Evening Star Newspaper, October 1, 1894, Page 1

——. =— THE EVENING STAR PERE A PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, _ 1101 Pennsylvania Avezus, Cor. Lith Street, by ike Evening Star Ne eee Company, A rt. 8.H. KAUFFMA: Few York Ofce, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents = week, or 44¢. per movth. Coples at the counter cents ‘cach. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 conts per moath. Saterday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1.00 per yea With foreign postage added, $3.00. Entered at the Post (fice at Washington, D. C. Qs seroud-class mail matter.) EFA mail subscriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of advertising made knowa on application. Che Hen Vor 85, No. 21,004, WASHINGTON, D.O., MONDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1894—TWELVE PAGES. ny Star. TWO CENTS. ABOUT THE YEAR 1906|SUGAR TRUST INDICTMENTS/IT WAS GORMAN|CHANCES FOR FRAUD|THRFATENING PEKIN A Calculation When the New Fost Office Will Be Finished. BASED UPON PROGRESS ALREADY MADE The Limited Number of Workmen Thus Far Employed. OFFICIAL ESTIMATES DIFFER There is a new game in the market that Promises to become very popular in this vicinity. As a puzzle and an entertain- er it discounts “Pigs in Clover,” “The Fif- teen Puzzle,” and “The Spider and the Fly.” It easily beats parchesi and domi- noes and is warranted to give amusement to a family circle for an entire genera- tion. The game is simple and easy to un- derstand, to begin witb, but it may have a wearing effect on the nerves if enough dif- ferent means of solution are attempted. ‘The game is to find out when the city Post office will be completed. The Star has investigated this question today and ac- knowledges itself quite unable to arrive at any definite result. The answer may, only be given with ap- proximation. The problem is susceptible of many workings, however, and therein lies the sport of the game. To illustrate the way it is played 2 ccuple of sample calcula- tions are given. Sample Calculations. The building was begun on the 17th of February, 1892. That was the date on which the contract for excavating and grading the site, which had previously been cleared, was let to Albert Gleason. It has therefere taken S21 working days to lay the fcundation and erect one story. Count- ing the foundation and the roof each as a story, there are ten in the building. Thus two-terths have been completed. One- tenth therefore took cne-half of S21 days, or 410 days. Tea-tenths, or the entire structure, will take 4,100 days. This will equal 131-2 years, counting from February 17, 1892, which will bring about completion on the I7th of August, 1905. This, how- ever, does not include the interior finish, which cannot now be exactly estimated. A réasonable amount of time for that work would probably be a year, so that in the light of past experience there is mathemat- ical probability that the Washington city postr.aster for 1906 will be the one to give the housewarming. Five Consecutive Administrations. This officer will be the appointee of the chief magistrate of the third administra- tion succeeding the present one. The first contract was let In the administration pre- ceding the present, so that the building of the city post office will on the basis of this data cover five consecutive national admin- istrations. Five Presidents will have come and gone, and probably ten supervising architects. it will be difficult to conceive a post route so long, so slow, so difficult, through Africa’s sands and forests or arctic snows and ice, that a letter posted today could not go by such a line thrice around the world and then back again in time to be delivered from the new home of the city post oillice. It ts said that a letter can be sent around the world by shortest routes in about seventy days. Beginning on the 17th of February, therefore, the packet could be sent around the globe at least seventy times between the beginning and the end of the work, on the present calcu- lation. Estimates as to Workingmen. But there is another route to the same end, that is, to the end of guessing when the building is to be done. That is by es- timating the time on the basis of the num- ber of men employed. This will naturally be « sort of movable feast, for the number of workingmen on the structure varies greatly. At times there have been as many as fifty men working at once, and again weeks have passed w.thout the appearance of any sign of life on the site, save the superintendent and the two small black tramp dogs that have taken up their quar- ters under the office. A fair day's showing at times is about six men and a water boy. Perhaps it would be well to be generous and calculate that there has been an aver- age of tweaty men working daily on the site s Albert Gleason first began his ‘Twenty men have taken $21 days to do ith of the work. Therefore, twenty lay would take five times S21 days, ¢ 5. ‘his is about the same period hed by the other calculation. It ‘am of hope, however, for today, ter learns, there are thirty-six rk. If this burst of energy should the building may be com- pt the interior finish, in 2,230 will*bring the end, adding a y or the finishing touches, about May 10, 1900. ‘This illustrates the value of labor. It may be that the average will be raised during the ceming season. This will materially aid the calculation, and will hasten the e: ed close of the long waiting. Official Estimates. The official estimates do not correspond with these views of the problems. Oilicial estimates seldom do agree with the re- sults. Whether these will be subject to the same rule or not remains to be seen. Superintendent Kinsey