Evening Star Newspaper, April 26, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR | PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT suUNDAY | eansylvanis Avenne, Lith Btreet, The Bronze Star Newspaper 4 8. H. KAUFFMANN Pres't. -: New York Office, 49 Potter Building. Ba SEES The Evening Star a served to subscribers in the ty by carriers,*on their own account, at 10 cente eit Soe SE eatery te te Pattes States or hostage prepald-00 cents Saturday Qui Sheet Star, $1 4 Sa USES os weamers ee. jee at Wai . Cay a8 secon ‘1 matter.) sr ites of advertisinz made known on appli J-class ma! ter. ‘Alt mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. |- No. cation. 13,149. WASHINGTON, D.C. FRIDAY, APRIL 26, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of te pudding is: in the eating. Yesterdar’ JUSTICE JACKSON|'™ was ABRUPTLY ENDED) THE TARS WON'T LAND His Opinion Will Decide the Income Tax Cases. FORMER OPPOSITION 70 HIM RECALLED His Action May Affect Mr. Har- rison’s Presidential Candidacy. THE REAL SITUATION ‘The announcement that Mr. Justice Jack- gon will sit with his associates of the Su- preme Court in the rehearing of “the in- wome tax case develops the fact that his + opinion in the case will possess an interest for the politicians beyond the question im- meiliately involved. If may cut a figure in the contest—growing livelicr now evéry day —for the republican nomination for the presidency. Judge Jackson’s Appointment. Mention was made in The Star of yester- day of the protest entered by a number of republican leaders against the appointment of Judge Jackson by President Harrison. They took the ground and insisted that the office should go to some member of their own party. It could only be in this way, they contended, that the appointment could be fully guaranteed. The party would be held responsible for it, and the party, there- fore, should fill the office. There was no criticism of Judge Jackson on personal grounds in anywise affecting his profession- alequipment. It was conceded that he wag @ good man and a good lawyer. But, being @ democrat of thorough training and deep conviction, he must be expected to take a Qemnocrat’s view of public questions in gen- eval. ‘There would be a risk in this, these re- publican leaders said. They earnestly ad- vised the appointment of « republican--one whose training had imbued him with con- victions from the republican standpoint. Such a man the party could safely answer for in any and all circumstances. They pointed out that even on the bench pulitical education and conviction must show it- self, and that this made it the duty of the party in executive control of the govern- ment to strengthen itself legitimately all along the line whenever opportunity was Presented. Great questions of constitu- ticnal interpretation were constantly com- ing up before the Supreme Court, and the wide differences of opinion as to certain features of the Constitution obtaining Rmong public men and marking the di- vision between perties made the complexion of the court of last resort of the highest importance. President Harrison, putting all of these suggestions aside, stood upon the simple Proposition that politics must not be per- mitted to obtrude in matters respecting the tench. Judges, he was bound to admit, had their political leanings, and in this way there was recognized a majority and mi- nority representation on the bench. But this, he insisted, should not be emphasized unduly by the appointing power, and es- pecially as against the minority, and so he selected Judge Jackson, a democrat, to succeed Judge Lamar, a democrat. The Present Interesting Points. There has now arisen one of those very interesting and tmportant points upon which political parties divide. The republi- can party, as a party, is against the in- come tax. The democratic party, as a party, is for the tax. The Supreme Court, without Judge Jackson, is evenly divided on the question of the constitutionality of the law. Judge Jackson is called upon to cast the deciding vote. The law would stand without his vote, but public senti- ment demands a majority vote of the court one way or the other. Now, if Judge Jackson decides in favor of the tax those republican leaders who opposed his ap- pointment will, it is predicted, at once re- vive the fact of their opposition and insist that had their advice been taken and a good sound republican selected the tax would have been overthrown. These men are all anti-Harrison men as respects next year’s presidential nominations of their party. The Jackson appointment was one of many to which they objected. Their differences with President Harrison all grew out of the distribution of the offices, and led them to oppose him at Minneapolis for renomination. They are organizing to oppose him again should the movement in his behalf for next year take formidable shape, and every circumstance susceptible of use against him is being tabulated and filed away. i But there is also the other side of the problem. the tax it will be equally In the power of the Harrison men to claim for their favor- ite a share in the felicitation that will fol- tow in republican circles, Real Situntion Not Affected. Nothing, of course, in all this will in any- wise affect the real situation. Judge Jack- gon will pass upon the question without re- gard to politics, or the source from which his official commission came. Nor does the fact that he is a democrat signify. Judge Harlan, who is a stanch republican, voted to uphold the law, while Judge Field, who is a democrat, gave the law one of the most resounding blows ever heard in the Su- preme Court chamber. Politics are un- doubtedly barred in the court on the income tax proposition. This racket conditionally predicted for Gen, Harrison has actually been experi- enced by Senator Hill about this same case. When Judge White voted to uphold the law the opponents of Mr. Hill in New York re- minded him with some severity that he was responsible for Judge White's presence on the bench. Had Mr. Hornblower or Mr. Peckham been confirmed a vote would have been secured against the tax. But Mr. Hill