Evening Star Newspaper, June 18, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STA : { PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY eee The Bening’ Star” Newspope Company, 8. H, KAUFFMANN, Pree't. New York Office, 40 Potter ‘The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the elty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Copies at the per week, or 44 cents per month. counter 2 cents each. By mati—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©., as second-class mail matter.) €7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. ¢ Fen No. 13,194. WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, SUNE 18, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. The proof of the pudding is: in fhe eating. Yesterday's, Star contained 53 cofumns' of advertisements, mare up of 862 separate announces ments. ZBhese advertisers fous$t pubficity—not merefp space, THE FATE OF SILVER|/PEMOCRATS UNEASY| Wit] BE A BIGCROWD It Will Be Materially Influenced During the Next Ten Days. COMING CONVENTIONS OF BOTH PARTIES Each Will Have Its Weight | Fixing the Result. A BOOST OR A BACKSET eg ae The show of hands within the next ten days on the silver question will, it is ad- mitted, have a very material influence on the whole situation. First comes the meeting of the League of Republican Clubs at Cleveland, which be- gins tomorrow. Silver is certain to come up in some form there, and receive either a boost or a backset. The latest story in circulation is that the western men have changed their minds about forcing the fight- ing at this meeting. The story may be true. And yet even that program will have its significance. It is not denied that the original program was of an entirely “dif- ferent character. The fighting was to be forced, and that, too, from the very outset. Tf it Is not forced, that will be a backset for silver. And if it is forced and lost by ‘an overwhelming majority, that also will be a backset for silver. So that, come w the proceedings at Cleveland w bearing on silver, showing either how strong the canse is in the r publican party at this time, or that it is too weak as yet to risk an engagement of any kind even on the skirmish line. Kentucky Next Week. From Cleveland interest will be trans- ferred to Louisville, where next week the Kentucky demcrats will hold their state convention. The situation in Kentucky is mixed. The primaries just held show a large uninstructed vote. The result there- fore may be characterized in a well-known Kentucky phrase as a “dog fall.” That is to say, neither side ts on top. The fight goes into the state convention, and must be decided there. If silver makes a big demonstration at Cleveland the fact will have its weight for the cause at Louisville. Mr. Blackburn will use It as an encourag- ing sign with which to rally his followers. If the silver republicans flunk at Cleveland the fact will be used by the sound money men at Louisville. It will be quoted to prove that the strength of silver in the west has been exaggerated. The Ohio Campaign. The fight in Kentucky being over, the campaign in Ohio will be opened in dead earnest. So far the democratic factions in the buckeye state have only been sparring for position. The day for the battle has not yet been fixed. The sound money men, led by Brice and Campbell, want a late €ay—some time in Augus ile the silver men want the work over with as soon as possible. After the Kentucky convention this point will speedily be settled, and then for business. The Kentucky result will, it is thought, have influence in Ohio. The line of battle is the same in both states. The silver men are asking a straightout in- dorsement of free coinage at 16 to 1. The gold men are asking an _indorsement of the financial plaak of the Chicago platform of 1892, together with an indorsement of the administration. The promise {s of warm times ahead. The administration is behind the gold men, while the great name of ‘Thurman is invoked by the friends of silver. Leaning on One Another. This then is the present aspect of the situation. Things are standing In a row, and apparently are leaning on one another. If one prop falls there may be a general tumbling all along the line. If silver goes down at Cleveland it will probably go down at Louisville; and if at Louisville it will probably go down in Ohio; and if in Ohio its jig will be up In all the territory outside of the south and west. Such, at least, is the basis of present calculations on both sides and this accounts for the activity and arxiety of the moment. The silver men are ncw sligatly on the defensive, which is a change wrought within the past fortnight. The gold men, however, are far from safe, and are making what hay they can during the closing sun rays of an extremely hot afternoon. ————— SOUTH CAROLINA CASES. Interesting Questions to Be Decided by the Supreme Court, ‘The Sovth Carolina railroad cases, which have attracted general attention during the past three years, have reached the United States Supreme Court. They are brought to this tribunal at the instance of the state on an appeal from a decision of Judge Simonton of the United States circuit court for the district of South Carolina allowing certain counsel fees, on the ground that his court was without jurisdiction. There are several of the cases, but the most im: portant of th+m, and the one upon which all hinge, is that of the state of South Carolina vs. the Port Royal and Augusta Railroad Company. The record is a very voluminous document, but the gist of the complaint as made by the state is that the Port Roya! road, which has keen a part of the Central railroad system of Georgia since 18S1, has been run in the interest of that company to such an extent as to bank- rupt the Port Royal line and do great in- jury to certain South Carolina interests, hich the road, as originally chartered, intended to subserve. It is asserted, instance, that whereas the road while fo: under independent management made con- tracts advantageous to its interests with other railroad companies, maintained its line of steamers and built docks, s and grain elevators at Port Royal, it is now coaducted so as to “keep it at the lowest staie of life compatible with existence at all.’ It i 0 asserted in the bill of complaint that the business of the road has been diverted, the elevators and wharves dismantled, and that one purpose of this proczeding has been to build up the line of steamers owned by the Georgia company ruaning out of Savannah to Bos- tan and New York. It is also shown that the Georgia system is in the hands of a Tecelver, who, as appoiuted, has also con- trol of the South Carolina road. This is a State of affairs alleged to be illegal. Hence the effort is to have the recelver ousted and the independence of the Port Royal Toad re- Falling to secure this Fesult, the $ to have the road de- Prived of its rs. Commander I Comm e© Ordered Home. t George Ide, commanding the cruiser Alert, now at Panama, has been mmarily detached from his command and 1 home. His detachment Is the se- Quel of the visit of Admiral Meade’s fleet to Panama last spring, on which occasion Commander Ide, it i resp: cer. the fle time, and made an inves gation, h has resulted as above stated. Comms r Franklin Hanford has been de- tached from duty at the New York nav yard and ordered to command the Alert, Der steamer from New York of July 30. Yew London. The cruisers Atlanta and Cincinnati have arrived at New Lond: to participate in the Grand Army celebration there today. Uncertain What the Olubs of Their Party “Will Do About Silver. Watching the Republican Clubs at Cleveland With Great Anxiety —A Special Stumping Tour Arranged. Sound money democrats will watch the Proceedings of the National League of Re- publican Clubs at Cleveland this week with quite as much anxiety’ as will the sound money republicans. There is a national as- sociation of democratic clubs, and the fear is that the pggsibilities developed at the republican meeting may act as an in- centive to such agitators as may seek to serve the silver cause through the agency of the democratic organization. The West a Prominent Figure. And here, again, the west cuts a premi- nent figure. The club movement among the democrats has found its most energetic expression in the newer states. In the south there was little need for such work. | The south has been solidly democratic for years on presidential issues, without the beating of a drum or the expenditure of a dollar. She has been accustomed to collect her campaign funds to assist the party in other sections. The west has Had the fit of the greater share of the money. was recognized that the party there had an uphill task and was entitled to all the assistance that could be rendered. The democratic clubs in the west grew and were encouraged and played notable part in the campaigns of both 188 and 1802. Spe- cial trains bearing prominent eastern speak- ers were run through all of the western states, and monster meetings held in the interest of tariff reform. Appeal of the Administration. But another issue 1s-presented now. The democrats of the west are asked to go with the democrats of the east on the meney question, and to put the party or- ganization there in line with the admin- istration’s policy. The appeal is of course largely to the clubs, which are represented still to be in a flourishing condition. What will be their response? Will they reflect the prevafling sentiment of their section and declare for silver? Will they refuse the administration’s hand? Will they pro- claim, as the westerngepublican clubs are threatening to do at Cleveland, that silver must be recognized or trouble in the party will follow? Taking Time by the Forelock. The democratic managers, instructed by the embarrassments of the republicans, are taking time by the forelock. They will endeavor to reach and influence their west- ern clubs before any national meeting can be held, and with this end in view are preparing another special stumping tour of the west. The ablest sound money speak- ers within reach are to be sent on the journey, and instructed to present the mat- ter in its most effective form. The neces- sity of party union is to be the keynote of every deliverance, and the clubs are to be requested either to leave the whole finan- cial question to the party to deal with in national convention, or else, taking it up, to handle it with due regard to existing party divisions, and so as not to add either to their present number or difficulty. This tour will shortly begin, and promises to contribute a notable chapter to the his- tory of the western agitation of the silver question. ° Uneasiness Exists. Fortunately for the democratle party and for the cause of sound money, this demo- cratic club work has been largely shaped by Gov. Chauncey Black of Pennsylvania. and Gov. Flower of New York, both advo- cates of sound money, and both experienced politicians. Both are expected, too, to ex- ert themselves as much now as they did two and four years ago, and to bring all possible pressure to bear to prevent the sil- yer champions from using the western clubs as clubs of wood for mauling the na- tional administration. But, notwithstand- ing this, genuine uneasiness exists. Both parties in the west are crying silver at the top of their voices, and each is watching the other closely. If the republican meet- ing at Cleveland, therefore, can be forced to take up silver, it will be urged that the democratic clubs ought to be brought to- gether for the same purpose. ——EEE————EEE ‘ESTED ELECTION CASES. Why It is Thought They Should Be Decided by the Courts. Representative-elect S. S. Kirkpatrick of Kansas believes that contests over elec- tion cases should be decided by the courts of the states in which these elections oc- curred. Mr. Kirkpatrick is a republican, and was elected by a round majority over his populist competitor, and has no per- sonal interest in any election case, and con- sequently speaks from a ‘isinterested