Evening Star Newspaper, December 17, 1894, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR _ PUDLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Fenin pls Cor i1th Street, by The Evenng spaper Company, S. H. XAUPFMANN, Pres’t. Few Vork Oo, 49 Potter Building -_ ‘The Eveutng Star te served to ors tn the elty by ers. on thei a t 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per @ ies at the By mail-anyw ‘unada —postage prepaid—S0 vents Star $2 counter United Siates or ber month. Saturday’ Quintuple si with forelen postage 1 (Fx at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©. &s second-class ma‘l matter.) TT AT mall subscriptions must he paid in advance, Rates cf advertising made known on application. HARRISON'S POSITION He Will Not Allow His Friends to Boom Him. BUT WOULD ACCEPT THE NOMINATION —_>—__—_ The Ex-President and Cleveland Bracketed in a Way. os SOF belted RA EFFECT OF PRESENT FAILURE tS area The prompt denial from Indianapolis of the story sent out from Buffalo, on the authority of cx-District Attorney Alexan- der, that Gen, Harrison had declared him- self as resolved not, in any circumstances, again to consider the question of a nomina- tien for the presidency was confidently looked for by the admirers and supporters of the ex-President in Washington. The Harrison men here declare, however, that the denial, explicit as it is, was hardly necessary. The ex-President’s position on that question is, in their judgment, ro well and so generally understood now that it cannot for long be misrepresented at any time. . Will Be No Boom. The case was only recently stated in Washington by one of Gen. Harrison's warmest frieads, a resident of Indiana, and the incumbent of an important office under the Harrison administration. Ac- cording to this gentleman, there is not now, nor will there be, any organization for booming Gen. Harrison for 18%. The ex-President would not permit the taking of such a step. He sees, as the wiser of his friends do, that his case differs ma- terially from those of the other party leaders whose names are mentioned in connection with the next republican nemi- nation for President. None of them has held the office of chief magistrate, and hence their cases cannot be presented to the country without a canvass of their achievements in other places indicating their equipment for the highest place. But Gen. Harrison's record as President, his friends suggest, is before his party and tke country, and he stands on that as citi- zen, as party leader and as a good repub- lican, Would Accept the Nomination if Of- fered. But while there ts to be no booming, no contest made in his behalf, the Harrison men in Washington have no doubt as to what the ex-President’s course would be in the event, for any good cause, the party's standard should again be put into his hands. He would accept it, they say, with- out hesitation, and lead bis party again, and they believe to victory. In connection with this talk about Gen. Harrison, there comes from Indiana an in- teresting story of how some of his friends, who are anxious for his nomination, are studying the present situation. They ‘have Harrison and Cleveland bracketed to- gether in a certain way, and therefore are, in a way, solicitous about the effect of his administration on public sentiment, as the record will appear in the spring of 1896. They reason in ths way: Cleveland was defeated in I8S¥, after having made a very good President, and Harrison elected. Har- rison was defeatea in 1802, after having made an excellent President, and Cleveland returned to office, largely on the ground that he had shown during his one term in the White House that the affairs of the country would be entirely safe in his hands. Success equal to the success al- ready achieved, or even greater, was con- fidently expected. Effect of Cleveland's Second Term. But so far, the Harrison men themselves are the loudest in afserting, Mr. Cleveland, in bis second term, has failed to score. Both his foreign and domestic policies, they assert, have been condemned at the polls, and his party today is all but annihilated. Now, they are asking themselves, how will this affect sentiment in the republican party when the time comes for making the next presidential nomination for the party? Will the anti-Harriso1 men—the Reed men, the McKinley men and the All son men—all come forward and point to the record in Cleveland's case to the prejudice of i rison? Suppose this argument should be made to delegates: “Make your choice, gentiemen, from among the other as- pirants, or we may repeat the history of the democracy.” What would the result This line of thought ts said to be giving some of General Harrison's most ardent supporters real uneasiness. Paradoxical as it may sound and seem, their idea is that nothing would so militate against Harri- son's prospects in 1806 as the complete failure of the present administration. #hey draw themselves a wide difference betweon their favorite and Mr. Cleveland and be- tween Cleveland’s position in 1802 and that that General Harrison will occupy in 1896, But they are represented as asking them- selves, will the party at large draw this difference? Can the case be carried against Harrison on what they term generalities and snap shot likeresses? The gentleman bringing this story would not say whether, in view of these consid- erations, it would not be a good thing for Mr. Cleveland, not for the democracy’s, but for his own benefit, to win out a little during the next eighteen months, but he replied, pleasantly, that probably ‘some of the Harrison men would think the matter over. THE Pos oe OFFICE BUILDING. Congress Will Expedite the Work on It if Possible. ‘Well, I saw three men at work on the city post offize building as I came up,” sald Representative Dockery, as he entered the room of the appropriations committee this morning. “They are rushing things, then,” . said Chairman Sayers, looking up from the book of estimates which he was Studying, “How much did you say the government is losing a year by the delay in finishing that building?” asked Mr. Dockery, “Only $100,000," replied Chairman Sayers, Mr. Dockery