items on the free list besides wool, coal, iron ore, pig tin, lumber, salt and silver lead ore. Some Heavy Cu Some of the heaviest cuts made, where items are not on the free list, are in the glass and iron schedules and the textiles not in the cotton schedule. The shoe and leather and cotton schedules are cut very little. In flax and woolen textiles, wearing apparel and blankets and carpets and the like the cut is very heavy. The duties on glass throughout the schedule are cut about in the middle. Steel rails are reduced to 25 per cent ad valorem, There will probably be nothing in the iron schedule running above 30 per cent and the average will probably fall below 25. The ad valorem system is adopted almost en- tirely in the bill. The question of sugar has not yet been settled and there is a strong disposition in response to the needs of the treasury ‘to put a small duty on that articlé Three or four members of the commitee are earnestly opposed to any tax and others rae doubt, so that that question is unset- Some Sort of an Income Tax. There is practical unanimity n favor of some sort of an income tax. he increase in the whisky tax is favored by all the com- mittee, but the exact amount of increase has not been fixed. A good many of the committee are afraid that an increase in the tax on beer will offend the Germans, and though that had practically been decid- ed on the committee is awakening and there is a possibility that the increase will not be made. PLATTING LAND. An Opinion Under the New Street Ex- tension Law. The application of the Palisades Improve- ment Company for the approval of the sub- division known as Freeman tract, which was referred to the attorney for the Dis- trict for report, was submitted to the Commissioners today by Attorney Thomas. A question was raised because the sub- division Proposed streets less than ninety feet wide. Mr. Thomas says: “If Mr. Clark will put building lines on the two princiapal streets in his proposed subdivision so as to make them ninety feet wide, I see no objection to the approval of the subdivision in view of the location and topography of the ground. The rest of the land in the sub- division, considering its location and topo- graphy, may vety well be platted with less than ninety -feet 4n width as Bc Clark has done. ent violating the spirit of the act of i — FEW APPO! \TMENTS To Be Made by the President Until Congr Meets. Few appointments will be made by the President during the eighteen days remain- ing before the assembly of Congress. The filling of some important vacancies under the Treasury Department will be considered, but the appointments to be made have al- ready been practicaily disposed of with ref- erence to the selection of candidates. No applications for consular offices will be brought to the attention of the President for some time, but notwithstanding their knowledge of this state of affairs, several candidates are persisting in their Importu- nities to the President and the Secretary of State. Charles H, Taylor of Kansas City, Mo., and Henry C. C. Astwood of New York city, the colored men whom Mr. Cleveland selected to represent the United States in | white countries, the first named as minister | to Bolivia, and Astwood as consul to Calais, France, were at the State Department today in the interest of securing temporary ap- pointments until the Senate has had another opportunity of acting on their cases. Tay- lor’s nomination was not considered by the Senate and Astwood’s was rejected on ac- count of his record. ee EEA ea PHILADELPHIA’S COLLECTOR. John B. Read Said to Have Been Se- lected to Succeed Mr. Cooper. It is understood at the Treasury Depart- ment that the appointment of John B. Read as collector of customs at Philadel- phia to succeed Thomas V. Cooper, yester- day removed by the President, has been practically decided upon. ‘The appointment has not yet been made, however, and may not be for a week yet. ———+-o--____ FAVORS FREE WOOL, Representative Culberson Denies a Rumor as to His Attitude. Representative Culberson of Texas wants it distinctly understood that he is not op- posed to “free wool.’ He says that recent publications that he is opposed to free wool do him great injustice. He voted for the Mills bill placing wool on the free list and is now in favor of free wool. He insists, however, that the import duty on manufac- tures of wool should be reduced to a strict- ly revenue basis. Russian Convicts. Secretary Carlisle has decided to confer with the President and Secretary Gresham in regard to the disposition of the twelve Russian convicts that are held in San Francisco under orders to the commissioner \of immigration there from the department. |A report has been received from that of- ficial, which is kept strictly secret. The | Russian minister, Prince Cantacuzene, has \asked that the men be turned over to the Russian authorities. The convicts escaped from confinement and were picked up at sea and taken to San Francisco. —_ The Columbia a Flyer. The United States cruiser Columbia was under forced draught, over the measured course between Cape Ann and Cape Por- poise, which is a trifle less than fifty-four | knots long, and she made the unprecedent- ed speed of 22.87 knots an hour, an excess