Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. oe 5 PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. 3 THE STAR BUILDINGS, hol lwania Avenue, corner 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. Now York Office, 88 Potter Building. _———_—. ‘THe EvENINe STAR is served to subscribers in the tty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week. or $4c. permonth. Copies at the counter cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canads—postage prepatd—50 cents per mon! SATURDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET Star $1.00 per year; with Toreien postage sided 63.00 OP (Entered at the as second-class mall matter. ) S47 A)l mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of alvertising made known on application. WILLIS DOES NOT ACT. Latest Intelligence From the Ha- waiian Capital. LILIUOKALAN PAYS RIM A CALL But the American Minister Fails to Return It. AN UPRISING QUELLED. SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.—The steamer Alameda, from Honolulu, was sighted at 6:30 o'clock this morning. Upon her ar- Tival here it was learned that up to the time the Alameda sailed Minister Willis had made no intimation to the government as to his instructions. The United Press correspondent at Hono- lulu, writing under date of the 16th in- Stant, says: As yet Minister Willis has made no in- timation to this goverrment of any special communication with which he may be charged. Nor is it known that he has any. The city is daily alive with strange rumors of the minister’s intentions. These are traced to royalist sources. Three days ago the ex-queen made a brief call upon the American minister merely to pay her respects, as Mr. Willis subsequent- ly stated. Up to this time Mr. Willis has mot returned her visit. On the same day a committee of the American League tendered a reception to Minister Willis, at which he delivered an address, in diplomatic, but agreeable and encouraging terms. A phrase implying that his action was limited by specific instruc- tions was construed by royalist adherents as meaning that he had positive orders to restore the queen and the royalists appear- ed on the streets in a more boastful and ag- &ressive mood. President Dole Receives the Admiral Admiral Irwin and staff were officially re- ceived by President Dole on the lith in- stant. Three organizations supporting the @overnment, the Annexation Club, the Citizens’ Reserve ani American League, heve separately published resolutions Strongly reiterating the demand upon the government to remove all royalists from Public office and replace them with men of known loyalty. Additional force is lent by a formal remonstrance to the government, Post Office at Washington, D. C.., | OO Che Zvening Star. jernment and the people and especially to | Was found. The catch basin from which Vor. 83, No. 20,737. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. it is used to the injury of the present gov- ernment; “Resolved, That the American League hereby protests against the continuance in office of all those whose loyalty to the pro- —" government fs not beyond ques- tion.” Wants the American Policy Announc- ed. The Hawaiian Star in an editorial, under the caption “Time for a Response,” says: It is now over ten months since the pro- visional government of the Hawalian Is lands asked the American government a| fair question and there has been no answer. For nearly a year and for no obvious cause the people of these islands have been kept in a state of suspense, which has been, and is yet, detrimental to business and immigra- t en the coming of Mr. Willis has not thrown any light upon the matter of annexation. We submit that this reticent policy on the part of the United States has been and is unfair and unjust to the gov- American interests in these islands—inter- ests that have a right to look to Washing- ton for a ready ear and a helpful hand. We submit that every day which is al- lowed to pass without the announcement of Mr. Cleveland's policy is a day which adds to the sense of injury under which all the people of Hawaii are smarting. Let us have an end of this business soon. That is the common hope of the royalists and AN INCOME TAX. The Question Being Discussed at the Treasury Department. Tt MAY BE WADE A SEPARATE BILL. The President Not Yet Decided as to His Course. LATEST SUGAR PROPOSITION. peepee Representative McMillin of Tennessee, Representative Tom L. Johnson of Ohio and Mr. Thomas G. Shearman of Brooklyn were closeted at the Treasury Department for some time today discussing the question of an income tax. A stenographer was present and notes were taken of the discus- sion, to be presented to the ways and means annexationists also.” DR. CRON > N’S MURDER, A Story Revealed With Important Bearing on Dan Coughlin’s Trial. CHICAGO, IIL, Nor —A morning paper says that the grave in which the assassins of Dr. Patrick Cronin had planned to bury their victim has been discovered. The grave is just large enough to admit the trunk in which the murdered rean was taken from the Carlson cottage, and it can be seen today. The wind and weather have not yet filled up the hole dug in the earth. It was visited yesterday. Cornected with this grewsome spot is a story never before told and one that will doubtless have important bearing on the trial of Daniel Coughlin, now engaging the attention of Judge Tuthill. Besides this the location of the grave clears up an im- portant incident of the early Sunday morn- ing drive of the murderers in their frantic efforts to dispose of the trunk and its awful contents. The grave is situated in a dense and lonesome wood near Northwestern avenue and Graceland avenue, which is in the extreme western portion of Lakeview, the suburb in which the corpse of Dr. Cronin the corpse was taken is on Evanston avenue north of 5Yth street, considerably nearer the city and the Carlson cottage than the site of the grave. The discovery not only corroborates the stories told by residents of the neighbor- hood that they saw the wagon containing | the trunk and corpse in various parts of | from officers of the national guard, pointing out that in case of any attempt upon the seat of the present government, the pres-} ence in the government buildings of officiais who