Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1894, Page 1

. THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Pennsylvania Averes, Cor. 1ith Street, by Ni Com: A ‘Sa kstvruanh bree Few York Office, 49 Potter Building, the week, or 44c. per month. Copies at Beene “cach BE im the United States or 3 per Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 year; with Seah A Cc, mail matter.) [zy mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. tes of advertising made known on application. Che Zn | Vor 85, No. 20,996. LIT WASHINGTON, D. O0., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. Star. TWO CENTS. FURBISH’S SCHEME|SOUTHERN REPUBLICANS|THE EMPIRE STATE |HILLAND THE GOVERNORSHIP He Proposed to Publish Advertise- ments in a Government Paper. A NEW YORK OFFICE ESTABLISHED The Plan Was Quite Successful Until Yesterday. MR. GRESHAM STOPPED IT Secretary Gresham has disapproved of the scheme inaugurated by Mr. Clinton Furbish, director of the bureau of American republics, for the publication of adver- tisements in one of the periodicals of that bureau, the primary object of which is the extension of commerce between the coun- tries of the western hemisphere. Mr. Fur- bish’s motive was to make the perfodical self-sustaining. There is no reflection on his integrity in the transaction and every cent of revenue received by him in pay for the advertisements was turned into the treasury. An Office in New York. Mr. Furbish caused to be established an advertising office in New York, which is understood to have been in charge of a Person pamed R. Wayne Wilson, and en- tered into the business of soliciting the fa- Vors of firms desirous of securing recogni- tion in the southern republics. Cireulars were issued, calling attention to the value of the bulletin issued monthly by the bureau as an advertising medium. On the upper left-hand corner of the envelcpe containing one of these circulars was print- ed: “Bureau of American Republics, De- partment of State, Washington, U. S. A.” On the upper right-hand corner, instead of @ postage stamp, was the inscription: “Of- —_ Penalty for Private Use A slip accompanied the circular, which the recipient was invited to sign and re- turn. It contained the following: ‘Your communication received, and would be Pleased to have you send a representative to explain particulars and terms.” An en- velope was also inclosed, to be used in con- nection with the signed slip. This envelope bore, the same inscriptions as the outer one, and the address of the “Advertising De- partment” of the bureau. Secretary Gresham Stopped It. It is said that his efforts to secure adver- tisements were highly successful and netted the government a handsome revenue. When Secretary Gresham's attention was called to the matter "he showed great annoyance, and at once took steps to put a stop to it. He sent for Mr. Furbich yesterday afternoon and gave him to understand that he had committed an error in the matter, and that the publication of advertisements must cease forthwith, Mr. Furbich promise Prompt compliance with the Secretary's wishes, and he has recalled all his outstand- ing proposals for advertising. ———_o+____ PEIXOTO AND THE DICTATORSHIP. "lo Information at the State Depart- ment to Justify the Report. Secretary Gresham informed a Star re- porter today that no information had reach- ed the State Department to justify the pub- Mshed report that President Peixoto of Brazil is increasing the strength of the army with a view of repeating the coup @etat of Napoleon }II by declaring himself dictator in Novemter, and preventing the inaugurating of nis successor. Although the Secretary not say so, his manner of treating the subject showed clearly his dis- belief of the report. ———_+o+____ MORE TREASURY DISMISSALS. The Two Disbursing Officers to Go to Make Room for Others. There will be many more changes in the Treasury Department in the near future im consequence of the reorganization of the accounting offiees under the Dockery plan. ‘The latest victims of this “reorganization” are Mr. Thomas J. Hobbs and Mr. George A. Bartlett, the disbursing officers of the department. They are probably the two best known fn the department, and have al- ways been regarded as fixtures. Mr. Hobbs has held his office nearly thirty years, and Mr. Bartlett only ten yzars less. They have each disbursed many million dollars without error or loss of a single penny. . They hive not yet been asked to resign, but the prob- abilities are said to be strong that they will be superseded within the next sixty days. ‘The change will involve no reflection on their official Integrity, but is said to be nec- essary for the official salvation of other of- ficers whose offices have been abolished by law. Nearly all the officials in :he bureaus abolished by the Dockery bill will be pro- vided for by transfer to other positions in the department outsiJe of the classified ser- vice. Vacancies are being created for that especial purpose. —_—_+-e+_____ ASSISTANT SECRETARY McADOO. We States That He is Not a Candidate for Congress. In order to quiet the gossip connecting his name with the congressional nomina- tion in the seventh district of New Jersey Assistant Secretary McAdoo has author- ized the publication of the following state- ment: “Honored by the President in being asked to discharge the duties of my present of- fice, I feel that I am under at least an im- pied obligation to remain at the post to which I have been called. I therefore say frankly and without any reserve that I am not a candidate for Congress nor do I really desire the nomination.” ———_+ e+ ____ Irs NOW MT. HAMLIN. A Heretofore Unnamed Peak of the Mt. St. Elias Alps. Capt. Shephard, acting