Evening Star Newspaper, June 10, 1895, Page 1

/THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY . AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Fecreylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Strest, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, ‘8. H, KAUFFMANN Pres't. Few York Ofice, 49 Potter Build'ng, ale ee The Evening Star 1s served to subscribers tn the dity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per month. Coptex at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—answhere in United states or Canida—postage prepald—S0 vents Forth. Patras Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. ‘Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as secoml-class mall matter.) EF AM mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of wivertising made known on appilention. Che Leni No. 13,187. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 10, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. The proof of the pudding is in 62 eating. furdap’s Star contained 60 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 1,137 separate announce: ments. These advertisers foua$t pubficifp—nof merefp Space. IN HIS NEW OFFICE Chief Justice Puller Administers the Oath to Mr. Olney. [3 NOW SECRETARY OF STATE He Receives Congratulations From _the Bureau Chiefs. EQUIPPED FOR HIS DUTIES Mr. Olney today became Secretary of Btate, succeeding Walter Q. Gresham. Chief Justice Fuller, who had come to Washington from Richmond, administered the oath of office to the new Secretary in the diplomatic room at the State Depart- ment, Mr. Olney came alone to the State Department at 10:15 O'clock, and after a few moments’ conversation with Mr. Lan- dis, private secretary to the late Secretary Gresham, he was joined by Assistant St retaries Uhl, Adee and Rockhill and re- ceived their congratulations on his acces- sion to the secretaryship. After walting half an hour, Chief Justice Fuiler appeared, accompanied by his daughter, Mrs. Aubrey. Secretary Lamont also came over from the War Department, and the party, which had been chatting in the Secretary's office, repaired to the diplomatic room, adjoining, and the oath was administered to Mr. Ol- ney, The Secretary then received the bu- reau chiefs of the State Department and bene ed down at once to the routine of his o Equipped for His New Duties. Mr, Olney is equipped in advance for the duties of his new office, as he has been consulted constantly during the last year on the various complications over Venezu- ela, Nicaragua, Hawaii, Samoa, Bering sea, the Waller se, foreign tariff legislation, the Thina treaties, Spain’s conflict with Cuba and the lesser questions in which the United States has been brought in re- lation with the rest of the world. With Great Britain there are two ques- tions of special importance to be adjusted, namely, those affecting Bering sea and the Venezuela boundary A Bering sea con- ference will be held in Washington in Oc- tober next, Sir Julian Pauncefote having effected the preliminary arrangements with Mr. Gresham. The purpose is to draft a new treaty, by which the claims of Canadi- an sealers for alleged seizures and losses will be submitted to a commission. The conference will not take up the more {m- portant question of readjusting the Bering sea regulations in order to make them ef- fective. This will come later, however, and promises to call out a vigorous legal and diplomatic controversy. The British-Venezuela question is mainly significant in Involving the Monroe doc- trine. The United States has asked Great Britain to arbitrate the question. So far as is known, no definite answer has been given to Ambassador Bayard, who present- ed the request of this country. But as the British foreign office has positively declined to consider similar requests by Pope Leo and by the International Arbitration Asso- ciation, it is not doubted that in due time a declination will come to the United States: It will then remin for the State Department to determine to what extent British aggression in Venezuela is com- patible with the Monroe doctrine. One of the First Acts. One of the first acts Mr. Olney is likely to be called on to perform ts that of recog- nizing the new government of Ecuador, which has come into power after a bloody revolution. The Cuban revolution prom- ises to be a source of controversy with Spain. Minister Dupuy de Lome has al- ready asked the State Department to ap- prehend those sending arms to Cuba, and the suggestion is made that Spain will make a claim against the United States based on the precedent of the Alabama claims. APPLICATION DENTED. President Dectined to Interfere With the Sentence of Joseph Beam, Unless President Cleveland changes his mind in the meantime Joseph A. Beam will be hanged at the District jail on the ch of July next for the murder of his daughter, Mrs. Annie L. Leahy, at her home, 22% Maryland avenue, on the 22d of December last. A strong petition was pre- sented to the President for the commuta- tion of fils sentence to tmprisonment for life, on the ground that he is of unsound mind, This petition was accompanied by an affidavit signed by Drs. L C. Ross and T. B. Hood, as medical experts, saying that Beam is insane, and that at the time of the commission of the murder he was not able to distinguish between right and wrong. The application for clemency was 1 ferred to Judge Cole and District Attorney Birney for report. Judge Cole reporte without recommendation, but the report of the district attorney was strongly adverse to a change In the sentence. He sald there had been no case in the District for many years where there were less grounds for executive cleme ‘The President’s action {s shown in the following