Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, X s lwania Avexus, Cor. llth The Evening Star Newspapor Company, &. H. KAUPFMANN, Pres’t. panied eae Few Yak Gtien £0 Better Buliting ‘The Evening Star 's served eity by carriers, om thei ber week, o- 44 cents per founter 2 cents each. By it United States or Canada postage per iwonth. 5 Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, With foreign postage at tert, $3.00. (Entered at the Tost Otice as second-class mail matter.) ©All mail subscriptions must be paid in adva: Kates of advertising wade kuown'cn application. an; pe $1 per year; at Washington, D. C., Vou 85, No. 21,034. WASHINGTON, D. 0, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 1894—-TWELVE PAGES. Se proof of the pudding is in fhe eating, Saturday's of 1,078 separate announce: ments. These advertisers fought pubficite—not merefp Space, REQUIEM SERVICES + -—__. The Religious Ceremony at Berlin in Memory of the Czar, THE BOMB EXPLOSION IN LONDON ——__— A Victory for the Present Manage- ment of the Atchison. —_+ CHILDREN MURDERED ee TWO BERLIN, November 5.—An impressive re- quiem service for the repose of the soul of the late Czar of Russia was celebrated to- day in the Church of the Russian Embassy. Emperor William and Prince Leopold of Prussia were present in Russian uniforms. Printe Hohenlohe, the chancellor, the cabi- net, the royal and other princes, the diplo- matic corps and the leading military offi- cers were present. The Alexander regiment furnished the gvard of honor, and its band, wearing the historical grenadier uniform, and bearing four flags, draped with crepe, took up a position in front of the altar. Count Schouvaloff, the Russian ambassa- dor, received Emperor William at the en- trance of the church and escorted him to the place of honor. During the solemn ceremony the emperor and all those pres- ent held lighted tapers in their hands. Emperor William, after the service, vis- ited Countess Schouvaloff. In the French Chamber. PARIS, November 5.—The chamber of deputies today wes crowded when M. Bur- deau, vice president of the chamber, pro- nounced a eulogy of the lite Czar of Rus- sia. The chamber then. adjourned, as a sign of mourning. Services in This City. Religious services in memory of the late ezar will be held at the Russian legation, 1829 I street, on a date to be determined efter consultation with Bishop Nicholas of the Greek Church, now on his way to this eity from San Francisco. He is expected to reach here on Wednesday next, and the probabilities are that arrangements will be made to have the services on Saturday, the 10th instant. The services will be brief and simple. Owing to the limited capacity of the legation building the attendance will be limited to the President and cabinet and the members of the diplomatic corps. — es LONDON BOMB EXPLOSION. The Authorities Are Anxtously Look- ing for a Clue. LONDON, November 5.—A squad of de- tectives from Scotland Yard ts busily at work investigating the bomb explosion which occurred shortly after 11 o'clock last night at the residence of the Hon. Reginald Brett in Tilney street, Park Lane, two doors from the residence of the Hon. Sir Henry Hawkins, one of the justices of the queen's bench division of the high court of justice, and for whom the bomb is sup- posed to have been intended. Up to noo today the police have no defi- nite theory as to the origin of the explo- sion, with the exception of suspecting the man from the Savoy Hetel. But the au- thorities are busy running down four theories which may, any one of them, con- nect the suspected man with the outrage. — — THE ATCHISON CONTROL. The Present Organization Wius the Fight—Directors to Be Elected. TOPEKA, Kan., November 5.—The pres- ent organization has won the fight for con- trol of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway. Judge Foster of the United States district court gave a decision today in the proceedings to make the temporary injunc- tion permanent, which knocks the only prop the protectives bad from under them. ‘The protective committee is overwhelm- ingly defeated on every point. The election will be held by the stock- holiers this evening: and the present board © ed, as already fore- ble exception of Spear Sevary, and may be agreed upon by the old board. It is the oponion of counsel for the di- the whole matter has been d and will not again come up directors re-ele one appeal,” viz., to the United States circuit court of appeals, composed of Judges Caldwell, Sanborn and Thayer, but this cannot prevent an elec- tion today, and furtheriore, it is altogether unlikely that this appeal will be taken. —<——— TWO CHILDREN MURDERED. Their Bodies Found in a Br by Searching Parties. TOLEDO, Ohio, November 5.—A Blade fpecial from Paulding, Ohio, reports the horrible murder of a boy, aged seven, and hfs sister, aged five, the children of Samuel Good, a prosperous farmer, living about two miles from the town. The children started out yesterday, but not returning at dark, searching parties started out. The Uttle bodies were found in a brush heap at daylight. The boy's throat was cut from ear to ear; the girl was decapitated and dis- emboweled, the weapon being an ax. An attempt had been made to burn the brush heap, but it was too wet. The theory is that the little girl was outraged and the double murder committed to hide the crime. The surrounding country is up in arms, and armed ren are searching everywhere for any suspicious persons. Heap ees CHARGED WITH BRIBE TAKING. A New York Police Captain Desires to Be Retired. NEW YORK, November 5.