Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper eeetused pani The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Pounter J cente each By mairangebise is the cents mail—ai re the Bnited states oc ‘Canida—postage prepald-60 cents PSaturda Quit Sheet St ‘urday Quintuple Sheet Star, 2 year, with ited, $9.00, 00" #1 Per foreign postage a , $3.00. (Entered atthe Post Office at Washington, D. C., &s second-class mail matter.) FerAl! mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. ‘es of advertising made known on application. Che £ve No. 13,152. WASHINGTON, D.C. TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1895—-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of the pudding is in f6e eating. Yesterday's Stor contained 45 cofumns of adverfisements, made up of 787 separate announces BADLY MANAGED The Administration’s Handling of the Nicaraguan Episode. GOSSIR IN DIPLOMA TIC.CIRCLES This Government's Loss of Prestige With the Latin Republics. MONROE DOCTRINE EXPLODED The Star cn Saturday, in quoting opinion m the subject held in both political and liplomatic circles, pointed out that Nica- tagua, in her present contention with Great Britain, had acted all along as if warranted in expecting very substantial service of some kind from this government, and that, having failed to receive any sup- port whatever, her feeling of friendship tor the United States must have experienc- td something of a chill. The situation turns out to be even more serious than that. Today's cable quotes a prominent Nicaraguan statesman as charging some- thing like betrayal on the part of this gov- trnment. While this statement of the case will probably be rejected as extreme, it serves a purpose. It is thought to show tonclusively that, either because of a change of policy, or because of the want of a policy, this government's part in the unfortunate episode has been wretchedly managed, and that the administration Stands condemned Both at home and abroad for a failure to meet the full re- quirements of the occasion. The charge of @ want of spunk may be only irritating; the charge of bad faith is considered a very grave matter. Dr. Guzman Has Been Careful. Ttiere is no suggestion that Dr. Guzman has in anywise misled his government at any time about the attitude of this govern- ment in the premises. He is regarded as a careful man, and he has certainly been a Giligent one in the conduct of this business. He has taken every pains to keep informed about the latest phases of the case as they might relate to the course of the United States. He has probably confined himself in his dispatches home to such informacion as had come to him officially. What note he took, if any, of public sentiment on the subject, as expressed in interviews with public men, or in newspaper articles, is his own affair. He cannot, it is suggested, have been in ignorance at any time of the true and overwhelming nature of that sen- timent, and it is conceded that if it led him to hope that the administration would in the end be in some measure influenced by it ke was no more rash than were many Ameri- can citizens. But, in some convincing way, as it turns out, the Nicaraguans were ex- Pecting the substantial good offices of thts government, and now feel outraged and in- dignant at having failed to receive them. Their big brother, in their opinion, went back on them at the last moment, and they are at the mercy of the big bully who stands over them club in hand. What the Administration’s Friends Say. Friends of the administration assert that the Monroe doctrine, so called, is not in- volved, for the reason that Great Britain has no other purpose in view but the col- lection of a debt. She is not, they say, seeking to set up a monarchy in Nicara- gua, or to encourage the setting up of any such form of government there. If she were, the United States, it is intimated, would step in and promptly object, takirg, if necessary, the whole quarrel of the little republic on her own broader shoulders. But, in reply to this, it is asked, why not have responded promptly to the necessity of helping to keep the peace in Nicaragua? If English invasion shall result in such local disorder as to overthrow the existing government of Nicaragua, set all local Political factions by the ears and bring about, even temporarily, a dictatorship, will not that call for the intervention ef the United States? Will not England have contributed in such circumstances very ma- terlally to such an undesirable state of case? Every time a republic is overthrown the cause of free government ceceives a blow. The United States, it is insisted, should have acted so as to have made the republic of Nicaragua secure from ‘his danger. The people of the country are re- Ported as being in almost a riotous frame of mind as the result of the humiliation put upon them by Great Britain, and riot- ing may lead to revolution. The Loss of Prestige. But, more than all this, many public men In this country deplore the danger they fear must arise throughoct the whole of Central and South America from this loss of prestige on the part of this govern- ment. Nicaragua is important because of the proposed canal, but the United States, it is held, should, for many other reasons, have carried herself with some dignified assertion in this matter. She has been the guiding star of all the leaders in Latin- America seeking to extend the cause of popular government. They have conjured with her name. Dom Pedro, emperor as he was, admired the United States so greatly that he copied her wherever he could in Brazil. It was asserted, in fact, that he carried this feeling so far, and liberalized his own government so much, he under- mined his own throne in the end. The ad- miration for the United States, indeed, has been so profound and so far-reaching, it has dominated sentiment from the Mexican line to the last inch of land in South America, This has been considered not only the ideal but the strong government. It had survived the bloodiest of all civil wars, and had come to be regarded as an invincible power. And yet what have the 1: Americans just seen? From thelr stand- point they have seen the great republic collide with Great Britain and appear to go under, the so-calle@ Monroe doctrine ex- ploded as a myth, and thelr own hopes of help from a source they considered not only sincere, but masterful, dashed to pieces. It is not thought to help the case to protest that Nicaragua had no right to put her own construction on the Monroe doctrine. The fact remains that she did, and that in doing so she folléwed the line of reasoning employed by eminent Ameri- can statesman. Besides, this leads to a leng explanation, and the administration that has to explain {s considered almost as hopelessly off as the woman who hes!