Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1893, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ante PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY- THE STAR BUILDINGS, Now York Office, 88 Potter Building. govseain ~ ynacnn ‘THe EVENING Star is serve ‘by carriers. on 8 eae own account, week. or 44. per month. Copies at f ter g cents ouch. By mail—aaywhers in the United oF Canads—postage prepaid. SATURDAY 31 % warn as eee an Ot 08 pet your Post Office at Washington, D. C.. matter. ) * 4-411 mail subscriptions must be paid in sdvance. Rates of atvertisine made known on application A NEW MUDDLE. The McCreary Hawaiian Resolutions Severely Criticised. THEIR ADOPTION WOULD BE DISASTROUS And Place the Democrats in a Worse Position Than Ever. (Entered at the as second-class THE GENERAL SENTIMENT. The resolutions reported to the House by Chairman McCreary as a substitute for those introduced by Messrs. Hitt and Bou- telle, with relation to the Hawaiian mat- ter, are regarded as lable to devolve a pretty heavy responsibility upon the demo- erats if adopted, and to raise an issue be- fore the country which it would be wise to avoid. The opinicn is widely expressed that, if possible, Mr. McCreary’s resolutions place the democrats in a worse condition than they occupied before. An Absurd Positio: In the first place, it is regarded as ab- surd (ot mentioning the unfairness of the thing) for the House to be thus called upon to give a verdict in a case where part of the testimony has, confessedly, been with- held by the executive. Even if the testi- mony submitted were not one-sided and partial in the extreme, it would be a curious thing, it is suggested, for the House to give an official expression such as Mr. McCreary proposes, while not all the facts are known. The opinion is expressed that the least they could do would be to go through the form of looking into the ques- tion a little before giving their verdict. Wiser to Ignore the Whole Thing. A good many democrats think it would be wiser to ignore the matter altogether than it would to pass resolutions censuring the action during the Harrison administra- tion, while ignoring that of Mr. Cleveland’s. it is probable that some democrat will move to amend the resolutions when the matter comes up so as to provide for an investiga- tion of the whole question by a joint com- mittee of the two houses, composed of two Senators, one of whom shall be a repub- lican, and three members of the House, one of whom shall be a republican. As to Commander Wiltse. Aside from the criticism as to the manner ot reporting the resolution and the object of the resolution itself, to attack the Har- Tison administration and leave Mr. Cleve- jand out, Mr. McCreary is censured for in- cluding Commander Wiltse in his expres- sions of condemnation. The universal sen- tment seems to be that there is no possible excuse for censuring Commander Wiltse for carrying out orders issued to him on aut ity, and it seems like digging into a man’s grave with pure vindictiveness. + e+ DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Mr. Sampson P. Bayly, jr., ex-chief clerk of the health office and superintendent of the National Sanitary Company, has written another letter about his successor in office, Mr. Tracy. The letter, which was sent to the health office yesterday, reads: “I deeply regret the necessity which con- Strains me to call your attention to what seems to me a gross injustice perpetrated by your chief clerk, Mr. ‘Tracy. should persistently seek to disparage the efforts of the National Sanitary Company, which is making an earnest and honest ef- fort to perform the gar! service of the city, must create the belief that he Is hostile to our work and seeks every pretext to prejudice the public against us. The inclosed correspondence must convince you that I am justified in thus characterizing the ac- tions of your chief clerk toward the man- agement of the National Sanitary Company. Why should Mr. Tracy volunteer his serv- ices to grossly misrepresent our work ‘f he wishes to discharge the duties of the tion he holds impartially «nd honestly? Why should Mr. Tracy complain that the garbage had not been collected in the square in which he lives for more than one rronth (of which neglect he had personal knowl- edge), when, as a matter of fact, the resi- dents of the square, including his own son, state above their signatures that the garbage is collected regularly according to the terms of our contract? I again protest against the unscrupulous methods resorted to by Mr. Tracy to annoy and embarrass us in the con- duct of a public service, and we appeal to your sense of justice and fair play to pro- tect us from the unwarranted exactions of the officer under whose supervision we are compelled to perform such service.” When Mr. Tracy’s attention was called to the publication in a moraing paper of the letter and interview with Mr. Bayly he remarked: “It's untrue and ‘t's only anoth- er attempt on part of Mr. Bayly to get me out of office.” Today's Order. A flag crossing has been ordered at 23d and F streets. Wm. Barton, a chainman in sewer de- partment, has been transferred to the same duties in the water department, vice Latha, resigned, and John Green has been appointed chainman in the sewer depart- ment. Wilkerson & Son, seed dealers at Jackson City, sent @ Christmas turkey to each mem- ber of engine company No. 4 today. Some Notes, ‘The residents of T street between 24 and Lincoln avenue have been notified by the Commissioners that their request for lamps on that street could not be granted this year. ‘rhe finding of the police trial board that W. #. Koppen be fined $10 for neglect of duty has been approved by the Commission- ere. ‘The Commissioners today paid off the police and tire departments and today the School teachers will be paid. The employes of the District government will be paid off tomorrow. ‘The District building will be closed at noon tomorrow and remain closed until ‘Tuesday, the 26th. closed on New Year day. Heretofore the District building has been closed a half day