Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1895, Page 1

Se THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN Pres't. a New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ——— The Evening Star is served to enbscribers in the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cent Der week, or 44 cents month, len at the gounter 2 cents each. y mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per Fear. with foreign postage adiled, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., 4s _seconl-class mail matter.| £7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Hoening Stave. No. 13,141. WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of te pudding is in fe eafing. Yesterday's SHfar contained 48 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 791 separafe announce: ments. Bese advertisers fought pubficifp—not merefp _ space, WILL FALL IN LINE What Conservative Democrats Pre- dict Will Be the Case. THE TARIFF INCIDENT 10 BE REPEATED Rank and File Will Follow Cleve- land and Sound Money. ae THE MEMPHIS CONVENTION - = The action of President Cleveland in drawing the line sharply for the sound money wing .of the democratic party against the unlimited free coinage of silver and in favor of a safe national currency, in the face of what seems to be the sentiment of a large porticn of his party, recalls a similar radical step which the President took the face of his party in 1887. Peliticians are now asking each other whether history is to repeat itself, and whether, after a brief period of resistance, the majority of the party will, as they did once before, abandon their opposition and enthusiastically follow the President. The Tariff Message Recalled. It will be remembered that in 1887 Presi- dent Cleveland took a stand upon the tariff question which at the time was said to be In advance of his party. Every one in- terested in public affairs recalls the stir- ring tariff! message of Mr. Cleveland at that time, and the dismay which it caused among the “practical politicians,” who prophesied dire dis the party for the indorsement by the President of ideas more nearly approaching free trade than the builders of tariff bys had dreamed of up to that time. It is #lso a matter of record that the prophecies of the party were subsequently fulfilled, fact, at the next pre: whatever the true cause, the President's ad ed position on the tariff was fre- quently made to bear the burden of re- sponsibility for the defeat. The next turn of the political wheel, how- ever, brousht Mr. Cleveiand on top, and the party which had seemed to shrink from his advanced ideas op the tariff then came for- ward in enthusiastic advocacy of them. Ap- parentiy it was what the people had want- ed. They had not known their own minds, had not been aware of what was best for them, but the President had seen it all along and far ahead, so he was hailed as a true prophet by whom every democrat Bwore. Then followed the great democratic victory that swept a democratic Congress Into power, Mr. Cleveland into the White House fer a second term and the adminis- tration of all government affairs was turn- ed over to the men who had tardily fallen Into the pace set by their far-sighted leader. The Probable Outcome. With the recollection of these things fresh In their minds politicians are now asking each other, as there is to be a recurrence of the action taken in the tariff matter by similar action in behalf of sound money, will the outcome be the same; that is, will the rank and file of the democratic party, after a session of brief resistance, as before, abandon their idols and follow their finan- cial Moses? The democrats who indorse the Presi- dent's position on sound money are certain that this will prove to be the case ultimate- ly. They say that his stand for safe cur- rency has given him the whip hand of the party, and he will eventually “fetch them up with a round turn.” These people con- fider.tly claim that there is but one thing to be done by the democrats, and that is to stand by the policy of national credit and financial stability, or else vacate the high ground upon which the democratic party was founded and descend to the level of populists and greenbackers. With this alternative in view the conservative demo- crats believe the party will choose what they term the better part. ‘They admit the probability of many demo- crats straying temporarily from the fold, attracted by the speciousness of free silver arguments or driven by the pressure of hard times into the direction of the tempt- ing hopes held out by the silverites, but believe it will be only a matter of a short time until they will be drawn irresistibly in ntial election, and, into the current setting toward sound Money and financial stability. These peo- ple will not admit that the great demo- eratic party is to be switched off on a side track of fiat money. The natural conse- quence of this line of argument is that Mr. Cleveland, having pointed the path to travel, will for the third time be called upon to place himself at the head of the nosts and lead them. In Behalf of Sound Money. Representative Josiah Patterson of Mem- phis, Tenn., is in Washington in the inter- est of the sound money convention, to be held in Memphis May 23. Mr. Patterson will speak at Baltimore on Thursday, and between now and the date of the conven- tion will make addresses in nearly all the large cities of the south on the subject of finance and the importance of the coming convention. Mr. Patterson is making this tour in the interest of a sound money Movement in the southern states. The President will be invited to attend the Memphis convention, but ef course, no assurances have be given as to his ac- ceptance, or whether he will write a letter similar to that he addressed to the Chicago business men. Secretary Carlisle, how- ever, will be present at the convention, and will deliver the principal address. Mr. Pat- terson