- tates. Oe Interior Department Appointments, The following appointments and promo- tions were announced at the Interior De- partment today Patent office — Appointments — Alex. M. Bunn of North Carolina, messenger, $360, under civil service rule: jorence Mitchell of Kentucky, copyist, Geological survey — Appointment — Miss Nellie 'F. Sergeant, Illinois, stenographer, 1 month. on of Indian aff: Walter B. Fry, messen service ru ppointment— ), under civil Promotions—Miss Marie De ict of Columbia, $1,000 to ‘A. Flood, Mlinois, "3909 to Neville, New York, from ), to copyist, $00. Fourth Thirty-two fourth- appointed were to fill resignatiuns. masters were ven of whom POSSIBLY HAWAII Great Britain May Exact Reparation for Indignities Inflicted on Her Subjects. Gossip That This Government Would Not Interfere if a Forcible At- tempt to Collect Was Made. The question has been frequently agitated in diplomatic circles the last day or two whether the action of the United States in the Nicaraguan matter may not react upon this government in an unfavorable degree in Hawaiian affairs. The interrogation arises in view of the fact that the question has already been raised in the British par- lament as to alleged Injuries inflicted upon British suijects growing out of the recent attempt at revolution against the Dole gov-. ernment. It was suggested that perhaps reparation might be demanded for the al- leged injuries, z ‘The argument 1s now advancel in some quarters that }f the United States con- cedes the right of Great Britain. to forc- ibly exuct reparation for indignities in- filcted upon British subjects in “Nicaragua no objection could be raised to similar ac- tion in the case of Hawaii. In this connection it is said this admin- istration would probably make no opposi- tion to such a movement against Hawaii, and if England found it necessary to plant the British flag over the Honolulu custom house while she levied tolls on the re- ceipts, the administration would have a precedent for acquiescence in the action taken in the Nicaraguan affair. The En- glishmen who were punished for participa- tion in the recent revolutionary movement in Honolulu have been pressing their claims for redress very strongly, and it is claimed that a demand from Great Britain on the Dole government for a settlement would not be surprising. ——_—— A BIG DEFICIT. Indications of the Shortage for the Year Being $45,000,000. The government revenues for the month ended today have not met the expecta- tions of treasury officials, and the. indica- tions now are that the deficit for the pres- ent fiscal year, ending June 30 next, will be little, if any, less than $45,000,000. To- day’s receipts were only $313,201, of which $166,702 were from customs,and $114,341 from internal revenue. The balance came from miscellaneous sources. The receipts for the month of April were 324,217,536 and the expenditures $32,952,690, leaving a deficit of 704,854 for the month, and of $45,- 247,006 for the fiscal year to date. The re- ceipts from internal revenue show a falling off for April, as compared with the same month of 18, of over $711),000, and a de- crease of about $2,000,400 for the ten months of the fiscal year. During the re- maining two months of the cal year there will be no extraordinary expendi- tures. The pension payments will amount to about $22,000,000, ind the interest pay- ments to about $1,250,000. The financial situation at the end of the year is not ex- pected to differ very mat2cially from the situation today, notwithstanding the an- ticipated revenue from income tax. ——$_$§_-2.______ TWO MEN PARDONED. They Were Sentenced for Assaulting a Chinaman, The President today granted pardons to Charles Roger and Emil Garner, two Frenchmen, who were convicted in the Police Court of the District of Columbia and sentenced to 364 days’ imprisonment in the District jail, The pardons are grant- ed upon the condition that the men imme- diately leave the country and return to France. They were convicted of an as- sault upon a Chinaman named Moy Ling on the night of January 22, 18%. Among the papers asking clemency for them was a petition from Mr. Jules Boeufve, chan- cellor of the French embassy. He says that the prisoners are young military men, one having served in the French army, and the other in the French navy, and that their past record is good. They regret, he says, the cause of their present trouble and will return to France if they can obtain their liberty. In granting the par- don the President refers to the interest shown by the French embassy in the case, and says he {fs governed in his action by the suggestion that they will return to their native land. RIOTING AT RIO JANEIRO. No Confirmation of the Report Re- ceived Here. Minister Mendonca of Brazil has received no official confirmation of the reported rioting in the streets of Rio, and he believes the reports arise from street brawls hay- ing no special significance. ‘The report was that several street fights took place Sunday night between soldiers who are friends of ex-President Peixoto and the police. Men were killed and wounded on both sides. The leaders, it was reported, were arrested. Fears are said to exist of outbreaks in other localities. —-.