during the holiday week, but this year it is not believed the Commissioners will allow it. G. W. Finley and J. F. Willig have been appointed regular privates in the fire de- partment. — HAWAII AND BRAZIL The Subjects Discussed Today by the Cabinet. Today’s cabinet session was attended by all the members, and lasted about two and a half hours. The Hawaiian and Bra- zilian questions were fully considered, but with what result is not yet disclosed. Sec- retary Gresham received a telegram from Mintster Willis confirming the press reports from Honolulu that the situation remains unchanged. The telegram was laid before the cabinet. ‘The telegram is significant as indicating the practical failure of the policy of restoring the queen by diplomatic methods. It also indicates that the pro- visional government does not propose to commit political suicide as an accommo- dation to the administration. a 2—___- Hoge Reports. Hampton Hoge, the Amoy con- je a written report to the Sec- retary of State in refutation of the charges fled against him by a banking institution ef Baltimore and a taflor of Washington. janation is satisfactory to Wil be sent to his con- 2 oft ‘The building will also be | Che Lvenin gq Star. Vor 83, No. 20,782. WASHINGTO , D.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1893-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS An index to advertise- ments will be found om Page 3. AFTER AN ANARCHIST Mz. Joseph Don Jam Has Written Threat- ening Letters. He Seeks the Lives of the Vice Presi- ‘mt, Secretary Carlisle and Sena- tors Sherman and Mills. Officers of the secret service of the treas- ury have invoked the aid of the municipal police in this vicinity in the capture of a New Jersey crank with the euphonious name Joseph Don Jam, who has made epis- tolary threats agatinst the lives of Vice Pres- ident Stevenson, Secretary Carlisle and Sen- ators Sherman and Mills. He has written them numerous letters on financial ques- tions, which show unmistakable evidence of an unbalanced mind. In his earlier commu- nications, which began to appear during the silver debate in the Senate, he gave his ad- dress as 73 Passaic street, Newark, N. J., but his more recent compositions have borne different addresses. A Threat of Violence. The letters were well written and invaria- bly embodied a threat of personal violence to the recipient. No attention was paid to them at first, but finally the correspondence caused so much annoyance that Secretary Carlisle instructed Chief Drummond of the secret service to investigate the matter. It was soon ascertained that Don Jam was a real person, living at the address given, and that he was a native of Poland and an an- archist. For several days the officers at- tempted to meet him, but without success, Now in Baltimore. All the railroad depots were watched, and the Capitol police instructed to look out for Jam in case he should attempt any violence in that building. As he was not heard of again for several days it w: jupposed that he had exhausted his ammunition, and would write no more. This theory proved false, however, as the Vice President got another letter from him yesterday, in which he stated that he was stopping at 105 Eu- taw street, Baltimore, but that he would come over and see Mr. Stevenson. He wanted $25 and would like to talk the ma‘ ter over, but if the request was refused, he would certainly kill him. This letter was at once given over to the authorities, and a telegram sent to the chief of police in Bal- timore. Every effort will be made to cap- ture Don Jam, with a view of putting him where he can do no harm. —___-e-___—_. MR. GRESHAM’S REPLY To the Frye Resolution as to the Foreign Cable. In the letter from the State Department sent to the Senate yesterday, in response to Senator Frye’s resolution coucerning the alleged issue of a permit to land a Bra- zilian cable on the coast of the United States, the reply of the Secretary of State to the company was accidentally omitted. The letter was sent to the Secretary of the Senate this morning, and will appear with the rest of the correspondence. It is in- teresting for the reason that it takes issue with the previous administration as to the power conferred-upon the executive depart- ment. Mr. Gresham in his letter stated that there is no formal legislation con- ferring authority upon the President. to grant the permission as named, and in the absence of such legislation, executive ac- tion of the character asked would he adds, have no binding force. The Secretary then says: “I do not feel called upon to discuss the power of Congress over international capies under the commerce clause of, the Constitution.” The company now seeking to land its cable on the coast of the United States is the Cie Francuise Du Teiegraphie De Paris A New York. Under Blaine's administra- tion the same privilege was asked and re- fused Mr. Blaine because the company held an exclusive cable privilege in Bra- zil and permission would not be granted } to land an American cable on the Brazilian coast. Mr. Blaine by his action assumed that he had the power to grant the request, @ position that is antagonized by the ac- tion of Mr. Gresham. The company then went to Congress and sought to have their request granted. After full investigation the committee on commerce of the Senate refused it. The wording of the letter of Mr. Gresham in which he declines to dis- cuss the power of Congress to grant the request of the company, by inference, it is claimed, by some Senators, intimates a doubt as to the authority of Congress in the premises and thereby again antagonizes the position assumed by the republican Con- gressmen. ——_—_—___-e+______ TO KIDNAP BABY RUTH. Evidences of a Plot Said to Have Been Discovered in Kansas. From dispatches received today from Abi- lene, Kan., it would seem that a number of People have combined in a plot to kidnap the oldest daughter of President Cleveland. ‘The plan evidently was to hold the young lady for a large ransom. Letters written from a party in this city have been found at Abilene, and two women are implicated in the affair. From what can be gathered the kidnapping was to take place early in January. The dispatches from Abilene say that two letters were found on the street Wednes- day and handed to the police. One was from this city and the other from Minne- apolis. The latter said: “We have every- thing ready for the White House, and will send Grover to Hades when the bugies sound. We will also get our $20,000. We will start for the White House now. We have never failed in our job, and won't MXnother letter was found within a few days dated Topeka, December 10, which “S2We have concluded to make two jobs out of the White House business. We will take the oldest child first; we can get her all right. Mollie will get her and hand her over to us and we will keep her until the reward | is offered. 