Evening Star Newspaper, March 6, 1895, Page 1

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Yesterday's Star contained 47 cofumns of advertisements, made ug of 668 separate announces ments, Bese advertisers foug$t pubficifp—-not merefp Space. SILVER’S KEYNOTE| MONETARY COMMISSION | “MURPHY'S MACHINE” Gist of the Appeal for the New Party’s Formation. THREE NAMES OF PROMINENCE General Warner Gives His Views as to the Future. PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBILITIES “No old party ever carried through a great reform.” This is the keynote of the address of the Bimetallic League, printed today, which the free coinage men characterize as “The new declaration of independence.” It is the gist of their appeal for the formation of a new party. Both of the old parties are despaired cf. Both are declared to be un- der the control of the gold power. Three Prominent Names. The three names of national prominence attached to the address are those of Sena- tors Jones and Stewart of Nevada and ex- Congressman Warner of Ohio. The Neva- da Senators were at one time republicans, but passed over to the populists on the money question. They have now joined the new party, for the reason, as stated in the address, that the platform cf the populist party contains declarations and the party advocates theories to which neither re- publicans nor democrats can give their assent. As Messrs. Jones and Stewart have been classed as populists, their secession gives the new party a standing in the Senate, and will increase the difficulty of the re- publican leaders in making the necessary combinations for control of that body. They will now have to recken with the demo- crats, the populists and the bimetallists for the necessary votes to put legislation through the Senate, and this will call for the exercise of no little skill and diplomacy. Gen. Warner goes from the democratic party. He has always been an advocate of free coinage, but not until recently did he despair of seeing that end accomplished through the instrumentality of the democ- racy. Some criticism is heard of the calling of Mr. Sibley to the leadership of the new party. This action looks hurried. ‘The country, it is claimed, should have been heard from first on the subject. It is a post of the greatest importance to the movement and the fear is expressed that . Sibley, while personally an able and most excellent man, does not as yet meas- ure up to the requirements. He was a re- publican in 1880, and one of the 306 who stood at Chicago that year for a third term for Gen. Grant. He left the republi- can party on the money question, and is one of the most prominent of the free silver men. His.address is hearty, and his style as a public speaker easy and colloquial. He is a man of large means and ambitious. Gen. Warner's Views. In conversation with a representative of The Star today, Gen. Warner, who is the most active of those ergaged in the new movement, sald: : “Sentiment on the money question is rapidly crystallizing in the United States, and the campaign of next year will show that the people are interested in but one issue. That issue is the gold standard ver- sus the bimetallic standard. Bimetallism will win. The campaign will be conducted on straight and well defined lines, and everybody, the politicians included, will be brought to the scratch.” “What is your idea of what the policy of the gold men its likely to be at the in- ternational conference?” was asked. “As they are playing merely for delay they may try to divert the question from its legitimate channel. The Rothschilds may even propose some such scheme as they did before for extending and increas- ing the uses of silver. But that is not the end we have in view, nor will any such proposition be seriously considered by the friends of silver. Silver properly recog- nized as standard money is what we are fighting for, and we will be content with nothing less. Of course, there will be talk about a change of ratio, but nothing can come of that. France, for one, would 1e- fuse to recoin her silver. But our program is in nowise dependent upon what the conference may or may not do. We ore satisfied that England will dominate the deliberations and the decision, and this is warrant enough for us to go ahead with cur plans. No Effort This Year. “Shall the new party make any effort to Influence results in this year’s state clec- tions?” “No, though, of course, the silver ques- tion will, without any effort of ours, come up in the state conventions, and be uis- cussed on the stump. Silver, too, will show gratifying strength. But we cre arranging for a national campaign. We can hope for no permanent benefit without we can secure the election of a President and a Congress friendly to silver, and committed to the remonetization of that metal, and so our fight proper will not be made until next year. And it will be made in earnest then, and under conditions that will bring the silver men together out of both of the old parties. There will be some hesitation here and there for awhile. Old political affiliations are not easily broken. But when the real issue is pre- sented, and the real situation understood, no Sincere friend of silver, north or south; east or west, will draw back or desert his colors.”” “No mention is made about a running mate for Mr. Stbley,”" was suggested. “There is some difference of opinion as to the vice presidenc has not been agreed as yet whether the second place on the ticket should be filled from the south or west, or by a former republican or democrat. But that will be attended to in time. Gold Men's Pro “Whom are you to put up next year?” “Their ticket may be Morton and Lincoln. Morton would represent their policy very weil, being a rich New York banker, and Lincoln’s name would be expected to draw in the middle states and throughout the x { don’t think Reed stands any chance. The gold men will play for the east, and must take and make the most of a thoroughly representative man of their kind and locality. Morton would suit them better than Reed.’ THE JAP‘ SE TREATY. It Has Been Formelly Ratified by the Emperor of Japan. The Emperor of Japgn has formally ex- ecuted the ratification of the new treaty with the United States, and the document has just been forwarded. It is expected to arrive here March 20, and the ceremeny of exchanging ratifications will be held short- ly after. The Japanese ratification is an imposing document drawn on parchment and bearing the imperial arms and other ng the personal signa- President Cleveland's ratification in_be- half of the United States is expected to reach Japan about the same time, so that the exchange of ratifieations will occur nearly simultaneously in Tokio, or Hiro- shima, and in Washington. Minister Kurino will nt the emperor's approval to Sec- Fetary Gresham, but the ceremony is ex- pected to be informal. The Representatives Selected Not Olear as to What Will Be Expected. Germany, It is Believed, Will Issue the Call a the Meeting May Be in the Summer or Fall. ‘The Senators and Representatives chosen by Congress as the representatives of their respective houses on the pfoposed interna- tional monetary commission, have, so far, Very indefinite ideas as to what will be ex- pected of them. Whether they will be call- ed upon te act at all will depend first upon “the important contingency of whether such @ conference will be called, and if so whether the President will decide that the United States shall be represented. . The provision for the conference explicitly leavés this matter to his discretion, but there is thought to be very little doubt that if some important European nation takes the initiative he will put into effect the law providing for the representation of the United States. Germany May Issue the Call. It is also believed that Germany will is- sue the call and that the conference will be held during the coming summer or fall. Where it shall be held will depend upon the time of the calf, as will also the basis upon which the question of ratio or the extent to which silver shall be used is dis- cussed. On this latter point it is under- stood that the advocates of free coinage on tne commission will demand that the ratio shall be fixed at 16 to 1, and that they will not swerve from this. As now appears they will constitute a majority of the commission from this country, as five of the six already chosen hold views favor- able to independent free coinage. The dele- gation will not be complete until the Presi- dent shall select the three members of it whose appointment is left to him. If those three should all ber-opposed to free coinage under existing conditions in this country, as Mr. Hitt is, the commission would still stand five to fuur for free coinage. Not Much Different From the Brus- - seln Conference. The law in the present case is not ma- terially different from that under which the Brussels conference was appointed in 1892, except in the number. of delegates and in providing the means in their selec- tion. The Brussels commissioners on the part of the United States numbered five orly, and they were all appointed by the President. The wording of the law as re- garded the purpose of the conference was in that case the same as in this, the lan- guage in both cases being that the con- ference should be held “with a view to secure internationally a fixity of: relative value between gold and silver, as money, by. means of a common ratio between those metals, with free mintage at such ratio.” In 1892 an appropriation of $80,000 was made to pay the expenses of the commis- sion, while $100,060 ts now provided. Personael of the Commission. The personnel of the commission, so far as formed, is a striking one. The men selected have been in public life fer many years, and all have distinguished them- selves sufficiently to make a national repu- tation. Mr. Culberson entered the Forty- fourth Congress, Mr. Hitt the Forty- seventh and Mr. Crisp the Fiftieth, and all have served continuously since. Mr. Crisp is serving his second term as Speaker, and previous to his clection to that office had distinguished himself on the floor and in committee. Mr. Culberson is chairman of the committee on judiciary and Mr, Hitt is ex-chairman of the com- mittee on foreign relations. Mr, Hitt had also served as assistant secretary of state before entering the House, and was for seven years first secretary of the legation and charge d'affaires of the American lega- tion in Paris. The Senate Representatives. Senator Teller entered the Senate in 1877, Senator Jones in 1885 and Senator Daniel in 1887. Senator Teller has made a special- ty of the study of financial and economic questions during his entire term, and has thoroughly identified himself with the movement to secure the remonetization of silver at the old ratio of 16 to 1. While they have not so completely identified themselves with this movement, his sena- torial colleagues have both taken prominent part in it, so that it is known that the three Senators stand upon the same foot- ing with regard to silver. Senator Jones is a leading member of the committee on finance, and was prominently identified with the tariff contest of last session. Sen- ater Daniel is a man of learning and is recognized as one of the leading lawyers and orators of the Senate. Representatives Crisp and Culberson are both silver advo- cates, but are conservative on that ques- tion. There is little doubt, however, that they will stand for all that can be had for silver in case the conference is held. Mr. Hitt is classed as a bimetallist, and is un- derstood to believe thoroughly in the re- habilitation of silver, provided it can be ob- tained by an international agreement. All the members of the commission are lawyers