Evening Star Newspaper, March 19, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 1101, Feanpeaa Aver, Gor ch fey The Newspaper Company, 8. BH. Kal Pres’t. New York Office, 40 Potter Building, — The ‘Star ts served to subscribers in the city ieee on their own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents per month. at the e yunter cents h. il. Batted States or Canada—yostage prepa ‘cents ‘Saturday Sheet idea sara Quintapte Star, $1 per year, “ q D. G, as seconi-class toail matter) | ene £27All mail eubscriptions must be paid to advance. tes of advertising made Known on application. No. 13,116. Che Fvening star. WASHINGTON, D. 0. TUESDAY; MAROH 19, 1895-TWELVE: PAGES. TO DISCUSS SILVER|MR. 8'SSELL TALKS|/A CABINET MEETING|T© 45% AN EXPLANATION | HUNDREDS PERISHED The President Will Send Delegates to an International Conference. TT WOULD BE A MIXED COMMISSION Two, at Least, Would Be Gold Standard Men. THE ONLY HOPE FOR SILVER From a semi-official authority comes the statement that President Cleveland will not refuse to accept an invitation from a for- eign government to send delegates to an International monetary conference. It has been argued in some-quarters and at con- Rderable length that the President would be disbarred from sending delegates to any but a free-silver conference by the wording of the clause in the sundry civil bill, pro- viding for delegates to an international conference, which is held to limit the dele- gates to attendance upon a conference to discuss free silver alone. Whatever may be the opinion of others in this respect and nowever well grounded their arguments may be, this: construction of the law is not shared by President Cleve- lard, and after all it is he who must decide the matter. It is thought to be quite prob- able that a conference will be called by one of the foreign governments to discuss the eneral relation of gold and silver to the Nnances of the world, and in that event it is said to be the President's intention to dispatch the delegation of the United States. a ea Commission. The commission of the United States to the conference will be a mixed one, and its members will entertain all sorts of views, from radical free coinage to the opopsite extreme of a single standard and gold ba- sis. It is more than probable that at least two of the delegates whom the President himself is to appoint will be gold standard men, With a commission so constituted, em- bodying all grades and shades of beliefs upon financial matters, it will be possible for the discussion before the conference to be given a very wide scope, and in that re- spect to be really more effective in the long run than the deliberations of a conference whose line of action should be plainly re- stricted. It is said to be the belief of the President, and it is the belief that was shared by many Congressmen at the time the matter was under consideration, that the confer- ence will not result in the adoption of rad- ical recommendations toward silver coin- age, but it may succeed in bringing about the enlarged use of-silver in the financial systems of the leading nations. It is with this end in view that he will accept invita- tion to the conference, and the gold stand- ard conferees will be instructed to see that the sound money principles of this country are fully set forth. » One Thing to Be Demonstrated. One effect which it is believed the con- ference would have is this, that the pro- ceedings of the conference and the debates and arguments made. before..it-would de- monstrate to skeptical people .n this coun- try, who do not believe the claims which have been advanced by the sound«money men, that it will be impossible for this government to attempt: to carry’out free coinage alone and unaided, and that the orly way in which. sitver.can again figure unstintingly in our national financial sys- tem is through an international agreement which would make our silver dollar as good in foreign countries as in the United States. It is believed that the attention of all classes interested in the financial. pfoblem would be centered upon the pro- ceedings of the conference, and the argu- ments made there would be given con- siderable weight. England the Balky Horse. From present indications it is constdered likely that England would act tke balking horse at a bi-metallic conference, Germany and France have both evidenced their willingness to go deeper into a discussion of bimetallism than Great Britain. In fact, recent utterances in the English parlia- ment would lead to the fear that England would try to throw all the cold water pos- sible upon the bimetallic enthusiasts. + e+ ______ PRESIDENTIAL POSTMASTERS. Whe Sioux Falls Offlee Goes to the Man the Senate Rejected. The President appointed the following postmasters today: Robert Kennedy, at Pleasanton, Kan.; Alfred D. Tinsley, at Sioux Falls, S. D. The Tinsley appointment is the one which has excited a great deal of talk in the Senate and led to a sharp confilct between Senators Pettigrew and Kyle, ending in the victory of the former Senator, who se- cured the rejection of the nomination by a large majority of the Senate. Senator Pettigrew’s home is in Sioux Falls, and he made his fight on the ground that Tinsley was a bitter enemy of his. The reappoint- ment of Tinsley, who will continue to serve, notwithstanding the Senate’s rejection of jhis nomination, may lead to an interesting fight over the meaning of the phrase in the Constitution that presidential appoint- ments shall be made with “the advice and consent of the Senate.”” + 2+_____ SUSPENDED THE EDICT. Catholics Allowed Temporarily in the K. of P. FALL RIVER, .Mass., March 19.