Evening Star Newspaper, November 21, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Barahona lis PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDIXOS, no Avenue, corner Lith 8t., by The Evening Star Newsvaner Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. phcce iabec Sow Y-rk Office, 88 Potter Building. peeecnio = ‘Tar EveNtxe STAR fs served to smbseribers in the city by ecarciers, on their own account, a° 10 cents pe week. or fic. per month. Copies at the counter Z cents each. Ry mail—anywhere in the United Sates or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per month. . RDAY NTUPLE Si Stan year; oath toeticn gakaee ‘added, $2.00. ote (Fatered at the Post Office at Washingt: D.C, - sccond-class mail omatier: . tae 6#-A11 mail «chseriptions must be paid in advance. Kistes of atvertisine made known on anp'ication. BAPTISTS CONVENE. A Large Number of Delegates As-| semble for Business Today. | sa MS { ENCOURAGING REPORTS RECEIVED. i Showing the Condition of the Dis-| 1 trict Churches. | NEW OFFICERS ELECTED.| ies The deep interest which is felt by the Baptists of this city not only in the welfare of the particular church to which they be- long, but in the advancement of the entire denomination in this locality, found another illustration in the large audience which | gathered in the Calvary Baptist Church, Sth | and H streets, this morning. The occasion | was the annual meeting of the Columbia | Association of Baptist Churches. For fit-! teen years the association has been in ex-/| istence and has dene much to enlarge the| denomination and to stimulate the work which is carried on by the various churches. ‘The association has no direct powers of| legislation, and is merely a bond of union | between the various churches to aid in| general work and strengthen church feeling. | It has charge of the city missions, however, and is given certain sums of money to be| expended in this purpose. It supplies the | pastors for the Grace, Anacostia and Mt. | Tabor (Tenleytown) churches and owns the property a» well as supplies the pastor of the Maryland Avenue Church. It has| charge of the mission SunTay school on New Hampshire avenue and H street, the} West End Mission in Georgetown and the East Washington Heights Mission. It also) has im charge the church at Hynesboro’| Park, Md. } The annual meetings are times in one sense of review and advice and of encour- agement, so that all the workers composing | the various churches may enter upon their labor for the new year stimulated by the interchange of ideas and by the knowledge of what others are doing along the same lines of effort. The Annual Sermon. ‘The association is to be in session three | days, and the opening session was held ‘ast | evening at the Calvary Church, when the| annual sermon was delivered by Rev. R. R.| West. He was assisted in the services by Revs. Green Clay Smith, E. Hez Swem and J. J. Muir. This morning the business ses- sions were opened by the moderator, Rev. | J. J. Muir. After singing, prayer was of- fered by Rev. Mr. Naylor. The letters from | the churches were read, as stated below, by the secretary, Mr. Yeatman. The associa- tion then proceeded to the election of offi-, cers. Upon motion of Rev. clerk was _unanimousiy ballot for Rev. Dr. C. C. Meador as modera- tor for the ensuing year. | Dr. Meador then came forward and was received with a few pleasant words by the retiring moderator, Rev. J. J. Muir, who greeted Dr. Meador as a father in Israel, and added that from his experience in the position for the past two years he could as-| sure him that it was an easy place. | . Dr. Meador'’s Thanks. Dr. Meador then expressed his thanks for the honor which had been conferred on | him. In a pleasant way he disclaimed the } appellation of father in Israel, but said that he could look back over a period of forty years. He said that the present prosperity | of the association was a remarkable illus- tration of the progress that had been made by the denomination in this city. Mr. A. M. Clapp moved that the modera- | tor cast the ballot for the election of Mr. S. M. Yeatman, the efficient secretary for so many years of the association, as secretary of the association. Mr. Yeatman called attention to the bad precedent which such a motion afforded, in- asmuch as it cut off all other nominations. | While recognizing the point, the associa-| tien was of the opinion that Mr. Yeat- man was the man for the place, and so the moderator was instructed to cast the vote for Mr.,Yeatman, and he was again elected to serve his sixteenth year in this| capacity. | Mr. Waring E. Evans was re-elected treasurer by the me unanimous vote as was given the other officials. | The moderator appointed Rev. S. H. Greene, Rev. J. J. Muir and Rev. E. Hez} Swem as a committee on order of exer- cises. | An Invitation to Lanch. | Rev. Dr. Greene, the pastor of the church, | *said that he believed a man who had the duty of announcing lunch apt to be the most popular in any assemblage. He was a sandidate for this honor. as he was commissioned in behalf of the people of his/ church to invite the members of the associa- tion to hincheon. He said that the ladies had prepared a luncheon in the Sunday school room and a :ordial invitation was | given to all. | The association after prayer by Mr. Z.