Evening Star Newspaper, July 6, 1894, Page 1

TZ All mail subscriptions must be paid ip advance. mail su Rates of adverthins made Enows'as' cneaae, 3 ET Vor. 85, No. 20,990. Sha WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1894A—TWELVE PAGES. “ °?¢ TWO CENTS. CLOSING THE FIGHT Winding Up the Campaign in Col. Breckinridge’s Distri =e A BOMB THAT WENT OFF 700 SOON Attack on Mr. Owens That Was Promptly Denied. — TONIGHT’S POLITICAT. RALLIES Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LEXINGTON, Ky., September 14.—The closing hours of the extraordinary canvass which Col. Breckinridge has been making in this district for the purpose of “‘vindi- cation” have been marked by a violent ac- cess of personal bitterness, and by a resort to all the questionable and underhand politi- cal practices which come to the surface in - the last days of a great national cam- paign. The Breckinridge managers fired their last political powder late last night, when the colonel himself gave out a sensational interview attacking Mr. Owens’ personal and moral character, endeavoring, in pot and kettle fashion, to blacken his leading opponent with a few stains similar to those left by the Poliard scandal on his own. The interview, which was craftily intend- ed to reach the public this morning, too late to be effectively reviled to by the friends of Mr. Owens, contained two main accusations. One was that Mr. Owens has been for years a constant gambler at cards, and that he had held for some time direct or indirect interest in a gambling house In Chicago. According to the colonel’s state- ments also, Mr. Owens had been on the point of leaving his home in this district and settling permanently in Chicago, when the chance offered itself last May of stand- ing for the congressional nomination against the victim of the Pollard scandal. The other charge was that Mr. Owens had, on a@ stated occasion, appeared at a Louisville hotel with a young woman and applied for lodging there, but had been turned away from the hostelry by the in- dignant proprietor. ‘The destructive effect of this assault on Mr. Owens has evidentiy fallen far short of the expectations of the Breckinridge managers; for not only are the accusations on a careful examination seen to be them- selves rather forced and unsubstantial, but, by some chance or other, Mr. Owens was forewarned of the general nature of the assault, and was enabled to issue in time for publication in this morning's pa- bers an absolute denial of the accusation on which Col. Breckinridge had most con- fidently counted to efface the moral issue on which the campaign between them has so far been conducted. Mr. Owenn’ Denial. In his statement, issued at 1 o'clock this morning from his home in Georgetown, Mr. Owens says: “Through the vigilance of friends I am advised of the general nature of the as- sault upon my personal character, but I am in ignorance of its details. I under- stand that it will appear in Friday’s press that, In company with a woman whom I represented to be my wife, I sought admis- sion as a guest in some hotel in the city of Louisville, and that admission was either refused me, or that I was required to leave the hctel after having been admitted as guest thereof. “I am unable to learn the time, place and circumstances of the alleged incident as it will appear in the press, and am, therefore, unable to contradict the infamous falsehood as circumstantially as I would desire, but I can, however, and do now pronounce the story as communicated to me as absolutely false; apd I will further say that at no time or place, at or under any circum- stances, did I ever, in company with a wo- man re ted to be my wife, ask to be received at any hotel in the city of Louis- ville or elsewhere; that at no time or place snd under no circumstances whatever have I been refused admission to any hotel in Louisville or elsewhere on account of any actual or assumed relation to any woman. Whole story a base and basdices talsehott wi a less fa made with the intention to deceive the democrats in the Ashland district support- ing me, and who are determined that the district shall not be dishonored.” Mr. Owens concludes his statement by calling attention to the underhand and cowardly method of this eleventh hour a! tack, and appeals to the fair-minded senti- u.eut of the district to resent such political trickery by a decisive rebuke tomorrow at the polls. Had not this prompt and effective denial been put before thepublic here simultaneous- ly with the charges themselves, much dam- age would undoubtedly have been done to the Owens cause. As it is, the canard of lust night is likely to deceive nobody, and the “bomb,” which was to create such dan- gerous panic in the Owens camp, will injure practically only the careless political oper- ators, who foolishly set it off a couple of hours too early. Canvass Closes Tonight. No more sensational maneuvers are ex- ected today, but the canvass will close to- Bight with the rival rallies in this city, at Which the intensity of feeling on both sides will undoubtedly find a most liberal expres- sion. Col. Breckinridge and Mr. Owens will both be en hand to say a closing word to their followers, and, as the two meetings are to be held tn close proximity, there is a prospect of unusual publie excitement, and Somme actual disorder. So far the campaign has been free from violence, but it will be a welcome surprise to the conservative element in the district {f the polls in ihis and the other hotly con- testei counties close tomorrow without a single act of bloodshed. The indications all are that the race to- morrow will be an exceedingly close and doubtful