Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1894, Page 13

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED UAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR ‘1201 Pennsyivacia Avenue, corner Lith 86, by The Evening Star Newspaper SH. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t ‘New York Office, 88 Potsar Builiing, + Tre Evaxrxe Siam is served to subseribers in the etty bre + on their own account, af 1 cents Jor week. or 44 per month. Copley at the cacnter | 2 each. By matl-snywhere in the United | Canads—postare prepaid—30 cents per | SATURDAY QUINTUPLE SHEET 37, yoar with ‘orefrn postage added, 00 — (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ¢., | #8 second-ciass mail matter.) oat xr I mail st's Tiptions nmst be paid in advance. | es of a "vertisine made known on applieation | LEFT TO CONGRESS. The Administration Will Send’ All Hawaiian Matter to That Body. | es a meee WILLIS ACTED ACOURDING "9 CR His Report, However, Has Not Yet Been Received. i -_——~ A FEELING OF RELIEF:.! — ortunity that offers itself, | T Willis will be instrucced to take no} action leoking to the restoration of wokalani and to make no further! he status of affairs in Ha- | action by Congress on this : qwestion. This is understood to! be the result of the consideration of the lat. | ‘st developments at Honoluly by the Presi- | mt and his cabinet at yes! y's meeting | Arrangements for prompt communication | with Minister Willis will be perfected as soon as the administration has recefved of-! ficial confirmation of the report that he has demanded the abdication of President Dole im favor of the queen and that President} Dole has rejected all overtures to that end. | The Administration’s Position. ‘fhe position of the administration is that | it has exhausted its constitutional powers the matter now that the provisional sovernment declines to accept the Presi- snt’s decision that the queen is justly en- led to the control of the Hawaiian gov- erpment and that it 3 entirely with “ongress either to enforce decision or © take such other course of action as may deemed necessary. The statement in Star that Minister Willis has jetter of his instructions is verified at the State Department. His last instructions | were dated December 3, and were merely Supplemental to his original instructions | for the restoration. They were sent in re-| to his report that the queen would | ‘ept the conditions imposed by the President and were intended to cover all possible contingencies. In case the queen ald not abide by the conditions of am- esty, etc. the minister was to notify the Secretary of State and await further in- structions. Should she accept, however, he was to open negotiations with the provi- | sional government to place her back in power. The minister was reminded, how- ever, that Congress alone had power to suthorize the employment of force in the execution of his instructions. Defense of the President's Action. It is said im defense of the President's action. that up to the date of his message to Congress commending the further con- sideration of the Hawaiian question tc that body he was fully impressed with the be- lief that Queen Liliuokalani adhered to her refusal to accept his conditions, and that there had been no change in the situation n Honolulu. It is further said that the President and Minister Willis had each acted in good faith, but In entire ignorance of the changed condition of affairs in Hor- elulu and Washington, respectively, or, in etner words, the President was not awzre that the queen had changed aec mind, and Minister Willis did not know that the Pres- ident had committed -the questic1 to Con- sress. The President's message went to| ‘ongress December 18, and Miais“er Wilus/ alled for the surrender of the provisional! sovernment the following day. it ts said, furthermore, that the President | might have prevented this action on the part of Minister Willis if be had had the remotest idea that it was necessary. All the proceedirgs at this end of the line were based on the theory that the case had been closed with the queen's refusal to accept the | terms imposed by the President. The pos- sibility of her changing her mind was rot sidered, otherwise it is almost certain that the minister would have been notified | taat the matter was in the hands of Con- ‘s and that he was not to interfere with | us. Ne More Steps by the Executive. Secreiary Gresham is given as authority for the statement that no further steps will | be taken by the executive branch of the goverment to carry out its policy of re- storing Queen Liliuokalani. He said today} that the settlement of the whole Hawaiian | question was in the hands of Congress and | erything that would aid that body in ar-! riving at a conclusion, would be promptly | pmitted by the President. “All docu- reports and other communications | the State Department from} Mr. said the secretary, “will be | transmitted to Congress and gtven publicity | throush that source as soon as they come | to hand. “Forth all communications of an | addressed to Mr. Willis will gress as soon as mailed to the| a minister. | T Willis’ Report Not Yet Received. 