indorsement of the petition: “Denied, After a cafeful examination of the facts presented to me in support of the applicatiort for clemency In this case I feel obliged to decline interference with the sentence of the court. It seems to me the evidence and allegations relied on to show the insanity of the convict falls short of establishing that defense. The failure of such defense gives the crime of which the prisoner was convicted the complexion of a murder accompanied by incidents of aggravating brutality, developing no con- siderations which, in my opinion, justify executive interference.” —s RMONT SAT Vv Proctor's State Will Vote for Any Good Republican, Senator Redield Proctor of Vermont ar- rived here coday. To a Star reporter he sald his visit to Washington was to attend to private business. Senator “So far as our state is concerned,” sald Mr. Proctor, “we not talking about presidential choi It is too far ahead for that. We will be satisfied with any good republican head of the na- tional ticket “We Our people, the sounder the 1 of using silver but of cox slivans are good. ays used it, 1g the Indians. nsignor Step tholic Indtan ther Gloyd, ure! a tour of the far southwest te ‘They are now in Fe taking a rest bofore going on to visit ‘Vations in sout! n California. the Washington c k Evening Post, leaves the city this week on an teur among thi tan re: Colorad? in the tights Association. tend tions of t of the e of the free | PLUMS OF PATRONAGE Crowds Waiting for the Commissioners to Shake Them Down. innumerable Applications on File for “the New Places That Come Into Existence July 1, While the local politicians are directing their attention, just at this time, to the Fres'dent, with a view of getting several fat offices, they are by no means neglecting the Commissioners. With the advent of the new fiscal year, which springs into beirg the first day of July, the new appropriation bill gives the Commissioners power to appoint twenty- five additional employes. Of this number eleven are for the police force, ten to be privates of the first class at $75 per month, and one inspector at $1,50) per annum. The new fire engine company will need ten new fixemen, consisting of a foreman at $1,000, one engineer at $1,000, one hostler at $S40, one fireman at $810, and ten privates at $800 per annum. When the time arrives to make these up- pointments, Chief Parr will make promo- tions, and the new appointees wiil be sim- ply privates. This is necessary since it would be unwise to equip a new company with Irexperienced men. The new police inspector will be promoted from the present force, and promotions made all along the line. It seems generally understood that Sergt. Michael Byrnes will be the new in- spector. During his service on the police force he has made an enviable record, and is one of the few officers against whom no charge was ever preferred. He has all the requirements necessary to the position, being a strict disctplnarian, a conserya- tive officer and an honest man. A new clerk at $1,200 per annum Is al- lowed the assessor. There are a number of applications on file, but none of the appli-. cants will get the position. The best they can expect ts a $900 position, for the Com- missioners will pursue the ctvil service plan and promete one of the present clerks to the new position. Who he will be has not yet been determined, although Mr. Geo. W. Evans ts believed to have the best chance. Commissioner Ross will name his private secretary,and it is safe to say he will follow the precedent he established, and give the position to one of the clerks in the office. He has already made his selection. ‘The letters and petitions filed for these offices are Innumerable. There are several vacancies on the police force to be filled, owing to dismissals, and they will be named shortly. . ————— PNEUMATIC DY! MITE GUNS, The Battery at Fort Wintield Scott to He Turned Over to the Government. By next fall, if all goes well, the new battery of pneumatic dynamite guns, lo- cated at Fort Winficld Scott, on the Pre- sidio reservation, intended for the protec- tion of San Francisco, will be turned over to the War Department. This battery ts composed of three fifteen- inch guns, one more than the battery in- stalled at ndy Hook_for the defense of New York harbor, and it is so plaved as to give It complete sweep of the main channel leading up to San Francisco. At present there are but two of these bat- teries in the United States, and while it was contemplated to insiall another in Boston harbor, this project may have to be abandoned The diificulty les not in Jack of money, but in a serlous objection that has beer made by engineer officers, that the dynamite guns would in such places as Boston harbor endanger the whole of the cestly and eiaborate system of submarine defenses planned for the Protection of the harbor. Wherever the depth of the water Is not too great at the entrances to large harbors the engineers have placed, or intend to place In case of war, submarine mines and anchored tor- pedoes lying beneath the surface of the water. The accepted plan of operations against such ebstacles to the entrance of a fleet is to send ahead smail torpedo boats, which, by firing torpedoes or heavy charges of powder in the chimnel, succeed in exploding the hidden mines by the shock and thus clearing the way for the larger ships. This plan was used with success by the Japanese at Port Artbur and Wei Hai Wei, so that the engineer offl- cers feel that it is necessary to protect their mines in turn by placing them under the line of fire of their shore batteries, which will be relied upon to keep off the torpedo boats. But in the case of the dyn- amite batteries it has been urged ihat the