Evening Star Newspaper, March 23, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFMANN, Pres’t New York Offce, 38 Potter Building, THE EVENING Stan is xerved to subseribers city by carriers, on their own account, at io ceets sonin ask BY altar Sntie ide Catisk ss States or Canada—postage prepaid—30 cents per Sueer Stan, 9). at Washington, &s second-e!ass mail matter.) ae All mai -rintions must be paid in advance. Fates o. advertixing made known oa application. Che Evening Star. Vor 84. No. 20,840. WASHINGTON, D. O., FRIDAY, MARCH 23, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. — —— ———————————————————— ——————— —— ———— ee WORRY EITHER WAY|THE 8. AND ©. TRACKS|TWQ) RACING CLUBS|THE PACIFIC SQUADRON|FIVF WERE KILLED|AT DEATH'S DooR Whether the Seigniorage Bill is Signed or Vetoed. E ON BOTH SIDES \f Signed the Credit of the Gov- ernment Will Be Impaired. A FREE COINAGE BILL nbcaniiagiaas THREATS Some very strong reasons are given today by the men who have talked with Cleveland ! for the belief that he ts going to sign the seigniorage bill. Yet this is obviously based _ on their fidence in ability to enforce their own arguments rather than in any judg- Ment based upon what Mr. Cleveland him- self has said. One statement made is that Cleveland is strongiy disposed to resent an alleged attempt at dictation by the chamber of commerce, and more especially of the of the bends recently issued by asury. He is said to have intimated @ belief that these people are trying to bulldoze him, and further, to declare that he would like to be able to see his way clear to serve those southern and western men who have heretofore stcod by him. Strong Pressure for a Veto. At the same time the pressure from com- mercial centers to influence him to veto the bill as a fiat-money project and a blow at the national credit is in every way as strong as it can be made. And it is held up to him as a certainty that if he signs the bill the country will be thrown on a er basis and the credit of the govern- ment injured at once, and that if he does Bot veto it he will stultify himself. Trouble Either Way. It is believed that if the bill is signed there will be not o1 a raid on the gold reserve and a refusal to purchase bonds from the government under favorable terms for the government, but that the bonds re- | cently issued will shrink in value in the market and they may even go to the point of being thrown on the market at a loss to the holders. Balanced against these strong arguments in favor of the veto stands the fact that a veto will give the radical free coinage men just the opportunity they are seeking to make a move for absolute free coinage. The Presiden: has been informed by some of his most earnest friends in Con- gress that if the is vetoed the passage of a free coinage bili through both houses of Congress will be an absolute certainty. A Free Coinage Amendment to the Tarif Bil Further than this, it is declared, and ap- Parently the declaration can be sustained, that a free coinage amendment will be at- tached to the tariff bill; that the two propo- sitions will go through Congress together | and that he cannot then veto the free cuin- age bill without vetoing the tariff bill at the fame time. Added to this the party man- agers in both houses of Congress are in- sisting that the bill must be signed or the Party will be split in two, and that a cam- jenn thie fall In which the administration | for com tion it will to make. There is a threat involved in this line of argument, and the President is thought to resent this sort of dictation, as much as that which is construed ab di- recting him to veto the bill. Cleveland has hold of the two horns of the dilemma; it is practically certain that he has not reached a conclusion and that he is looking for a loophole for escape. All opinions as to what he will do are based upon the judgment as to the force of the reasons presented on either side. A Veto Message Drafted. It is reported this afternoon, the state- ment being made very positively, that Mr. Cleveland submitted to his cabinet today @ rough draft of a message announcing his veto of the seigniorage bill. THE CONGRESSION Its Seizure by the Canadian Govern- ment and the Cause. The action of the Canadian government | in seizing and refusing to deliver copies of the Congressional Record under frank at this time is consistent with the course pur- sued by them for the past year. The copies of the Congressional Record contain inser- | tions from the book of Henry George on the single tax theory, and it is claimed by tne | Canadian gove ent that such documents do not come within the terms of the postal} corvention between that country and the United States. Correspondence has been going on between the two governments for year in relation to the seizure of | cuments, and from the stand taken by the Canadian officials there is no indica- | tion that it will be settled for some time. The post office officials, while they do not | indorse the doctrine of Henry George, nev- ertheless assert that if his book Is incor- porated in a public document Canada or | any other country having postal relations | ited Sta must forward it. an officials claim that they have to determine what matter shall ded them from the United the post office AL RECORD. and unless the matter is amt- cably adju able time it is Probab! rnment will retaliate | by re’ ‘anadian public doc- | DISTRIC - IN CONGRESS. A Seduction Bill. Representative Morse of Massachusetts, who has been a frequent visitor at the Pol- | lard-Breckinridge trial, introduced in the House today a bil! to punish seduction in the District of Columbia. He says that the/ Pollard-i ge breach of promise suit ct that there was no| District on the subject. The bill, $ follows, is a copy of the Massa- | law: “Whoever fraudulently and | enti or takes away an waaner- | of a chaste life an@ conversa- or wherever | Which i tion om her father’s hou else she may be ft , for the purpose of | Prostitutio: e of ill] fame, or as- n, siz " n here, and