looked worried and Mr. wore an air of resignation. When we made the first appropriation for that building,” continued Mr. Sayers, “we expected that it would be finished b: this time, and that the government would have ceased paying rent for some of the bureaus in outlying buildings. Aside from the fact that the Post Office Department would uke to get into its new bullding is the further fact that the government is paying out cold cash for every hour of de- jay caused by the contractor's dilatoriness. He is taking his own time and pleasure about finishing the work and the govern- ment is footing the rent bills.” smmittee on appropriations expects ve a reply this week to its letter to Secretary Carlisle asking for informa- tion about the contract, and if there is in which Congress can expedite the committee will surely recom- matt mend it. oo Acts Approved. The President has approved the act ap- propriating $20,000 for the dedication of the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, September 19, 18%; the joint resolu- tion to pay the officers and employes of the Senate and House of Representatives their salaries for the month of December on the 20th instant, and the act to enable the Sec- ary of the Treasury to remit or mitigate fines, penalties aad forfeitures. Che Zvening Sar. Vor 85, No. 21,070. WASMINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1894—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of the pudding is in e eating, fenass Star contained 62 cofumns of advertisements, made up 0f 1,005 separate announces ments, Bese advertisers Boua$t pubficifp—not merefp Space, SOMETHING FOR NOTHING Desire for Bargains Orowd the Dead Letter Sale. Curious Packages Sold to All Sorts of Purchasers—Strange Christmas Shopping, This. Uncle Sam has entered the field in compe- tition with the regular shopkeepers to get his share of the Christmas trade. He is selling his goods off by auction, and his sale has already attracted large crowds of those who throng the streets these busy days just before the holiday time. The bar- gain counters are loaded down with an even more heterogenous mass of articles than can be found in any of the regular variety stores, and “sacrifices,” “slightly damaged goods at half price” and “mark downs” are going off 1ike the proverbial hot cakes, People who are looking for something to sive for Christmas preseats are on hand in large quantities, and those who are in doubt as to just what will be sultable for hus- band, wife or any other ember of one's family find a wealth of suggestion in the catalogue which cont:ins the list of articles which Uncle Sam wishes to dispose of. That lots of things are bought in this way that no one can ever want or iind the slightest use for does not in any way amp the ardor of the purcnasers, for the Washing- ton population—the femiuine half of it, es- Pecially—loves an auction sale above any- thing in :he world, and the opportunity to bid away something, no matter what, from some one else, no matter whom, is sweet to the taste of a womau, and the feeling that she has kept another from getting it does away with any regret when she finds that ne does not need it an¢ could have bought cheaper somewhers else in a regular re- tail store. It is the same old love of gam- bling that keeps lotteries going, for the articies are ali sod securely wrapped and with oniy the most meager description in the catalogue. itt is “buying a pig in a poke” with a vengeance . is particular sale that is drawing to- Sether crowds of Christmas shoppers 1s the annual sale of the dead letter office, when all the old stuff that has accumulated dur- ing the year is disposed of to the highest bidder. it is being held at the auction rooms of ‘thos. Dowling & Co,, 612 E street, and began at 10 o'clock this morning. It will go right ahead, morning and evening, until the entire stock is sold off. At the rate things were going this morning it will not take so very many days to go through the whole list. Under the head of mis- cellaneous articles the catalogue contains a list of 4,252 packages, but as each package contains an indefinite number of articles of an equally definite description, some idea may be had of the amount of stuff that goes through the mails. In addition to schedule A, there are 1,111 packages listed under the heading of books and ISG under Jewelry. The catalogue itself is rather ‘a formidable document of eighty pages that was printed at the government printing office, and is got up in rather at- tractive style to win the favor of possible purchasers. But, after all, it is the desire to get something for very little, the possibility of finding a gem of purest ray serene as a prize in a fifty-cent package, is what at- tracts most of the people to this curious sort of sale. The chances, however, of being rewarded in this way are compara- tively slight, for the class of people who send matter through the mail so badly done up or addressed that the post office experts are unable to get it either to its destination or back to the sender are not the class of people who have occasion to send valuable articles through the mail. It is instructive to note, in this connection, how many of the articles are described in the catalogue as being cheap, soiled or damaged. ‘The big auction room was well filled this ‘morning and the bidding was comparatively lively. Some of the packages brought prices that were surprisingly large and, in fact, quite unaccountable. For instance one package that was marked as contain- ing 2 men’s neckties, man’s handkerchief, “B," 8 silk handkerchiefs and 2 damaged razors, was bid in by a young man at $1.30, @ young man who apparently buys his clothes at a swell tallor’s and his hand- kerchiefs at a “haberdasher’s.” Just what he found in his prize package no one knows but himself, and he would not tell. Lot 122, containing smoking tobacco, man’s necktie, damaged nightshirt and dameged hostery, was bought by a pretty little woman, who looked as though she was but recently married and wanted to surprise her husband. She probably suc- ceeded in doing 80. On the other hand a big brawny man bought a pair of infant's hose, woman’s