Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. YUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. aT THE STaR BUILDINGS, nol Avene, corner 11th Ste, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, SE KAUFMANN, Pree’ is New York Ofice, 88 Potter Building. ———-— ‘Tue EVENtne Star ix to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own secneut at tO ruts ww week. or +4c. per month. Ce at the counter cents @act. By mail—anywhers in the United States oF postage prepaid—30 cents per SATURDAY QuINTrPLE Suet S: year; with foreicn postage added, aan (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. . as second-class mail matter.) S27 A) mail sabecriptions must be paid in sdvance, Kates of aivertising made known on application Che Evening Star. Vor 83, No. 20,752. WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, DECEMBER 11, 1893—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. MR. HOAR AGAIN. A Resolution of Inquiry Aimed at Mr. Blount INTRODUCED IN THE SENATE TODAY. The Authority For His Appoint- ment Questioned: OTHER HAWAIIAN NEWS. ‘Senator Hoar this afternoon in the Senate followed up his Hawaiian resolution of last week with another, which has for its pur- pose the ascertainment of the authority un- der which Mr. Blount was appointed as commissioner paramount to Hawail. ‘The full text of the :esolution is as follows: Resolved, That the President be requested to inform the Senate, if, in his opinion, it be Rot inconsistent with the public interest, whether any person whose name has not been submitted to the Senate for its advice and consent, and, if so, what person has been appointed since the fourth day of March, 1893, to represent the United States in the Hawaiian Islands; and Whether such person has been accredited to the President of the executive and ad- visory counctl of the Hawaiian Islands, and whether such person has been presented to the head of the government of the Hawali- an Islands, and whether any, and, if so, what authority has been given to such per- son touching the relations of this govern- ment to the then existing or other govern- ment of the Hawaiian Islands and the pro- tection of American citizens therein; and Whether any discretion or power has been committed to any such person to determine when the naval forces of the United States should be landed therein, or withdrawn therefrom, and whether any authority has been committed to such person to use phys- ical force in the territory of said govern- ment, or to land an armed force there, and Whether such person has been authorized to or has in fact corresponded in regard to the public affairs of the government of the Hawaiian Islands with any private per- son, newspaper or ether periodical, or has been authorized to or has in fact under- taken to receive in said Hawailan Islands the testimony of any private person, or has requested or received written communica- tions frm any private person in.regard to ul and existing government there, cumstances under which said ex- isting government was established, or «ny other matter relating to the public affairs thereof, and if any such appointment or authority has been made or given, further to inform the Senate whether the same was made or given at a time when the Senate was in session or has continued in force during any session of the Senate or Con- gress, or of any part thereof. ‘And further, whether any such appoint- ment or authority was communicated to the Senate during any session thereof, and further, whether any person has accepted or undertaken to accept the office of a commissioner or public minister with the powers aforesaid, or any of them, or has undertaken in any correspondence with the government of Hawali or with any private person to describe himself as commissioner of the United States. jerest at the Departments Subsided. ‘The interest exhibited by state and naval officials on Saturday in the news expected on the mail steamer from Honolulu due at San Francisco today has subsided in a noticeable degree. There is today the same desire to know the latest developments on the island, but it is considerably tempered by a feeling, apparently general, that there has been no material change in the situation since the 24th ultimo, the date of the last advices from Honolulu. At that time the Provisional government was in full power and possession, notwithstanding its knowl- edge that the present United States admin- istration favored the restoration of the queen. In addition to this, Minister Willis had made public announcement that he pro- posed to preserve the peace between the parties at all hazards and that he would ob- serve the status quo certainly, at least, until he hac received specific instructions from Washinton to authorize interference on his part. Instruct! by the Corwin. These instructions are now on their way to Honolulu on the revenue steamer Cor- win, which under the most favorable con- ditions can hardly reach there before the latter part of this week. Consequently it is regarded as improbable that the dispatch- es expected this afternoon show any im- portant change in Hawatian affairs, unless, however, it shall have happened that the followers of Queen Liliuokalani, encour- aged by the attitude assumed by Secretary Gresham, shall have attempted themselves to “undo the great wrong.” Such an under- taking, without the aid of the American naval forces, would undoubtedly fail. Any Fiotous demonstration in the present excited state of the population, however, would cer- tainly —— in considerable bloodshed, and e hope is gener: the hope te se at nothing of the kind Postponing the Reply to the Senate. ‘The delay in the arrival of the mail from Honolulu will have the effect of postponing the President's response to the Senate reso- lution for information on the Hawaiian af- fair. All the data called for can be prepar- @4 in a few hours, but the President is said to desire definite information from Minister Willis for use in his special message pefo-e he sends in the correspondence. The mes- gage may possibly be ready by tomorrow, but the more conservative officials belleve 1¢ will not go to the Senate bef: poongbenet, fore the end of ——_+-o+—_____ Gen. Harrison’s Course of Lectures. Information reaches here from Indianap- @lis that ex-President Harrison