whoever aids juction for such pur- «1 by imprisonment years, or by fine not y both fine and im- . at the discretion of the court. tion shall be commenced af- rs from the commission of the — CAPITOL TOPICS. Fora Suzar Bounty. of North Dakota 1s | nent which he ‘will| storing the present | nd placing a duty of 6/ on the refined sugar. | ve the support of ali | ts and the two! h would carry it) jority of one vote. the ions granted today were yland—Original, Thomas ore; reissue, Gottlieb ntgomery county; more; Wright Hall, original widows, &c., imore; Mary E. Ha- tenjamin Gatewood, | county; Edmund Home,’ Elizabeth son, National Mil- | City. r 2, G P : 3 e Pic Mary Home, Elizabeth Gen. Birney Argues for the Proposed Bemoval. The City, He Claims, Had No Right to Grant Streets Until 1910— Precedents Cited, A subcommittee of the House District committee gave a further hearing this morning upon the Baltimore and Ohio rail- road bill. Gen. Birney addressed the com- mittee in behalf of the Northeast Washing- ton Citizens’ Association. The question at issue before the com- mittee, as has been heretofore explained, is whether Congress has the authority to compel the railroad company to remove its tracks from one street to another be- fore the expiration in 1910 of the contract under which the road originally entered the city. The right of Congress to elevate or depress the tracks on the present route is conceded. Gen. Birney replied to the argument made by Mr. Hamilton, attorney for the raflroad company, at a previous hearing. Gen. Bir- ney said he would address the committee on the points brought out by Mr. Hamilton as to the rights secured by the railroad company under the contracts of the com- pany with the United States and with the municipal government of Washington. He called the committee's attention to the reservations in the original compact, reservations which, he said, qualified the Heense given the road to enter the city. These qualifications reserved to Congress the right to regulate the passage of trains through the city, and it is this power, thus reserved to Congress, which it is now agked shall be exerted. Taking the Tracks. Gen. Birney entered a denial of what he termed Mr. Hamilton’s implication that the plaintiffs are endeavoring to use the police powers of Congress to destroy the company’s property. There is no wish to endanger the cormpany’s property, but on the contrary the property is enhanced in value by the proposed changes. Mr. Meredith suggested that while it is true that the company’s tracks on certain streets are not to be taken the company is to be forbidden to use them and asked if that would not be equivalent to taking the property. Gen. Birney admitted that the company would be put to some expense by the pro- posed change of track. Mr. Cobb said he thought Gen. Birney would experience difficulty in finding a pre- cendent in a court's decision wherein the police power of a state is used to cause the removal of tracks. This suggestion was called forth by Gen. Birney having quoted the recent decision of the U. S. Supreme Court in the case of the N. Y. and N. E. Railway Company versus the town of Bristol, wherein the railway company 1s compelled to change the grade of the tracks. Gen. Birney said the tracks were removed some 300 feet, he understood. Had No Power. Mr. Hamilton controverted this state- ment, saying the railroad company had not removed its tracks from the original road- bed, but had only elevated them. Gen. Birney said the act of the municipal government of Washington in 1867, in ex- tending until the year 1910 the right to use steam as,a motive power on ce-tain streets, was an unauthorized act, and the municipal government ‘did not have any power vested in it to make such a grant to The was continued until next Friday, at which time Mr. Frizzell will address, the committee. — DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Not Advisnble. Replying to the Senate resolution to change the name of 16th street to Execu- tive avenue, the Commissioners hold that, in their judgment, the proposed change in the name of the street is not advisable. They do not deem it proper, they say, to recommend a change in the name of the street, as there appears to be a lack of unanimity on the part of the property holders on this street as to a new name in case of a change. Fire Department. Frederick W. Horrigan, a private in the fire department, has been removed, and C. H. Buhler appointed to the vacancy. Against 2 Stable. A number of the residents and property owners in the vicinity of 321 3d street south- eas. have joined in a petition to the Com- missioners against relicensing a livery stable at taat number, without first recelv- ing the consent of a majority of the resi- dents and property owners on that square to the stable. No Ordinance There. The mayor of Indianapolis has written to the Commissioners that there is no ordi- nance in the city requiring the consent of property holders in the immediate location proposed to be used as a site for a theacor or other place of amusement. Practically the same report comes from the mayor of Cincinnati. Has No Power. One of the most important questions aris- ing in the execution of plans for the ex- tension of streets is whether the District government has the right to enforce and establish a building line outside of the cities of Washington and Geory2town along side of streets on private properiy, a rea- sonable distance from the lines of the streets and parallel thereto. ‘The question was of such Importance that it was decided to submit It to the attorney for the District before taking any furtfer action. This was done, and Attorney Thomas holds, in an opinion rendered to- day, that the District government haa no such power. Such a thing can only be established by covenant running with the land, or what is equivalent to such a cov enant. It would not be competent, he thinks, for even Congress to declare that on certain streets no buildings should be erected within a certain distance