1t means thousands to us to get this child Ruth, and we will get her, too, |in January. Address me in Chicago. We | win go right on.” Maj. Moore was shown the dispatch from ; Kansas today and said that so far the Washington police had received no informa- tion of any conspiracy of the kind. —_— > — THE DEPARTMENT OF LABOR. An Important Investigation Into Building and Lonn Associations. The department of labor Is just completing the field work of an investigation into the condition of building and loan <ssociations, | and the tabulation of the results is under | Way. This investigation furnishes the ma- terial for the ninth annual report of the commissioner of labor, which will be for- warded to the President carly in the spring. The department is also at work upon a | Special report relating to the social statistics | of cities, as collected under an order of | Congress providing for the investigation of | the slums. This report will comprenend the | worst tions of New York, Philadelphia, | Baltimore and Chicago. | An exceedingly valuable and interesting | Feport is being prepared, under the direc- tion of the commissioner, by Dr. EB. R. L. | Gould, one of the experts of the depar-ment, | on the housing of labor. This report will | show the Influence on the cost of -iving of | workingmen’s families through the use of model dwellings and the general results cf such experiments, and it will also show | Whether the efforts to erect such dwellings in different countries have been accompa- | nied with financial success or otherwise. otal Dismissed Today. Mr. James A. Race of the medical di- vision of the pension bureau was dismissed today. FORD'S OLD THEATER|™#E CENSUS OFFICE./MRS, FOY TESTIFIES,|4 CASE oF The Building Has Now Been Thoroughly Repaired AND IS READY FOR OCCUPANCY. Will the Records and Pensions Clerks Go Back There Is NOW THE QUESTION. One of the lessons taught by the dreadful calamity at the Ford's Theater building was the necessity of placing all government buildings in Washington in charge of per- sons competent to judge of their condition as to stability and healthfulness. All the buildings under the War Department, ex- cepting the State, War and Navy building, were placed in charge of Col. J. M. Wilson of the engineer corps, commissioner of pub- lc buildings and grounds. The execution of the act of Congress providing for the repair of the ill-fated Ford’s Theater building therefore naturally fell to his lot. Congress appropriated $6,000 for this purpose, and it is said that the appropriation was based on an estimate made by Mr. Clark, the architect of the Capitol. The legislation was enacted by Congress while the catas- trophe was still fresh in the public mind and excited no special comment at the time. It is now said that the proposition for the repair of the building originated in the Sen- ate, without any sort of suggestion from the War Department. At that department, it is said that neither the Secretary nor any other official, so far as is known, suggested the repair of the building or made an esti- mate to that end. The Union Building’s Occupancy. The action of Congress relieved the de- partment of alldiscretion in the matter, es- pecially as no provision was made for the renting of other quarters for the clerks of the record and pension office who were turned out in the street by the accident. ‘rhey have since been quartered in the Union building, on G street, but such action on the part of the War Department is still subject to the approval of Congress. The use of the building was offered free of rent and was accepted in the emergency. It is now tn- derstood that the owners of the building ex- pected to be paid for the building at the rate of $12,000 a year for two floors. In directing the repair of the Ford Theater building it is assumed that Congress intended that the temporary quarters should be abandoned as soon as the building was again ready for the accommodation of its former occupants, The Repairs Completed. Col, Wilson has faithfully executed the duty assigned him and has put the old building in the best condition possible with- in the limit of the app! .. The walls were strengthened and put and the building is reported to be ‘as safe and strang..as_it is possible to ane St without an entire reconstruction to bottom. Col. Wilson has reported to the Secretary of War that the work of repair will be entirely completed by Saturday night. All that now remains to be done is a little painting. He has devoted special attention to the work, supervising every detail of it, and has inspected it at least twice a day since it began. All the m terial used in its reconstruction was person- ally inspected by him, and no single thing necessary for the safety or stability of the building was overlooked or neglected. The walls and floor beams have been thoroughly tested and are certified to be much above the standard required for the weight to which they may be subjected. Col. Wilson was merely instructed to repair the build- ing in accordance with the act of Congress, and he is in no wise accountable for its future use. An Examining Board. The act, in addition to the appropriation, provided that the Secretary of War should appoint a board of three officers of the army to examine the building when repaired and before it