of 1.87 knots over the contract requirement of twenty-one knots an hour. ——— +o ___ Contract Abrogated. ‘Under the terms of the contract between the Treasury Department and the United States Express Company, the former has given six months notice of an abrogation. Proposals are to be advertised for a new contract, which the old company may ob- |tain, as there is no restriction against its bidding. ————___+-e+______ | Want to Be Chiefs of Divisions, | Wm, W. Finney of Virginia and wm. Emerson of Illinois have applied to Secre- OG | nuisance to the residents of the neighbor- |t@ry Carlisle for appointment as chiefs | g, ,of division, Treasury Department. | ee Mr. Olney Gone Home. |, Attorney General Olney has gone to Bos- ton to remain several days. | siven an unofficial spin yesterday afternoon | A RUMORED HITCH Tn the Hawaiian Program of the Administration. ADVICES RECEIVED FROM MR WILLIS. Restoration of the Monarchy Not so Easy as Thought. INSTRUCTIONS SENT It is very evident that the administration is in possesion of some information bearing on the Hawaiian situation which is secretly guarded from the public. That it is regard- ed as most important is indicated by the deep and impenetrable mystery that sur- rounds it. It is in the form of a cipher tele- gram, in the naval code, received by the Secretary of State on Monday last, the day of the arrival of the steamship China at San Francisco with mails from Honolulu. Secretary Gresham refuses to give it to the press, and the experts who deciphered it have been repeatedly enjoined to the strict- est secrecy in regard to its contents. One of these persons, however, went so far yes- terday, under pressure of great excitement, |as to say with a significant shake of his head, indicating superior knowledge, that the queen was not placed on the throne last week, according to the generally accepted program of the administration, and that it is not at all certain that Minister Willis has taken, or that he will take, any steps to bring about that result. It suddenly occur- red to the speaker that perhaps he had said more than he ought, and he closed up at once, refusing to make entirely clear what he meant by his intimations about the ac- tions of Minister Willis, or to say anything more on the subject. Romored Hitch. There were rumors that the telegram shows that the minister had found things different than they had been represented to the department, and upon which informa- tion it is believed the President based his action. There were also reports that finding this erroneous state of affairs he had con- cluded to postpone presenting his letters and credentials and the notification to the provisional government and the queen of the answer of the United States to Hawall’s appeal for annexation. The fact, too, that the minister was on the islands three days before the steamer sailed and had not even presented his credentials led to the com- ments by some who were convinced that a hitch had occurred in the administration's PyPhis information, it ts intimated, caused the withholding of the report of Mr. Blount |and further information to sustain the posi- |tion of the administration which the State Department had contemplated making pub- Moe a hitch has taken place the department is careful not to let it be known. An an- swer to the minister's dispatch has been prepared in the naval code, and will be transmitted to San Francisco to be taken by a steamer which sails tomorrow. No one advances an intelligent prediction of its contents. + DISPATCHES TO HAWAII. Those From This Governm: From ister Thursto ‘The steamer that 4s scheduled to sail from San Francisco for Honolulu tomorrow will carry two packets of news from widely dif- ferent sources. One of these is from the gov- ernment of the United States to its minister in Hawaii, and the other is from the Hawa- iian minister here to his own government—if, indeed, he now has a government. The | former packet was prepared yesterday, be- ing carefully done up in a patent preserving cipher, to be wired to San Francisco for transmission by steamer. It was addressed to Mr. Willis, and contained, #t is confidently asserted, additional instructions in further- ance of the policy of Secretary Gresham's letter to the President, published last Sat- urday. Minister Thurston’s Two Interviews. ‘The other packet was made up today by Minister Thurston and contains, no doubt, all the information that he can gather from his position outside of the breastworks. He had a long talk with Secretary Gresham yesterday, in two sections, separated by the cabinet meeting, and he must have received some information regarding the state of the case. It is understood that he was pract?