of building lines, or, in other words, to estab- lish a building line which wonid interfere with private rights of property. Such a proposition, he says, involves a taking of private property to the extent that the owner is prohibited from using it for building purposes, which would require compensation. A New High School. Senator Harris was at the District bullding this afternoon discussing District affairs. He stated, among other things, that the Senate committee on appropriations for the District of Columbia had decided to recom- mend favorable action on the item of the Commissioners providing for a new High School in Georgetown. Work Stopped. The Commissioners today ordered the sus- pension of all compulsory permit work ex- cept the removal of the parking upon New York avenue. Hearing Postponed. The hearing in the case of Kummer and Ross, which was to have been had today, was postponed until Monday. ———_ _— The Cherokee Money. The parties interested in the herokee bond case have decided to petition Congress to place the money—$6,000,000—in the hands of the Secretary of the Treasury, rather tan in a trust company or other private corporation. ——-e—___ New Money Order Offices. Money order facilities will be extended to the post offices at Sassafras, Kent county, Md.; Chula Depot, Amelia county, Va., and Reliance, Warren county, same state. The arrangement takes effect April 2. ————_-e. Naval Movements, The flagship Chicago sailed from Bey- reut yesterday fer Alexandria. The Con- cord arrived at Hong Kong today. the | The Senate Confines Pool Selling to Ivy City and Benning. THE BLACKBURN RACE BILL The Committee Takes Action Also on Hotel Liquor Licenses. OTHER BUSINESS HANDLED ee eee The Senate District committee went over the whole grounds of the race track ques- tion this morning, and reached a conclu- sion which waS™in the nature of a com- promise between the desire to give the or- ganized jockey clubs of this city full ad- vantages for their regular meetings and the fear lest an amendment to the law might operate to break down the mile limit, and thus open the way for winter racing. The committee was slow in meeting, and a quortm was not secured until 11:30, nearly an hour after the regular time for meeting. There were present Senators Harris, Hun- ton, Proctor, McMillan, Gibson and Martin. The bill, Senate 1690, which was recommit> ted during the week, was taken up and thoroughly discussed. The danger of an amendment changing in any way the mile limit was pointed out, and the committee examined the question carefully, with a view to prevent any discrimination in favor of the Benning club as against the Ivy City track. The substitute bill drawn by the Commissioners, which was reported favorably, with the mit reduced to half a mile, gave the privilege of bookmaking at the regular spring and fall meetings to all organized jockey clubs of this city. This, of course, let in not only the two clubs that now maintain tracks, but opened up the possibility of new clubs and new tracks, which, some of the members of the com- mittee argued, would not be at all desira- ble. At length it was suggested that inas- much as the main contention was between these two clubs the desired result could be easily reached by abandoning the Commis- stoners’ bill entirely and amending the Blackburn bil The latter measure provid- ed that the act of 1893 should not apply to bookmaking at the spring and fall meetings of the Washington Jockey Club, which operates the Benning track. The commit- tee adopted an amerdment to the effect that the act in qvesticn, that of January 31, 1893, should not apply to bookmaking at the spring and fall meetings of the Wash- ington Jockey Club or the Ivy City Jockey Club. The original proviso was retained to the effect that these meetings must oc- cur between March 1 and December 15, and must not exceed eighteen days each. Sen- ator Gibson was directed to report the bill to the Senate as amerded. Not Invited In. The lobby outside the committee room was occupied during the session of the commit- tee by a dozen or so of folks interested in horses and race tracks, divided into two parties. One of these parties consisted of Capt. Sam. Donaldson and Mr. Joe Black- burn, jr., who represented the Benning track and were not particularly eager that the originai Blackburn bill should be amend- ed in any particular. Mr. Wm. Dickson headed the other body of citizens in the in- terest of the Ivy City track. Contrary to the expectations neither delegation was in- vited into the committee room during the meeting, the question being settled satis- factorily without their assistance. Liquor Law. The committee also discussed the advis- ability of amending the bill already re- |ported to the Senate, known as the Bab- cock amendment to the liquor license law of the District. Since the report of the Sen- ate was made it has been pointed out to the committee that the bill as drawn would |operate to shut out from their legitimate dealings a number of business houses, wholesale dealers in liquors. The commit- tee came to the conclusion that this was not desirable nor was it contemplated by the original law or by the amendment. | Therefore an amendment was agreed to ex- cluding such business and mercantile es- tablishments from the operation of the 400 feet limit. In the absence of Senator Gallinger, who was called out of the city on Wednesday, the committee took no action upon his reso- lution, introduced and passed on Tuesday, looking to an investigation by the District committee into the subject of fenders and other protecting appliances on the cable and electric cars of this city. > NG OFFICE SITE. THE PRINTI Surprise at the Vote of the Senate Yesterday. It developed today that the vote of yester- day afternoon by which the amendment providing for the Mahone lot was tacked onto the public printing bill was a genuine surprise to those Senators who favored the bill reported by the committee on public buildings and grounds. Senator Vest’s sur- prise, indeed, was