Evening Star Newspaper, June 11, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —___e—_—__ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY ’- AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 11 ivenia Avenue, Cor, 11th Street, by the Byes y tar News; Company, 8. H. KAUFF: Pres't. ew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ——__—+ ‘The By. Star is served to subscribers tn the on their own account, at 10 cents for weeks cet x month. Copies at the iy matl—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—5O cents per mocth. Saturday Quintuple Shect Star, $1 per year, with tage a . Pipnteread nevthe Tost Ofice at Washington, D. C., | 48 second-class mail matt ‘All mail subscriptions tes of adv ust be paid In advance, known on application. Che Lvening Star. No. 13,188. ze _ She proof of te pudding is in fhe eating Pesterdans Star contained 46 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 812 seporafe announces ments. hese advertisers foug$t pubficifp—not merefp Space, WASHINGTON, D.O., TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. OHIO POSSIBILITIES Ae WNTECS STATEMENT A” REACTION: SET-IN An Important Turn in State Politics May Be Made. THE CAMPBELL AND FORAKER FIGHT It May Be Renewed, but With Higher Stakes Played For. NATIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED gered If the appointment of Judge Harmon to the attorney generalship should—as now seems probadle—be followed by the nomina- tion of Jam2s %. Campbell as the demo- cratic candidate for governor of Ohio, a decided important turn will be given to the politicat complexion of things in the.buck- eye state. Mr. Campbell 1s regarded as a very Interesting man. He is young, ag- gressive, popular, a good speaker and a de- bater of readiness and capacity. He bears a name long honorably known in the po- litical annals of the state; he has served the state himszIf both in Congress and as governor, and his friends are persuaded that even higher station awaits him. The presidency {tself ought not, in their judg- ment, to be beyond the reach of his en- deavors, judiciously directed. So, with Campbell as the gubernatorial candidate, and Harmon as Attorney General, as a manifestation of the President's interest In the campaign, the Ohio democracy would have no excuse either for suiking or de- serting, and a very heavy vote would, it Is predicted, be rolled up. A Fight With Foraker. This, it 1s to be seen, would renew the old combat between Campbell and Foraker. Bushnell, it 1s true, is the republicen can- didate for governor, but the fight really is Foraker’s. The Cincinnati leader is re- sponsible for Bushnell, 1s preparing himself to bear the heat and burden of the repub- lican day on the stump, and, besides, has his own senatorial aspirations to protect and advance. He has twice as much at stake as Bushnell, and will probably be eelected to meet in the campaign debate whoever may head the democratic state ticket. Foraker 1s a thoroughly game man, and, It is thought, would be giad of an oppor- tunity to meet Campbell this year. Their contest of several years ago was decided against Foraker by what he and his friends have always characterized as an unde- terved stroke of fate. The contest opened Picisingty for him, and, although Camp- ell was carrying himself very attractively in the eyes of the crowd, it did not look as if he could win. But in an evil moment for his fortunes, Foraker and his friends were tricked by a story connecting Campbell’s fame with the celebrated ballot box affair. They gave countenance and currency to the story, and so, when the fraud was de- nounced and exposed, Foraker suffered and Campbell gained in the popular feeling that was aroused. Campbell won, and Foraker te life. reverse was only tem- porary. As soon as the whole story of the Dallot box business came out and it was feen that Foraker’s offerse had been only that of yielding a cardidate’s too eager ear to rumors affecting his opponent, the favor with which his party had long re- garded him returned to him, and he has d an exceptional popular- He is the most popular of all the iocal republican orators, and, as was shown at Zanesville, has his wishes obeyed by his party’s organization down to the smallest detail. Piaying for Higher Stakes." ere, then, would be the old opponents confronting each other again, but this time with the difference that higher stakes than before would be involved and inciting the two men to their very best exertions. For- aker has for years had his eyes flxed long- ingly on th. Senate, while Campbell's ap- pearance In the field would be accepted at once as evidence that, as is supposed, he as- pires to play a leading part on the national stage. His itinerary would simply make of Columbus a stopping place on his jour- ney to the White House. If Campbell runs aga loses, will his presidential chances be in- jured? Hardly, is thought. T! tide is present against the democracy every- Democratic leaders are taking party nominations with defeat staring them in the face. Mr. Hill's action in New York last year is cited as an inspiring ex- ample of what must be done in certain circumstances. Mr. Campbell would simply enroll himself among those willing at all to respond to a call to duty. He in defeat, still be in favor with the nt, and in greater favor than ever with his party at home, se forlorn hope he would courageously have led. —_—_\_e.