Evening Star Newspaper, January 21, 1895, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXC£PT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Ponnsyleania Avenue, Cor. Lith Street, by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. itiendoaltn ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 ernts per Week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per month, le Sheet Star, $1 per year, with Saturday Quint foreign postane adited. $3.00: (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C. as_recond-class mail matter.) [FAll mali subscriptions must be pald In advance. Itutes of vivertixing made known on application. Che Even No. 13,067. a Star. WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. Saturday's Star contained 49 cofumns of adverfisements, made uy HAWAIIAN ROYALISTS|™®. cactus DocuMENTS| WITHHELD THEIR FIRE Interest Manifested as to Where They Got Their Arms. CLAUS SPRECKLES MONEY SUSPECTED Why the Administration Made a Change of Front. os ALLEGED ASSURANCES — ‘There is much interest manifested by Congressmen as to the source from which the Hawaiian royalists obtained the arms which were found in the possession of the native mob which sought to create @ revolution. The reports have stated that 600 stand of modern arms and a field piece were landed on the fsland by a vessel which brought them from British Colum- bia. Robert Wilcox and his riff-raff native crowd had no money to purchase 500 stand of arms and bring them from British Co- lumbia. The report is current that these arms were purchased in Vancouver by Theophilus Davies, the guardian of the Princess Katulani, who is called by the royalists the heir to the Hawalian throne. But, while Mr. Davies is a man of con- siderable mvans, he is not wealthy, and is is not likely, on his own account, to have made these purchases. He wa3 quite lib- eral in spending money on behalf of his ward when he had the treasury of the de- posed queen to draw upon. And his drafts were honored for his long journeys to Eu- 1epe with the princess, as the queen was able to censtantly replenish her treasury by levies upon the lottery and opium rings and by other assessments which partook of the nature ef blackmail. Moreover, Claus Spreckles, who practically owned the kingdom during the reign of the late de- posed queen, generally kept the private purse of her dusky majesty well filied. Claas Spreckles and Cleveland. The fact has occurred to many, in con- sidering the problou as to the source of money supply for the reyalists, that the son of Claus Spreckles is reported to be engaged to this Princess Kaiulani. The in- terests of Claus Spreckles have been with the royalist party, and he has done his Lest to restore the queen and to discourage the republic. The story now is that it is the morey of Ciaus Spreckies which has been expended to provide the royalist revolu- tionists with arms. If Spreckies owned the monarchy under the queen, much more might he hope to own it with Princess Kaiulant on the throne, and the wife of his son. Moreover, it is stated with confidence as @ matter of reasonable belief, if not of positive proof, that the Hawaiian policy of the administration is the pian of Claus Spreckles; that it was adopted by Mr. Cieveland while he was yet President-elect, and before Walter Q. Gresham had Leen called to his cabinet, and that this Ha- waiian intrigue is the result of some gigan- tic campaign operations, in which Ciaus Spreckles and some of the campaign man- agers were chief agents. Some of the friends of Secretary Gresham would be glad to believe this. This story is the gos- p of the republican cloak rooms, and ret- mees to it are very likely to be made in the forthcoming debates. Sudden Change of Front. The administration furnishes no expla- nation of the reasons why the President changed his opinion in‘ three hours’ time Saturday in the matter of sending a war vessel to Honolulu. Special efforts appear to have been made by the supporters of the President to make it appear that the indig- nant feeling in Congress had nothing to do with this change of purpose. One curi- ous fact remains unexplained, that on Saturday, January 19, at 1 p.m., ihe Pres- ident and Secretary Gresham, after a con- tinuous consultation since 16 o'clock in the morning of that day, decided not to send naval vessel to Honolulu, and that at 30 o'clock of the same day the order was given to send a war vessel to Flonoli:lu with the utmost possible dispatch. It is @ matter of ccmmon knowledge, more- over, that the indignation ir: Congress was increasing every hour, and that nothing was more certain than that the democratic leaders would rot be able to prevent the two houses from taking some definite ac- tion in the matter on Monday. It was dis- covered that the royalist party in the Sen- ate was very smail. It is intimated that one of the reasons why the President so suddenly changed his mind and d_termined to send a war ship to Henolulu is that he was informed by his supporters in the Senate that it would be impossible for the administration to hope to prevent the aggressive action which the Senate would undoubtedly take in this mat- ter by Monday, and that the severity of the attack might possibly be mollified if a ship shculd be sent at once. Alleged Assuranées to Royalists. ‘There seems no reason to doubt the fact that the royalist conspirators who under- took to overthrow the republic on January 6 were assured by British authorities that the British consul would recognize the revolution if the conspirators could seize and hold the government house for three heurs. And it is believed here by residents of Hawaii that the royalists were given to understand that the sympathies and sup- pert of the United States gevernment would be given to them, and that President Cieve- land would promptly recognize the queen shoukt she again get possession of the throne, and that it was because of this con- viction om the part of the royalists that the uprising was attempted. — THE GEORGETOWN CUSTOM HOUSE. An Investigation Being Made by Two Treasury Special Agents. There is some sort of trouble at the Georgetown custom house in regard to which the officials of the Treasury De- partnent observe