Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT 7a S ‘AR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennas{ivania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, rt) Potter Building. ptbnamnes Sy lachseo- bseribers in th tty by caitices, on thelr own Cg TH venta r week, or 44 cents per month. les at the = ter 2 cents each. yy mail— ere in the Gansda—postage prepald—S0 cents moath, ‘Setu Quintuple — erat $1 per year; with forelgn postage added, $8.00." (Entored-at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©. as second-class ma‘l matter.) pacriptions must be paid in advance. wertising made known on sppiication ‘aited States or Che Zvening Star. Vor 85, No. 21,050. WASHINGTON, D.C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1894-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of tHe pudding is in te eating. Yesterday's Star contained 44 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 752 separate announces ments. These advertisers Bought pubficity—not merefp space, OFFICERS ARRESTED Action Against the Fidelity Build- ing and Loan Association. MR. DINGMAN TAKEN INTO CUSTODY — + Not Regarded as Serious at the Office Here. —__—_+__—_. SAY ITIS A MISTAKE een cork va PITTSBURG, Pa., November 23.—Seven of the officers and employes of the Fidelity Bullding, Loan and Investment Associa- tion, also known as the Columbia Building, Loan and Investment Association of Wash- ington, D. C., with offices in this city, were arrested on a charge of conspiracy to cheat and defraud. The names of the prisoners are: Harri- son Dingman of Washington, D. C., presi- dent; Andrew Wall of Washington, D. C., vice president, and the following local employes: R. F. Mitchell, W. M. Henry, F. J. Holden, W. A. Ewing and R. Haight. They were ali taken to central station, where they were held under $1,000 bail each. Emma Snyder, a colored woman from Al- legheny, is the prosecutor. She went to the office yesterday to draw her money and was refused. The police have been watch- ing the co ny for several days. They learned that the president and vice prest- dent were on a tour cf inspection, and would be here, so the officers determired to take them in the haul. What Mr. Dingman Says. The president, Harriscn Dingman, efter his arrest, said: ‘The association is char- tered in Virginia, and has been in existence Harrison Dingman. ror eight or nine years. It was originally the Fidelity Building, Loan ard Invest- ment Association. Then we formed the Fidelity Building and Loan Association. Owing to the similarity of titles there was some confusion and two years ago the investment company was reaamed the Columbia Building, Loan and Investment Association. The main offices of the company are at 908-914 G street northwest, Washington, ond the trustees are the American Se- eurity and Trust Company. One of the prisoners is W. M. Henry, employed as a clerk. He was formerly a clerk in the Indian bureau in Washington, where he first met the president and vice president of the association. They wore then Indian claim agents, doing a business that he knew of to the extent of $0,000 a week. He is mercly an employe here. The officers of the two aililed compauies are the same and are as follows: Harri- son Dingman, president; Andrew Wall, vice president and manager; Alonzo Twee- dale, secretary; George Gibson, treasurer; Benjamin Wali, general superintendent: Ed. 8. York, manager of the loan depart- ment, and Charles J. James, supervisor. At the Company's Office. At the office of the Fidellty Building, Loan and Investment Company, in the Mc- Gill building, this afternoon no one could be found who placed credence in the report of the arrest of President Dingman and Vice President Wall. Mr. Charles James, who was in charge of the offices, did not seem to regard the action of the Pitta- burg authorities as serious and said the result of the affair would show that there was nothing in {t which would affect the ersonal or business characters of either r. Dingman or Mr. Wall. The other employes of the company spoken to were assured, like Mr. Jame3, that the arrest was the resuit of some misunderstanding, and expressed conil- dence that future developments would re- lieve their superior officers of every taint of suspicion of wrong doing. No telegrams had been received at the office from Pittsburg informing those in charge of the difficulty. —— CHARGES AGAINST DIVVER. Some of the Effects of Tammany’s Overthrow. NEW YORK, November 28.—Patrick Div- ver, police justice of the city of New York, may be compelled to show cause why he should not be deprived of his judicial functions. A petition with that end in view has been lodged with Joseph F. Daly, chief judge of the court of common pleas. The petition alleges on information and belief that Divver is habitually careless, negligent and inefficient in the discharge of the duties of his office; that he has been guilty of malfeasances in office; that he has scandalously and disgracefully offered bribes to secure the falsification of elec- tion returns; that he has been in conspir- acy and collusion with “green goods” swindlers, and that he has engaged in pub- lic brawls, to the degradation of his office and his own personal disfigurement. The petition is signed by five tax payers of this city, of whom one is Isaac K. Funk, the publisher, and another, Charles BD. Sprague, president of the Union Dime Savings Bank. The petitioners do aot represent any organization, but are act- ing in their individual capacity. The law provides that charges against a police jus- tice may be tried publicly before the judges of the court of common pleas. Divver was appointed a police justice by Mayor Hugh J. Grant. It is not of record that he had Practiced or read law, being at the time of his appointment the keeper of a saloon on Park Row. The pay of a police justice fs $8,000 a year. -— SUCCESSOR TO SATOLLI. Vatican Authorities Say Nothing Has Been Decided. ROM November 23.