damaged apron, pair wo- man’s damaged hose, 8 spools of embroid- ery, and some other little trifles for the sum of 45 cents, after a lively struggle at 5-cent raises with a comely looking wo- man. Some knowing ones smiled when a young man bought “infant's clothing, in- fant's woolen jacket, &c.,” for 90 cents, but he seemed to think he had got a bar- gain, so it was all right. Lot 127 gave rise to some of the liveliest bidding of the morning. It contained a woman's damaged dress, Z aprons, 2 towels, &c., and, starting at a quarter, was rapidly bid up on nickel bids to $5 cents, when it was knocked down to a lad. It must have been the &c. that caught the crowd, for there were a dozen people bidding on the lot, of all de- scriptions and colors. A little blonde got a set of dark brown “hair bangs,” linen collars, apron and child's dress, all for 45 cents, and she was immensely pleased when’ this curious combination was tossed out to her in the crowd. These were only a few of the strange bargains that were noted this morning, and a like condition of affairs is sure to continue throughout the week. To a student of human nature, and every man thinks he ts one, there are few places as full of interest as a dead letter sale and a visit is sure to repay anyone for the trouble, even though he does not invest in one of the brown paper parcels. ee MORE CLERKS WANTED. Recommendations Made by the Secre- tary of the Interior. The Secretary of the Interfor has asked the committee on appropriations for thirty- four additional clerks for the Interior De- partment—six clerks of class 4, two of class 3, six of class 2, eleven of class 1, three copyists, five messengers and one assistant messenger. The Secretary states that these clerks are now on duty in his office by de- tail from the pension office, doing pension office work. They should be in the pension office, and inasmuch as he has recom- mended the dismissal of 165 clerks in the pension office in his annual estimate he thinks it would be no unreasonable increase to ask for these thirty-four clerks. The commissioner of Indian affairs also wants some additional clerks, asking for four clerks at $1,400 each. The commis- signer says that while he was in the west laSt September some one recommended the dropping of two messengers and the reduc- tion of a stenographer in his office. He pro- tests against this estimate and asks that those clerks be retained. ———— To Extend the German Embassy Building. Word has reached here that the German budget for the foreign office contains an es- timate of 66,500 marks for the extension of the German embassy bullding in this city, This estimate Is In addition to the 190,000 marks already voted for the purchase of the property now occupied by the embassy. ‘The proposed extension is intended for the special accommodation of the first secre- tary of the embassy and for the storage of documents. ———— A Public Depository. ‘The Secretary of the Treasury has desig- nated the First National Bank of Duluth, Minn., a depository of public moneys. THE CURRENCY BILL What Congressman Walker Says of the Measure Agreed On. IMPORTANCE. OF QUESTIONS INVOLVED The Committee’s Report Prepared in Advance and Not Read. ADMINISTRATION’S PURPOSE ee. Congressman Walker of Massachusetts, speaking of the importance of the Carlisle currency bill, and-ef the necessity of hav- ing full consideration on the subject by the House, says: “The questions involved in this bill are mcre important than in any that will come before the House. ‘hey are more vital even than the appropriation bills. There has been no question before Congress of such magnitude for thirty years. Upon the right solution of this question the prosperity of this country depends. There has practically been no discussion of economic conditions and of the effects of our currency system for thirty years. The subject 1s one which demands the most careful consideration and deliberate de- bate. Ihe testimony before the banking and currency committee, with one single exception, has been adverse to the Carlisle bill. And, upon cross-examination, this one witness admitted that there were grave defects in the scheme, and that its adop- tion without change would be injurious to the finances of the country. Carlisle's Own Testimony. “Secretary Carlisle himself said, upon cross-examination before the committee, that the bill, if enacted into law, would not relieve the treasury situation for five years, and might not for twenty years, so far as the redemption of the greenbacks and treasury notes in gold was concerned, which is the key to the whole situation. For this reason, it appears to me that there should be adequate discussion, and that the time should not be fixed for a vote in ad- vance, so that members can leave their seats, and even the city, and pay no atten- tion to the great questions involved in the bill until the hour fixed for a vote upon it. ‘There should be at least ten days for dis- cussion, after which, I think, the House could act upon the question ‘deliberately. I should not think that the House would care to vote upon such a measure under the operations of a gag rule. The mem- bers of the committee on banking and cur- rency, it is true, have been asked to ap- prove of the report in favor of the Dill prepared before the testimony of the wit- nesses giad been printed; before even the Secretary of the asury had revised his statement, so that we could have it before us in completed form. We have been asked to indorse a report which was prepared in advance and submitted the moment the last witness left the stand. The com- mittee has in fact voted to favorably re- port the bill, and has agreed to the report in its favor when the report has not even been read ir the committee, and when the reading of it, demanded by’ the republican members of the committee, was refused. This is not proper legislation upon an eco- nomic question. It is a method which seems to show that politics controls the action of those who control the banking and currency committe: Breezy Times in the Committee. it is evident that there have been breezy times in the committee on banking and cur- rency when the Carlisle