except Hitt, and all except Teller and Hitt served cn the confederate side during the war of the rebellion. All are fifty years ard over as regards age. Spcak- er Crisp is the youngest member, being fifty. Senator Teller and Mr. Culberson are each sixty-four, Jones fifty-five, Daniel fifty-two and Hitt sixty-one. $ a SHINGTON GUN SHOP. The Failure of Approprintions WD Cause It to Shut Down. It is expected that the gun shop at the navy yard in this city will shut down next September, throwing eighty or ninety men cut of employment. The shop is only run- ning about one-third of its full complement of men now, on account of the work slack- ing up, but all of the work of this shop will be finished by the time indicated. This state of affairs will be the result ‘of the failure of Congress to provide more work for the shop in the naval appropriation bill. The other shops in the ordnance estab- lishment at the navy yard will continue operations for some time longer than Sep- tember, but with a gradually decreasing force as the work is finished. It will re- quire about eighteen months’ time to finish the gun mounts now in course of construc- tion. ‘There are forty 4-inch guns and sixteen 8-inck guns yet to be built, but the forgings for them have not arrived. When the forg- ings are ready, it will require six months’ labor to finish the guns. One effect of the failure of the appropriation will be to in- crease the cost of the work. This is brought about by the fact that certain skilled labor -will have to be employed and kept under full pay without being furnished full ion. For instance, the men who * the guns could handle two or three in the time that they will handle one, thus increasing the co8t of that gun. —_—__—_—_-e- Nex Perces Delegation. James Reuben, a lone delegate from the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho, has reached the city, and today had an interview with Commissioner of Indian Affairs Browning. Reuben is a full blood Nez Perce, and his mission is to lay before the commissioner the condition of the reservation and make the’ acquaintance of the department offi- cials. ———————— Gonsul Recognized. ‘The President has recognized Antonio F. Xavier as Brazilian consul general at New York. A Bitter Attack on the New York. Senator. SYSTEM OF CORRUPTION. AT TROY Report of a Special Investigating Committee. DEALS TO GAIN OFFICE ALBANY, N.Y., March 6.—The report of the majority of the special senate commit- tee appointed to investigate the Troy elec- tions is a bitter attack on United States Senator Murphy. After alleging that re- peating, riot, assault and even murder have been common, it says: “It is the exempli- tied work of a desperate and hitherto re- sistless political machine, so adjusted, or- ganized and run as to enable individuals, in the name of the democratic party and in defiance of law, to overthrow govern- ment and thwart the rights of suffrage. This machine is an organization composed of professional politicians, having a recog- nized, acknowledged and responsible head, and operates through democratic election officers and other outlaws, supported by a police department and police force obedient to its dictation, “This organization, known as the *Mur- phy machine,’ approves, rewards and pro- tects its tools, and thus perpetuates its power. The process known as ‘repeating’ is accomplished by persons not entitled to vote going through the city singly or, in bands voting in the various districts on the names of legally registered voters. A ser- geant cf police, an ex-president of the common council, a member of the detective force, are samples of the official positions held by those who esccrted and guarded those criminals in the commission of their crimes. “In rare instances those aiding the re- peaters claimed to be republicans, but they are what is known as ‘Murphy republicans,’ a class as much distrusted in Troy as the Murphy democrats themselves. They are on the board of police commissioners, on the police force and in other stations, and abject submission to Murphy is the ap- parent price of their appointment. Their chief value lies in their pretended affilia- tion with the republican party, for demo- crats can be found in abundance to com- mit crimes; the need is to find men who will do vile service and at the same time by professing republicanism place part of the odium upon the republican party. The Strength of “Murphyism. “Under this system a condition so rotten and fostered that no person who has not heard the testimony could believe that a condition so appalling and corrupt could exist in a civilized and decent community. The republican party is in no way respon- sible for this condition, but some individual members of that party are responsible. Year after year Murphyism has gained strength. One republican has surrendered himself for office, another for business ad- vantage, another through fear or cajolery, until scores of prominent republicans who were willing to trade their political prin- ciples for personal advantage are now serv- ing as Murphy republicans. “The effect upon the republican party of this ‘pernicious system is that large num- bers of: apparently respectable men claim- ing to be republicans can bé put into im- mediate and determined action at the bid- ding of Mr. Murphy, even though such ac- tiom be against republican measures and against the overwhelming sentiment of the republican party. The Troy Election Frauds. “In the fall of 1893, although the state gave a majority of over one hundred thou- sand against Isaac H. Maynard, Troy, in spite of the overwhelming and unprece- dented popular uprising, gave Maynard a majority of nearly six thousand, the frauds of that election being without parallel even in that corrupt and degraded city. “The conclusion of your committee is that the city of Troy election crimes are due to the utter disregard of law