Evening Star Newspaper, June 3, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 0} Peoryiuaa Avene, Or. 11h Boy 1 sy) venue, Cor. The Evening Star Newspaper cate : 8. H. KAUFFMANN Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, Sere ae ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents yer month. | Goples at the unter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the mnlted States or Cacada—postage cents Der moth. Saturday Quintuplo Sheet Star, iF Qui tepte, on $1 per year, with foreign postage . GEntered atthe Post Office at Washington, D. ©., as _second-cinss mail matter.) FAM gall subscriptions must be paid in advance, tes of elvertiaing made known on application. MR. BRISTOW’S NAME Included in the List of Possible Secretaries of State. HIS POLITICAL STATUS UNCERTAIN oS ee ° But He Voted for Cleveland in 1884, aa Se STILL TALK OF BAYARD ed The name of ex-Secretary Bristow of New York is now included in the specula- tion touchiz.g the vacancy in the State De- partment. There is nothing definite offered in support of the suggestion, and there seems to be a shade of doubt in some quar- ters as to just where Mr. Bristow stands politically at this day. He has not been prominent fa politics for nearly twenty years, After the Cincinnati convention, in 1876, when he figured in the balloting for President, he moved to New York and es- tablished bimself in the law. He has ever since Yesided there, and while taking no part fn national affairs, has on more than one occasion identified himself with move- ments looking to the betterment of the lo- cal government. This has caused him to touch snoulders with the mugwumps, and in 1881 he was classed among those who, while not subscribing entirely to the demo- cratic policy, eferred, on personal grounds, Mr. Cleveland to Mr. Blaine, and was said to.have voted the democratic na- tional ticket that year. What his position was in 1888 and in 1802, Mr. Blaine being eliminated from the equation, is not stated. But, at any rate, Mr. Bristow’s discontent with his old party affiliations antedates that of the late Judge Gresham, and for that reasen, it may be, coupled with his ability, experience and location, his name is now brought forward in connection with the State Department succession. Mr. Bristow enjoyed for a time under President Grant much the same confidence and ad- Vancement that Judge Gresham did under President Arthur. He was promoted from the solicitor gen- eralship to the secretaryship of the treas- ury, and for a season some of the republi- can managers thought they detected a pur- pose on President Grant's part to groom Mr. Bristow for the presidential succession. But, however this may have been, the whisky scandals arose in 1875, and Mr. Bristow's part as Secretary of the Treas- ury in exposing the conspiracy and punish- ing the conspirators was such that he be- came embroiled In factional fighting, and the effort to make him the reform candi- date in 1876 failed. Some of his friends and champtons were indiscreet and arrayed against him, by a too severe criticism of certain party managers, agencies which in convention he could not withstand. Mr. Bristow {s accredited with some of the characteristics that made Judge Gresham a force in affairs. He has pluck and persist- ency, and is very downright at times. He was never a high protectionist. He isa sound money man. His views on foreign affairs are, of course, unknown, though his appearance at the head of the cabinet table would arzue his indorsement and support of the President's policy.. Still Much Bayard Talk. There is till a good deal of Bayard talk. Canvassed from every point of view, the Delaware statesman Is thought to fill the bill completely. The understanding between him and the President is probably perfect. They have worked together in all things, and the reason now given as to why Mr. Cleveland upon taking office the second time did not again avail himself of Mr. Bayard’s services in the State Department Js that he could not afford to make that (ference between members of his first binet. Circumstances were such that he could not cali the others back, and so he was forced to make &n entirely new slate. The belief 1s, however, that his first thoughts were of Mr. Bayard when fortune for the second time called him to the White House. Mr. Bayard, it is sald, enjoyed his one term in *he’ State Department. The criticism of his course was now and then a little biting, but he had been in politics long enough to throw that off. He likes his present post very much, but nobody seems to doubt that he would readily exchange it for the other. Washington is a town that suits him. And then it is close to Dela- ware, where, just now, under the blight of the Addicks shade, the republican party is shgwing signs of distr Mr. Bayard, wnin easy reach, could render his old friends much assistance in getting the upper hand again; could hammer away a little himself on a new democratic coop for the blue hen’s chickens. He may net care for further honors from the state, but it is ass <1 that he must earnestly de- sire to see his old bailiwick safely demo- cratic again, and that he would gladly as- sist in the work. we AN IMPORTANT RULING. Government Contractors Responsible for Errors Made in Bidding. The chief of the bureau of yards and dccks invited proposals, by an advertise- ment dated the 20th of April last, for r ccnstructing certain of the buildings at the navy yard. New York, and the lowest bid received was that of Thomas H. Stanley & Co, of New York, but on the acceptance of thelr bid, that company declined to enter into the requisite formal contract, on the ground that they Lad made a mistake in transcribing the estimates upon which their bid was based, and requested the bureau to award the contract to the next lowest bidder, and charge the difference to their account. Circumstances of this kind having fre- quently occurred in various bureaus of the Navy Department, the opinion of the At- tcrney General was asked as to whether Stanley & Co. had’a right, under the cir- cumstances, to withdraw their bid on ac- count of the mistake they made in prepar- ing their estimates. The opinion of the Attorney General on this point is contained in the following Paragraph of his reply to the Secretary of the Navy: “You ask me, first, whether the firm have a right to withdraw their proposal. I am clearly of the opinion t they have not such right. The mistake was not a mutual one, and it was due to negligence on their part. You refer to the opinion of my _pre- or in the case of the Western Elec- That opinion related to a : rin a bid, by which the figure 4 was substituted for the figure 9, so that it read ‘$4,350" instead of ‘$0, What- ever may have becn the proper rule of the law applicable to that case, I think the present one is very clear.” 