chief of the rev- enve marine service, today received from Capt. C. L. Hooper, commander of the rev- enue cutter Rush, the report of the latte cruise to the Seal Islands. The Rush con- veyed Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Hamlin to the islands. The report of Capt. Hooper ts interesting. The volcanic rock Bogoslow, raised about two years ago thirty miles from Unalaska, was touched at, and Capt. Hooper reports that it is cooling oY, and that faint signs of animal! life were to be seen. On arriving at the Seal Islands it was found ghat the seal catch had been fair, over 15,000 skins having been taken. Under the direction of the department the Rush also touched at Coal Hartor, on the Island of U: .» where an examination of the newly discovered coal mines was made. The veins are over twelve feet thick, consisting of alternate layers of coal and slate, the thickest coal layer being twenty-two inches. At the sal- mon fisheries it was found that the weather had been urfavorable, but the catch was nevertheless reported fair. While skirting the coast of Alaska Capt. Hooper repor:s sighting an unnamed peak in the Mount St. Elias Alps, which was not shown on the bydrographic chart. It was east of Mount St. Elias. After being platted it was named Mount Hamlin, in honor of Assistant Sec- retary Hamlin. Mount Hamlin is 12,000 feet high. The Rush is now at San Fran- cisco. Success Hoped From Mr. Price's Louisiana Distri Mr. Price May Run Again Himself— The South Carolina Contested Nominations—One Decided. ‘rhe republican congressional committe? t3- day received a letter from Mr. Baylor Beattie who has been nominated by the republicans for Congress in the Louisiana distriqt now represented by Mr. Price,a democrat, stating that the republicans are organizing for a vigorous contest in that district and hope to carry it. They are encouraged. of course, by the action of the sugar planters’ convention fn declaring against the de- mocracy and in favor of protection and republicanism. Congressman Price is in Washington to- day on his way home from Saratoga, where he has been since Congress adjourned. Matters are becoming so interesting in Mr. Price's district that he has concluded to take a hand in them in his own behalf. He said that he has not yet had an opportunity to estimate the importance of the bolt of the sugar planters or to make up his mind 4s to what effect it would have upon the Politics of the state. Mr. Price thinks that when Congress reassembles, the Louisiana delegation will urge an appropriation to pay at least a part of the sugar bounty on this year’s crop, but as that will be after the election is over, it will have no bearing upen coming events. Contes.ed Nominations. The republican congressienal committee today resumed consideration of the North and South Carclina contested nomination cases. Chairman Babcock, Senator Mander- son and Representatives Apsley of Massa- chasetts and Hooker-of New York were in conference all day. In the case of the seventh South Carolina district the com- mittee decided that Brayton had received the nomination of the convention and should be supported by the republicans. He wil therefore make the race for Congress against the democratic nominee. The case of Cheatham against White in the second North Carolina district will be decided to- night or tomorrow. —_———_+ e+ ____ SCIENCE AT THE SMITHSONIAN. Many Matters of Interest the Ficla of Modern Philosophy. The museum of the Smithsonian Institu- tion is just now receiving the exhibits sent from there t> the world’s fair, and is en- gaged in placing them. The museum has Secured several car loads of additional ma- terial from the world’s fair, which is also being placed on the shelves of the museum. The historical department has in press a history of a journey through Mongolia and Thibet by W. W. Rockhill. Mr. Rock- hill, who is at present third assistant sec- vetary of state, is now reading the last proofs of this work. He traveled in Mon- golia and Thibet in 1891-2 unier the au- spices of the institution and the work em- bodies the results of his labors. The tenth and eleventh volumes of the reports of the bureau of ethnology have been issued, handsomely bound and with colored plates, illustrative of the papers. Volume 10 is devoted entirely to the sub- ject of picture writing among the Indians. Volume 11 contains papers devoted to study of tribes of North American Indians. Last year the Smithsonian Institution offered $10,000 for a treatise embodying some new and important discovery in re- gard to the nature or properties of atmos- pheric air. The offer was made in order to call attention to the donation to the in- stitution by Thomas George Hodgkins, which {is to be devoted “‘to the increase and diffusion of more exact knowledge in re- gerd to the nature and properties of atmos- pheric air in connection with the welfare of man.” The original date fixed for the award of the prize was July 1, 1895, but that has been extended to July 31, 895. ‘Two other prizes of $2,000 and $1,000 were offered for essays on coilateral branches of the same subject. A gold medal is also to be annually «nd biennially awarded to the best contribution to our knowledge on this subject. Thousands of treatises have been received by the institution in response to this offer, written in English, German, French and Italian, according to the terms of the of- fer. Some very distinguished names in science are included among the writers. The work of examining the papers by the committee selected to award the prize will soon be commenced. —_—_—__+«+___. GOING TO GRAY GABLES. Secretary Carlisle to Visit the Presi- dent at His Summer Home. ‘ Secretary and Mrs. Carlisle have