Evening Star Newspaper, June 14, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H.,.KAUFFMANN, Pres't. setter neat New York Office, 49 Potter Building, —-___—— ‘The Evening Star is served to spbscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Unlted States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet foreign postage added, $3.00 Entered at the Post Otlice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) ‘All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. tes of advertising made known on application. Star, $1 per year, with Che Zvening Star. WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of te pudding is in tBe eating. Pesterdap’s Star contained 51 cofumns ef advertisements, made up of 835 seporafe announce: menfs. Shese advertisers fought pubficifp—nof merefp Gpace. TWO LAID OFF Binders Charged With Loafing by Foreman Espey. —__.____ PUBLIC PRINTER BENEDICT'S LETTER He Explains His Duty to the Gov- ernment and the Men. ARBITRATORS CONFER ee When the men in the bookbindery of the government primting office reported for duty this morning Foreman Espey handed to President Hyde of the Bookbinders’ Union, who is one of the workmen in the office, the following letter which ha@ been received from Public Printer Benedict: “Office of the Public Printer, Washington, D. C., June 13, 1895. : “Mr. H. C. Espey, Foreman of Binding, Government Printing Office.—Dear Sir: I _feceived this noon a communication from Local Union No. 4, International Brother- hood of Bookbinders, referring to an issue which has arisen in the bindery, under your charge, concerning the work upon a certain book now in the office, and also a resolution of the local union bearing on the matter, adopted at a meeting held yester- day, a’ copy of which communication and resolution has been forwarded to you. “I desire that a conclusion be reached in this matter that will be just both to the service and to the employes in your di- vision, and that full consideration be given to the conditions under which the office works and to the precedents established in the disposal of like questions which have not infrequently arisen. “As public printer it is Incumbent upon me to execute the public printing and binding, employ labor and compensate same in aceordance with the provisions of stat- ute. The statute provides that bookbinders shall be paid 40 cents per hour for time work. I know of no seale or piece price rates in connection with the bindery work, and I cannot favor any task allotment of work in this office, for the reason that such 4 method would, I fear, sacrifice the quality for quantity of work done. But I would not have you understand that I de- sire you to demand from any employe in your division other than a fair day's work, and In the particular case at issue between you and the employes in your division, I ask you “not to require of any employe more than industrious, carefil application to duty during the hours he is employed, keeping in view at all times the urgency of work and the necessity for good work— work creditable alike to employes and to the administration ef the office. “Truly yours, BENEDICT, ‘Public Printer.” Two Men Laid Of. Foreman Espey directed that the usual amount of work should be given out, and this was done, the men being given to un- derstand that they would be expected to work steadily all day, but that no one would be expected to do more work than his capacity permitted. Within an hour there was trouble in the office. Two of the workmen were reported to Foreman Espey as not doing their full amount of work. They were called into the office, and both insisted that they were not leafing. One said he had waited awhile for some bindings and the other said that while it @as true he had talked some at his work, he had not neglected his business, but had labored fairly. The ex- cuses of the men were not accepted, how- ever, and they were summarily laid off. The men protested that they were being treated unjustly, but Foreman Espey was firm in his decision that they had neglect- ed their duties and must go. He sent them to Public Printer Benedict, who sustained his action. I laid those men off because they were loafirg at their work,” Mr. Espey said when asked about the matter by a Star reporter. “I simply want to have it un- derstood from the start that a man will have to do his work right and to keep at it during the hours in which he is paid to wor During the forenoon the workmen in the shop who compose the arbitration com- mittee of the union asked leave to with- draw that they might hold a conference over the situation, and this was granted by Foreman Espey. Together with Presi- dent Hytle they retired and spent the fore- neon discussing the situation. A copy of Mr. Benedict's letter was given them for their consideration. No Conelusion Reached. _ Up to a late hour this afternoon the committee on arbitration had not reached @ decision. The bookbinders are at work and the officials of the government print- ing office have received no information of any changes in the condition. —__———_+e+___. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Paving Florida Avenue. During the last session of Congress, at the request of the Senate committee, the Commissioners submitted an estimate cf $12,000 for paving Florida avenue between Connecticut avenue and 18th street. In the appropriation act it was finally ap- proved, although the amount was reduced to $6,000, As the entire work cannot be completed with the limited appropriation, the Ccmmissioners have written to the first controller stating that it Is their de- sire to do such part of the work as seers to them best meets the needs of the pub- lic, namely, to pave one-half the width of the roadway from Connecticut avenue to 48th street, and request to be informed whether there Is any objection thereto. Not Disturbed. The Nelson Morris Beef Company, which is defendant in the gas engine controversy before the Commissioners, had its innings today. Attorney Garnett introduced a score of witnesses, all residents in the immediate neighborhood, who testified that the gas engine used by the company in no way disturbed their rest or comfort. After listening to this testimony for over an the Commissioners adjourned the hee until tomorrow, when final arguments be heard. Reasons for Delay. Referring to a communication of the Secretary of the Navy relative to the de- work of extending the 6th and the Commissioners today ary that work was to the lack of piles, anc the fact that the pile driver belonging to the subcontractor who is ¢ < the piles ttached by parties in Alexandria, The y progressing rapidly Destroying Garbage. sentatives of the Dixon Crematory Company had a hearing before the Co: mi rs this morning for the purpose of exp! their device, it was clain ne now we moving the garbage it would Buildin permits i today were as follows: Mrs. M. L. Norton, to erect a two- story private bric L street norihwe Mallon, to e and attic bri street southeast, to cost $10,000; C. ¢ ing, to erect two four-story an brick dwellings, 1 and 1s: shire avenue, to cost $30,000, A NATIONAL LEAGUE It Will Direct “Democratic Silver Olubs. Result of a Conference at Memphis Last Night—Plans to Be Carried Out. MEMPHIS, June 14.—A meeting was, in the Gayoso Hotel, held late last night by a number of prominent democrats from the various states. It was decided to or- ganize a National Bimetallic League, for the purpose of giving directions to and re~ ceiving reports from all democratic bi- metallic leagues and clubs of the country, and to encourage the formation of leagues in all the counties of the various states. Senators Harris of Tennessee, Turpie of Indiana and Jones of Arkansas, with sev- eral others, were made a committee to ap- point a democrat from each state to form a national executive committee to carry out the plan of organization. The Ptsition of Democrats. At the session of the silver convention last night the letter from Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama was presented, but not read on account of the press of business of the convention. In it the Sena- tor says: “We invite all the friends of money that was ‘sound’ until silver was struck below the fifth rib by a jealous brother and hav- ing survived the assassin is still ‘sound’ to come into the democratic camp and to aid us in healing the. wounded feeling of the able servant of the people. It should be considered a just reproach to an old-fash- joned Jackson democrat to go outside the party to find a new creed as to gold and Iver, oreto defend our time-honored and ime-proven doctrine as to these metals, but when the President passes the thresh- old and oversteps the line with our colors in his hands it is our duty to follow him and rescue them from the dishonored posi tion of sheltering a ‘mugwump’ demonstra- tion. “More than 9 per cent of the democratic Senators in the body when Senator Harris and I entered it were ‘n favor of the im- mediate and full restoration of the law of 1837, signed by Jackson. There was not then a ‘single gold standard’ democrat in that bedy. There are some there now; only a ‘few, and they are wearing silver masks to disguise themselves, but the great body of democrats in the Senate from that day to this have upheld the old -lemocratic creed of 1837, that gold is the only safe and constitutional currency.” The National Zeitung of Berlin says that replies have been received by the xovern- ment from the majority of the federal gov- ernments to the inquiry regarding the expediency of an international monetary conference. The replies generally indicate a conviction that such meeting will be fruitless. —— THE CASE OF CHAPMAN. bly Not Come Up Before ext Wednesday. Tt is doubtful if the trial of Broker El- verton R. Chapman, one of the indicted contumacious sugar trust witnesses, will be proceeded with next Monday. The case was set down by Judge Cole several weeks ago for trial before him next Monday, pro- vided, of course, District Attorney Birney and Messrs. Shellabarger & Wilson, coun- sel for Mr. Chapman, were ready for trial that day. Both Mr. Wilson and District Attorney Birney are engaged in the How- gate case, which will hardly be concluded before Tuesday afternoon or Wednesday morning, so it is more than likely that Judge Cole will on Monday postpone the Chapman case until Wednesday. Mr. Birney stated to a Star reporter to- day that there was not the slightest truth in the printed statement that he had with- drawn from the Chapman case and had placed Assistant District Attorney Hugh T. Taggart in charge of it. In view of his other engagements, which had occupied so much of his time, he had requested Mr. Taggart to assist him in the case. Assist- ant Attorney General Dickinson would also assist him in the manage- ment of the case, as well as Assistant District Attorney Tracey L. Jeffords. Upon the conclusion of the Chapman case, which Mr. Birney believes will be concluded with- in a week’s time, he stated he would call the case of Billy Williams, Desmond and Auffort, charged with robbing the office of the Washington Steamboat Company, and after that, probably, the case of Patterson, Wells and Auffort, charged with burning the steamer Lady of the Lake last Febru- ary. Those cases disposed of, Mr. Birney said, he would try parties in jail awaiting trial, hoping to conclude all of them before the first of July, as no jury cases are expected to be tried during July or August. ——-—__— TO WATCH FILIBUSTERS. It Will Pro The Ralefgh Left New