1 eee The Facts ax to Lord Gough. “In the announcement of the death of Lord Gough and the consequent succession to the title and estates of the Hon. Hugh Gough of the British embassy in this city,” sald a gentieman fully conversant of the facts, “the newspapers, misled doubtless by fragmentary information, confused two Separate personalities, with the inevitable It. As am t, the first Lord the Hlustr: vidier who received ment, the baton of a ge and a grant of or thre go In the nir ond Lord nounced, was wes for some time an offi dier Guards, a Hugh Goug born in 1849. an lives, died twenty- tieth year of his zh, whose death orn in 18) He in the Grena- d served in China. The Hon. now the third viscount, was six years The = = Che Zrening Star. No. 13,181 NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON Gossip as to Whom the Command Will Be Given. Admiral Walker’ Trip to . Alaska Believed to Strengtlien the Chances _ of Admiral Ramsay. Rear Admiral Walker, chairman, and Mr. Johnson, chief clerk of the light house board, left here this morning for an in- spection of lights and aids to navigation in the waters of Alaska. They will make the long trip by way of Portland and Seat- tle, and expect to We gone about two months. Admiral Walker’s departure from the city on such an extended trip, just at this time, is accepted in naval circles to take him out of the list of possibilities as commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron. He applied for that duty a few days after the detachment of Admiral Meade. Admiral Ramsay, chief of the bureau of navigation, also applied for the detail at the same time, and his chance of selection ts believed to have been greatly strengthened by the apparent retirement from the field of Admiral Walker. At the Navy Department it is believed as good as settled that Admiral Ramsay will be given command of the squadron within the next few weeks, and that either Commodore Bunce or Commodore Mat- thews will succeed him as chief of the bureau of navigation. Admiral Ramsay's prespects will still be good, even in case it is decided to defer action until after the return of the New York and other vessels sent to Kiel, ds is predicted in some quarters. Such a post- ponement, according to current gossip, would merely mean that it was desired to retain Admiral Ramsay at the head of the navigation bureau until he could utilize the New York as his flagship. If the squadron command remains vacant until the European fleet returns, which will be late in July, it is possible that it may go to Admiral Walker, who will be back on the scene of action by that time. Every- thing favors the selection of Admiral Ram- say, either immediately or within a few months. 2+ JUNE ON THE ATLANTIC. A Calm Sea Promised Those Who “ Make the Passage. The weather forecast for the month, as given in the North Atlantic Pilot Chart for June, issued Saturday by the United States hydrographic office, predicts gen- erally fair weather in the central and southern parts of the north Atlantic; a few southwesterly and westerly gales along and to the northward of the transatlantic routes, and near the American coast; fog on the Grand Banks and to the westward as far as the coast; aiso near 50 degrees north latitude, from longitude 25 degrees west to 5 degrees west; icebergs and field ice between the 45th meridian and the Newfoundland coast; also on the Grand Banks and between 45 degrees west and 51 degrees west, and as far south as 4i degrees north. The prediction as to weather ts based upon the average meteorological conditions prevailing over the north Atlantic at this season, which will be readily intelligible te those who have studied the valuable re- production of the daily weather map pub- lished in The Star every afternoon. These conditions show an area of high pressure near the 80th parallel and a low in the vicinity of Greenland. Between the high and the low there is a general movement of the airs from the United States toward Europe and the arctic regions, and occa- sional spiral circulations, viz., the cyclonic (against the sun), with low barometer, and the anti-cyclonic (with the sun), with high barometer. Generally, to the eastward and in front of the cyclonic circulation, or the lo the weather is damp, the thermom- eter rising and the barometer falling, while to the eastward and in front of the anti- cyclonic, or the high, it is dry, cooler, and the barometer rises. The chart aiso contains the results of a valuable series of experiments upon the color and visibility of lights at sea, under- taken independently by the United States, the German and the Netherlands gover: ments. It is shown that in order to fulfill the requirements of the regulations promu!