Evening Star Newspaper, June 28, 1895, Page 1

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BLAcKBURN’S CHANCES}A BRUTAL The Coming Conference Here of the Free Silver Democrats, DANGER IN THE PROGRAM Governor Altgeld and Senator Tillman Are Dreaded. SO ARE THE POPULISTS The free silver democrats will probally make their kst stand this year at the meeting that has been called for this city in August. Every effort is being put forth to secure a iarge and distinguished atten- dance. The assurance is given that noth- ing beyond an exchange of views is con- templated. Nobody is to be committed by the proceedings further than the expres- sion of his opinions may commit him. The meeting is to be a conference and nothing more. One More Effort. This step was decided upon only after a careful survey of the whole field. The record up to date was discouraging for a further continuation of the fight by states. As against the sound money winning in Kentucky, with Blackburn beaten; in Ohio, with Brice on top; in Missouri and Indiana, with the declared sentiment in opposition to the holding of regular party conventions to consider the question, the free silver men had only to offer the one winning “in Illinois, which, with its Altgeld flavor, was scarcely to be considered a winning at all. Something must be done. And, there- fore, as between u proposition to let the whole matter go over until next year, and @ proposition to make one more effort to stem the rising sound money tide, and this time by means of a national conference held at the national capital, the latter was agreed to, and the call was issued. ‘The move, though informal, is expected to impress the country. The effect sought to be produced attaches to the courage of pearding the lion in his den. The silver democrats will meet right in the shadow, as it were, of the White House itself. Mr. Cleveland, it is true, will not be at home at the time, but that, in the language of the orator on the minstrel stage, will be peither here nor there. The silver men of the party will have their say within hear- ing distance of both the White House and the Treasury Department, and will throw down their gage within easy reach of the administracion leaders. Danger iu ithe Program. But there is danger in the program for the silver men themselves, and the more conservative of their number realize it. The case being desperate, and the rally the final one for the year, the extremists will all respond and there will be a probability cf their capturing the conference and im- part to it the tone and color of their cwn views. The two men most dreaded dre Gov. Altgeld and Senator Tillman. Both are for free coinage, but along with their criticism of the administration on the Money issue gces a torrent of abuse on other scores. Gov. Altgeld denounces the President for his action in the matter of the Chicago riot last year, and Senator ‘Tillman invariably regales his audiences with vigorously emphasized charges that Wall street owns everything and every- body outside of the silver camp. This sort of thing is regarded by conservative men as being bad enough indulged in at a dis- tance, but if it should characterize the sil- The Effect of the Defeat of the Silver Pro- gram in Kentucky. His Personal Popularity Now His Only Reliance, but Even This May Fail Him, To what extent have Mr. Blackburn's chances of re-election to the Senate been affected by the defeat of his silver pro- gram at home? The question is one of in- terest, and the situatfon to be studied for the reply complex and most difficult. Mr. Blackburn and Gen. Hardin joined hands as soen as the democratic state con- vention was formally called. Both declared without reservation for free coinage at 16 to 1. They spoke from the same stump, and their friends worked together in the matter of choosing delegates to the conven- tion. There seemed to be a perfect under- standing. The man favoring Hardin for governor was classed as being also for Blackburn for Senator and for free coinage. The combination began to win hands down. It looked like it would be Hardin in a romp, and consequently Blackburn in a romp. Nobody thought of separating the winnings. A Hardin man was counted every time for Blackburn also, and vice versa. Then Mr. Carlisle appeared in the state, and, presto, there came a change. But, as it now appears, Blackburn had to stand the losing alone. Hardin, though still holding to his silver views, continued also to hold a number of sound money dele- gates, and thus landed a winner. Black- burn, in his race, got pocketed, and finished away back behind. Practically Two Campaigns. Tke race before the people at large now will not, it is thought, admit of a combina- tien. "There will practically be two cam- reigns. The one for the state ticket, and the other for the legislature. It may not be so difficult to eliminate silver from the Hardin campaign, although the personal discomfort of the candidate forced thus to stand upon a platform containing principles which he has publicly denounced will recessarily be trying. But in so far as the legislature to be elected connects with the duty of choosing a successor to Mr. Black- burn, there can be but one issue, and that will be ever present. Mr. Blackburn’s suc- cessor will,as a member of the Senate, have to deal with the silver question, and hence the inquiry, which cannot be lost sight of, how will he vote on that question? It is not contended that the sound money resclution adopted by the convention doesn’t mean anything. And as it means semething, must not it be followed up? Will not it be followed up? Will not the same agencies that prevailed to secure its adoption be employed to give it practical meaning before the legislature? Nobody believes that it was a demonstration merely for effect on the money question before the country at large, while many people be- lieve that it distinctly forshadows, and was designed to foreshadow, the return of Mr. Carlisle