sympathize with the enemy would| endanger the safety of the troops and be subversive of morale and discipline. The majority of the ministers and sons of missionaries are, therefore, quite tender | in their feelings toward native Hawaiians. | ‘They are decidedly averse to dismissing the royalists from offices long occupied by them and on which they depend for sup- | Port. Hence this disagreement with the} Bupporters of the government. Suspected Uprising. On suspicion of an intended rising of the queen’ upporters thirty sharpshooters were added to the forces at the executive building during last night and volunteer companies were notified to be ready for| call. There is no denying the fact that the royalists have been in an excited state of mind since the arrival of Minister Wil- lis. Today is the birthday of the late King Kalakaua, which fact adds to the royalist feeling. A brief Auckland telegram to the effect that President Cleveland is drafting a mes- Sage to Congress in favor of restoring the *Hawailan monarchy” causes consternation among the Americans and corresponding exultation among the British and other roy- alists. The former cherish the hope that American public opinion will effectually support an opposition in the Senate to the President's policy. By noon the Americans had generally accepted the opinion that the telegram was w Reuter blunder and unworthy of credit. | What the Alameda’s Passengers Say. Only two passengers from Honolulu ar- rived on the Alameda this morning. They | were the Longee brothers, divers, who left this port for the purpose of assisting in raising the wrecked steamer Miowera. | ‘They report everything quiet on the islands, | without any signs of impending trouble. Owing to a case of measies on board the Alameda the passengers were not allowed | to go ashore. | Seme of the officers of the steamship} Static, however, that trouble is expected, und that it may momentarily appear. A/ threat made some time ago that in the event of the deposed queen insisting upon her restoration she would be assassinated is again freely made. | Mi. Borneti, a passenger from Auckland, | tut the Untied Press representative that | he learned irom his correspondents in| Honolulu that tie feeling in [aver of an- uexation is positive and widespread. It as also stated that the marriage ot P 3S Aaiuiant and young Mr. Davis, a son of | use princess’ guardian, is among the proba- wlities. Another officer of the ship, whose name, for obvious reasons, is net given, says tne | unnexationists are considerably irritated wt the failure of their efforts to secure yecognition Irom the United States. ‘This teehing is Intensified by the queen's per- sistent statements that the day of her res- oration is at hand. in fact, the discontent on the part of the annexationists is so pronounced that it is welieved it will cul- ainate shortly in some overt act. Repairing the Miowern. With the morning tide of the 12th instant the Canadian-Australian steamship Mio- Wera was pulled off the reef into deep| Water. She was towed inside the harbor in the afternoon and mvored west of the | Philadelphia. The divers report no frac-| lures of plates or opening of seams on her bettom or indentations. Her rudder post | und rudder will be replaced by a local iron | works company. It was feared that ner | engines might have been injured by her six weeks’ burning on the reef. On turn ing them by hand on the Lith they were| Tound to be apparently in sound condition. | As soon as all the necessury repairs are | made the Miowera will proceed under her own steam to Sun Francisco. Action of Annexationisxts. At a recent meeting at Honolulu, the an- Rexation club adopted resulutions “viewing with alarm the presence in the advisory council of one or more men who are not in sympathy with the annexation move- ment, and urging in case of future addi- tions to that body, or to the executive, council, that nominations to it may precede elections for a length of time sufficient for | investigation to be made as to the political views and antecedents of lidat | ‘The resolutions further denounce any and all propositions looking to a px promise which shall have for its object or sequence the temporary or permanent res- toration of the Hawatlian throne ard pledg. ing moral and physical measures or m behalf. The American League, fluential part o: has made its w resistance to all| en that may enlist in such | ineluding an in the annexationists’ force, hes known as follows: | “Whereas we firmly believe that a large | amount of money is now being paid out in salaries to officials whose loyalty to the | existing government is more than doubted its way into royalists hands, where | farmer living in the northern suburb chanec- | suine as ever and the railroad officials re- | and one of the brotherhood officials who | Brotherhood of Trainmen; A. B. Youngson, | | and Prepared for Desperate Figh | rebels and there appears to be foundation | ter against the Diaz government and never Lakeview west of Ashland avenue, but furnishes the explanation that the mur- derers were en route to the prepared grave in the wood when seen, but either lost | their way or were frightened into turning back. About two weeks before the tragedy a ed to be near the scene of the grave dig- | ging, when he saw a buggy containing a woman and two men stop 100 yards away from where he had stopped to rest. One of the men jumped from the vehicle with a shovel in one hand and a bundle done up in a newspaper in the other. This man scaled a fence and disappeared in the ad- joining wood. An hour passed and the man reappeared with the shovel, but with- out the bundle, and the three drove away. The watcher noticed the grave diggers features, and his description satisfies the police that the man was “Cooney the Fox,” the uncaught conspirator. The farmer searched the wood and discovered a hole seven feet deep. Lying near it was a blue blouse and a pair of overalls. His testimony will be presented at Cough- lin’s trial, as well as other new evidence. It would have been given at the first trial, but the farmer did not associate what he saw with the Cronin murder until montis afterward, when he saw, in the city, the woman who had been in the buggy ‘with the two men and was told by a friend that she was closely allied to the men charged with the murder. ie CONFIDENCE ON BOTH SIDES. Ne Change in the rike Sit Philadeiphia. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. —There is no change today in the Lehigh Valley strike situation so far as Philadelphia is con- cerned. The labor leaders are as san- iterate the assertion that the road will soon be in operation. The hiring of non- union men by the Lehigh Valley was con- tnued today. A motley crowd surround the “recruiting” office, 141 Swansick street, was on the scene declared that none of the applicants were at all fit for the service. | S. E. Wilkinson, grand master of the assistant grand chief of the Brotherhood | of Locomotive Engineers, and P. H. Mor- rissey, vice grand master of the trainmen, left this morning for points on the Lehigh Valley system. They will direct the move- | ments of the strikers and endeavor to make the organi: re rahan, Vv: g hood of Locomotive Firemen, will probably leave later in the sion. A. jay on a similar mis- | D. Thurston, deputy of Railway of the order, on the m. morning received the dated Terre Haute, president of a Lenigh Valley situ: Mr. Hannahan thi: following dispatch, 1 from Eugene F American k y Union: “Have been from the city, and absent learned the cause of the strike involved. Manager Voorhees re history of the kind that name infamous since the! Buffalo outrages upon the switchmen, the men do not stand solidly tog | resist his autocratic encr they | will know what it is to hear the crack and feel the sting of a heartless master’s | From the depth of my hi your colleagues succ for you are against in this contest the freeman fr. s will not stand by the strikers on the Lehigh Valley, is to- tally destitute of pri or manliness, and unfit to c je of American citizen. In heart and soul and conscience 1am with you to a finish.” ~ YAQUI INDIANS. | If} her to| JOINED BY Mexican Insurgents Gaining Strength ns DEMI Nov. —Reports are current that theYaqui Indians of the north- ern portion of Chihuahua have joined the M. for the rumor. The Indians are very bit- miss an opportunity to revolt when there is any chance for succe: The Mexican troops will reach the scene during the present week and it is almost that a battle will take place. The! determined to slaughter thinking that a decisive vic- | add hundreds of recruits to their | ranks. Everything is qu the United States a tary effect. on this side and appa on the American side, : s hav- hiz- aiding the their move- e encamped in | rande country h it will be almost impossible for | he troops to dislodge them. They are well equipped for a winter campaign. — Returned 4 Alberto Minello, a Swiss immigrant who landed at New York, returned . on the ground that he came to this under cont with his brother, ives in California. The Swiss minister | rebel ments. the ome. who became interested in the case. | Palmer & Ce committee to aid in the consideration of the question of an income tax. One of the propositions now advanced, and which is receiving some consideration, is to make a separate issue of the income tax plan, detaching it entirely from the tar- iff bill and incorporating it in a separate bill to be reported from the ways and means committee. This plan is said to have some advocates, while others maintain that the income tax, if it is decided upon, should be incorporated in the tariff bill and made @ part and parcel of the democratic policy of raising revenue, It was said today that there is a possi- bility of the President submitting a special message to Congress upon the income tax proposition, It is reported, however, that the President is still undecided about the policy to be pursued in this matter, and is not ready at this time to take any pro- nounced stand in the premises. The Latest Sugar Proposition. The latest proposition regarding the sugar schedule and the one likely to be adopted is to make the duty ad valorem instead of specific. The rate will probably be 25 per cent, which will amount to one-half a cent @ pound on two-cent sugar, and one cent a pound on fine sugar worth four cents. The advocates of the ad valorem system claim that it will prevent any inequality and in- justice in the levying of the duty on dif- ferent grades of sugar, and put an end to the puzzling questions of classification which have arisen under former tariffs, and led to repeated charges of fraud at New York and other of the more promi- nent eastern commercial centers. It is also argued that it will impose the same rate of tax on the sugar of the poor as on that of the rich, instead of a constantly rising rate, which results from the specific duty, as the sugar grows poorer in quality. The revenues under this duty will be about $50,000,000 a year, without, It is be- lieved, increasing the cost of the article to the consumer. ARATION For the Outrage on an Unoffending Chinaman in the South, The details of the outrage perpetrated on an unoffending Chinaman on the border of North Carolina and \esisee aq Inid be- fore the State Department by Mr. Yang Yu, the Chinese minister. disclose such indefens- ible brutality that it is probable immediate reparation will be tendered by the United States to the Chinese government. Several weeks ago Ling Gun, a Chinaman engaged in the laudry business with a fellow celes- tial at Asheville, N. C., withdrew his share of their joint capital, amounting to about 250, and started for Johnson City, Tenn., to enter into business for himself there. He went directly to Paint Rock, the con- necting point of the Richmond and Danville and East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia railrdads, which is on the line between North Carolina and Tennessee, and there he left the train, it is said. on account of the inability of the conductor to under- stand what he wanted in regard to his train fare. A few days later Mr. D. W. Allen, a citizen living in that vicinity, wrote to the mayor of Asheville that the Chinaman had been seen in the woods there. and that he | had been beaten and was almost nude and appeared to be in a demented condition, He was wild, apparently, and would flee from those who tried to approach him. Morris of that section had been seen beat- ing the Chinaman with an ax. stones, etc., after robbing him of his