—____ 'To Try Dr. Kershner. The Secretary of the Navy hes decide upon a court-martial for the trial of Med- ical Inspector Edward Kershner, fleet sur- #geon of the North Atlantic squadron, on charges of violating the regulations of the navy, it s sa‘d, in having published of- ficial matters without perm ssion. The detail for the court-martial, which will meet in New York next week, is as follows: Rear Admiral J. G. Walker, pres- ident; Commodore R. R. Wallace, Capt. Albert Kautz, and three other officers of this rank; Medical Directors E. S. Bogert and H. M. Wells, and Medical Inspectors C. H. White and 'T. N. Penrose, members. The judge advocate of the court will be First Lieut. C. H. Lauchhelmer of the ma- rine cor) ——+e Admiral Meade May Retire. A naval rumor of importance is that Rear Admiral R. W. Meade, commanding the North Atlantic squadron, contemplates an early retirement, under the forty-year service clause. He would not retire for age until 1890, but is clearly eligible for retirement under the service clause, hay- ing served forty-five years. He is one of the youngest rear admirals on the active list, and stands an excellent chance of becoming the ranking officer of the navy. The reason given for Admiral Meade’s yoluntary retirement is bad health. It Is said he was not well when he started scuth with the fleet of evolution, and that he has had several bad turns since then. Rumor fixes next month as the time cf his retirement. o Today's Cabinet Meeting. ,There were apparently no questions of importance for the consideration of the President and his cabinet today. The meet- ing lasted less than an -hour, all told, wherees they seldom occupy less than two full hours. Secretary Smith was the only absentee. Secretary Lamont and Postmas- ter Geteral Wilson lingered with the Pres- ident after their colleagues had departed. + e._—_ Loenl Post Offices, The following fourth-class Maryland post- masters were appointed today: At Car- michael, Queen Anne county, C. H. Golt, vice T. H. Callahan, resigned; at Glenarm, Baltimore county, A. J. Shearman, vice E. P, Mullineaux, resigned; at Roe, Queen Anne county, G. W. Bittle, vice W. H. H. Roe, resigned. PRETTY PLAIN TALK Senator Morgan Has Something to Say About Nicaragua. THE ADMINISTRATION NOT CRITICISED But He Intimates That Congress May Have to Act. - BRITAIN’S AGGRESSIONS “There is absolutely nothing in the pres- ent trouble in Nicaragua to warrant the fear that there will be any damage- done to the interests of the canal that is pro- jected across the isthmus.” This was the answer given by Senator John T. Morgan, chairman of the commit- tee on foreign relations of the Senate, to the query of a Star reporter this morning. The Senator was at his home on 4% street, and the reporter had asked him if the pres- ent muddle between Great” Britain aud Nicaragua would in any way interfere with the ultimate construction of the canal. Senator Morgan Is, of all men, in or out of Congress, posted thoroughly on the subject of the interoceanic canal, having made a most exhaustive study of every phase of the question. As chairman of the commit- tee on foreign relations he managed the bill for the issue of government bonds in aid of the project through the successful fight of last winter and has kept in touch with the matter in all of its stages. “The Nicaragua canal,” he continued, “will be, must be built. The American peo- ple are beginiing to realize how much this project means to their interests, their pros- perity, their safety. They have now come to the point of knowing what the canal means, and of understanding its vast im- portance to them. They see, as others have seen for decades, that it is folly longer to continue to hug the coasts, to round Cape Horn with their commerce, to prac- tically bisect the country by separating the Pacific from the Atlantic coast by neg- lecting to provide this natural means of communication. Without the canal the United States, so far as its general com- merce is concerned, is at the mercy of the railroads traversing the continent, and is obliged to pay the highest rates for the transmission of goods, rates that almost wholly absorb the value of the commodi- ties themselves. The lack of a canal obliges us to maintain two navies instead of one and thus greatly increases the cost of our national defense. Shall England Block the Canalt “There 1s no longer any argument against the necessity or the value of this canal. The questicn is now whether Great Britain should be allowed to block the project and prevent its finai realization. In answer to that question I will say emphatically that I do not think for a moment that the canal project will be endangered by the present state of things in’ Nicaragua or by any other complication that may ever arise there. I believe that Congress at its next session will, if nothing shall be done mean- while by the authorized powers fow in authority, effectually and finally stop the aggressions of Great Britain, and absolute- ly prevent her gaining a foothold at this most important point on the American continent. Congress, in my opinion, will checkmate the whole game. Congress is the American people; it is backed by the sentiment of the people, and I think I know today pretty nearly what the sentiment of the American people is on the subject of foreign aggression. There are, say, 275,000 people in the city of Washington. I pre- sume 200,000 of those people can and do read the newspapers. They therefore know all the essential phases of this present case, and I doubt if 5,000 of those people— no, hardly 1,000—do not today feel within them a burning indignation against the Present situation; a strong desire to do scmething to drive this intruder from American shores. I think that Washington is a fair sample of other American cities in this regard. Mere at Stake Than the Monroe Doc- trine. “The question now comes, why should We resent the attitude of Great Britain in this case? There 1s ag ood deal of talk about the Monroe doctrine and the Clay- ton-Bulwer treaty, but, don’t you know, that talk makes me very