2 report of Mr. Willis on the latest e of the Hawaiian situation, was not ved at the State Department this uorming. It is expected to reach Washing- at the earliest in the San Francisco mail that gets here at 5:15 o'clock this| afternoon. It is possible that the packet May have missed mafl connections some- where in the west, in which event it will] not arrive here until tomorrow. The de- partment officials think, however, that the report is likely to come in iate this after- noon. Mr. Gresham says the communication of Ar. Willis will be transmitted to Congress without delay. He could net say whether or not tt would be given to the press in advance of that time. A Feeling of Relter. There appears to be a genéral feeling of | relief among the official who support the} administration’s policy of restoration over the news that no trouble had attended the! Gemand of Mr. Willis for the surrender of | the provisional government. It is also ap-} parent that the administration is disap-! pointed because Mr. Willis failed to main-! tain the status quo, and no secret is made | of the belief that he would not be called on | to act while the matter was pending in! Congress. A gentieman who is said to have had an interview with the President on the subject is authority for the st-te-! ment that while the President is disap-; pointed because Mr. Willis made the de- mend on ihe provisional government, he adn carry out his instructions, obeying the let- ter, however, if not the spirit. THE INCOME TAX. Mr. MeMillin Has Concinded His Bit) and the Committee WH 4 Mr. MeMillin has concluded his bill pro- viding for methods of collecting an income | tax and there is to be a meeting of the democrats of the committee on ways and late this afternoon to consider the The committee having already ap- | the principle of the bill the forma! ! re will probably be adopted without | . The serious tion before " per it shall be brought tariff bill or | ‘The proba- | be adopted situation is mittee, however. | measure to the ax is | Commissioner | the case Is analogous to that of Judge Long. s that the minister did no more than | Che Fvening Vor 84, No. 20,77 LIKE THE LONG CASE.| An Appeal From the Pension Office Sus- | tained by Judge Reynolds. A Decision Regarded by Attorneys—What Constitates as Imporiant Totat Helpleanaens. Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the In- terlor Department recently réndered an opinion in a pension case—and which has not yet been officially given to the public —which attorneys consider of great im- portance, as it is not only a reversal of Lochren’s decision in the ease under consideration, but also, because Some attorneys think this opinion indi- cates that if appealed to, Judge Reynolds would restore Judge Long to his former rating. The case ts that of Capt. Edwin O. Beers of Elmira, N. Y., who was in the fiftieth New York engineers. His claim is docketed number 150S7, and his certificate is number 260531. Shortly, the history of his claim is | that up to "91 he received first $10 a month, then $3), being examined by various boards and his disability always being found to be increasing. In ‘91 he filed through his at- | torney, William L. Goodlove, a claim for | $72 a month. At the time Assistant Com- missioner Davidson wrote to J. Sloat Fas- sett, who is much interested in the case, that he thought the claim a just one, and that it would probably be allowed shortly. But it was not fully allowed. Commissioner Raum granted Mr. Beers $ per month on October 12, 1891. He was not satistied with this, however, and made another claim for $72. This, Commissioner Lochren, wnen he came in refused. The Decision Reversed. Mr. Beers appealed to Secretary Reynolds, and last week, on January 4, his pension was increased to $72. The similarity of this claim to that of Judge Long, in so far as the questions of requiring outside aid are concerned, is shown in the opinion of the secretary, quoted below. This opinion was given last month, but has not yet been printed, Secretary Reynolds having withheld it for some reason. An application for the opinion was also made at the pension office, but the commissioner was not to be seen | today, and it was stated that the decision | would influence the future policy of the | office and could not be made public without the commissioner's consent. The entire } opinion, filling fifteen typewritten pages, | Was at last secured from an outside source. It cites all the evidence in the case and fully reviews its history. letter of appeal in the case as follow: it is a matter of fact that manifest injustice has been done him (Beers) in the attempt to keep his rate down and to deprive him of that to which he is legally entitled. The appellant declines to accept and hereby re- turns his certificate. Defining Total Helplessness. The opinion closes as follows: “As al- ready intimated, I am of the opinion tiat the total permanent helplessness of soidiers, requiring the regular personal aid and at- tendance of another person, is fully and fairly established—first, by the lay and ex- parte medical testimony, and, second, by the certificates of the medical boards who have examined the soldier. The law docs not Trequire @ degree of permanency, that excludes all possibility of recovery, and 1o danger can result from such construction, as, in case of partial or total recovery, the remedy is all in the hands of your bureau to regulate the rate of pension according to the facts. Neither does the law require that degree of helplessness that exists in case of infancy, nor do the words ‘totally and permanently helpless’ necessarily 1m- ply an enfeebled condition of the mind. The degree of helplessness is defined by the statute to be such ‘as to require the reg- ular personal aid and attendance of an- other person.’ The law does not require that the ‘attendance’ must be constant, but it must be regular from day to day, not simply periodic or at stated or regular. intervals, and it must be continuous in the Sense that it must be at the command and service of the person so disabled; and the disability which is entitled to such aid is an incapacity to perform the ordinary and necessary functions of daily life, such as eating, drinking, dressing, walking, rising, sitting, moving about and in general caring for oneself. In order to entitle a person to the rate of $72 there must be shown to ex- ist a disability resulting in such ‘total per- manent helplessness’ as to require or nec- essitate the aid and attendance of another person in the exercise of the ordinary func- tions of daily life. The condition of claim- ant for the past two or three years, or frem the spring of 1891, brings his case within the statute, and in the language of the act he is entitled to receive a pension of $72 per month from the date of the certificate | of the board of surgeons showing such de- gree of disability, and such certificete in this case bears date February 3, 1892. “The action of your bureau appealed from is accordingly revised, and unless there i reason for discrediting the testimony of claimant and his witnesses you will in- crease his pension in accordance with the foregoing opinion.” —+e+— ‘TIAL NOMINATIONS. Three Customs Officers and Several | Posimasters Made Happy. The President today sent the following nominations: H Otis B. Spencer of Colorado, surveyor | of customs, port of Denver, Col. | Thomas W. Lamb of Georgia, collector of | customs, district of Brunswick, Ga. | Stephen P. Slocum of Rhode Island, col- | lector of customs, district of Newport. ft. 1. | Postmasters: Connecticut—Denis T. Walsh, Daniel P. Gillivan, Clintonville. | Indiana—V. ©. Hanawalt, Logansport; | Wm. H. Burks, Sullivan. H Towa—Thieo. H. Hollock, Grundy Center, | PRESID! to the Senate | Ansonia; | | Maine—W. L. Farrar, South Pacis. | ‘amara, Michigan—James M Charles R. Henry, Au Minnesota—Alfred Mississippi—Hettie J. Missourt an W. M: H. Mock, Webb City. New Jersey—Robert C, Albright, Madison; at R, Allvie, Rutherford. ork—Lyman_ S. Colem: McTigue, Far Rocka Alpena; Ohio—Jacob Stief, Carey; Charles F. Kin- | der, Miamisburg. Pennsylvania—Thomas Nanticoke; Thomas B. ¢ Texas—Ed Ki Julian, Et Paso. Wisconsin—Robert M. Craw Point; Fergus F. Green, Shawn i The Gold Balance. ‘The gold balance in the treasury 1s stated At $75,615,655, being the lowest point yet reached. | it is believed at the Treasury Depart- ment, however, the heavy payments al-/ Ways due about the first of the month ring out of the way, the gold reserve | will not be diminished much further and that the end of January will find the net balance not far below $80,000,000, Fourth-Class Postmasiers. The total number of fourth-class postmas- | ters appointed today wax forty-three. Of this | number twenty-three we-e to fill vacancies Virgini Bowers, resigned; Clinch riy er, H. LW 2 et WASHINGTON, D.G., lopinion 0 | eseapes should be constructed im rear of the | building TO MAKE IT SAFE. +. |The Report on the Ford’s Theater Building Sent to Congress, edt aes REPAIRS CONSIDERED NECESSARY >—-. The Upper Floors Unsafe and the East Wall Bulged. A eet THE VIEWS OF ENGINEERS. The House committee on appropriations has received a communication from the Secretary of War pronouncing the Ford’s Theater building as still unsafe, notwith- standing the recent repairs made to it. The latement is conveyed in an official report | made by Col. Eliot, Maj. Adams and Capt. Knight of the corps of army engineers, forming a board appointed by the Secre- tary of War to examine the building. The report of the bourd upon each part of the butlding separately is as follows: The masonry foundations have been thoroughiy repaired and, in the judgment of the board, they may now be considered as safe. Both the girders supporting the floor beams of the second and third floors and the columns on which these girders rest will support loads in excess of those that will fratture the iron floor beams, and, in fact, any load that they are likely to be called upon to bear, and they may be con- sidered as safe. The first floor, which is of wood laid on concrete over brick arches, supported by the piers in the basement, may be consid- ered as safe. ‘The Upper Floors. In considering the safety of the second and third floors the maximum fiber strain allowable for wrought iron beams has been taken at 12,000 pounds per square inch, and the maximum fiber strain allowable for steel beams bas been taken at 15,000 pounds per square inch. The beams of the second story floor are all of wrought iron. The maximum aliowable load on these beams, including the weight of the beams themselves, is 104 pounds square foot of floor surface. The actual dead load now on the beams of the second floor, including the weight of the beams themselves, 1s 85 1-2*pounds per square foot of floor sur- face. The greatest allowable live or mova- ble load on this floor, including clerks, furniture, &c., is therefore 18 1-2 pounds per square foot of floor surface, and the floor is safe for this load, but as 70 pounds per square foot is the usual assumption made in good practice for superimposed loads on floors of offices the board pro- nounces the second floor as not safe. ‘The floor beams of the third floor are all of wrought iron, except that steel beams were used for the repair of the compara- tively small portion of the floor that fell, and the greatest allowable weight on this floor, inclu“'ng both its dead and its live load, is therefore, as in the case of the sec- ond floor, 104 pounds per square foot of floor surface. But the actual load noel the ener bg ne ee thy BT pounds per square foot of floor e; $0 that, without providing for any live load whatever, there is already on this floor an excess of 33 pounds per square foot over what is considered a safe rule In such cases. The board is therefore of the opinion that the third floor is not safe. The Bulged East Wal The north, the south, and the west walls of the building are safe, but in regard to the east wall, the wall facing the alley in the rear, the vertical section of it exhibited in the blue print herewith, shows that the wall is very much bulged outwards, the maximum displacement being at about the level of the second floor. It