such as to cause him to express a doubt as to the regularity of the pairs. It is said that he had made a com- plete canvass of the Senate, showing a ma- jority of three for the committee's bill, which provides for the enlargement of the present site. When. the vote was taken, however, this majority of three melted down to a minority of three, and the Senator and his colleagues who favor the bill are some- what at a loss to understand just how this | happened. The vote on the bill as recorded finally was 27 to 22, but Senator Harris | the affirmative in order to move a recon- | sideration, and so the real votes were 26 to 23. Senator White of California was placed by Mr. Vest on his own side in his tally and he was confident that the Senator would so vote. But he was announced yes- terday as being paired against the bill. | Under all the circumstances, therefore, the friends of the committee's bill are not dis- couraged, but, on the contrary, are hopeful that Senator Harris’ motion to reconsider will be carried and that the amendment will |be rejected. Should this be done there is little doubt that the committee's proposi- tion will succeed, for it is conceded that the Mahone lot has more friends than any of the other rival sites. On the other hand it is generally thought that if the bill should be amended in the direction taken yesterday it will be almost certain to be fatal to the final passage of any bill through Congress for this purpos lat this session. This was foreshadowed yes: |terday by Mr. Vest in his speech, when he said that he was sure that the House would not accept such an amendment. It is bare- [ly possible that, in view of the fact that |an amendment of any sort to the Senate bill is likely to embarrass and probably defeat the bill in the House, the friends |ef the Mahone lot may combine with such | Senators as favor some other site than that | proposed by the committee. No subject, not ‘of national importance, has so stirred up the Senate as has this one (uring the past few days. —_—_—_—-e+—_____ Sailing of the New York. » A cable message was received at the Navy Department today saying that the cruiser New York satled from Rio de eiro Wednesday last for San Lucia, . L, en route te New York. ———_- -e-. a To Purchase Military Books. An appropriation of $3,640 has been asked of Congress to enable the War Department to purchase for each of the nine military attaches at London, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, St. Petersburg, Rome, Brussels, Madrid and Mexico, the military books, 3, maps, ete., required for the military division of his ofiice. Ww had changed his vote from the negative to | Admiral John G. Walker Selected to Oom- mand It, Besta: Looking After Matters Honolulu He Will Have Charge of the Sealing Fleet. at The statements made in yesterday's Star in regard to changes in important naval commands were substantially confirmed later in the evening by the Secretary of the Navy, who up to that time had observed @ most impregnable diplomatic silence on the subject. When the interview between Secretary Herbert and Commodore Kirk- land, referred to in yesterday’s Star, termi- nated, the naval officer was in possession of orders revoking his original orders to the command of the Pacific station and placing him in command of the South Atlantic station, to succeed Admiral Benham, now on his way home, by way of Bluefields, for re- tirement. Admiral Walker Selected. The South Atlantic station had been re- served for Admiral Stanton, but the latter will continue to command the North At- lantic station for a time at least, though it is expected that he will ultimately yield this command to Commodore Meade. The change in Commodore Kirkland’s orders made nec- essary a new detail to succeed to the com- mand of the Pacific station, and Admiral John G. Walker was selected for the place. He is now president of the stability board, and the selection caused some surprise in view of the fact that only last year he re- turned from three and a half years’ sea service. It has been the custom of the de- partment to allow an officer of this grade a turn of four years’ shore duty after so long a term of sea service. No explanation of the selection is afforded at the Navy De- partment, but it is learned that Admiral Walker was chosen for the post by Secre- tary Herbert after consultation with the President. This fact leads to the conclusion that the executive expects that important and delicate duties are to be discharged in the near future by the commander of the Pacific station, which is already the most important sea command in the navy, em- bracing Bering sea, Hawaii, the Pacific coast and the entire western coasts of Central and South America. Importance of the Sealing Fleet. Admiral Walker has not yet been ordered to Honolulu and it may be that he will not go there. The Department of State has at last called upon the Navy Department to supply a fleet to police the seal waters, and every effort is making to get the vessels together. The vessels will number twelve, if so many can be assembled—five revenue marine and fish commission boats and prob- ably the Yorktown, Concord, Ranger, Ben- nington, Adams, Alert and Mohican. The idea of sending the Charleston around from Montevideo has been abandoned. Whether Adm Walker will himself go north in command of the fleet is not yet known, but in view of the uncertain state of the regu- lations touching sealing and the necessity for prompt yet extremely sound and ju- dicious action in emergencies, it is possible that the admiral himself will be on the scene. This is the more probable from the intimation given out at the deymrtment that his duty is to be temporary and that he is likely to be relieved before next fall. While it is true that the Bering sea fleet was in charge of Commander Ludlow last year, the State Department fully expects, not- withstanding certain hitches in the negotia- tions with Great Britain relative to the sealing question, that the regulations pre- scribed by the