routed his opponents. He was able to show that while the tariff bill with the income tax feature was pending both Mr. Horn- blower and Mr. Peckham attended a politi- cal meeting called to indorse the bill and both spoke In favor of it. ‘Phis put the boot on the other leg and left Mr. Hill's critics without a reply. But the point in either case is not thought to be of the first mo- ment. It could have no. weight except in excited ward yatherings, where charges are made and decided upon mere generalities. The income tax was not thought of at the time of Judge Jackson's appointment, nor, Nad it been, could his views on the subject of its constitutionality have been known In advance of a personal submission of the question to him in office. —— LAWS OF THE LAST CONGRES Only 6 Per Cent of the Measures In- troduced Became Statutes. , According to figures prepared by Mr. B. 8. Platt, enrolling clerk of the Senate, 720 bills and joint resolutions became laws during the third session of the Fifty-third Congress. Of these 215 were Senate and 605 Hevse bills and resolutions. During the entire Congress 12,223 measures were introduced In the two houses, of which 2 originated in the Senate and 1 in the House. The Senate passed 527 of its own bills, but only 239 of these received favorable actioa In the House, while of the _ 711 House bills which passed the House 539 g@lso passed the Senate. The President * vetoed or failed to sign 24 of the Senate bills which were sent to him, while 54 House bills met the same fate. It appears from this statement that less than 6 per cent of the bills introduced during the Congress became laws. If Judge Jackson decides against Pf The Trial of the Fidelity Officials at Pitts- barg. x Owing to Defect in the Indictment "It Was Quashed and a New One Must Be Drawn. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. PITTSBURG, Pa., April 26.—The trial of the officials of the Fidelity and Columbia Building and Loan Associations of Wash- ington, for conspiracy to defraud, came to | an abrupt and unexpected termination this morning, the court quashing the indict- ments on the ground that they were de- fective, the prosecution having blundered in not naming any specific date and omit- ting the year altogether on which the offense charged was committed. Judge Collier, who presided, however, ordered the defendants to renew their bail for trial at the June term of criminal court. It will not be necessary to bring new charges against the defendants, but a new indictment must be drawn for presen- tation to the new grand jury. The men ar- raigned on charges of conspiracy and at- tempt to defraud are Harrison Dingman, resident; Andrew Wall, vice president, both of Washington, D. C.; Richard H. Mitchell, manager of the Pittsburg office; W. M. Henry, F. J. Holman, R. Haight, Geo. Becker and B, B. Priest. S. W. Ewing was indicted along with these, but as he was simply an agent, acting in good faith, he was discharged at a preliminary hear- ing for want of evidence against him. At- torney J. A. Wakefield presented a petition jo have the indictment in the Ewing case‘ quashed. The prosecution offered 1-0 objec- tion, and the court ordered a nulle pros. It fs stated that the prosecution had as ireny as 100 women as witnesses, and as many men. The Point Made. Late yesterday afternoon the def2nse discovered the defect in the indictment, Attorney Patterson moved to have the in- dictment quashed on this ground. Judge Collier did not catch the point clearly, and refused the motion. Mr. Patterson offered an objection to tke third count, which did not specifically set forth thc nature of the frauds, and while this was being argued, the court quashed the first point and sug- gested to the prosecution to move un amendment and insert the date. Then it became a question as to whether the court had the authority to amend in sucn a case. W. J. Brenne opened proceedings tcday by stating that the contention of the com- monwealth was that the indictment could be amerded so as to insert the dat2 Gf the comnussion of the offense charged. He pited an opinicn of Judge Gibson sustain- ing this contention. Judge Collier referred tc a decision of the supreme court of Massachusetts, that the act allowing amendments does not ex- tend te a case in which the year is omitted. He said that supposing the defendants were tried under the defective indictment, a verdict for the commonweaith found, and the case taken up to the supreme court, judgment could not be secured. The Application to Amend. The court held that if application to amend had been made before the jury was sworn the defect could have been reme- died, but, under the circumstances, the court thought justice and the interests of the commonwealth could be best subserved by quashing the indictment. An order in accordance with this view was issued and the defendants instructed to renew their bail for trial at the June term of court. Mr. Stevenson asked for a reduction of the bail of Vice President Andrew Wall. The bond is $10,000, but the lawyer wanted. it reduced to $1,500. Deputy District Attorney Blakely object- ed to any reduction, and Judge Collier said he would hear an application for re- duction at any time the defendant's lawyer was prepared to file it. It was developed afterward that the prosecution had decided to put Prestdent Harrison Dingman on the stand as the first witness, believing that his testimony would be such as to convict the other de- fendants. Mr. Dingman’s Case. It is agreed that Mr. Dingman knew nothing of the acts of the officers of the association, although he was their presi- dent, cntil after his arrest in this city some months ago. He lent his nante and stand- ing to the organization, and permitted the Iccal managers to do about as they pleased. After the case was dismissed this morn- ing Mr. Dingman sald to The Star cor- respondent: “I am sadly disappointed in the outcome of the case. I had hoped for a speedy trial, and was confident of ac- quittal. I shall probably go home tonight or tomorrow, just as soon as I get my bail renewed.” —— SUSPENDING A SUGAR DUTY. Expected Action of Holland