accepted the ccrdial invitation of President and Mrs. Cleveland to visit them at their sum- met home at Gray Gables, and they will leave kere tomorrow for that purpose. They will go direct to Gray Gables, stopping only a short time in New York en route. The length of their visit is Indefinite, but the prebabilities are that Secretary Carlisle will return to Washirgton about the Ist of Octcber. The admit istration of the tariff law ts row fairly under way, and its opera- tion is as smooth and satisfactory as is possible under existing conditions. No ac- tion will be taken in regard to the free alcohol schedule until Secretary Carlisle returns from his visit to the President, and it is more than probable that the plan of action will depen? upon the President's views on the subject. It is known that Secretary Carlisle and Commissioner Miller of the internal revenue feel that further legislation is uecessary to render the law operative, and that it is useless to attempt to execute it under present conditions. As sistant Secretary Wike, in whose wisdom and judgment Secretary Carlisle has the greatest confidence, will act as Secretary of the Treasury in his absence. The Presi- dent hes infovmed friends in this city that he will return to Washington about the midcle of October. . +e + THE SUPERVISING ARCHITECT. Mr. O’Rourke’s Resignation Accepted and He Has Left the City. Late yesterday afternoon Secretary Car- lisle accepted the resignation of Supervis- ing Architect O'Rourke, to take effect im- mediately, and the latter's connection with the government service terminated forth- with. The selection of his successor will form the subject of discussion between the President and Secretary Carlisle when they mect at Gray Gables next week.» The a) poit-trrent will be mzde by the Secretar but, In view of its importance, he naturally desires to consult the President about it. aid that the Secretary will appoint t man he can get, and that he will probably invite suggestions on the subject from the American Irstitute of Architects. The appointee mzy be a democrat, but he must be a compet2at architect of acknowl- edged executive ability. In the meantime Mr. Kemper, chief clerk and_ assistant supervising architect, will be in full charge of tho business of the office. Mr. O'Rourke left for Newark, N. J.) to- day to resume his private business. “Last evenizg he authorized the statement that he kad no apologies to make for his con- duct of the office. He left it, he said, in better condition than it h: ever been. What demoraiization there was in it was caused by the action of his immediate sub- ordinates. The conspiracy spoken of in his letter to Secretary Carlisle referred to the persistent misrepresentations of Mr. Logan Carlisle, Judge Fleming and Mr. Kemper, who had the ear of the Secretary and never lost an opportunity to prejudice his mind against him. Hopeful Outlook for the Republicans According to Mr. Hooker. 20 OUT OF 24 DISTRICTS SURE Effects of the New Tariff Bill Being Felt by Farmers. CANADIAN COMPETITION a ac Ntneatin tame Congressman Hooker of New York ar- rived in the city today to attend a meeting of the republican congressional committee, of which he is a member. He ts fresh from the campaign in New York state and the convention which nominated Mr. Morton as governor. He has been through a number of the districts in northern New York and in consultation with party leaders in that state, which renders his opinion upon the Political situation more to the point. “I think it is very doubtful if the demo- erats will be able to carry a single con- gressional district north of Harlem bridge,” said Mr. Hooker to a Star reporter today. “As to the situation in New York city and Brooklyn I am not so well informed, but we will surely carry twenty out of the twenty-four districts north of Harlem river, and possibly all of them. There is a possibility that Lockwood may save his dis- trict for the democrats, but I would not be surprised to see the republi- cans carry it. We expect to carry the nineteenth district, now represented by Mr. Haines; the Albany distri. represented by Mr. Tracy, and the twent; first, which is Mr. Schermerhorn’s, and to send good republicans in their stead. Republicans United. “The republicans of the state are united. This was demonstrated at the recent con- vention in Saratoga, and I have never seen more enthusiastic or harmonious gather- ing of republicans. On the other hand, the democrats are disorganized, there !s a great deal of dissatisfaction among them, and there is no concealing the fact that they are disheartened at the outlcok before them. Flower would have liked very well to: have had the nomination, but he felt that defeat confronts the democratic party, and he wouldn't risk it. “The effects of the tariff bill are begin- ning to be felt already in northern New York. Even at this early date, the farmers are feeling the ruinous competition which the new tariff law brings with Canadian products. Take the item of hay alone, which is a very considerable one in no:th- ern New York. There has been a very short hay crop this vear, and, according- ly, the farmers should get a good price for their hay, but instead, they have to meet the Canadian crop right in the Buffalo mar- ket, which is the market for all the rest of New York. Canadians have been expecting this, and they saved their hay to rush it in under the new law. The farmers are feel- ing the effects of the law on other products, and democratic tariff reform is coming home to them with a vengeance. “The working men, of course, are suffer- ing also by lack.of employment and by very low wages when they do get work. The manufacturers are doing their best to keep up and