tired. This case has gone far beyond the Monroe doctrine, far beyond the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. It has a character that is distinctly its own, and that rests upon higher grounds than any doctrine or any treaty ever made or enunciated. The United States and the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rica have entered into a solemn compact with each other looking to the construction of this great maritime highway; the com- pany, composed mostly of citizens of the United States, is organized and starts the work. These subjects of the United States have paid out five or six million dollars in furtherance of the enterprise and have at all times stood ready to complete the canal without any intervention or ald on the part of the United States. I repeat that they have nct asked for the interfer- ence of Congress. They have been ready to complete the canal anu sre ready to do it, “Now comes Great Britain, with that domineering spirit of aggression that has marked her course throughout the history of modern times, and upon the slimmest of pretexts, the most absurd of excuses, makes a demand upon ihe government of Nicaragua that she does not expect to be complied with, and all in the hope that through the default of the weaker govern- ment she will be enabled to establish a sovereignty over the territory and thus control the future development of the canal and of the traffic that may pass through it. And yet here stand these three gov- ernments, bound together by the solemn compact, in a practical partnership, the object of which is to prevent any foreign interference with this great international project. It is bosh for people to talk about this interference being a Violation of the Monroe doctrine or of the Clayton-Bulwer treaty. It is a violation of the ‘plainest kind of business and moral principles. No Criticism of the Administration. “I have no criticism to make of the ad- ministration, for the simple reason that I do not know what the administration has done in the present emergency. I have conversed with no oflicer of the goyern- ment who is in a position to understand the policy now being carried out, and I am wholly ignorant of the state of affairs. I presume”—and the Senator gave particular emphasis to the word—“that the adminis- tration has done the right thing; that it has adhered to American principles ard has insisted upon the plain rights of this country and of Nicaragua. I do not know that such is the case, but in the absence of any information I am assuming that the administration is taking the right course. So I have no criticism to offer of the atti- tude of the administration, but I can say this positively—if it should prove that the administration has not done what I believe to be the right thing in the premises—that is to say, has not taken steps to prevent Great Britain from squeezing this little government and of obtaining a lien upon it-then Congress at its next session will, I am convinced, give utterance in no un- certain terms and demand the withdrawal of all British interests from the Nicara- guan territory. Americans Are Not Fools. “I do not believe that the American peo- ple are fools, as a rule. I do not think that they are wholly blind to the character of Great Britain and the attitude of that ot - country toward the rest of the world. It is not a reasonable thing for me to suppose that after nearly a century and a quarter of acquaintance with British methods and British aims; inhabitants of this country have not come to a realizing sense of the way in which England locks upon all ter- ritory that is not yet under her dominion. John Bull is the same today, in 1895, as he was in 1775. Nothing in the meanwhile has occurred to change the character of his disposition. He is the same grasping, greedy, clever fellow—always ready to enlarge his territories and his power. He looks upon America with the same eyes tcday that he did when we were a band of colonies, independent in every particular except in fact, and though he is a little more cautious in his aggressions in Nic- aragua he is playing the same game that he was then. Has the loss of the American colonies altered him in the least in his attitude toward them? Not at all. He has come on steadily, enlarging his posts, until he Has nearly surrounded the United States with a chain of British colonies and pos- sessions. He has a continent, Australia, larger in territory than the United States. He has taken Cyprus, Egypt, countless islands. “He has squeezed us out of territory on our western coast, giving him a free sea- beard on the western edge of this con- tinent. He has bulldozed us out of the value of our seal fisheries in Alaska. He would have taken Samoa if it had not been necessary to fight Germany in order to ac- complish this. He Is even now trying to increase his dominion over a large part of Venezuela. The President of the United States tried to give him Hawaii, for to es- tablish the British supremacy over one island in that group, as was proposed by the cable concession, would have surely been to give Great Britain absolute con- trol of the entire cquntry. “And here, in icaragua, and in this day of enlightenment, we see this same ration, with its record of centuries, a record of aggressign, despotic squeezing of weak nations, bulldozing, braggadocia, at- tempting to obtain a foothold in a land where the interests of the United States are paramount/ To let Great Britain se- cure this privilege now would be to give her control of American commerce and to jeopardize almost every American interest: I do not believe th\t the American people are ninnies, and cannot see these things as they really are. I do not think that they have become arragt asses and are pur- blind to the-commonest principles of pro- tection and precaution. The Flimsy Fretext. “Nor do I think there is a man living in this country today Who?can read who does not laugh to scorn the pretext that Great Britain is making today that she has any- thing like a case it