currency bill has been under discussion. embers cf the committee bluntly say that the hearings have been farcical, and that the bill and report were prepared before even the emi- nent bankers and financiers who have been here were invited to testify. Members of the committee point to the fact that the re- port was ready for presentation to the com- mittee as soon as the last witness had con- cluded his testimony as confirmation of the statement that the majority of the committee had determined what course should be pursued before the hearings be- gan, and that, consequently, the hearings are not to be considered as'bona fide. It, unquestionably, is a fact that not one of the bankers who have testified before the committee has given the bill unqualified indorsement, while nearly all of them have vigorously denounced the measure. Some of the most distinguished of the practical financial men of the committee have de- clared that the passage of this bill will re- sult in such a panic as has never been witnessed in this country. The Administration Purpose. The administration purpose is to force this bill through the House before the holi- day recess. The opinion prevails that, un- less that can be done, the measure will Le put in jeopardy. It may be greatly douot- ed whether the administration, after such proceedings as have been witnessed during the last week in the committee on banking and currency, will be able to drive this cur- rency bill through the House before the re- cess. Certainly it will be very difficult to secure the adoption of the “gag rule” which has been proposed by the majority of the banking and currency committee. Indeed, it is not entirely certain that the majority of that committee can be héfd to the resolution, which it was supposed at one time that they would approve. The committee on rules, however, will be ask- ed by individuals of the committee to make a rule for a vote on Friday of this week. But it is evident that there will be very determined opposition to the adoption of such a report, and it is by no means cer- tain that a majority of the House will favor it. The democrats of the House are sharply divided as to the policy of the banking and currency committee. —__+ e+ SWINDLING AMERICANS. a A Report by Ambassador Bayard Made Pub'te, Secretary Gresham has made public a re- port from Ambassador Bayard at London in regard to the operations of a band of swindlers, in the hope that it will serve to guard American citizens against all such nefarious schemes. The report recites the conviction of Capt. James Fazler Jacques for swindling persons in the United States in connection with one Howell Thomas, under the pretense of recovering “The Townley Estate.” Mr. Bayard closes by saying: “The condition of law in this country does not favor the division of estates, and the statutes of limitation and repose rigidly prevent the collection of stale and antiqua- ted claims. Supposed claimants in the United States to property in England should turn a deaf ear to the enticements of advertising claim agents, and by con- sulting any British or American practition- er of character and standing can ascertain whether there is any justification for legal pursuit, which in not one case out of a thousand will be found to exist.” ee Indian Soldiers Discharged. The army has lost another lot of its Indian soldiers. Today's orders announce the discharge of the following named en- listed men_of troop L, first cavalry, now at Fort Custer, Mont.: Sergeants,’ Cold ‘Wind and John Wallace, Trumpeter Al- bert Lincoln, Farrier Charley Wort Davis, Wagoner Jimmy Ears, Privates Bull Dog, George Hart Thomas, On-the-edge, On-top- of-the-tepee, Runs-in-among-them, Stone Bull, Two White Men, ° ALEGISLATIVE REMEDY. Eight Hours a Day’s Labor for Street Car Drivers and Conductors. Senator Call Also Provides for Arbi- tration in Case of a Dispute About Wages, Senator Call of Florida 1s the first mem- ber of the national legislature to come for- ward with a legislative remedy ‘for such troubles as led to the strike of the Metro- politan street car drivers ahd conductors in this city on Friday last. He introduced a bill in the Senate today regulating the hours and providing a means for regulating the wages of such employes, which was referred to the District committee. The bill is as follows: “Be it enacted, &c., that eight hours of continuous work shall constitute a full day’s, work for drivers and conductors on street railways in the District of Columbia, and they shall be entitled to secure extra pay for all time in excess of eight hours. “Sec. 2. When the majority of the men employed as conductors or drivers on such treet railways shall consider themselves aggrieved by the insufficient wages paid them they shall have the right to notify the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia, who shall then notify the railroad company complained of to select some yer- son to be an arbitrator, and shall also noti- ty the Street railway conductors and driv- ers to select an arbitrator, and thes two shall select a third person, and these arbi- trators shall hear such compiaint and take evidence thereof and decide whether such complaints are well founded, and such de- cision shall be binding on said corporacion and shall give the right to. such employes to sue for and secure the amount of wages so decided.to be just and falr, and the judg- ment in such case shall be @ first lien on all the property of such corporations.” ee: PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Two Territorial Justices and a New Consul General at Bluefields. The President today »sent ta the Senate the following nomination: Justice—Charles D. Clark of Tennessee, to be United States district judge of the eastern and middle districts of Tennessee, vice David M. Key, retired. Humphrey B. Hamilton of New Mexico, to be assoclate justice of t&e supreme court of the territory of New Mexici State—Thomas O'Hara of Michigan, to be consul of the United States at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua. Charles D. Clark, who has jyst been ap- pointed United States district Judge of the eastern district of Tennessee, is a