has been com- puted that a vertical line through the cen- ter of gravity of the section intersects the plane of the base within the base, but the point of intersection is but four inches from the outer edge of the base of the wall. Although the wall has stood for many years in its present condition it should be condemned for the reason that it does not comply with the good engineering rule that all constructions should not only be strong and stable in fact but they should look so. As geen from the alley it certainly does not appear stable. Very naturally it is regarded with distrust, and the com- putation just referred to leads the board te the conclusion that this feeling is well founded; that the wall is in fact not stable and ig not safe. The small iron stairway inclosed in a brick well in the southwest corner of the building extends to the third floor with a communication with each floor. There is also communication on the first and second floors with the adjacent building on the south by means of a small door on each floor, but the stairway and the exits are insufficient Ine: fire, and a fire es- eape should be cohstructed at the north- ern extremity of the rear wall of the build- ing. The existing facilities for these purposes are deemed entirely inadequate if the build- ing is to be occupied for clerical purposes as heretofore; in fact. it may be said that there are no facilities whatever for sys- tematic ventilation. The Buflding Unsnfe. In conclusion, the board reports that it has examined the old Ford’s Theater build- ling, and is unable to pronounce the bulid- ing safe, At the fina! mecting of the board held this day Mr. Ch the architect of the Capitol, and Mr. Entwiste, the inspector of buildings of the District of Columbia, were [present as per the invitation ef November 27 before referred to, and after the fore- going conclusions ef the board had. been read to them they were invited to make any suggestions thereor they might aeem roper. Mr. Clark stated that in his judgment to make the building safe the rear wall should be taken down and reconstructed: that the load oceastoned by the concrete, brick and tiles should be removed from the third floor, or, in view of the fact that the beams have defiected, they would be supported by iate posts and girders at the cen- > present bearings, the posts to t from the foundation of the buiiding. Entwisle stated that he is of the same s Mr. Clark; that the rear wail Mm them with stronger beams, and also ¢ count of the limited space for exit t Mr. Clark and Mr. lntwisle further stated that, in fts present condition, the build'ng is not considered by them safe, the preceding part of its report the board has considered only the subject referred to it by the Secretary of War. i. ¢.,. whether ling #s it now stauds if it is safe. and it is t by clerks the rear down and recon- the beams of the second ana ileors should be supported at the cen- ns by posts and girders, the ed from the foundation -seapes should pe con- m ventilation and Cost of Making the Building Sate. After.making this report to the Secretary ealled upon io sub- estimate for making the + Which i¢ did. ‘The toial cost * proposed changes is about $12,000, e+ nnd building oft the Petre. Commander Wm. H. attache of the United States em- at London, has heen ordered to com- the gunbeat Petrel on ihe Asiatic relieving Lieut. Cemmander Day- > is ordered home for examination Y promotion. Lieut. Commander Hmory is now traveling in italy, and will pro- eee? by the Red sea to join bis veesed. Lieut. naval i i } i | should be taken down ‘and reconstructed; | that to make the building safe it will be {best to remove the fioors and reconstruct | In| -d to make use of the building | lumbia. And in default of lessees, trus- tees, or owners in putting up said tire lescapes, said District Commissioners are empowered, and it is their duty, to cause | | lein | 1s87, for the protection of property and [of the following new section 3: ‘Star. JAN UARY 10 POST BROKE IN THE DOOR. New Jersey Republican Senators Force an Entrance. PLANK USED FOR BATTERING RAM. Excitement At Trenton Over the Affair. NEARLY A RIOT CAUSED. TRENTON, N.J., Jan. 10.—A mob has just burst the senate doors open and a riot is imminent. When the democratic sen&te adjourned this morning until to- morrow, and the members departed, their instructions to the sergeant-at-arms and the doorkeepers were to lock up the cham- | ber tight and barricade the doors from the inside. Republican wrath has been boiling over this all day. When the republican Senators arrived at the state house this afternoon and found entrance to the chamber barred again, they were well nigh speechless with indignation. “This thing has gone far enough,” ex- claimed Senator Skirm of Mercer. He is colonel of the seventh regiment, National Guard, New Jersey, and one of the finest militiamen in the state. c “I want to enter the chamber and take the seat to which I have been elected, and I mean to do it.” The corridors of the Capitol were throng- ed with politicians, members of the legis- lature, state officials and hundreds of other spectators. “Now you're talking, colonel,” shouted Some one in the throng, and a great shout of approval went up. ‘The republican senators gathered in a lit- tle bunch underneath the stairway leading to the supreme court room. Some of them counseled against disorder and excitement, but Col. Skirm, backed up by several colleagues, held that to enter the chamber was merely to maintain their constitutional rights. Hundreds of men were waiting for a single word of authority to burst the senate doors open, but Col. Skirm-held them in check, saying it would be wiser and better to send for a locksmith, and he did so. A Two expert locksmiths soon arrived and went to’ work on the