says that large representations from all the southern states will be present, ard he expects the movement for sound money will be given a great impetus as a result of the meeting. STABLED ON THE ‘TREE Complaints Made Against the Line Railrond. Not satisfied with curtailing its railroad service, the Belt Line railroad, according to the complaint of residents in that neigh- borhood, has pre-empied the corner of 11th ard O streets northwest, and turned it into a stable ‘complaint was made to the Com- missioners suite time ago, and yesterday an Inspector was detailed to report the facts. This was done today, and the re- port set forth the facts as they were rep- resente it was a fact that the Belt Line railroad made a_ re; stopping ‘ x place of the corner of 11th and O streets | commercial and industrial opportunitie: and there made a change of | offered by those countrics. He sails from San Francisco by the mer City of Rio of the place was made | de Janetro on the 4th of May y. The brown cars t this point and the i idents kept th in unvenience ht ‘to o to tit 1001 an ton ente 2 te the follow- k: Har tshington been allow, tors this w rai electric | Scholae RICHARD CROKER'S HAND) WAR TALK IN EUROPE It is Shown Very Plainly in Tammany’s Recent Reorganization. Politics and Turf Connection — The Bourke Cockran Incident Not of Much Importance. The politicians in New York and else- where are beginning to see that they have not had their last dealings with Richard Croker. The ex-boss of Tammany Hall gives signs of becoming a boss again, with euthority greater than ever before, and with a prestige increased by successes achieved on the turf. The recent reorganization of Tammany shows Croker’s hand through- cut, and the widely advertised racing ven- ture in England starts off with a handsome winning over ten English horses. Some of this may be luck, but the greater part of it is thought to be shrewd management, and the author of it is stamped as a man of undoubted parts and still in the prime of his powers. Politics and the Turf. The connection between politics and the turf is very close in England, and Mr. Croker may establish a certain connection between them in this country. His present undertaking is certainly an ambitious one, and it is suggested that he may be able to capitalize~it in his political work. It ap- peals strongly, even in Mr. Croker’s hands, to national pride. England has always claimed to be invincible on the turf, as on the sea. She boasts that her horses are the fleetest, and that her ships are the stanch- est, anywhere to be found. Her horses have been beaten, and on their own ground, but not often. As a rule they show the way. But Mr. Croker proposes to challenge them as it has never been done before. He is not to content himself with one or two races, run under favorable circumstances, but will try all distances and all weights-and give the best exhibition possible of the speed and staying qualities of the stock he has taken over. His string has been well selected, and some of the best informed turfmen are expecting excellent reports from it. The first news is good, and if this is repeated often enough from the other contests to make a distinct record for the venture and imcrease respect for the American horse abroad Mr. Croker's return home will prob- ably be the occasion of a local ovation. He will be something of a hero in New York, where turf interests are large and turfmen of a nature to spend money liberally at election times. The whole racing fraternity, east and west, will bow before him as the first American to lower, the English colors at the track in a serles of sharp contests, with no quarter asked or given, and this may strengthen him in his political under- takings. The effect of success achigved under showy circumstances is far reach- ing, and Mr. Croker is represented as fully capable of turning everything to complete account that comes his way. Still at the Head of Tammany. That Mr. Croker is practically still at the head of Tammany Hall has, it is thought, just been demonstrated. The men he does not like have been turned down, while the men he does like have been exalted. Bourke Cockran's fate had, It is asserted, long been forecast. Mr. Cockran made no effort to avert it, He was not in position to fight Mr. Croker, and so bowed to the Inevitable. What he may do in the future is a problem. But New Yorkers assert that the Croker contingent put but little stress on the Cockran episode. The real triumph achieved is thought to be that over ex-Mayor Gilroy. Mr, Croker and Mr. Gilroy are men after the same pattern. They possess organizing power and what is called executive capacity. They are silent men, and both tremendous workers. Mr. Croker, it is stated, would rather com- bat twenty Cockrans than one Gilroy. He regards the orator in politics as far less dangerous as an antagonist than the or- ganizer, the man of action. He recognizes in Mr. Gilroy those qualities that have made himself feared, and that have given him his own power. His principal desire, therefore, it is said, was to send Mr. Gil- roy to the rear, and thus remove a possi- ble danger from near the throne. This has been done, and now when the new work under the new crganization is ready Mr. Croker and his friends will have every- thing their own way. They are in supreme command, and represent the only recog- nized democratic organization in the city of New York. They are likewise in sympa- thetic touch with the democratic state organization, and will co-operate with Senator Hill and his friends in whatever steps they may take looking to the re- habilitation of the party there. ee HEALTH OF THE DISTRICT. Condition of the City as Regards Mortality. The favorable condition of the health of the District which was shown by the last report of the health department continued through the past week. The total mortality, which amounted to 127 at the end of March and fell to 104 during