said to the reporter this morning that he believed the entire work of building the superstructure and roof would be concluded in eigh.een mnths. This will bring the anxious citizen up to the spring of 1896, or over four years from the date of the commence ment of the work. This leaves the interior finish quite out of consideration. For that Mr. Kinsey will give no estimate. He says, in addition, that the prospect is that the second an@ third stories will be finished by the Ist of January, 1805. Then there is spt to be a wait of a coupie of months on account of the frost. The building is just now in precisely this condition: The erection of the iron work of the second and third stories, which should have been completed on the 6th of September, has just begun. The contrac- tors, the Brown-Ketcham Company of Indianapolis, are now supposed to- be ui alty of $20 a day for non-cc The stone for the entire second men at on the er coming from the lard quarries in Maine. The first ad of stone for the third story has just been shipped. Work on the m: of the second story will probably some time this th. The tren Contract. The present iron- contract is for the sec- ond, third, fourth and fifth stories. The sixth, seventh and eighth stories will prob- ably be lumped with the two roofs—the great reof over ail the structure and the smaller girder roof at the top of the first story over the central room—and it is under- stood that plans for this conttact are now being drawn, so that the contract for this great amount of fron may be let consiJer- ably in advance of the work itself. But there are always delays occurring. The fa © of one contractor to deliver his goods will block the whole affair, and so probably the best way out is to go on a mathematical basis and estimate the future on the strength of the past. ——— ‘Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $202,360. Government receipts— From{nternal-revenue, $367,133; customs, $356,263; miscellaneous, $24,422. | to secure circulation, | during j United States reg True Bills Against Messrs. Havemeyer and Searles Presented Foday. They Do Not Differ Materially From ‘Those Found Against the Other Recalcitrant Witnesses. The long-expected indictments against President Henry O. Havemeyer and Secre- tary John E. Searles of the sugar trust and Broxer Allen Lewis Seymour were re- turned by the grand jury shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. There were also in- dictments returned against Brokers John W. Macartney and E. R. Chapman, but they are understood to take the place of those returned against Messrs. Macartney and. Chapman last summer, some clerical defects having been found in the first ones. The indictments returned today do not materially differ from those returned last June and July against Correspondents John S. Shriver and E. Joy Edwards, and Messrs. Macartney and Chapman, alleging, like the former ones, that the accused parties re- fused to answer certain interrogations pro- pounded to them by Senator Gray’s sugar trust investigating committee. District Attorney Birney stated that the parties indicted tcday would be notified in few days to came irto court and plead, a! though no further action beyond that would be taken in the matter until after the demurrer filed by Messrs. Macartney and Chapman had been finally disposed of. This demurrer claims that the indictments are fatally defective, because they allege no offense of which the courts have jurisdic- tion. Shoula the demurrer be sustained, it is understood tuat would be an end of all the cases. —_——_—— THE COURT OF APPEALS. It Met Today in the October Term— New The Court of Avpeals met tcday in what is now termed, under the new rules of the court, the October term, Mr. Chief Justice Alvey and Associate Justices Morris and Shepard being present. After the filing of several motions the court adjourned until tomorrow morning, when the calendar will be called for the hearirg of such cases as may be ready io be discussed. The chief justice explained to the mem- bers of the bar that the new rules of pra:- tice, made necessary by the recent act of Congress amending the act establishing the court, had been made and promulgated, and that they would take effect from today. The new rules, said the chief justice, pro- vided for three terms of the court during each year, the. terms beginning on the: first Monday in October, January and April, -re- spectively. The one great object of the new rules was to expedite the business of the court, and at the same time lessen as much as possible the expense of litigation. The court had, in preparing the new rules, stated the chief justice, reccived several cuggestions from the Bar Association,which had been adopted, and the court would be glad to receive suggestiors from the indi- vidual members of the bar respecting the rules. There would hereafter be, further ex- pained the chief justice, three different calendars of cases coming before the court. The first one, to be called the second day in every month, would be a special calendar. It would contain such cases as were espe- cially entitled to a speedy hearing, such as criminal cases, certiorari and mandamus cases, Probate Court cases, and appeals from interlocutory orders. The call of this special celendar would, said the chief justice, be continued until the cases on it had been heard, or until the call interfered with the call of cases on the patent appeal calendar, or with some specially asrigned case. The second calendar would be that containing cases coming up from the pateat office, aad such cases would ne called for argument on the second Monday of Novem- ver, January, March and May. The third calendar would