a persistent and studied reticence. It is alleged that there Is a suspicion that certain irregularities have occurred in the administration of the customs business at that port, and it is known that two special agents of the treasury are conducting an investigation at the custom house. These agents are Mr. Jenkins of the Boston district and Mr. iuery of the New Orleans distri: It fs said at the department that the present investigation is similar to examinations made periodically at all customs district and in itself has no special signifi The assignment of Mes Jenkins a MeEnery to the work fs duo to the fact that happened to be in Washington at this time in connection with business in their own distriets. It is said further thit this is the first examination of the affairs of wn office since Collector Manogue took charge of it. A SPEAKER PRO TEM. Representative Richardson of Ten- nessce Sclected to Wicld the Gavel. The absence of Speaker Crisp necessitated the electiom of a Speaker pro tempore to- day. Mr. Catchings nominated Mr. Rich- ardson of Ternessee, and he was chosen by @ unanimous vote to perform the duties of Speaker. Mr. Richardson's appearance at the Speaker's desk was greeted by a round of applause. He has frequently presided over the House before, and is known as an impartial presiding officer and strict in the enforcement of order. a They Were the Subject of Quite a Debate in the Senate. iderable Personal Feeling Was Developed and the Galleries Were Greatly Entertained. The Sanate galleries were crowded at noon today by spectators who were in evi- dent antivipation of 2 lively debate on the Hawaiian question. That such a discussion was imminent was apparent from the great activity of Senators Frye and Gray, who sit immediately in frent of the Vice Presi- dent's desk, holding the flanks of the two sides of the chamber. They were very busy making notes, consulting newspapers and Congressional Records, and the senatorial barometer unquestionably indicated a storm. But there is another Senator who has been preparing for war. This#is Mr. Call, who has loaded the table of the Vice Pres- idet:t with all sorts of controversy-provok- ing -esolutions. Today he chose the ser- geant-at-arms of the Senate as his particu- lar target and he gave half an hour of en- tertainment that the galleries had not and which certain Senators enjoyed hugely. The resolution that he called up directs the Senate officials to set aside a room and furnish the clerks necessary to send out certain public documents. He ex- plaimed that he had the accumulations of sixteen years of certain public documents which he wished to send out, and that the folding room officials had refused to send them for him. He spoke with considerable bitterness of the large number of Senate officials who have little or nothing to do, ac he expressed it, who ought to perform this work. Mr. Cockrell replied that the resolution was a reflection on Col. Bright, the ser- | geant-at-arms, and was designed to secure for Mr. Call a favor not given to other Senators. This was Mr. Call's cue for a stump speech on the “tyrarny” of two or three Senators, who, he said, would permit noth- ing toebe done without their permission. The sergeant-at-arms, he continued, had such sacred garments that they could not be fouched except by the few who were recognized as very near to him. Senator Chandier caused a great deal of laughter by gravely urging that if Mr. Call had allowed his public documents to accumvilate for sixteen years he ought to have the help of the entire Senate force. Mr. Voorhees defended the sergeant-at- arms from what he regarded as an unjust attack. He said that he had been in public service for fully as many years as Mr. Call, and had never yet had to have the government clerks do his work for him. This brought Mr. Call to his feet with a sharp retort, intimating that Mr. Voorhees was the spectal defender of the sergeant- at-arms, and resenting the imputation con- tained in Mr. Voorhees’ speech that he (Mr, Cel) could not adequately attend to his business. Mr. Voorhees replied sharply, expressing his great astonishment and chagrin that such a scene should be en- acted in the Senate. Senator George said it was time the coun- try should know of the great many persons carried on the pay rolls of the Senate with little or nothing to do. It had come to & point that the current expenses of the Sen- ate and the House were greater than the entire cost of the government under Wash- ington’s administration. He argued that this work could properly be done for the Senaters by the employes. Considerable persoral feeling had heen aroused by this debate, and when the reso- lution was put to a vote Mr. Call demanded the ayes and nays. On the first call there were nine in the affirmative and twenty- four in the negative. This did not con- stitute a quorum, and the roll was again called, showing forty-six present. The margin was so close between the number present and a quorum that it began to look as though the Hawaiian question migat not come up for discussion at all. The Sen- ate has on frequent occasions before spent hours in oscillating between roll cails and quorum. calls in a vain effort to secure forty-three Senators to vote on the ques- tion. At this juncture Senator Chandler executed a neat flank movement, which was highly successful. He moved the ref- erence of the resolution to the committee on rules, and the thing was done before any one could wink an eye. VESSELS AT *FRISCO. One Remark That Mr. Boutelle Did Not Make on Saturday. Congressman Boutelle of Maine on Sat- urday did not secure time to make one statement as to the possible reason why the United States war vessels were re- moved from Hawaii and concentrated at San Francisco in October last. The things which Mr. Boutelle wished to say in the House, and did not say, were these: “There are some things which I should have said, if the opportunity had been of- fered to me,” said Mr. Boutelle, “and I might as well say them now. These are facts that I am assured can be established: It is curious that all United States vessels were withdrawn from Hawali, from the Bering sea and from other points in the Pacific and were ordered