Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY CEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, bag rice airy —vieeg nekmemery maa (The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S&S. E KAUFFMANN, Pres't New York Offce, #8 Potter Building. pobre beaten ‘THE EVENING STAR is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week. or $40. per mouth. cents each. Be Btates or month. Copies at the counter mail—anywhere in the United ‘Dostage prepaid—50 cents per CROAT QUINTUPLE SHEET STAR 81.00 per year: ‘oreizm postage added, 3.00. G as second-class mail matter. ) (2 All mail sa! must be paid in advance. Rates of atvertising made known on application. WILL PROBABLY DIE. |S° | Young Willis Washington Mistaken | for the Slasher. SHO? BY A POLICEMAN THIS MORNING. Refused to Halt and the Officer Fired. A DEPLORABLE OCCURRENCE. Now the life of an inoffensive colored man will in all probability be charged to the rascally operations of “Jack the Slasher.” ‘The man whose life is now in the balance is | Willis Washington, a negro nineteen years old. He was shot by Policeman Charles B. Terry of the eighth precinct. The affair took place near the corner of| 14th and U streets northwest about 3:40 o'clock this morning. Washington is in the Emergency Hospital and the officer is detained at the police station, virtually under arrest. Officer Terry and his partner, Policeman William Steurmann, were on duty together. ‘They were in citizens clothes, as the officers have been since the appearance of the van- dais. During the early hours of the morn- ing they visited all parts of their beat and @id not fail to walk through every alley and vacant lot, examining back gates and looking over fences, thinking they might perhaps come across an intruder trying to open a rear window or cut the panel from @ door. “Jack the Slasher” has worked in the rear of houses right along, always pre- ferring the dark places instead of going where the light of the moon, or gas lamps would reveal his presence to an officer, who might be in hiding in some dark nook or eorner, They Found a Man. It is perhaps neediess to say that they @id not come across “Jack.” nor did they even pick up or see a suspicious character. At was about 3:80 o'clock when they reach- ed the vicinity of 14th and U streets and they stopped to look across the vacant lots. While so engaged they saw the form of a ™an approaching from the direction of 15th | Street. Soon they saw thet he was a color- ed man and they concluded to wait and overhaul him. It was too early in the morning, they thought. for a working man | to be on the street and for that reason they were reasonably certain that the man could give no good account of his pres-| ence at that hour. The negro walked a| short distance and then he suddenly left| the sidewalk and went over to the north/| side of the street. That was the side of | the street on which the officers were at that| particular time. It is evident that the negro Saw the officers after he had crossed the) reet for he suddenly retraced his foot- steps to the south side of the street and started to continue on his way to 14th sireet. When he had reached 2 point not more than seventy-five feet from ith street, the Officers spoke to him telling him to halt, but their demand fell upon the ears of the| hegro with as much effect as water on a @uck’s back, and instead of stopping he | turned south and started through the lot | im the direction of T street. “Stop there,” cried one of the We are officers.” | This was reneated several times, but the | man only hastened his footsteps. Fired at the Suspec: “Hold on there,” the officcrs repeated, and then Policeman Terry drew his revolver. | One shot was fired in the direction of the | ground and the officer ran far enough from | the smoke of the revolver to tell whether | the man had stopped or not, in order to| guide him in what steps he would take to | effect his capture. Seeing that the fleeing | negro would not stop the officer fired a| second shot. ‘This time the officer raised his weapon a| little and when the negro fell to the ground he was satisfied that the bullet had taken | effect. “[ ain't done nothin’ boss,” said the negro, | ‘when the officer reached him. “I was on | ™my way to work.” | “Why didn't you stop when we called to you?" one of the officers asked him. “Cause I thought toad was doctors,” was the wounded man’s reply. ‘Then the colored man put his hand behind | him and showed plainly that he was suffer- | ing intense pain. | ‘The officers then made an examination of his back and found from the blood staine! that the bullet had entered his body. A call from the nearest signal box brought out the patrol wagon and the injured man Was soon conveyed to the Emergency Hos- pital. There he was examined by Drs. Pyle and Beatty, who found that the bullet had | entered over fhe region of the twelfth or Jast dorsal vertebrae and inflicted a wound/ from which full recovery is extremely | doubtful. An antiseptic dressing of the} wound by the doctors was made and the, patient was removed upstairs to the ward, where Dr. Kerr will probably probe for the bullet when the patient's condition will Justify such an operation. The doctors who attended the patient this morning were un- able to tell just how serious the wound was. Symptoms of paralysis in the lower ex- tremities indicated a serious spinal injury, but until Dr. Kerr makes a more extended examination his exact condition will not be known. The chances for his recovery, how- | policemen. | ever, are decidedly against him, it is/ thought. | Certain He Was Not the Slasher. | News of the shooting soon spread among! the officers of the different sections of the} city, as well as among the citizens general-| ly, and gossip had it that the slasher had/ been killed. Washington, however, is not the slasher. ‘He seems to bear a gvod reputation among | those who know him as an honest and in- @ustrious young man. He is one of seven| brothers, all of whom reside in this city. | One of his brothers, Daniel Washington, is a# local Baptist preacher. ‘The injured man ts not quite twenty years old. He came here about four years ago from his home near Osso Post Office, King George cour ty, Virginia, and for the past nine months has occupied a room in the house of Mrs. Laura Munford, 1924 Waverly