York for Key West Last Evening. The cruiser Raleigh left New York last evening for Key West, under special or- ders to prevent the departure of Cuban filibustering expeditiors from that vicinity. The vessel will make her headquarters at Key West and make short cruises@along the neighboring coast, using her launches and boats tc inspect inlets when necessary to look aftcr conspirators. The plan of the department is to keep the Raleigh on this station for a month if necessary, and to send another vessel to relieve her in case the necessity continues for a naval patrol of the southern coast. Owing to the ex- treme heat of the locality, it is not deemed prudent to keep one set of officers and men on duty there for more than a month at a time. It is calculated that it will take the Raleigh about three days to make the trip to Key West. —_—____-e+__ NAVAL RESERVE MILITIA. Assisiant Secretary McAdoo to Make a Tour of Inspection. Secretary Herbert will return here to- morrow from a visit to his home, in Ala- bama, and wiil relieve Assistant Secretary McAdoo of charge of the Navy Depart- ment. Mr, McAdoo will leave here Sunday on the dispatch boat Dolphin for a cruise ng the Atlantic ceast, visiting in turn all important points where naval reserve militia are mustered. He will first visit Wilmington, N. C., and then work kis way jong tne c Niblack, his naval 2 y him. Se dmiral Kirkland’s Squadron. A cable message was received “at the Navy Depart nt from Rear Admiral Kirkland, saying that the cruisers New York, Colu and San Francisco left n this morning for Kiel. The 1, the other vessel of the United to take part in the Kiel cele- is at Hamburg. She will be in the procession of smaller vessels, which will so through the canal from the Braunsbut- The Distinguished Sic! Represeniative Hitt. is still confined to his bed. There has been no marked change in his condition. = Miss Abagail Dodge continues to improve. She was conscious for some time this morning and recognized those about her. She is able to take more nourishment than formerly. It is thought if the impfove- ment continues she may be able to be re- moved to her home in Salem, Mass., within a week or ten days. ° IT TAKES IN ALL The Aegis of Civil Service Covers All Government Printers. DETAILS OF THE ORDER How the Classification Will Be Made Up. EXAMINATIONS TO BE STRICT a — The details involved in putting the gov- ernment printing office under the civil service rules are practically settled by the rule prepared by the civil service com- missioners and signed yesterday by the President. Doubtless amendments will be made from time to time, as necessity oc- casions, but for the most part the thorough consideration given the matter by the pub- lic printer and the commission has left little to be suggested in the way of al- teration or addition. The classification provided for in the or- der signed by the President yesterday is as follows: 1. All clerks receiving an annual salary of $720 or less, this not including, of course, day laborers, charWemen or rough labor of any kind. 2. All clerks receiving an annual salary of $840 down to $720. 3. All receiving from $840 to $900 a year. 4. Those getting from $000 to $1,000, Those having from $1,000 to $1,200 a . getting from $1,200 to $1,400. » having from. $1,400 to $1,600. getting from $1,G00 to $1,500. clerks getting from $1,800 00 a year. )> Those receiving an annual compensa- tion of $2,000 or more. How Piece Wages Are Reckoned. to In a large number of pesitions in the of- fice the compensation is not made in a reg- ular annual salary, but by piece wages. All such employes will be rated as hereto- fere by thair pay during their annual leave of absence. Thus, for instance, a compo: tor receiv during his leave $3.20 a day for u month. He would accordingly be rated ss a clerk of the fifth class, receiv- ing $1140 a year. The same rule of clas: fication vill be applied in all lines of piece work throughout che office. In the book- binders’ department this will include a large number of women employed as skill- ed laborers. The Examinations. The examinations for places in the office will be divided into two grand divisions, the first of which will include such practi- cal tests of the applicant's fitness as the commission may Cetermine upon, and the second will embrace all the data apper- taining to each applicant as the commis- sion may deem necessary to put on record. An applicant for a trade place will be re- quired to answer a series of questions, giv- ing an agcount of his experience in_his perticular line, where he has worked, how Icng, just what he has done, for whom he has ‘done trade werk and all other infor- mation that the commissioners regard as essential for ‘he good of the service. All this will bo taken under oath, ard the com- missioners will in each case verify the statements made in this way. Registration Examinations, For all places where a competitive exar- ination is not practicable there will be a system of registration examinations on the same plan as that in successful use at some of the large post offices, notubly that at Boston and Chicago, where applicants are required to make the fullest possible statement of their qualifications, all under oath, and then the appointing boards are required to begin at the head of the list and give consideration to each applicant in the order of priority. If for any reason an applicant Is not fitted for the work re- quired his name is passed over, and some other applicant following on the list is considered. The examinations in practical efficiency will be conducted under the direction of the civil service commissioners by practical experts selected by the commissioners from the various divisions of the government printing office. These