one. Col. Breckinridge and Mr. Owens are apparently about equal in strength in the district. the former having the great advantage of the control of a powerful and well-organized political ma- ehine, and the latter finding his support in the revolt of all the respectable elements in the district against the demand made by the incumbent for continued political pre- ferment. If the third candidate in the fight, Mr. Settle, who maintains a neutral attitude toward Col. Breckinridge’s moral delin- quencies, were not a disturbing factor the forces in opposition to the sitting member's return would undoubtedly triumph in the present triangular fight. However, there is a very threatening Prospect that Col. Breckinridge will profit enough by the divisions in the opposing yanks to poll a slight rality over each of his opponents in tomorrow's primary. a ess Diseredited by Diplomats. A report that H. R. Whitehouse, secre- tary of the United States embassy in Italy, wiil be appointed minister to China to suc- eeed Minister Denby fs discredited in dip- Jomatic circles here. It is understood that Mr. Denby is on his way back to China from San Francisco, tut the principal grounds on which doubts are based is the fmprobability that a man unacquainted per- gonally with the situation in Chi and the country will be sent there to succeeed an experienced diplemat at a tlme when the greatest ability is needed at the post. ——+2+______ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Twenty-nine fourth-class postmasters were appyinted today. Of these nineteen to fill vacancies cat by _resigna- eight by removals and two by deaths. WITH MALICE PREPENSE IN WEST VIRGINIA STANDS BY THE SENATE OUT FOR THE OFFICES Shocking Deviltry Practiced at the Ne- tional Soldiers’ Home. Bold Incendaries Set Fire to Stables and Hay Stacks—§$500 Reward Offered for Their Conviction. A smoldering pile of wood and animal matter, a line of charred fence posts and several black patches of ground tell the stery today of the work of incendiaries at the Soldiers’ Home from 11 o'clock last night until after 1 this morning. Excite- ment at the home had not died out this afterncon, and every inmate seemed par- ticularly anxious to discover who the fiend was that intended to destroy their abiding place. Whoever planned the work of the firebugs evidently gave a good deal of thought to his ideas. That it was the intention, after at- tracting attention from the principal build- ings to distant points, to then fire the home itself is the belief of all who have investi- gated the work of incendiarism of last right. Two Fires a Mile Apart. The first blaze was started in a pile of brush in the wuods near the electric sta- tion. This was at 11 o'clock, and the scene of.the fire was fully half a mile from the home. Deputy Governor Irvin had but Shortly returned home when this fire was seen, and, thinking it of little consequence, as it was not in the grounds, did not go to it. juarters of an hour later, on the other side of the home, it, a large blaze illuminated the sky, and told the deputy governor that there was something wrong. This was at 11:45, and upon investigation preved to be the hay cheds, fully a mile from the fire in the wood. The fire alarm was sounded, and Capt. Irvin and Governor Stanley, with a number of the inmates, hastened to the sheds, which contained considerable hay. Their efforts to save anything here were fruitless, as the blaze, instead of being con- fired to any one part, sprang from ends and sides at the same time. The blaze soon diminished, and finally nothing was left but a black spot on the ground to mark the place where all the’ winter hay stood. It began to break in upon the officials that firebugs were at work, but they left the rolice to guard the rest of the property, thinking that perhaps the incendiaries had accomplished the purpose. In this they were mistaken. The Barn on Fire. Less than half an hour after the conclu- sion of the hay burning smoke was seen curling up the side of the barn but a short distance from the formerly burned place. The alarm was again sounded. Efforts made by the fire department of the home proved how fruitless were their endeavors to extinguish the flames, and a telephone dispatch brovght to the scene engine No. 7, with Chief Parris. In vain did the fire- men battle with the fire But one thing was saved, viz., the ambulance wagon. The burning building was about 100 feet square and on the north side, where the fire first started, was a hay shed containing about ten tons of hay. Inside were three horses, two belonging to the home, valued at $500, and one belonging to Dr. Nichols; also the home hearse and Dr. Nichols’ buggy, a few farm implements and a lot of hay and feed. The flames grew flerce as they progressed, and so hot were they that a pump right near was unavailable in the efforts to put cut the fire. The flames leaped several times across the open and caught to the posts of the wire fence which ran on the outside. The scene of the fire was the location of several buildings. Other Buildings in Danger. Not a great distance away were the head- quarters of Mr. O'Connor, clerk In the treasurer's office of the home; a feed build- ing, containing a large quantity of mill feed, and another building were in the im- mediate vicinity. Upon the arrival of Capt. Irvin he dispatched several deputies in the direction of the dairy and another stack of hay lying to the southwest of the burning stable and only about 100 yards away. Mounted Officer Matthews was nding near as the deputies started off. A little blaze was seen in this other hay stack. First on one side it began to creep upward, then on another. then the flames