Evening Star Newspaper, November 17, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED | foe aera AT TH! ©ik BUILDING: ne iva . venue, corner 11th St. by The Evening Sta: Newsvaver Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. pPrrrcorretetas amass i ‘New York Offices, 88 Potter Building. ‘Tux Evexme 8748 in sorted city by carriers, em their Der week. or tic. ter 2 cents States or own account, at 10 cents oath. ive at the coun- F mail aaynhere ta the United ‘prepaid—50 ceats per Rates af advertising made tnows of application to subseribers in the | Ghe Evening Star. Vor. 83, No. 20,732. WASHINGTON, D. ©, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. ACONFERENCE TODAY. Between the President and Three Prominent Democrats. THE ENTIRE PARTY POLICY DISCUSSED. No Reason to Be Discouraged by the Recent Elections. HAWAII NOT AN ISSUE. Messrs. Harrity, Don M. Dickinson and Josiah Quincy, members of the national democratic executive committee, held a con- ference with Mr. Cleveland today on the general question of the democratic policy for the future, going over the whole ground involving the congressional election next fall and the policy of the administration, which will form the policy of the party in the next presidential election. The first question discussed was the recent elections, and it was the unanimous judgment of all present, including the President, that the party policy was not involved in these elections and should not in any way be in- Muenced by the result. Policy as to Appointments. ‘The question of the policy as to appoint- ments and the friction in the Senate which resulted in some of these appointments be- ing held up was gone over, and the under- standing was that the holding up of these appointments did not mean their final de- feat and that the confirmations would come later. The general idea. in which all con- curred, was that the issues in the election of 1892 would still hold in the coming con- gressional elections without modification or change and that the tariff policy would be maintained, and the sustaining of this pol- iey would be the principal issue in the campaign. Party Policy Not Involved in the Recent Elections. It was held by all present that in the elections held on the first Tuesday in this month the national policy of the party was not involved and that there was nothirg im these elections to discourage the belief that the democratic party would still hold its strength with the people on the issues made in ‘92. It is understood that they had before them an outline of the work that is being done by the ways and means com- mittee of the House and that with a very few suggestions for minor changes the work was approved of by all of them and it ‘was made very clear that the whole strength of the administration would be ex- erted to assist in carrying throush Con- gress a tariff bill which would accord with the democratic declarations in their last national platform. There was no doubt or hesitancy on this subject whatever, the opinion of all being that the strength of the party would lie in that issue. ‘The Hawatian Q@ tiom Not an Issue. The Hawaiian question is said to have been touched on, but on th there was a difference of opinion and it was not regard- €d as an Issue to be pressed in the future ¢ampalen. There was some surprise yes- terday at the failure of the democrats of the ways and means committee to hold the meeting which was advertised for that day. An explanation of the postponement may be found im this conference of the national executive committee, as following this con- fereace the subcommittee of the ways and means which has been working on the bill held a mecting to go over the proofs and revise them before submitting the matter to all the democrats of the committee. The | subcommittee was in session all day and ex- ect to bring out the approved bill for a Yeview of the other democrats of the com- mittee either tonight or tomorrow. The at- titude of the administration, which 1s to take a vigorous stand on this question and press it firmly to the front, is in perfect ac- cordance with the ideas of Messrs. Harrity, Dickinson and Quincy. ° AID THE FAMILIES. Mr. Bell Thinks That Postal Clerks Are Treated Unjustly. Second Assistant Postmaster General J. Lowrie Beil believes that there should be some legislation making provision for the families of postal clerks killed on duty. He says that during the last fiscal year the railway post offices were subjected to 403 train accidents, most all of which resulted in loss of life or serious injury. Ten clerks were killed, sixty-six seriously injured and 116 slightly hurt. The department is per- mitted to care for the injured, but no au- thorized relief under existing statutes can be extended the poor dependent ones left behind by the gallant fellows who go down to death while performing their duties. ‘The day death enters the car the pay of the clerk ceases, and at the very time help 1s most needed the heart broken family be- comes too often an object of charity. Va- rious methods have been suggested where- by relief could be extended without ma- terial obligation from the government, and Mr. Bell trusts that the present Congress can be prevailea upon to adopt some one of the proposed plans. If such a measure of relief were put into effect it would promote the service, and the direct outlay that might be incurred by the department would be comparatively a small amount. ——__- e+ ______ RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE. ‘An Enlargement of the Organization Said to Be Necessary. In the matter of the enlargement of the organization of the railway mail service, the second assistant postmaster general has re- commended that it be brought to the at- tention of Congress. The service in its ex- tent and importance has outgrown the pres- ent organization, and provision should be afforded so that the growth of each year will not be retarded. It should be borne in mind that the organization of today was es- tablished when the force of clerks was less than two thousand and the length of lines less than eighty thousand miles, and it is