by the leaders of the democratic party, to a dis- henest and incompetent police force and the subserviency of many so-called repub- licans to the atrocious service of the Mur- phy machine.” es THE CASHIER TOOK MORPHINE. Suicide of a Long-Trusted Railway Official. ST. LOUIS, March 6—A special to the Republic from Birmingham, Ala., says: J. L. Shropshire, for years the trusted cashier of the Central railway of Georgia here, was missing from his desk yesterday, and on it lay a note from him, which read: “Good bye, it's all over.” The officials be- gan at once an examination of his ac- counts. ‘ Shropshire ‘was found yesterday after- ncon in a room in the Metropolitan Hotel urconscious. Physicians were hurriedly sent for, but it was too late, and he lied at 8 o'clock. An empty morphine bottle told the story of suicide. The deceased was prominent in social and secret society circles, being chancellor of a Knights of Pythias Lodge. He led a most exemplary life until lately, when It is said hé fell into bad company and gam- bled. He was the sole support of an aged father and mother and two sisters, who are heart broken. The railroad officials re- fuse to disclose the condition of his ac- ecunts. —E THE CUMBERLAND TRAGEDY. Testimony Before the Preliminary Hearing This Morning. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., March 6.—The pre- liminary hearing in the Zufall murder case, which was begun yesterday, was taken up again today. Ali the evidence given strengthens the theory that the body of Zufall was placed beneath the ice of the canal after death and that the body must have been kept hidden upon land until within twenty-four hours of its being found. A large number of witnesses are yet to be exarhined, principally women. Mc- Kane was brought to Cumberland today on a requisition and will testify this afternoon. aa Gen. Ezecta at San Francisco. SAN FRANCISCO, March 6—Gen. An- tonio Ezeta ig apparently domiciled perma- nently in this city. According to his inti- mate friends the ex-president of San Sal- vador has given up all thoughts of return- ing to his Central American home. Custom hcuse records show that there are now on the way from Paris, consigned to Ezeta, | the full equipment of a war steed and also the full military costume of a general. All this is explicitly denied by Ezeta, who says the contraband was not his and that the military paraphernalia is to be worn peace- fully in San Francisco. ss Disaster to a Freight Train. ALLENTOWN, Pa., March 6.—The south- bound fast freight train on the Jersey Central railroad parted on a grade today, causing a collision of the two sections. Sixteen loaded cars, including five cars of oil, were wrecked and caught fire. The fiames were speedily extinguished, but the loss will aggregate $10,000. No one was | injurea. POSTSCRIPT CHASE FOUND GUILTY End of the Libel Oase in the Oriminal Court. . The Jury Returns a Verdict at 3:45 O’Clock This After- meon. The jury ‘in the case of William Calvin Chase, indicted for criminally IMbeling Re- corder Taylor at 3:45 o’clock this afternoon, returned a verdict of “guilty.” The jury was out about ftteen minutes. —_— THE CASE OF JOHN WILDE. No Interest Taken in It by the State Department, So far as can be learned the State De- partment has taken no interest whatever in the case of John Wilde, the American who had taken up arms against the Japa- rese, and who became their prisoner at the fall of Wei-Hai-Wel. He broke his parole by entering the army of China, and was expressly exempted from the privileges accorded all the prisoners surrendered as @ result of that engagemént. The terms of the surrender were that the lives of the Chinese soldiers should be spared, includ- ing also the foreigners enlisted in the same cause. These terms were agreed to with the distinct understanding that they would not apply to the case of those who had broken their parole. Wilde and his com- panions were included in the excepted cate- gory. Story of Their Plot. These individuals will be remembered as having been concerned in a plot to destroy Japanese warships. This plot is said to have been concocted in Brooklyn during the early progress of the war. The papers discussed it at the time, and it became a matter of war gossip. No official notice was taken of it here, and it was then sup- posed the Japanese government attached no importance to it. At any rate the au- thorities of that country made no effort to interrupt the progress of the plans of the alleged conspirators, until they arrived at Kobe, Japan, on the steamer Sydney, from Vancouver, about twu months ago, when two of them, Wilde aiid a companion, were taken into custody :and examined. They represented that they had been badly maligned, and that they really had no hostile intentions phere: against ee Japanese government, ir purpose: the contrary being of am entirely friendly character. The authoritjes viewed them with suspicion for the reason that they: had previously submitted to them® their scheme for the déstructjom of » Chinese men-of-war, which they ‘mééestly claimed would revolutionizé m ‘warfare. The Japanese took no stock im the scheme, and would have no dealings with them, where- upon, it is understood, they entered into negotiations with’ the Chinese minister at Washington, as a consequence of which they were on their way to the celestial kingdom when apprehended at Kobe. Broke ‘Their Parole. They were well supplied with credentials, the most potential of which was a letter of introduction from Mr. John W. Foster of this city, who is well known to the Jap- anese authorities. The two men were ac- cordingly treated with more consideration than would otherwise have been the case, and they were permitted to continue the journey to China under parole. They were rext heard from as engaged in the defense of Wei-Hal-Wei and as being captured in the downfall of that stronghold. Wilde