shot skyward, and from the side hidden from view there darted a black figure. Putting spurs to his horse, the officer started in pursuit. The figure fled rapidly from the officer, but was overtaken and brought to Capt. Irvin. It was a colored girl, soon recognized by the deputy governor and the policeman as a character frequently seen in the woods around the home. She said she had been sleeping in the stack. As no evidence of guilt could be fastened upon her, and as she was easily to be found, should such evidence develop, the officer let her go, and all turned their attention to the burning stable. Lack of water and other. facilities made all efforts of no avail, and everything was consumed. To a Star rep- resentative Capt. Irvine stated that the ap- proximate loss was about $10,000. There is no insurance on the property, so this will be a complete loss. 8500 Reward Offered. Governor Stanley went to the War De- partment this morning, and so determined are the efforts of the officials to discover the guilty party that after a consultation with Gen. Schofield, word was announced that $500 reward would be given for the con- yietion of the party who set the place on fire. It is believed to be the work of more than one person, and suspicion ponits to two of fourteen soldiers discharged within the last: few days. The men discharged received pensions of $24 and $30 a month, and could therefore make room for less fortunate soldiers. Two of them are known to be somewhat vengeful. One in particular, who has the reputation of being a little wrong mentally, is suspected of knowing something about the fiendish work. ‘That it was the work of more than one per- son the officials feel convinced, as one per- son could not so well traverse the in the time which elapsed between each fire. —_~—-—_— REUBEN CLARK’S WILL. Many Beneficiarics Remembered in the Document, Drawn Last Yeni The will of the late Reuben B. Clark, dated January 8, 1803, was filed today. The deceased explains that having given his daughter Ida premises 1013 L street, she is given nothing more, except her share in the residue of the estate. The widow of the deceased is given the family residence, 101 Massachusetts avenue, including the furni- ture, pictures and plate therein. Annulties of $150 each a year are given to Mary B. Hosmer and Maria A. Kine, sisters of the deceased,ito be pald semi-annually. To a grand: chester Clarke Wood, the sum of $1,000 is given. To Wm. Reuben Clark the testator’s gold-headed cane, and to the de- ceased’s son Reuben, his gold watch and chain, The rest of the estate, real, personal and mixed, is to be equally divided between the widow and children of the deceased. Should the widow and son die before the former’s mother, then the latter is to have $2,000, The widow is made testamentary guardian of her son Reuben, and she and Wm. T. Galliher are named as executrix and executor. —_——— Secretary Herbert at Norfolk. The President's yacht Dolphin, with Sec- retary Herbert on board, arrived at Nor- folk yesterday direct from New London, Conn., and will leave there In ample time to allow the Secretary to resume his duties at the Navy Department Monday morning. One of the Conspicuous Battlefields in the Coming Struggle. BOTH PARTIES WANT 0 CARRY I? What Congressman Alderson Says of the Situation, pe es A HOPEFUL DEMOCRATr ’ West Virginia promises to be one of the conspicuous battlefields of the struggle be- tween the republicans and the democrats next November, and both parties are mak- ing unusual efforts to carry the state. ‘This state is very much in the doubtful column, although both sides claim that they will be able to carry it. Both parties are organizing to the best of their ability and are preparing to cast their ablest workers and orators into the cam: Aside from the Congressmen to be elected, one-half of the state legislature is to’ be chosen in November, which, of | course, will have immediate bearing upon the elec- tion of a Senator. Moreover, a strong ef- fort will be made by the republicans to deal a blow to free trade by wiping out its chief apostle, William L. Wilson, in his own district. Aid Asked From the Congressional Committee. Senator Camden and Congressman Al- derson of West Virginia were in the city today, having just returned from the open- ing of the campaign. Mr. Alderson is a member of the democratic congressional committee, of which Senator Faulkner of his state is chairman, and it is very proba- ble that if the congressional committee can furnish any ald to the democrats of West Virginia it will be forthcoming at once. Congressman Alderson was seen at the Arlington by a Star reporter this morning and talked in an interesting manner of the situation in his district and in the state. What Mr. Alderson Saya. “The campaign opened in my district on the Sth instant,” he said, “and it opened at a pace which promises to assume a very lively gait before election day. In fact, we are going to have a red-hot campaign. The issue is drawn squarely on the principles of the two great parties and there are no entangling local features to sidetrack the candidates. My opponent, Mr. Huling, is a strong man, with a clean record, a warm perserai friend of mine, by the way, and the contest for Congressman is going to be @ square, stand-up fight between the re- publicans and the democrats. I shall carry the district, however, if the democrats do their duty, and there is no reason to think that they will not. I have never seen more interest or enthusiasm so far in advance of election day. We have had several meet- ings, and at every cne of them the demo- erats turned out in force. Mr. Springer, Mr. Pendleton and Mr. Marshall, my col leagues in the House, came down and help- ed me open the campaign. ‘They made splendid addresses and stirred the boys up in good fashion. Republican Claims. “The republicars are claiming a great deal and saying they are gping to carry the district, but it is just this way about that: They carry the distriet 364 days in the year, and ther on the last day, election day, we carry it. It will be that way this time. 