standpoint. _ “From reading of the way the House of Representatives decides contested election cases,” said Mr. Kirkpatrick to a Star re- porter today, “I have come to the con- clusion that such cases are frequently de- cided on party lines and without a due re- gard to the equities of the cases. Of course, it is a great temptation to any party that might be in control of the House to seize upon a chance to increase its majority. For myself, I would not hesitate to vote for any man who I thought had been elected whether his being seated in the House was favorable or unfayorable to my party. Such cases are to» serious to be influenced by party considerations. “There is no branch of our’ government that is so far removed from political in- fluences as our courts. Contested election cases should be tried in these courts locat- ed where the elections took place and where witnesses may be called. The courts should be given power to summons wit- nesses to testify in such matters. I think this question should be taken up by the next Congress and decided once for all. I am inclined to think that this plan would be approved by the members.” RECORDER TAYLOR. CoO: He Calls at the White House to In- vestigate a Rumor. Recorder Taylor was a visitor at the White House this morning to investigate, it is said, an unfounded report that the President had left an order for his removal from office on account of alleged violations of the clvil service laws. + e+ —____ Ordered Before an Examining Board. The following named officers have been ordered to report to the examining board at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for examination for promotion: Lieuts. L. M. Brett, second cavairy; Stephen H. Slocum, eighth caval- ry; Guy H. Preston, ninth cayalry; BE. M. Suppleé, second cavalry; A. G. C. Qua fifth cavalry, and John P. Ryan, twenty. fifth infantry. a Protecting Missionaries’ Property. The Navy Department 1s informed of the arrival of the gunbeat Petrel at Wuhu on the Yangste on her way to Hankow, to look after the property of American mis- sionaries. 2 —————__+-»+___ Gen. Ruggles Away. Adjt. Gen. Ruggles has gone to New London to attend the reunion of the So- ciety of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. Vincent is acting adjutant general. Gathering of the Republicans at Cleveland. MANY LEADERS WILL BE ON HAND Matters to Come Before the Re- publican League. THE MONETARY DISPUTE Special From a Staff Correspondent. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 18.—The arrival of republican leaders to attend the conven- ticn of the National League of Republican Clebs, which meets tomorrow,demonstrates that the attention of the party managers is focussed upon that event. It is expected that nearly 2,000 accredited delegates to the cor:vention will be present. The fact that a fight on*silver is impending has moved the leaders to urge a full attendance of dele- gates from the sound money sections. Gov. McKinley has promised to be present, and if he comes will be the only stick of pres- ldential timber at the convention. Invita- tions were sent to others, but it is under- stocd they were afraid of being brought face to face with the silver question and have found excuses to stay away. Among the prominent republicans who will be here are Senator Burrows of Michi- "gan, Senator-elect Thurston of Nebraska, ex-Senator Ingalls of Kansas, H. Clay Evans of Tennessee, A. B. Cummins of Des Moines, Gen. Asa S. Bushnell, the nominee for governor of Ohio. There will be a big crowd besides the Every inch of hotel space in Cieveland is already engaged, and boarding heuses are filling up. Preparations upon a most elaborate scale have been made to re- ceive the delegates, and they will be enter- tained handsomely. The League. The League of Republican Clubs is de- clared to be founded on the rights and duties of the individual citizens, the solid corner stone cf republicanism, and aims to enlist all republican forces as auxiliaries of the regular party organization. Its chief business is to elect candidates and not to nominate them. The local club is composed of individuals, with equal voice in all its affairs. The state league is com- posed of the local clubs of each state, and each club has personal representation at all state conventigns and elections of offi- cers and committees. The national league {s composed of one state league from each state and territory in the United States, and derives its au- thority from instructions given and com- mittees elected by representatives from each state and territorial league in na- tional convention assembled. The league and all its branches, local, state and na- tional, has only one aim, namely, to a vocate, promote and maintain the prin- ciples of republicanism as enunciated by the republican party. The ratio of representation will be six delegates at large from each state and ter- ritory, four from each congressional dis- trict and one delegate from each college club represented by one of its own mern- bers in the annual convention of the Amer- ican Republican College League for 18: The following are ex-officio delegates, vi The president, secretary and treasurer of the national league, one vice president and one executive member of the national organization from each state and territory and the president and secretary of each state and territorial league, making four ex-officio delegates from each. This gives each state practically ten delegates at large in addition to the four‘from each con- gressional district. The tetal representa- tion will exceed 2,000 delegates, with an equal number of alternates. Business of the Meeting. The business of the meeting will include reports from the officers of the league; the election of officers, vice presidents and members of the executive committee for the ensuing year; the designation of refer- ence of the time and place for the next national league convention; a general dis- cussion of league work, party policies and orgenization; the formation of a plan