- gated by the marine conference at Wash- ington in 1889, which states that “the word ‘visible’ in these rules shall mean visible on a dark night, with a clear atmosphere,” lights of a high candle power are neces- sary. Special attention must be paid to the color and intensity of the side lights, whose range of visibility diminishes much more rapidly than that of white lights. A clear bluish green and a coppery red are the shades giving the most satisfactory re- sults, cther shades tending to appear white as the distance increases. The capital in- volved in maintaining a vessel 1s so great that the smail outlay required for a suit- able ‘outfit of lights is not to be weighed against it. It should not be overlooked that in the active commerce of the present conducted by large steamers of great speed the danger of collision for small sailing vessels. must increase as the efficiency of thetr lights diminishes, and that good run- ning lights, distinctly visible and well at- tended, are their’ best protection. —— ae THE CLOSE OF THE VW R. ‘The Recent Pension Office Ruling Will Probably Be Rescinded. The question as to the date of the termination of the civil war, raised by Assistant Secretary Reynolds of the In- tericr Department in a recent pension de- cision, has given rise to considerable dis- cussion. The case in question was that of John Barleyoung, a soldier who had en- tered the army April 19, 1866. He appHed for a pension under the three months’ service act, claiming that the war did not terminate until August 20, 1866, when President Johnson, by proclamation, an- nounced that peace had been restored. Secretary Reynolds heid that actual hos- tilities c2ased in July, 1865, riine months before Barleyoung enlisted. For these reasons the claim was disal- lowed. The effect of the decision. is to exclude a large number of persons who entered the service between July, 1865, and May, 1866, from the operations of the pen- sion law. Since the decision was made it has been ascertained that the Supreme Court, in December, 1887, held that the war did not terminate until the date of the Pres: dent's proclamation, on August 20, 1866, The court held expressly that the qu tion of the date of termination of the war Was not to be left to each claimant to settle, but was to be determined by some formal public act of the government; that the first official declaration on the point was the President's proclamation, and that Congress had expressly adopted this date as that on which the rebellion ended. The opinion closed as follow: As Congress, in its legislation for th has determined that the rebelli closed on the 20th day of August, 1808, there is no reason why its declaration on this subject should not t ig the question where are affected by it.” In view of this decision and the large number of persons invelved the Barle- young case will probably be reopened. ‘aval Orders. «Commander N, M. Dyer has been detach- ed from ordnance instruction, June 5, and ordered to duty at the navy yard, Boston. Lieut. C. R Rees has been ordered to the Monoeacy. Lieut. L. H. Lefavor has bec detached from the Monocacy on reporting of his relief about August 1, and orde home and granted three months’ Passed Assistant Engineer W. C and Assistant Engineers C. W. A. McAllister have been ordered to exam iration for promotion. received as set- er private rights WASHINGTON, D. 0., MONDAY, JUNE 38, 1895-TWELVE PAGES TWO OENTS, SOME FATAL RESULTS Victims in This City of the Fierce Rays of the Sun. REUEF MAY COME TOMORROW What the Weather Forecaster Says on the Subject. RECORD ELSEWHERE Mr. James Tilton, son of the late Com- mander E. G. Tilton, United States navy, was a victim of sunstroke in this city this morning. He will be buried at Annapolis. The first case of sunstrcke treated at the ‘Emergency Hospital during the present hot spell occurred this morning and re- sulted fatally. The victim was John Allen, a colored man fifty years of age, employed by J. Maury Dove as a coal heaver. Allen was at work on the hoppers in the yard of the Chesapeake and Ohio railroad. He was overcome about 10:30 o’clock and ex- pired at the hospital at twenty minutes be- fore 3 o'clock. d There were two other sudden deaths to- day, although it is not certain how much effect the heat had. Mr. John Schlotter- beck of 711 O street died suddenly early in the morning and Mr. Robert McDonald of Mount Pleasant later in the day. Heat Prostrations. Julia Robinson, a colored woman who lives in Shepherd's alley, was overcome by the heat while attending the Police Court this afternoon as a witness. She was cared for by friends, and was taken home in the ambulance. This afternoon the police patrol wagon of the fourth precinct was called to 450 G street southwest, where a colored woman was overcome by the heat while at work. Today about noon a man named Edward Stevens, while working in © Lafayetge square,, was overcome by the heat, and was takea to his home, No. 942 Florida avenue, by the police. A. T. Atkinson, employed as a compositor in the government printing office, was over- come by the heat while at work Saturday afternoon, and had to be taken to nis home, No. 145 C street northeast. He is being attended by Dr. Richardson. This afternoon the sick man’s condition was re- garded as serious. - z Justice Carroli W. Smith of Anacostia was overcome by the heat while on Jack- son street this morning, and it is feared he has become temporarily insane. Mr.- Smith has been afflicted with insomnia for some time and continued loss of rest re- duced him to such a weak condition that he was unable to withstand the intense heat of the past few days. At the Weather Bureau. “Hot stuff, hot stuff!” murmured the weather forecaster this morning, wearily, as Tae Star man asked him the probabili- ties. The weather man was not slan he was merely accurate. Sometimes a man can be accurate and slangy, too. But Prof. MeAdie, the forecaster for June, is not slangy. He pointed slowly over his tissue Paper map, and called attention to a large ring-a-round-a-rosy in the western country labeled “Io “That storm,” said Prof. McAdie, “is the enly chance that there is that this heated term may break up. I am hoping, for the cake of the citizens of the east, that it may come on eastward and sweep the country from end tu end with cooling rains. But it may go diagonally off to the northe: so merely bisect the country. In that event We wil not feel the effects of it materially. Thi. ‘high’ that has occupied the eastern tion of the country shows signs of col- lapsing. It has grown weaker, and may