contain cases coming up on appeals from final judgments rendered in the Supreme Court of the District. The chief justice explained, however, that for the present, at least, the old calendar of the court would continue, as it had not been practicable to prepare the three cal- endars above referred to in time to proceed with them just now. —_-—> Personal Mention. Ex-chief of the pre-emption division of the general land office, W. B, Mathews, has been appointed attorney for the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Assistant Secretary Curtis has left Wash- ington on a two weeks’ leave, which he will spend in New York and New England. Mr. E. C. Brandenburg is spending the week at Leesburg, Va., and will then go to Luray. Mr. Louis M. Lester, organist and choir- master at St. James’ P. E. Church, Capitol Hil), has peturned after a sojourn of four months in Europe. Mr. C. Victor Craigen has left the city for a short visit to his cousin, Mr. Tobias Castor, Lincoln, Neb. Mr. John S. Shriver, Washington corre- spondent of the New York Mail and Ex- press, wili take a month's vacation in Europe and will sail tomorrow from New York for Southampton. « Mr. O. L. Pruden, assistant seeretary to the President, has just returned from his vacation, a portion of which was spent at Niagara Falls. ne A able Corean War Map. The bureau of military intelligence of the War Department has prepared a large map of exceptionally fine draughtsmanship, showing the China-Japan scene of hostili- ties. It shows Ping Yang and the various points of recent engagements, and is made with special regard to use as a military reference. The original draft of the map !s the only one available as yet, and this is held at the intelligence bureau. It is ex- pected, however, that copies will. be made at an early date, although the printing of a map of this size and minute deta will involve considerable expense. oe Bank Note and Bond Statement. A statement prepared by the controller of the currency shows as follows: Total amount of national bank notes outstanding Septem- ber 20, 1894, $207,471,501; decrease for the month, $27,477. Circulation outstanding inst bonds, September 30, 1894, $180, decrease for the month, $1,035,915 Total amount of lawful money on deposit 220,436; increase August, $6,493,248. istered bonds on deposit 1894, to secure circulation, 0 secure public deposits, $14,- the month of Elliett to Be De Some weeks ago the Theatrical Union of New York city complained to the Sectetary of the Treasury that Henry W. Ellictt, a theatrical property man, had arrived’ in this country unde- contract with Augustin Daly, the theatrical manager, in violation of the alien contract labor law. An iny tigation was had, and on September 18 last, Eliott was ordered arrested ‘and deported. A further hearing was granted and today the Secretary affirmed his former action and directed that his order of deportation be carried out. es Naval Movements. The U. 8S. S. Montgomery sailed from Norfolk Saturday for Baltimore, and the Jamestown from Funchal to Yorktown, Va. ‘The Monterey has arrived at New Whatcom, the Chicago at Southampton. The Dolphin jis at New London, How the New York Nomination Was Brought About. THE MARYLAND SENATOR'S ADVICE The Situation Demanded Great Risks to Be Taken. MR. HILL WAS DRAFTED Was Senator Hill trapped at Saratoga, and did Serator Gorman participate un- observed in the proceeding? The senior Serator from Maryland is accredited with @ fine Italian hand in politics, and motives and maneuvers far pitched enough when ascribed to other men take on when ascribed to him a definite interest and a certain persuasive probability. It is this fact which gives to the latest story from New York a distinct value in the minds of certain democratic leaders here. Mr. Gorman was resting at Saratoga, as has been his custom during the season for some years. He was, of course, the object of much attention from all of the local democratic lights, who, like himself, were building up wasted energies with hotel veranda chats and Congress water. A number of them from different parts of the state engaged the Marvlander in con- versation off and on. They all respect his shrewdness and sagacity. Some of the Cleveland men even are willing to take pointers from Mr. Gorman about matters of tactics and organization. They Sought Gor a Advice. The one topic was the coming campaign. Afl agreed that the situation was grave as could be, and must be met with a cool head and a clear eye. The New Yorkers, for once, were a little distrustful of their own opinions. They realized that their vision might be at fault through over-anxiety. ‘They, therefore, one and all, though with- out any concert of action, sought the advice of the far-seeing visitor so conveniently at band. Mr. Gorman listened in every case with earnest attention. He solicited the fullest information. He agreed to the proposi- tion that the emergency was of the very gravest and that it called for the best leadership obtainable. “Let's run over the list of your possibili- ties,” he is reported to have said to each and every one of his interrogators. Only two names seemed to interest him. He declared that either Mr. Whitney or Sena- tor Hill would be an inspiring candidate, and that one or the other. ought to ve — to take the gubernatorial nomina- tion. “But neither will run, and Whitney is out of the country,” was objected. Hill to Be Drafted. “Senator Hill is at home,” Mr. Gorman suggested. Then foliowed a thorough discussion of the senior New York Senator’s relation to the existing situation, and what it de- manded of him. The New Yorkers, without exception, were confident that Mr. Hill could not be induced to lead the fight. He kad repeatedly declared ag much, they said, and they could think of no way to make him change his mind. “Draft him,” is said to have been Mr. Gorman laconic reply. He then proceeded to show how it could be done. “He's a delegate to the convention, isn’t he?’ Mr. a an asked. es,” was the reply. “Then put him in the chair and keep him there, and when the time comes let the convention rise up as one man and nominate him. The responsibility will then be put upon him, and I’ve no doubt he'll meet it and make the race.” The suggestion illuminated the whole problem. The New Yorkers were delighted, and discussion of details was at once begun. The idea at first was to have Bourke Cockran make the stampeding speech. But Mr. Gorman overruled this with the sug- gestion that Mr. Hill might grow distrust- ful at the sight of a nomination-bearing cuckoo. An argument as to details was at last reached, however, and the rest is his- tory. The Risk Had to Be Run. It is denied that Mr. Gorman operated with any design to destroy Mr. Hill out- right by forcing him to the front at this time. In support of this it is pointed out that Mr. Murphy is said to have been one of those who conferred with Mr. Gorman on the subject, and the assertion follows that the whole thing was arranged in good party faith and with the party's good solely in view. Of cours: both Mr. Murphy and Mr. Gorman could see that a great risk was being saddled on Mr. Hill, and that should he lose at the polls he would suffer the loss also of some prestige. But they rea- soned it out like old campaigners. Great risks have to be taken in politics or there would be no large winnings. “This is Hill's time,” they said; “and although he may not think so he must carry the banner.” Mr. Murphy is said to have agreed fully with Mr. Gorman on every point of Importance in the matter, and to have been the ex- ecutant of the program thus so shrewdly made-up. The two men stand very olose together—a little closer in some things than Mr. Murphy and Mr. Hill do—and the combination was not difficult of adjust- ment. o+__—_ THEY WILL BE MISSED. Members of Congress Who Have Not Been Renominated. No matter what the complexion of the next House will be, many familiar faces will be missed. All nominations for Con- gress have not yet been made, and several of those that are hung up are in deadlock, so that others may be added to the list of those who will be missed. Up to this time the following members of the present House have either been defeated for renomination or have declined (most of them defeated): Breckinridge of Arkansas, who has be- come minister to Russia; Oates of Alabama, who has been elected governor of that state; Robins and Turpin of Alabama; Cannon of California; Causey of Delaware; Mallory of Florida; Cabanis of Georgia; Sweet of Idaho, who is seeking the senator- ship in that state; Durborow, Henderson, Black, Hunter, Childs, Wheeler, McDonald, Funk and Forman of Illinois; Brown, Waugh, Hammond and Conn of Indiana; Gear of lowa, who has been elected to the Senate, and Funston of. the same state, who was defeated in convention; Stone, Ellis, Goodnight, Caruth, Breckinridge and Paynter of Kentucky; McKaig of Mary- land; Stevens, Everett, O'Neill and Mc- Ettrick of Massachusetts; Gorman, Whit- ing, Moon and Weadock of Michigan; Stock- dale and Hooker of Mississippi; Burns and Fian of Missouri; Bryan of Nebraska, who is seeking an election to the Senate; Blair of New Hampshire; Weaver of New York; Grady, Bunn and Alexander of North Caro- lina; Storer, Donovan, Bundy, Hare, Pear- son and White of Ohio; McAleer, Mutche. ler, Wolverton, Beltzhoover, Hainer and Cribbs of Pennsylvania;;Izlar and Sheil of South Carolina; Lucas of South Dakota; A. A. Taylor of Tennessee; Kilgore, the kicker, Gresham, Paschal and Cockrell of Texas; Wise, Epes, Edmunds and Marshall of Virginia; Pendleton of West Virginia; Brickner and Haugan of -Wiscofhsin, and Smith of Arizona, whg will probably go into the Senate as soon as that territory be- comes a state. Criticism of the New System of Treasury Accounting, Effect of the Abolition of the Con- troller’s Office—Possibilities of Col- lusion in Passing Accounts. Every disbursing officer under the govern- ment views the new system of accounting that went into effect today in the United States Treasury Department with appre- hension and alarm. This ts a broad state- ment, but it may be easily verified by any one who cares to interview the officials mentioned. Being employes of the govern- ment which has adopted the reform, they are naturally averse to giving their opin- ions publicity, but they do not hesitate to express themselves to their intimates and to others who will respect their confidence. It Js pointed out that the plan proposed by the commission of experts selected under the provisions of the resolution creating the Dockery commission, and which was adopt- ed, has taken away almost every safeguard which the government formerly enjoyed in its dealings with its servants who had charge of the disbursement of its funds, and has made it possible for grave frauds to be committed in an easy manner without fear of discovery and assured freedom from detection on the part of the parties to the crime. Under the old system, which was the re- sult of years of constant study and prac- tice on the part of the jilustrious line of financiers beginning with Alexander Ham- iiten who presided over the Treasury De- partment, it was impossible tor dishonest disbursing officers to defraud the govern- nent without certain detection. It was also out of the question for error to creep in with the result of causing loss in the public funds. The System of