Nicaragua. The cause of the -present controversy is shal- low, flimsy end nonsensical. It is so pal- pably a case where a great, big, strong fel- low has deliberately put a chip on his broad shoulder, and; when the little fellow has not knock: it off has shaken it off himself im order to pick a quarrel. The Nicaraguan governmegt found this man Hatch fomenting stgifé among the Indians and negroes on thé Mosquito coast. He was a plain, ordinary eitizen, probably an adventurer. To be sure, he might have been 4 British consul, if Great Britain had appointed him such, whieh: she had not done, and he might have been recognized diplomatically under those circumstances if Nicaragua had issued to him an exequa- tur, which she had not. Of course there was within him the possibility of being of great importance, which, unfortunately for the position teday, he*was not. He was taken away from the territory where he was causing troyble, just as this govern- ment would take him away from a region where he was fomenting Sedition, and sent out of the territory. He was not punished, he was not hanged, nor was he treated with any great‘indignity. His case pre- sents none of the elements of severity shown in the case of Mr. Waller, who has been sentenced to twenty years of impris- onment by a French court-martial. The British Pride Sadly Hurt. “Yet this simple act of precaution by this weak, defenseless pation has so wounded the British pride, has so harmed the pres- tige of the great English nation, and has so besmirched and bedraggled the dignity of the empire, as to have inflicted damages on Great Britain amounting exactly to $75, (00. Now, this sum is merely the amount of the pecuniary value of the injury done to the sensitive British feelings. Great Bri- tain distinctly says that she will put aside for the present, to be adjudicated later, the consideration ef the damages inflicted on Mr. Hatch and his property. That, you will mind, is a side issue, an unimportant, in- significant question. But the nation, how- ever, has been wounded.in pride and spirit $75,000 worth, and England says to Nic- aragua: “If you dgn’t pay I'll take posses- sion of you, If you don't satisfy this claim for an insult under which the entire British nation ig bursting with anger, we'll seize your coasts, destroy your commerce, pil- lege your towns, perhaps we'll kill a few thousand of your people incidentally while we are doing this, but, at any rate, we'll bave satisfaction for this horrible affront you have given us.’ “Why, do you know, !f any American cit- izen were to set up such a plea as that in any court of the land he would be laughed at by judges and by jury, and would be driven from the court house with his cause ground to powder. If the President of the United States in his prtvate capacity should thus autocratically set up such a plea for damages to his personal character and dig- nity he wofild be sneered at from one end of the land to the other, just as I know the American people are today sneering at Great Britain for its childish, puerile, weak excuse for a belligerent attitude to- ward this defensefess country. Enough Spirit in Areericn to Protest. “I think there is enough American spirit in the American people to put a stop to this proceeding. Gzeat Britain is aot going to stop it of her own volition. Somebody has got to step in and be disagreeable, and this seems to be a very good opportunity for the United States to assume that role. I think there is a spirit abroad in the land that would insure a ready response to any call that might be made for aid in sustain- ing such an attitude by Congress as I have in mind. Of course, war with Great Britain is a possibility, has always been a possi- bility since 1776, and is today not so remote a possibility as many may think. I do not know absolutely what Congress will do, but if it should turn out that this administra- tion has acquiesced in the British position I am afraid something very decisive will be done. ‘ “I fear that something quite unpleasant may transpire, something that might dis- turb the pleasant surroundings of Mr. Bay- ard in London, to interfere maybe with the pleasant social relations of our minister there with his royal friends. I trust it will not be necessary, to do this, but there is little known today to warrant the belief that something may not have to be done to disarrange the very comfortable sur- roundings of the American ambassador at the court of St. James. Of course it would be very rude in Congress to do this, and it would also be rude for the House and Senate to practically order the President to take the field at-the head of the Ameri- can army, of which he is the constitutional commander. I know that if certain men that I have in mind had been at the head of the American administration we would know for a certainty at this moment that every proper step had been taken to pre- vent British encroachments and to render such disagreeable action on the part of Congress as I have intimated entirely un- necessary. «But those men are not in charge, and I have no means of knowing that the men who are at the head of affairs have not done their full duty in the prem- ises? So, imethe absence of information, I am not criticising the adminisiration.” os MARINE BAND CONCERTS. Will. Not Be Commenced Until the First Saturday in June. The Marine Band concerts in the Presi- dent's grounds will be resumed on the first Saturday in June, and not next Saturday, as some people imagine. FOR FREE COINAGE Action by Caucus of Missouri Demo- crats. OPPOSITION VIGOROUSLY VOTED DOWN Thirty-Five of the Fifty-Eight Members of the Legislature. AN EXCITING SESSION JEFFERSON CITY, Mo., April 30.