money, and that they had then set some dogs on him who tore his flesh fearfull He could not speak or understand English. It is the general opinion of the people in that neigh- borhood that he wandered off into the mountains or into some dense thicket and there died fr sheer exhaustion and pain, or that he was hunted up by his brutal as- sailants and iinished and his bedy sunk in the French Broad river. Ward and Morris and another man suspected of complicity have been arrested and are in jail, while search is being made for the body. wines Sed ane ANOTHER BIG VESSEL Is Now Ready to Be Added to Our Growing Navy. The Navy Department has been informed that the cruiser Marblehead, sister ship to the Detroit and Montgomery, is ready for her official trial. A naval board will be ap- pointed in a few days to determine by a practical test whether she meets her con- tract requirements. It is expected that she will be tried in the open sea early next month. The Marblehead was taken out to sea for a short spin Tues Those who made ‘the trip were Commander Charles | O'Neill, the vessel’s future commander Lieut. Commander Bowman and Chief En- gineer Kearney, who are also assigned to the vessel; Chief Engineer Cleasmar, Passed Assistant Engineer Carr, N. F. Palmer of the engine builers, and Aller- ton Loring of Boston, representing the con- structors, Marblehead went out about twenty miles past Sandy Hook, and there was no hitch of any kind. No estimates of speed were made. The Marblehead is now | at her dock in New York and will remain there until she starts out for her official trial of speed, which, it is supposed, will take place over the usual course in ‘Long island sound, near New London. ——+ e+__. NO SLAP AT MART In the Removal of the Post Kansas City. The statement from Topeka, Kansas, to the effect that the removal yesterday of ter at Posimaster Thorras and the appointment | of A. J. Arnold was regarded there as a “slap at Senator Martin, because of his opposition to the administration's financial | policy, is disavowed by the department offi- cials. Postmaster Thomas was removed, it is said, solely because of questionable con- duct in regard to the removal of a large number of clerks and carriers, Senato> artin was sume time ago notified of the intention of the department to remove Thomas and Arnold was one of the men whom Martin suggested as Thomas’ succes- sor. Yesterday's action was taken soiely for the good of the service, and it will be adhered to. Orders. Assistant Surgeon M. W. Barnum has been detached from the Richmond and or- dered to the Kearsarge. Assistant Surgeon M. R. Pigoot is transferred from the K sarge to the Richmond. Surgeon A. F. Ma- gruder has been examined by a medical board and granted sick leave. It was | known that two fellows named Ward and | INSURGENT MONITOR SUNK. One of Mello's Fighting Machines Goes to , the Bottom. Heavy Fighting Reported at Rio—A Dispatch From Capt. Picking—An important Loss to Insurgents, Interest in the Brazilian situation was in- tensified here today by reports of an im- portant engagement between the contend- ing forces at Rio, with disastrous effect on both sides. The following brief cablegram was receiv- ed by Acting Secretary McAdoo last night: RIO, November 22. Secretary Navy, Washington, D. C.: Monitor Javary just sunk by gun Brazilian fort, (Signed) PICKING. The Javary, although disabled, has been of great service to Admiral Mello, because of her heavy armor and guns. She was designed for a speed of 11.2 knots, but it is understood that owing to the disablement of her machinery it was necessary to tow her about the harbor with a tug. In this way she was used effectively as a floating battery, but of course it was difficult for her to so maneuver as to escape severe pun- ishment at times from the heavy Krupp guns in the loyal forts. From the meager statement of fact contained in the cable- gram it is supposed that her sinking was the result of an accidental shot, probably a shell finding its way through a weak spot and bursting in the interior, rather than as the outcome of a severe and prolonged at- tack upon her. The Javary was an fron monitor, |feet long, 58 beam and displacing 3,700 tons. She had an armor belt of twelve inches in thickness, and her turrets were thirteen inches thick, the armor backed by nine and three-quarter inches of oak. She was a twin-screw vessel, drawing eleven feet five inches uf water, and ot horse power. She had en antiquated but very powerful battery for a ship of her size, made up of four ten-inch Whitworth muz- zle-loading rifles, six five-inch breech-load- ing rifles and five machine guns. The fact that Capt. Picking makes no mention of the fall of Fort Lage, which is reported in the morning dispatches, leads naval officers to doubt the story. ee ens AWARDED AT THE WORLD'S FAIR. Exhibitors the Ethnological Sec- tlon Who Will Receive Parchments, A list of the awards in the department of ethnology of the world’s fair has been re- ceived In this city, showing the following of local interest: Mrs. Virginia M. Wilson of Washington, collection of laces; James B. McGuire of |Indiana, portrait of Americus Vespucci; Peabody Museum of Archacology, Massa- chusetts, archaeological collection; Ameri- |can Museum of Natural History, New York, plans and views; Bureau of American Re- publics, Washington, Columbian historical objects, Americans, and relief map showing line of inter-continental railway; Albert Rosenthal, portraits of members of Continental Co: gress; G. Browne Goode, Washington, map of places in United States named after Co- lumbus; Lieut. Roger Welles, jr., U. 8. N., Orinoco ethnology; Lieut. R. E. Peary, U. S. N., North Greenland ethnology; Ernest Volk, New Jersey, skeleton in reconstructed grave; Stuart Culin, Pennsylvatita,” printed books; A. R. Tisdale, Illinois, Afa- levit_ and Micmac Indian ethnology; Lieut. W. E. Safford, Jiveros and Japeros gar- ments; ‘Sheldon Jackson, Alaska, Alaskan ethnology; W. K. Moorehead, Illinois, Ohio ; Lieut. F. A. Sawyer, Amazon garments; D. W. Bertolette, Illinois, Upper Paraguay ethnology; the state of New York,lroquois village of bark; state of Ohio, maps and drawings, state of Nevada, fossil fcot prints; state of New Jersey, colonial exhibit; state of Pennsylvania, natural