to the Senate. The silver question, therefore, cannot be eliminated from the fight for the legislature. It is the sole question relating to that feature of the canvass. Blackburn's Embarrassing Position. Mr. Blackburn. even his friends admit, oc- cupies a very embarrassing position. He cannot retrace his steps. It is not like him to desire to do so. His record on sil- ver is made up, and cn it he must continuc to stand. He could not afford to accept a re-election with instructions to vote against silver. And so there remains of hope for him only the measure of his personal popu- larity. He is popular in Kentucky. There ver meeting here the effect wouid be di astrous to all those evenly remotely asso- ciated with it. How shall this danger be avoided? The invitation is general. The extremists seem to be especially relied upon. If anything is to be done for silver this year now wili be the time. If this meeting fails of re- sults then nothing will remain but to wait until next year and elther bolt for a new party or surrender to the inevitable. Populist and Sibleyite Leaders. Another source of danger will be the Presence in town of the populist and the Sibleyite leaders. They are not invited, but they'll te here all the same. When- ever two or three are gathered together in the name of silver there they are certain to be also. Mr. Stewart, Gen. Warner, éven Mr. Sibley himself will be close at hand with encouragement and suggestions. And this will have a bad effect in certain quar- ters. Mr. Stewart's appearance on the etump in Kentucky cost Mr. Blackburn, in whose interests. he was speaking, many votes. The bluc grass demucrats were ut- terly unable to assimilate even old-time doctrine from a populistic source. ———-o+____ TRIANGULATING THE CONTINENT. Superintendent Duffield Hopes the Work May Be Finished This Year. Superintendent Duffield of the coast and geodetic survey today said that he was very hopeful that the. present year would see the completion of the work of triangu- lating the continent from ocean to ocean, which has been under way for some time past. The party engaged in this work left for the Rocky mountains early in the sea- son, and is now in Colorado. One result of the work will be to definitely estab- lish distances. “When it is done,” said "General Duffield, “we shall know how far it is from the Atlantic to the Pacific ocean.” The party which is engaged in determin- ing the exact boundary lne between the United States and British territory in the northwest is also in the field, and is ex- pected to be able to report material pro- gress at the close of the season. The geo- detic leveling party has already during the present season carried its work from Richmond to Washington, and in July will push the line through Kansas. ‘There is at present a party completing the survey of Boston harbor, and in July two parties are to be sent to New York for the purpose of completing the retri- angulation of the Hudson river, while oth- ers will be sent \ut to redetermine the approaches to New Bedford and to com- picte the shore line gf Buzzard’s bay. a SEs STATE DEPARTMENT CHANGES, Seme Promotions Wi! Be Made—One $1,800 Clerk Dropped. The appropriations for the State Depart- ment for the fiscal year beginning on the Ast proximo call for the dropping from the roll of two clerks of class $0. It will not be necessary te-nemovg any clerks of that class, however, for the reason that two va- cancies have occurred in the higher grade, permitting promotions to bé made along the line. Mr. George L. Scarborough, an $1,800 clerk fn the Hbrary, has been drop- ped, and general, promotions will result. Mr. Hubbard T. Smith has resigned his $1,200 clerkship to accept an appointment as consular tlerk. It is expected that th Promotions resulting from thes¢ vacane! whl announced tomorrow. Surprise expressed at the retirement of Mr. Scar borough. He entered the department as a $000 clerk in 77, and was promoted through the different grades to the $1,800 class, which he reached in 1888, and has held ever since. ae Se In Charge at the White House. Maj. O. L, Pruden has returned to the city from a visit to Dover, N. J., and has resumed charge of affairs at the White House, can be no dispute on that proposition. But has not the time arrived when even that resource will fail him? It has failed him in the convention. Will it fail him before the legislature? It is practically his first defeat at home. Never since he first raised it—now twenty years and more ago—has his flag gone down before. But so far as his friends are concerned they consider the result, bitter as it is, preferable to a dif- ferent one obtained by shuffling or evasion. They are glad that he came out frankly and squarely and stood up for silver to the full extent of his ability and convic- tion. The issue was bound to be met, and he met it in the only way consistent with his conscience and responsibility. —___-e-—_____. YACHT NEPTHINA. Rumor That She Was Scised by « Spanish War Ship. It is reported that a cable dispatch has been received at New Orleans from W. A. Gordon, at Havana, saying that the well- known cruising yacht Nepthina of New Orleans was overhauled Wednesday even- ring by a Spanish warship and tuWed into Havana. The people on the yacht are now in the Spanish prison in Havana, according to this dispatch. The Nepthina is well known to all mem- bers of the Southern Yacht Club. She left New Orleans a few weeks ago for an ex- tended cruise, having taken on board the owners, Messrs. Agar and Dudley, together with a small party recruited from the mem- bership of the cotton exchange. The ob- ject of the trip was distinctly pleasure, and the suspicion of action with any filibuster- ing expedition is considered ridiculous by the friends of the party, and not to be worth a single moment's serious contem- plation. No confirmation of the above report can be had in official quarters here, and It is not credited. The matter has not been re- ported to the State Department in any ‘orm. Nothing Known at Havana. HAVANA, June 28.