—Acting Cap- tain William O'Toole of the Leonard street station, who was accused before the Lexow committee on Saturday of taking bribes while he was In charge of the Essex Mar- ket court squad, has asked to be retired from the police department. He filed his pplication for retirement late Saturday afternoon, just after Dr. Whitehead had given his testimony before the committee, but it was kept a secret until today. Dr. Whitehead had testified that he paid money to O'Toole as a bribe on several occasions when he was arrested on charges of mal- practice. He swore that on one occasion he gave O'Toole $200. O’Toole’s application for retirement will come up before the board at its next mect- ing. It ts not likely that the commissioners will retire him before the charge shall have been investigated. —_. __ Belmont Races Postponed. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., November 5.—The ¥aces which were scheduled to take place at Belmont today have been postponed un- til tomorrow on account of the rain. If the 4 weather there continues the races will postponed until the first favorable day. * —— es The McKane Pardon Story. ALBANY, N. Y., November 5.—Gov. Flow- er today denied the story published in a New York paper that he had pardoned John ¥. McKane from Sing Sing prison. Gov. Flower suid: “The publication ts an absolute falsehood. The tdea of pardoning McK ane never entered my mind.” PREPARING FOR RETURNS Both Campaign Oommittees Have Finished Up Their Work. rman Babcock Still Holds Hts Estimate of 100 Congressmen— Mr. Gardner Confident. The two campaign committees have finish- ed their work, and are now only preparing for the returns to come in. Senator Faulk- ner will not be in Washington again until after election, and Secretary Gardner is in charge. Both Chairman Babcock and Sec- retary McKee are at the republican head- qvarters, and they agree in saying that there has been nothing in the developments of the last few days to disturb their equa- nimity. Chairman Babcock yesterday re- ceivéd asurance from Mr. Apsley in Massa- chusetts that the republicans will carry twelve of the congressional districts. From Wisconsin, over which there has been some- thing of a wordy war between the two com- mittees, comes word that ail over the state the republicans are capturing the doubtful votes, and will make a net gain of at least fifty per cent, which will throw nearly all the Congressmen to the republicans. Sen- ator Dubois has telegraphed from Idaho that the party will carry the state with ease, and there is not the slightest doubt of the election of a republican Congressman and Senator. Chairman Babcock said to The Star rep- resentative this afternoon: “I have heard nothing in the last days of the campaign to cause me to change my estimate of our majority in the next House, and bring the total members we will elect below 190. In fact everything that is coming in 1s of such an encouraging nature that I am inclined to believe that our members will go to a constderable number ubove that mark. We feel we have absolutely nothing to fear.” What Secretary McKee Says. Secretary McXee has been figuring on the matter. “I believe,” he said this afternoon, “that the republican gains will strike somewhere between the gains made by the democrats in the landslides of 1874 and 189). You remember that the demo- crats in 1874 gained 181 votes. It was an immense turning over. In 1800 they made a gain of $8 votes. This year it 1s the re- publican turn for a landslide. It has been coming ever since the tariff war began after the election of 1892, and it is bound to be of immense foi I know it is a great task to overcome a great majority like the democrats have now, but the thing has been dene before. We only need to make the same gains the democrats made in 1890 and our membership will go over the 200 mark. That is what we are figur- ing on and have no doubt will come.” ‘The committee had calculated on issuing @ statement Sunday setting forth briefly the states in which thelr claims would be made, but without mentioning individual districts. However, some returns di? not come in on time and the statement will not be issued until tonight, if it is issued at all. No Democratic Statement. ‘The democratic committee will make no detailed statement, as it does not believe in this method of politics. As Secretary Gardner expresses the dea: “It 1s too much like the modern game of pool, in which you must call your shot before you make it.” : Nevertheless, Secretary Gardner 1s con- fident that the party will be successful. He said this afternoon; “All the advices we have received today are confirmatory of the estimates we had made on the result and we feel without any fear of the result being contradictory that we will organize the House with a good working majority. This calculation is made on conservative figures, Our reports today from New York make us believe that Hill will be elected by a small majority.” ‘No politicians of any importance are in town and the headuarters present an al- most deserted appearance. THIS IS ALARMING, The Post Office Not to Be Finished Until 1922. The contracters came within an ace of having their usual luck in the matter of weather on the post office site today. The rain cleared up at 11 o'clock, but the skies were so threatenirg at noon that only a small force of men was started at work, So, for the first time in over five weeks a day practically has been lost on the job. It 1s too bad, for it takes the average down like a plummet, and will have a serious ef- fect upon the totals at the end of the week. This, however, is just as good a time for comparisons as any other. In fact, it may be a little better opportunity to get in a few parallels than ever, for there is no work being done, and so the brains of the enter- prise will have a chance to absorb a few figures. This time they relate to a hotel that John Jacob Astor prepcses to build in New York city adjoining the famous Hotel Waldorf. built and owned by his brother. ‘The hotel is to cover a space of 100 feet on ene front and 30) on the other, making a total area of 35,000 square feet. It is to cost $8,000,000, or about four times as much as the post office build'ng. The lot is now eccupied by the cld Astor family mansion, which cannot be vacated for several months, aa the occupants