Evening Star Newspaper, February 9, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, T101 Peansylvania Aveaue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 3. H. RAUPFMANN, Pres't, New York Office, 22 Potter Building. ve oes VENING SYA i* served to subscribers in the carriers, On their own account. at 10 cents . or c. moath. Copies at the coun- cents each. mat!—auy where tn the United a Canada—postage prepaid—39 cents per Ma LE ba 5 Entered at the Post at Washington, D. 0 second-class -€ zi All mail subscriptions be paid in advance. o: advertising Mage on application, THE CASTAWAY CREW Taking Measures to Rescue the Kearsarge’s Men. EXPECTED AT COLON: ON SONDAY. The City of Para Will Go After Them. ‘Tae E city OISASTERS IN THE NAVY NEW YORK, Feb. 9.-At the offices of the Panama Rallroad Company it was of- ficially stated today that the City of Para had been chartered to go to the relief of the crew of the wrecked cruiser Keursarge. The wires were kept busy last night be- tween Washington and Colon. Secretary Herbert at a late hour commissioned the | Panama Railroad Company to send the City of Para to Roneador. The steamer 1s rather light, having just discharged her cargo,but the agents here are confident that she will make the run from Colon to Ron- | eador reef, a distance of 250 miles, inside of twenty-four hours, and she is a fourteen- | knot boat. It is expected that she will land the crew of the wrecked cruiser in Colon Sunday. She is scheduled to leave Colon on the 14th, and, in all probability, the American man-of-warsmen will come to this city on the Para. The steamer is due here on the 2ist or 22d of this month, and her trip to Roncador Reef will not in- terfere with her regular trip. Eager for News. No one in the country is more eager for news of the manner in which the Kearsarge was lost than those In the Navy Depart- ment. Their Information is meager, and | they look anxiously to the press to receive details. Nothing has been received here later than the announcemient from Lieut. Brainard that the City of Para was avail- able. There is a United States consular | agent at Colon, but nothing has been heard | from him. No news has been received from Colon of the departure of the City of Para to the relief of the men on Roncador bank. It is thought, however, that she would lose no time, and would get away promptly. There is no uneasiness manifest at the department as to the present safety of the shipwrecked crew, but there is an earnest desire to re- lease them: as soon as possible from what —- at best, a very uncomfortable po- Disasters in the Navy. Although the loss of a vessel of the great historic talue of the Kearsarge is natural- ly deplored as a national calamity, there is general rejoicing that the accident which sent her to “Davy Jones’ locker” was whol- ly free from the sacrifice of human life. This case recalls the fact that the United States navy has been free from disasters involving great loss of life, compared with the histories of the navies of other coun- tries. The loss of the Huron is the most serious disaster in the United States navy in re- cent years. vessel went to pieces off Oregon That Inlet, N. C., during a terrible hur- ricane November 24, 1877, and 104 were launched into eternity. Another terrible naval disaster, still fresh in mind, occurred fn the harbor of Apia, Samoa, March 15, 1889. Six w: were ‘arships wrecked in a storm, three of them belong- Ing to the United States navy and three to the navy. The Trenton, Nipsic and Vandalia were the American ships, and the Eber, Adler and Olga were the German ships. One hundred and forty-five lives were lost. ‘The U. S. S. Ashuelot went ashore on a Tock off East Lamock Island, coast of | China, in the morning of February 18, 1883, | and eleven enlisted men were drowned. Commander H. E. Mullen, who commanded the vessel at the time, was court martialed and dismissed the service. The U. S. S. Despatch was lost off As- Sateague Shoals, Va. about 3 o'clock in the morning of October 10, 1891, through a mis- take in regard to the lights in the vicinity. No lives were lost on this occasion. A | court of inquiry investigated the case Octo- | ber 20, 1891, and found that the loss of the | vessel was an accident for which none of its officers or crew were responsible. —_—-—+-2+____ ST. LOUIS’ NEW RACE TRACK. Names of the Proprietors Not Yet Dis- closed. ST. LOUIS, Mo, Feb. 9—It has been | learned that the proprietors of a new one- mile race track, to be located on this side | of the river, have secured an option on a tract of ground beyond the city limits of the St. Louis and Suburban and Wabash railways) The new track, it is thought, will certainly be established, but who its projectors are is still kept a secret. . There are two corporations, it is stated, with the same end in view. Both are waiting to see what will be done with the fair grounds track after the sale next April. If the track ts closed there will be a scramble on the part of these two companies to estab- sh @ track on this side. —————— WILL PROSECUTE SACKETT. Miss Davenport’s Family Will Take Measures Against Him. ELHART, Ind, F€b. 9.—The family of Miss Frances Davenport, who eloped with the adventurer, Sackett, has decided to prosecute him. He may be compelled to serve a term of imprisonment and pay a fine of $300. ‘The necessary steps for the prosecution were taken in the circuit court and Sheriff | Crail has gone to Indianapolis to secure | requisition papers. ———— AGAINST ST. GAUDENS AGAIN. | Some of His Boston Work F. Objectionable. BOSTON, Feb. 9.—The common council have passed an order that the mayor be requested to direct the trustees of the pub- Me Mbrary to cause the immediate removal of the objectionable features of the art decoration in the facade of the new puBlic Ubrary building directly over the entrance. The art decoration referred to is a seal made of a design by the artist Kenyon Cox md to Be and accepted and turned over to Mr. St. | Gaudens, the sculptor, whose reproduction of the seal, which had been placed over the main entrance of the new bufiding, !s about four by six feet. The principal feature of it is a shield or globe in the center, with a nude male figure on each side holding a torch, while the figure is the legend, “Omnia Civium. —_—— ANGRY STOCKHOLDERS. ‘They Assess Themseives for a Fund to Prosecute Zimri Dwi! CHICAGO, Feb. ¥.