of campaign, with special reference to the presidential year, and a consideration of such other questions as the convention may deem proper. The Money Question. There are indications that the convention is likely to be a matter of considerable tm- portance in republican politics. It is prob- ably well understood by the readers of The Star that an attempt will be made at this convention by certain free silver republi- cans to have the meeting adopt resolutions favorable to free coinage. Up to this time the fight over free silver has been confined largely to the democratic party. The republicans have looked on and laughed at the dissensions within the en- emy’s household. It has happened that up to this time there has been no opportunity for the free silver republicans to make their issue. This convention marks the begin- ning of the trouble within the republican household also. The sound money republicans propose to attempt to ward off a declaration upon the silver question on the ground that the league has no authority to enunciate doc- trines at variance with the platform of the regular party organization. The silyer men contend that the league has full right to express its opinions upon national issues, as by doing so it will not be abrogating anything fixed by the regular party or- ganization. Talk About Candidates. Although loud protestations are made by the league officials that no booming of presidential candidates is permissible, ev- ery presidential possibility has a delega- tion on hand or coming before tomorrow. The work’of laying presidential pipe lines is already going ahead, and that, together with the silver iog rolling, promises to make the convention very lively. F. W. Bicknell of Tacoma League is looking out for Senator Allison’s boom. “We believe Mr. Allison will be nominat- ed,” he sa “We do not believe in com- mitting the league to silver or anything else. It is our belief that no position should be taken on this issue. Our pos!- tion is substantially as stated by Senator Allison in his Americus Club speech. We are for international bimetallism. We hold that it would be disastrous for the league to go fn on the silver issue.” The Tennessee delegation wants to fix H. Clay Evans of that staie for the vice pre: idency. They claim he has been a chief factor in the growth of republican senti- ment in the south, and is the first republi- can to carry a southern state in a straight party issue. - Over two hundred delegates represent West Virginia, and they wre talking noth- ing but Elkins. It 's the belief among poli- ticlans that while Elkins may uot have any hope of being nom‘nated for the presi- dency, he may be able to go into the na- tional conventioa with following strong enough te enable him to make some prcfit- able trades. Another prominent arrival is Frank M. Millikea of Indianapolis, who is one of éx- President Harrison’s warmest friends. He has been a close and active Harrison man in all campaigns, and is probably as close to Mr. Harrison as any man. Mr. Milliken Was one of Mr. Harrison's active managers at the Minneapolis convention. Mr. Mil- liken makes a significant statement today, but it is likely taken with a grain of sait by the politicians. Mr. Harrison’s Position. He said: “Mr. Harrison does not want the presidency. He has so expressed him- self a great many times, and he has -very recently made the same statement to me. He is a very busy man. In fact I do not suppose there fs a man in the state of In- diana who has more to attend to than Mr. Harrison. There is nothing in the talk that he is unfit, physically, to hold the office, as he is a very robust man and is in the best of health. He feels that he could not quit the office with any more honor and credit than he did the last time, and he does not like the idea of going back. As mortality was high in the cabinet while he was in office the thought of going back to the White House is distasteful to him. Iwill not say that he will or will not ac- cept the nomination, but he does not want it. Indiana wants to honor him as_ they have honored him, and the state will not commit itself to any candidate until the Harrison question is fully disposed of. In this present convention we will have a full delegation, both from the regular dele- gates and from the college club.” It is understood that Gov. Morton of New York will have some friends on hand to lcck out for his boom. The silver men frcm the west have already started the agi- tation for free coinage. They say they will wake things warm in the convention if they don’t get what they want. District Delegates on Hand. The delegates representing the republican league of the District of Columbia arrived tris morning. They are D. A. Ray, Judge W. W. Curry, Capt. Thos H. McKee; J. D. King. J. C. Hancy, L. P. Williams, A. Hart, Herry S. Smith, Gen. Worthington and Louis Willis. Mr. Harry Smith, ex-journal clerk of the House of Representatives, will help the presiding officer of the convention to solve parliamentary questions. Judge Curry is.slated for a place on the commit- tee of resolutions. “I favor a declarative standing by the Minneapolis convention,” he said, “and in- stead of adopting resolutions to issue a general address to the people, defining the issues between democrats and the repub- licens.“ N. O. M. NEW YORK DELEGATES. great big They Have Left in a Special Train for Cleveland. NEW YORK, June 18&—The New York delegates to the national convention of the League of Republican Clubs at Cleve- land left the Grand Central depot at 7 o'clock this morning in a special train of five cars. Altogether cone hundred and fifty were in the party, including the delegates from Kings, Queens, Suffolk and Richmond counties, The guests of the delegates from this city included John W. Vrooman, Otto Irving Wise and C. C. Shayne. It was said that General McAlpin, who is a candidate for president of the league, will not go to Cleveland on the special, but will wait over till tomorrow. State Treasurer Colvin will board the special at Albany, as ‘wil also Secretary of State Palmer, Conggessman Curtis, Samuel Morris of Troy amd Mayor George Greene of Binghamton. At ‘Herkimer ex- United States Senator Warner Miller will be taken aboard as the guest of the league. Ex-State Senator George Sloan.and State Chairman Charles ‘W. | Hagkett will ac- company Mr. Miller. 