Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BY 1101 Pennsylvania Aveane, corner Lith Bt, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, tpres't : New Ycrk Office, 88 Potter Building, ——_-—_-— Tae EVENING Stan fs served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents wr week. or 440. per month. Copies at the counter conts @ach. By mail—aaywhero in the United States or ©. taze prepaid—30 cents month. SATURDAY QuintvPLE Smeer Stak $1.00 per year; with foreien ‘postage added, 3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. fs second-class mail matter.) 7-All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance, Rates of atvertising made known on applicatt Che Evening Star. Vor 83, No. 20,749. WASHINGTON, D. ©, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Am index te aé@vertise- ments will be found on Page 3. MINISTER THURSTON Calls on Secretary Gresham and is Received Officially. NO NEWS YET FROM HAWAII Embarrassment Caused by the Pub- lication of Mr. Gresham's Letter. THE SENATE RESOLUTION. Minister Thurston, the Hawaiian minister, called at the State Department today and was received by Secretary Gresham as usual in his official diplomatic capacity. The pur- pose of his visit was not disclosed, but it was evidently to ascertain if the department had any information from Honolulu that might be interesting to him. A Star repor- ter met Mr. Thurston after he left the State Department, and, while he talked pleasantly about matters in general, he was most dis- creetly silent as to what had occurred dur- ing his interview with Secretary Gresham. Although he would not talk on that subject, it is understood that Secretary Gresham gave him no additional light on the situation im Honolulu, for the simple reason that it Was not in his power. When News May Be Expected. Mr. Thurston expressed the opinion that the next news from Honolulu will come through the mail steamer from that place due at Auckland today. This steamer left Honolulu November 23, three days after the departure of the Klickitat, the barkentine which arrived at Port Townsend Monday last, bringing Hawaiian newspapers, con- taining Minister Wiilis’ statement that con- tingencies had arisen in Hawail which made it necessary to communicate further with the authorities before taking further action under his original instructions. The Administration Embarrassed. There is a growing belief that the admin- istration feels embarrassed over its action in making public Secretary Gresham's let- ter to the President advocating the resto- ration of the ex-queen, and the correspon- dence and reports transmitted by Commis- sioner and Minister Blount. This belief is based on the theory that the official docu- ments were made public because the Presi- dent and the Secretary of State thought Minister Willis had already taken meas- ures to restore Liliuokalani, and that the policy of the administration would be an accomplished fact before copies of the let- ters, had reached Honolulu. President's decision has, of course, already become known to the Ha- Walians, and it is thought by some officials that this exposure of the intention of the Sovernment of the United States in ad- Yance of positive action by Mr. Willis will enable the provisional government to Strengthen its hands in.such a way as to Seriously impede progress toward securing the end which the President and Secretary Gresham seek. It is not known positively when the docu- ments called for by the Hoar resolution will be submitted to the Senate. Although noth- ing can be learned definitely on the subject at the State Department, it 1s believed that the President will not transmit the corres- pondence until he has received definite in- formation of the situation in Hawaii. This Information will. undoubtedly, be by the next mail from Honolulu, which will reach fan Francisco in a few days, and by the ith instant at the latest. The Bulkiest Kind of a Document. When the President complies with the Sen- @te resolution and sends in all the corres- Pondence on our Hawatian relations from IS81 to ISU, a period of twelve years, the result will probably be one of the bulkiest executive documents on record. The re- ports, correspondence and affidavits inct- dental to Commissioner Blount’s special re- port, as printed for sem!-private circulation on the long folio sheets affected by the State Department, cover 522 pages, many of them in very close type. As rearranged and reprinted in the shape in whicn docu- Mments are usually sent to Congress the number of pages will be doubled. Then, as intimated by ex-President Har- rison in an interview soon after Mr. Gres- ham's letter to President Cleveland of date October 18 last was made public, there is much correspondence on Hawaiian mat- ters, which took place before the close of the Harrison administration which has not yet seea the light of day, and which the ex-President in that irterview said he earn- estly desired should now be made public. portant documents all oth- before since 1881, which ade the facts in relation s revolutions referred to Thursten in his answer to t, and it will be seen Serator Hoar’s resolu- tion must necessarily be somewhat stu- pendous In bulk. But after all the main interest will center round this point! Will the President deem tt ible with the p by Minister Commissioner Byun! that the reply to rests” to include in his response t time the instructions originally given to Minister Wi and any subse- quent correspondence that may have led to the modification of those { such has been the course taken? ——___. THEY MUST REPORT. on the Rolls. Secretary Carlisle has issued the follow- ing order: “Hereafter in all cases of marriage of the Officers, clerks or other employes of this de- partment, whereby a change of the name is legally made, no compensation of any kind or character will be allowed except in the legal name of such officer, clerk or other employe. Heads of bureaus and chiefs of divisions of the Secretary's office are here- by directed to report at once all employes now borne on the rolls under illegal names, together