the first week of this month, diminished to 98. The noticeable absence of any death from diphtheria, scarlet fever, measles, whooping cough or any of the dangerous contagious diseases extended throughout the week. Neither has any fatal case from typhoid fever been re- ported during the last fortnight, while smallpox seems to have disappeared so far as to justify the health officer in directing the discontinuance of the smallpox hos- pital. Deaths from acute lung diseases dropped to 13 as compared with the 39 re- ported in the previous week, and as yet diarrhoeal complaints have not appeared to any noticeable extent. Stated in general terms, the health of the city, as judged by the degree of mortality and compared with former years, may be pronounced as in a favorable state. Se Buchanan's Application Denied. Chief Justice Fuller, in the United States Supreme Court, today denied the applica- tion of Dr. Robert W. Buchanan, the New York wife murderer, for a writ of error. The court departed from its usual custom, which is to announce decisions only on Monday, for the reason that Buchanan is now under sentence of death by electrocn- tion during the week beginning Monday next. i Mr. Curtis’ Chinese Trip William E. Curtis leaves Washington the last of this week for a six months’ visit to China, Corea and Japan. He goes to write a series of letters fgr the Chicago Record and to collect material for a book on the rat Richmond. gone to there to- Ass Richmoné@ to 1 night of the U Alumni > place and t nond to in Pol Secretary € Mrs. Belva A. Lockwood and Jas. ay filed a bill in equity against M. Mari an A. Newell, of a tr nant int ‘Taylor for proseeution of < Judze Cox granted a & order. Indian temporary restrain: Russia Opposed to the Terms of the Eastern Peace. POWERS MUST RATIFY THE TREATY Defensive and Offensive Alliance Regarded as Impossible. GENERAL TOPICS ABROAD LONDON, April 17.-A dispatch to the Standard from Vienna says that the in- spired St. Petersburg correspondent of the Politische Correspondenz, declares that a conflict between Russia and Japan is in- evitable if the published details of the Chinese-Japanese treaty of peace are cor- rect. In an editorial this morning on the Chi- nese-Japanese peace conference, the Stand- ard takes it for granted that Japan will have to submit the draft of the peace treaty to the European powers, just as Russia did after the war with Turkey. The Chronicle declares that an cifensive and defensive alliance between China and Japan is impossible. It would be a de- fiance to Europe and a danger to the world. In an editorial this morning the Times suggests that it is possible that the in- demnity which China is to pay Japan, ac- cording to the terms of the peace con- vention is £100,000,000 instead of $100,000,- 000, as reported from Shanghai; though the first mentioned sum, the paper says, would be a crushing fine. Continuing, the Times ays that the third clause of the conven- ior, that providing for the retention by Japan of the territory she has conquered east of the Liao riv probably refers to Haichow, in the province of Kiangsu, and the Island of Yuchow (7) which it was re- ported the Japanese had occupied before the armistice was declared. The sixth end last clause, providing for an offensive and defensive alliance between Japan and China, is, the Times declares, a vague term, which will mean nothing for Japan beyond what suits her convenience. It is possible that this clause covers nothing more than some commercial agreement, which will undoubtedly include “favored nation” treatment from China. The Terms of Peace. YOKOHAMA, April 17.—The Jiji (mews- paper) states that the terms of peace con- cluded between China and Japan include the cession of the territory from the Yalu river to the Liao river on the southern por- tion of the Liao Tung peninsula, on which Port Arthur and the regents are situated, and including Yinkow, Hai Cheng and Chu Lien Cheng; also the Island of Formosa and the Pescadore Islands; an indemnity of 200,000,000 taels, payable in six years; the abolition of Chinese extra territoriality; the preservation of Japanese extra terri- toriality and certain commercial privileges for Japan. TIEN TSIN, April 17._Japan’s occupation of Port Arthur is temporary, thus securing China's integrity on the mainland of Asia after a term of years, and avoiding the possibility of European intervention. SHIMONOSEKI, April 17.—Viceroy Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, will embark for China today on board the Kung Yi. A Compromise Accepted. The Chinese imperial edict sent by the Associated Press last night from Tien-Tsin is accepted among officials and diplomats bere as setting at rest the conflicting re- ports as to final terms of peace, and as showing that the first reports via London were inaccurate in their details. The indemnity of 200,000,000 taels is a compromise. Japan first demanded 3v0,- 000,000 taels, but, on the solicitation of Prince Li, threw off 100,000,000, At the Chinese legation it is stated that the tacl varies in value, but that the pres- ent value of the customs or treasury tael, which is undoubtedly the one in which pay- ment will be made, fs $1.50 in Mexican sil- ver, or about 75 cents in gold. This would make the indemnity equivalent to $300,- 000,000, Mexican silver, or $150,000,000 in gold. The Mexican trade dollar is the cur- rent coin of China, and the basis of cal- culaticn, so that the belief is very strong, though information on the subject is lack- ing, that the payment will be in silver. Japan to Have Port Arthur. The edict that Japan is to occupy the Liao Tung peninsula up to the fortieth de- gree of latitude settles the important point ihat she is to have the great fortress of Port Arthur and the immediately surround- ing territory, as foreshadowed in The Star. ‘rhe Liao Tung peninsula is a small point of land jutting southward into the Gulf of Pechili, with Port Arthur at its