to Mare Island just before the election in the third con- gresstonal district of California. Yet it is a fact that on October 6 there were as- sembled at the Mare Island navy yard the following vessels: Philadelphia, Mohican, Adams, Yorktown, Alert, Ranger and Ben- nington. There were in addition the Al- batross of the fish commission and a vessel of the coast survey. It is a fact that more than 1,000 enlisted men from these ships were registered as voters by the democratic managers at Vallejo, whicit is the town ad- jacent to the navy yard, in the third con- gressional district of California. ‘The re- publicans protested against this and ap- pealed to the courts. The court decided that these men were not legal residents 4 not lawfully vote there. It is a ertheless, that some of them tried and that two were arrested for to vote, felony in so doing, and, at last accounts, were waiting trial for felony. “In view of this circumstance It is a fair subject for inquiry whether there was any on the part of any one in author- in ordering those ships to be- con- centrated there just before election, ‘This is a matter as to which some questions will be asked. The answers may not be ex- pected now.” But the time is not far dis- tant when the Congress will obtain answers to many interesting questions which re- main unanswered now. If the reports as to the attempted acts of the enlisted sea- men of these naval vessels are true, a United States statute has been violated. We shall know more about these things a little late: A CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDME: One Proposed by Mr. Linton as to an i Establishment of Religion. Mr. Linton of Michigan has introduced a resolution in the House proposing the fol- lowing amendment to the Constitution of the United States: ither Congress nor any state shall pass any law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or use the property or credit of the United States, or of any state, or any money raised by taxation, or authorize either to be used, for the purpose of foynd- ing, maintaining or aiding, by appropria- tion, payment for services, expenses or otherwise, any church, religious denomina- tion or religious society, or any institutior society or undertaking, which is wholly 0} in part under sectarian or ecclesiastical control.” Militia at Brooklyn Refrain From Shooting. INDICATIONS OF SERIOUS WORK Eight Thousand Men Now Under Arms. AN ‘*L’? ROAD RUMOR BROOKLYN, N. Y., January 21.—There is every indication of serious work today in connection with the street railway strike. The mobilizing of the first brigade, com- posed of New York city regiments, and which comprises 6,600 men, makes the total number of troops now under arms in Brooklyn §,000. These men, with the as- sistance of the police, are expected to guard the property of the surface railways which form a mesh of rails and wires throughout a city of over a million in- habitants. The car sheds and power stations of the various lines are naturally regarded as the points to be particularly guarded, but mi chief may be done anywhere on the many miles ef track. The refusal of the com- panies to promise the reinstatement of strikers when the latter had indicated a willingness to call the fight off upon that one condition has had the effect of making many of them hitherto peaceably disposed desperate and ready to participate in acts of violence directed against the property of the corporatioas. It is possible that the only Ine not hitherto involved in the strike, known as the Coney Island line, running on Smith and Jay streets, will now be brought into the trouble and subjected to a tieup. The men on the DeKalb avenue line, who, on Friday, resumed work whder a compromise with the company, may be called out also. Repeated Acts of Violence. Acts of violence in the supposed interest of the strikers have been almost continu- ous in one part or another of the city for the last forty-eight hours. During the night trolley wires were cut in all direc- tions, those who performed the work es- caping detection. Early in the day a mob blocked the 7th avenue line from 12th to 20th street, moving off from one place as the militia or police approached and con- gregating a short distance away a few mo- ments later, thus avoiding a collision with the representatives of the law, while ef- fectually stopping traffic for more than an hour. About $ o'clock a mob numbering a thou- sand or more stoned a Sumner avenue car near Broadway and Flusnipg avenue. Officials of the Broadway, Queens county and Suburban roads say they will run cars on their lines today. Forty-eight patrolmen are off duty today on sick leave, most of it caused by over exertion. Crowds numbering twenty thousand hang about the stations where the military are posted 2nd annoy the soldiers by jeering and pelting them. All night the pickets Were subj2cted to these attacks. Missiles flew around them from the darkness and they could not retaliate. The Brooklyn Heights Rallroad Company tried to run three cars on the Fulton street line, but had to abandon the attempt. ‘The motormen were awed by threats into leav- ing their cars on the street and giving up ail attempt to continue their work. Ail the cars on this line were stoned, the windows broken and their motor boxes rendered use- less. ‘The company ran some cars on the Court street and Putnam avenue lines. ‘They Were not molested much, and the reason for the limited accommodations was said to be owing to the fact that the companies eennot secure svfficient men to run the cars. Hope of Peacefal Settlement. The hope of a peaceful settlement of the trouble has not been abandoned. Mayor Schieren said to a representative of the As- sociated Press that he had not lost heart and would agin attempt to effect a com premise. There will be a meeting this af- terncon, when th2 board of arbitration and a committee of the strikers will discuss the situation The men now hold out on only one point—that if the strike be declared off all the men now on strike shall be taken fiack and the new then employed during the strike sent back to their homes. ‘The mayor beiieves that the companies which now seem obdurate will recede from their position and allow