practical tests will be very much what they have always been. The applicant will in the first place be ask- ed to take off his coat, if the time of the test be in winter, and ‘his vest, if it be in the sunny month’of July or August. ‘Then he will be given a case, a “stick,” and a “take,” and his fun will begin. Number of Applicants Reduced. It is not a difficult matter to see that the first result of the application of the civil service rules to the office will be to exclude a large class of applicants that have hitherto had a chance there, especially in the balmy old times when the spoils sys- tem was on top in all the government de- partments. ‘The inquiry which the civil service commission will make into the ante- cedents of each applicant will serve to de- ter many who otherwise would be among the applicants. For instance, the public printer has now on file 45,000 applications under the old system, and it is safe to say that when they are thrown into the waste basket not 500 of them will ever be renewed before the civil service commission, The Age Limitations, z It will be observed that the age for male applicants is from twenty-one to forty-five and for female is from eighteen to thirty- five. In the case of men the idea is to al- low time for acquiring a trade. An appli- cant twenty-one years old must show that he has worked four years as an apprentice and one year as a journeyman, which would take him back to his sixteenth year, which is about as young as a boy ought to be to begin to learn a trade as difficult as the printer’s and about as young as he can be to have hisapprenticeship do him any good. In the case of women the minimum age is three years younger. This is for the son that women are not in the trades. They are not in the unions, and it is not necessary for them to have served time either as apprentices or as _journeymen. Their employment is principally as folders and stitchers In the bookbinding depart- ment, and for that work they are aimost intuitively fitted from earliest girlhood. It is true that there are some women type- sette but they are not credited to the trades, but are put down as skilled labor- ers. The age limitation will not be drawn ainst women who apply as skilled la- borers who want to set type. The Matter of Transfers, Under the rule just made transfers will be allowed to employes in the government printing office, but only within the lines of each trade. Thus, for instance, a type- setter could not ask to be transferred to the land office as a clerk, but he could be transferred to the printing office connected with the railway mail service or to the weather bureau's printing office. In other ords, his transfer must be to a place for which’ he has peculiar trade qualifications and to no other. A bookbinder could only ask to be transferred to a bookbinding office in some of the departments. A good deal of curiosity is manifested te know just what parts of the printing office are included in the rule. It practically takes in everything that the act of Con- ‘gress last January placed under the public printer. All the branch offices in the de- partments are included except the printing offices in the railway mail service, the | weather bureau, the War Department and the bureau of war records and the offices connected with the Department of Agri- culture and the treasury bookbinding of- fice. All of these offices except that in the railway mail service are already under the civil service rules. The various printing offices connected with large post offices in the various cities will be included. . Reinstatements. The order provides that where an em- ploye is dropped or lald off by any neces- sary reduction of the force he may be re- instated without examination within one year. The principal objection made by the book- binders, who did not joi the other unions in asking to have the’ affice placed under the rules, was that ‘there wouid be chance for unjust removals. The answer made to this by the civil service commis- sioners was that the operating cause for arbitrary removals was gone when the head of a bureau must take some one of three unknown persons certified to tim by the commission. This was shown in the prac- tical working of the Baltimore post office, where, under Postmaster Adrian, before the application of civil service rules, there was per cent of removals, and under Post- master Warfield, under the rules, but 2 per cent. THE SILVER OUTLOOK No Party Split Likely Until After the Conventions. Concessions for the White Metal— This Will Be the Demand of the Silverites—Populists Pleased. The fight for silver will be prosecuted by both democrats and republicans with a view to capturing the national convention of one or both of these parties, and will not be carried beyond party lines, if at all, It is believed by democrats in this city that the failure of the silver convention at Memphis to adopt a resolution in favor of forming a new party will settle once for all the idea of extremists among the free silver men that old parties should be abandoned, and that silver should be made the one issue of a new organization, Ex- Representative Bryan of Nebraska, during the latter days of Congress, was careful to make it known that he Believed in car- rying on a sliver fight within the demo- cratic party, and that he thought the na- tional convention could be captured by the silverites. But Mr. Bryan’s action at the Memphis cenvention has shown that he has grown restive under the powerful inftvence wield- ed by the sctnd money men of the admin- istration, and thinks it is about time the party harness should be east off. Mr. Sib- ley of Pennsylvania, so long mentioned as a good leader of the silver party and as a presidential possibility along populistic lines, came