ex- treme point. The fortieth degree of laii- tude cuts across the mainland where the little peninsula broadens into the main- lund of Manchuria. This lower peninsula has the shape of a sword and is known as “Regents Sword.” Opening New Ports. The permanent occupation of the Island of Formosa has been settled for some time. The opening of Pekin and four new ports to commerce marks the introduction of modern methods into the interior of China. Japan has gained the privilege of estab- lishing her cotton and other factories in China, but it remains to be seen whether Japanese capital will invest in these en- terprises, or the Chinese will buy these modern fabrics. % The edict makes a significant omission as to the reported Japan-Chin alliance, offensive and defensive, which, if con- summated, would have given “the orient to the orientals.” The Japanese and Chinese officials in Washington have never credited the re- port of this alliance. WILL NOT RECOGNIZE IT. © Monroe Doctrine Has No Stand- ing With LONDON, April 17.The St. James Ga- zette this afternoon, commenting upon the latest developments in the dispute between Great Britain and Nicaragua, sa There is wonderful ignorance of diplo- macy upon the part of the American jour- nalists. Why should we want to bombard Greytown? If ‘agua has been so fool- isk as to refuse to pay the indemnity shich, with the knowledge of the United s, we demanded, we shall take such S the American government was perfectly aware of at the time of asking ‘The Monrce doctrine has been a doctrine sixty-two years, and has not been act- When Great Britain has ‘seri- to settle with South Ameri- it will not be prevented from nything but settled interna- ne Chronicle, remarking that the Mon- roe doctrine has never been acted upon, “Surely it has its corollaries. Wash- ington ought not to interfere with Turkey s it is deing in Beyroot, and if Europe must not interfere in the west will Wash- guarantee the behavior of the semi- states of Central and South Nothing could be more conve an to deal with Washing- ich matters.” nient for. ten direct in e Drafted by British, aun and French Envoys. OUVLE, April 17.—Owing io Rus- the condition in which Armenia has been shown to be the British, Russian and French envoys here have drafted a scheme for reforms which they will urge the porte to promulgate immediately. The Advance on Chitral. CALCUTTA, April 17.—A dispatch from Simla today says that Umra Kahn has in- formed Sir Robert Low, the commander of the British expedition advancing on Chitral, that if the British advance any farther he intends to flee from the country. The Brit- ish loss in the fighting on the Panjkora river was four killed and twenty-one wounded. Will Fight Under Campos, MADRID, April 17.—Gen. Calleja, who was captain general of Cuba until Marshal Martinez de Campos took supreme com- mand yesterday, has asked permission of the latter to fight under his orders. China Buying Silver. LONDON, April 17.—In its financial ar- ticle the Daily News this morning says that China bought silver fairly freely yesterday. Although America sold at 30 5-8d. per ounce all the amounts offered were readily ab- sorbed here, LESSONS OF THE WAR Commander Miyaoka Gives the Result of His Military and Naval Observations. — Changes Made in the Arms of Soldiers and in Heavy Ordnance—Naval Lessons Learned. Commander Miyaoka, an attache of the Japanese legation, referring to the military operations of the Japan-China war just clesed, said: “It has afforded a wide field of observation on modern methods of war- fare, as it has been the first great con- flict since the Franco-German war, when the implements of war were far less ad- vanced than they are now. At the outset the Japanese soldiers were armed with an old-style rifle, andthe battle of Ping Yang was fought with single-fire guns. Among the guns captured from the Chinese it was found that they had a few very superior repeating rifles, although the bulk of their arms were primitive and useless. Japan has since undertaken to re-arm all her soldiers with a repeating rifle of the latest type. Already about one-third of the troops have this new arm, and the government arsenals are hard at work turning out the guns for a complete equip- ment. The new gun 1s after a French model of 0.32 or 0.31 caliber, and is ex- tremely simple, having but one screw to unlock its entire mechanism. This sim- plicity is regarded as very. essential, as it has been found that soldiers, particu- larly recruits, cannot work a complicated gun, and their effectivéness is much re- duced thereby. As tp Heavy @rdnance. “In heavy ordnance the, Japanese have used Krupp, Armstrong, am@ Hotehkiss guns, and have found that they are the best available, There are no Maxim rapid- fire guns in-use, but the army and navy are both supplied with an Italian rapid-fire gun which has proved very effective. The heav- ier guns are made in Other countries, but the lighter field pieces are madé Mm Japan's gun factories. These equipments have been in marked contrast with the antiquated weapons of most of the Chinese. The troops of UL) Hung Chang were well armed and well drilled, but the others had bows, ar- rows, spears and old-time’ single-fire mus- kets. “The war footing of the Japanese army is now up to 180,000 men. The peace foot- ing was 60,000, distributed in six garrisons. “Now that the war is over it is not likely that an immediate reduction will be made back to the peace basis, for if the final terms of peace include cessions of territory, permanent or temporary, there will have to be forces for these localities, besides equip- ping the six home garrisons. The military headquarters have been at Hiroshima dur- ing the war, as the naval docks there gave ready access to the fleet, but with the restoration of peace the headquarters will go back to Tokio. The designation of Prince Komatsu, as commander-in-chief, was un- doubtedly for purposes immediately con- nected