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THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAL EXCEPT SUND. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres'’t, New York Offce, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Stag Is served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at_10 sents per week, or 44 cents per mont pies at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—answhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents ber month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage adled, £2.00, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., nail matter.) riptions 1 ust be paid in ad Rates of adver a AY SS = | ng Star. No. 13,197. WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, JUNE 21, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. | THe proof of He pudding is- in fhe eating. Yesterday's Star contained 50 cofumns’ of advertisements, mare up ef 840 separate announce: ments. SGese advertisers fouaSt pubficifp—nof merefp Space. REPUBLICAN CLUBS What Politicians Here Say of the Results at Cleveland. SILVER SUFFERED A VIRTUAL DEFEAT oo No Bolt From the Party This Year Likely. INFLUENCE ON DEMOCRATS ——— The republican pcliticians in Washington are, upon the whole, well satisfied with the results at Cleveland. It tallies with the sanest of their expectations. Silver, it's true, was a very disquieting factor, but a feeling obtained all along that even silver could be satisfactorily dealt with for the present. The proceedings on the other scores are thought to carry the happiest augury. The large attendance, the tone of the addresses, the enthusiasm exhibited, are quoted as showing a healthy condition of club life and as promising stirring times in the field next year. The Result as to Silver. ,* The result as to silver gives satisfaction, for the reascn that the contest on at subject has now been formally transferred to the republican national convention. That was the desire of the party managers, and to that end they used their utmost influ- ence. There never was a moment’s doubt as to what tale would be told should the matter"be pressed to a vote. Silver would have been overwhelmingly beaten. ‘The point was to prevent premature action on @ questicn so important and so delicate. But although the question has gone over without a vote, the effect is against silver. Silver virtuaily suffered a defeat. The use has lost some prestige. No show of hands was necessary to reveal the real sit- uation. as plain to one side as to the other. The silver men could do noth- ing but make a display of temper, and that they wisely decided not to do in open meet- ing. The other side acted quite as wisely in conceding a few unimportant points and forbearing to press the advantage it had. But for all this, the fact remairs that sil- ver was from first to last in a hopeless minority, and was treated by the majority with a tenderness and consideration due %o helpiessness. The effect on the silver sttuation In gen- eral will be to put an end temporarily to the talk about a western republican bolt. A bolt in the end may come, but it is cer- tainly not on the cards for this year. And there is just this much argument supplied against the probability of a bolt next year —that if the republicans can adjust their differences and prevent a split now, they ‘will very likely be able to repeat the per- formance next year, when the pressure to secure an adjustment will be a thousand per cent stronger. This, it is thought, must influence the situation in the democratic camp. Frée coinage democrats who have been counting on republican divisions will be obliged to take notice—will probably be obliged to abate some of their own zeal to do something advanced and unusual. Why break camp themselves when the republi- cans are holding to their ofd snug quarters? Why risk everything on one throw this year, when the cards may show new and promising comb'nations next year? It is predicted that Mr. Blackburn at Louisville, and the Ohio filverites later, will feel the force of this blow at Cleveland. Squinting Toward Morton. The election of a New Yorker to the pres- idency of the Club League squints a little toward the Morton movement, but not suf- ficiently to frighten the other fellows. A consideration influencing the result is thought to have been the recognition of the necessity of connecting with the ample resources of the east in the way of money. Club work is expensive, and when once be- gur must be kept up. If it is allowed to fall below the grade of a promising begin- ning the party suffers. Next year’s cam- paign is certain to be vigorous. It will call for generous contributions. The east has now been recognized, and the east will be expected to respond when the fight begins. The new president will be the medium of much of this communication and will be kept busy looking after such matters. But beyond that he will not be a power in shaping events. Whether his individual choice for the presidency be Gov. Morton or somebody else will hardly be of para- mount moment in club circles. His cam- paign motto must be, “Money, not men. Let me keep the club campaigns going, and I care not who makes the candidate.” ——_—_-o+_____ SOLD TO THE EVENING STAR. A Frontage of Over Fifty-One Feet on Pennsylvania Avenue Secured. An important sale of Pennsylvania ave- nue property has just been completed through the agency of Mr. R. O. Holtzman. Premises numbered 1105 Pennsylvania avenue has been sold by Mr. R. W. Burke of Staunton, Va., to The Evening Star Newspaper Company of this city. Through this sale The Evening Star Company has acquired the ground between what it al- ready owned and the property of Galt & Co., the jewelers. The piece of ground just purchased contains 1,160 feet, and the Price paid was $41,250,or about! per foot. The Evening Star Company has, with this new purchase, secured a frontage of fifty- one feet eight inches on Pennsylvania ave- nue, at the corner of 11th street. IN THE INDIAN TERRITORY. Daties and Emoluments