| Richards adjourned until 2 o'clock. | The reports from the various churches were read by the secretary, and, in addition to the statistical information, a summary ef which is given below, the reports con- tained comments in regard to the general condition of the churches and also men- tioned such facts as were deemed likely to be of interest to the association. The report from the Anacostia church| paid a tribute to the life and character of their late pastor, Rev. E. 8. Towne, who| died during the year. It was stated that Rev. Mr. Stevenson had been called to the pastorate and his work had met with much | success. | In the report from the E Street Church it! was stated that during the year $5,000 had Deen contributed toward the payment of the debt on the new church lot, making a} total of about $11,000 which had been paid| for this object during the past year,inde-| pendent of the contributions toward the | Fegular current expenses. Appropriate reference was made to the loss sustained by | the death of the late Geo. L. Sheriff, who! was for many years one of the liberal sup-| porters of the church. | Mr. Meador’s Forty Years’ Service. | ‘The report from the Fifth Church spoke} of the relations which had existed between | the pastor, Rev. C. C. Meador, and the church for the past forty years and the| ties of affection which had been strengTn-| ened during these years and which it was| hoped would continue as long as Dr.Meador| should live. During the year the pastor’s| salary had been increased. | Reference was made to the new church enterprise and it was stated that a lot| had been purchased at the corner of 6th 4 E streets southwest. Arrangements been made to sell their present church | Property, but owing to the stringency of the times they had not been carried out. | At was hoped that building operations could be begun at an early date. A tribute was paid in the report from the First Church to the late Rev. Dr. James H. Cuthbert. a former pastor of the church. Refererce was also made to the death of Mr. Calvin P. Samson and it stated that he had given to the church the sum of $17,00, and in his wil! had ieft $10,000 for the use of the church. Grace Church. Owing to the ill health of their pastor. | Rev. J. D. Smith, the report trom Grace | Church stated that the congregation had accepted his resignation and that the church was now without sa pastor. The fact was commented on in the report that | since the erection of a church building was begun nearly all the members of means have taken their letters and gone to other | churches. This comment caused a smile Hez Swem, the directed to cast a Che Evening Star. and the erection o! Vor. 83, No 20,735. V Jey WASHINGTON, D. ¢ TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1893—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS to go round among the members of the association. Reference was made to the benefactions of the late Mr. Samson, who supplemented his gifts while living by re- membering the church in his will. An increased interest was reported from the Maryland Avenue Church under the impulse of the new pastor, Rey. Mr. Naylor, who succeeded the former pastor, Rev. S. | R. White, last January. In the report from the Metropolitan Church it was stated that the church paper paid in the way of keeping up the interest in the church and in advertisements, but that the editor depended on other sources for his livelihood. This good-natured ob- servation in regard to the revenue from a | church paper was appreciated from the smiles and nods t from the audience. Comfortable and attractive pews have been put in the Queenstown Church, so the report stated, the heating apparatus and the Sunday school room improved, a revival was reported to be in progress, Rev. Green ‘lay Smith assisting in the services. ‘The removal of the old church building new edifice to accom- modate the increasing congregation was re- ferred to in the report from the Second Church. The services are being held in a hall on Sth street until the new church building is completed. Consolidated Statistics. The consolidated statistics from the churches for the year ended October 31 are as follow Membership—Received received by experience, 21 ter, restored, 5; dismissed by letter, 121; erased, 33; excluded, deceased, 60; present number of members, 4,036. evidently at it elicited by baptism, 176; received by let- Finance—Current expenses, —_ including Pastor's sa'ary, $39.437.06:for improvement of church property, $25,028.1 estimated value of church _ property x 16. amount of indebtednes $53,750; floating debt, $683. Benevolence—For ciation, $2,415.41; home missions, $1,421.00; church extension fund, $7,736.08; foreign missions, $4,354.47; Bible and tract distribution, $75.77; Baptist Home, $1,777.95; education, $600; other be- nevolent objects, $5,355.60; total for all ob- Jects, $88,201.7: Sunday school statistics—Number of off- cers, 130; number of teachers, 382; number f scholars, 4,322; officers, church members, teachers, church members, 369; schol- ars, church members, 1,1 tendance, 2.815; volumes in library, contributions for current expenses,$4,¢ mortgaged del x contributions for benevolent objects, $1,369.18; total contributions of Sunday | school, 36,06) Total contributions from churches and schools, $94,262.96. Delegates Present. The churches were represented by the following delegates: Anacostia—H. T. Stevenson, pastor; H. B. Fernald, W. Leach, John P, Wilmuth, Carrie King and Bithia Davison. Calvary—S. H. Greene, Outwater, E. M. P. King, M. Gre B. A. L. Swartout, Vaught, D. S. Fister, J. F. Vinal, Drew, James H. Grant, James P. natte, Glenn T. Jones, David Haynes, War- Theron Bli: ‘kney, . W. G. J. Everett, ing E. Evans, H. imball, H. H. th, John L. Hazzard, George C. Seibold, T. J. Glover, G. H. libridge, Mrs. H. Hristow, Mrs. H. Greene, Mrs. L. R. Smith and Mrs. J. ickney. Street—J. J. Muir, pastor; A. M. Clapp, WV. Fenwick, F. S. Deland, William Fletcher, C. N. Rich- ‘ yson, F Rod- nwick, Maria F. Shuttle and M. Yeat- . Howison, R. H. F. Carter, ‘Clinton Samuel Lee, J. H. Wilkerson, Clarence Gess- ford and J. W. Haple. First—C. A. Stakely, pastor; John W. Clark, Edgar Speiden, A. P. Montague, Wm. F. Holtzman, A. J. Huntington, James C. Welling, Percy S. Foster, Otis T. Mason, Robert H. Martin, George C. Samson, M. M. Thomas, Charles W. Needham, E. H. Latch, Hilton Jackson and Thomas A. Broadus. Gay Street, W. 8S. ©. Thomas, pastor— William H. Harnest, Joseph H. Pratt, A. Taylor King, Edwin” H. y, Robert Dewar, and Jane Welsh, Eva’ Lynch, Blanche Beall and Martha’ Mansfield. Grace—Willlam C. Weeden, D. C. tain, J. R. Bradley, Ernest E, Mrs. Ella M. Steward, Mrs. Martha C Weeden and Miss Mary B. Frank. Maryland Avenue, N. C. Naylor, pastor— A. B. Keifer, Edgar Spejden, jr., W. S. Keiser, Mrs. A. E. Forney and Mrs. A. Naylor. Metropolitan, Green Clay Smith, pastor— E. W. Davis, W. F._ Pearson,” Duncan Thompson, beth A. French, Mrs. Rachel B. Hatton, Miss Fannie A. Lacy. Mrs. Camilla Lowell and Miss Cc. Wright. Mount Tabor, G. W. McCullough, pas- tor—Charles