his- torical collection; State Historical Society of Wisconsin, copper implements; state of Del- aware, colonial exhibit; state of Maryland, colonial exhibit; state of Rhode Island, co- lonial exhibit; state of Massachusetts, co- }tonial exhibit; city of Philadelphia, por- traits, liberty bell, &c.; United States Na- tional Museum, model of Pueblo of Ma- |shongravi, Arizona, ethnological exhibit, &c.; Marcus Benjamin, Washington, por- |traits of members National Academy of Sciences; A. R. Spofford, librarian of Con- gress, books, maps, charts, &c.; State De- partment, historical objects, papers and | personal relics; the Numismatic and Anti- quarian Society of Philadelphia, collection of medals; Tiffany & Co., New York, ar- chaeological collection; George Kunz, New York, precious stones with folk lore signifi- ‘eations; W. E. Curtis, Washington, exhibit in “La Rabida,” illustrating time of Co- lumbus; University of Pennsylvania, his- torical exhibit and miscellaneous collec- tion; Drs. Billings, District of Columbia, jand Bowditch, Massachusetts, composite photography; Prof. Starr, Ilinois, photos of North American Indians; Frank H. Cushing, Washington, Zuni games; Au- of |gustus G. Heaton, Washington, historical | picture; Cora K. Curtis, Washington, porce- lain bust of Columbus; Francis Washington, portrait ¥ | A. Ober, Massachusett: |G. F, Emmons, U. s. siz Association, photographs; Lieut. Alaska entomolo- New York, various 0 jrocks, C. V. Riley, Washington, coliection of insects | —+- + | COMPELLING TESTIMONY. Need for New Regulations for Naval and Army Courts. One of the topics considered ir the an- nual repozt of the Secretary of the Navy is the necessity of legislation requiring civilian witnesses to testify before naval courts. Under existing statutes governing procedure in raval courts-martial and courts of inquiry civilians are not required to answer the subpoena of the judge advo- cate of the court. It frequently happens that important witnesses for the govern- ment whose testimony before a naval |court is essential to the proper administra- tion of justice, are civilians, whose attenu- jance cannot be enforced. By simply de- |clining to appear they have embarrassed |and practically nullified the proceedings of naval courts investigating frauds against the government, proof of which could not be established except upon their evidence. Congress has conferred on the army the right to compel the attendance of civillan witnesses before military courts, but has | failed to provide a penalty for their refusal to testify. Judge Advocate General Lemly has recommended that Congress be request- |ed to take such action as may be necessary of inquiry to summon that the administration of justice may not be defeated. Inasmuch as it would be idle, he says, to compel merely the attendance of witne: who might, after their appear- ance in ccurt, refuse to testify he further recommends that naval courts-martial and courts of inquiry be empowered to punish such witnesses for contempt, in case they refuse to testify. It is understood that Sec- retary Herbert has indorsed these views, and has recommended the enactment of legislation to meet the case. A statement has been prepared by the director of the mint showing that from | the date the Sherman act took effect, Au- 13, Su to the date of its repeal, No- . the amount purchased was . tine ounces, costing $155,930, the average cost per ounce being | $0.9244. The present market price is about seventy cents per ounce. manners and customs of Latin | Chinese, lof their pistol: |hundred dollars’ worth. CONDITION SERIOUS. Willis Washington, the Victim of Officer Terry’s Pistol. THE VANDAL BURGLARS RESTING. A Woman Imitator is Held for the Grand Jury. ROBBERIES LATELY REPORTED The shooting of Willis Washington, color- ed, by Policeman Terry at an early hour yesterday morning was the chief topic of conversation in the police stations last night. The matter was also discussed among the citizens, and while many persons deplored the affair, there were also many who were not slow in condema@ing the action of the officer, and asserting that the case should be treated like any other shooting. The question of justification will of course be determined when the case reaches the courts. In event of the victim’s death, the coro- ner’s jury will have to pass upon the cause, and whatever may be their finding, the grand jury will take a hand in the case. In the first place, no one questions the res- pectability of the victim, nor his right to be upon the street,at the early hour in the morning that the affair happened. That he was on his way to work is not disputed. On the other hand, the policemen were in citizens’ clothes, and Washington had no means of telling whether they were citizens about to assault him or whether, as he supposed, they were doctors. Thinking as he did, he ran in the direction of his home, and would have reached there in less than two minutes’ time had not the bullet from the policeman’s pistol laid him low. The officer's partner, Policeman Steur- mann, did not shoot and he told a Star re- porter yesterday that he thought the case looked bad for his brother officer. As stated in yesterday's Star Officer Terry was re- quired to remain at the station virtually under arrest, although his name was not put on the blotter as being charged with any offense. Later in the day he was sus- nded from duty, pending the outcome of The affair. As stated yesterday, Officer Terry was tried only a few weeks ago on a charge of using his pistol while in pw suit of a colored man charged with a mis- demeanor, and Judge Miller held him guilty of the charge. In dealing with that case the judge laid down the law concerning the use of the pistol by policemen and com- mented on the case in question. He gave the officer a warning and said he hoped that others would also profit by what he said. When Major Dye was chief of police he issued an order to the members of the de- partment cailing their attention to the use The order was intended to serve as a warning against the improper use of the weapons, and not many months ago Major Moore issued an order calling | issued the attention of the officers to that i by Major Dye. Pitiable Condition, Willis Washington, the victim