—In regard to the statement circulated by a news agency that the belief is expressed here that Mgr. Lorenzelli, the papal nuncio to the Nether- lands, will be appointed apostolic delegate to the United States to succeed Mgr. Sa- tolli, the Vatican authorities inform the Associated Press that nothing has yet been @ecided concerning any successor to Mgr. Batolli. The matter ts simple conjecture. It is stated upon good authority that the v. Father Rooker, vice rector of the Ynited States College at Rome, will suc- geed the Rev. Father Papi as secretary to the apostolic delegation at Washington. AWAITING RATIFICATIONISUGAR RAISERS SUE|THE POPGUN BILLS] PEACE TERMS SOUGHT The New Treaty With Japan Has Been Finally Executed. Great Importauce-of the Agreement to Our Commercial Relations im the Far East. Secretary of State Gresham, in behalf of the United States, and Minister Kurino of Jazan, in behalf of his country, have affixed their signatures to a new treaty of amity and commerce between this coun- try and Japan. The final formalities in the execution of the instrument occurred at the State Department late yesterday afternoon, after the close of office hours, and the fact that it now awaited only the ratification of the two governments was exclusively announced by the Associated Press yesterday. When the last formali- ties were closed yesterday the State De- partment building was deserted, except the private office of the Secretary of State, where the interesting ceremony was to be concluded. When Mr. Kurino had been ushered into the office, the doors were. closed, and unusual secrecy marked the conclusion of this international compact. The details of the execution of a treaty include the signing of the two parties, the affixing of the respective seals, together with the great seal of the United States. WII He Sent to the Senate. Secretary Gresham will now transmit the new treaty to the United States Senate as soon as it convenes, and Mr. Kurino will forward it to the Japanese foreign office to be approved by the Emperor of Japan and the privy council. It ts not necessary to submit it to the Japanese diet, as the privy council occupies a position similar to our Senate in confirming treaties. The confirmation of the treaty by Japan is looked on as a mere formality, however, as the main feature of the negotiation has been to bring the treaty to the point of actualssignature. There will be no offi- cial announcement, however, until the Senate and privy council give their ap- proval. Coming at the present time, the signing of the treaty is considered of much sig- nificance beyond its actual terms, as it establishes the cordiality between the countries, where foreign powers are en- deavoring to show that Japan's rejection of the peace mediation was @ ‘snub"” to the United States. Conclusions of Lengthy Negotiations. To Japan the signatures are of supreme importance, as the country estimates its new series of treaties as quite as im- portant as the war it 1s now conducting. When the Japanese minister at London re- cently concluded the new treaty with Great ritain the Emp-ror of Japan at once Gucorated’ him with the highest orders of the empire, and advanced him to the nobil- ity. As the negotiaticns with the United States have been even more difficult, owing to the many questions involved, it is not doubted that Minister Kurino's success in haying the instrument signed and sealed will be a source of profound satisfaction in Japan. It concludes a labor which has been in progress for fifteen years, through the administrations of several Japanese ministers, and it was with a special view to clcsing the long negotiation that Mr. Kurino was taken from an important post in the Japanese foreign office and sent to Washington. ‘The event will also cause much comment in Great Britain, France, Switzerland and other foreign countries, as the action of the Unitei States affects similar treaties abroad. That with Great Britain is closed, and the two with France and Switzerland are largely dependent on the close of the American negotiations. Chief Feature of the Treaty. ‘The chief feature of the new treaty fs in its recognition of Japan as a civilized country. Previous treaties have assumed that the native courts were so primitive and punishments so brutal that it would not be safe to trust British, American and other foreign citizens to native tribunals and the foreign consuls were given extra- territorial jurisdiction in the great treaty ports of Japan. This has long wounded the pride of the country. Political parties have divided on this one question, and un- til the war occurred it was the ruling Is- sue. The new treaty now recognizes the Japanese courts and does away with the offensive foreign consular courts. But, in order that time may be given for the Jap- anese judicial system to be further perfect- ed, the date when they asdume their new funetions is postponed for five years, viz., till July 1, 1899. The same provision is in the treaty with Great Britain and in those about to be concluded with France, Switz- eriand and other countries, so that the full recognition of Japan's civilization will be ushered in with the twentieth century. ‘The restriction of Japanese immigration to this country {s also an important feature of the new treaty. Japan has readily ac- ceded to this, because, as she claims, her citizens are not desirous of emigrating in large numbers to America, and also because ‘apanese law prohibits them from emi- grating contrary to American contract labor and immigration laws. The Trade Features. The trade features of the treaty are said to be framed with a view to developing the commerce of both countries. In previous treaties Japan has been restricted to 5 per cent ad valorem on American imports, and the actual collections at the custom houses have been about 3 per cent ad valorem. The exact terms of the new arrangement are not known. The treaty also gives Americans greater property rights in Japan, allowing them the privileges not heretofore granted of leasing lands in the interior of Japan as well as at the treaty ports and allowing all prop- erty rights except the right to own land in fee simple. ——___ AMNESTY IN BRAZIL, Minister Mendonca Explains the De- cree of President Moraes. Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, has not beer yet officially notified of the decree granting amnesty to political of- fenders in Brazil issued by President Moraes. The decree is intended, of course, to apply to the cases of participants in the recent revolution. “An amnesty Is in effect a pardon,” said the minister. “It is all that the officers could ask and more than they had a right to expect. I do not know what conditions are attached to the amnesty, but doubtless there are some to guarantee the loyalty of the beneficiaries to the government in the future. No doubt the officers who have exiled themselves from Brazil since the revolution will be glad to accept the pardon and return.” Most of the naval officers who took part in the revolution fled from the country when their movement collapsed. Charges were preferred against the others and they were tried by naval courts-martial. A few were acquitted, others were sentenced to confinement in fortresses. These last doubtless will be released under the am- nesty. Minister Mendonca says that the decree gives evidence of the stability of the government, and shows that it has no fear that the rebellious movement ts still alive or a menacing force. —_———_—_+o+____. Pensidns Granted. Among the pensions granted today were the following: District of Columbia—Increase, Geo, W. Fisher, Anacostia. Maryland—Original widows, minor of James B, Valiant, Balgmore, They Demand Bounties on Sugar Raised During the Present Year. CASES IN THE COURT OF CLAIMS The Government Charged With ‘Breaking an Explicit Contract. A CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTION Pee te taneeOeR The controversy between the sugar grow- ers of the country and the United States government, growing out of the repeal of the act granting a bounty of one-half cent a pound upon all sugers grown in the states and territories by the Gorman tariff bil, and the subsequent refusal of the ‘Treasury Department to pay bounties upon the sugar grown in the present year, reached the first stage in progress to defin- ite legal settlement today. Mr. J. Archibald Murray, an attorney of New York, filed this morning in the Cour€ of Claims three suits, {dentical in charac- ter, and all seeking to recover from the government sums of money alleged to be legally due the complainants as bounty upon sugar raised by them in the year 1894. The Chino Valley Beet Sugar Com- pany of New Jersey sues for $43,121.34; the Norfolk Beet Sugar Company of New Jer- sey for $3,003.56, and the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company for $11,782.50, Grounds of the Complaints. ‘The complaints are based upon the alle- gation that the United Srates, by the act of Congress granting a bounty of one-hali cent a pound upon all suyar grown in the United States and territories, entered into a solemn, legal contract with the compiain- ants, as well as all other sugar growers, and led them by fts terms to undertake the culture of beets and other plants from which sugar is obtained, but which could vot have been profitably pursued without the benefits of such a contract. The clairi is further made that the crops of the ccmplainants were growing and the sugar resulting from them was in process of manufacture long Lefore the passage by Congress of the measure repealing the pro- Visions of the act granting the bounty, and that the government has no right to yithhold the payment of the bounties al- jexed to be due. carly Hearing Expected. ‘The cases will protably be pushed to an early hearing in tte Court of Claima, and will then be taken to the United States court for final settiement. It is under- stoed that the suits are brought as test cases, and will be vigorously contested, as an amount reaching seme $11,000,000 is at stake in the controve: , the government having withheld that much money from sugar growers by reason of the recent ruling of Secretery Carlisle that the re- peal of the bounty act by the Gortan biil relieved the treasury from the necessity of paying the bounty for the present year. Government Defense Outlined. It ts also said that the Attorney General has prepared himself in anticipation of such suits being brovght, and that the government will meet the issue raised by the complainants by making the point that the granting of bounties er the making of bargains by Congress with individual ner- fons for any such purpose is unconstitu- tional. Much interest, therefore, will at- tach to the hearing, both in the lower and the higher court. ——— 2 WATTS’ “LOVE AND LIFE.” It Will Probably Be Hung in the Smithsonian Instiution. Watts’ beautiful allegorical painting of “Love and Life” will most probably grace the walls of the museum attached to the Smithsonian Institution. As is well known, the work is an artistic representation of the nude, and was presented to the United States by its distinguished author. It was one of the most attractive features of the British art exhibit at the world’s fair, and at its close It was brought to this city. It was stored in the Georgetown custom house for several months, and finally for greater care and security it was removed to the White House, where it now re- mains. Pending the selection of a place for {ts exhibition it has not been unpack- ed. It is kept in a dry place on the base- ment floor, and nothing has been left un- done to contribute to its preservation in all its perfection. The President, to whom the settlement of the question as to the disposition of the painting has been left, has not yet finally decided what is best to be done in the matter. There 1s no gocd place for it in the White House, and there is a serious question of the propriety of hanging it there even if there was ruch a place. The only paintings now on the walls are por- traits of Presidents and ‘heir wives. These all belong to the government, and occupy nearly all the available wall space. Prof. Langley’s Suggestion. Prof. Langley, secretary of the Smith- sonian Institution, has suggested to the