Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ——_>—___ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't, New York Office, 49 Potter Building, =e ‘The Evening Star !s served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their o1 at 10 cents Der week, of 44 cents per month. | Coples at the founter 2 cents each. ‘By mall—anywhere in the United States or Capada—postage prepaid—60 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage add (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©. as second-class mail matter.) {7 All mall subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made kno ication. Che Lvening Star. No. 13,199. : WASHINGTON, D.O., MONDAY, JUNE 24, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO: CENTS. ——————— 2 in eating. Saturday’ Star contained 54 cofumns , of adverfisements, made up of 1,042 seporafeannounces - ments. These advertisers foua$t pubficitp—not merefp Space. GARBAGE CONTRACT Bids Received and Opened by the Commissioners. LOWEST BID THROWN - OUT It Was Not Accompanied by a Certified Check. FIVE OFFERS RECEIVED This was the day set apart by the Com- missioners for the opening of bids for the collection and destruction of garbage for @ period of five years, or, more properly speaking, for four years and eight months, as the present contractor already has a contract covering four months of the five- year term. Six proposals were received, one of which, owing to a slight technicality, was thrown out as informal, the bidder, Mr. James Kerr, clerk of the House of Representa- tives, having failed to get a certificate of deposit from the collector of taxes to ac- company the bid, or a certified check. It turned out to he the lowest bid received. When the noon hour drew near, the board room, where the Commissioners open bids, began to fill up. At ten minutes to the hour apparently but one bid had been re- ceived, and Commissioner Ross held that. Five minutes later another bid was re- ceived, and when Secretary Tindall was called to make notes of the opening he surprised every one by bringing in three additional bids. Here, indeed, was compe- tition, thought the Commissioners. Just as Commissioner Ross tore open the first bid and began to read the proposition of the Merz Universal Extractor and Construction Company of New York, Mr. S. W. Hastings, representing Mr. James Kerr, quickly ap- proached the board table and laid his bid before the Commissioners. It was just two minutes past the hour, and one of the bid- ders entered an objection to the considera- tion of the bid, claiming it was informal on account of its being late. Nothing was done then, and the bid went over for fu- ture consideration. Commissioner Ross went on reading the bid of the Merz Company. This company was willing to undertake the work of col- lection and red 1:tion or cremation for $60,- 00 per annum. Accompanying the bid was @ letter setting forth that cwing to the heavy demands super all machine shops and foundries, it would not guarantee the erec- tion of works in less than six months after the granting of the contract: that it would commence the collection upon the first day of November, 1895, with the provision that the same might be disposed of up to the 1st day of January, 1806, in approximately the same manner as is at present the case. ‘ Mr. Warfield’s Bid. The next bid opened was that of Joshua N. Warfield, brother of the presen? con- tractor. Mis bid was $49,900 per annum for collection and reduction by the improved Kansas method or any other system of re- duction acceptable to the Commissioners, the location of the plant to be at the foot of South Capitol street, to be ready for operation November 1, 1895. He also sub- mitted another bid of $57,000 per annum for collection and disposal of garbage by cremation by the Dixon system, or other system approved by the Commissioners. Lower Bids. The bid of the Baltimore Sanitary Com- pany, represented by C. A. Ball, engineer, was next read. This company does not bid en the collection of garbage, but submits @ bid of $16,333 per annum for the crema- tion of garbage by means of the Ball sys- tem, oth is 2 Ni eevee. erwise known as patent No. Then came a surprise. Commissioner Ross read the bid of Mr. M. W. Adams, agreeing to do the work by reduction for 000 per annum, the system and location of plant to be subject to agreement, and the plant to be ready by November 1, 1895. This was the lowest yet opened, and Man- ager Bayly, who has had considerable ex- perience in garbage collection and disposal, gravely shook his head and remarked: “It can’t be done for that.” The Columbia Supply Company’s bid was next read. This company was’ willing to undertake the work, agreeing to dispose of the garbage elther by reduction or cre- mation, for $54,900. Declared Informal. This left all but one bid opened, that of Mr. James Kerr. and immediately the question arose as to its formality. Mr. Hastings, representing the company, de- sired to make an explanation. “Gentlemen,” he said, “those glorious Metropolitan horse cars are responsible for the slight delay in the transmission of our bid. We waited fifteen minutes before a car came along. There was no disposition on our part to embarrass matters. We did all in our power to get here on time.” Another member of the company stated that no advantage had been gained by this company through the lateness of the pre- sentation of the bid. The first bid, he stated, had not been read when his bid was presented. Commissioner Ross was dis- sed to receive the bid as formal, ut there objection from one of the bidders, who insisted the question should’ have been disposed of before any bids were opened. It was the practice of the departments. Com- missioner Ross said he did not believe in such trivial technicalities. The object of naming a certain hour was to have all bids in. Certainly if after a bid had been