—Thir- ty-five of the fifty-eight democratic mem- bers of the state house of representatives met last night and adopted the following resolution: Resolved, That we, the democratic mem- bers of the house of representatives, thir- ty-eighth general assembly, favor the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. The vote on the resolution stood: Ayes, 22; nays, 9; not voting, 4. An effort was made to have the body ad- journ as a caucus and vote as an assembly of individual democrats, but they who had caused the caucus to assemble voted the proposition down and bound the members to the caucus action. The whole trend of the caucus was to precipitate a discussion which will probably result in a state con- vention. Julian of Kansas City presided over the meeting, and stated at the beginning the purposes of the call. Sullinger of Gentry sprang the resolution forthwith, and the fight was on. Buckner of Pike county declared that the sole purpose of the resolution was to force a state convention and that it must inevitably result in splitting the party. The fight against the resolution was taken tp by Rothwell of Randolph, Pritemett of Howard, Armstrong of Henry and Dra- belle of St. Louis. Pollack of Dunklin county offered a sup- plement: resolution inviting the senators and state officers to be present at a second caucus, to be held Wednesday next, and unite in a call on the state democratic cen- tral committee to call a convention at a Cate to be fixed by the state committee for agreeing upon a financial policy for the democrats of Missouri. This resolution created the wildest up- roar, and in order to prevent a general break it was withdrawn and the other adopted. MARSHALL, Mo., April 30.—The demo- cratic committee of Saline county has passed a resolution in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver and gold at a ratio oi 16 to 1 by the government of the United States and calling a convention of the democrats of the county to meet in Marshall, Mo., May 27, to express the seuti- ment of the party on this question. The resolution also favors the calling of a state convention in the near future for the purpose of making public a declaration as to the party policy for the great cam- paign of 1896 and to repudiate the “gold- bug bonded debt policy of the Cleveland administration.” ——— WRECK OF THE ELBE, Resumption of the Coroner's : auiry. LOWESTOFT, Eng., April 30—The cor- gner’s inquiry into the sinking of the North German Lloyd steamship Elbe on January 30 last was resumed here today. Sharp, the steward of the British steamer Crathie, which ran into and sank the Elbe, testified that he went on deck at 5 o'clock on the morning of the collision and saw on the port side what looked like several lights on fishing boats. Then, he continued, he went to the galley, where the fife was burning, and found there the mate and the lookout man, and they all stayed there until the collision occurred. —— RIOTING AT MARQUETTE. Elght Men Were Seriously Injured in the Fighting. HOUGHTON, Mich., April 30.—The Calu- met and Houghton militia company went to Marquette on a special train at mid- night. Serious rioting took place on the ore docks last evening and Gov. Rich or- dered out the battalion of the fifth regi- ment to put a stop to the disturbance. MARQUETTE, Mich., April 3.—Hight men are known to have been seri- ously injured in the riot at the Ore docks. They are: Paul Degravs, Belgian, face cut through with steel pick, scalp torn by same instru- mént and skull nelieved to be fractured by blow from club. Dan Westerville, body badly bruised and scalp cut cpen. Chef Venmertele, back and legs injured | and perhaps permanently crippled. Two other Belgians and three Finlanders, names unknown, various injuries, chiefly scalp wounds. Officers are occupied preparing papers for the arrest of the leaders in pursuance of an order of the circuit court, enjoining them from unlawful interference with Flynn, McHarland and O'Meara in perform- ing their contract to trim ore vessels. Charges of contempt of court and deadly assault will be made against thirty men, and arrests will be made as soon as pa- pers can be prepared and served. ——_—_ MUST PROTECT THE VOTER. Mis Rallot Cannot Be Examined by a Grand Jury. KANSAS CITY, Mo., April 30.—The state supreme court at Jefferson City today ren- dered an important decision in connection with the Australian ballot law. At the last November election in Jackson county and Kansas City gross frauds are said to have been committed. The matter was brought before the grand jury and the latter body called upon the recorder of votes to pro- duce ballots for their inspection. The re- corder demurred and the case was finally taken to the supreme court for adjudica- tion. The court today released the recorder of votes from the tentative “custody of the marshal and denied the right of the crim- inal court to compel the recorder to pro- duce these ballot boxes. In summing up the court said: “The consideration which induced the states of this Union to adopt the secret ballot not only continue to exist, but others have been added. The timid voter today is not only protected from his opu- lent employer, but from the aggressive spirit of his own fellows and the domina- tions of the brotherhoods and unions.’ Giving the grand jury the right to inspect the ballot boxes, the court holds, would violate the secrecy of the ballot as well as an infringement of the Constitution. eS New York Magistrates’ Bill. ALBANY, N. Y., April 30.—The assembly has concurred in the Senate amendments to the bill removing the New York police megistrates. Ayes, 86; nays, 17. a Victim of the Montreal Fire. MONTREAL, Quebec, April 30.—Ida For- tin, one of the Macdonald tobacco factory fire victims, died at 11:30 in Notre Dame Hospital. Hers is the second death. ——.__. Ashore on Smith’s Island. LEWES, Del., April 30.