—There is deep indig- mation among the stockholders of the de- fumet Columbia National Bank since the presentation of the report of the investiga- ing committee last night. The report show- that the $1,70u,000 assets of the bank were Worth $225,000, The feeling ag: Zimri Dwiggins and other officers of the bank ran high. The stockholders even went so far as to talk of criminal prosecuwions if the charges could be clearly proven. An assessment of hs of 1 per cent of the stock was r that and other purposes. . Corey, who represents astern khoid he Col ia National of New York holds Mr. Lockwood's prox he v nd of « wild-eat bank with the prohability that he will be chosen was ever jo din the United States. by the New York delegation to succeed Mr. It’s @ shame to Chicago that one of its , Lockwood. WASHINGTON, D. 0., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS Vor 84, No. 20,804, ope with $1,000,000 capital can sink $1, ,.000 in two years.’ gle enol = poser deputy sheriff, armed with the requisition hunted all last night for him. = “Mr. Dwiggins has left the city on a short trip; he will be back tomorrow,” was the information given in the Chamber of Commerce building. It is said there are thirteen indictments against Mr. Dwiggins in connection with the Commercial Bank of Oxford, Ind. P. J. Caldwell, Dwiggins’ attorney, said: “He is not under arrest. The Pinkertons know nothing as to his whereabouts. He will not go to Indiana until he knows what the charges are against him. Mr. Dwig- | gins owns the Commercial Bank.” | — SENATE COMMITTEESHIPS. Changes That Have Become Necessary From Mr. Walthall’s Resignation. ‘The resignation of Gen. Walthall from the | Senate has~placed the democrats of that | body in @ curiéus predicament. He vacajed | the chairmanship of the committee on mill- | tary affairs and the result Is quite a serious | fight for that position. | Senate would naturaily promote Mr. Cock- jrell to be chairman, us he is the ranking | democratic member, but he ts already chatr- man of one of the most important commit- | teés of the Senate—appropriations. of course he would not relinquish this for the minor committee. This leaves Mr. Bate | the next in line of promotion, und, as his Gommittee is relatively inferior-impzove eager to secure the chairmanship. There are two clements, however, operating against his ambitions. One of these i: he is not over popular with other members of the committee, and the other is that Senator Paimer is anxious to get rid of the tremendous work of the committee on pen- sions, of which he is chairman, and to get at the head of a more congenial committee, such as military affairs. The fact is just developed that General since the retirement of Mr. been making an active but quiet canvass of his democratic friends in the interest of this desire of his. He has not received sufficient encouragement to war- rant him in going in for‘the chairmanship openly, but he has made such an opposi- tion to Mr. Bate that it is almost conceded by the democratic leaders of the Senate that a caucus will have to be held to deter- mine the question. The change of Mr. Bate from the head of the Mississippi river com- mittee will at any rate necessitate a number of other changes, and the new Senator, Mr. McLaurin, will have to be assigned to Senator Walthall's pesitions on other committees—civil service and re- trenchment, Mississippi river, organiza- tion of the executive departments and public lands. So there is a great deal of work to be done By sonfe one, either the ; caucus or the committee on rules. For | example, in the Mississippi river committee, should Mr. Bate be transferred to the mili- tary affairs committee, the next democrat would be Mr. Palmer, who, of course, would not relinquish pensions for this com- mittee. After him, in order of rank, comes Mr. Peffer, who is not considered sufficient- ly a democrat to be given the chairmanship of a committee of this size. He is already chairman of the commit- tee to examine the several branches of the civil service, of which he is quite fond. There is a disposition, it is understood, to furnish General Gordon with &@ more important committee than coast @e- fenses, which has its room now in the Maltby building. Altogether the situation is so complicated that a caucus can hardly be avoided, although the members of the Senate are generally averse to caucuses, which give too mary opportunities for factional fights. It is likely that no action will be taken in this matter until after the arrival of Mr. McDaurin, for it is only his. preteeances. It'ts ‘not likely. that his itis not ely that is choice wil! be followed, but it is good Senatorial form to give a new man a chance fo express himself. —_—_-e AS TO PATRONAGE. Democratic Cl Would Be Pleased With Greater Presidential Celerity. ‘The executive committee of the National Association of Democratic Clubs, which met at, the Ebbitt House yesterday, concluded its deliberations and adjourned last night. meeting are reticent. It is clear, though, that the reports which were received from the state organizations plainly showed that the democracy believed that the Presi- dent was proceeding too slowly in the mat- ter of removals. The wisdom of his course in the dispensation of patronage was also @ reason for dissatisfaction. Discontent was manifest in some sections that the President had not chosen strong ard promi- nent democratic partisans for position. It is said that some of the reports criticised several appointments made by the Presi- dent quite severely. Every report urged in the strongest possible language an im- mediate settlement of the tariff question. All the organizations reported that they were in good condition, and ready for the next fray. The President will be acquaint- ed with the contents of these reports. Mr. Charles J. Canda, who was elected to succeed Mr. Flower as treasurer of the association, is an empire democrat of the Fairchild variety. President Black of the association, in his address, urged greater perfection in club organization. He said closed its labors at the wind-up of a con- gressional election and the national cam- paign committee shut down after the pres- idential election had been fought. The in- ocratic Clubs would be continuous. In addition to the list of speakers re- ported in The Star of yesterday were H. Wells Rusk of Maryland, who declared that Marylanders were satisfied with the ad- ministration; Col. Robert G. York and . 