resident of Chattanooga, where he ‘has practiced law for many years. He is about fifty years of age, and never hefa any public office before. Senator Bate says the ap- pointment was a surprise to bith, but that Judge Clark is a good man, and there can be no objection to him. ‘This place was the oné to which John D. Porter was appoint- ed, and over which there was such a con- tention near the ailjournment of the last session of Congr Porter was neither confirmed nor rejected, as a quorum could not be obtained to vote on his nomination during the closing days of the session. Mr. O'Hare will succeed United States Consul Braida, who has heen dropped from the consular service. When the Bluefields trouble broke out last summer Mr, Braida went from his post at Greytown to Blue- fields, where Mr. Seat was our consular agent, and took an active part in the for- mation of the provisional government,which was afterward overturned. His attitude | was never satisfactory to the State De- partment, and that 1s undgubtedly the | reason for his withdrawal. ———_ + e+ AN E E \TENDED CRU Of the Vessels Attached to the Nox th Atlantic Station, Arrangements have been made at the Navy Department for an extended cruise of the vessels attached to the North At- lantic station, and orders have been | sent to Rear Admiral Meade, commanding the fleet, to have them ready to sail from the New York navy yard early in Jan- uary for the West Indies. The squadron will consist of a greater number of fine warships than has ever been attached to the home station, and will include ever; type of modern warship except the battle- ship. The vessels of this fleet will be the flagship, New York; the Columbia, and possibly her twin sister, the Minneapolis; the Atlanta, Cincinnati, Raleigh, Mont- gomery, Marblehead and Vesuvius. Their mcvements will be confined entirely to the waters of the Caribbean sea, and they will be put through all sorts of evolutions and exercises, including great guh target prac- tice, landing expeditions and so forth. The fleet will not-return north again until late in the spring. —————— HAS GYNE HUNTING. Mr. Cleveland Will Take a Few Days’ Recreation, President Cleveland has gone to the coast of South Carolina for a week's recreation in the hope that the pursuit of the wary water fowl will chase away ‘the germs cf rheumatism, which still remain obstinately in his system. Georgetown, 8. C., will be his headquarters for the next few days, and the time. will be spent in hunting and fishing, The President's companions are Dr. O'Reilly, his army ph: Robley D, Evans of the cruiser New Y: and Mr. Charles Jefferson, son of Mr. Joseph Jefferson, who has been with the President on similar expeditions before. ‘The party left here at 3:30 o'clock yester- day afternoon from the Pennsylvania «e- pot. Their departure was quite a surprise, as it was not expected that the President would leave the city in his present low state of health, especially while Congress was in session. eens Oo EEE IT SHOULD BE CONTINUED, Recommendatio: is to the Bureau of Amerie: Republics, The Secretary of State has submitted a letter to Congress recommending that the bureau of American republics should be continued by this government. He says the bureau was establish by an agreement between this government and other Amer- ican republics at an international confer- ence, and that as long as the other repub- lics contribute to the support of the bureau this government should maintain its share. Ge ad ase aS Honor for a Minister. Secretary Gresham has received a cable- gram from Jesus Velasco, minister of for- eign affairs of Salvador, stating that a mil- itary parade was given at San Salvador today by the government of Salvador in honor of the United States minister, Mr. Baker, as an evidence of its friendliness for the people and government which he represents, and the distinguished esteem in which he is held. ++ Standard Coin. The bureau of the American republics is reliably informed that the Republic of Hon- duras has adopted the gold dollar of the United States as its standard coin. The present currency of Hondurgs was demone- tized October 15, 1804, and the demonetized coin will now be redeemed ‘at the rate of $1.50 of the new currency. ' z ——_——- Satled From Gibraltar. reached the Navy Departmens Word that the gunboat Machias sailed frot Gibraltar today for Malta. 1 CLAUS BLIXT PLEADS fap oe betes bi TREASURY PLAN Denies in Court Guilt of the Ging Murder. —- + THE PROSECUTION MUCH DISAPPOINTED Had Expected Quite the Oppo- site. HARRY HAYWARD’S' CASE MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December 17.— Claus A. Blixt, the self-confessed murderer of Catherine Ging, was arraigned in the district court today and in a weak voice pleaded “not guilty.” R. R. Odell appeared for him, Blixt having refused to see the attorneys’ appointed by the court to under- take his case. The case was set for trial January 7, in spite of Odell’s demand that it be not set earlier than January 22. Blixt was a pic- ture of misery in court and seemed scarce- ly able to stand. When Blixt stood up at the bar and his attorney entered the plea of not guilty, County Attorney Nye was much taken aback. He spoke sharply to the prisoner and asked him if he understood what he was doing. Blixc seem2d dase, but finally said, half defiantly, that ne did. Mr. Nye was there- fore forced to face the probability of the trial of the case, where he had expected a plea of guilty. Blixt made no explanation of his actions and the state asked none. Harry Hayward will be arraigned in the same court at 5:30 this afternoon. This hour is chosen to avoid the curious crowd, which has been watching for the arraign- ment for several days. The“defense will be on the plea of tem- perary insanity, brought on by the use of alcoholic stimulants given by another for the purpose of provoking the deed. Mr. Odell claims to have medical testimony which will bear out this theory. Hayward, he claims, was unable to se- cure the services of Blixt in the fearful crime until he had filled him with a pint of whisky, taken almost at one dose. He intends to show that aicohol had a craz- ing effect ordinarily