arbitrators will be in effect when the season opens this year, and thus the field of operations will be so widened as to require the administration of an ad- miral. Will Go at Once to Honolulr. Admiral John G. Walker is expectee to leave Washington tonight and repair to San Francisco by way of New York. It is now stated at the Navy Department that he will proceed at once to Honolulu by the steamer sailing from San Francisco April 5. ‘This | should place him in Hawaii in time to re- ceive the command of the Pacific station about the time of Admiral Irwin’s retire- | ment, April 15. sign S. S. Wood, now on jduty in the Navy Department as naval | aid to Secretary Herbert, has been selected by Admiral Walker as his flag lieutenant, and will accompany him to Honolulu. Lieut. Sidney A. Staunton will act as secre- tary to the admiral. While Admiral Walker will hoist his tlag on the Philadelphia, and he will be directly in charge of the American naval force at Honolulu, he will also be the responsible head of the entire Pacific squadron, and | this includes the naval force that will pa- trol the seal waters. Commodore Kirkiand'’s Command. Commodore Kirkland, who has been se- lected to command the South Atlantic sta- tion, has gone to Baltimore. He will pro- ceed in a day or two to New York and there receive his formal orders. He will have the rank of rear admiral while in command of the station, hoisting his flag on the Newark, |now at Montevideo. His staff will consist | of Lieut. York Noel as secretary and Lieut. J. A. H. Nichols as flag lieutenant. : ~o APPEALING FOR CRUMPTON, Representative Rayner Wants Exec- utive Clemency for a Condemned Man. Efforts are being made by Representative Rayner of Maryland and others to induce the President to commute the sentence of Thomas Crumpton, convicted of murder in this city, and now at the District jail. His sentence calls for his execution by hanging about the end of April. Mr. Rayner’s sym- pathies were enlisted in this case by the | publication of a letter from the convict to a police lieutenant in this city, expressing his own willingness to die, but appealing to |the policeman to befriend his wife and children, Mr. Rayner investigated the case, and satisfied himself that there were exten~ uating circumstances connected with Crumpton’s crime sufficlent to justify an | appeal for executive clemency. The Presi- dent has also shown an interest in the case, |and has called for all the papers at the De- jpartment of Justice relating to it. It 1s a singular circumstance that the matter was | brought to the President's attention first | by Representative Rayner, even before the lconvict’s family, friends or counsel had | thought it necessary to do so. | ~ —+0]e+ |anternational Penitentiary Congress. |The fifth International penitentiary con- gress is to meet at Paris in June, 1895, and ‘this government has been invited to par- | ticipate by sending delegates thereto, and 'by causing reports, statistics and docu- | ments to ve contributed for embodiment in lits proceedings. The Department of Jus- |tice has no appropriation to meet the ex- |penses of such participation, and the At- |torney General has referred ‘the matter to | Congress for such action as may be deemed | Proper. Se ee Benham and Irwin Retired. Orders have been prepared at the Navy Department placing on the retired list Ad- miral Benham on April 10, and Admiral Ir- win on April 15. Admiral Benham ts now on his way from Rio to Bluefields, where he is expected to arrive about a week be- fore the date set for his retirement. Ad- | miral Irwin is in command of our force at Honolulu, and he may retire before return- |ing to the United States. A Pension Act Approved. The President has approved the act | granting a pension to Hannah Lyons, 91 | years of age, Caughter of John Russell, the | revolutionary soldier, whose statue stands | guard at the battle monumeat at Trenton, N. Explosion of Dynamite Works in Western Pennsylvania. THE SHOCK WAS FELT A MILE AWAY Buildings in the Vicinity Were Wrecked. THREE BODIES NOT FOUND PITTSBURG, March 23.—The dynamite works of the Acme Powder Company, at Black’s Run, a mile and a half above Hul- ton, on the Allegheny Valley railroad, were destroyed by an explosion at 7 o'clock. Five persons were killed and one badly injured. ‘The works were blown to pieces and build- ings in the vicinity of the works wrecked, windows broken and the people within @ mile of the works terrorized. Of those killed two were men and three women, The names of the dead are: Mollie Ramely, Sadie Ramely, Nellie Ramely, William Arthur, Samuel Ramely. Mrs, William Arthur was badly injured. The killed were at work in the packing house. vi in a dwelling house near the works. The house was literally blown to pieces and Mrs. Arthur was found among the debris. The bodies of Mollie and Nellie Ramely and William Arthur have not been found. The bodies of Sadie and Samuel Ramely were terribly mangled and were gathered up in a box. So far as now known the five persons killed were all who were in the works. All the victims boarded in the house where Mrs. Arthur was injured. The works are owned by E. B, McAbee & Co, of 808 Duquesne way, this city. At Logan’s Ferry, a mile away, a brick block aa badly damaged, and at Hulton, Oakmont and Verona houses were shaken. Nothing remains of the works except one small building. It was reported that ten to fifteen persons had been killed, but, as far as known, all the others have been accounted for. The plant consisted of four brick buildings. These, with the Ramely boarding house, were nearly completely demolished, nothing being left on the hillside but a pile of debris, which took fire, and for hours afterward it burned fiercely, The cause of explosion is not known. It 1s supposed that a workman entered the | building with a light, contrary to orders. There were 10,000 pounds of dynamite in the works at the time of the explosion. The loss was $15,000. The plant will be rebuilt at once. —-+— PRENDERGAST MUCH PLEASED. He Declares That His Reprieve is No More Than Right. CHICAGO, March 23.