place, only | a few hundred feet from where he was, shot. An Industrious Young Man. He was employed in the county, elther on | or near the Holmead property. Mrs. por ford told a Star reporter this morning that | Willis Washington had occupied a room in| ter house for nearly a year; that he was ® sober and industrious young man, and that he seldom left the house at night. He| did not eat his meals at her house, but went to an eating establishment kept by his brother on Lith street. | She said he had been in the habit of | Jeaving the house about 4 o'clock in the | Morning. He then went to his brother's, ware ie got his breakfast and lunch. From ¢! he went to his work. This jorning, she said, he left home earlier than usual because the clock in the house was fast, and she was surprised when she what had happened, because she he had never harmed anybody. Policeman Terry reached the sta- Yon this morning he was placed under ar- rest and Officer Henricks was detailed to es him to his home at breakfast | The Man Who Did the Shooting. Policeman Terry has been a member of the police force a few months. During this time he has been tried in the police court om a charge of shooting at a colored man, ‘and he also figured in the arrest of a young man named Meany, whom he clubbed At 2 o'clock this afternoon the physicians @t the Emergency Hospital began an oper: tion on the wounded man, and this may show the probable result of the injury. i Entered at the Post Oftics at Washington, D. C.. | Che Evening ‘Star. Vor 83, No 20,736. WASHINGTON, D. ©, WEDNESDAY. NOVEMBER 22, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. ME NEWS TOMORROW Expected on the Arrival of the Alameda From Honolulu. But It is Generally Expected That It Will Not Be T Has Been Restored. t the Queen News of the state of affairs in Hawaii up to the lth instant will be received here tomcrrow by the steamer Alameda, which left Honolulu on the first named date, car- rying the record of events a week later than the steamer Australia, which arrived at San Francisco on the 18th instant. Great interest is felt in the events of that week, as there have been intimations in oficial circles that the administration policy of replacing Queen Liliuokalani would be put into execution during that period, most likely at the beginning of the week. Not Mr. Willis’ Program. Thcre is good reason to believe that such is not Mr. Willis’ pregram and that to- morrow’s steamer will bring word that the provisicnal government is still in power and that Mr. Willis has taken no steps for its betrayal in the interests of the queen. A good ground for this supposi- tioa is the remark of a gentleman who has full knowledge of Mr. Willis’ instructions. A Star reporter talked with him today in regard to the published report that the queen was already on the throne if the official program had been carried out. Probably No Change Yet. He said that no one in this country knew for a certainty what has occurred in Ha- wail since the 11th instant, and that for one he would not feel the least disappoint- meat if the steumer which arrives at San Francisco tomorrow shows that there had been no particular change in the situation Since the 16th instant. No Interest in Tomorrow's Mail. State Department officials seem to take mo special interest in tomorrow's mail and their apparent indifference on the matter, whether assumed cr not, tends to confirm the growing impression that their plans do not necessarily involve the destruction of the provisional government, before the 16th instant at least. It is not known whether this alleged be- lief is baved on information from Minister Willis that the accomplishment of the ad- ministration’s purpose requires more time than was at first anticipated or whether it is that the coup d'etat was to be exe- cuted after the 16th instant. A Tweaty Days’ G Advocates of the latter theory say that it was so arranged for the reason that for twenty days after that date the provisional government will not be able to communi- cate with the United States for aid or any other purpose. This gap results from the wreck of the steamer Miowera, which was scheduled to sail from Honolulu on the 23d instant. If the queen was re-established in power yesterday, as some newspapers assert, the American public will, of course, not be | made aware of it by any news likely to come by means of the Alameda tomorrow, and owing to the gap of twenty days in the mail service the public must wait many days for that news, unle: something comes to hand by way of China, through some outward bound steamer touching at Honolulu. a Making Ramie Into Cloth. Mr. S. H. Slaught of San Francisco is in the city and today talked with a Star re- | porter upon a new American industry which it is proposed to start upon the Pacific coast—the culture of ramie fiber and its manufacture into cloth as a substitute for silk and wool. A bonus of $70,000 is now being raised on the coast to establish a factory at the California mid-winter expo- sition which will work the fiber grown in that state into cioth. Mr. Slaught hopes that the government will eventually take the matter up by providing for its manu- facture to demonstrate the feasibility of it, thus inducing capital to take hold and stimulating its production by the farmers of this country. Ramie is a species of nettle, but thornless. Its fiber, when prepared, is similar in ap- pearance to cotton, but more silky. When yoven into cloth it will stand washing and is moth-proof. It can be made into worsted goods, underwear, suitings and furniture covering, and Mr. Slaught estimates that it can be grown in this country to an extent which would dispense with the importation of foreign materials to the amount of $100,- 000,000 per year. -—-———+- © +________ AN ALLEGED MISSING PACKAGE. Are Not at All Alarmed About It. It is barely possible that some road agents have been getting in their fine work on a package of currency containing $80,000 that was shipped from here a few days ago to the officers of the Citizens’ National Bank of Muncie, Ind.. which has been in the hands of a receiver for some time, but which has just been able to start out again. It was to have opened its doors ou Monday, but the package of money that was expected from Washington did not arrive and the bank has been waiting ever since for