President that the painting be added to the collection of works of art at the iristitution. He informed him that there were several valuabie paintings belonging to the Institu- tion, which were on exhtbition in other public places, and that If it should meet with the President's approval they would be placed in a suitable hall of the Smith- sonian. He explained that the collection, preservation and public display of works of art of all descriptions wes the main object of the institution, and gave it as his opin- fon that Watts’ “Love and Life’ would prove a valuable addition to their present collection. : ‘The donor of the paint'xg suggested the exhibition of his gift in . national gallery of art, and the Smithsor'an Institution is the nearest approach to ,uch a gallery in this country. ‘The Pr.sident therefore views Prof. Langley’s suggestion with great favor, and has practically concluded to act in accordance therewith. {t may be several weeks yet, however, before the matter 1s finally disposed of, inasmuch as the Presi- dent is at present engrossed with much more important business. —-e-— Reports Contirmed. ‘The acting secretary of the navy has re- ceived a brief telegram confirming the press dispatch in yesterday's Star telling of the destruction of the Chinese battleship Chen Yuen and the subsequent suicide of her commander. The Chen Yuen was one of the finest war ships of modern times, and withstood the brunt of the Japanese attack at the Yalu river. According to the official telegram the vessel fell a victim to one of the torpedoes planted by the Chi- nese themselves to guard the entrance of the great naval stronghold at Wei-hai-wei. Her loss has greatly reduced the offensive power of the Chinese navy. There remain the Ting Yuen, another powerful battle- ship, and a few lesser ironclads, but with- out the aid of the Chen Yuen they would hardly dare to make an offensive cam- paign, and probably will remain in port to assist In the defense. F 'th-Clasa Pencliaien: The total number of fourth-class post- masters appointed today was thirty-two. Of this number twenty-three were to fill vacancies caused by death and resigna- tion and the remainder by removals. There Will Probably Be No Effort to Pass Them This Winter. Pledges Made by Senators as to Free agar Now Returning to Plague Them. The difference of opinion among’ demo- crate. as to the advisability of trying to pass the pop-gun tariff bills during this session is made evident as members of the party arrive in Washington and discuss the question. It 1s believed that when they all get here and come to talk the matter over among themselves it will be decided that this effort will make but use- less agitation, and that they cannot secure sufficient unity of action to make it worth while. Some of the Senators who are standing over for re-election may deem it to their interest to make a great show of earnestness, but if so, this will all be spectacular for the benefit of their people at home and will give no promise of @e- sults. Cun't Do Without the Svgar Duty. Members and Senators of the democratic faith went home at the close of last ses- sion with many solemn oaths that on the reassembling of Congress the sugar duty should be repealed. These will probably return to repent their promises. When the free sugar pop-gun bill was passed by the House after the Gorman bill had become a law it was held up very promptly in the Senate by Mr. Carlisle's fetter declaring that the government would have to have the revenue derived from this duty. At that time it was anticipated that after the Gorman bill had got Into operation the deficiency in revenue would be more than met, and that then the sugar duty might be repealed. In this there has been a com- plete disappointment, and it has been dem- onstrated more convincingly than ever that this revenue from sugar cannot be done without. From time to time there have been utterances emanating from the Treas- ury Department calculated to impress upon the public mind that no present source of revenue can be dispensed with. Whether this was intenled to have any bearing upon the question of free sugar or not, It has served as a warning to the ad- vocates of free sugar vhat they are at this time helpless. The shortage in revenue, ac- companied by the fallingvoff im the gold re- serve and the conseuemt issue of bunds, practically disposes of amy proposition for free sugar. 5 May Be an Imcreane. If the bond issue had been delayed until authority could be obtaimed from Congress for it the measure giving this authority might have been coupled With an agreement to pass a free sugar bill in order to placate the free-sugar men, who are chiefly the op- ponents to any bond issue. One of the state- ments made to these men when the ques- tion of free sugar was agitated last winter was that the repeal of the sugar duty would have to be followed at once by an issue of bonds. Now they have the issue of bonds and are at the same time confronted with the condition whieh will necessar defeat all their theories about free sugar. There is just as apt to be @ bill introduced to increase the sugar duty as there is one to abolish it. : re THE PRESIDENT’S CONDITION. Prac ally a Prisoner at Woodley From Rheumatic Gout. Owing to the continued indisposition of the President, the regular semi-weekly cab- inet meeting was omitted today. The Pres- ident is suffering from a recurrence of his old enemy, rheumatic gout, and is practi- cally a prisoner at his country retreat. His malady was aggravated last Monday, when he slipped on a pebble in his garden and strained the tendong of his already swollen ankle. He is reported to be im- proving steadily and as being much better today. His physician hag enjoined perfect rest and quiet, and has advised him not to use his affected limb mere than is abso- lutely necessary. Consequently, he passes most of the day and all of the night in a recumbent position and:is obliged to deny himself to all callers, except the members of his family and the members of his cab- inet. He is making good progress in the preparation of his annual message to Con- gress, and holds almost daily conferences with the members of his official family. All other business except such as requires immediate attention has been laid aside for the present, and the probabilities are that no important appointments will be made until after the assembling of Con- gress. Although the President is better, there is no likelihood that he will resume his res!