- cally told by the Secretary that at present this government recognizes the pro- visional government of Hawaii as the ex- isting power in the islands, and Mr. Thurs- ton as its diplomatic representative here. That, at least, was a grain of comfort, but the Secretary could do no less. Mr. Thurs- ton bears credentials that have not been discredited from the power to which Mr. Willis has been sent as minister. For this government to do or say anything to Mr. Thurston to discredit his existing relations here would of itself, under the present cir- cumstances, be an overt act. He Declines to Talk. If Mr. Thurston received any more as- surances or information from the Secretary during the interviews of yesterday he is keeping it strictly to himself, so far as the American public is concerned. In response to the card of a Star reporter, who called at his residence this morning, Mr. Thurston sent out the following diplo- matic message by a dusky servitor: “Tell him that I wish he would excuse me this morning, for I am extremely busy. I am at work on my dispatches for tomorrow. Tell him also that there is nothing for pub- Hieation toda: So that interview ended. None of the oth- er members of the legation were to be seen. —— eo TOOK AN AIRING. ‘The White House Babies Enjoy Them- selves in the Grounds. There were more domestic evidences around the White House today than for some time. The servants had their hands full getting the house in a more comforta- ble shape for the family than it has been of late. A number of ladies called on Mrs. Cleveland during the day. The gates open- ing into the rear part of the grounds were kept locked throughout the afternoon so that the children could have their airing without interference from the great, cu- rious American public. Since the second little in September there has been some am. | biguity in the matter of “the baby.” Ruth held that title for so long that she still retains it to some extent. But today there was no trouble about the terms. The babies, both of them, were out in the yard, enjoying the air immensely. Esther said little, being wrapped in great rugs and tucked into a perambulator, but Ruth let forth her voice in all its entusiasm. ‘The small infant has had a severe cold during |the stay of the family at Woodley, and | there has been some danger of croup, ‘his, it is said, is one of the reasons why the family came into town yesterday, so that the baby might have better and quicker | medical attention in case her cold should take a sudden turn for the worse. But the fresh air cure that was tried to- day in the south end of the grounds seems to show that there is no immediate danger, —___—_§_+o.—__" What the Negroes Need. | ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 15.—At the morning ession of the Christian Workers’ Conven. |tion Booker T. Washington, a colored man, \Spoke in behalf of Tuskegee, Ala., Indus. [trial School. Mr. Washington expressed [the belief that what negroes needed was industrial education. one arrived early IN SESSION ALL NIGHT. The Annual Meeting of the U. 8, Electric Lighting Oo. The Thomas Party Wins the Fight and Elects a Majority of the "Board of Directors. Electric Lighting Company went to Har- per’s Ferry yesterday to hold the arhual election, as the company is organized under the laws of the state of West Virginia. The party left the city about half-past 10 o'clock yesterday morning and returned home this morning about 7 o'clock. The meeting be- gan about half-past 1, or as soon as the train reached Harper's Ferry, and an ad- journment was reached at 3:2 this morn- ing. As is customary on such occasions, the stockholders made the journey in two cars specially chartered, one of which was cars were run on a siding and the meeting was held in them. As has been stated in progress for several weeks preparing for this election, gnd the result was that all of the seven thousand shares of stock were voted with the exception of one hundred and eighty-four. Never before in the eleven years of the existence of the company has such a large proporton of the stock been represented at the annual meeting. A good proportion of the stock was voted by proxy, as the total attendance at the meeting was about ninety. Two Tickets in the Field. ‘The two tickets in the field were headed by Mr. W. E. Clark, the president of the Central National Bank, and Mr. A. A. Thomas, the president of the company. Voting was delayed by all sorts of dilatory motions, and when the last train for this city Jeft last night, which was about half- past 6, the contest had not been decided. Several Came home on that train, but the greater number stuck to the meeting with the determination to stay there several days if necessary. A brief recess of fifteen minutes was taken in order to allow the secretary, Mr. Seymour L. Tulloch, to get something to eat, but with that exception the session was a continuous one. When the election was over, which was after 3 o'clock this morning, it was found that no official of the road could be reached who had authority to send an engine to bring the party home, and so they resigned themselves to spend the night in the cars. The berths were made and up, but there were not enough to go around and those who were not lucky enouh to get a bed made the best of the situation in other parts of the cars. There were some jovial spirits who sat up all night. They dis- cussed the situation as well as anything to eat or drink that they could find and al- together they had a great time. In spite of the vigor with which the con- test was carried on it is said that ine party came back to the city with good feeling toward each other and that the tigat hav- ing ben made is to be placed among the by- nes. go the meeting, which was presided over by Mr. Noble