'The tariff bill and the income tax are prominent features, of course, in the contest. We are demonstrating that the tariff bill is a at deal better measure than it is credited with being and we are standnig right up to it.” “Have you any knowledge of thi in Congressman Wilscn’s district? derson was asked. “Well, the campaign is hardly opened there yet, but Mr. Wilson is going to carry that district; they can’t beat him. I know the republicans are moving heaven and ‘earth to beat him, but our people are work- ing just as hard, and they will pull him through on election day.” ————+o+____ Military Attache at Tokio. Acting Secretary Uhl of the State De- partment, has commissioned Lieut. Michael J. O'Brien of the fifth infantry to be mili- tary attache of the United States legation at Tokio, Japan. This action is based upon the recommerdation of Gen. Schofield and is taken in order that the United States government may accept the invitation ex- tended by the Japanese government for one of its army officers to accompany the Japanese army in its military operations against China. Lieut. O’Brien is an ambi- tious and capabie young officer, and will undoubtedly discharge his mission faith- fully, He will be expected to act the part of a friendly spectator and to do notning that can possibly be consirued as an act of hostility towaré the Chinese govern- ment. ——————o+____ Pharmacy and Drug Laws. Special Agent A. J:Wedderburn of-the Ag- ricultural Department has submitted a re- port embracing a compilation of the phar- macy and drug laws of the various states and territories and the District of Columbia. It shows that there are no laws on the sub- ject in Idaho, Indiana, Montana, Nevada, Arizona and the Indian territory. The Maryland law applies only to the city of Baltimore. The compilation is based on re- ports made by the various state pharma- ceutical associations. — Di fissed for Co: iracy. . Acting Postmaster General Frank H. Jones has directed the dismissal of As- sistant Postmaster Williams of Provitence, three carriers and several clerks. This is a result of the investigation into the charges made some time ago that there was a con- spiracy in the Providence office to defraud the government by signing and approving vouchers for work not performed by the signer of the voucher. The investigation will be continued and other dismissals are expected to follow. — 2 The Elmira National Bank. ‘The controller of the currency has in- dicated to those interested in the resump- tion of the Elmira (N.Y.) National Bank, which suspended about a year ago, the con- ditions upon which the bank could resume, namely, the payment of the indebtedness of the bank in full, the payment of the cap- {tal “stock in full and the redemption of all outstanding receiver's certificates. The receiver, examiner and Mr. Robinson, who is at the head of the reorganization scheme, are in conference, and it is expected that the conditions will be complied with. 2 + An An@rchist Coming. Information has reached the Treasury De- partment that a notorious Danish anarchist named Vorle is on his way to San Fran- cisco. He is said to be working his pas- sage as a sailor before the mast. Instruc- tions have been sent to the immigration authorities at San Francisco and other ports on the Pacific to look out for this man and prevent his landing in the United States. +o The Monterey. ‘The coast defense vessel Monterey arriv- ed at Tacoma today from Seattle. : The Tariff Defended in the Democratic Campaign Hand Book, riety in a Volume That Calls Queen a Martyr ang Atiributes the The democratic handbook issued by the congressional committee is out. In its make-up it differs very materially from the forthcoming republican campaign book, and goes intc argument, ragher than statistics, to support the democratic position. The book was edited by Mr. Bynum, who was said to have represented in the House the “conservative” element of the Senate which made up the present tariff law. The book, therefore, upholds the tariff law very strenuously, and stands by the work of the Senate. Mr. Bynum quotes from one of his own speeches in the book, although there are not many speeches given. The letter of Secretary Carlisle to Senator Harris, in which he advises against the passage of the free sugar bill by the Senate, and which was made the basis for the re- fusal of the Senate ta act on the House popgun bills, is pubhshpd in full. To offset this, however, and as if to give a fair show to both sides, the boak:also contains Presi- dent Cleveland Catchings, in which reference is made to the “deadly blight of treason that blasted the councils of the briive in their hour of might.” The President!s letter to Congress- man Wilson is also lished. The book does not contain any ¢fiticisms of the Sen- ate for favoring thesSugar trust, and the only reference to sugar legislation is a long statement designed to prove that after all the republicans are responsible for the sugar trust by having fostered it in ihe McKinley bill. The Hawaiian question is treated in a similar manner. Instead of attempting a defense of President Cleveland's policy, the book contents itself with abusing President Harrison's administration. The deposed queen is pictured as a martyr, whom the