—H. A. Dubuque, Dr. L. P. De Grandpre and Dr. P. E. Collet of Lafayette Lodge, K. of P., of this city, and Judge Choquete of Provi- det.ce, who went to Washington last week bearing a petition to Monsignor Satolli that the edict forbidding all Catholics to be members of secret societies be suspended dn the case of the Knights of Pythias, have returned home and announce that the papal delegate has temporarily granted their re- quest until the pope can consider the peti- tion. The delegates secured an audience with Monsignor Satolli last Saturday and pre- sented the petition with the statement that there are 2) French-Canadian Catho- lics who are members of Lafayette Lodge, K. of P., in this city, and 107 Catholic mem- bers of a Providence lodge. Monsignor Satolli was surprised at the facts brought out, and after a day's con- sideration announced to the delegates that he would issue a decree suspending the papal edict temporarily. He promised to bring the matter to the attention of the vaticap, but held out no Rope that the edict would be changed or that his own temporary suspension of the same would be indorsed. Under the provisions of the suspension the holics who are enrolled in the Knights of Fythias will be allowed to make their Easter duty, and, pending a reconsid- ation of the question at Rome, the threat of excommunication will not be put into effect. — Capt. Shepard’s Successor. The President has appointed First Lieu- tenant Chas. F. Shoemaker, commanding the revenue cutter Hiidson at New York, a captdin in that service, and he has been detalled to duty as chief of the revenue cutter division of the Treasury. Depart- ment, vice Capt. Shepard, deceased. Only Regret He Has at Leaving the Post Office Department. He Falled to Secure Desired Legisla— tion in Regard to Second-Cla: Matter—Werk Up to Date. ‘The impression prevails In some quarters that Postmaster General Bissell still re-, mains in office, because he desires to clear up some business that is yet unfinished. This is not the case. “Everything is in ship shape,” said Mr. Bissell, when asked about this. “I could move out at any time if it was desired either by myself or Mr. Wilson. The fact is I have my Washington house leased until the Ist of May, and the lease on my Buffalo house does not expire until the same date, and I do not care to be idle during the time, while Mr. Wilson is not yet ready to assume the duties of the department.” Mr. Bissell’s Only Regret. The only regret that Mr. Bissell has in leaving the office is that he has not been able, owing to the failure of Congress to legislate, to carry out all the reforms that he had inaugurated, the greatest being that relating to second-class mail matter. He outlined his wishes on this subject in his annual report. He pointed out at that time the enormous amount of second-class mail matter the government was carrying that consisted neither of legitimate news- Papers nor magazines, the publications for which the second-class rate was designed. Mr. Bissell was very much in earnest in this. He went to many of the leaders in Congress with his suggested reform, when the last session convened. “I was told,” said he, “that if this was pushed at that time it would interfere with the financial measures, and that all the time which Con- gress could give to legislation other than appropriations would be devoted to flaan- ces. I could net, of cuourse, interfere with matters of such moment by pushing legis- lation, in which there was less interest.” Had Mr. Bissell remained in the cabinet it is probable that he would have made a hard ght for the legislation recommended in his last report upon this subject, at the next session of Congress. Work Up to Date. It is a source of gratification to the re- tiring Postmaster General that the work of the department is up to date, and every- thing ready for Mr. Wilson to take hold. Of course, the last two years of an admin- istration are not so hard as the first, especially if the policy of the department is not to be changed in any particular, yet there will be enough to do. “It is not the patronage or the making of appoint- ments,” said Mr. Bissell, “that entails hard work upon the head of a department like this. It is to spend. judiciously the $85,000,000, so that the people will get the best possible mail service; to see that the vast machinery of the department is run for the best interests of the whole people, and to study all questions that promise improvement. That is what causes ' the hard work, and necessitates careful watch- ing at all times.” Mr. Bissell is duly appreciative of the favorable comments that have been made on his administration of the department since his retirement was announced. “It is very gratifying,” he said, ‘to know that one’s work has proven in a large measure satisfactory, when so many..peo- ple are directly interested in its results.” —e.—____ AN EXTENSIVE TOUR. Interstate Commerce Commission to Hear Cases in the West. The interstate commerce commission is preparing for an extensive tour of the west, in order to hear cases that have arisen in that section which demand ad- judication. Chairman Morrison says that about a month from now the commission will leave for St. Louis, where it will hear the complaint charging that the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railroad demands ex- cessive rates on cotton shipped from the Indian territory and Oklahoma. There will also be heard at St. Louis the case against the Eureka Springs railroad, on complaint of the Missouri state board of railway ComeHaeentace, in regard to’ passenger rates. From St. Louis the commission will go to Pueblo and Denver, Col.; Kearney and Omaha, Neb., ard probably to St. Joseph and Kansas City, Mo., and then to Chi- cago. The rates from Pueblo and Denyer to California are to be inquired into. The Colorado people claim that they cannot manufacture and ship rails, machinery and other articles successfully while Chicago, St. Louis and other places cn the Missouri river can ship the same articles to Cali- fornia at very much lower rates. The people of Kearney, Neb., claim that the rates are too high from all directions. It is said that Missouri river rates were made higher last summer than they have been at any time during the last five or six years, and