W. Hurley, Benjamin F. King and Mrs. Thompson. Queenstown, Robert R. West, pastor— Isaac Quackenbush, C. G. Lynch, J. L. herwood, J. B. Lord, N. B. Malone and I. Quackenbush. Second, E. Hez Swem, pastor—Charles W. Dulin, ¢. B. Smith, Thomas Simpson, Charles Allen, Charles W. Proctor, min A. Henderson, A. C. Whitn: Lacey, M. E. | Milton Henderson, Charles V s A. Whitney, Fannie Oreiby, Sallie Hallan, Lucretia Kent, Laura McKenney, Mary Williamson, Sarah Van Horn, Hattie Horn and Clara Brice. —— Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was fifty-two. Of this number thirteen were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignation remainder by removal. The Mary pointments were as follow: G. T. Kohlenburg, vice W. moved; Pearl, C. E. Mealy, removed; Port Tol Wade, remov Gardenia, Cook: and ap- amstown, Krantz, re- vice W. 8. I Ss. Barnes, “ie ‘The Virginia ay N Mrs. Ww Garden, Sallie FE. Garden, resignec Tyro, M. Massie, vice B. Massi re- signed. as cee Lieut. Bostwick's Sentence. Lieut. E. D. Bostwick of the navy, was court-martialed for improper conduct In abusing a marine, thas been sentenced to one month's confinement on board his s the Ranger, at San Francisco, and to b reprimanded by the Secretary of the Navy. The sentence was approved by the Presi- dent. piss diny. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today Were $265,044; from customs, $226,401. eae ans Not Serio son of Secretary Smith, who, as reported yesterday in The Star, was | Seriously ill with scarlet fever, is doing | exceedingly weil. Dr. W. W. Johnson, who is the family physician, says that the at- tack is a very slight one, and that it 1s only a matter of a few days when the young man will be up again. In the meai- time Secreiary § is taking the opportunity to put in a great deal of quiet work. a Naval Movements. The flag ship San Francisco arrived at Colon, Nicaragua, yesterday. The Michigan has arrived at Detroit and the Kearsarge at Boston. —— - Disbarred From Practice. Mrs. C. D. Morgan, Bloomington, Ind., | has been disbarred from practice before the penston bureau for pre connection with her ht viously been disbarred. e FE. Wilson of Shelbyville, been disbarred from practice pension bureau for vio! laws. ecuting pensions in a Artificial Coffee in Turkey. The Secretary of State ts informed by the minister at Constantinople that the impor- tation into the Ottoman empire of artificial coffees will hereafter be allowed, provided they are introduced in powdered form and are sold not unde: the denomination of coffee, but under that of powdered chicory, or some similar denomination. average at- | De Jar-— Benjamin Vail, jr.. Mrs. Eliza- | and the | mith is in quarantine, and | band, who had pre- | HAWAIIAN AFFAIRS. ee en They Are Left in a Very Interest- ing Condition. ARRIVAL OF THE ALAMEDA AWAITED. aE ee While She May Bring News of the Attempt at Restoration, SHE PROBABLY WILL ———_s—__—— NOT. Affairs in Hawaii are left in a very in- teresting condition by the repcrts brought | by the steamer Australia, particularly as | viewed in the new light cast by the publi- | cation of Commissioner Blount's report. | |The curiosity of the officials in Washing- | | ton who have not been taken into the con- | fidence of the administration, although dis- | appointed by the news brought by that steamship, has been stimulated afresh, and | now everybody is waiting anxiously for the |arrival of the Alameda, which satled from | Honolulu last Thursday and is due at San Francisco day after tomorfow. As this ves- |sel will bring advices five days later than | those brought by the Australia, it has been assumed that they will be more significant and important, as indicating more clearly the policy to be pursued by Minister Wil- lis. May Be No Change Yet. But there are what may be regarded as good reasons for the belief that the curl- osity of the public is again doomed to dis- | appointment. It is doubtful whether the \fslanders at the date of sailing of the Ala- | | meda, had received the news contained in Secretary Gresham's letter to the Presi- |dent, recommending the restoration of | Queen Liliuokalani. Unless they have done | so, and thus perhaps by popular agitation |forced a disclosure of Minister Willis’ plans, it is believed by persons who should be well informed that these plans had hardly developed openly to a sufficient de- gree before last Thursday, when the steam- er sailed, to forewarn the inhabitants of the islands of the purposes of the United States government. A Delay of Twenty Days. Therefore it is a regrettable fact that after the Alameda arrives next Thursday there will be no mails from Honolulu for about twenty days, owing to the wreck | of the Miowera, the next steamer on the | schedule. For there is the best reason for the belief that in that short interval of time the administration expects that events will occur on the islands second in import- ance and interest only to those that at- | tended the revolution of last January. | + e+ | ALL QUIET ON THE LEHIGH. | Eyes of Strikers Bent on BUFFALO, Nov. 21. of the two parties in the struggle for the control of the Lehigh Valley railroad is expected to come today if the officials un- | dertake to move) frelghps. they assert they will do befere night iP etondition | of things down the line ts sufficiently en- couraging to hold Out any prospects of its not being blockaded en route. At present all eyes are turned upon Sayre, where the brunt of the battle is being waged. prove the Lehigh officials here will make no move, as it would not benefit them any to add to the blockade there by sending out freight from here, even if they can get the men to move it. The strikers are watching Sayre with anxious eyes, as the defeat of the men there will mean the shifting of the struggle to this and other terminal points. All of the parallel lines deny having re- fused to handie freight offered by the Le- high, or that they will refuse it, but no instances are on record where the Lehigh freight has been taken by these roads so tar. Passenger trains will probably continue to run today the same as usual. A bitter fight seems to be smoldering in the local brotherhoods. Those who do not want to go out and forfeit their places are called traitors by the other faction, and serious trouble is likely to spring up in their own circles from ‘this very condition of affairs. ‘The strikers have not manifested the first sign of making trouble or doing any vio- | lence. and Officials Are Sayre. —A test of strength | | | If the situation there does not im- | From Along the Line. SHAMOKIN, Pa., Nov. 21—The Lehigh | Company still refuse to accept freight at | this end, ‘TUNKHANNOCK, Pa., | diiculty is experienced | Nov. 21—Great | making up trains | | at the Coxton yard, owing to the disappear- | ance of ali the coupiing-pins. | Trains that move about the yard after | dark are uncoupled by some parties un- | | known, and the pins disappear. | MAUCH CHUNK, F Nov. hat continues in favor of meeting of brotherhood | men was held this morning, when it was Gecided to remain firm. | Pa 21.