—An unknown two- masted schooner is ashore on the south end of Smith's island, Va. HOPES FOR A CONFERENCE Representative McCreary is Still a Believer in International Bimetallism. A Significant Increase of Sentiment in Germany, France and England —Politics in Kentucky. “T still entertain hope of an international monetary conference in behalf of bimetal- lism,” said Represertative McCreary to a Star reporter today, “and I think an agree- ment will yet be reached between the prin- cipal nations of the earth for the use of gold and silver at a proper ratio in the coinage of the world.” Mr. McCreary, it will be recalled, was one of the delegates of the United States to the international monetary conference held at Brussels in 1892. He was a vigorous advo- cate of bimetallism at the conference, and has maintained a lively interest in the sub- ject since then. He arrived in Washington from Kentucky last night. Significant Increase of Sentiment. “I have observed recently what seems to be a significant increase of sentiment in favor of bimetallism in Europe,’’ he con- tinued. “This was evidenced in the recent action taken by the German reichstag upon the subject and the expression of the Ger- man chancellor. In France there has also been a revival of feeling favorable to the increased use of silver in the coinage of the world. In England there is a hearty bimetallic faction with such men as Bal- four and Houldsworth at its head. Other countries have alsc shown an inclination to take up the matter, so, for these reasons, I am led to hope that definite action may yet come of it. “As for myself, I have always been a bimetallist and sound currency man, and my votes in Congress have been upon that side. My position, therefore, is well es- tablished and of record.” . Politics in Kentucky. When asked as to the political situation in Kentucky, Mr. McCreary grew some- what shy. There is a senatorial fight on In Kentucky, and Mr. McCreary is in it. So is the silver question. Mr. McCreary had no hesitation, however, in announcing his belief that the democrats will carry the state at the elections for state officers. He said a strong ticket will be nominated, and he thinks it will win. — BEQUESTS MANY Contained in the Will of Father John T. Delaney. The will of the late Father John T. De- laney, pastor of the Church of the Holy Name of Jesus, dated March 16 last, was filed for probate this afternoon. The will provides that after the payment of the funeral expenses $5,000 be given to James Cardinal Gibbons, archbishop of Baltimore, in trust for the Holy Name Church, to be built on 1ith and K streets northeast. To Rev. John Gloyd, pastor of St. Patrick's Ckurch, $500 is bequeathed to be used by him as privately directed. Five hundred dollars is left to Rev. J. L. Andries, pastor of St. Leo's Church, Baltimore, to be ex- pended in saying or having said masses for the souls in purgatory. ‘There is bequeathed to the brother of the deceased, Charles B. Delaney, $100; to his sister, Mrs. Mary C. Stanton, $200; to his sister, Mrs. Margaret Robinson, $300; to Mary Olevia Jacobs, $100; to Mrs. Mary Jacobs, $50; to William Lusby, $250 in trust for the poor of the Holy Name parish; to St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum, $250; to St. Joseph’s Male Orphan Asylum, $250; to St. Ann’s Infant Asylum, $250, and to the Little Sisters of the Poor, $2). The testator also bequeathed to Rev. Jchn Gloyd $350 of the cash “to be found in my office, to be used by him as I have privately directed. The balance of the cash in my office to be used by the execu- tors of my will for having masses said for the souls in purgatory.” The remainer of the estate of the de- ceased is left to his sister, Mrs. Margaret Robinson. It is provided that his library become the property of his successors as pastors of Holy Name Church, after the brothers and sisters mentioned have taken such books as they may select. A number of personal effects are disposed of in the will. Rev. John Gloyd and Charles B. Delaney are named as executors. ASSIGNED TO NEW COMMANDS. The President Makes Some Import- ant Army Changes. The President today ordered a number of very Important changes in commands of military departments. Maj. Gen. Ruger is relieved from duty at Chicago, in com- mand of the Department of the Missouri, and ordered to report to the Secretary of War at Washington for special duty in connection with the drill regulations. Ma§. Gen. Merritt is transferred from the command of the Department of Dakota, at St. Paul, to the command of the Depart- ment of the Missouri, at Chicago. Gen. Brooke, now commanding the depart- ment of the Platte at Omaha, is transfer- red to the department of Dakota at St. aul. Gen. Wheaton is transferred from the command ofthe department of Texas at San Antonio, to the command of the depart- ment of Colorado at Denver, which com- mand has just been vacated by Maj. Gen. MeCook. Gen. Bliss, the newly promoted brigadier general, is assigned to the command of the department of Texas, and Gen. Coppinger, who has also just been appointed a briga- dier general, is assigned to the command of the department of the Platte. eS Green Goods Men Captured. Chief Post Office Inspector Wheeler has been Informed that Inspectors Gordon and Erwin at San Francisco on Saturday ar- rested John Wise and Frank White, green goods men, and captured a complete green goods outfit. This, it is said, nips in the bud a big green goods scheme just started in that city. eS Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $403,200. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $114,341; customs, $166,702; miscellaneous, $37,158. ; Mr. McAdoo on Duty. Assistant Secretary McAdoo resumed his duties at the Navy Department after a six weeks’ crulse in the West Indies on the cruiser Columbia. - A Naval Examing Board. A naval board, consisting of Commander Maynard, Prof. Dodge and Lieut. Morgan, assembled at the Washington navy yard today for the examination of twenty-four candidates for appointment as electrician at thet yard, a position recently vacated by resignation. Contract Awarded. The Secretary of the Navy today award- edthe contract for the completion of the drydock at Brooklyn, N. Y¥., to Thomas and Augustus Walsh of New York, at their bid of $370,000. The Gunbont Concord. The Navy Department is informed of the arrival of the gunboat Concord at Tamsul, China. A PROMISE TO PAY Nicaragua Accedes to the Proposed Compromise. FIFTEEN DAYS AFTER BRITISH LEAVE An Early Settlement of the Corinto * Trouble Expected. THE ATLANTA’S