Evening Star Newspaper, October 15, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STARK PUBL'SHED DAILY EXCEPT punnar. AT THE STAR BUIL S, , 1101 Penasylvania Averee, Cor, 11th Street, The Evening Star Ne 5.H. KAUFFMANN, I Fer York Ofce, 49 Potter Building. poothmcnns Bs bu e Evening Star te served to bacribers fm the * week, or 44. per m jes at the counter conte cach. By mail—anywhere in the United jt Canada—pestage prepaid—50 cents per $1.00 per year; sv at Washington, D. C., , par Company, , Pres't. must be patd to advance, subecripth knowa on application. ertising mad THE HARRISON TALK| Friends of the Eu-Fresident Pleased With Recent Events. —_ STRENGTH IN HIS OWN STATE Republicans There Said to Be United Under His Leadership > — FORWARD TO 1896 ilar sis LOOKING Gen. Harrison's receptions on the stump in Indiana give his admirers and supporters here a good deal of comfort and encourage- ment, and justify, they contend, their claim and expectation that his name will be the central and commanding factor in the next repu nm national convention. They point to the fact that crowds greeted him at every stan ered his utterances lustily, and were never so demonstrative as when scme enthusiastic admirer coupled the fa- ding shout with the idential contest. itinerary of his first stumping venture ved to have been planned with two The first object was to vorite’s name in a res NEXT pre Th bat where ihe 1 to be doubiful, the second object was to test, the Present spirit of those sections of the state toward the distinguished speaker, where,be- fore his term as President, he was by no means personaily a favorite. When Mr. Gresham Was a Rival. In the iong contest for republican leader- ship in Indiana between Gen. Harrison and Judge Gresham, a great deal of strong feel- ing J, those localities training under the Harrison banne: rejecting Judge Gresham with some emphasis, and those leealities adhering to Gresham as stoutly Pejecting Gee. starr Was arou: strongholds were im size in the New Albany and Jettersonville, imanutfacturing towns, the one er at the head of the wsite Louisville. Judge trict judge fo> Indiana, hel ¢ ar at Evansvilie, and his fine soci ne local to his side. Being a na- Albany and Jeifersonvilte had the support of ail his old republican iriends and neighbors in aght ip sed off the scene. " Gresham was, how- ever, in th affections of bis old frien he did not iead any them into the demvcratic party when reuounced his oid allegiance and took under Mr. ¢ m ecr tinued to vote They and. remained, okt faith, blican ticke! t to & man, tirm in the But had these men softened in their feel- ings toward Gen. Harrison? Had they ac- i, or wou:d th service under anner atter having *n in so many factional cx ts opposed to him? ‘Ine only way to find this out, and make sure for the was to send Gen. Harri nm vids and uote the resulis, cided up Folks Pleased. the Harrison pe est confidence, far exc At Evansvil! night, rkab nt i rem ard erthusiasm ever witne: . and at New Albany and Jeffersonvil the within forty miles of the old homestead, immense crowds gree Harrison train and cheered the ex-F to the ech ‘The Harrisot opinion t of that served to suppiy the frien other st tent rants from rer ans ‘airbanks, friends ef ex. Porter, and the friends of all the other local leaders ure united in a the ex-President agai tional cam- ‘o work to that wers of Judge nted as being they are Harrison h than nal Harrison men. Their en- pport partake manne ar ot for a sp have no har old leade w the repre of the An ons Own Sentiments. own ff with ntly rred ic likely, by St interest in current son's ings re authority talks al i to his friends of both p tles. He knows what is being said ; him as 4 i - and must know how : of ving nomination hence But it is true, by the of several eminent men," that Harrison never draws such conyer- Ss arourd to his own fortunes, nor beyond polite attention when the con- turned that ‘way without The best belief ts that he ts carr; the embarrassing premises, as he usually does in all premises, with dignity and perfect good taste. GEORGIA PROSE: Representative Livingstone Wants the President to Make a Speech, Representative Livingstone arrited in Washington from-Georgia today. Speaking to a Stor reporter of politics, he said that the strength shown by the populists at the recent ¢lection tn Georgia would, at least, have this good effect, that It would set the democrats to work in eamest in the con- gressional canvass. The populists, he said, had the negro vote thoroughly organized. In two or three of the Georgia districts, he sald, there would be a hard fight, but the general impression among democrats was that at the congressional election the demo- rats would sweep everything, and show up their normal majority in the state. He said that if Cleveland would come out with a letter or make a speech, rallying the party. it would cure the lack of harmony tn the party, which is giving trouble in many places. ———_- e+ Mr. Morto: Coachman. Treasury officials assert that the habeas corpus proceedings now pending in the case of Howard, Mr. Morton's under coachman, will avail him nothing. They hold that there is no appeal from the Secretary's order for deportation and say that Howard Eng! fact that Howard {s to go on Weda. is regretted by as {t will prevent the authorities Howard as a Morton in the suit Vor 85, No. 21,016. WASHINGTON, D.O, MONDAY, OOTOBER 16, Che Fvening Star. 1894—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. THAT STAMP ROBBERY ‘The ase Taken From the District Police Officials. A Possibility of Some Interesting De- velopments—Detective