the men to return. At 10 o'clock fifteen cars of the 7th avenue line of the Atlantic avenue system had been put in operation. Thirty motor- men reported at the depot before 9 o'clock. ‘Those not on cars are held in reserve. Foreman Hart of the Fulton avenue line said this morning that three of the old employes had returned to work. At South Ferry this morning two cars of the Atlantic avenue line were in colli- sion. They were in charge of green moter- men. Both were filled with passengers on their way to New York. Nobody was hurt, but the piatforms and windows of both cars were smashed. A Scrimmage With the Troops. A mob at the Halsey street depot had a scrimmage with the militia early today. A man was noticed sneaking to the back of the barn. He was halted by the pickets and refused to give any explanation of his actions. When the soldiers turned him back into the crowd they were met by a volley of stones. Many of the men receiv- ed bad bruises, and before they could make a charge on the mob it had dispersed. The men hanging about the depots are angry and threaten to burn all the, barns simultaneously if the alleged wrongs of the strikers are not remedied today. The pickets around the barns will be increased tonight and nobody will be allowed to pass the lines. No attempt had been made up to 10 o'clock to open any lines other than those which were operated during the latter part of last week. One car on the Sumner avenue line start- ed out at 10:15 and was stoned by a mob a short distance from the car house. It is intended to make an effort during the day to run the Gales avenue and Butler street lines. Upon every car moving today there are two policemen as guards. The car houses ard power stations are guarded by militia. There were rumors of an impending sym- pathetic strike on the elevated railway lines. New York Police Reserves. Superintendent Byrnes of New York an- nounced that the entire police reserves would be held at the several stations for any emergency that might arise during the absence of the militia on duty in Brooklyn. Charged With Bayonets Fixed. As Capt. Louis Wendell’s battery was proceeding up Broadway to Halsey street, under escort of the sixty-ninth battalion, Major Duffy, at the corner of Halsey street and Broadway, 2 mob of 1,000 men guyed and jeered the militia and some few stones were thrown. The crowd was so great that Major Duffy ordered a charge, and his sol’iers, with fixed bayonets, charged on the mob, and dispersed it. 1t is reported that quite a number of men were trampled upon and some slightly wounded by the bayonets. Lines In Operation. President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company said to a represéntative of the Associated Press that he had the following lines in operation: Flatbush, forty cers; Court street, twenty cars; Fulton avenue line, open throughout its entire length from Fulton ferry to East New York, forty cars; Putnam avenue line, fifty cars. President Lewis explained that the num- ber of cars in operation on the Putnam avenue line was large, but it was necessary to have so many in order to break in new motormen. Mr. Lewis said that he was satisfied that the presence of soldiers in the city will help materially in the moving of cars. President Norton of the Atlantic avenue read said that the 5th avenue line of the company would be opened with a full com- plement of cars, both to the Brooklyn bridge and to Fulton street. The 7th ave- nue line will also be opened in its entirety, and likewise the Bergen street line. During the nisht three pistol shots were fired at the Bush street stables of the Court street line. None of the bullets took effect, however, and it could not be learned from whence the shots came. Mayor Schieren is in conference with Cor- poration Counsel MacDonald. As the first battery, N. G. S. N. Y., under command of Capt. Louis Wendell, was be- ing escorted to the Broadway barn of the Halsey strect line by Maj. Duffy's command of the sixty-ninth battalion, a large crowd gathered, and Maj. Duffy or- dered his men to charge the mob, which was soon dispersed. Wendell’s battery pro- ceeded to East New York. Strike Leaders Summoned. The executive board of District Assembly No. 75, K. of L., which ordered the strike and is now conducting it, has been called before the grand jury. They are to be ex- amined as to the cause of an accident at Franklin and Fulton avenues on New Year night. The jury requested the men to produce the time tables of the company, which specify the time of running and the number of trips made by each car during the day. The jury will also look into the treatment of the men by the companies, the causes of dismissal and other matters connected with the management of the trolley cars. ‘The object of the investigation is to ascertain whether cars are propelled at a rate of speed in excess of the legal limit, It is ex- pected that this investigation will have an important bearing upon the strike. Under cover of darkness last night the rioters laid a trap for the soldiers, and then caused them to charge in order that they might fall into it. Some wire, whieh had been cut from the Brooklyn Heights Company’s plant, had been stretched about a foot above the ground. It was attached firmly at the ends of two posts. One of the mob then called upon the mob to “raise Cain and see some fun.” They be- came so boisterous just before daylight that the military charged to keep them at a distance. Fully half of the soldiers trip- ped and fell when they encountered the ob- struction, and the crowd retired, jeering at the unfortunate militiamen, Tearing Up Tracks, The strikers are tearing up the tracks of the Green and Gates avenue line at Gates and Central avenues. The company claims thet it had intended to send out thirty cars this afternoon. The police instructions to- day are to keep all persons on the streets moving, and not to allow any two to stand talking. The saloons in the neighborhood of Flatbush avenue are filled with idlers. Refused to Sell to Soldiers. In disposing the first battalion of the thirteenth regiment, Maj.Cochran met with obstruction from a crowd assembled in front of the strikers’ headquarters at 5th avenue and 25th