to give work to their men, but they are having a hard struggle. The result of all this ‘will be, therefore, that the republi- cans will* not only largely increase their majority at the coming election, but that they will carry many democratic districts as well. No Question of Morton’s Election. Mr. Leach, formerly director of the mint, and now banier in New York, was in Wash- ington today. Mr. Leach is a good deal of @ politician and takes a good deal of inter- est in the New York situation. “I don’t think there’s any question about {i says; “Mr. Morton will be elected governor of New York. The republican party is in excellent shape throughout the state, and the democrats are correspondingly badly off. I do not attempt to guess whom the demo- crats will nominate for governor. I hope they may nominate Hill, for he would be about the easiest man to defeat, but no matter who their candidate is he cannot be elected. There is some improvement in busi- ness in New York. The hotels are full of small merchants from all over the country Luying goods for the retail trade. The busi- ness activity, however, is not so pronounced as to give any promise of aid to the demo- crats in their campaign.” as s ENCOURAGEMENT IN NEBRASKA. Senator Manderson Thinks the Re- publicans Will Carry the Legislature. Senator Manderson of Nebraska arrived in the city this morning, after an absence of several weeks from Washington. His reports concerning the situation in Ne- braska are of a most favorable nature fgr the republicans, He has not entered the campaign yet himself, but has been ad- vised of its progress. He will leave Wash- ington in a few days to take an active part in the campaign. “I think the republicans have every pros- pect of carrying the legislature,” said Sen- ator Manderson to a Star reporter today. “That means, of course, that a republican Senaicr will be returned. Letters. from well-informed republicans throughout the state bring the must encouraging reports from every district. There is a great deal of digsatisfaction among the democrats, and particularly among the old soldier element. “In this connection, I will read you an extract from a letter which I have just re- ceived from an old soldier. ‘I have been a life-long democrat,’ he says, ‘cast my first vcte for Seymour in "68 and voted the democratic ticket straight until ‘v2, when I was not at home. I| think I am a reasonable man, with intelligence enough to feed the pigs, but why I was so blinded by party prejudice I don't understand, and hope some ene will kick me all over Butte county if I ever vote the —— ticket again.’ ‘There has been some gessip lately about Senator Manderson’s intentions in regard to the senatorship, and it has been rumored that he had formally declined to be a candidate again. It may be stated that no pesitive conclusion has been announced by the Senator in this regard, and that any statement to the effect that he had stated he wouid decline is incorrect. —————+o+__ MR. E. KURTZ JOHNSON’S WILL. His Entire Estate Left to His Wife, Who is Made Executrix. The will of the late E. Kurtz Johnson was filed teday. The instrument is dated June 1, 1893, and was witnessed by S. N. Camp- bell, W. H. Seeger and W. M. Teble, all of Kansus City, Mo., where it was executed. It was further witnessed here on the 11th instan*, at the request of the deceased, by Lemon G. Hine, Thos. C. Pearsall and J. Harrison Johnson of this city. The will provides that the widow of the deceased, Annie E. Johnson, shall be the sole benefi- ciary under it, the entire estate, real and personal and mixed, being given to her ab- solvtely and in fee simple. Mrs. Johnson is med as sole executrix, and the testator ys: “Having entire confidence in the pru- dence and fidelity of my said executrix, I desire that she shall be excused by the court from the necessity of giving bond for the faithful performance of her duties fur- ther than shall be required by law to se- cure the payment of debts properly charge- able upon my estate after my decease,” Democrats Here Do' Not Believe He Will Rufus Peckham Seems the Most Avail- able Man—Demoeratic Gossip as to Other States. —_—_ The reports coming from New York that Senator Hill is to be united on as the man to run against Morton for governor of New York are riot generally credited among democrats here, though some confirmatory suggestions are made. Don M. Dickinson, who is in Washington today and has had a visit with Senator Faulkner at the demo- cratic headquarters and also a long talk with Carlisle, intimates the possibility of Hill's taking the nomination. He said he thought it positive that Mr. Whitney would not be a candidate, ahd when asked whom he ‘thought the demofrats would nominate he reptied that if the democrats could be brought to unite om him Hill would be the nominee. ‘The prominent democrats gener- ally say that they @o fot see how a situ- ation could be brought about which would result in Hill being the candidate. Rafus Peckham’s Availability. It is stated with great positiveness that Whitney will not allow the use of his name, and the most commdn suggestion is that Rufus Peckham would be the best available man to unite the factions, In connection with the Hill rumor attention is called to the fact that HMl not only opposed and voted against the Senate tariff bill, but quite as vigorously epposed the Wilson bill and was in antagonism with both factions of his party in Congzess on that question. ‘The mvgwump (anti-snapper)Cleveland com- bination in New York and all the radical tariff reformers, it is believed, would refuse to come to his support. Rufus Peckham, it is urged, would have the hearty support of both Hill and Murphy and of both factions in