are to mcve from there into the new Astor home, which, it 1s ex- pected, will be finished ‘by next March. Notwithstanding this delay the architect for this magnificent and huge structure is under obligations to complete the hotel and have it ready for the reception of guests on the Ist of November, 1897, or three years from now. That will mean ‘that the build- ing Is to be cnder way for two years and a halt. The pest office building has now been in course of construction for more than that time, and is less than one-fourth finished today. ‘There were ten men working cn the bulld- ing this afternoon, and, as they were on for but half a day, the daily census must be set down as showing five laborers. This number is so small that {t is difficult to estimate the date at which they might finish the building. It would not be unfair, perhaps, to call {t January 16, 1922. —_>_—_ A RECEIVER "REFUSED. Judge Cox's Deciston in the Beneficial Endowment Association. In the case of Robert Ball and other pol- fey holders in the Washington Beneficial and Eudowment Association against Presi- dent Lawrence Gardner and the associa- tion, Judge Cox today refused the petition for the appointment of a recetver, and dis- charged the temporary restraining order issued some weeks ago. Judge Cox held that the issuing of poll- cies gave the holders thereof no len on the stock or property of the association, and that only a judgment creditor of the ‘asso- ciation could have the right to apply for the appointment of a receiver. Incidentally Judge Cox criticised the assessment plan of life insurance, remarking that it ap- peared to be incapable of success, for the reason that it was absolutely necessary to constantly bring in new members, and tlmt the last man in would fail to receive his stock, because there would then remain none on whom the assessments could be made. —-. The Income Tax. ‘The work preliminary to carrying into ef- fect the new income tax law.1s going for- ward as rapidly as its nature wil permit under the direction of Mr. William H. Pugh, who on October last was appointed superintendent of the income tax. | THE WESTERN FIELD General Review of the Sitvation in Some States. LOOKING OUT FOR NEW SENATORS A Battle Royal is Now on in Wyoming. BRYAN IN NEBRASKA The importance of the House of Repre- sentatives in this election has minimized to a great extent the interest in the result of these elections on the Senate; and yet there are phases of the elections for members of the upper body that are very interesting. The states in which the election for the legislature has already been held and Sen- ators have either been chosen or are to be chosen in the near future are Arkansas, Louisiana, Virginia, Mississippi, Kentucky and Georgia, which have given democratic majorities, and Maine, Oregon and Iowa, which have gone republican. Of those re- maining to be elected eight can be relied upon as almost surely republican for the reason that the democrats are not making any claims upon them. These are Washing- ton, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Massa- chusetts, Michigan, South Dakota and Mon- tana (which will elect two). Those admitted to be safely democratic (that is, with Till- man of South Carolina classed as a demo- erat, which he claims to be) are Texas, Ten- nesve, Alabama, North Carolina and ‘South Carolina. The doubtful list includes one vacancy in Wyoming, three democratic seats (those of Martin of Kansas, Camden of West Virginia and McPherson of New Jersey) and eight republican seats—now held from Wy- oming, Illinois, Delaware, Nebraska, Cail- fornia, Idaho, Minnesota and Colorado, The Democrats and the Senate. Under these circumstances it seems as though the democrats have a very good op- portunity to make more certain their hold on the Senate by providing a safe majority that will withstand the inroads presumably to be made in 1896, when several of the states that went democratic in the tidal wave of 1800 aré likely to return to their old allegiance. The doubtful democratic states this year are so situated that they can very well be relied upon to give only a loss of two democrats, as Camden of West Virginia is regarded as being safe. Kansas,however,will certainly be lost, and it is only a question whether it will go to the republican or the populists. New Jersey is considered de- batable ground, with the chances in favor of the republicans, In the fight in Nebraska, Wyoming, Ida- ho, Colorado, California and Minnesota an issue enters into the campaign that has been heretofore unrecognized, but is none the less important. In the campaign of two years ago the democrats claimed that the Union Pacific, Santa Fe and Northern Pa- cific railway systems were used for the re- publicans in these states. Since then, how- ever, these railways have passed into the hands of democratic receivers, and the con- gressional committee was too sharp from the necessities of the case to overlook the advantage that was given them in the democratic composition of those boards of receivers. How far the influence thus put into their hands will be used:to further the Interests of the party cannot be told until the thing is done, but there can be little doubt that it will be used to some extent. A recent press report from Wyoming says that a candidate on the populist ticket was told he must elther withdraw from it or be discharged, and other reports of a similar nature come in from other parts of the re- gion. The Union Pacific system has great influence in Idaho and Wyoming, which have small voting populations that are made up to a great extent of the railroad men. They have three Senators to elect— two in Wyoming and one in Idaho—and therefore are valuable. In Nebraska and Colorado the Santa Fe and Union Pacitic are still more powerful, as they have greatly vaster interests. Bryan in Nebraska. In addition to the influence of the rail- way in Nebraska, Bryan has other power- ful factors working in his interest. The re- volt of the Omaha Bee from the guberna- torlal nomination of Majors by the repub- Means has been underestimated. The Bee is a powerful factor in the politics of the state, notwithstanding Rosewater, the edi- tor, has not been regarded as too magnetic @ man. Its opposition to the head of the ticket cannot help but hurt it as a whole. Then Bryan represents the ant!