these charges are to be in- quired into by the commission. . The Omaha Commercial Club, represent- ing the Omaha merchants and shippers, has complained to the commission that Ccuncil Bluffs’ business men can ship across the river and to points west of Omaha at Omaha rates, while Omaha merchants and shippers cannot ship across the river through Council Bluffs and into Iowa at Council Bliffs rates. This is a matter which has been agitated by Omaha people for some time, and, while the com- mission is west hearing other cases, this controversy will be taken up. The termini of most of the lines interest- ed in these various controversies are at Chicago, and the final hearing in some and perhaps all of them may be transferred to that city after the commission has af- forded everybody in the several localities convenient opportunity for putting in testi- mony and presenting their sides of the cases. S Chairman Morrison expects that a large portion of the time of the commission during the spring will be occupied in hear- ing the evidence in all these cases. _ ———+o+______ THE BALTIMORE POST OFFICE. The Attorney General Susta’ First Appoimtments Made. Attdimey General Olney has sent to Post- maste: General Bissell an opinion in the case of the appointment of seven men in the Baltimore post office, the legality of which was questioned by the civil service commission. He holds that the first ap- pointments were legal. The civil service complication over these appointments grew out of a presidential order made on No- vember 20 extending the civil service law over clerkships and other places in post offices. Prior to this order the postmaster at Baltimore had removed seven employes and had appointed their successors, but the removed oificeholders held over a few days awaiting qualification of their successors, the presidential order issuing meanwhile. The department thereupon refused, on November 7, to approve his appointments, and a new complication arose when the postmaster gave his new men places us watchmen, intending to promote them. Subsequently, the postmaster reconsidered his action and decided to stand on the legality of his first appointments. The At- torney Generel holds that the notification of November 1 of the removals and ap- pointments was sufiicient, and operated be- fore the order of the President placed these offices under the civil service rules took effect. He quotes an opinion of Attorney General Miller upon the subject of railway mail clerks to sustain this view. The fact that the postmaster allowed the incum- bents to remain in office after they had been notified of their removal gave them no title to positions which had already been filled by the appointing power. F is the Numerous Foreign Complications Discussed at Today’s Session. THE ALLIANCA CASEFAR FROM SETTLED Spain's Reply Not Satisfactory to the Administration. OFFICIALS SILENT AND SECRET ee For the first time siace the adjournment of Congress the President and his entire cabinet assembled at the White House to- day for a general discussion of the state of Public business. There were many import- ant matters to be settled, and the session was protracted much beyond its usual du- ration. Naturally, our numerous foreign complications, several of which originated during the absence of the President, re- ceived the principal attention. Secretary Gresham's pgrtfolio was observed to be un- usually plethoric, and presumably con- tained all the latest correspondence in the Spanish-Allianca controversy, the Britigh New Orleans incident and the Walsenburg Italian affair. The negotiations for the set- tlement of these complications with Great Britain and Italy are progressing satisfac- torily, and will undoubtedly be honorably adjusted by diplomatic methods. The Allianca Case. The Allianca affair, however, is far from settlement, and bids fair to run along in diplomatic channels for a long time before it can be considered a ‘closed incident.” The Spanish government has practically declined to accede to Secretary Gresham's peremptory demands for an apology until satisfactory evidence is offered that her officers have transgressed international rights. It is understood that Spain’s pre- liminary reply, transmitted through Minis- ter Taylor at Madrid, was, in effect, that if that country was in the wrong in the matter she would speedily and voluntarily make all proper reparation, but it was in- sisted that that point could not be clearly established until the commanding officer of the offending warship had made an official report of the occurrence. Minister Taylor was informed, so it is asserted, that if the warsnip fired on the American mail steam- er on the high seas, as alleged by Capt. Crossman, the action was in excess of in- structions and would be disavowed with proper expressions of regret, and that or- ders would be given against the molesta- tion of legitimate American commerce in Cuban waters, regardless of questions of jurisdiction. Before making final reply the Spanish government requested reasonable time.in which to satisfy itself on the vari- ous metters of fact in dispute. Spain’s Reply Not Satisfactory. The reply of Spain is not entirely satis- factory to the administration. This theory {gy advanced as one of the reasons why it is not made public. The secrecy on this point is in strong contrast with the wide publicity given to Secretary Gresham’s ‘ultimatum, That message was given to the press in this city the very morning it was communicated to the Spanish foreign minister by Mr. Taylor. It is now devel- oped, that the message was made public in this city and not in Madrid, as was at first supposed. Kefuse to Discuss the Subject. It seems to have been borne in upon the officials from the Secretary down that in the present excited state of public feeling in this country better progress can be made toward a peaceable settlement of the incident by keeping the various notes secret than b: iving publicity to them before a