Evening Star Newspaper, July 1, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pernsylvania Averre. (7, Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H, KAUFFMANs, Pres't. Rew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star 1s served to sutscribers in the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Ber week, or 44 cents per month. Copies st the counter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—B0 cents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 ear, with foreign postage added, $3.00. sete (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©., | as second.claze mail -matter. sues mall subscriptions must in advance. Fiates of ‘advertising made ‘Known on application. Che Henin Star. | No. 13,205. WASHINGTON, D.C, MONDAY, JULY 1, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. Pi proof of te pudding is eat Saturday’ Sar confained 55 cofumns of advertisements, mare up of 1,086 separate announces ments. These advertisers Sousht pubficite-not merefy Space, SILVER DEMOCRATS | /©4Ns AT LOW _ INTEREST Divided as to the Means to Forward Their Theories, TROUBLE IN REGARD 10 THE POPOLISTS It Becomes a Serious Question in the South. THE COMING CONVENTION ———_>+—__—_ Silver democrats are divided on the ques- tlon of the best means to pursue in for- warding their theories on the financial question. The point most in dispute is whether the silver question should not be fought out within the ranks of the democracy rather than by joint conventions made up of democrats and populists. Among con- servatiyve democrats, who favor free coin- age, the Ilinols convention was far from receiving their approval, because In its make up there was too much populistic element. Don't Stay Within Party Lines. When Representative Bryan of Nebraska circulated his petition for signatures of Representatives and Senators during the last hours of Congress he endeavored to impress upon every one the idea that he was carrying on the fight strictly within partisan lines, desiring signatures of demo- crats onty, with a view to carrying the na- tional democratic convention when it should meet for the nomination of a national ticket. Strong party men have favored this idea, believing that if there Is to be any combine on the silver question it should not take place in advance of the campaign of 1896. But the silver demo- crats have shown little inclination to stay within party lines, and they have welcomed populists whenever they cared to join them in their meetings for the advancement of the cause of silver. Representative Sibley of Pennsylvania, at the Memphis conven- tion, went to the extreme of declaring for independent action on the silver question, and showed as little favor for the demo- cratic party as he did for the republicans. Notwithstanding the efforts now and then made by democrats to carry on a fight within their own party, it daily becomes more apparent that silver democrats care very little about the party affiliation of the people who join them. The Coming Convention Here. It has now become a question whether the silver convention to meet in this city on August 14 will be a democratic or non- partisan affair. Democrats who believe in sticking to their party at all odds and in conceding their preferences for silver if the national convention should declare otherwise, greatly disapprove of affiliating with men of all parties, especially the pop- ulists, in these advance conventions which are being held to strengthen and make ap- parent the resources of the silver pe ple. They argue that the weight of these con- ventions on the national convention will be lost, because their declarations cannot id to have been purely those of demo- and it is not likely that a demo- populistic convention can be regard- ed as an expression of democratic senti- ment when the national convention meets. In the west this joining of forces by demo- crats and populists on the silver question Qoes not greatly matter, but {n the south it becomes a serious question. In most of the southern states where have gained great s'! gth they have bi opposition to the democrats and have frequently been joined by republicans in their contests. Southern free silver demo- crats do not like the Idea of coming to Washington to attend a convention in which they may find their old enemtes of the populist party,who also favor free coin- age. Populists on Hand. Mr. Taubeneck, chairman of the national executive committee of the populist party, was on hand at Springfield when the Alt- geld-Henrichson silver convention met on June 6, and on that occasion claimed that the democrats were stealing populistic thunder. It is quite likely that he will be present at Washington on August 14, ready to repeat his claim. Democrats who oppose affiliations with the popullsts on the silver question do so because the latter have a variety of theo- ties which they regard as impracticable,and they fear that the mere association with these men will result in sending forth a general idea among the people that free sil- Yer men ure populists In spirit. They fear she result of such an impression among the conservative element of the democracy, end favor turning a cold shoulder toward the populists until the near approach of election day, when, if they succeed in doml- nating the national convention of their party and in adopting a free. silver plat- form,ewhich Is not likely, they will be able ‘o Invite populists to vote for silver by ‘soting fer a democrat. This plan they think would obviate the troublesome com- plications which might grow out of too kreat intimacy between themselves and the populists at this time. What Some Demoernts Think. On the 14th of August the friends of s!l- ver will assemble in Washington, and It is likely that among them there will be a. goodly sprinkling of populists. It might create hard feeling If any attempt were made to treat the popullsts with coolness on this occasion, but there is a considerable faction of the silver men of the demo- cratic party who think that such action Would be wise, and who favor it. a TICE: POLICE JU ‘The City Magintrates in New York Take Possession. NEW YORK, July 1.