-corporation sentiment, that is very strong in the state, and accords as well with the ideas of the farmers on the silver question. Nebraska has not suffered from a populist govern- ment, as has Kansas, and therefore there is not the reaction against the doctrines of the third party that there is in the sister state. The opposition of the Morton dem- ocrats is not as harmful as it is supposed, because it has tended to solidify the popu- list sentiment in favor of Bryan. In addi- tion to this, Bryan {s a magnificent cam- paigner, and has made a brilliant record in his fights for the seat in the lower House. However, he has strong odds to overcome, and can be regarded as having not much more than a fighting chance. Colorado, which in the beginning of the campaign threatened to give a landslide in favor of the republicans, again looks very doubtful, and it is more than probable that the populists will succeed in controlling the legislature. If the election had been held several weeks ago when there was the most intense enthusiasm on the part of those who oppose populists there could have been Uttle doubt of their victory. But since that time the populists have been working cn the silver sentiment of the state and have been gaining ground daily. The republicans still have the best chances, but they are far from being safe. A Battle Royal in Wyoming. Wyoming, with two Senators to elect, Is the ground of a battle royal. Money has been sent in there in profusion by both par- ties, and the campaign feeling is intense. The desertion of the Cheyenne Leader, the foremost democratic organ of the state, to Carey early in the campaign threw the democrats into a state of semi-confuston; but they came back with a charge that the paper had been bought up, and immediately attacked it as a’ -bug paper. They have also attacked Carey on his record on the silver question, and the republicans general- ly on their action in the cattle outrages. Both parties are claiming the state. Idaho presents the interesting spectacle of a republican house divided against itself, for four candidates are in the field, and each is suspected of knifing the other in the back. Mormon politics are supreme and Senator Dubois and the democrats recently had a spirited contest as to which should be the first to secure a meeting house right after a Mormon conference. The influen= of the religious vote, with the republican dissention, the railroad, the wavering of the republicans as to whether their par:y will favor silver, their party feuds and the notoriously extravagant administration of McConnell, are likely to give the legislature either to'the democrats or to a fusion against the republicans, the latter being most likely. Minot’ Gerrymander. Illinois ts likely to present the spectacie— strictly American since the introduction in- to our politics of the artistic gerrymander— of a state giving a majority for the republi- cans on the popular vote ani a majority of the legislature to the democra:s. The gerry- mander of the state by the democrats dur- ing the last session of the legislature was one of the prettiest pieces of work that bax ever been done in the gountry, and the re- publicans can have @ majority ‘of 40,000 and still lose their Senator. This ls discouraging to those wao are running for ihe Senate on the republican ticket, as, even in the event of a defeat of the democrats, the populists are likely to hold the balance of power and defeat the republican candidate. Present appearances indicate that the republican majority, tf there {s one, will not be very large, and that there will be a gain of a Senator on the part of the democrats. These are the six seats that the republi- cans are most likely to lose. The situation in the other doubtful states, however, is not reassuring. In California the republican legislative ticket is threatened with being wrecked on the same rocks asm 1802. M. H. DeYoung, publisher of the San Frar ciseo Chronicle, still has an ambition to grace a seat in the Senate, and there is a great faction of the republicans who fear that his dominition of the party machine ts so great that his ambition will be gratified should the party succeed. They believe tis would be a misfortune, and would rather vote against their party than afd in bring- ing it about. Therefore, either a popuiisc or a democrat is likely to come from ihe Golden Gate state, notwithstanding the conditions are very much In favor of the republicans. Complications im Minnesota, In the early part of the campaign, Min- nesota was placed in the safe republican column; but since then complications have grown so alarming that the republican ma- chine realizes it has cne of the hardest fights it hag ever known. The chief cause of fear is the bolting of the nomination of Knute Nelson by the Swedes on account of the charges against him. He is said to be cheek by jowl with the railroad interests and various lumber kings that have been raking deals detrimental to the interests of the people. The Swedes have heretofore been uncompromisingly loyal to the republicans, voting with thelr side as straight as a Bourbon democrat will yote with his own party. But they are now supporting the populist nominee for gevernor and show signs of stampeding to the legislative ticket of that party. There Is a likeilhood of a three-cornered fight 1a the legislature, with the chances in favo> of no one sic,’ Then there will be a chance for the use of znoney and the issue will be doubtful. The situation in Delaware favors neither cre side nor the other. A republican or @ democratic victory