—Superintendent | Donnelly says t > ew engineers en- | gaged by the road were being besieged con- | stantly by the strikers, who visit. their | homes and accost them on the streets, | making their life miserable. He says also | that the sir: going to the homes | the and frightening their | 5 Nov. 21.—With the ex- | ception of a few passenger tra running | from one to three hours behind time, no traffic is being moved on this division of the Lehigh Valley read this morning. The tockton collieries were obliged to. shut down. WILKESBARRE, no change in Pa., Nov. 21.—There is the situation this morning. A mass meeting was held, at which Presi- |dent Wilbur's letter of last night, notifying | the men to return to work this morning or | consider themselves discharged, was com- None of the | ave struck. | 21.—Fifteen Le- | out on strike at | This Is the first break hes and there are indica- | : more employes will quit work | within the next twelve hours. | | BETHLEH .. Nov. 21.—The strike | is more general this morning than yesterday | }and the Wyoming division is tied up tight. | |No trouble is reported in New Jersey and on | { this, the Lehigh division, freignt and coal | | train crews are today out, almost to a man. | alley firemen we Delano this morning. on the coal brane tions that PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21.—The griev. ance committee of the men today received | dispatches from Sayre, Wilkesbarre, Mauch | Chunk, Buffalo and Easton, which ‘stated that the non-union men were joining the strikers, and that the tie-up was becoming more general. RTH AMBOY, N.S 21.—The | Dy in this city are practically deserted, the men remaining at their homes or at- tending the different being held. JERSEY CITY, N. J., Nov. far as this end of the Lehigh Valley strike is con- cerned there was practically no change this morning. R the city that cept meetings which are Pa., Nov. —Inquiry among Reading company’s employes in this who are out of employment shows only one man has volunteered to ac- | work on the Lehigh Valley road, | southern | cratic |no possibility give their electoral votes to REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS The National Committee to Be Established in This Oity. Mr. Manley Wi Be in Charge and a Campaign of Education Will Be Commenced. Mr. Joseph Manley of Maine dropped into the city Sunday and left for New York last night. During his stay in Washington he consulted with some of the party leaders here, and as a result of these conferences it was decided to establish permanent head- jauarters for the republican national com- mittee here. As Mr. Carter. the chairman, is detained in Montana by his business af- fairs, the work at headquarters will be un- der Mr. Manley’s personal supervision. While Gen, Harrison held the office of Pres- ident of the United States |urged the leaders of the party to adopt the | Indiana plan of permanent headquarters at the capital. The plan had worked so well locally that he believed it would be even more successful if applied to the field of national politics. For some reason Presi- dent Harrison's suggestions were not adopt- ed, but now the clever men of the party believe that the time has come when it should be. A Campaign of Education. During the sessions of Congress Mr. Man- ley will have the advice and co-operation of | republican members of Congress, and he will at all times be in communication with the state and county committeemen of the various states. It will be the purpose of the committee to begin, at the outset, a campaign of education, which will include not only the sending of documents to re- publicans throughout the country, but fur- nishing to the small country party papers letters and other information. ‘The national committee will _ also, through Mr. Manley, co-operate with the republican congressional committee dur- ing the campaign of next year and with the league of republican clubs of which Mr. J. S. Clarkson is president. Execut Committee Meeting Next Month. The meeting of the executive committee of the national committee will be held next month, but whether in New York or Wash- ington h&s not been determined. At that meeting an endeavor will be made to form- ulate a plan looking to a decreased repre- sentation from the southern states at fu- ture national conventions. Some of the republican leaders feel that the southern delegates now wield an influence to whicn they are not entitled. It will be argued at the meeting of the executive committee that the representation from such of the states as are hopelessly demo- states, for example, that can by a republican candidate for President—shvul be reduced to two delegates each. In bor- der states like Missouri, where the repub- licans sometimes control several congres- sional di tricts, the fuil representation will be allowed. If the executive committee are influenced by tMese arguments and adopt a resolution In keeping with them their action will not be conclusive, but will have to be passed upon at the next meeting of the full committee, where it | will no doubt be fiercely combated by the committeemen from the states affected. What Secretry McKee Says. Secretary McKee, who is now in the city, |says that the committee regard this as an especially propitious time to begin their work and that they