President in vain tried to succor, and her protest against her dethronement is pub- Mshed in full. It may be added that the book begins with the statement that the cause of the panic of 1803 was the inevit- able result of four yeafs of republican mal- administration, oy INDIAN ARMY SCOUTS. Their Services Wilh dle Dincontinued, is No Longer Needed. Gen, Schofield, who ig acting Secretary of War, has decided to disoontinue the em- ployment of Indian scouts as a part of the military establishment. There are about one hundred and fifty Indian scouts in the army at present, and their discharge will save the government about fifty thousand dollars a year, and at the, same time per- mit the enlistment of*one hundred and fifty men for regular service. The reasons given for this action are that it is in the Une of retrenchment and reform inaugu- rated by Secretary Lamont early in his ad- ministration, and also that it is in ac- cord with his recent orter for the detac- ment of all superiiy men, One of the arguments advance! that as there ts nO prospect of further trouble with the Indians in the future, Ue services of these scouts will be no longer required. in the event of an Indian qitbreak it would not be a very diflicult matter to re-engage them. The discharge of the Indians will be done very gradually, and if it should turn out that any of them are necessary to the mill- tary service, the department commanders will be given authority to retain them. ——__+ e+____. REASSIGNMENT OF TROOPS, Some Sweeping Changes Expected by Gen. Sehoteid. One of the most important announcements to come from the War Department this summer probably Will.be made known by Gen. Schofield this afternoon, being the re- assignmént of troops. It is expected that some very sweeping changes will be made, both in-the garrisoning of posts and the as- signmeat of troops. Since the experiences through which the army passed during the recent railroad strikes the authorities have had it in mind to station more of the troops near the large cities and manufacturing and mining regions thah they have maintained in the past. Moreover, this step is made practicable by the cessation of Indian hos. tilities in the past few years, and the prog- ress of frontier Indians toward civilization, so that the troops are not needed through- out the west in such numbers as in the past, While the general tendency of the change will be to bring the troops eastward, it is thought that attention wili be given to the records of sundry companies and offi- cers, and that some of these who have seen service at undesirable posts will be trans- ferred to pleasanter quarters, while their places will be filled by troops who have ae enjoying thé easy berths in the ser- vice. RUMORS ABOUT THE MAINE. No Foundation for the Story That the Battle Ship Will Be. Unseaworthy. The new battlg ship Maine, which was built by the government at a cost of about $3,500,000, and recently floated at New York, has been the subject of a good deal of quiet discussion among naval men for the past day or two. It is freely whispered that the displagement of the vessel is so great that her water lines are sunk al- ready a foot below the surface, and that when the weight ef her batteries and stores is added she will be unable to navigate. At the Navy Department today Assistant Secretary McAdoo and Commodore Ramsey, chief of the bureau of navigation, both de- nied the truth of the rumor iu toto, It was stated that the vessel Id been very heavily weighted with water other ballast to meet her designed di ratory to her trial in the sound, w to take place in a few days. Personal Prof. W. J. Steven: the department of mi versity, has returned lengthy vacation, spe York and Ohio. Rey. Dr. A. W. Pit: Asbury Park greatly if 8S. E. Kramer, pri school, has returned sojourn in the capital Rey. Charles A. from his vacation. Mr. Dabney, acting ture, has been desig: the ‘government boa: Georgia cotton exposi Thomas H. Caswell Francisco, Cal., grand_‘commander of the Ancient and Accepted Beettish Rite Masons of the southern jurisdiction, is now in the city and stopping at the House of the Temple, 433 3d street northwest. Capt. Wilde, naval séeretary of the light house board, has gone on a tour of inspec- tion of the Atlantic from New York to Boston. * ‘ Mr. David Talty of the: Hotel Oxford left the city on the 3d insta@t-for a three weeks’ trip to Yellowstone - at Howard Uni- ithe city, after a principally in New has returned from ved in health. ly has returned tary of agricul- as chairman of Increased Head Money Tax. The Secretary of thi ry has noti- fied all customs offi after October 1 the head money tax on alien passengers will be $I instead of 50 cents, as at present. This is in accordance with a provision of the sundry ofvil appropriation bill, Many Colored Politicians Concur in Ex-Consul Astwood's Conclusions. NOT ENOUGH NEGROES ARE NAMED Another Letter From Another Dis- gruntled Colored Democrat. MR. STEWART’S OPEN LETTER The colored demccrats who have been in this city since the inauguration of Presi- dent Cleveland anxiously expecting office have taken new courage from the letter of ex-Consul Astwood, which was published yesterday. They hope that it will bestir Recorder Taylor and others to the work of looking up federal pap for the boys. The corridors of the recorder’s offic? were crowded during the day with men and wo- men who had their applications on file in the various departments. The most promi- nent men who have affiliated with the de- mocracy concur in Astwood's letter, but they did not have the courage to write them. It may be truthfully said that Ast- wood iz now done with the democratic party. One