of the por liceman, is in a pitiable condition. He is suffering intense pain and when the doc- tersrremeh his bedside he invariably pleads th them to do something for him to ré- lieve his suffering. Dr. Kerr, assisted by Drs. Pyle and Sillers, performed an opera- tlon yesterday and discovered that the bul- let had been split by coming in contact with the spinal column. They succeeded in finding a piece of the lead, but owing to the patient's condition they did not tempt to find the larger piece. The patient stood the operation well and seemed much stronger than the physicians had anticipated when they had finished. Warrants Sworn Out. Washington's brothers visited him at the | hospital yesterday and expressed their in. dignation at the action of the officer. They called upon Lawyer E. M. Hewlett, who is also a justice of the peace. This morning the latter went to the hospital, where the wound- ed man swore to a warrant charging the officer with assault and battery with intent to kill, The warrant was turned over to the police department and the officer will probably appear in court this afternoon or tomorrow and give bail. ¥ Servant Girl Held. During September last the house of Mr. | Wm. P. Vandergrift, 511 Ist street north- east, was entered during the daytime and about $60 in money, a watch, a diamond ring and a quantity of other jewelry were taken. The loss of the things was discover- ed by the colored servant girl, Fannie Mil- burn. Upon an investigation of the affair by the detectives, it was intimated to the family that the girl was responsible, but the idea was scouted at by Mr. and Mrs. Van- gergrift, and the matter was allowed to rest for a while. Subsequently other articles were missed from the house, and a few days ago the girl was detected in the act of stealing provisions from the house, and her arrest was determined upon, the girl mean- time having left the employ of the family. Yesterday Officer H. P. Barney of the ninth precinct arrested the girl, and after locking her up, searched her house in Click’s alley, between 6th and 7th and R and 5S streets northwest. All the stuff stolen from the Vandergrift family was discovered there, excepting the money, and also a consider- able jot of other goods, mostly silverware and plated stuff, amounting in all to several The unclaimed stuff, including spoons, forks, knives, a water pitcher, two porcelain-lined dishes, mugs, sirup and milk pitchers and simi- lar goods were taken possession of. One spoon is marked “J. C. P.,” another “H.,” and the dishes bear the name of “The John Shillito Co.," makers. The goods are held at police headquarters for identification. Fannie was given a hearing in ,Judge Miller's court this morning, on a charge of grand larceny. She was held in $1,000 real estate security to await the action of the grand jury. Her husband was charged with receiving stolen goods and he too was held under $1,000 bond for the action of the grand jury. The Sia: “Jack the Slasher” has not been heard from for several nights, and the police hope that he has either left the city or that he is behind the bars, where he is forced to quit operations. Since the recovery of the clothing left at one place by the myster- jous burglar the officers have made a thorough investigation concerning their to enable naval courts-martial and courts | ownership, but nothing yet has developed. civilian witnesses |The trousers were made at the establish- whose testimony may be required In order | ment of a 7th street tailor, and from him the officers obtained as nearly as possible the names of persons for whom such cloth- ing had been made. Some of the clothing was made as far back as 1SW, but the of- ficers traced them back to colored persons to whom they had been given, and in two instances they even found the old suits. This part of the investigation was made by Detective Boyd and Officer Horne, who served as a member of the detective ‘corps for several years. The action of the mysterious vandal who has caused such a wholesale scare through- out the city recalls the action of John Jack- son, the “Ghost Burglar,” who operated here five years ago. His conduct in some respects was similar to the slashing done | here during the past month. He was cap- tured by Detective Boyd after he had shot and rious wounded Policeman She- han. Jackson is now serving twenty years. Although the “Slasher” has not appeared for several nights the female residents of the city are by no means over their scare and nervousness. Almost every night the tooting of whistles call policemen to resi- TWO CENTS. dences, and: in many instances the officers were requested to spend the remainder of the night in or around the house, but such requests are not granted, owing to the limited number of officers. Police whistles have been in great demand recently, as have revolvers, burglar alarms and other safeguards. It is stated that many citizens who are obliged to be out late at night carry revolvers, and this fact was demonstrated the other night, when an offi- | cer in citizens’ clothes stopped a citizen. | The latter was making his way from the! house of a friend and the policeman evi-| dently thought he was only about the door, or windows. When the citizen started out the policeman appeared, gave his order to “halt” and asked “who are you?” | “And who are you?” was the citizen's) quick response, pointing his revolver at the| ee m= “I am an officer,” the latter respond showing his badge. sit Explanations were made and further trouble was avoided. Throughout ihe city persons are taking all sorts of precautionary measures against the possible invasion of their homes by “Jack the Slasher.” Chairs, washstands/ and other pieces of household furniture are piled against doors and windows, and in many homes “Jack” would have things his own way on the lower floor while the occupants have themselves imprisoned in their bed chambers. Silver ware and valuables of all kinds are taken from the lower parts of the houses and put under beds and behind other ar- ticles of furniture. Many persons have been employed to watch dwellings, the| number of private watchmen having in-| creased several fold since the first appear- ance of the vandal. During the past few weeks Maj. Moore has received numerous letters