will press the issues which the democrats have made for them and wiil conduct the most vigorous cam- aign which they have had for many years. He says it will be a campaign of education and that they are per- fectly confident of holding the next House and that with the next congressional elec- tion will begin a series of triumphs which will put the republican party completely in power. ee TO BE REAR ADMIRAL, Commodore Skerrett Will Be Promot- ed When Admiral Belknap Retires. When Commodore and Acting Rear Ad- miral Skerrett, who was detached from command of the United States naval forces at Honolulu, because of his sympathy with the annexationists, sailed from San Fran- cisco today to assume command of the Asiatic naval station it was with the knowl- edge that he had passed a satisfactory ex- amination for promotion to the actual rank of rear admiral. He will recelve the advancement when Admiral Belknap retires in January. A tel- egram has been received at the Navy De- partment from the president of the medical examination board at San Francisco stating that Admiral Skerrett had been found phy- sically qualitied for promotion. The dis- patch was in answer toa telegram from Sec- retary Herbert, sent yesterday, asking whether Admiral Skerrett had passed. It was known at the Navy Department that the admiral would sail for China today, and When the record of the medical board did not come to hand by mail it was decided certain the facts found by wire, with a w, in the event that he had failed to ass, of det ad an opportunity of reviewing the find- ings. The examination of Admiral Sker- rett's record, conducted at the Navy De- partment, was very satisfactory. - res CAPT, ZA Ordered Before a Retiring Board in New York City. The plan of Capt. Edmund L. Zalinski of the fifth artillery, to go to Brazil on the new cruiser Nictheroy as instructor in the managemert of his pneumatic dynamite gun, was thwarted at the last moment by the War Department. Capt. Zalinski came east from San Francisco on a month's leave with permission to apply for an extension. His visit to New York and Washington was for the pu>pose of making arrangements with the Brazilian government, through Mr. Flint, its American agent, for going on the Nictheroy, and to obtain ‘permission of the War rtment to leave the United tates. to his departure from San “rancisco, and before the War Department t he had been granted leave by his knew th commanding officer, Gen. Ruger, an order | had been prepared at the War Department directing Capt. Zalinski to appear before a retiring board at San Francis The mailed copy of this order and Capt. linski_ pa each other, one going west, ed the other When Capt. Zalinski ar- rived in Washington, Secretary Lamont was very much surprised, and just as he expected to accomplish his purpose in going on the Nietheroy, an order signed by Col. Lamont and issued by direction of the Pres- ident changed the orders of Capt. Zalinski so that he was directed to appear before the retiring board in New York instead of one in San Francisco. Capt. Zalinski has been in poor health since he suffered years ago. e+ NERIS BAND SURRENDERS. he Mexican Insurgents ive Up. CITY OF MEXICO, No ports have jus conditonal surrender of the Neri band of A Number of t —Meager re- revolutionists in the state of Guerrera to ¥ Gen. Bravo. ils of the surrender of the insurgents impossible to obtain at present, as the f surrender at the town of Mexicala ny leagues from the railroad and the only mé »mmunication is by courier over one of the roughest stretches of coun- try in Mexico. A wire message via Toluca, the only available way of telegraphic communica- tion, confirmed the news of the surrender \ yesterday evening. he repeatedly | ining him until the President | reached this city of the un- | (GENERAL RUSK DEAD. —_- The Wisconsin Statesman Passed Away This Morning. PROMINENT IN PEACE AND WAR Pe ee | Incidents in His Stirring Career in the Army. HISSUCCESSIN POLITICS. | VIROQUA, Wis., v. 21.—Ex-Secretary Rusk died here at 8 o'clock this morning. Gen, Rusk's Career. | Jeremiah M. Rusk was born in Morgan |county, Ohio, June 17, 1880, and twenty | |years later removed to Wisconsin, settling ‘near his late home, in what was then Exe- |ter county. Few men have held so many public positions. Up to war times he had served in many local offices: was a member of the assembly in 1862, and during the summer following was commissioned major of the twenty-fifth Wisconsin. of which regiment he afterward became colonel, and at the close of the war was commis- Jerreminn Rusk. sioned brevet brigadier general. In 1866 he | was bank controller, and was elected a [member of the Forty-second, Forty-third and Forty-fourth Congre: He was ten- dered by President Garfield the mission to Paraguay and Uruguay, the mission to Denmark and the office of chief of the bu- | reau of engraving and'printing, all of which were declined. He was eletted governor of Wisconsin in | 1881 and served for three terms, a distinc- tion never accorded to any citizen of the | State with the exception of Gen. Lucius | | Fairchild. When Gen, Harrison became | President in 1889 he called Gov. Rusk into (his cabinet as Secretary of Agriculture. | Gen, Rusk was a man of powerful phy- sique, being six feet three inches tall and heavily built. In his earlier career he was ja stage drivers He was a man of abrupt, homely sj but of a warm heart. He had been a date for a much higher place when be was offered the Uruguay-Paraguay mission. He spurned the proffered position, saying: “Where in — is Paraguay? I will go home and run for governor of Wisconsin.” | Nobody supposed when he made this re- jmark that he could get the nomination, | i} but he did get it three times. His action | during the Milwaukee labor riots of 1886 in ordering the militia to fire on the mob, | which was done, with fatal effect, increased |Gov. Rusk’s popularity in the state and was largely instrumental in his nomination and election for a third term as governor. Gen. Ras Military Career. Gen. Rusk had an interesting war record and was honored by the veterans of the war. He was thirty-two years old when he entered the service of the Union. In | response