Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Paenioamae eter PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY- AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, en Avenne, corner 11th St., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 3. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Fore em do New York Office, 88 Potter Building. —__+—._ ‘THE EveNtxe Star is served to subscribers in the etty by carriers, their own sccount, at 10 cents week. or #40. per month. Copies at the connter conts sach. By mail—asnywhere in the United States oF Canada—postags rrepaid—s0 cents per moa SATURDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET STAR $1.00 per year: with ‘oreicn postage added, @3.00. se Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as second-class mail matter. ) $@-4)1 mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of a'vertisine aude know: on applications Che Zvening Star. Vor 83, No. 20,742. WASHINGTON, D. C WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1893—TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS THE LEHIGH STRIKE. Trains Being Moved at Jersey City Without Hindrance. THE WORKMEN PRACTICALLY BEATEN. They Hold Out Elsewhere Along the Line. LEADERS IN CONFERENCE. |! JERSEY CITY, Nov. 20.—The Lehigh | Valley Railroad Company has practically | won the battle which its employes have | “waged aginst it for two weeks. So far as this end of the line is concerned the strike is a thing of the past. Full pas- Senger train service is in operation very nearly on schedule time and freight is mov- ing without hindrance. Passenger trains were dispatched on time today and while @ome of the incoming trains were an hour late, others were but a few minutes behind schedule time. In the freight yards at Com- munipaw there was greater activity than at any time since the employes of the roal went out. Four freight trains and one coal train were received this morning and three full fretght trains wi sent out. Two brakemen deserted the strikers this morn- ing and were reinstated by Freight Agent Rundio. Mr. Rundio said that he has all the men he needs, and if the strikers apply for work he will give them any Diaces that are vacant, but he would not dismiss new men to make places for old employes. It is not probable that any of the men who have been active in the strike will be employed. The yards and tracks of the Lehigh Val- ley are still guarded by the regular Jersey City police and special freight trains. A Lively Experience. One of these squads of specials had a lively time bringing a freight train from Plainfield to Jersey City last night, ac- cording to Capt. Craig of the specials. He said that the non-union trainmen and the specials were stoned by Jersey Central trainmen and one of the specials was com- pletely knocked out. This man les in an empty freight car today with his head bound up and is too badly injured to go to his home. His name is withheld, as the man does not wish to alarm his family. The freight train passed through Bliza- beth at 8:3v last evening and was run on a siding near the Singer sewing machine factory. While there the men on the freight train were hit with large pieces of coal thrown by the engineer and fireman of a Jersey Central drill engine. At the bridge across Newark bay a cou- pling pin on the train broke. and while the crew were delayed by that they were stoned by the men on all the Jersey Cen- tral freight trains which passed. At 10 o'clock the train left the bridge and when near Bayonne the iniector of the engine Save out and the train came to a standstill. While there coal and broken stone used to ballast the road was thrown by Jersey Cen- tral trainmen, and the special who was knocked out was hit in the head and about the bodv. The conductor and pilot of the train Jeft it and walked to the Bavanhe station in_ order to telegraph Jersey City for an- other There was a big crowd at the station and the specials had to force a pass- age with their clubs: - ~ price: The operator at first refused to send the message, but finally did so. He wrote the reply in an illegible hand. The train was delayed four hours at Bayonne, and the men on it were kept under a running fire of stones and coal from drill engines and other freight trains. The engineer claims that a fireman of a passing Jersey Central train threw a shovelful of coal at him from the cab window. The train finally got into Jersey City at 3:30 this morning, with one man badly injured and all hands pretty well used up. John Bryant, who was injured by strikers or their friends last week, ts still at St. Francis’ Hospital. It is thought that he will be out Inside of a week. It was learned today that fecal nae special policeman has been incapacitat y strikers. He was sent home and the affair was kept quiet in the hope of discovering who his assailants were. The Philadelphia Conference. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Nov. 29.—The con- ference between the brotherhood officials and the chairmen of the respective organi- zations on the Lehigh Valley road, which began at 10:30 o’clock last night at the Bingham House, did not end until 2 o'clock this morning. What the outcome is is prob- Tematical. Chairman Clark at 19 o’clock this morn- ing refused to say what had been accom- plished and was equally positive in refus- ing to divulge the nature of the matters discussed. He did say, however, that the entire situation was gone over and that if there should be any chance for the trouble to be amicably adjusted, the leaders would accept it. He would not admit that the strikers were weakening, but was not pre- = to say just what the situation today It is evident that the grievance committee, which comprises the chairman of the Le- high Valley employes, and the brotherhood chiefs, are awaiting the results of the ef- forts of the New York and New Jersey boards of arbitration, to settle the strike, before taking any further action. They vorably regard the action of President ‘Wilber in agreeing to meet the joint arbi- tration board today at Bethlehem. Said Chairman Clark: “We have placed our side of the case in its entirety before the New York and New Jersey arbitrators, end, if hearing the company’s state- Ment they see a middle ground and make = 2 ition to us, it will be duly con- Other conferences will badl; Poo mes probably be held Arbitrators in Conference. BETHLEHEM, Pa., Nov. 20—The New ‘York and New Jersey arbitration boards left their hotel here at 12 o'clock and met President Wilbur in private conference in the Lehigh Valley Company's office. Chairman Clark Misquoted. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 29.—A dispatch to the United Press from Bethlehem says: “The Bethlehem Times learns on the best guthority that Chairman Clark said today that the strike would be declared off within ftwenty-four hours.” A copy of this dispatch was shown to Clark at the Birgham House here at | o'clock this afterroon and he at once in a passiorate manner that he had made no such statement nor any state- ment which could be given such a construc- tion. He, however, to er dis- @uss the subject. ituation Serious at Wilkesbarre. WI Pa, Nov. 29.—The Strike situation again here this morning | assumed @ serious phase. The depot plat- | form was crowded with idlers and some loud threats were heard. The change in| affairs was brought about by the placing of | @ large number of coal and iron police in| the freight yard. Under their protection the company is now making use of every mon-union hand and will make a desperate @ffort to clear the yard of freight. As soon | @s it became rumored around that the coal gad iron police were in possession of the | yard the idlers made for the yards. It! ‘would not take much now to create a riot. | strikers here are anxiously await- ing the outcome of the conference at Phil- adelphia in which the grievance commit- tee from here are taking an active part. Up to noon today the strikers showed no signs of weakening. Many trous wrecks took place on the foad late last night. Two occurred at White Haven, two near Pittston, one at South Wilkesbarre and two at eton. No lives were lost, but the damage to the company’s property will be heavy. At 11 o'clock this morning the force of coal and iron policemen in the yards was reinforced by the arrival of a large number of additional officers. distribute the new arrivals between White Haven and Coaxton. The round house here, where the company houses its valuable en- gines, is under the protection of a force of officials. The railroad officials refuse to give any information in connection with the policy previously agreed upon. Nevertheless, it is a well-known fact that but little coal and freight is being moved on the Wyoming dl- vision, and the tie-up seems as complete as yesterday. Wanted Protection From Strikers. ALLENTOWN, Pa., Nov. 20.—A “green” engineer of a coal train on the Lehigh Val- ley railroad applied here for police protec- tion last night. He claimed that five armed strikers boarded his engine at Packerton, pulled coupling pins and drawheads, and finally, in Allentown, entered his cab and drove him from the engine. His story was not believed. The broken couplings are said to be due to the engineer’s incompetency. —_ PARA AND PEIXOTO. A Report Not Credited at the Brasilian Legation Here. The report that the state of Para had joined the revolutionary forces in Brazil is not credited at the Brazilian legation in this city. Senhor Merdonca, the Brazilian minister, said yesterday that dispatches he had received from his government made no mention of the defection of Para, and if such had been the case, he would cer- tainly have been notified. Senhor Mendonca was asked whether or not there was any- thing in the political condition of affairs in Para that would lead him to belleve such @ movement in that state probable. He said: “On the contrary, the republican sentiment in Para, indicated by the terms of the congratulatory dispatch from the governor to President Peixoto at his in- auguration, is stronger than that of any other state in Brazil. On that occasion the governor, Dr. Lauro Sodre, telegraphed to Peixoto: ‘If you fall I fall with you. I had teen engaged in the propagation of republican interests in Brazil.’ “Dr. Lauro Sodre,” continued the min- ister, “was the private secretary of one of the members of the first cabinet of the re- public, and for many years prior thereto had been engaged in the propogation of republican doctrines throughout the coun- try, so that I cannot believe that a move- ment in favor of the restoration of the monarchy has taken place in that state." SSeS THE HALF HOLIDAY. Only the Treasury and Interior De- partment Employes Got It. There was a decided lack of uniformity in the matter of closing the executive de- partments today. The employes of the Treasury and Interior Departments were more favored than those in the other de- partments. These two departments closed at 1 o'clock. All the other departments re- mained open for business until 4 o'clock, the usual hour of closing. Secretaries Gresham, Lamont and Herbert were re- quested to follow the evample set by the two larger departments, but they positive- ly declined to do so, on the ground that there was no authority of law for such ac- tion. It has been an almost unbroken prac- tice for the departments to close at noon on the days preceding legal holidays, and the last democratic administration was no exception to the rule. It was said at the Treasury Department this afternoon that the department was open for business as usual, but that all the clerks that could be | spared had been excused at 1 o'clock. The number of these was--exceedingly large, and included practically all the clerks with very few exceptions. Herbert wanted to excuse the clerks of the Navy Department at noon, and had prepared an order to that effect, but would not issue it when he heard that some of the other cabinet officers questioned their legal right to take such action. —_———__+ e+_____ City Post Office. The divisions of the main office of the + ~* nost\office will be closed to the public - ‘sday: Money order division; registr ‘on, Carriers’ windows at maint al open from 6 to 7 p. m. Adel _ & glirriers will be made at 7 a. m. for entire city will be made at4 and 5 p.m. County collections will at 8 a. m. and 5 p. m. The following stations will be open to the public