9° <*™ Chauncey M,, Depew will arrive in Cleve- land Wednesday evening. He has said that he will take no part fn the affairs of the convention, but it 1s more :than likely he will say something to the:cenvention. The special train is expected to reach Cleveland before midnight.. No stops will be made between Buffalo ahd Cleveland. AGAINST FREE COINAGE. Result of the Demoératic Primaries in Kentucky. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 18—It is still an open questicn who will win the demo- cratic nomination for governor, but it is not an open question as to. what the demo- cratic state convention will do about free silver. Nearly half the delegates selected are either instructed to vote against free silver or are known to be opposed to it. Many others, friendly ‘to silver, are in- dividually, and as representatives of the convention, which chose them, opposed to the policy of making any: declaration of free silver in the state platform. Neither Gen. P.W. Hardin nor Cassius M. Clay has anything like enough instructed votes to win on the first ballot. There are $i8 votes, and 440 necessary to a choice. One hundred and fourteen cut of 119 coun- ties give Hardin for governor 269; Clay, 201; Alford, 2; Buckner, 5. The uninstructed vote is 3G4. Counties not heard from have only 13 votes. STEWART CANNOT - ATTEND. Hard at Work Fighting for Silver in Kentucky. TOPEKA, Kan., June 18.—In his telegram regretiing his inability to attend today’s silver conference, Senator W. M. Stewart says: “Am enlisted in Kentucky silver fight; can’t be with you. Restoration of silver the only hope to stop falling prices and de- struction of American homes. No other is- sue of importance compared with the ne- cessity of breaking the gold corner. One more gold President will down the Amert- can to servitude, perhaps for all time. Four-fifths of the American people are opposed to any kind of money the purchas- ing power of which grows in a safe. The growing purchasing power of money must be stopped. We can do it with silver and with nothing else. The government is in the hands of the enemy. Give it no more until the people secure control. Let Kan- sas lead and enough will follow to restore the government to the people.” —._ NO FLAG FLYING. The White House Not Now by the President. The White House is the only public build- ing in Washington today that does not dis- play the United States flag. Its absence is a semi-official announcement that the Pres- ident has practically transferred the seat of the executive branch of the govern- ment to his summer cottage on the shores of Buzzard’s bay. It is not expected that t% flag will be again raised over the Whim House to indicate that the chief ex- ecutive has resumed public business’at the old stand before October next. In the meantime, the historic White House will remain open to the public as usual. It will undergo the usual summer overhauling, but there is comparatively little work to be done, and not enough to require the ex- clusion of the public. Some painting is to be done, and all the furniture is to be put in summer dress. The carpets have been already replaced with: matting, and the chandeliers covered with antimacassars. The conservatory is undergoing extensive alterations and repairs. ———_-e—___ Personal Mention. Commander W. C. Gibson, attached to the navy yard, Norfolk, is on a visit to this city. Mr. Smythe, United States minister to Haytl, is in the city:on ieave of absence. He visited the State Department today, and will probably go to his home in Graham, Va. 4 Lieut. M. E. Saville, ‘tenth infantry, js In the city en route to station at ‘Fort Reno, Indian territory. Treasurer Morgan left here this after- noon for a visit to his family at Bonny- brcok near Huntington, Conn. Assistant Treasurer Meline will act as treasurer in his absence. Secretary Carlisle and Mr. Van Senden, his private secretary, have returned from a brief visit to Louisville, Ky. ~~ Lieut. G. H. Peters, attached to the Min- neapolis at Norfolk, is on a visit to this city. Occupied A MERIT SYSTEM How the Order of the Commissioners Originated. A PRACTICAL TEST OF THE IDEA Competitive Examinationa, to Be Required ia the Future. A FAR-REACHING ORDER Being Commissioners of the District of Columbia, and having the power of ap- pcintment and removal, it is to be pre- sumed that they have the rigyt to make rules governing these appointments and re- mevals. With this statement of facts before them, the Commissioners, as exclusively stated in The Star of yesterday, decided at their late board session to adopt a merit system for the District government. This has been ex- pected for some time. There never has been a board of Commissioners but favored this arrangement. Away back in Major Raymond's administration as Engineer Commissioner he proposed an order similar to the one just issued by the Commission- ers, but it was never strictly enforced, and so became obsolete. The constant pressure of Congressmen for positions for their con- stituents made the life of a Commissioner hard to bear, and it has been the dream of them all that one of these days the District government would be protected by the civil service law. It was not long after the present board of Commissioners organized that this very subject came up afresh. Commissioner Ross had always been a strong advocate of the application of the civil service law to the District, and it did not take very stro) arguments to convince his col- leagues after they had been in office a month of the advantages cf such a scheme. Commisioner Truesdell became as ardent an admirer of the project as Commiss‘oner Ross, and Major Powell never doubted the efficiency