open- ed and read another bid was presented, the latter would not be received. The object was to prevent any advantage. It was manifest that Mr. Hastings had received no advantage, for the figures in the first bid had not been received. Commissioner Truesdell, however, was disposed to ques- tion the validity of the bid, and Commis- sioner Ross put a motion ‘right there to determine what was to be done with the matter. Commissioner Pewell voted with Com- missioner Ross to accept the bid, and Com- missioner Truesdell voted no. Commission- er Ross thereupon decided the bid should be received, and proceeded to read it. His eye caught the sight of a check drawn by Mr. James Kerr for b00 upon the First National Bank of Patton, Pa. There was no collector's receipt, ard the check was Bot certified. “This bid is informal,” an- nounced Commissioner Ross. The check is not certified to, and while personally I have no doubt that it Is all right, we have insisted ail along that these checks should tified.” “Commissioner Truesdell said not see why this technicality could not be waived, since the other had. Com- then explained that the ob- chee! wi to have a sub- of good faith from the © motion was made, iowever, and the bid w ared infor: mal, although upon Commissioner Trues deli's suggestion it was rea: Mr. K abm: fect of the stantial evid ropossed contri Qne was to X of the gar- for $34,050; the other ection d pig for $85 Accompany: a letter explanatory of the b atates he proposes to dis bage and dead animals by the use of two Engel cremators, with a capacity of fifty tons cach, daily, which, he claims, will be capable of disposing of the entire collec- tions of the city at two separate locations, Ramely, on James Creek canal southwest ose of the gar- and the other in the neigh of G street and the Poto ri hwest. It is stated that mon i bo re- uired t build either the reduction plant er the cremator The Commissioners will take this entire question under consideration during the week and dispose of it. FILIBUSTERS. FOR HAWAII Two Expeditions - Fitting Out at San = Francisco, : One to Go From Seattle and the Other From San Diego to Overthrow the Republic. CHICAGO, June 24.—A Times-Herald dis- patch from San Francisco says: For several weeks there has been much anxiety among the colony of Hawaiian exiles here. Small groups are seen in earnest consultation. Yesterday Hawaiian Consul Wilder report- ed the cause of this activity, which he said is the organization of a new filibustering expedition to carry 1,000 picked men and a large supply of arms and ammunition to Hawaii. Wilder is skeptical as to the real strength of the expedition, but still he ad- mits that the exiles here ‘are desperate men and that they have strong financial backing. Wilder's information comes from Capt. Lunt, formerly of the smuggler Halcyon. It is understood that the filibusters have bought the yacht Aggie, and that it is their plan to send two expeditions—one from Seattle and the other from San Diego. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal.,June 24—A morn- ing paper say: Attempts have been made to erganize more filibustering- expeditions in this city to go to Honolulu and overthrow the gov- ernment. Exiles are said to be the prime movers. Capt. F. Tupp of this city is said to have been recently approached by a man named Stewart, and asked if he would go to the islands as master of a schooner carrying armed men and a cargo of guns, ammuni- tion and dynamite bombs. The terms of- fered Capt. Tupp were $5,000 down and $10,000 if he succeeded in the dangerous work required of him. He was also told to find @ fit vessel and report upon the low- est cash price of it. That is the story Tupp has told. As the story goes, Stewart said that friends of the exile colony in this city have put up a big sum of money for a filibuster- ing scheme, and that-an agent had bought supplies of war material in the east. Their purchases, unlike those which went to Ha- wall to be used in last year’s revolt, were of first-class arms and ammunition. The other time money had been wasted in buy- ing light carbines and revolvers, which were no match for the Winchesters and Lee magazine rifles of the government troops. The present supplies, so Stewart said, were dynamite bombs, Icng-range re- peating rifles of 45-100 caliber, Colt’s army revolvers of the latest pattern and a bat- tery of Hotchkiss and Maxim guns, with rounds enough for each piece to turn the paradise of the Pacific into the inferno of the western hemisphere. This * costly freight had been divided, and it was the purpose to send half of it over the North- ern Pacific to Seattle and the other half on the Santa Fe to San Diego. From the lat- ter port a second expedition was to leave in a schooner, to be commanded by an American named McFarland. When Charles T. Wilder, the consul gen- eral of Hawail, was asked what he knew about the matter, he said he did not wish to affirm or deny anything. Se eee POSTPONED THE CASES. Contests for Ofliccs im Alexandria County. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 24.—The Alex- He! andria county contested election cases of Will W. Douglass against Richard W. Johnston for commonwealth’s attorney, and Frank Hume against William Duncan for supervisor, growing out of alleged fraud in Jefferson district in the election on May 23, an account of which was given in The Star, were called up before Judge Chichester in the county ccurt this morn- irg. The case of the commonwealth’s at- torney was first called. Douglass was represented by A. A. Lips- comb of Washington, R. Waiton Moore of Fairfax and Anthony W. Armstrong of Alexandria. Johnston was represented by Edmund Burke of Washington and Col. Francis L. Smith-and John M. Johnson of this city. Mr. Armstrong, for the contestants, asked the court that the case be postponed until next Monday, and his request called forth a storm of objections from the attorneys for Johnston, and after a great deal of argument by every attorney on both sides the judge postponed the case until the first day of the July term. After the court was over, Messrs. John- ston and Duncan qualified to the offices to which they were elected, and which elec- tion 1s being contested. This was done in accordance with the statute which requires the officers to be sworn in before July 1. The other officers elected at the May elec- tion also qualified. Three hundred and six- ty-five pages of depositions were filed in the case. —————— IN MEMORY OF CARNOT. President Faure Places a Wreath Upon His Tomb. PARIS, June 24.