has nearly completed the lectures he is to deliver be- fore the Stanford University, and that he Will leave for California about the first of February. The subject of the lectures will be international and constitutional law. ‘Pheir delivery will cover a period of several Weeks. Gen. Harrison will spend the month following visiting various points of interest on the coast. ————-+ e+ __ Medal of Honor. ‘The Secretary of War has awarded a bronze medal of honor to Gen. Alexander Shaler of Ridgefield, N. J., for distinguished va —————_+o+—_____ Movements of Ships. ‘The cruiser Baltimore arrived at Sin, Dore yesterday on her way to the Asiatic station. The gunboat Bennington arrived at Tan- giers yesterday and sailed thence today for ———— A New Buffer. Private Secretary Thurber has gone to! Detroit for a few days, and in his absence | Assistant Private Secretary Pruden will act as a “buffer” between the President and unwelcome visitors. ———~-—___. To Count Stamps. Acting Secretary Curtis has appointed a committee of three officials of the treasury, of which E. L. Mills is chatrman, to ma the annual count of internal revenue stamps. ————__-e Has Resigned. Post Office Inspector L. W. Naylor -* the Washington division has resigned try at the batie of Marye’s Heights, | GRESHAM AND THURSTON. The Reported Substance of the Three Conferences Between Them. A special to the New York Tribune from this city, dated yesterday, says: Another interesting chapter in the Ha- wailan question has come to light. This new information relates to what has taken place at the recent interviews between Sec- retary Gresham and Minister Thurston at the State Department. There have been three of these conferences. In eaclp case they were held at the request of Minister Thurston, and not at the solicitation of Secretary Gresham. In fact, there are good reasons for believing that Secretary Gresh- am avoided the interviews with Hawali’s representative. Although the details of the several con- ferences are not_ made public, sufficient is known of what®ccurred during their pro- gress to show clearly the weakness of the proposition of the administration and the strength of the previsional government's side of the case. The First Conference. In the first conference Minister Thurston asked to be informed as to the grounds upon which the administration based its conclu- sions in the case. He said that it might not be too late to furnish important information which would have the effect of correcting the evidently erroneous impressions which the Secretary entertained. In reply to this request Secretary Gresham said that his mind was fully made up as to the soundness of his position; that he had not reached his conclusions without carefully considering the effect of his ac- tion, and that no further information on the Hawaitan question was, therefore, desired. He told Minister Thurston that he had bas- ed his conclusion upon the repom of Special Cimmissioner Blount, which he believed to contain full and trustworthy information as to the circumstances and forces which brought about the dethronement of Liliuo- kalani. At no time during the interviews did the Secretary intimate what the report of Com- missioner Blount contained. He contented himself with saying that in his judgment the testimony furnished the State Depart- ment in relation to the causes and incidents of the Hawaiian revolution was conclusive. It will be remembered that Minister Thurs- ton first learned of the contents of Blount's report the morning after it was given out to the press. Failing in his efforts to learn what Blount had reported to be the facts relating to the overthrow of Liliuokalani, Mr. Thurston asked Mr. Gresham if there were other rea- sons, of which he could speak, entering into his decision to overturn a republican form of government and re-establish a monarchy in Hawail. Reasons for Restoring the Queen. Secretary Gresham replied that there were two particular reasons which had influenced his conclusions in the case. In the first Place, he said, according to the terms of its own proclamation, the existing government was organized to endure until terms of union could be negotiated with the United States. The proposition for union had, Mr. Gresham said, been thoroughly considered by the United States, but upon due delibera- tion it was rejected. The result was that the object for which the existing govern- ment had been organized ceased to exist, and that the government itself, therefore, Minister Thurston’s Reply. Minister Thurston was fully prepared for such an argument. In answering, he said that as Secretary Gresham's premises were erroneous his conclusions were faulty and inapplicable in the present case. The proc- lamation of the provisional government did Say that it should endure until terms of union with the United States were negoti- ated, but the proclamation set no time in which such negotiation should take place, nor did the framers of the proclamation in- tend that there should be any fixed period in which the consummation to be wished should be carried into execution. Further- more, the existing government properly re- served to itself the right to determine with respect to its own side of the case when efforts to secure union with the United States were unsuccessful. Such a union might result in one month after negotiations were begun. It might be years before they were consummated. However short or long } the period during which negotiations to this end were pending, the time when they were to be regarded as having ended and the question as to whether or not the provis- fonal government lapsed in consequence of failure to secure union with the United States were clearly matters over which neither the United States nor any other power having no proprietorshi v could determine. i a earaneae Mr. Thurston here made the point that the rejection by the United States of the offer of annexation from Hawaii put an end to any and all jurisdiction over the islands. Minister Thurston called attention to the fact that the destiny of the existing gov- ernment was not a subject for arbitration by the United States. Even assuming that the good offices of Minister Stevens and the services of the Boston’s marines had been essental factors in the revolution which re- sulted in the ascendancy