not difficult to understand why it is that the maximum of good results cannot be acquired so long as the development of the organization is held in check. Mr. Bell also thinks that many advantages would result from the authorization of an auxiliary — of clerks. The guaranteed salary of such would be small, and the additional cost would be justified by the additional strength it would give to the general sery- ice. ——_+ 2+ - AFFAIRS IN NICARAGUA. No Significance im the Fact That the San Francisco is There. ‘A telegram was received at the Navy De- partment today announcing the arrival of the flagship San Francisco at Port Lemon, Nicaragua. Commodore Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, informed a. Star reporter that the presence of the San Fran- cisco at Nicaragua has no special signifi- cance, as she had gone there in pursuance of orders issued over two months ago to look after the interests of the United along the east coast of Central A and vicinity. This forms part of the Atlantic station, and one or more of the ve Is of that affairs are mus is shown by the fact Franciseo merely touched at Greytown then proceeded on her way to Port ! r ® coaling station a few miles further or e U. S. S. Kearsarge, now at Boston as sisting in the trial of the Columbia, is under standing orders to cruise in the West Indies. San and n, (MR. BLOUNT AND HAWA Stevens’ Actions. ) i Secrecy as to His Appointment as “Paramount” Commissioner Recall- ed—An Incident and Its Sequel. Many people are recalling at this time the position of Mr. Blount upon the Hawaiian situation before his departure for Honolulu in his “paramount” capacity for President Cleveland. It is remembered by many that Mr. Blount was antagonistic to Minister Stevens’ actions even to the point of bitter- ness and it is argued that he went to Hon- olulu biased in his opinion and judgment, and therefore was not competent to make a fair and equitable report of the situation and the occurrences. Disapproved of Mr. Stevens’ Actions. Mr. Blount was chairman of the House committee on foreign affairs at the time of the Hawaiian revolution last January. He was guarded in his statements to the press upon the situation at that time, but did not attempt to conceal his disapprobation of Minister Steveas’ actions and in conver- sation with his friends he spoke without reserve in condemnation of the whole affair. A Star reporter carried to Mr. Blount the first news of the declaration of the protec- torate over Hawaii by Minister Stevens in February and asked Mr. Blount for his opinion upon that action, stating that it was for publication. Mr. Blount seemed very indignant at Minister Stevens’ action, but in shaping his expression for publica- ton he modified it by saying “the is a pret- ty lively minister to declare a protectorate upon his own motion.” Secrecy as to His Mission. When the Fifty-second Congress passed into history a month later Mr. Blount found himself out of a job, and it was soon afterward that the hews came out that the President had sent him to Honolulu in a | “paramount” capacity. The delegation of Mr. Blount to this duty was done very secretly, and it was not until Mr. Blount had started from Washington for San Fran- cisco to take the steamer that the fact of his destination and mission leaked out. An Incident and Seau: An incident of Mr. Blount’s last days in Congress was recalled today. Some of Mr. Blount’s associates in the House took oc- casion ore day to give him a kind of ova- then in progress. Mr. Springer, in his re- marks, said, “and it is hoped that the country will again find use for Mr. Blount’s services.” “I guess the country is pretty sorry now that it did utilize his services,” said a pub- lic man this morning, referring to the statement that Mr. Blount’s report is the main foundation for the recent action of | Secretary Gresham. eta ARMY APPOINTMENTS SEVERAL Of a High Grade Cleveland. Gen. Wm. P. Carlin, who was appointed a brigadie~ general in the army by Presi- dent Cleveland in March last, will be re- | tired on aczount of age on the 2tth instant, | and the President will have about one hun- dred active applicants in the line to select from in filling the vacancy. The vacancy which Gen. Carlin secured was created un- der President Harrison's administration, but lapsed over to President Cleveland on account of the failure of the Senate to con- firm Col. Otis. The vacancy for Col. Otis was made by the enforced retirement of Gen. Carr in order that President Harri- | Son might fulfill a promise made to Col. | Otis to promote him. The appointment of @ successor to Gen. Carlin will be the third brigadier general President Cleveland has commissioned in the last few months, the second having been the elevation of Col. Ruggles to the head of the adjutant gen- eral’s department. \ Nearly every colonel in the army has an- ticipated the vacancy and has filed an ap- Flication for the place, strongly backed in some cases. A strong effort is being made to have the prospective vacancy filled by an artillery officer on the ground that that branch of the service has received less recognition in appointments of brigadier generals in the past fifteen years than the infantry and cavalry branches. Artillery officers say that promotions with them are slower than elsewhere in the army and that they should have an occasional appointment in the higher grades. It is said that the President has not as yet taken this appointment under consideration, but that he will do so very shortly. November $ next the President will have the appointment of a major general to suc- ceed Gen. Howard at New York. The fol- lowing September, upon the retirement of ‘Major Gen. Schofield, he will have another. During his administration there will be more officers of high rank retiring from ac- tive service than under any previous ad- ministration since the war. The heads of all the departments retire, which makes vacancies for more appointments of briga- diers. The present adjutant general retires and two of the three major generals. + e+ Wrapping Paper. Wrapping paper is an important item in the Post Office Department. The