cut boldly in faVor of severing party affiliaticns. No Headway for a New Party. But Senator Harris and other prominent democrats at the convention saw the dan- ger into which the party wag drifting, and were es forcible in promouneing against any dissolution of the party organization as they were in arguing ih favor of free coinage of silver. The effort.was being made by a faction of the convention to se- cure the adoption cf .a resolution which would result in a formation“of a new silver party. Word was passed arcund among the speakers atthe convention, so that in the addresses all those opposed to this line of action took occasion to cordemn it, and“it was not possible to make ehy headway on the part of the new party men. This action ts regarded as a keynote for silver men in both the democratic and re- publican parties. Members, both republi- cans and democrats, of silver tendencfts now expect to stand firmly within their party lines until they go to thelr conven- tions. But they will have it clearly w derstood that they will get important con- cessions at these national gatherings or they will look outside the old parties for a man and a platform to vote for in 1896. Populists Are Pléensed. This course of action is lgoked upon with great favor by populists. The populists think that if silver men wait until after the national conventions in order to deter- mine whether they will bolt or whether they will support the party nominee that there will be no time té effect a satisfac- tory organization for the nomination of a man to lead the silverites in a national fight. The populists are inclined te believe that by the time the conventions are held their party will have received important accessions from both democrats and re- publicans and that thelr organization will have increased so in strength and import- ance that silverites will not think it neces- sary to look elsewhere for a party to car- ry out their ideas. That so many democrats at the Mem- phis silver convention were loud in talking down the movement to form a new party is regarded by very many silver men as an evidence that these members of the party believe that they can carry the national convention and adopt a silver platform and nominate a man for the- presidency who will favor either the free coinage of silver or who will pledge himself not to veto any free silver legislation by Congress. Whatever the outlook for silver may be, there is a feeling of satisfaction among strong party men of the democracy that the sentiment shown in the Memphis convention against a split of the party indicates that at least until after the national convention the sound money and the silver wings of the democratic party will flap together. : -. Disbarred From Practice. N. O. Price of Washington city and Jenny R. Root, nee Chapman, gf Waterbury, Conn., were today disbarred: from practice before the Interior Department, the former for demanding illegal fees in a pension case and the latter for having associated in pension business with her father, who had been previously disbarred. ———— Naval Movements, The cruiser Olympia left San Francisco today for Santa Cruz to take part in the flower festival, The Atlanta has arrived at New London, and the Raleigh has sailed from New York for Key West. © ° Government Receipts. National bank notes recelved today for redemption, $254,675. Government receipts —From internal-revenue, $408,102; customs, $403,064; miscellaneous, .$29,-4 as Duty as Aid-de-Camp. Second Lieut. Wm. J. Glasgow, first cav- alry, has been ordered to San Antonio, Texas, for duty as aid-de-camp to Brig. Gen. Z. R. Bliss, commanding the depart- ment of Texas. To Attend the Encampment. Capt. Charles M. O'Connor, eighth cav- alry, has been ordered to attend the en- campment of the second regiment of in- fantry, National Guard of Missouri, at Se- dalia early in August. —_—_—_—_-e.—______ Called on the President. Maj. Gen. Ruger called on the President yesterday afternoon to pay his respects: pe Reported at the Depnrtment. Commander J. C. Forsyth has reported at the Navy De ‘tment under orders from Assistant Secretary McAdoo. The Highway Commission Organized This Morning. READY 10 REVIEW PLANS Capt. Fiebeger. Made Permanent Secretary of the Body. METHOD OUTLINED Promptly at 9:15 o'clock this morning the highway commission, consisting of the Sec- retary of War, the Secretary of the In- terior and the chief of engineers of the army, met and organized in Engineer Com- missioner Powell's private office at the Dis- trict building. Maj. Powell looked thor- oughly satistied this motning when the commission went into session. At last the first section of the highway plan was to be taken off his hands, Not that he desired to shirk any responsibility, but he was glad that at last the actual work preparatory to the final disposition of the subject was about to commence. Col. Craighill, chief of engineers, was the first member of the commission to arrive. He went at once to Maj. Powell's private office and busied him- self while waiting for his colleagues scan- ning a blue print of the first section, which was hanging on the wall. “Yes, sir,” he said to a reporter of The Star, “it is true the highway commission is about to organize. There will be nothing of any consequence done, however, today, beyond organizing and appointing a per- manent secretary. “This street extension matter is a most important subject, and the widest pub- licity will be given to the action of the commission. There is no desire ta, keep anything away from the public, which is so deeply interested in this matter. It is an excellent thing to do, this extension of the city streets, and the good results which follow wilk be immediately felt. It is my impression the commission will