Regard- ing the Javanese Product. The State Department has received a re- port from Minister Quinby, at The Hague, Netherlands, relating to the prices of su- gar. He says that a measure has just passed the second chamber of the states general providing for the readoption of the suspension of export duty on Java sugar for one year from June 1, 1895. This sus- pension was ‘n force from June 1, 1893, to June 1, 1894. The minister thinks it will undoubtedly become a law. He says that the minister of the colonies, in a brief In- troduction to the measure, sets forth that the suspension was not in force between June 1, 1894, and June 1, 1895. Meanwhile the price of sugar in Java fell from $3.82 to $2.61 per pikol in December last, and the overstocked European markets ‘and the small sales >f sugar in eastern Asia on ac- count of the war between China and Japan will have reduced the prices even more; that in consequence five Indian sugar fa tories have closed, and four others are ex- pected to close; that the temporary sus- the export duty was an urgent the more so because by failure of the sugar industry in Java thousands of natives would be deprived of a living and poverty and discontent would result. The minister of the colonies said that the Ist day of June was chosen for the sus- pension because that was the time when the shipping of sugar begins; also that it is hoped that need for the suspension will not extend beyond the year. DHLOMAS AND MEDALS. Fortunate World's Fair Exhibitors Will Shortly Receive Them. The world’s fair diplomas awarded to ex- hibitors whose exhibits were favorably mentioned by the judges are being pre- pared at the bureau of cxgraving and printing, and will be sent cut in about sixty days, together with the medals, now being struck at the Philadelphia mint. ‘The diplonias will be elaborated, engrayed and printed on Japan pape! tain the name of the exhi cle exhibited and the comment of the judges. About 24,000 in all will be issued. eS » Ordered to West Point. Major Geo. B. Davis, Judge advocate, in charge of the rebellion records office, War Department, has been ordered to duty as professor of law at the Milltary Academy, August 20, to relieve Licut. Col. John W. Clous, deputy judge advocate general, who is ordered to report to the adjutant gen- eral of the army. Nicaragua Pays Great Britain With a Diplomatic Note. INDORSED BY THE UNITED STATES Causes That Influenced the Action of the State Department. THE VENEZUELAN AFFAIR Nicaragua has accepted the Inevitable, and, it is said, has promised compliance with the British ultimatum. The good of- fices of the United States were exercised to the extent of securing an extension of twenty-four hours in the time within which Nicaragua must make satisfactory ar- rangements to pay the British admiral $75,000 indemnity for the expulsion of Pro- consui Hatch and other British subjects. Otherwise Corinto would have been seized by the British forces at 6 o'clock this morning and the payment of the indem: enforced by the appropriation of the reve nues of Nicaragua by British officials. Satisfactory Adjustment. ‘The extension of time for voluntary pay- ment was the result of negotiations be- tween Washington and London, which kept the cable line busy yesterday after- noon and evening. The messages at this end of the line were signed “Gresham” and at the other end “Bayard.” 2 ‘The last one received from Mr. Bayard showed the success of his negotiations with the British foreign office to the extent al- ready indicated. The correspondence also related to conditions under which the in- demnity should be paid, but there ts a lack of information on this point beyond the statement that they are “satisfactory.” Al- though it is impossible to obtain an official admission to that effect, there is ground for the belief that the United States govern- ment has assumed a moral responsibility at least for the liquidation of Nicaragua’s ob- ligations in this matter. To what extent the United States has indorsed Nicaragua's promises to pay cannot be established, but at any rate, the arrangement is said to be entirely satisfactory to Great Britain. Discussed at Cabinet Meeting. The Nicaraguan complication was un- doubtedly the subject of discussion at to- Gay's cabinet meeting. Secretary Gresham went to the White House like a lawyer with an important case on hand. He car- nied a gcod-sized bundle of papers, and was accompanied by a messenger with his arms full of books on international law and for- eign ccrrespondence. It is said that he made an able argument to the President and his colleagues in support of the ad- ministration’s position in the Nicaraguan affair. Dr. Guzmaa, the Nicaraguan minister, had another ‘interview with Secretary Gresham at the State Department this morning. As he was leaving he admitted that Ni aragua would pay the Hatch indemnit but tersely refused to discuss the matter. Gome recent sta ts have appeared intimating that Nicar was disposed to criticise the course of the United States in not adopting energetic steps in her behalf. Dr. Guzman wishes it clearly understcod, however, that it is not for Nicaragua, or for him, as its representative, to question in the slightest way the kindly disposition of this country, and as a matter of tact, the minister feels gratified at the consider- ation which has been shown him ard his government at a time of grave emergency. Naturally, at such a time, he has made fre- quent visits to the department mainly for the purpose of giving such information us was in his possession. Awaiting the Venezuelan Crisis. As an explanation of the attitude of the administration in the Nicaragua affair it is now learned that the United States is reserving its energies so as to deal with the Venezvelan question becomingly, when the crisis there, which-cannot much longer be averted, is reached. The British gov- ernment has been given to understand that the United States does not take issue with it as to the right to exact an indem- nity and reasonable reparation from Nica- ragua, considering the gravity of the of- fense committed by the Nicaraguan gov- ernment in expelling a British