funds. A tele, from. there states that the money was shipped from here on the 17th, last Friday, but at the department it {s said that ‘it was not shipped until last Monday. As the ship- ment was not made until the afternoon it is possible that it has just reached Muncie by now, and there is no anxiety felt at the treasury over its non-arrival. oe — A MYSTERY UNSOLVED. The Identity of the Man Boynton at Rio Not Ascertnined. In view of the letter published in Haver- hill, Mass., dated Buena Vista, Ore., No- vember 18, signed C. E. Boynton, denying that he was at Rio and comcerned in a hostile attempt upon Mello’s fleet, the State and Navy Department people are wonder- ing who the person was that was released through their efforts. He certainly gave his name as C. E. Boynton, and it was upon the pplication of E. Moody Boynton of West ewbury, In behalf of his brother, Dr. C. Boynton, that the State Department induced to intervene and secure his rele: The man was placed upon a merchant ship and started for the United States, and he may have arrived here by this time. tes Vandalism in the Census Office. The census office has a case of slasherism. Either Slasher Jack has been getting in some licks there or an emulative genius has been on a tear. The nerves of the census girls are unstrung. and smelling | salts and tonics are doing their level best to relieve the suspensive agony of the sit- vation. When the elevator conductor en- tered his car this morning he found that the leather upholstery which renders the seat more seatable had been slit open and sawed up. His pulse quit work. and, had it not been for the floor he would have dropped through to China. The vandalisin Was at once reported to the proper author- ities and the intelligence spread. It is believed that the thing was done in‘a spirit of mischief and to operate adversely on the nerves of the census belles. The offender is very much in request ———_-e-_____ Fourth-Claxs Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was forty. Of these nineteen o fill caused by signation, remainder by re: and the The Socorro } . M., which was placed in examiner October 19 last, has today been permitted to reopen for business. » hands of an AFTER THE FIGHT. | Both Parties in Ohio Beginning to Recover From Their Surprise. EATEN? OF REPUBLICAN VICTORY. islature. UNUSUALLY LARGE VOTE Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 22.—The Ohio democrats are now coming out of their cyclone cellars to fully realize the extent of the disaster of the 7th instant. A strong republican wind was generally expected by them, but no such a blow as came was pre- dicted even by their prophets of evil. In | the light of the election returns only four of the eleven democratic Congressmen from Ohio are safe. The republicans carried ev- ery district in the state, except the fourth, represented by F. C. Layton; the fifth, rep- resented by Dennis, D. Donova1 seventeenth, represented by J. A. D. Rich- ards. The fact that these districts had enormous democratic pluralities alone saved them from going with the general demo- cratic “slump.” The lowest plurality in these districts is that in Mr. Donovan's district. He had 4,604 votes more than his opponent, last fall. Even Mr. Outhwaite's district, which he carried last fall by nearly 4,000 tes, was carried this year by the republicans by nearly a thousand. Of course, this may mean nothing for the future, but a number of republicans here are already in the field for the nomination for Congress as the | result of this vote. Heretofore the district has been regarded as so thoroughly demo- cratic that it was impossible to get good men to accept the republican nomination for Congress. An Unusually Large Vote. ‘The fact that the vote was an unusually large one for a state election, and that in many counties the republican gains were almost exactly balanced by democratic | losses, indicates that the result was caused by democrats voting the straight republican | ticket, rather than by refraining from vot- ing at all, because of indifference. Col. W. A. Taylor, the defeated candidate for lieu- |tenant governor, attempts to show from | figures that about 50,000 democrats did not vote; but, if that is so, there must have been a large number of republicans in the state | Who had not been in the habit of voting, but who came out to the polls this time. Attempts have been made, both before the election and since, to show that the Amer- \ican Protective Association (anti-Catholic) gave its support to Gov. McKinley, but no evidence such as would be required to lead |a disinterested person to believe that to | the case has yet been produced. There |but one Catholic on the state tickets, an he seems to have kept even with his col- jleagues. This was Patrick McKeoun of | Cincinnat!, nominated by the democrats for food commissioner. His opponent, Dr. Mc- | Neal, a Protestant., seems to have received | fewer votes than the head of his ticket. | The republican victory is too big for com- |fort. There is danger that, like an army enjoying the polls | warfare, the arty will be There are reely enough ‘democrats in the two branches of the new general as- certainly not such an opposition as will | gether for safety and to hold the upper |hand. The condition is very apt to produce |factions and dissensions. There will leighty-five republicans in the house and only twenty-two democrats. The senate will have five democrats and twenty-six | republicans. would certainly have been still smaller if | the republicans had thought it worth while to nominate a candidate in the strongly |democratic thirty-first district. This shows that the republicans them- selves had no idea that they were to meet | such a sweeping victory. The same repub- \lican gains as were made elsewhere would |have enabled them to carry this district, had they made the attempt. The democrats lose another district—the joint eighteenth and nineteenth—by reason | of the fact that the election officers in one township in Coshocton county failed to make any return of the vote there on state senator. The township gave a democratic {plurality of about 100 on the rest of the ticket, and it is fair to presume about the same majority was given for the demo- cratic candidate for senator. Without thi vote the republican candidate, W. A, Har- desty, is