Wee- don’s Statements. Detective Weedon has been called off the investigation involving the lors of the post- age stamps sustained by the government. This action was the result of a request made by Chief Clerk Thomas J. Sullivan of the bureau of engraving and printing, who visited the district attorney's office, as well as police headquarters, In company with Chief Hazen of the secret service. The re- quest was made by Chief Clerk Sullivan that the case be turned over to the secret service officers, and Inspector Hollinberger, of course, complied. Ms Detective Weedon was the first officer to aiscover that the stamps were being sold about the city at reduced figures, and it was the result of his good work that the parties alleged to be implicated in the rob- bery were detected. Now that he had fin- ished most of the work he has got to give up the investigation. Detective Weedon had expected to impli- cate other government employes in the al- leged theft and conspiracy, but the turning over of the case to the secret service may defeat this end of the case. William B. Smith and George Longstreet, who are under arrest, were taken into the Poiice Court today and charged with the theft of the stamps. Mr. Mullowney stated that he would not be ready for trial until Friday, and the case went over until that time. Bond was fixed at $2,000. The officials of the bureau of engraving and printing express the opinion that the losses of postage stamps by the thefts of Smith and his confederates will not exceed $1,200 or $1,300. Up to this time four post- | masters in different parts of the country, in addition to the one at Ionia, Mich., have le complaints of shortage in the in- voices of stamps shipped them, but in each case the loss was very small. It is expect- ed that by the middle of this week they will have received’ reports from all post~- masters whose shipments of stamps could have been tampered with. William A. Beach, whe was arrested at Orange, N. J., and released, is now being looked after by the postal inspectors at New York, and with his capture it is believed that all of those who were implicated will have been apprehended. A Possible Clash. The action of Chief Clerk Sullivan of the bureau of engraving and printing In having the case taken from the hands of the po- lice and turned over to the secret service is likely to cause a clash between the bu- reau officials and tke police when the case comes to trial, and it may end in an in- vestigation of the methods employed in the work In the bureau. Detective Weedon is fully convinced that the work has been carried on very loosely in the bureau and that there is inefficiency somewhere which ought to be remedi According to Chief Clerk Sullivan, he says 52,00) stamps have been taken, but he (Weedon) says he has witnesses to prove that more than 100,000 have been offered for sale. Then, too, he says that some of these stamps were sold on the streets before tney were supposed to have been issued from tue bureau, and this fact was known to some of the employes. When the cases come ‘o trial he says b> will irsist on Dr. Davis, the stamp examiner, being calied to tell some- thing of the workings of the bureau, so far as the stamps are concerned, although, he says Chief Clerk Sullivan has said that’ Dr. Davi not to be called in the case. though he has been called out of the case, Detective Weedon says he intends to see that the proper witnesses are in court, no matter whom their mony hurts. whether against the efiiciency of the bureau force or not. ——> MR. CONANT’S NOMINATION. A Young Newspaper Man Who win Ran fer Congress. Mr. Charles A. Conant, who was nom- ir ated for Congress by the democrats of the eighth district of Massachusetts, ts still in Washington, performing his duties as cor- respondent of the New York Journal of Commerce and Springtield Republican. He sald to the representative of The Evening Star this morning: “I shall leave for Massachusetts in a day or two and take as active a part as possible in the campaign. The nomination was en- urely unsought by me and was a goud deal ol @ surprise. I received a letter last week from the Chairman of the town cormmittee ot Winchester, woere-1 live, asamg if 1 Would allow the use of my name. 1 replied, aicer Sule hesitation, in the auiwmativ >» bat 4d aid Hot supp t matter would go be- yond & Coupimentary vote from my own vegan anu luat of one or two adjoining ‘tue cigata district Is probably the imvet cultured and weaitny district in the eS, and tor cis reason 1 regard ar hOMOT to be Selected tne standard bearer of the National demucratic party, even tuough tue district is rep ihe cL CONAINS Lue Lest re: Boston, Bew d the city of University Loston wards dences of the jeading rail- bank presidents men of Mas: lawyers ard liter chusetts, and a ry © proportion of them have acted t years with the demucratic party. strict is the home of ex-Governors Brackett Ames, of Mayor Mat- thews and several e yors of Boston, and is, “en, the home of such men as ussell Lowell, Henry W. Long- Charles Etiot Norton, Francis Park- <n, Oliver Wendeli Holmes,Thomas Bailey Aldrich and Gen. Francis A. Walker. “The democratic party in Massachusetts has taken very high ground this year in its e platform, and nearly all its declara- s meet my cordial approval. ‘The party is in line with President Cleveland upon the issue of free raw materials, an elastic cur- rency, based upon the gold standard, and a Progressive reform of the civil service. I shall endeavor to present these issues as clearly as possible to the voters of the eighth district and shall make the contest upon them. “T