—Nothing is known up to the present time at the navy depart- ment or in the government offices of the story from New Orleans, to the effect that the American cruising yacht Nepthina cf the Southern Yacht Club, having on board a party from the New Orleans cotton ex- change, has been overhauled -by a Spanisn warship, towed into Havana and her pas- sengers thrown into prison. + +___—___ ADMIRAL BEARDSLEE. He is at ’Frisco and May Visit This City. Admiral Beardslee, commanding the cific station, who has just returned to Francisco, was a commodore when he went abroad and was promoted to his present grade during his stay at Honolulu. He will probably remain in San Francisco while his flagship is undergoing necessary repairs, but it is possijle that he may Pa- San visit Washington to confer with the Sec- retary of the Navy in regard to the state A of affairs in the Hawallan republic. board of survey will be appointed to det: mine the extent of the repairs to the Phil- adeiphia. The historic flagship Hartford is now in dry dock at Mare Island, and it will probably take a month to complete her repairs and alterations. It is propused*| to give her new engines and battery, and to make her the finest ship of her class in the navy. The Philadelphia cannot be docked until the work on the Hartford is finished. It 1s said at the Navy. Depart- ment that a new dock Is urgently needed at this yard for the cleaning and repairing of the large vessels of the new navy rap- idly approaching completion. a Ordered to West Point. Lieut. Granger Adams, fifth artillery, has been relieved from duty at St. John’s Co!l- leg, Fordham, N. Y., and ordered to duty at the Military Academy. Cruel and Senseless Performance at the Pension Office. MANY CLERKS SERIOUSLY AFFECTED A Dummy Resembling a Man Dropped From a Dizzy Height. SEEKING THE OFFENDER A senseless and cruel practical joke was perpetrated in the pension office building today by one of the force of workmen en- geged in painting and decorating the vast and lofty interior. As a result a large number of the clerks employed in the oflice are suffering from serious shocks to their nervous systems, and all are indignant and ready to give a quick and salutory. lesson to the one who conceived and carried the prank into execution. For two months the work of painting the immense pillars and the roof of the néension building has been almost constantly watch- ed by the clerks. The first work done was to paint the roof, whith isa hundred feet from the floor. On the slender planks used for scaffolding, which at that height seem- ed like mere straws, the man skipped about’ and gradually left behind them a broad expanse of bright blue. Then they began on the pillars and slowly marbleiz2d them. This work was done on ladders slung by ropes from the roof braces. Not a woman passed up and down the court or along the balconies of the huge building but looked up to see the human spiders laughing and joking at their work. Pranks of a Workman Today. Ore of the men, a young fellow, seemed always to be tempting Providence. Today, but a few minutes before the silly and cruel joke was played, he sat with his feet dangling over the ladder as he leaned for- ward and laughed at a lady clerk walking aleng one of the balconies. A moment later he was up and had passed over on another jadder,. where his fellow workmen were eating their lunch, and there he began to pat juba and shuffle, while the other work- men laughed at the song he was singing. Many a man and woman has given voice to their horror that human beings should be obliged to risk their lives in such an employment, and there were not a few who would not look up at them for fear the un- lucky moment might come at that instant when one or another of the men should fall to the tiled floor below. Capping the Climax. Today one of them capped the climax in the endeavor to frighten and annoy the regular inhabitants of the building, and he will doubtless be identified and dealt with ‘summarily within a few hours. The clerks of the penston office stop work for luncheon each day at the sound of a gong which rings at 12:30 o'clock. They are usually waiting and ready for the signal, and when it is heard there is an immediate outpouring from all the rcoms into the galleries which surround the court and provide egress from the va- rious apartments. A minute after the gong sounded today and when a thousaud or more clerks were thronging the galleries a shriek was heard and a body was seen falling over and over through spece in a flight from the scaffold- ing under the roof to the floor beneath. Strong men caught at the walls and rail- ings at the sight of what they thought was a terrible tragedy, and a roar of horror ascended, above which sounded the shrieks of scores of women. Everybody thought a man had fallen, and when the object reached the floor there was a rush toward it_by those of strong nerves. The discovery was made then trat come- one had stuffed a shirt and a pair of over- alls, to which shoes had been attached, and toppled it over from the highest scaf- folding. Many ladies fainted and their stronger sisters had ditficulty in reviving them, while+there were. scores of cases of nervous prostration amoung both sexes. Major Bliss Nearly Killed. Major Bliss, the veteran watchman who guards the 5th street entrance to the build- ing, heard the shriek and turned in time to gee the supposed man falling. He is a suf- ferer from heart troubie, having had to de- pend upon the working of a single valve ever since he was shot at Shiloh. The shock brought on an attack of his com- plaint of such a character as to .larm his companions, and he only recovered after half «an hour's efforts on their part to aid him. Deputy Commissioner Murphy was on the scene a few moments after the cruel hoax had been perpetrated, and while the dis- tress of the witnesses was at its height, and mede