with the proper legal names of auch employes. after the Ist day of January, 1894, when it becomes known to the depart. ment that any employe is serving under a name other than his or her proper legal one such employe will be dismissed from the service. “In no case will pay be allowed after the Ast day of January, 1894, to employes serv- ing under an illegal name.” This order, it is stated, will affect forty @lerks in the Treasury Department. “It Would Be an Act of War.” One by one the papers of standing chat have ported the President's Hawaiian ¥ are abandoning the defense of the le royal restoration feature of that ‘The New York ‘Times, that nas been one of the most strenuous of the adminis- tration’s advocates, says today: President Cleveland said in his annual message that nting us, and to ze- sticable the status €x- our forcible interven- a as p isting at the time But how far is tt practicable, and n it be done? The President pr Posed, through Minister Willis, to lish the result. if possible, “within the atitutional limits y er. cutive pov ly by monar¢ t be an act of war r quiring the authority of Congress. as Resignation Accepte General has acc Miles, United State ¥ for the southern district of tructions if | TO BE REPUDIATED. The Administration's Hawaiian Policy Not to be Screened. It Will Be Fully Discussed in the House Within a Week—It Has Few Defenders. The probability is that the Hawaiian ques- tion will be up for consideration in the House within a week. There is no general disposition among the democrats in either the House or the Senate to smother this question nor to screen the administration. The few men who have figured in the Sen- ate as defenders of the administration in the discussion with Mr. Hoar are prac- tically all the democrats there who are willing to champion the side of the admin- istration in this cause. And in the House there is a very decided antagonism among democrats to the position of the adminis- tration. Disposition to Avoid Responsibility. The chairman of the committee on for- eign affairs is an administration man and will probably attempt to screen him and there are other members of the committee of the same mind, but in the House gener- ally there is a disposition to avoid the re- sponsibility for the administration's policy and among the leaders there is no purpose to smother the matter. Under the rules Mr. Hitt’s resolution must be reported back from the comittee within a week and the leading men of the House generally are disposed not to put any obstruction in the way. It is very evident to one who has talked around on the matter that the ad- ministration has very few supporters on this question in either house. Democrats Eager to Attack. Many democrats are eager to make the attack and the expectation is that there will be a general repudiation of the admin- istration’s course. It is understood that the main point which will be made by the ad- ministration in defense of their position is that the present government of Hawaii un- der the conditions of its formation expires by limitation upon the refusal of this gov- ernment to enter into negotiations for an- nexation or a protectorate, and that there- fore all that was necessary was for the queen to resume her throne and for this government to recognize her. Why the Queen Refused. The information is, however, that the queen was afraid to avail herself of the of- fer of Mr. Willis chiefly because it was ob- jectionable to the British government for her to place herself under any such obliga- tions to the United States as would involve the right. of a protectorate if she were on the throne. — POINTS FOR CONGRESS. The Recommendations Made by the Woman's Natio: ssociation. The ladies who have attended the annual meeting of the Woman’s National Indian Association, which began its sessions yes- terday morning at the First Congregational Church, 10th and G streets, and adjourned at the close of the session this morning, have enjoyed their visit to this city. This feeling was expressed in some degree in the resolutions which were adopted today ex- Pressing the thanks of the delegates to the members of the auxiliary in this city for their hospitality amd for all the arrange- ments which had contributed so much to the success of the meeting. Appreciation was also expressed of the action of the trus- tees of the Corcoran Art Gallery for the use of the gallery on the occasion of the open- ing reception. The trustees of the First Congregational Church, the pastor of the church, and others were included in the vote of thanks. Resolutions Adopted. This resolution did not form a part of the report of the committee on resolutions, for, as explained by the president of the asso- ciation, Mrs. A. S. Quinton, the chairman of the committee was Mrs. Landers of this city, and she might be deterred, from mod- tives of modesty, in saying all that the dele- gates felt in regard to their entertainment while here. The resolutions offered by the committee and read by Mrs. Landers were briefly but forcibly phrased. Gratification was expressed that of the 40,000 Indian chil- dren of school age, all but 4,000 were now in schools, and it was recommended that Congress continue the policy of increased appropriations until all the children are in schools. It was urged that the employment of field matrons, which had been in opera- tion some three years, be continued, as their influence is found to be beneticial in teach- ing the Indian women household duties. it was further urged that as lands allotted in severalty to Indians were exempt for pur- poses of local taxation that Congress be ad- vised to take from the Indian trust funds an amount sufficient to provide schools and roads in counties where the severalty lands were located. The expansion of the civil service law was urged so as to include in- spectors and special agents. A last resolu- tion comprised a clause from the President's message, which emphasized the importance of good administration of Indian affairs and of the fitness of agents, and further advis- ed precaution against the payment of un- just