would not be surprising, and both sides are making a warm fight and claiming everything that can be seen. Charges of fraud are flying all about. The small majority of the democrats in 1802,and the fact that this is an off year, give the republicans hopes of holding the seat of Senator Higgins. The two Senators from Utah, who will be elected next year, will probably be demo- cratic. Within late weeks, the situation out there has become much’ better for that part, and bets are freely made that Raw- lins will get 2,800 plurality, and the con- stitutioral convention be pulled through with him. As the situation rests on the apportionment to be made by the convention, these two can be counted with the demo- crats. In addition to this esthmate, however, it 1s likely that Arizona and New Mexico will be admitted to statehood at the short ses- sion, and will elect two Senators each next fall. In that case, it ig more than likely that the demccrats can,count on at least two of them, and probably the whole four. ~~ IN TIME OF WAR. Setback to the Hopes of the Bicycle Men, The bright hopes that,haye been enter- tained by military mep tiat the bicycle might be an effective a@jynct in war time have been dashed by the exhaustive trials made in Germany, France and Austria of bicycle corps. United States Consul Ste- phen, at Annaberg, has transmitted to the State Department an article from a mill- tary correspondent upon the result of the trials made in Germany, which, he says, correspond to those obtained in France and Austria. He says “that the results of the trials which the various army corps have made with the cyclists by no means come up to the expectations which were formed. He details one or two cases where- in the cyclists were of service as mounted postmen, but says that where the roads were bad they were of no use af all, and certainly can never replace the mounted orderly. An arm which can only be ef- fectively employed under special con- ditions can never rise to be of general im- portance. ——____ e+ —____ WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. What Was Done Last Year and What is Contempiated for Next Year. Gen. Casey, chief of engineers, has made a report to the Secretary of War in regard to the maintenance and repair of the Wash- ington aqueduct, based on reports made to him by Col. Geo, H. Ellistt, the officer in charge of the works. ‘he report states that the excavation and lining of the main drainage tunnel under ecarlia hill and the excavation and lning of a receiving shaft in the valley of Little Falls branch was completed. The tunnel through the hill that lies to the eastwafd of Little Falls branch, the permanent s across Little Falls branch, Mill creek afd Kast creek and the open channels betwgen those streams remains to be done and jean be corapleted, the report states, in the pext fiscal year, if the remainder of the amount authorized by Congress for this work, nameiy, $00,000, be appropriated. ‘Lhe estimates of the officer in charge for the fiscal year ending Juve 30, 1896, are as follows: For completivg the_ improvement of the Dalecarlia reservoir, $37,500; for rais- ing the height of the dam at Great Falls, $125,000; for commencing the widening of the macadem pavement of the Conduit read to thirty feet, $34,500; for lowering the height of the cross dam at the distributing reservoir, $12,500; for protecting the inlet at Great Falls, $5,000; for purchase of @ site for a storage yard, $10,000; for cleaning out the distributing reservoir, $13,8: for a storehouse at Great Yalls, $1,500; for im- provements to the 80-inch and 86-inch mains, 250; for removing the accuimuia- tion of deposits in the conduit, #14,000; for rebuilding the bridge over the chapel near the Dalecariia reservoir, $18,w00; for repairs to ie conduit maaholes, #00, and for mai tenance and repair of the aqueduct and cun- nections, $21,000. Gen. Casey states that all operations in the line of increasing the water supply of the city are suspeniied and no work bas been done duriag the year, ‘TENCE COMMUTED. ¥ sv Augustus Jenkins Will Not Hang on November 23 Augustus Jenkins, who was sentenced to be hanged in the Distrigt jail Friday, No- vember 23 next, for the murder of Benja- min M. Shephard in January last, will not suffer “the death penalty, but will, in- stead, expiate his crime by life imprison- ment in the penitentiary at Albany. Dis- trict Attorney Birney made an adverse re- port on his application for a commutation of sentence, and Judge Cole, the trial Judge, refused to make any recommendation. The ident indorsed the application as fol- entence commuted to imprisonment for life. This commutation is granted upon the ground that the proofs tend to estab- lish such an altercation at the time of the homicide as should in connection with other circumstances surrounding the case make it very doubtful at least whether the premeditation existed which characterizes deliberate murder.” . Peas: EY © A Consul Recognized. The President has recognized E. Wells as Belgian consul at Charleston, 8. C. GEN. BOOTH ‘HERE The Leader of the Salvation Army Arrives in Washington. RECEPTION BY THE LOCAL COMMITTEE The Other Courtesies to Be Ex- tended to Him While Here. CONVENTION HALL MEETING The race track crowd got out of the Gih street station this afternoon just in time to escape being converted by the Salvation Army. The passenger house held a cu- rious mixture of humanity after 1 o'clock, flash costumes of the bookies and the touts mingling with picturesque effect with the blue uniforms and red trimmings of the soldiers and lassies of the army, who had gathered at the depot to give welcome to Gen, Booth, the commander in chief of the army of the world. The race train left Gen. Booth. at 1:40 and the Philadelphia express glided into the shed just two minutes later. By that time the station was much less crowd- ed than when the sporting fraternity held possession, but there was a great throng at the gates