Safeguards. ‘This may be illustrated in a-simple man- ner. When a disbursing officer's accounts were sent to the treasury they were given to the auditor having charge of the ac- counts of the particular department they came from. Here they were examined and audited, after which they were transferred to the office of the first or second controller. In either one of these bureaus to which they happened to go they were subjected to still further espionage. Each item was examin- ed to see whether its amougt in ac- cordance with the charges usyally made for articles or service of the chamacter enumer- ated and was also looked inte to ascertain whether the law admitted payment for the item. Every year the treasury was saved large amounts of money by weasom of this rigid examination of accounts by the controllers’ offices, which did not i te any attempted fraud on the part of the bffigials who had made or disbursed the payments disallowed, but merely carelessness. A special agent of the treasury, for instam would send in an expense account contaifiing items in ex- cess of the amounts allow¢d by law or cus- tom. If they got thro ‘the auditor's of- fice they were sure to caught up by the controller's: force. a Under the Tweed Regime. This. however, was cole @ small item. The revision of acéountsby the controller prevented collusion #etwéen disbursing of- fices and employes in the auditor's office, such &# that which has occurred, in many instances, where an duditor bad the final authority over accounts. An illustrious ex- ample of this was shown in the financial management of New York under the Tweed regime, when millions 'wefe stolen under a system of accounts almost identical with that which went into effect in the Treasury Department today—thé man who disbursed the money certified that he has spent a certain amount for a certain purpose; the account was passed and the city paid the money. Under the reorganization of the treasury it will be easy for dishonest men to ac- ccrplish similar results, For instance, when a disbursing officer sends his accounts to the treasury they are taken in charge by the auditor having = of that par- ticular department. They are sent to one of the clerks unopened, He examines the documerts and returns them to the auditor with his mark of ap- proval. That ofticial glances at the clerk's finding and indorses. them accordingly. ‘Their payment is ordéred accordingly, and they are tiled away out of sight without further delay. Suppose a clerk is a friend or intimate of the sisbursing officer and re- marks to the latter one day that he has the examination of his accounts in charge. Suppose that an agreement is entered into between the two that in the next batch of accounts scnt in by the disbursing officer there will be some false vouchers, which the clerk wiil pass, and the proceeds of which will be divided among the con- spirators. > Possible Collusion. In such a case it would be impossible for discovery to be made, as the clerk in the auditor's office would be the final judge, the auditor's connection with the accounts being merely superficial, as no one of them ever looks into the body of an account un- less a question regarding its allowance is raised. A study of the criminal operations in state and city finances of the past quarter century will discover that such a system of collusion as that described above has been followed in the majority of instances. Under the former system such collusion was not possible, because the controller's forces acted as a barrier against fraud in the auditor's office. it might be said in contradiction of these statements that it would be impossible for a disbursing officer to send false vouchers to the treasury along with his proper ac- counts, because a disbursing officer's ac- counts are :irst looked over in the depar ment cver whose funds he exercises con- trol. It is true such an examination 1s made, but it is also true that the accounts are returned to the disbursing officer after such examination, and by him are trans- mitted to the treasury, so it would be as easy as lying for the false vouchers to be inserted at that time. ‘There are numerous other ways in which the new system can be mar aged so as to admit of fraud being perpetrated on the treasury, and it is re- peated with full knowledge ef the import- ance of the statement that the disbursing officers of the governn-ent in this city are a unit in declaring that the adoption of the new system removes the safeguards from the treesury. Makes Less Trouble. It will simplify their work, however, by removing a source of much detail and yex- ation. Heretofore they have continually been the recipient of communications from the ccntrollers asking for information about items which they had allowed and which the auditor had also passed, but-which the cortrgller found w re} mot im accordance with law or custom. They were mostly items that were con- sidered trivial in character, but which came under the ban of the controller. For in- stance, a special agent in his expense ac- count charged 50 cents for porterage, This was allowed by the auditor, but when the accounts reached the controller it was discovered that the customary charge for porterage in the section where the ex- pense was centraéted was only 25 cents. immediately /:the »@isbursi officer would get a letter of inquiry regarding the charge which would..necegsitate investigation, and the expenditUye of much time and trouble en his part’ in thaking himself able to frame the pfoper-unswer. Under the new system, however, disburs- ing officers will be relieved of this onerous duty. as the auditor, who settles his ac- | counts, is supreme, as under the new law the first controller only takes action on accounts when the auditor's finding is ap- pealed from, and it is probable that no au- dttor will ever appeal from his own de- cision while beneficiaries of errors, inten- tional or otherwise, will hardly be expected to. Japanese Cruisers Hovering About Che Foo. REPORIED LANDING AT SHAN TONG A Town in Manchuria Occupied Without Opposition. MARCHING ON MOUKDEN LONDON, October 1.