3. McKean of New Jersey. It was agreed to co-operate with the con- gressional campaign committee and a con- fereuce was decided on with a view to pro- moting unity of effort between the two organizations. One of the propositions made by the committee of ways and means to raise revenue for the distribution of lit- Ss each one of 7,000 erature was to democratic clubs $5 A tommunication was received from the Stage Grange, Patrons of Husbandry of Minoig, and referred to the president. It was suggested that the committee is- sue an address to the voters of the country at such time wid mrittee might 4 to be must oriate. Cen. «. Bhe and D. R. Phelps were uppointed a eum- mittee to organize clubs in Llinois. — — RELIEF FOR THE Poor, The Committee Ac ou Applitea- tons for Help, Contributions for the poor are still being received at the room of the ceniral relief committee, and the supply today as large as usual. In widition amount of clothing on hand tee received @ jiberal The applicants was about o the large the commit- acerles. Sas ne: ever, and the wu: of sad tales were told to members of the committee. or Mr. Walt, the clerk. The usual daily meeting of the committee was held this afternoon, and many applications for re- Hef were acted upon and disposed of. The most distressing case called to the attention of the committee was an appeal from thee women, whose homes w destroyed by fire this week. Among those who called were nigny non-residents, 1 who are on the roud. most of them wanting shoes. in some exceptional cases of this Kind the re- quests were granted > Democratic Congresstonal Committee. The democratic congressional « meets at 4 o'clock today to elect officers. The feeting is Faulkner of We permanent rer : se ‘Tracey The customs of the | ments of the Mississippi river—he ts quite! 3 that | Nearly all the party men who attended the | that the congressional campaign committee | fluence of the National Association of Dem- | Will Be Ready for Reading in the Senate Committee Monday. HOPE 70 PASS If EARLY IN MARCH Many Changes Made in the House i Measure. SUGAR DUTY RESTORED The adjournment of the Senate until Monday was secured by Senator Voorhees | for the purpose of giving the democrats of the finance committee time to consider the tariff bill and to afford the democrats of the Senate not on the committee an op- portunity to consult with the committee on that subject. The subcommittee, who have been for several weeks considering | the question, expect to report their bill to the democrats of the committee on Mon- day, and the purpose is to dispose of the measure as speedily as possible in commit- | tee and to report it promptly to the Senate. Expedition will be the chief object of the | democrats in the consideration of this bill, | they having already decided upon its char- acter. | Why There Were No Hearings. There has been considerable comment |on the decision of the committee not to have hearings. The democrats of the com- mittee believe they were entirely justified in this decision, finding their justification | in two things, one that the question has been exhausted in hearings already and the other that the republicans had planned to delay the passage of the bill by protract- ing the hearings indefinitely if the doors were once thrown open. The democrats believe that they will be able to pass their bill through the Senate by the first week in March. The republicans contemplate re- sistance with a view of delay, but will probably be compelled to follow a differ- ent course from that at present in mind on account of the protests those whom they represent against being kept in doubt and. uncertainty for a long time as to what is to be done. { Changes in the House Bill. | _ The subcommittee have outlined and prac- | tically dompleted their bill and as they re- | port it to the full committee it is likely to be reported to the Senate. It will not be recognized as the Wilson bill. The order of the schedules will be changed and there will be a number of changes running throughout the bill which will give it the appearance of a distinct measure. When the two bills are compared it will be found that they do not differ materially in their essential features, the most important changes made by the Senate being with relation to coal and sugar. In some of the schedules the rates will be reduced below the Wilson bill, and the aim will be to make the Senate bill purely and simply a revenue bill, with no | Protection in it which can be recognized ; 98 such. } Duty om Sugar Reatored. | ‘The duty on sugar will be restored, and it ig the present Intention of the democrats of the committee, in restoring this duty, to at the same time give a thrust to the sugar trusts. They propose to reverse the order of things and to place a duty of one and one-quarter cents per pound on raw sugir and a smaller duty of one cent on refined. This being’a revenue duty, it will give no Sort of comfort to the trusts, They pro- pose to retain the income tax; to increase the tax on whisky to $1.10 per gallon, ex- , tending the bonding period to five years, and | place a tax of 45 or 50 cents per ton on coal. Iron and lead ore will be left on the free list, and there will be no change in the iron and steel schedules unless there is a reduc- tion on some of the items. Some Amendments. Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota says he is going to test the Senate upon one feat- ure of the tariff bill which he believes will carry. He intends, first, to move for a duty on wool, and, if this is not carried, he will offer an amendment placing all woolens and manufactures of woolens on the free list. He thinks the latter proposition will carry, because it will probably receive the support of all the northwestern men in the republi- can party, as well as of the populists and many democrats, enough, at least, to carry the amendment through. The South Dakota Senator says he would like to secure protec- | tton for wool, barley, flax and some other | agricultural products of his etate, but he | does not anticipate that the amendments he | proposes to offer will receive any consider- ation. en ne es ee | RENTED GOVERNMENT BUILDINGS. | The Subject Now Being Investigated by a House Committee. | An investigation of the policy of renting | buildings for government use has been | started by the House committee on public buildings and grounds. Representative Coombs of Brooklyn in- troduced a resolution last fall, which was called forth by the Ford's Theater disaster, and which provides for a complete investi- gation of the subject. How many buildings are rented, at what rates, the number of clerks employed in them, the rents paid and the condition of the buildings are some of the poinis to be looked into. Several of the largest government bureaus in Washington are housed Iu rerted build- Megs, among them the census bureau, the | geological survey, interstate ecmmission, eivil ice commission, sixth auditor's department of labor and the record asion division of the War Du ich was in the Ford's ‘Theater when it f ‘The impression pre- ng Cong en that for most of idings the government is paying er rentals than the owners would la dit they were dealing with busiuess siders it 1 ruinous finan- | ot: 3) ) business man | with good credit would think of, to pay in rents much more t the interest upon the hecessary investn ts to build suitable quarters for unattached bureaus and ov flow forces from the departments. Judy. Holman, who is considered the most ultra et ist in the House, expresses the sam + view, but he thinks that the scattered bu- | reaus might all be housed within five years in the new Congressional Library and city pest office, beth of which are to be finished Within that thne, and will afford more room than be demanded for their special purposes Chairman Bankhead of the committee also thinks that a= a general policy the | governinent should erect pulidings tor it elericul forces. In v y of the pres condition of the treasury, however, there is not likely to be Congress which involves large increase of expenditures by new appropriations. ‘f committee eXpects to secure valuable formation on the matter of public bui! ings, and will probably make some recom- this the investigation, Rae eee Presidential Clemency Denied. ‘The President has refused to interfere in the case of Lewis Burrow, convicted in Ar- Kansas of murder, and whose sentence of death was commuted by President Cleve- land in January, 1599, to ten years’ {m- prisonment. He also denied the application for pardon in the case of John B. Jacobs, sonvicted in Arkansas af murder and sen- tenced to imprisonment for life. mendation of policy when it has finished | THE TARIFF BILL|FAavors ONE DOLLAR GAS'TRIAL POSTPONED Representative Cooper Intends to Push His Lower Rate Bill. There is Said to Be Considerable In- terest in the Gas Question im the Ho Mr. Cooper of Indiana, a member of the House District committee, said today that he intends to push his bill providing for $1 gas in the District. Mr. Cooper has taken considerable interest in the gas hearings which have been held by the District com- mittee, and was very glad to hear the tes- timony given at the hearings by a former superintendent of the gas company that this company can sell gas at $1 per thou- sand and still make a good profit. Mr. Cooper has had experience with the gas question in Indlana, and has given the subject of the production and cost of gas some study. He is convinced, he says, that gas of a good quality can be furnished the citizens of Washington at $1, and the com- pany still make a fair profit. “I don’t believe in jumping onto gas com- panies simply because they are corpora- tions,” said Mr. Cooper, “‘but in the matter of water, light and fuel, the prime necessi- ues of the people, I think that the lowest possible prices should obtain. Mr. Cooper had a fight with a gas com- pany when he wes mayor of his home town in Indiana. There was complaint about the Quality of the light furnished by the street jamps. The gas company seemed to have the best of the situation with the city council, who could not bring themselves to believe that the company was to blame. One night Mr. Cooper sent a policeman out who removed about a hatful of the tips from the street lamps and brought them in where the council was assembled. Every tp had a wad of wool stuffed in it to re- tard the flow of gas, and thus check the consumption. Perhaps as a Minority Report. Mr. Cooper is not certain whether it will be in order to attempt to offer his bill as @ minority report to the report of the Dis- trict committee upon the gas hearing or not, but if it does not come up in that way he will insist upon its being reported to the House to give an opportunity for considera- ton. It is learned today that pressure is being brought to bear upon some members of the District committee from their home gas companies in behalf of moderate treatment of the Washington Gas Company in the present situation. Letters are written from the home companies stating the difficulties surrounding the manufacture of gas, and intimating that the margin of profit in its manufacture would not permit a very se- rious cut in the price. There are evidences of considerable interest being taken in the as question by members of the House gen- erally, and the report of Mr. Heard’s com- mittee of investigation