was occupied, in order to demon- strate beyond all question its strength and capacity for the uses to which it was to be put. Secretary Lamont has devolved this duty on Col. Elliot, Maj. Adams and Capt Knight of the engineers’ corps, all officers of acknowledged ability. They have just completed a thorough examination of the building and are now engaged in the prepa- ration of their report. Will the Clerks Go Back? In the probable event of their confirming the report of Col, Wilson as to the stability of the building, the Secretary of War will be called on to determine the question as to its future use. It was evidently the inten- tion of Congress that it should be used by the record and pension office, the same as before the accident, but whether this will or will not be done remains to be seen. It is unfortunate that Congress adjourned without action on Senator Voorhees’ resolu- tion prohibiting the use of the building, ex- cept as a museum. Otherwise the Secretary of War would not now be called on to settle the delicate question of sending back to the grewsome building the clerks who recently escaped from its ruins, and who naturally are supposed to dread going back to it, re- gardless of its renewed strength. To ihem it will undoubtedly have an indescribable horror that cannot be removed by any evi- dence, no matter how good, that the buiid- ing is as strong and safe as any building in the world. Will Probably Defer Action, The impression at the War Department is that Secretary Lamont will defer action in this matter until the reassembling of Con- gress after the holidays, in order to await action on the Voorhees resolution. In the Meantime he has received a copy of a reso- lution adopted by the so-called Survivors’ Association expressing a willingness to re- turn to their old quarters when it is ready for occupancy, and also a petition signed by @ majority of the clerks of the record and pension oftice now in the Union building to the same effect. In answer to a Star reporter, Col. Ains- worth said today that he had had nothing whatever to do with the action of Congress directing the repair of the Ford’s ‘theater building, and that it was a matter of in- difference to him officially whether the clerks remained where they were or were transferred to another building. a President Gompers’ Mission Failed. ST. LOUIS, Dee, ‘President Gompers of the American Federation of Labor left this city for the east last night without accomplishing a settlement of the differ- ences between the employing brewers and their striking employes. There is some dis- satisfaction at the course of Mr. Gompers in not offering an alternative to the boss brewers. A boycott had been ordered by the national body, but Mr. Gompers re- fused to put it in force. > Whisky Men on Carlisle's Report. LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 22—That por- tion of Secretary Carlisle’s report which suggests methods of increasing internal revenue for the fiscal year of 1895 is con- sidered unjust by the whisky men of Ken- tucky. They claim that the government should not impose an additional tax on already made. There are about tucky warehouses and to increase the tax us proposed, the distillers say, would mean a loss for which they ceuid not prepare and ot which they had no warning. Work in the Various Divisions is Ap- proaching Oompletion. There Will Be a Big Reduction of the Force Sometime in January - on This Account. The progress of the work of the census office is quite satisfactory, both to Col. Car- roll D. Wright, the superintendent, and to Secretary Smith. The reports on population are nearing completion, although it will take some months to finish them. The final tabulation, that relating to the occupations of the peo- ple, is now under way. This tabulation is carried on by means of the electrical ma- chines. The final volume on manufactures will probably be completed by the expiration of the limit to the existence of the census office, while the leading facts of totals as to 165 cities will soon be given to the public, as will a monograph giving aN the statistics and analyses thereof of the textile industries of the country. The Agricaltural Divisto The agricultural division is on its final work, and there will soon appear an ex- ceedingly valuable monograph on irrigation. The general facts as to the production of farms, &c., will not be ready for the printer until spring. The miscellaneous reports are well in hand. Dr. Billings’ work on the special classes and social statistics of cities being dependent upon the progress of other di- visions, cannot be hasten: yet everything is as rapidly as Mr. Wines’ report on the dependent, de- fective and delinquent classes will be ready for the printer in January. Mr. Jenney’s report on insurance (two volumes) is nearly completed, while Prof. Adams’ report on transportation (two vol- umes) will be finished by March. Mr. Donaldson's report on the condition of the Indians is in the hands of the printer and will be forthcoming before many weeks. Report on Charches, Dr. Carroll's report on churches is now undergoing its final touches. This volume will also include the report on educational statistics prepared by Prof. Blodgett. ‘The work on the indebtedness of farms and homes, a special division of the census work ordered by Congress, is progressing rapidly, although it will undoubtedly be the last report of the census to be finished. The important statistics of wealth, debt and taxation are undergoing final revision. | One volume is already before the public, and the second volume can be completed soon after the beginning of the new year. The statistics of the fisheries are quite ready for the printer. Several minor reports are in an advanced condition. Probable Reduction of Force. The force of the census office cannot be maintained at its present status many | weeks; for as a division finishes its labors its force must be discharged, unless the members can be absorbed in other divisions. It is the policy of the office to keep as many: le at work as can be employed econom- ically,” in order that~tlie-reports may--be brought out at the earliest possible date, but there comes a time when the work can be distributed among only a few clerks. Probably no wholesale discharge will be made before jate in January. After that month they will undoubtedly be rapid, until the present force of 1,000 clerks is reduced to 200 or 300. LIEU CONWAY TO RETURN. He Refused to Accept the Salary Of- fered by Brazil. LONDON, Dec. 22.