vigorous effort to discover the author of it, but without avail at the mo- ment. “It was the work of a brute,” said Mr. Murphy, with indignant emphasis this af- ternoon, “and he deserves horsewhipping.”” Several of the younger pension clerks, who are very angry over the occurrence, agreed this afternoon to adopt systematic methods to discover who 1s responsible for the vile joke, and not to give up until the responsible person is identified and given his deserts. —_———__ AMERICAN WARSHIPS. Advices Received Show a General Movement of Them. Advices received at the Navy Depart- ment today show a gen2ral movement of American warships. The Olympia sailed from Mare Island for San Franciseo, where she will be fitted out for service as flag- ship of the Asiatic station, to relieve the Balumore, which willebe orders The cruiser Atlanta sailed from New York this morning for a cruise in Cyban waters for the enforcement of neutrality laws. She will proceed ‘lirect to’ Key West, but will probably not remain at that port more than a day or two. The cruiser Ra- leigh, which is also looking out for filibus- ters, arrived at Tampa, Fia., yesterday. The Petrel arrived at Shangnai yesterday from Chinkieng. The praciice cruiser Ban- croft has arrived at Newport Ne The gunboat Bennington arrived at Honolulu on the 5th instant. The training ship Alliance arrived at Gibraltar this morning. The Mohican is at Port Angeles, Wash., testing coal. The cruiser Marblenead sailed from Kiel this morning for a visit to the Rus- sian port of Cronstadt. oe -+______ War Stories Not Reliublie. Mr. Durham White Stevens, in charge of the Japanese legation during the absence of Mirister Kurino, says that the reports of war between Russia and Japan are merely the revival of the vague speculation current some time ago, and that all the information reaching the legation indicates that the entente cordial between the countries has beer restored. The Russian fleet was with- drawn. from Japanese waters after the set- tlement was le as to the Liao Tung pen- insula, since which time there has been no new evidence of fri Stevens says, also, that as the war story comes from Shanghai, it not to be relied on, as the Chinese at that point have no means of knowing the relations existing between Japan and Russia.” ——$$—<—_-o-.—_____ Mixs Dodge to Leave the City. Miss Abigail Dodge has regained her health sufficiently to leave the city. She will go at 2:15 this afternoon via the Penn- syivania railroad to Hamilton, near Salem, ass. . JOKE A DISHONEST MESSENGER State Department Employe Proves Un- worthy of Trust. It is Not Known How Short His Ac- counts Are—Took Other Lads on Excursions, For some time past the head of the pass- port bureau of the State Department has been mystified by receiving demands from persons in various towns and cities for a prompt reply to their applications for pass- ports or the return of the money which they had sent to the department. In each cae investigation failed to show that any such applications had been regeived. It was apparent that stealing was going ou somewhere, and after close watching surpicion settled upon a boy named Kirk MeMurtrie, a messenger, whose duty it was to get the mail from the mail clerk and carry it to the passport bureau. It was found that he had been indulg- ing in lavish expenditures, taking other boys on excursions down ‘the river and gererally showing that he had much money to spend. The amount of money lost is not yet known, but it is certain to run well up into the hundreds of dollars from the number of complaints that have been received, and it is said that on one day, last Saturday, eighteen letters, each inclosing a dollar for a passport, were abstracted from the mail. McMurtrie has been discharged. —__—___-e--____—_. MOVING OUT. The Census Bureau Vacating the In- ter-Ocean Building. By this time tomorrow all that was of the big census office in the huge Inter-Ocean buildings will have disappeared from its once busy precincts, and nothing but shadows and memories of what has been will remain. - Where two or three years ago hundreds upon hun- dreds of marvelously pretty girls thronged and swarmed about the sidewalks and stairways today three or four not very prepossessing colored men were tugging and sweating over the.huge cases that kad to be let down from their Empyrean abode to the solid earth below. The dusty air that once rippled with the merry laugh- ter of youth and jollity ,shuddered often and again with the explosive: profanity essential to work of that sort. Within the last office occupied, fat up on the fourth floor, sat a single spare young clerk, clad in a thin summer suit and a long, sad smile. Over in the djstant and dirty corner of the room were three young lady clerks, the last survivors of the once countless and irresistible throng. e At one time the Censws office counted 8,300 clerks, and it is unnecessary to say that it then did a large business, In the Inter-Ocean building along there were 1,300 clerks, and the ten storles were a haven of refuge for hundreds people who were thrown out of employment in the other bu- reaus of the government. Besides this big building, which was erected expressly, for the census bureau, the force occupied*the Harrison flats, two floors of the Lincoln Bank building, three fibors of the Atlant building, now occupiedby the Indian bu- Feau; one floor In. the Builders’ Exchang: the’ol? church building across from the Inter-Ocean bullding, two-floors of the large stable building on New. York avenue near 7th street, and a big-mill building on North Capitol street. All this immense amount of room was no more than was necessary for the work of the large force employed. Now but three of those buildings are retained— the space in the Builders’ Exchange, the stable on New York avenue and the old church building on 9th street. In addition to these rooms, Marini’s old dancing hall is used for storage. + +__ - CITY RAILWAY MAILS. What Mr. Neilson