Evening Star Newspaper, September 14, 1894, Page 1

Sha WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1894A—TWELVE PAGES. “ 4 TWO CENTS CLOSING THE FIGHT|W'TH MALICE PREPENSE/IN WEST VIRGINIA|STANCS BY THE sENATE|QUT FOR THE OFFICES Winding Up the Campaign in Col. Breckinridge’s Distri tncnigesineniing A BOMB THAT WENT OFF 700 SOON Attack on Mr. Owens That Was Promptly Denied. pease TONIGHT’S POLITICAL RALLIES Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LEXINGTON, Ky., September 14.—The closing hours of the extraordinary canvass which Col. Breckinridge has been making im 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 reviied 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- pers 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. Owens’ 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 me, or that I was required to leave the hetel 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 ha gee gesmvng 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 and 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. Rotor. es LES ore ee the wi story a an less falsehood, made with the intention to deceive the democrats in the Ashland district support- ing me, and who ate 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 last 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- pected 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 on 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 public 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 this and the other hotly con- tested 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- chine, 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 Prospect that Col. Breckinridge will profit enough by the divisions in the opposing ranks to poll a slight plurality over each of his opponents in tomorrow’s primary. Diseredited by Diplomats. A report that H. R. Whitehouse, secre- tary of the United States embassy in Italy, will be appointed minister to China to suc- ceed Minister Denby ts discredited in dip- Jomatic circles here. It is understood that Mr. Denby is on his way back to China from San Francisco, tut the princtpal grounds on which doubts are based is the fmprobability that a man unacquainted per- gonally with the situation in China and the country will be sent there to succeeed an experienced diplemat at a time when the greatest ability is needed at the post. ORE AREER ETD F h-Class Postmasters. ‘Twenty-nine fourth-class postmasters were te ~ Of these nineteen be i fees caused by resigna- \—4 eight by removals and two by deaths. Shocking Deviltry Practiced at the Na- 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 story 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- = the work of incendiarism of last right. Two Fires a Mile Apart. The first blaze was started in a pile of brush in the woods 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. Three-quarters of an hour later, on the other side of the home, and to the east of 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 sheds, 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 tolice 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 aispatch brought 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 id 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 standing 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- yiction 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 ground in the time which elapsed between each fire. —~—->—_— REUBEN CLARK’S WILL. Many Beneficiarics Remembered in the Document, Drawn Last Year. 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 | deceaséd is given the family residence, 1501 threatening Massachusetts avenue, including the furni- ture, pictures and plate therein. Annuities of $150 each a year are given to Mary B. Hosmer dnd Maria A. Kine, sisters of the deceased,'to be pald semi-annually. To a grandson, 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 Keuben, 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. Galliber 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 wil 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 70 CARRY If oe ES What Congressman Alderson Says of the Situation, A HOPEFUL DEMOCRATL ’ 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, aithough 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 campaign. 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 Says. “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 @ 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- crats 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 stizred the boys up in good fashion. Republican Claims. “The republicar.s are claiming a great deal and saying they are gping to carry the district, but it is just thig 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 great deal better measure than it is credited with being and we are standnig right up to it.” “Have you any knowledge of the situation in Congressman Wilscn’s district?” Mr. Al- 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.” ————_+2+—____ 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 ofticers 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. ——————+2+—_____ 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. Se ee Dismissed for Conspiracy. . 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- ftal “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 1s 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. —— The Monterey. ‘The coast defense vessel Monterey arriv- ed at Tacoma today from Seattle. < The Tariff Defended in the Democratic Campaign Hand Book. Variety in a Volume That Calls Queen Lil a Martyr ng Attributes the * Pantie te Republican Rule, 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 te act on the House popgun bills, is pubhshgd in full. To offset this, however, and as if to give a fair show to both sides, the boak<also contains Presi- dent Cleveland’s lettg@r to Congressman 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 published. 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 Hawalian 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 ~ statement that the cause of the panic of 1803 was the inevit- able result of four yeafs of republican mal- administration. i oe INDIAN ARMY SCOUTS. Their Services Wil De Discontinued, as No Longer Needed. Gen. Schofield, who is acting Secretary of War, has decided to discontinue 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 line of retrenchment and. reform inaugu- rated by Secretary Lamont early in his ad- ministration, and also tthat it is in ac- cord with his recent orter for the detach- ment of all posers men, One of the arguments advance that as there ts nO prospect of further trouble with the Indians in the future, We 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 Sweep! Changes Expected by Gen. Schofteld. 