the state. Democratic Hopes. Don M. Dickinson éxpresses the opinion that the democrats will hold at least three of the congressional districts in Michigan at this election, with the strong probability that they may hold four. Senator Camden andthe chairman of the West Virginia democratie state committee were at the Gemocratic headquarters today and had a long talk with Senator Faulkner. Both reported the sittumttan in the state as much better for the democrats than had been anticipated. They said that there was the greatest activity en@ interest among the democrats, and a grent dete:mination to win was manifested everywhere. Scna- tor Camden said that/he was perfectly con- fident of the democrats electing all four of the Congressmen, | * " The Louisiana Bolt. Representative Price of Louisiana, who is at the Normandy, very strongly disapproves of the action of the, Lovisiana planters’ con- vention in bolting from the democratic par- ty. This course of the planters, he says, was extremely unwist ,He is not a os date for ess agai, and his dietri® is the one from which the republicans tee) particularly confident pf sending a repubii- can. Extraordinary efforts are being made by the democrats to get Price to reconsider his declination of the candidacy upon the grounds that he can sufely carry the dis- trict and that he owes it to his party to make the run. —_—_—_—_—_+e+____ BUILT BY THE GOVERNMENT. ‘ The Battle Ship Maine and Her Trial, Which is Awaited With Interest. Considerable interest attaches to the forthcoming trial of the battle ship Maine, arrangements for which are now being per- fected at the Novy Department. The Maine is a battle ship of the second class, and may be generally described as an ar- mored cruiser. She is a heavy vessel, and is not expected to make very quick time, as time is now reckoned in the navy. The special interest in her performance is due to the fact that she was built by the gov- ernment, with the exception of her engines and boilers, which were constructed under contract by the Quintard iron works of New York. The forthcorging trial is for the purpose of seeing that her machinery de- velops the horse-power required by the con- tract, nemely: 8,000. For every horsepower in excess of that number, her contractors will receive a premium of $100, und for every horse-power less than that number they will suffer a penalty of like amount. In the event that the engines do not de- velop a horse-power of 7,000, the machinery will be rejected outright. There are four warships row under construction by the government, the Maine, the Texas, the Raleigh and the Cincinnati, and of these the Maine is the first to be completed. Her trial will be interesting for the purpose of contrasting work done by the government with similar work done at private ship- yards. The Maine belongs to the heavier, more powerful class of naval vessels, and hor great guns are expected.to do great damage in case of use, while her unusually heavy armor will be expected to ke2p her vital parts sife from an enemy's fire. She will leave the New York navy yard in a few days on a preliminary trial conducted en- tively by the contractors, who were given special permission by the Navy Department to that effect. She will not be gone more than two or three days, and on her return she will be promptly prepared for the for- mal official trial by government officers to determine the question of the acceptance or rejection of her machinery. On this latter eccasion she will ba ofticered and manned by government officials. ‘The crew will con- sist of about 100 men. - cu NEEEEa tee seemed QUEER PENSION EVIDENCE. Clothes and Equipments of a Dend Soldier Sent on te. Washington. Commissicner Lochren thas received a bundle of curious evidenee in a pension case. It was forwarded by a woman at- torney from Springfi ‘Mass., who ap- pears for Charles Hubbard, a captain of the eighth Massachusetts yolanteers in the Mexican war. “Here's his sword, his cap ond his coat,” says the attorney, in a note to the commissioner, andgsure enough, there was a sword of very anctent date, and a cap and a coat of the uriferm and pattern worn in the Mexican wan “He has his gun here, which will be furnished if neces- sary,” continues the lady attorney, who evidently appears in the case not as a practicing lawyer, but whe wishes to for- vard the claim cf her friend. The clothing was musty With age andsthe sword was of an ancient pattern and Very rusty. Com- missioner Lochren decided very quickly that the pension office, large as it is, would not hold that kind of evidence, and the relics were immediately shipped back to Spricye sd. ———_—_- eo —_____— Presidential Postmasters Appointed. The President has appointed the follow- ing postmasters and the announcement was made at the White. House this morning: Johr. B. Garibaldi, -M , Cal; James B. Coe, Clayton, I; Edward B. Gaddis, Bald- win, Kan.; William ‘T, Marsh, Rich Hill, Mo.: George C. Damon, Jamaica, N. Y.; Stephen L. Rockwell, Jordan, N. Y.; Rob- ert P. Cormack, Delhi, N. Y. Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $398,743. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $249,100; customs, $503,009; miscellaneous, $111,904. THE FIGHT OFF YALU Chinese Reports Insist on Loss of Japanese Vessels, RESULT OF THE TAKING OF MUKDEN Official Advices Received by Min- ister Kurino. NEW TREATY WITH JAPAN SEE SSE SS SHANGHAI, China, September 21.—A tel- egram received here from Kobe, Japan, confirms the statement, emanating from Chinese sources, that the Japanese lost three warships at the naval battle, fought at the mouth of the Yalu river. Their names, however, are not given, and it is evident that the Japanese official dispatch- es are incomplete. LONDON, September 21.