—The new justice the court of special s and the city magistrates took possession of their offices today. ch of the courts 2s soon as the first was called the former police justice ei a formal protest against the pro- ceedings and deciared his right to conduct the ca The protest in e “fam present under adv ce of my assignment b; tice y oli read, reto; but will m to estat practi as This Statement | in any spirit t to any otk n claiming ime oftictal functions, but hts I claim and will’ pro- ablish by the courts of the BULGARIAN RAID TURKE he Situation Verging on War in the East. LONDON, July 1—A dispatch to the Pall Mall -tte from Sotla says that the situation Is serious, almo: state of war, betw has been recetved at the Bulgarian ul that two bands 119) men, igarian fi Where t soldiers, who wer tler to Dubnitza, Bulgaria, twenty-twi miles scuth of Sofia. One man was wound- ed. amountin ig toa nti ptur into Turk: 1 two 1 Proposed Association to Help the Worthy Poor. Results of Mr. Donath’s Inquiries— Success of Similar Efforts in New York and Boston. As heretofore noticed in The Star, a number of business men are seriously con- sidering the feasibility of forming an asso- elation the object of which shall be the loan- ing of money to the worthy-poor on such security as household effects, pianos, &c., with the view of saving them from the 10 per cent a month men. Mr. August Do- nath, who has been deputed by his asso- ciates to ascertain the methods of business tracticed by similar associations in other cities, and the measure of success with which they have met, gave to a Star re- porter today some account of the results of his researches. “I feel convinced,” said Mr. Donath, “that we have here a wide field for as practical a charity as has ever been organized for the relief of worthy people. At the present time there is simply one avenue that leads such needy borrowers to the source of sup- ply, and that is the loan company or indi- viducl who not only exacts 10 per cent a month for interest, but who also charges heavy fees for various items, such as re- cording, &c. As a result of my investiga- tions I belleve that money can be furnished on the security mentioned at living rates. Muay Pay 4 Per Cent Dividends. “My firm conviction is that if the con- tributors to a capital stock of, say, $20,000 will be satisfied with a dividend of 4 per cent per arnum, we can furnish money at the uniform rate of 10 per cent per an- num, Of course, each loan must be care- fully considered and the disbursement of every dollar be fully weighed; but if the management is in careful and business- like hands I feel safe in stating that money can be loaned on household chattels at 10 per cent per year. Of course, if stockhold- ers demand a return of 6 tnstead of 4 per cent the charge would have to be made 12 per cent, but trat, you see, would make us guilty of usury—just what we wish to break down. “In New York city, according to a letter I have recetved from Rev. Dr. Greer, an organization hes loaned money on just such security as we propose taking at 12 per cent per annum. A small surplus has been earned over expenses. But a still more convincing proof of the feasibility of the enterprise is furnished by the history of the Workingman’s Loan Association of Boston, Mass For seven years this asso- ciation h: ned on household furniture. It charges 1 per cent per month, besides a small fee for appraisal and recording. Each year, after the first twelve months, the company has paid a dividend of 6 per cent on its stock, has paid expenses for salaries, ete., amounting last year to over $7,000), be- sides a state tax of $1,200, has each year added a modest sum to its surplus fund, and has today more customers than eve while the capital now employed is over $115,000. Its losses from bad debts are aiso reported as very small, and its success seems to have been fully as great—yes, greater—during the hard times than be- fore. Of course, this company is conducted on strict business principles, just as our “d organization must be. e charge 10 per cent per year on leans, we can pay stockholders a dividend of 4 per cent, and meet all expenses out of the 6 per cent surplus. Business Methods May Do It. “What business methods can accomplish in Boston business mthods can accomplish tere. While our field of operation will be emalter, our capital less, our expenses will be correspondingly reduced. The experi- ence of the Boston associution removes this enterprise from the realm of speculation. The same methods produce the same re- sults. Let the enterprise be in practical hands, and these results will flow from tt: The needy borrower can be helped at a rate of interest that does not mean certain impoverishment. The persons supplying the capital have the satisfaction of com- bining practical charity with a safe 4 per cent investment, and the formation of sim- ilar enterprises, supplying a demand which our small capital cannot meet, will surely follow. “I see that The Star suggests, as round- ing out the project, a Iberalizing of pawn- brokers’ methods for the benefit of the poor, Unquestionably, great good would result from pawn shops for the poor on a similar basis to that of our proposed asso- ciation, and one or more of the city’s pawn- brokers might well respond to The Star's suggestion. As for ourselves, if we accom- plish what we have set out to do in our limited field we will be satistied. We do not wish to dover too much territory at the start. Let us form this