Says ef the Broad- way Compnay’s Refusal. The action of the Broadway railway com- pany in refusing to take a contract with thé Post Office Department for a street rail- way mail service from the Bowery in New York to 155th street, while it is a keen dis- appointment to Assistant Postmaster Neil- son, who is in charge of the new plan of mail transit, will by no meas prevent the fullest ‘trial of the system and, of course, its ultimate establishment. The re- fusal of the Broadway company will only retard the enterprise for a short time and will react against the company in the end. The aim is to provide a system of mail transit for which the steam railway mail car is too large and cumbersome. This is needed in the large cities for suburban mails and inter-city traffic.. Most of this work is now done with wagons, which af- ford no opportunity for separating and as- sorting the mails while in transit. There seems no way but to use the street rail- ways. So far the system has worked well. Yet the post office authorities do not ex-_ pect to see it ut in and set at work per- fectly in a day. “The street railway system of distributing the mails," said Assistant Postmaster Gen- eral Neilson today, “may take ten years to reach the perfection of the system which the steam railway mail service has at- tained in thirty years, But it is capable of great possibilities. We expect to arrange a system by which carriers may collect letters in their beats, get on the car and turn in their collections, then take the mail destined for their batliwick, all separated and tied up, get off when the car reaches their territory and proceed to deliver. In this way a great deal of time can be say- ed and the whole labor of distributing the mails Hghtened. It is easy to see how this could be systematized along a great thoroughfare like Broadway, where popu- lous squares line the rcad on both sides for miles in extent. Until the system be- comes general and is worked out it can- not be determined just what the com- pensation should be, but the roads that come half way to introduce a system that is likely in the long run to add to their business will not lose anything. Ihave been in the transportation business for twenty-live years and I know that any transportation company that can add to a business already established any other line of traffic that will give a fair revenue is usually glad to do so, and the road that refuses to do so, where the government is concerned, is 1ikely sooner or later to wish it had done otherwise.” ——_-e GOING ON VACATIONS. Assistant Secretary, Adee Vill Uphold the Dignity of the State Department. Secretary Olney will leave here tomorrow on his vacation, which he will spend at his cottage at Falmouth, Mass., on the shores of Buzzard's bay, about fifteen miles from the President's cottage at Gray Gables. His family is already there, having gone north with Mrs. Cleveland several weeks ago. Assistant Secretary Uhl will spend the summer abroad. He will start from New York on the 6th praximo. Third As- sistant Secretary Rockhill will also spend the summer on the conginent. He has en- gaged passage on the steamer St. Louis, sailing from New York on the 17th instant. Second Assistant Secretary Adee will be left alone in Washington to uphold the dig- nity and responsibilities of the State De- partment during the summer holiday. Mr. Uhl will act as Secretary for a few days next week, when he will surrender the helm of the ship of State (Department) to Mr. Adee, who will be in chafige until Secretary Otey. returns in the fall Es . Protest’Against Transférring Monitors Representative Ellet ofsthe Richmond dis- trict called on Secretary Herbert at the Navy Department today, and made a vig- orous protest against the proposed transfer of the government monitors from the James river to the League Island navy yard. CITY POST OFFICE|*8°UT GUATEMALA! JAPAN NOT AFRAID Dissatisfaction With the Work of the Steel Contractors. A PEREMPTORY NOTICE SENT THEM Must Do Better or Their Contract Will Be Abrogated. EFFECT OF THIS ACTION Mr, Aiken, the supervising architect of the treasury, is very much dissatisfied with the progress of the iron work on the Wash- ington post office building, and he has de- termined to exhaust all his legal powers in holding the contractors, Thorpe & Bend of New York, up to the letter and spirit of their contract. He has made frequent de- mands upon them to use greater diligence in the prosecution of their work, and has failed to receive satisfactory responses from them as to the reasons for the great delay. Not caring to waste any more time in the matter, he has addressed them the follow- ing peremptory notice: A Peremptory Notice. Mesrs. Thorp & Bond, 136 Liberty street, New York, N. Y.: Gentlemen: You are hereby notified that you have failed to prosecute the work pro- vided in your contract, dated February 12, 1895, for furnishing the labor and materials and putting in place complete the steel and iron construction of the United States post office buildirg in Washington, D. C., with such diligence as will insure the com- pletion of said work within the time pro- vided for in said contract. 