depredation claims. were adopted as a whole. Matters of Business. prayer and then the singing of a solo by Miss Emma Lore of Delaware. Miss Clara- bel Gilman of Massachusetts read a paper entitled “An illustration of work.” The dis- cussion on finance was quite a lengthy one and suggestions were made that the auxili- aries try to inaugurate the plan of having each member pay fifty cents a year as a contribution to the general fund. It was also proposed that an annual collection be taken in the churches for this work. These suggestions and others will be considered by the committee on finance, three of the metabers of which, Mrs. Taggart, Mrs. Grif- fith and Mrs. Brooks, were appointed by the chair. Resolutions expressing apprecia- tion of the life and character of Gen. Arm- strong and Miss Susan Longstreet, honor- ary vice presidents, whose deaths occurred during the year, were adopted. Final ad- jJournment was reached at noon, after which there was a meeting of the executive board. cet Will Not Go. | the U. S. S. Ranger will go to Honolulu | stead of to Corinto, Nicaragua, as origin- ally intended, is erroneous. As stated in yesterday's Star, the Ranger will go direct to Corinto to relieve the Alliance. She is an old ship, and the Navy Department has never contemplated sending a vessel of her the Philadelphiz It is the policy of the de- | Partinent to keep at least one big modern warship at Honplulu while the Hawalian situation remains serious. The Adams, an old wooden vessels, is the Philadelphia's présent consort. She will soon be relieved by the Mohican, now itting out at Mare Island. =o. 0 eee Yesterday's Winning Horses. At East St. Louis yesterday the winners were Leadaway, Cedarbrook, My Partner, Saxophia and Walter, The winners at San Francisco were De- Middleton, Monowai, Hi F and Harry Lewis. aakp eed ei Naval Orders. Ensign B. H. Deck detached from the | Monongahela and ordered to the Miantono- relieving Ensign J. H. Reid, who is 1 and granted three months’ leave; une is detached from the Mo. and ordered to the Cushing, re- M. L. Miller, whe is gr. ci o is granted moh, det Ens hela lieving Ens three month: The resolutions | The session this morning was begun with The report current in San Francisco that | grade to relieve a modern steel cruiser like | FORMALLY OPENED IT oe The Ship Canal Between Liverpool and Manchester, 2 VESSELS 70 ENTER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY Description of the Vast Enter- prise. OPPOSITION OF LIVERPOOL. MANCHESTER, Dec. 7.—The directors of the Manchester ship canal formally opened the canal today. The public opening of the canal will take place on New Year's day with a procession of vessels, headed by the bark Sophie Wilhelmine, from Parrsboro’, Nova Scotia, This vessel reached Garston November 27, and is now waiting for the epening of the canal to public traffic. She is laden with lumber. The directors of the canal will pay her £100 for the delay she incurs in waiting for the public opening of the canal, for lowering her masts to pass under the bridges, etc. Her captain will receive a gold watch as a memento of the occasion. Two steamers with cotton for Manchester, from Galveston, are now due, and they will take part in the procession. In 1885, after several years of fighting between Liverpool and Manchester, parlia- ment passed a bill avthorizing the construc- tion of the Manchester ship canal. The opposition of Liverpool to the scheme was based upon the fear that should Manchester get the canal the former place would lose a large percentage of her carrying trade, particularly in cotton. Work on the canal was commenced in 1887, and after many vicissitudes and the expenditure of vast sums of money the canal was completed. Ships may enter the canal at Eastham by one of three locks. The largest of these is 600 feet long by 80 feet wide, and will ac- commodate steamers of the size of the White Star hner Teutonic, which is nearly 9,000 tons burden. The next lock at Eastham is 350 feet by 50 feet, and the third lock 150 feet by 30 feet. The other sets of locks on the canal are respectively 600 feet long by 65 feet wide, and 350 feet by 45 feet wide. At Latchford there is a rise in level of 161-2 feet; at Iriam there is a rise of 16 feet. At Barton there is a rise of 15 feet and at Model Wheel a rise of 1% feet. Beyond the Model Wheel locks, at Salford and Manchester, there is a dock ‘area of 104 acres and a quay area of 172 acres. > — KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS. The Senate Agrees to the Use of the Monument Grounds. Senator Vorhees today introduced into the Senate a resolution, which was passed, authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permits to the executive committee of the Knights of Pythias for the use of the mon- ument grounds for temporary camping pur- poses and the reservations on the public spaces along the line of Pennsylvania ave- nue for the erection of stands on the occa- sion of the Pythian conclave and encamp- ment, to be held in this city in August, 1894. Provided that such use of the public property will inflict no permanent injury. The District Commissioners are authorized to designate such streets and sidewalks which they may deem necessary and proper for the purposes of the occasion. oo TO EXEMPT THE INJURED. Resolution to Allow Extra Leave to Ford's Disaster Sufferers. A joint resolution was introduced in the Senate today by Senator Walthall and refer- red to the committee on military affairs granting to the survivors of the Ford’s The- ater disaster a privilege of being absent without detriment to their pay beyond the | time specified in the regulations of the War Department. The resolution is to this effect: “That those employes of the record and pen- sion division, War Department, who were injured by the falling of the floors of the Ford's Theater building on the 9th of June, 1803, are hereby exempted from the opera- tions of so much of the act approved March 3, 1883, making appropriation for the legis- lative, executive and judicial expenses of the ernment for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1804, as