—A deputy from the criminal court today served the order of | Judge Chetlain on Sheriff Gilbert, which prevents the execution of Prendergast until | April 6. By an almost unprecedented plan of pro- cedure, his attorneys managed, late last |night, to secure him a fortnight’s respite, during which a jury will pass upon the question of his sanity. Prendergast, who sat in the court room last evening, was apparently laboring under | Sreat excitement. After the stay had been granted a reporter approached him an Sa. Well, Prendergast, what do you think of How can I help being pleased,” said he. ‘It is no more than right, I think, and I am glad of it.” | “Do you remember saying yesterday that | there was no justice in this world? What do you think of it now?” “I will take that all back,” answered Prendergast. “All I care to say is that lam j more than satisfied with the result. thing, but a stay of this kind is well worth worrying about.” Just before the prisoner was taken to jail, | about midnight, he was asked, “Is there |anything you wish to say to the public through the papers?” When the question was put him he was | joking with some of his admirers, but on |hearing the question the expression of his | face changed instantly. He turned to the |Questioner, with a scowl, and curtly an- | Swered, “Nothing.” As the clatter of the falling trap fell for the execution of Murderer morning at the jail inept] a yell of dergast.”” “hang Prendergast,” crawled further into t' where he sat tremblin Prendergast would have nothing to say about the hanging, and seemed overcome |with terror by the sounds accompanying the execution, which he so narrowly es- caped. he corner of his cell, & with rage and fear. —_-~— AFTER THE STORM. The Recent Blizzard in the Northwest Extremely Severe. ST. PAUL, Minn., March 23—All over both Dakotas, across the northern part jof Minnesota and along the shores of Lake |Superior, the storm, which is now practi- (cally over, was the most severe. Duluth | was cut off by wire for a time yesterday jand business there and at West Superior has suffered greatly. The snow fall in uth Dakota has been the heaviest and the roads were caught rather unprepared, Aberdeen, S. D., reports drifts from eight to ten feet high, but as the weather there is warm the snow will not damage the | wheat. Pierre reports the storm as abating at last and the weather warm. The snuw is drifted from ten to fifteen feet high. CHEY of the past two days has been th experienced in this section since worst The jfirst mail and passenger train sent east | since the storm be; left here at 1 o'clock | trains are being dispatched as rapidly as | possible, ins on the roads Wyoming in northeastern and Nebraska have been }layed for two days and no attempt will e made to get them through until the abates. The snow is drifted thirty feet high. The heavy, feed has been scarce on rarge during the winter and cattle were in no condition to stand a blizzard. There are rumors from Buffalo and Lan- der that several men who were caught in the storm in charge of cattle were frozen to death. OMAHA, Neb., March —Railroads in the storm-blockaded istrict are making all haste to take advantage of the ce tion of the snowfall to clear their tracks. They have gotten out snow plows and hoveling gangs and hope to get the tracks r within another twenty-four hours. he worst blockade reported is from Chadron, on the Elkhorn, where several trains are snowed in trom six to ten miles from town. The track has not been used since Monday. The train reached Chadron today after being in a bank thirty hours. are expressed for the which went west from passenger Chadron train into been heard from. In the Black Hills the lines are completely tied up. Western Ne- braska is also blockaded, but the weather was clear last night. a Congressman Braton Dying. Word has been received in this city that Congressman Braton of Maryland, who has been sick at his home in Baltimore, is ly- ing at the point of death. Mr. Braton’s brother was summoned home today, as it was thought that the Congressman is dy- ing. Mrs. Arthur, who was injured, was — | ‘Yerror reigned in the vicinity of the works. T am! pretty well worn out with the worry of the! the prisoners raised | “hang Pren- | | The little assassin of Mayor Harrison | NE, Wyo., March 23.—The storm | yesterday. The road is now open and all/| s to stock men is very | the | Some fears | Wyoming on Tuesday and has not since} Those About Senator Colquitt Today Abandoned Hope. It is Said That He is Likely to Die at Any Time—Sketch of His Career. An unfavorable change in the condition of Senator Colquitt occurred early this morning. The patient’s breathing was quite heavy and he is extremely weak. The pa- tient retains consciousness and listened with interest to a newspaper article read to him this morning. At noon today those about Senator Col- quitt’s bedside had given up all hope. His condition was critical, and it was thought that while death might come at any mo- ment, it might be held off for some hours, | | and possibly for a day. The Senator is now | unconscious and appears to be so near the | point of dissolution that the end cannot | be far off. } At 1:30 p.m. there was no material cl in Senator Colquitt’s condition. The an- swer to an inquiry at his house was: “He seems to be holding his own.” State d Soldier. Alfred Holt Colquitt was born in Walton county, Ga., April 20, 1824. His father was a native of Virginia, and removed, with his parents, to Georgia, where he repre- sented his district in Congress, and also, in 1843, was elected to the United States Sen- ate. Following the footsteps of his father, Mr. Colquitt went to Princeton College, where he graduated in 1§44. He then stud- ied law, and was admitted to the bar. He served during the Mexican war as a staff officer, with the rank of major, and in 1852 was elected to Congress a democrat, and | served one term. He was a member of the | legislature, and in 1860 was