for the transaction of business as follows: East Capitol Station 6 to 1: Georgetwn Station 6 to 1 6 tol 7 to 10 1 a.m. 5 to 7 p.m. lam. 5 to7 p.m. 1am. 5 to7 p.m. a.m. Promotions to Follow. The appointment of Col. E. S. Otis, twen- tieth infantry, to be brigadier general will cause the promotion of the following named officers to the next higher grade: Lieut. Col. William H. Penrose, sixth in- fantry; Maj. Edwin M. Coates, nineteenth infantry; Capt. Clarence E. Bennett, seven- teenth infantry; First Lieut. Charles St. J. Chubb, seventeenth infantry, and Second Lieut. Arthur Johnson, eleventh infantry. = Plend Guilty. Secretary Carlisie has been informed by wire from Portland, Ore. that Blum, Sweeny, Jacklin, Patterson, Berg and Garthorne, who were indicted for con- spiracy with ex-Collector of Customs Lotan, ex-Special Agent Muikoy and eight others in the opium smuggling cases, have plead guilty to the first indictment. Ex-Special Agent Mulkoy has again been indicted on eighteen counts. About twenty persons are now under indictment. It is said that Brighton, one of the smugglers, who was sentenced for six months, cut his throat in Jail. +e +--—_—_—_ His Term Expire The term of Commodore F. M. Ramsay as chief of the naval bureau of navigation will expire on the 16th prox., and the gen- eral expectation among his brother officers is that he will be reappointed. He will, however, reach the grade of rear admiral early in the spring by the retirement of Admiral Benham, and will probably be given an important sea command. There is a strong impression that Capt. Robley Evans, naval secretary of the light house board, will succeed Commodore Ramsay as the chief of the navigation bureau. ———— Army Orders. Capt.A.S.M. Morgan, ordnance storekeeper, has been reported by an army retiring board incapacitated for active service and has been granted leave of absence until further orders. The leave of absence of Capt. J. B. John- son, third cavalry, has been extended fifteen days. ————__+ e Mainly Visionary. A telegram received at the War Depart- ment this morning from Brigadier General Wheaton, commanding the military depart- ment of Texas, confirms the belief that the alleged Mexican revolutionary trouble was more visionary than real. Gen. Wheaton Says it is quite certain and is admitted by the Mexican authorities that no parties of armed men had crossed to Mexico from the | American side. ———$$___—__+6+4____. The Thanksgiving Star. The Evening Star will be issued tomor- row, Thanksgiving day, as usual, and fur- nish its readers with full and interesting re- | ports of the general news, as well as the special events of the day. ae Smith’s Report. The annual report of the Secretary of the Interior will be formally released for publi- cation on Friday afternoon. The corrected proof is now in the hands of the printer. The company will | A SAMOAN INQUIRY. Officially Investigating the Conduct of Lieut, Davenport. DID HE ABANDON THE NIPSIC? The Outline of Procedure Deter- mined at Today's Session. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS. The naval court of inquiry ordered by Secretary Herbert to investigate the con- |duct of Lieut. R. G. Davenport at the | Wreck of the U. S. 8. Nipsic in the Samoan cyclone in March, 1889, met at the navy yard at noon today. The court is composed of Capt. F. B. McNair, president; Com- mander Chas. H. Davis and Lieut. Com- mander Richard Rush, with First Lieut. Chas. H. Laucheimer, marine corps, as judge advocate. Lieut. Richard Wain- wright was recognized as Lieut. Daven- port’s counsel. The court decided to sit with open doors. The sessions were held in the large room in the civil engineer's office, where the court of inquiry upon the wreck of the steamer Despatch was held. As Lieut. Commander Rush had an engage- ment with the House committee on appro-- priations at 1:30 the first session was not very long nor very interesting. The Method of Procedure Settled. When the formalities of organization were concluded, Lieut. Wainwright read a brief statement in regard to the method of pro- cedure. He argued that it would be more expeditious for the court to call first such witnesses as might prove the identity of the people who have anonymously circulat- ed reports about his client's conduct ever since the cyclone. In this way the court would be brought face to face with the charges, their authors, and the denials of Lieut. Davenport. This would prevent sur- prises. The judge aavocate objected, and contended that the better method would be to examine into Lieut. Davenport's conduct from the beginning of the period covered by the precept of the court. Then the accusa- tions could be developed and met. The court was cleared for deliberation, and when the doors were opened it was an- nounced that the plan proposed by the judge advocate would be followed. Then the court adjourned until 10:30 o'clock Fri- day morning, when Lieut. Hawley, who was attached to the Nipsic at the time of the disaster, will be examined. The First Court of Honor. This is the first “court of honor” that has ever been held in the history of the navy. The only precedent for it ts the court that investigated the ccnduct of Gen. Warren, who was suspended from duty on the field by Gen. Sheridan. Years after the event he applied for a court, which investigated all the circumstances. In the present in- stance there has been a lapse of four and a half years, and Lieut. Davenport has in the meantime suffered nothing but the annoy- ance of being made the subject of uncompli- mentary rumors. He claims that it through his endeavors bey ah sro ° which he was navigates, wreck. He has also contended that the only coolheaded man on the beach after the landing, and contributed to the general safety and comfort of the ship’s company by his management. The rumors that have been circulated have tended to cast doubt upon this claim and have mostly been to the effect that the lieutenant, instead of sticking by the ship, and swim for safety. There has been a good deal of ill feeling developed, but no charges have ever been made on either side. Lieut. Wainwright said this morning that it was probable there would be some highly entertaining testimony taken