official and British subjects from Nicaragua in deti- ance of all principles of international law and comity. The fact that the Americans who were expelled at the same time by the Nicara- guans e afterward voluntarily permit- ted to return to the country has not in any degree served to palliate the offense com- mitted against Great Britain and against civilization in the eyes of our Stdte De- partment. In consenting to the execution of the British program in Nicaragua, ho ever, the State Department was very car ful to give full notice that it should not permit the British to annex a foot of Nica- raguan soil nor to interfere with the re- publican form of goyernment there. It was fully intended that this notice should be taken as an exposition of the position of our government in the matter, and it is asserted that the fears expressed by the Latin-American diplomatists here that the landing of British troops at Corinto would be the forerunner of a forcible occupation by the British of the territory in dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela is without foundation. Bayard Equipped for the Affair. Ambassador Bayard at London is well acquainted with the views of the President in this matter, and it may be stated posi- tively that he will not tolerate the occupa- tion of the territory to the westward of the famous Schonberg line by Great Britain. Secretary Gresham, there is reason to be- lieve, has caused Mr. Bayard to be inform- ed of the position that will be assumed by the United States, namely, that it cannot permit the extension of the British claim to the territory west of the Schonberg line ‘and tbe occupation of that territory, at least in advance of arbitration. As there is still a remote prospect that Great Britain will so far heed our prior urgent represen- tations as to consent to submit the entire boundary question to arbitration, it may be that Mr. Bayard has regarded it as in- advisable at present to cummunicate this conclusion reached by the President to the British foreign office, and that it will be withheld until the clash, which is inevitable in the absence of an agreement to arbi- trate the difficulty, occurs on the Venezu- elan boundary. The attempt of the Guiana colonists to run a railway through Venezuelan territory may precipitate this clash. When _ the proper moment arrives-the decision of our government, it is said, will be communicat- ed in no uncertain terms, and the modera- tion the United States has shown in the Nicaraguan affair, in which the honor of Great Britain is regarded as involved, it is believed, will cause our course as to Venez- uela to be respected. GIST OF FOREIGN COMMENT. Whnt is Said Abrond—The Nicaragua Dispute. LONDON, April 26.—The United States ambassador, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, was questioned this morning in regard to the dispatch from Washington, stating that he had been in constant communication by cable yesterday with the American Sec- retary of State, Mr. Gresham, and, as a re- sult, Admiral Stephenson, the British com- mander at Corinto, had been instructed to delay the enforcement of the ultimatum until midnight tonight. Mr. Bayard said he could make-no state- ment. In regard to the dispatch from Managua to tue New York World saying that the Nicaraguan government had_ assurances that it would receive from yoluntary sub- scriptions more than enough. to pay the British claim within the time allowed by the ultimatum, Mr. Bayard remarked that he was glad to see that the people of Nicaragua were so ready to offer money ‘th which to pay: the indemnity. is it a fact that Great Britain has granted Nicaragua an extension of time until tonight?” Mr. Bayard was asked. “I cannot answer that question,” replied the ambassador, “ I have the highest respect for the British officials. In this matter the people of Nicaragua must dis- play common sense, They cannot think that the British officers will stand watch in hand awaiting Nicaragua's reply.” The Pall Mall Gazette, commenting on the trouble between Great Britain and Nicaragua, says that nothing could be more courteously correct than the attitude of the United States in the difficulty, add- ing: “It. is a good omen for a close un- derstanding upon tHe China-Japan ques- tion. Our action may be expected to teach the Spanish-American states that none of them are too insignificant to behave de- cently to foreigners.” A dispatch to the News from Paris says that the British ultimatum to Nicaragua is strongly approved in- that city. France herself having trouble in South America will probably be obliged to send an ulti- matum to Venezuela. The dispatch also adds that the newspaper, La Liberte, says that America will growl, but will go no further. The Monroe doctrine does not cover diplomatic misdeeds and interna- tional bad breeding. Great Britain can take every reasopable satisfaction, for America is unable to fire a single gun. The Standard editorially commends the government for its attitude toward Nic- aragua, which, {t says, has probably by now acquired a more Just conception of in- ternational rights, and, in addition, a more accurate appreciation of American diplo- macy. It adds: ‘There is no power in the world that cherishes more absolute respect for international law than the Washington government. The few Americans who are always advising discourteous actions toward Great Britain exercise no influence whatever on the conduct of their respon- sible rulers. The American people attach too high value to the Monroe coctrine to strain or misapply it. The American flag would never be employed to shield wrong- doers.” The News in an editorial says: It must have been a d'sagreeable surprise to Nica- ragua to find that America not only did not intend to intervene in the dispute with Great Britain, but had-even approved the British demands. The ‘Monroe doctrine is qualified by the distinction: that the occu- pation of territory objected to is for the Purpose of oppression: Our government easily convinced the Washington govern- ment that its interference in Nicaragua would be limited to the exaction of a just demand. The Post says: “Nobody can say that Great Britain has not acted with sufficient forbearance. Monroe {& omly a doctrine which has never been legislatively enacted, but in any case the appliqation of the doc- trine to Nicaragua will not arise.” What ix Thought im London. LONDON, April 26.