—A dispatch from Per- nambuco, dated December 20, says that Lieut. J. J. Conway and sixty members of the crew that took the dynamite cruiser Nictheroy to that point from New York re- fused to accept the wages offered them by the Brazilian government for their future services on the vessel. They will start on their return to New York on Sunday, traveling on the British steamer Herschel. The remainder of the crew, the dispatch adds, signed articles on their own terms. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—The Herald's cor- respondent in Rio Janeiro sends word that Blow to the Defense in the Coughlin Case. IMPORTANT COURT DECISIONS. Clearing Up the Cronin Murder Conspiracy. COURT ROOM CROWDED. ee ages CHICAGO, Dec, 22.—Judge Tuthill, pre- siding at the trial of Daniel Coughlin of complicity in Dr. Cronin’s murder, this | morning overruled the objection of the defense to the admission of Mrs. Andrew Foy’s testimony, but placed certain limita- tions upon it. He was not prepared to ren- der a decision on the highly important question of admitting the testimony of witnesses who would swear to certain acts, conduct and language of Coughlin’s alleged fellow-conspirators subsequent to May 4, 1889. He said nothing in open court about this new and sensational phase of the case. Every available seat and permissible Standing space in the court room was oc- cupied by an expectant throng of well- dressed men and women long before the trial was resumed. The expectation that Mrs. Foy would be called to tell her sen- sational story increased the attendance in the court room and crowded the corridors Police lines. When the judge mounted the bench At- torney Wing approached him with a law book which contained another authority to strengthen the objection of the defense to the admission of post-conspiracy testimony against Coughlin’s accomplices. Half an hour was spent by the judge di- cisions bearing on the case. Then laying the books aside he raised his head to say: “TI overrule the objection to Mrs. Foy’s tes- timony. I understand she is to testify only to what she saw. All statements which refer to her husband and might implicate him must be excluded. Call Mrs. Foy.” But the prosecuting attorneys did not call Mrs. Foy then. They made their coup d’ etat yesterday and intended to take their time about calling her today. Instead a line of evidence affecting the dead conspirator O'Sullivan was taken up. Henry McGrath, foreman of the Lakeview Record Printing and Publishing Company four years ago, and his employer at that time, R. T. Stanton, testified that O'Sulli- van, the iceman, came to the office and had some business cards printed, leaving a sam- ple copy. Both witnesses identified the card left at Cronin’s house by the conspirator whe called to take the doctor away as one of those printed for O'Sullivan on his onder. A portion of the cards were delivered at the iceman’s house May 2. The order was given April 26. Mrs, Andrew Foy this morning gave the most criminating evidence against Daniel Coughlin, tending to show that he was a member of the conspiracy which ended in the murder of Dr. Cronin. She swore that the detective often visited her husband at her house before and after May 4, I8s#, and always were closeted together behind a elosed door alone. Coughlin always came in the evening, and they spent one to two as together, No one else was ever pres- ent. In the month of April, 1889, toward the latter part, Coughlin called and Mrs. Foy went out to get some beer. As she entered the front room the defendant end her hus- band were sitting alone; she noticed the room was dark, and returned to light the jamp. What she heard is told in her own words: “As I entered the room I saw Dan. Coughlin and my husband standing to- gether. I heard these words: ‘Remove at = hazards, but use your own discre- tion.” “Who used those words?” ‘The defendant, Dan. Coughlin. He was reading @ letter and my husband was lean- ing over his shoulders. When I had lighted the lamp I returned to the kitchen, and my husband closed the door. He always kept the door shut. Patrick Cunnea, Jos. McKenna, Martin Burke and Michael O'Connor alsa called at my home to see my husband alone frequently from Febru- ary until after May 4.” “When was the first time Martin Burke called after May 4?” “Tt was on the evening of May 6. “We object to that line of evidence.” “When was the first time Martin Burke called after May 47” San Borja has fallen into the hands of the rebels. Peixoto is organizing a fleet of ten vessels in the north which will consist of cruisers and torpedo boats. News has been received from Santa Cath- arina that Gen. Saraiva is contipuins nig march toward Rio. He is expecting the reinforcements which baye Deen promised. Gen. Savares will continue the operations in the south. The minister of marine has declined the offer of the Portuguese cadets to enlist in the service of Brazil. In consequence of Admiral Saldanha de Gama, chief of the naval school, having been declared a traitor the school is closed. The officers and pupils must, however, re- sant daily or be declared deserters and rebels. ees EX-SECRETARY STANHOPE DEAD. He Was at the Head of the War Office Under Lord Salisbury, LONDON, Dec. 22.—The Right Hon. Ed- ward Stanhope, secretary of state for war from 1887 to 1892 in the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, died suddenly this morning at Sevenoaks, Kent, the residence of his brother, Earl Stanhcpe. He was the second son of the fifth Earl Stanhope and was born in 1840. He had been parliamentary secretary of the board of trade, under secretary of state for In- dia, vice president of the committee of the council for education and president of the committee of the council for trade. ————— THE WAR IN MOROCCO. Demands of Gen. Campos Agreed to by the Saltan. MADRID, Dec. 22.