and “some one may get hurt.” The inquiry covers a period of two months, including the time of the cyclone, and until the Nipsic left Apia. Lieut. Davenport desired that it should cov-y the entire three years of the cruise of the Nipsic, but this Secretary Herbert refused to grant. SHE IS TOP-HEAVY. Faults in The recent inspection of the gunboat Machias shows, as was briefly stated in yesterday's Star, that her top-heavy condi- tion is more serious than was at first sup- posed. It is said now that the metacentric height of the cruiser is only three inches, and that her stability is much less than at first stated. It is believed all of her five- inch side armor will be removed and her battery probably lightened to bring the ship to a proper stiffness. Tons of cement will have to be placed in her bottom and some of the weights shifted to bring her meta center to the proper point. The efficiency of the ship will be seriously af- fected. The removal of her side armor will tend to lessen her draft, but this will be overcome by the cement in her bottom. As she has no double bottom, the usual resort in cases of “crankiness” of filling them with Water cannot be adopted in the case, of the Machias. ~ + @+ -_-__ NEW CHIEF CLERK, eretary Herbert Appoints Mr. Ben- jamin Micou to the Position, Secretary Herbert has appointed Mr. Ben- jamin Micou of Anniston, Ala., chief clerk of the Navy Department, vice Mr. John W. Hogg, deceased. The selection causes some surprise at the department, the general ex- pectation having been that the office would be filled by promotion. The office is not in the classified service. Nevertheless, it was thought that the principles of civil service reform would be followed in the appoint- ment. Mr. Micou, the new chief clerk, is Secretary Herbert's son-in-law. He is a young lawyer and is said to be a good busi- ness man. He has had no experience in government business affairs, however, and it will take nim some time to master the technical details of the extensive operations of the naval establishment. oo Model Repairer Examination. There will be an examination given at the rooms of the United States civil service commission on December 19, commencing at 9 a.m., for the position of model attend- ant, or model repairer, in the United States patent office. The subjects of the examina- tion will be orthography, penmanship, copy- ing, arithmetic and practical questions pe-- taining to the duties of the position. The jast subject will count in weight as more than one-half of dents of the District of Columbia will be admitted, but will not be certified if there are eligibles from outside the District. —_—__—_§+@+— Postal Arrests. The Post Office Department is notified of the following arrests in the Denver divis- ion by Post Office Inspectors Nichols, Wa- ters and Small: P. G. Griffin, sending ob- scene postal cards through the mails; Wil- liam Brown, rifling mail pouch; Alen Deer- dorf, sending obscene matter; Louis F. Crandall, postmaster at Mosca, Col., mak- ing false returns; Herman Schradsky and Cc. J. Dutch, violating the lottery law. a psa Temporarily Assigned. Commander Folger, ex-chief of naval ord- nace, who has been on leave since January partment. It is said he will be given a sea command at the first vacancy. was among the first to strip off his clothes | the examination. Resi- | last, has been temporarily assigned to duty | in the compass division of the Navy De- | THANKSGIVING _ DAY. How President Cleveland and His Cabi- net Will Spend It. The White House Dinner to Be With- out Special Guests—A Big Turkey Received There Today. The first Thanksgiving day of the present administration will be quietly observed by the President and his cabinet in this city. The President, Mrs. Cleveland and the children will spend the day at the White House, although it is probable that the President and Mrs. Cleveland will go to church in the forenoon. It is stated at the White House that tomorrow’s dinner will be a simple affair, without formalities, and that there will be no special guests. The Secretary of State and Mrs. Gresham will eat their Thanksgiving turkey in their private dining room at the Arlington. The Secretary of War and Mrs. Lamont have invited a number of young folks to take dinner with their little giris. The Secretary of the Navy and Miss Herbert will dine in their new home, corner 20th and F streets, and Mr. and Mrs. Micou may possibly be with them. A Big Tarkey. An immense turkey, said to weigh forty pounds, was delivered at the White House today by the expressnian. It was sent by Mr. Horace Vose of Westerly, R. I., for the Thanksgiving dinner of President and Mrs. Cleveland. This is a heavier bird than the one sent to President Harrison last Thanksgiving day. That was specially reared on a Rhode Island farm, probably by the same gentleman who has this year favored President Cleveland. The bird of last year was thirty-eight pounds actual weight. (a et DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Unfit for Use. Health Officer Hammett reports houses 3263 and 3265 W street unsafe and unfit for habitation. He also reports house 3251 O street in the same condition. Telephone Wanted. The secretary of the Girls’ Reform School has applied to the Commissioners for tele- phone communication with police headquar- | ters. Closed Tomorrow. The District building will be closed to- morrow. Mr. Carson Resigns. The Commissioners today received the resignation of Col. Perry. Carson as an in- spector of street sweeping department. The vacancy was filled by the appointment of Elias E. Barnes. Col. Perry Carson, in his letter of resignation, says: “Owing to the bad condition of my health I am constrained to tender my resignation as inspector of street sweeping department. |My physician, Dr. Purvis, thinks it would be unwise for me to continue the night serv- ice in which I am at present engaged. The exposure and loss of sleep is too much for me. I thank you for the consideration you have shown me.” ‘The resignation takes effect December 1. An Opinion Wanted. Rev. Father Gillespie of Gonzaga College called on the Commissioners today to learn whether a proposed new college on North | Capitol street, adjoining