conclusion has been reached. Therefore the only response to definite inquiries that can be obtained is a positive refusal to discuss the subject in any aspect, and whether or rot any action has yet been taken by the Spanish government in the direction of is- suing instructions to its naval officers to re- frain from further interference with Amer- ican shipping will probably be learned first from Havana, from which point the orders will be distributed. As the little gunboats are widely scattered along the Cuban coast and neignboring waters, it will not be an ezsy task to communicate these orders speedily to all of them, so it is just possible that there may be some further incident, similar to the Allianca affair, before these crders are made known to the Spanish Eaval commanders. Not Over Intelligent Officers. It appears, in the light of events of this kind in the past, that the commanding officers of the smaller craft are not always of a high degree of intelligence or rank,for in cases where they have detainedAmerican ships they have found it necessary to hold the ship for several days in order that they might fall in with another and larger crviser with an officer aboard of sufficient intelligence to read and pass upon the ade- uacy of the captive’s papers. othe general impression here is that the Allianca incident has already passed the acute phase, and may be.safely left to diplomatic adjustment in the ordinary course. The Spanish minister has, in ad- vance, assured the State Department that if Spain was in the wrong in the matter she would voluntarily make proper amends, and it is not deubted that if she has not already done so Spain will soon instruct her naval officers to abstain from stopping American ships. The only ques- tions then left to be settled will be ques- tions of fact as to the location of the Alli- anca when she was first signaled, the exact attitude toward her of the Spanish crujser, and the question of international law as to the right of search inside of the marine league, the last only in case it is shown that thé Allianca was within that limit. A Grave Difference of Opinion. ‘The’ report of the captain general of Havana made public today shows that there is a grave difference of opinion be- tween the Spanish naval officers and Capt. Crossman as to the locality where the fir- ing occurred, the former maintaining that it occurred within a mile and a half of shore, and the latter that it was outside the three-mile limit. It is satd at the State Department that no official information has been received from Havana or else- where as to the identity of the Spanish cruiser, but no attempt is made* to dis- credit the press reports from Havana that it was the Conde de Venadito. The report made by the commander of that vessel that the Allianca was within the three- mile limit and that she displayed the British flag are calculated to prolong the diplomatic settlement of the affair in- definitely. 2 LI HUNG CHANG IN JAPAN. The Chinese Viceroy Arrives at Shi- monoscki. SHIMONOSEKI, Japan, March 19.—Vice- roy Li Hung Chang and his suite arrived here this morning in order to negotiate for peace between China and Japan. The en- voys from the Japanese foreign office im- mediately visited the steamer conveying the Chinese viceroy, and-later, Li Hung Chang, accompanied by Mr. John W. Fos- ter, the American adviser of the Chinese, visited the Japanese minister of foreign af- fairs, M. Mutsu Munemitsu. The two steamers which brought the viceroy and his suite to Japan are anchored oif Moje, opposite this place, at the entrance of Japan’s inland sea. ido take the Great Britain's Conduct in Pecard to Venezuela, — Instructions to Be Sent ‘to Mr. Bayard Signs of Approachiig Trouble. ‘ It is probable that Ambassader Bayara will be instructed by cable to qall to the attention of: -the:British» government the British ultimatum addressed to Nicaragua, and to ask for some expression im the na- ture of an explanation of the British pur- poses. The subject must be handled with great delicacy and prudence, and, taken in connection with the attempt Mr. Bayard ir making, in accordance with the formal di- rection of Congress, to secure submission to arbitration of the bouhdary dispute be- tween Great Britain and Venezuela, will test his diplomatic “abilities to the utmost to maintain cordial relations with the gov- ernment to which he is accredited, while Persisting m forcing upon ‘its attention these disagreeable subjects. It is appre- hended here, in view of the statements made in parliament yesterday by Sir Ed- ward Gray, the parliamentary secretary for foreign affairs;-that Mr. Bayard has already met with a check in his attempt to push the arbitration matter. This would be very unfortunate just at this time, for it would oblige the President to consider and decide what further steps are neces- sary to give effect to the intentions of Congress and protect the republic of Vene- eg from encroachments upon her terri- ory’. Ominous Signs. It is felt in’ diplomati¢ circles here that the signs are certainly ominous of ap- Proacking trouble in the south, with Brit- ish warships bound for Nicaragua to col- lect indemnity under duress, with a French war vessel Lound for La Guayra, Venezuela, expelied French minister aboard, leaving a*wide breach of diplo- matic relations, and with other European nations threatening to follow Great Brit- ain’s example in coercing the ‘small Cen- tral and South American republics into the Payment of-debts and indemnities. No Information Heré, The British embassy has received hho in- formation as yet as to the ultimatum of Great Britain to Nicaragua for the pay- mert of $75,000 within seven wéeks in re- dress for the expulsion of Mr. Hateh, its consular agent, from Bluefields, and of the dispatch of a British warship to back up the ultimatum. Under these -circum- stances it is thought in official circles that the subject may be handled through the British authorities in Nicaragua, although it is usual to advise the ambassador here on_a demand of this moment. Gen. Barrios, the Nicaraguan ehvoy who visited London, and later came here to confer with Secretary Gresham, Jeft~ this. morning for New York. ee DENIED. Ex-Policeman, Burns Will “Have~ to Serve Out His Sentence. The President has denied the applieation for pardon in the case of Joseph A, Burns, cenvicted in the District of Columbia of assault with intent to kill and sentenced February 5, 1892, to eight years’ imprisoni- ment at Albany. Burns was a ice of- ns APPLICATION ficer, and the offensé of which he Was con-. victed was committed while on duty in a state of intoxication. He shot a man named James M. Miller in the neck near the corner of 13th and G streets without provocation, and the man still suffers from the wound. % The President indorsed the application for pardon as follows: “Denied.