amount of the appropriation for this item for the past fiscal year was $56,622, from which there was applied the sum of $47,550, leav- ing an unexpended balance of $9,072. The value of paper on hand July 1, 1893, was $13,122. It has been the practice of the de- partment to furnish all classes of post offices with wrapping paper. The first as- sistant postmaster ge has recom- mended that in view of the small amount of business transacted at the larger number of fourth class post offices this article is ential thereat and that its distri- to them be discontinued. He recom- mends that the appropriation for wrapping paper for the fiscal year ending June 30, 189%, be fixed at $50,000 as against $56,662 for the previous year. — VICE CONSUL His Rumored Imprisonment by Brazilian Insurgents. Some excitement was created here today | by a press dispatch from Montevideo saying |that word has reached there from Rio {Grande that Mr. Robert Grant, U. S. vice consul at that port. has been made a pris- loner by the Brazilian insurgents, because of alleged opposition to their cause. The report is that he was arrested during the GRANT. the skirmish between the government troops and Gen. Saraiva Wednesday, and is now confined on board the revolutionary steamer Iris, which is off Dest No information on this subject has reach- €d the State Department. If the report is true, the department will certainly be ad- vised in a very short time. cand ee = Saving on Satchels. To. Washing 2,500 damaged carrier satchels. Sinc date the num- | ber has been increased to about 4,000. ‘They | been accumulating for about three } s and are now being repaired at Bal- cents each. uurchasing of he shipmen By bring old satchels the at the rate of els. f over amount te = oo Government K The receipts from internal revenue today were $451,370; from customs, $418,907. 1g tion in the House by making highly flatter- | ing remarks about him during a debate | 1 to President RANT AND LEE | Where the Latter Surrendered to the Union General. SPOTS NEAR APPOMATOX COURT HOUSE. | Marked With Tablets by the War Department's Order. THE WORK JUST FINISHED. Work has just been finished on a project of unusual interest that was undertaken by the War Department some months ago, in- volving the marking of the important spots at and around the old Appomattox Court House connected with the surrender of Lee | to Grant in 1865. During the early summer jit was suggesfed to Secretary Lamont by Mr. Kirkley, one of the members of the board having in charge the publication of |the records of the rebellion, that it was | time now to mark these spots if it was ever to be done, as the land-marks are fast be- ing obliterated by the passage of years. The | Secretary saw the importance of this and |Immediately gave orders to have the idea |carried out. Since then Maj. Davis, the | head of the board, has been working hard, and has at last succeeded in having all the points of interest at Appomattox marked in a permanent manner. t Iron Tablets, This is done by means of cast-iron tablets that are fastened to iron posts five feet long. | They are sunk into the ground a sufficient depth to secure stability, and bear the tablets, which are about three feet long by | two high, in a slanting position, on a line with the eye. The letters are two-and-a- | quarter inches high and stand out in good relief so that they can be read some dis- | tance off. A contrast in black and white paint gives them great legibility. The work of ascertaining the exact spots was not an easy one and without the aid of Mr. Peers, who is now clerk of the coun- ty court, and has resided in the vicinity all |his life, it might not have been agcomplish- with the certainty and exactness that |make the work especially valuable ‘The tablets start at the station where the New court house is now located. There they are merely sign boards with arrows pointing in the direction of the old court house, which stood about three miles from the railroad. The road that connects it with the station is the old Lynchburg turn- pike, and runs in a generally northerly direction from the station. The troops of (each side were encamped on both sides of the road. The preliminary tablets merely |direct the visitor to the court house. | Gen, Grant’s Headquarters. | About half way to the site of the surren- \der is the first marking tablet, announc- ling: “On this spot were established the head- ‘quarters of Lieutenant General Ulysses 8. Grant, U.S.A., on the afternoon of April 9, 1865," | The next in order along the road;is the ‘most in us: | “This t e of the house lowned a Wilmer McLean, in which General U. 8. Grant. U.S.A., and |General Robert B. Lee, C.S.A.. met and agreed upon the terms of surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia, on the after- noon of Sunday, April 9, The house |Was taken down and removed to Washing- ton, D, C.. * ‘There is a curious anachronism’ in this | tablet that will be rectified later. When the McLean house was taken down it was thought that It would he taken to Chicago, but the plan of the syndicate that purchased | the entire site of the surrender was changed |and it was decided to remove the building house has been taken down. Thus the terial is not taken away soon a new tablet will be cast that will be accurate. The Appomattox Court House. comes upon the site of the old court house, the story of which is told in the third tab- Jet, thus: “Here stood Appomattox court house; built 1842; burned 1892."" The ruins of the old building are still to | be seen. On the morning following the meeting between the generals in the McLean house, | both of them started out from their re- | spective headquarters and rode on horse- back down the side of the road, which was very muddy, for the purpose of a further | Spot a little north of the court house, on the west side of the road. Here is erected |a tablet to this effect: Where Grant and Lee Met. “On this spot Lieut. Gen. Ulysses 8. Grant, U. 8. A., and Gen. Robert E. Lee, c. 8. A., met on the morning of April 10, 1 Then the lines of both sides are marked. The line of Union outposts on the morning