eftect of a miss in a shot would be to ex- plode all of the mines in the vicinity of the plaice where the projectile strikes. very channels that ned to aid tue mines in st a hostile fleet. For- tunately the objection Goes not ile against such harbors as that at San Francisco, for there the water ts so deep that subma- rine intues cannot be effectively used, but it undoubtedly does apply to many of our other harbors. This would open th e+ ——___—_ AND SILVER. He Says He Has Always Been a Bi- mctallist. Representative McMillin of Tennéssee ar- rived here this morning direct from his home. Mr. MeMillin will be detained in Washington for several days attending to business in the departments, and will not attend the silver convention which meets at Memphis on Wednesday and Thursday. Speaking of the sentiment of his state on the subject of free coinage, Mr. McMillin said today: “I have no doubt that the Memphis con- vention will pronounce in favor of free coinage. That expression will reflect the sentiment of the state. For myself, I have always been a bimetallist and voted for the ratios propesed by amendments to the bill for the repeal of the Sherman law.” Mr. McMillin did not care to discuss the silver question at length in an interview. He that his sentiments on that ques- tion are defined in the Congressional Rec- ord. MR. MeMI _—————————— ATTORNEY GENERAL. cted to Arrive in a Few Days. Judge Harmon, who succeeds Mr. Olney as Attorney General, is expected to assume his new duties In a few days. It is said at the Department of Justice that noth- ing has been heard there in regard to Judge Harmon’s_ intentions, but that everything has been prepared for bis immediate in- stallation into office. ee Personal Mention. retary Herbert will leave here this evening for Auburn, Ala., where he is to make an addr before the Auburn Agri- cultura! and Mechanical College. w Representative Richard H. Clarke of Mobile, Ala, and Revresentative-elect Joseph M. Kendall of Prestonsburg, Ky., in the ty. ne net Fath Army Orders. The following transfers in the first tn- try are ordered: Capt. Marion P. Maus, company 1 to company D; Capt. Jas. S. Pettit, from company D f company I. The fvilowing assignments to regiments of officers recently promoted are ordered. Henry B. Moon to the twentieth in- , company B; First Lieut. Edward R. nan to the twentieth infantry, com- REPORTED MASSACRE No News Received of the Chinese Tragedy. —— USUAL PROTECTION OF MISSIONARIES No Advices at Legations and State Department. MAY BE ANOTHER PLACE SHANGHAI, June 10.—No definite news has yet been received here in regard to the latest report concerning the fate of the mis- sionaries at Chengtu, capital of the province of Szchuen, western China, who are said to have been massacred. It is known, however, that serious rioting occurred recently at Chengtu, but affairs there have since been reported quieter, although the rioting was spreading in the country southward, Missionaries at Chengtu. NEW YORK, June 10.—The officials of the Methodist Missionary Society in this city are very hopeful that the report of a mas- sacre of the missionaries at Chengtu has teen exaggerated. Dr. Stephen J. Baldwin, the recording sec- retery, said: “I do not think that these ru- mcrs are subsequent to the assurances we received by cable from our mission in Chengtu, under date of June 3. The cable read: ‘Property destroyed; all safe; inform Toronto.” This would indicate that all our people are safe, although the property has Leen destroyed.” The missionaries who are at Chengtu are Rey. H. Olin Cady and his wife, H. L. Cart- wright, M. D., and wife, Rev. J. F. Peat and wife, Rev. J. O. Curnow and wife, Rev. Dr, H. V. C. Hart, formerly of the Central Chira Mission, and several of his associates of the Canadian Methodist Church. In the seventy-sixth annual report for last year the property of the Chengtu mis- ston, including dwellings, chapels, schools, etc., is valued at $4,000, The report was to the effect that a mas- sacre of all the persons connected with the English, French and American missions at Chengtu had occurred. Neither men, wo- men nor children were spared, accerding to the report. A French gunboat was sent to Investigate the report. No News at the Legation The Chinese legation has received no in- formation as to the reported massacre of all missfonaries in Chengtu, and_ strong hopes are entertained that the affair may be less serious than the meager reports in- dicate. It is stated at the legation that Chengtu ts a large city in the interior of China. The people are far removed from the centers of forelgn commerce, such as Canton and Shanghai. Recently, however, by the treaty of peace with Japan, this in- terior city was one of several places to be opened to foreigners and foreign commerce. ‘This, It is explained, has agitated the peo- ple, who have lived by themselves from time immemorial. The missionaries are the only foreigners who have settled heretofore at Chen Their number is not known. It is however, that the number of missionaries, including their families, in the entire prov- ince of Se Chun, of which Chengtu is the capital, must be less than 100, including all nationalities. The missionary headquarters are at Chengtu, where it is believed there are not exceeding ten missionaries, the rest being scattered through the province. But this estimate is based only on the general Information of Chingse officials, as ihere’ are no exact details of the extent of mis- sionary service through China. The Tsung Li Yamen sought to secure from each for- eign government a complete list of its mis- sionaries and their place of service, but this was not given. Protection of Missionaries. It is said that the Emperor of China and the