—The circumstances surround- ing the commission of this convict’s of- ferse were of such an aggravating charac- ter, and were so directly in violation of the proper conduct of officers charged with the duty of maintaining the peace and good order of the community, that I cannot justify myself in interfering with the pun- ishment to which the convict wag justly sentenced.” = ki Clemency was also refused in the’case of Richard Eanes, convicted in Virginia of conspiracy to intimidate a United States witness. Pardons -were granted in the case of Wn. H. Faucett, convicted in Arkansas of counterfeiting, and in the case of Blue Duck, convicted in Arkansas of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Blue sea is an Indian and is dying of,consump- ion. c A LETTER CARRIER Fresco Charged With Stealing Letters From the Maj. Charles D. Bond, letter carrier, living at No. 633 Maryland avenue southwest, was taken into custody this afternoon by Post Office Inspectors Smith, Maxwell and Troy, on a charge of stealing letters. Bond Is one of the oldest carriers in the Washington office, having been appointed in 1871, and during his twenty-four years of service has borne an excellent reputation. He was es- teemed as diligent and honest. Some time back losses were reported, which directed! suspicion toward Bond, Chief Inspector Arrington of the Washington division de- tailed Inspectors Maxwell, Smith and Troy on the case. They resorted to the usual method of test Jetters, and this afternoon, when Bond had returned from his route, which lies down in-the-territory adjacent to the Baltimore and Ohio railroad station, they placed him under artest~ He was then taken into the office of the chief inspector of this division: and examined. .He was taken subsequently before United States Commissioner Mills and held in $1,000 bail to await the action of the grand jury. Bond is fifty’years old and has a family of seven children. Sympathy is expressed for him at the department. PAINTING FOR THE LIBRARY. Famous Artists Commissiéned to Decorate the Walls.) | During the coming summer work will be commenced upon the interior decoration of the new Congressional Library building. Those in charge of the building have com- missioned a number of artists to Submit de- signs for mural paintings. Blashfield of New York has been commissioned to paint a picture in the crown of the donie ard the crown of the lantern. LaFarge has been commissioned to make two mural paintings. Vedder will do the work on the walls in the main entrance hall. Carl Gutherz will make seven pictures in the ceiling of one of the reading rooms. Other artists who have re- ceived commissions ere Edwin Simmons, George W. Maynard, William L. Dodge and Kenyon Cox. . The artists will be left to their: devices in the preparation -of the general” designs, but will be expected, of course, to prepare work of a character suftable for the build- ing. It is expected that allegorical and historical groupings will furnish ‘the ‘sub- jects for the paintings. Custom House Changes. A few €hanges have been made in the Washington city custom house to take ef- fect the 16th.ipstapt.. John Dy C. Koogle has been promoted deputy collector and in- spector at $4 ® dayy' vice“Louis P. Seibold, resigned, and Charles J. F, Pieree has been appointed depliy Collector and inspector at $3.50 a day, vice Mr..Koogle, promoted. These changes were made by Secretary Carlisle on the recommendation of Col- lector Manogue. The Reina Regente Found to Have Sunk. TPS OF HER MASTS DISCOVERED subarea, All on Foard, 420, Believed to Be Lost. EFFORTS. TO RESCUE HER CADIZ, Spain, March 19.—The Spanish cruiser Alfonzo XII has returned here af- ter_a search for the missing cruiser Reina Regente, and reports having found the lat-- ter*vessel sunk near Bajo Aceitanos, not far from the Straits of Gibraltar. Only twenty inches of the Reina Regente’s masts were above water. The Alfonzo XII has returned to the scene of the wreck with a number of divers and diving apparatus, in order to recover the bodies of the crew of the sunken warship. Her Last Cruise. The Reina Regente was reported missing on March 13. She had just conveyed from Cadiz to Tangier the returning Moorish mission to Spain. The cruiser left Tan- gier on March 10 for Cadiz, and her whereabouts have not been definitely as- certained until today. Pieces of one of her boats and semaphores were reported to have been picked up along the shore near Ceuta and Tarifa. She carried a crew of 420 officers and men, and all hands are believed to have perished. So soon as the reports of the disaster became current a number of Spanish and British warships put to sea in search of her. A French steamship, on March 14, ar- rived.at Gibraltar and reported having seen a big vessel, supposed to have been the Reina Regente, ashore in Aceitunos bay (probably Bajo Aceitanos). The com- mander of the French craft added that he was unable to assist the warship on account of heavy weather. When Last Seen. On March 15 the steamer Mayfair arrived at Barcelona and reported sighting a ves- sel believed to be the Spanish