is said to be a citizen cf the United States. He has been taken tc Japan for trial, and his fate 1s somewhat problematical. Hav- ing broken his parole, ne will undoubtedly receive less consideration than ordinary prisoners of war and may possibly be put to death, unless some powerful influences are immediately exerted in his behalf. If the matter has been brought to the at- tention of the State Department it has not been made the subject of correspondence with the Japanese authorities, at least so far as known at the Japanese legation. It is believed, however, that Wilde and his associate as well will receive a fair trial and humane treatment at the hands of the victorious Japanese, without regard to the action of the governments to which they owe allegiance and whose protection they might properly invoke. —— ORDERED TO COLON. The Raleigh Ordered to Take the Place of the Athinta. Secretary Herbert today cabled Admiral Meade at Port of Spain, Trinidad, detach- ing from his fiect the cruiser Raleigh and directing that she be sent at once to Colon, on the Isthmus of Panama. The Atlanta, whicif was stationed at this place to guard American interests during the progress of the revolution, has been sent to Boca del Toro, a port in Costa Rica, just on the boundary line between that country and Colombia, where a party of revolutiorists is reported to have landed, and Secretary Herbert feels that it is necessary to replace her at Colon, where the United States in- terests are very important, by another ves- sel, hence the orders to the Raleigh. It was at first contemplated to send the Ra- leigh directly to Boca del Toro, but in view of the fact that the distance from that place to Trinidad, where the vessel is at present, is about 1,200" miles. it was con- cluded to send instead the Aticnta, which was distant only about a hundred miles, leaving the Raleigh to take her station at Colon. The latest advices from Colombia are of a@ warlike character and have caused con- siderable concern for the large American interests near Panama and at Boca del Tcro. Trouble is imminent at the last- named port. The United States has greater interests there than is generally supposed, the trade in fruit exports averaging $40,- 000 a month. Additional Spanish Duties. The Department of State has been ad- vised that a decree was issued by the Span- ish government on February 10 last im- posing, on and after February 11, and until December 31 next, an additional duty of 2.50 pesetas, 4.12 pesetas and 2 pesetas, re- spectively, on wheat, wheat flour and bran entering from foreign ports the custom houses of Spain and the Balearic Islands. —____-2+__ Naval Movements. i The cruiser Marblehead has sailed from Norfolk for Newport, where she will re- ceive her torpedo outfit prior to her de- parture for the European station. The Vesuvius has sailed froma: Norfolk for the purpose of destroying dangerous wrecks in the paths of navigation along the At- lantic coast. The gunpyat Castine has sailed from Gibraltar for Malta, on her way to Madagascar. The Chicago has sail- ed from Madeira for New York, where she will go out of commission. . Treasury Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $545,656. Government recelpts— From internal revenue, $314,418; customs, $778,735; miscellaneous, $21,986. FIVE MORE VESSELS|/'MMY LOGUE SURRENDERS|GREAT FALLS DAM The Navy Department Will Put Them in Commission. A THOUSAND ENLISTED MEN NEEDED The Recent Appropriation Will Man These Ships. MORE SEAMEN WANTED Having secured the necessary legislation from Congress, after the hardest kind of a struggle, the officials of the Navy De- partment have taken prompt action to put five more vessels into commission for ac- tive sea service. These are the steel cruis- er Boston and the corvette Marion at the ‘| Mare Island navy yard, near San Fran- cisco; the modern double-turreted monitor Amphitrite, at the navy yard, Norfolk, and the government-built battle ship Maine and the old wooden frigate Lancaster, at the navy yard, Brooklyn. These vessels. have been ready for some time, and would have been put in commission before but for the lack of seamen. The Maine and Amphi- trite are new ships and have never been to sea, The Lancaster and Marion are vet- erans. They belong to the old navy,. the members ‘of which are becoming very scarce on the naval list. Most of their associates of the good old days before the war have gone to rotten row and are now only a memory and a name. There are but few of them left and their number is rap- idly becoming smaller and beautifully less. The Marion is in the same class as the Alert and the Ranger, now doing good service on the western coast of Central America, and, like them, she is believed to be good for several years’ more service. The Lancaster. The Lancaster is one of the finest ships of the old navy and has made an excellent record. Being constructed of wood she is obsolete as a fighting machine, according to modern ideas, and she has sailed her last foreign cruise. Here last active ser- vice was as flagship of the Asiatic squad- ron. She will never again occupy a station so dignified and important. Since her re- turn to New York she has been transform- ed into a training ship, and, when commis- sioned, will be sent to Newport and utilized in giving practical instruction in gunnery. To Man Five Ships. Congress added 1,000 men to the enlisted strength of the na and the Navy De- partment has decided to utilize the in- crease at once in manning the five ships mentioned. The Boston, Marion and Lan- caster have undergone extensive repairs and have been ready for sea for some time. It is estimated that it will take the entire additioral force to properly man the quin- tet. The statement that the provision for the increase of the enlisted force had been rendered nugatory by the failure to ap- propriate for their “food and clothing” is