company.Let us demonstrate that good can be accomplish- ed and money returned on the investment, and others will ald in spreading the good work. I am more than pleased to see The Star show a live interest in the matter. It is in line with its past glorious record. There has never yet been an enterprise started fcr the benefit of the worthy poor that The Star has not. by its wise counsel and its generous means, aided in the work. I am glad you are with us in this.” gs NO REPRIMAND MADE. Consul Doty’s Murriage in Tahiti Was a Personal Matter. State Department officials make an em- phatic contradiction of the report from San Francisco that J. Lamb Doty, United States consul at Tahiu,has been reprimand- ed for his reported marriage to a native Tahiti maiden of high degree. The report- ed reprimand was based on the theory that the ceremony was according to native rites and is not recognized as legal by the French government, which has dominion er Tahiti. The only legal marriages in Tahiti recognized by the French authori- those performed in accordance with neh ta Mr. Doty has high c6n- fons in this country and his alleged lady has 1 considet dat the de- rtment that nothing official has been re- there in regard to the m: , ard being a personal matter entirely is not likely to 1 Unless the reported marriage complicate ns of this government with the 4 overnment it is not at all probable that cognizance will be taken of the affair: ——s MORE GOVERNMENT WORK. mall Boats nnd Cabin Furniture to Be Made ut Navy Yards. At the suggestion of Commodore Hich- born, chief of *he bureau of construction and repairs, the of the Na has decided that s ts for the n: and the furnitui ed for the cabins of ships of war shall hereafter be construct- ed at government navy yards ihstead of being done .by private firms under con- tract. Inasmuch as there is but little profit in the work private firm ow very do it. On the other har put to considerable nd it is sa! = and controve gig or cutter © than !s the to work done at erial to be pureha will result In a s on to have ards, the it of money a in this anch of naval ¥ It is proba! ortion of the work will b hington navy yard, where there is ; requi pert labor. ment of equipment and ex- It is Analagous to the Old Green- back Movement. SKETCH OF THAT PARTY BRIEF An Old Politician’s Prophecy as to Silver's Fate. © THE WAVE SUBSIDING ————— “The present free silver craze which is sweeping some parts of the country 1s strikingly analagous to the greenback mcvement,” said an old politician to a Star reporter today. “The greenback craze had its origin and got Its growth out of almost exactly similar conditions with the re- cent boom for free silver. It was just about twenty-one years ago that the dis- content with the financial condition exist- ing at that time brought about the green- back craze. “At Indianapolis, November 25, 1874, there was a meeting of some discontented spirits who wanted to revise the financial policy of the government. Those who attended the meetings were largely Indiana poli- ticians, and not leaders in politics, at that, but there were some outsiders, notable among them being Solon Chase of Maine. Not over forty men assembled in response to the call which had been issued by B. A. Pileman aid James Buchanan of Indiana. They remained in session for two days, formulated a platform, appointed an ex- ecutive committee to organize a national party, and recommended the calling of a general convention at Cleveland the fol- lowing year. Rather Vague Principles. “At the outset the new party was rather vague in its principles. They had a gen- eral idea that they wanted an unlimited issue of paper money based upon the credit of the nation. They demanded that the gold in the treasury should be used for the retirement of all the gold bearing bonds. It was their idea that the legal tend notes shouid be taken up Immediately, and in their place there should be an issue of 3.65 interest bearing bonds. They proposed to make these bonds convertible into green- backs. This was to be done by giving the holder authority to present the bonds at the treasury, get money for them, and then, after whiie, if he got ‘flush’ again, ne could turn his money into the treasury and get interest bearing bonds again. The next move of the new party was to throw out u sop to the labor class They proposed to undertake vast nation: improvements, sh!p canals, water ways, and among other things a railway from San Diezo, California, to a port in Geo This railroad was to be operated by the government and would be a check upen the monopoly of existing overland lines. All these improvements were to be paid for by another issue of 3.65 bonds and in the ‘antime the national banks and gold & securitles would be extinguished. A National Convention. lon was finally made between the greenbackers and some of the !abor classes attracted by the scheme of national Improvements and other discontented ele- ments, and a national convention was held in Indianapolis In the middle of May, 15 About one hundred and thirty-five del gates were present, coming from sixteen or eghteen states. But they claimed to repre- sent a large following at home and like the silver leaders of today, spoke ‘in the name and behalf of millions of oppressed voters.’ It-was at thls convention that Gen. Weaver first came to the front. Ig- nacius Donnelly of Minnesota was made temporary chairman, and James Durant, an ex-judge and subsequently promoter of legisiation, became president of the con- vention. The convention was very much encouraged to receive letters from Ben Butler of Massachusetts. W. D. Keily of Pennsylvania, and Gov. Booth of Califor- nia. which they construed into expressions of sympathy. There wi communications also from some republicans of pronfinence who were wavering a little frem their al- legiance. The convention tried to ring in Wash McLean of Cincinnati and Gov. Al- len of Ohio on the movement, but they were too wary and the greenbackers had to be content to accept Peter Cooper as their candidate for the presidency. Samuel Carey of Ohio, a man of some prominence at that time, took ihe second place on. the ticket. ‘The campaign came off at the time of the Tilden-Hayes contest, and when the votes were counted at the election it was found that the greenbackers had only poll- ed a little over eighty thousand votes, con- tributed by the states of Michigan, Kan- sas, Iowa, Illinois and Indiana. After this the greenbackers gave up active efforts for a year or two. Their guiescent state was of short duration, however. Events soon brought abcut an opportunity for a revival of thelr cause. The 1877 Combination. “The labor troubles of the great railway strikes and the general discontent existing among the laboring men enabled the greenbackers to make a combination with the National Labor Union and they went into the campaign with renewed hope. ‘The result was the election of fourteen Con- gressmen on the greenback-labor ticket. It was this wave that brought Gen. Weaver to Congress, and he immediately assumed the leadership of the party. His as of the principles of greenbackism led to his nomination for the presidency in 150, and the Inauguration of another campaign. “The election showed- that the labor peo- ple had parted company with the green- ‘s in the meantime. Weaver's vote showed a falling off from a million votes in 1878 to less than three hundred thous- and in 1880, and the congressional repre- sentation was reduced to eight memb: From that time on the party steadily de- clined, The men who were prominent in it passed out of politics, and, with the sole exception of Weaver, none of the names would probably be recognized by the poli- ticians of tode “Tt will be the same way with the ieaders of this silver movement, I prophesy. High water mark has already be an now subsidi etive and mi tien in a few years or sunk into on of a movement hich 1d not stand the test of r nine sincere men there wi and long after the tidal will ight wh and which, v hand dry. Always a Discontented Element. “There will always be a discontented ele- ment in this conntry, advocates of money, and a nucleus of the old greenbacl movement will always be here, either i greenback form or in its free silver of great public depr. for period! revivals I do not flood subsiding, once left von Entered Upon His Daties. Mr. Scott Nesbitt entered upon the di charge of his duties as chief of the a pointment division, Tr this morning, and eral beautiful boug the internal reve! bureau, made a popular record as chief clerk. He Will Become President of Oolumbian University. The Announcement Made Today at a Meeting of the Corporation—Ex- pected Here in a Few Days. Dr. B. L, Whitman of Colby University, Me., has accepted the office of president of Columbian University, to which he was re- cently elected. This announcement was made today at an adjourned meeting of the corporation of Columbian and the matter was finally settled. Dr. Whitman will come to Washington in a week or so to familiar- ize himself with his new field of action, and will take active charge of the University in September, when he will superintend the opening of the new scholastic year. The formal ceremonies of inauguration will not take place until the latter part of October, or possibly until November. At the meeting this morning it was voted that a ccmmittee should be appointed to arrange for the inauguration and to set a time and place for the ceremonial. Dr. Greene, the acting president of the university, presided at the meeting today, which was held in the university building. The members present were Messrs, Hub- bard, Woodward, Stakely, Mattingly, J. O. Wilson, Needham, Mason, Morehouse, Dar- lington and Martin. The annual election of officers resulted as follows: B. L. Whit- man, D. D., president; Samuel H. Greene, vice president; Robert H. Martin, secretary and treasure! Justice W. S. Cox was elected dean of the law school, d the time for extending the course required before the degrees of bach- elor of laws and master of laws shall be awarded, from two and three years to three and four vears, respectively, was set for October, 1 it being thought unwise to begin the new arrangement next season. The Fund Subscribed. The committee appointed to solicit funds for the new collegiate endowment reported that with the amounts subscribed, aggre- gating $53,000, and from additional assur- ances which had been received, there was no doubt that the work would be completed at an early date. A letter was read from Dr. Whitman, in which he said that the names of the committee in charge of raising the guar- antee fund, together with the aetion of the members of the corporation, the faculties and the alumni association, and of the citizens of Washington, were to him a sufficient guarantee of the successful com- pletion of the work undertaken, and he therefore saw no reason for delay in as- suring the corporation of his conviction that a new era had opened for Columbian, and of his purpose to share with them in the work of development. The cheerful acceptance by the corporation of this great obligation, he said. is a pledge of great things for the future. f ae “TAK ‘G STOCK.” Counting Up the Cases Refore the Pension Otfice. This is a day of reckoning In the pension office. Once a year, like any other business man, Uncle Sam wents to know just where he stands with the old soldier, on whom a pension mey some day be allowed, and he counts him up—him, his widow, if he is dead, his children and his mother. It is necessarily a big job, for there on file in the office applications from 5’ 000 old soldiers or their representatives, all