cruiser Reina Regente, on the morning of March 10, be- tween Tarifa and Cape Espartel. The war- ship had lost her funnels and bridge, and was laboring heavily in the high seas and fierce gale which prevailed. Although she ‘was apparently unmanageable, the cruiser did not ask for assistance, and therefore the Mayfaw did not offer her any. But the captain of the Mayfair added that he was of the opinion that she could not long have survived the storm in the condition in which she appeared to be at the time he saw her, Later the Spanish cruisers Isla de Luzon and Alfonzo XII returned to Cadiz after having searched the Spanish and African coasts and the straits without any news of the missing warship. ThE Verxsel Unseaworthy. Deputy Diaz Moreu, who was formerly an Officer in the Spanish navy, in the cham- ber of deputies during the evening of March+14 read the statement of a former ecmmander of the Reina Regente, in which the writer described the cruiser as a ves- sel unable to weather a heavy stcrm, owing to the increased weight of her armament. In the senate Admiral Beranger, former- ly minister of marine, said that the Reina Regente was one-of the best ships in her class. She was well appointed in every way, he added, and if she was lost he be- lieved she must have collided with another vessel or have gone ashore. a Subsequently, in an interview in regard to the statement made by Deputy Diaz Moreu, Admiral Beranger said that the overweight of the cruiser’s deck guns was rectified two years ago, by his orders, when he was minister of marine. The uncertainty as to the fate of the vessel caused great public excitement in Madrid, and the government was accused of keeping back news of the ship and of having ordered the detention by the censors ed all telegrams giving information about er. -But, when a number of flags, a compass bex and other wreckage known to have be- longed to the Reina Regente were washed ashore at Tarifa, she was given up for lost. In Cadiz and Carthagena, where :nest of the 42) officers and men of the lost cruiser belonged, there has been great anxiety and excitement from the moment she was re- ported missing. ‘Ihe Columbian Naval Parade. The Reina Regente, about two years ago, went to New York as one of the Spanish squadren which-escorted across the Atlan- tic the Columbus caravels. The Infanta Isabel, now reported to have fired at an American schooner cff the coast of Cuba, and the Nueva Espana, were the, other ships of the Spanish squadron. The latter arrived at Fort Monroe on April 21, 1893, the Reina Regente having the caravel Santa Maria in tow; the Pinta was in tow of the Infanta Isabel and the Nina was towed by the Nueva Espana. All three of. these Spanish warships tock a conspicuous part in the great Columbian naval parade in New York harbor on April 27 of the same year. The Wrecked Vessel. The Reina Regente was launched in 1887, and was one of three second-class deck- pretected cruisers of the same build, her sister ships being the Alfonzo XIII and Lepanto, all of 4,500 tons, 12,000 horsepower and expected to steam 20 knots. The wreck- ed cruiser was 320 feet long, had 50 feet 6 inches beam and a draught of 20 feet 4 inches. She was propelled by twin screws. Her protected deck was 4 3-4 inches thick on the slopes, her conning tower had 5 inches of armor and her gun shields were 3 inches thick. The armament of the Reina Regente con- sisted of four 9 1-2-inch Henrietta guns, one on each sid@ forward of the central super- structure, one on each side aft; six 4 3-4- inch Hontoria guns in broadside, the for- ward and after pair in sponsons, middle pair in recessed ports, and fifteen rapid fire and machine guns. She was also fitted with five torpedo tubes. 2 —— MINISTER & A’S DISPATCHES. Spain Informed That Excitement Here is Subsiding. MADRID, March 19.—The Epoca an- nounces that the Spanish minister to the United States, Senor Muruaga, has cabled to Senor Gorosard, the minister of foreign affairs, saying that the excitement in the American press, owing to the firing upon the steamer Allianca, is abating. Senor Muruaga, according to the Epoca, added that the resentment shown by the Ameri- can newspapers was never shared by President Cleveland. SS EMIGRANTS FOR LIBERL Nearly Two Hundred Sailed From Savannah. SAVANNAH, Ga., March 19.—At 1:30 this afternoon the Horsa sailed for Liberia with 197 negro emigrants. Those on board sang a farewell song, of which the refrain was taken.up by thousands. of negroes on the wharves. Great crowds followed the steam- ship to the end of the wharves, nearly miles away. The emigrants continucd to sing until the city had been lost to view. TWO. CENTS. MR. DUBOIS MAY DECLINE/THE CUBAN REVOLT The Olaims of Southern Idaho on the Sena- tor’s Beat. ‘To Save His Party From Defeat in the State Dubois May Refuse The election of Senator Shoup of Idaho to succeed himself may result in the decli- nation of Fred Dubois to be a candidate for re-election. Dubois is a great party man. He is for the republican party first in everything, but whether he will carry his love of party to the extent of refusing to be a candidate, because he may fear that it will endanger the success of the party in Idaho, is yet to be determined. Du- bois and Shoup have always been very great friends up to the time of the late. senatorial campaign, when they split, Du- bois supporting Sweet instead of his old- time political friend. 