—_____. REGISTER WRIGHT'S BOND. Its Renewal Has No Significance, but Was Required by Law, There are no developments in the local situation, and it ts said at the White House that there are no prospects of a change in the office of register of wills to- day. In the ordinary routine of business the Secretary of the Treasury has called on Register Wright to retz.ew his bond. The same ccurse has been taken in numerous other ca It is in pursuance of the fol- lewing provision of the legislative, judicial end executive appropriation bill, approved March 2, 18% reatter every officer re- quired by law to take and approve official bonds shall cause the same to be examined at least once every two years for the pur- Pe of ascertaining the sufficiency of the sureties thereon; and every officer having power to fix the amount of ar official bond shall examine it to ascertain the sufficiency of the amount thereof and approve or fix said amourt at least once in two years and as much oftener as he may deem nec- essary. Register Wright happens to fall within this category, his bond not having been ex- amined since February, 183, over two years ago. It was not for the treasury Officials to assume that he was to be super- seded in office. Consequently he, with many others, was called upon to comply with the statute. His compliance with the require- Ment to submit his bond for examination has no bearing whatever on the question of enticn In office. At least so say the of the White Heuse and Treasury ent who were questioned as to the nce of the bend transaction, THE CASE OF TRAVERS, 4n Appleation for Clemency Now Pending Before the President. The case of Jam ers, who 1s under sentence of ¢ for the murder of Lena G near 1 od last spring, 1s, now before the President for final ac- tion on an application for commutation of the sentence to imprisonment for life. The petition was referred to the judge who pre- aided at the trial and District Attorney Birney, and their reperts are now In the hands of the Pre: . Travers was s tenced to be hanged July 19. It is ex: ed that the President will act in this case before bis departure for Gray Gables, ee Over 5,000 National Banks. There are now over 5,000 national banks ja the United States, that number having been passed by the organization of several bew banks last week. The Value That is Placed Upon It by the Politicians. It is Justified by the Democratic Sit- uation in New York—His Entry Expected Next Year. Mr. Whitney’s statement of his attitude toward the next presidency 1s somewhat similar in tone to that of Gen. Harrison with regard to his attitude on the same question, and is accepted in political cir- cles at the same valuation. Mr. Whitney is a politician of the first rank, and speaks like one. His words are appraised at their full worth. He 1s, of course, not a candi- date for his party's nomination for the presidency in the sense of countenancing the laurching of a boom for him, or the opening of headquarters anywhere in his interest, or the employment of any of the usual means of advancing a candidate's fortunes. No man is a better judge than he is of how and when such work should be done in order to realize the most hand- somely and effectively from it. At the same time Mr. Whitney is aware how prominently his name is figuring in all of the presidential calculations, and that however he may appear to discourage the talk it will continue, and even grow in volume and persuasiveness. He, no more than Gen. Harrison, can take himself out of the minds of those drawn to him by long observation of his talents,* and anx- jous to fall in behind a leader of skill and experience in next year’s momentous en- gagement. His Delivernnce Justified. In well-informed circles Mr. Whitney's deliverance is justified upon two grounds: (1) The democratic situation in New York at present is almost chaotic. The condition of the party in the city is a problem. There may or there may not be the basis left for the re-establishment of the old machine, or something equally effective. Tammany was all but annihilated last fall, and even its own sachems, Hugh Grant at their head, concede that the work of getting the tiger on its feet again will be, if possible at all, very difficult. The present hope of the Tammanyites is in the failure of the reform forces now in charge of affairs. But that may not occur. Mayor Strong, barring a few mistakes, is carrying his burden sur- prisingly well. Outside of the city, Senator Hill is in control, and he is an avowed can- didate for the presidency. He has his eyes on Mr. Whitney and is not likely to lose any points in the game. Mr. Whitney’s present embarrassments at home, therefore, are thought to be sufficient to warrant ex- treme caution in any move he may desire to make. Expense of an Admission. @) Mr. Whitney,is not only a rich man, but connects at every point of the com- pass with large capital. He has a con- trolling voice in some of the biggest and 1acst profitable enterprises in the business werld. This sort of influence pays heavy penalties in politics. He is levied on by the rank and file, and it must respond. A year will elapse before the next dem: cratic nomination for the presidency is made, and then a campaign of five months before the people will follow. If Mr. Whit- ney were to offer himself as a candidate new, while his personal strength and at- tractiveness would draw many people to him, it is predicted that the floaters and tide-waiters would make life a burden to him. Every old broken-down party hack would rush with an offer of his services and ask for steady employment, and while such men are, as a rule, frauds upon their very face, party managers find it necessary to deal with them diplomatically. It is not always wise to ignore them, and yet to yield to them in any number is to saddle a candidate with a long pay roll. As a New York man puts it—if Mr. Whitney were even to confess to presidential aspirations this early in the action it would cost him a thousand dollars to walk on a busy day only from his office to his place of resi- dence. Supporters would swarm upon his track, and clog his very footsteps. What Politicians Expect. And so Mr. Whitney's deliverance is re- ceived with this much question by the politicians. As they interpret it he ts wait- ing for the tangle at home to shake out and straighten a little, and for the general situation to become a bit clearer. And they think the delay shrewd and wise. But sooner or later, if it turns out to be worth any democrat’s while, they expect to see him actively enter the presidential