of Sunday, April 9, crossed the road just beyond the meeting place, and that of the | confederate outposts is noted about 200 yards further on. ‘The surrender was consummated by the confederate troops marching down toward the south from their encampment up the road and passing in front of a line formed by the first division of the fifth corps of the Union army. As the road had been terribly cut up by the wheels of the artillery, and was a sea of mud, the troops were drawn | Up on the east side of the road, in the field, facing west, so that the left flank was to the south. The confederates filed throug the space between the line and the road and stacked arms there. Ata point just in front of Mr. Peers’ house, and almost across the | road from the meeting place of the two gen- erals, is a tablet, as follows: “Near this point was established the left | flank of the first division of the fifth corps, |Army of the Potomac, on the morning of | | April 11, 1865, to receive the surrender of the | | arms of the i [ern Virginia. A similar tablet marking the location of the right flank of the division is planted | about 20) yards farther north. | Where the Last Shot Was Fired. fantry of the Army of North- The interesting question of the spot from which was fired the last shot of this re- |markable campaign, is settled by the loca- tion of a tablet at a point east from the road, about a hundred yards distant, and half as far behind the Peers house, which reads: “From this spot was fired the iast shot from the artillery of the Army of Northern | Virginia, on the morning of April 9, 1865."" Immediately after the surrende> the famous apple tree that figured so largely |e the transaction was dug up by soldiers who saw its immense value as a relic. | They went down several feet in order to | secure the roots intact. The site of this tree is therefore ail that can be marked | today. It stood a few yards west of the | road, and 400 yards or so north of the court house. The tablet that has been placed | there bears this inscziption: | The Famous Apple Tree. | “Near this spot stood the apple tree un- | der which Gen. Robert E. Lee rested while awaiting the return of a flag of truce sent by him to Gen. U. April 9, 186 War Department y rvice in placing is thought that the r, now that it has t of many trips by veterans of the war, who take such a great interest in the geography lof the scenes of the great rebellion. to Washington. Up to date, however, the | material has not been removed, though the | tablet is not quite correct, but if the ma- | A few rods further up the road the visitor | interview. They met about half way, at a | S. Grant on the morning | | will be the objective point | 'MAIL CONTRACTING The Regulations Allow Many Dishonest Transactions by Contractors. } | Such Contractors Are Often Robbed— Making the Star Service Better— Mr. Bell's Views. | | OKLAHOMA'S RAPI BURIEDAT ROCKVILLE. 1 og oe The Oo Viewed Through Official | Funeral of the Navy Department's | eee a Sg ae Late Chief Clerk. | REMAINS OF JOHN W. HOGG AT REST. Gov. Renfrow Makes His Report— Cities That Have Sprung Up Like Magic. ef eee eee | Mr. J. Lowrie Bell, second assistant post- | master general, says, on the subject of professional mail bidding, that renewed 4 often made judgment the abolishing of professional traflicking in mail contracts would lead to the building up of a system of local com- bination and corruption that would be far | more iniquitous than can possibly arise from professional bidding, provided the statutes and regulations already applying | to star contracting are rigidly enforced. It \is, he says, a fact that there are many fea- | tures of the present system which are ob- | jectionable; nevertheless, it is possible to | reduce to a minimum these faults, and to dispose of the dishonest professionals, by a strict enforcement of the laws. There should be no willingness to compromise | with defaulting contractors, and as soon as | contractors and their sureties get to under- | stand that plausible excuses and the pres- sure of influential friends will not be enter | the carriage of malls is a sacred trust, and | that a contract entered into is samething |more than a game of chance, and that | trifling with it means pecuniary loss and | perhaps imprisonment. It is within the power, says Mr. Bell, of the department to ¢accomplish a fairly good star mall service simply by the rigid enforcement of the terms specified in the body of every con- | tract that is executed; and he holds that it [ought not to be released from the execu- | tion of every such stipulation. The communities to be served have a ‘right to the service stipulated for, and sentiment should have no part in the trane- actions between the department and con- tractors. If the star service is any better no fidently believes it to be, its improvement can be attributed mainly to the fact that contractors are realizing that their failures will not be passed upon slightingly. Dur- ing the past year there had come before his Notice certain transactions on the part of a class of unprincipled speculative con- tractors in connection with their dealings with their subcontractors which impressed him with the necessity of taking further action for the protection of subcontractors. The act of May 17, 1878, provides for the subletting of mail service and makes it the duty of the contractors to file their subs contracts In the department in order that payments may be made directly to the sub- contractors. In a great many cases, how- ever, no subcontracts were filed. The de- partment would have no knowledge that (any existed, payments would be made to the contractor and he would use the money for his own purposes and fail or refuse to pay his subcontractor. practice cannot be too s |They are not only a disgrace to the co tractor, but bring the department into di | repute in the minds of the subcontractors. |A great many complaints reached the d Such dishonest ‘verely condemned partment and.every effort in Its power wi |made to secure to subcontractors the money |which they had earned. If they had copies lof their subcontracts which they could file | with the department orders were made for their payment out of any money that might be due the contractor, at provided by the {Men law of May 4. 