erroneous. As a matter of fact there is ample provision for feeding the men out of the general provision for rations, and, so far as clothing is concerned, no appro- priation is needed, for the simple reason that “jackies,” like officers, have to pay for their own clothing. The new men will be provided with the necessary clothing by the government, and the cost thereof will be deducted gradually from their pay, just as has been done with the men in the navy from time immemorial. As has been al- ready stated, there is a general appropria- tion for rations for enlisted men, and ac- cording to the statement of naval officials no distinction will be made between old or new men in the use of this fund, which is ample under all conditions to meet every possible requirement up to the time of the next regular meeting of Congress, when there will be ample time to consider a de- peared in this respect, if it should then exist. Need of the Increase. Without the increase in the present en- listed force it would have been impossible to place a single additional vessel in com- mission. For three years the navy has suffered severely for want of men to prop- erly man new ships. The navy yards, re- ceiving ships and recruiting stations were so depleted by the constant drafts upon them that finally they altogether could not muster men enough for a crew for one ship. ‘The Maine would have been put in commis- sion two months ago had there been a crew available. The same is true of the Boston and the Amphitrite. Some of the ships already in commission are short of their proper complement. All the big ships, such as the New York, Co- lumbia and Minneapolis, are short of men, and it is said that scarcely any of the vessels in active service are fully equipped in this important respect. The Twe Big Buttleships. The big battleships Indiana and Massa- chusetts and the monitor Terror are rap- idly approaching completion and the de- partment will soon be confronted with the difficulty of providing them with crews. That is out of the question with the avail- able force, but the hope is expressed that an additional thousand men may be added to the enlisted force soon after they ready for active sea service. Another yes- sel that will be co:apleted in a few months is the Texas, a sister ship to the Maine. ‘These two are the largest ships built by the government in recent years. ‘The Maine was constructed at the Brooklyn navy yard and the Texas at the Norfolk navy yard. Of the vessels soon to be placed in com- mission the Boston ard Marion will be at- tached to the Pacific squadron, under com- mand of Admiral Beardslee, and the Maine and the Amphitrite will be attached to the North Atlantic or home squadron, under command of Admiral Meade. The Lancas- ter will be unattached, but will probably be under command of the head of the Naval Training School at Newport. © ADMIRAL CARPENTER’S DISPATCH. Japanese to Occupy the Trenty Port of New Chang. Secretary Herbert has received the fol- lowing cablegram from Admiral Carpenter, commanding the United States naval forces on the Asiatic station, dated New Chang, March 6: % “The Japanese general has notified for- eigners of his intention to occupy {his port. All contingencies provided for.” New Chang is one of the treaty ports on the gulf of Pechili above Port Arthur. Early in the winter the United States gun- boat Petrel was stationed there, and as the season closed and the river became ice- bound she was placed in a mud dock along- side of an English man-of-war, to protect her from the ice when the spring freshets came down. She was rgofed in and machine guns were placed so as to command the ap- proaches to the vessel, which was, in fact, transformed for a time into a fortress to serve as a place of refuge for the foreign- ers who live in the vicinity. The town has been occupied by the Chi- nese as one of the bases of army operations against the invading Japanese, and from Admiral Carpenter's advices it appears that the latter, reinforced by the troops from Wei-Hai-Wei, have at length managed to occupy the pigce, which is one of the first of the treaty ports to fall into Japanese hands. — The Minneapolis. The triple-screw cruiser Minneapolis joined Admiral Meade’s fleet at Trinidad yesterday. after a quick run from New- port. = A Notorious rook Gives Himself ce. Up. He Said That He Had Been Hounded by Detectives and Traveled a Hw dred Miles to Surrender. PHILADELPHIA, March 6.—“Jimmy” Logue, the notorious burglar and supposed murderer, gave himself up last night to Coroner Ashbridge, and is now in the cus- tody of the police officials. At about 11 -o’clock the door bell of the coroner’s house rang, and Mr. Ashbridge, answering it in person, was confronted by an old man, who said: “I am Jimmy Logue, and I want to give myselt up.” The much-wanted crook was immediately taken to the twelfth district police station, where, by the coroner's instruction, he gave the name of “William Casey.” In addition to a long lst of crimes, such as burglary, bank robbery, &c., which have kept Logue behind prison bars during the greater portion of his life, he is now wanted to answer 4 charge of wife murder. Probably a Murder. On October 16, 1893, the skeleton of a woman was found under the kitchen floor of the house No. 1250 North jith street, which was being torn down. The house had been vacant for a long time. With the skeleton were found a silk dotted veil and a gold ring, and with these as the only clue the detectives discovered that the last occupants of the house had been Logu2 and his wife and the family of Logue’s nephew. Logue had always treated his wife brutally, and it was the theory of the police that he had murdered her and concealed her body under the kitchen floor. In February, 1879, Logue lived with his wife in New York, but a short time after- ward moved to the ilth street house in Philadelphia. ce