of which may ultimately result in pensions for which Uncle Sam must go down in his pocket to the tune cf mapy millions of dollars. ‘This morning about 250 clerks were de- tailed from the various divisions, most of them men, but a few women, of long expe- rience in the work of the office. The work is urder the charge of Thomas D. Yeager of the board of review and Peter W. Bla- zer of the special examiners’ division. Ex- plicit directions, approved by Commissioner Lochren, govern the whole undertaking. The files are kept tn ninety-one cabinets on the floor in the vast court of the pen- sion building and in the file room on the third and fourth floors of the building. Dividing up into teams or squads with one clerk to keep tally as the others read off the Indorsements on the jackets, in which all the papers pertaining to each case are kept, the work steadily progresses from drawer to drawer and cabinet to cabinet. Some idea of the magnitude of the job can be had from the computation suggested by the fact that there are twenty drawers in each of the ninety-one cabinets, which the visitor can see in the court of the building, and in each drawer on an: average are thirty jackets. Thus there are in the cases that the spectator can see on the main floor of the pension office 7,280 drawers, containing 218,400 applications for pen- sions, with all the papers incident to each claim. The tally must show the nature of the claim, whether the service of the appli- cant was military or naval, whether it is the claim of a soldier, his widow or his children, whether it {s original, a reissue or increase, and whether it has been rejected or is now pending. The count must show every claimant, all minors being counted separately. The cases in the hands of the commissioner, the deputy commissioner and the board of review or before tha board of revision are to be counted. Beginning from last Friday no papers have been or are to be taken from the files until the count is finished. How long it will take to complete the count 1s uncertain, but at the present rate of progress it will be done probably by the end of the week. 2 ____ WAR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. A Reduction of Forty-Two in the Clerical Force Today. The clerical force of the War Depart- ment suffered a reduction of forty-two to- day, in consequence of the economical pro- visions of the legislative, judicial and ecutive appropriation bill for the fiscal year beginning tuday. Most of these reductions were in the record and pension office, the remainder being divided about equally be- tween the war records office and the sur- geon general's office. Although the changes did not take effect until today, they were really made a month ago. Action wa taken at that time in order that those se- lected for dismissal might have the benefit of a full month's leave of absence with pay, and that they might use the time in looking for other employment. Secretary Lamont has given vrders that no informa- tion In regard to these changes be given to the press, and, in fact, there is a standing rule against ‘even the mention of any changes that may occur in that v: de- partment. his rule applies to promotions as well as to reductions and dismissals. Se ee GOVERNMENT WILL APPEAL, The Stanfor: Suit to Be Taken to the upreme Court. FRANCISCO, Cal, July 1.—L. D. ssick, special counsel for the govern- ent in the sult to recover $15,000,000 from the Stanfcrd estate, 's the e will at SAN Me once be eppealed to the United States ceurt cf appe and from t to the | Supreme Court of the United States if nec- He scys the litigation will not af- nfcrd University, no matter what the outcome may be —__— To Float the Defender. At the tele: e request of the Herr hoffs at E the acting secre! of war s ed the use of govern- ment pontoons floating the yacht De- fender, which stuck on the ways on being aturday. This action was taken ith Col. McKenzie, who was acting as chief of engineers at the time. Execution of the Notorious Doctor Buchanan. WIFE POISONER IN THE DEATH CHAIR His Wife Vainly Pleads With Gov- ernor Morton. LAST APPEAL OF COUNSEL —_— SING SING, N.Y., July 1.—At an early hour today a message arrived at the prison with the cpinion of the attorney general, to the effect that the warden would not be in the wrong if he carried out the sentence in the case of Dr. Buch- genan, the coavicted wife poisoner, con- demned to death this week. The indefinite language in which the opinion was couch- ed and the refusal of the attorney general to advise the execution, but only to say that he would ot advise its delay, did not exactly please the warden, who had ex- pected that when he acted it would be un- der the advice of the state legal adviser, but after consideration and censultation an order was issued to the prison guards and posted on the bulletin board that at 10 o’elcck all the prisoners working upon tht buliding adjoining the death house should be locked up, as well as the men employed on the roads. Warden Sage said: with the opinion of th because it is not a de! n “I am not pleased @ attorney general, te instruction for me to proceed, but as it sxys that I am not justified in delaying the execution I shall go on with the affair.” The warden then displayed this telegram in regard to the opinion as sent by the Associated Press last night: “To Warden Sage, Sing Sing, N. ¥.: “I do not think that the last proceedings act as a stay. Have no further advice to give. “(Signed) E, T. HANCOCK, ttorney General.” “I consider that the short telegram is more detinite and more satisfactory to me than the opinion, and I shall proceed un- der the assumption that as the proceed- ings do not act as a stay I am relieved from all lability.” Buchanan Nervous. Between the death cell which Dr. Bu- chanan occupied last night and the