of Deputy Marshals There. Judge Bowler, controller of the treasury, has given an opinion to the At®orney Gen- eral that it fs clearly within the power of the marshal cr Jeputy marshal of the courts of the Indian territory to execute a criminal process issued to him by a com- missioner while acting as a justice of the peace, und that while engaged in perform- ing that duty a deputy marshal Is entitled to receive re: yle expenses for travel stence. He has also given an deputy marshals in the In- are entitled to the payment notwithstanding they have oath of office presctibed by ording to the controller, is not a territory with- ng of that word when the In in the ordinary used in the s aos To Ree e¢ the Medusa, The practice cruiser Bancroft has gone I., to receive the cut- the administrators w York club man, of Robert Conter, the who was killed several we: 30 while riding ele on Broad: he Me- ented to the government mother of the d use of the cadet Lieut. David cadets Dani nd five sea- I navigate the nay acht to An- it will be useful in giving helr first exercises In actual rer Appointed. Tho controller of the currency has ap- pointed EH. Baker receiver of the Merchants’ Nattonal Bank of Seattle, Wash., which suspended payment May 21, 1805. ON THE ANXIOUS BENCH Naval Cadets Who Have Completed Their Six Year Course. Conditions Governing Promotfons to the Line and Staff Not Agree- able to Many. It is stated that the academic board at the Naval Academy has made up Its as- signment of the graduates who have just the six years’ course, and that Department is merely waiting to see whether there may be any casualties between this and the first of July before promulgating the assignments to the sev- eral corps of the navy. Under a recent law, the surplus calets of the Ine, of whom there are a number this year, may be as- signed to the engineer corps if vacancies exist there, provided they show fitness for the position of assistant engineer. It so happens that there are a number of vacan-" cies in the engineer corps this year, and there is a scramble for them by those cadets who failed of appointment to the Ine. ‘The line division of the class numbers thirty-four, and the ergineer division five. Thus far there are only twenty vacancies in the line and one in the marine corps, so there will still remain thirteen cadets for whom there are no vacancies. It is learn- ed that of these thirteen cadets seven or eight were found deficient in engineering on the examination just held at Annapolis, and that the academic board of the Naval Academy has decided that inasmuch as the law says that those cadets who are trans- ed to the engineer corps must be found proficient the board cannot recommend them for transfer, because they were found deficient in the very studies which form the basis of the engineering profession. cretary Herbert takes the same view of the niatter, so it is probable that at least seven cadets of-the line division will be honorably discharged in accordance with the law. The cadets affected are, however, trying hard to get appointed to the engineer corps, notwithstanding that they failed in the very study that would have secured them the apponitment, and have gepured the services of in attorney, Mr. Ernest Wilkiqson, an ex-naval officer, to try to Induce te Secretary of the Navy to set aside the decision of the academic board. Mr. Wilkinson was at the depart- ment yesterday in company with Repre- sentative Meyer of Louisiana, and saw some of the department officials in relation to the matter; but as the law puts the se- lection of the cadets in the hands of the academic board, it {s doubtful that the de- ficient cadets will succeed. There is, how- ever, an opening for them in a_kinderd service, the revenue marine, as Secretary Carlisle recently decided that graduates of the Naval Academy might be appointed as third lieutenants in that servics without examination, Another feature of the case :3 that the cadets, who have just completed the four years’ course at the academy, feel them- selves Interested, as they may fail of sp- pointment two years hence siou!d all the vacancies be filled this year, and they’ are getting their friends interested in the mat- ter to see that they be not left out of con- sideration when the final assignment of this year’s class 1s made. ° ‘TS A CHECK. A Lady Who Thinks She Should Be Paid for Legislative Blunders. Secretary Smith of the Interior Depart- ment recently received a letter from a lady who lives in Washington state. This cor- respondent informed the Secretary that she had been told that the Interior Depart- ment had allowed claims of certain a culturalists in Kansas on account of loss of crops and general hard times, and that in this way the Kansas people had paid off their mortgages. She said that she had a mortgage of $7,000 on her farm, and re- quested the Secretary to look into her case and send her a check for the amount as soon as possible. She said she had suf- fered extremely from the hard times, and that her embarrassment had been brought about by what she considered blunders of legisiation, so that it appeared only just te her that the democratic administration should make the loss good. Mr. Smith in- dorsed the paper ‘“‘Piease send check at once,” and sent it to his private secretary. o— AT HER DESK. SHE Ws STRICK: Mrs. S. E. Hunton Attacked by Heart Disease in the Treasury. Mrs. S. E. Hunton, a sister-in-law of Senator Hunton of Virginia, was attacked by heart disease in the Treasury Depart- ment this morning, and for over an hour she lingered between life and death. She is a clerk in the computing division of the supervising architect’s office, and was at her desk when attacked. Drs. Little and Jamieson, who are also employed in the department, rendered prompt medical at- tention, and, with the subsequent assist- ance of Dr. Young, who had been sum- moned from the outside, succeeded in re- storing the lady to consciousness. Later in the afternoon she had recovered sufficien to justify her removal to her