race. - MINISTER WILLIS’ DISPATCH. It Announces the Appointment of Mr. Castle as Minister. One of the first foreign communications received by the new Secretary of State in his official capacity was a brief telegram from Minister Willis, announcing the ap- pointment of Mr. Castle as Hawaiian min- ister to the United States, in place of Min- ister Thurston, resigned. The telegram was dated Honolulu, June 3, and San Francisco, June 10. It contained the only information of recent events in Hawaii that Mr. Willis considered sufficiently important for the telegraph. —__—__+e-+______ MR. LANDIS RESIGNS. Mr. J. Walter Blandford Will Be the New Private Secretary. Mr. K. M. Landis has resigned his place as private secretary to the Secretary of State in order to resume the practice of the law in Chicago. He will remain on duty at the department, however, for sev- eral days yet to assist his successor in fa- miliarizing himself with the business and business methods of the department. His successor {s Mr. J. Walter Blandford of this city, who was Mr. Olney’s private sec- retary while Attorney General. Mr. Olney would have-retamed Mr. Landis in his service but for his desire to resume his legal practice. Mr. Blandford ig a com- petent young man und will no doubt acquit himself well in his new capacity. Mr. Lan- dis made a good record in the State De- partment and {is one of the most popular men in the public service. ——-o—_____ No Advices Here. The Chinese legation is still without in- formation as to the reported depredations on American missions In China. It is con- sidered settled that no lives have been lost and that any depredations which may have occurred are confined to mission property. It is said that if reports are confirmed that officials countenanced the destruction they will be severely dealt with. It is customary to degrade viceroys even when are not responsible for riots in their rovinces, and the punishment, it is said, doubtless will be more severe if they have aided the outbreaks as the reports state. ———__2-—______ The President Returns, ent Cleveland, acccmpanted by Sec- retary Morton and Mr. Miller, commis- sioner of internal revenue, returned to shington lest night from their trip to e , Va., where they spent their brief shing. The party left Lees- at 10:30 last night, and it was after midnight when they reached the city. + e+ _____. Will See the President. The delegation from the Atlanta expo- sition will be presented to President Cleve- land today at 3 o'clock by Secretary Smith. There ns no doubt that the President the invitation to visit the ex- will a position during October. Presi Free Coinage Men in Alabama Losing Ground. : REPRESENTATIVE CLARKE'S VIEWS The Republican Policy in the State. DEMOCRATS WILL UNITE Representative Richard H. Clarke of Mo- bile, Ala., has arrived in the city, in order to accompany his family to some resort for the summer months. Mr. Clarke is a sound money man. He was seen by a Star re- porter today, and, referring to Alabama Politics, said: “If it had not been for the silver question this would be a very quiet year politically in Alabama. The silver people, however, have succeeded in reaching that state with their tidal wave, and silver is receiving a great deal of attention. “It seems to me that the silver people made a mistake in springing upon the country at so early a day the discussion of free coinage. The silver campaign has al- ready reached its height, and there are now in Alabama, as I believe there are all over the country, evidences of a reaction. By next summer, when our conventions will be held, I think this reaction will have been so great that the silver people will be seen to be very weak. But, on the other hand, the silverites could do nothing else. They saw that businers was reviving, and that their only hope for enlisting the interests of the people was in beginning their cam- paign during the worst of the hard times. If they had waited until business had re- vived tke public mind would have been in no condition to have received their argu- ments with favor. Encouraging State Progress. “It seems to me that as business contin- ues to improve there will be less and less chance for a further spread of independent free coinage of silver doctrines, and, as I have said, the reaction has already set in. While the last year was a hard one in Alabama in some respects, there were features of the state’s progress that were very encouraging. To be sure, prices of commodities were very low and men who were in Cebt had no opportunity fo make headway in paying off their obligations. But, on the other hand, there has been 1 time in the history of Alabama, surely no time since the war, when the state came so near supplying all that she nesded. The corn, wheat and other crops were good and horses and mules and other live stock need- ed by the people were never more plentiful. “I feel quite sure that there is no danger of the silver people in Alabama dominat- ing the democratic party there. The demo- crats of Alabama are sound money men. The popufsts are not gaining headway nor are the republicans, Republican Policy. “I think it reasonable to expect that the republican party in Alabama will also fav- or sound money by indorsing the platform of the party. This means very little when the make-up of the republican party in Alabama is understood. Not more than one-tenth of the white people of the siate are republicans, and I could count en the fingers of my hands the leaders of the party, who are the only men who shape the policy of that party in the state. A speak- er addressing a republican assemblage in Alabama would get the loudest of applause upon uttering some gold standard genti- ment, and if he should immediately there- after make a strong silver speech they would applaud and cheer. just as loudly. In other words, the mass of the republicans know nothing about ich matters, and they accept as right anything the leaders may give ‘out. “The leaders of the republicans