of his most intimate friends said today that he had already prepared a letter announcing his complete withdrawal from the democratic ranks. The letter has been submitted to some of his most intitnate friends, end it wiil be given to the public in a day or two. Mr. Astwood seems not to be the only colored democrat who is dissatisfied with the attitude of the administration toward the negro. T. McCants Stewart of New York, who has been favorably mentioned for the appointment of United States as- sistant district attorney for the Erook- lyn district, has written a letter to Pres- ident Cleveland protesting against the at- Utude of the administration toward the negro. In connection with this he has sent to his friends here a document, in the form of an open letter, to T. Thomas For- tune, editor of the New York Age, and the president of the Afro-American League. The letter contains the following: Hot Shot From Stewart. “A letter comes this morning from Rob- ert G. Still, esq., asking me to be a mem- ber of the advisory board of tne Afro- American bureau of the democratic con- gressional committee. I telegraphed him quick as a flash: ‘Administration has trea’ ed the colored democrats niggardly. I ecan- not serve.’ [ have no patience with the men who are leading the sent adminis- tration for its ‘fair’ treatment of the col- ored race. “It makes me laugh to read some of these resolutions. I wish to speak out my pro- test, and the Sttll letter is the occasion of this expression, because, being a democrat, sileace under the circumstances would make me particeps criminis, The class of colored is who are out for money and offices ig the class that 1s laud- ing the administration; lauding it for wha’ Why, Afro-Americans have less representa- tion today than at any time since Andrew Johnson, the political traitor, went out of office. Against this fact negro democrats should protest. I have done so in letters to President Cleveland. I do so now. I have no grievance. I have asked for no office for myself, except to say to the President that, under certain contingencies, I would accept the United district attorneyship or the assistant district attorneyship of Brook- lyn. And I have repeatedly said, in public and private, that these two wy the only positions that I would accept.” “Principles As Are Principles.” “I am a free trader. I cannot ‘therefore be a republican, unless free coinage should become an issue and the democrats favor it and the republicans oppose it. In that event, or in the event that the republican party should favor a constitutional amend- ment giving the national government con- trol over civil rights, suffrage and mob legislation, then I would be a republican. But with the tariff the supreme and only issuc, then I am a democrat. “I have made the foregoing personal al lusion, because I do not want my protes' weakened by the thought that I am a sore- head. I have no grievance except that which is found in the wholesale discharge of colored men from the public service at Washington and in the south to make places for white men and women who Geny the negro’s right to equality before the law. “Instead of glorifying ‘the administra- tion’ I would like to sign a memorial to the President and the congressional cota- mittee and the civil eeryice commission protesting ugainst the administration of Secretaries Carlisle, Hoke Smith and Her- bert, old bourbon democrats, in conne=tion with the removal of colored men and wom- en from office, and telling them (President, ete.) that if they expect to attract the negroes to the democratic party they’ must give them a square show in the public service; they must send them abroad as ministers and consuls without reference to whether the nation to which they are ac- credited are white or black; they must do wkat they can (and anything would be bet- ter than nothing) to stop mob law, the foul blot on our beasted civilization, and to nationalize the Declaration of Independ- ence. Patting the President on the Back. “I admire Grover Cleveland. He has had a hard time, and it is not so strange, after all, that he is not the same Cleveland of ISS5-I1880, so far as seeing that negroes have a square show in the public service. But the Pres'ient has two years more in cflice, and he can do much in that time to restore the race to such representation to the public service as it had when Doug- lass was in Hayti, Bruce recorder of deeds, Lynch auditor of the treasury, Townsend register of the land office, Cuney, Lee and Doney collectors of customs. Well, it makes my heart ache to think of what we had, and to know that we only now hold one of the foregoing places under the pres- ent administratton. Would to heaven that the President would so something, and that right early, to rebuke Bourbon democracy, which is crowding colored men out of office at Washirgton and throughout the south. I hate te see these things, because I ad- mire the President, but I shall tell him the truth, and not be among ‘those who bend the hinges of the knee that thrift may fol- low fawning.’ " — od No More Letters to De Advertised. Unclaimed letters will no longer be ad- vertised in the newspapers. The expense of this has been $20,000 per year, and the retrenchment is made necessary by the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Hereafter the list of unclaimed letters will be bulletined in the respective post offices. o- Central American Rattroad. The bureau of American republics is in- formed from Guatemala City that an Anglo- Dutch syndicate has put a surveying party in the fleld looking for the most feasible route for a railroad to connect that city with the Tehuantepec railway. It is under- stood that this Anglo-Dutch syndicate has in contemplation perfecting a system of railways for all of Central America. Se Ras Commander Bishop Retired. Commander Joshua Bishop bas been de- tached from duty at the naval observatory and placed on the retired list of the navy, to date from the 20th instant. REV. DR. CAVE TALKS AGAIN}'A SAD) TRAGEDY He Claims That the South is Being Badly Treated. Motives of the Confederate Soldiers, He Says, Have Been Much Misrcepresented, ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 14—At a meeting of the ex-Confederate torical and Benevolent Association last night Rev. Dr. R. C. Cave of this city was invited to speak. He made an adéress on the south- ern question, of which the following is a part: “We have held our peace for thirty years, while the northern people have represented us as an ignorant horde of rebels and trait- ors, battling only to hold human beings in the hands of slavery. “If it is true that the confederates were traitors and fought only for slavery, the b@st thing that we can dé is not to build monuments, but to tear those down that now erro & neplec? the graves of the south- ern dead until the beating rain smooths the little’ muund to the Jevel of the plain, ae tee AMS yee Wasad te WE mantel of green, and with it the sname of the southland. But if the oe follow- patriots, battling for their homes and na- Uve land, we owe it to them and to our- selves to boldly affirm and to fearlessly as- sert. “The time has come when our feelings and convictions must be crystallized info a form that shall be thundered down*to fu- ture generations. It 1s said that war is over; let It resi in peace; that it is a dead issue; but that is sneer nonsense. “The civil war as a political issue ts dead, but as a truth of history it can never die. As a political issue used to create sectional hatred and feeling it ought to be dead. It is not the south that has kept it alive as such for thirty years. “The northern people are the ones that have kept it alive. They are the ones that have appealed to the hatred of the south that they have in their bosoms to gain votes. “We are willing to let the war die as a po- litical issue, but as a truth of history we can never afford to bury it. “To the northern man who seeks to frighten us into silence there can be but one answer: Whatever the rights the south- ern people surrendered at Appomattox, they never surrendered the right to speak the truth, and to preserve the honor and memory of gallant southern dead. “To the southern man who thinks it wrong to speak of these things now, and there are some such, I am sorry to admit, I would say: We are divinely called to stand guard over the issues until the truth is fully known, and the man who holds his peace and lets his father, his brothers, his kin, be branded as traitors in order that he may gain by that silence is worthy to stand side by side with Judas Iscariot.” —— THEIR CHIEF A MERE bor. ma of the Revolt im the Fiji slands. VICTORIA, B. C., September 14.—News comes from the Fiji Islands that the trial of the ringleaders and principal actors m the recent devil worship rebellion of moun- tain tribes of Fiji was concluded at Suva, six prisoners captured by the king's troops being arraigned for murder and, after ‘a mest sensational trial, were sentenced to death. One of the condemned was a boy ot about sixteen, who Is said to be respons- ible for the entire tragedy, he having pro- claimed himself “devil priest” and urged his fellow tribesmen to return to the ancient custom of life and superstitious worship. When the troops took the field against the mountaineers It was this boy who declared that the fortifications on the hilltop were strong places, and with scientific skill, to resist the charge and meet the vol- leys of the sharpshooters. In consideration of his youth the executive council subse- quently commuted his sentence to ten years’ imprisonment, at the same time remitting the capital penalty in the cases of two others, who will serve in chains for twenty years. The two eldest and fiercest of the rebels were executed on the 10th of August. There ts still a certain amount of disquiet throughout the islands among the follow- ers of the boy priest, who are only partially satisfied by the commutation of his sentence and still threaten to make trouble. Many of these have over to the Ellice group, in which government work was initi- ated some months ago. , —_—+>-— BLLA FU) BRAVERY. Suppre Aroused Neighbors,Who Chased Burg- DUBOIS, Pa., September 14.—The people of West Libe-ty, a small hamlet near here, were awakened out of their slumbers at an early hour yesterday morning. Henry Bow- ser, a notorious character, who is oredited with being a professional house burglar and horse thief, and two other men entered the house of Farmer Funk about 2 o'clock yes- terday morning and made their way to Funk and his wife's room, who are aged respectively seventy and seventy-three years. The robbers wore masks and carried dark lante-ns and were well armed. They bound and gagged the old couple and proceeded to go through the house. £lla Funk, a young daughter, who slept upstairs, was awakened from her sleep by the movements of the burglars. She came down on her night clothes and discovered the robbers at work. She returned to her room and jurped out of the window, a distance of sixteen feet. She ran to a neighbor's house and arovsed Messrs. Her- berting, Powers and Reisinger, who armed themselves and procesded to the Funk house. The robbers discovered their pres- ence and ran from the building and tried to escape, firing their revolvers at random Bs they fled. Two of the trio got away. The third, Bowser, was shot in the thigh and fell to the ground. He was brought here and died at 4 o'clock. Watches, jeweiry and other articles he had stolen from the house were found on his person. Bowser is the son of respectable parents his record in these parts is very bad. COLORADO'S SHE! SLAUGHTER. It is Claimed That Some of Those Inn- plicated can Be MWentified. DEBEQUE,ColL, September 14.