—A dispatch from Che Foo to the Pall Mall Gazette this after- noon says that Japanese cruisers are sight- ed daily off that port. It is added that the nature of their operations is unknown. But, coupled with the fact that it has al- ready been reported that the Japanese have effected a landing to the northward of Chee Foo (Shan Tung promontory), these move- ments are regarded as significant and as tending to confirm the story of the Japanese landing. . The British squadron in northern Chinese waters is cruising in the Gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. An insurrection is said to have broken out in the province of Shan Tung. The results of the uprising, or its nature, are not known. Suspected of Treaso: SHANGHAI, October 1.—It is reported that the Taotai Shung (chief magistrate of the district) has left Tien-Tsin. As it has been reported that Shung was implicated, with others, in furnishing information to Japan of the movements of the Chinese forces on land and sea, it is now believed that the fugitive taotai will be unable to render additional assistance to the enemy. Taotai Shung is believed to have been the Map of Corea and Manchuria. person who has kept the Japanese so well informed of the movements of Chinese shij in the past, and it is said that it was who notified the agents of the Japanese of the Kow Shing expedition, which resulted in the sinking of that transport and the drowning of over 1,000 Chinese soldiers. Official advices received here from Tokio say that the Japanese government has de- clared lead to be contraband cf war. The docks at Nagasaki, Japan, are full of cruisers, warships and other vessels un- dergoing repairs. The Advance on Moukden. The Japanese troops, it is stated in Jap- anese advices received here, are rapidly approaching Moukden, the capital of the Chinese province of Manchuria. The Jap- anese army, which has been marching upon Moukden ever since the battle of Ping- Yang (where the Chinese were completely defeated, losing over 16,000 men, #he major- ity of whom were taken prisoners), recently occupied Heichou on the frontier of Man- churia without ‘opposition. Later advices from Tien-Tsin say that nothing is actually known of the destina- tion of the Taotai of Tien-Tsin, but it is believed that his Japanese friends have succeeded in smuggling him to some place of safety, from which he will shortly es- cape to Japanese territory. It is said that the taotai is not the only Chinese official implicated in furnishing important war aews to Japan. Foreigners at Pekin Assaulted. Dispatches recelved here from Tien-Tsin Say that private advices have reached the latter city from Pekin warning all foreign- ers from proceeding to the capital. The road and waterway from Tun-Chow to Pekin are alive with soldiers, who are hos- tile to all Europeans. Several British resi- dents of Pekin have been assaulted, includ- ing Mr. Tours, interpreter of the British legation, Dr. Dudgeon and others who were jcurneying south. It is rumored that the British steamer Irene, which arrived at Tien-T'sin on Sep- tember 25 from Shanghai, having on board @ number of Maxim rapid-fire guns and a quantity of ammunition for the Chinese, has infringed the neutrality laws. The repre- sentatives of the British government are understood to be taking action in the mat- ter. ——__. NARROW ESCAPE FOR FIREMEN. Factory Walls Fall Un xpectedly— Hotel Burned. NEW YORK, October 1.—The factory of Jonas & Neuenberg, cutters of hatters’ fur, in the sixth-story double brick building. Nos. 510 and 512 West 34th street, was de- stroyed by fire early today. It was the largest factory of its kind in America. The loss will be about $74,000. The flames broke out suddenly and were beyond control be- fore the first alarm was turned in, Twenty minutes after the fire broke out a rumber of firemen had a narrow escape from death by the building practically breaking in two, the walls falling in front and on the sides. Fortunately, no one was injured. The cause ot the fire is not known. SARANAC LAKE, N, Y., October 1.—The Mirror Lake House, on Lake Placide, was burned to the ground during the night. The loss will be about $150,000, the insurance being one-half. see Se McKINLE Gov. vs TOUR. He Holds a Reception in the Planters’ Hotel at St. Louis. ST. LOUIS, Mo., October 1.—After an all night’s ride en route from Chicago, Gov. McKinley arrived here at about 8 o'clock today, accompanied by Mr. Jos. Smith, state librarian of Ohio, who officiates as general manager of all the devails of the governor's trip. Chauncey I. Filley, chair- man of the republican state commiitee, ex- Coagressman Niedringhaus and several gentlemen acting as a committee of recep- tion met Gov. McKinley at the union si! tion and escorted him to the Planters’ Ho- tel. There he met a number of prominent party men, and at 11 o'clock a public re- ception was held in the parlors of the ho- we 12:30 he visited the Merchants’ Ex- change, where he made a short address, and this afterroon visited the exposition and was afterward taken through the city to the fair grounds. Tonight he will open the republican campaign of Missouri with a speech at Suburban Hall. A special train will take Gov. McKinley to Kansas City tonight. GERMAN OFFICERS ARRESTED Sensation Caused by Summary