mits the amount of sick leave with pay that may be granted by the heads of departments, and the Secretary of War is authorized to pay to said employes such-parts or portions of their salary as have been withheld because of absence on account of injuries received in the Ford's Theater disaster.” DISTRICT FOVERNMENT. To Relay the Tracks. In a short time the Commissioners will ask Congress for an appropriation to relay | the tracks of the Metropolitan and Colum- bia railroads where it appears the act of Congress of March, 188”, compelling the railroads to substitute flat grooved rails for those then in use had not been complied with, Thanking California. In reply to an invitation from the man- agers of the exposition to participate in the District of Columbia to participate in the exposition, Commissioner Ross, presi- dent of the board of Commissioners, has written a letter to Mr. M. H. De Young, in ch he says: he people of the District wish you such success, and regret that they are not able to furnish as much material support to the exposition as they feel of good will.” — THE PRINTING OFFICE SITE. The Joint Committee Will Meet To- morrow to Discuss the Matter. A meeting ‘of the joint subcommittee on public buildings and grounds will be held tomorrow, at which it is expected to take up the subject of a sits for the new govern- ment printing office. It the matter is not settle] at this meeting it is likely that the subcommittee will hold frequent daily meet- ings until a site can be agreed upon, as there is a desire upon the part of all of the members to get the subject out of the way. It is considered probable that there may be some discussion upon the preposition to utilize a public reservation for the site, but the most authentic information leads to the belief that this proposition will not be adopted and that the purchase of a site will be recommended, as many members think that the purposes of the government ved best by obtaining a site in y desirable, and no reservation, presents such a situation. = Personal Mention. Ex-Gov. Penn of Louisiana, who was in the city on business relative to the world’s fair, and was stopping at the Ebbitt, has left for Chicago, where his son lies at the point of death at the Palmer House, ‘Thomas E. Allen of New York, president of the National Tobacco Assoclation, is at the Ebbitt House. He is on here relative to the tariff on tobacco. Representative B. F. Richie of Ohio is at the Ebbitt. Senator White of California will arrive to- morrow in this city for the session and will stop at the Ebbitt it is said, Secretary Lamont left Washington for New York last evening. = A SERIOUS CHARGE FOUR JURORS SWORN EFFORT Made Against Lieut, Davenport Before the Oourt of Inquiry. Lieut. Purcell Says the Accused Swam Ashore Before the Order W: = Given to Abandon the Ship. — “The Davenport court of inquiry continued its sessions at the navy yard this morning. At yesterday’s sessions Lieut. Chas. S. Rip- ley, who was on the Vandalia at the time of the beaching of the Nipsic, testified that after he swam ashore he saw Lieut. Daven- port on the beach hard at work attempting to make signals to the Trenton. An interesting incident developed when Lieut. T. B. M. Mason gave his testimony. He was asked as to his connection with the applicant, and stated that at one time this fall he proposed Lieut. Davenport’s name for membership in the New York Yacht Club. Afterward he was told by a member of the board of the club that charges in writing had been filed against Lieut. Daven- port, and that he withdrew the name. Lieut. Mason protested against showing the letter, because it was a private one from a friend of his, not in the service, advising him, and incidentally the seconder, to re- move the name of their friend, Lieut. Davenport, to avoid any unpleasantness. He finally declined to give the character of the contents as it would make a public docu- ment out of a confidential communication. In this he was borne out by the members of the court. He said he had nothing but the kindliest feelings toward Lieut. Daven- port, and would not hesitate to propose his name in any club in the country. No one could be more surprised than he was when he heard that objections were made to the name of his friend. At the afternoon ses- sion a letter from Lieut. Mason to Lieut. Davenport was read, in which it was stated that the charges made against him referred to his actions at Samoa. He had heard from other parties that the Tumor was that Lieut. Davenport had swam astore at Samoa, carrying some money in his mouth, and that he had gone to the American consulate and then disappeared and was not seen again during the time of the disaster. Lieut. Shearman was recalled and testi- fied that he did not write a letter to the New York Yacht Club, and did not know that the club received any information as to Lieut. Davenport's conduct from him, either directly or indirectly. On Tuesday Lieut. Shearman testified that on the occa- sion of the Samoan disaster he saw the ap- plicant in a nude condition on the fore- tle prepared to swim ashore before the word was given to abandon ship. Other officers told him that they saw the appli- cant leave the ship in a nude condition by the gangway before the word was given. Lieut. Par 's Testimony. Lieut. J. L. Purcell, who was subpoenaed by the judge advocate, testified that he was an ensign on the Nipsic in the harbor of Apia. He left the Nipsic prior to: the hur- ricane and was on shore when the Nipsic struck on the sand beach. He saw Lieut. Davenport slip off the main chains by the starboard gangway in a nude condition and swim ashore. Two others jumped from the rt side and were lost; this was after Eaeat. Davenport came off. The officers came over the line, with the exception of those who came in the cutter with the sick. Lieut. Davenport swam ashore a good while before a line was Bent re, aud he saw no other officer swim. Witness was pres- ent in the ward room when Lieut. Daven- port stated that if any of his brother off- cers had any criticisms to make he would ask for a