- dence at the White House for several weeks and certainly not before the meet- ing of Congress. In case he shall not be able to come into the elty next week it is probable that a meeting of the cabinet will be coavened at Woodley, In order to give final consideration to the executive mes- sages to Congress, including the annual reports of all the government departments. The misunderstanding that occurred on Tuesday, when all the cabinet officers as- sembled at the White House in expecta- tion of meeting the President, was not peated today. They were all notified in good season that the meeting was off, and that aniple notice would be given of the time of the next meeting. ——-e. AN OLD CASE STILL ON. A Good Illustration of the Usual Progress of Railroad Litigation, Interest in a case which has had an ex- ceptionally long career in the courts was revived in the Supreme Court of the United States by its argument. It is the case of George A. Cunningham and John P. Branch against the Macon and Brunswick Railroad Company. Cunningham -and Branch, who were the owners of bonds in the Macon and Brunswick road, began their suit as far back as 1877. These bonds were indorsed by the state of Georgia by an act of the legislature of the state, and accordingly, being unable t6 sue the state without its consent, the bopdholders made the state officers parties to the suit. The United States circuit court for the southern district of Georgia sustained a demurrer that the suit against the state officers was virtually a suit against the state itself. Upon appeal to the Supreme Court this de- cision was sustained and the case dismiss- ed as to the state and its officers. The case against the railroad company having gone | the rounds of the lower courts comes back to the Supreme Court on an appeal from a cond decision of the southern Georgia cireult court dismissing the Dill of Cun- ningham and Branch. In the-meantime the Macon and Brunswick Company had gone out of existence through foreclosure, and the East Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia Company is now the defendant. ———__+e- PLEADED GUILTY. Sentences Imposed on Eichelberger Brothers for Manslaughter. ‘ As stated in yesterday's Star would be the case, William and Albert Eichelberger this morning entered a plea of guilty of manslaughter to the indictment charging them with the murder of Henry Breitner, the 14th of last July. District Attorney Birney explained to Judge Cole that he had agreed to accept a plea for the reason that he had found the element of murder wanting. He there- fore suggested a seatence of five years and six months in the Albany penitentiary for William, and one of seven years for Al- bert, which sentences were imposed. —— Importance of the Chinese Customs _ Commissioner's Mission. A THIRD ARMY LEAVES FOR CHINA English War Officials on Japan's Snubbing America. WHAT IS SAID HERE LONDON, November 23.—The Enlish newspapers attach great importance to the mission of De Ting, the cominissioner of imperial customs at Tien-Tsin, who, as exclusively cabled to the Associated Press yesterday afternoon, has left China for Japan in order to arrange terms of peace. The Globe this afternoon, commenting upon De Ting’s departure for Japan, says that it confirms the reported rejection of the mediation of the United States. The Globe says that this was the coprse to be expected “in spite of the Washington re- ports that the negotiations would be con- ducted by the American minister at ‘To- kilo.” The Daily News, referring to the same subject, says: “The peace commissioner was not sent a moment too soon, But he can hardly hope to reach Japan before the Japanese forces close up on Port Arthur for the last de- cisive struggle.” The rumors which have reached here from Washington to the effect that Great Britain is supporting or co-operating with the United States in the attempt being made to mediate between China and Japan are declared in official circles here to be altogether incorrect. ‘The United States government is under- stood to have acted entirely upon its own initiative and with complete independence of the powers. On the contrary, England has noted the rebuff sustained by the Unit- ed States with positive delight. The for- eign office is not displeased to see the Unit- ed States fail after Great Britain's snub- hing in a similar attempt. The present at- titude of England in regard to the war Le- tween China and Japan is one of complete inaction, She is awaiting developments, es- pecially as advices have been received from Japan which show that she is not likely to listen to any peace overtures at the present, as she is prepared to carry on a winter campuign. Another Japanese Loan. YOKOHAMA, Japan, November 23,—The minister of finance has announced a f ther war loan of 50,000,000 yen in fives, making $0,000,000 yen of the 100,000,000 yen authorized by parliament to be raised for war purposes, The third army has left Ujina on board of the transports. The destination of this army is not known; but it is rumored that it is intended to operate in the Yang Tse Kiang districts of China. HIROSHIMA, November 23.—A_ steamer which has arrived here from Moji reports that fo assaults had been made upon Port Arthur up to November 19. Two inter- preters and one war correspondent, who were following the second Japanese army, have been captured and killed by the Chinese. LONDON, November 23.