think the feeling among Massachusetts democrats is more strongly than ever be- fore {n favor of a clean cut fight for the principles of the party, without regard to catering for the votes cf cliques or fac- ons. I have never been known as an active partisan in small matters, and have always reserved the right, which ts so much mcre freely granted in the demo- cratic party than among its opponents, to speak and act my convictions. “Representative McCall. who Is my re- publican opponent, fs a resident of the same town, and I think there will be no person- al issue raised in the campaign. He car- ried the district by a little less than one thousand majority in 1892, against Repre- sentative Andrew.” oe Justice Jackson's Heal Justice Jackson of the Supreme Court has rot sufficiently recovered his health to risk staying here throughout the winter, and he is now making arrangements to go away for a time as soon as the severe weather sets in. He traveled extensively for his health during the summer, but his physician has advised him to void the rigors of a winter here. He has not defi- nitely determined upon his course or the time of his departure. ——-e-—______ This morning about 12:40 o'clock No. 8 alarm engine company to a local and extinguished in the house of Mrs. Van Vieck, No. avenue where the lace curtains fire from a Jet. A MAD MOTHER'S ACT Shut Herself and Children in a Barn and Fired It, —_.—___. SHE HAD TONG BEEN DESPONDENT ns No Other Reason Given for the Tragedy. THE FATHER WAS AWAY ee ELIZABETH, N. J., October 15.—Mrs. Jennie Harrigan and her three children perished by fire in the barn upon their farm in the outskirts of this city today. The residence also was burned. The hus- band and father was absent at the time of the calamity. The general belief is that Mrs. Harrigan became suddenly insane and set the house on fire; that she then took her children and went into the barn, and, locking the door, set the hay on fire. As the flames be- gan to close around them the mother gath- ered the children about her and held them there until they,were all overcome. The eldest of the children was six years of age and the youngest fourteen months. Mr. Harrigan is quite poor and follows peddling for a livelihood. He went to New- ark this morning to sell his wares. When neighbors, attracted by the smoke, reached the home of the Harrigans, they found a box of wood op fire in the house and that was quickly extinguished. The flame in the barn, however, had gained such headway that nothing could be done until the flimsy structure had been burned to the ground. It was then that the fate of Mrs. Harri- gan and her three children became known. Mrs. Harrigan, who was thirty years of age, had shown no signs of insanity,though for a time she had been despondent over the circumstances of herself and family. —_—_—_—_- FORTY-FOUR AT WORK, Vicinsitudes of the Force at the City Post Office. This ts the beginning of the 140th week since the work on the city post office build- Ing was begun. One hundred and forty weeks ago a small but devoted band of men went to work on the foundation, and now a smaller, but probably quite as devoted, band is laboring to lift the struggling head of the structure over the top of the fence. There are forty-four of these brave chaps today, and If they could be kept all together and paid regularly, and encouraged now and then by a few kind words, and had no bad luck on account of the weather, they might be able to finish the post oftice building on the 2d of December, 18v8. But that should not be taken as an official promise that the building will be done in that period, because there are many elements in the field that might delay all the work seriously. For in- stance, take that matter of pay. It came in this morning in a most abrupt way, and hindered the work on the trench at the northwest corner, which has not yet been completed, It rained most all day Satur- day, it will be remembered, yet there were more than a dozen men at work on this everlasting job. They labored hard and long, and were completely exhausted when the hour of 5 o'clock came. The men asked for their money and were told that they must Wait. They grumbled a bit at this, but grumbling did not produce the funds, and they went away. SUll Waiting. This morning they reported for duty, but there was again a lapse in the money mar- ket and they refused, almost without ex- ception, to go into the trench. So tue con- tractor hustled out and found three or four white mento take their places, and these men were set to work shoveling the dirt into the trench this forenocn. This Is th third week that this small ditch has taken and now it is in the way of the stone t is being gradually transferred from wharf to the site. ‘The awning that was stretched over the three gallant carpenters who were at work on Saturday fixing up a “gin” to lift the heavy stones to the tops of the purtico’ pil- lars was removed this morning and the “gin” appeared in all its beauty. It was hvisted to the top of the wails during the morning and now adorns the battlements. The large blue derrick that is to give the second story a lift, however, is still oat of piace, and no hand seems to have touched it to put it on its new bed at the top of the third story trame on the*curner, ‘Inere van be no masonry done until this ap- ‘atus is set. Meantime the work on the iron structure is progressing fast enough Tor all the purposes of the building, and at the the delay nuw comes on the vont for the superstructure, who is not ready to begin his task once more, notwith Standing (ne great margin given him by the delay on tue