—In the presence of enormous crowds of people the anniversary of the death of President Carnot, who was assassinated at Lyons on June 24 last year by Cesaro Santo, the anarchist, who was afterward executed for the crime, was ob- served today at the Pantheon with touch- ing ceremony. In the official cortege were President Faure, M. Chalamel-Lacour, pres- ident of the French senate, and M. Bris- son, president of the French chamber of deputies, followed by the cabinet ministers, ambassadors, senators and deputies. The cortege arrived at the tomb at 10:15 a.m. M. Faure, in depositing a crown upon the tomb, said: ‘In the name of the republic, on the day on which is renewed the mourn- ing of the country, I lay this crown upon the tomb of President Carnot.” The religious ceremony took place in the Church of La Madeleine at 11 o'clock. _— Lawyer Arrested for Forgery. NEW YORK, June 24.—Edmund Hurstel, a lawyer, with an office at 200 Broadway, was arrested teday on a warrant charging him with forgery. The specific charge Is the alleged forgery of a check for $7,900, although the amount Involved is said to reach many thousand dollars. The com- plaint is brought by Eugene Lecour. NEW YORK, June William Caesar, the West Indian negro who March 28 mur- dered and dismembered his mistress, Mary Martin, was today sentenced to die by elec- tricity in the week beginning July 29. —_—____ A Prominent Philadelphian Dead. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., June 24.—Fred- erick W. Fotterall, a prominent citizen of Philadelphia, died suddenly last night at his home in this city, aged forty-eight ‘The deceased was a brother-in-law of Clayton McMichael, proprietor of the North American, ard a son-in-law of A. J. Antelo. Drowning of a Fishing Party. PEORIA, HL, June 24.—Harvey H. Coble, single, and Fred. Joslyn, married, with five smali children, were drowned at 12:30 this morning while ing from a fishing trip across the D. Bean and James Powers. in the hoat with them, were Coble and Joslyn became w ed. seared and jumped, cupsizing the boat. ‘ SALISBURY ACCEPTS He Will Undertake to Form a New Cabinet. PARLIAMENT WILL BE DISSOLVED SOON Announcement to the House of Commons. CURRENT RUMORS IN LONDON LONDON, June 24.—It 1s officially an- nounced that the Marquis of Salisbury has accepted the task of forming a new cabi- net. Z The Marquis of Salisbury conferred this morning with the Right Hon. A. J. Bal- four, the conservative leader in the house of commons; the Duke of Devonshire, the unionist leader in the house of lords, and with Right Hon. Joseph Chamberlain, the unionist leader in the house of commons, at his house in London, and prgceeded to Windsor at 1:30 p.m. in reply to the sum- mors of the queen. In the house of commons today there was a most animated scene and outside the houses of parliament large crowds of peo- ple gathered, eagerly discussing the situ- ation. The speaker, Mr. William Court Gulley, took the chair at 3 p.m. and soon Lord Salisbury. afterward the secretary of state for war, Mr. H. Campbell Bannermann, entered the house amid prolonged Mberal cheers. Mr. Balfour followed and was greeted with vigorous cheering from his supporters. At 3:30 p.m. the chancellor of the ex- chequer, Mr. Vernon Harcourt, entered the house and the liberals rose in a body and cheered him to the echo. ‘The supporters of Mr. Chamberlain made a similar demonstration when the unionist leader entered the house of commons. Sir Willinm’s Announcement. Sir William Vernon Harcourt said: “It 1s my duty to make the announcement to the house that fhe division Friday last was a vote of censure of the secretary of war, than whom never more able, re- spected or popular minister held office. The government, of course, associated them- selves with their colleague and feeling they were unable to pass the votes for sugply, the government resigned and their resig- nation was accepted. “Under ordinary circumstances it would have been incumbent to move en adjourn- ment, but the seal fisheries bill must be passed before July 1, and when it has passed its third reading the government will move the adjournment of the house.” The chancellor of the exchequer then thanked his supporters and acknowledged the consideration shown to the govern- ment by Its opponents. Tears were in the eyes of Sir William when he uttered the last words. Mr. Balfour's Criticism. Mr. Balfour criticised the conduct of the government. He sald he thought the @on- stitutional manner of procecding would have been adopted by the’queen to dissolve parliament instead of throwing the burden of continuing the government on the op- position. At 8:22 the house went into committee | on the seal fisheries bill. Most of the members left when the house went into committee. Numerous questioas were asked in regard to the agreement with Russia on the Ber- ing sea question, and the complaints re- ceived from the government of the domin- ion of Canada on the same subject. ‘The parliamentary secretary of the for- eign office, Sir Edward Grey, in reply, said that satisfactory assurances had been given to Canada on the points raised in behalf of the dominion. The seal fisheries bill third reading. - An Irish Member