big, heavy oaken doors. A huge mob pressed heavily against them from the rear. Capt. Jack Graham, the famous Hudson county constable, and Col. W. H. Morrell, the noted colored republicam and agitator of Essex, were in front of the mob. ‘The locksmiths could not work fast enough to suit the mob. A huge plank was obtained from the cel- lar of the state house, and four stalwart republicans banged it against the loors. Again and again the plank was huri2d, and the noise half a block away sounded like the explosion of dynamite deadened in the earth. Next the crash of glasq was heard, then a mighty shout of triumph and the repub- ican senators were in possession of the chamber, and with them the crowd who had looked on while the breaking was in progress. ‘ The excitement was now at fever heat and messengers were sent in every direc- tion for the governor. He had gone out of the building only a few momenrs be- fore. It was five minutes past three when the locksmiths went to work and five min- utes later the smash occurred. —_—— —___ MUST HAVE FIRE ESCAPES, A Bill Introduced by Senator Harris of : Local Intere: Senator Harris today by request of District Commissioners introduced a amending the act approved January the bill 26, life This bill is the inquiry recently Inaugurated the Commissioners as to thelr power from destruction by fire. result of an by junder the law to enforce the regulations as to the erection of fire escapes. A letter from Attorney Thomas accompanies the bill, showing that, in his opinion, the exist- ing law is defective in that there is no pro- ; Vision which enables the Commissioners to enforce the provision and urging the adop- tion of a new section to the bill which reme- dies this defect. The bill consists, therefore, “That it shall be unlawful to issue a license te the lessee or proprietor of any building in the District of Columbia used as a hotel, factory, manufactory, theater or tenement house, hall or place of amuse- ment, or other building used for a business for which a licetise is required, unless the application for such license is accompanied with the certificate of the inspector of buildings that such building is provided with fire escapes, standpipes,iadders, lights, alarm gongs and descriptive notices as re- sections 1 and 2 of said act—act 26, ISST. That on the failure or nestect after thirty days’ netice of the owner or lessee of any building used as a factory, manufactory, tenement house, or to the trustee of any building used as seminary, college,academy, hospital or asylum in the District of Co- lumbla to provide fire escapes, stand- ipes, and so forth, Such persons ‘shail be bie to a fine of not less than $30 nor ore than $100 for each day he or they shall fail to provide the same; such tine to be collected by prosecution in the Wottce Court in the name of the District of Co- such fire escapes to be erected, and they are hereby authorized to assess the cost thereof as a tax against the butidings on which they are erected and the ground on which the ne stands, 1 to issue tax certifi against buildings and grounds for ssment, bearing interest at annum, which certificai ed over by the Comm ly per cent = Tey be wurn- rs to the con- {tractors for doing the work. Provided, also, that a lessee, owner or trustee of y building who shall fail to ereet fire capes, &e.. as in said act provided, shail ismory, late | | | person or of debt or personal iajury resulting rrom fire in buildings not provided with fire escapes as required by such action may be maintained by any persons now authorized by law lo sue as in other cases of injury or death by wrongful act.” The bill and the letter of the Commis- sioners, together with the opinion of At- torney Thomas. were referred to the com- mittee on the District or Co1umbia. SCRIPT the amount of such as- | liable to an action for damages in case | ‘aid act; and that } 1894—TWELVE PAGES TWO ‘CENTS. E WAS CUT OFF |ESCAP Early Maning Fire in a New York Tenement. | i i TWO YOUNG BOYS BURNED T0 DEATH. Destruction of a Piano Factory in Indiana. ee aS OTHER LOSS BY THE FLAMES. NEW YORK, Jan. 10.—A fire occurred early this morning in the tenement house 50 East Houston street. Before it was dis- | coveréd escape from the upper floors was cut off and the occupants became panic- jStricken. Mrs. Amelia Holz, forty years old, jumped from a fourth-story window jto the sidewalk and was fatally injured? \Her husband, a consumptive, was rescued j with difficuity, having been overeome by smoke. P. J. Hayes, a telegraph lineman, was also rescued in an unconscious condi- |tion, overcome by smoke. ‘The otter occu- | pants were all taken out safely. ‘Phe cellar of the house has been used for |years by outcasts for sleeping in. It is be- |Neved the fire was caused by the careless- Ness of one of these tramps with his pipe. The loss is small. RICHMOND, Ind., Jan. 10.—Fire started early this morning in the big factory of the Starr Piano Manufacturing Company, west of this city, and in two hours the valuable plant was a mass of ruins. The origin of the fire is unknown. There was so much inflammable material in the building that the insufficient fire protection was of no avail. The loss is placed at $250,000, with only $40,000 insurance. The local fire department was called cut, but because of the peculiar location of the buildings could not head off the flames. The concern was one of the largest and best equipped factories of its kind in the west. Burning of an Old Church. ASTORIA, L. 1, Jan. 10.