St. Aloyisus Church, would be considered as church property and under the law be exempt from taxation. The Commissioners referred the matter to the attorney for the District for an opinion. The Work End: Health Officer Hammett today addressed @ letter to the Commissioners, in which he states that he had completed the work of house-to-house inspection, and recommend- ed the removal of the following named in- spectors: L. M. Soule, E. B. Stimson, H. C. Stevens, George Stormont, F. M. Howcott, Cc. A. Wilkins, S. S. Atwell, John Bibpus, U. M. Monroe, G. G. Ott, G. A. Howe, H. 8. Bolton and H. Standiford. He says in his letter that it will be necessary to retain in the service two inspectors to assist Mr. Benjamin 8S. Peters, who has charge of the work, in tabulating the reports of the 49,- 000 inspections made. This should be done to perfect the records and finish the labor of the inspectors. I would therefore ask that Mr. Harry Standiford and another in- spector, to be named by you, be kept for the latter purpose, and to make special ex- aminations in connection with the work al- ready done by the house-to-house inspec- tors. ——___ SHE WILL RETURN. Out-of-the-Way Case Decided by Judge Cole Today. ‘This morning a somewhat unusual case was before Justice Cole—the application of Mr. Alexander Sealy in behalf-of Goldie Bentley, a colored servant girl, who was on Monday taken by force from his house by two women. Messrs. Lambert and An- drew Wilson appeared for Mr. Sealy and Mr. E. M. Hewlett for the mother, who was accompanied by her family and the girl in question. Mr. Lambert stated that the family had been here several months and Mr. Sealy had employed the girl and cared for the family; that recently the mother proposed to return to Roanoke and the girl had been forcibly taken from his house. The present application was simply that the court might determine whether she was of the age of discretion and whether there should be any restraint of her liberty. The girl said she wanted to go back to Mr. Sealy’s. After arguments by Mr. Lambert, Mr. | Wilson and Mr. Hewlett, the judge decided at while Mr. Sealy had ample cause from the facts as he understood them, yet the girl having stated that she was not _re- strained of her liberty, the writ should be dismissed, and he made such order, thus allowing tne girl to go with Mr. Sealy or her mother. After the judge had fully informed her of her rights she left with her mother and sisters, stating to Mr. Sealy that she would return to his house. > — FEWER LICENSES. This Seems to Be a Bad Year for Mar- ringes. It is a well-known fact that this is the season of the year when most of those who desire to unite themselves in the bonds of matrimony avail themselves of the oppor- tunity. A year ago today there were fifty licenses issued by the clerk of the court to those | fortunate ones who had decided to live the | rest of their lives in that happy state. It is to be hoped that none of these have | reason to regret of their action. | Whether it is owing to the hard times or | what not, the fact still remains that there | | | | are only ‘about half as many who are fol- lowing in the footsteps of those of last Thanksgiving. age Another Letter. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment has received another letter from Mrs. Sipek, widow of the late John Sipex, the Austrian who died on his way here |from Chicago, in which she directs the pay- | ment of her husband’s funeral expenses and | asks that his effects be sent to her. In her letter she says she has asked for a state- ment from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company concerning the illness of her hus- band on the train and says she will soon leave for Austria, where her husband had an interest in an estate. They Were Guilty. Before Justice McComas this morning Robert Bright and Willard Osborne, two young white men indicted for larceny, with- drew their pleas of not guilty. and, pleading [agen were sentenced to fifteen days each HE WAS DISMISSED. Mr. Johnston No Longer a Civil Service Commissioner. His Minority Report on the Com- mission’s Operations. PELE REAL cohen HE MAKES A STATEMENT. ——_+—_—_. Civil Service Commissioner Johnston has been removed by President Cleveland. The President at first demanded Johnston's resig- nation, but the latter refused to hand it in, and was, accordingly, removed. It was be- cause of a long-standing trouble in the com- mission, This trouble dates back one year. A schism was caused in the commission over the proposition to extend the classitied service to free delivery post offices. It be- came accentuated at the time of the report on the Terre Haute post office, when Com- missioner Johnston sent in a minority re- port which differed so radically from the majority report that it was evident that the signer of that or the other would have to be removed by the President. It was long @ matter of belief among those who are ac- quainted with the workings of the commis- sion that it would be impossible for Com- missioners Roosevelt and Johnston to re- main on the commission. Their policies were diametrically opposed. Roosevelt, it is authoritatively said, has been following out for the last eight months the same policy which he pursued under the Harrison administration, believing that the only possible plan for the commission to follow was to be radical and aggressive and to attack a violation of the civil serv- ice law wherever found, regardless as to whether the violator was a cabinet officer or a man of no note. It is known that the administration has been brought into sharp collision with Secretary Carlisle and Sena- tor Voorhees by Mr. elt’s action. On these and other occasions Mt. Johnston has dissented from the acts of the commis- sion. In the two cases indicated he sided with Secretary Carlisle and Senator Voor- hees, while Mr. Roosevelt was upheld by the President. Reticence at the White House. No information can be obtained at the White House in regard to the reasons for the removal of Civil Service Commissioner Johnston. Private Secretary Thurber ad- |further than that he would not go. A new ‘commissioner will be appointed in a few days, pessibly before Congress meets. ‘The