—A dispatch to the Times from Shanghai says that the ef- forts of foreigners to reach the Chinese wounded meet with small success. The wounded Chinese mostly remain at Simen- ting, between New-Chang and Moukden, the ‘state of the country preventing the Chinese medical staff and the foretgn vol- unteers from procceding there. Wounded stragglers have reached Moukden ahd New-Chang, and sume of them have even reacted Tien-Tsin, where they have .been attended to. But no succor has reached the main body of the Chinese wounded. All the foreigners have left Moukden. A portion of the road between Tien-Tsin and Pekin 1s occupied by Hounaneze troops, and this locality is becoming un- pleasunt for travelers. Cold weather is setting in. The Catholic fathers remain at their sta- tions in Manchuria, but, the Times dis- patch adds, the Protestants have returned. The latter report that the Chinese soldiers fought much more stubbornly under Gen. Sung, and they add that if the Chinese had good leaders they would certainly re- pel the Japanese, Officials and Diplomats Amused. The cable advices stating that the Brit- ish officials are “delighted with the re- buff” sustained by the United States in Japan's rejection of mediation cause much amusement among the ofticials and diplo- mats here who are familiar with the facts. While the British version that the United States acted entirely alone in its offer, and without the co-operation of Great Britain, is literally true, yet it {s also known that her majesty’s ‘government for trade or commercial reasons heartily desired the success of the movement, as it was feared a continuance of the war might affect British commercial interests in the east disastrously. From the outset of the negotiations Great Britain has shown the greatest anxiety to have the war terminated, and the foreign otftice has twice submitted formal, requests that the United States join Great Britain in intervention. The United States declined all overtures from England, but at the request of China made the independent offer of mediation. The request coming from China, and being in the interest of Great Britain's policy of preserving China, was known to have the meral support of her majesty’s govern- ment, even if It lacked the open co-opera- tion of the foreign office, which would have been unacceptable to this government if it involved any entangling alliances. Any delight which British officials may express at Japan's snubbing the United States is attributable to personal reasons, and not to the failure of the object Great Britain has earnestly sought. The latest phase of the controversy, in the departure of China’s minister of cus- toms for Japan to arrange terms of peace, further assures the officials here that China has embraced the peace policy along the lines openly proposed by the United States and covertly desired by Great Britain. It is regarded as natural that English diplo- matists should prefer that their ultimate aim—peace—should be achieved with as little distinction’as possible for the United States as the mediator. But there is another and a very good rea- | son why any expression of delight at the snubbing of the United States is entirely out of place at this point, and that is, as explained by State Department officials, that the United States has not been snu bed at all. The reply of the Japanese gov- ernment to our overtures was extremely courteous in expression and in spirit, and it did not by any means amount to a re- jection. On the contrary, It pointed out a way in which the United States could assist in re- storing peace if China should be in the proper frame of mind. That’ was by au- thorizing our ministers in Japan and China to receive and transmit peace proposals. This authority has been conferred, and the United States government is realiy in the place of a mediator, with the consent of the Japanese government. tgs Claims Refused, The acting controller of the treasury has refused the application for reconsideration of the adjudicated claims of Charles H. Armstrong and 158 others for reimburse- ment of money expended in 1863 for the defense of Pittsburg and Allegheny, Pa. These claims aggresate $73,000 CONDITION OF THE TREASURY Treasurer Morgan’s Statement of Our Finan- cial Condition. The Raid on the Gold Reserve Ex- plained With Its Results— Present Situation. United States Treasurer D. N. Morgan has submitted to Secretary Carlisle the an- nual report on the operations and condition of the treasury. The net ordinary revenues for the fiscal year ending June 30 were $207,722,019.25, a decrease of $88,007,600.53 as compared with the year before. The net ordinary expenditures were $$67,525,270.83, a decrease of $15,052,674.66. Including the public debt, the total receipts on all ac- counts were 006,538.46, and the expendi- tures 3608,908,552, 78, The treasurer remarks that the impatr- ment of the gold reserve, rendering neces- sary the issue of bonds in February, was caused chiefly by the depletion of the treas- ury resulting from insufficient revenues. Even when the supply of paper had become so reduced that the treasury was obliged to pay out large sums of gold in the ordinary disbursements, the coin was freely returned in the revenues. The proceeds of this loan were $58,60),000 in gold coin and certifi- cates, but during the month of February there were redeemed $19,200,000 of notes in gold, presumably to meet subscriptions to the loan, so that the net gold proceeds were about $30,500,000. This, together with a gain of $1,500,000 in gold from ordinary sources brought up the reserve, during the month, from $65,600,000 to $106,500,000, while the net assets of the treasury, with an ex- cess of $7,000,000 of expenditures over re- ceipts for the month, increased from $1 000,000 Lo $177,000,000, During the succeed- ing months, ull the end of the first week in August, the reserve was affected by de- ficient revenues and withdrawals of gold for export, the movement abroad having been stimulated by the necessity which the treasury was under of furnishing to ex- porters new full-weight, after the supply of old pieces had become exhausted. The lowest point touched by the reserve was 52,189,000 on August 7, 18H. Reducing Gold Reserve. Pridr to July,1892,the gold reserve was but little affected by withdrawals of coin, there having never