D. Larner, President Thomas stated that he would be willing to accept a salary of $4,000 instead of 36,000, which he received last year, and his propo- sition was accepted. When the votes were finally all in and counted it was found that the Thomas party had won. They elected six of the eleven members of the board of directors. Albert F. Marsh, Geo. The only change in the membership of the |. a8 compared with last year, is the choice of Albert F. Marsh and Geo. W. Gray in place of Peter Hill, and A. M. Renshaw, who also holds the posi- tion of manager of the company. The lat- ter was not nominated, but it is said that the contest while apparently between Mr. Thomas and Mr. Clarke was in reality a |struggle to determine whether Mr. Ren. shaw should continue holding his position. The © tive System of Voting. The cumulative system of voting which 1s allowed under the West Virginia laws |was followed. This gives each stock- holder the right to cast as many votes as jhe has shares of stock multiplied by the number of directors there are to be elect- ed. So that if a man has ten shares of stock he has a right to cast 110 votes, and he can either throw all the votes to one man or distribute them among as many candidates as he sees fit. The majority in this election voted for six men, or a ma- jority of the board, and the first six men in the foregoing list are those elected by the majority and the other five were chosen by the minority. Mr. Thomas Re-Elected. At a meeting of the board today at the office of the company in this city an organi- zation was effected by the election of the following officers: A. A. Thomas, president; Daniel B. Clarke, first vice president; Wm. E. Clark, second vice president; Seymour W. Tulloch, secretary and treasurer. The services of Mr. Renshaw, the general man- ager, were dispensed with, and the filling of the vacancy was deferred until another meeting. ————_—__ AN ARMY OF TRAMPS Moving in Thi South, Says One Man. Yesterday afternoon a raid was made on a party of strangers in a saloon on Maryland avenue and nine men were ar- rested. It was suspected that the burglar who has been committing acts of vandalism was stopping in South Washington, and it was thought that perhaps the man might be in the crowd. In this, however, the \officers were mistaken, for while several of the nine men are undoubtedly tramps, several of them were here looking for work, while one member of the party arrested had only stopped in the saloon to get a Blase of beer. He belongs on one of the jriver boats, but he was locked up with the others and had to go to court this morn- ing and stand trial on a charge of vagrancy. . Detective Lacey was a witness in the case. He stood in the ccrridor of the fourth precinct cell room last night and heard the statements of the men. This morning in court Detective Lacey went on the stand and told of their state- ments. An Army Coming. “There are 1,500 tramps on the road here from Florida,” one of them told him. “The woods are full of them,” added the officer. Thomas Murray was the name of the man who had imparted the startling in- formation to the detective, but he confessed that he had never been farther south than Harrisonburg, Va. The man who belonged on the boat was set free and the court gave the others fif- teen days each, advising them to leave the city when they got out. en Wants a Divorce. | Nellie P. Harris, by Mr. Campbell Carring- | ton, has filed @ bill for divorce from James | A. Harris. They were married September 2%, 1885, and she charges desertion September 28. She asks the custody of her child. | selina diestig Large Suits. George H. Dana, Firman R. Horner and Samuel R. Weed have, by Messrs. Mackey. | Tucker and Clephane, each sued the Rock | Creek Railroad Company for $5,000 damages | by making excavations in front of their | property in June, 1892, making difficult ac- cess to their homes. — rly a Fire. At 4:20 yesterday afternoon an alarm of | fire was sounded for a fire in the National | Rifles’ Armory, G street between $th and | | 20th streets, where the florists’ exhibition | | was in progress, but no damage was done. It was caused by improper insulation of electric wires, The stockholders of the United States | a hotel car and the other a parlor car. The | The Star, an active canvass dias been in | TO ADVERTISERS. Advertisers are urgently re- quested to hand in advertisements the day prior to publication, in order that insertion may be as- sured. Want sdvertisements will be received up to noon of the Gay of publication, precedence being given to those first received. MONKEYS CAN TALK. Prof. Gamer Says His Proposition is Proved. HE RETURNS FROM HIS AFRICAN TRIE |Remained for Months Among the Simians, RECORDED THEIR TALE LIVERPOOL, Nov. 15.