1882. but If no copy of the subcontract, was held by the subcontractor. jor if there was no monev to the credit of | the contractor in. the hands of the depart- ment, {t was imnoestble to afford subco! tractors. rellef. Notice was served on all | contractors last September that thev must in all cases file a copy of their subcontracts. Easy & ane rine | TWINE MUST GO. Letter Carrie to Straps for Ma’ indlen, An investigation recently made by the | free delivery division of the Post Office De- partment develops the fact that a great quantity of twine is annually used by the carriers in tying up and routing mall for delivery, Reports show that 274,000 pounds of twine were thus used last year, or an average of twenty-three pounds per carrier. |Inasmuch as this twine costs seven and three-tenths cents per pound, this repre- sents a yearly outlay of about $20,000. The department thinks that this large expendi- ture for twine can be dispensed with by furnishing carriers with straps. A quan- tity of straps sufficient to supply all the carriers with an average of four straps, will cost about $5,000. As the life of a strap considering wear, tear and loss, may be safely estimated at four years, the cost per |annum will be between twelve and fifteen |hundred dollars. This will make an annual | saving to the government on this item alone jot between $18,000 and $19,000, Straps have been used by the carriers of the Washing- ton city post office for a number of years land it has been demonstrated beyond all question that they are a positive conven- jence, as well as a saver of time. In his last annual report First Assistant Pos' master General Frank H. Jones recom- mended that by July 1, 1894, every free de- livery office in the country should be fur- | nished with straps and the use of twine by carriers prohibited. ———_+-2+_____ Reassignment of Adjutant Generals. A reassignment of assistant adjutant gen- erals of the army was made today by a general order issued by the War Depart- ment. Lieut. Col. M. V. Sheridan, sta- tioned at Omaha, Neb., as assistant ad- | jutant general of the department of the | Platte, is transferred to the headquarters of the department of Dakota at St. Paul, in the same capacity. Lieut. Col. Thomas Ward, assistant adjutant general of the department of the Columbia, with head- quarters at Vancouver barracks, Wash., goes to the newly organized department of the Colorado, with headquarters at Den- ver. Maj. Theodore Schwan, assistant ad- jutant general of the department of Da- kota, goes from St. Paul to Omaha, taking Lieut. Col. Sheridan's place. Maj. George S. Wilson and Maj. W. P. Hall, the assist- ant adjutant generals recently appointed, are assigned to duty at Vancouver bar- racks, Wash., the headquarters of the de partment of the Columbia, and in the office of the adjutant general, Washington, D. C., respectively. Acting Attorney General Maxwell has wired the United States marshal for the southern district of California ordering him to release at orce all Chinamen in his custody arrested and sentencéd to deporta- tion for the violation of the Geary act. Gen- eral telegraphic instructions to the same ef- fect were sent by Attorney General Olney two weeks ago, but several of the United States marshals failed to apprehend their force. It is believed that the batch released yesterday are the Jast that remain in jail. soe Paying Officers. Second Controller Mansur has decided that ali officers of the army detailed for special duty in connection with the world’s |Columblan exposition, and who have not |been paid by the board of management, United States exhibit, can be paid out of the annual army appropriation, provided their accounts come to the office in the regular way, having the indorsement of the Secretary of War that “the travel en. joined was necessary for the public service.” ++ Examiners of Indian Lands. W. W. Wolf of Nofien, Minn.; John Cc, Smith of Oak Grove, Minn., and Mark Ran- kin of Anaka, Minn., have been appointed examiners of Chippewa Indian lands in Minnesota at $6 per day. \ thought has been given to the suggestion so | that it be interdicted. In his A Number Go From Washington | to the Services. William C. Renfrow, governor of Okla- homa, today submitted his report to the Secretary of the Interior. In it he states |\that the growth of the territory in the |four years following the opening of the first lands has been in many respects won- \derful. Where once the deer bounded over the plains now are found farm houses and wheat fields, not differing materially Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. |from those of the older states. Fine cities ROCKVILLE, Md., Nov. 17.—The funeral | with electric lights, water works and all of the late John W. Hogg, chief clerk in the | modern convenfences have been built up. | Navy Department, who died here Wednes- He who deplores that the red man has day morning last of heart disease, took |been driven back will find in these happy piace today, and was attended by a large homes much to console him and justify number of persons, embracing many prom- God's law of the survival of the fittest. inent people of Washington and including Pop Property. |@ committee of four gentlemen from the} There has been no official census since | Navy Department, especially appointed for | 18%, but the population is approximated the purpose. jat 151,304 for the older part of the terri- The funeral procession left the residence tory, and 100,000 for the Cherokee strip. of the deceased promptly at 2:15 for Christ | There were 115,000 certificates issued by the Episcopal Church, where the services were booths to intending settlers in the Cherokee held, Rev. A. S. Johns, pastor, officiating. |outlet. Many of them were just there for | ACCUSTOMED PLACE DRAPED. | i} DGROWTH. HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. Am index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. — No New Development in the Sita- ation Today. AWAITING