to power of the provisional government, that government could not rightfully be held responsible or punished for the acts of Minister Ste or Capt. Wiltse. —— Mr. Gresham's Second Renson. Pressed by Minister Thurston for further information, Secretary Gresham said that his second reason for deciding adversely in the appeal of Hawaii for annexation to the enited States was intimately associated with the one already given. It was that the abdication of the queen was made under the condition that sge gave up power pending @ settlement of questions involved at Wash- ington. Now, Secretary Gresham said, a settlement at Washington has been made. It was one which was adverse to the title of the provisional government, and the prop- erty involved reverted, consequently, to the rightful claimant. To this process ‘of rea- | soning Mr. Thurston replied that the pro- | visional government had never accepted the | conditions of abdication of the queen as ex- pressed in her protest upon her forced re- tirement from power. Her protest had been received, indorsed and filed just as that of a deposed consul or minister would be dealt with by Secretary Gresham. The Second Conference. The second conference at the State De- Partment was a brief one. It related to “Paramount” Blount’s report which had been published in the press the day before. In a general way Minister Thurston pointed out the inconsistencies of the report, and filed with Secretary Gresham a written an- Swer to some of the issues raised. At Wed- nesday’s interview Mr. Thurston demanded to be informed of the nature of the instruc- ticns given and sent to Minister Willis. What the reply of Secretary Gresham was 4s still cause for much speculation. It is a Significant fact, however, that within a few hours after the reply was given Minister Thurston started by the most rapid route for Honolulu. + e+_______ Souvenir Coins. Arrangements have been made at the Treasury Department for the recoinage of the unused world’s fair souvenir coins. Mr. Ellsworth, representing the commissian, de- posited $40,000 at che department Saturday to cover expenses of transportation and coinage. The amount te be received through this recoinage is said to be $1,700,000, rep- resenting the value of the coins now in the hands of the commission. —-2-+_ Renewal of Gold Eporis. The recent shipment of $500,000 in gold to rope is a matter of general interest to treasury officials as a possibie Indication of a renewal of gold exports drain on the national free gold in the t | the total treasu sold balance. The Sury is $83,500,000 and balance is § | official table completed in | mint bureau of ¢ treas' | shows the gold in the United Stated on No- | vember 1 last to have aggregated s6u,S05,- 483. Much of this gold is in the national and private banks of the country. and a consequent | | revival of the anti-socialist law. THE PARIS OUTRAGE. | Vaillant’s Crime the One Topic at the French Capital. A DEFENSE OF HIM PUBLISHED. More Rigorous Treatment of An- archists Demanded. THE SENTIMENT OF EUROPE. (SE EE PARIS, Dec. 11.—The outrage in the chamber of deputies on Saturday is about the only topic of conversation in the public resorts of the city. It is the general opin- ion that the time has arrived when the gov- ernment must put aside all mauulin sen- tment and treat these anarchist would-be murderers with scant consideration, and that this will be done scarcely any one doubts. It is believed that every anarchist and all their sympathizers should be hunted to earth and punishment fitted to their das- tardly crimes meted out to them. Now that Auguste Vaillant, the bomb thrower, has fallen into the hands of the Police, after doing all the evil he possibly could, he is not lacking defenders or pa- pers that will publish the screeds of his sympathizers. A socialist named Pemjean has written a letter to the Temps defend- ing Vaillant, and that paper publishes it. Pemjean, emong other ravings, says that | the deed committed by Vaillant will have the approval of most anarchists. Nobody doubts this statement, as cowardly attacks upon unsuspecting men, women and chil- drer is the distinguishing feature of the anarchist warfare. The fact is cynically commented upon that an anarchist never displays any cour- age until he is safely locked up, and then his bravery consists of vaunting himself and his fellow criminals, safe in the knowl- edge that the law he professes to hold in centempt will protect him from the popular consequences of his cowardly crimes. It is pointed out that no anarchist has yet had the courage to attack even one man, where the individual would have an opportunity to defend himself. To say that popular feeling against the anarchists is extremely bitter is to put it very mildly, and the pop ular demand for sternly repressive meas- ures is certain to force the government to adopt far more stringent precautions than any that have yet marked the counter rev- elution against lawlessness, ‘The story of Valllant’s life is about the same as that of all these anarchist “heroes.” Ot course he has a mistress. She is a/ woman named Marhal, which name, by the way, was the alias of Vaillant. band states that after Vaillant led his wife astray he got her to sell the furniture of | her home, and afterward, in his endeavors to do away with the wrongs of society, | lived on the proceeds of the sale until they were gone. Then the woman was forced to go to work, and still meditating upon the method of righting the wrongs of the suf- fering people, he remained Idle and lived off the money earned bee he wad ruined and e ise@larchal endeavored to get his wife to abandon her | evil life, Vaillant, fearing that his means of livelihood would be taken from him. threat- ened to kil him if he did not leave the wo- man alone. M. Berger, a member of the chamber of deputies, says that on Saturday he noticed about thirty men waiting at the entrance to the chamber, all of whom were trying to gain admission. Just before the explosion occurred a group of these men were seen in the front of one of the galleries seem- ingly waiting for something to happen. What England Advises. LONDON, Dec. 11.