home, 1: 1th street. The affair caused considerable excitement for a time. PRESIDENT GILMAN ACCEPTS. He Will Be Chief of the Bureau of - Awards at Atlanta. President Gilman of Johns Hopkins Uni- versity, who has accepted the office of chief of the bureau of awards of the At- lanta exposition, has started to work al- ready constructing a system of awards. It will be essentially different from the Chicago world’s fair awards system. D>. Gilman has cabled to Paris for offers, of de- signs for the medals, and in order to avoid the friction with exhibitors arising from delay, announces that awards will be de- livered to the exposition managers one month after the exposition opens. ee Personal Mention. Es George P. Dyer of this city, a member of the Cornell Unversity crew in England, has been awarded the Woodford medal, the highest prize for oratory at Cornell. Dr. D. E. Salmon, the local candidate for alumni trustee of Cornell University, has been elected. utenants C. H. Conrad and L. H. wis of the West Point graduating class are visiting fri is in this cit: Captain W. S. Schuyler, fifth cavalry, and Lieutenant T. H. Bridgman, second artil- lery, are in the on leave of absence. Lieutenant P. M. B. Travis, eleventh in- fantrsy, fs in the city on leave of absence. Cadet Mervyn C. Buckley, who stands high in the a of 187 at the United States Military Academy, is spending his furlough vacation at the home of his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Buck- ley, “The Maples,” on Woodley lane. Adjutant General Ruggles has returned from a visit to New London, Conn. Captain John R. Bartlett’ of the navy is in the city on leave. patie as Re Admiral Bunce'’s Staff. Commander John Schouler has been de- tailed as chief of staff and Lieut: Hugo Os- terhaus as flag lieutenant of Acting Ad- miral Bunce, commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic squadron. The office of chief-of-staff is a new one, and was creat- ed in this case because of the large num- ber of vessels in the fleet. Lieut. Franklin Swift has been detached from the coast survey and ordered to com- mand the’ coast survey steamer Fishhawk, relieving Lieut. Robert Platte, who is or- dered to duty with the fish commission. DELEGATES ADJOURN Close of the Convention at Cleve- land, THE PATTON RESOLUTION ADOPTED Considerable Discontent, but Few Votes Against It. FIGHT OVER A SECRETARY ——— CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 21.—The third and closing day’s session of the Republi- can National League’s annual convention found the delegates harmonious as well as weary. The silver agitation had been at white heat all week, but the unani- mous action of the committee on resolu- tions last night to report, no resolutions had ended the contest in a surprising draw. It was known to all that both sides, so far as members of the committee were concerned, had agreed to support the Pat- ton substitute for all resolutions or the proposed “Address to the People.” While exhausting all other means to pre- vent the silver men from offering a minor- ity report and carrying the fight into the convention {t was found to be unconstitu- tional for the National League of Republi- can Clubs to make a declaration of prin- ciples that would affect the party, and the Patton substitute for all such resolu- tions was agreed upon as a way out of the dilemma. While many were dissatis- fied, both with the plan to ignore the silver question and also with the substitute, which ignored all questions in order to ignore silver, yet {t was generally under- stood that it would be out of order to say anything or do anything that would re- open the old agitation. It was therefore settled that the report of the committee on resolutions was to be adopted without debate, and the contest was limited to the selection of a secretary to succeed A. B. Humphrey. Several names had been presented before the convention adjourned last night for that office, and the morning hours were consumed in listening to their respective claims and in attending to other routine matters. Many delegates left on morning trains, and more would have gone but for the McKinley reception tonight. In order to hold the crowd till Gov. McKinley ar- rives the committee on arrangements an- nounced excursions on the lake and all sorts of attractions for recelving and en- tertainment. The Session Delayed. ‘The third day’s session was delayed until almost noon by the meetings of officers of state leagues, the new executive board, the on league work and other or- jiness. commit ganizations engaged In routine bi ‘The old executive committee was als' gazed during the forenoon clo: Meantime, while the ‘ming the waiting crowd at Music Hall the leading anti-silver men were in conference on the Patton substitute for the usual set of resolutions, Many anti-silver leaders who were not members of the much-abused committee on resolutions were not inclined to be bound by the compact which the committee had entered into in order to extricate itself. None were, however, able to suggest any plan that would prevent a minority report and the precipitating of a fight on the floor of the convention. The anti-silver men of the committee insisted that they had rade the best possible choice of two evils, and urged the delegates to stand by the Pat- ton substitute rather than bring about a worse result than its adoption. The silver leaders went about telling all their supporters to keep quiet in the con- vention and let the anti-silver men fight it out among themselves if the silver question was reopened on the the floor of the con- vention by an effort to adopt any resolu- tions or otherwise. Cheering the Lenders. The usual cheering of leading republicans was indulged in as they entered the kall to- day. Although many had gone home Music Hall was filled when Gen. McAlpin, the new president, called the convention to order at 11 o'clock. The persistence with which Gen. McAlpin commanded order was com- mended with repeated cheers. ‘The silver men were, however, displeased. They