Protests. Dr. Charles K. D. Tanner, member for the middle division of Cork, anti-Parnellite, raised a disturbance by exclaiming that he did not see why the seal fisheries bill should be given precedence over the Irish land bill. The house then adjourned. It was rumored shortly after the house of commons adjourned that Sir William Vernon Harcourt will not present himself as a candidate for re-election, and that the concluding words of his thanks to the house of commons were in reality a vale- dictory. There were few persons ‘in the house of lords when the premier, Lord Rosebery, rose at 3:45 p.m.. to announce the resigna- tion of the cabinet. The Prince of Wales, the Duke of York and the Duke of Cambridge sat on the cross benches. was absent at Windsor, whcre he had gone in answer to the command of the queen. The galleries were crowded with peer- esses, and a number of members of the house of commons were present in order to hear the statement of the retiring premier. Lord Rosebery, amid deep silence, said: “T desire to make a very brief statement, which the house has undoubtedly anticipat- ed. After’the vote in the house of com- mons on Friday, which was practically a vote of censure on the secretary of war on a question of a national defense imme- diately after he laid before the house a great scheme for military organization, the government felt it their duty to place their resignations in the hands of the queen. Their resignations were accepted, and the government will only hold office until their successors are appointed.” Earl of Cranbrook, conservative, said that the Marquis of Salisbury had de- sired him to say he wished the house to adjourn until tomorrow. Lord Rosebery remarked Mat there was only one very important bift, the seal fish- eries, which would be proceeded with, and he expressed the hope that it would’ pass all its stages tomorrow. ‘The seal fisheries bil then passed its first reading. then passed its Gossip in the Clubs. Following the resigration of the Rose- bery ministry, the cebinet crisis has con- tinued to absorb the attention of the clubs, ete., and the best-informed speculations re- garding the cabinet agreed in the belief that Lord Salisbury would accept the task of forming a cabinet and a new ministry, to be composed of representatives of both sections of the unionist party, although a dissolution of parliament carrot long he The Marquis of Salisbury- delayed. It may not be necessary to fill all places in the-ministry, as the Times in- timates this morning. before taking steps for an immediate appeal to the country. ‘Then, according to the program, the Mar- quis of Salistury will become premier and president of the council of ministers and the Duke of Devonshire would become sec- retary of state for forelgn affairs. Mr. Balfour is said to be slated for the office of first lord of the treasury and Mr. Chamberlain will become secretary of state for war. Tha Rt. Hon.-Geo. J. Goschen, formerly chancellor of the exchequer, is said to be slated for the post of lord of the admiralty. Lord Lansdowne, Sir Henry James and Leonafd Courtney, liberal unionist, are also reported to have been selected for cabinet positions. The principal members of the Salisbury cabinet must be re-elected immediately, and the dissolution of parliament is ex- pected within a fortnight. The Marquis of Londonderry, conserva- tive, Is expected to be the next viceroy of Ireland. | No Advices From Mr. Bayard. Although it is customary to promptly in- form the State Department of such an im- portant change no word has yet been re- ceived at the department from Ambassador Bayard touching the downfall of the Rose- bery cabinet in London. It is assumed, however, that Mr. Bayard has been wait- ing until the formal announcement is made in parliament and the new ministry has succeeded to power, sO as to make his statement complete. At the State Department it Is not be- lieved that the change from a liberal to a conservative government in Great Britain will sensibly affect the relations between the United States-and Great Britain. ed NEW GERMAN AMBASSADOR He is Presented to Secretary Olney by the Secretary of the Embassy. All Formality Watved and He Can Now Trausact Diplomatic Business —No Question of Precedence. en Baron von Thielman, the new German ambassador, was presented to Secretary Olney by Baron von Kettler, secretary of the embassay, who has been in charge of affairs since the departure of Baron Saur- ma Jeltsch. The meeting took place in the diplomatic room of the State Department and was entirely informal in character, be- ing confined to the temporary recognition of the new ambassador for the transaction of all ordinary diplomatic business between the two countries, pendiug the ambassa- dor's formal recognition’by the President in October next. Cam Now Transact Busines: With the status thus conferred the new ambassador is empowefed to transact any diplomatic business with the State Depart- ment short of the negotiation of a treaty. If there were any insistence upon the ob- servance of the extreme niceties of diplo- matic formalities’ the. ambassador might be estopped from exerchhing his functions until he has been person&lly presented to President Cleveland, but Secretary Olney taking a common-sense view, of the situa- tion was entirely willing to welcome Baron von Thielman to full membership in the diplomatic body ‘at once. No Question of Precedence. There is,no question of precedence in- volved in this matter. The German ambas- sador is ranked in senfority by the ambas- sadors of Great Britain, France and Italy in the order named, and takes precedence of all the cther members of the diplumatic corps by virtue of his higher rank regard- less of presentation. Baron von Thielman will leave here in a day or two for Deer Park, where he will ‘spend the summer. His family is already domiciled there. THE FREEDMEN’S