execu- tion room there is a space of but three feet, separated by a heavy wood and fron door, From this door to the death chair is five feet more, and as Buchanan sat on *he edge of the iron cot in his shirt sleeves he could hear the guards arranging the room and Electrician Davis getting his wires ready. This made him nervous, and he asked the guards whether they had heard anything from the attorney general. As the night guards were still on duty, they could give him no information, and so he paced up and down the cell until after 8:30 o'clock, chewing a cigar, and talking to himself oc- casionally. His nervousness increased as the minutes went by, until at last Warden Sage entered the death house. When the warden entered the corridor Buchanan stepped to the front of the cell, and, grasping the fron bars with both hands, pressed his face to the bars. The warden said, “Good morning, doc- tor,” but so nervous was Buchanan that he did not answer except by a nod. “I have no hope to offer,” continued the warden. “The attorney general has de- cided against you, and unless the governor interferes I have to carry out the sen- tence.” For an instant Buchanan's face blanched, and then he put his cigar between his teeth, and stepping back he said, “I thought that would be the result. I will see Mrs. Bu- chanan again.” “If she comes here you may,” replied the warden and withdrew. Buchanan sat down on the edge of the cot, and, refusing the bowl of milk that usually forms his breakfast, buried his face in his hands. This was his only display of feeling, for in a few minutes he was up, walking his cell and talking to the guards. Visited by a Clergyman. Hic manner was quite subdued, and when the warden returned, bringing with him the pastor of the Scotch Presbyterian Church, he was calm and collected. He received the clergyman rather gratefully, and listened quietly to the prayer. The condemned negro, Caesar, was Inter- ested and kept his face up against the bars of his cell. A little later two Sisters of Mercy from the Catholic Church of Sing Sing passed into the death cell. Buchanan thanked them for their visit, and they promised to return with Mrs. Bu- chanan If she happened to come back. Buchanan went to bed at 2 o'clock this morning, but did not take off his clothes, and rested very uneasily. He was given a new suit of clothes and his cell entirely re- fitted last night, and all those grewsome details evidently added to his nervousness, which becomes more apparent as the mo- ments fly. Mrs. Buchanan's Vain Effort. Mrs. Buchanan, wife of the condemned murderer, made an unsuccessful effort to induce Governor Morton to commute her husband’s sentence to Hfe imprisonment this morning. Mrs. Buchanan reached Rhinebeck at 12 o'clock last night. She arose shortly after 5 a.m., and was driven hurriedly to Ellersiie, where she was ad- mitted to the governor's handsome man- i Mr. Morton was in bed, but, on being Mrs. Buchanan's presence in he arose, and before 6 o'clock . The woman sank on her knces before the governor and pleaded for her hushand’s life, though her grief almost prevented her from speaking. nor Morton was plainly overcome by the woman's pleading, and tears stood in his eyes as he liffed. her to her feet and told her that he could not grant her re- in dof the house, met her in his libr: fol courts have confirmed your husband's convicticn, and I have no right to interfere. It s my sympathy for you that led to give him a reprieve,” said the governor. Then the governor asked Mrs. Buchanan mary questions about herself, expressed sympathy for her, and told her that if she ver needed assistance to call upon him and he would gladly hetp her. After drinking a cup of coffee, which the governor handed Mrs. Buchanan, she Kft Ellersiie and took the 8 o'clock ‘train for Z Sing. She said that Warden Sage (Continued on Third Page.) Introduction Quarters. Unpleasant to Their Standard of Marking of the Drill— Formal Opening of the Exercises— The Companies on Hand. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CAMP HANCOCK, ST. LOUIS, Mo., July 1—The National Rifles arrived here last night about 8 o'clock, in fine condition and good spirits. Owing to the heavy rain, the streets of the city that were not ‘paved ‘were in a fearful state. Upon arriving at the fair grounds it was found that the company would have to cross the race track, which was about eight inches deep in mud, in order to reach camp. By the time the boys succeeded in wading through this miry morass their feeling of amity toward the drill association had diminished in fervor to a considerable extent. ‘The Rifles are fixed up better than any other company in camp. The boys are confident of success, and if hard work and determination count for anything, they will win. Each judge will select some par- tleular pcint in the drill and watch it throughout. The marking will be very sirict. For a captain's mistake one point will be taken off; for a lieutenant’s mis- take one-half point, and for a mistake made by any of the men one-thirty-second of a point. ‘The people of Washington will be glad to learn that among the maids of honor will be found the name of a former resident and favorite of their city: Chaperone, Mrs. J. L. D, Morrison; maids of honor, Misses Lillie Card, Ella Cochrane and May Farr. The judges of the various drills will be United States army officers, selected and specially detailsd by Secretary of War La- mont. They will be four in number, as : First Lieut. W. F. Hancock, fifth instructor in Washington Uni- versity; Lieat. W. H. Johnson, sixteenth Infantry, instructor in Western Military Academy; Lieut. Ernest Hinks, second ar- tillery; Lieut. H. C. Schumm, second ar- tillery. These gentlomen are recognized as being among the best facticians in the regular army. The Rifles are considered the dark horse in the drill. They will certainly make the finest showing of any company in camp. They have more uniforms and handsomer ones than any other company here, and can turn out a different one for every dress parade. Companies are arriving steadily. By Associated Press. The Formal Opening. ST. LOUIS, July 1.