claimed that nominations for secre- tary closed last night. Chairman McAlIpin, however, had the states called again, and the name of M. J. bowling wa: esented by Minnesota,and seconded by other stztes. Numerous speeches were made seconding the nominations for secretary, made befor? adjournment last night. Tt had been thought that J. E. Byrnes, the silver advocate from Denver, would be elected. The anti-silver men were accused with holding a conference last night and agreeing on M. J. Dowling of Minnesota, and they sisted that nominations had been closed last night, and the ruling of Gen. McAlpin was an arbitrary one against their favorite. Dispute Over a Secretary. Mr. P. F. Powers cf Michigan precipitated a scene of some disorder by offering a reso- lution to have the selection of secretary referred to the executive committee, on which each state has a representative. Mr. Powers insisted that a mai of better qualifications could be selected in the de- liberations of the executive board. Judge A. L. Morrison of New Mexico said Secretary A. B. Humphrey had been care- fully selected by the executive committee eight years ago and re-elected every year since by the conventions without opposi- tion, and he considered it best to have an investigation by the executive committee first before trying any new man, Mr. H. E. Churchill of Colorado denounc- ed the resolution as one intended to defeat J. F. Byrnes of his state, and appealed to the convention if Mr. Byrnes was defeated not to do it in that way. Mrs. J. Elien Foster said it was the prece- dent of the republican national committee and of the party to have such important secretaries selected by the executive com- mittees and not by conventions. Monetary Dispute Ended. Gen. Carr of Illinois, who championed Mr. Edens of his state for secretary, held that those who had made canvasses for this office were not being fairly treated by reopening® nominations today, and again, by this resolution to refer the matter to the executive committee. Numerous points of order were raised on the constitutionality of the resolution. ‘All were overruled by Chairman MeAlpin, who finally refused to recognize any one till order was restored. Mr. Powers of Michigan finally withdrew his resolution so that business could pro- ceed. Senator-elect J. M. Thurston of Nebraska, one of the vice presidents, at this juncture took the chair and was given a rousing reception. The following names were then announc- ed for the ballot: John F. Byrnes, Colo- rado; W. G. Edens, Illinois; T. E. Walker, Nebraska; M. J. Dowling, Minnesota. Although Mr. Walker's’ name had been withdrawn, yet he received some votes. Before the result of the ballot was an- nounced changes were made from Byrnes and s to M. J. Dowling, and the lat- ter’s election was made unanimous without a count. The committee on resolutions then reported the Patton resolution against any expresston on the issues, which was adopted without debate. This ended all the silver agitation, and the agreement of the contending factions to have no financial fight on the floor of the convention was carried through. The result was greeted with applause. The Convention Adjourns. There were many. “nays” heard on the vote on the resolutions, but the ayes were qverwhelmingly in the majority, and the chair soon declared them adopted. Messrs. Humphrey of New York, Laugh- lin of North Dakota, Bayrns of Colorado, Keller of Minnesota and Edens of Illinois were appointed to escort Mr. Dowling to the platform. Mr. Dowling assumed the duties of his place without making a speech. A strong vote of thanks was ten- dered Mr. A. B. Humphrey, the retiring secretary. Votes of thanks were also ten- dered the citizens of Cleveland, President Tracey and other officers. 2 The election of the treasurer was re- ferred to the executive committee. At 1:10 the convention adjourned sine die. The delegates will take an afternoon excursion on the lake and attend the re- ception to Governor McKinley tonight. LONG FIGHT IN COMMITTEE. Concersion to the Silver Men in the Interests of Harmony. Special From a Staff Correspondent. CLEVELAND, Ohio, June 20.—The silver men, after about ten hours’ hard fight, forced the committee on resolutions to abandon the idea of reporting a platform and to go into the convention with the statement that the National Republican League has no authority to m&ke plat- forms. The silver men gave them this as an alternative to a fight in the convention and the opering of the issue now and at once between the free silver and sound money republicans. For the first time in a number of years the committee on reso- lutions failed to report a platform. At pr vious conventions the platforms have cov- ered almost every imaginable subject, and as nearly broad and far-reaching as the declarations of national conventions. As stated in these dispatches yesterday afternoon the sound money men had pre- pared, as being in the nature of a com- promise, an “address” to the people cf the country, which was to have been used in lieu of a resolution. This was the work of a subcommittee appointed for that pur- pose, und the nature of the address was outlined yesterday. It was general in character, lauding the republican party and arraigning the democrats. It touched, however, in a generai way, upon all of the issues of republicanism, except silver, re= ferring by indirection to many of them, but still covering the ground. | The sound money men contidently expect- ed that this would be adopted by the full committee and reported to the convention without dela When the committee on resolutions met late in the afternoon, however, an ob- stacle arose. The subcommittee, with Con- gressman Tawney cf Minnesota as its chairman, read the address. There was an immediate protest from the silver men. “That won't do,’ th said. “You are making a platform by ii direction, and handling everything but the most important issue of all, the financial question. If that address goes, it must have something on the silver question in it. If you