street.) Maj. Cochran or- dered a charge, before which the greater part of the crowd, nambering about 600, fled inside the building. Col. Appleton of the seventh regiment, at Halsey street, with three companies, sent men out to the neighboring stores to pur- chase provisions, but the threatening as- pect of the mob terrified the shopkeepers, who refused to sell to the soldiers and shut up, their stores. The soldiers then charged the mod, which scattered in all directions. A guard upon an elevated train carrying a company of soldiers to the point to which it had been ordered attempted to enforce the railway company’s rule against smok- ing in the cars. He selzed one offender by the shoulder to put him off the train, when other militiamen went to their comrade’s assistance and beat the guard severely. Capt. Lyons, commanding the company, placed the guard under arrest, but released him when the company reached its destina- tio: Severai cars of the Sumner avenue line were stalled at the corner of Green and Sumner avenues. A mob-of G0 men sur- rounded the cars and endéavored to induce the motorman to join their ranks. ‘They became very boisterous. The — police charged them, scattering ihe mob. Meanwhile a summons had been sent for trcop A, which was stationed at Tompkins avenue and Fulton street. A detachment of thirty-two men, under Capt. Roe, ar- rived, but the trouble was over. Master Workman Martin J. Connelly, the strike leader, is confined to his home by sickness. His wife and child are also ill with pneumonia. Secret Conference of Leaders, A secret conference of master workmen was in session at Mugges Hall at noon. President Lewis of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company is reported to have said today that he is willing to compromise with the strikers if President Norton of the Atlantic avenue company will join with him. Mr. Norton, it is declared, will stick out as long as the men do, end if Mr. Lewis waits for him in his present state of strike will continue. 3 two cars of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company reached East New York with forty new men. They were met at ‘Tompkins avenue by Sergeant Reimels of the third mounted squad and a troop of policemen, who escorted the cars to their destination. The strikers are gathered around the Howard House. At intermittent periods the mounted squads charge them and keep them moving. A party of men who were gathered in front of the Brooklyn Eagle branch office on Atlantic avenue looking at the bulletin’ displayed there were dispersed by the potice. —_—— SETS OF CURRENCY. The Treasury Has None to Dispose of to Colicctors. There is an apparent misapprehension in regard to the procurement of fractional currency at the Treasury Department. As- sistant Treasurer Meline'told a Star re- porter today that it was a mistake to sup- pose that sets of that currency can be ob- tained on application, when as a fact the department has no such sets and no means of obtaining them except as this currency comes in for redemption. He said that in such ceses, when the notes are in fairly good conditioa, Instead of being canceled they are transferred to the treasury cash and may then be exchanged for silver or other lawful money. Very few of these oli rotes are received in this way, and never in the form of complete sets of the various denominations. Sometimes the treasurer has on hand a small supply of notes cf one or two denominations, but according to recent experience, it is extremely diffi- cult to get together a single complete set. It took a year to make up the last one collected at the Treasury Department through redemptions, and Mr. Meline is of opinion that it will take even longer to complete another set. He said the people were welcome to the fractional notes just as fast as they accumulate in the treas- ury, but it ought to be understood that the supply is extremely limited and that the department has no complete sets to dispose of. ©. Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $443,587. Government receipts, from internal revenue, $646,833; customs, $588,817; miscllaneous, $16,800. SENATOR SHERMAN|* U'VELY ELECTION/A GALE AT CHICAGO His Friends Think Him Again a Presidential Possibility ON A FINANCIAL PLATFORM Considered a Strong Candidate on Other Grounds. HIS AGE AND HEALTH An admirer of the senior Senator from Ohio sees in the present political complica- tion and outlook an opportunity for the inauguration of another Sherman boom for the presidency. He declares, too, that there are others taking the same view of the matter. “I reason from gererally accepted calcu- lations,” said this gentleman to a repre- sentative of The Star today. “An extra session of the Fifty-fourth Congress is re- garded as likely, and work for that body is already being cut out. It seems to be agreed that the principal result of such a session would be the passage of a bill in- creasing the revenue, leaving the greater question of the currency for adjustment at the regular session. The effect of this, as already pointed out in The Star, would be to make ‘he financial questions uppermost in the next national campaign. Now, if the issue is to be changed, talk about can- didates is likely to change also. The spec- ulation about Reed,*Harrison and Mckin- ley has proceeded upon lines of general reasoning. That about McKinley has been a little more specific, but it has related solely to the tariff. But withdraw, or sub- ordinate, the tariff issue, and appeal to the country on the financial issue, and what ought logically to accompany that appeal? Why, the nomination of the recognized au. thorityon the questions of finance of course. ‘To make a national campaign for sound money under considerations forcing a thor- ough revision of the currency law and not call Mr. Sherman to carry the baner would be strange indeed. To put on the play of ‘Hamlet’ with the melancholy Dane left out of the cast would not be more surpris- ing, or be likely to raise up more ditficul- ties. This whole question of sound money is built up around the public deliverances of Mr. Sherman and his official acts, and in this way it has come to be part and par- cel of his reputation. He stands for that question more