Action at Magdeburg. Various Reasons Given for the Taking Into Custody of 180 Non-Com- missioned Officers. BERLIN, October 1—The arrest of a large number of non-commissioned officers en Saturday evening at the Moabit Bar- racks, by a detachment of the fourth regi- ment of foot guards, is attracting much at- tention. In all about 180 non-commissioned officers and others, belonging to the chief gunnery schcol, were placed under arrest, and were esccrted, with fixed bayonets, to the Potsdam railroad station, and from there they were taken to the Magdeburg fortress. The affair, however, was more in the nature of a students’ cutbreak than of a revolt against a superior officer. Only the elder men and some eighty non-commis- sioned officers are concerned in the present proceedings, and it is probable that the inquiry of the military authorities into the affair will prove that a large number of in- nocent men were arrested. But it would have been difficult to discover the ring- leaders of the disturbance by any other course than that which was adopted. Various reasons are assigned for the ar- rest of the officers. One report is that they were concerned in the manufacturing of explosives secretly and were connected with anarchists. Another report is that the failure to identify one officer accused of disseminating anarchistic pamphlets advocating regicide during ‘he emperor's vitit to Magdeburg caused the authorities to order all the offi- cers—among whom was the suspect—to be arraigned before a military tribunal. Con- sequently the non-commissioned officers be- = to the chief gunnery school were ar- rested. . A Berlin dispatch says the arrests prob- ably had nothing to do with socialism. The commander of the gunnery school is dis- liked on account of his severity, Having lately noticed a growing spirit of insubordi- nation he called the non-commissioned offi- cers together on Friday night and severely reprimanded them. The men subsequently became noisy. The commander visited their rooms and ordered them to be quiet. The men became insolent, then threatening, and the commander drew his sword in self-defense. This had the effect of restoring order. The commander immediately telegraphed to the emperor, who ordered the arrest of the mutineers. Another version of the affair says that the commander, Baron Stetrin, was passing through the court yard during a drinking bout and that the men upon seeing him shouted insulting words. —_— A FALLEN FAVORITE. Sentence of a Prussian Minister to Prison for Ducling. BERLIN, October 1.—Herr Von Kiderien- Wechter, Prussian minister to Hamburg, formerly chief of press department of the foreign office, and Herr Potsdorf, editor of the Kladder Adatsch, have been condemned to four months’ imprisonment in a fortress for fighting a duel. . The Kladder Adatsch alleged, but never proved conclusively, that Herr Von Kider- Jen and Herr Von Hoistein fostered the ill-feeling between the Emperor and Prince Bismarck. Since the fall from power of Gen. Count Von Waldersee there has been no such col- lapse as the tumble of Von Kiderlen from the emperor's favor to the position in which he found himself after the duel— frowned upon by his imperial master and former friend, who, soon after the news of the encounter became public, allowed it to me known that the fallen favorite would have to suffer the full penalty for breaking the laws. This was admitted to be a fact in April last, but the sentences were only announced today. —_—-_—_— RELEASED ON BAIL, coteague “Sanctified Band” Accused of Pre: ing rality. BALTIMORE, Md., October 1.—A special to the American from Onencock, Va., say The four members of the sanctified band from Chincoteague Island who have been in Accomac county jail for the last two weeks on the charge of preaching immorai doctrines have been released on bail. On coming out of jail, they repaired to the court yard, and proceeded to hold one of their prayer and song services in the pres- ence of a crowd of curious people. Sadie Collins is young and prepossessing looking, and a woman of considerable intelligence and shrewdness. Following the doctrines of this strange sect, she has practically abandoned her. husband, and claims to be living a spiritual life with Joe Lynch, the founder and leader of the sect. —_——__ WAS A HERO ONCE. But Jacksa Maryland House of Correction, ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 1.—The death of John Jackson at the house of correction is reported. Jackson was famous for hav- ing performed one of the most heroic actions of the civil war. The progress of the Union fleet up the Savannah river was impeded by @ torpedo placed in a very narrow channel, and communicating with the shore by @ wire Jackson swam to the torpedo and took off the cap, rehdering it harmless, He was given a medal for this gallant conduct and was always treated with much con- sideration by the government authorities. Drink was his ruin, and, after spending much of his time in jail, he finally drifted into the house of correction. The Kaiser Promises to Visit the 1900 Exposition, PARIS, Ottober 1—-The Gaulois today says that Emperor William recently re- ceived a Frenchman, who was passing through Berlin, and said to the latter: “I shall meet you again at the Paris ex- hibition of 1900.” The Frenchman expressed surprise, and *he emperor thereupon said: “I know the French character, Once I say I shall go to their exhibition, I know what I have to do in order to carry out my intention.” ° —_——-___ TANK STEAMER SUNK. Collision of Allegheny With the Carrease. PHILADELPHIA, October 1.