break up suddenly, and let the western storm, which came in from. Arizona and New Mexico last Saturday, work its way eastward. That storm has caused the tem- peratures in the west and middie states to ‘drop somewhat already. There was a light frost reported this mo: New Mexico. ning from Santa F’ The temperatures this morn ing are ail a little lower in the east, and it seems probable that yesterday's marks, which broke more ords than at any other corresponding period ever known, will not be again reached during this particular hot speil. But the course of the storm is so uncertain, as yet, that it is hard to fore- cast cooler weather for this region with any definjteness. In the map issued this morning I have said that cooler weather will probably prevail over the eastern sec- tion of the country Tuesday night. For the District I have sai air, with increasing cloudiness; stationary temperature tonight, follbwed by slightly cooler weather Tues- day evening, with westerly winds.’ ” Prof. MeAdie is Crutious, Prof. McAdie 1s cautious. He does not want to raise the hopes of the people in- ordinately, and he goes slowly about mak- ing predictions that may not be verified. This morning the temperature was a trifle lower thatt that which was recorded at the same hour yesterday, but, as he pointed out, there was every probability that the relative humidity of the atmosphere would considerably increase before night, so that the sensible temperature—as the scientists call it—that is to say, the actual “feelin; may be much greater. This is due to the familiar old phenomenon that the ‘moisture in the air greatly affects the effect which the heat has upon the body. Cases of sun- stroke are mo™2 numerous when the air is moist as well as hot than when there is a dry heat. Indeed, men are quite frequently prostrated by the heat in cellars where the atmosphere is so wet that, in the language of some one who suffered’ from that cause today, it can be wrung out like a wet rag. Yesterday the local temperature reached 96 degrees, which is the highest that has been officially recorded since the present heated spell began. It is doubtless true that many weil-regulated thermometers without scientific pedigrees registered over 100 degrees. Many of these instruments ran up to 98 and 9), but they cannot be ac- cepted as real history of the sizzard. The official record must be the only one taken. Poor People Suffer. Few heated spells last longer than this cne, though many are on record as having endured as long. The worst about the present ¢: is that it came with litile warning, and right after a severe spell of cold weather, which had put the people all of condition to resist the heat. The poor peeple are suffering the worst, of course. ‘They get it hardest in winter, when they cannot buy coal to keep warm, and they are at the hot end of the poker six months later, when they have no means of getting ice. to cool themselves. Folks with clean beds and electric fans and ice coolers and palatable Ing drinks at their disposal, may imagine thgt they are very miserable, but the iks who really feel the heat the most intensely are the wretched poor who cannot get away from their close quarters to the country..or on the river, who have to suffer like . Who die by ore of liar to the hot weather, 3 Waste away under the terrible influence of the pitiless sun, and during the long, weary, restless nights. Let the people who live in the cool sub- urb, or whose city houses are airy and well ventilated, provided sometimes With arti- ial breezes, whose purses are long enough vo furnish unlimited supplies of fce, stop a ‘noment in-their bewailings over their hard fate, and think of the thousands of poverty stricken people ving in the alleys and in chance to ameliorate their condition, but who must suffer and take their sufferings as a necessary part of existence. Con- trasts will sometimes do wonders in the alleviation of such burdens. When one can compare one’s own condition with that of somebody else’s and find that the other fel- low is much worse off, the distress is not half so hard to bear. Record in Other Cities. And it is just so in the matter of this city as compared with others. To be sure Washington is not an arctic region in these days of general discomfort. Icicles are not as frequent as they are up where Mr. Peary is now, and cold waves are far above par. This is a warm city, but there are others, and they are warmer. For in- stance, it was 100 degrees at Augusta, Ga, yesterday, and by the official thermometer at that. Charlotte, N. C., had an official record of 98 degrees, and several other cities were quite a bit above Washington in the matter of the official records. Hence, the truth of the assertion which was made Saturday, and Is now repeated, that Washington is much more desirable than some other places known to man as abiding spots. - Yesterday’s maximum temperatures, as reported to the weather bureau last even- ing, were as follows, for the most import- ant cities of the country: Philadelphia. |96|Cloudy. ) Montgomery .|96| New York..../94/Pt. el’y. Cincinnati . Washington ../96\Ciear. [Pittsburg . Boston ......|96/Clouds. | Chicago Portland ‘Milwaukee . Marquette St. Paul. j90\Clear. '74| Cloudy. 74| Cloudy. 68 Cloudy. Cleveland Toledo ‘/o4|Clear, Atlantic City. |96/P: Charlotte ..../98 Raleigh . Augusta Wilm ngts Pt. ely.) Lat Ja cly.