—The Chronicle this morning points out that the dock yards in Japan are far superior to those of China, and therefore her damaged ves- sels will be much quicker repaired. This will give her a distinct advantage in the future. It is safe to forecast also that the Hunanes army landed by the transports on the Corean side of the ‘alu river will surrender en masse after a short and fe- rocious defense. The paper adds that if the war continues at the present rate China will soon be compelled tu ask terms of peace. The Times this morning, commenting on the Japanese advance on Wiju and the probability of their going thence to Muk- den, says that the capture of the latter place would be accepied throughout the empire as an omen that the emperor is un- worthy of divine protection and that such omens in days of disastrous war are too often fulfilled with remarkable celerity. AS the politicians about the court are perfect- ly awere of the consequences that would follow the fall of Mukden it may be as- sumed that they would yield to almost any demands rather than to run the serious risk of such a catastrophe. FORTUNATE JAPAN. Official Statement That She Lost No Vessels at Ya! The Japanese minister has received an official cable message from the Tokio gov- ernment today confirming the reports that the Japanese had lost no ships at the naval battle of Yalu, and briefly reciting the cir- cumstances of the battle as given in the earlier unofficial reports. Dispatches received at the Japanese le- gation here shortly before noon today gave further confirmatory details of the sea fight off Yalu and added the interesting in- formation that the Empress of Japan, as chief patroness of the Red Cross Society in that country, is persopally engaged with her court ladies in preparing lnts, ete., for the wounded Chinese, as weil as Japanese, engaged in the recent great battles of Ping Yang and Yalu. The dispatch places the Chinese loss at Yalu at four vessels sunk and one burned, and says the Japanese fizet was compara- tively uninjured. It is stated further in these dispatches that the enthusiasm among all classes in Japan is very great. The activity of the empress in personally directing the humane work of the Red Cross, while the emperor has gone to the front, is @ source of pride among the Jap- anese officials here. They say the empress secured the introduction of the Red Cross in Japan about twelve years ago. when the Kagoshima war broke out in 1877 she sent an immense quantity of lint of her own preparation for the use of the wounded soldiers. It is noted, also, that in her present Red Cross work she does not confine her hu- mane offices to the Japanese wounded, but to the enc ny as well, who happen just now to be most in need of such relief. The em- press’ labors during the war are in line with those in which she has been identified in peaceful times. She practices silk cul- ture in her house, in order to share in the labors of the poor silk workers of Japan. She is also the head of the charitable and educational movements, the Girls’ Normal School and the Girls’ High School and the Tokio Charitable Hospital. New Treaty With Japan. Mr. Kurino, the new Japanese minister, was in consultation with Secretary Gresham for some time today in pursuance of the negotiation of a new treaty of trade and commerce, which will contain no assertion of the right of extra-territoriul jurisdiction by the United States in Japan. News From Minister D Secretary Gresham today received a brief cablegram from United States Minister Dun at Tokio, Japan, confirming the Associated Press report of an important Japanese na- val tory at the mouth of the Yalu river. The message gives no details uf the engage- ment, but says generally u the Japanese forces were victorious. The Concord Sails for Corea. A cablegram received at the Navy De- partment today anncunces the sailing of the U. S. S. Concord from Saki, Japan, for Chemulpo, Corea, this mornitz, Secretary Herbert has decided to send no raval attache to Japan or China, as was at first contemplated. The War Department has detaile1 a mil- itary attache to the legation at Tokio to secure information from a professional standpoint for the benefit of our army. Secretary Herbert, however, believes that the risk assumed by a naval attache would be too great to warrant a detail, although there is no lack of volunteers among the naval officers. The military attache would be reasonably safe at the headquarters of the field marshals, but a naval attache, if conscientiously in pursuit of information, would be obliged to go aboard the flagthips during the hostile engagements, and would be expcsed to almost certain death in the event of the sinking of his ship. So the Navy Department will rely for informa- tion upon the officers on our ships in Asia, who are acting as agents of the naval in- telligence office, and Admiral Carpenter has been instructed to afford those officers ev- ery proper opportunity in the pursuit of their object. YELLOW FEVER ON BOARD, A Ship From Cuba Quarantined Off Galveston. GALVESTON, Tex., September 21.~The British steamship Cambria, now lying twelve miles from the city, wil! be in- spected tomorrow by State Health Officer Swearingen. The Cambria left Havana September 13, and during the trip Ed- ward McDowell, her boatswain, died pre- sumably from yellow fever. On careful examination, the cause was proven to be yellow fever and the vessel has been kept isolated. The vessel will be ordered to the national disinfection station. —_— > REPRESENTATIVE MILLIKEN Wants His Brother Restored to His Place in the Treasury. Representative Milliken of Maine, who has just been re-elected to Congress as a re- publican by over 10,600 majority, visited Secretary Carlisle at the Treasury Depart- ment to request the reinstatement of his brother, who has lost his place as chief of a division in the office of the supervising architect. DEATH OF PRESIDENT NUNEZ/THE LAST DRILL Announcement of the Demie of Colombia's Executive. A Farewell to the Gallant Cavalry at Fort Myer BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE WEST The Ablest d Most Patriotic States- the Republic—No Trou- ble Expected. A Large Crowd Witness the Final Exhibition Drill. COLON, Colombia, September 21.