Case of Mr. Lyman. The rumored possibility of Commissioner Lyman’s removal also could not be veri- fied. Commissioner Lyman said today that if any such action as to himself is in con- templation he has not been advised of it. Mr. Johnston was appointed in July, 1892. His removal recalls the fact that President Cleveland during his first administration removed a democratic member of the com- mission, Mr. Edgerton. The removal was made upon the ground that Mr. Edgerton was not in accord with the spirit of civil service reform, The Annual Report. It is stated by @ well-known. southern Congressman, who ts perfectly familiar with the facts, that Mr. Johnston filed with the President a minority report on the op- erations of the commission during the last year, and took such radical views upon im- portant questions, differing so widely from those of the other members, that it became practically impossible for the commission to continue as constituted. It is stated that Mr. Roosevelt made the direct issue with the President, and stated frankly and pos- itively that either he or Mr. Johnston must leave the commission, and that, after ex- amining into the facts in the case, the President decided that he could much better spare Mr. Johnston than Mr. Roosevelt, and therefore asked the former for his res- ignation. This, it is said, Mr. Johnston de- clined to give, and was at once informed by Mr. Cleveland that either the resignation must be forthcoming or he would be dis- missed. The Correspondence. Mr. Johnston feels that the removal is an imputation upon him, especially as no fur- ther explanation is made. He feels that it is due to himself that the following cor- respondence in the matter be made public: EXECUTIVE MANSION, Nov. 25, 1893. Hon. Geo. D. Johnston: Dear Sir: I am sorry to hear through your friends, Senator Caffrey and Mr. Sec- retary Herbert, who conveyed to you my request that you acquiesce in your transfer from the civil service commission to an- other post of honorable duty, that you de- cline the proposition and refuse to resign your present position. I am so certain that the publie good requires a change in the commission, involving your retirement, that I am constrained to request you to re- consider your decision and put me in_ poi session of your resignation as early as Mon- day afternoon, the = = instant, at 4 o'clock. ‘ours very truly, : “GROVER Wpepiigetet as his Mr. Johnston replied as follows: vs tivin SERVICE COMMISSION, WASHINGTON, D.C.. Nov. 1 The President. Sir: Your letter of the 26th instant is re- ceived. Senator Caffrey and Mr. Secretary Herbert conveyed to me your offer of the consulship at Victoria. which meant, of course, that you propose to retire me from the civil service commission. You did not communicate to me through these gentle- men your reasons for my retirement; nor jhave you ever spoken to me in regard to this or any other matter connected with the discharge of my duties. or relating to the commission or its work. Though con- scious of having discharged the duties of my office faithfully, and. as I believe, in furtherance of the best interests of the peo- ple and the government. I would promptly acquiesce in your wish that I resign had you given me an opportunity to be heard before you decided upon your action. Un- der present circumstances.however,I cannot consistently, with my sense of duty to my- self or my friends who recommended my appointment. consent either to resign or accept a position inferior to the one I now Respectfully, GEORGE D. JOHNSTON. Summerily Di ned. Upon the receipt of this reply Mr. Cleve- |land sent the following letter of removal: EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, Nov. 28, 1893. Hon. George D. Johnston. Sir: You are hereby removed from the office of United States civil service com- missioner. Yours truly, GROVER CLEVELAND. Mr. Johnston acknowledged the letter of |removal as follow: WASHINGTON, D.C., Nov. 28, 1893. | The President. Sir: Your note of this date informing me that you have removed me from the office of United States civil service commissioner jis hereby acknowledged. Respectfully, GEORGE D. JOHNSTON. Mr. Johnston's Statement. | hold. | “This correspondence states a part of the | story,” said Mr. Johnston. “I would, how. ever, add the following statement, which will | suffice for the present: | “I am a lifelong democrat and have been | the advocate and friend of the President, | yet he decided upon my retirement from the | commission without ever giving me a heat ling. I have good reason to believe that he did this upon representations made to him directly by or through certain republicans. who were interested in having me out of the |commission. The President made up his mind and could have made up his mind ASKED T0 RESIGN, BUT DECLINED. | only on these ex parte statements. And yet he claims in his letter to be certain that the public good required a change in the commission involving my retirement. Such treatment of any officer of my rank, particularly of one belonging to his party, is anomalous. | “It is especially strange treatment of one who upoQ the recommendation of many | eminent and good men had been charged with the high and sacred duties of civil ser- vice commissioner. I could not approve the annual report submitted by my colleagues, and felt in duty bound to state my views in a minority report. While this minority re- -— had no part in influencing the Presi- en’ in his decision thai I should |retire from the commission for he made up nis mind to do this before he knew of my purpose to submit the minority report, it may have precipitat- ed his action, as I know he objected to my | making a report that was not in agreement | with my colleagues. The public will ap-| preciate the principle which guided me in| my official conduct as commissioner when | they see and read my report, which was | sent to the President with the majority re- port on the 2ist instant.” | A THOROUGH EXAMINATION ‘To Be Made of the New York by a Trial Board. The Secretary of the Navy has appointed | a board, consisting of Commanders P. H. Cooper and R. B. Bradford. Chief Engineer R. W. Milligan and Assistant Naval Con-| structor G. W. Street. with Lieut. L. L.