a presidential | elector on the Breckir ridge ticket. He was 'a member of the secession convention of | Georgia, entered the confederate army as | captain, was chose: colonel of the sixth | Georgia infantry, prcmoted a brigadier gen- eral, and after serving some time in that ‘ade was commissiored a major general. |In 1876 he was elected governor of Georgia for four years, and after the expiration of his term was re-elected for two years under the new constitution. At the expiration of | his term as governor he was elected to the United States Senate, as a democrat, for the full term, commencing .March 4, 1883, and was re-elected in 1888. His term of service would have expired March 3, 1895. No Change Noted. At 2:15 this afternoon Senator Colquitt’s condition was generally unchanged. He had | gcne to sleep and was breathing perhaps a little more naturelly than earlier in the day. The physicians looked for no definite change either for the worse or better at | that hour. ~ a oe COXEY ENCOURAGED. Donations Given Him to Aid the Ad- vancing Army. MASSILLON, Ohio, March 23.—J. 8. Coxey received today, in cash erd checks, the sum of $1,411, to be devoted to fur- thering the “common weal” in its march | to Washington, D. C. | Robert C. Gwynn of Chicago writes: | “For several weeks I have been giving | your proposed march much thought. I have also interested many other prominent real estate men. As a result, we have decided | to contribute $1,000 to be used as you may If you need any or all of this sum | at once, please wire me, care of Robert C. fwynn, Room 901, 100 Washington street, | Chicago. Yours, for the cause of the op- | pressed, | Gigned) “ROBERT C. GWYNN.” | Here is a letter from Michigan, Ind.: | “Please find inclosed check for $300, and draw on me for $55 per week till you secure | the ear of Congress in the people's cause. Also permit me to add that ali the hay on /my Kanoko meadows is at your disposal, if needed, while en route or in camp. (Signed) “T. SIMPSON SLOAN, “President of the Hydraulic Press Co.” Here is another important missive: To Gen. J. S. Coxey: Hail to the chief. | Am entirely in sympathy with your grand | movement. A century from now your name will be more revered than George Washington's. To the Capitol and Wash- ington, and give the plutocrats hell! En- closed please find check for $100 to the great cause of the people against the aris- tocracy. Down with the Senate! Yours, in admiration, (Signed) GEORGE B. COX. | Sth and Plumb streets, Cincinnati. | EL PASO, Tex., March 23.—The first divi- | sion of the industrial army, a motley crew, | arrived here by special freight train last nigit. They were met and marched to the city hall yard, where they were served | with a steaming meal of beef, beans, pota- toes and bread. After eating they | bivouacked for the night. They go east to- day. | A . M., March 23—A party of industrial army, numbering | over 600 men, reached here yesterday after- TRIAL GOES OVER No Breckinridge Pollard Court Sen- sation Produced Today. SOME LEGAL ARGUMENTS TOMORROW Mr. Breckenridge Will Take the Stand Early Next Week. MISS POLLARD’S CAREER ee There was no session of the Pollard-Breck+ inridge suit today. When the court adjourn- ed yesterday afternoon it was with the un- | derstanding that the trial would be re sumed on Monday morning. This was for ® double reason: Today is Good Friday, and, | in addition to this fact, the lawyers on both sides were not at all averse to having an general attention. Yesterday Mr. Carlisle, for the plaintiff, nounced that there would be a number depositions introduced by the defense which they would make objections, and desired to have an opportunity of the admissibility of this evidence. For this purpose he suggested that the lawyers on both sides be on hand tomorrow morning to argue the matter before Judge Bradley, thus save that much of the time of the trial. The proposition was acceded to by the de- fense cn condition that Mr. Butterworth should be able to be present. It was learn- ed by a Star reporter today that Mr. But- terworth would be rezdy tomorrow. jury will not be present, as it will be nec- essary to read numerous extracts from the | deposition to enable Judge Bradley to pass: upon the question of their admissibility. The Depositions. The subject of the trial is one that furs nishes food for pretty much all the general conversation around the city, and tion is rife as to the course the | Pursue in presenting its side In his opening address to the Shelby outlined at corsiderable line of defense they would adopt, the course that would be pursued ing what he claimed was not so | So far the defense has been restricted lly to the reading of depositions Miss Pollard’s whereabcuts in i884 for the purpose of casting a doubt Story that she was an inmate of wood Foundling Asylum, near The theory of the deter se, who is thoroughly conversant matter, is that Miss there, as she claims to ha’ maintain that when she was she krew of a girl by the name Wilson who was at the a: gave birth to a child, and put forth the claim that Wilson, They have prod from people at the asyh to when Miss Pollani was there lawyers last December she the name by which she was she was there in 18S. 4 £ ? if é j iu i att ead sty epehaaey E i i é g was this ced ge a f tion of the records of ever, showed that there son there at that time, Wilson must have given gwynn. In other ways, a’ made to cast more than over Miss Pollard’s story. To Take the Stand. A Star reporter learned this afternoon that in all probability Mr. would go on the stand immediately after the reading of the depositions is completed, Monday morning the reading of will be taken up. Most of these, if not were taken in Frankfort and Lexington. None of them, with possibly one excep~ tion, will deal with matters prior to 1884. They are intended to prove that Miss Poll- ard was not a woman of good character even before she became acquainted with Mr. Breckinridge. These depositions, it thought, will occupy the attention of court until