—In well-informed En- glish quarters here today it is declared that the British ultimatum to Nicaragua has not been modified>and'tn the absence of definite news from Admiral Stephenson it is believed that he has already occupied the port of Corinto. i —_ NO NEW DEPARTMENTS. Lamont Denfes a Current Report. Secretary Lamont gave an emphatic denial today to the report that the military depart- ments are to be reorganized so as to permit the establishment of a new department in the south. The report originated from the fact that one of the néwly appointed brig- adier generals will probably be without a command commensurate with his rank un- til the retirement of Gen. Schofield, in Sep- tember next. The story was that ‘his offi- cer was to be provided for by dividing the Depertment of the East, now commanded by Maj. Gen. Miles, into two departments. Secretary Widely ghe headquarters of the proposed new de- partment was to be at Wort McPherson, Ga., Richmond or some other southern city. A movement to this end has been cn foot for several months, but has never received the approval of the President or the Secre- tary of War. Secretary Lamont said to- day that it was not true that a new mill- tary department will be gptablished in the south or anywhere else. It is expected that the assignments neces- sitated by recent promotions will be made in a few days. Maj. Gen. Merritt, now commanding the Department of Dakota, with headquarters at St. Paul, will have first choice. He may prefer to retain his present command, and in that event either Brigadier General Bliss or Brigadier Gen- eral Coppinger will probably be assigned to the command of the Department of Colo- rado, with headquarters at Denver, to suc- ceed Gen. McCcok, retired. It Is possible, however, that there may be a gencral shifting of commanding officers, and that the new brigadiers may be as- signed to commands now held by other offi- cers. o——______ WORKING HARD. Police Unrble to Loente Offutt and Dempsey. Detectives Horne and Weedon are exert- ing themselves to cause the arrest of Charles, alias ‘‘Buck’’ Offutt, one of the parties indicted for alleged complicity in the safe-blowing job at the Potomac Ferry Company's wharf. Early in the week they learned that he was at Orange Court House, Va., and they went there in search of him, but he had gone just twenty-four hours before they arrived the) In what direc- tion he went nobody seémed to know, and they returned home last evening. This morning the officers got gnother clue to his whereabouts, at another place in Virginia, and they went at once te@the-Old Dominion, in the state where the §afe blowers made their headquarters bef and after «he commission of the bold burglary. No trace whatever been found of “Jack” Dempsey, another of the alleged safe blowers under indidtment. As hereto- fore published in The Star, he was at Jackson a short while before the raid when “Eddy” Desmond was caught. Being unknown to the police, the officers have not much hope of capturing him. It is known that he was with Desmond and “Billy” Williams at Jackson City, and Williams has given the officers a good de- scription of him. - pleat —SS= Changes of Paymasters. Changes have been ordered in the sta- tions of army paymasters as follows: Maj. Albert S. Towar, from New York city to Omaha, for duty as chief paymaster, De- partment of the Platte. Maj. Culver C. Sniffen, from San Antonio, to New York city. Maj. John S. Witcher, from Albuquerque, New Mexico, to San Brancisco. . Maj. John P.. Bakéf, from Albuquerque, to San Anton z Maj. ‘William H. SHamner, from Fort Brown, Tex., to~AlbuQuerque. : ee Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Uhl has returned from a visit to his home, at Grand Rapids, Mich., and was on duty at the State De- partment today. Capt. H. A. Taylor of the Naval War College; Newport, is on a visit to this city. He is stopping at the Cosmos Club. Prof. Schele De Vere of the University of Virginia, accompanied by Mrs. De Vere, is visiting’ Washington for a few days. They are at the Clarendon, STILL IN REVOLT|S¥!TS OF CLOTHESI|IT -WAS“A MAD RUSH Girls at the Reform School Defy - Authority, — LAST EVENINGS SERIOUS TROUBLE All Locked in Their Rooms Today, but Refractory. PANDEMONIUM REIGNS About 5:30 o’clock last evening the in- mates of the Girls’ Reform School, thirty- seven in number, rose in revolt against the authorities of the school. The insurrec- tion has not yet been put down, and there is likely to be trouble for the next few days to come. The girls in the school are almost all colored, from fourteen to twenty-one years of age, averaging, as a rule, about eighteen years, and they are of the very hadest and toughest description. During the year and a half that the school has been opened things have not always been as pleasant as they might be, but this is the first time that the inmates have risen in actual rebellion. The Girls’ Reform School is situated about three miles beyond Georgetown, just to the north of the Condmt road, and is a substantial and commodious structure. The building is a new one and Yeautifully situaied on rising sround overlooking the Potomac. An attractive gravel walk leads from the road to the front door, and sev- eral outhouses surroun-i the main building. Altogether, it is 4 .nodel institution of the sort. The matron of the school is Mrs. Aldrich, 2 young English woman who has had considerable experience in reform and correctional work. She was in town last evening on business connected with the school when the trouble Lroke out. It was her timely return which put an end, for the time being, to the rebellion. The Day’s Routine. The life at the school is naturally of a very routine character. It is a case of early to bed early to rise. The girls, who do the kitchen work, are up at 5 Breakfast is served at 7, and by o'clock the house work is supposed