of service that would come from such an arrangement. A Practical Test. It is not generally known that several months ago the idea was put to a prac- tical test. A small position was vacant. The Commissioners were anxious to fill it with a man thoroughly reliable and com- petent. Four Senators and two Repre- sentatives made application for the place end presented their constituents, all of. whom they recommended in the highest terms as being fully qualified. Here was a predicament for the triumvirate. The Senators were all representative men, and had proven their friendship for the D.strict in Congress. If one was recog- nized, and his man appointed, it would stir up bad feelings among the others. Then it was that a proposition, was made that solved the entire question. A competi- tive examination wouli be held under the auspices of the civil service commission, and the man recommended as having passed the best examination wouid get the position. No one could object to this. It was fair and just. So the examination was ordered, and the applicants notified. About half of them responded. The examination was taken and the papers later forwarded to the Commissioners. Just one of the number passed, and his rating was not high. Several of the others made dismal failures. The appointment was accordingly made, the man receiving the highest mark getting the place. Here, indeed, was a striking example of the necessity of civil service reform for the District govern- ment. No better evidence was needed, and here it was that the egg of the merit sys- tem, which yesterday hatched into a fuli grown and vigorous youngster, was laid. And now before a clerk recei pointment in the District ser’ prove by a competitive examination that he is qualified. The Order Far Reaching. This order is far reaching. As stated in The Star of yesterday, firemen and police- men will have io submit to it, and every one who seeks employment in the District service will have to pass an examination. Next December a number of positions of physicians to the poor will be vacant. Al- ready there are a number of applications on file. Before any one is appointed he must prove to the satisfaction of the Com- missioners (who will rely upon a medical examining board, shortly to be selected,) that he is fully qualitied to attend to the duties incident to the position. The Com- missioners are being congratulated on all sides for this important move, although there are some who irsist that it will not work when Congress convenes. Se SIR JULIAN CRITICISED. His Approval of the St. Louis Brought Up in Parliament. LONDON, June 18.—The parliamentary secretary to the foreign office, Sir Edward Grey, replying to Mr. Anthony J. C. Don- elen, a member from east division of Cork, in the house of commons today, who asked whether the government was aware that Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas- sador at Washington, had signed a resolu- tion stating that the new American liner St. Louis had demonstrated the inaugura- tion, under American auspices, of a new era in the history of ccean traffic, and that such a statement was detrimental to Brit- ish interests, said that he must take a longer time to consider the question. Mr. Donelen, who is an Irish nationalist member, representing Queenstown, and therefore interested in a rival route, said lest night: “I am asking the question, not out of any unfriendly feeling to an Ameyi- can company because it is American, but simply in the interest of the Queenstown rcute and the companies which still make Queenstown a port of call despite the in- dticements held cut to them to change to Southampton. The American line is spar- ing no effort to discredit the Queenstown rcute, and it is my duty to guard its inter- ests.” ——_—-> Funeral of 0. C. Green. 4 The funeral of the late O. C. Green will take place from Trinity Catholic Church, Georgetown, at 4:30 tomorrow afternoon. The intermént will be made in Holy Rood cemetery, on the Tenleytown road, where the parents of Mr. Green are buried. The following friends of Mr. Green have been selected as the honorary pall bearers: Mar- shal A. A. Wilson, Dr. Daniel B. Clarke, J. Holdsworth Gordon, J. McBride Sterrett, Cc. C. Glover, John J. Beall, C. W. Howard and Buchanan Beale. At today’s :neeting of the Washington stcck exchange res>luticrs in regard to the death of Mr. Green were adopted, and a committee consisting of Messrs. B. P. Snyder, John W. Macartney, W. W. Bur- dette, Frank H. Pelouze, Thomas Hyde and Berlah Wilkins was appointed to represent the exchange at the funeral. ‘The resolutions express the sympathy of the members of the exchange to his family and friends on the loss which has been sus- tained by them, as well as by the numerous active financial organizations with which Mr. Green was connected. The decegsed was characterized as “a business maf of unblemished reputation; a citizen of earnest zeal and effort for that which concerned the community; a friend of warm-hearted sympathy and sincerity; his departure from our midst may well be mourned, and any feeble tribute to his memory is felt to be entirely inadequate.” NEARING THE ENDIA BIG DEFALCATION Alexandria County Lawlessness Cannot Exist Much Longer. The Bonrd of Trade Has Secured a Large Amount of Evidence for the Governor of Virginia. The committee of the board of trade to which was delegated the duty.of acquaint- ing the governor of Virginia with the evil conditions existing in Alexandria, and proffering assistance in the matter of their eradication, met this afternoon for a con- sideration of the work so far done. There wepe present: President B. H. Warner, Judge I. G. Kimball, M® William L. Moore, Mr. Jesse B. Wilson, Dr.