HOSPITAL. Charges to Take Place on the First of July. Under the advisement of Dr. Daniel H. Willams, the surgeon in chief of Freed- men’s Hospital, Secretary Smith has made some radical and important changes in the control and managemeht of that insti- tution. The positions of first and second assistant surgeons have been abolished. The first place was held by Dr. John R. Francis at a salary of $1,800, and the sec- ond position was filled by Dr. Furman D. Shadd at a salary of $600. The work that, was done by these members of the staff has now been allotted to several young colored men, graduates in medicine, who are to be internes at §25 per month. The salary of Dr. Williams, which was reduced from $3,000 during his absence last year, has been restored to that amount, and the salary of the head nyrse is now put up to $100 per month. The selaries of the other nurses who are connected with the insti- tution have been made $10 per month. The announcement that these changes had been effected was somewhat of a sur- prise to the colored citizens of the District, as Drs. Francis and Shadd had been £0 long connected with the hospital. These changes are to take effect by order of the Secretary of the Interior on the Ist of July. The surgeon in chief has appointed the deposed surgeons upon the medical staff of the hospital without compensation. A copy of the letter of the Secretar the Interior, which authorized the changes, has been sent to Drs. Francis and Shadd, accompanied by a letter from the surgeon of the hospital telling of the manner in which the work of the hospital is to be hereafter conducted. a THE CARD INDEX SYSTEM. Secretary Herbert to Introduce It Into the Navy Depnrgment. Secretary Herbert is making a personal examination of the methods of business in the various bureaus of the Navy Depart- ment, with a view to the introduction of the card index system as a substitute to the present system. He 1s_satisfied of its entire adaptability to the business of the department, and has decided to put It into practical operation on the 1st proximo, if it can possibly be done. The card system has had a successful test of one year in the War Department, and has been in successful operation for about ten years in the record and pension office of that de- partment. g 5 Dividends Declared. The controller of the currency has de- claréd dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: A first dividend of 25 per cent In favor of the creditors of the National Bank of Kan- sas City, Kansas Uity, on claims proved, amounting to $7 : A third dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Lloyds National Bank of Jamestown, N. D., making in all 45 per cent on claims proved, ataounting to $250,- 993.5 A ifth dividend, 5 per eent, in favor of the creditors of the People's National Bank of Fayetteville, N, C., making in all 65 per cent, on claims proved, amiounting to $114,- 82. A fifth dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Albuquerque National Bank of Albuquerque, N. M., making in all 65 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $253,389.91. A sixth dividend, 4 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the First National Bank of Auburn, N. Y., making in all 54 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $544,008.53. PARTY BOSSES Quay, Platt and Clarkson All Meet- ing With Opposition. ~ FORMER LIEDTENANTS AGAINST THEM Will Hardly Be Able to Control Affairs Next Year. A VANISHING’ POWER The declared ambition of Senator Quay to resume the management of the republi- can machine in Peansylvania is proving to be of far more than local interest. The local interest is very great, for, as explain- ed“in The Star of Saturday, the political fortunes of Senator Cameron are thought to be involved in the maneuver. But be- yond this derire of Mr. Quay to assist his colleague in a pinch lies the question of the next republican nomination for the presidency, and it is to this phase of the matter that politicians outside of Pennsyl- vania are now addressing their specula- tions. What Will It Avail? What will it avail Mr. Quay in a na- tional sense to win this fight at home? How potent would such success make him in the next republican national convention? Mr. Quay enjoys, along with Thomas C. Platt and James S. Clarkson, the reputa- tion of being a shrewd political manipu- lator. He has courted that distinction. He has not objected to the term boss as applied to himself and to his friends. But within the past few years party bosses have appeared to decline in value and in- fluence, until now the most famous of those so designated are at war at home with their old lieutenants and the rank and file of their old following. The question, there- fore, has arisen, can the next republican national convention be controlled by bosses or by boss methods? Mr. Quay’s present fight shows how things have changed with him at home. The very men now opposed to him are the men who at one time trained with him and took orders from him. One has drawn away from him for one reason and another for another reason. The ablest are now con- cededly in opposition. If he should succeed in replacing those men with others, would he be able with the new recruits to operate as successfully as early as next year as he once operated with the old hands? The Case of Mr. Pintt. Mr. Platt is in quite as close a corner in New York. Nearly all of his old lieuten- ants have for one cause or another thrown off his authority. Some have enlisted under other colors, and some have raiged stand- ards of their own. The strength that re- mains to Mr. Platt is in the country, and this is scattered. His power’in the city ts broken. The local patronage is all in the hands of his rivals. It is regarded, there- fore, as next to impossible for Mr. Platt to secure control of the empire state delega- tion to the next ’republican national