been any considerable demand for the redemption of notes. Even when gold exports were heavy the metal was furnished by bankers from their vaults or was obiained from the treasury for gold certificates, of course, without impairment to the reserve. During the last two years, however, the treasury has been called upon to furnish nearly the whole of the require- ments for exportation, and there have re- cently been considerabie withdrawals for other uses. To the end of Sepiember last the total redemptions of United States notes in gold since the resumption of specie pay ents were $181,300,000, and the total re- demption of treasury notes in gold from their first issue were $65,500,000, Demand for Note With reference to the retirement of treasury notes the treasurer says that prior to August, 1808, the treasury had been able to provide for the redemption of treasury notes in silver dollars out of the ‘holdings of free silver, so that there had not been, up to that time, any im- pairment of the total amount of the sil- ver fund accumulated under the act. On the 3d of that month, however, the silver dollars and bullion in the treasury had become reduced to the amount required by law to be retained for the payment of outstanding treasury notes and certificates, and the demand for the redemption of notes continuing in consequence of the scarcity of smail denominations of cur- rency, it became necessary to draw upon the dollars coined especially for that pur- pose. The silver fund being thus impair- ed, the notes so redeemed were canceled, inorder to preserve the required equality between the silver in the treasury and the notes outstanding. The total amount of the notes retired in this way up to Oc- tober 31, was $4,790,434. The amount of the new issues of United States paper currency put into circulation during the year was $350,059,190, having been exceeded but once, in 1802. The amount of worn and mutilated notes re- deemed was $31,002,200, ‘This also has been exceeded, but once, in 1888. The to- tal paper circulation reached its highest point in May last, when it stood at $1,- 175,000,000, Since then there has been a slight ‘contraction, caused chiefly by the gradual redemption and retirement of gold certificates, the issue of which was sus- pended, as'the law requires, when the gold reserve of the treasury fell below one hun- dred million dollars. Recent operations of the treasury in pre- paring and distributing the supplies of currency demanded by the public -have Yeen conducted with much less difficulty than formerly, the reason being found in the greater ease of the currency situation. A considerable share of the autumn de- mand for small notes has been supplied this season by local bankers, without as- sistance either from their city correspon- dents or the treasury. Notwithstanding a change in the regu- lations, whereby senders of national bank notes for redemption were required to bear the charges for transportation, the re- demptions were the heaviest since 1886, amounting to $105,000,000, or more than half of the average circulation, AREAL THE DISTRICT ‘TIMATES. Th se Submitted by the Commiasion- ers Have Been Approved. Secretary Carlisle has epproved the esti- mates for the expenses of the Distriet f the next fiscal year, just as they were pre- pared and submitted by the District Com- missioners, without reductions or elimina- ticns. ‘They will, therefore, ke to Congress i the ehipe desired ty the Commissioners without having undergene the usual seul- ing process. —__— +e + No Official List. An erroneous impression has gone out that the clerk of the House of Representa- tives has prepared an official list of mem- bers of the Fifty-fourth Congress. This he has not done and would not be able to do, if so disposed, for the reason that the official returns have so far been received irom only two districts of the 358, those being the two Oregon districts. It 1s not expected that certificates of election will in any large number be placed with the clerk before the convening of the short session, and the probaoilities are thet al) the certiticates will not be on file tor scme that date. Iiut even if certifi- tes should be Aled representing all the districts of the entire country the clerk would not in this irstance probably be dis- posed to issue an. official roll call of the xt Congress before the expiration of the Captain of the Watch. It is understood at the Department of the Interior that Captain of the Watch Caruth 1s to be succeeded in that p tion by Walter F. Halleck, captain of the census oflice watch, Cept. Caruth is now on leave. azd under the rules of the de- partment may take a civil service examin- ation for copyist, in which event he will most likely be appointed to a position in the pension office. Capt, Halleck is in charge of hix new post today. The new officer hails from Jamestown, N. Y., and served during the war in company I. cleyenth Michigan infantry, and after the war in the eighteenth and ‘twenty-seventh United States infantry regiments. He lost an eve at the battle af Stone river in 1962 A COMBINATION Senators Jones’ and Cameron's Re- ported Political Partnership, THE DUTY IMPOSED ON BACH How the Different Sections Are to Be Placated. THE EXPECTED RESULT The story which is current in the west that Senator Jones of Nevada and Senator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania are proceed- ing to the organization of a new political party designed to give Mr. Jones free silver, Mr. Cameron a presidential nomination and incidental benefits to the country is caus- ing considerable talk among politicians in Washington, It is said that the plan and Scope of the new party, as understood by. the politicians, reveals the possibility of an organization of considerable strength, which, while not powerful enough to pose as a really dangerous rival to the old parties, would yet prove an influential ele- ment in the next campaign to the extent of drawing from the democratic and repub- lican following to a degree which might weaken them, and that this is a fact makes the