| Reamey as recorder, to assemble on board | the U. S. S. New York at New York on. Monday, the 11th proximo, for the purpose of making an examination of that vessel and of witnessing and reporting upon her An index to advertise. ments will be fou Page 3. TO RAISE REVENUE, The Ways and Means Committee to Consider the Matter. WILL COME FROM INTERNAL REVENUE. There May Be a Tax on Proprie- tary Medicines. | MORE TARIFF COMPARISONS. ‘The democrats of the ways and means committee feel that if they can raise an addition to the income of the government of $35,000,000 or $40,000,000 from internal revenue they will then have sufficient reve- nue to meet the requirements of the gov- ernment. Secretary Carlisle holds that under ordinary circumstances the revenues derived from the McKinley bill would be enough to meet the expenses of the govern- ment, and that if under a new law as much revenue can be raised, the Treasury De- partment will be in good condition. The nominal loss of revenue by the Wilson bill, figured jon the basis of the same importa- final trial. The board is specially in: | tions "Ms at present, is estimated at about ed to report on the following poin | $50,900,000. The democrats believe that by Whether on such trial any weakness or favorable duties in the Wilson bill much defect shall appear in the hull or fittings ‘anger importations will be encouraged, due to either defective workmanship or de- | 2nd by this means about $15,000,000 of the fective materials; whether the machinery, | deficit will be made up, leaving $35,000,000 mitted that he had been removed, but | *|a Sag of truce, having come to the conclu- | engines, boilers and appurtenances or any part thereof shall be found to be defective | or whether there shall be any failure, break-| ing down or deterioration other than that | due to fair wear and tear of any part or | parts of the machinery, engines, boilers and appurtenances. | The board is instructed to proceed to sea in the vessel for a trial of forty-eight hours’ | duration, carefully observing her perform- | ance while under way. The battery of the vessel will be fired sufficiently often to en- abie the board to determine whether the guns, gun carriages, their tittings and ap- |purtenances work properly and whether | She is sufficiently strong to stand the shock caused by firing. | The ship will, for a period of at least two hours, be run at her maximum rate of | |speed with steam at full pressure under, natural draft, during which time data of the performance of the engines will be se- cured in order to demonstrate the working | of the machinery. The ship will not, how-| ever, at any time be run at extreme speed nor subjected to any violent or unusual | tests. The board is required to make a full and detailed report of the trial to the Navy |Pepartment, giving itemized lists of any defects in the hull, fittings or machinery, other than those due to fair wear and tear. + 2+ ______ BRIGADIER GENERAL OTIS. An Incident in His Campaign Against the Indians. The new brigadier general, Col. Otis, has an admirable record in the troubles with the Indians that have occupied so much of the attention of the army in late years. He had an interesttmg encounter with Sit- ting Bull in 1876, when the latter showed an inclination to fight and then changed his mind. On the 15th of October in that year was at Glendive, Montana, with | ee twenty-second in- fantry, his own regiment, and two of the seventeenth infantry. Some hostiles tried to capture @ wagon train belonging to the command and a brief skirmish followed that resulted in the Indians withdzawing. | The next day the journey was resumed and | presently an Indian runner approached the | line and left a paper on top of a hill. A| scout went out and brought it in, and it) was found to read thus: “Yellowstone: I want to know what you are doing traveling on this road. You scare all the buffalo away. I want to hunt on the place. I want you to turn back from | here. If you don’t I'll fight vou again. I want you to leave what you have got here| and turn back from here. J am your friend, | “SITTING BULL.” | “I mean all the rations you have got and fome powder. Wish you would write as soon as you can.” | This modest request was written by a half breed well known to the twentv.second in-| fantry, who had cast his fortunes with | Sitting Bull. Gen. Otis sent word through one of his scouts that he intended to take the train | through to Tongue river. and would be| pleased to accommodate them at any time | with a fight. The Indians gathered again as If to commence battle, but finally sent in sion that they were tired of fichting, and desiring to arrange for a surrender. ——— JURORS DRAWN. Those Who Will Decide the December Cases in the Courts, The following have been drawn as jurors for the December term of the courts, which will convene on Tuesday next: : Criminal Court, division 1—Fred’k Heide, Chas. F. Shelton, Chas. M. Addis, James E. | H@ht, Francis E. Hefferman, Wm. Dietz, | Aloysius P. Jeler, Daniel Freeman, Clarence | Waring, Chas. E. Hoover, Martin F. Foley, | L. H. Douglass, Chas. A. Campbell, John B. | German, Chas. W. Huguely, Joseph J. Ken-| ney, Chas. F. Hale, Thos. A. Brown, jr., Samuel J. Gray, D. E. Haines, Edward F. Ambler, Wm. Ramsay, John Herbert Corn- ing, Wm. F. Gibbons, Benj. W. Gheen and Valerius EB. Ramsburg. | Criminal Court, division 2-wW. H. a./ Wormley, James B. Archer, 8. E. Ernest, Charles Heislup, George J.’ Schulz, Henry J. Kentz, Alex. M. Gorman, Charles H. Page, Thomas D. Keams, Charles E. John- son, Wm. C. Johnson, James M. Green, E. E. Hinwood, C. Thompson, John P. Love, Henry Bayne, Edward F. Dennis, F. S. Cahiil, George W. Drew, Edward J. Adams, Gepree M. Cook, Edward C. Schaefer, John | W. McMahon, Wm. L. Hughes, George W. | Hurley, Theodore Thomas. Circuit Court, division 1—John E. Lyons, R. Harry Johnson, Geo. Coleman, R. N.