1f Dubois is not a candidate it will be purely upon the sec- tional grounds which cut a figure in Idaho, but which up to the prtsent time have not brcught about the results desired. North Idaho has always wanted a Senator. In the agreement which resulted in the elec- tion of Dubois for the long term, after the state was admitted, Northern Idaho felt that she was euchered. Two Senators were chosen, one for the two months’ term and the other for the four years’ term. Mc- Connell, the North Idaho man, was un- lucky in the lottery in the senate chamber and got two months, giving Shoup four years, and Dubois took McConnell’s seat for the six-year term, before the impetuous North Idaho gentleman had got it fairly warmed. North Idaho’s Claims. At*the conclusion of Shoyp's term North Idaho put in a claim, and Willis Sweet, who had been the representative in Congress for four years, gave up his fight for the lower house, and tried for the S:nate. All are familiar with the result. Meanwhile a Southern Idaho man has secured the seat in the lower house, and Idaho will have all her representation for the next two years from the southern part of the state. If Dubois should be a candidate for his own successor, it would probably mean that north Idaho would be shut out for several more years from the coveted sena- tership. This may cause trouble, and the state would lose the large republican vote in that section, which might give it to the fusionists. Dubois has considered all these questions, and it is possible that rather than risk the loss of the state and his own defeat he will come dowr gracefully, say that north Idaho is entitled to the senatorship, and he will favor any man the republicans of that section may unite upon. This would be a very popular thing for Dubois to do, popular in north Idaho, but his friends in the southern part of the state may think that he should not make such a sacrifice, and insist upon his being a@ candidate. Muay Ke Opposed by Shoup. It is probable that on aecount of his op- Position to Shoup this old political aily could not be depended upon to support him, and if he is a candidate he will find a red hot fight against him all along the line. These considerations may induce him to do the graceful in a declination. But the silver men of his state, as well as sil- ver leaders outside, may insist that on ac- count of the hard fight he has always made for the white metal, he should be retained in his place. Dubois has gained the reputation of being one of the silver leaders in the Senate, having often been put forward to make short speeches of declaration of policy on behalf of the ail- ver men, and this may develop in a pres- sure to continue in the Senate that he cen- not resist, even if there is a prospect of defeat before him. ——____-e-—___—_— BARRING OUT TEXAS CATTLE. Proclamation by the Governor of South Dakota. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 19.—A spe- cial to the Tribune from Sioux Falls, S. D., says: An important proclamation will be issued today by Gov. Sheldon. Owing to the existence of pleuro-pneumonia and other contagious diseases among the Texas cattle, the governor has forbidden the im- portation of all Texas cattle into Sduth Dakota for a year. The ranchmen of this state purchase eight to ten million dollars’ worth annually of yearling Texans, and the proclamation will seriousty affect stock- men of both states. The proclamation for- bids the importation of cattle from south of the line running from San Francisco to North Carolina, . No Pleuro-Pneumonia in Texas. At the Agricultural Department it is thought thcre has been a misunderstand- ing of the nature of the governor's procla- mation. It is thought that~ the proclama- tion referred to is merely the usual one issued about this time, establishing local regulations in conformity with the regu- lations made by the department to prevent the Introduction of what is known as Texas fever among northern cattle. The depart- ment has recently issued its annual procia- mation restricting the trade in Texas cat- tle between February and December. There is no pleuro-pneumonia in Texas, it is said at the Agricultural Department. The department has numerous agents in Texas and receives frequent reports from them. The disease known as Texas fever does not interfere with foreign trade be- cause no live cattle so afflicted are per- mitted to be exported and the disease can- KorPigie communicated through slaughtered ef. —__ AILSA AGAIN WON, tart im Toda: Race Off Monaco. MONTE CARLO, March 19.—In the faint- est of breezes this morning Ailsa, Valkyrie I, Corsair and Arenella started in the race, cruising trim, from Monaco to Nice. The prizes, two silver and crystal decanters and a medal offered by the Union des Yachts Francais, were won by Ailsa. There was much disappointment when it was found that Britannia would not start, the explana- tion being that the Prince of Wales wanted his yacht at Cannes for a luncheon party. Ailsa, Corsair, Valkyrie I and Arenelia crossed the line at 9 a.m. in the order named. A moderate southeast breeze was blowing and the water was smooth. Ailsa took the lead from the start and beat up to Cape Hospice in two long tacks. From that point it was a close reach of three miles to Nice, and Ailsa showed marvelous speed. The yachts crossed the finishing line in the following times: H M 8. Ailsa. 10 #19 «57 Valkyrie 10 87) 6W Arenella. 10 4 OS Corsair. 10 4 61 ‘The total length of the course was about nine miles. Mr, Henry -Allen’s American-bullt Da- kotah won the prize for yachts not exceed- ing ten tons. Nine other yachts started in the latter race. But little interest was taken in today’s racing and few people witnessed the arrival of the yachts at Nice. SS Washingtons at Columbia. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBIA, 8S. C., March 19.