elected by 38 votes. Buchanan, the democratic candidate, may make a |contest in the senate for the seat. Speakership Contest. Active contests are now going on for | Positions in the organization of the legis- lature, the beginning, probably, of strife that will last all through the session. The most interesting of these is the contest for |the speakership of the house. The candi- dates are Alex. Boxwell of Brown county, | Charles P. Griffin of Lucas, C. U. Haskell | of Lorain and E. W. Doty of Cuyahpga. It is probable that it will narrow down be- | tween Boxwell and Griffin ere long. Griffin |has long been one of Foraker’s chief Neu- tenants, while Boxwell is a Sherman repub- |lican. Gov. McKinley can easily decide this | contest by the use of his influence, and it |now seems likely that he will see that | Griffin is given the honor, as a step toward |the conciliation of the Foraker element of |the party. Since the election Foraker has main- tained an unfriendly attitude toward Gov. McKinley. The fact that he sent no con- | gratulations has been extensively comment- ed upon. The governor, on the other hand, | has seemed to court the favor of the prom- |inent Foraker men. The appearance of an Jeditorial in the Canton Repository, owned by Gov. S father-in-law, James A. Saxton, and always an anti-Foraker | Paper, nominating Foraker to succeed Sen- | ator Brice is believed to have been inspired by Gov. McKinley, -who is anxious to con- ciliate the Foraker faction and secure, if possible, a solid delegation from Ohio to the next national republican convention. For- aker has had no love for Harrison since it Was apparent in the senatorial contest here two years ago that the aid of the adminis- tration was thrown to Senator Shermar. and it will not be difficult to secure his sup- | Port for Gov. McKinley, if Harrison is his | chief opponent. + SECRETARY RESHAM SILENT. He Refuses to Talk on the Latest Phase of the Hawaiian Situation. Secretary Gresham refused to talk to |newspaper men today in regard to the latest phase of the Hawaiian situation—the pos- sible diplomatic dismissal of Mr. Thurston. | Those of the fraternity who sought him for information on that point were greeted |with the remark. “I have no news about Hawaii and I have nothing whatever to jsay on the subject.” All advances were |repelled in this way. ——_——_+-e+—__ The Army in New Quarters. The Salvation Army has removed tts local corps from its old hall, D near 7th, to the hall formerly occupied by the Central Union | Mission, 930 Pennsylvania avenue. As soon jas it gets things fixed up it will have a) formal opening of its new hall. But mean- while its regular meetings go right on there. S| Tonight Capt. Denton of Binghamton, N.Y. | formerly stationed here, will have charge of the meeting at the new hall, assisted by the local officers, Capt. McFetridge and | Lieut. Baldink. | —— Government Receipts Today. The receipts from internal revenue today | were $397,353; from customs, $481,321. | Unprecedented Majority in the Leg- | the thir- | teenth, represented by D. D. Hare, and the | sembly to make a respectable opposition— | |force the republican’ majority to stand to- | be | | This is probably the smallest | | minority ever known in that body, and it | THE COMING BRIGADIER | To Be Selected on Gen. Oarlin’s Retirement Next Friday. Several Good Officers From Whom the President May Make His Choice— Probably One of These. | The appointment of a brigadier general |in the army and the consequent promotion in the line which will result from the re- tirement of Brigadier General W. P. Car- lin on Friday next are the principal topics of conversation in army circles at the pres- ent time. The President has such a large field of excellent material to select from that he may find the duty embarrassing. All the colonels of the line are eligible for the star appointment and indeed it is with- jin the discretion of the President to go |below that grade in making his selection, | but it is not at all likely that he will do so. The Ranking Colonel. The ranking colonel of the army is Col. W. R. Shafter, first infantry, who, in ad- | dition to his seniority claim, is said to have |the support of Mr. Croker, the Tammany sachem. He did not enter the army until after the close of the war, however, where- |as some of his competitors have been in jactive service over forty years. Col. Shafter was in the war as a first lieutenant of the seventh Michigan infantry, in 1861, Was made major of the nineteenth Michigan in 1862, colonel of the seventeenth United | States colored infantry in 1864, lieutenant colonel of the forty-first infantry in_ 1866, jend has held his present grade and as- signment as colonel of the first infantry since March 4, 1879. He was brevetted col- enel in the regular army for Fair Oaks |and brigadier general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious services during the war. He will retire in 1899, ‘The Next in Seniority. Next in seniority is Col. E. S. Otis, twentieth infantry, who is said to be the choice of ex-Secretaries Proctor and Elkins and Gen. Schofield. Just before the close of the last Congress he was nominated by President Harrison as a brigadier general to succeed Gen. Carr. Congress adjourned without acting on his nomination and Presi- dent Cleveland appointed Gen. Carlin to the vacancy. Col. Otis is a native of Maryland and began his army career in 1862 as a captain in the 140th New York infantry. He has a fine war record, with brevets of colonel in the regulars and volunteers for Spottsylvanta and of brigadier general of volunteers for the battle of Chapel House in Virginia. After the war he became lieu- tenant colonel of the twenty-second in- fantry, and for three and a half years,while colonel of his present regiment, he com- manded the infantry and cavalry school. He will not retire until 1902, which fact is ad- vanced as a good reason why he should give way to older men, who retire before him. | An Infantry Quartet. Following these candidates in relative |Tank come in order Col. M. M. Blunt, jsixteenth infantry; Col. P. T. Swanie, twenty-second; Col. H. C.Merriam, seventh, and Col. Z R. Bliss, twenty-fourth. It seems safe to assume that if an infantry | colonel is chosen it will be one of these or |of the two previously mentioned. Col. | Blunt, a native of