and the recommen- dations which will be made are awaited with interest. The subject is likely to re- @eive thorough discussion upon the floor of the House, it is thought. The House appropriations committee this morning decided to offer an amendment to the ‘District appropriation bill providing for one additional inspector of street lamps, it having been dembnstrated in the hearing that there are not enough men to see whether the gas company fufilis its contract with the city. ’ o_o THE NORFOLK FRAUDS. Result of the Prosecutions for Viola: tion of Pension Laws. The following statement has been given out at the pension office showing the per- sons who have been convicted of offenses against the pension laws in the cases known as the “Norfolk frauds.” Wm. Ward, de- manding and recelving illegal fees, convict- ed January 11, 1894, sentenced one year; Mrs. Eugenia F. Ethridge, presenting false affidavits, convicted December 18, 1893, sen- tence suspended to May, 1894, term; Eliza Ward, false affidavits and personation, con- victed February 1, 1894, sentenced one year and $% fine; Jane James, perjury, convicted February 1, 1894, sentenced two months and $250 fine; Rosetta James, perjury, con- victed Feb. 4, 1894, sentence suspended to May, 1804, term; B. A. Richardson, jr., pre- paring false affidavits, plead guilty No- vember 10, 1883, verdict set aside on the ground of extreme youth and inexperience; Julia Shannonhouse, perjury, convicted Jan- uary 30, 1894. sentenced one year and $3 fine; Wm. H. Selden, perjury, convicted January 30, 1894, sentenced one year and $5 fine; Laura Ann Gregory, now Huggins, Perjury, convicted December 14, 188%, sen- tenced two years and $2,000 fine; Ella Wth- ridge, perjury, convicted December 18,1893, sentenced two years and $2,000 fine; Wilson Brickhouse, perjury, convicted January 11, 1894, sentenced one year and $50U fine; W. R. Drury, forgery, convicted January 13, 1894, motion for arrest of judgment and new trial entered; Mary K. Morris, perjury, convicted February 3, 1894, sentence sus- pended to May, 1894, term; Ann Brocket, perjury, convicted February 8, 1894, sen- tence suspended to May, 1804, term; John H. Sunket, alias John Henry, forgery, con- victed January 12, 18%, sentenced two years; Lucy A. Wilson, perjury, convicted January 13, 1894, sentence suspended on account of age and mental condition; R. Handy, accepting illegal fees, convicted November 10, 1893, sentence suspended to | May, 1804, term; Eugene Mackey, alias H. |C., alias John Collins, personating a gov- ernment officer, convicted July 11, 1898, sentenced two years and $100 fine: John Ward, perjury, convicted February 1, 1894, sentence suspended to May, 1894, ‘term: James Sawyer, perjury, convicted January 30, 18M, sentenced on: ar and $5 fine. Executive Clemen The President has extended clemency in | the following cases: Richard Ratclify, Ar- | kansas, convicted of perjury, sentence com- jmuted to one year's imprisonment; 8. C. | Snedeker, Utah, polygamy, pardon granted; John C. ¢ Utah, polygamy, pardon | granted: Loughborough, New Mexico, violation of postal laws, pardon granted: ©. W. Rowe, convieted in Pennsylvania of mmisusing the mails, {1 remitted; S. E, Kennedy, convicted in Nebraska of faisify- jing bank records, sentence commuted to ‘thirty months. — -+e@- The U, 8. S. Ranger. ‘The Navy ment is informed that the U. 8. 8. | Salvador, today +e: cesburs Pont Office. cy 1s torn up over the it. ‘There aro two factions: Meredith has been asked, 1t e the candidate of each as declined to intertere in the ury Cash Bulan The available cash bak jury today is: § received lor “edempuon, “ jovernment —_receipts—internal revenue, 713; customs, $118, a Seeretary Carll Outing. Secretary Carlisie, Asvistant’ Secretary | Hamlin and « party of friends will leave here tomorrow morning on a light house tender for a crufse down the Potomac to Fortress Monroe. They will be gone only a few day a | Pine Ridge School Burned, Judge Browning, commissioner of In- dian affairs, received a dispatch this morn- ing announcing the burning of the govern- ment boarding school at Pine Ridge agency. mincelianeous, | Ben White's Case Goes Over Until Monday. HIS COUNSEL PLEADS INDISPOSITION Decrease in the Excitement at Manassas. SOENES IN COURT TODAY | Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. MANASSAS, Va., Feb. 9.—The conviction | of Robinson yesterday afternoon percep- tibly decreased the excitement here, and, except for the presence of the military, Manassas gave no outward indication of | the feeling aroused by the dastardly crime of the two young negroes, the court for the day, Robinson and White ‘were escorted by the soldiers to the Cannon Hotel, and kept there in an upper room under a strong guard during the night. It was first supposed that the prisoners would be placed in the little brick jail here for the night, but it was subsequently thought best to take them to the hotel. A Great crowd followed the prisoners and their escort to the hotel, but not the slightest movement against the thoroughly frightened wretches was made, and when the hotel was reached and the negroes hurried to their rooms the crowd quietly di While general satisfaction was expressed over the prompt conviction of Robinson, many of the crowd, especially those who fad come in from the surrounding coun- try, intimated that the state and county should be spared the expense of keeping the prisoners for the few months between this and their legal execution, by stretching the necks of both immediately upon the conclusion of White's trial, which it is be- Meved will be finished before sundown to- day, No such summary execution of the men is seriously anticipated, however, for no one doubts the ability or intention of Capt. Mushbach to protect his charges, and it is understood that immediately upon the conclusion of the trial of White today the prisoners will leave for Alexandria on the first train pulling out of here. No one needs to be told that neither Capt. Mushbach nor his men relish the duty assigned them by the