2 You are further notified. that you have failed to prosecute *said work with such diligence as in my judgment will insure the completion of said work within the time provided for in said contract. The ironwork up to and including the sixth floor line is now under contract. ‘The stone and brickwork of the exterior walls of the building and the walls of the tower are under coniract to be completed by September 2, 1895, and the contractor for the steel and ironwork herein specified must deliver all materials and put in place at such times as will cause no delay to the contractors for the stone and brickwork. You are hereby notified that you have failed to comply with said terms and pro- visions of said contract. You have failed to deliver all materials or put the same in place at such times as would cause no de- lay to the contractor for the stone and brickwork, and thereby, in my judgment, you have hazarded the satisfactory com- pletion of the work as stipulated in saia contract. Another provision in your said contract is as follows: “This contractor must commence setting columns for sixth and seventh stories as soon as the masens have finished the ex- terior walls up to the sixth floor line for a length of 100 feet, and must be ready to commence erection not later than April 15, 1895, and must complete all work vp to and including e:ghth floor on the entire building not.leter than May 20, 1805." You had not completed all work up to and including the eighth floor on the entire building on May 20, last, and you not only were not ready to commence the erec- tion referred to in said last named pro- vision as early as April 15, 1893, and yeu not only did not commence setting col- umns referred to in said provision us soon as the masons had finished the exterior walls up to the sixth floor line for a length of 100 feet, but you have not completed said work up to this date. Your contract also provides as follows: “The materials for the 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th floors of tower, including columns for supporting same, must be de- livered in Washington, not later than April 30, 1895, and erected as rapidly as the ma- sonry is ready to receive 1t.” | You not oply failed to Getiver in Wasi ington said materizls referred to in s: last named clause in your contract on or before April 30, 185, but have ever since failed to deliver said materials. Said contract also includes the following clause: “The main roof, including skylight over cortile, cannot be erected until the walls are completed to the eighth fioor level, but this contractor must be ready to som- mence Its erection whenever the walls are up to the eighth floor level for a length of 100 feet and not later than June 15, 1895, aud must complete all work on main roof not later than August 10, 1895.” You not only have failed to commence the erection of the work provided for in said last named clause of your contract on or before June 15 last, but ever since fail- ed_so to do. You have not only failed to complete the portions of your work specifically provided for within the time named by the terms of your contract, but have hazarded the satts- factory completion of the work as contem- ed and provided for in your contract. ‘ou are hereby further notified that un- Jess you shall, within the time prescribed By such contract, take such action as will in the judgment of the supervising archi- tect cf the Treasury Department remedy the default referred to, the Treasury De- partment will take possession o€ said work, and of the machinery, tools or materials belonging to your firm, and employed upon said work, and will complete said work and will supply such labor, materials and tools of whatever character necessary to be purchased cr supplied by reason of your default, and the actual cost thereof will be deducted from any moneys due or owing to you on account of said contract, and if that amount be not due, then the same <r a sufficient amount will be charged against your firm and the sureties on the bond furnished by you for the faithful per- formance of the work embraced in your contract. Respectfully yours, W. M. AIKEN, Supervising Architect.” What This Means. Executive Officer Kemper told a Star re- porter today that if it costs the govern- ment more to complete the balance of the ‘work than the sum ramed in the contract the government will institute proceedings against the contractors and their sureties te recover the excess. The notide means practically that the work will be taken ou of the hands of the contractors and com- Pieted by the government at their expense. 2+ ______ JURY FOR “FITZ” SECURED. Wholesale Objections Made by Both Sides to Talesmen. J SYRACUSE, N. Y., June 28.—After three days’ effort a jury has been secured for the trial of “Bob” Fitzsimmons on the charge of manslaughter in the first degree In the killing of his sparring partner, “Con” Rior- dan, in an exhibition in this city. In the selection of the jury the people ob- jected to all talesmen examined who had opinions on the case who favored athletic sports or who were of Irish extraction. The defense objected to church menibers. District Attorney Shreve stated the cas? for the prosecution. For the defense Mr. House made a motion that the district at- torney elect upon which of the four counts in the indictment he would try the case. The motion was denied. Then Mr. House moved to dismiss each count separately. Each motion was overruled and exceptions taken. —— Punished for Not Voting. ST. LOUIS, June 28.—City employes in the various municipal departments are be- ‘ng sifted over and scores who have fail- led to register and vote are being drop- ped from the rolls for their negligence. Minister Young Talks About the Oountry to Which He is Accredited. Friendliness of the People Toward the United States—Opportunities for Thrifty Agriculturists. Gen. P. M. B. Young, United States min- ister to Guatemala, Honduras and Salva- dor, is at the Shoreham. Gen. Young left Guatemala a month ago, coming to Wash- ington by way of San Francisco, where he remained a week. He will call at the State Department today and will shortly leave for his home in Georgia for a visit of two weeks before returning to his diplomatic duties. His visit -to this country was merely for recreation and for the benefit of his health. Gen. Young left Guatemala weighing forty pounds less than when he assumed charge of the legation there two years ago, though his vacation has al- ready resulted in restcring to him ten pounds of his lost flesh. To a Star reporter today Gen. Young conversed about Central American matters. Friendliness Toward This Country. “The people of the Central American states have,” said the minister, “the greatest friendliness for the United States and especially in