New, York, graduated from the academy as lon ago as 1833 and a lirst lieutenancy in 1855. His captaincy, however, came to him in the infantry at the | outbreak of the civil war, and in this arm | he has ever since continued, reaching his | present grade about ten years ago. In the civil war he served wholly with the regulars nd received brevets of major, lieutenant céionel and colonel for gallant and meri- torious services at Malvern Hull,Fredericks- burg and Petersburg. Col, Swaine, also a New Yorker by birth, | Sraduated still earlier, in 1852, after five | Years in the academy, and then joined the infantry, in which he reached his present grade in 1884. During the war he was col- onel of the ninety-ninth Ohio infantry for more than two years, and his brevets were for Shiloh, Murfreesboro and in general for | services during the war. Col. Swaine re- ures in 1895. Col. Blunt retires still earlier, | next year, but Col. Merriam not until 1901 and Col. Bliss in 1899, i Cavalry and Artillery. | The next officer in relative rank is Col. J. |W. Forsyth, seventh cavalry, famous dur- ing the war on Sheridan's staff. A native of Ohio, he graduated from West Point in 1856, after five years at the academy, en- tered the infantry, and after the war be- came major of the tenth cavalry. He was brevetted from major up to brigadier gen- eral in the army, and brigadier general of volunteers for gallant and meritorious serv- ices at Chickamauga, the various Shenan- doah battles of 1864, Five Forks, and for field services throughovt the war. His re- |tirement comes in 1898, The senior artil- [ery colonel, Col. H. W. Closson, 1s consid- erably lower on the relative list than any of those just mentioned, and his retirement comes in’ 1896, It is generally conceded that the selec- tion will be confined to the officers named above, and it is even said by persons near the fountain head of information that the | appointment will surely fall to either Col. Shafter, Col. Bliss or Col. Forsyth. The , matter will probably be settled beyond con- Jecture next week. Se STONE’S CASE. He Objects to His Classification in Being Retired. The case of Lieut. Stone presents some unusually interesting features. He has been in the employ of the Carnegie Steel Company, and has enjoyed excellent fa- cilities for the dispatch of their business with the Navy Department. A short time ago, at his own request, he was ordered before a retiring board. ‘The board found that he was troubled with a mild com- plaint, but as the lieutenant could not re- member when he first became affected, of whether it was incident to the service, ‘the | board reported that he should be placed on | the retired list, with the lowest retired pay, | which, in the leutenant’s case, would be only $800 a year. The class of officers who draw this pay are those who are usually retired for alco- holism and other incapacities which naval | officers term “general worthlessness and inefficiency.” This class is called the “dead- beat" class also. Lieut. Stone is an officer of strict morals, an able ordnance expert and a most honorable man. He has pro- | tested against the board's report, and the Attorney General has been called upon to act. Lieut. Stone has afford to accept the small pay of the class to which he was assigned, but he naturally objects to the assignment because of the apparent reflection on his char&cter. nee gna ee maee ss The Greeks Cannot Lun Superintendent Stump has debarred from landing at Boston, Mass., six Greeks who came to this country under contract with James Georgopeolas, a resident of this city. Mr. Georgopeolas, in an examination made under oath, acknowledged the fact that he promised to pay the men $9 a week on their arrival, and that but for this in- ducement held out to them the men would not have come to thts country. The in- nocence of Mr. Georgopeolas was the only thing that prevented action being taken against him for violation of the immigra- tion law. Under its penalties Mr. Georgo- peolas was subject to prosecution, and, if | found guilty, Hable to a fine of $1,000 for each iinmigrant brought to this country unlawfully. | Resignatt Called for. | Secretary Carlisle has called for the resig- nations of Henry K. Leaver of New Hamp- EUT. shire, chief of division. first auditor's office, | and A. O. Latham of West Virginia, chief of division.. Afth auditor's office. Treasury 1Separtment. + e+—_______ Resignation of a Colorado Surveyor. ‘The resignation of Henry G. Heffron, sur- veyor of customs at Denver. ‘received iw Secretary Carlisle entered the artillery, where he had reached | means and could | | are pass o., has been | to Chica | 000 taels. MANY BLOCKS ABLAZE Springfield, Mass., Visited by an Extensive Fire. HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS LOST. ae Aid Asked From Other Cities in the State. BIG FIRE AT MEMPHIS. a SPRINGFIELD, Mass. Nov. 22.—The most destructive fire this city has known for years started shortly after midnight in the block owned by J. K. Dexter and Henry 8. Dickinson at %3 Worthington street. ‘The flames, when discovered, had gaincd considerable headway, from the fact that the fire seemed to have started in the cen- ter of the building some time before it appeared on the outside of the dlock, and the flames soon spread beyond the control of the firemen. John Doolan’s building, next to the Dick- inson block, went next, and then the Mayo block; the Abbe block was then on fire, and soon Hotel Glendower was com- pletely surrounded by fire and speedily caught. The hotel burned rapidly, and at 4 a.m. its walls fell. The guests long before had packed their baggage and left the building. The attention of the department was) then turned to saving the Fuller block. On the east there seemed to be no dan- ger of its spreading from the Webb block. When the fronts of the Abbe and Worthy blocks fell the flames seemed to leap across the street, but fortunately the are low and exposed little wetted ohne cue floor on the Wight block ross Worthington street to the north, just in the rear of the Union edi- torial rooms, was a roaring furnace, and the corner of the Union block took fire about 5:30 o'clock. The firemen were driven by the flames from the roof of the Union block, and it looked as if the building was doomed. The Losses. The loss of James McKeen & Co. is placed at $50,000; insured for two-thirds of its value. A. N. Mayo places the loss on his block at $25,000, fully insured. S. C. Warriner, the insurance agent, was seen about 4:30 o'clock this morning, and said if the fire stopped at the corner of Main and Worthington streets the total loss would be within $500,000. He had put insurance on the City National Bank for $5,000; on the Barnett cigar manufactory for $15,000. It is reported that M. H. Barnett had 0) cigars stored in the Abbe building. The fire in this block swept through from the rear as soon as the falling walls of the Mayo block had given entrance, and Mr. Barnett’s store was the first one gutted. He received sufficient warning, however, to remove a quantity of the stock to Mr. J. D.