Tsung Li Yamen have given every pos- sible protection to the missionaries, al- though it has been found Impossible to guard against mob violence, particularly at remote interior points. The Chinese sov- ernment has asked foreign governments to appreciate these difficulties, and has ad- vised that the missions’ should be kept within safe limits. But the zeal of the missionaries has led them to push juward without fear of results to places where the Chinese officials have had difficulty in affording full protection. Notwithstanding this the authorities at Pekin have done their utmost. They have placed upon the viceroys of the provinces the responsibility of protecting the mis- sionaries, churches, &c. The viceroys un- derstand that they will be degraded If mobs are permitted to disturb the mis- sions. As a result the viceroys and their prefects, or police, are active in restrain- ing mob outbreaks. = The official gazette of China recently re- ceived here shows that a change has been made in the viceroy at Ching Tu, and that a new one has just assumed his duties. This, added to the agitation of opening the city to foreigners, may account for the disturbances, although, as already, stated, the fact that disturbances have occurred is not known to the Chinese offt- cials here. It is sald that Wu Chang, the place to which a French ship has been sent, is .tn- other large interior town on the river Yang-tse-Kiang. The river affords inland navigation to large vessels up to Wu Chang, but ft is unnavigable further up. It 1s probable, therefore, that the French ship goes te Wu Chang, as It Is the far- thest western point reached by navigation, and is on the way to the remoter point of Chengtu. At the French Embnssy. At the French embassy no information had been received ecncerning the reported massacre. Tne French ambassador, M. Patenotre, who represented his government at Pekin some ten years ago, and who ne- gotlated the treaty by which Tonquin be- came a French province, expressed his doubts of the correctness of the report that the Chinese were intercepting dispatches bearing upon the alleged massacre. When he was in China ten years ago, he said, dispatches were never intercepted, and he always had free communication, both with his government and with the admiral of the French fleet. He says it is possible for a French gunboat to go up the Yang-tse- Kiang river, which is navigable as far as Hankow. Minister Patenotre, by referring to some document at the legation, ascer- tained that there were about 100 Catholic missions in China, of which sixty-four were French and twenty-five Itallan. Concern- ing the number of Protestant missions, he Fad no specific knowledge. The number of missionaries at a post varies from two or three to ten or more. At the British Embassy. ‘The British ambassador and ail his sec- retaries are away on their vacations, so that no Infermation ts available as to Brit- ish migstons In China. It is said, however, that they are extensive, and that many English women have gone into western China with the special purpose of pver- coming the practice in some sections of throwing babes in the rivers as a part of the religious rites. No Advices at the State Department. The State Department has received no dispatches from Minister Denby or other officials in China regarding the reported massacre. There are no .records at the State Department showing the number of missionaries at Chengtu. . There is a telegraph line to Cheng tu and the State Dé@partment officials think there should be no difficulty in learning all the facts in the case, and as no report of the massacre has been received by the de- partmen: was thought that the outrage may have consisted of the destruction of property only and not have resulted in the death of any of the missionaries. It is said at the State Department that {if the Cheng tu mentioned in the dispatches is the point on the Yang-tse, it is probable that there are five or six Protestarit missionaries and two or three Catholic missionaries at the place, Perhaps It is Changte. This afterncon State Department officiais, after investigating the reports, said they thovght an error has been made in the transmission of the name of the place where the massacre is said to have cccur- red. It is believed that this name, instead of Chengtu, should be Changte, the capital of Hunan. In this place there are a num- ber of foreign missionaries, and the anti- foreign feeling is very strong. : In 1803 there were threatening demonstrations by the people, and the missionaries were kept for some time in a state of terrorism by the display of placards abusing the “foreign devils,” and warning the natives against affiliation with them. The condition of af- fairs was regarded by United States Min- ister Denby as grave cnough to warrant representations to the Chimese government, and the facts were made the subject of sev- eral reports from the minister to the State Department. » Changte {s accessible to small gunboats, and a British warship visited the neighbor- hood several years ago. -_—.—__+ SMITH, ALIAS PARKER, REE. With Sam Emery's Ald He Is Re- leased on Raij. Speclal Dispatch to The Evering Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 30.