times of com- plications with other nations look ,to- ward this government as one inclined to see fair play. At the time of the British difliculty at Corinto there appeared to be a prevailing feeling that that country was seeking to establish herself at that port, but the subsequent developments dispelled that fear. . Opportunities Offered. “I think Guatemala offers great oppor- tunities to thrifty agriculturists who have a little capital to work on. Coffee culture is very remunerative, but it cannot be en- tered on without large capital, while the production of corn and meat offers splendid opportunities for those of small capital. I have never known corn to sell for less than $2 gold a bushel, ard the climate and soil are most admirably suited to such produc- tion. Hogs and all kinds of stock bring a pian price in the markets, Agricultural implements are gradually being introduced in the country, but they have not yet be- come common, although the best results follow their use. “There is an almost unanimous sentiment among leaders in the Central American republics in favor of a union of the states under one r2public, but it seems to be im- possible yet to decide upon a constitution. Almost every one will tell you he favors such a union, but when it comes to deciding upon the relative standing of each state in the union difficulty is met. The feeling that appears to be prevalent among the people is that a strong union would be advantageous in order to protect the states from outside interference, while the diffi- culty of deciding upon the internal sr- rangements for the new republic has so far prevented any concerted action, Many Foreigners Coming. “A great many are dally com- irg into Guatemala, The Germans being there in the greatest numbers. The Ger- mans are thrifty, and have married into native families to a considerable extent. Guatemala City now has a population of $0,000 people and is rapidly growing. In the past ten years its population has in- creaséd 10,000. One enjoys the greatest safety in Guatemala, and, I think, if one were to travel through the country with $1,000 in money on his perscn, to camp out at night, and in face of the fact that every one might know he had mcney on his per- son, he would be in less danger of having it stolen than if he were to travel under the same circumstances from Washington to New York. The mozos are the carriers of the country, and these men are employed to transport on their backs as much as $1,000 in silver, and no one stops to think about any danger of having the money stolen. I think a decided era of progress is going on in Central America, and the re- publics there are bound to become more and more important.” oo DID SIMS KILL THE HORSE? Croker's Jockey Likely to Get in Hot ‘Water. LONDON, June 28.—Mr. Richard Croker’s colored jockey, Willie Sims, is likely to find himself in the hottest of hot water. In a cable to the Associated Press on Sat- urday last Sims wagered he would drive a trotter from Newmarket to Cambridge and return within an hour, a total distance of about twenty-six miles. When nearing Newmarket on the return trip the horse dropped dead, and it is probable that Sims will be arrested and most severely punish- ed as a result of an investigation into the affair, which the officers of the Royal So- ciety for the Prevention of Cruelty to Ani- mals began today. A special officer was dispatched to in- vestigate the affair, and if the story of cruelty to the trotter is proven, a warrant for the jockey’s arrest will be issued. The officer has also been instructed to find out if the companion of Sims in his drive was Mr. Croker himself. The action of the R. S. P. C. A. was due to Jerome K. Jerome and Mr. Labouchere. The latter says in Truth: “After reading an account of the per- formance I expected to announce that Sims had brought an action for libel or had been fined the heaviest penalty for such diaboli- cal conduct. No punishment is too bad for a man who would flog a horse to death, and I would cheerfully see Sims flogged along the high road and made to run until he dropped dead.” * Mr. Labouchere’s article concludes with calling upon the R. 8. P. C. A. to thorough- ly investigate the matter. Mr. Jerome, in a newspaper today, writes that he had sent the details of the affair to the R. S. P. C. A. adding: “Sims is a half-cast wno has come to England for a pure gambling speculation. He is employ- ed by Messrs. Croker and Dwyer, concern- ing whom it is sufficient to remark that Mr. Croker was once prominently con- nected with that gang of rascality, Tam- many Hall.” Mr. Croker was not in London today, but the representative of the Associated Press who was sent to interview him on the sub- ject was informed that the story was sub- stantially true, except that there was no cruelty to the horse. It was added that the horse belonge@ to Mr. Croker, was one of the last batch to arrive from Lych- field, and its-death is attributed to lack of condition and not to overdriving upon the part of Sims. —-_—__- BECAUSE SHE FAILED. Suicide of a High School Girl Who Didn't Pass, CHICAGO, Ill, June 28.—Minnie Lynch, the nineteen-year-old daughter of a wealthy saloonkeeper, committed suicide today be- cause she failed to pass the final high school examinations at the town of Lake The girl deciared that her schoolmates and teachers were prejudiced against her be- cause her father was a saloonkeeper, and that she could not expect to receive fair freatutent either at school or after she le! - _———d The Law Not Uniform. COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 28.