con- vention. There seems to be no longer any discussion in the state respecting his choice for President. The Morton boom is in the hands of the anti-Platt men and is flour- ishing. Mr. Platt has not, of course, thrown up the sponge. He is still full of fight; but his blows have recently not been effective, and oh observers think they detect signs that he fs tiring. Mr. Clarkson’s Position. Col. Clurkson never had the “pull” in Iowa that Mr. Quay had in Pennsylvania, or that Mr. Platt had in New York. Still, he was an efficient man of affairs, and came into national notice. Since 1888, how- ever, he has not spent much time at home, being engaged in looking after business in- vestments elsewhere. In this way he has lcst something of the hold he once had on the machine at home, and is now more of an adviser than a leader in Iowa _republi- can circles. He remains true to Mr. Alli- son, and wants him nominated next year, but’ he is not recognized by any means as being in charge of the Allison boom. In the discussion of the subject, this list is drawn out, but the present fortunes of the three men mentioned are thought pret- ty thoroughly to indicate how shorn of their former strength all of the old bosses are, and how unlikely it is that they will be able to recoup, if at all, in time to cut a controlling figure in next year’s national conventicn. The situation is thought to be entirely beyond them, and as plainly indi- cating that next year’s prize will be award- ed without regard either to their prefer- erces or performances. It will not be a year for bosses in either party. a: THE GOLD RESERVE. It Is Practically Above the $160,000,000 Mark Today. Although the bocks of the Treasury De- partment do not show it, the gold reserve is practically above the $100,000,000 mark today for the first time since last Decem- ber, when it was forced to that point as a result of an issue of gold bonds. According to the treasurer's statement today the gold balance is $9,817. but this statement naturally does not include a consignment “00 in. bar gold brought to New he Campania on Saturday, for ont & Co., on account of the August B government bond syndicate. The ggld was taken to the New York assay office for ex- amination, and in a day or two will be.de- posited in the United States subtreasury in payment of bonds. Its receipt will swell the gold reserve to $101,042,395, regardless of other receipts. Fhe treasury books will show this increase in a day or two, and at least before the Ist of July. Yhe Bond Contract. The bond contract by the operations of which the reserve has been restored to the $100,000,000 point was signed in February last by the Secretary of the Treasury, as the party of the first part, and by August Belmont & Co. and J. P. Morgan & Co., representing Rothschilds and others, as parties of the second part. Under this con- tract the parties of the second part agreed to sell to the United States treasury 3,500,- 000 ounces of gold, and to receive bonds in payment. The parties of the second part also agreed to protect the government gold balance to the best of their ability, and so far have succeeded excellently well. Thére is still about $6,000,000 due the government on this transaction ee Granied Leave. Capt. Hiram H. Ketcham, twenty-second infantry, has been granted leave of absence for six months with permission to go abroad; Lieut. George W. Goode, first cav- alry, has been granted two months’ leave; First Lieut. John S. Winn, recently pro- moted, has been assigned to troop D, first cavalry. —— A Practice March. Troops A and H and the band of the sixth cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer, un- der command of Maj. Thos. C. Lebo, and a light battery of the third artillery, sta- tioned at Washington barracks, will leave here tomorrow for a practice march to Get- tysburg, Pa. These troops will participate in the ceremonies of unveiling the statue of Maj. Ger. Buford, U. 8. volunteers. They will be completely armed and equip- ped for field duty, and will carry five days’ rations. POTOMAC FLAT CASES A Decision by the Oourt Expected Shortly Rumor Says That the Court Has De- cided in Favor of the - Government. It is expected that the Court in General Term will some time this week render its decision in what is known as the Potomac flats case. This is the case in which some forty-odd parties claim land in the flats and on the river front from about Easby’s Point to the arsenal grounds. The case oc- cupied some four weeks’ time of the court during last April and May, and since that time the court (Chief Justice Bingham and Justices Hagner and McComas) have, whien- ever their other duties permitted, been con- sidering the case. The case is a proceeding in equity, in- stituted by the governmeht under a special act of Congress, io quiet the title of the de- fendants to the land in question. The prin- cipal claimants are the Marshall heirs, who claim the whole river bed from shore to shore and the accretions thereon under colonial grants; the Kidwell claimants, who assert title to a large portion of the flats under a pitent granted to the late Dr. Kidwell in December, 1869; the trustees of the Chesapeake an? Ohio Caaal Com pany, who eiaim certain riprarian rights, and certain owners of Jots making similar claims. It was rumored today that the finding of the court would not be a unanimous one, it being said that Judge McComas would be the dissenting member of the court. Jvdge Haguer, it was claimed, will write an opinion voicing the findings of Chief Justice Bingham and himself, and it was said that they, the majority of the court, would decide against all the defendants. sustaining the title of the government to all the land in controversy, without a sin- gle exception. Judge McComas, on the other hand, would, it was claimed, assent to the findings of his associates, except in the matter of the