iron work. ‘Ti interesting feature of Now you tind the cause of the dei: now you den't. At is-.t sort of arciicectural Shell game. That adds intcrest to ue gen- eral problem. The Water Boy. Several citizens with philanthropic ten- dencies have, it is rumored, determined to make an effort to secure the re-employ- ment of the water boy, who seems to hav been sacrificed to the spirit of economy that prevails at the swe. This promising young man has labored so long at the post oftice— the time has now come to cease alluding to it as the “new’’-post office—that ne has passed through several of the ages in which beys are supposed to be available, and just what he is, speaking comme: ly, 18 a eceundrum, Tis handicaps tim sumewnat in his efforts to oviin empivyment, and {hese good people are interested in his be- A PRINCE INCOG, 4 Royal Jap on His Way Home to the Wars. Prince Yamashina of Japan, a near rela- tive of the Emperor of Japan, accompanied by Lieuts. Ima and Kosugi of the Japa- nese army and a suite of attendants and valets, arrived here this morning. He nas recently graduated at the German Naval Academy at Kiel, and is now ou his way home to take part in the military move- ments of his country. He is twenty years old, beardless and youthful in appearance and wears the conventional garb of a young Englishman or American. The prince's coming was freed from formality. He drove to the Japanese legation, where Minister Kurino received him informally. The prince. and his military attendants visited the Washington navy, yard and looked over the monster cannon casting there. The party also went through the Capitol, Prince Yamashina kept incog. during his various visits, and few of the officials at the navy yard knew that their guest was a priace and a branch of the im; of Japan. He will leave the city today. ——_-e—_____ Ambassador Bayard’s Visit. Mr. Bayard, United States ambassador to Great Britain, who is temporarily in Wash- ington, will leave for Wilmington, Del., to- morrow morning. He spent today in driv- ing about town and renewing old acquaiat- ances. other he CLOSING THE ARGUMENTS Sugar Trust Witnesses’ Qase Before the Court, Judge Wilson Argues That the Senate Had No Intention of Further Proceedings. ‘The hearing in the matter of the demurrer ments returned against them last summer for refusing to answer certain questions asked by the Senate sugar trust investi- gating committee was adjourned at the conclusion of District Attorney Birney's argument Saturday afternoon until this morning. This morning, when the hearing was resumed, Assistant Attorney General Conrad addressed Judge Cole in support of the government’s motion to dismiss the de- murrer, The Senate, said Mr. Conrad, had been charged by the other eide with an unconsti- tutiqnal attempt to punish the alleged con- tumacious witnesses for contempt. That, however, explained Mr. Conrad, the prosecu- tion denied. The Senate had not made such an attempt, argued Mr. Conrad. Its com- mittee had reported to it that the defend- ants had refused to answer certain in- quiries, and the Senate had then, under the certificate of the Vice President, certified that fact to the attorney of the United States for the District, as both authorized and required by the law relating thereto. That done, expiained Mr. Conrad, the Sen- te washed its hands of the whole matter, leaving all further proceedings in the case to the district attorney and the grand jury of the District. The grand jury had scen fit to indict the accused, and the question now to be determined by the court, said Mr. Conrad, was whether the indictments set forth an offense of which tne court had jurisdic- tion. Each house of Congrers, argued Mr. Con- rad, had the power to determine the moral and rraterial fitness of its individual mem- bers. That could best and only be deter- mined by an investigation by a committee dvly appointed by either house from among its own witnesses. Grave ‘charges had been made against members of the Senate, raid Mr. Conrad, and the eonimittee of investi- gation had been duty and lawfully ap- pointed. It had a right to have answers to questions asked in the course of its in- Yestigation into those charges, contended Mr. Conrad, and it was‘suflicient for the indictments to show that the questions unanswered had been material and law- fully propounded, Supporting the Bemurrer. Mr. Conrad concluded at 11:15, and Mr. Jere M. Wilson began‘the closing argument in the case in support'of the demurrer. The present ease, said Mr, Wilson, was another attempt on the part of Congress to invade the sacred rights of the private citizen. The Present case, so far as he knew, was the first time the statut2 im question’ had been invoked, but he was confident that the courts would again, as they had done in the bast, «ome to the defense of the citizen, The Statute in question, said Mr. Wilson, was the result of a scheme on the part of Con- gress to compel the private citizen to di- Vulge matters which the Constitution gave him the right to refuse to divulge. The in- Yestigatioa in the present case, said. Mr. Wilson, was so secretly conducted that not even the ever-present and enterprising gen- tlemen of the press could ish the facts, Hence, it was absolutely necessary that the incictuments should show the matters com- plained of had been certified te by the Vice President to the district attorney and the grand jury. Nowhere was it alieged that thie defendants had wilfully refused to answer material questions, No Future. The position taken by the prosecution, as he understood it, said Mr, Wilson, was that it was suflictent for the purposes