° Hetchin’s music store. Help From Other Cities, Steamer No. 5 from Hartford, ¢ Barber, arrived at 4:30 a. m. and was at work at the corner of Main and Lyman Taworossapenion left) Worcebter at £40 a: m., expected to arrive here at 6:30 o'clock. Origin a Mystery. ‘The origin of the fire is a mystery to the authorities. The flames apparently had their inception in the agricultural store of N. A, Leonard. This building was the first discovered to be afire, and its center was a mass of flames when the alarm was sounded. Early this morning it was estimated that the loss would reach $2,000,000. It is now thought that it will be considerably less. Exact figures are not yet obtainable. Three Perso Roasted Alive. MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nov. 22.—A special to the Evening Scimetar from New Berne, Tenn., says: This city was visited last night by fire, resulting in the death of three persons and the injuring of five others. The alarm was sounded about 11 o'clock, when flames were seen issuing from the furniture store of H. J. Swindler. Mr. T. E. Bradshaw, Pat Moffat and Jack Gilbert were caught in the falling debris and were roasted alive. ‘Those injured are Pat Hopper, George Speights, Pettis Holland, M. Hall and W. Wiison. Hall, Hooper and Holland are probably fatally injured. The loss will probably reach $25,000. ee ITEMS FROM THE ORIENT. What is Happe! i on the Other Sid: of the Wor! VANCOUVER, RP. C., Nov. 22.—Japanese advices per Canadian steamer Empress of China: Joheiyaka, the noted Korean agitator, has been arrested, and it is expected he will shortly be executed. A member of the diet has expressed the opinion that the recent reorganization of the government, which was expected to effect a considerable retrenchment, has been a complete failure, as less than half the amount expected will be saved. Under the retrenchment policy changes will be made in foreign consular offices, and the staff will be reduced. A remarkable tale of unruly conduct by school boys comes from Sendai. The bo: being refused a holiday on the anniversary of the day when the imperial rescript was issued for the guidance of government scheols took one themselves, and -when asked the next day by the principals whether they would abide by the rules or not the boys said they would take a week to consider the matter. At the end of that ume the boys struck, and school was closed two days before the affair was settled, News of more serious rioting by students of Yamaquichi has been received. In co: sequence of a certain action on the part of one of the tutors the students stoned his residence and attacked him with drawn swords and firearms. As a result 120 stu- dents were ordered to leave school. A large fire occurred in the French con- cession, Shanghai, October 25. Two hun- dred and forty houses in the native suburb and on the French side were consumed. The insurance companies interested are the North British Mercantile. Commercial Union, Northern, London and Lancashire, Imperial, New Zealand. Union of London. China Fire and Straits. Loss 60.000 to 70, The death is announced. at Chefoo on October 18, of the Rev. J. L. Nevins,D.D., one of the best known missionaries in Chi- na. He commenced his labors there in 1854. A big fire occurred in Hankow on October 22, in which over 100 houses were destroyed. Piracy on the high seas has been rife of late, the special prey of the pirates being junks Jaden with rice from Chin Kiang to Ning Po. Eleven junks were overhauled last month by pirates and the cargoes seized. The authorities seem powerless in the matter. Reports from Yepang state that all is quiet there at present, although mission- aries and foreigners are still insulted. =e Ex-Secretary Lincoln in the City. Mr. Robert T. Lincoln, ex-Secretary of War, and ex-minister to Great Britain,was among Secretary Gresham's visitors at the State Department today. panied by Mr. George M. Pullman. Ing through the city 0. They eg their way a i AN ALLEGED COMBINATION Of Manufacturers of Sewer Pipe in Re- gard to Their Bids. A Lively Col Derby uy Between Capt. d@ the President of the | Potomac Terra Cotta Co. There was a sharp colloquy in the office of Capt. Derby, the assistant to the Engi- neer Commissioner, this morning between President Lynch of the Potomac Terra Cot- ta Company and the captain. It was all about the contract for fur- nishing the District with sewer pipe. bids were opened for this year’s supply of sewer pipe on the 18th of May last, the prices of pipe offered were found to be as high as 40 per cent over the prices of the year previous. In the case of twelve-inch | terra cotta sewer pipe, of which the District uses a large ambunt, the price had been raised from 20 cents per lineal foot to 27 cents per lineal foot. The captain, who has had considerable experience in «natters of this kind, concluded that a combination had been formed, and as he afterward learned from one of the successful bidders, such a condition of affairs did exist. To have accepted the bid under these con- ditions would have meant a loss to the Dis- trict of over $11,000. The captain to look about for a way out of the diffi- culty. One of the bidders was approached, |and with a little persuasion he was willing |to break with the combination and accept | the contract for 18 cents per lineal foot for sewer pipe. No time was lost in closing with him. It was claimed by the other members of the combination that the Com- missioners had no right to go into the open market and buy pipe unless an emergency existed. Capt. Derby maintained that there | Was an