don’t want to advocate free silver you will have to come out and say it_ frankly 5 That declaration put the committee at loggerheads right away. The sound money men started in to explain to the other si that it was not a platform, but simply a declaration of the achievements of the re- publican party and arraignment of the democrats. ¢ ‘The discussion was taken up in turn by neatly every man on the committee and ranged all around the financiai question. ‘The sound money men implored the silver people not to precipitate the financial issue at this time. “Why, we are perfectly willing not to do so,” replied Senator Carter, in his blandest tones. ‘And therefore we suggest that you do not bring in any platform, but leave the whole thing alone.” But the other fellows wanted that ad- dress to go, and that brought them right around to the starting point again. Frantic appeals for harmony were made, and every time these silver men answered that for the sake of harmony they were willing to relinquish their demand for a declaration upon silver. “But you must not declare’ upon any other point, either, they added. A Red Hot Speech. During the discussion Judge McClure of Arkansas took a hand. He is a rugged old fellow, and he proceeded to sail into the silver men without gloves. “You fellows talk of seceding from the party,” he said. “Well, go; the loss will be yours. Why, there are more republican votes in my state alone than in all of your silver states together. And yet, what have you done for the republicans of the south? You have betrayed them, like the cowards that you are. When a measure was before Congress to provide for a free ballot and a fair count in the south (the force bill) at did you free silver republicans do? You traded us off for silver and beat that bill, And yet this address pending here congratulates the colored republicans of the south for their courageous stand for a free ballot. Bah, The old judge was getting too vigorous about this time, and they called him down on_a point of order. The afternoon passed away in talk and recrimination, while the convention was awaiting the report of the committee. The silver men remained obdurate, however, and swore they would sit out that address. One of the sound money men got his fight- ing blood up and advocated laying cut free silver with a blow. “You cannot fool the people by not adopting a platform,” he said. “When they read that this committee failed to bring in a platform, thereby reversing all other proceedings, they will know why it was done. They will know that the re- publicans are afraid to come to the issue upon this question.” They smoothed this fellow down, how- ever, and the men who went into the meeting bent upon defeating a proposition that would divide the convention held a firm hand upon the session. Finally Patton of Michigan concluded that it must either be an abandonment of the platform or a big fight in the conyen- tion. He consulted the silver men, and after ascertaining their attitude toward an idea he had in mind he proceeded to put it into execution, Senator Patton's Resolution, * He drew up the following resolution as a substitute for the subcommittee’s ad- dress, reciting the constitution of the league and de-laring that it has no proy- ince to formulate principles: Whereas, section 16 of the constitution of the republican league of the Untted States says: ‘This league shall not in any nianner endeavor to influence any national, state, county or municipal convention,’ the delegates of the republican league of the United States in convention assembled do hereby renew their allegiance to the prin- ciples of the republican party and piedge their best efforts for the success of the can- didates of that party. Believing-that this convention has no instruction from the re- publicans of the United States or jurisdic- tion under our constitution to frame party platforms, we hereby refer all resolutions in relation to public questions to the re- publican national convention of 1896, with entire confidence that its action will re- dound to the prosperity of our people and the continued glory and advancement of After some debate this was unanimously adopted and ordered tb be reported to the convention in lteu of all resolutions jn- troduced or proposed. It was just dark when the committes adjourned. Senator Dubois and the silver men went away smiling. They felt they had gained a victory, which. though of a negative rather than a positive character, was _re- garded by them as something to their credit. They had forced the committee on resolutions to recognize the fact that sil- ver was an issue, and that if anything was to be passed upon, silver would have to be given a chance. oO. M. A SAD SUICIDE Robert G. Cunningham Shoots Him- self in the Head. MENTAL WORRY EVIDENTLY THE CAUSE He Was Afraid of the Ordeal of a Civil Service Examination. DETAILS OF THE DEED ——_>_—_ Word was recetved here today that Rob- ert G. Cunningham, a temporary clerk in the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department, committed suicide this morn- ing by shooting himself in the head near his home, in Falls Church, Va. The news of his death was brought to the city by his son, who said that it happened while his father was on his way to the office. He had started to drive in to Washington in his buggy, as usual, and soon after leaving his home had occasion to cross a small stream. A Suddenly Formed Purpose. Getting out to lecsen the reins of his herse so that the animal might get a drink, he evidently formed the sudden purpose of ending his life then and there. Suiting the action to the thought, he sent a pistol ball crashing through his brains and dicd almost immediately. His body was found by neighbors passing along the road, und was taken home to his distressed family. Cunningham had been unfortunate in office and had brooded over the situation to a point, where he could endure it no longer. He entered the government service as a clerk in the Treasury Department in 1864, and rose in grade until he