—The tank steamer Allegheny was in collision with the steamer Carrease of Ship John Light early today and the former sunk and now les in the Delaware bay in a dangerous position to shipping. The wrecked steamer was laden with 1,200,000 gallons of oll and was bound for Skaalevig. It is said the crew were all taken off. <a The Latest Rhode Island Tragedy. PROVIDENCE, R. L, October 1—The identity of the woman whose body was found in the bushes near Scituate Friday evening has been established. The murder- ed woman was Emily Chambers, a domes- | known in bookm tic, aged forty-two years. How she came to her death has not yet been ascertained. —_ Editor Medill's Wife Dena. CHICAGO, October 1.—Mrs. Medill, the wife’ of Jos. Medill, editor of the Chicago a died at Elmhurst, IL, this morn- RUNNING FULL TIME Everybody Hard at Work at Repub- lican Headquarters. CAMPAIGN LITERATURE BEING SENT OT DENIED BY DEMOCRATS a ‘With the election only five and a hot campaign tn full swing every district in the United republican congressional committee ning full time these days. ters of the committee at avenue northeast is a veritable bee industry. A large force of clerks, fact all that the committee intends to em- Ploy, is engaged in sending out the litera- ture prepared for use in the campaign. It hive of and in ters at the rate of 200 a day are pouring into headquarters, demanding shipments of campaign documents, and it would seem from the demand thst every man, woman and child in the count-y had suddenly been seized with a desire to read. Systematic Distribution. ‘The committee is waiting very anxiously for the arrival of the English mail, which will bring a copy of the London Times con- taining a full report of the speech made by Congressman Wilson at the dinner given him in London. From the summary of Mr. Wilson's remarks cabled to this country there is belied Ghat cho apesch wit be goed campal materia! for republicans = campaign, and especially in Mr. Wilson's “That speech was virtually @ or pec neay nig Mckee to a Star” pol today, ‘‘because it represented a man gloating with bis enemies over the discom- fiture of his own people. He 3 letter of President Cleveland to Chairman Wilson and the letter to Congressman Catchings. It is well known that these two letters contained Vigorous criticisms of the par ping bill. Portions of the Presi- lent’s letter of acceptance referring to the tariff, which appeared in the first edition of the hand book, have also been taken out of the new edition. No attempt is made to conceal the expurgation, for the numbering position on the tariff. The republicans say they would feel very much mortified if they had to deny their President and his posi- tion on the republican policy. The act of the democratic committee in expurgating this matter is also regarded as in tie na- ture of an insult to the President and a very cold deal for the administration dem- ocrats. Using the President's Letters. The republican committee continues to stand by President Cleveland's letters to Wilson and Catchings, and will give them Publicity if the democrats wiil not. They have been published as campaign docu- ments and are being distributed in vast numbers. One republican campaigner in Ohio ordered 150,000 copies of the letters last week, considering them the most ef- fective kind of campaign literature ke could use in his district. The letter has been very adroitly printed, and the prominent features and strong expressions of the Pres- ident underlined and printed in heavy type. Cheering News From Louisiana, The news which the committee is recelv- ing from Louisiana continues to be of the most cheering character for the republi- cans, and indicates that a vigorous ca: paign will be waged on the strength of the sugar planters’ disaffection. A strong or- ganization is being perfected by the repub- licans, and confidence and enthusiasm are said to be increasing. The local organiza- tion in the state is conducting the cam- paign upon its own account and without visible interference from the outside, but the congressional committee is kept’ con- Stantly advised of the situation. Denied at Democratic Headquarters. It is positively denied at the democratic headquarters that the Cleveland letters have been revised out of the democratic campaign book The new print of the book, which was ordered by the committee from the same plates from which the other edi- tions were printed, without alteration, is expected to come in this evening. “If,” said Secretary Gardner, “the Cleveland let- ters or anything else is left out of the book it is due to the mistake of some printer. I have not yet seen the last edi- tion of the book, but do know that no authority bas been given for this matter to be left out.” Mr. Gardner subsequently found a copy from which the letters were omitted and ascertained the cause. He discovered that the sixteen pages comprising what te ing art as a “signature,” and which in the original issue hal been devoted to Mr. Cleveland's letter, had been accidentally omitted from the copy and their place taken with one of the signa- tures preceding it. Pages 193 to 208, in- clusive, were duplicated in the book, while paxes 209 to 224, inclusive, upon which the Cleveland letters were printed, had been left out. A visit to the printing office elicited the fact that the provoking omission had only eceurred in forty copies of the first edi- tion of the campaign book. The second edition will not be issued until next Wed- nesday and it will contain these letters. Protection of Italian Emigrants. ROME, October 1.—Minister Blanc, min- ister of foreign affairs, is conferring with Herman Stump, the United States superin- tendent of immigration, and the American consul at Naples with reference to the adoption of regulations for the protection of emigrants,