of the Present case if the court could infer that the questions asked were pertinent and that the investigation was to be followed up by legisiatve or judicial action by the Senate. But mere infeyehee, contended Mr, Wilson, Would not do. A purpose on the part of the Senate to go forWara must be clearly shown, Said Mr. Wilson, both in order to make its invesugation jawiui and in order to be apie to compel answers to inquiries propounded in the course uf the Senate's investigation. The government, said ‘Mr. Wilson, had mainly reited on the decision of the New York ‘court of appeals in the cuse of the investisation into the affairs of Hubert O. Thompson, a public official of the city of New York, by one branch of the state's legislature. But, said Mr. Wilson, in that case the resolution directing the investiga- tion showed on its face that subsequent proceedings in the legislature were intended as the result of the investigation. But in the present case the Senate resolution not only failed to show such a purpose, but it really precluded any such inference. ir. Wilson was still speaking when The Star's report closed. He expected to con- clude before adjournment today, when the case will be taken under advisement by Judge Cole, who is expected to render his decision in about ten days’ time. pe ae THE WASHINGTON NAVY YARD. is Estimated for by Com- modore Matthews. In‘his annval report to the Secretary of the Navy, Commodore Matthews, chief of the bureau of yards and docks, says that the estimates received ffom the comman- dants of the various navy yards and sta- tions for the year ending June 30, 1896, ag- gregate $7,508,115, and that he has scaled them down to an aggregate of $1,861,205, of which amount $1,044,803 are for necessary improvemen: The work done at the Washington yard during’ the past fiscal year is summarized by Commodore Mat- thews as follcws: “The dredging appropriated for in 1892 has been done, the breech+mechanism shop completed and the electrie light plant in- stalled. The work of converting the mold loft into a fcrge shop has progressed favor- ably, but the reconstruetion of the old forge shop awaits the compietion‘of the mold loft, fo that Work can be tamnstirred pen to the other. Various repairs=to bu: , Sea wall, etc., have been effectéd.” The estimates for the Washington yard for the next fiscal yearaggtegate $67,979, of which $83,100 is for the feconstruction of building No, 22; $8,000 is for converting building No. 6 into officers* quarters, $6,000 is, for a landing platform, and the balance is for various other*needed improve- ments. On this gubjéet Commodore Mat- thews says: “For this yar@ it 1s desired to extend the sea wall from wharf No. 4 to new wall. ‘To extend the railroad track to the store house. A small round house is needed for the yard locomotive and wrecking car. “Extension of the electric plant, chang- ing fire hydrants to conform to city pattern, and conversion of an old museum into officers’. quarters, are desizable im- provements. » “A new roof for the foundry, In which iron trusses and roof should be substituted wooden and sheathing aie, = matter of ings are in and set fire this Judge Cox has granted George Pinkney a divorce from Lizzie Pinkney. The parties HILL’S EXPERIMENT His Campaign Put in Charge of His Political Foes, MAKEUP OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Democratic Candidate Anxious + About the Bolters. HAS GRACE’S3 SUPPORT Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. NEW YORK, October 15.—Senator Hill is trying an experiment that would not even be thought of by a man less bold in political moves. He has put the campaign in the charge of his party foes, the men who bave called him hard names in the past and have sneered at his every act. Hill wants money, and he wants it very much. He supposed that because of his fight against the income tax the New York merchants and millionaires would pour out their money before him. But his appeals for meney were not high- ly successful, and he lcoked about for a new expedient. He had an executive cam- palgn committee appointed, and two-thirds of the men whom he had appointed to this committe? are men who have fought him desperately. But they have money and influence, and Hill hopes to secure both from them. John Boyd Thacher heads the list. He is rich, and he spends money freely, and al- though he is a personal friend of Hill's, yet he is a Cleveland man besides. Hill could have nominated Thacher at Saratoga if he had turned his hand, and Thacher knows it, but, still, he is willing to head this com- mittee. Then comes Perry Belmont. He 1s a devout Cleveland man, too. The treas- urer of the committee is John T. Wood- ward. He is the president of the Hanover National Bank, and the strongest of strong Cleveland men. He is the warm friend of ex-Mayor William R. Grace, and was the man who, with John A, Stewart, president of the United States Trust Company, made the recent $50,000,000 new bond loan’a suc- cess, Then, too, there is Walter Stanton, the whole: ale dry goods man. He fought Hill in 1888, and bas never been his friend. Jacob Ruppert was put on to represent the Cleveland and German democracy. Then other members of this committee are Daniel Griffin of Watertown, who was collector of the port of New York when Mr. Cleveland was President before, and ex-Senaior Charles P. McClelland of Westchester, who has been a strong Cleveland man for ten years, and was the only democratic senator at Albany who dared to vote in caucus against Edward Murphy, jr., for United States Senator. This is the committee that will manage the campaign, a