—Manager Schmelz and the Washington team, sixteen men, arrived here in gcod condition from Charleston at 11:30 this morning and will play a combination team of Boston and local men this afternogy. It is Increasing in Importance and in Resources. ENCOURAGED BY HAWAIIAN SUCCESS Spain Cares for the Island Only for Revenue. HOPE FOR A REPUBLIO The Allianca episode has served to direct general attention to the Cuban revolt, and some very interesting speculation is grow- ing out of the study of the situation. It is agreed that the Cuban cause is increase ing in importance and in resources. Span- ish officials, at the beginning of the present hostilities, represented the outbreak ag teing only the work of a few bandits and malcontents. The flurry, they declared, would soon be over. Government troops were on hand in far more than sufficient numbers to put-the rebels down. It was denied absolutely that any sympathy what ever was felt by the great mass of the people with the movement to throw off the established authority. But events have put another face on affairs. The number of the rebels is undoubtedly much larger than stated, the government Is finding it necessary to reinforce its regular garrison on the island by sending fresh regiments from home, and it is now well known that in some of the planting districts the subs stantial land owners do wish success te the local cause. The movement may not succeed. It may, in the end, go the way of past endeavors in the same direction, But that there has been manifested in this latest effort a spirit in Cuba distinctly presaging the end at no very distant day of the existing status there is accepted as a fact by several men of great prominence in American politics. Inspired by Success in Hawaii. The Cuban patriots are thought to be inspired in some measure by the succesg of the cavse of progress and intelligence in Hawail. The two situations, it is easily to be seen, are not in every feature the same. Still there are analogies sufficient to show how the Cubans are calculating and how strong their hope of ultimate suc- cess may be. The peopte of Hawail, most interested by reeson of property rights and ambition the advancement of the islands, got ti of a government wholly inadequate to thelr wants. A useless and even harmful mon- to the civilized people of Hawaii. was fcrmed, the queen was dethroned, Eppeal oe to the spirit of at home and abroad, and a republic. was established. Similar efforts had been made before, and when this was launched an- other faflure was predicted. At last the people were ready, and they could not. longer be resisted. , The Cuban Patriots’ Contention: The contention of the Cuban patriots ig. that the monarchical authority in that is land is as much a curse to it as was the mom archical authority in Hawail.. Spain, it ig held? cares for Cuba only as a source of revenue. No other interest whatever ig manifested. Oppressive taxes are levied, officials with no local interests or attach-~ ments are sent over to collect hard conditions generally are imposed. Rx progress in the island is impossible. Life, especially in the country, remains primitive, Agriculture is carried on with the crudest _ implements, and would be absolutely with- out profit if the soil needed to be more than. tickled to produce abundantly. The cities are undrained and unimproved. Havana - has been a hotbed of yellow fever principale ly because of the lack of the proper sane itary regulations. Why, the Cuban leaders ask, should not all this be changed? Why should the property owners in the islang longer be assessed to help support a gove ernment which is really oppressive to them? Why should they be denied the right of improving, their condition? They are no more attached to Spain than Spain is at- tached to them. If Spain assesses them heavily they pay grudgingly. ‘They care nothing about the mother country except to protest against her treatment of them. ‘Thetr attachment is for the United 8 where their trade is, and whose form o! government they admire. They really de- sire to become participants in this govern- ment. But ff that cannot be, then their purpose is to establish, if possible, a gov- ernment of their own, and shape their own political destinies. Aim to Proclaim a Republic. ‘The more advanced of the Cuban leaders are pressing earnestly to the point where they may, in a manner to attract the prcper attention, proclaim a republic. This action, if taken prematurely, would, of course, prove disastrous. Ridicule would follow and the cause be injured. But if the revolt can be managed so as to show the existence of lpcal sympathy in the more thrifty portions of the island and a force put in the field capable of withstanding the shock of repeated engagements then a rally can be made at some point, a flag be raised, a manifesto issued and a gov- ernment proclaimed. And what would the United States do In such circumstances? It is conceded that every Cuban eye would be turned in this direction. The Cubans would say: “Here we are battling as you did a century ago to throw off a yoke oppressive in the great- est degree. Spain cares nothing for us but to drain us of our wealth. England was playing the same game with you. You won. Won't you help us? Doesn't this single touch of independence make us kin?” Spain’ would, of course, strongly demur. She would charge that the Cuban rebellion had really been fomented in this country, and that it would add to the enormity of the outrage for the United States to come forward under the pretense of encourag- ing the spirit of republicanism in the world and throw the weight of her influence into the scale for men etruggling only to secure territory for transfer to the United States. The situation would be embarrassing, and nobody is willing to predict what this gov- ernment would do in the premises. To Crush the Rebellion. Meanwhile, it is evident that Spain ine tends to put forth her full power to crush, if possible, the present revolt. Her difi- culties at home make this the more neces» sary. The greater the distraction the greater the need of revenue, and Cuba is one of the prime sources of the Spanish supply. -Every dollar is necessary to carry on a government none too strong, and the expenditures are increasing every year. The delicate little boy destined, if he lives, to occupy the Spanish throne is a danger- ous risk in himself for the monarchist and if the government’s revenues shoul begin to fall off heavily no Spanish states» man would care to go at the head of ministry. —_+-2+___ Postmistress at Congress Heights, Emma Simpson was today appointed post: mistress at Congress Heigifts, vice Lilly M. Owens, resigned.