to his efforts the twenty-fifth Wis- |consin regiment came into military exist- |ence. It was mustered in in July, 1862, and Rusk might have been its first colonel. He declined the prcffered commission, though, and contented himself with a major's rank. | He did this because, as he afterward said: | “I did not think I was competent to take command of a regiment, or that I had the | experience necessary in military matters to | fit me for any rank higher than that of | major, which, at that time, I regarded as {more ornamental than otherwise.” From the hezinning he plunged heartily into the duties of his position and as a matter of \fact was really commanding cfficer of the |regiment. In but a little while he was pro- moted. but the two warriors ate supper together and were firm friends from that day until Gen. Mower’s death. At the Department of Agriculture. The news of the death of ex-Secretary Rusk was received at the Agricultural De- partment with the profoundest regret and sorrow by the bureau and division officials who had served under him during his ad- ministration of the department and by the clerks who knew him and remembered his uniform courtesy and consideration for them. It is said that during his incumbency Secretary Rusk made friends with every subordinate, and by his kind treatment of them in many little ways as weil as by his genial manner attached those under him to himself almost as personal follower: Mr. Rusk was practically the first Sec. retary of Agriculture. It is true that the act creating the Department of Agricul- ture and making its head a cabinet official instead of a bureau commissioner was signed by President Cleveland, but only in time to give Commissioner Coleman about THE NEXT MESSAGE | That President Cleveland Will Send | to Congress CONSIDERED AT CABINET | Secretary Carlisle's Report Not Yet Fully Completed. |THREE REPORTS ARE IN. one week's service as a cabinet official, | when he was sucezeded by Secretary Rusk. | Public men of both parties acknowledge | : actin that Secretary Rusk made a highly efficient | 5° far as is known no important administrative official, and his conduct of | WS taken at today’s cabinet meeting. The the Department of Agriculture for the four | S¢ssion was devoted to the consideration of years of the Harrison administration is | questions to be submitted to Congress by | made one of the party. | four horses. | driver, and, |had a cheery greeting for the doorkeepers He was a fighting colonel |day of July, when McPherson died, Col. | Rusk lost nearly one-third of his command, | jand the comm and came dangerously near | to losing its colonel. With characteristic | bravery he rode beyond the skirmish line jin search of information and suddenly found himself surrounded by a rebel de- tachment. He was ordered to surrender, |but he did not feel called upon to obey. Bullets zipped all around him, his: horse | was killed, his sword was lost, but the colo- |nel reached his leg testified to the | from which he esi | | On the 224 A wound in one | warmth of the corner | ped; at least one dead el mony to the colonel’s il with a revolver. Of all the many exciting experiences in |Gen. Rusk’s military career none are more |worthy of note than his fan.ous crossing lof ihe Saukahatchie river, in February, |1s65. Gen. Mower's division was moving orthward from Beaufort, and as Col. | | Rusk's regiment was in Gen. Mower's di- | disposition and decision credited by even those of opposite political faith with having been unquestionably | above reproach. The ability which enabled | him to earn this record gave him position | in the cabinet and made him a factor in the President's council. Liked by Public Men. Secretary Rusk was very popular with | Congressmen, and his popularity was main- tained in the face of seeming difficulties, | for the Department of Agriculture became a choice mark for the office-seekers after its reorganization, and the new secretary | was besieged by the Congressmen who | ught to fill the newly-occasioned places | with their constituents. No charge of un-| tairness was ever brought against him, however, und it is said that he succeeded as well in suiting every one as it is possi- ble for the head of a large department to | do. Secretary Rusk was as unostentatious | in public affairs as he was in his private life, and did not seek to invest his official | position with any unnecessary amount of dignity or grandeur. | Public men who came into contact with Secretary Rusk recall that his most striking | characteristic was a hearty, bluff frankness of manner, together with shrewdness, com- bined with the utmost sincerity. He did not make promises which he could not ful- fill, but he was a most vigorous party man, and held out stoutly for all party princi- ples. ilis geniality of disposition made him a favorite with every one who came into co! tact with him, and he was held in high es- teem by the hewspaper men. “Uncle Jer- | Ty,” as he was familiarly called, was at all times accessible, alwa; cordial and ready to give up news. Many anecdotes were told upon him, but no man ever | found just occasion to ridicule him for all of the pleasautry that was indulged in at his expense. When several members of the cabinet and a number of newspaper men were enter- tained at the country home of Gen. Felix Agnus near Baltimore, Secretary Rusk They were met at the station with a big wagon drawn by “Uncle Jerry” dismounted the seizing the reins, drove the team to the house and\dashed up the drive- way at full speed, to the astonishment of Secretary Blaine, who stood upon the porch, having preceded the merry party in a carriage. Secretary Rusk was the life of the party, and kept the guests in a gale during dinner. His Social Life Here. During the latter part of his residence in this city as Secretary of the Department of Agriculture Gen. Rusk and his family Made thelr home at 1330 Massachusetts avenue. This house is cn the south side of Thomas Circle and is well adapted for @ cabinet residence, being large and roomy with plenty of parlor space for purposes of entertainment. Without in avy way at- tempting to cut a wide swath in Washing- ton society Gen. Rusk’s family were