body of men who detest the man whose candidacy they are formaily espousing. It is a dangerous experiment, and might be fatal were it not for the fact that Hill does not intend to let anybody manage his campaign for him. He knows what he wants done and proposes to do it himself. He knows the state, and can put his finger on the men whom he can trust. This committee is merely for moral, pi turesque and financial effect, and Hill con- side:s its appointment as one of his master strokes, But Hill fs anxious about the third party movement. out, but Shepard came out ahead on that issue, after all In many respects pard is like the man he is fighting so desperately. Like Hill, he is a bachelor, and like the New York Senator, politics is his only love. Shepard is without family or relative. He lives in a magnificent old house over in Brooklyn that has its score of rooms, but he lives all alone. His valet and his sez- vants are the only other tenants of the huge mansion. He does not like to enter- tain or to be entertained. When he is in politics he is happy, and miserable when he is not. When the crusade was made against Mc- Kane it was Shepard who fought in the front rank, He worked day and night, and locked the door of hfs law office until the battle was fought an@ won. But he only had the satisfaction of seeing Judge Gaynor reap all the credit. In the public mind the opinion ts firm that it was Gaynor who waged the whole fight, while Shepard's work is forgotten. Shepard wants fame and publicity. He was deprived of it in the McKane battle, but he thinks that his ep- portnity has now come. very vote that is cast for Wheeler for governor will add to Shepard’s prestige. Shepard is a good politician of the practi- cal kind. He knows the state and he knows its men. It is the fight of his life, and vic- tcry means much. His every energy will be ‘spent in getting out the vote for the third ticket, and Hill knows this well. But Hill can count on Mr. Grace's sup port, and the ex-mayor and “anti-snapper is working loyally for the New York Sena- tor. Grace wants to go to the United States Senate. If Hill is elected governor, and if a democratic legislature Is chosen, and if the democratic caucus selects him, Grace can obtain his heart's desire. Of ‘course, Grace really stands no chance for the Sen- ate. If another democrat is sent there next winter it will be Bourke Cockran. That ts the plan now, and that was one reason why Ceckran did not care for a renomination. Grace's record as an anti-Tammany man and a foe to Hill put him out of the ques- tion, But Hill talks to him of Senate seats and democratic legislatures and deals so pleasantly in futures that Mr. Grace has hope, and is doing good work for the regu- lar ticket. THE ADMINISTRATION, Secretary Lamont Declares That it Desires Democratic Success, ROCHESTER, N. Y., October 15.—A Post- Express reporter has had an interview with Col. Lamont, Secretary of War, on the sub- ject of New York state politics. ‘The reporter asked what was the attitude of the national administration with regard to the campaign in this state. “A good deal has been said in the news- papers about that, and {t has been said un- necessarily,” said the Secretary. “The ad- ministration has taken no stand on this question. It 1s a democratic administration and desires democratic success.”” “Will there be any communication from an seston source stating Mr. Cleveland’s po- sition?” “Nothing has been said about It,” re- sponded the Secretary. “Mr. Hill is one of the best and ablest campaigners in the coun- = is making @ bold and aggressive peas ee Foreigners in Peking. A cablegram was rezeived at the State Department today from United States Min- ister Denby at Peking which {s calculated to reassure persons who have friends in China as to their safety. The rinister says that the reports of danger to the foreign residents of Peking are exaggerated. There has been only one instance of an attack upon Americars—and that a mild one— and adequate punishment was at once meted out to the perpetrators. A proclaima- tion has been issued by the authorities en- joining protection for foreigners. cago. It was expected that he would go first to Delaware, but as tomorrow is her elections. He will Washington next Wednesday. si He thought he had stamped it | FROST HAS COME And All Danger of Epidemics is Now Re- ported as Over. The Good Work of the Year ing Off Discase From Our Coasts. Fight- The appearance of frost in this part of the country and the probability that it will soon be felt along the gulf coast is @ certain sign that the season of epidem- ics is nearly over. There is almost no chance whatever now that there will be any trouble from either the yellow fever or the cholera in this country, and the of- ficials of the marin hospital service are congratulating themselves that there has been no scourge this year to fight. Surgeon General Wiman said today to a Star re- porter that this immunity from the fever has not been the result of a lack of op- portunity. “This “h been an unusually bad year for yellow fever,” he said. ‘There have been epidemics cf the fever raging in al- most all of the countries south of us, and particularly in Cuba. We are terribly menaced every year by the nearness of Havana to our shores. That port, which is only a few hours by steamer from Key West, is seldom free from the scourge. Its harbor is a constant source of infection, and there is ecarcely a season that does not bring scores of infected vessels to our ports, “his year a great majority of our cases have come from there. “Notwithstanding this danger that has been present ever since