court of inquiry. Witness told him that if he was suffering from the strict- ures of his brother officers as to his con- duct, as Lieut. Davenport was, he would demand a court of inquiry, and ‘get it, too. He heard a number of unpleasant criticisms passed upon the conduct of the applicant in connection with this incident. He did rot think it was a difficult matter to swim from the starboard gangway to the shore, although it was impossible to swim from the other side of the ship. Lieut. Purcell said that he was of the impress! ion that he had told of Lieut. Davenport’s swimming ashore in the report he wrote out for Ad- miral Kimberly. He afterward told the captain and Lieut. Hawley of the incident. Upon being questioned by the court Lieut. Purcell testified, under protest, that he had written to the New York Yacht Club an ac- count of the incident. He had stated that in his opinion no man was fit to be a mem- ber of the yacht club who in the face of aanger did not present an unflinching front. He considered that to leave the ship under such circumstances and before the order was given was an act of pusillanimity. Wit- ness admitted that he had had personal and official difficulties with the applicant, but said that this had not affected his action. He wrote to the yacht club instead of mak- ing charges to the Navy Department be- cause he did not consider it his place to bring Lieut. Davenport to account when his superior officers were cognizant of the con- dition of affairs. He was a member of the club and did not desire that a man who had acted as Lieut. Davenport had done should be a member; did not desire to associate with him or meet him any more than he |could help. He considered that the fact that the applicant did not come down to the beach during the storm and lend ald to the men from the Vandalia was a very serious matter. ‘rhe witness said that he had entertained a dislike for Lieut. Davenport prior to the disaster, because he considered him a self- ish man and one who did all sorts of things to make the lives of the other officers on board ship unpleasant. In his letter to the yacht club he had also stated that Lieut. Davenport had abandoned a chronometer which might have been saved by passing it down the line, as the funds of the ward room mess were saved before the caterer had left. The entire morning session was taken up with the reading of the record of yester- aay’s sessions and at 12:10 the court took a recess until afternoon. ———+e+—___ Settling Up His Accounts. Mr. Frederick J. Grant of Washington, former United States minister to Bolivia, was at the State Department today settling up the affairs of his mission. His tenure was very brief. He was appointed Decem- ber 22, 1892, and resigned on the incoming of the present administration. Mr. Taylor (colored) was appointed minister to Bolivia during the extra session of the Senate, but his nomination failed of confirmation. He will probably be renominated. —_—__.-__. Charge of False Pretenses. Before Judge Miller in the Police Court this morning Thomas A. Goodwin was tried for false pretenses in obtaining $35 from Robert Moore, manager of the Crawford shoe house. Goodwin did not deny recety- ing the check, but asserted that it was for the benefit of Woodward, a cashier of the firm, who was indebted ‘to the firm. The testimony was somewhat conflicting and while Goodwin was testifying Moore said: “Excuse me, but you are lying.” The court checked Mr. Moore. The court said that the testimony was conflicting, but he would give the grand jury an opportunity to in- vestigate it and fixed the bonds at $300. —_—— Commodore Stanton to Stay Here. Commodore Stanton has reconsidered his plan of going home to New London to write his report of what occurred on his arrival at Rio, and will remain here for a few days for that purpose. He was at the Navy Department for a short time today. +o+ Called on the President. Gov. Altgeld and staff called at the White House this afternoon by appointment, and had a pleasant interview with the Presi- A Clerk Appointed. The Secretary of the Navy has appointed Wm. S. Gorges of Baltimore a clerk of class $1,000 in the naval pay office in this city to All a vacancy. dent. Mr. Frank Lawler appeared about time, in company with Mr. Chas. Mr. Daniel Shields, Miss Cather- and Mr. . Condon, and were immediately ushered into the they presidential presence. Second Day's Proceedings of Pren- dergast’s Trial. INTEREST IN DAN COUGHLIN'S CASE. The Defense Gains an Important Point. DESCRIBING THE TRAGEDY. ———_s———__. CHICAGO, Dec. 7.—Judge Brentano's court room was filled this morning with men and women when the second day of Eugene Prendergast’s trial opened. A ma- jority of the audience consisted of one hun- dred special veniremen summoned from the business district of the south side to be ex- amined as to their fitness to judge if Car- ter Hi Harrison's slayer shal! spend the rest of his life in the Illinois Asylum for Insane Criminals or die on the gallows. When the morning session was half over the eminent criminal lawyer, Alfred 3. Trude, associate counsel for the state, ap- peared and took the seat of State’s Attor- ney Kern to supervise the examination of veniremen. The prosecution used its fourth peremptory challenge on one of the hold- over veniremen who had appeared to be ac- ceptable. i One venireman who was excused for cause had not formed an «pinion as to whether Carter Harrison was dead or alive, be- cause he “didn’t take much stock in news- paper stories.” Before a recess was taken four intelli- gent looking jurors had been sworn in: John W. 8. Allen, Alfred Wonder, C. E. Reid and C. W. Hamilton, All are busi- ness men. The Trial of Coughlin. The services of four police officers and two bailiffs were required to keep back the throng that sought admission this morn- ing to the court room within which Daniel Coughlin is on trial for his life for com- plicity in the murder of Dr. Cronin. Each person admitted was closely scrutinized on general principles and a good many were orderel to stand back. Taking up the thread of his story from