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 railread strikes the authorities have had it in ruind 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. Utilities 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 Lor 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 battle 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.of her batteries and stores is added she will be unable to navigate. At the Navy Department today Assistant Secretary McAdoo and be op Ramsey, chief of the bureau of navigation, both de- nied the truth of the rumor iu toto, It was stated that the vessel Imgd been very heavily weighted with water other ballast to ratory to her to take place Prof. W. J. Steven: the department of m versity, has returned lengthy vacation, sper York and Ohio. Rev. Dr. A. W. Pit Asbury Park greatly it S. E. Kramer, pri school, has returned sojourn in the capita Rev. Charles A. from his vacation. Mr. Dabney, acting ture, has been design the ‘government boai Georgia cotton exposi Thomas H. Caswell Francisco, charge of sat Howard Uni- ithe city, after a principally in New has returned from ved in health. of Smallwood | @ two months’ ‘Europe. ly has returned tary of agricul- as chairman of f control at the In _at Atlanta. dd degree) of San 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 lght house board, has gone tion of the Atlantic to Boston. = Mr. David Talty of the city on the 3d ins: trip to Yellowstone Pa a tour of inspec- from New York je. Hotel Oxford left t-for a three weeks’ Increased Head Money Tax. The Secretary of thi easury has noti- fied all customs offi after October 1 the head money tax on alien passengers will be $1 instead of 50 cents, as at pzesent. 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 it 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 intimate friends, end it will 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 Brook- lyn district, has written a letter to Pres- ident Cleveland protesting against the at- ttude 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 the Afro- American bureau of the democratic con- sressional committee. I telegraphed him quick as a flash: ‘Administration has treat- ed the colored democrats niggardly. I can- not serve.’ I have no patience with the men who are leading the present 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 Sttil 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 is 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- ae — I — eens said, in public and private, that these two were 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 protest weakened by the thought that I am a sore- head. I have no grievance except that which ts 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 cora- mittee and the civil eervice commission protesting ugainst the administration of Secretaries Carlisle, Hoke Smith and Her- bert, old bourbon democrats, in connection 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 hout reference to whether the nation to Which they are ac- credited are white or bi they must do what they can (and anything would be bet- ter than nothing) to stop mob law, the foul blot on our boasted 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 1885-1889, so far as sceing 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, luynch 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.’ " — nd No More Letters to Be 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. +e 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 ts under- stood that this Anglo-Dutch syndicate has in contemplation perfecting a system railways for all of Central America. ———~-e. 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 Misrepresented, 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 address 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 ouly 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 dO is not to build monumenis, but to tear those down that row cree tL neplect the graves of the south- ern dead until the beating rain smooths the little’ mound to the Jevel of the plain, a y veers Waa 1p wri mantel of green, and with it the sname of the southland. But if the mea who follow- Missouri’ ed 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 is said that war is over; let it rest in peace; that it is a dead issue; but that is sheer 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 Jet 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 BOY. jon of the Revolt in the Fiji lands. 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 of 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 is 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 crossed over to the Ellice Suppre: group, in which government work was initi- ated some months ago. , _— BLLA FU BRAVERY. Aroused Neighbors,Who Chased Burg- lars in Her House. DUBOIS, Pa., September 14.—The people of West Libe->ty, a small hamlet near here, were awakered 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. Ella Funk, a young daughter, who slept upstairs, was awakened from her sleep by the movements of the burglars. She came down in 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- berling, Powers and Reisinger, who armed themeclves 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, jewelry and other articles he had stolen from the house were found on his person. Bowser is the son of respectable parents and his record in these parts is very bad. ——___. COLORADO'S SHEEP SLAUGHTER. It is Claimed That Some of Those 1; plicated can Be Identified. DEBEQUE,Col., 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 vigilani!y. 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. = z 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 Injurics. PHILADELPHIA, September 14.—Michael Skors, the Polish peddler, who was found in an unconscious and terribly mutilated condition in an abandoned raflroa@ ‘eut, about kalf a mile above Whitford station, Chester county, last Satu: , died this morning in the University Hos without having regained consciousness, A Jealous Husband Kills His Wife and Shoots Himself. EXCITEMENT IN EAS? WASHINGTON Thos. J. Taylor Convinced That His Wife was Unfaithful. DETAILS OF THE CRIME — Maa 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 hcnor and virtue—doubts which she either could not or would not put to rest. It is an ol4 story—as o:d as the hilis--a tragedy that has been enscted again and again and will be pleyed over human nature continues to be ‘There was not a single rew fea! occurrence, and yet It is a story interest. It fs the story of a band and wife and a happy at least, until another man the love of ths woman and Now the wife lites dead and the band, falling in his attempt at self. tion, is held for trial for her murder. Taylor is but thirty-three years of Five years ago he was married in this to Miss Nannie Brown, who was then a of twenty. She was a more than a u or Ht hs pretty girl, and her beauty has grown she matured, until she was known as handsomest women in the She was petite and with a plump figure, and there was every reason to pre- of the hood. 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, he vices without her husband's know! 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 another man— a canvasser by trade—was altogether too attentive to his wife. He charged her with this on numegous occasions, aad, while she deniel it, her explanations ceme far from satisfy the Mh 5 Saver Ee ee circun.stan warranted mere than s) spicion. Time again he hes taxed this man with his famy, but the man denied it in visits to Taylor's house did not of late {here have been some scenes sat the hitherto quiet home. Last night this man, whose name Taylor does not divulge, was at the house When Taylor came home he questioned his little daughter as to what had been going on in his absence and she told him that the man had been there ‘ ig “Where did mamma sit, baby?” “On the sofa there.” “And where was he? “He was on the sofa too. “And then what?” j Mrs. Taylor. he could say seemed to make but Hitt impression upon her. He begged her te 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 cted in the slightest. Each time use in her denials and her promises. 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 failed. 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 powder. The ball entered her abdo- men, but was not immediately fatal. it straight at his own clcse up against his breast.