—It is officially announced here tuat Dr. Rafael Nunez, president of the republic of Colom- bia, died on Tuesday morning of gastric fever. Rengifo, charge d'affaires of the] A BRILLIANT SCENE legation, says that President Nunez was generally regarded as the ablest and mcst patriotic statesman of the repub- Nec. His residence in the United States as a consular officer years ago had given him a close acquaintance with the officers of this government and he had used his in- fluence to model his own government after that of the United States. The charge d'affaires does not anticipate trouble over the succession, he says, as lent Nunez, during the greater part of his third term, exercised more of a moral influence over the affairs of the coun- try than an executive direction. On account of his pocr health he was un- able to endure the climate of the capit: Bogota, and remained at his home in Cabrero near Carthagena, while the vice president, Miguel Antonio Caro, was the real executive head of the government. Mr. Rengifo thinks that the vice president will remain in control to the end of the six year term, for which President Munez was elected in 1892. Close watch will be kept of Colombian af- fairs by the iplomntic‘and naval representa- tives of the United States, owing to the fre- quency of revolutions in Central America. It is hoped that the new administration will prove stable, but should trouble be threat- ened a naval vessel will be dispatched to Colombia. Mr. Julio Colembian The squadron of cavalry stationed at Fort Myer gave its farewell exhibition drill today. The squadron is to be relieved on October 2 by four troops of the sixth cay- ziry, now at Chicago, and Fort Myer will become the regimental headquarters of the sixth. The departing companies, the com- manders and their destinations are: Troop A. first regiment, Capt. Bomus, Arizona; troop F, seventh regiment, Capt. Bell, Fort Stanton, New Mexico: troop H, eighth regin ent, Capt. Fountain, Fort Meade, South Dakota; troop K, ninth regiment, Capt. Hughes, Fort Robinson, Nebraska. The Grill today was the final one, and the troopers and their officers vied In making i one of the finest. It was the last charge of this squadron over the familiar plain. The men are soon to bid farewell to their horses, their barracks, their sweethearts and to Washington. There was a feeling of tadness among them as they thought of these things. but they promised to hold Washington in as yal and as affectionate remembrance as Washington will hold them. They have made many parade pic- tures cn our streets and the citizens will often think of them in their new homes away out in the land of sunset, among the —_— BLOODSHED MAY RESULT. Southern Negroes to Take the Places of Ohio Miners, ST. LOUIS, Mc., September 21.—A special from Birmingham, Ala., to the Republic says: Three hundred negroes left here to- day, in charge of labor agents, to take the places of the striking miners in the Massil- Jon (Ohio) districts, and 1,000 more will fol- low soon. It is said tnst the Ohio strikers have threatened to slaughter the southern negroes if they attempt to go to work. Trouble is expected on the arrival of the negroes, as they have not been apprised of the situation, MABSSILLON, Ohio, Septenber 21.—The re- port from Birmingham, Ala., to the effect that 300 negro miners had started for Mas- sillon, and that a thousand more would shortly follow, has caused great excitement in this city. Miners from all over the dis- here today, trict gathered , and at every street corner crowds of men are co: the northwest. A large crowd of Washington friends went over to the post this forenoon to wave their handkerchiefs in farewell and shout good- bye. All the stages from Georgetown car- ried their complement of patrons and ran extra trips. Many other pubtic vehicles aid a thriving trade, and roll- ed across the Aqueduct bridge and up the beights of Arlington in a long and steady stream. It was a flattering procession in compliment to the boys in blue. Hacks, coaches and traps of divers kinds were lined up along the north edge of the field, and hundreds and matrons rested | : ct ——— CONCEDES DR. PARKHURST’S RIGHT. i i Superintendent Byrnes’ Brief Com- ment on Criticism of His Report. NEW YORK, September 2i.—Superinten- dent of Police Byrnes, when asked today if he cared to say anything about the criti- cism of him by Dr. Parkhurst in the Eight- eenth Street Methodist Church last night made this reply, which he insisted should be given word for word or not at all: “Yes; I have seen the statement by the Rev.Dr. Parkhurst, and his criticisms on my report to the police commissioners. So far as those criticisms go he had a perfect right to criticise me, as any other citizen has. Further than that I have nothing to say.” Dr, Parkhurst in his address found fault with Superintendent Byrnes for philosophis- ing on the subject of the social evil, or on any other question, instead of doing his duty in enforcing the law against conduct, adding: “Mr. Byrnes and his fol- jowers are here for execution, not for legis- ting.” —_—o— EMMA LEON’S STRANGE STORY. ft mid- § ‘idons. A sea of white helmets bobbed and d cn the crests of the waver by and the jostling s2bers made a metallic elarking clatter, full of martial Many exclamations, such as “Oh!” “. “Hurrah!” went up from the dry and dusty throats of the lockers-on as the columns of fours prenced past. A Fine Spectacte. At the order, the squadron wheeled into if i 4 4 his white bair, white, stubby mustache and thin, stiff, warrior-tike goatee, and hand- somely mounted on a mettlesome bay, took Phe Explanation a Tragedy in st. Loais. ST. LOUIS, Mo., September 21.