—The interstate drill and encampment given under the auspices of the Fair Assaciatior opened today with crack military commands present from different parts of the country. By noon the mud left by the heavy rains of the past two days had dried up and the ground was in splendid condition for the Week's drilling. Everybody was gratified at the fine condition of the camp and the splendid preparations made for the visit- ing troops. Major A. B. Keyes, third cavalry, sta- tioned at Jefferson barracks, assumed com- mand of Camp Hancock this morning, ar- rlving with two troops of United States cavalry. He at once put the camp under strict military regulations and commenced the work of preparing for the ceremonies of the week. The greeter part of the day was spent by the assembled troops in getting settled and preparing for the work that begins tomorrow. At 2 o'clock every command headed for the city and took part in a parade through the business part of the town. Governor Stone and others reviewed the parade at the Planters’ Hote! balcony. The following companies and batterls are in camp: Phoenix (Ohio) Light Infantry, Branch Guards and Company F, First Infantry, St. Louis; Bullene Guards, Kansas Cit: Belknap Rifles, San Antonio, Texas; Na- tional Rifles, Washington, D. C.; Chicago Zouaves; Walsh Zouaves, St. Louis; Neeley Zouaves, Memphis; Hale Zouaves, Kansas City, Mo.; Indianapolis Light Artillery; Battery A, St. Louis; Rockville (Ind.) Light “Artillery; ‘Dallas (Texas) Artillery; Mount Pleasant’Drum and Bugle Corps of Wash- ington, D. C. Some time during the day the Fletcher Zouaves of Little Rock, Ark, and the Aurora (IIL) Zouayes are also expected to arrive In camp. This evening after the parade the differ- ent commands will assemble at Camp Han- cock to be presented to their respective sponsors and their maids of honr. a THE CITY POST OFFICE. No Reason Why More Time Should Be Gianted the Contractors. Supervising Architect Aiken said today that he had received no reply to his letter of the 28th instant to Thorpe & Bond, the contractors for ironwork on the Washing- tor: post offize. He said Mr. Thorpe was at the office Saturday, but that he declined to see him. To his mind, there was no reason why the firm should be given any more time for the completion of their contract, as they are apparently in no better condi- tion now to prosecute the work than they were months ago, when they paid no ap- parent heed to the repeated requests for greater diligence in fulfillment of the con- tract. The architect says he proposes to stand by the terms of the contract and to compel the contractors to live up to it, if possible. They have been treated with un- usual consideration so far, and the depart- one does not propose to stand any further delay. DR. KERSHNER’S CASE, The Papers Forwarded to the Presi- dent at Gray Gables. Secretary Herbert has disposed of the case of Medical Digector Kershner, former- ly fleet surgeon of the North Atlantic sta- tion, so far as he is concerned, and the fate of the officer now rests with the President. The papers in the case were forwarded to Gray Gables Saturday, and the President will probably act upon them in a few weeks. Secretary Herbert declined to state the nature of his report om the case, but there is a general belief that he has recom- mended a mitigation of the court-martial sentence of dismissal on account of Dr. “s fine record during the war and g the yellow fever epidemic. |e West Point Cadets Dismissed. By direction of the acting secretary of war, the following cadets at the Military Academy, who were found deficient in their studigs at the recent examinatioas, have been dismissed the service: Third class—Charles Doster of Kansas, Ralph W. Drury of Massachusetts, Hugh McLeod of Virginia, Jay E. Williams of Nebraska and Ernest E. Wood. Fourth class—Easton R. Gibson of Missourl, Ar- thur S. Hines of Kentucky, Frederick P. McNair of New York, Harvey W. Miller of New York, Melvin Nusshaum of Georgia, Edward P. Wilson of Alabaina, James Hanson of South Dakota and Chas. Baudry of Massachusetts, cadet Drury was an active member of the fcot ball team and Cadet Hines was pitcher of this year’s base ball nine. —— Gone to Atlanta, Mr. Kemper, executive officer of the svpervising architect's office, has gone to ershr since dui Atlanta on business relating to the govern- ment building at the exposition, and Gen. Clark is-acting in his place at the Treas- ury Department, A Protest Against Deviations From Straight Lines. PLANS BEFORE THE COMMISSION Laying Out the Greater Washing- ton of the Future. MR. BRITTON’S VIEWS The plans for the street extension pre- pared wy the District Commissioners are- now before the commission consisting of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior and chief of army engineers. As the public has been informed, the commis- sion invite suggestions from citizens, and Promise to consider any protests or sug- gestions, if made in writing. The commis- sion specify that all such communications must be submitted on or before the 15th of July, and be addressed to the chief of engineers, United States army, War De- partment. On and after August 1 the commission announce that they will hold sessions in the office of the Secretary of War to dispose of all objections made, ‘and at that time they will hear orally from those who desire to say anything In sup- port of their written objections. In talking about the matter with a Star reporter this morning Mr. A. T. Britton spoke as fol- lows about the