have but one object in view. That is to keep the state organization in condition and to adopt a policy that will win for them the ap- proval of a republican President, should he be elected. In that event they would come forward ard claim the federal patronage. That is the secret of republican party or- ganization in Alabama. Kolb Losing His Influence. “I do not anticipate that Kolb will have great prominence in the future. He has failed time and time again, and his fol- lowers are beginning to lose confidence in him. I anticipate that it will not be long before Kolb loses his influence, and before the populists follow some other leader in whom they can-have more confidence. “It is a mistake to believe that when the election comes around the free silver men of Alabama who have in the past been democrats will leave that party in order to yote for silver in populistic ranks. These free silver men want more money in cir- culation, and they would like to vote for it, but when it comes to leaving their party in order to do so, there is no danger of that. They will not forsake the long-standing principles of democracy merely to indorse free silver. I know a good many in- stances, too, of populists returning to the democratic party. They were dissatisfied with the democrats, but they found that after entering the ranks of the populists they were carried farther and farther from the old mocrings, to which they had been attached, until they have determined to again return to the democratic fold. Democrats Will Unite. “I firmly belleve that when our next con- ventions are held the democratic party of Alabama will be quite well united on the money question. Of course, it is easy enough now for the silver men to hold in- dependent conventions, but those conven- tions give voice only to the sentiments of the silver men. Wait until the democratic party gets together in convention, and then we will be in position to judge what the democratic party wants. As I said, I am sure it wants sound money.” AGAINST HE DISTRICT. The Court of Claims Acts Upon Cer- tain Canes. The Court of Claims has given judgment in favor of the clalmants in the following gases against the District of Columbia grewing out of work performed under the old board of public works: Andrew Glea- son, $7,695; Matthew J. Loughlin, $3,139; Neal T. Murray, $3,312; Samuel J. Ritchie, $4,769; Thomas Kirby, $4,480; Thos. Joyce, $2,4 ‘ ‘These are the first cases settled under the act approved February 13, 1895, amend- ing the act of June 16, 1890, conferring jurisdiction on .he Court of Claims for the settlement of all outstanding claims against the District of Columbia, and pro- viding that the court ‘‘shall allow the rates established and paid by the board of pub- lc works.” ‘There are many other cases of this kind, but they are not likely to be ad- judicated at this term of the court, as it will adjourn for the summer on Thursday next. ————-+e—____ Gen. Schofteld’s Tour. Word has been received at the War De- partment that Lieut. Gen. Schofield is at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, today, and that he will probably visit Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming, tomorrew. DEAD IN HIS BATH ROOM JUDGE HARMON CUBAN Suicide This Morning of a Groser on Capitol Hill. His Bedy Found by His Clerk—The Suicide Formerly a Depart- ment Employe. Excitement was occasioned |this morning in the vicinity of Ist and D streets south- east by the discovery of the suicide of Geo. W. Mabis, the proprietor of a grocery store at 51 D street southeast. The store is lo- cated at the corner, and the house adjoin- ing on 1st street was occupied as a resi- dence by Mr. Mabis. The store was closed somewhat earlier than usual last evening, and nothing was seen of the proprietor until this morning, when the only clerk, a young man of about eighteen years of age, arrived and opened the store at 6:30 o'clock. Not seeing any- thing of Mr. Mabis, the clerk went upstairs to awaken him, Found in the Bath Room. The bed room was found to be unoccu- Pied, but on opening the door of the bath room Mabis’ dead body was found hanging over the edge of the tub. The clothing was unfastened and the water was running from one of the spigots into the tub. The hands of the dead man were in the water and his face was hidden from view against the side of the tub. The key of the gas jet was open, while the only window, to the room was closed and the cracks between the door and the door jamb had been carefully closed with paper. Although nearly overcome by the gas and shocked by the horrible sight, the clerk managed to turn off the gas, raised the window and stopped the flow of water. Then, hastily closing the establishment, he notified the police. An officer was immedi- ately sent to the house and remained in charge till the arrival of the coroner. Dr. Hammett reached the scene at 10:15 o'clock and at one glance decided that an inquest was not necessary. An examination of the clothing of the deceased disclosed a par- tially emptied bottle of whisky and a num- ber of unimportant papers. From the ap- pearance of the body Coronet Hammett judged that life had been extinct for sev- eral hours prior to the discovery of the re- mains by the clerk. Formerly a Department Clerk. Mr. Mabis was a native of Ohio, and was about forty-two years of age.. He was handsome in ep pearance and well liked by all who knew him. For a number of years he held a clerkship in one of the depart- ments, and later was the traveling agent for a large grocery house. He opened the store at 51 Dstreet southeast in September last. Of late, it is said, he was in the habit of indulging in frequent sprees, and as a result had considerable treuble with his wife. She left him two weeks ago and returned to her home in Wheeling, W. Va. The separation from his wife seemed to prey heavily on the mind of Mabis, and he crank to a greater Last Saturday he made twe attempts to end his life in a manner similar to that which proved successful this morning, but the timely appearance af his clerk frus- trated both efforts. According to the clerk Mr. Mabis drank a full quart@of whisky yesterday, and it is the opinion that ai- elem had much to do with his untimely end. Mrs. Mabis was notified of the occurrence by telegraph this morning, and an effort was made to communicate with the mother of the dead man, who left for Europe last week. The body and the effects of the de- ceased were taken in charge by a brother- in-law of Mrs. Mabis,Mr. Allen K. Wagner, who resides at 42 D street southeast. Later in the day the remains were removed to Lee's undertaking establishment and pre- pared for burial. Interment will probably Pee at the home of the deceased, in 0. ——.