to he done. From then until noon the giris are in the sewing room, and the noon hour is occupied in dining and recreation in the school yard. After dinner they go back to the sewing room, and later in the after- neon they go into the large and convenient school room, where a couple of hours are ‘given over to the rudiments of education. After 5 o'clock they are given the freedom of the big school yard, and it was here that the trouble broke out last evening. Two of the girls had been insubordinate and were threatened with such punishment as the authorities of the school are per- mitted to inflict. This is of the mildest kind, corporal pun- ishment being absolutely forb:duen, and is not of the sort that one would think neces- sary in the handling af girls of the charac- ter of those who are confined to a reform school. About all that can be done with them is to send them to their rooms on re- strictive diet. The rules of the institution all seem to be aimed at the matron and her assistants and it is said that there are more rules for them than there are for the girls who are in confinement for their mis- deeds. General Revolt. However that may be, the two-girls who were to be punished for their unruly con- duct refused to go to their rooms, and this was the signal for a general revolt. The girls were not long in arming themselves, and thirty-seven enraged colored amazons make no mean warriors when they are equiped with pieces of four-foot firewood and with iong wooden clothes poles. With these they proceeded to attack Mrs. Mar- shall, Mrs. Aldrich’s assistant, and had it not been for the intervention of some men about the place they would probably have succeeded in the‘r efforts. The heme is somewhat removed from the main icad, ana chances of aid in an emer- gency hke this from the outside are very small. There are four men employed about the place, the overseer, the engineer, the watchinan and the farmer. These four men came to Mrs. Marshall's assistance, and prevented the girls from doing her serious injury. As it was, Mrs. Marshall was struck on the head and breast and severely kicked, but she will be able to be up and about today. Mrs. Aldrich, who had been in town to lodge a complaint with the authorities against two girls for of- fens-s more serious than insubordination, returned at this juncture, and, by exerting all the influence which she has been able to obtain over the girls, induced them to go to their rooms. ‘They were locked in, and are still kept in confinement. The thirty-seven girls are confined in quarters that were intended for | twenty-seven, and so have not all a room upicce. One large rccm answers as a dormitery for six. In several others two girls are kept. The rooms are rather more comfortable than are to be found in the average better class girls’ boarding school. Pandemonium Prevails. When a Star reporter visited the home this morning there was confusion worse confounded, and such a nolse as one rarely hears. The furniture had been taken out of all the bed rooms, and the girls were sitting in the grated windows yelling like furies, occasionally running to the door to pound on it with their fists, to jump about on the floor in their bare feet, their shoes having been taken away from them last night for reasons of safety, and in every way making all the disturbance they could. They let forth a mass of billings- gate at the reporter as he rode up to the door, and their language was frequent ard painful and free. During the hour of his visit at the school there was not a mo- ment's let-up, and poor Mrs. Aldrich look- ed as if she was on the verge of nervous prostration. All that can be done with the girls is to keep them in confinement on a limited diet until they come to a realiz- ing sense of their moral failings. During the worst of the trouble evening, before Mrs. Aldrich arrived, the police were telephoned for, and Sergeant Hess and Policeman Hartman galloped hastily from Georgetown to the scnool. Their presence was not necessary, how- ever, for fear of personal violence was over by that time. last ee Changes at West Point. The following named officers will be re- lieved from duty at the Military Academy in August next: Captain Edmund D. Smith, nineteenth infantry; First Lieuten- ants Samuel W. Dunning, sixteenth in- fantry; George F. Barney, second artillery; Robert L. Hirst, eleventh infantry; George H, Cameron, fourth cavalry; Benjamin A. Poore, sixth infantry, and George Mont- gcmery, ordnance department. The regi- mental officers will join the companies, troop or battery to which they respectively belong. The following named officers are assigned to duty at the academy: First Lieutenant Granger Adams, fifth artillery; Second Lieutenants Palmer _E. Pierce, sixth in- fantry; Horace M. Reeve, third infantry; John H. Rice,.third cavalry; William M. Cruikshank, first artillery, and Robertson Honey, fourth artillery, —$—$__<$§_+o+—_____ Capt. Vernon’s Detail. 4 Capt. Chas. A. Vernon, nineteenth in- fantry, has been detailed to attend the en- campment of the Michigan National Guard at Island Lake, Michigan, in August next. Dozens of Them Stolen From a Clothier Found. Mr. Dyrenforth’s Losses—The Ryans Suspected and Arrested—Had on a@ New Suit. M. Dyrenforth, the clothier, whose place of business is at No. 621 Pennsylvania ave- nue, has at last discovered why he has been losing money, and Detectives Rhodes and Boyd have recovered a quantity of clothing stolen from his store. In addition to recovering the clothing, they have ar- rested the alleged thief and the receiver of the stolen goods, wife and husband, re- spectively, and have them safely behind the bars. They ere Mrs. Valley Ryan and Robert L. Ryan, who live at 631 D street northwest. Mrs. Ryan is a tailoress, and has been working for Mr. Dyrenforth,while her husband werked for Saks & Co., in charge of the elevator. For mere than a year Mr. Dyrenforth has been the victim of a series of robberies, and several times the police have been called in to investigate, but never was Mrs. Ryan suspected. Suspicion had rested on others, but when investigated the police always succeeded