-A. P. Fardon and Secretary John B, Wight. Messrs. Thompson and Fraley, who have given their legal services to the committee in behalf of the good cause, and who will represent the committee as its attorneys, were also in attendance. The evidence re- cently secured against the gamblers and iNegal liquor sellers in Alexandria county was read, in the form of affidavits of. the policemen who were detailed from the city force some.time ago for the purpose, and the special detectives employed by the committee. It was entirely satisfactory to the com- mitteemen, and the lawyers stated that it was complete and sufficient in every re- spect. As soon as Gov. O'Ferrall replies to Secretary Wight’s communication sent yesterday, reqiésting him to name a time when he ‘will meet representatives of the committee, Messrs. Thompson and Frailey will go to Richmond and turn over the evidence. It is comprehensive in its character and gives full details of numerous infractions of the laws of Virginia, including names, lecalities and time, and it is confidently believed that it will have the much-desired effect of driving out the lawless element that now reigns across the river from every place in which it is now apparently safely intrenched. pee a TROOP A AT WARRENTON. The Key to the City Gates Given to the Troopers. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. WARRENTON, Va., June 18.—Troop A of the N. G. D. C. arrived here yesterday af- ternoon and have encamped upon a hill in full view of the town.-Although the ride from Gainesville was hot and tiresome, the trcopers st26@ it Splendidly, and Capt. Barbour expects the-troop to be in good trim so as to start for Meadowsville this afternoon. 5 Private Lanning, overcome by the beat and unusual exercise, was sent back to Washington, but Trumpeter Blush has re- covered and is on duty tgday. The rest of the command is well. The camp was visited today by many from Warrenton. Quartermaster Sergeant Springman is the happy possessor of a large and rusty key, turned over to him yesterday by Mayor-elect Spilman, which gives every trooper fres access to the town. ° Camp will probably be struck about noon. —_.__ LADY SOMERSET RE-ELECTED. Miss Willard Forced to State Her Views on Lynching. LONDON, June 18.—There was a large and enthusiastic gathering at the meeting today in the City Temple of the British Woman’s Temperance Association. Miss Florence Balgarnie accused Miss Frances E, Willard and the W. C. T. U. of being apologists for the lynchings in the south- ern parts of the United States. Miss Wil- lard made a spirited defense of herself and of the union, and was ably seconded by other delegatés. A resolution carried unan- imously declaring that the council em- phatically believed that the American W. C. T.U. maintained toward the lynching qu tion the same attitude as other Christian bodies, namely, that under no vireum- stances must human life be taken without process of law. Lady Henry Somerset was re-elected pres- Ident of the association ——— PLAYED WITH MATCHES, One Child Was Burned to Death and Another Fatally Probably. NEW YORK, June 18.—One child burned to death and another so badly burned that he will probably die is the story of a small fire which occurred at 19 Allen street shortly after 8 o’clock this morning. Her- man Eidelman lived with his wife, Re- becca, and his family of three boys in two rooms on the first floor of the tenement. Soon after Eidelman had gone to work his wife left the house to do some market- ing. She left ner two youngest children, Jacob, aged seven, and Isaac, aged three, who were asleep, in charge of Abraham, nine years old. = The latter, in playing with matches, set fire to the little ones’ bed, became fright- ened and fied withcut giving an alarm. When the fire was discovered Isaac was dead, and Jacob was found lying upon the floor near the bed with his right side burn- ed brown. ——.__. VALKYRIE’S MAIDEN TRIP. The America’s Cup Chalienger Off to Try Her Sails, GLASGOW, June 18.—Valkyrie Ill, the challenger for the America’s cup, started on her maiden trip.today. Her fitting out was completed this morning. She was towed out from Gourock at 2:30 p.m. and was let go in mid-channel, proceeding down the lirth. Lord Dunraven and the designer ot the new yacht, Mr. George L. Watson, were on board of her. a GOV. ATIKINSON’S CONDITION. He Has Rallied From Last Night's Operation. ATLANTA, Ga., June, 18.—The physicians who performed the operation on Governor Atkinson for appendicitis last night, and who are still in attendance at his bedside, issued the following bulletin at 9 o'clock this_morning: ‘We have just examined Governor Atkin- son and held a consultation over his cort- dition. He rallied well from the operation, has slept considerably since 4 o’cl@ck, has a good pulse and no fever, and his condi- tion at this hour is as good as we could reasonably expect.” — STARTLING DISCLOSURES EXPECTE: Examination of President Greenhut’s Correspondence. PEORIA, IIL, June 18.—It is stated that important discoveries have been made from the examination of President Greenhui’s letters and telegrams, and that startling disclosures may be expected. A Peoria distiller said today that he thought the attack on Schufeldt's distillery was a feint designed to influence the court, and he Gid not believe the former owners of the plant had anything to do with it. Gen. Craighill Away. Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, has gone to Nantasket Beach, Mass., to attend the annual convention of the American Society of Civil Engineers, to be held dur- ing the present week. He was former! president of that organization. He w probably be eway until Saturday next During his absence Col. McKenzie will act as chief of engineers. Disappearance of Henry J. Aldrich -of Denver. LOS? SECURITY COMPANY'S HONEY Widows and Orphans the Heaviest Les rs. SMALL HOPE OF ASSETS: —— DENVER, Col., June 18.