on Blixt, and that in this case the effect was more than ordi- nary. His past history shows that whisky affects him so as to make him temporarily insane, he claims. With the defense Blixt can go on the stand and tell the story against Hayward, and that story will be in line with his own defense, and yet will blacken Hayward more than ever. The blacker he paints Hayward the better his own case will appear. All hope of Ha d, therefore, that Blixt will not testify against him has prac- tically fled, for it will be Blixt’s aim to have Hayward tried first and convicted, if Lossible, and this wfl let him off with perhaps a second, or, as the attorneys be- lieve, third degree verdict An afternoon paper say: The latest development in the Ging murder case is the discovery of eviden that leads lawyers to believe that Harry Hayward is the western agent of a green goods combination, whose headquarters are at New York, with a principal branch at Chicago. The first clew to this was given by one of the members of the gang, whose con- selence was quickened by the murder of Catherine Ging.” A day after the murder, Julia Ging, the twin sister of Kittie, who resides at Auburn, received an anony- | mous letter from New York city, stating that her sister had been murdered, end that she had better have the matter ‘in- vestigated. A search, the letter intimated, would bring facts to light in the case and the guilty parties to jystice. The tone of the letter, as well as several hints therein, leads the authorities to be- Ueve that if the murder” had not been solved as quickly as it was the writer would have furnished evidence enough to lead to the truth of the affair. In fact, the authorities of New York did take up the clew offered by the letter, and, fol- lowing it up, discovered that the writer was a member of a green goods gang which had been operating extenstvely. What additional facts the officers dis- covered have been kept secret, but it has been learned that the connection of Harry Hayward with this organization has been of long standing, and that in his series of escapades in various parts of the country Hayward has handled a large amount of the fictitious cash successfully enough to gain the entire confidence of the gang. The mcney which Catherine Ging obtain- ed from Hayward just prior to her death will be shown to have been a portion of the green goods which passed into her pos- session from Hayward, who afterward found {t necessary to put his victim out of the way to prevent exposure. ‘The authorities do ot claim that this was the main cause of Miss Ging’s re- moval, but that .t was a factor which counted. PRESIDENT C€ The Wisteria Waiting for Him With Steam Up. LANES, 8. C., December 17.—President Cleveland, Capt. Evans, Mr. Jefferson and Dr. O'Reilly arrived here on the train from Richmond early this morning and left very soon for Georgetown, S. C. There the light house tender Wisteria is lying with steam up ready to take the party aboard It is the intention of the President to spend the week cruising among the Sea Islands, shooting ducks and marsh birds, which are fairly abundant now, fishing for drum and bluefish and perhaps trying a deer drive on some of the islands. —_>__. CRISPI TO F ve Recent Indications in the Italian Political Crisis, ROME, December 17.—The political crisis continues to absorb public attention, Ex- Premier Giolitt! has gone into the country, where he is followed and watched by de- tectives. There is no doubt that the news of the proroguing of parliament has creat- ed a bad impression throughout Italy. It is interpreted as indicating that Premier Crispi intends to remain in power in spite of the opposition. _ ER SENT TO JAIL. The Lynn Girl Who Shot Her Former Lover. LYNN, Mass., December 17.—Miss Annie Maud Brewer, who fatally shot her former lover, Gideon Latimer, on last Thursday, was rearraigned in this city, charged with murdering Latimer. She pleaded not guilty and was remanded to Salem jail without MISS BREW bail. The hearing was deferred until next Saturday, —_—__ WON BY THE COLLEGES. Decision in the, Fayerweather Cane. NEW YORK, December 17.--Judge Truax today decided the Daniel B. Fayerweather will contest in favor of the five colleges which sued. The decision practically up- sets the whole disposition of the estate, which is worth about $6,000,000, TREE Ge Mins Stevenson Better. ASHEVILLE, N. C., December 17.—Miss Stevenson, daughter of the Vice Presi it, was a little better yesterday, and the Vice President left for Washington to remain a few days. There was no change in Miss Stevenson’s condition last night or this morning. Senator Palmer Introduces a Bill to Raise Them Substantially. Reasons Submitted by the Employes Themselves in Behalf of the Justice of the Measure. Senator Palmer today, by request, pre- sented a bill to amend the scale of wages paid to watchmen in the government de- partments. The bill provides that each captain of the watch shall receive $1,400 per arnum, each lieutenant or sergeant $1,200 and each private or watchman $1,000. Accompanying the bill, which was referred to the committee on appropriations, was a statement of the number of men who would be affected by this legislation, as follows: In the Agricultural Department, 18; Treasury, 95; Navy, 23; State, 11; civil service commission, 2; Interior Department, 60; Department of Justice, 60; fish commis- sion, 2; bureau of labor, 3; Post Office, 31; War Department, 65—the total being 313. The authors of the bill present a statement of reasons for its passage, setting forth that they are men of mature age, with families, and that rent and living expenses are very dear in Washington. “The watchmen must all be strictly hon- est,” they continue, “as they occupy po- sitions of trust. They must be men of good judgment in. the exercise of their duties. They must be polite and sufficient- jy informed in regard to the various de- partments to answer all reasonable inqui- ries of strangers. They are instructed to enforce the rules adopted by the depart- ments, thereby frequently incurring the displeasure of other employes. Most all other employes work from one to two hours less per day and are