governor, but nevertheless officers and men have performed their duty with such soldierly bearing and promptness as to receive the unstinted admiration of every one, even of those who regarded their com- ing here a reflection upon the law-abiding people of the town and county. Nevertheless, it is not doubted that the governor did a wise thing in giving Sheriff Leachman the requested assistance of the militia, for it is more than probable that had he not done so Robinson and White would long before this have solved the great White Breaks Down. i While the prompt conviction of Robinson and the fixing of his punishment at death seemingly had Uttle effect upon bim, it did. have & most distressing effect on Wifite. Shortly after the prisoners reached the hotel last evening White was visited by his wife, mother and mother-in-law, when he broke down completely. The women vainly en- deavored to console him, and parted with him by urging him to prepare for the worst. White's despondency visibly af- fected Robinson, who wept during the in- terview between White and his family. Under the laws of Virginia the jury, even after finding a prisoner guilty of rape, can in their discretion fix the punishmen} at death or at imprisonment for not less ten years or more than twenty. White was told that, but he declared that he knew he would receive the same punishment as Robinson. Shortly after they had eaten their supper, the prisoners, securely ironed together, threw themselves down upon a mattress, and, drawing a blanket over their heads, fell into a slumber, which con- tinued almost unbroken until after day- break this morning. During the entire night an armed guard of five soldiers, re- Meved every two hours, protected them. This morning the prisoners were some- what more composed than yesterday, and after enjoying a good breakfast were es- corted over to the jail, preliminary to the trial of White. Delay in White's Trial. The trial was delayed an hour or so by the absence of his counsel, Mr. R. R. Camp- bell of Fauquier county. Before Mr. Camp- bell’s arrival the prisoner was arraigned, pleading not guilty, of course, to the in- dictment, which charged him with having criminally assaulted Mrs. Elliot, the younger of the two outraged women. The court room was early crowded by a great throng of men and boys, white and black, @ great many of them being strangers, who had come yesterday and today from the adjoining country, pressing hard against the files of soldiers, who, as yester- day, stood with fixed bayonets between the cowering prisoner and the crowd. When Mr. Campbell at length appeared he took his client under guard to an ad- joining room for consultation. The result of the conference was that Mr. Campbell moved for a change of venue, submitting an affidavit of the prisoner in which the | to the intense feeling in the county he be- | Heved that he could not obtain a fair and | impartial trial here. Commonwealth's Attorney Thornton and his associate, Mr. J. P. Jeffries, the com- | monwealth’s attorney of Fauquier county, contended that the defendant's unsupported affidavit was not sufficient, and in curn they | read the affidavits of a dozen or more citi- zens of Prince William county, stating their belief that there was nothing to pre- | vent the prisoner from receiving a fair and impartial trial. Mr. Campbell asserted that White's afi- davit and the well-known fact that brist- ling bayonets and loaded guns alone stood between his client and mob violence were | sufficient to support the contention that there was a state of feeling in the commun- ity which made the securing of an Unbiased and uninfluenced jury a y doubtful mat- ter. He also again endeavored to obtain a continuance of the case until the next term ‘of the court, explaining that he had a num- ber of witnesses which he could not sum- ‘mon in time for a hearing of the case this term. Judge Lipscomb promptly overruled the motion for a change of venue, and inquired ,of Mr. Campbell the names and addresses | of his witnesses, | That 1 respectfully decline to do, your .” replied Mr. Campbell, hen, sir,"" answered the judge, * le the motion for a continuance “To which ruling I note an exception. claimed Mr. Campbell, “and now, youi or, | beg to withdraw from the case.” well, sir,” responded the court, | while the crowd looked on in astonishment, “and the court assigns Messrs. Sinclair and | Thornton to defend the prisoner. Mr. Sher- iff, send at once for those gentlemen.” As the sheriff hurried off in search of them, Commonwealth's Attorney Thornton |remarked, after whispering to Mr. Camp- | bell, “Your honor,{ think Mr. Campbell will | reconsider his determination to leave the | case.” “That's a. matter of indifference to the court, sir,”” curtly replied Judge Lipscomb, Adjournment Till Monday. Mr. Campbell, however, after talking with the now thoroughly frightened pris- oner for a moment, explained that at the deferdant’s request he would continue in his case, and then Mr. Campbell, by plead- ing indisposition, secured an adjournment of the trial until next Monday. He was, also ex- hon- immediatly after the adjournment of | unfortunate young man stated that owing | however, persistent in his refusal to make known to the court the names or addresses of the witnesses desired by him, explaining secured a Mr. Campbell remained firm, however, and after he had made a motion for the summoning of a new venue for Monday, which motion suffered the fate of his pre- ceding ones, the court was ed for the day, and the prisoner was hurried by his military guard to jail. _ Before adjourning the court Judge Lips- comb stated that he would decide later in the day whether he would retain the pris- oners and their military here until Monday, or whether he would direct the militia to escort them back to Alexandria on the evening train. Judging from the expressions made by the crowd after the adjournment of the court the judge will {probably send the prisoners back to Alex- jandria this evening. No one believes for a moment that he will [keep them in