the point at which he broke off yesterday afternoon, Mr. Scan- lan, for the state, alluded to the mystery surroundirg the men accused and sus- pected and irstanced J. M. Simoads and Cooney, who fled after their part in the crime hai been done and had never since been seen by honest eyes. Immediately Judge Wing was on his feet with a vigorous objection based upon the fact that the men named were not upon ‘trial. Counsel's refererce, he said, violated jall the rules of practice and wiped out all the landmarks of law. The state responded that Burke's flight could be used as evidehce against Coughlin. The court ruled that as Simonds was not mentioned in the indictment any reference to his part in the corspiracy would be im- proper. Mr. Scanlan then proceeded with his narra- tion of the case. The speaker excoriated the “cowardly as- sassins, who, although four to one, dared not face their victim, but struck him down from behind,” at which Coughlin flushed and winced. The narration was still in progress wi the court took the usual noon recess. Ss FEMALF COLLEGE BURNED. One Person Fatally rned and Sev- eral Badly Hart. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Dec. 7.—The South- ern Female University was burned to the ground last night. The casualties were: Miss Minnie Dean of Warrior, Ala., fatally burned; Virginia West, a servant, badly burned and arm broken from jumping trom a window; J. B. Robbins, badly burned. The structure was frame and the girls Were saved with great difticulty, being hur- ried from their beds just in time to escape. Jim Foster was badly burned saving the young women. All the missing have been found. Minnie Dean, who ran back into the burn- ing building to save her jewelry, died this morning. The two servants burned will recover. The loss is now estimated at $60,000, insurance $20,000. —<—__. WAITING AT ROME. Zanardelli Holds Another Con- ference With the Kin, ROME, Dec. 7.—The political situation here is still uncertain. No one knows ex- actly what the outcome will be, but, so far as can be learned, it is that Signor Zanar- deili, if he is unable to modify his present ministerial list, will definitely throw up his mandate to form a cabinet and resume his place as president of the chamber of depu- ties. He had a conference lasting three hours with King Humbert this afternoon. The summoning of Signor Farini, president of the senate, and others by the king was only for the purpose of procuring their ad- vice. _— THE VIRGINIA SENATORSHIP, Mr. Hunton Withdraws From the Can- didacy for the Long Ter RICHMOND, Va., Dec. 7.—-The name of Senator Eppa Hunton,at present filling Gen. Barbour’s place by appointment of the gov- ernor, was today formally withdrawn from the lst of candidates for election to the United States Senate for the long term. The indications are that this insures Gen. Fitzhugh Lee’s election for that term, and that Mr. Hunton will be elected by the legislature to serve out the balance of the late Gen. Barbour’s term of service, which expires March 3, 1895, when he will be suc- ceeded by Gen. Lee. eee THE GREAT ATLANTIC STORM. A Number of Bodies Recovered From the Wrecked Jason. HIGHLAND LIGHT, Mass., Dec. 7.—Five bedies have been taken from the wreck of the ship Jason. HALIFAX, N. 8., Dec. The storm along the Atlantic coast of Nova Scotia was very heavy, and it is feared that many wrecks occurred. >_— op Hall’s Con: tion. BENNINGTON, Vt., Dec. 7.—Twenty-nine of the thirty-six of the standing committees of the Episcopal dioceses of the United States that have voted on the confirmation of the election of Rev. A. C. A. Hall to the bishopric of this diocese have voted for him. —— Cen 2 Lodge Election. Washington Centennial Lodge, No. 14, F. A. A. M., last night elected the following officers: Robert Connell, W. W.; H. F. Reily, S. W.; F. W. Harper, J. W.; E. C. Elmore, secretary; H. N. Keene, treasurer; A. T. Longley, corporator; C. C. Stouffer, representative on the Masonic board of re- lief; E. C. Elmore, representative to St. John’s Mite Association, and Charles H. Smith, representative on board of directors. W. H. Baum was elected as trustee for the ensuing three years. a Jurors Accepted. ‘The following have been accepted as jur- ors in Circuit Court, Division 1, Justice Bradley: W. F. Gude, Maurice Solomon, |T. A. Jackson, W. F. Lewis, Bernard Joy. F. Reeside, Isaac Ottenberg and F. A|| Buechler. In Favor of Bi irma- To Make Changes in the Proposed New Tariff Bill. Democrats on the Ways Means Committee Do Not Want Caucus Action on the Measure. The democrats who were not altogether satisfied with the tariff bill are making an effort to organize ‘and combine their forces so as to make their efforts to change the bill in some particulars, effective if possible. Mr. Harter of Ohio, who is greatly dissatis- fied with the sugar schedule, because he be- lieves that the retention of the bounty in any form is vicious, and that sugar is prop- erly a revenue item, is trying to get up a caucus, and is understood to have the agree- ment of some forty or forty-five democrats to go in if the caucus is called. It will re- quire but fifteen names to the call for a caucus, and it is expected that he will have no trouble in getting those for the call it- self. Don’t Want a Caucu ‘The democrats of the ways and means committee are not favorable to the idea of a caucus, and the general feeling among the earnest tariff reformers is that the caucus will be very apt to cut the billso as to render the work of the committee ineffective. Con- | sequently every possible effort is being made, not by themembers of the committee, | who may feel some delicacy about it, but by other demccrats who are supporting them, to prevent the bill being caucused on. The! opinion is very general that while a caucus may be called it will be very apt to adjourn without doing anything. Opposit to the Sugar Schedule. The principal opposition is to the sugar schedule, and in all probability that will be changed in the House by the striking out of the bounty, even though there may be no duty put upon sugar. The grumblings over the