__ THE MEXICAN SILVER TAX. No Just Complaint, It is Said, Can Be Found Aguinst It. Mr. C. L. Thompkinson, an American resident of Mexico, who is interested in mining there, and who is temporarily in this city, in explaining the new regulation concerning the taxation of mines in that country said today that it grew out of the fact that the Mexican government had re- cently decided to resume control of the mints. It appears that the mints have for the past several years been leased to private individuals, who, while they have charged a mintage tax, have put it on a somewhat different basis from the tax pro- posed by the government. The charge for minting gold and silver has been almost 442 per cent, while the government has col- lected in addition a tax of 61 hundredths of one per cent, making in all a tax of over 5 per ceat to be paid by Mexican mine owners having their ores coined into mon- ey in Mexico, while those who sent their products to smelters either in Mexico or the United States escaped the payment of the bulk of the tax. The government upon resuming control of the mints on the Ist of July next proposes to levy a uniform tax of 5 per cent on the gold and silver con- tained in all the ore mined in the country, without regard to where it is treated. “The change,” said Mr. Tompkinson, “is in the Interest of fairness to all, and while it is probably intended to encourage home industry, no one can really safely find in it legitimate reason for complaint. Those who have been accustomed to send their ores to Mexican mints will find no material difference, and what difference there is {s in their interest.” ——— BICYCLES IN DEMAND. They Are Found to Be Invaluable Aids to the Postal Service. Modern appliances for hastening work are being rapidly adopted by the Post Of- fice Department. In addition to the wide use being made of the trolley lines in the various cities, the department is encour- aging the use of the bicycle by individual carriers hoth in delivering end collecting mails, wherever the condition of the streets and roads makes it probable that'a saving of time will be effected. Scarcely a day passes without: requests being reeeived from one or more-postmas- ters that the carriers attached to their of- fices be permitted to usé bicycles and to retain as an offset to the cost the car fares row given to them. In cvery case the de- partment declines to permit: the diversion of the car fares for the purpose stated, but agrees to grant a certain sum, ranging from $2 to $3 per month, to each carrier, to be applied to repairs for his wheel. During the winter months, or in :ny month when the carrier gives up the use of the wheel, he again receives car fare for his transpor- tation. Although the department favors the use of bicycles when the conditions are favor- able, it does not in any case require their use. The wheels are favored especially for cellectors, and for carriers delivering let- ters in the suburbs. The cities having the best pavements naturally have the largest number of bicycle carriers, In Buffalo, Cleveland, Washington ani Graud Rapids they are gradually coming into general use. he plan of having the wheels owned by the government instead of by the carriers was tried about seven years. ago in this city, and was abandoned after a fair test. It was found impossible to get the carriers to keep their wheels in proper order, and the cost of repairs soon became too great. ————— The Distinguished Sick. Representative Hitt was able to sit up for about ten minutes yesterday and the improvement in his condition has continued, Miss Dodge rested comparatively well last night and her condition this morning was about the same, extent than usual.’ The New Attorney General Sworn Tato Office. HE ATTENDS THE CABINET MEETING Mr. Olney Accompanies Him to the Department of Justice. BRIEF TALK WITH HIM Judge Judson Harmon was formally in- stalled in office as Attorney General today. He arrived here from Cincinnati early this morning and registered at the Arlington. About 10 o’clock Secretary Olney, who had been apprised of the arrival of his succes- sor in the Department of Justice, called upon him at the hotel a’.d the two walked over to the White Ho~sze and spent about half an hour with the President. He and Judge Harmon are old friends and did not require an introduction to each other. Sworn in by Justice Harlan. It had been decided that the new cabinet minister should be sworn in at the State Department, and he went over there about 10:30 o'clock, still in company with Secre- tary Olney. Mr. Justice Harlan of the Su- preme Court awaited them and when every- thing was in readiness administered the simple oath cf office to the new Attorney General in the presence of Secretary Olney, Assistant Secretary Uhl and Private Sec- retaries Landis and Blandford. A few minutes were spent in conversa- tion, and the hour for the meeting of the cabinet having arrived, the new Secretary of State and the new Attorney General walked back to the White House and joined the President and his advisers in their semi-weekly discussion of affairs of state. At the Cabinet Meeting. Secretary Olney was assigned to the post of honor at the President’s right, formerly held by Secretary Gresham, and more recently occupied