get to work at once. This is an important matter. The commission will give hearings to all interested, I have no doubt.” Just then Major Powell came in and greeted his chief cordially. Secretary Lamont fol- lowed shortly afterward, and Secretary / Smith was only a few minutes behind. Commissioner Powell retired, and the commission proceeded to business. The first thing to do was to appoint a perma- nent secretary. It was acknowledged that a careful selection should be made, for the appointee should be peculiarly qualified for the onerous duties incident to the of- fice. He should be a man who has the re- spect and confidence of the community, and one who exercised a wise discretion. General. Craighill paid a high compliment to Captain G. J. Fiebeger, first assistant eagineer commissioner, who, he said, was just the man for the position, and Secretary Lamont had heard of his popularity, and so he was unanimously appointed perma- nent secretary. Captain Fiebeger was sent for, and immediately entered upon his duties. It was decided to insert a notice in each of the newspapers of the city, inviting all interested in the first section, who had any complaint to make regarding any street or part of street, to embody their objections or suggestions in a letter to the chief of engineers. Such letters would be received and ccnsidered up to July 15. During the remainder of the month the commission will examine the subject, and upon August 1 will give a public hearing to those who filed objections or complaints, that they may have a better opportunity of explain- ing their case. It was unanimously agreed that no individual member of the commis- sion would hear any oral complaint or sug- gestion until after August 1. The meeting adjourned shortly after 10 o'clock, to meet at the call of the chairman. —_——.___ TUESDAYS AND FRIDAYS. Secretary Olney Will Not Receive Visitors on Those Days. Secretary Olney has decided to reserve Tuesdays and Fridays—cabinet days—en- tirely to the consideration of official busi- ness, and will not receive visitors on those days, except in cases where the business to be presented cannot be postponed. He will endeavor, so far as possible, to contine the consideration of public business to the regular hours of labor, so as to have the nights for rest and recreation. The closing of his office to visitors on cabinet days is in accordance with a rule promulgated by President Cleveland in April, 1893, which directed the closing of the offices of all the members of the cab- inet on Tuesdays and Fridays, in order “to promote the uninterrupted and more efficient transaction of the business of the departments.” This rule was strictly ob- served for a short time, and of late has been more honored in the breach in most of the departments. This was especially the case with the State Department, Sec- retary Gresham receiving visitors on all days alike. Secretary Olney thinks well of the rule, however, and will undertake to enforce it. He feels that he will need the few hours preceding and following the session of the cabinet for the dispatch of business con- sidered thereat. + 2+_____ MINISTER RANSOM’S ILLNESS. It May Result in His Resigning the Mexican Mission. It is reported that Mr. Ransom, U. S. minister to Mexico, is seriously ill at his home in North Carolina, but the report cannot be verified at this end of the line. Mr. Ransom is advanced in years, and has not been in good health for some time. His visit to the City of Mexico was in- jurious to his health, and the rarified at- mcsphere at @hat capital affected his heart so-seriously that his physician would not allow him to remain there. He obtained leave of absence and came home to re- cuperate. There is considerable doubt as to his return to Mexico, and it {s almost certain that he will be compelled to re- Inquish the mission unless his health un- dergoes material improvement, as it is not likely he can stand the climate of the City of Mexico in his present enfeebled state. His illness may prove only tem- porary, however, and he may soon. re- cover his health, in which event he will undoubtedly return to his diplomatic post. The Mexican mission has many attractions, not the least of which is the salary at- tachment df $17,500, equivalent to $35,000 in Mexican silver. — Pardons Dented. The President today dented the applica- tion for pardon in the case of J. H. Evans, convicted in Tennessce of passing counter- feit money and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment. He also declined to inter- fere in the case of Aaron Johnson, conyict- ed in North Carolina of retailing Hquor without a license and sentenced to two months’ imprisonment. —_—_—_+-o+_____ To Be Retired. Commander Oscar F. Heyerman, United States navy, has been found physically in- capacitated for further active service by a Laval examining board, which met at the Navy Department. His retirement is recommended. He recently suffered a stroke of peralysis in Brooklyn. Eighteen Thousand Insurgents Said to Be Under Arms, Spanish Soldiers Dying of Disease and Hunger—An Appeal to Sympathizers. TAMPA, Fla., June 14—The foltowing proclamation, translated, has just been re- ceived from Cuba: z 2 “To the Cuban people: Maximo Gomez is in command, with 2,000 men. The Marquis of Santa Lucia, with the ery of ‘Cuba Libre,’ has joined him with 1,500 men. Twenty of the most noted gentlemen of Puerto Principe accompany the worthy son of Camaguey. There is no hope for Spain. Remidos has protected the landing of Roloff and his 280 men. He brings muni- tions of war and 5,000 pounds of dynamite. The landing of Yero and Seraphin Sanchez is confirmed. They bring American pyro- technics. Santa Spirite has already seven armed bands. General Maceo, with his 6,009 Macketeros, is