THE STEAMERS ARRIVAL | Mr. Morgan's Interview With Sec- retary of State Gresham. TWO CONFLICTING REPORTS. There are no new developments in the Hawatlian situation and none is expected until the steamer from Honolulu arrives at San Francisco, either tonight or tomorrow morning. It will then be known what steps Minister Willis has taken in execution of the administration policy of placing the Kanakan queen back om her throne, and how the provisional government and the people generally received Mr. Willis’ ad- vances to that end. A Belief fm Delany. A theory that has general credence is that Mr. Willis found that the de facto than it was a year ago, as he con- | was rendered in an impressive manner, ac- companied by the beautiful hymn, “Jesus, Lover of My Soul.” | As the body was borne from the church | the choir sang “Abide With Me.” Escorts to members of the family were | Mr. Crane, with Miss Hogg; Mr. Dow, with Mrs. Crane; Mr. Allen, with Mrs. Hogg, wife of Lieut. Hogg of the navy; Mr. | Stokes, with Miss Selden and Mrs. Reeves. | ‘The pallbearers were Messrs. Stickney, | Whiting, Standciiff, Warner, Thompson, H. |W. Talbott, Dr. Stonestreet and Maj. Lowrey. The burial casket was of solid oak cov- ered with black broadcloth and embellished with oxidized handles. The silver plate on the same contained the name of the de- | ceased and date of his birth and death. Mrs. Hogg, widow of deceased, was una- |ble to attend the funeral, on account of | prostration from her sudden bereavement. |The interment took place at Rockville cemetery, with impressive ceremonies at | the grave. The chair of the late John W. Hogg, chief clerk of the Navy Department, was heavily draped today out of respect to his memory. A committee of four of Mr. Hogg’s asso- ciates, consisting of F. H. Stickney, M. 8. Thompson, A. E. Merritt and W. F. Mc- Nairy and about fifty other employes, went out to Rockville at 12:15 to represent the department at the funeral. They carried several magnificent floral tributes, sent by the clerks of the department. There was a large basket of white chrysanthemums tied with a white silk ribbon, on which was daintily painted: “John Webb Hogg, born | May 13, 1828, died November 15, 1893."" | Then followed a couplet from a poem composed by “Miriam Lester,” Mrs. O' Donohue, a niece of the poet Longfellow, who is employed in the department. It ran thus: “Bore an example bright unto his fellow men, | “The index of God’s work and now perfect- | ed plan. ssistan' Secretary McAdoo are so busy preparing the annual report that they were unable to attend the funeral. ————-2+______ FLAME: A SISTERS SCHOOL. Two Children Suffocatea a Wiscon- sin Female Seminary. MADISON, Wis., Nov. 17.—The Edgewood Female Seminary, a Catholic institution, condueted by the Dominican sisters, and valued at about $75,000, was destroyed by fire last night and two lives were lost They were: Rice, Marjorie, of Stevens Point, Wis.; Stack, Maggie, of 645 45th street, Chicago. Badly suffocated, Henne- berg, Frances, of Chicago, will probably recover; Sweeney, Kate, of Michigan, ex- pected to recover; sister, name not known, sick in the building, expected to recover. The cause of the fire is unknown. It started in the upper story of the main building, where the girl students were sleeping, shortly after 8:30 o'clock. Before the sistérs in charge knew of the fire the halls in the upper part of the build- ing were completely filled with smoke. The sisters made daring efforts to save their little charges, but work as they would they could not save all the children. In one rcom, in which or near which the fire must have originated, were sleeping Little Margie Rice and Maggie Stack. Access to theit room was almost impossible, it being com- pletely filled with smoke. When the little ones were finally reached their bodies were lifeless, they having been suffocated to death. Margie Rice was seven years of age and Maggie Stack was six years old. Efforts were made to save the other butld- ings of the institution, but shortly after 10 o'clock an elegant new building being erect- ed at a cost of over $35,000 caught fire and was consumed. Other smaller buildings were consumed, and the seminary is practically destroyed. The property was once the home of ex- Gov. C. ©, Washburn, and he gave it to the Dominican Sisters. It was the most noted country place in central Wisconsin @ quarter of a century ago. The property burned was nearly fully covered by in- surance. A CRAZY CONSUL’S SUICIDE. Spain’s Representative at Baltimore Leaps From a Fourth Story Window. BALTIMORE, Nov. 17.—A most sensa- tional suicide was committed in the north- western section of the city this morning. While North Eutaw street was thronged with early risers a scene at the fourth- ing near the triangle of Eutaw, St. Mary’s |and Madison avenue attracted the atten- tion of the passers by. An entirely nude man was crouching on the window sill preparing to jump. A mo- ment later he plunged headlong fifty feet to the ground. The man was Senor Carlos Diaz Comez de Cadiz, the consul of the kingdom of Spain at Baltimore. The body struck the earth with terrific force. The skull was crushed, and death was instantaneous. There is no doubt that Diaz committed the deed while in a fit of insanity. Accord- |ing to statements of his secretary and the \ servant girl, his mind has been unbalanced for some time past. Diaz has been the Spanish consul at Baltimore for two years. He was forty- six years old. He came from a distinguish- |ed Spanish family, and has been in the consular service of his native country twenty-two years. For twenty years he was Stationed at Tunis, Algiers. Many | decorations were bestowed upon him. by |the Spanish and Portuguese governments |and by the Bey of Tunis. | Senor Diaz married an English woman. |She, with her two children, were asleep in an adjoining room when the consul Jeap- ed to death. ae ee A Postmaster Arrested. E. G. Pendleton, postmaster at Sprague, Washington, was arrested this morning by Post Office Inspector Thrall on the charge | of embezzling money order funds. Secretary Carlisle today appointed Henry DeForrest