claims of the canal com- pany, and, possibly, as to the claims of one or more of the owners of lots on the river front. The gencral impression of those who followed the case is, however, that the court will unanimously sustain the con- tention of the government as to all the land in controversy. —_—_—_. EMORY’S DISPATCH. . The Petrel Has Left Hankow—Prob- ably All Quiet. Secretary Herbert today received a brief cable messige from Lieut. Emory, com- manding the gunboat Pétrel, announcing his departure from Hankow, on the Yang- tse river, for Chinkiang, near its mouth. The Petrel was sent to Hankow, the head of navigation on the Yangtse, in conse- quence of reports of an uprising against foreigners in the interior of China. Han- kow was the nearest accessible port, and it was supposed that the visit of an Amer- ican gunboat would have a wholesome in- fluence on the natives. Although Lieut. Emory is entirely silent in regard to the state of affairs, it is a perfectly proper as- sumption that his departure from Hankow means that affairs are quiet in that neigh- borhood and that there is no cccasion for the Petrel to remain there. The latest news from the scene of the reported trouble showed that, while the residences of sev- eral of the missionaries were destroyed, no LIEUT. personal violence was inflicted. ——_—__-e-______ VISITED BY ROYALTY. Emperor. William Calls on Admiral Kirkland on the New York. Secretary Herbert has received a cable message from Admiral Kirkland, com- manding the United States fleet at Kell, telling of a visit made by Empress Will- iam to the flagship New York yesterday. It is as follows: - “The German emperor visited the New York today (3d). Complimented squad- ron and the New York particularly on her appearance; fireworks illumination. He thanks the President for sending five naval specimens. He will visit the New York again for more thorough inspection.” Secretary Herbert had a visit from Baron von Thielman, the new German ambassa- dor, and Baron Kettler of the German em- bassy, and took pleasure in showing them the message from Admiral Kirkland. eee FOUND MUCH ICE. What Capt. Williams Makes a Report Z of His Trip. Capt. W. Williams of the British steam- ship Memphis has made a report to the naval hydrographic office of chservations on his trip from Avonmouth to Montreal frcm June 9 to 18. He says that he came thrcugh the straits of Belle Isle on the 1th instant, being the first ship of the sea- son, and that he found them full of ice, with the exception of a stray piece here and there. He says he met the first ice 146 miles E. by N. true of Belle Irie in the form of pack ice, with numerous large bergs among‘it. There was a great quan- tity of this ice outside of Betle Isle, some of it so thick that the Memphis could not ferce her way through. She had to turn back to find a looser channel. To the north of Belle Isle it seemed perfectly clear. ee Personal Mention. Rev. Dr. Sterrett has gone with two of his sons to attend the commencement exer- cises at Harvard University this week. Col. H. C. Merriam of the seventh in- fantry is in the city on leave of absence from the department of the Colorado. Dr. A. J. Foust, professor of English literature in St. John’s College, has re- ceived an invitation to give a course of lec- tures at the Catholic Summer School, Plattsburgh, N. Y., on the “Spanish Coloni- zation Period in American History.” Secretary Moseley of the interstate com- merce commission has recently been elected an associate member of the Bunker Hill Monument Association. Mr. B. F. Peters, appointment clerk of thé Navy Department, has been called to Harrisburg, Pa., by the death of a relative. Lieut. Charles W. Jungen has reported at the Navy Department for duty. ee Institutes of Indian School Teachers. Superintendent of Indian Schools W. N. Hailman left here today on a tour of visi- tation of the institutes of Indian school teachers, to be held in the west during the summer. There will be three institutes. ‘The first will be heid at Sioux City, luwa, July 1 to 6, and the others at Tacoma, Wash., July 22 to 27, and El Reno, O&la., July 1 to 6. The forenoon of each day at all of these meetings will be devoted to the discussion of questions of general edu- cational interest, and the afternoon to section meetings of agents, superintendenis, teachers, employes of the industrial de- partments and employes of the school ma- tron service. General addresses will be de- { livered in the evenings. | ed Ornamental Electric Light Posts. Consul Kirk at Copenhagen furnishes State Department with photographs and ! drawings of ornamental electric light posts which are used in Europe. He says that | cities of the old world where electricity is used for lighting purposes are adopting the orramental postg. PROMISES TO BE HOT The Fight in the Kentucky Con- vention, SOUND MONEY MEN CLAIM CONTROL Silver Men Want to Nominate, Then Adopt Platform. HARDIN IS IN THE LEAD Special From a Staff Correspondent. LOUISVILLE, Ky., June 24.—Old pollti- clans say that the fight at the state con- vention tomorrow rromises to be one of the Aottest and most vigorous’ political contests in the annals of the democratic party in Kentucky. The advance guard of the sev- eral factions 1s already on hand and is lay- ing out the lines of battle. The coming convention is the regular state convention for the nomination of gov- ernor and a state ticket. Aside from the interest attaching to this event, an interest targely local, there is national significance in the movement brought about by the in- jection of the financial question into the convention. This was done, aS has been heretofore explained in these dispatches, by certain candidates for the United States senatorship, who, although their contest for office has no immediate connection with the state nominating convention, have chosen the silver question as their standard