| Mobile. tlanta The extreme weather for the past few days has had some effect on outdoor work, especially that which is being done in par- ticularly exposed places. As a rule the men at work on the walls of buildings, however, have been enabled to work as usual. The contractor who is laying the conduit on 9th street for the Metropolitan rallroad has found that a number of his men were un- able to endure the excessive heat, and in consequence the force has been considerably reduced. Generally speaking, however, out- door work throughout the city has not been interfered ‘fh in consequence of -the hot weather. = Casualties Yesterday and Saturday. There were two deaths from the heat during Saturday and Sunday. One occur- red Saturday aftérnoon. John Thomas, a colored man, sixty years old, ‘was stricken while working near the lower reservoir and died half an hour later while being re- moved to Georgetown in a patrol wagon. As no relatives could be found the body of Thomas was taken to the Georgetown morgue. The other fatal case was'that which yes- terday caused the death of James Murray, a white man of about thirty-five, who came to Washington Friday to wark at his trade as stonemason. “He feil in 37th street near N at about 2:30 o'clock yesterday after- noon and died before a wagon could reach him. The body was taken to the morgue, and there a stonemason’s union card was found in his pocket. Lettars were also found that led to the nofffication of Mur- ray's friends. The body will be cared for by the union. WARRANTS SWORN OUT Prosecutions for Violating the Safety Fender Order, The street car companies that have not complied with the law regarding wheel guards and fenders are to be taken into court, end Assistant Inspector Leonard B. Bradshaw, who has been detailed to see that the companies complied with the law, has sworn out the necessary warrants, and the cases will come up at an early date. The warrants were made out this afternoon by Prosecuting Attorney Pugh, and to- morrow counsel for the seyeral companies will probably agree upon a day for trial. The roads against which the warrants were issued are the Washington and Georgetown cable road, Brightwood electric road, Georgetown and Tenleytown electric road and the Columbia cable road. There were two warrants against the Washington and Georgetown road, churg- ing violations of law on Saturday and to- day. The warrant for Saturday's violation’ charges twenty-four cars, while today’s charge involves twenty-eight cars. The Brightwood and the Georgetown and Tenleytown roads are charged in one case, on Saturday, with having operated one car each in violation of law, while the Colum- bia cable read is charged with having op- erated eighteen cars on Saturday. ‘The warrants, as made out, charge in each instance: “Being then and there ‘a railway com- pany, and as such railway company, uid then and there operate cars, said cars not being fully equipped with wheel guards and fenders, as authorized and adopted the Commissioners of the District of C lumbia.” Mr. Pugh in issuing two warrants against the Washington and Georgetown road, em- phasized the claim that these prosecu- ons are not brought for the purpose cf testing the law, but for the purpose of en- forcing its provisions. The ‘law requires that these roads shall have whcel guards and fenders and it is the intention of the prosecuting officer to push each case as it comes up, and not allow them to be con- tinued indefinitely, and permit violations of the law in the meanwhile. It is stated that warrants will be issued against the Companies every day until the Jaw is complied with, unless the Police Court serves the lawsas it has served regulations enacted by the Commissioners for the preservation of life on the grade crossings and surface tracks of the steam railroads. The warrants were sent out this after- noon and may be served this evening. Forty-Two to Be Dismissed ‘From the War Depart t. The discharges in the War Department, necessitated by reduced appropfiations, will be announced tomorrow, to take effect June “0. There are seventeen in the record and pension office, fifteen in the war records’ cflice and ten in che surgeon general's office. There were originally twénty-five in the first named office, but the number was reduced to seventeen by the transfer of eight clerks to the ‘Treasury Department. Nearly all selected for dismixsal are ladies in the lower grades. -< “All Have Returned. Secretary Carlisle, Secretary Morton and Col. Corbin, who went to Chicago with the Pres‘dent to attend the fun¢ral of Secre- tary Gresham, returned tojthe city last evening and resumed their ‘official duties this morning. Col. Corbin. was sent to Chicago as the personal repre entative of the Secretary of War to make proper ar- yangements for military participation in the burial, services, + Naval Movements. The training ship Alliance arrived at Havre yesterday. The Ranger is at Guya- quil. The Atlanta has gone from Fort Monroe to Lambert’s Point. The Dolphin arrived at Washington yesterday from narrow streets, who have absolutely no | Norfolk. THE CAMERON BOOM|'® GRAY GABLES/CAMPOQS TO DECIDE Why Silver Men of the West Favor the Pennsylvanian. FACTIONAL PARTY FIGHTS IN THE STATE Representative Dalzell Anxious to Sit in the Senate. MR. QUAY’S ATTITUDE ‘The influence of geographical lines on the prospects of presidential candidates among the silver people is daily becoming less and less. Indeed, the Idea of locality dictating the presidency is being reversed. The west is reaching forth for some one from the east, while the east is looking for a west- ern man to champion its cause. Silver men of the west are giving up all {dea of having a candidate for the presi- dency whose home is west of the Missis- sippl. The view taken by the silverites is ihat the west can be relied on to vote for a silver candidate, and that such a champion of their cause will receive the indorsement of the southern states. It is the east that is to be placated, and both republicans and democrats of the west are’eagerly looking for an eastern bimetallist whom they can indorse at the naticnal conventions, The eastern candidate, it is hoped, will be a man of sufficient influence to carry one of the great states and to win votes for him- self throughout the east generally. Cause of Cameron's Candidacy. It is really the result of this influence that is bringing to the front the candidacy cof Senator Don Cameron of Pennsylvania, who is received with grzat favor by the re- publicans of the west who consider the sil- ver question the great issue to be fought over in the next national campaign, and who at the same time want a President vho will be strongly in favor