project worthy of consideration and dis- cussion, A New Political Partnership. ‘The plan imputed to these two gentlemen, which, it is said, they are maturing, but which neither has publicly avowed, yet is described by the political gossips as a com- bination enterprise, a political partnership with two branches of work to be respect- ively assumed by the partners, each of whom is to raise a faction to be united under one banner, and by voting for each other's interests to gain their respective objects. In short, it is to be a union of th labor classes of the east and the free silver men of the south and west, with acquisi- tions from the great mass of people who may be dissatisfied with the democrats and republicans and yet not ready to indorse the visionary schemes of the populists. Platform of the Eastern Wing. The work which it is said will fall to Mr Cameron's Ict in this new un lertuking Will be the amalgamation of the lavor classes. This is to be accomplished with the aid of the magic word “protection,” the ery to which they have rallied in many. 4“ past year, but which is to take on a re- rewed and more magnetic potency in the future. The “protection” which the new party is to offer labor is to include not only the beneficence of a sufficient tariff rate, thus infringing the republican copy- right to that extent, but is to go further and take on a broader meaning. It is to be protection to Ikbor threugh wise laws af- fecting its relation to capital, to employ ment, to right ef redress for wrongs which while not tangible in lew under present conditions are yet actval and real in nrac- tical effect. lt is to be protection which protects laber not only against pauper competition of other countries, but against oppression in its own country, and enables it to at least stand upon an equal footing in its contest with capital, making up by law the inequalities which now confront it. All that is asked from labor in return for the advantages thus cffered is the sup- port of the free silver demands of another Jarge portion of the country, situated like labor, unable to accomplish what it wants mlpes but which ca enforce its needs by, union. What the West Will Do. Senator Jones’ task is explained to be the enrollment of all the money inflation- ists of the west and south into line, prom- ising them free silver and an extended currency in exchange for their support of the interests of the eastern wing of the new party. In the west it is claimed that Senator Jones will have two fruitful fields from which to recruit his ranks. There will be the original free silver men, who Want the upholkling of the white metal sgainst all comers and under whateve corditions may be necessary. These will form the nucleus of his faction. Then he will draw from the republican party, it is claimed, those men who were populists for awhile, heid to that organizatioa by tle trec silver thread and who, on acvouni of the vagaries of their new love, were finally compelled to divorce her at the last lection and go to the republicans, the free silver virtue not being sufficient to cover a multitude of sins. Whatever scru- ples they may have about leaving the old party are expected to be overcome by the fact that their new allegiance offers pro- tection to labor and American industry. As there are no records of the present existence of democrats in the west it is rot known to what extent Mr. Jones ex- pects to recruit from them. It is con- tended that many men were driven into the republican ranks in the west at the last election through sheer desperation, They were utterly disgusted with the popu- lists, could not stomach democratic free trade, and, while they saw no hope tor silver in the republicans, went with them because there was no other alternative and perhaps because they had once been re- publicans. This class the new party is said to expect to win at the outset with ite declarations for silver and protection. The South to Contribute. In the south it ig said the new party expects to muster @ force with the cry of more money and fair elections. It is be- lieved by the promoters of the schemo that this will capture the populisis body and soul and swing into line the Koibites of Alabama and the republicans of Vir- nia, North Carolina and Tennessee, who want honest elections. It is explained that the populist of the south differs from bis tangfed-haired Kansas and Nebraska cous: in, All that he wants is an extended cur- rency, Whether silver or greenbacws, and immunity from bend tssues. Your sub- treasuries and other western populistic fads, it 1s sald, bother him not a whut and he pays no more concern to them than to laugh at them. There is another thing he desires, however, he wants to break away from the oligarchic dominion of the old aristocracy of the feudal south and shat- ter ring rule and the domination of ancient family name. The new party proposes to give the southern populist more money and increase the circulating medium through free silver, at the same time advocating honest election laws. Having thus outlined the policy of the new party the political gossips proceed to point out the strength of the plan and df its securing followers the likelihood in every section of the country. They say neither the republicans nor democrats in- tend to do anything for silver and that there Is hound to be much dissatisfacti resulting. They say that with the prin- iple of protection included fn its platform will draw from the old parties large who see an it bodies of dissatisfied men, opportunity to get away from some things. do not like without having ‘any objectiopable planis. —- tion Officers. The Secretary of War has amended gen- ders, recently issued, so as to pro- vide that the Department of the East shall be allowed three officers for inspection duty and the Departments of the Missourt and California shall Le allowed two each, All the other departments are allowed but one officer each for this serv AN regi- mental officers now on inspecti duty in excess of the number above specified will be relieve? which the to indorsi eral