—Senor Morett, min- ister of foreign affairs, has received a dis- patch from Tangier stating that the Span- ish cruiser, Isla De Luzon, ts carrying to Mellila instructioas sent by Mohammend Ben El Arbi El Torres to Muley Araaf, the sultan’s brother and envoy, giving the latter power to agree to the demands of Gen. Martinez De Campo! —_— = Only Two Survivors of 1812. LUUISVILLE, Ky., —A Paris, Ky., special to the ‘Times says: By the death of Presley Simpson here there are now only two soldiens of the war of 1812 living. He was ninety-six years of age. Victims of the Oak Hill Disaster. POTTSVILLE, Ye Dec, 22.—The bodies of George Blount anJ Paul Alex, the two miners who were caught in the rush of | water at the Oak Hill colliery late Wednes- | day night, were found by a searching party last night. The condition of the bodies shows that death was caused by drowning. > Juror Low Taken to Bloomingdale. NEW YORK, Dec. 22.—Alexander B. Low, thejuror in the murder trial of Dr. Meyer who became insane during the summing up of the case on Monday last and had to be removed to the Bellevue Hospital, necessi- tating the abandonment of the trial, was taken from the hospital at 10:30 o'clock this morning by his friends to the Bloom- ingdale Insane Asylum. — W. L. Ogden of Chicago Dena. CHICAGO, Dec. 22.—W. L. Ogden, bust- | ness manager of the Chicago Tribune, died | suddenly early this morning. “It was on the evening of May 6.” “We object to that line of evidence,” said Attorney Wing. ‘rhe judge pondered a few minutes and tnen said: “l have concluded that 1 must allow that evidence to go in. The objection is overruled.” ‘Ynis was a great victory for the state. ‘Yhe judge chen instructed the jury not to consider any evidence of what other per- sons mentioned in the indictment did or Said after May 4 as against Coughlin, but as only tending to show the guilt of the other indicted persons. “Did you see the defendant, Daniel Coughlin, at your house after May 4?” “Yes, almost every night except Sunday. ‘rhe first time he called after the 4th of May Was May 6 in the evening. I heard my husband ask Coughlin: ‘Well, how is every- thing today” ‘All right.” ‘Nothing found out yetv" “No, nothing yet.’ ‘Everything all right? es, everything {fs all right.’ ‘Been out to Lake View today? ‘Yes, 1 have been there.’ ”’ “Coughlin came to my house every night except Sunday after May 4. On the 7th of May Coughlin said to my husband in my presence how he had fooled Capt. Soruettler about finding the doctor's body.” “When did you next hear Coughlin say anything at your house?” “It was May 12 in the evening. Coughlin came to my house.” I went to the door, as my husband was away. He had been away from home a good deal since May 4, and T felt uneasy. 1 told Coughlin so. I said: ‘This is a bad job you have done. What have you done to poor Dr. Cronin? The — will do you more harm dead than alive.” He said: ‘Do not talk like that.’ “I said: ‘You have killed the poor doctor and put my husband's life in danger. You did not think of the innocent wife and chil- dren who would be left behind.’ “He said: ‘That is all right. You will be well taken care of. No harm will come to your husband. Alexander Sullivan is a good friend of your husband and mine and he will take good care of you.’ “T told him to send my husband home if he saw him, as I was afraid something had happened to him. I saw Coughlin every night up to the day the body of Dr. Cronin was found. The same Sunday that Cough- lin called (May 12) Patrick Cunnea had been at my house three times, looking for my husband. Coughlin came last and also in- quired for my husband. That time Cunnea asked me if Coughlin called to see my hus- band. I said: ‘Almost every night. T sup- | pose you know that, though.’ I Jast saw Cunnea at the house the day the doctor's body was found. My brother and husband | were there also.” “That's all I think of just now,” said At- torney Scanilan, who had conducted the ex- amination. Mrs. Foy made a model witness for the state, considering the strain she was under and the sensational character of her testi- mony. She spoke in a low but natural voice, although asked frequently by court and counsel to speak louder. As she reached the climax of her story, however, the silence in the court room was so great that it was not necessary for the witness to speak louder in order to be heard. Not a sound disturbed the impress. ive scene. The windows were closed and the heat became stifling for the lack of ventilation. Yet no one complained, and the judge did not order the windows raised as he ordinarily does. —_—_>—__ The Mataheles Repeatedly Beaten. CAPETOWN, Dec. 22.—Maj. Forbes, com- manding the forces in pursuit of King Lo. bengula, telegraphed to Capetown today, saying that he has repeatedly beaten the Matabeles, and that the British forces were jafe and well. \ i with people who tried in vain to pass the | gesting this new authority and other de- | ee MISFIT That Caused thie Senate Doorkeepers Oon- siderable Trouble. A Problem of How to Pat Three Fat Men Inta Three Seats Occupied by Three Lean It is not often that the soul of a govern- ment official is tried so sorely as was that of a certain doorman employed to care for the preservation of peace and good order in one of the Senate galleries the other day. He passed through an ordeal that, while it may have been enlightening, was calculated to destroy his faith in the kindness of Prov- idence and tne sufficiency of his month's pay. To understand the situation perfectly it will be necessary to tell a bit of recent history. During the debate on the silver re- peal bill the crowds in the galleries became So great and the danger of disturbance so imminent that an order was issued to the doorkeepers to aljow no persons in the gal- leries after all the seats had been filled. As soon as the last pew had received its full | quota the doors were closed, and lines were formed outside in