became a $1,400 clerk in the office of the commissioner of customs. When that office was abolished by the Dockery law last fall he was trans- ferred to the temporary roll of the first auditor's office at a reduced salary. The work on which he was engaged gave out and he managed to obtain a place on the temporary roll of the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department at a-salary of $750 per annum. Highly Regarded by His Superiors. was regarded as an excellent clerk and his superiors endeavored to secure }is premotion. Auditor Balhiwin, who knew his worth, had secured his designation to a $1.00 vacancy in his office, but his «ppoint- ment depended on his passing a civil serv- ice examination. It was this examination that worried him. It was to have taken place today, and r, Cuaningham was on his way to the city when he evidently concluded that he could not stand the ordeal, and took his Life in preference. The examination en- grossed all his thoughts of late, and he had frequentiy said that he did not think it necessary to subject a clerk of his ood record of thirty years in the higher grades to an examination as to his fitness for such a subordinate position. Mr, Cunningham was born In Scotland, but had lived in Virginia the best part of his life. He was about forty-four years of age, and leaves a wife and several chil- dren. — CONSULATES IN ARMENIA. Messrs. Chilton and Hunter Assigned the Duty of Establishing Them. Secretary Olney has assigned Robert 8S. Chilton, jr., and Delaney Hunter of the State Department to the duty of establish- ing United States consulates at Erzeroum and Harpoot, Armenia, provision for which was made by the last Congress, as a result of the outrages on Christians in that coun- try. They will leave for that distant coun- try next week. They are each appointed vice counsuls, Mr. Chilton being assigned to Erzeroum and Mr. Hunter to Hapoot. They will remain at the stations named until permanent appointments shall have been made. Their temporary detail is due to a desire to open the consulates for busi- ress at once, and the difficulty in securing capable persons for the offices. Messrs. Chilton and Hunter are both Washington boys, and are regarded as experts in con- sular affairs. e+ —______ THE GINEER CORPS. West Point Graduates to Serve a Year of Field Duty. 2 Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, re- sumed his duties at the War Department today, after a few days’ absence in attend ance on the annual meeting of the Ameri can Society of Civil Engineers at Nantas- ket, Mass. He says that Lieuts. Schulz and Burgess, the two henor graduates of the West Point class of 1895, who were as- signed to the engineer corps, will be detail- ed for active duty in the field for one year before being ordered to the Engineer School ut Willett’s Point, N. ¥. Heretofore, en- gineer graduates were required to serve a term at Willett’s Point before assignment to field duty. Gen. Craighill is responsible for the innovation. It has received the full approbation of Secretary Lamont. The stations of the new officers have not yet been selected. ——___-e. Pension Decisions. Several rulings in pension cases were promulgated at the Intericr Department yesterday. In a case where dependence was the issue, Assistant Secretary Rey- nolds holds that dependence upon a sol- dier at the date of his death relates to the needs, wants and necessities of the father, mother or minor brother or sister, not to the ability of the son to furnish sup- port. The action of the pension bureau is approved In the case of the widow of a Florida cavalryman. The rule {ts laid down that where an investigation is instituted to ascertain whether a fraud has been per- petrated upon the government in procur- ing a pension, the pensioner suspected is not entitled to notice of the time and place of taking evidence. Neither he nor his at- torney will be accorded the right to de- mand a copy of the evidence in such fraud- ulent cases. —_—____+-e+_____ Lenves of Absence Granted. Capt. James E. Pilcher, assistant surgeon, has been granted four months’ leave of absence on account of sickness, with per- mission to go abroad. The sick leave of absence granted Lieut. Wm. H. Bean, sec- ond cavalry, has been extended two months on account of sickness. Leave of absence for four months, with permission to go abroad, has been granted Lieut. William Black. + o+____ Disbarred Attorneys. The Secretary of the Interior today dis- barred from further practice before the department W. H. Sherrod of Columbia, Tenn., for falsifying testimony in a pen- sion case, and J. Benjamin Chandler of New Orleans, La., for taking illegal fees in a pension case. College Details. Lieut. George B. Davis, fourth infantry, has been detailed to duty as professor of military tactics and science at Rutgers College, New Jersey, vice Capt. Brereton, twenty-fourth infantry, relieved, and Lieut. C. H. Cabannis, retired, has been similar- ly detailed to duty at the East Florida Seminary, Gainesville, Fla. CUBANS ARE MUCH PLEASED The Demand for Settlement of the Mora Claim. They Declare That It Will Help the Insurgent Cause—Marti Believ- ed to Be Alive. PHILADELPHIA, June 21.