—The St. James Ga- zette today demands not only that legal obstacles be placed in the way of the pur- chase of explosive chemicals, but also the repression of anarchist speeches and litera- ture. The Globe calls upon the public prose- cutor to suppress all the anarchists organi- zations in London and elsewhere in Great Britain. The Westminster Gazette says it approves of the most rigorous laws, both national and international, against the overt acts of anarchists, or acts showing felonous intent. It protests, however, against censorship as unpopular of socialist or othe: doctrines supposed to lead to anarchism. It says that suppression of the freedom of discussion will be found no guarantee against anarch- ist outrages. The Feeling in Germa BERLIN, Dec. 1.—The Kleine Journal says it hopes that the ane-chist outrage in the French chamber of deputies will not lead to the suggestion in the reichstag of a An amend- ment to the penal code, the paper adds, would serve all purposes in Germany if there were different prosecutors. The Cologne Gazette says it hopes France will seize the initiative to obtain common | international measures for the suppression of anarchists. Sympathy for the Victims. BUDA PE 'H, Dec. 11.—In the Hungari- an diet today several of the members ex- | pressed their sympathy for those wounded by the bomb explosion in the French cham- ber of deputies on Saturday and praised the members of the chamber for thelr conduct. Rigorous Action in Switzerland. BERNE, Dec. 11.—The Swiss government is disposed to take measures against anar- chists and thelr right of asylum in this country. The procureur general will make a list of all the known anarchists in Switzer- land. Two hundred of them are known to be living in the principal centers, such as Zurich, Bable, St. Gall and Lugano. . Watching Anarchists in New York. NEW YORK, Dec. 11.—Police Superinten- dent Byrnes has received information that the local anarchists, fired by the recent boid deeds of their compatriots in France and Spain, are meditating some deviltry, and has taken steps to thwart the plans of the Reds.” All last night detectives were en- gaged in shadowing several notorious and desperate characters in the hope of locating the place where explosives are said to be stored. Chief Byrnes did not retire until daylight. So far no arrests have been made. ‘The police refuse to speak on the subject, but it was learned, nevertheless, that with- in the next few hours every known anar- chist in the metropolis will be under police surveillance and that a special guard of detectives will be stationed at all the public buildings. MANY WITNESSES TO APPEAR. Beginning the Hearing of Testimony Dan Coughlin’s Case. CHICAGO, Dee. 11.—Judge Tuthill’s court room was the arena of a typical murder trial scene this morning when the sworn testimony of witnesses against Daniel Coughlin, the alleged murderer of Dr. Pat- rick Henry Cronin, commenced. Every seat was filled, many prominent Irishmen being present. After the preliminary for- | malities attending the real beginning of a great trial it was agreed to exclude all wit- nesses from the room until called. The state will have 111 witnesses and the pre- vious testimony of those who are dead will be read to the jur: ‘The defense had 78 witnesses at the first trial and the number will probably be in- creased to 100 this time. Her hus- | ST. MARY’S CHAPEL. It Was Consecrated by Bishop Paret This Morning. ressive Services and Fine Music— Under St. John’s Parish—Good School Work Going On. This morning at 11 o'clock St. Mary's Episcopal Chapel, on 23d street between G and H streets northwest, was consecrated by Bishop Paret, bishop of the diocese of Maryland. The church was erected in 1886 and has been doing a mission work among the col- ored people of that section ever since, be- Ienging to and in the general charge of the parish of St. John’s Church, but from the fact that it has been under a heavy debt until recently, it could not, according to the laws of the Episcopal Church, be conse- |erated before now. The church was well filled with members and outsiders, when at 11 o'clock the clergy entered the church, headed by, Bishop Paret and Bishop Pe- nicks. Rev. Dr. Elliott, rector of the Church of the Ascension; Rev. Dr. Clark of St. James’ Church, Rev. Dr. Crummell of St. Lukes’ Church, and Rev. F. G, Bragg, rec- tor of St. Mary of the Virgin Church in Baltimore, followed, while the choir boys brought up the rear. The thirty-fourth Psalm was read, and then Mr. J. C. Bancroft Davis read the in- strument of donation and request for con- secration. This was signed by the vestry of St. John’s Church, Dr. Robert Reyburn, J. C. B. Davis, Gen, J. H. Watmough, Judge W. 8. Cox, Gen. C. C. Angus, Gen. B. C. Card, James Lowndes and Henry EK. Pel- lew. After this Dr. Alexander Mackay Smith read the sentence of consecration, signed by Bishop Paret, and by which the chapel was placed in the bishop's care. Fol- lowing came the morning prayer, and W. V. Tunnell, warden of King Hall, the col- ored divinity school of the city, preached the sermon for the morning. It was an jearnest and eloquent discourse. After this came a solo, the “‘Ave Marie,” by the church soprano, Mrs. Brooks, with a violin obligato by Prof. Ebnier. Holy communion was celebrated by Bishop Paret, the serv- ices lasting until after 1 o'clock. General Schools. St. Mary’s Chapel is under the rector of St. John’s Episcopal Church, Dr. Alexander Mackay-Smith, but P. H. Birdsall, the as- sistant minister in charge, conducts the services and has the direct superintendence of the work going on. There is a day school carried on in an adjoining hall, which numbers about one hundred scholars, under Mrs. Mary C. Rugg as principal and Miss Allen-as assistant. A kindergurten is also maintained in connection with the work on Snow's row, an alley between 24th and 25th streets and Land K streets north- | west. This is in general charge also of Mrs. Rugg and is gathering in a great many waifs from that quarter. The music for the morning was in charge of Albert K. Brodie, the precentor, and was rendered by the choir boys of the church. |The organist was Miss Cecil F. McKee. Among the visitors present from St. John's |Church were J. C. Bancroft Davis, General Watmough and Henry E. Pellew. After the services in the chapel were over the clergy and a number of inyited guests partook of a bountiful luncheon, prepared in the ad- joining hail by the young ladies