the corridors. The necessity for the strict enforcement of this regulation has been apparent since the beginning of the present session and the commencement of the bombardment of the President and his Hawaiian policy. Oa! Monday last, when the message on the un- successful effort of the administration to give a dusky lady a seat was read in the Senate, the galleries were packed soon after the opening of the doors, and the strings of humanity began to stretch down the halls. | The One Out One in Plan. Once in a while some man within would grow tired of the performance and would edge out of his pew and thence into the cor- ridor. Immediately the doorkceper would Jet in the man at the head of the line. It Was a splendid system, and everybody was happy, for the rule of “first come, first serv- ed,” was strictly enforced. In about haif an hour, however, something dreadful happen- |ed. Three men sitting together in a front pew in one of the galleries arose and de- parted. This of itself was an innocent fact. The subsequent act of the doorkeeper was of | itself innocent also. He merely tallied the} first three of the waiting citizens, and let | them in the gallery. The misfortune, how- | jever, lay in the ‘uxtaposition of the two} facts. The doorkeeper was blandly explain- | ing the “one-out-one-in” rule to an irate! new-comer, when there arose a smothered | commotion from inside. The voice of a man | Was heard rising in protest against some- body who was trying to accomplish some- thing. The doorkeeper opened the door and jooked in. He saw the official whose duty it is to sit inside the gallery endeavoring to lead a red-faced stout man from the pew on the front row. Then the doorkeeper real- ized his terrible mistake. A Difference in Size. A flash of memory told him that the three men who had just left the gallery were ex- ceptionally tnin. -The aggregate space oc- cupied by them was” not, thuch more than would suffice for the attommiodation of two CAN CARRY WEAPONS. Feared That Senator Mills Might Be Assassinated. _—— AN AFFIDAVIT FILED, And Charles Mills is Armed to Kill for Thirty Days. THE FIRST PERMIT GRANTED, It is feared that an attempt is to be made to assassinate Senator Roger Q. Mills, be- cause of the position he took when the sile ver bill was in the Senate. There was @ man living somewhere in the state of New Jersey who addressed the Senator threat~ ening letters, and the language was such as to induce an investigation of the man. The New Jersey authorities were communti- cated with, and the result of their investi- gation only confirmed the Senator's reason#® for apprehending danger. It was reported that the man whose name was signed to the threatening letters haa indulged in some of the threatening Jan Suage ia the state of New Jersey, and baa left his home early this week. Upen receipt of this news it was decided that some step toward protecting the Sena- tor’s life against the supposed crank should be taken, and it was determined that Chas. Hi. Mills, the Senator’s son, should go arm- | ed, in order to be of service should the oc- casion require it. To do this it required @ Permit, in order to protect the young man of $100. Before issuing the permit Judge heard proof, which satisfied him of the essity for some preparation to protect the life of the Senator, and an affidavit was filed in the following form: Know all men by these presents: we, Harry King and Charles H. Mills, are held and firmly bound unto the United States of America in tye full and of one hundred dollars, in current the said United States, to be said United States, to which and truly to be made and ourselves and each of us, our and our heirs, executors : ber, the said Charles i Mili ie Cc les H. lis has, the terms of an act of Constenn, entities “an act to punish the carrying of deadly or Weapons within the District Columbia,” approved July 13, 1892, application to Thomas F. Miller, one of judges of the Police Court of the District of Columbia, for a permit to to wit: a pistol, and, men of the ordinary size. The red-faced Stout party, who was his ejectment, was only one of “three of a kind.” His two companions, strange to Say, were all in the heavy-weight class. Two of; them sat tightly wedged into the space left by the three thin men in the front row, and here was the third unprovided for, The doorkeeper and the inner watchman held a hurried consultation. ‘The perspiring victim of circumstances was given a brief respite. The doorkeeper argued that ac- cording to the “one-out-one-in” rule the | third fat man was clearly entitled to remain jin the gallery. He was for a strict con- struction of the law. The watchman con- tended that the rule only contemplated “a- Seat-for-a-seat” style of admissions. Jf the | third man had the misfortune to be @ mis- fit he had no right in the gallery. A Case of Misfit. “But,” urged the doorkeeper, who felt a moral responsibility for the safety and com. fort of the man he had admitted, “how are. we to know which of the three men is the | misfit?” | “Why, the man who is standing is surely the one.” The watchman was firm. | “I do not think that he should suffer for | the weight of his companions, or for their | greed in getting into the pew first.” The dcorkeeper was staunch. “But he was the third in the line, was he 2" The watchman was persistent. | ‘rue, but I let them in as a batch.” The) doorkeeper stood by his policy. “But what about the rule that no one shall be allowed to stand in the galleries?” The watchman fell back on his heavy battery. “How about the rule that I am to let one man in for one that goes out?” The door keeper advanced his eavalry. “Why not wait until the next man leaves the gallery and give this man that seat?” | The watchman was growing suggestive. “Because I'd have to let another man in as that one goes out.” The doorkeeper was conscientious. The watchman was| | “Let's call Jonas.” Willing to compromise. Satisfactorily Adjusted. So the dispute was referred to Mr. Jonas, the assistant sergeant-at-arms of the Sen- ate, a man well versed in diplomacy and mathematics. Mr. Jonas arrived