—The news that Secretary Olney had instructed the American minister at Madrid to notify the Spanish government that the money due on the Mora claim would have to be promptly paid over has caused the pro- foundest gratification to the Cuban colony in this city. ra One of the leaders said today: “We ac- cepted the order of the State Department that no overt act against Spain must be committed by Americans or others upon American soil very complacently, as we have always endeavored to so conduct our- selves as to disarm complaint on that score. It has been our care to avold entangling the United States, the home of our adov- tion, with Spain, and the fact that we have been very circumspect is best shown by the fact that, with all the watchfuiness of her agents in this country, there have been so few complaints with any substantial basis made against us in this particular, and Sec- y's demand that Spain shall pay cver the million and a half dollars due on the Mora claim is one that Spain cannot construe into an act that is done to favor us, though it is most timely in our inter- How do you people expect to profit by order?” he was asked. Because,” was the reply, “Spain is al- ready pressed to the utmost, financially, and every dollar she ts forced to take or withhold from the suppression of the fight in Cuba would directly help us in any case, but there is ground for the belfef that Spain will play her dilatory game again and that in that case the United States govern- ment will seize Havana, as she would be justined in doing, and hold it until Spain pays the amount due. If it comes to pass, and it is certainly within the bounds of probability, the mbdral effect on affairs in Cuba will be such that Spain can never again resume control of the island. “The revolution has been from the start a winning one, for you do not get half the truth here. Even so apparently well settled a thing as the death of Jos president, is not at all an absolute tr Qn the contrary, unless some private ad- vices we have are altogether misleadir Marti {s alive and well and is on his w: to this country. In fact, many of the b: informed leaders here will be deeply dis- appointed if Joseph Marti does not in per- son address his fellow-countrymen in this vicinity in the course Of the next week or ten days.”’ ——— CHEYENNES MAKING THREATS. Swenr Vengeance on the Whites if Red Lodge Dies. BRIDGEPORT, Blaine county, Oklahoma, June 21.—Trouble at Arepahoe, arising out of the shooting of an Indian, Red Lodge, by Deputy Sheriff Burch, is imminent. Red Lodge is still alive, but cannot , and the Indians are making threats of ven- gcance to be carried out when he dies. On the day of the shooting the Indians were very much excited and threatening, but were quieted by troop A, third cavalry, which is in camp near the town. The In- dians went into council and sent couriers to Fort Reno and the Kiowa reservation. Capt. Woodson, Indian agent of the Chey ennes and Aarapahoes, passed through here for Arapahoe to quiet the Indians. The whites can identify Red Lodge as the man who assaulted Mrs. Hays. John Hansel, an educated Cheyenne In- dian, said: “I fear my people will arise against the white men. The whites have imposed upon them beyond endurance. I saw old Red Lodge at Watonga. He said if his son died the Indian people would go on the warpath and wipe out the white people at Arapahoe.” Asked how many warriors the Cheyennes had, he sald from 3 to 400. He said they would get no help from the Arapahocs, but would from the Kiowas. see eer cet PREMIER GREENWAY’S PLAN. How He Means to Circumvent the Dominion Government. WINNIPEG, Man., June 21.—The reply of the’ Manitoba government, adopted by the legislature, refusing to obey the order of the governor general to restore Roman Catholic parochial schools, was mailed to Lord Aberdeen last night. Premier Green- Way said: “Tf the dominion passes legislation disal- lowing our schcol act we can alter its phraseology somewhat so as to make it a new act, but with the same effect, and then call a special session of the legislature and have it re-enacted. We can re-enact as fast as the dominion government can disallow The idea of the premier’s is a contingency that the supporters of the Roman Catholic schools seem to have never thought of. ——— COLORED MURDERER HANGED. Horace Cooper Executed for Shooting His Sweetheart. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. EIKTON, Md., June 21.—Horace Cooper, colored, the murderer of his sweetheart, Maggie Pitts, from jealousy, suffered the penaity of his crime in the jail yard at this place this afternoon. The drop fell at 1:24. Death was-instantaneous. Cooper never faltered and had nothing to say. ee HOLDING HIS OWN. Hepeful of the Recovery of Gov. = Atkinson. ATLANTA, Ga., June port Gov. Atkinson as holding his own and hopeful of his recovery, though they bulle- tin him as still critically ill. Retirement of the Duke of Cambridge. LONDON, June 21.—The secretary of state for war, Mr. Campbell-Bannerman, announced in the house of commons today that thesDuke of Cambridge, commander- in-chief of the British forces, will resign command of the army on October 1. The pest, he added, will not be abolished, but iis functions will be modified. ns Consular Clerk Examination. A competitive examination for appoint- ment as a consular clerk under the State Department will be held tomorrow. There are twenty-one candidates to be examined. The place pays but $1,000 per annum for the first five years, but the tenure is for life, and the advantages of travel, ete., are manifold. ———e.___ The Naval Examining Board. Commodore R. L. Phythian, superinten- dent of the naval observatory, has been temporarily appointed president of the naval examining board, pending the return of Commodore F. V. McNair, absent on leave. The office became vacant by the detachment of Acting Admiral Bunce. To Attend Encampments. Lieut. D. J. Rumbaugh, third artillery, has been detailed to attend the encamp- ments of the Alabama state troops at and near Mobile, from June 20 to July 13 > e+ Receipts Today at the Treasury. National bank notes received today for redemption, $307,088. Governmert receipts: From internal revenue, 9,188; customs, 1 $645,771 miscellaneous, $15,000. DECLARED GUILTY Captain Howgate Recommended to’ the Mercy of the Court. JURY REACHES A VERDICT Long Trial Ends With a Motion for a New One. THE JURY WORN ——+__. out Shortly before 1 o'clock this afternoon the jury in the Howgate case sent down word that they had agreed, and + engers were at once sent out for Judge McComas, who had left the building. It was half an hour later when the judge returned, and he at once directed that the jury be sent for. The news of the jury’s agreement quickly spread about the city hall and in its vicinity, and when the jury came into court at the court room was packed. ‘The defendant, accompanied