—The syllabus in the decision of the supreme court de- claring the inheritance tax unconstitutional says the law was not uniform in its ap- plication, But She is Not Looking for War With Russia. WILL NOT SOFFER ANY DICTATION Hostilities Not Regarded as Immi- nent. COREA MUST BE LET ALONE NEW YORK, June 28—“I really don’t think war between Japan and Russia is imminent,” said Mr. Hashiguchi, the Jap- anese consul general at New York, in an interview. “However,” continued Mr. Hashiguchi, “Japan will not be bullied. If Russia attempts to interfere with the af- fairs in Corea Japan will insist upon her rights. We are just beginning to recover from a rather exhausting war, and are in no hurry to get into another quarrel, but I wish to say to you emphatically thgt Japan is net afraid of Russia. I will go so far as to assure you that there are Japanese—and they are not carried away by enthusiasm—who would not be aston- ished to see a Japanese army in St. Peters- burg within the next two years. “Mr. Waeber, Russian minister to Corea, is a very clever man. I knew him quite In- timately. He is a Russian, although his name is German. He is over fifty years old, and has been minister at Seoul more than ten years. He was once Russian consul at Yokohama. “His wife is a very brilliant woman, and has a close friendship with the Queen of Corea. Her infivence on the Corean royal family in favor of Russia is very strong, and her husvand possesses a good deal of power over the king. The Waebers are skillful and experienced diplomatists, and I have no doubt they have been greatly in- Auential in bringing about the present situ- ation. “You see, there is no limit to Russia’s ageréssive and grasping spirit. If Russia could ‘do’ us out of the fruits of our vic- tory over China, by intrigue and threats, there is no doubt she would be glad to do so. But Japan is not easily scared. We krow something about war, and we realize that from a strategic standpoint Russia would find it difficult to make much head- way against us.” ————— ALMOST THREE BLOCKS BURNED. About a Million Dollars’ Worth of Property Destroyed. SAN FRANCISCO, June 28.—Something like $1,000,000 of property was destroyed by fire in the lower part of this city last night. Almost three cntire blocks, covered with dwellings, lumber yards and manufacturing plants, went up in smoke, despite the ef- forts of the firemen to subdue the flames. The fire started in Carrick, Williams & Wright’s box factory, on 5th street, be- tween Bryant and Brannan, In three hours the two blocks bounded by Bryant and Bluxome, 4th and Sth streets, were reduced to piles of slowing embers. Then, to com- plete the ruin, the fire jumped 4th streef, fanned by a stiff breeze, and licked up the western half of two blocks, divided by Brannan, between 3d and 4th. The water pressure was not sufficient for the drain made upon it by the full comple- ment of engines, and in some places the fire was left to burn itself out. After de- stroying nearly two complete blocks, the destruction continued across 4th street. It ravaged a strip of half a block in width south to Townsend. To the east, midway to 3d, progress was checked by the bricic wine vaults of S. Lachman, on Zoe street, below Brannan. On the upper side the new Mechanics’ Hotel and a Chinese wash house headed any further advance to Freelon street. It was the worst fire in years, and one of the most stubborn. ‘Several hotels, lodging houses and a hun- dred or so of humble homes were swept away. The entire burned district was in- Fearon built up with barns, box factories and small dwellii with lum! yards bestowed at intervals” sick ———__ GUARDED THE ALDERMEN. Nearly All the Denver Policemen Were Needed. DENVER, Col., June 28.—Almost the en- tire police force of Denver were employed last night in guarding the houses of eight aldermen, who feared violence from their constituents. A bill for an ordinance granting a reduc- tion of only 15 per cent on the schedule of water rates now in force passed the alder- men by a vote of eight to six, and this aroused the anger of the people, who at- tended the council meetings in force. The measure which created so much in- dignation has a clause which makes the rates thus fixed a burden on people over fifteen years of age. Besides it is claim- ed that the reduction of 15 per cent is not half what the public is entitled to under the company’s contract, which cails for a reduction this year to the average of the rates charged in Chicago, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Although feeting runs very high and much harsh talk is heard, no overt acts against the aldermen have as yet been committed. 7 s —>—__ GERMAN VENEZUELAN CLAIMS. It is Reported That an Island Will Be Surrendered. CARACAS, Venezuela, June 28—The ru- mor that the German claims gvould be set- tled by the cession to Germany of one of the islands off this coast, to be used by that ecuntry as a coaling station, has created much excitement. It is now urged that if the government grants any of its islands to Germany that the government of the Unit- ed States cannot consistently insist on the Merroe doctrine in the questions pending between this country and Great Britain, in- aemuch as Great Britain could then make the claim that its holding possession of ter- ritory on the” Delta of the Orinoco is no mcre a violation of the Monroe doctrine than the holding of territory by Germany similarly situated. Such a state of affairs, it is said, would preclude all right of inter- ference on the part of the United States. lo WILL HE MARRY AGAIN? Mr. Qepew Denies an Interesting Rumor About an Hetress. NEW YORK, June 28.—Chauncey M. De- pew, according to a Washington dispatch, is about to marry again. Mr. Depew, ft is said, let the secret out himself while in Washington recently, The name of the lady {3 not given, but she is said to be a mem- ber of one of the first families in this city, an orphan and worth $8,000,000. Mr. Depew was at his office in the Grand Central de pot this forenoon at a meeting of the board of directors of the road. He sent out the word that he could not then be seen, but set the hour of 3 o'clock this afternoon, when he would meet all interviewers. When Mr. Depew met the reporters he said: “The story is made out of whole cloth. I do not know of young lady with $8,000,000 whe would have me.”