allowed a half day off on Saturday during the summer. No other employes work on Sundays or holli- days. Bo, if we compare the time ratio with that of other employes it will show that we work 113 days and one hour or four months, nine days and one hour more time than other employes every year. “We have no opportunity for advance- ment, while these people who work four months less can be promoted to $1,800 per year. Now, we consider that $1,000 is little enough for private watchmen. We ask you to wipe out the inequality, to give the men who receive the brunt of the busi- ness of these departments a_ compensa- tion to enable us to lay agide a little money for the future. Our present salary is only a living, economically expended. We are not a class who spend our money in riotous living.” —_—$$—$—$_ +--+ ___—_— JAPANESE IN PORT ARTHUR. Another and a Different Account of Their Alleged Atrocities There. ‘The Japanese legation today received an- other telegram from Mr. Mutsu, minister of foreign affairs, regarding the reported atrocities by the Japanese soldiers at the fall of Port Arthur. This dispatch says the government is not yet in possession of the full facts in the case, but has ascer- tained the following circumstances regard- ing the affair: “Many of the Chinese soldiers, both at Port Arthur and those who came in from the outlying fortifications taken by the Japanese soldiers, discarded their uniforms, and it is now known to be certainly the case that almost all of those Chinese in plain clothes who were killed were soldiers In disguise. The Chinese inhabitants (pre- sumably the majority) of Port Arthur left before the engagement, though a few re- mained, having been armed and ordered to resist the Japanese and fire upon them. ‘This they did in the confusion of the fight, and it was impossible to distinguish them from the Chinese soldiers. The Japanese army, entering Port Arthur, were greatly excited by the sight of the fearfully mu- tilated bodies of their comrades, some of whom had been brrnt alive and some cru- cified. Notwithstanding this, the discipline of the army was maintained. A number of Chinese prisoners were taken and were kindly treated. .The wounded who could be moved are on their way to Tokio, and will arrive in a few day TO PROMOTE GEN. SCHOFIELD. The Proposition to Revive the Grade of Lieutenant General. The proposition to revive the grade of Meutenant general of the army for the benefit of Maj. Gen. Schofield mects with general favor in military circles. The pro- posed promotion would enable that officer to go on the retired list with increased pay and emoluments. He retires in a few months, so that he would not be able to exercise the functions of the office very long. The rank of Heutenant general ceased with the death of Gen. Sheridan, and its revival in the case of Gen. Schofield ts in- tended as a special mark of confidence and esteem. The proposition has been before Congress in one form or another for many years. Its revival at this time is due to the early retirement of Gen. Schofield and its strong advocacy by President Cleveland and Secretary Lamont. The President made it the subject of a strong’ recom- mendation in his annual message to Con- gress. Gen. Schofield’s friends claim that he is entitled to the honor because of his distinguished services during and since the war. He has taken no action whatever in the matter himself. eae JUDGE WOODS DENOUNCED. New York Labor Men Sympathize With Debs. NEW YORK, December 17.—The convic- ticn of Eugene V. Debs and his sentence to six months’ imprisonment for contempt of court were discussed by the Central Labor Union last night. Several delegates made speeches denouncing Judge Woods, who had sentenced him, and @ committee was appointed to draft resolutions sustaining Debs, denouncing his conviction and de- claring that all organized labor wouid stand by him. Delegate Archibald made a speech in praise of John Burns, the English labor agitator, and proposed that a banquet be given to him, at which he should tell of his experiences in this country and inform the politicians as to how the county coun- cil and the public works of London were conducted. Delegate Michael Kelly of the waiters said that Samuel Gompers complained to the convention of American Federation of Labor in Denver that the waiters had charged him with presiding at a banquet which was served by non-union waiters. In reply Gompers had charged the waiters with conspiring with the K. of L. to injure the federation. CHICAGO, December 17.—At a meeting of the trade and labor assembly of Chicago last night the sentence passed upon Debs and his associates by Judge Weods was roundly denounced by the speakers. Reso- lutions deprecating the proposed increase in the standing army were adopted, such an increase being considered “A menace to the interests of progressive individual lib- erty in the interests of the plutocratic mil- lionaire classes, —_—>—— BOTH WILL DIE, Wife and Cuts Husband Assaults H His Own Throat. BOSTON, December 17.—In a tenement house in South Russell street today James Murphy attempted to murder his wife by shooting her and beating her with an In- dian club and an ax. He then cut his throat. The physicians say both will die Mr. Carlisle’s Currency Revision Bill Favorably Reported. VIEWS OF THE COMMITTEE MAJORITY ete The Measure Will Not Be Consid- ered Until After the Recess. A FIGHT IN PROSPE¥OT The House committee on banking an@ currency having reported their bill to the House today intend to call it up for con- sideration on tomorrow. They have asked the committee on rules to report a spe- cial order providing for a final vote on the measure before the close of the day. on Friday. It is generally conceded, how- ever, that the proposition to dispose of the measure before the holidays has fallen through. Members of the committee on rules are impressed by the arguments of @ very considerable number of members that more time should be given for the consideration of 8» important a measure, ‘erpecially in view-of the fact that the com- mittee devoted themselves almost entirely, to hearings and scarcely considered the details of the bill. The committee