by Acting Secretary Uhl. Attorney General Harmon was assigned to the seat farther down on the opposite side of the long council table, formerly occupied by Mr. Olney. The chairs of Secretary Herbert and Postmaster General Wilson — vacant. They are both out of the ity. . After the adjournment of the meeting, Secretary Olney and Attorney General Har- mon took luncheon together, and then went to the Department of Justice, where the new head of that department was made ac- quainted with all his official associates. The New Attorney General. Attorney General Harmon is a tall, ath- letic man of handsome appearance. He is smooth shaven, save a medium-sized brown mustache, slightly tinged with gray. He is reported to be a sincere civil service re- former, and it is understood that he will make no changes in the personnel of his assistants in the department. His family will spend the summer at White Sulphur Springs, and will probably not visit Wash- ington until the fall. He Talks on Several Subjects. When seen in his rooms at the hotel shortly before 9 this morning he was tired and dusty, but ccrdial. - “You must excuse my appearance,” he said, “but I have just arrived a short time ago, and have not got the dust of travel off me as yet. J am, however, glad to sce a newspaper man; they have been so good to me that I wonder where the bad news- Paper men are you hear about. Now, what can I do for you “How do vou think you wfl like your new office?” he was asked. “If I succeed in discharging the duties of the office,” he replied, “I shall certainly like it. If I do not, I certainly shall not. I do not consider it any good fortune for @ man to be appointed to an office if he does not fill it satisfactorily. I do not think “there is any lawyer in the United States that would not be willing to try, though. The mest that I know about the duties of the office is through my friend, Judge William H. Taft of Cincinnati, who succeeded me on the bench of the superior court there, and whom I am following to the Department of Justice here. The office of Attorney General is one which any law- yer would be glad to have.’ Views on the Currency Question. “What are your views on the currency question?” “I have a negative belief, rather than a positive one,” he replied. “I want the American dollar to be just as good as any- bedy else’s dollar, and- with that qualifica- tion I do not care what it is made of. But in the present situation it seems to me mere folly to talk about the free coinage of sil- ver. The only way we float the silver we now have is by attaching an applied green- back to every silver dollar; or, in other words, by the government promising to redeem it with a gold dollar, if necessary to keep the two equal. Of course there is a very narrow limit to the government's ability to do that, besides, I know of no reason why it should do it. “If there was free and unlimited coinage of silver, the government could not keep the two metals on a parity very long, and the result would be, by the law of money that has been settled from the ‘time that man has had money, the gold would ail isappear and there would be oniy a sil- ver basis. “Ir the situation should change, it might be that silver and go!d would be of equal steadiness in value; so that both might in a measure at Icast be used as money. It would be possible, as has been the case in the history of the world, that silver might at some time have more of the necessary qualities of money than gold; of that nobody can say. But it has not now, and, therefore, it cannot be used as money without a limit and side by side with gold. How soon the aituation may change, nobody can tell.” “Do you believe in having an internation- al conference in regard to the matter “Yes. But we cannot tell exactly how an international agreement might affect it. It would to a certain extent, but until governments can control the laws of trade, there is a limit to the effect which inter- naticnal agreements could have over money. © Pp ions Allowed. District of Columbia—Increase, Thomas Dalton, Terra Cotta, Washington; Wm. Murphy, Soldiers’ Home. Original widows, ete., Mary E. Hitchcock, Washington; Amanda Harris (deceased), Washington; Ellietta T. Thombury, Washington, D. C.; Laura M. Stewart, Washington, D. C. Virginia—Renewal, Louis Wageley, Na- tional Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City; Peter McCoy, Berkley, Norfolk. Reissue, Isaac D. Davis, Linville, Rockingham. Original widows, etc., Anna R. Boon, Newsomis, Southampton. Original, William Shaw, Portsmeuth, Norfolk. West Virginia—Original, Rolley J. Snider, Saint Cloud, Monongalia. Additional, Sam- uel Snider, Sincerity, Wetzel. nd—Original, Patrick Owens, Bal- William Snowden,Baltimore; James Cc. Tier, Annapolis, Anne Arundel; William Hayden, Annapolis, Anne Arundel. In- crease, Lewis H. Eppley, Alesia, Carroll. Original widows, etc., inna Lind, te more; Katie Fry, Baltimere. Reissue, Mi- nors of Edward Cinnamond, Baltimore. Government Receipts, National bank notes received today for redemption, $520,858. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $278,898; custoi £238,104; miscellaneous, $78,779, yaa) The Raleigh to Assist the Revenue Cutters at Key West. A More Radical Enforcement of the Neutrality Laws to Be Ob- served Herenfter. The administration has taken cognizance of the organization of Cuban filibustering expeditions at Key West and ports in the Gulf of Mexico, and has taken steps for a more radical erforcement of the laws of neutrality than has obtained at any time since the Cuban revolution began. This decision was reached yesterday afternoon as the result of a conference between Sec- retary Olney and Secretary Herbert. This morning orders were sent to the command- ant of the New York navy yard to fit out the cruiser Raleigh at once for service in the vicinity of Florida, to assist the rev- enue cutters in that district in maintaining an efficient patrol against the departure from our shores of armed bodies intending