prominently than any other man in the country, and he would secure more votes on that issue than any other man now available for the party’s nomina- tion.” A Strong Candidate on Other Grounds. “Would Mr. Sherman make a strong can- didate on other grounds?” was asked. “I think he would, although I am fa- miliar with the criticisms that from time te time have been leveled against him. He is accused of being a cold, an unresponsive man, with but few intimates. That is a very inacurate and unjust reading of Mr. Sherman’s nature. He is a thoughtful and seif-contained man, but in no sense unsympathetic. And I think the record shows that, tried by severe tests, he is one of the most generous and loyal party men in our history. Consider his experi- ence in this very matter of presidential candidacy. His name has been prominent before three national conventions, and in one of them he seemed to be on the eve of success. But defeat did not affect him at all. He worked as hard for the nominees as any of the men who had secured their nominations did. He forgot all personal disappointment in his duty to his party, and took the stump in every campaij Much has been written about the en barrassing attitude in which his nomina- tion for the presidency placed Gen, Gar- field. He had gone to the convention at the head of the Ohio delegation instructed for Mr. Sherman; he had presented Mr. Sherman’s name to the convention, and yet he himself was nominated. He was alarm- ed at once as to how the result might be interpreted. His exclamation is historical: ‘What will John Sherman think of this Well, what did John Shefman think of it? He thought it his duty to support Gtn. Garfield as loyally as if no compitcations had ever arisen over the nomination, and by his course made it absolutely impos- sible for the democracy to turn the episode to any account at all. He acquitted Gen. Garfield of every imputation of lukewarm- ness even, and canvassed most effectively for him in several states. Now, I think that very fine. “it certainly was not the course that a cold or selfish man would have taken. I happen to know, too, that Gen. Garfield very greatly appreciated the service, ard had he lived he would have leaned heavily on Mr. Sherman for the support of adtmin- istration measures in the Senate. Now, waich this in all of our annals. Several men have been loudly praised for declin- ing nominations which they were striving to secure for their friends, but where is the other man who has come to the relief of his friend in the other circumstances? It was insisted in several quarters that had Gen. Garfield held out against the ap- proaches and pushed Mr. Sherman's candi- dacy with more energy Mr. Sherman would have been nominated. The charge, too, was calculated to work injury to a presidential candidate. But it was immediately put to rest. Mr. Sherman refused to countenanze it, gave his hand to Gen. Garfield, and ev- erything was peace between them. Relations With McKinley. “What are the relations between Mr. Sherman and Gov. McKinley?” “Cordial, and full of mutual trust. The older man admires the younger very much, and has had much of a complimentary character to say about him. That is Mr. Sherman's way. He has always backed up the young men showing capacity. 1f Gov. McKinley receives his party's nomination for the prestdency Mr. Sherman will be one of the most earnest and active of his supporters. And, on the other hand, if for- tune bestows the nomination on Mr. Sher- man, Gov. McKinley, I have no doubt, will as loyally support him. I believe the re- sponse, too, frem the whole state wouid, in such circumstances, be of a nature to testify to the great admiration felt for Mr. Sherman by the Ohio republicans. ‘There are divisions in the state, I admit, but ncne such as would make Mr. Sherman's success at home as a presidential candidate in the slightest degree uncertain. He has time and again made Ohio the battlefield in sound money contests, and on un ccca- sion of the supremest importance to the public credit the sentiment he has done so much to create there would sustain him by an overwhelming majority.” “What about Mr. Sherman's age and health?” His Age and Health. “Mr. Sherman is now seventy-two, and in good health. He would lay down the bur- dens of the presidency before his eightieth year. He 18 of the Gladstonian physique and temperament—tall, spare, sanguine and earnest. He has always taken good care of himself, and never has been much under fee, either to the physician or the druggist. He scems assured of reaching a good oid age. It is not necessary to point out how remarkably his mental vigor keeps up. His letters and speeches plainly show this, and stamp him as one of the giants of the day.” “Is Mr. Sherman himself giving an: thought to this question as you present it? “I think not. He rather looks upon him- self as being out of the presidential run- ning for good. I am merely canvassing matters from the standpoint of present probabilities. I am merely contending that the man should fit the issue, and obviously if the republican party contemplates mak- ing a national contest on the money ques- tion John Sherman should be the presi- dential candidate.” Mutual Fire Insurance Folicy Holders Voting Today. The Three Tickets in the Ficld—Is- sue Between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Archer. The annual election of managers of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company is in pro- gress today, the polls having opened at 9 a.m., and will remain cpen till 6 p.m. Lively scenes are being enacted around the office of the company, there being three tickets in the field. Electioneering in a vigorous form is being prosecuted. The docrs, hallways and rooms are blockaded with men discussing the situation and ar- guing for or against a ticket. The com- pany carries $,000 risks, and each holder of a risk has a right to vote as many times as he has risks. A great deal of proxy voting is going on, the field having been pretty thoroughly canvassed before the polls opened. A high percentage of the total number ef votes will be polled. The straight ticket, known as the John- son or old board ticket, is as follows: Jesse B. Wilson, Matthew