—St. George's Protestant Episcopal Church was destroyed by fire this morning. The fire was caused by an overheated furnace. The funeral of a Mrs. Mabbitt of Newberne, N. C., was to have been held in the church this morn- ing, and the edifice was being heated for that purpose. The church Was a frame structure, and was one of the first churches built in Astoria, It was ninety years old. | The loss is fully covered by insurance. ‘The | funeral services over the remains of Mrs. Mabbitt were held in the church yard while the firemen were still at work on the ruins of the church. Two Boys Burned to Death. OGDENSBURG, N. Y., Jan. 10.—The house of John Montal, in Dickerson Centra, was destroyed by fire last night. The | flames spread rapidly, and two boys, aged four and six years, respectively, were hem- med in by the fire and burned to death. The mother and two children barely escaped with their lives. FT. SCOTT, Kan., Jan. 10.—Arcadia,Kan., miles south of this city, was almost burned out by fire yesterday. Merchants saved their stocks in most cases, but heavy losses | were sustained. The damage is not yet known. —s ENGLISH DICTATION, ing on the advices from Hawaii which reached Victoria, B. C., last night, says: “Notwithstanding the allusions of Presi- dent Dole to the rights of Hawaii as a sovereign state, it is indeed probable that he and his associates place their chief hopes in the exigencies of American poli- tics rather than in the wishes of the popu- lation of Hawaii. That the provisional gov- ernment is well advised in assuming an at- titude of defiance toward the President of jthe United States may indeed be doubted. Although it has been rumored that he will accept a Compromise, Mr. Cleveland has shown that he has a stiff back, and he thinks that his countrymen admire it, and it is quite possible that in the long run he may show himself as resolute and deter- mined in his Hawaiian policy as he was upon the silver question. If the report that Senator Turpie’s resolution represents the present views of the administratior should turn out to be well founded, it will be an interesting and instructive exercise even to those best versed in American politics to observe by what conceivable sophistry Mr. Cleveland will try to reconcile his recogni- tion in January of the government he at- tempted to depose in December. We are inclined to discredit the rumor. If anything could make such a retreat harder than his own emphatic assurarces that the pro- visional government is in the wrong, it |would be the circumstance that the mem- bers of that government openly defied him.” OE ESS MURDER AT A REVIVAL. |Jentousy Causes a Fai Alabama. CINCINNATI, Ohio, Jan, 10.—A special tc the Post from Birmingham, Ala. say: “Near Tuscogee, Ala., Jast night, during a revival meeting at the church, Will Duke struck John West on the head with a piece of plank, killing him instantly. The youn: }men had a quarrel about a girl, each being Jealous of the other. ‘The fatal fight oc- | curred before the eyes of a horrified congre- | cation, who were in the midst of prayer, | horting and singing. | pbespite the religions spirit of the revival 1 t Fight in came near being lynched before friends could hurry him off. { > | A GREAT Jock: H bie es |Death of Robert Poole gt the Age of Kighty-Two Vears. | PROVIDENCE, R. L, Jan. 10.—Robert Pooie, the oldest and, in his time, one of | the best known jockeys in the country, died suddenly yesterday. | Mr. Poole was eighty-two years old, jever since ne was old enough to sit saddle or stick to the seat of a rac! he has been a winning driver or |BIXLY Years ago he rcde in some of the big- | gest racing events of the count which at {that tim? were held in New , and » of any imporiance from there ts no co: Maine to California on which he had not in the United figured. | fastest long di: man in the coun- the hour. Since (States and was un try to run ten mi , June, 182, Poole had had the special charge |of the trotter Dan Wilkes. i _— | KILLING OF CAPT. |Lieut. Col. Burton Completes His In- vestigation at Fort Sheridan, IN HIS DAY. HEDBERG. ) CHICAGO, Jan, 10.--Lient. Cel. Gearge |. Burton, whe has represented the Secr® tary of War in an investigation of the killing of Capt. Hedberg by Lieut. Maney at Port Sheridan, completed his labors \ yesterday. He said last night: “As a rep | resentative cf the Secretary of Wer L hav investigation is port will be in the hands in a short time. I leave tomorrow. — Senator Mitchell's Bank to Open. MILWAUKEE . 10.—Nearly all | the creditors of the Wisconsin Marine and |Fire Insurance Bank have signed exten- isions and the bank will probably reopen ext Monday. This is the bank in which \ dckn Mitchell owas @ third tn- | nothing to say. | pleted and my r of the Secretary {for Washington om= a terest. a town of about 2,0) inhabitants, twenty | his | |THE DISTRICT OFFICES. Expectations Raised by the Two Recent Appointments, Gossips Look for Changes in the Of- five of Recorder of Deeds and Regisier of Wills, The fact that the President, in the multi- plicity of his duties, hus found time to give j attention to District matters to the extent of making appointments to two of its most important offices naturally leads to the con- clusion that he has also considered the mat- ter of the other local offices under his juris- diction. The appoiitment of Commissioner Ross and Marshal Wilson gives universa! | satisfaction, and justifies the hope that the appointments yet to be made will be equai- ly satisfactory. In at least one of these cases he waived his general rule as to re- appointing ex-office holders. Mr. Ross did not hold his present office under Mr. Cleve-; land’s administration, and to continue him | in a place which he had filled so satisfac- torily makes a case different from the re- appointment of an old office holder. The reappointment of Mr. Wilson, how- , ever, has ied the friends of Mr. Dorsey | Clagett to believe that another exception !may be made in his case. Mr. Clagett held the office of register of wills under Mr. , Cleveland's first administration, and served j with