destroying and burning everything which he finds in his. way. Liberal Spaniards have nothing to fear. Lives and property will be respected while assistance is not rendered to the govern- ment. “If Spain had hunted for a general whose mission was to annihilate the Spanish army, no one would have been better suited than Martinez Campos, who does not let poor and tired soldiers have any rest. They die of hunger, for they gre without food or clothes under a burming sun in this eadly climate. “The autonomist party says that insur- rection in arms is unnecessary to force the government to favor autonomy. Shame to these false patriots, who live on*miserable bread, that the despot throws to them. Soldiers from Mahon, a Spanish province, have gone over’to the insurgents’ ranks. The daily expenses of Spaniards run up ta $150,000. Martinez Campos has lost al- ready 10,000 men. Soidiers in the city of Manzanillo die in the streets of fever and dysentery. Famine spreads through the province of Cuba. In Baraco and Guan- tanamo there are 18,000 insurgents in arms, Liberal Spaniards, the sons of Riego and Pinto, hurrah for liberty. To arms and down with the metropolitan government and tyranny! Hurrah for Maximo Gome: (Signed) Revolutionary Committee of Ha- vana.”" Cuban advices received here are to the effect that eleven thousagd Spanish troops will land at Neuvitas on the northern coast of Cuba today, being the second instali- ment of troops dispatched to Campos by the home government. The Filibusters Landed. NEW YORK, June 13.—A special to the Herald from Havana, Cuba, says informa- tion has just reached here to the effect that the Cuban filibustering expedition on the tug George W. Childs, under the com- mand ef General Carlos Roloff and Gen- eral Serafin Sanchez, which slipped away from the Florida coast on last Thursday, has larded the party with all their arms and munitions of war at a point near Aqua- dores, in the province of Santiago de Cuba. ——__ STABBED WITH AN ICE PICK. Pugilist Maber in an Altercation at Coney Island. BROOKLYN, N. Y., June 14.—William A. Maber, alias “Shadow,” a pugilist, twenty- seven years old, who was billed to fight’ young Corbett at the Seaside Athletic Club tonight, became involved in an altercation ‘at Coney Island early today with Christo- pher Gernio, an Italian watchman. Gernio stabbed Maber in the left breast with an ice pick, inflicting a painful but not a dan- gerous wound. His wound was dressed, after which he was locked up on a charge of intoxication, while Gernio was held on a charge of assault. SS DISCUSSING THE MATTER. Electricity for the L Roads in New York. NEW YORK, June 14.—Russell Sage was asked today about a report that the Man- hattan Elevated Railroad Company had contracted with the Westinghouse Com- pany for the electrical equipment of the Manhattan railway. Mr. Sage said there was no truth in the statement that a con- tract had been made, but it is a fact that the Manhattan company is considering the problem of operating the “L” roads with electricity. ———— FRENCH “PATRIOTS” PROTEST. Crape During the Celebration. PARIS, June 14.—The League of Patriots continues to organize meetings to protest against the participation of France in the approaching celebrations at Kiel in com- memoration of the opening of the Baltic and North Sea canal. Placards have been posted in various parts of the city calling upon the inhabitants to display flags drap- ed with crape so long as the French ships are at Kiel. Will Wear Kiel GREENHUT AND OTHERS. Charged With Losing Whisky Trust Money in Speculation. CHICAGO, June 14.—Recelver McNulta has filed an additional bill against Pres!- dent Greenhut, Herbert L. Terrell, Nelson Morris, Wm. N. Hobart, Lewis H. Green, Peter J. Hennessey, Warren H. Corning and J. W. French, former directors of the whisky trust, praying that the defendants be made to account for $500,000 alleged to have been lost in speculation. ae To Study Effects of Alcoholism ALBANY, N. Y., June 14.—Governor Mor- ton has decided to sign the bill providing for the studying in the public schools of the nature and effects of alcoholic drinks and other narcotics in connection with physiology and hygiene in the public schools: - —— Eight Prisoners Broke Jail. NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., June i Fight prisoners, one of them George Ste- fanke, an alleged murderer, escaped from the Middlesex county jail at 2 o'clock this. morning. The fugitives had been confined in two cells directly under the oof of the Jail. a The Norway-Sweden Crisis CHRISTIANA, Norway, June 14.—M. Svredrup, the leader of the Norwegian moderates, who was asked by King Oscar to form a new cabinet, has declined the proposition, ge Interior Department Promotions. Vivian Brent of Maryland has been ap- pointed first assistant attorney in the In- terior Department, at $2,750 a year, in place of Emory F. Best, who was yesterday ap- pointed assistant commissioner of the gen- eral land office. Robert W. Hunter of Virginia has been appointed assistant attorney, at $2,500 a year, in Mr. Brent's place. Both appoint- ments are in the line of promotions for skill and efficiency. Sty en ee Fourth-Class Postmasters. Twenty-five fourth-class postmasters were appointed today, twenty-two of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or res! nations. SUBURBAN STREETS |CUBANs’ SIDE GIVEN/FOUR WERE KILLED Bursting of a Boiler Wrecks a Building. TERRIBLE DISASTER AT FALL RIVER Firemen Fought the Spread of the Flames. SCENES OF TERROR FALL RIVER, Mass., June 14.