TRIP MANAGUA, Nicaragua, April 30,—The Nicaraguan government has formally de- cided to accede to the compromise proposi- tion for the settlement of the pending trou- ble, and this decision has been communi- cated to the authorities at Washington and London. According to this proposition Nicaragua “agrees to pay the £15,500 in Lendon fifteen days from the time the Eritish ships leave the harbor of Corinto. It now remains for Great Britain to agree to this condition. The government's course is regarded as shifting on Great Britain all further responsibility for the trouble. The most positive assurances of the prompt payment of the money have been given so that there may be no question of uncer- tainty on this point. Believed to Be Near a Settlement. Officiais here believe that the cuilmina- tion of the Nicaragua trouble is very near at hand as a result of pending negoti: tions between London, Managua and Washington, and that today probably will determine whether a satisfactory adjust- ment and the withdrawal of British troops from Corinto is possible. While it is known that the negotiations now in progress give hope to officials that a settlement will be made, yet it could not be learned this afternoon that the final stages of an adjustment had been passed. The understanding is that President Ze- laya and his cabinet have before them the plan for paying $77,500 in London two weeks hence on condition that Corinto will be immediately evacuated, and that if this is accepted by Nicaragua, Great Britain will also agree to it. There are many de- tails to such an agreement, and these no doubt explain the delay in exchanging final answers. It is regarded as settled that Nicaragua will consent to pay the demand of $77,500, and the only questions now remaining are as to the terms, the evacuation of Corinto and the subsequent arbitration of the other British claims. In some quarters it is be- lieved Great Britain will not yield her ad- vantage of the occupation of Corinto until the money is actually paid. On the other hand Nicaragua wants an immediate with- drawal of troops as a 1 means of maintaining her dignity before the world. Between these conflicting positions it is possible that the United States may give assurances that the money will be paid, not as a guaranty, but in such way as to permit an agreement. The Atlanta. The Navy Department has not yet re- ceived information of the Atlanta having sailed from Key West to Greytown, Nicar- agua, as ordered yesterday by Seoretary Herbert. It is expected by naval officials that a telegram announcing her departure will be received as soon dS she finishes coaling. The first orders were for the Raleigh to go to Greytown, as it wag thought the Raleigh had reached Key West instead of having sailed for that sta~ tion. The necessity for a ship at Greytown seems to have been urgent enough not to await the arrival of the Raleigh at Key West. +2 —__ IN DR. BUCHANAN’S BEHALF. An Effort to Get Mis Case Before the Supreme Court. = George W. Gibbons, attorney for Dr. Bu- chanan, the New York wife poisoner, ap- plied to Clerk McKenny of the United States Supreme Court today to have dock- eted an appeal from the decision of Judge Brown refusing to take cognizance of Bu- chanan’s petition for a writ of habeas cor- pus. The clerk refused to docket the case on the ground that the papers did not come to him in regular form. Mr. Gibbons sought to have an indorsement Judge Brown had made on the papers accepted in lieu of a formal order denying the petition, and also presented a certificate of the ac- tion of Judge Brown's court from the clerk of that court, but Mr. McKenny would not accept them. Mr. Gibbons confesses that his primary object in seeking to have the case considered in a United States court was to secure a stay of proceedings, and to this end he has had a copy of the papers served on the warden of the penitentiary at Sing Sing. He hopes, notwithstanding the refusals of the United States court of- ficers to entertain his applications, to i duce the state authorities to stay Buchan- an’s execution. Mr. Gibbons will icave thia afternoon for New York. ° BALTIMORE COATMAKERS. STRIKE, Little Opposition to the Proposal te Quit Work. BALTIMORE, April 30.—The strike of thé 3,300 garment workers of this city which was inaugurated this morning has been brewing for months, and was finally de- cided upon last night at a large but secret meeting, which was presided over by Charles F. Reichers of New York, the gen- eral secretary of the United Garment Workers of America. The decision to quit work met with very little opposition. But v ns of the garment workers, makers. Should the pants and vest makers, who also labor under the task and “sweat -shop” system, go out, the number will be increased by thousands. The scale of wages demanded by the men and women are: Operators, $12; $1 baste! pressers, $10; assistant op- erators, $7; assistant ‘basters, $7; bushel- men, $9; finishers, elling hands, $4. A leading striker said: “They won't let us live. We are supposed to make $3 a day, but it takes us often three days to make one day’s work. We want to work by the week and a day of ten hours.” Another meeting will be held today. ——— KNOX TO BE FREED. The American Who Drew Checks That Were Worthless. CITY OF MEXICO, April 30.—Robert J. Krox, the American who has been im- prisone® in Bellim for two years, will gain bis liberty today. The accused and his wife were arrested for passing worthless drafts cn a New York bank. Mrs. Knox died in jail. Young Knox was from Elmira, N.Y., and was most respectably connected. His friends have always insisted that his act was one of indiscretion rather than of crime. He is a graduate of Hamilton Col- lege and a young man of more than usual attainments. —+_—_— Sixty-Five Houses Burned. BRESLAU, Prussia, April 30.—A terrible fire occurred at Brzezinkr today. Sixty- five houses were burned to the ground and eighty families have been rendered home- less. Three persons perished in the flames and many are reported missing.