to participate in the conflict for Cuban in- dependence. The Raleigh was selected for this duty because she is the most available warship. z She has just reached New York from Norfolk, under orders to assist in the cele- bration over the opening of the Harlem River canal on the 17th instant. These or- ders have been revoked, and another vessel will probably be selected to perform the pert assigned to her. The Raleigh will take on coal and provisions and will start for Key West in a few days. The news of the recent departure of a filibustering expedition from Key West w doubtedly hastened action in the matter on the part of the government, and it is rrobable that the representations which are understocd to have been made by Senor de L.me, the Spanish minister here, on the subject have also had considerable weight. —_____+ e+ ___ RECENT DEPARTURES FOR CUBA. About Three Hundred in the Key West Expedition. TAMPA, Fla., June J1.—Letters received from Key West today say that a schooner left there with the main part of the pro- posed Cuban expedition, Wednesday night. A tug followed Thursday noon with Chief Roloff Sanchez, L. Castillo, Rosendo Gar- cia, Dr. Dominauez and others. It is al- leged that four small and two larger guns with eight Americans to operate them, if needed, have been shipped, and also many dynamite hand bombs with large quan- tities of arms and ammunition. The expe- dition, it is asserted, had among its mem- bers four regular United States soldiers from the garrison at Key West. The total number of meu in the expedition was three hundred. > In Tampa last evening three prominent Cubans, Enrique Collazo, Edward Laborde and Capt. Latorre, had a fight, but were quickly separated. Latorde had signed to go to Cuba With Collazo, but will not go now. HAVANA, Cuba, June 11.—The battalion of Cadiz has had a.urush.with the insur- gents at Guanibacoa, province of Puerto Principe. Two soldiers were wounded. The volunteers of Yateras and the light horse of Palma Sorriano and Guantamo have dispersed insurgent bands at Bellavista and at Caridad. They occupied the insurgents” positions. and camps. The insurgents left two dead and three wounded. The volun- teers had one man wounded. —_._—_ HARD RAIN IN THE WEST. A Deluge in Oklahoma —Iowa Corn Benefited. GUTHRIE, O. T., June 11.—The storm Sunday night was a veritable deluge over this county, and the greatest part of the territory. Within an hour many streams were out of their banks, and bridges swept away. At Orlando, in the northern part of the county, the dwellings of M. Hurleman and John Dulaney were struck by lightning and badly damaged. Fifteen persons in the latter's house, were badly shocked. Reports from Stillwater, Perkins, Chandier and other points east and west say that from three to five inches of rain fell. This insures good corn and grass. ALBIA, Iowa, June 11.—Farmers say the recent rains insure the best corn crop Iowa has had in twenty years. OMAHA, Neb., June 11.—Two inches of rain has covered the entire state in the hours. Fields of grain, which had been &bandoned as ruined,which had been so parched that a match would have kindled a serious conflagration, have revived, and will in most cases make a full crop. The growth has been something re- markabie, and most fields might be har- vested, if matured, tomorrow. Rivers and irrigation ditches are running full, and crops can be made without further rain during June. ——— ASSAULTED COL. SNOWDEN. A Philadelphian Gives Vent to an Old Grudge. PHILADELPHIA, June 11.—Col. A. Lou- den Snowden, ex-United States minister to Greece, ex-superiatendent of the United States mint, and a member of the Union League, was assaulted last night while walking on Market street by Col. W. M. Runkle, & prominent military man of this city, who was an officer of the third Penn- sylvania artillery during the war. Col. Snowden left the Union League about 9 o’clock, and was on his way to catch a train for his home at Bryn Mawr. When he reached 15th and Market streets he encountered Col. Runkle. The latter, without a word of warning, raised his cane and struck Col. Snowden. The latter de- fended himself with his umbrella, until Col. Runkle’s cane was broken. The latter was then placed under arrest. At a hear- ing today he was held in bail for court. He alleges that Col. Snowden was Instru- mental in having him discharged from the mint about twenty years ago, and he has had a grievance against him ever since. Col. Snowden is not dangerously injured. ———— MASTER PLUMBERS MEET. A Lively Fight for President to Be Made. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 11.—The thirteenth annual convention of the Na- tional Asscclation of Master Plumbers opened at 10 o'clock this morning in the Walnut Street Theater. Five hundred dele- gates were present when Select Council- man McCoach, a member of the associa- tion, introduced Mayor Warwick. The mayor delivered a brief address of welcome, extending the freedom of the city to the delegates. Major John Mitchell of New York, the national president, responded to the mayor's welcome. g The fight for the presidency of the asso- elation this year will be a particularly hot ene, Thus far three candidates have ap- peared in the field, Vice President Cross, James Meathe and Collector of internal Revenue William H. Doyle of this city. ——— TRAGEDY AT BALTIMORE. One Colored Man Shoots Down An- other in the Street. BALTIMORE, Md., June 11.—Francis B. Bowers (colored) shot and instantly killed William Green, also colored, on Mosher street this morning. Bowers claimed that Green had been intimate with his daughter, and threatened several times to shoot him. ‘This morning when the two men met Bow- ers quickly draw his pistol and shot Green three times in the breast. FILIBUSTERS)|MANY TO BE THERE Indications of a Large Attendanog at Memphis, SILVER MEN ARRIVING IN FORCE Outlining the Program of thé. Convention. SENATORS NOW ON HAND’ — MEMPHIS, Tenn., June 11.