with the war, and his service in that capacity is not likely to be permanent. Valuable Naval Lessons. “The lessons in the naval branch have been no less valuable than those of the mil- itary. The particular value of the cruiser as compared with the battleship has been thoroughly demonstrated. The deadly ef- fects of the torpedo boat have also been shown. I have watched the work of these craft with special interest, as I was in- structor at the torpedo school, and a num- ber of my students haye distinguished themselves on the torpedo boats. Of the two Chinese battleships captured at Wei- Hai-Wei one is partially sunk, her upper decks being just visible above the water, and it is not yet certain whether the Jap: anese wreckers will be able to save her. The other one is afloat and can probabl be restored, although one side is badly torn open by torpedoes and other explo- sives.” ——_—_-o+_______ TO GO TO GERMANY. Uncle Sam's Crack Cruisers to At- tend the Canal Celebration. Secretary Herbert has decided to send the crack cruiser New York and the triple screw Columbia to Kiel, Germany, to par- ticipate in the opening of the great North- ern canal in June next, in addition to the flagship §an Francisco and Marblehead, now on the European station. The squad- ron of four will be under command of Ad- miral Kirkland, now in cbmmand of the European station. The New York and the Columbia are now with Admiral Meade's squadron at Colon. The Minneapolis will take the place of the New York as flagship of the home squadron. The detachment of these two vessels indicates that no trouble is anticipated in Nicaragua or Cuba. - + e+__. Col. Smith's Retirement. The retirement of Col. Joseph K. Smitn, assistant surgeon general, which occurs tomorrow, will promote Lieut. Col. Dallas Bache to be colonel, Maj. David L. Hunt- ington to be lieutenant colonel, Capt. Louis W: W. C. Shannon to be major. Capt. Shannon is second on the list of captains, Capt. Louis W. Crampton, the first on the list, is to be jumped. a Soldiers’ Home Board. The board of managers of the national home for volunteer soldiers held their reg- ular quarterly meeting in this city tod: The meeting was confined to strictly rou- tine business, such as auditing accounts and filling vacancies in the force of em- pleyes. Gen, Franklin presided. ee Promotions to Occur. As a result of the retirement yesterday of Commodore E. E. Potter the following promotions will occur: Capt. F. F. McNair to commodore, and Commander Bainbridge Hoff of the gunnery ship Lancaster to captain. The promotions; below will de- pend upon whether Lieut. fommander Very succeeds in passing his ‘examination for promotion. The New Spanish Minister. Senor Muragua, the Spanish minister, to- day received a dispatch from Senor de Lome, the new minister to the United States, dated at Havana, stating that he { would arrive in Washington April 25, THE INCOME TAX|TE NICARAGUA DISPUTE CLEVELAND'S LETTER No Data Yet for an Estimate of the Amount, MANY FAILED 10 MAKE RETURNS These Will Be Proceeded Against at Once. BUSY TIME FOR OFFICIALS Commissioner Miller of the internal rev- enue bureau says’ that the data on hand in regard to the income tax returns is not sufficiently complete to give any adequate idea of the extent ef the returns. He has received many telegrams on the subject from collectors in all parts of the country, but they are far from being complete. In the opinion of the bureau officers it will be impossible to learn the precise extent of the returns until the full mail reports of the collectors of the entire sixty-two districts shall have been received and scheduled. Returns received at the main offices of the collectors have not all been entered in their books yet, and in some of the offices where large numbers were received by mail Mon- day the envelopes have not all been open- ed. There are also many thousands of re- turns in all of the principal districts still in the hands of deputy collectors, and it will probably be the end of this week or later before anything like an approximate estimate of the number of returns render- ed can be made. Failed to Make Returns. Although not offictally admitted there is reason for the belief that the returns in many of the princ!pal districts show that a large number of persons with taxable in- comes have failed to make the requisite re- turns of their incomes to the collectors. The prongrtion of these to the whole num- ber liable to the tax is by some placed as high as ten per cent. This state of things is something of a surprise to the officials, al- though it was expected that the division of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the tax as a whole would have the ef- fect of discrediting it with a large number of taxpayers, who would take the risk of paying a 50 ‘per cent penalty rather than make their returns. This assumption has beer proved to have been correct, and the result must necessarily be an assessment of the penalty in a large number of cases, as the officials, no doubt, will strictly en- force the act so long as it remains the law of the land. Steps to Enforce the Penalty. It is*said at the treasury that as soon as the facts are known steps will be taken to enforce the penalty provisions of the law against all delmquents. They say ‘that the taxpayers who are disposed to contest the law can take their choice of two courses. They can pay the tax under protest and bring suit for its recovery, or they can refuse to pay and contest the proceedings of the revenue officers to col- lect by distraint. No new estimates have been made as to the amount that will be received in view of the decision of the court exempting rents and the interest on state, county and municipal bonds, but it is now generally believed in the Treasury Department that the decision has cut off at least one-half of the tax, even if the parts of the law not declared unconstitutional can be en- forced. No definite figures will