general principle which should control the plan of street extension: “Over 106 years ago Major L'Enfant laid out the plan of the future city of Wash- ington, He did not restrict himself to in- dividual interests, but projected the streets and avenues so that for all subsequent time the city has heen gradually construct- ed without change, and has become, by common consent, the most beautiful city in the world. “The opportunity is now given under the street extension law to lay out the great- er Washington of the future, and the real question for determination is whether the commission charged with that duty shall botch it by a mistaken deference to sup- posed equities of individuals here, there and everywhere, or whether it shall lay out this great addition to the city upon the broad Iines of future necessity and use. It must not be forgotten that within ten years many of the tracts within the radius of lands now called suburban—at least with- in one-half a mile or more from Florida avenue, the old boundary of the present city—will be compactly built upon. A Great Public Injury. = se lands will not continue to be used in a suburban way, but will be in the most detailed way sold by the square foot and built upon by the front foot. Every devi- ation from the straight course of our mag- nificent avenues and streets will then be- come a great public injury, and every un- necessary foot of grade will entail upon every business man and every household- er a never-ending expense for hauling, ete. If it be true that our past scheme of streets and avenues has worked out the most mag- nificent city in the world, why should it not be continued for the greater Wash- ington of the future? “Does the plan of the Commissioners pro- pore extension upon those lines? It certainly does not. Analysis thereof, anc particular- ly the parts west of 16th street, will show that they have been infivenced too largely by the supposed equities of individuals and syndicates. Instead of extending the streets and avenues of the city in direct lines and upon present grades, both have been so far disregarded as to amount to a practical adoption of the irregular streets and grades heretofore in existence. “Long and irregular squares are found upon this extension map in every direction, covering from two to four or five of our present city squares, and the streets which should have been run through them in straight lines are diverted here and there, apparently for the mere purpose of avoid- ing these squares, until they become as crooked as a ram's horn. And yet the very object of this street extension law was to prevent a further continuance of these ir- regular subdivisions, and to cure as far as practicable those already adopted. General, Not Individunl Interests, “No great public improvement, and cer- tainly no great municipal extension, was ever effected without inevitable acts of in- ividual injustice. That sort of thing should be compensated for out of the public treas- ury, but the fact that the house of A is left twenty feet above the proper grade and that the subdivision of B is changed from his original intent, and his lots moved around so as to become less front and more back, and similar minor considerations, should not in any way control the matter. As I have said, those things, where deter- mined to be actual cases of pecuniary loss, should be paid for, but the sole considera- tion should he laying out these extensions with a view to the great city of the future, ‘Otherwise we shall, ten or twenty years hence, cnd for all time, be subject to the same annoyances and disfigurements which exist in Boston and the lower parts of New York city. Neither of these cities, in their extensions, have made the mistake of per- petuating in any form their early mistakes, Tt shouli be remembered that the oppor- tunity for correcting blunders already made, and particularly for preventing the making of such blunders in the future, is rarely given. It would be the height of folly, if, with the chance now in our hands, we do not promptly and gladly seize it, in. stead of being turned aside by the mere temporary considerations of supposed equi- ties of individual cases. The Great Avenucs, “It must not be forgotten that the great avenues of the city, as Massachusetts ave- rue and Connecticut avenue, for illustra- tion, must necessarily constitute the back- bones upon which all the future connecting and rectangular streets must be put as ribs, and that a failure to give proper direc- tion and grade to these main arteries will necessarily and for all time occasion con- fusion, disfigurement and loss in all the protraction of subsid 'y streets, and with that must go the attendant loss and Incon- venie to improvements and residences placed thereon. “I therefore favor in a broad way the ex- tension of the present lines and grades of the city’s streets and avenues, whether or not they are a benefit or an injury to the prcperty of myself or of any other indi- vidual citizen. Those things will really be- come important only when myself and oth- er individuals have passed a’ and this igs the point to which the improvements should really be directed. > QUAY IN A MINORITY. Fight for Pennsylvania Republican Chairmanship. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., July 1.—A morn- ing paper prints a table,based on a canvass of every county in the state, showing that of the 289 delegates in the coming repub- lican state convention it is estimated that Senator Quay will control 117, the antl- Quay people 145, and 16 are classed es doubtful. Eleven are unaccounted for. ee Ocean Stenmships Arrived. SOUTHAMPTON, July 1.—Fulda, New York for Bremen. GLASGOW, July 1.—Sarmatia, Montreal. GIBRALTAR, July 1.—Werra, New York for Genoa. BOSTON, July 1.—Catalonia, Liverpool. NEW YORK, July 1.—Cevic, Liverpool.