of protection. The terrible factional fights that are now going on in the keystone state are unusu- aily annoying to Senator Cameron at this time. For two generations ‘the Camerons have pushed a button and the Pennsyl- vania political machine -has done about what they wanted. The protection senti- ment has always Insured Pennsylvania as a solidly republican state, so that a candi- date from that locality has never gained the prominence that has been given to men who have been brought forward in doubtful states, where the question of securing some one whose personal popularity could deter- mine thé local contest was all important. Now that his presidential possibilities are looming up Cameron's own state is uncer- tain. A Pennsylvania candidate can be mentioned now, because in the eyes of the silver people siate lines have been wiped out to a large degree, and three sections of the country have been substituted in thetr stead—the east, the west and the south. The and the west wanting silver, or at least the leaders in the silver movement claim that they want silver—the east is the doubtful section to decide the contest. Party Factions in the State. The factions in the republican party in Pennsylvania at the present time are the result of local fights over the control of patronage. The strong friendship that has always existed between the two Pennsyl- vania Senators, it is thought, will cause Quay to support Cameron,sand to do all he can to influence the Pennsylvania delega- tion in his favor at the convention. But this is very far from insuring the Senator the support of his own state. The silver people in the west believe that the long connection of the Cameron. family with Pennsylvania republicanism will guarantee that the state will go in whatever direction its Senator indicates. It is on this assump- tion that the western boom for Senator Cameron has gained its greatest strength, for western people within the ranks of the silverites nt upon everything west of Jowa and south of Mason and Dixon's line, and to the electoral vote so secured they ee victory in a positive assurance that ennsylvania can be counted as on their side. People who are interested in the Cameron bcom believe that the vacancy that would be made in tne Pennsylvania senatorship would also figure largely in gaining support for their favorite within his own state. It is hinted in certain places that Representa- tive Dalzell is ambitious to be advanced to the United States Senate, and that any- thing that would promote Senator.Cameron to the presidency would be hailed by him with great delight. A Sound Money Man. But Representative Dalzell is a sound money man, and it is not believed that he could in any way indorse a candidate for the presidency who would run on the issue of free silver. The free silver sentiment has its chief following in Pennsylvania in rural districts, and it is regarded as certain by the sound money men that the greatest cities of the state—Philadelphia, Pittsburg and others—could be relied upon to defeat any silver candidate. Senator Cameron's boom for the presi- dency is apt to assume important propor- tions, as he is the only prominent re- publican of the east or of the west who has been talked of to any extent for the nomination who is regarded as surely in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1. There is an inclination on the part of the silver people of the republican party to compromise their case, so that if they can secure the nomination of a man who is personally favorable to them and who could be relied upon not to veto any free silver legislation by Congress they would be willing to accept a mild declaration in favor of bimetallism in the party platform, leaving the party untrammaled in enact- ing legislation. oe ae THE WALLER-BRAY CASE. The State Department Awai@ing a Re- port From Ambassador Eustis. Mr. Langston, attorney for ex-Consul Waller, who is new imprisoned in Mar- seilles, accompanied by Paul Bray, who was deported from Madagascar on the same stesmer with Waller, was at the State Department today to learn how the two cases are progressing. The department is still waiting for a detailed report from Ambassador Eustis, who has interested himself actively in the matter, and is con- ducting it in a fashion that !s highly grati- fying to Mr. Langston. The latter is some- what exercised at the attack made upon Waller by one of the three Americans with French names who wrote a bitter letter from Tamatave to the American news- papers. The attorney says that the three men are disgruntled with Waller because they failed to use him for their own self- ish purposes, while he was in Madagascar, and are taking this means of keep'ng him out of their way. ———— Army Orders. First Lieut George Montgomery, ord- nance department, has been relieved from duty at the Military Academy, and ordered to duty at the Sandy Hook proving grounds. First Lieut. R. G. Hill, twentieth infan has been detailed as recorder of the exam- ining board at Fort Leavenworth, relieving Capt. J. S. Rogers, twentieth infantry. Capt. Frank Baker, ordnance department, has been ordered to inspect a battery at the state camp grounds at Quonset Point, R. I. Musician Levi J. Collins, battery G, fourth artillery, Washington barracks, has been placed on the retired list. f Mrs. leveland and Mrs, Olney to Go North Wednesday. The President and Attorney General to Follow in About Ten Days— State Department Gossip. The President braved the extreme heat today and spent the entire day at his desk at the White House. He drove in from Woodley about 10 o'clock this morning, and was accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and the two children, Ruth and Esther. Mrs. Cleve- land came to the city to complete arrange- ments for her departure to Gray Gables on Buzzard’s Bay. There were several house- hold matters she desired to attend to in person prior to leaving the city for the summer, President Can’t Get Away Now. There has been such an accumulation of public business during the past week