—Frank L. Smith, alias Parker, the man who per- sonated a United States assayer and aiied in robbing Mr. Alfred W. Withers of Glou- cester county out of $5,009 by means of a gold brick swindle, is today a free man. Judge Robert Hughes of the United Sta-es court granted Smith bell this morning on his own recognizance in the sum of $100. Smith was originally in the custody of the county court of Henrico, but on Saturday last he was taken before Judge Isaac Christian of New Kent county and bailed in the sum of $7,000. He was at once ar- rested by a United States officer and taken before Judge Hughes this miorning, with the above startling result. Sniith’s trial had been set for the first Monday in July in the Henrico county court, but, of course, when his name is called he will hot respond, for it is conceded that he Is only too willing to ray the above sum for his liberty. There S great indignation in the city over the ac- tion of the two judges, especially that of Judge Christian, as several other county and corporation judges had either refused to bali the gold brick man at all or had placed the sum at such a high figure that he could not furnish the bond. One of the judges placed ft at $60,000, One of the most interesting’ features in connection with the arrest ‘and. imprison- ment of Smith, atias Parker, f the devoted friendship of his friend, Sam Emery of New York city, Emery has stwek by Smith closer than a brother, and was largely in strumental in obtaining. him his liberty. Emery married the daughterief a wealthy New Yorker, and is well known throughout the north. At one time Smith hat! rendered him a great service. When he heard that Smith was tn trouble he cate to his rescue, and opened his hand and purse. His wife's father wrote that if ke did not desert the “gold brick swindle?” he (the fathersin-law) would have nothing further to do with him. Emery refused, and his wife sided with her husband. ‘The father-in-law refusing to loan Emery money, Mrs. Emery turned over to him her jewels, and. he pawned them and used the money to secure for Smith his freedom. When Judge Hughes announced his de- cision this morning the two friends could not restrain their joy, and made a scene in court. — ee BY WHEEL TO CHICAGO. Private Matty Begins a Long Ride at New York. NEW YORK, June 10.—Private A. Matty, G company, first artillery, U.S. A., set out on a bicycle ride from Fort Hemilton, Long Isiand, to Fort Sheridan, Chicago, at reveille—G o’clock—this morning, bearing a dispatch from Maj. Gea, N. A. Miles to Maj. Gen. S. W. Merritt, commanding the Department of the Missouri, Matty rides in full fatigue uniform, .with blankets, knapsack and canteen, the tetel weight of man, bicycle and equipmeiits being 200 pounds. He expects to make the trip in about twelve duys, following the route laid out by the L. A. W. guide books. He was accompanied as far as Kings- bridge by about twenty members of the Prosp Bicycle Club, of which he is a member His first stop will be at Poughkeepsie. Albany, Syracuse, Rochesier, Buffalo, Erle and Cleveland are points on his route. He will camp wherever night overtakes him, unless the weather is stormy. Matty is twenty-three years of age, and has in the army two years. He volunteered for this trip to Gen. Miles, whose interest in the use of the bicycle for military pur- poses is well known. —— WILL BE MEMORABLE. The Funeral of the Late Grand Secre- tary Isanes, clal Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 10.—The death yesterday of William B. Isaacs, grand sec- retary of the Masonic Grand Lodges of Vir- ginia, and grand recorder of the Grand Encampment of Knights Templar of the United States, removes one of the most prominent Masons in this country. His fu- neral, which will take place at 5 o'clock to- morrow afternoon, will be one of the great- est Masonic burials ever witnessed in the south. Grand Master J. P, Fitzgerald of Farmville, Va. has instructed Deputy Grand Master A. R. Courtney of this city to take charge of the funeral ceremonies, and the dead secretary will be buried with full Masonic honors, ———__ TRIESTE IN A PANIC. Si The People Frightened by quake Shocks. TRIESTE, Austria, June W.—The popula- tion of this city were thrown into a ter- rible panic this morning by two severe earthquake shocks. The people rushed in terror to the streets and camped out until the panic subsided. No damage was done, Earth- however. —_—. —— Wills Left by Pret. Whiting. BOSTON, June 10.—Attorney Frank Brewster of this city, a classmate of Prof. Harold Whiting of the University of Cali- fcrnia, who, with his family, perished in the Colima disaster off Mazatlin, has not received the two wills which, it is reported, Prof. Whiting made and mailed to him be- fore embarking on the Colima. Mr. Brews- ter says the professor lest summer made two wills, leaving his estate to the mem- bers of his family, and in the event of their Geath to his brother, wha fesides in this city. He believes these were the last wills Prof. Whiting made. —_—_> Ocean Steamers Arrived. GLASGOW, June 8.—Arrived, steamer Carthagenian, Philadelphia. GIBRALTAR, June 10.—Arrived, steamer Ems, New York for Genoa, A SHOW OF HANDS|N° DECISION Western Silver Leaders Working to Effect That at Cleveland. REPUBLICAN MANAGERS CONCERNED Object Expected to Be Accom- plished by This Move. A BIG CROWD EXPECTED ‘The western silver leaders are deter- mined to make a demonstration at the com- ing meeting of the National League of Re- publican Clubs at Cleveland, and, if posst- bie, force a show of hands on some phase of the free coinage question. This move- ment was promptly noted in The Star upon its inauguration in Oregon, and since then it has steadily grown, until the whole re- publican west now is aiding. Large delega- tiong are perpuring to move on Cleveland from all of the silver-producing states, in all the pomp of special trains and elab- crate decorations, and to demand from the league assurances cf support in next year’s fight for the white metal. This program is announced from Oregon, Colorado, Mon- tana, Wyoming and Idaho, and mission- aries are avroad in other localities urging the taking of the same line of action. Managers Greatly Concerned. The republican managers, as distinguish- ed