of St. Mary’s Guild. The local committee in charge of the work St. Mary’s Chapel, who are appointed annually by the rector, and to which much credit for the good work done is due, con- sists of R. H, Gleaves, Jerome A, Johnson, Charles B. er, J. C. Erwin, Albert K. Brodie, Dr. S. Rogers Watts, Leon Turner and Arthur Brooks. ———— CIVIL SERVICE REPORT. Majority Minority Ideas Giv: Out by the Commission. ‘The majority and the minority reports of the civil service commission have been given to the public. The extension of the service to free delivery post offices, states the former report, was one of the most important accomplishments of the commis- sion. The number of government employes thereby placed within the classified service was 7,660. As a result, the postal service already shows improvement. In the small- er offices it is difficult to discover evasions of the law, and the commission desires that it be invested with power to investigate all cases of removal, and to examine witnesses under oath. The commission believes that many of the excepted places within the gov- jernment service should be placed within the classified service. The salary limit to the \classified service in custom houses should be abolished, and classification should be by grade. The success of the civil service law as applied to the postal railway ser- vice is commented on at length, The mz- jority report is signed by Commissioneis Roosevelt and Lyman. is signed by Mr. Johnson and sets forth the regret of the writer because of his inabil- ity to subscribe to the views of the other commissioners. But he follows his convic- tions rather than his wishes. He states that the extension of the civil service law to free delivery offices was ill-advised and has wrought harm to the cause of true re- jsorm. It necessitated too much work for the commission, more than it could properly ndle, and it is now several months in ar- jrears on much of its current work. The civil service to command the support of the |people must have the backing of public opin- lion. Thus its extension must be caut! and wise, and its administration pure. The people know that the extension of the civil service does not absolutely mean the exten- sion of civil service reform. When such an extension is ordered by a party just on the leve of departure from power, and when the employes so protected are largely the par- |tisan appointees of that party, it is very |natural that the extension is looked on as'a partisan and political trick. Much of the J unp tributable to this. The report states t positions demanding the exercise of maine istrative policy and the decision of import- ant matters should be exempt from civil ‘servise rules. Mr. Johnson maintains that jthe position he assumes is the same posi- |tion which was held by Mr, Cleveland in |ISSS, as expressed in “a memo rand |to the commission, oe ai | | Vice Herbert President and Stevenson, Smith and Representative |Springer will leave the city this evening at 10:4% for Augusta, Ga., for the purpose of visiting the exposition at that city. A com- Secretaries mittee consisting of Col. Patrick Walsh, the president of the exposition, and Messrs. Cohen and Verdery reached here this morn- {ing to escort their distinguished guests. he party wi return to Washington on | Wednesday morning. Roe Silver Movements, The issue of standard silver dollars from the mints and treasury offices for the week |ended December 9, 1898, was $544,310; for | the corresponding period iast year, $640,104, The shipment of fractional silver coins |from the ist to 9th instants ee aggregated ———_—_+ e+ Accident to Representative Cockran. Representative Bourke Cockran of New | York met with an ugly accident today. | He was out riding this morning when his horse stumbled and threw him with some violence to the ground. He received a bad cut over the right eye. The injury while painful is not dangerous, but it will leave | the Representative with a disfigured face for several day: i —_—— —— Secretary Lamont’s Assistant. }_The change in the office of assistant sec- retary of war will take place on the 15th instant, when Gen. Grant will retire in favor of Gen. Doe. The latter is expected to arrive here in a day or so, ‘The minority report | 'S|Mr. Cleveland’s peany had begun to fall pularity of the civil service law is at-| THE OPPOSITION’ Attacks on the New Tariff Bill Ex- pected From Many Quarters. MEMBERS FROM PROTECTION DISTRICTS | Will Make the Matter a Personal : Question. REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE. It begins to look as though the Wilson tariff bill will be made the subject of con- siderable guerrilla warfare on the part of the democratic members when it is finally introduced into the House. Rumors have been abroad for some days of the forma- tion of a combination of eastern democrats for the purpose of uniting with republican votes to, secure higher tariffs upon certain articles that have hitherto been heavily protected. No actual substance can be found in these rumors yet, but there is ev- idently some influence at work to this end and the managers of the bill are beginning to grow anxious and are utilizing every means possible to bring out the party whip and consolidate the democratic vote to pass the bill in its entirety. Working Up the Opposition. It 1s whispered that the opposition, which will be composed of members from various localities who have special local interests to protect, is being worked up by Representa- tive Sperry of Connecticut. Mr. Sperry rep- resents a large class in the House. He car- ried his district by about 500 votes and there is enough margin in the prohibition and pop- ulist parties {n his district to prove the election right away. There are many mem- bers in just this position, and they fear that injury to their local industries, which many concede will follow the adoption of the schedule first proposed, will cause a revolu- tion of just sufficient strength in the elec- tions next autumn to cost them their seats. A Personal Question. ‘The quertion therefore resolves itself into a personal one and they are inclined to let their party allegiance slip just enough to insure or to make more probable their own return to the House. In the face of this scattered but determined opposition Chair- man Wilson, it is