or two that the President finds he will be un- able to accompany his famiiy to their northern-home. According to the present plan, Mrs. Cleveland and the children will leave here for Gray Gables next Wednes- lay. = ‘They will mae the trip in a special car over the Pennsylvania railroad, and will be accompanied most of the way by Mrs, Olney, wife of the Attorney General, who has a cottage at Iralmouth, Mass., about fifteen miles distant from the Prestdent's cottage. The entire trip may be made by rail, although it is possible that Mr. Ben- edict’s yacht Oneida may be used in the transportation of the party from Jersey City to Gray Gables. President and Mr. Olney Go Later. The President and the Attorney General will make the trip to their summer homes in company. It 1s expected that they will follow their families in about ten days. There is more or less uncertainty about their movements. It is more than prob- able, however, that they wfll go from here to Jersey City by rail and from there to Massachusetts by water. Mr. Benedict’s yacht, Qneida, may be used for the later part of the journey, but it is possible that one of the light: hetse tenders stationed at New York may be used in preference. Vacant Secretaryship Gossip. The fact that Attorney General Olney is to be the President’s traveling companion and that they are to be near neighbors during the entire summer gives a color of verisimilitude to. the current rumor that Mr. Olney is destined to succeed Mr. Gresham as the premier of the cabinet. It is expected that the vacancy in the State Department and the vacancy in the office of assistant controller of the currency will be filled before the President's departure from the Capitol for the summer. pee ae ee AN THE REGRETS OF BRAZIL. Senor Mendonca’s Letter on Secretary Gresham's Death Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister, has written a letter to Acting Secretary Uhl in regard to the death of Secretary Gresham, in which he says: “I have the honor to communicate to you that by a cablegram received last nig it at this legation I am entrusted with the duty of conveying to his excellency the President of the United States of Amtrica the expression of heartfelt sympathy and deep regret with which the president and government of the United States of Brazil have heard of the demise of the Honorable Walter Quinton Gresham, late Secretary of State. “The p und sense of justice which was the foun nm of his character; his love of democracy and his con: i on gpcial questions; his honesty and direct- ness of purpose; ified affability and his thorough y, Which endeared him to ev: one who loves uprightness, joyalty and courage; his intellectual power as well as his high moral qualities have bor name to the southern limit of our suirounded with the respect eat intellects and noble hearts al- pire among Latin nation e were too near him to be able to measure his true . Now that he has departed we can realize the fuil extent of our joss, because statesman of his mark can well med by all America. “I firmly believe that the man wh re- mains we followed yesterday to their rest- ing place was one of the greatest of o generation in North and South- America. The appearance from time to time of such men is a proof that the giant race of the founders of American freedom is kept alive for the accomplishment of the higher destiries of our land. The lives of the. earnest workers of democracy are the lin! of the mighty chain which will bind togeth- er the free nations of our hemisphere; the! departure is always the sign that th lotted task is done.” ——_—__-e+___ SECRETARY HERBERT'S RETURN. He Will Deliver the Diplomas at An- napolis Friday. Secretary Herbert resumed his official du- ties at the Navy Department today. On his return from Chicago he spent two days in Buffalo as the guest of ex-Postmaster General Bissell. He will deliver the diplo- mas to the graduating class of the Naval Academy on Friday and will probably go to Annapolis tomorrow on the Dolphin. If he is unable to. leave tomorrow, the Dolphin will not make the trip, and in that event the Secretary will go to Annapolis by rail on Wednesday. The date of his departure on the Dolphin for an inspection of north- ern naval stations has not yet been fixed beyond a general intention to start from here about the middle of the month. The Dolphin has been specially prepared for the cruise. Distinctive Insignia. Distinctive insignia for the new cap and blouse adopted for the army have been si lected by some of the staff departments. The pay corps has chosen an acorn leaf, the medical department a red cross, the subsistence department a crescent, while for the quartermaster’s department either an arrow or the initials Q. M. D. will prob- ably be selected. —_—_____-e+_____ Satisfied With the New Rifle. Ordnance officers of the army express great satisfacticn with the new rifle adopt- ed for the service. Acccrding to one of them, the 20-caliber Is better for effect in stopping the rush of messes under ordi- nary battle conditions than the .236 caliber of the new navy small arm. Some minor improvements have been made over the model at first adopted, and the greatest care was taken in the construction of the rifles now being issued to the troops. -e— The Distinguished Sick. Miss Mary A. Dodge's condition remains about the same. She has not gained any strength since her relapse yesterday morn- ing. Gen. Pleasanton is much better than he has been for some time. Representative Hitt Is doing fairly well. The hot weather does not seem to affect him seriously. ~ ————-e+—___. Adjourned Until Fall. The Supreme Court of the United States adjourned today until the second Monday in October, Thirty-four cases, which have been argued, were left undecided. When Reinforcements Shall Be Sent toCuba - BELIEF THAT MARI IS STILL The Report Causes Cubans in Florida to Rejoice. GENERAL FOREIGN TOPICS MADRID, June 8.—The cabinet at a meet- ing today discussed the situation of affairs in Cuba, and decided to await the decision of the captain general, Marshal Martinez de Campos, before sending any further re- inforcements. z KEY WEST, Fla, June 3.