credit. Changes May Svom Be Made. Although there is no legal term of service !in the offices of recorder of deeds and regis- ter of wills, the appointments usually run for four years. This, however, is merely a matter of ‘custom, without any binding force in law. District Commissioners, the United States marshal, the United States attorney and the city postmaster are ap- pointed for stated terms, the District Com- missioners of three and the others of four years, but the recorder and the register are appointed without regard to length oz serv- ice. | So far as can be learned in official centers, jo action has been taken by the President | looking to a change in either of these two | offices, but the gossips predict that there will be a change in both before many weeks elapse. Recorder Bruce has been in office four years. lacking one month, and Register Wright bas a little over three years’ service to his credit. Mr. Bruce was appointed in February, 1800, and Mr. Wright in Septem- ber of the same year. Ever since the ap- pointment of Mr. Frederick as recorder of deeds, by .President Garfield, that office has been held by 2 colored man. Mr. Matthews of Albany was appointed to the office by Mr. Cleveland in 1885. The Senate rejected his nomination and the President appointed Mr. Trotter, a colored resident of Boston, to the office and he was confirmed. There’ is le interest now to see whether Mr. Cleveland will again appoint a colored man, and whether he will again select a non-resident. in the event that the President decides to give the office to a colored lent of the District the friends of Dr. A ident of the John M. Palmer Club, think he has a fiir chance of selection. support to Dr. Riley. democ- | racy, however, do not it as neces- | Sary that a colored man be appoint- it is reported to have said that ff he gave the office to a non-resident e would give it colored democrat, but whether, in case he appoints a t, he will feel bound to choose a colored man is not known. The District Attorneyship. People who claim to know say that next local appointment to be made will that of a United States attorney. They So far as to assert positively that a change has already been determined upon and will be announced before the close of the pres- ent month. According to these wiseacres Mr. Henry E. Davis is the man selected t6 succeed Mr. Birney. They predic: that he will be nominated soon after the court an-! nounces its decision in the case of the book- makers at Ivy City. The advocates for a change in the district attorneyship concede that Mr. Birney has been a faithful, effi- cient and conscientious officer and that his relief, after so short a service, is not to be regarded as a reflection on his administra- tion. According to their theory the President is personally interested in the administra- | tion of justice in the District for the rea- son that it comes directly under his ob-/ servation and that therefore he desires to have the position of public prosecutor filled by a man of his own party, of whose abil- ity and integrity he has personal know- ledge. This would seem to indicate that the only objection to Mr, Birney is that he | is a republican and that he does not possess the President's con*dence. Mr. Davis has denied the statement that the office was tendered to him or that his visit to the | White House Monday was in relation to| | the office of District attorney. | dearly last summer The Star spoke of the | Probability of the nomination of Mr. Davis, ! while he then and today stated to a | Star reporter that the office was unsought by him, and really not desired, it is known that Mr. Davis has been prevailed upon | by his friends to allow his name to be con- sidered by the President, with the distinct understanding that if it is favorably con- sidered he will accept the appointment | only as a recognition of the urgent request of his friends. While Mr. Davis stated to Star reporter yesterday afternoon that it was true that he saw the President Mon- as mentioned in The Star, and that the ter of some of the District offices were discussed, the office of District attorney , Was not of those mentioned during his con- iversation with the President. Mr. Davis jelso stated that the office had not been [tendered to him, and politely begged to be |excused from saying what he would do | 1d it be offered to him. H all the gossip about local appoint- [ments less attention seems to be paid to | the postmastership than to any of the other | ofices.and the impression is gaining ground j that it will be the last one considered by |the President. It is generally supposed ; that Postmaster Sherwood will be permitted | to serve out his term, which will end next fall, So much of Mr. Cleveland's time is | now occupied by important affairs of state arising out of the complications in Hawaii i and in Brazil, and economic questions, that it is possible District matters may be laid jon the shelf for some time to come. the be gO ——>_ 10 GET BACK AT HILL. ‘The President May Veto the New York Bridge Bil There was an interesting rumor afloat at the Capitol today. It was to the effect that the President sees in the Hudson river ridge bill an excellent opportunity to se- cure Tevenge upon Senator Hill for his op- position to the Hornblower nomination. j This bill, which was finally signed by the presiding officers of the two houses of Con- Tess yesterday, is now in the hands of the | President for his approval or rejection, and the story goes that he has let it become j known that he docs not intend to act upon the Dill until the Senate acts upon the nom- jination of Mr. Hornblower. Should the | name be finally rejected by the Senate, it} is rumored, he will veto the bill and de- pend upon his friends in the Senate to pre-4 Vent its passage