understood, expects to find the bill attacked from anywhere from ten to fifty quarters. With fifty votes add-| ed to the republican strength the bill would be sufficiently endangered to create a moral strength against it even though it should pass the House in the condition in which it came from the committee. The opponents of the present schedule in the House rely upon the opposition of certain Senators from the east and south to prevent the adoption of the schedule in the Senate. It may be a few amendments will slip through the House. Such amendments would be taken up by the Senate as a sufficient excuse to amend the bill radically. The Senators from West Virginia and Virginia are said to be preparing for a fight in behalf of their own industries and it is understood -hat Senator Morgan will prove a serious stumbling block to the passage of the bill in the form that the President desires. The Republican Attitade. ‘The republican attitude is a matter of question. Of course - republican strength will be thrown into the breach in active opposition to the entire bill as it comes from the committee. But just how far this strength will be utilized in a coa- lition with the disaffected democrats can- not now be determined. The Star is in- formed that a proposition is in circulation on the republican side of the House for a caucus to be held as soon as possible after the bill is reported from the committee and the majority and minority reports hav: been published. At such a caucus this mat ter of combining with the democratic op- position, if such can be formed by Repre- sentative Sperry, will probably be settled. There are some on the republican side, however, who advocate a strict negative Position that will admit of no compromises and that will appeal to the platform of the party adopted at Minneapolis. What Mr. McG Thinks. Representative McCall of Massachusetts said this morning to a Star reporter: “I be- lieve that the bill will finally pass the House substantially or exactly as it comes from the committee. I do not think that there is sufficient opposition that can be consolidated into a union to amend the bill radically. The object of such an opposi- jtion, if it is contemplated, would undoubt- jedly be for moral effect on the other side ‘of the Capitol. The bill, as first published from the committee, seems to have been put jout as a feeler. This begins to look like an administration of feelers. The Presi- |dent put out the Gresham letter as a feeler jand he understands perfectly well now just how the public takes It. The tartff bill has been put out for the same effect and there |is httle doubt in the world that large num- |bers of democrats and democratic news- papers are clamoring for a revision of the schedule. It look to :ne as though the Cleveland luck lias begun to wane. You can toss up a penny + thousand times and the fivst five ‘undred may come down heads. Then ,ou can begin to bet on the lother side. It looks very much as though tails up. +e END OF ACTIVITY. The Old Constellation Has Taken Her Last Cruise. With the departure of the training ship Mononghela from Newport today for Nor- folk, en route to Annapolis, a change in \the stations and duties of several of the | old-time war vessels was inaugurated by the Navy Department. The Monongahela will go to the Naval Academy to take the ivlace of the Constellation as a practice ship for the cadets. It has been ascer- tained that the Constellation cannot be re- paired within the 10 per cent limit of her jcost, as required by law, and her days of usefulness at sea have ended accordingly, but she will be fitted out and sent to New- port as receiving ship for nava! appren- | |tices, The Richmond at Newport is to go to League Island as a receiving ship in place of the St. Louis, recently condemned. The Essex, now at Norfolk, will take the place of the Monongahela as a practice ship for | naval apprentices. ——— CAPITOL TOPICS. The Hornblower ‘The Hornblower nomination was discussed | informally in the Senate committee on ju- diciary this morning and went over until ‘Vhursday. Rivers and Harbors. ‘vhe House committee on rivers and har-! bors is about to begin active work, and was |this morning given authority to sit during {the sessions cf the House. Mr. Wheeler (Ala.) succeeded in having | |tomorrow and Wednesday set apart for the | |consideration of the bill to admit Utah as | a state despite the objections of Mr. Din, |ley (Me.) that the matter was too important 0 be brought up during the morning hour. rikesx and the Mails. ' | Senator McMillan of Michigan has intro-| |duced a bill that will operate a bar! jagainst strikers interfering with mail| |trains, but with a provision that prohibits |railroads from taking advantage of the act | by endeavoring to carry on passenger traf- fic by attaching such cars to regular mail trains. oo Niue jurors have been secured in the Pren- dergast murder trial at Chicago. | land during his first term. | it has proven to be of almost incalculabie ‘ ercise of which should not be revised except An index to advertise: ments will be found om Page 3. JUDGE CHARLES H. SIMONTON. He Has Been Selected for the Circuit Pourt Bench. The President has selected Judge Charles , H. Simonton of South Carolina as judge of the fourth judicial circuit, in place of Judge Bond, deceased, and his nomination was among those sent to the Senate today. Judge Simonton is district judge for the district of South Carolina, having been ap- pointed to that position by President Cleve- He is about sixty-three years old, and was | born in Fairfield county, South Carolina. He ts a graduate of the College of South Carolina, and when a young man removed ly Caariesion, where he read law and en- tered upon an active practice of his profes- sion, and where he has since made his home. He served throughout the late war as a colonel in the confederate army, and when hostilities ceased he returned to Charleston and resumed the practice of his profession. In the early '70's he was elected to the! South Carolina legislature for several/ terms, and served as chairman of its most important committees. Judge Simonton is a man of many schol- arly attainments, and his appointment will undoubtedly give satisfaction to the bar of South Carolina. In South Carolina politics, while generally regarded