from the republican club leaders, are greatly concerned @out the situation, and deplore the maneuver. At one time they set about trying to check the movement, upon the ‘simple proposition that the silver question was not In the line of the league’s legitimate discussion, and therefore ougkt not to he brought up at all at Cleveland. Some of the silver leaders were approach- ed in this way. and urged to use their in- fluence against any premature precipita- tion of the conflict, But the very uneasi ness betrayed by the request acted as an incentive to increased activity on the part of \he silver men, and their humor now is most ag ve. If they can in any way manipulate the league meeting in favor of silver they intend to do so, regardless of the consequences threatened to the party east of the Mississippi. Cannot Commit the Party. The league, of ccur: cannot commit the party on such a question. It is organized for a specific purpose, and outside of that purpose it will travel at any time on its own responsibilit But, at the same time, as the republican maragers see, the league is a part of the party machine, is intrusted with a most tmportant phase of the party's work, and any impression made upon it strong enough to induce it te give indorse- ment to a policy would, In a measure, af- feet the party in public estimation. The silv leaders do rot, however, ex- pect the league to indorse free coinage at 16 to 1. They are well aware that the great majority of the republicans, both in the league and out of it, are opposed to free silver. Their object is to show how numer- ous the western free silver men are, how much ix earnest, and how necessary it will be to take them into account in all calcu- lations looking to republicon success at the polls next yeur, AS alreadyestated, they want a v of hands on some definite sil- ver proposition, and having thus demon- strated their strength will proceed else- where with the remaining features of their program. Object of the Demonstration. Nor is this demonstration expected to influence the republi managers alone. It is intended to act as a spur to the demo- cratic silver leaders as well, and to help along the cause of free coinage in that narty. The hope particularly is to forward the movement for a national democratic convention t fall to consider the money question. Chairman Harrity has just ex- pressed himself as opposed to this, and there are other evidences of warm disap- proval of the proposition in leading demo- cratic circles. Still the democratic silver Jeaders are insisting on a convention, and if the republican silver leaders can put themselves sufficiently in evidence at Cleve- land, and in that way secure a_ kind of national expression on the:r side, the demo- crats will be expected to continue their fight with redoubled ardor. All of this, it is thought, tends to in- suring a Very rge crowd at Cleveland. Prominent men are likely now to on hand who in other cireumstances would hardly have thought of making the trip. But level heads will be in demand, and as many of them from the east as possible will be requested to present themselves and help fathom and circumvent the west- ern schemes for silver-plating’ the club league. E TO LEESBUR GO) The President Supposed To Be Fish- inz in Goose Creek. The President left the city late Saturday evening or early yesterday mcrning for Leesburg, Va. He was accompanied by Mr. Joseph Miller, commissioner of internal revenue, and there Is reliavle information to the effect that the two geatlemen spent yesterday and today in the pleasant pas- time of fishing in Goose creek, on Mr. Har- rison’s celebrated preserve, about four miles from Leesburg. They fished in these waters several weeks ago and found the sport so good that they desired to-repeat the experience, but had not the opportunity until yesterday. Bass and trout are said to abound im the pools where the President cast his line todey. Secrecy at the White House. Great secrecy is observed at the White House in regard to the President's move- ments. Private Secretary Thurber is au- thority for the statement, however, that the President will be at the White House tonight and that there witl be a meeting of the cabinet tomorrow and another on Fri- day next. It would therefore appear that the President will not leave the capital for Gray Gables .before Saturday next. It is said this afternoon that the Presi- dent did not leave here untii 4 o'clock this morning, but it is impossible to ascertain at the White House whether this is true or not. +4 CONSUL GENERAL WILLIAMS. He Calls at the Depzriment, But Fails to See Secretary Olney. Mr. Ramon- O. Williams, United States corsul general at Havana, who has been in this city for several weeks on leave of ab- sence, called at the State Department to- day to confer with Secretary Olney in re- gerd to the situation in Cuba. Mr. Olney was out at the time, and he transacted his bisiness with Assistant Secretary Rockhill. It has been intimated that Mr. Williams is persona non grata with the Spanish author- ities in Cuba.He will remain here a few days, and in the meantime it wi be decided whether or not he shall resume his official duties at the Cuban capital. Mr. Williams is a man of means, and ts said to be per- fectly willing to relinquish his consular office, in order to’ take up his permanent residence in this country. — A Maine Appointment. The President has appointed George W. Driscoe colle:tor of customs at Machias, Me. The Question of Sending a War Vessel to Cuba Being Considered. It is Difficult to Distinguish What Is and What is not a Filibustering Expedition. Secretary Herbert said today that it had not yet been determined whether a war vessel should he sent to the Florida