over the veto. This. it Is thought, would be a particularly effective form of pevenge, as Senator Hill is very directly interested in the project and fought | for its passage with unusual energy at the jlast session. There are commercial and ngineering reasons that the President might summon to his aid in vetoing such a measure without ex criticism for having mere matter of vengea nee. Of course, no contirmation or denial of this story is to be had ut present. The Hornblower nomi- ion is sure to be acted unon by the Sen- secure the ten-day limit on the bill ‘nas expired. | who had the whole respon; INTEREST IN HAWAII. Representative Loud Was in Hono~ lulu When Blount Was. THE LATTER WENT 10 ATTAIN AN EXD Mr. Ellis Says All Pacific Coast Leaders Oppose Cleveland's Policy. DEMANDS CONGRESS’ NOTICE, Representative Loud of California takes @ keen interest in the Hawaiian situation, be- ing in a position to understand many of the conditions surrounding the matter. He has visited Hawaii a number of times, and, in fact, was in Honolulu at the time Para- mount Blount made his alleged investiga- tion. When asked by a Star reporter today for the result of his observations of Mr. Blount’s methods of obtaining the allege@ facts sybsequently presented in his Mr. Loud said: “I believe that Blount went to attain a certain end, and tions were in that line. I wes times, knowing him well through our ciation in Congress. He never with the best people there, with sentative people. Me confined most exclusively to his cottage, people with whom he allowed come into contact were natives White people in accord with the seemed to have the appearance United ys and the —~ Ment upon his shoulders, was of being seduced. The Sonar frained from going before him. not imvited, and they were not wanted, and which they would give iy Mr. Willis’ Course. Speaking of the Hawatian sii ther Mr. Loud said: “I do not Minister Willis has taken rection of putting the queen throne unless he has received structions to that effect. I to this time Minister Willis utmost discretion. The was wise, high and patriotic. assumed that course he volved this count serious that aye ine had followed his instFuctions. There is no- in mind that to Hawaii with full ins verbal or ii 5 5 £ Halli (titel that was i H ; i fate geree Lf Y FF #3 | concede that there is any ing the restoration of the queen. He thinks that while this may have been vised by Mr. Blount to a that fact does not relieve the certain Mr. Ellis of Oregon: “From all I can the newspapers and the leading Pacific coast are all opposed of the administration on There are, however, a great Uonists in that part of the coun’ lieve it is the proper thing to Hawaiian Islands. “I think the matter is serious demand the immediate attention of Con- gress, and I think the matter should B® taken up and considered. I have no hesi- tancy, as far as I am concerned, in favor- ing the condemnation of Mr. but 1 don't give m encouragement to this idea of impeach it. 1 think he has gone beyond the functions of the executive to a certain extent, but in my opinion at has not reached that state where it mands impeachment.” Mr. Caminetti’s Views. Mr. Caminetti of California thinks the President is in the right in his efforts to undo what he terms a wrong perpetrated upon another nation. He thinks Minister Stevens exceeded his authority at the time of the revolution and that the wrong per- Petrated upon the Hawaiian government that action should be repaired by means as are necessary. The fact that the outraged government was a monarchy, or that it is alleged to be morally weak, does not enter into the question. The law of tions does tot recognize distinctions of this kind. He thinks that President € action in the Hawatian matter will redound to his fame and everlasting credit. Senator Perkins. “1 think it is high time,” said Senator Perkins of California to a Star reporter this afternoon, “that Congress should form a definite policy in regard to the Hawaiian Islands. The vascillating course of the country in this crisis of the islands is shock- ing to the sensibilities of the whole Ameri- can people. I think that Congress should now take it upon itself to declare that the provisional government of the island hav- ing established itself beyond a Should be recognized and hesitancy in saying that personally im favor of the provisional government; I have traveled in the islands, I know character, 1 know the character of the ple who now constitute this and i know them to be men of the minds, the highest character and the est capacity. I think it is a shame this country does not that ernment and put the two count upon @& definite international footing.” PROF, ALEXANDER REPLIES. Statements Attributed to Mr. Blount. i 8 f |i ' An Answer “The members of the provisional govern- ment must recognize the desperate charac- ter of their case. They know perfectly well that it was intended as a bridge to carry them over into the United States, But an- nexation did not come, They know perfect- ly well that their government could not pos- sibly last if submitted to a popula decis- ion. They have taken the leap, and realize perfectly well that they have got to land somewhere, and the question is where do they propose to land?” Replying to these remarks, Prof, Alexan- der, formerly surveyor general of Hawai, rays Col, Blount certainly has been misied. Except for the disturbed condition of at- fairs whi is a necessary resuit of the policy of the United States administration, the islands were never in So prosperous @ condition. The provisional government to- day represents nearly all of the improved property, Use intelligence and character of the country, and have no Tears of any jn- ternal force if let alone. If it 18 not the wish of the people of the United States