and studied the case carefully for a few minutes. He| measured the two fat men in the front pew} with his eye, and sized up the anxious in-| dividual sitting in the aisle. Then he went whereas, . Brot has been made to the sald Thoma’ iller, one of the judges aforesaid, of mecessity for upon the approval and filing and which said permit is of lowing, that is to say: Fe § oF 1746 F street northwest, Washington, and employed by Roger Q. Mills, application to me, Thomas F. Mill the judges of the Police Court of trict of Columbia, for a permit to the said District a weapon, to wit, a and whereas satisfactory proof hath made to me of the necessity for the said application; and whereas Charies H. Mills and Harry urety, have executed a bond in sum of $100, as required by me, date herewith, conditioned for the the peace toward all good cit United States, save in the case Sary self-defense, during the hereof, which bond hath been filed said Police Court. Now, therefore, be it known, that ably to the terms of the act of in this behalf provided, I, Thomas F. ler, one of the judges of the Police aforesaid, have granted, and do grant, permission to the said Mills to carry a weapon, to wit, a for and during the period of one from the date hereof. Witness my this 20th day of December, A.D. 1893. Joseph Harper, deputy clerk of the Police Court of D. C. Now, the condition of this bond is such that, if the above bounden Charles H. Mills shall well and truly keep the peace of the United States toward all the good citizens thereof, during the continuance of peimit, save in the case of necessary defense, then this obligation to be null void, otherwise to remain in full force virtue in law. Signed, sealed and deliy Ag presence of Charles H. Mills, Harry, ing. i : efegicee’ rab np g it H 5 § ii il. RE Permit Granted. In consideration of the facts in the effi- davit Judge Miller then directed the is- suance to Mr, Mills of a permit, which ts as follows: “Whereas, Charles H, Mills, residing at 1746 F street northwest, Washington, D. and employed by Roger Q. Mills, hath made down and looked into a pew in another sec-| tion of the gallery. Finally a smile lighted | up his worried face, and he executed a mas- | terly movement. | First he the fat man down to on the other end of the gallery. ‘Then he plucked a middie-sized man in that seat by the arm and led him to still another seat in another row. The fat man was squeezed down | into the seat thus vacated. The middle- sized man was exchanged for a thin young man, who was in turn put into a third pew where there was just a little spare room, and at last everybody was happy. Jonas, the doorkeeper and the watchman | Were talking it over afterward, and it was agreed that for intricacy and complication the problem that had just been solved went | far beyond the old “hen and a half” conun- drum, and could give points to the famous Chinese puzzle. o+—_______ | Of for Brazil. | The cruiser San Francisco, with Rear | Admiral Benham on board, sailed from | Trinidad this morning for Rio, where she will become the flagship of the South At-| lantic station, succeeding the Newark, the | flagship of Acting Rear Admiral Stanton | at the time of his detachment. A. tele-| gram received at the Navy Department | today from Admiral Benham reported the San Francisco's departure. It is estimated that the vessel will reach Rio in ten days. _ —-e~— Arrival of New York Clerks. Mr. George of the New York naval office and another clerk from the New York cus- | tom house connected with the tobacco re- fund division arrived here this morning and were in consultation with custom division officials. They were ordered here by Assist- ant Secretary Hamlin. | +e. Postmasters Appointed. The total number of fourth-class post- | masters appointed today was fifty-one. Of | this number thirty-one were to fill vacan- jcles caused by death and resignation and |the remainder by removals. — : Government Receipts Today. ‘The receipts from internal revenue today were $501,449; from customs, $393,089. application to me, Thomas F. Miller, one of the judges of the Police Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia, for a permit to carry im the said District a weapon, to wit: a pis- tol, and whereas satisfactory proof hath been made to me of the necessity for grant- ing the said application, and whereas the said Charles H. Mills and Harry King, hi surety, have executed a bond in the sum of $100, as required by me, of even date herewith, conditioned for the keeping of the peace toward all good citizens of the United States, save in the case of 4 self-defense, during the continuance hi which bond hath been filed in the said Po- lice Court. “Now therefore be it known, that agreeably to the terms of the act of Congress in this behalf provided, 1, Thomas ¥. Miller, one of the judges of the Police Court aforesaid, have granted and do hereby grant permis~ | sion to the said Charles H. Mills to carry a weapon, to wit: a pistol, for and during the period of one month from the date hereof.” As stated in the permit, Mr. Mills is privileged to carry a weapon for thirty days from date of the issuance of the permit. This is the first permit of the kind that has been issued under the act of Congress pro- viding severe penalties for concealed weae pons, —_— Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Hamlin has gone te New York to confer with Collector Kilbreth and Mr. Chas. 8. Fairchild in regard to the alleged irregularities in making tobacco re- funds. Attorney General Olney has gone to Bose m to spend the holiday our fen 1. Pugh, jr. and Mrs. Pugh will leave here Saturday for Alientown, Pay to spend the Christmas holidays with Mrs, Pugh’s parents, —_ Geo, Lucas Dismissed. Geo. M. Lucas, a ‘hman on the pens sion office force, was dismissed today. He was appointed from the District of Colume bia and is a veteran of the late war. _- .e+ Robbing an Office. The Post Office Department is notified of the arrest of Al. Arnold for complicity im robbing the post offi Wentworth, 8.D, Arnoid is the fourth man arrested im eam nection with this crim,