jal here without military wuard, for the rumors were frequently | heard that if he attempted it both the pris- oners would be taken out and strung up ‘inside of twenty-four hours. There is no disguising the fact that the short postpone- ment secured by White's counsel has in- | tensified the feeling against the undoubtedly guilty wretch to such a degree that the | people would take instant advantage of the first opportunity to save the state and | county any further expense in the case. | After a consultation between Judge Lips- comb, Sheriff Leachman and Capt. Mush- |bach, it was decided that the prisoners | should be returned to the Alexandria jail | under the escort of the militia this even- jing, and they will depart on the trein | leaving here at 7 u'clock this evening. | The prisoners will be brought up here Monday under the same military escort. ee OUR OLD BATTLE SHIPS. | They Are Retained in the Service asa Matter of Sentiment. Naval authorities in Congress do not con- strue the wreck of the Kearsarge as any re- flection on the naval policy of the govern- ment in keeping old ships in commission. Representative Amos Cummings of New York, chairman of the House committee on naval affairs, says: “Both the Kearsarge and Hartford were kept in service as a mat- ter of sentiment. The public would not lis- ten to their being condemned and broken up. They were kept on duty just as Great Bri- tain keeps the old ship Victor of Nelson. At the present time the naval committee has an estimate aggregating $400,000 for improv- ing and modernizing the old Hartford. Of this $150,000 is for new batteries, $150,000 more for new ma‘ and $100,000 for re- there would be no justification for such patchwork if it were not for the popular sentiment for preserving Farragut's old flag- — peony pointed out how av the general law making appropriations for the new navy dealt with the Kearsarge and Hartford. The law specifies that no repairs shall be made to wooden vessels if the re- pairs exceed 10 per cent of the cost of a new ship of the same size, but there is this Proviso: “That nothing herein contained — deprive the Secretary of the Navy of authority to cause the necessary repairs and preservation of the United States ships Hartford and K: a earsarge. The same exception is made by law as to the machinery of the K: and He WITH A GOLD PEN. The President Attaches His Signature to the Federal Elections Bill. The President put his signature to the federal elections repeal bill last evening, and it is now the law of the land. Repre- sentative Pearson of Ohio, chairman of the committee on enrolied bills, carried the bill from the Capitol to the White House and placed it before the President. Kepre- sentative Tucker of Virginia was present with a gold pen purchased specially for use in signing the bill. It had already been used for that purpose by Vice President Stevenson and Speaker Crisp, und after the it had used it to attach his signa- ture to the bill and thus complete the trans- action the pen became the personal prop- erty of Representative Tucker. The Presi- dent departed from his usual custom in ap- proving this’ bill without securing a report thereon by the Attorney General, to whose department it belonged, and also without himself making a personal study of its provisions. The President never acts hasti- ly on congressional measures, and usually takes the full constitutional limit of ten days for their consideration. It is thferred that he was entirely familiar with the pro- visions of the bill through the debates in Congress. —_2—____. NO NEW WARRANT FOR SHEA. Sergeant Daley Not Encouraged to Go om With the Case. It is probable that there will be no prose- cution In the Shea case for the alleged sale of liquor during the time that John Shea was serving time in the work house. Mr. Thomas, attorney for the District, having concluded that Mrs. Shea could not be held liable under the law, nolle prossed the case. | As published in yesterday’s Star, Mr.Thom- jas said that John Shea, the husband, might | be prosecuted for the alleged sales wk | wife, his agent, and Sergt. Daley thought | at that time that he would ask for a war- |Tant against the husband, He said, how- ever, that he would consult his superior officer before so doing, and it ts more than | likely that the President’s pardon of John Shea figured in the case to the extent of | calling off those in authority, for the officer | failed to appear and request a warrant for | the arrest of John Shea. He told a Star ;teporter that he would not apply for the |warrant unless there was evidence of a continuance of the business after the Pres- ident granted the pardon. <r 1 Orders, Capt. Henry B. Robeson, ahving been found unfit for active duty, has been grant- ed six months’ sick leave of absence. The recent death of Lieut. Emmerich created a vecancy in the line, to fill which three of- cers of different grades have been ordered to examination, viz: Lieut. J. 8. Purcell, Lieut. Roy C. Smith Gunior grade) and Ensigns G. P. Blow and Spencer S. Wood. Lieut. J. C. Gilmore has been ordered to temporary duty on the receiving ship Ver- mont. Mr. Henry B. Caldwell of this city and | Mr. Edwin B. Foote of New York left last {might for New York, to sall Saturday for Europe. Representatives Wilson and Tarsney, ac- companied by Mrs. Wilson and daughter, left yesterday for Chicago and Kansas City, whence they go to Mexico. Mrs. Tarsney went ahead of the party and wili | join them later. Capt. James E. White, ' general’ superin- | tendent of the railway mail service, has pr a recovered from recent dangerous eas. The forty-fourth or oan sat tet, Se ot ome bropriately celebrated last night at the Riggs House. ‘To Make Property Retarns. The House yesterday afternoon passed the bill reported by the department joint commission discontinuing the requirement now imposed upon certain officials to make property returns. The bill has been pub- lished in The Star. —o--—___. The Iowa senate suffrage committee yes- terday reported favorably on a bill grant- ing women the