On February 15, during Logue’s absence on one of his thieving expeditions, his wife left for a trip to New York, and this was the last seen of her by her friends. A short time after her \lisappearance Logue had inserted in a Philadelphia paper a notice, offering $500 reward for informa- tion leading to the whereabouts of his wife, but this was thought to be a blind to throw the police officials off the scent. Connected With Notorious Crimes. Logue has been in some of the most notorious robberies here, in New York, Baltimore and Washington during the last twenty-five years. He was connected with the robbery of the Catholic Beneficial Sav- ing fund here in 1870, and a year later at- tempted the robbery of the Southwark Bank and the Kensington National Bank. In May, 1871, he and his pals arranged for a raid on the National Security Bank at 7th and Girard avenue, but through the vigilance of an officer in that district Logue was caught and the other members of the party escaped. He was taken to the rogues’ gallery, and while waiting to be photographed made his escape, but was subsequently recaptured and sentenced to seven years’ imprisonment. As soon as he was released from jail he immediately re- sumed his life of crime. He went to Washington, D. C., and there robbed Naval Constructor Hanscomb of a large sum of money. He was also said to have been employed in the Manhattan Bank robbery of New York. Lognue’s Methods. -Logue’s methods of robbery were most peculiar and adroit, and yet cowardly. He would enter an unoccupied house next decor to the house in which he intended to make his rald, and gain access through the roof, while the family was engaged at supper. There befhg no vacant houses in the row, he would procure a ladder from a nearby store on some pretext and climb through a window. It is said of him that he could go up a rain spout like a rat. In late years he has confined himself almost entirely to safe blowing. He is sixty-two years of age. Logue said to Coroner Ashbridge that he had traveled one hundred miles yester- day in order to givé himself up. He said that he had been living in the interior cf the state, and had been hounded by detec- tives everywhere he had gone. Logue said: “Once a criminal, always a criminal.’ He denied the murder of his wife, and said that the skeleton, if that of his wife, had been — there by other persoas. He was held to answer the charge of wife murder, Logue is slightly bald, and wears a lux- uriant| white mustache. When dressed accordingly he looks more like a substan- tial business man or banker rather than one of the most notorious crooks known to the police. ——>—__—_ - GREAT BRITAIN- AND VENEZUELA. Ambassador Baynrd to Be Instructed to Suggest Arbitration. Secretary Gresham is about to instruct Ambassador Bayard to urge upon Great Britain an adjustment of the long-pending trouble between Venezuela and British Guiana and to suggest arbitration of the question. This action is in pursuance to a recent resolution of Congress. The result of Mr. Bayard’s appeal is being watched with much interest owing to the reports from Venezuela that the trouble has reached a critical stage and that both sides are massing troops in the disputed territory lying between them. Mr. Bayard is well equipped for this ne- gotiation, as he was Secretary of State in 1887, when the United States first made an offer to Great Britain to act as-arbitrator. The offer was courteously declined. At the same time Venezuela broke off all diplo- matic relations with Great Britain, and these have not since been restored. Mr. Blaine also sought to adjust the trouble, as it wads felt that British aggression on South American soil came dangerously near an invasion of the Monroe doctrine. Mr. Blaine’s efforts also failed, and the status has remained unchanged until the recent reports of hostilities and the determination of this government to make a final effort toward concluding negotiations. In the event of Great Britain's acceptin; the suggestion of arbitration it is Delleved President Cleveland would be designated as the arbitrator. The fact that arbitration has once been rejected does not incline of- ficials and diplomats to conclude that Mr. Bayard’s present efforts are hopeless, as his familiarity with the subject will permit’ him to make a strong personal presenta- tion of the case to Lord Kimberly. —_-e—______ THE ASIATIC SQUADRON. The Gunboat Machias Arrived at Hong Kong Yesterday. The Navy Department is informed of .he arrival of the gunboat Machias at Hong Kong yesterday, from her long voyage from New York, by way of the Mediter- ranean and the Suez canal. Her addition to the Asiatic squadron makes that the largest and most efficient that the United States has ever had in these waters. It is also stronger, numerically at least, than any other of the regular squadrons, in= cluding that of the North Atlantic, or home squadron. It consists of eight vessels, as follows: Cruiser Baltimore, flagship; cruis- ers Charleston, Monocacy and Detroit, and the gunboats, Yorktown, Concord, Machias and Petrel. These are all modern steel ships, with approved armor and armament, with the single exception of the Monocacy, which is an old-style tron cruiser, having, however, a battery of modern guns. Preparations to Be Made-for Rais< ing It STONE FROM THE GOVERNMENT QUARRY Immediate Advantages to Be Had From This Season's Work. WORK WILL BEGIN AT ONCE Work on the Great Falls dam, which: Congress provided should be raised two and a half feet, will begin before March is much older. The appropriation of $125,000 is immediately available, and as rapidly as possible plans are being made, under Colonel Elliot's charge, for beginning the improvement. Necessarily there will be no work on the dam proper until the period of low water, which is not likely to be much earlier than July. Yet there is a great deal of work in