noon of Tu 5 the plans of the defense are cl what they are now, be the first witness in his own not the last, as has been thought lik It may be, however, that the def rather not have this testimony upor by an adjournment, as wi case if he began Tuesday aft they may hold him off until the first Wednesday morning. This would be because it is thought that an uninterrupted story of this sort makes a better sion upon the jury than one that is broken in upon. There is no telling, of course, how long Mr. Breckinridge will be on the stand. It is probable that he will not be very sharply questioned on the direct examina- tion, but, instead, will be called give in narrative form the whole Ee is HH By 33 ! i cul: E b Ei ih: iil | noon. ‘The discipline is first-class. Twenty j miles west on the Southern Pacific officers | of the army put 25 professional thieves off the cars en the cpen prairie, The crowd left for El Paso tonight. HAZLETON, Pa. March 23.—W. A. Evans, lieutenant of Coxey’s commonweal army, is hard at work today endeavoring to keep his forces from disbanding, as dis- paraging reports have shaken their con- fidence. Evans, however, is more pro- | nounced in his promises. He has received bushels of lettess of offers of assistance. Many of these communications are from cranks, who make extravagant expressions | commending the movement. It ts under- ‘stood that Evans has already framed a | new political platform, which is to be a conspicuous feature of the demonstration at Washington. —__— OPPOSED TO BIG GUNs. | Representative Cummings Says Ten | inches is Plenty Large. | Chairman Cummings of the House com- mittee on naval affairs is not a believer in huge guns for naval purposes, such as were recently tested at Indian Head. “In my opinion,” said he, “a ten-inch gun is the largest we should make, as it com- bines the greatest efficiency with the least disadvantage. At Annapolis I saw one of the thirteen-inch guns, similar to the «ne tested at Indian Head, mounted on an Italian warship. It was on a raised turret, with delicate machinery for swinging the gun on an eccentric. But the delicacy of the machinery was better suited to a watch than to a heavy gun. A six-pound stot dropped into it would have destroyed this | delicate mechanism and crippled the gun. |The disadvantages of mounting and hand- ling huge guns quite outweigh any advan- | tage they have in effectiveness. It was es- tablished at the Indian Head trials that a ten-inch gun is sufficiently effective to de- molish any armor. plate made. That being So, there is no need of getting any more effectiveness, All beyond the ten-inch gun ste.” ' Saat Siete ita Customs Regulation Changed. Acting Secretary Curtis has issued a cir- cular to customs officers informing them { that a period of ten days, allowed by article 604, Customs Regulations of 1802, for the retention on the docks of steamship com- panies of guods intended for immediate ex- portation by sea, having been found inade- quate for the needs of certain steamship companies whose vessels sail semi-monthly, is extended to fifteen days. R. T. Wilson & Co. Attorney General Olney submitted an epinion on the validity of the Cherokee bond contract to the Secretary of the Interior today. He the latter's decision that the Cherokee nation has a right to as- sign the 36,640,000 bonds to R. T. Wilson & Co. of New York city. The assignment ac- cordingly, will be at once recognized by the Deparument. his relations with the plaintiff. The examination, which will be condu Mr. Wilson, the senior counsel plaintiff, is looked forward to as by far the most interesting feature of this sen- sational case. Interesting Examination. Rarely have two such men faced each other in court in the capacity of witness and lawyer, and a series of sharp set-tos is certain. Mr. Wilson is a pitiless cross-ex- aminer and he will make every effort to prove through the evidence of the defend- ant the possibility, probability, and, in fact, the truth, of all that the plaintiff claims. It is impossible to tell how long the cross- examination will last, but there is every reason to believe that it will be quite as Protracted as was that of Miss Pollard. She Was on the stand for the better part of three 4: There is a general wine among lawyers, as well as laymen, that story was not materially shaken by the cross-examination of Mr. Butterworth. aE gq Whether the same will be sald after Mr. Wilson is through with Mr. Breckinrifige is Something that remains to be seen. An effort was made today to find out how many other witnesses would be placed upon the stand for the defense, but they were un- availing, as one of the lawyers himeelf stated that he really did not know, and that it was a matter that would depend lurge- ly on the direction the case takes ond the way the lawyers and Mr. Breckinridge feel about it next week. Personal Mention, Capt. M. W. Day, ninth United States cay- alry, who has been visiting in this city for the past two weeks, has departed for his old home at Mansfield, Ohio, en route for Fort Robinson, Nebt . and a month or more of northw Mr. J. R e navy, and now 5 2 ew York city, to this city, and made a Department yesterday afternoon. Representative Tracy of New here this afternoon for Albany, register. $$ Changes in the Navy Department. Some mcre changes have occurred at the Navy Department. Thomas J. Lasier, chief clerk of the bureau of supplies and ac- counts, has been removed, and N. 8, Faw- cett, a $1,000 clerk in that office, has been promoted’ to the vacancy thus created. Other promotions under civil service rules will follow. F. D. Allen has been appointed a mes- senger in the office of the judge advocate general, vice J. E. Simms, dismissed. — Bank Reports. Additional reports have been reseived by the controller of the condition of national banks under his recent call, as follows: State of Connecticut, 84 banks, loans and discounts, $44,920,705; lawful money reserve, $s, eas, ot wnich 4 4 was gold; in- dividu: eposits, ; ewerage serve held, 35.06 per cent es