im- mensely popular and on their days at home their house was the center of large and pleasant gatherings. Gen. Rusk himself had a grace and charm of manner that made him a desirable figure at all sorts of social gatherings. Popular With White House Employes. All the old employes of the White House express a personal regret at the death of ex-Secretary Rusk. He was a favorite with them all, as he was never too much en- grossed with public business to treat them kindly under all circustances. His visits to the White House were marked with a rugged courtesy that left a pleasant mem- ory with all on whom it fell. He alway: and never passed the janitor. Jerry Smith, without a jocular remark of some kind. Hi treated them all with consideration and to| see them talking and laughing familiarly together it was hard to believe there was any difference in their official stations, patterns Bateca este PENSION REPORT. Mr. Reynolds Tells of the Work of the Board of Pension Appe: John M. Reynolds, assistant secretary of | the Department of the Interior, this after-| noon transmitted to Secretary Smith the | annual report of the work done board of pension appeals from the begin-| | ning of the fiscal year commencing July 1, | Ise: to November 1, 189%. This work re-| lates to the adjudication of claims for pen-| sions which are appealed to the Secretary jof the Interior from the adverse action of | the commissioner of pensions; to the final of such appeals from the commissioner as involve ques- tions of attorneyship and of fees in pen- | sion cases; and also to correspondence with claimants and attorneys having reference to such appeals. During the period indi- cated the total number of appeals filed was 4, The action of the pension office was sustained in 3,485 cases and reversed in 4\5. y, of course, it was moving north- There was great rivalry among | the divisions to which should reach the river,and in the race Mower was victorious. In the lead was the brigad> to which Col. | Rusk belonged, but because the brigade | commander happened to be temporarily ab- |sent Gen. Mower ordered ancther brigade to the front. Col. Rusk was extremely in- \dignant when he heard of the order and | made warm protest against any discrimina- |tion because of the brigade commander's jabsence. He did not want, said he, to be cheated out of the lead. The protest was for a while unavailing. Another brigade went to the front. By jand by it was apparent to Gen. Mower that the crossing was not under his control, so he sent an aid to look up that colonel who was so anxious to get to the front. Col. Rusk was in the general's presence | almost instantly and as soon as he knew |what was required of him proceede@ in- |stantly to do most dangerous and daring ‘duty. Down the narrow and shot-swept causeway charged the regiment, Rusk at }its head. Down dropped the brave men by scores. A scrap of shell disabled the col- onel’s horse, but that did not prevent the |colonel from leading the charge on foot. So terrific was the cannonade that Gen. Mower and his staff—who had tried to cross in rear of the column—were compelled to dismount and retreat until Rusk and his boys had possession of the crossing. It was the capture of this crossing that made the colonel a brigadier general. Gen. Mower's Comment. Scarcely had Col. Rusk returned to camp | after performing the most meritorious work in even his war record, when he received jorders to report at once to Gen. Mower. |“ was in doubt as to the kind of a recep- | tion I was going to get,” said Gen. Rusk, when telling the story of that interview. | “Mower used to get a little full sometimes There was no lack of warmth in the recep- tion accorded the colonel. | Said Gen. Mower: “I sent for you because |you are the only man in this army or in any other army that I ever saw who could |ride further into hell than Mower. I want | |you to take a drink with me.” | (ed. | The offer was declined because Gen. Rusk ‘never drank intoxicating liquor in his life, The number reconsidered by the pension office pending appeal was 172, and the num- ber of appeals dismissed was 270. The num- ber of motions for reconsideration filed was 233; motions for reconsideration overruled, of fee appeals filed was’ 657 pension office sustained, 410; action re- versed, 46; reconsidered by thi fice pending appeal, 170, 7 = Pension of Several very important decisions been rendered which have tended to ch: to some extent, and, it is believed, improve | the practice of the bureau of pensions in| the adjudication of pension cases, and by | which some grave errors in the administra-| tion of the pension laws have been correct- | One of the most important of these, and the one which has been most far-reach. ing in its effects and consequences, and has attracted public attention and comment to a greater degree than any other, was the de- cision rendered May 2: have} ange | 1893, In the case of | Charles T. Bennett, late of company F,!| thirteenth Indian volunteers, by which the proper and legal basis of pension under the second section of the act of June 27, was defined, and in pursuance of which revoked order No. 164 of the late commis sioner of pensions, and abrogated the illegal and improper practices thereunder. The report says: “Under a decision ren- dered by me June 27, 1893, the benefits of the act of August 5, 1892, granting pensions to army nurses, were extended to women who were employed in hospitals superin- tending and preparing proper and suitable diet for the sick and wounded under the di- rections of the surgeons in charge, upon their making the proof and fulfilling the conditions required by the terms of the act, thus securing to this class of most worthy and deserving applicants, who were clearly included within the terms of the statute, their rights thereunc which had pre- viously been denied them 1890, | i Paymaster J. P. Loomis has been ordered to the Minnesota at New York, relieving Pay Inspector J. E. Tolfree, who is placed on waiting orders. Mate James M. Creigh- ton has been detached from duty the fish commission steamer Fishhawk and or- dered to the receiving ship Franklin. i by the! motions sustained, 20. The number | action of the | the