bill are getting pretty loud and members with special interests that are affected are doing everything they can to preserve that protection which they are personally interested in, and there is, more- over, a great deal of dissatisfaction over the tardiness of the committee in getting their bill in. It is believed, however, that in the end the bill will be generally support- ed and that it will probably pass with no other change except that which is antici- pated in the sugar schedule. -—— +e PUBLIC AND CHURCH SCHOOL: A Proposed Law That ts C: ‘ing Mach Discussion in New York. ‘The question of state aid to church schools is already being discussed in New York and promises to occupy considerable of the time of the state legislature at its coming session. A bill known as the Walsh bill has been pre- pared to be presented to the legislature, and an agitation for the passage of the bill is being conducted under the direction of Dr. Michael Walsh, editor of “The Sunday Dem- ocrat.” The bill in question mentions no church organization, but, as Protestants claim, is intended to authorize and require a diversion of a portion of the public school funds of the state to the support of paro- chial schools. Petitions are now being cir- culated for signatures, asking the passage of the bill as @ matter of justice. Re eas The Téxt of the Bill. ‘The text of the bill, which is entitled “An act for the promotion of education through- out the state of New York,” is as follow Section 1. That whenever any individual, or body or association of individuals, or any organization of persons, incorporated or unincorporated, shall have established a school for the free education of youth in the primary branches of education, to wit, reading, writing and arithmetic, and such school shall have been in existence for the term of at least one year, with not less than fifty pupils in regular attendance, and shall have been submitted to a satisfactory inspection and examination thereof by the) state or local board of school trustees, or uch other persons as may from time to time be desigyated for the purpose, the per- Son or persons, association or organization conducting or managing such school shall | be entitled to receive from the state (or city or county or district) each year a share | of all state and other moneys now directed | to be apportioned and distributed among the common schools, the same to be appor- tioned and distributed among them as rected to be apportioned and distributed among the common schools by chapter 555 of the laws of 1864. Sec. 2. Such sums shall be paid annually from time to time, provided that such school | shall be always open at reasonable times for | inspection, as aforesaid, and that the pupils | shall have passed a satisfactory examina tion at such stated times as may be deter- mined by the board of school trustees in| accordance with usages and regulations in | force for the public schools of the state. Sec. 3. The provisions of this act shall ap-| ply only to primary and grammar schools, or schools in which the course of study is substantially equal to that in use in the pub- lic schools of the state. The Attitude of Cath | le Clergy. Dr. Walsh, who is regarded as the father of the bill, was asked by a New York | Times reporter whether it was true that | the proposed bill did not meet the approval of the authorities and is quoted as saying: “The fact is that the archbishop and the priests of the state are afraid to come out | openly in the matter and say that they | want the bill. Why, bless you, they would | all be delighted to have it passed. But | they do rot like to step into politics, and | they consider this a political matter to a| certain extent. So they will leave this mat- | ter to the laymen of the church, men who do not care if it is looked upon as a politi- cal matter. It is political, more or less, and some of the politicians will be apt to find it out before the agitation is ended, in my belief.” Dr. Walsh is also credited with the fol- lowing statement: “I may say that the bill has been ap- proved at Rome, where my ideas on the Subject ave been approved by the carJi- nals and clergy; by the leading bishops in England, Ireland, and all English-speaking countries, as well as by some of the most noted prelates of France and Germany. It has also been submitted to and practically approved by the leading clergy and the most prominent men in the Catholic church in this country.” Not Approved. The New York ‘Times today says the bill “does not meet with very general approval outside the circle of men who are its ad- vocates. Mgr. Farley and other Catholic priests repudiated it in so far as it may be the confessed effort of the Roman Catholic Church to obtain a portion of the school fund of the state, even before they knew | the exact form that the bill would take. | “While the text would permit of state as-_ sistance being extended to any schoo! that | meets with the approval of the state exam- iners, there seems to be no attempt by the | members of any other sect than the Catho- lics to push the bill, or even to take ad- vantage of its provisions. A reporter for The New York Times yesterday failed to find supporters of the measure outside of the one denomination whose members are expected to be the mass of Signers of the petitions for its passage now being spread | broadcast through the state.” | +e + —_____ Capt. Stiles Acquitted. The proceedings in the case of Capt. D. | F. Stiles, retired, recently tried in Okla-| hema by a general court-martial, have been forwarded to the War Department, and It) 1s said that the promulgation of the court's verdict will show an honorable acquittal, and that not single point in the charges Was sustained. —_—_———— FOR A CAUCUS|IN CONGRESS TODAY. Promise of a Fight Over the Federal Election Bill. MR HILL 10 PRESS THE MEASURE. The Bankruptcy Bill Discussion the House. SOME ROUTINE BUSINESS, THE SENATE. ‘The attendance of Senators this morning was considerably below the quorum point, Mr. Allison (la.), who had been, up to to- day, among the absentees, was present. On motion of