as a non-partisan, his affiliations are said to be with the anti-Tillman wing of the democratic warty, though his decis- fons in several cases of direct interest to the Tillman elemen’. are said to have been satisfactory to then, While not particularly objecting to Judge | Simonton’s appointr..ent, the Tillmanites are | said to be more dis; leased over the selection the President is sail to have made for suc- cessor of Judge Simonton as judge of the district court of South Carolina. The most prominent gentlemen in South Carolina brought forward to date as Judge Simonton’s successor are Judges Wallace and Hudson. It is stated, however, that Representative Brawley of Charleston can secure the ap- pointment if he so desires. Mr. Brawley te fifty-two years of age and a native of South Carolina. He was educated at the State College and served in the confederate army. He was solicitor of the sixth judicial cir- cult and has served in the South Carolina legislagure. ie DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. ‘The Recorder of Deeds’ Office. Representative Goldzier of Illinois is pre- paring a bill to introduce in the House to provide what is said will be a valuable ad- dition to the methods of business in the of- fice of the recorder of deeds of this Dis- trict. Mr. Goldzier’s bill provides for an in- dex to be prepared of each city square, showing the nature of every transaction relating to each lot in that square. The in- dex would indicate the transfers of lots, the filing of mortgages and, in fact, every act of conveyancing relating to the lot. In conversation with a Star reporter to- day Mr. Goldzier said: “We have such an index in Chicago, and value. I think that a similar index could be maintained for this city at a compara- tively small cost. It would- cost something to commence it, of course, and require probably a year or eighteen months to get it up to date, but think what a convenience it would be. A man could simply turn to the page containing the square in which he was interested, and could see the entire history of a lot at a glance.”” Bills in the Senate. Senator McMillan today reported favora- bly to the Senate the bill to extend North ‘Capito! street and the bill to prevent the re- cording of subdivisions of land in the office of the recorder of deeds of the District. Senator Faulkner made similar report upon the bill to provide for the issue of new street car tickets, the bill abolishing the old corporation of Georgetown and the bill au- thorizing the Commissioners to accept with- out interest payment for certificates for | special assessments. The last bill was amended by committee. Senator Gallinger introduced a bill provid- ing for the erection of a statue of ex-Secre- tary Stanton. Senator Stockbridge .roduced a bill to provide relief for railway mail service em- ployes. Senator Peffer introduced a bill amending the act relating to the sale of liquors in the District of Columbia. (+ ee HARDY AND NORRIS TO HANG. The Conviction of Peter Yo derers Affirme ‘The Court of Appeals today decided that the trial and conviction of George Hardy | and Edward Norris, the youthful colored murderers of Peter Young, on the 224 of July of last year, was a fair and just one, and denied their motion for a new trial. | The opinion of the court, written by Mr. Justice Shepard, is quite a lengthy one and discusses at Jength the grounds assigned by the defendants in making their appeal. The murdered man, Peter Young, a re-| spectable citizen and a veteran of the late war, kept a small store at the corner of 4th | and D streets southeast. About 9:30 the evening of the murder he closed his store, and, with his money in a small satchel, | started for his home. When on 34 street, | near East Capitol street, he was set upon by two men, One struck’him over the head | with a pick handie, and as he fell the other! snatched his satchel, beth running off in the darkness. Hardy, rris and one Gant were arrested upon suspicion, and were tried before Judge McComas in Criminal Court, No. 1, last June. Gant was acquit- ted, and the others convicted of murder. A motion for a new trial was denied by Judge McComas, and Hardy and Norris were sen- tenced to be hanged onthe 12th of January, 1sa4. Thereupon, the ‘condemned men ap- pealed to the Court of Appeals, that court hearing the case the latter part of last month. The reason relied upon by the defendants in asking for a new trial were that the al- leged confessions of the prisoners were im- properly admitted as evidence, having been obtained by threats and inducements. In the course of the decision the court sa) “As we have said in the case of United States against Brady @i Wash. Law Rep., 665), ‘the sufficiency of the evidence to show the competency of the confession: pri- | merily, a question for the court. As to how he shall satisfy himself with respect to this question, or to what extent he will hear proof thereon, is necessarily a matter al- most entirely within his discretion, the ex- ag’s Mur- in case of palpable abuse.’” ‘The court therefore held that Judge McComas com- mitted no such abuse in satisfying himself as to the sufficlency of the confessions. The court also held that no error was | committed in admitting the testimony of | the officers or to what was said by the de- | fendants, for, says the court: “The record shows that the court gave plain instructions to the jury, at the instance of the defend- ants, to disregard the confessions entirely if they had any reascnable doubt as to their having been voluntarily made.” But, disregarding the alleged confessions e..tirely, the court says there still remained evidence sufficient to warrant and sustein the verdict reached ‘by the jury, and for that and the other reasons assigned in the opinion the judgment of the trial court is | affirmed. As there seems to be no federal | question intolved in the case the action of the Court of Appeals today appears to leave the condemned men no other hope than through the President, the court being the tribunal of last resort. Counsel for defense will apply to the President to commute the sentence to life imprisonment. sa — } Coming to Washington, | The torpedo boat Cushing left New Lon-| don Saturday for this city, where she will be tled up for the winter. sr eeensiime Aja Ss Acting Secretary. | Assistant Secretary McAdoo ts acting as | Secretary of the Navy in the absence of | Secretary Herbert in Georgia. i ASHORTER WORK DAY. How President Gompers Would Give Employment to More Men. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF LABOR The Thirteenth Annual Convention Assembles. WELCOMING THE DELEGATES. CHICAGO, Dec. 11.—Representatives of organized labor from all parts of the coun- try and identified with combinations of wage workers having an aggregate membership of a million and a half, assembled in ccuncll chamber of the city hall this ing and formally inaugurated the teenth annual convention of the Federation of Labor. Around the walls of the chamber hung the banners of the local trade organi- zations, and a plentiful smattering of Stars and stripes, while the back of BF at Battery D were dispensed with at the last moment. Promptly at 10 o'clock President Samuel Gompers of New York brought down the Ume honored gavel of the organization upon the desk and calied the assemblage to order. ‘The generai was thrown open to the public, and in a few minutes was packed to suffocation. in a few words President J. J. McGrath of the Chicago Trades’ A representing Sv,000 wage workers, extended fraternal greetings to the delegates, and then gave way to W. C. Pomeroy, who read an address of welcome on behalf the radical language that evoked repeated and joud expressions of approval. aon concluding, x: describing the tion of the poor of Chicago, he said: “It is a time for alarm—alarm for the continuation of a government whose sov- ereign states are delivered to railway mag- nates, coal barons and speculators; alarm for the continuation of a federal govern- ment whose financial policies are manu- factured in Wall street at the dictation of the money barot of Europe. We expect you to take measures to utilize the fran- wer the unfaith- chise and to hurigfrom ful servants of the peot When the speaker concluded the app ause continued for several moments. President M. H. Madden of the State Federation of Labor also welcomed the delegates in a calm, conservative speech, laying stress upon the importance of political action. ‘President Gompers ed _on behalf of the federation. Samuel Ross, P. H. Pen- na, R. H. Metcalf, William Anderson and L. M. Part were designated as the committee on credentials. After the noon recess President Gompers submitted his annual ¥ The ual address is a long document, and in its entirety would fill nearly a page of a metropolitan newspaper. It deals with the industrial de- pression, its effect upon labor the necessity for harmony, child labor, litical action, the o1 of unions, federal labor le-islation and topics. ‘Mr. Gompers says: “Since August of year we have been in the greatest inGustriah depression this country has ever witnessed. It is no exaggeration to say that more than 3,000,000 of our fellow toflers throughout the country are without employment, and have been so since the time named. This industrial condition Mr. eg attributes to the fact that the invention iraproved labor-saving machinery since the finencial depression of 1873-79 has displaced hours of labor.” —— BEACHED NEAR MILWAUKEE. Mistake of the Steamer ina MILWAUKEE, Wi and Pere Marquette steamer No. 3 is on the beach three or four miles north of this port, scuttled to keep her from pounding to pieces. She left Ludington last night with eighteen passengers. There was a hard snow storm on the lake, and the boat struck the beach when the captain thought he was just en- tering Milwaukee harbor. A crew of four men was sent ashore, but the sea has come up so much since that no ordinary small boat can live. ‘The life-saving crew and surf boat have gone to the scene. The steamer is 300 feet from shore. The bottom is sand, more or less covered with boulders. She was scut- | tled to prevent her pounding to pieces. The seas are breaking over her stern. It is thought no lives will be lost, as the storm seems to be abating some. > — PANIC AT A REVIVAL. A Young Woman Pushed From the Gallery to the Floor Below. DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 11.—There was a panic in the audience at Dr. Chapman's big revival service at the Auditorium yesterday afternoon. The meeting was for women only and fully 5,000 of them were jammed into the building. In the midst of the service Miss Grace Williams was pushed through the gallery railing by the crowd behind her and fell to the floor below. One rib was fractured an@ her spine was badly injured. Instantiv there was a rush for the doors, and in the excitement a large number of women were badly squeezed and six of them fainted, Any number of dresses were torn and hats crushed before the few men at the doors could stop the rush. —— A BRITISH ADMIRAL’S ADMISSION That Great Britian Cannot Hold’ the Mediterranean Against the French. LONDON, Dec. i1.—The Graphic today publishes an interview with Admiral Horn- by, first and principal aid de camp to the queen. Adraival Hornby says that Great Baitain could not hold the Mediterranean with its present fleet. Unless the British naval force is stronger than the French force, the British in the event of war are bound to be beaten, for the French and seamen of today know their work as well and have as good ships as the Brit- h. ish. Furthermore they have the better strate- gic position, holding as they do both sides of the Mediterranean. They have an im- pregnable dock yard and arsenal at Toulon with inexhaustible supplies in their rear. Tunis gives them half a dozen fortified harbors. Bizarti in that country, which the French were pledged not to fortify, has become extremely strong and can afford ehelter to a large fleet is true this gauntlet that the British will have to pa: on their way to Malta is not nearly as strong as it might be. Gibraltar, Admiral Hornby adds, is still worth holding. It has defects in its want of docks, but the rock itself is impreg- nable. The Egyplian harbors are worth little, but Famagosta, in the Island of Cy- prus, Is capable of being converted into a | great coaling depot, where a fleet could al- ys be sheltered. Speaking of the armament of warships, Admiral Hornby says. that moéerate sized guns of about twenty-five tons are the best. Each gun should be separately protected, thus making it @ litde fortress in diself.