coast to prevent a filibustering expedition going to assist the Cuban rebels. Navy officials generally are of opinion that there is no necessity for any such action by the United States. It is probable that the action of the Navy Department will depend upon Secretary of State Olney. If he desires that & Wi ip patrol the coast, it no doubt will be sent. The position of the State Department heretofore has been that it is the duty of the United States to prevent an armed ex pedition goi to make war upon a nation or the possessions of a nation with which Wwe ‘€ at peace, but there is nothing to prevent the sale of arms or the munitions of war. It has been held heretofore that a torpedo boat taken apart and shipped in sections could not be prevented by this government, but if the turpedo boat should be fitted and sailed from a port ef the United States this country would be .re- sponsible. It also has been held that this govern- ment could not be required to preyent men from taking passage on a shij bound for Cuba, unless they were a drilled and armed force. It is appurent that a nice distinction may be made between what is and what is not filibustering expeditions, if attempts should be made by Americans to assist the Cuban rebels. +--+ —____ STILL AT WORK. Public Printer and Civil Service Com- mission Study Details. The matter of putting the government printing office under the civil service rules has not yet been officially brought before the President. The civil service commis- sioners and the public printer, Mr. Bene- dict, have not yet concluded their confer- ences on the details involved, and probably will not for several weeks to come. They met today, and went over a lengthy mass of minor questions in regard to the practical working of the office under the classified service, the chief topic of diszas- sion being the-emergency work that comes with a short session of Congress and the occasional need of a suddenly enlarged force. In such situations it might not always be a practicable matter to put on 400 or 500 extra employes in a week cr a ‘nonth to meet the demands made on the office, if the slow and usually laborious methods of the civil service modus operandi should be rigidly followed. « Of course, there would be an eligible list, from which certifications could be made, but the eligibles might possibly be those who had been examined so Jong before that they would have moved on to the uttermost parts of the earth, after the manner of the practical printer from time immemorial, and it would not be so easy to notify him of his appointment. Meanwhiie, In the interval before it could be ascertained that he would not be on hand for work the emergency would call for somebody to do the work at once, whether he was a civil service printer or not. The conference today did not settle the difficulties arising from this view of the matter. —s A GOOD BOND. Steward Sinclair Could Not Have Any Better Bondsmen Than He Bas. One of the best bonds furnished by any government official is probably that of Steward Sinclair of the White House. Every two years, according to the prac- tice of the departments, the appointment clerk in tae Interfor Department makes an examination of the bonds filed by various office holders within his jurisdiction. To- day Mr. Holcombe, the appointment clerk for the Interior Department, received an affidavit from Chief Justice Bingham to the effect that Mr. Sinclair's bondsmen, Grover Cleveland and A. A. Wilson, were sood and sufficient sureties to cover all trusts imposed in the White House stew- ard. The bond, with Judge Bingham’s af- fidavit, went on file without question or ceremony save a small smile on the part of each department clerk through whose hands it passed. SE MORE TROOPS FOR CUBA. Reinforcements to Be Sent to Put . Down the Revolt. MADRID, June 10.—The war office an- nounces that the reinforcements of ten battalions of infantry and other troops in- tended for the Island of Cuba will leave Spain on Monday uext, June 17. HAVANA, June 10.—Capt. Gen. Martinez De Campos is to leave this city today for the province of Puerto Principe. Col. Canellas, in command of a detachment of troops, has had an engagement with a band of Insurgents at Zebarruco De Cuba. The insurgents were commanded by Jose Maceo. On the side of the troops Lieut. Nieto and two soldiers were wounded. The insurgents lost two killed and had seven wounded. The troons also captured some arms and ammunition. The insurgents have fired upon a coast guard vessel, which was watching the ccast between Punta Gorda and Sabanilla De Matanzes. One volunteer was killed and one was wounded. ee - LAIDLAW TRIES AGAIN, Wants $50,000 for Saving Russell Sage’s Lite. NEW YORK, June 10.—The fourth trial of the action brought by Wm. R. Laidiaw against Russell Sage commenced in circuit court, part three, before Judge Ingraham today. Laidlaw sues for $0,000 for in- juries received when dragged by Sage in front of him to protect him from the bomb exploded in the millionalre’s office by Nor- cross on December 4, 1801. The first trial was dismissed by Justice Andrews on a point of law. In the second trial before Justice Patterson Laidiaw received a vei dict for 000. The third action was als tried before Justice Patterson and the jury disagreed. ——————— Judge Harmon Coming. CINCINNATI, Ohto, June 10.—Judge Jud- son Harmen left for Washington today noon to qualify temorrow as Attorney Gen- eral of the United States. He will live at he Arlington. ——— Count Ferrari Dead. ROME, June 10.—A dispatch received here from Rimini announces that Signor Ferrari, who was recently elected a mem- ber of the chamber of deputies, defeating the socialist candidate In his district, and who was shot by unknown men during a dispute on Monday a week ago, is dead. oe Over 300 Homes Burned. BUDA PESTH, June 10.