—The sheep men who were the sufferers from the late raid on their herds on the Book Cliffs are holding the disputed territory, guarding every avenue of ingress vigilanily. A party of hunters from here who went up today to hunt were stopped at the top of the trail and ordered to go back. 4 RIFLE, Col., September 14.—Sheriff Ware of Garfield county has thoroughly Invest- gated the recent sheep killing. Officers claim to have a chain of evidence that will justify arrests. Herders in charge of the sheep at the time of the killing claim to be able to identify three or four of those im- plicated. Parachute sheep men declare their inten- tion to quit business, and buyers are now on the ground. —_——--- Died From His Injuries. PHILADELPHIA, September 14.—Michael &kors, the Polish peddler, who was found in an unconscious and terribly mutilated condition tn an abandoned raflroad ‘ut, about Lalf a mile above Whitford station, Chester county, last Satu: , died this morning in the University Hos without baving regained consciousness, A Jealous Husband Kills His Wife and Shoots Himself. EXCMEMENT IN EAST WASHINGTON Thos. J. Taylor Convinced That His Wife was Unfaithful. DETAILS OF THE CRIME Mad for love and almost crezed by jealousy, a young white man—Thomas J, ‘Taylor—shot and killed his wife this morn- ing because he had doubts of her honor and virtue—doubts which she either could not oF would not put to rest. It is an ol4 story—as o:4 as the hills--a ~ tragedy that has been enscted again and again and Will be pleyed over as jong as human nature continues to be what st is, ‘There was not a single rew im the occurrence, and yet it is interest. It fs the story band and wife and a happy at least, until. another man the love of th= woman and Now the wife Ites dead and band, failing in his attumpt at self. tion, is held for trial for her murder. Taylor is but thirty-three years Five years ago be was married in this to Miss Nannie Brown, who was then @ of twenty. She was a more than pretty girl, and her beauty has she matured, until she was known as of the handsomest women in the hood. She was petite and with a figure, and there was every reason dict a long end happy life for the couple. They had one child, an attractive litte girl, who is now about four years of age. The Taylors were keeping house in a com- fortable home at 530 11th street southeast. Taylor was for some time a canvasser, and his work kept him from home a good deal of the time. He was a steady man, of good habits, and had the respect of those with whom he was associated. He ts a man of more than average intelligence and educar A g & ® 5 5 ahs: Thomas J. Taylor. tion, a good talker and of a winning ap- pearance. Recently he entered the employ of J. G. Meinberg, the baker, and drove one of his delivery wagons. This work kept him out, of course, a creat deal of the time, especially early im the morning, when he was out delivering bread to Mr. Meinberg’s customers. This state of affairs young wife with plenty of time on her hands, when she could follow her de- vices without her husband's kn The Husband's Suspicions, For four years there wis nothing to break in upon the bappiress and trust of the young husband, but abcut eight months ago he began to suspect that ayother man— a@ canvasser by trade—was altogether too attentive to his wife. He charged ber with this on numegcus occasions, aad, while she deniel it, her explanations ceme far from satisfying the jealous man. when he came home at an Bl ao wn 2 than he was expected he found th!s man at his house, but not under circun.stances that warranted more than s' spicion. Time and again he hes taxed this man with his in- famy, but the man denied it in even stronger terms than did the wife. Still the visits to Taylor's house did not cease, Last night this man, w ‘Taylor pl Kt was at the house ageinn “Where did mamma sit, baby?" “On the sofa there.” — “And where was he? “He was on the sofa too. “And then what?” “Why, he gave me some pennies sent me out to get some candy and = to stay out as long as I wanted to jay. This morning Taylor returned from first delivery and before 8 o'clock he his wife were talking about the that existed between them, and, says, he bogged her piteously to return the right way again, and he promised love her as before and as if ae | happened to come between them. shir BE liser Mrs. Taylor. he could say seemed to make but Httle impression upon her. He begged her to be true to him and to forget all others, She evaded his questions. Then Taylor mentioned over the names of half a doxen men of their acquaintance, none of whom he suspected in the slightest. Each time she was profuse in her denials and her promises. But when he reached the name of the man whom he had such good reason for suspecting she simply laughed in his face and had nothing to say. The Tragedy This Morning. His efforts to smooth over matters had fatled. He knew it, and his already over- taxed patience gave way, With a cry of anger he drew a pistol and, standing close to her, fired one shot. The muzzle of the revolver was 80 close to her that her cloth- ing was all burned and stained by smoke and 3 man turned the smoking it straight at his own clcse inst his breast. But his finger on thet trigger Was not quick enough. “Tom, Tom,” woman, “I'm