be made on this point until all of the returns have been received and tabulated. A Busy Time Expected, Although the tax for 184 is not payable until after July 1 next, the amount of it will be known approximately as soon as the returns so far submitted have been examined. The work of tabulating these returrs, looking up delinquents and pre- paring assessments uron all known tax- able incomes will keep the entire internal revenue force extremely busy from now cn, and especially so about the Ist of July, when the tzx collections will begin. The Falling On, It is estimated by some who have been observing the unofficial reports concerning the returns in other cities, that the com- pleted returns will show a falling off of at least fifty per cent from the original estimate of the treasury officials. Internal revenue districts numbers one and three of New York comprise the entire cities of New York and Brooklyn, and are under charge of Collector Sullivan and Collector Grasse, respectively. These officials are quoted as reporting the entire number of returns received at 15,000, which indicates a large number of delinquents, it having been estimated that there are fully forty thousand persons in the two cities receiv- ing incomes of $4,0W) or more a year. Among other delinquents is the Standard Oil Company, which relies on the Supreme Court decision, exempting incomes derived from ground rent. The oil people declare their produce is the direct output of the soil and must be classed as rent. In Philadelphia it was found from_the returns received that there were only 7,000 persons receiving incomes of $4,000 or more a year. ‘he amount of tax received by the gov- ernment may not be more than half as much as Secretary Carlisle expected to get, while some say it will not exceed $10,000,000. The Washington Office. The officials of the local office were very loth to say anything today with reference to the collection of the income tax in this city. Rather, they said there was really nothing to say about the work in addition to what has already been said in print. ‘There has been a big let up in the work of the office since Monday night, and the deputy had practically no visitors. in his little cage today. In answer to a question from a Star reporter this afternoon Deputy Collector Clagett said that there was no way of telling how large a proportion of Washington's eligibles had accepted the in- vitation to step up to the purser’s desk and shell out. Mr. Clagett said that a number of the returns had been filled out and sent at once to the Baltimore office. This le knew, but how large the number was he does not know. Until the Baltimore office is heard from on the subject—which may not be for several days yet--it will be im- possible to make more than a guess as to large the delinquent lists will be in is city. He said that so far as he could judge there had not been any general at- tempt here to evade the law, although he admitted that this opinion was based from the number and bearing of those who did make returns rather than of those who stayed away. eee One Granted: Four Denied. The President Fas granted a pardon in the cese of Simeon E. Cook, convicted in Virginia of selling liquer without a lcense. He denied the applications for pardon in the cases of J. F. Moore, convicted in Texas of robbing the mails; Jacob Learnberry, convicted in Washington, N.D., of counter- feiting; Edgar Chiott, convicted in Ver- mont of embezzling valuable letters; D. S. Rau, convicted in Virginia of selling liquor without a license. - An Appointment. Frank E. Rutan has been appointed superintendent of coustruction of publi buildings at Allegheny, Pe., at $6 a day. No Further Developments so Far as This Government is oncerned. What Great Britain Has Assured as to Territory—Action of Her Representatives Awaited. Officials will not admit that there have been any further developments in the Brit- ish-Nicaragua dispute, so far as this gov- ernment is concerned. The latest advices from London indicate that Great Britain stands by her original ultimatum for a cash indemnity, etc., and is prepared to enforce it if necessary. The counter propo- sition of Nicaragua to submit all the claims to an international commission has been rejected. Interest now centered on the future course of Great Britain. The period allowed for the payment of the Hatch “smart money” has expired, and it is as- sumed that drastic measures will be re- sorted to, such as the seizure of the princi- pal custom houses of Nicaragua and the collection of the indemnity In that way. No Designs on Territory. Positive assurances have been given to the United States government that Great Britain has no designs on Nicaraguan ter- ritory in this matter and that it will secure satisfaction without resort to such an ex- tremity. Whether this government will re- gard the seizure of the customs houses as an unfriendly act within the meaning of the Monroe doctrine is a matter of conjecture, but it is thought to be extremely unlikely, inasmuch as it is said at the State Depart- ment that this government has made no “protest” against any action on the part of Great Britain that does not involve the seizure of territory. It is said that the British government considers the issue between itself and Nic- aragua as one in which no other nation can have any concern, and has not ac- quainted th2 government of the United States with its exact purposes. It is not known here officially that any Nicaraguan port is to be bombarded. In such circum- stances, it is said, there is nothing for our government to do but await developments, and it cannot shape its own course until the British program kas been disclosed by the action of its representatives. The United States Fleet. No vessel of the United States is now at Greytown, but the six vessels comprising the squadron of Admiral Meade are now at Colon, within a day’s sail of Greytown. It is said at the Navy Department