preparation, which will begin at once. Although Colonel El- Hot retires from the active list of the army on the 31st of this month, and will accord- ingly be relieved from charge of the aque- duct, he will carry forward the prepara~ tions for raising the dam and turn the enterprise over to his successor as a work in progress. Preparations Necessary. The Getails of the work are in great part determined by circumstances already fa- vorably existing. The character of the stone to be used was settled from the start. The dam was made of Seneca sand stone from the government quar-y, about eight miles from Great Falls up the Potomac on the Maryland side,“ convenient to the Chesapeake and Ohio canal. This quarry yielded the vast a.uount of stone requ'red for the original work on the dam. From there also came the splendid large coping stones that cover the work. There will be required for raising the dam two and a half feet 2,225 cubic yards of stone, which will take several months to quarry ahd ship to the falls. The convenience of the quarry to the canal makes the cost of transportation comparatively light. These stones will all need to be faced, so as to bed firmly in cement, and the work of cutting them thus will elso consume considerable time. Before the dam is dis- turbed at all the stone requisite for the new work willsall be quarried and laid down at the falls and hewn into usable shape. It would not do to begin work which might temporarily reduce the water supply and run out of the stone needed. So the first thing will be te provide all the materials necessary. Where Werk Will Begin. The first part of the dam to be changed will be that on the Virginia side of the river.. Work could begin at both sides and progress until the two forces of workmen should meet in the center of the dam. But in all probability but one force will be put at work, and that on the end of the dam furthest from the base of supplies. As the dam is but eight feet wide, the force of men to be employed at any one time must necessarily be small. Cement, stone and tools must be carried along the dam to the point where work is going on. So but lit- tle of the dam will be torn up at a time— about one hundred feet. The coping stones will be lifted with a derrick stored on top of the dam, the new masonry laid in until the necessary two and a half feet of rise is secured, and the coping stones put back in place. These surface stones will be se- curely bolted into the dam with two-inch bolts, five or six feet long. Kach bolt is split for six or eight inches at the end which enters the mason work, and is driv- en down upon an iron wedge, which sepa- rates the two half ends of the bolt and se- curely holds it. Sulphur is then poured in around the bolt to make it thé more secure in place. Immedinte Good to Result. There will be some appreciable advan- tage to result from beginning the work on the Virginia side of the dam. The main body of the channel is on that side of the river bed. Two-thirds of the water of the Potomac flows there, and as soon as the dam is raised there the back water be- tween Conn’s Island and the Virginia skore will measurably increase up around the head of the isiand and send a greater flow imto the aqueduc: ——.__ THE TORPEDO BOATS. + Difficulty Experienced in Making Selections From the Bids. The bureau chiefs of the navy, to whom the bids for the three new torpedo boats were referred for examination and report, are having much difficulty in the work of making selections. Several of the bidders submitted original designs, and it was necessary for the board to examine these very carefully and to have experts make abstruse calculations of the weights of hull and machinery in each case. In some instances sufticient data was not supplied, so the department has decided to call upon the bidders to be present in person at the department and explain some matters still in doubt. An interesting development is that the officials have found that the bid of Hugh Ramsay of Perth Amboy, N. J., who protested against the acceptance of the lowest, that of the Columbian iren works of Baltimore, on account of infor- mality, is itself defective, but it has not yet been determined whether or not the informalities in either case are sufficient to prevent the consideration of the bids. ————-e— Personal Mention. Mr. Thurber, the President's private sec- retary, left Washington last evening for New York to meet his brother, on the in- coming European steamer. Mr. John F., Waggaman, Mr. Campbell Carrington and Col. E. C. Carrington of Baltimore have gone to the Virginia Hot Springs for a few days. 2 Postmaster General and Mrs. Bissell went to New York city this morning. His object is to secure needed rest, and he will be away about a week. Assistant Secretary Hamlin of the Treas- ury Department has gone to his home in Boston for a few days. ee The Columbia to Join Admiral Mende. The triple-screw cruiser Columbia, now fitting out at the Brooklyn navy yard, will leave next week for Trinidad, W. L, to join Admiral Meade’s squadrcn of evolu- tion. Her proposed visit to Newport to secure torpedoes has been abandoned. —— Capt. Mahan's Next Duty. ‘The latest naval gossip is that Capt. A. T: Mahan, in command of the cruiser Chi- cago, now on her way to New York to be put out of commission, will succeed Lieut, Singer, in charge of the bureau of naval intelligence, and that the latter will be given command of the Dolphin. a Secretary Lamont Goes Away. Following the President's example, Sec- retary Lamont has gone away for a short respite from official cares and responsi bility. He left here unexpectedly this morn- ing for New York, and it fs said at the de- partment that he will not be gone more than a week. Meanwhile Assistant Secre- tary Doe will have charge of the affairs of the War Department. Private Secretary Seeger has gone to New York with the Sec- retary.