right to vote in school elec- tions and also providing a constitutional amendment allowing womep to vote in all elections, THE LONG PENSION, The Commissioner of Pensions Fileg His Answer Today. THE IMPORTANT CASE REVIEWED Allegations in the Suit for an Ina junction Denied. CORPORAL TANNER’S AOTION' In the injunction case of Judge Chas. DL Long against Commissioner of Pensions Lochren to restrain him from interfering with complainant's pension by regucing % from $72 to $50 per month, the respondeng today, by E. B. Whitney, assistant attope ney general, filed his answer. As to the aly legations as to complainant's capacity for the performance of manual labor, the come missioner avers that complainant is able perform such labor as may be performed @ person having but ons arm, and juries have never been claimed to be than admitted. He avers that by the loss of one arm complainant incapacitated within the meaning of July 14, 1892, as the words are by him in his official capacity, but he lieves the matters stated in paragraph his bill do not authorize the payment pension at the rate of $72 per month. No Legal States Now. He RH then commissioner, and the certificate without new eruaeePon, & mere rehearing without new evidence or proof, or the lo dence upon which the then next prior certie ficate of August 16, 1884, had been and upon which the complainant's first sub= sequent application of August 30, 1884, fora — iting had been denied. or reconsider the action of his predecessors in the premises, and the defendant further avers that if a commissioner of pensions has no power to rehear an application fora Pension upon the same evidence which was before his predecessor, then, for that also, the two pension certificates # by Commissioner were absol ; void and of no effect. Some Allegations Denied. Answering the allegations of paragraphs 8, defendant denies that the order restoring the complainant's pension was not granted by him in good faith, and denies reason for the granting of the prevent’a decisién on the mandamus case or to enable this ant to institute proceedings under the of December 21, 1893; but defendant that the suspension of this pension on July 23, 1888, was made in cordance with the laws then in force, that under the act of December 21, difficult questions arose as to whether said act was applicable to pensions absolutely illegal, but that after careful deliberation the commissioner of pensions construed the act as applying to all pensions then being paid, and im construing said act held the suspension of a pension to be @ con’ act, and therefore held that the act to pensions then under suspension, but pot yet revoked, and under this construce ton of the law directed that all such pen- sions should be restored, and thet under this ruling the pension of the complainant Was restored, together with those of the others = the same position; and that said rulings were made in pursuance of defendant's duties as commissioner of sions, in good faith and upon careful sideration. The answer gops on to take up ous other paragraphs of the bill plaint and answers each in turn that his attitude in the premises ranted by fact and law and in with his @uties as commissioner. missioner admits that it is, and his opinion that complainant has been entitled to a pension of $72 a month, Ex-Commissioner Tanner's Action. The defendant denies, upon information and belief, that Commissioner Tanner im granting the pension certificate of August 16, 1889, considered complainant's applicas tions and the reports which were then be tore him, and avers that no further proof was before him in August, 1889, than had been before him May 6, 1889, certificate was issued raising complainant's pension to $72 a month. The answer ale leges that Tanner was not a physician oP surgeon and was incompetent and had mo lawful right to decide without medical ~4 sistance the question whether such a as complamant’s was or was not curable After making answer to the other para. graphs the defendant prays to be j with his proper costs in its behalf supe; iil i Hee ti Fy i THE GRAND ARMY ELECTION, Bickford Will Be Chosen Departmen@: Commander Without Opposition. It is thought by those who should be the | best informed on such matters, that the department election to be held by the Dev partment of the Potomac, Grand Army of | the Republic, at its annual encampment Monday evening, will be the quietest in the history of the department. There is no contest for the office of commander. It seems to be generally conceded that Natham | Bickford, present senior vice commander, will be unanimously chosen department commander. The only office over which there is any competition is that of senior vice commander. The prominent candi- dates for this place are Professor Janney, at present junior vice commander; Marion | T. Anderson, past commander of Lincolm | Post, 3, and Col. Hart, past comman= der of Kit Carson Post, No. 2. For the position of junior vice commander the gentleman whose namie is most cone spicuously mentioned is Col. E. J. Sweet, past commander of La Fayette Post, No, 20. Mr. Stevens ts prominently spoken of as the coming chaplain. Nobody appears to be trying very hard for the of of sur geon and medical director. ‘There is probably considerable wire for the posts of delegates and alternates to the national encampment at Pittsburg. The Star man was told by a prominent G.A.R. man that there was no fight as to who should be members of the council of ad- ministration, All the veterans with whom the reporter talked looked with disfavor on the proposition made by the Grand Army Post at Bucyrus, Ohio, that Sons of Vete- rans be admitted to the Grand Army, with a view to perpetuating the older organiza- tion. — A Clerk's Transfer. | Ashby KE. Bain of Texas, clerk of clase |1, record and pension office, War Depart- ment, has resigned to accept @ place in the Post Office Department. ibe A Trensury Division Chief. The Secretary of the Treasury has ap- pointed Julian D. Garison of Texas chief of computing division, architects’ office, \