—Tho wcrst catastrophe that has visited this city since the granite mill fire occurred this morning at the Langley harness shop, a four-story building on County street. A new boiler exploded in the basement of the building, blowing out the entire end of the structure and allowing the upper ficors to settle into a mass cf ruins. There were about sixteen persens at work in the shop. Four were killed. Many are badly hurt. Spread of the Flames. The flames communicated with the tuins soon after the explosion and they. began to burn briskl The firemen rushed to the scene and exerted heroic efforts in their endeavor to rescue the imprisoned work people. Shrieks from the girls in the ruins were mingled with the agonized cries of their friends who had hurried to the scene when the first news of the catastrophe spread. Ambulances were sent out hurriedly and every physician who could be reached was sent at once to the scene. The offices and the houses in the vicinity were turned into temporary hospitals. At 9 o'clock the badly charred and scarce= ly recognizable bedy of a woman had Leen taken from the ruins. The fire had been quenched, but it was still smoldering, and the work of rescuing went on with great difficulty. A girl named Jalbert, who worked on the third floor, escaped, and says there was a terrible report, followed by a shock, so tkat the roof seemed to lift and then fall, completely demolishing the whole build- ing. She and her sister-in-law were thrown into the middle of the road. The latter was badly cut about the face and arms. All who were in the building at the time of the accident are now accounted for. Mr. Langley, the proprietor, is in a criti- cal condition, and has been removed to his home for treatment. The shock broke in the windows of the Stafford mill, and injured several of th operatives. The harness shop is a tot wreck, but the flames are under control. The Star Music Hail has been made a morgue, where Medical Examiner Dolan, with a corps of physicians, is installed. The engine was situated in the northwest corner of the building, and was of fifty horse power. . The list of dead is as follows: Adele Doe, aged twenty; Leila Horton, aged seventeen years; Adolph E. Bellefuelle, forty-five years old; Robert Murray, aged twenty-one years. el TO CONTROL PAPER MAKING. A Great Trust Said te plai NEW YORK, June 14.—The Press says a great trust is forming. which will have for its object the entire control af the wood pulp paper making industry in the United States. Nearly all the prominent paper men are in the city, and a meeting will be held tomorrow for the purpose of mapping out a campaign. Among the principal members of the trust are Messrs. T. S. Coolidge of the St. George Paper Company, F, P. Parks of Glens Falls, George Jerome of Bangor, Me.; H. M. Knowles of Boston, R. M. Burbank of the Burbank Paper Com- pany and Hugh J. Chisholm. They are ex- tremely reticent concerning their plans, though they admit that they intend to com- Line and obtain control of the paper busi- ness. it is claimed that a combination of in- terests will enable makers to manufacture paper with greater economy, and, conse- quently, more profit, although it is said to be no part of the idea to raise prices. — WAS BEATEN. Be Conteme GOVERNM! Railway May Run Through the Kick- z apoo Reservation, PERRY, Oklahoma, June 14.—The su- preme court of Oklahoma has handed down a decision dismissing the appeal to the Uni- ted States government for an injunction against the Oklahoma and Choctaw rail- road. This means that the construction of the road will begin and be pushed to com- pletion at once. The people of Tecumseh. - Oklahoma, enjoined the railroad from building through the Kickapoo reservation unless they came through that town, which is the place selected for a town site by the United States government. Attorney Gen- eral Olney joined Tecumseh in the fight. The lower court dissolved the injunction proceedings some weeks ago and the gov- ernment appealed. This appeal is dis- missed by the supreme court. The railroad People propose to build a town of their own. ——___. TO KEEP PEACE. Powers Did Not Intervene for Love of China. VICTORIA, B. C., June 14.—Letters to the King Tai Company from Shanghai, give the news that the Russian, German and French ministers in Pekin paid a joint visit to the Tsung Li Yamen on May 23 and presented the following statement: “The course taken by ‘he three powers in giving advice to Japan by suggesting she should not permanently occupy Liao Tung peninsula was dictated merely by the desire of those powers for a lasting peace in the orient, but not to promote any interest of the Chinese government, or on account of their sympathy with China, ‘The Chinese government is, therefore, warned not to misunderstand the object of the three powers and thus to rely upen them in the future in connection with af- fairs the settlement of which is now pend- ing.” > -— CONVICTED OF MURDER. Patrick ‘ound Guilty of Saloonkeeper Garbs’ Death JERSEY N. J., June 14.—Patrick Sheehan was today convicted of murder in the first degree. Sentence will be passed upon him tomorrow. Sheehan killed D. H. Garbs, a saloon keeper at Bayonne. —_—_ Tite Vice President an LL.D. CHICAGO, June 14.—At the commence- ment exercises of the Northwestern Uni- versity, held at the Auditorium last night, President Rogers announced that the hon- orary degree cf doctor of laws was con- ferred upen A. E. Stevenson, Vice Presi- dent of the United States. There was a storm of applause from the 4,000 people present when the annourcement was made. eg Southern Railwny Directors Meet. NEW YORK, June 14.—A meeting of the Southern Railway Company directors was held here today, at which the accounts of the Richmond Terminal reorganization com- mittee up to April 5 were approved, and the committee given further time for ac- countirg té December 18, 1895. President Spencer stated to the board the plans he had made for securing an entrance into the city of Norfolk.