on rules will probably, therefore, report a special ordery which will defer the time for the final vote until four or five days after the close of the holiday recess. The argu- ment for the extension of time is based upon the idea that the House itself will have to reconstruct the measure. The committee report will hardly carry with it even the usual influence to hold the ma- jority party together, since two democrats, Johnson of Ohio and Ellis of Kentucky, voted against it. The two men were in- fluenced by radically different motives, one being a gold bug of gold bugs and the other a silver man. Prospective Opposition to the Bill. It is apparent, therefore, that there will be a*considerable fight made against the bill on both sides of the House, the re- publican members of the committee hav- ing submitted a minority report. There are almost as many notions about the matter as there are members in the House, and in their efforts to change it in this particular or in that they threaten to tear it all to pieces. The fact that the oppcsition is not organized except on the republican side, and do not agree as to the particular amendments that should be carried, may result in the failure of all amendments and the passage of the bill as it is. If the opposition were organized it would be very difficult to get the bill through, if not impossible. Meanwhile Mr. Carlisle is holding before the eyes of Con~ gress the threat that there will be a bond issue if the bill is not passed speedily, and this will probably induce some demo- crats to vote for the bill, though they do not approve of it. But there is almost a certainty that there will be a bond issue before the close of the session, regardless of the action on this bill. Mr. Ellis, the silver member of the com- mittee voting against the bill, will throw every possible obstacle in the way of its passage, and when it comes to a vote on amendments he proposes to offer an amendment in the terms of the Bland bill, providing for the free coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. Conclusions of the Committee. Chairman Springer presented the report to the House. It recites in detail the pro- visions of the bill and what it will ac« complish. All of this has been stated in the hearing before the committee. After recit- ing the conditions of the banks in 1898, and the effect the proposed bill would have upon them, the report presents the following cases: “If it should be assumed that all of the national banks which were in existence on the 3lst of October, 18M, were organ! under the proposed bill, and that all o: them In a great financial crisis should fail, and if it should be assumed that all of them had taken out circulation to the maxi- mum amount allowed by the proposed bill, the conditions would then be as follows: “The whole amount of circulation would be $04,000,000, The guarantee and safety. funds in the treasury would amount to $176,000,000, This would leave $328,000,000 in circulating notes, the payment of which would be secured by pro rata assessmeute upon all the national banks whose re- sources, as before stated, amounted on the Bist of October, 1804, to $3,478,922,055."" The Proposed Issue Believed to Be Safe. “The amount of notes, it will be seen, would not equal 10 per cent of the resources out of which they could be paid. The re- sources of the national banks do not in= clude the personal liability of the stock- holders. which is equal to the amount of the stock, and this amount, which at times, as before stated, was $672,000.00), is an additional security tor the ultimate re« demption of the circulating notes. In view of these facts, your committee are of the opinion that should the proposed bill be- come a law, the notes which would be issued under it would be absolutely safe under any and all possible business con- ditions. “Some doubt has been expresseg as to whether banks would take out circulatin, notes under the proposed bill, in view o the remote and contingent joint Hability of all the banks for the circulating notes of each. Your committee are of the opinion that this is not an unreasonable require- ment. National banks enjoy valuable privileges and franchises. They owe some- thing to the public in consideration of the benefits which they receive from legisla- tion, If they are regardful of their own interests, and the interests of the note+ holder, there can be no loss to them, nor to the note-holders, by reason of this re« avirement, Safeguards Around State Banks, The report says the conditions of the section provided for state banks “will, if observed by states, throw around the state bank circulation the most essential safe- guards which are provided for the national currency. If they are not observed, the 10 per cent tay will be imposed and the notes will thus be suppressed. It is true that some conditions required for national currency are not required for state banks currency, but In order that state banks currency may be made equally safe, the states must provide the additional safe~ guards, if any, which may be necessary.” Reported With Renervatio: In closing the committee say: “Your commitiee are of the opinion that if the proposed bill should become a law it will provide for a safe, sufficient and flexible currency. One of the chief objections to the present currency system in this couns try is want of fleaibility. The amount of paper currency in circulation in this coun- try, except as to national bank notes, is fixed by statute. The bond security ree qGired for national bank notes makes flex~ ibility very difficult, if not impossible. Such flexibility as is required by the conditions of trade and commerce is absolutely want- ing. The Broposed bill requires that the secretary shall keep on hand blank note: which can be issued at any time to any, amount which may be required by busi- ness conditions within the limit of the cireulation permitted under the bill. “Thus, provision is also made for ree tirlag notes promptly when the banks may. desire te do so, and, as the outstanding notes will be taxed one-half of one per cent per annum, and us the banks taking them will he deprived of 30 per cent there=