of bat- ule, and hope to obtain prestige for them- selves by having the state convention adopt a free silver platform, thus giving indorsement to their line of action. There will be a double fight all through the convention, an effort to make the dem- ocracy of Kentucky a free silver party, op- posed by the advocates for sound money and the friends of the national administra- tion, and a contest between the several candidates for the governorship. There are already indications that the contest over the silver question and over the governorship nomination is likely to be much entangled. That is, each candidate is likely to gather strength from both financial factions. While one candidate is avowedly ior free silver, he has a following of men who will support his candidacy for nomination, but wil not vote for a free silver platform. The other man, who Is believed to be for sound money, has a following of free sil- ver advocates. Possibly a Dark Hagse. A possible outcome of this somewhat anomalous situation is the final division of the convention on strictly financial lines, with a dark horse for the governorship. It ts said to be the policy of some of the sound money men to bring about such a division if events seem to warrant it prac- ticable. The first struggle in the convention, after the selection of a chairman, will be on the question of the platform. The platform will be adopted and the financial policy of the democratic party of Kentucky outlined, after whicn the candidates who are to stand for that policy will be selected. It is not believed at this time that there will be a straddle on the financial ques- tion. The sound money men are eager for a straightout declaration against free sil- ver. They do not think it advisable to have any misunderstanding on this point, while the free silver men are equally as anxious for an unequivocal stand for the white metal. ‘Will There Be a Bolt? Another question which bears upon the situation at this point, is what will become of the defeated faction of the party if the convention makes a clear-cut issue upon silver, and this is a question of great im- portance to the republicans. It is thought that the possibility of a fatal split in the democracy will depend largely upon the spirit manifested by the factions in the convention, and, of course, no prophecy upon the outcome can be made at this time. It is evident that the sound money men do not feel certain of their ability to prevent the adoption of a free silver plank. ‘They say that the free silver movement has materially subsided, and claim that if they had another month's time they could stamp it out altogether, but admit that they will not have a walk over now. ‘The element of uncertainty arises from the fact that a considerable proportion of the delegates are coming without instruc- tions on the financial question. They may be handled by the sound money peopie or may be swept away in the tidal wave of enthusiasm which will be set in motion by the free silver men. They are what might be termed a floating vote and are strong enough to turn the scale one way or any other. The talk of a possible dark horse in the convention comes about in this way. If It should develop in the contest over the plat- form that there is 2 predominance of sound money opinion, and subsequentiy it should be found that the two leading candidates for the governorship nomination are about equally divided in strength of personal following, with the chances of a tie, it is possible that a third man may be put up on a strictly sound money basis and be of- fered as a compromise between the person- al factions. The Financial Issue First. To the readers of The Star, however, it is probable that the question of who is to be nominated for governor ts secondary in in- terest to the contest over a financial plat- form, for Lerein will lie the probable fate of the democratic party of Kentucky and the possibilities of the republicans profiting by a divided d atic household next November to carry the state. The senatorial candidates will be cn hand, and Senator Blackburn is expected to lead the free silver m2a in the contest over the platform. Plan of the Silver Men. The plan of the silver men is to force the nomination of Hardin and then to urge the adoption of a currency plank consistent with Hardin’s views. They declare that they will see to it that the committee on resolutions is tied up until a nomination for governor has been made. The bal- loting once begun, they believe that it will take only a short time to nominate Har- din, and that when this is done the news will be carried to the committee still wrestling with the platform. This afternoon a free silver leader said that in such an event they did not think that the sound money men would hold out, that they would be brought face to face with heir own argument that to nominate Hardin on a sound money platform would mean defeat in November, and that under these circumstances and to save the party from disaster at the polls the sound money men wovld consent to the drafting of a platform upon which Mr. Hardin could consistently stand and fight. Anomalous ws it may seem, there is an element among the delegates to the state convention which, while willing to reit- erate the financial resolution of the na- tional platform of 1892, object to indorsing the administration of President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle. In fact, this understood to be the position of Senator Blackburn himself. The sound money men term this position “the extreme of ab- surdit; as Upon this point Henry. Watterson says today: “Approbation of the financial plank of that platform without approbation of the administration’s interpretation of it would not only be meaningless, but it would be ridiculous. Cleveland and Carlisle have been true to that platform or the; have not. If they have been true to