G. Emery, James W. Barker, George T. Dearing, Albanus L. Johnson, Talmadge A. Lambert, William A. H. Church. The Opposition. The first oppositicn ticket, known as the Archer ticket, is as follows: Jesse B. Wil- son, Matthew G. Emery, Samue! H. Welk- er, Oliver T. Thompson, Andrew Archer, Edward W. Donn, George T. Dearing. The third ticket is also un opposition one, and presents the following for managers: Samuel H. Walker, Oliver 1. Thompson, Andrew Archer, Edw. W. Donn. An Active Campnign. One of the phases of the active campaign which has been carried on by Messrs. Johnson and Archer 6nd their friends has been a series of cards which have appear- ed in the advertising columns of The Star. Several weeks ago Mr. Johnson came out in a card, in which he stated that it was said by his opponents that he was a resi- dent of Baltimore and not of this city. He denied this charge, and stated that he had been in business in this city for the past trenty-five years with his brother, 1. Kurtz Johnson. Subsequently Mr. Andrew Archer in a card addressed to the policy holders asked for their support, and stated that he was cpposed to “the unnecessary accumulation of money by the company beyond the limit fixed by the charter. I am in favor of a reasonable return to policy holders out of this large and increasing over surplus.” Then another card was printed, signed by Mr. Johnson, addressed to the policy holders, for the purpose, as he states, “to cerrect a misstatement which clearly indi- cates his (Mr. Archer's) unfitness for the position he seeks at your hands.” Mr. Johnson then goes on to state that there is no present accumulation cf money_be- yond the limit fixed by the company’s char- ter, and adds that the company has al- ways given to its members the equivalent of a dividend in the gradually decreasing rates of their insurance. He expressed the opinion that this is the only legal and legitimate method of disposing of the sur- plus accumulations of the company. The secretary of the company, Mr. J. Wesley Boteler, also published a card in- corporating communications from two pol- icy holders, J. J. Dermody and John Finn, opposing the use of the funds as suggest- ed by Mr. Archer. Iu the earlier stage of the controversy Mr. Archer issued a card, in which he in- timated thct Mr. Johnson's election to the board was due to the influence of the Southern M. E. Church. —_—-——_ CONTAGIOUS HOSPITAL. Rumor of a Commission to Select the Best Site. A rumor has been in circulation for sev- eral days past to the effect that plans for a contagious hospital, to be located on the proposed site just north of the city limits, embracing lots 6, 7, 22 and 23, in block 8, in Pott and Brown’s subdivision of Mt. Pleasant Plains, bounded by Sherman ave- nue on -the west, Brightwood avenue on the east, Princeton street on the north and Bismarek street on the south, and that the Commissioners would shortly invite, ty means of private correspondence, bids for erecting the structure. In speaking of the matter to a Star re- porter this afternoon, Commissioner Ross stated that the Commissioners have or- dered that plans be drawn at the present time for a contagious hospital in order that Mr. A. O. Von Herbulis, who was ap- pointed to do that work on the 17th in- stant, may be kept employed. As to call- ing for bids for the erection of the build- ing, Mr. Ross declared that nothing of that nature is to be considered until the selection of a site for the hospital has been finally’ determined upon and the public fully informed in regard to the thing. A rough sketch of the proposed hospital, drawn by Mr. Von Herbulis, has been seen by Mr. James W. Somerville, presi- dent of the Mt. Pleasant Citizens’ As30- ciation, who is of the opinion that the site on Pleasant Plains is not of sufficient di- mensions to accommodate a structure of the size set forth in the sketch. The latest in regard to the perplexing question as to a site for the hospital, ac- ccrding to an interested party, is that the Ccmmissioners will vest in a commission, composed of three reputable citizens of the District, the selection. The ground that this trio may decide upon is to be the place on which the hospital will be erected. ——— SMALL UNITED STATES NOTES. Secretary Carlisle Argues for Their Withdrawal From Circulation. The Secretary of the Treasury is doing everything in’ bis power to replace small denomination treasury notes with silver certificates. In the absence of a law re- stricting the issue of notes to thzse of high denomination, he proposes in “an in- direct manner to reduce the number of one and two dollar, and perhaps of five dollar, treasury notes for the purpose of increas- ing the use of the silver certificate in all small transactions. On his recommenda- tion a provision which has been in the sundry civil appropriation bill each year since 1886 that the treasury should not issue in return for notes presented for redemption other notes of larger denomina- tions, was left out of the sundry civil bill recently reported from the committee. ‘This omission has not heretofore at- tracted attention, but today Secretary Car- lisle mgde an argument before the com- mittee approving of the omission, and urging that the provision be not permitted to be restored. He stated that under this requirement the treasury was unable to retire any of the small denomination treas- ury notes, being compelled to always re- issue them in kind. With this provision omitted, he said'that the department cou'd replace the smaller notes which are pre- sented for redemption, or come in payment to the government, by ten, twenty or even higher denomination notes. This, he said, would compel the use to a great extent of one, two and five dollar silver certificates, and in that way the treasury could keep in circulation a quantity of silver certificates, which form the greater part of the customs dues paid the government. ee o— Mr. Turner Recovers. Representative Turner of Georgia has re- covered from the illness which prostrated him on Saturday and is able to be about again. Scaffolding Torn From a Sky-Scrap- ing Building, ACCIDENT AT THENEW FORT DEARBORN Passersby Injured by the Fallinz Timbers. THE CROWDS SCATTERED CHICAGO, January 21.