eager to get a glimpse of the celebrated Englishman whose works and writings have caused such a stir in the civilized world. Gen, Booth Welcomed. Gen. Booth was given a cordial weleome on the platform by a committee from the District Auxiliary League, consisting of Rey. Dr. 8. M. Newman, pastor of ‘the First Congregational Church, Rev. Dr. L. B. Wilson, presiding elder of the Methodist Church of the District; Mr. H. B. F, Mac- farland and Mr. W. Redin Woodward. Ac- companying them was Brigadier Evans of the District branch of the Salvation ‘Army, As soon as the train halted the platform became gay with the figures of the invading soldiers, bandmen with their bright blue uniforms and glisteing instruments, lassies with broad red ribbons cn their poke bon- nets, and headquarters officers with vests of burning red. They alighted from every car, and Gen, Booth and his’son, Command- er Ballington Rooth, were at the extreme end of the train, ‘The general loomed up high above the heads of the crowd, and was noted by his red vest. He. wore a high hat and a semi- military cape that covered his frame com- pletely. His son, who is even taller than his father, was compelled to stoop to get down by ‘the elder man’s head. Toward this pair the committee hastened; and when introductions had been made Rev. Dr. New- man gave greetings to the general in a few wi ds. ‘here is to be no formal occasion here,” he said. “I am here to give you greeting, Gen. Booth, on behalf of the clergy and the people of Washington as a people. We make you most welcome. We are glad to see you and to extend our hand in wel- come."" Going Out the Depot. General Booth made a brief reply, thank- ing Dr. Newman and the others of the committee, and then the party moved up the platform, Gen, Booth walking between Dr. Newman and Mr. Macfarland, and Commander Booth between Dr, Wilson and Mr. Woodward. The others of the head- quarters party followed. The gates of the platform were backed by a dense crowd, consisting largely of the local Salvationists. As the little proces- sion approached the eyes that peered through the bars became brighter, and when Gen, Booth passed through the bart riers a pretty little lassie of the army standing on the edge of the crowd sang out: “Amen! Welcome to the chief!" Gen. Booth and his son, escorted by Drs. Newman and riage, and the oflicers of his headquarters and ‘Messrs, Macfarland and Woodward the second. They were driven rapidly to the home of Mr. Woodward, 617 6th street, where luncheon was served The March of the Army. When they were gone the band started off, playing a lively marching tune, an¢ the visiting soldiers and the local workers fell in behind in a double column, Into the avenue wheeled the little army, composed of about half a hundred fighters against the devil. The band struck a quick step, and made the advance guard of little regroes hustle to keep ahead. The visiting soldiers, red-facxd and hearty-looking chaps, some from Erglund end some from New York, trudged on, with a visible ap- preciation of the good marching ground. In a few minutes the headquarters of the army in Washington, near the corner of 10th and the avenue, formerly used by the Central Union Mission, were reached, and here the visitors were allowed to rest awhile from their Journey before starting off for their “billets” or temporary honies. They were made to feel quite at home by the local officers and soldiers and by a committee of ladies representing the Aux- iliary League, as follows: Mrs. H. B. F. Macfarland, Miss Inch, Miss Harshaw and Miss Fitzhugh. At 8 o'clock there was a conference at the Congregational Church between Gen- eral Booth and his officers and the local ministers. The local army committee at the station was composed of Brigadier Evans and Ad- jutants Dunham, Sammons and Wood. Tonight's Meeting. It 1s expected that Convention Hall will be filled tonight, and it is hoped by Gen. Booth that the audience will be in the hall before 8 o'clock, when he wishes to begin the meeting promptly, without fear of inter- ruption frome late comers. The reserved seats, for which tickets will be sold at twenty-five cents at Droop’s until 6 o'clock this evening, and afterward at Conventlon Hall, will not be reserved after $ o'clock. Doors open at 7. It is understood, of course, that the proceeds of the sale of tickets go in the first instance to pay the heavy expenses of the occasion, and that the balance goes to the work of the Salvation Army, and not in any way to Gen. Booth personaily. UTES AND FIRE WATER Some of the Evils Resulting From the Combination. Agent Day Sends a Very Peppery Re- port to the Authorities in : Washington, ‘The Indian office is finding it a very diffi- cult matter to prevent the sale of liquor to the Indians. The most difficult problem has been presented in court decisions which de- clare that Indians who have taken their lands in severalty are citizens of the United States and that it is no longer contrary to law to sell liquor to them. Two or three de- cisions have already been made to that ef- fect, and the notice of Judge Edgerton of South Dakota to the United States grand jury to prevent no more indictments against persons selling liquor to Indians on allotted jands looks as if the courts were going to take the view of the case that restricticns stould be placed on Indian citizens. In 1¢- ports submitted by various Indian agents to the commissioner of Indian affeirs the fact is peinted out thatit is becoming very difi- cult to prevent the sale of liquor to the In- diang. Not only en account of the fact that the courts have recognized Indians ha®ing taken allotments as citizens, but for other cxuses. The agent of the Southern Utes in Colorado, expresses his opinion of the whi: ky traffic and a noted chief in the following: “When the department realizes that I have a reservation with 260 miles of border and am subjected to the lawless deeds of a very tough class of whites and Mexicans, the task of regulating the evil of traffic in villainous compounds called ‘whisky’ can easily be estimated. However, by offering rewards, which I agree to pay out of my own funds, I have at least succeeded in curbing the evil to a commendable extent, The standing reward is $25, money to be paid upon conviction.” Caustic Criticism by Agent Day. This same agent, David F. Day, is rather independent and caustic in his remarks on general features of the Ute agency. Of the agricuitural pursuits he says: ‘Realize that this has been an Indian agency for eighteen years, and preceding agents and farmers have never grown a bale of hay, pint of seed or pound of vege- tables upon an agency farm, To be candid, political agents and political farmers are the crowning curse of the Indian service. I stated that the yield ‘would be light.’ It will, but we have better stands and a greater yield than our white neighbors, and this in the face of an unprecedented drought. The Indian farmers labored dill- gently during the irrigating season, and if the honorable commissioner will take time to figure upon the per capita issue of ra- tions at this agency, the fact will be re- vealed that in addition to doubt as to fu- ture home, absence of instruction, want of implements and essentials, the Ute farmers are not entirely unaccustomed to an empty stomach during business hours. “To concludg farming bere, with pos- sibly four exceptions, is a farce, for which Congress alone is responsible. Some Interesting Reading. Ir closing his rather peppery report, Agent Day says: “As the honorable commissioner has or- dered facts and excluded ‘1ose-colored re- citals,’ I have endeavored to give them; and, aside from what has been told under appropriate headings, will say that the agent, during his brief incumbency, has been reported for ‘irregulurity,’ and in- vestigated. He has discharged two farmers to give them a chance to learn something abcut agriculture and less about reporting the agent; has violated the rules when bus- iness methods justified the breach; has an enemy in about every white and Mexican upon the border; has the lasting ill will of all beef contractors, and has lost the esteem of merchants who labor under the belief that the government should pay 50 per cent ore than individuals for their commodi- jes." And egain: “I trust, in case I am not ‘disturbed,’ to have the ‘Indian problem solved’ at an early date. “To the honorable commissioner and his assistant, George C. Armstrong, I am in. debted for advice, assistance and instruc- ticrs of a beneficial character. I realize fully that congressiot.al lethargy has ren- dered this agency, so far as permanent ben- efits extend, the toughest proposition in the Indian service, and feel indeed grateful for the arsistance extended under prevailing eonditicns.”” He closes by trustirg that another season will find conditions reversed, and the blanket thrown aside for the plow and branding iron. LIBRARIAN SPOFFORD'’S IDEA. He Favors Building a Tunnel Betweén the Capitol and the New Library. The plans of Librarian Spofford and Superintendent Green of the new Congres- sional Library building include an inge- nious device for supplying books to the Capitel. They expect to meet the demands of Senators and membérs of the House for literature frem the nation’s vast store through an underground conduit constructed between the two buildings, end they be- lieve that it can be done in this way so as to involve very little if any more delay than is now experienced in securing books from the present quarters of the iibrary in the Capitol building. At present the books are ottained by personal application to an as- sistant librarian, who when a book 1s call- ed for simply goes to a shelf and gets it; but owing to the crowded condition of the brary and the extent of the room occu- pied by it, considerable time is often con- sumed in the search for the desired volume. The new library building is only about 200 yards from the Capitol building, and it is believed by those who have given atten- tien to the subject that the obstacle of dis- tance can be overcome by the construction of an underground psssageway and the use of a pulley with an ingenious car which has been Invented especially for this purpose. A pneumatic tube is also to be employed for the purpose of ordering books. A clerk will be stationed at the Capitol at a convenient placb near the center of the building, for the equal accommodation of the two Houses, who will receive all orders for books and transmit them to the lbrary through the pneumatic tube, and who will also receive the books when sent on the carrying machine. Superintendent Green estimates that the entire process of ordering and procuring a beok in this way will consume not to exceed four minutes’ time. A portion of the books now in the Hbrary—about 70,000 of them— will be left in their present quarters for still greater convenience. These will consist of books of reference in the main, but they will also include one set of each of the standard English authors. The carrying device to be used in the proposed conduit will also form a feature of everyday work in the new lubrary building itself. It will be so con- structed that it will carry a book to any designated floor or section of the huge structure and deposit it at the proper spot, thus saving an immense amount of time to both reader and library employe. Alonzo Bell in Politics. Alonzo Bell, who was for many years a resident of Washington and held the posi- tion of assistant secretary of the Interior under the administrations of Presidents Hayes and Garfield, is the republican can- didate for the assembly in the twenty-ninth district, comprising a part of the twenty- third and twenty-fourth wards, New York city. His nomination has been indorsed by the anti-Tammany democrats and several other organizations which favor good gov- ernment. TRE LAST DAY —_— ++ Closing Hours of an Exciting Campaign, NEWS FROM MANY STATES How New York Mavagers Are Figuring, WHAT TAMMANY HOPES TO 00 2 Repobcans Content of Cat ring the Stale, THE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS -——- + ——_ Special From a Staff Correspondent. NEW YORK, November 5.