—Sebastian Heazel is dying bere under circumstances which puzzle the police. The wound was inflicted by a woman giving the name of Emma Leon. Her story is a strange one. She says that a few days ago she visited a friend, Mrs. Mary Foster, who at the same time was entertaining her brother, a Mr. Goff, and his son. During the visit the Leon woman <laims she was fright- fully beaten by the others and escaped in a battered condition. This morning recognizing the*boy on the street she foliowed him to his home,within which she saw the man Goff. A little later Goff, she says, came out, when she shot and fatally wounded him. Yet the man gives the name of Henzel. The police are investigating, but believe the Leon woman crazy. rasping, chilling ring, and the fluttering red and white guidons were wafted from tha jeft to the right of the “Present sabers,” was shouted forth, and the glittering blades went up into the sun- light like an electric flash. “Return sabers,” and the steels were thrust into their scab- “Fours, right center’ “Fours, right turn!” were what Maj.White- side said next in his lusty tones; the cap- tains and the bugiers pessed the order down the lines and the men were on the move. It was a restless sight. Lines of men surged to and fro; horses beat the ground, arched their necks, chai their bits and switched their tails; the wind toyed with their manes; the flags waved, flapped and flaunted and the brilliant morn- ing sun was met with answering flashes from military steel and brass. Over the plain they rolled in a solid pha- lanx. “Fours, right about,” and the troops wheeled round and round with the right horse as a pivot. “Fours, left about,” and the movement was reversed. This spinning song was kept up for some time, and then came the order “Halt.” “Backward guide center,’ "“Forward,right center,” and “Pours right, march,” and the bugles blared and the horses trotted and the men jolted in their sacdies in the easiest and most com- fortable way. A Stirring Charge. “Left front into line,” yelled the major, and it was no sooner said than done. There was a@ rapid and earnest issuing of orders, and the bugles were sounding their loudest. There was a rustle of commotion among the men and horses and a hastening of speed. Something of moment was about to happen. The troops were bearing down full tilt and company front on the hurdle. The men steadied themselves in the saddle they reached the obstruction, rose in the stirrups, cleared the boards and careered cnward. Those behind repeated the move- ment, until all had sed, and then the commander ¥. ll which rose above the dust and clat roar and harmonious confusion, “Fours, right,” and the hurrying columns pranced by. —_—. MELD UP IN NEW YORK. An Eighth Avenue Surface Road Car Stopped by Hoodlums, NEW YORK, September 21.—An open car on the Sth avenue line, this city, was held up late last night in true western style. Asa car was coming down the street near Ab- ington square, a gang of about forty hood- lums, some black and some white, rushed cut of a side street and crying “fire” stop- ped the car horses. The driver, thinking that fire engines were about to rush ‘across the track, did not attempt to go on, and sey- eral of the young toughs took advantage of his hesitation to grasp the horses’ heads, holding them while their companions pro- ceeded to rob the twelve passengers on the car, One man was robbed of a gold watch and chain and a woman of a pocket book containing $25, while several others were relieved of smaller sums. When the police arrived the young toughs were in retreat and only two of them were caught. —- OUTWITTED THE MURDERER. He Poisoned His Wife, but She Had Down at, the south end of the S04 the : quadron formed ¥ prea apace Rigged with flashing revolvers and spluttering AKRON, Ccl., September 21.—A verdict of manstaughter w:.s returned at midnight by the jury before which Dr."D. J. Deck wes tried for the murder of his wife. it was sho-vn that the doctor, in order to get pos- sesston of ,property belonging to his wife and to get her out of the way so that he could marry again, killed her by slow poi- son. Mrs. Deck made a will giving the loctor®all hey property. Just before she dicd, however, unknown to the doctor, rhe changed the will, giving oll her property to her son, four years old. The doctor now has arother wife who has been completely prostrated sit ce the arrest ned the doctor in Ohio, where they were liv- ie. cartridges, came foiward on the dead run, broke tuto fours left and rode back. The charg? was repeated with sabers, and the men gave an exhibition of how they could wield their bright weapons without cutting any one. They clinked their swords against each other, and with hearty shouts gave a small-scale imitation of the storm of war. The buglers again drew up in the middle of the field, Major Whiteside faced his con man4, the columns broke inte fours left ard trotted off the field. The drill was done, and the people of Washington saw their heroes in the saddle for perhaps the last time. ‘The horses will remain here and will be ridden by the men of the sixth cavalry. The departing men will take the horses of the { sixth at Chicago.