Mr. Gorman (Md), it was resolved that when the Senate adjourned today it be till Monday next. The reports of the government directors of the Union Pacific Railroad Company and of the Nicaragua Maritime Canal Company, were presented and referred. Mr. Morrill on Finance. Mr. Morrill (Vt. offered a resolution refer~ Ting to the committee on finance all parts of the President's message relating to the tariff, internal revenue and income tax, | “together with that relating to those who, it is said, after a hard struggle for tariff re- form, are solemnly pledged to it;” and he Save notice that, on Wednesday next, he would submit some remarks thereon. Mr. Hill (N. ¥.) gave notice that on Mon- day next, immediately after the business, he would move to take up for consideration the bill for the repeal of the federal election laws. He should he sald, to substitute the House bill for the Senate bill reported from the judiciary com- mittee. In the same connection Mr. Hoar (Mass.) gave notice that he would to refer the bill to the committee on pri and elections. On motion of Mr. Manderson (Neb.) Sen- ate bill to reimburse the state of Nebraska for expenses incurred in repelling a threat- ened invasion and raid by the Sioux in 18vL Was taken from the calendar and passed. Mr. Jones (Ark.) offered a resolution call- ing on the Secretary of the Treasury for a statement of the amount of money from any source, in each year since 1873 to the United States district attorney for the southern district of New York as compensa- tion for examining titles to land and as @ compensation in prize cases; and as to the authority for such payments. After a brief discussion and explanation the resolution was agreed to. The Pythian Conclave. Mr. Voorhees (ind. introduced joint reso- lution authorizing the Secretary of War to grant permission for the use of the grounas in the monument reservation and other public reservations on the occasion of the Pythian conclave and encampment in Aus Sust, 184, and it was passed. The following bills were also passed: House bill to amend the railroad land for- feiture acts. Senate bill granting to the state of North ‘ota for the use of its militia certain lands heretofore set apart as a wood reser- vation for Fort Totten military reservation. THE HOUSE. Among the executive documents laid be fore the House was the annual report of the quartermaster general of the army. A resolution was reported from the com- mittee on accounts authorizing the employ- ment of several additional clerks and labor ers and assistant doorkeepers, in order to bring the Capitol force up to a standard of proper efficiency. Messrs. Kilgore and Sayers (Tex.) made some inquiries regarding the necessity for this increase of expense. In response to 4 question from Mr. Can- pon (Ill) Mr. Rusk (Md.) stated that the present number of employes is the same as during the last Congress. Mr. Cannon thought there was a necessity for a thorough reorganization of the Capitol force. After some general discussion the resolu- tion was adopted, with an amendment elim- inating one additional clerk for the disbure- ing office. On motion of Mr. Meyer (La.) the House went into committee of the whole to con- sider the resolution providing for the ap- pointment of a joint committee to investi- gate the rank, pay and matters relating to the personnel of employes in the navy. Yesterday, when this resolution was be- ing discussed, the consideration morning hour expired while an effort was being made to secure a quorum. By unanimous consent the report of the naval affairs committee was read. Messrs. Kilgore and Meyer took their places as tell- ers to ascertain the presence of a quorum, the question being on the motion that the | committee rise and report the resolution to the House with the recommendation that ft The vote by tellers resulted: 130 yeas to 8 nays, and the clerk was directed to call the roll, which resulted in securing the presence of 219 members. But the con- sideration morning hour expired at this point, and the bankruptcy bill was taken up. Nir. Bailey briefly explained the substi- tute which he would offer to the pending bill and devoted the remainder of his re- marks to the sections of the bill providing for irvoluntary bankruptcy. He con: the proposed measure a gross injustice to honest men unforturate in bisiness and af- fording but little protection against dis honesty. DESTROYING GARBAGB. Not Known What the Plans of the Sanitary Company Are. ‘No one seems to know what the National Sanitary Company is going to do about re- building its reduction plant for the treat- ment of garbage, which was recently de- stroyed by fire. There was a meeting of the directors of the company last Tuesday, but no definite plans for the future were decided upon. In the meantime arrangements have been made with the company’s arch enemy, Pat- rick Mann, to look after the dead animals, ‘Tnis morning Attorney Maurice Smith ap- peared before he Commissioners and said he represented Mr. Mann, who was willing to remove and destroy the dead animals of the city at his factory below Giesboro Point provided he was assured the Commissioners would not harass him. But the Commis- sioners would not promise to keep their hands off unless matters were conducted in lawful manner. it was not the policy of the Commissioners, they said, to persecute any one, but they would insist upon the ob- servance of the A peculiar condition of affairs presents itself to the Commissioners in this connec- tion. The health officer has already decler ed the place down the river to be a nule- ance, and Mr. Mann was taken into the Po- lice Court for maintaining a nuisance at this place. It is said however, that several changes have been made in the arrangements of the factory and now no nuisance exists there Nay The flagship San Francisco, cruising along the east coast America and in the West Indies, arrived at Curacoa today which ts of Central The gunboat Bennington sailed from ue noa today for Tangier. re+- A New York Appointment Secretary Carlisle today appointed Josepb Weldos of New York an immigrant inspes-