—The silver’ men will have beauciful weather for their convention, which opens tomorrow at thé Auditorium, where the sound money con+ vention was eld last month. The sky is clear, and though the temperature is high up in the eighties, a pleasant breeze teme | pers the heat. : Indications point to a very large ate tendance, including a number of men Prominent in rational politics. Delegates are arriving by every train and will con=_ tinue to come in up to noon tomorrow: There is a noticeably large proportion of men from the country and smaller towns emong those already seen on the streets, It is now thought there will be fully 1,000 delegates in attendance when the gave falls on the chairman’s desk tomorrow, The personnel of the convention will em- brace democrats, populists and a few res publicans. t Delegates Mostly From the West; |, Delegations are expected from twenty five states, but scarcely any from states’ east of the Mississippl and north of the Chio, There are seven United States Set- | ators here—Jones and Berry of Arkansag, Bate and Harris of Tennessee, George and Walthall of Mississippi and Turpie of Ihe diana. Senators Stewart of Nevada, Shoup | of Idaho and Butler of North Carolina are expected tonight. } The program of proceedings has not been fully decided upon in all its mee The convention will be called to order at 11 o'clock tomcrrow by W. N. Brown, presl-{ dent of the Bimetallic League of Memphis, | Judge L. R. Estes of the circuit court offer a prayer, and an addiess of welco! will be delivered by ex-Congressman Casey, Young of Memphis, 1 It has not yet been determined whet! there will be a temporary organization. Ih case it is decided to start off with a pers. manent organization, Senator Harris wil} nominate for permanent chairman either Senator Turple or Senator Jones of Arkan’ sas, probably the former. If Turpie Is made chairman of.the convention Jon will be chairman of the committee on reso- lations, end vice versa. } Committees on credentials and resolug tions will be appointed and the conventio' will adjourn until the afternoon, ‘The rest clutions wi!l probably be presented at tha second day’s session. ie | Among the speakers wil! be ex-Congresse man Sibley of Pennsylvania, Alex. of California,ex-Gov. Prince of New Me Sengtors Jones, Turpie, Stewart and Sh and probably ex-Congressman Bryan Nebraska. Senator Harris will not but will devote his attenticn to the busle ness of the corvention. GEN. HAMPTON’S POSITION. For Sound Moncy and Thinks That His Party Is. PORTLAND, Ore., June 11.—Gen. Wade Hampton, United States railroad commise sioner, arrived in Portland last night on @ tour of Inspection of the Pacific railroads, This is the first considerable stop at any. Place since he delivered the address at the unveiling of the monument to the con! federate dead at Chicago. “How do you stand on the financial ques= tion?” he was asked during a conversation, “I am in favor of sound money. The five propositions set forth by Secretary Carlisle are unanswerable. I hope that every news- paper in the country opposed to free silver will continue to publish those propositions, Nothing could be more convincing. “Secretary Carlisle's preliminary states ment of the proposition that he is about to discuss is a speech in itself,” ex: Gen. Hampton. eet He says he does not believe the dem cratic party will declare in favor of fr silver. It would not surprise him, he says, - Cleveland will be nominated for a third ime. IOWA POPULISTS CONVENE. : Dispute Between the Straightouts and Fusionists. DES MOINES, Iowa, June 11.—The popu« list state convention met this morning at i o'clock. Little business in addition to the temporary organization was done thig morning. Gen. J. B. Weaver will try to swing the convention to the support of any state licket favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1 without placing @ popuiist ticket In the field, H. F. Byron; fermerly a republican cditor, now in t populist camp, leads the opposition, ani favors the nomination of a full ticket. OHIO PROHIBITIONISTS, A Woman Will Preside Over the Con« vention. . SPRINGFIELD, Ohio, June 11.—The Pro- hibition state convention meets here thig afternoon, and delegates have heen pour- ing into the city all the morning. The tem: porary chairman of the convention, Miss Henrietta Moore of this city, is the first woman who ever presided over the state convention of any party. There promises to be a fight on a resolu- ticn between “‘broad-gauge” and “narrows gauge” men. R. 8S. Tho! n of this city, Seth H. Ellis, Springbor E, Jay Pinney, Cleveland, are mentioned for governor. Rev. Gideone McKlein, Dayton, will prob- ably be nominated for United States Sena tor by the conventiva. WILL BE A CANDIDATE. Sepator Brice Tells His Friends That He is in the Fight. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 11.—Dispatchea from Lima say that Senator Brice is thero, | and has had a conference with a number of bis party friends, to whom he has an- nounced his intention of becoming a can- didate for re-election as United States Sen- ater. —__ NOTRE DAME’S JUBILEE. Several Days to Be Given to the Cele= bration. SOUTH BEND, Ind., June 11.—The cele- , bration of the golden jubilee of the found- ing of the University of Notre Dame takes Flace today and the two ‘ollowinz days. The exercises will treat of Notre Dame of the past, present and future. The orators whe are expected to take part are Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul, Bishop Spaulding of Peoria, Mr. Claude Matthews, governor of Indiana; ex-Pr-sident fiarrson, atd others, Very Rey. E. B. Kilroy of Stratford, Ont, the oldest living graduate of the university, will be present and deliver an address. Notre Dame was chartered by the legis- lature in 1844, and the first commencement exercises were held in the June following. Father Sorin was the first presiden:, hold- ing the office until 1965. He continued practically at the head of the institution, however, up to the time of his death jn, November, 1898. ss