—The instruc- tion to the Tammany workers is to get a majority of 60,000 for Hill in New York city, They are not restricted as to the method by which ‘this is to be done. As state In dis- patches to The Star last week, it is of much more importance to Tammany that Hill should not be beaten than it is to elect Grant, and they will not let Grant's inter- ests stand in the way of the success of the state ticket. There is most excellent rea- son to believe that they will trade off every- thing they have for Hill if they can get any one to deal with them. It is believed by some on the inside that they will give a Grant vote for a vote for Hill whenever they can, and that they are willing to trade on the legislature and even some of the congressional districts if anything is to be made for Hill by it. There is a very pecu- liar air of contentment about Grant's head- quarters. It is such an air as they might be expected to carry if they were sure of victory, or if they were reconciled to de- feat on terms not entirely unsatisfactory. It is not accompanied by inaction. Not by any means! There is more activity in Grant's headquarters than at any other place in the city. You can feel the wind frem the revolving wheels,.though the ma- chine is too well oiled to make much noise. The rooms are crowded all the while, but the Same people aré not there in five min- utes, One set goes as another comes, none have time to linger. It is a noise! perpetual motion. There is nothing in the least like it at either the democratic or the republican state headquarters, or at the state, committee, the Strong, or the head- quarters of the committee of seventy, nor has there been at any time during the cam- paign. Everywhere else the work is over, except that of sending out ballots and “pasters.” Democratic Chances. There are no stronger indications favor able to Hill than were apparent Saturday. His prospects had then improved wonder. fully over what they bad been at the begin- ning, but not sufficiently to overcome the Prevailing opinion that he will not be elect- |. How far this opinion would be changed if it were generally known for a certainty that Tammany and Grant are willing to be sacrificed for Hil) can't be said. It is true, however, that the average group in the hotel corridors discussing the situation find it hard to believe that Tammany will do this, They are in the habit of looking upon Tammany as essentially selfish, and the; do not, as a rule, lock deep enough into the motive to see that the u it demand of Tammany’s selfish interest is to have Hill elected, to gtand between them and un- favorable legisiation. ‘Apparently Hill will need all he can get by Tammany’s trading. The latest informa- tion from Brooklyn is not as favorable to the democrats as were reports received at democratic headquarters Saturday morning, While some democrats claim 10,000 for Hill in that city, others say they will be satis- fied If his plurality reaches that many hun- dreds. There is little more than guessing and calculation upon a basis arbitrarily as- sumed, but the democrats are so about Brooklyn that they dare not rel upon much above the majority which Ne" York city will give as an offset for what- ever majority Morton may have above the ‘Tammany always decides whi must be had to insure success, and the works to that mark. They evidently feel that near 60,000 in New York city Is neces- sary to Hiil’s success. if they can get the full democratic vote by surrendering themselves as hostages to the anti-Tammany democrats they can secure that much. But the independent German democracy is troublesome to deal with. These anti-Tammany Germans have got into their heads the idea that if Hill's election ig going to be for the protection of Tammany, that if Tammany would prefer the election of Hill to that of Grant, then that Hill the man for the foes of Tammany to vot against. There is something so logical about this that it is hard to get it out of the philoe sophical German mind. The confidence wht many of the antl-Tammany people have tha! Strong is going to be elected anyhow als stands somewhat in the way of acceptance of coffers to trade which Tammany may, make. They cannot trade much with republi on the mayor in the interest of Hill. It might be easier in dealing with most re- publicans to trade the other way. To tempt republicans they must offer the legislature and perhaps a Representative or two in Congress. The Confidence of Republicans. If the world should come to an end on election day it would not surprise the re- publican comsrittee more than would the election of Hill. While they have lowered their claim of majority in the upper part of the state, they have not abated their confidence. In their calculation it is only & question of the size of Morton’s majority, regarding his election as a certainty. In the hotel corridors the talk is very general- ly one way, but every now and then some one puts Jn the svggestion that this is all an assumption deducted from general prin ciples, as no one has any substantial in- formation, and that Hill may be elected. The democratic mind is mostly in a condi- tion of uncertainty. A good many of the best informed of them believe firmly that Hill has made such a campaign as t6 snatch victory from the jaws of defea' ‘hey have ccme to believe, within the las few days, that he is going to be elected by a Be madority. ‘Those who are most con- fident are undoubtedly counting on a vicar+ icus sacrifice on the part of Tammany. The Betting. As a business proposition there is very Httle to tempt professional gamblers to bet cn the result. The laymen among the demor crats have rot enough confidence to put their money up recklessly. The profes