that the fact that the six vessels are now within reach of the Mosquito coast is due to ac- cident and not design. The department has been informed that Admiral Meade expects to reach Key West on the 26th of this month, and as he is now only five days’ sail from that point, he can remain five days in the vfcinity of Greytown and still carry out the itinerary agreed upon. Ther2 are no orders com- pelling him to be at Key West at the date named, although it was a part of the gen- eral plan approved by the department be- fore the squadron left on the cruise. It is probable that the Atlanta and Raleigh will remain at Colon, where they have been for sométime, after Admiral Meade with the other four vessels departs. There are three warships on the west coast, but none of them is in Nicaragua. The Alert is at Panama, the Ranger at Buena Ventura and the Monterey at Ma- zatlan, Mex. The British Instractions. Those in a position to understand the status of affairs express the belief that the British instructions are on the following lines: First. There shall be no exercise of force which will affect the commerce or interests of the United States or her citizens, or of other foreign countries. Second. The exercise of force shall be confined to the execution of a “passive bleckade” of Nicaraguan ports, according to the established rules for that maneuver. The “passive blockade” is designed to cripple the internal commerce of Nicaragua, and yet to leave all foreign commerce to proceed as usual. It does not contemplate any overt act or any seizure or detention of property. But the warships bring to a standstill the local or coastwise trade, and keep it thus paralyzed until a satisfactory response is given. The merchant ships of the United States and other countries would be free to come and go, and care would be taken that no cause should be given for United States in- tervention on the ground that United States interests were in jeopardy. The last time this “passive blockade” was executed was against Greece ten years ago. At that time the allied powers of Europe, except France, agreed to suppress the action of Greece in beginning war on Tur- key. The various countries sent warships, which blockaded Grecian ports and held all coast commerce in check until Greece yielded. s Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British am- bassador, was at the State Department at noon, but it was said the visit was not in reference to the Nicaraguan situation, as the British foreign office is dealing directly with Nicaragua. ——_+-e+_____ LOOKS DARK FOR DURANT. The Chain of Evidence Against Him Growing. SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—W. H. T. Durant, the young man under arrest for the murder of Marian Williams, and who is suspected also of having killed Blanche Lamont, two young women whose bodies were found in Emanuel Baptist Church, this city, is either preparing to plead in- sanity or else the most hideous visions come to him in nis cell at the central police station at night. The clcthing Durant had on the night he is supposed to have killed Miss Williams does not show any trace of blood. The mother of Durant has made an appeal to the public through the newspapers, asking for a suspension of judgment in the case of her son until other than circumstantial evi- dence is produced. The chain of evidence against Durant is growing stronger. —_._ PICTURES BY TELEGRAPH. Successful Experiments Just Made in California, SAN FRANCISCO, April 17.—The first ex- periments ever made in the telegraphing of pictures for a long distance was made by the Call last night, when an outline pic- ture of the entry of the Queen of Fiesta at Los Angeles was wired from the latter place to this city. The experiment was successful. The inventor believes his idea to be most valuable in newspaper work or in the police or secret service. A good pic- ture can be sent at the cost of and in about the space cf 250 words. It should take no longer than half an hour to send and reproduce a diagram. The picture ts drawn originally upon a paper ruled off into small squares each, about one-tenth of an inch in diameter. Each vertical line is numbered along the upper margin and every horizontal line is lettered down the slate. Every square Is therefore jdentifled with a number and a letter, and its location is where the two lines designated cross each other. With the original draw! him the operator describes the cours lines rom point to point and the mes contains only a: signs end combini tions as there are changes in the direc: in the lines forming the pi scription being reecived a of the wire the lMnes SC e 2 reproduced on a similar ruled surface. — ass Postmitsters, as teday appointed post- lills, Albemarle county, . Wallace, dead. Age Fourth-C Va. vice MLW Designed to Check the Free Silver Movement in Llinois, CABINET OFFICERS +0 SPEAK Will Seek to Stop the Democratia Division on Money. SOME CRITICISMS MADB The members of the Chicago committee ‘who came here to invite President Cleve~ land to visit that city to make an address upon the money question claim that their mission was non-partisan. The letter of President Cleveland, which is the imme- diate result of their invitation, is, however, regarded by many leading democrats as a radical exhibition of partisanship inside the democratic party. The leaders of that par- ty here appear to consider the letter @ challenge to the masses of the party to repudiate a doctrine to which they are ir- revocably committed, and the initial move- ment for a new party which it is expected will be built upon the ruins of the demoral- ized democracy. Effect of This Movement. € The'effect of this movement will not, it is thought, be any enactme.t on silver until after the present administration of President Cleveland. It is not considered likely that there will be any biN passed on the silver question by the Fifty-fourth Congress. But the debates will, it is believe