—Professor Garner, who went from America into the interior of Africa for the purpose of studying the \™methods of communication between mon- keys and to learn the monkey language, arrived at Liverpool on his return yester- day. He claims that he has established be- | Yond a doubt that there is a monkey lan- sSuage and that it can be learned by man. He brought with him from Africa two Kulu Kamba chimpanzees with which he is able to communicate. Professor Garner states that he stayed for 101 days in his cage, which he had had carried into the heart of a forest 250 miles inland. This cage was a massive affair that was chained to trees. In it Professor Gar- ner would lock himself and then await the coming of members of the ape family, when he would try to communicate with them by means of the sounds he had learned from monkeys in America and elsewhere. He had with him a phonograph, with which he penal a record of the sounds made by his isitors. He claims that his visit to Africa was a ®reat success in establishing his theory the monkey family has a language. ——i TO AVENGE PALLAS’ DEATH. Another Dyn: te Horror Attempted by Barcelona Anarchists. BARCELONIA, SPAIN, Nov. 15—It ts evident from an occurrence here last night that the police have not succeeded in ex- tirpating the nests of anarchists in this city and that the latter are only awaiting an opportunity to commit further outrages. Last evening they attempted to make the opportunity. A number of troops under orders to proceed to Melila in Morocco to reinforce the garrison there were marching from the barracks to the quay to embark upon @ Steamer that was to convey tnem to their destination. The route from the bar- racks to the waterside was lined with if- mense crowds, who had gathered to bid the soldiers God speed. While the troops were marching through the Plaza Reales, while the crowd was cheering them enthusiastically, a number of workmen employed upon a private bulld- ing discovered a thin trail of smoke as- caused by a burning fuse attached to a bomb. The fuse, at the time the smoke was discovered, had burned within a few An examination of the police revealed nothing of @ suspicious nature. The police are inquiring into the matter, but there ts ‘little chance of their discovering the author of the attempted outrage. It is thought that some one among the hundreds of per- sons crowding the streets threw the bomb on the balcony and then made off. This is not the only outrage that the anarchists attempted yesterday. The dis- trict of Villanueva Y la Geltru on the Mediterranean, twenty miles southwest of Barcelonia, was thrown into a state of panic by an explosion that occurred in the {townof Villaneuva. Scme person last night |placed a bomb by the gates of the bar- ino of the Civic Guards. An explosion followed that caused the greatest excite- ment and fear and the men in the bulld- ing rushed pell mell for the open air. The force of the explosion was very great. The gates of the barracks were blown off their hinges and carried a considerable distance. The walls of the building were cracked, doors were blcwn off and windows smashed. Nobody was hurt, but every- body in the vicinity was terribly frightened. The police have made a number of arrests on suspicion, but there is no positive evi- dence to connect any of these in custody with the explosion. SUCCEEDS SURVEYOR LYON. tehford Temporarily Takes Charge New York. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—S. M. Blatchford, auditor of the surveyors of this port, has been made surveyor of the port of New York pro tem. until such time as a suc- cessor to Geo. W. Lyon be duly appointed. Acting Secretary of the Treasury W. E. Curtis authorized Collector Kilbreath to take charge of the office and the collector immediately appointed Blatchford. pee COMPLETED THE DEAL. Sale of the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern to Loutsville and Nashville. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—C. P. Huntinton said today that the sale by him of the Ches- apeake, Ohio and Southwestern railroad to the Louisville and Nashville ratiroad had been completed and that the sale was an accomplished fact. Chairman Belmont of the Louisville an@ Nashville says there is no truth in the re- port that the deal with the ie, Ohio and Southwestern has been 5 President Smith's visit to this city, be saya, has no ce. oo - CONGRESS OF CHURCHMEN. Second Day's Session of the Chicker- ing Hall Gathering. NEW YORK, Nov. 15.—The fifteenth Episcopal congress held its second day ses- sion in Chickering Hall today. The pro- ceedings were opened with prayer by the Rt. Rev. Thomas Underwood Dudley, bishop of Kentucky, who presided. Owing to the rainy weather the attendance was not large. The session was taken up by @ discussion on moral and religious educa- tion in public schools. The speakers were Rev. Robert S. Barrett of Atlanta, Ga., and the Rev. John G. Bachus of Brooklyn. The speakers were Prof. Hjalmar Hjorth Boyexen of Columbia College, Hamilton W. Mahle of New York and Bishop Talbot im place of Otto Kirchner of Detroit. kate sinacute Brunswick Yellow Fever. BRUNSWICK, Ga. Nov. 15.—Six new cases of yellow fever are reported today, all colored. Fourteen discharged,ten whiter —Fiorence Gregory, Mrs. Baker, Mrs. Cher- ry, Annie Quinn, Ludovic Nelson, Mrs. lsee Johnson, Wesley Greenfield, Louts Dingman, Mrs. Morgan, Z. 8. Mullin. No deaths. Northwest wind blowing; cold. anaes Directum-AUx Race Postponed. BOSTOD jov. 15.—The Directum-Alix race has been postponed until tomorrow on ee- count of rain. > — Ba First Snow of the Season. BUFFALO, N. Y., Nov. 15.—The first snow of the season began falling last night, and this morning there was fully *9 1>9@ on the ground.