| Moon, sr., John W. Boteler, Jos. Hamilton, | H. P. T. Johanson, Bartlett Taylor, Fred’k | A. Alexander, James Bell, R. B. Buckley, Wm. Hicks, Geo. C. Bergling, Thomas Finney, sr., James O. Marceron, Englebert Endres, Lincoln McNelley, Geo. W. Fernald, Thad. A. Budd, Gerome Desio, Geo. W Messner, Henry C. Hutson, Joseph F. Page. John Watts, James Corcoran, Bernhard G. | | Miller, James Adams, G. R. Tolman, C. 8. Wormley, W. H. nm, Francis Riley, D. Darby Thompson, John J. Forsyth, Miles P. MeCanna, D. O’Donohue, Dennis Calla- | han, Walter Hyson, James B. Evans, T. H. G. Todd, W. G. Morgan, G. E. Matting- | | ly, Jos. W. Hooper, W. A. Clark, Frank J. Donnelly, Thos. G. Ruppert, Reuben Giles and Edwin E. King. eas ae wae 3 tions for Returning Im- | Supt. Stump of the immigration bureau, | Treasury Department, with the approval of Secretary Carlisle, has prepared a set of regulations for the guidance of steam- ship companies in the matter of returning jundesirable immigrants. | é e- Seay A Treasury Resignation. F. W. Flower of Maiae, chief of the copy- |{st division, architect's office, Treasury Le- | Partment, has tendered his resignation. Fourth-c Postmasters. The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was sixty,of which | | thirt y | Pesig: i | holder. | Kinkey to be made up from other sources. To Settle the Question Friday. They expect to hold a session on Friday and settle the internal revenue question. The present indications are that they will adopt a tax on corporations and collateral inheritances. They have been trying to avoid any addition to the whisky tax, but have begun to fear that they will have to add some to the present rate. They cal- culate on about $25,000,000 from the cor- poration and inheritance tax. They will Probably be compelled to raise $10,000,000 isky or $6,000,000 on manufactured tobacco and cigars, besides leaving a tax on proprietary medfcines and transfers on stocks and bonds. They are greatly at- tracted by the latter proposition. The Act of *s3. There are a great many items in the Wil- son bill which follow very closely the sched- ules of the act of 3 A review of familiar Schedules selected here and there will show quite a large percentage of items which are the same or very little under the correspond- ing items in the act of "S83. The bill, how- ever, taken as a whole, makes a very con- siderable cut, even under that law, the aver- age duty being materially lessened and in certain scedules the reduction being radical. The committee, in making a comparative statement, will not treat with the law of ’s3, but with the McKinley act, and their state- ment, therefore, will show a greater com- parative reduction than it would if com- pared with che law as it stood when tiey first began the tariff agitation. in the the reduction ts Very’ menial been ae of the law of "83. sei nies aa Carrying Out the Democratic Position A republican said to a Star reporter to- | day that he regarded this bill as much more nearly carrying out the idea of the democratic position of tariff for revenue cnly than any bili which the democrats have heretofore prepared. There was jess concealment and less of any sort of pro- tection in it than in either the Miljs or the Morrison bill, Representative Payne of New York, a member of the committee, Said that he had failed to find any protec- ion in the bill as far as he had examined it, though there might be some things that are protected, in which the people in his section of the country are not imterested. He regarded the bill as practicaliy a reve- nue bill, and believed that there were a great many industries that could not live under it. in all lines of manufactures, he said, the manufacturers had cut just as ciose as they could to meet competition and that the further cuts proposed by this bill would have to come out of labor, as there was no other place they could cut from. in his own state, he said, the bill would fall with par- ticular weight, as nearly every class of manufactory was conducted there in some form and the agriculturists were so close on to Canada as to be directly in competi- tion with them, if not protected. How New York is Affected. Especially in the agricultural products and the manufacture ef agricultural im- plements would New York be injured by competition with Canada if the bill be- came a law. These industries, he said, simply could not live under this bill with- out making a very heavy cut in wages. Speaking of the question of internal rev- enue, Mr. Payne said that the democratic members of the committee did not appear to appreciate what it would mean when they talked about taxing corporations, A corporation tax, he said, would reach more people and poorer people than would a @- rect income tax above $4,000, Most corporations, he said, were composed very largely of small holders of stock. That while some individual might hold a large block of stock, a great bulk would be dis- tributed amongst a great many people who held but a small quantity each and the tax would fall upon them as well as on the big Again, in many instances, there would be a double blow, inasmuch as a large | number of manufacturing concerns were corporations, and these would be deprived of protection by the customs part of the bill and taxed in addition by the internal revenue section. This would be simply ce- struction to them. A Comparison of Schedules. The following shows a comparison of some of the principal features of the Wilson bill with the McKinley law and the law of 1883, which the McKinley law repealed. In many rates the Wilson bill differs but little from the law of 1883. Leaf tobacco, per Ib., McKinley—$2. Act of ‘S3--75e. Leaf tobacco, ber Ib.) siemmed, Wilson—$1.25, Mechu $2.75. ct “S38, . ‘Snuff, Wilsop—40c, McKinley—S0c. Act of "S3— = Cigars, cheroots, cigarettes, &., Wilson—$3 an@ 25 per cout ad "vale Mckinley "$2.50 and’ 6430 and 25 per cent ad val. Act of "S32. and 25 per cent. 4 Cotton plushes, &e., Wilson—35 pr. ct McKim ct Iseman. | teyo8 pr. ct 5 pr Circuit Court, — division 2—Harry | if blediied. Wiinun 40 pr. ct! Mckinley 06 pe, Randall, James’ Hudson, Joseph H. |“ Godfrey James H. Winslow, John B. pr. ct. Me S38 pr. Jute yarns, Wilson—20 pr. ct. McKiniey—30 pe, ct, Act of "S8—35 pr. ct. s . i vr. et ‘Ol “cloths, Mekiniey, Act of 8 cu! t y ¥ Collars and cuffs, de 2% pr. ct Bar’ iron. et Wilson 55 pr. 1 SB 42 pr. McKie Ww. 3 Wy Joists, &e., Wilson—25 pr. ct, bt. ct. Act of "BS—lige. pr. Ba rr br Act of SS s X . wird McKinley—vs 1-3