from per- sons who want permits to carry weapons, but that is not in his power. Such per- mission can only be granted by the Police Court, and the law on the subject explains how it may be done. What makes the investigation to the po- lice a difficult task is the fact that, with the exception of the old clothing, there has been no possible clue left by the burglars. Very little property has taken from any of the houses, and none of it has been disposed cf, so far as the officers have been able to ascertain. Many arrests have been made during the investigation, but most of the persons ar- rested have been released. Takoma Visited. The stable of Mr. S. S. Shedd at Takoma Park was yesterday broken into and some clothing of his hired man, George Bowman, was stolen, including an overcoat, five pairs of trousers, a lot of shoes, some shirts, and $3 in money. The report of the robbery gave rise to a rumor that the Slasher had again visited the place, but on investiga- tion developed the fact that such was not the case. Another itator. Some person last night entered the slaugh- ter house of Mr. George Wells on the Con- duit road near the distributing reservoir, and cut into mincemeat the four quarters of a beef that had just been prepared for market. The deed is supposed to have been done by some imitator of Jack the Slasher. —_—__. IT WOULD MEAN CORRUPTION. | Congressman Hilborn on the Effect of Lilluokalant oration. PORTLAND, Me., Nov. 23.—Congressman Hilborn of California is in this city confined to his room at his hotel on account of se- vere illness that attacked him while on his return to Washington from a visit to his birthplace in Minot. Me. In an interview yesterday on Hawaiian affairs Mr. Hilborn said: ‘While I have not been in direct commu- ication with my constituents since the |latest phase in this perplexing question has been br about, still I think they will be very much surprised at the action of the present administration, Trade and com-| merce of Hawaii are so largely identified | with those of San Francisco, and the re- |lations of the two places are so close, that | |in our state we can hardly realize that | | Hawaii is a foreign government. Over 7s \per cent of the agricultural lands in the \islands is owned by Americans. and over per cent of her trade is with the United | States and very largely with San Francisco. | Thus you can readily see that our people | are exceedingly sensitive about anything relating to the Hawatian islands, and es-| pecially to its governmental policy: “The whole Hawaiian population own less than $200,000 worth of landed property on | the islands. I am now speaking from mem-_ ory, you understand. Now, it would seem that the Americans ought to be consulted in turning over the control of Hawaiian ffairs to this element, which owns so little | of the landed interests, at the same time disfranchising Americans, French, Eng- lish, Germans and other foreign residents, merchants and landowners. The Hawa- |llans are a fast disappearing people, conten: to live on other people's bounty, and it | | would be detrimental to the welfare of the islands to disfranchise those who are bring- | ing it into an era of prosperity.” ‘ongressman Hilborn, when reminded of | dispatches from his district to the effect | that a demand for the impeachment President Cleveland was received with ac- clamation by his constituents, said: “That |statement, of which I know nothing save | jWhat I have gleaned from the papers, i | very significant of a very excited condition | of affairs in California. The statement, I believe, was suggested in the columns of the San Francisco Examiner, the leading democratic organ df our state. Now, Examiner, for some time, has been’ vio- lently opposed to the President. |ple of the Pacific coast were offended a! President Cleveland for not enforcing the | Chinese restriction act, and the inference jis, perhaps, obvious. } |_,"The people in California are not an ex- lcitabie people, as eastern people would infer,” continued the Congressman, “and the demand of the great coast paper shoul not be taken as being an inflammatory | demand.” Though the California Cor gressman did not eapress himself openly, and though he expressed a wish that the great interna- tional question would soon be amicably | settled, with satisfaction to both countries, yet he said it was a palpable fact that |Commissioner Blount, nians have the greatest respect, was hood. winked in a certain degree in ‘his estim: {tion of the queen and that the wool was completely pulled over his eyes through |the emissaries of this crafty woman. } “It seems apparent to the people of Cali- |fornia, and especially of San Francisco, |whose business men travel back and forth | between San Francisco and Honolulu, that the restitution of the queen means a reign of corruptive Influence, dominated by the lottery and opium traffic, which for a time | | might swell the funds of the native govern. | |ment, but which must, sooner or later, re. |sult in a complete dissolution of the native jpower. The Hawaiian Islands needs | | guardian and California: | ns think 5 | )Sam could fill the bill.” area | oe THE REVOLUTION OVER. The Mexican Uprising Was Merely a Local Affair. Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, in-| formed Secretary Gresham yesterday that | jhe was satisfied that the recent alleged | jrevolution along the Mexican border is prac- tically at an end, a result to which the United States troops largely contributed. Senor Romero, in speaking of the latest uprising, says that it is the same sporadic | outbreak which has taken place about this season of the year for the past five years, and thdt the action of the Mexican govern- ment and the government of the United | States in severely punishing the leade-s and | followers of the outbreak of last December will prevent the present affair from recetv- jing many recruits. The latest advices are | that there ace twenty-five of the bandits on the American side of the river and about jsixty on the Mexican side. They are a mixture of outlaws and smugglers, whose |sole object is plunder, and whose talk of revolution is purely for effect. The govern- ment will put a stop to their marauding in | short order. | i | Will Not Resig | Mr. Logan Carlisle denies the report that was in circulation to the effect that he is about to resign the position of chief clerk of the Treasury Department, to be succeed- ed by an elder brother, ‘ i | majority, Am index to advertise. 