—Henry J. Ald- rch, president and general manager of the Colorado Security Company, has disappear- ed, and the creditors of the concern are making strenuous efforts to ascertain his whereabouts. Inquiries for the - missing man have brought to light one of the greatest sensa- tions known in Colorado. Five weeks ago Mr. Aldrich left Denver, without giving notice of his departure, and it is now pthought he has gone to Australia or the Sandwich Islands. The hasty departure is due to the is- suance of a warrant for his arrest by the grand jury, and which was about to be served. The charge is misappropriation of funds inirusted to his care. Mr. Aldrich also acted as treasurer of St. John’s Cathedral for ten years, and was recognized in Denver as a man of the most sterling worth and deep religious char- acter.. From 300 to 400 ranch titles are clouded by the acts of Aldrich, who di- verted funds remitted by eastern investors to make good the shortage in maturing ob- ligations occasioned by depreciation in real estate. He guaranteed principal and !nter- est on loans, and then began the downward course which culminated in the appoint- ment of a receiver three months ago. : Even then there was no intimation o! anything wrong and the disclosures only came to the surface with the work of the receiver in scanning the books. The heaviest loss falls upon widows and orphans in the east, whose earnings and savings were intrusted to the company for investment at a high rate of interest. One of the most distressing cases is that of a Widow at Bloomington, Hi. She gave her whole fortune to the security company and tp now being Supported by ‘the county au- orities. The debt will aggregate from $100,000 to $500,000; “and every title issued by the company has to be examined before its validity can be established. It is said that the failure of the Chamber- lin Investment Company, which occurred here three years-ago and presented lia- bilities of $3,500,000 and assets that after- ward realized $250, will not be as bad as the final showing of the Colorado Security Company. W. E. Hinnan of Boston is here repre- senting eastern creditors. He says the Equitable Loan Company of New York ig one of the heaviest creditors. ——— AGAIN AT GRAY GABLES. Return of the President to the Sea- shore. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., June 18.—Pres- ident Cleveland arrived at Gray Gables at 5:30 this morning, two weeks ahead of his evstomary time of coming to Cape Cod for the summer. Commodore E. Cornelius Benedict’s big white.steam yacht Oneida came briskly up the channel and dropped anchor in Cherry Tree Hole, below Gray Gables, so early that few were about on the water to witness the coming of. the President. When the Oneiga hove in sight off Marshnee Island a servant at Gray Gables ran a national flag up the ratlings of the presidential flagstaff at the cottage. Otherwise there was no recognition of the President's arrival manifested in a public way until later in the day, when flags began to appear on the cottages along the water front, the national colers floating from the Oneida’s masthead and at the Gables notifying the cottagers that the President of the country was with them. The President, Secretary Henry T. Thur- ber and Dr.,.O’Reilly were rowed ashore. Several of the servants of the presidential household were on the landing to greet Mr. Cleveland. Mrs. Cleveland welcomed her husband affectionately on the veranda and he disappeared inside the cottage. He appeared pale and careworn by com- parison with the rugged look he carried when he left the Gables last October to return to Washington for the winter. It is understood that he intends to re- main at Buzzard’s Bay until October. He has found a renewed interest in his estate here in the opportunity it offers him to be a gentleman farmer, a recreation a bit more dignified, perhaps, than fishing for scup from a catboat anchored on a ledge of rocks. His farm is being. prepared for crop raising on a more elaborate plan than before, and he intends to take a greater personal interest in its supervision. After breakfast Mr. Cleveland stepped out on the veranda, sniffing the fresh breeze that was blowing in from the sea, and a short time later, at 9:30, he started out on a tour of Inspection of his farm. His ground- keeper and head farmer, Wright, went with him. ——— MURDERERS GAVE WAY. They Meaned Piteously Before Going to the Senffold. ST. THOMAS, Ont., June 18,—John Hen- dershott and W. B. Welter, convicted ai last assizes of the murder of William Hen- dershott, were hanged here this morning. The drop fell at 8:15. While the deputies were preparing the condemned men for the gallcws the latter moaned piteously, their cries being dis- tinctly audible to those waiting outside, During the short walk to the gallows Hen- dershott faltered, and would bave fallen had not the turnkey supported him. When on the scaffold Weiter made a supreme ef- fort to appear brave. Recognizing an ac- quaintance in the crowd, he called out: “Hello, Doc; good-bye.” The lever was drawn, and the two men disappeared through the sca‘fold opening. Fifteen min- utes afterward their bodies were cut down. Rey. Dr. Spencer, who attended them, stated that Weiter’ and Hendershott had confessed to the murder of William Hen- dershott, but the particulars he would not divulge. John Hendershott was the uncle and Welter was the cousin of William Hender- shott, the man for whose murder the two were hanged. The crime was committed December 14, 1894, the ovject Leing to real- ize upon insurance which the uncle had placed upon the life of his nephew. John Hendershott is alleged to have planned the murder, which Welter committed while he and his cousin were aloue felling trees. The evidence upon which conviction was obtained was purely circumstantial. effort was made to secure a repri the condemned. Legal brie! ted to the dominion cabinet, shott’s daugater personally ple before the minister of ts for father and cousin, to whom she was be- her stice trothed. a Two Killed in a Wrec LANCA! , Pa., June 1 freight wreck occurred on the Pennsylvania road rear Collins station last night, caused by the breaking of the train into three sec- tions. Harry and Dawson Fornwalt of Columbia were sitting on the bumper of a ceal car, and when the sections came to- gether the car, with two others, was badly wrecked. Dawson was killed instantly, and his brother fatally injured.