emergency, in view of the com- bination, and he was supported by the Commissioners. President Lynch of the Potomac Terra Cotta Company was bitter in his denuncia- tion of the Commissioners in buying the pipe in open market, and said there was no law for it, and if the bidders chose to go into court the District would be beaten. Bids for sewer pipe were opened yester- day, and the price is now quoted according to the lowest bidder at 12 cents per lineal foot. Captain Derby believes that the present law should be amended, so as to keep the District free from combinations, by allow- ing the authorities to do work by contract or otherwise, as may be most economical and advantageous. —__—_ A POSTMASTER DISMISSED. A Change in ¢ Topeka Office Made ‘Today. Frank S. Thomas, postmaster at Topeka, Kan., was today removed from office, and Andrew J. Arnold appointed in his stead. This is the sequel of an exciting and inter- esting casef It has been under considera- tion by the postal authorities for some months, and has given the department con- siderable care. Postmaster Thomas was appointed last April,principally upon recom- mendation of Senator Martin. It is said that he was a politician of local note, and had won laurels in the preceding campaign. Not long after his appointment, he began to file charges with the department against many of his carriers and clerks. It ap- to the department officials that Charges were sustained, and many alleged offenders were dismissed. Pretty soon the department began to hear a noise. It told the officials that all was Protests and affidavits poured in upon Postmaster General Bissell and First As- sistant Postmaster General Frank H. Jones all tending to discredit, and many of them absolutely disproving, the charge made by Mr. Thomas,and which had caused the dis- missal of the unhappy employes of the To- peka office. Another thing which the postal administration did not like was that when the employes had been fired on the recom- mendation of Postmaster Thomas he sought to avoid responsibility for his action and Pl rded the Topeka office with notices saying that carrier this and clerk that had been dismissed by order of the Post Office | Department. This made Postmaster General Bissell sore, and finally he got mad, with the re- sult indicated. Mr. Arnold, the latest ap- pointee, is said not to be a politician, but is a sound and well-indorsed business man; a druggist by trade and aged about fifty- | five vears. The official reason assigned for the bouncement of Thomas ts “unsatisfac- tory conduct of the Topeka post office.” pe Ss SORROW FOR GEN. RUSK. Meeting Today of the Embloyes of the Agricultural Department. ‘The officers and employes of the Depart- ment of Agriculture assembled in the libra- ry of the main building at noon today to pay their tribute of respect to the memory of Gen. Rusk, their late chief, in response to a call signed by Mark W. Harrington, D. E, Salmon, William Saunders, C. Vv. Riley, H. W. Wiley and Geo. Wm. Hill. The meeting, which was very largely at- tended, was organized by the election of Prof. Mark W. Harrington, chief of the weather bureau, as chairman, and Mr. Chas. P. Salisbury of the bureau of animal in- | dustry, as secretary. A committee on reso. |lutions was appointed, and their report ; unanimously adopted. Arrangements were made to forward a the meeting adjourned after an expression ton, voiced by Prof. Harrington. The trace of tears on many faces, and the movement of handkerchiefs told plainer than any words the general sorrow of those present, and the love of his former asso- ciates for the late Secretary. Pei jon Office Promotions. Six promotions took place in the pension byreau today as follows: Jesse Lawson, New Jersey, copyist, $900 to $1,200, appointed from the eighth con- gressional district August 8 1882, and to the | position in the southern division from | which he was promoted on July 24, 1884. |Irene L. von Colin, Louisiana, from $1,000 | to $1,200, appointed from the second con- | 8ressional district November 8, 189%, and to | her position in the certificate division from | | which promoted on September 6, 1892. Wil- mot 1. Harris, New York, copyist, $900, to clerk, $1,000, appointed from the fourteenth district October 28, 1890, and to the position |in the southern division, from which he | Was promoted, on D&cember 21, ig92. H. |Stantey Hinrichs, Maryland, copyist, $900, to clerk, $1,000. Asa C. Howard, Missouri, | from copyist, $900, to clerk, $1,000. William |Z: Gagein, Kentucky, copyist, $900, to clerk, | Dr. Kennedy of the appointment division has been transferred to the medical divi- sicn. Several other transfers were also made from the appointment to other divi- sions. ————— - Treasury Department Air. The long agitation of the question of the unsanitary condition of the Treasury De- partment butiding is producing a result in the shape of definite action toward reform. The department has taken initiatory steps in the direction of improvement of the ventilation and of the sewerage and plumb- ing system of the building Tex Secretary of the Treasury has au- thorized Mr I Benson, a well known | sanitary expert, to make an examination of the building and to submit a proposition | for such improvements as may be found practicable Post The report of the examining divisions of the patent office for the week ending N, |vember 14 shows that the total number of applications for patents allowed was 479. The total number of applications on hand for action was 5,596. According to the captain’s story, when | floral tribate from Chicago to Viroqua, and | of the hearty sympathy of Secretary Mor- | Tic, —_ <n d as index to advertise. _ ments will be found on . .. Page 3. VE LONGER. ‘MEN LI Health Officer Hammett's Report on the City’s Health. (DEATH'S WORK FOR A YEAR Tie Grip and Other Maladies That Wrought Destruction. |THE ENCOURAGING FIGURES. Health Officer Hammett's arnual report submitted to the District Commissioners today contains much interesting informa- tion concerning the health of the District during the past fiscal year. “One of the phases of the hygienic con- ditions of the year,” he says, “wes the re- turn of what is known as epidemic in- fluenza. So little of the etiology and Path- ology of this disease is known that a defi- nite name is not as yet given to it. It made its