5 ments will be found om / Page 3. STILL ARE WAITING For News of a Change in the Ha- waiian Government, A DELAY NOW OF THREE WEEKS Before It Can Be Known if Min- ister Willis Has Acted. MR. THURSTON’S THEORY. —_—o—. The tremendous news margin between this country and Hawaii is amply demon- strated by the fact that the news of report from Secretary Gresham to dent Cleveland favoring the the queen has probably not Honolulu. This report on the morning of Saturday, Stant, but the first news of of such a policy on the part istration was not sent away til the sailing of the Canadian steamer from Vancouver, B. C., ago today. This steamer carried rent newspapers and duplicates of Thurston's dispatches. The Monowai sailed from San the original dispatches from ister and the Secretary of mer should have reached and the latter tomorrow. So Alameda sailed from Honolulu, intimation of what has been here that could have been known contained in the imagination of Mr. and those to whom he may have imparted the secret of his instructions. Presuming that Mr. Willis knew when he sailed what the administration was proposing to do, he has been enjoying @ corner on the news all by himself over there. A Long Wait Now. Now comes the unfortunate part of the matter. Owing to the wreck of the Mio- He § 5 & | Pedpeicecs Ronee Be ratiatidil the administration. So there will be no developments except such as may come from this end for eigh- teen days, unless some enterprising indi- viduals charter a swift steamer to run out to the islands for the sake of the news there may be found there. As to Mr. Willis’ Instructions, The absence of any information from Hawaii tending toward a restoration strengthened the belief that existed today in the theory that Minister Willis either had no instructions to that effect at all, that the time has not come, or that he given discretion to act only in public sentiment in the islands w pear to warrant such a proceeding. State Department folks seem to ali interest in the whole matter, their public attitude goes, and nonchalant today when shown bulletin from San Francisco an that the flag of the was still floating when the Alameda Gresham went over to the House soon after the news came, but on a diplomatic errand. He merely to introduce some visitors to the dent. Mr. Thurston's Theory. ‘The Alameda brought no news from Min- ister Thurston important enough to be tele- graphed across the continent. He received his information today about the quiet of affairs in Honolulu from per men, who have kept him formed of the facts that come He thinks that there may be from Hawaii by way of Auckland, South Wales, or possibly from Japan, be- fore the next ship reaches San 2 This would bring the first intimation of how Mr. Gresham's letter was received, possibly four days ahead of the American mail. No Change of Policy. There is good authority, however, for the statement that the administration has not changed in the slightest degree its inten- tions respecting Hawaii and that it fully aed areeet ii TH ai | | intends to give effect to the suggestion of Secretary Gresham, based upon Mr.Blount’s findings of fact, that the queen should be restored to her throne, That no open move in this direction has been made by Minister Willis up to the 16th instant fs no matte? of surprise to the officials who are acquainted with the nature of his instructions, for it is understood that it was not contemplated to ct with unseemly haste in the matter. Not he faintest indication of the means by which the restoration was to be achieved c&an be gotten from any informed official source, so that the field left open to specu- lation is ample and the theories range from armed intervention by the naval forces to a plebiscitum, yielded by the provisional gov- ernment at the imperative instance of Min- ister Willis. 4 Popplar Disturbance Counted on. Midway between these extremes stands the suggestion that the administration counts upon a popular disturbance in Hon- olulu as the result of the public announce- ment of the wishes of President Cieveland. | Then it is suggested, under cover of the protection of American interests that may | be jeopardized by the unsettled condition of affairs, the naval forces would be landed and take up their posts about as they were stationed at the time of the revolution. This would restore the status quo ante bel- lum as nearly as practicable, without @ direct interference with the existing gov- ernment, and if the royalists were in the as Mr. Blount declared, they might proceed to replace their queen. This rather ingenious theory is based upon the supposition that the United States gov- ernment wishes the restoration to be ac- complished by the act of the Hawaiians themselves. oninnsintlipnnant American Flour ion Germany. In response to a demand for further in- | formation on the subject, Frank H. Magon, | consul general of the United States at Frankfort, Germany, has sent to the State Department a report showing how far ex- isting conditions favor a more extended sale of American flour in the German mar- w Te would soem probable, he state, that the lower and cheaper grades of American wheat and flour might prove more salable in that country than the higher quali — idding on Guns. The makers of the Hotchkiss and Driggs- Schroeder guns are the only bidders for supplying rapid-fire guns for the three new naval gunboats, bids for which were opened at the Navy Department yesterday. Ten six-pounders and eighteen one-pounders will be purchased. The Driggs Company made the lowest bid for the larger guns, and will probably get the contract for all of that caliber. For the one-pounders the bids were exactly the same, and the con- tract will probabiy be equally divided. oo Called on the President. Ex-Secretary Bristow end Mr. J. Pier- pont Morgan of New York secured an audi- ence with the President today. This was accomplished through the good offices of Secretary Gresham. He escorted them to the White House and introduced them to the President. The nature of their busi- ess was not divulged.