—Several people were badly injured today by the falling of a portion of the scaffolding of the new Fort Dearborn building at Clark and Mon- 10e streets. The heavy timbers were blown from position, and falling fourteen stories, buried two men, one of whom, J. D. Burke, a ticket broker, was thought to be fatally injured. The others more seriously in- jured were: A. J. Donaldson, clerk, shoul- der crushed; Frank Woodward, teamsier, arm crushed; William Lucius, printer, scalp wounds; P. S. Fisher, restaurant employe, badly bruised. A half dozen other people were struck by fiying timbers, but not seriously hurt. The high wind had loosened many of the heavy planks, which have been falling at intervals since the early morning. Several people had beeh slightly injured, and the police had cleared the sidewalks beneath the dangerous structure. Workmen were sent to repair the scaffolding, when a strong blast of wind caught a large portion = the casing and tcre it from its fasten- ings. The heavy timbers, in falling, sailed across the street and fell upon the east sidewalk of Clark street. The crowd, hear- ing the crash, broke wildly in all directions, and many reached places of safety before the casing struck. Ambulances were hurriedly called and the badly injured removed to hospitals or their homes, and the nearby drug stores were soon crowded with people who had been slightly bruised by falling timbers or cut by fiying glass. It was at first thought that several peo- ple had been killed, but it was found later that none but Burke, and possibly Irwin, was fatally hurt. The gale which crushed the scaffolding on the Fort Dearborn caused damages in many other places in the city. The west wall of the building at 302 West Madison street was blown in and two work- men narrowly estaped death. The men were at work in the back of the building, which had been partially de- stroyed by fire, when the wall fell, and al- though bruised by flying bricks and tim- bers escaped serious injury. ————_— DUTY ON SUGAR. THE Regulations Issued as to the Col- lection of the One-Tenth. The Secretary of the Treasury has issued instructions to customs officers in regard to the enferc2ment of paragraph 182 1-2 of the tariff act, imposing an additional duty of ore-tenth of one per cent on imported bcunty paid sugar. In order to be relieved fromsuch additional duty, the importer is required to produce, with his invoice, a certificate from the government of the country of which the sugar is the preduct, a certificate that no indirect bounty has been paid thereon, and that no direct boun- ty has been or shall be paid. This certid- cate requires also the authentication of a United States consul. The regulations provide further as fol- lows: if the importer is unable to produce such certificate at time of entry, but shail file with the coliector, within ten days from date of entry, a written stipulation to pro- duce the requisite certificate within six months from said date of ertry, the final liquidation of the entry will be suspended until the production of the certificate or the expiration of the six months, provided that, in case of prior withdrawal for consump- tion, the estimated and deposited duties Nl include the said additional duty. pon the production of the requisite cer- tificate within six months from entry, the amount Geposited on account of the addi- tional duty shall be refunded as an excess of deposit. ie DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. Metropolitan R. R. Report. The annual report of the Metropolitan Railroad Company was submitted to the House today for the year ending June 30 last. The passenger receipts for the year were $348,511.53, The company paid 358,- 600.50 in dividends and $119,172.63 wages cf drivers and conductors. The total receipts, including the balance on hand July 1, 1508, were $415,215.15. The balance on hand June 30, 1894, was $12,128.32. Eckington R. R.'s Recelpts. The annual report of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railway Company, sub- mitted to the House today, for year ending December 31, shows the total receipts to have been $313,735.56. ‘The balance on hand was $9,169.00. ‘The total number of reveaue passengers carried were 1,804,915, and the revenue derived therefrom $78,922.65. Belt Railway's Finances. The annual report of the Belt Railway Company for the year ending December 31 shows total receipts of $261,357.58. The total number of revenue passengers car- ried were 2,049,656, and the receipts there- from $1. . Kill to Incorporate the Washington and Rrighton Railway Co. Mr. Turpin of Alabama hes introduced a bill i: the House to incorporate the Wash- irgton and Brighten Railway Company. The incorporaters are Heratio Browning, Clarence F. Ncrment, Levi Wecdoury, Win. B. Webb, F. P. May and R. F. Baker. The company proposes to operste an electric railway between Washington and Chesa- peake bay. The route is specified as follows: Bezin- ring at the junction of New York avenue and Boundary, or Florida avenue northeast, cn the east side of the present tracks and northerly paraliel with and adjacent to the right of w2y of the Metrope branch of the Baltimcre and Ohio r: ad to a point nevr the south line of South avenu and thence casterly in a direct line on th south side of the Brentwood road to the intersection of that read and the north- easterly line of the District of Columbia,and thence easterly in the state of Maryland to a point on the shore cf Chesapeake bay, in Calvert county. Petition Presented. Senator Gallirger today presented a pe- lition from twenty-five of the mechanical employes of the’ printing office, cary laborers, ‘etc., asking that their pay be in- creased to $4 a day, in case the pr and hookbinders’ rate should be mereased frem forty to fifty cents an hour. Substitute Bill. Serator Proctor today reported favor- ably from the District committee the Com- missioners’ substitute for the snow and ice bill, which has already been det in The Star. Upon his motion the origi resolution, 108, was postponed indefinitely. —_—__— + e+ —_____. Gen. Foster at Yokohama. A cablegram has been received from Gc... John W. Foster, announcing his safe arrival this morning in Yokohama, Japan.