in ascertaining that there was no foundation for suspecting the par- ticular parties. Recent developments caus- ed Mrs. Ryan to be suspected, and this morning Mr. Dyrenforth had the detectives mentioned go to her house on D street, and there they found a large number of the al- leged stolen garments. ‘The next thing in order was to arrest her husband, and he was found at the place where he was employed. Although employed only as an elevator conductor, he was Gressed remarkably well. He was at once summoned to headquarters, and upon his arrival there he was much surprised to see Mr. Dyrenforth, who iden- tified the new suit he was wearing as hav- ing beer stolen only three days ago. He had nathing to say about his new clothes that were taken from him, but his wife did considerable talking. She did not appear at all satisfied with the manner in which she had been taken from her em- ployment, and assumed a-defiant air. She refused to give up keys to a trunk in her rcom, ard said she would defy the officers to break the lock from the trunk. Mrs. Ryan was locked up at the first pre- cinct, while her husband was taken to the sixth precinct. : The case will come up in the Police Court tomorrow. The rooms of the prisoners were thor- oughly searched, and the many suits of clothes found in them were taken to head- quarters te be used as evidence in the case. There were nearly a dozen suits of clothes, forty patterns for suits and & quantity of underwear. The goods recovered are valued at about FVRESIDENT FALLS RESIGNS. Chief Clerk Clay Succeeds Him as Head of the Reform School Board. At a meeting of the board of trustees of the reform school of the District of Colum- bia, held yesterday, Mr. A. J. Falls, the president, submitted a letter, tendering his resignation of the presidency cf the board. The letter said: “Owing to continued ill-health, and by the advice of my physician, who directs me to take as much rest as possible during the next few months at least, I most respect- fully tender my resignation as president of the board of trustees of the reform school of the District of Columbia. “Through your courtesy, I have held this most honorable and pleasant position for more than fourteen years, and during this time my only thought and wish has been for the best interest of the school, and I have endeavored to discharge my duties faithfully and satisfactorily to you all. “Thanking you for all the great courte: consideration and kindness extended to me during these many years, and with every wish for the continued prosperity and suc- cess of the school, I am, sincerely and gratefully, etc.” The board earnestly urged the with- drawal of the resignation, but, upon Mr. Falls’ positive assurance that he resigned only because his health necessitated it, they reluctantly accepted {t—upon the con- dition, however, that he would resume the position when his health had* become fully restored. Mr. Falls was appointed on the board by President Grant, February 12, 1875, and has been a continuous inember for over twenty years. He served as president from 1876 to 1882, when ill-health necessitated his resignation as such. He was re-elected in 1887, and has served continuously ever since. He remains on the board, and the trustes and all cognizant of his conscien- tious and able management, his untiring energy and devotion to the interests of the school, echo the wish of the trustees that it may not be long before he can resume the position for which he is so well fitted by his experience and kindly nature. Col. Cecil Clay was unanimously elected president of the board to succeed Mr. Falls. Col. Clay is well known as the chief clerk of the Department of Justice, and colonel of the second regiment of the Dis- trict National Guard. He has been a mem- ber of the board for over eight years. ee MINERS VS. RAILROADS. Big Battle Imminent Between Them Over Public Lands. The preliminary moves of a big fight he- tween the miners of California and the Pa- cific railroads are now being made in this city, and the atmosphere around the gen- eral land office is heavy with presages. There was a very breezy interview yester- day between Commissioner Lamoreaux and Mr. Wm. C. Ralston, secretary of the Cali- fornia Miners’ Association, in the course of which the latter laid the foundation for a series of important steps affecting many million acres of public land in the golden state. This association was organized In 1891, with J. H. Neff as president, and Mr. Rals- ton as secretary, for the protection and fostering of the mining interests of the state, and to assist as far as possible in the resumption of the industry of hydraulic mining, which has been practically aban- doned in the state. The issue between the railroads and the miners is one relating to the patents given by the government, this being the cause of most of the trouble be- tween these interests for years. The Cali- fornia Association, however, has not, until now, taken any steps to bring the case to a test. A formal application will be made in a few days for the suspension of all pubiic land patents to the railroads until the en- tire subject can be investigated by a com- mission, or, if the Interior Department has no power to appoint such a commission, until Congress meets and enacts remedial legislation. —_—_—_—_-e+_____ THE CANAL COMMISSION. Will Sail for Nicaragua on the 7th of May. The Nicaragua canal commission will leave Washington for New York this after- noon. Several days will be spent there in examining the working drawings and sur- veys of the canal company. The commis- sioners will then return to Washington and make preparations to start for Nicaragua early in May. Secretary Herbert has placed the cruiser Montgomery at their disposal, and on this ship they will sail on May 7 from Mobile for Greytown. While the com- mission is at work in the interior on the line of the canal Commander Davis will make careful soundings of the harbor of Greytown and the approaches to the canal. Awful Scenes During the Montreal’ . Fire, WOMEN MADE FRAMIC BY DANGER: Frenzied Leaps From the Fourth: Floor. LIST OF THE INJURED MONTREAL, Quebec, April 26.