Baldwin, Virginia Dabney and Daniel C. Hawthorne deputies In the cus- tom house at the port of New York. stcry window of a handsome brick build- | | tained, they will be brought to realize that |The solemn burial service of the church Spec iative purposes and returned to their homes within a few days. The immigration |oe colored people from the south has very largely stopped, and now there is not a great number in the territory. They have | been useful as servants and not a few of {them have homes of their own. The as- sessed valuation of the taxable property | of the territory is $13,951,928.9. The greaier number of people came to | Oklahoma poor, what a wonderful increase in wealth there has been within the past four years. In the not very distant future the taxable property of the territory will be multiplied many times. There are at present two trunk lines in Oklahoma, with one short ;line, the Choctaw railroad. Several other jMnes are projected. More railroads ure | needed, as many portions of the territory are removed 60 to 100 miles from rail com- |munication. There are six national banks (in the territory, each having a capital stock of $0,000, and twenty-four private | banks, with capital stocks. ranging from $10,000 to $50,000. The financial statement of | the territory is as follows: Amount due on assessed valuation for the year 18¥2, $34,-| insurance licenses, | 405.54; amount due from $1,500. Deduct total standing indebtedness April 1, 1898, $27,381.50, and we have a bal- ance of $8,624.24 in favor of the territory. Qklahoma has no bonded indebtedness. Several of the counties have gone into debt to a very considerable extent, but with the increase of taxable property all will be well. The second legislative assembly changed from the township to the district System, and in most instances it has proved | satisfactory. The report does not treat very fully of Public schools, because the returns from the school districts are meager. By the act of the territorial legislature a territorial university was located at Norman and a che ae = ee at Edmond and | the cultural and Mechanical Co! | Sullwater. ee The Cherokee Outlet. The President's proclamation opening the Cherokee Outlet reserves the thirteenth section for the benefit of these colleges. will result in a neat income to them. as it is, midway between the north and the south, with a climate unsurpassed, | Oklahoma is admirably adapted to growing almost every kind of plant. In agriculture the territory has a never-failing source of support and income. Wheat this year made an average yield of twenty bushels to the area for the entire territory. In some lo- calities the yield averaged sixty-two. There not been much done in the line of stock raising this year. Most of the new arrivals are too poor to bring in much stock with them. As yet almost nothing has been done | toward opening up mines. Stone quarries |are numerous and Produce excellent build- ing stone. Manufacturing is in its infancy, but it ts certainly a promising youth and offers great inducement to capital. Every =. has sm _ some as fine flouring mills can ound in O} - wae ee klahoma as any. The State of Soctety. Society, which at first was disorganized, is now in better condition and the moral |element is fast coming to the front, while | the rough element is seeking its level. Nearly all the fraternal societies are repre- | sented by a strong membership and the churches are in a healthy way. There are | few caste lines and in the main the people | are sociable and friendly. Ruffianism is on the wane and will soon be a thing of the | past. The best solution of the indian prob- |lem, thinks Gov. Renfrow, lies in the allot. |Ment of their lands in severalty and bring- ing the Indians in direct contact with civil- ization. The portions of the Indian terri- tory not yet opened to settiement are very wild and the Indian sees only the worst side of civilized life. Gov. Renfrow alludes to the Cherokee @utlet as a new empire. | Several fine towns have grown up on it |and permanent bulidings are in course of erection. He ts in receipt of a heavy mail | asking about the school lands in the strip. As yet no public buildings have been erect. ed in the territory for the public officers. Very few of the counties have public build. ings. The Oklahomian exhibit at Chicago is spoken of in the report as creditable Gov. Renfrow closes by sayink that the future of the territory is “great.” | ——_— TO END THE GREAT STRIKE. English Miners and Mine Owners wim Agree to Lord Rosebery’s Decision, | LONDON, Nov. 11.—The conference be- |tween the mine owners’ association and delegates from the miners’ federation was j held today at the foreign offices, under the chairmanship of Lord Rosebery. The ques- tion of ending the strike was discussed in all its bearings. It is reported that the conference finally agreed to submit the question at issue to Lord Rosebery, and to accept the latter's decision. It has been learned that prior to the con- | ference being called to order by Lord Rose- | bery the delegates from the miners’ fed- eration chose as their spokesman Mr. Sam- | uel Woods, member of parliament and vice |President of the federation. They also agreed among themselves not to accept any Proposal the masters should make outside of opening the pits and paying the men the tate of wages prevailing before the strike. |It was agreed, however, that @ board of | conciliation would be acceptable, with the a, that no greater reduction an 10 per cent off the 40 per cent | given in 188% should be made pone | Later—It is announced this evening that it was settled by the conference that the |miners should resume work at the old | Wages on Monday. They will work for | these wages until February, when a con- | cillation board will be forme’. —$—< | ELECTION IN THE REICHSTAG. ie Former Officers Chosen to Their Old Places. | BERLIN, | 12:20 o'clock and proceeded to the election of | officers. Herr von Levetzow was re-elected | president and Herren Buol and Buerklin vice presidents. | President von Levetzow addressed the | house briefly, saving in the course of his | remarks: “Let us never forget the welfare | of Germany nor the dignity of the reich- stag.” The house agreed to cease the prosecution of Herren Ahlwardt, Foerster and Ham- merslin, Baron Merschall Bieberstein, imperial minister of foreign affairs, was present. The conservatives introduced a bill pro- viding that hereafter Hebrews who are not German subjects shall not be admitted into \ Germany. but these figures show | —The reichstag met at/ government was strongly opposed to his Proposition for a quiet and peaceful submis- sion to President Cleveland's purpose of “undoing a great wrong” at their expense, and that the minister has delayed the em- ployment of the armed forces of the United States in furtherance of the President's ultimatum until he shall have received Specific instructions on that point from Washington. Senator Morgan’s Interview. Senator Morgan had a long conference with Secretary Gresham at the State De | partment late yesterday afternoon, and it js reported that he was assured in positive jterms that there was no intention of any resort to arms at Hawaii, and that Minister Willis would not, under any circumstances, call upon United States marines and blue jackets to assist the queen. The attitude of the United States, so the report goes, would be purely diplomatic, and would content itself with a disavowal of the former steps taken by United States Minister Stevens and the United States naval forces in assisting in ihe establish- ment of the present provisional govern- ment. It is said that Gresham | told Senator Morgan that if Queen Liliuo- kalani was not strong enough to estab- lish her rights to her throne under these auspicious circumstances, Mr. Willis would |; Hot order the troops or sailors from the men-of-war to assist her. Another Side to the Story. There are reasons for the belief that there \4s a good foundation for this report, but | persons who claim to have equally reliable sources of information, assert that exactly the reverse is the case, that the only as- surances Mr. Morgan received, were that | Mr. Willis would not use force “unless it | Was necessary,” and that Mr. Willis is fully authorized to enforce the President's ultimatum for the re-establishment of the monarchy. ———————-_e THE CABINET MEETING. Neo Statement of the Hawaiian Affair to Be Given Out. The cabinet meeting today discussed Various questions of public interest, in- cluding the Hawaiian affair, and adjourned abcut 1:45 o'clock. Secretary Smith was again absent. He has not yet returned from his home in Georgia. So far as known no Statements in regard to the Hawatian situation wiil be made public this afternoon a8 @ result of the cabinet meeting. +» ee THE TROUBLE ON THE BORDER. A telegram received at the War Depart- ment from Brigadier Gen. McCook, com- manding the military department of Colo- rado, confirms the press dispatches con- cerning trouble on the Mexican border, but contains no additional information. Gen. McCook says the information on which he ordered troops to the scene of the trouble Was based on a dispatch from W. D. Duke, as stated in the dispatches published this morning. No mention is made of the re port that the two troops of cavalry at Fort Bayard have been ordered to the border, but Gen. McCook says two troops have been sent from Fort Grant. The War Department will allow Gen. McCook to manage the affair and will take no part in the suppression of the trouble unless Gen. McCook believes the forces under his command are not sufficient to cope with the offenders. Troubles of this character have been frequent within recent years, and the War Department does not antici- pate any serious difficulty. ——_—__+e+______ AN AUSTRIAN OFFICER Dies Here Suddenly at the Emergeney Hos Yesterday. Yesterday Lieut. Johan Spiek of the Aus- trian army died at the Emergency Mospital, On the 4th instant he was found sick on @ Baltimore and Ohio train from the west just before arrival here, and he was sent to the hospital, where he was found to be suffering from congestion of the brain, and he lingered until death occurred yester- day. In his effects were found some money, & return-trip ticket from Chicago to Bre- |men via Washington and New York, and Passports used in traveling in Murope. Among other papers were a certificate of graduation from the Vienna Military Cadet School and his commission of promotion to a lieutenancy in the Austrian ermy in 1883. These papers also show his home to be the city of Trag, Austria, and indicate his age to have been about thirty years. The supposition of Dr. Pyle, resident phy- sician at the hospital, ts that Sipek came to this country on leave of absence to visit the world’s fair and was en route home when attacked by illness. Among the effects of John Stpek, the Austrian who died in the Emergency Hos- pital, is his marriage certificate. This cer- tificate shows that he was married on the 24 of November to Miss Clara Simpson | of Chicago. John C. Murphy, justice of the ‘peace, ts mentioned as the one who per. |formed the ceremony. From the conten’ of his trunk the police have concluded that he possibly was a musician at the world’s fair. The discovery of the marriage certificate makes the affair seem mysterious and the | police will endeavor to find the widow, > Stevenson's Son's Mar- riage. | Vice President Stevenson's three daugh- | ters, Misses Mary, Julia and Letitia Steven- son, lave Washington tonight by the | Chesapeake and Ohio route for Blooming- |ton, ML, to be present at the wedding of their brother, Lewis G. Stevenson, only son jof the Vice President, who is to marry Miss Helen L. Davis at Bloomington Tues- day night. Mr. Harry Earle, the best man, will tomorrow evening by the same | Vice President Mr. Stevensor and his bride contemplate a two months’ journey to the south of France about December 3 er Oh ne. Passed Assistant Paymaster Reah Frazer, who stands at the head of his grade, will be given another chance for promotion. He | was recently examined and turned down by the President on the ground that he was morally unfit for promotion. He has now | been ordered before another board for ex- | amination.