the beginning of warm weather, we have not had a single case of yellow fever in the country, all of the germs having been caught at quaran- tine. 1 consider that this has more than demonstrated the possibility of our keeping clear of the disease. This season we in- augurated a system of quarantine inspec- tions. There have been three officers con- stantly on the go up and down the coast, looking over the stations, making sugges- tions here, remedying evils and defects there and putting the service in a generally effective shape. There have been many loopholes found and stopped up. Of course our strength lies in the fact that we have every possible avenue through which the fever might come in closed up. I'll give you an instance of one of these defects. There was a port in Georgia where quite a number of vessels from the south entered. The collector of customs, and therefore the port of entry, was some miles further In than the harbor itself. A vessel reaching port, therefore, would drop anchor outside while the captain went on to the office of the coliector, a trip taking several hours, to report his arrival. In the meantime there was nothing to prevent the men on board gving ashore and scattering fever broad- cast if it chanced to be present on the ship. “We have now arranged to have an inspec- tor board the vessel at the outer port as soon as it comes in, and send it to quran- tine without waiting for the report to be made to the collector if he finds it infected. “Then there has been another innovation that has proved a success this year. Barly in the season we made arrangements with the State Department officials so that the consuls In all the South American ports were instructed to notify the captains of all Vessels bound for our ports that if fever should develop while on the way to this | country they were to stop at Dry Tortugas, Florida, where their ships would be dis- infected. To accommodate this work there has been a splendid station built up there, which has been busier this season than ever before. It has been found that the commanders of vessels have taken ad- Vantage of this suggestion very generally. There is a disinfect plant and a power- | ful steamer to a ips to the quar- antine anchorage. have had many cas ere We 3 at the quarantine stations, T } Was a ship as far north, you may remem- | ber, as Haltimore. But that case was very well handled by the quarantine officers there, and there was no real danger. “As to cholera, it is certain that there has been none on our shores this year. There Was @ Scare at Cumberland, but it proved to be a false alarm. I attribute our immu- nity from cholera this season to the fact that, while the pestilence has been secat- tered over mense area, it has not been at all prevalent in the ports of northern Europe, from which the larger part of our an shipping comes. ‘There is almost 4. rsburg, compared with the German ports, and there is where most of tie cholera has been this year. It has been spread, too, into Austro-Hungary, but it has not ‘gone far enough north to bother us. There has been an officer of this service stationed in Europe throughout the summer—Dr. Irwin—who has kept us in- formed of the progress of the epidemic, and we have at no time been alarmed over the prospect.” —_—_—_—_+- 2. COMMISSIONER OF Mr. Pugh’s Report of Affairs for Fiscal Year, The Secretary of the Treasury has re- ceived a report of the operations of the office of commissioner of customs during the fiscal year ended June 30 last. This bureau was abolished October 1 uader the Dockery law. The report is signed by Mr. Wm. H. Pugh, the last chief of the bureau, who has since been appointed chief of the income tax division of the internai reve: bure: CUSTOMS, we a. He gives detailed statements of transactions in bonded gocds, iransporta- tion, exportation and other transacuuns of the customs service, It has been usuai to delay this report until October, so that the details may be as full as possible, but owing wo the discontinu- ance of the office tt was thought best to make the report at once, with such mate- rial as it has,been possivie to collect. “The office of commissioner of customs,” says Mr. Pugh, “was created by the sifth section of the act of March 3, 18i, and went foto operation on July 1 of that year; was abolished by the fourth section of the act of July 31, 184, giving as the period of its existence forty-tive years and three months, during which time the accounts of over $6,300,000,000 of customs receipts have been adjusted, on which the loss has beea insignificant. * * * The perzonnel of the office at its inception numbered fourteen, including the commissioner. gradually increased until the period when it is to be abolished it numbered thirty- three, a little more than 100 per cent of in- crease, but the increase in business was nore than 400 per cent. “An eflort has been —— to close up the work of the fiscal year 1894 by the time that the law for the abolition of the office goes into effect, but the‘shortness of the time has prevented. “It is confidently asserted that an exam- ment. closing this the last report of the commissioner of customs it is but right that I pay a tribute of justice to those who and intelligent Industry they have ever held my hands in the discharge of my and it ts not one of the least incident to the discontinuance CLEVELAND AND HILL Effect of the New York Campaign on Demoorats Elsewhere, VIEWS ATTRIBUTED 10 THE PRESIDENT He is Said to Ba Anxious for Mr. Hill's Election. THE INDEPENDENT VOTERS —— The curious entanglement of the demo- cratic party in New fork has a refiex effect upon