—A fire which broke out at Mereny was not under control until 320 houses were destroyed. Seve pérsons lost their lives during the con- flagration. YET/DORSEY CLAGETT He Has Been Chosen as the Successor to Manogue. THE NEW COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS His Commission Was Signed by the President Saturday. A NEW REGISTER LIKELY Mr. Dorsey Clagett called at the Treas- ury Department early this morning and was notified by Mr. Van Senden, private secretary of Secretary Carlisle, of his ap- pointment as collector of customs at Wash- ington, vice Mr. Manogue, resigned. He signified his acceptance of the appoint- ment, and said he would file his bond dur- ing the day. When that instrument is formally approved he will receive bis com- mission and be prepared to qualify at once. Signed on Saturday. Mr. Clagett’s commission was signed by the President Saturday, but, for some un- known reason, it was desired to withhold knowledge of the fact until teday. As stated in Saturday's Star, It was known that morning that the President had di- rected the appointment of Mr. Clagett as collector of customs, but when the official announcement was persistently withheld the impression naturally arose that a hitch bad oceurred and that Mr. Clagett’s friends were trying to secure his appointment in- stead to his former position as register of wills. > A New Register Selected. Some surprise is expressed in local demo- eratic circles at the apparent delay in the appointment of Register Wright's suc- cessor, but it is confidently asserted that this matter will be settied before the close of the present week. It is said that the President practically selected the next reg- ister at the time he directed the appoint- ment of Mr. Clagett to another office. It seems to, have been settled that the latter should have one of the two offices, and the fact that he did net get the one he prefer- red is accepted as conclusive that it was because the President had selected some one else for the registership, The collector of customs at Washington receives a maximum compensation of $3,500 in salary and fees, and gives bond in the Sim of $10,000, Rev. Byron Sunderland stated today that he never asked or recommended the ap- peintment of Mr. J. Fred Kelley as register ot wills. Dr. Sunderland fs a warm friend of Mr. Kelley's, and has known him for Many years, but he expressed much indig- nation that he should have been represent- ed as Interfering in the distribution of local officcs. The New Collector. Perhaps there is no one who has such a wide acquaintance among the resident population of the city as Dorsey Clagett. He has been a resident of this city, which is the place of his birth, for the past fifty- two years. His father, Darlus Clagett, was one of the well-known merchants in the early days of the city, and his brothes, the late William H. Clagett, was one of the war horses of the District democracy. Mr. Clagett himself is a stalwart democrat, his affillation with that party has alw: been consistent. He has many admirers and friends among those who do not belonz to his political faith, and it may be added that his genial disposition and his many sterling qualities of mind and heart have made him a host of friends. While still a mere boy Mr. Clagett entered the army, and after a service which terminated about as the war closed, he returned to this city where he engaged in mercantile pursuit: Subsequently he became a real est. broker, and while engaged in this business he was appointed by Mr. Cleveland regis- ter of wills. In this office he displayed fine executive ability, and his administration gave general satisfaction. Since leaving that office he resumed his old business, in ehicn he was engaged up to the present The news of his appointment, when it be- came known throughout the city, was = ceived with general satisfaction. Mr. Clag- ett expects to enter upon his duties tomor- row, having secured sureti : bond at $10,000, eties today for his Filed His Bond. Collector Clagett filed his bond at the Treasury Department this afternoon, and will take charge of the business of the evstom house tomorrow morning. The Next Register of Wills. It is said this afternoon that cithcr W. Cranch McIntire or W. H. Dennis wif succeed Mr. Wright as register of wills. Mr. McIntire is 4 prominent patent law- yer, and an old resident of the District. Mr. Dennis was formerly employed ta th register’s office, and is said to be perfectly familiar with his duties. Judge Morris is his friend, und it is said he called at the White House Saturday in his interest. PERIL FROM THE FLOOD. Cloudburst in the Region of the U per Arkausns. DENVER, Col., June 10.-State Engineer Sumner has gone to Monument in sponse to urgent telegrams notifying him that the Monument reservoir dam ap- peared to be unsafe. A break occurred in the dam and ¢ large force of men were put to work on the repairs, and it is now belleved the dam can be saved. The reser- voir covers seventy-two acres, and should the dam go out a rich agricultural valley below would be swept by the rushing wa- ters for many miles, doing great damage to life and property. PUEBLO,Col., June 10.—The region of tho upper Arkansas was visited last night by a cloudburst. There is much water in the streams and at places between Can City and Florence the water has been run- ning oter the railroad tracks. Quite a rise Is reported in the Arkansas river near Florence, and the river has risen two fect. ‘The Fountain Bouille,between Pueblo and Butte, is higer, and a greater rise is expected when the water runs down off the foot hills. No washouts have occurred on the railroads,