—A dispatch received here from Havana says that a _ lieutenant of the clvil guard who was act- ing chief of police at Puerto Principe has deserted. He succeeded in getting on board a pilot boat, from which he was trans shipped to a steamer bound for Liverpool, The cause of his desertion is his fear of being brought to justice by the captain general, Marshal Martinez de Campos, who is Known to have been displeased at the leutenant’s action in oxceeding the limits of his authority while pursuing the band ra insurgents commaaded by Maurice Mon- ejo. There was great rejo‘cing here last night among the Cubans when the telegram from Benjamin Guerra, stating that Jose Marti is alive, was received, and in order to celebrate the event a meeting of Cubans Was called for midnight at the San Carlos Theater. The news that Marti was well Was received with ioud cheering, and ad- dresses were made by a number of promi- nent Cubans. Later the Cubans formed in line, and with a band at their head, paraded the streets until daylight, cheer- ing for Mart! and indulging in other mani- festations of joy. In addition the Cubans have d led to take a holidey today, and as none of them will work, nearly all the cigar factories will be closed. TAMPA, Fla., June 3.—The steamer are riving frem Cuba last night brought no news. Col. Fernando Figueredo, at 8 o'clock last night, received a telegram from Benjamin Guerra, treasurer of the revolutionary party in New York, stating “Marti lives. Cuba will be free.” Figue- redo made it public, and in a few minutes several hundred Cubans were rejoicing. Later at Ybor City, Col. Figuerédo, Martin Herrera, Jose Buttare, Lou's Cruz and Mrs. Carolina Rodriguez delivered appro- — addresses to about a thousand ubans, . ——— SEEKING FOR SURVIVORS. Land Partics, Mounted and on Foot, Are Busy. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. June 3.—An Ex- aminer special from the City of “Mexico says: Searching parties are still in search of survivors of the Colima disaster. Land parties, mounted and afoot, are operating in the vicinity of Ixtlanuacan Laruata, Zacatula, and as far south as Nuevos, _ while the people all along the coast of Acapulco have information of the disaster ; and have been asked to take particular + care to patrol the beach whenever possi- bk ot only are the sea and coast lines to be rigidly scoured, but other parties are operating on horseback as far inland as ten miles in hopes of encountering more of the still living who may have found shetler In some of the small villages. It is believed that a number of the passen- gers, mad from their terrible experiences and keen bereavements, on reaching land have gone wandering about the country. As many of the passengers were unable to speak Spa h they could not make known their position, and so would be en- tirely helpless among the simple but kind Indians slong the coast country. It would not be strange if some inland rescues are made during the early part of the present week. The survivors who have reached Manza- nillo say that Captain Pitts of the steam- ship San Juan sRould have cruised at least two days longer on the discovery of the wreck, and believe that a good many others could have been picked up that have since perished. There are hopes that others y have reached shore at Point San Teimo. The steamer Mazatland returned to Man- nillo from the wreck yesterday. She ‘scovered a party of survivors on the beach from the second life raft and sent a boat to bring them off. It was capsized in the sca jn the high surf. The men are supposed to have reached shore. The wires are down between here and Coahuay- ano, and a man has been sent on _horse- back sixty miles down the beach for the news. The first raft survivors report seeing a woman’s_ head, with long black hair, ashoro. The body had been cut off by wreckage or eaten by sharks. The steam- ers Domero, Rubiscoe and Barracouta are still searching for survivors. If any more are found they will be brought to Manza- nillo or taken to Acapulco. re RAIN IN COLORADO. Rapid Rise of Creeks Causes Damage. DENVER, Col., June 3.—Heavy rains throughout eastern Coforado and rapid meiting of snow in the mountains are mak- ing the creeks end rivers boom and caus- ing much uneasiness among railway man- agers. So far the Rock Island has been the greatest sufferer. Four hundred feet of track west of Limon, Col., were washed away by an overflow of the Big Sandy, and traftic is suspended between Colorado Springs and Limon junction. A bridge was also reported washed away on the Kansas Pacific branch of the ion Pacific n@ir Oakley, 270 miles east of Denver. Clear creek has risen to an alarming ex- tent, causing a suspension of work on the placers. Crops throughout eastern Colorado have been considerably damaged by cloud bursts and ‘hail. Platte river is out of its banks in places, and people living in the bottoms in this city have prepared to flee from their homes. The Arkansas river has risen two feet at Pueblo, but no damage has resulted. a ADMIRAL KIRKLAND’S PLAIN TALK. HEAVY nd Rivers He Made a Tarkish Pasha to Under- stand Americans’ Rights. . PEORIA, Ill, June 3.—A private letter received in this city from Beyrout, Syria, under date of May 7, contains the following important statement: “The two United States men-of-war that came here created quite a stir. Only one— the Marblehead—came to Beyrout, but she met the San Francisco at Alexandretto, and the admiral on board the San Francis- co sent for the Turkish pasha to come down from Adana to Mersine to meet hit and gave him a very plain talking to abou! respect for American citizens. The ad- miral (Kirkland) is a big, bluff old fellow, just the one to bulldose the Turk, and hi did it in style. The Turks have been quite nasty up there of late. A great impression was created in Beyrout, too. The people here had fears of a massacre by the mos- lems, and thought that the arrival of the frigate prevented it.”