President in his annual message. It is understood he has the complete reports of the Secretary of War, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Agriculture and the principal portion of the reports of the Postmaster General, the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretaryapf the Navy. Mr. Carlisle's Report Not Yet Finished The Secretary of the Treasury has pre- pared all the data for his report, but has not yet completed his review of the finan- cial situation, nor has he yet got into final shape his recommendations for the report, but, instead, he furnishes the data on which the President formulates his re- view of our foreign relations, This portion of the President's message, together with that treating of the financial state of the country, will undoubtedly form the most important features of the forthcoming state paper. Three Absentees. | There were three absentees at today's meeting. Secretary Carlisle is in New York. Secretary Herbert is in Hlinois. Sec- | retary Smith is in Washington, but was precluded from attending the meeting be- | cause his son is down with the scarlet | fever. ——_——___-»-___. IN RIO'S HARBOR. Capt. Picking’s Detailed Account of ] the Bombardment. | Secretary Herbert has received a letter from Capt. H. F. Picking, commanding the U. S. S. Charleston at Rio de Janeiro, dated October 20. He gives an account of the happenings in the harbor from day to day as follow “October 14—At 3:15 a.m. Fort St. Crus commenced firing, which continued at in- | etrvals until about 7 a.m., when the Aqui- daban and Trajano got under way and | went toward the forts and commenced fir- ing. The Guanabara and Javary were also towed into action. All the forts took part in the bombardment. At early daylight one of the insurgent merchant steamers was | discovered lying near to Fort Lage. Her being there seemed to be the cause of the firing in the early morning. After the ac- tion became general the steamer put to sea. Fire was opened from several points in the village of Nitheroy about 9 a.m., and | this drove away some of the insurgent mer- chant steamers at anchor off the town. At about 10:30 all firing ceased and the ves- sels came to anchor. About 1145 am. small-arm firing commenced near the arse- nal at Nitheroy. It lasted only a few mo- ments and the insurgents attempting to gain the arsenal were @riven back. “October 15—About 4:30 a.m. quite a mus- ketry firing was heard in the city. Cause unknown. Some men were landed at the building on Rat Island, and one of the in- surgent steamers remained near, apparent- ly protecting the men, while some articles were carried away. This continued until about 10:30 am., when the vessels with- drew with their plunder. | “Admiral Saldanha da Gama informed me that the insurgents carried off from Ret Island some coal, a quantity of revolvers and a small gun. It was thought, too, that an electric search light was removed. Another Bombardment. “October 16. Firing was commenced on Nictheroy about 9 a.m. by one of the in surgent steamers. It was returned from several points in the village by small guns. The firing ceased about 1 p.m. The Javary got under way from her anchorage off Fort Villegagnon and was towed to her former anchorage off Nictheroy. The firing was again commenced on Nictheroy after the Javary had anchored, and it was con- tinued at intervals during the day. At about 5:30 Fort St. Cruz and St. Joao and the betteries on the ridge to the westward commenced bombardment of Fort Ville- gagnon and the insurgent vessels returned the fire. This bombardment ceased about 7 pm. The firing was very wild. I noticed only one or two shots apparently strike Fort Viliegagnon. “Oct. 17. Very quiet until 12:30 p.m., when Fort St. Cruz commenced firing on Fort Villegagnon. St. Joao and the guns on the ridge to the westward also fired and there was brisk cannonading for some time. About 1:40 p.m. some guns in the village of Nictheroy commenced on the insurgent ves- sels anchored off that place. This was re- turned by the vessels. A merchant steamer was compelled to leave her position in front of the town. It appeared from the ship that this engagement was to prevent a party of men in one of the small steamers of the rebels from landing. At 5:30 p.m. Villegagnon made a vigorous assault on St. Cruz, firing with great rapidity. The forts returned the fire and the ridge bat- teries opened and the cannonading was kept up for some time.” Fired on « Search Light. On October 19 Capt. Picking went to e conference of the ministers and command- | j | ing officers on board the Arethuse. The object of the meeting was to discuss the matter of the firing of one or more shots by Fort Villegagnon on a search light mounted on one of the hills of the city. It appears that on the evening of the 17th when the forts were firing the search lignt threw its light on Fort Villegagnon, thus making her a more distinct target for the government batteries and interfering with the proper sighting of the guns in Villegagnon. The fort fired on the light, and some of the missiles went into the city. 1t was decided that in this case “he search light was an engine of war and that it would be proper for the ministers to call the attention of the government to this pretext for firing on the city by the insurgents. Capt. Picking was informed by Admiral De Gama that a clockwork tor- pedo was placed in an old boat and taken alongside the steamer Marte, which is used by the insurgents for a provision boat The parties having charge of the torpedo becoming frightened made the matter known to those on board the Marte, and the torpedo was secured before the time expired. The torpedo contained some fif- teen pounds of dynamite. —_--2= On the Mexican Bord A dispatch received at the War Depart- ment this morning from Brigadier General Wheaton, concerning the operations of the United States troops on the Mexican bor- der, reports nothing new in the alleg Mexican revolutionary movement. Maj. Henton amunicated with the Mexi- can tro the other side of the Rio both fore were making a rch for suspicious characters, Henton was able to re no bands of armed men had crossed and tain, from the United States to Mexico.