ed, be as fierce and the contentions as bite ter as if it were probable that a law could. result from the agitation. The letter of President Cleveland is, it is claimed, de- signed to check the free silver movement in the democratic party in Mlinois. Ex- Congressman Cable of Illinois, who is so earnestly opposed to free silver and who is now here, declares that the letter of the President will be used to obstruct the free silver movement in the democratic party, which has become so formidable in his state. He hopes that the delegation from — county will be solidly against free ver. Mr. Cable and Col. Morrison are said to be working together in this matter. One of the most prominent democrats here said yesterday that there can be no ques- ticn that eight-tenths of the democratic party favor the old ratio of 16 to 1. There is no doubt, he thought, that the Illinois ccnvention is part of a scheme of the na- ticnal silver men, and that it did not originate with the democratic free silver leaders in Illinois alone. The free silver men had made all arrangements for @ thorough canvass of Illinois on the silver question before the call for the democratic state convention was issued. Cabinet Officers to Stump. The President is considered to be 80 committed to the movement in opposition to this free silver agitation that it is claimed be will not only permit bet wit encourage all cabinet officers who will take the stump in support of the declarations of his Chicago letter. Secretary Carlisle, Secretary Morton and Postmaster General Wilson are sleted to do that. It is intl- mated alse that Secretary Gresham may be invited to Illinois and other western states to speak upon this subject. Although there is a belief that Secretary Gresham is not in full accord with the administra- tion in all of the features of its financial policy, he is said to be at one with the President in the belief that the silver monometallism on the basis of 16 to 1 would be contrary to the best interests of the people. Secretary Gresham has not publicly addressed the democrats of MHll- ncis since he entered the cabinet. It is expected that he will receive an invitation to do so now. Such United States office. holders in Illinois as are not themselves allied to the free coinage movement will, it is stated, also be expected-to speak | against it. In addition, Col. Morrison of the interstate commerce commission, Scott Wike. assistant secretary of the treasury, and Mr. Eckels, controller of the currency, Will doubtless also support the President's Position on the stump. According to the statement of Col. Morrison’s friends,the free silver question among the democrats in Illinois is the preliminary movement in the contest between the friends of Col. Mor- rison and Vice President Stevenson for the delegation from Illinois to the democratia national convention. Col. Morrison is not opposed to silver, but he favors interna- tional bimetallism and not silver mono- metallism. Vice President Stevenson, on the other hand, who was first elected to Congress as an out an out greenbacker, is now being urged for the presidential nomi- nation by the democrats who are advocate ing the free silver monometallism on the ratio of 16 to 1. Controller Eckels says that he will une doubtedly visit Chicago during’ the seasoi but that he is not certain that he wi speak. Assistant Secretary Hamlin said that he doubted whether he would be able to find time to go to Illinois, as there was a great demand upon him for the consideration of customs cases just now.Mr.Hamlin speaking of the divisiow in the democratic party on the subject of silver, said: “It is true that we are divided, but the apparent unity in the republican party is only veneering now. Wait until Congress comes together, and you will see the republican ceiling cracked as badly as ours i: Some Criticisms of the President. A prominent democrat said today: “If President Cleveland after the Chicago con= vention had said that ‘the line of battle is. drawn between the forces of a safe cur- rency and of silver monometallism,’ he would have been more popular in the west; but he would not have been President. The fact is that two-thirds of the western and southern democrats interpreted the Chica- | go platform upon which Cleveland accepted and was elected as a declaration in favor of free coinage. They do not believe that President Cleveland should have accepted a nomination on that piatform since he wi in favor of gold monometallism. It is be- cause he stood upon that platform, which, as they interpreted it, favors free coinage, that there is such opposition to him among the democrats of the south and west.” Even those who heartily approve of Pres- ident Cleveland's letter say that he should have rases of “sound money” that he should have suggested some remedy for the existing firancial situation; that, moreover, he should have declared himself In favor of international bimetallism or against it, and that he should have made some specific recommendation as to the disposition the government shall make of the vast stores of silver lodged in the treasury vaults, and what is the proper thing for the govern- ment to do as to the issue of paper. The inference which the President has left 1s, they say, that he not only is opposed to sil- ver monometallism, but that he fs not a very serious: believer in international bi- metallism; that he {s an absolute gold morometallist. It is stated that the man- agers of the Reform Club will soon declare for gold monometallism—a fact of which the public, It is said, will soon have official notice. —_—_—____+-e-—— Back nt Work. Secretary Hoke Smith returned to Wash- ington from Atlanta this morning and was at his desk as usual for the reception of callers and transaction of business. He di- vided his time from Sunday noon to Tue& @ay evening between Atlanta and Athens, and says he had a good time, besides gete ting several items cf business attended ta