by hi ter, Miss Ida Howgate, seated side his counsel, Messrs. A. S. Worthington and Jere M. Wilson, and it was scen that both he and Miss Howgate had plainly nerved themselves to hear the worst. The jurymen looked warm and careworn, and it was a noticeable fact that they avoided gazing at the defendant or his daughter. By some means it had leaked out that the jury had found the defendant guilty, and about every one in the court room was aware of that fact before For man Grove, in answer to Clerk Downs formal inquiry, stated that the jury had agreed, finding the defendant guilty on each indictment,- the two indictments charging, respectively, forgery and falsifi- cation of accounts. The defendant heard the verdict without moving a muscle, looking straight at the twelve men who had sealed his doom, and lis daughter, for whom there was general expression of genuine sympathy, heard the verdict hardly less brave! Indeed, the | only indication of the strain she was under- going eyes. At the request of Mr. Worthington, im- mediately after Foreman Grove added that the jury recommended the defendant to the n.ercy of the court, the jury was polled, and each man replied that the verdict as stated by the foreman was his verdict. Jury Asking Further Instructions. After being out since 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon, the jury came into court shortly after 19 o'clock this morning and reported that they had not been able to agree. In answer to Judge McComas’ inquiry, Fore- man Wm. P. Grove stated that certain members of the jury desired further in- structions, and he called upon Juror S. R. Stratton to explain. When Mr. Stratton arose, the defendant, his daughter, and, indeed, every one in the ded court room, bent forward to catch words. Mr. Siratton explained it the tment charged that Capt. Howgate did e, counierfeit and falsify a certain voucher for $4,000 in favor of the American Union Telegraph Company, to defraud the government. What certain members of the jury desired to know, said Mr. Stratton, was whether the law consirues the act, whether done by a subordinate or b me- box nknown to bim, as the act of Capt. ate. The indictment, remarked Mr. Stratton, charged that Capt. Howgate did the act. was a suspicious moisture in her Charge Read Again. Pudge McComas, instead of replying di- rectly to Mr. Stratton, answered the fn- quiry by rereading two instructions which he gave to the jury yesterday. These in- etructions were, in substance, that if the jury believed that in October, 1879, the de- fendant paid to the.American Union Tele- graph Company $4,000 of the public money; that he received a receipt from President Bates of the company for such amount, and the receipt being at the time in blank, he (the defendant) wrote or caused to be written above the receipt the words: “For reports for arbitrary ciphers,” et when, in fact, no services were rendered by the company, then the defendant should be declared guilty. Provided, of course, the jury found that the defendant was a fugi- tive from justice. To establish the charge of forrery, ex- plained Judge -McComas, it was not necés- sary for the government to show that the defendant made the forgery by eye witness- es, for it could be established by circum- stantial evidence. If the jury believed that the defendant by his own act or by the act of another inserted the words mentioned, knowing them to be false, and it was done or caused to be done by him with intent to | defraud the government,then he was guilty. New Instructions Sought. Mr. Wilson, on behalf of the defendant, wished to submit two instructions desired by the defendant in answer to the inquiry of the jury, but Judge McComas not only refused to give them, but also refused to allow them to be read in the hearing of the jury, the defense noting an exception. The instructions were to the effect that in a criminal case it is not forgery if the writ- ing is done by another, unless when it was done it was done by the defendant's direc- tion and with his knowledge, and that the defendant is not liable unless he expressly directed the words to be filled in, or unless they were filled in with his knowledee. The jury again retired to consider the case at 10:40, Judge McComas informing them that they should calmly and deliber- ately consider all the facts and return such a verdict as such facts and the law war- ranted. Fature Events, Mr. Worthington, when the verdict had been recorded, gave notice of a motion for a new trial, stating*that he would file the grounds therefor within the required four days. The jury was then excused until next Tuesday, and the court adjourned for the 4. The defendant smilingly received the con- counsel and fricnds, and utes spent in conversation taken down | His ed him, and solations of hi after a few m with them he was daughter a ave successfully voring to restrain the tears which gathered in her ey She whispered words of encouragement to her father, and after a short time spent in conversation in the cage below Captain Howgate was taken to jail. hould Judge McCom deny the de- fendant a new trial, and it is, of course, more than likely that he will deny it, an app@al will be taken to the Court of Ap- peals. That court will hear no more casi next October, so the defendant mus main in jail until that time at least. the Court of Appeals sustain Judge 3 Tort will Comas it is understood that an t will be made to the case to the United States S court. Under the ver 1d sen- sin the years on indict- recommendation to lead the court to vere. “tment! nt, Sti Howgate, | put to no ‘e McComa as tence peni t—but ‘the jury cy will undoub’ se a sentence much les but he will be, te further trial. ‘The verdict wa’ general surp and it is understood that when the jury came into court this morning for further instractions they stood nine to three : the defendant. The members of the jury, however, refused to state how they stood.’ The defendant, beyond stating that he was naturally disappointed, de- clined to talk fer publication.