the congressional campaign, which is embarrassing and discouraging to democrats in other states, From different directions comes the complaint that the impression that the Cleveland men are knifing Hil in New York aggravates the antagonism ex- isting elsewhere between the administration and anti-administration factions «of the party. The disaffection Is contagious. The democrats recognize that the factional fights in New York endanger te them the loss of several congressional disiricts in that state, thus jeopardizing the con*rol of the House, This is Mable to excite the feeling that “ the democrats in New York—the home ot Mf. Cleveland—are not interwted enough 7a the weifare of the whole party to siay “<t personal differences then there may oe Qe reprisals elsewhere, especially whem chere are some vital causes for division. The southern and western democrats, who dis- agree with the administration on the silver question, are peculiarly susceptible to this discouragement, which may find in many Cases in an increase of the strength Of the populists, A Call for Mr. Cleveland. There is a loud demand for Mr. Cleveland to say something or do something to help the situation. it is not apparent, however, just what Mr. Cleveland can do. There seems to be no reason for the assumption that Mr. Cleveiand is opposed to Mr. Hill's election, even though they are enemies, nor even that he is indiiferent as to the fate of his party's Ucket in New York. His as to the candidacy of Hill is pointed out 4s an indication of hostility. Those most famuliar with the conditions in New York do not find such signiticance in that silence, The whole country knows what the political relations of Mr. Cieveland and Mr. Hill are. A warm and earnest defense of Hii candidacy by the President would probably be regarded as a magnant- mousgict, but also as an indication that Mr. Cleveland felt the situation in New York to be desperate and an acknowledgment that the fate of the party rested entirely upon Mr. Hill's election. It the cireum- stances were different this might be desir- able. If Mr. Cleveland had control of the independent vote of New York and could bring all factions to the support of Hill he would probably not long remain silent. The chances are, however, that @ letter or « speech by Mr. Cleveland in favor of Hill would not secure to the latter the votes of any of those men who are now organizing against him. These men are as independent of Cleve- land as they are of Hill, and the avowed -| and active support of Hill by the President would probably not materially Hili’s prospects of election. On the other hand, however, it would render his defeat, if he shouli be defeated, more significant and serious. WHI Defeat Hill If They Can. The radicals of the “reform” democrats, the extreme anti-iill, anti-machine demo- crats, tariff reformers and civil service re- formers; administration men, for the most part, but not controlied by the administra- tion, will defeat Hill If they can, no matter what Mr. Cleveland says or does. The very best information to be had makes it perfectly clear that the purpose of this class of democrats is to krite Hili on every hand, | whether to do this they vote for Morton or for Wheeler, and, if pessible, to elect all the other democratic candidates on the | State ticket and defeat the reapportionment, Without permitting Miii’s election. If Hill cannot be elected isainst this opposition he will heve to stand deteat. If his election de- | pends vpon winning over the mugwumps, his | Prospects appear tar {rom bright, no mat- ter what aid Mr. Cieveland might give him. Mr. Cleveland Anxiow There are gvod reasons for the belief that Mr. Cleveland is anxious that Hill should be elected, simply because he leads the ticket, and it is important to the party to win, It is said that all the democrats em- ployed under this administration having votes in New York will vote the straight democratic Ucket and loyally, though unos- tentativusly, give Hui au the Uckel Lheir support. is believed, will sigaity increase Chey the earnestness of his support of the Uckel by a consiuerable contribution toward deiraying the expensed of the campai: He will make it evident, it is said, that he has no secret desire that Hill should be defeated. Those who have | situation over very carefully say that che disaffection from Hill is great, and that it is for the most part of a character not to b If it is to be overcome to any ext must be done by Hill him f and by the circumstances Uiat it is necessary to the future of the party that the reapportionment made by the proposed new constitution shal! be defeated. The anti-Hill democrats envend that the reapportionment may be defeated and the party be given a victory without the election of Hil These men have been waiting a long while for “a chance at Hill.” ‘They now think they have that chance, and they do not want to miss it. Many of them are willing to go to the eatreme of sacrificing the party to this end, but apparently most of them would take, different position if they were really cok: vinced that the defeat of Hill would carry with it the general victory for the repub- licans, and fix upon the state the reap- portionment which they regard as odious. The Reapportionment Question. through Mr. Hill's election can it be de- feated. They are pointing out to the inde- pendents that it was through thelr work for the defeat of Maynard that the republl- cans got control of the constitutional con- apo he mad framed the constitution, with their knife Hull is that in keeping up the fight they are they not only risk the tempor- ary injury to the