appearance for the fourth time since its advent in 1889-90, Although it presented all the characteristics which at- tended its former attacks, yet it had evi- dently lost much of its virulence. Hence the number of deaths this year were less than in the three former years of its pres- ence. “Since the last appearance of this Plague in 1S89 its etiology and biological character have received close end exhaustive study by some of the «most eminent students in the world. By the aid of modern appii- ances its mysterious presence and move- ments have been, in @ great measure, cleared away. “The epidemic appeared in the District of Columbia in December, 1889, and the first death occurred on the Sist day of that month. It increased in intensity during January and subsided in the early spring, causing 109 deaths in its course. In the following year it did not make its appear- ance to any noticeable extent until late in March, 1891, when it exceeded its former bounds, affecting the whole community, more or less, and reaching its maximum in the middle of April, subsiding upon the advent of summer heat in June, It then claimed 1€2 victims. Its course the next year was almost a repetition of its former one, but less in the virulence of its attacks. It carried away 113 persons. During the last year it again made its presence known in March, reaching its height in April and disappearing in the first week in June, causing but 73 deaths. From the study and therefrom of this malady the general principles have been ” those who may be considered authority ur the subject. Its attack is generally sudden and severe, attacking the 1 centers and then the nerve. Hence the disturbance in the gastric regions resulting in gastritis, enteritis and catarrhal complications, which will account for the numerous cases of pneumonia as a Sequel thereto. Its power of infection is about eight days, and is undoubtedly trans- ferable trom one person to aged and infirm are the most | attacked, and it is well wi one attack does not fortify | ond. The bachius being a lively organisa | ton of intense power of resistance lay j the patient liable to relapse, although it is conceded that a community once seriously invaded obtains a partial degree of im- munity therefrom. As exposure to damp | and inclement weather predisposes to this | ailment the prophylactic measures to be | observed are warmth, dryness and careful protection from cold. y reference to che tabular statements | > B and C, hereto annexed, it will be Seen that while there was an increase in | the total number of deaths, there was, account of the increase in’ population, crease in the death rate. The | cess of mortality over that of the year nearly all occurred in the July, 1892, when the number of $35, as compared with 550 in the July. This mortality in July was est ever recorded in any mont! organization of this department | exceptional in every respect, | no especial cause therefor | Simply one of those coincidences | ben in the history of a comm death rate for the rest of the year | about normal, as compared with | years. Mortality for the Year. “The total mortality for the year was | 6452, of which number 8,677 white jand 2, were colored. The death rate for the whites was 18.8 per thousand of popu- dation and 30.8 for the colored. For the Whole population the rate was 22.6 “The length of human life. in view of all that science has accomplished, has been slightly increased during the last thirteen | years. Beginning in 1881 with a length of twenty-six and one-half years for all ages and coming down through the subsequent years with slightly varying rate, but with lengthening tendency, the average for all ages was twenty-seven years and eleven months for the last year, as compared with an average duration of twenty-seven years and eight months mean for the past thir- teen years. This movement is in the right direction. However slow it may be, yet, if continued, it may in time bring the length of life to the traditional thirty-three years of average existence in this District. The average has undoubtedly been kept down by the rate of infant mortality. The re- sults nevertheless show clearly that a fixed , law governs life and ends it. With a mor- tality amounting to a number of thousands annually, of all ages of persons and dif- | fering in age, sex and condition. yet when classified it is found that the average age of the departed varies from vear to year | but a few weeks. The same law prevatis | as to the subdivisions by ages, as those under five years, from five to twenty years, and sixty years and over. Bo settled ts this law that the mortality for the future can be forecast and calculated almost to an absolute certainty. A subject for the stu- dent of race problems and for philanthropic consideration is to be found in the differ- rece of eleven years between the avenge wes of the white and a of w colored being twenty-two yea thirty -three years for that of the white. Zymotic Diseases. “From this class of diseases, embracing the infectious and malarial maladies, there were 1,33 deaths, composing 205 per cent of the deaths from all causes. The greater portion of these, being 1,18 in number, were of miasmatic origin, while from the same class in the year before there were 1,157 of such deaths. As against former years malarial maladics show no especial increase, and typhoid fever declined in fatal form. Nearly one-third of all the children under five years of age who died from zymotic diseases were from of this class, there having been gether of these, of whom 3% were white and 351 colored Diphthe “There were 126 deaths from diphtheria and two from diphtheritic croup, classed as diphtheria proper. On account of its dangerous character the progress of this disease was closely observed during the year. Especially was this made obligatory when the disease progressed at a rate of about one death out of three cases, as- suming in the spring time an aggravated character, when eleven deaths out of thir- teen cases occurred. The law of Congress providing special service for di theria t fever in this Distri n on the Ist of January, first six months were under the supervision of my predecessor in office. They were mostly spent in organizing the work and putting the service into practical | operation. The operations upon this work a id