—None of the victims of iast nighi’s fire in McDon- ald’s tcbacco factory are dead. The follow- ing is the list of injured, as far as can be” ascertained:. Elevenine Millette, Mary Geninas, Mary Porrier Lafleur, Miss Car-~ pentier, Saran Seraphin, Mary Flynn, Max- ime Cokaz, Francois Fortier, Mary Lafteur, L. Rescelle, Adele Gagnon, Joseph Beland, August Cauchon, A. Finley, Pat Cronin, John Cousinewu, Rosanna Beauchamp, Ida Fortin, Joseph Gagnon, S. Sinette, Dolphis Chaput, Napolepn Blondin, Lionel Bedard. Aiphonsin Thibedeau has died at the gereral hospital from injuries received in the fire. No Bodies in the Ruins. So far as the firemen have been able to” prosccute the search in the ruins, no bodies have yet been discovered. It was nearly midnight before the place could be entered with safety, and owing to the darkness, effective work cannot be done till daylight. The Associated Press correspondent in- terviewed several of the women who es- caped with slight injuries. They say the scene on the fourth floor was beyond de- scription. When the first wild rush for the stairway occurred the ‘way was” sclidly packed, and many fainted and fell under the feet of the frenzied crowd. Then a mad rush was made to the windows. But the crowd forgot about the heavy fron screene which guarded that means of egress. Frantic women tore their hands beating against the cruel obstructions, but they were too strong for thetr feeble blows. Death seemed inevitable until Marie Gag- non found a window that yielded to the determined blows of those who could get their united efforts to bear. This window overlooked an extensive one-story ware- house. Without a moment’s hesitation the unfortunate women leaped-into the air and landed on the roof below. Encouraged by her daring, and impelled by the smcke and flames which were mak- ing rapid progress in that part of the building, other women followed her ex- ample, until about twenty maimed and bruised forms were piled upon the ware- house roof. By this time the passageway had become sutficiently cleared to permit a more rapid clearing of the building. The work of res- cue by means of fire extension Jadders was in progress and many almost inanimate forms were carried out by the brave fire- men. On the third floor, where the fire started, the scenes were almost as heartrending, but being warned sooner, the operatives were able to cscape quicker by. the stair- wa} Many were terribly crushed in the mad rush, but the most serious casualties were confined to those on the top flat. Great indignation is expressed against the officials whose duty it was to see that the law was enforced in regard to fire es- capes and appliances. ———. RATIONS ON THE .OLYMPIA, What the Apprentice Boys Complain- ed About. SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 26.—The crew of the Olympia are still loudly complaining of their treatment on board the white cruiser. One of the apprentice boys was ashore yes- terday and said that sity apprentices had come out from the east, and the majority of them had been placed on the Olympia. There was a few of the boys on board yet, but they would leave at the first port touched. : The following is a list of the -day’s allow- ance per man, as obtained from one of the men this morning: Fourteen ounces of hard bread, one pound of salt pork, one gill of vinegar every ten days, two ounces of tea per day, four ounces of pickles per week, sugar in their coffee on Saturday. It is said that when a newsboy went alongside he was not allowed on board, and the executive officers said if the men want- ed something to read let them look at each cther's faces. Complaint was made to Capt. Reed, with a request for “spuds” (potatoes), and he asked: “What does Lieut. Sturday say He says we can’t have any, sir.” “Well, if Lieut. Sturday says no spuds, ycu can’t have them.” SS ae POS STANDING AS A NATIONALIST. One of the Irish Members Refuses to Support Rosebery. DUBLIN, April 26.—There was great ex- citement during the polling today in East Wicklow, in the election taking place there, as a result of the action of Mr. John Sweet- man, who has represented East Wicklow, as a folower of Justin McCarthy, since the general election of 1892, in applying for the Chiltern Hundreds and seeking re-election as a supporter of Mr. Jchn Redmond and the independent polic: Mr. Sweetman, from the time of Lord Rosebery’s first speech as prime minister, has repeatedly announced in public that it was the evident policy of the premier and of the present government to shelve home ru’ and eventually he decided to sever his cou 2ction with the McCarthy party. Mr. Sweetman’s address to the voters ses as follows: ‘I now offer myself as a candidate for re- election on the above lines of policy—that is, as an Irish nationalist, independent of all Engksh parties. “If you will elect me, I will act in alliance with every Irish rationalist who has the same aim, but I will no longer be bound to act with these who I may think are sacrificing the cause of home rule to the demands of any English government. Dur- ing last year I found myself a mere vot- ing machine for Lord Rosebery, and if that Is what you want I can no longer serve you.” At a meeting held yesterday evening at Arklow, in support of Mr. Sweetman, a crowd of people attacked Mr. T. J. Troy, the local leader of the Parnellites, and a woman threw 4 stone, which destroyed one of Mr. Troy’s eyes. rant Arrives at Chicago. April 26.—Mrs. U. S. Grant Mrs. Sartoris, arrived in Chicago today to attend the Grant me- morial services at the Auditorium to- morrow under the auspices of the Press Club. The ladies were met at the station by ex-Mayor Washburn and driven to the Auditorium Hotel. ——— Mrs. Parne! Condition. BORDENTOWN, N. J., April 26—Dr. Shipps states that Mrs. Parnell is resting easy and is in much the same condition that she was last night. a Father and Children Burned. FRANKFORT, Ky., April 26.—The re- mains of James Yeager, an aged cripple, and his two children, aged five and nine years, were taken, half cremated, from the ruins of the Fincel block this morning. el Mrs. CHICAGO, and daughter,