Evening Star Newspaper, July 15, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ————— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, * ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the sity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, of 44 cents per month, fer os the rounter 2 cents each. By mall—asy wees 3 United. States or Ga per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet, Star, BESEE Der year, with — ice, at Washington, D. C., {[7-All mall subscriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of advertising made known on a a a a eee tion. Che Loe Mes yy ny Star. No. 13,217. WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, JULY 15, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. CARLISLE’S FUTURE} MILLIKEN WILL SURRENDER | (| QSING How Will His Party Services Be Re- warded? NO DESIRE 10 RETORN T0 THE SENATE He May Be Steering for the White House. SS TURN OF THE TIDE Secretary Carlisle returns to his desk at a time when his friends think his political prospects are very bright. He is not only master of the situation at home, but stands accredited with the turning of the silver tide in a number of other states, and the whole achievement-represents the work of less than three months. As late as May 1 the silver men were admittedly in control of the democratic party. Today they are fighting for their very lives. Ex-Congressman Harter of Ohio praises the President as joint author with the Almighty of the sound money victory, and Mr: Carlisle, interrogated as to the senti- ment in New York, smilingly indorsed it. But Mr. Carlisle's friends do not indorse It. They make up to him what the proprieties forbade him to claim for himself. The first battle was fought in Illinois under the inspiration of the President's letter to a committee of Chicago busiress men. That battle, the admirers of Mr. Carlisle point out, was lost, and even Col. Morrison call- ed publicly for a more definite expression from the President on the subject of sound finances The next battle was fought in Kentucky under the personal direction of Mr. Carlisle himself, and was won in con- vention by a vote of over two to one. Mr. Carlisle's speeches were praised as con- clusive on that side, and since then the democratic sound money leaders in other states have closely followed them. Mr. Gorman in Maryland will secure an expres- sion in that state when the ‘democratic convention is held similar to that taken in Kentucky, and Mr. Brice in Ohio is traveling by direction of the same sign- post. This, as Mr. Carlisle's friends as- sert, is distinctly the frvit of his labors, and they are expecting the work to con- tinue to the end in the same line and under the same inspiration. Mr. Carlisie’s Reward. What political form, if any, will Mr. Car- lisle’s reward take? His friends declare that he has no desire to return to the Sen- ate, and he has said as much himself. From present appearances everything is coming toward him at home. There are several avowed sound money candidates for the Senate, but discussion of their merit and chances is all in a minor key. Mr. Carlisle, although protesting against the use of his name, is easily first, and it is thcught to be not unlikely that, despite his protest, he will be chosen. The argument used is simple and unanswerable. The fight is his.. He has planned it, and brought the democratic hosts together under the sound money banner. Now, if the democracy cap- tures the signature the prize at stake must go by all right to the triumphant leader, Any other disposition of it would, it is held, ceeepecuit both the state and the country Tze. Why dces Mr. Carlisle turn from the sen- atorship? Is his heart set higher? When he entered the cabinet many of his friends thought his ultimate aim was the presi- dency and that he would reach it by that route. As Secretary of the Treasury he would have a potent voice in the settle- ment of the tariff question, and this would bring him to the front for 1906. But the embarrassments that beset the administra- tion on other lines told for a time heavily against him in particular, and he became the target, even greater than the President, -of all the sharpest shooting by the opposi- tion. The free silver men and the gold men alike attacked him, and his woes so multi- Plied that his friends began to fear he had made a fatal mistake in leaving the Sen- ate. Has the tide of Mr. Caritsle’s personal fortunes, as w2ll as the silver tide by his efforts, turned? And is he preparing to take {t at the flood, and steer for the White House? If this is his play, he may be wise in disregarding all signals from way land- ing3, even from the Senate landing, and in holding his helm true to the great course. The Ohio River Eliminated. It has always been said of Mr. Carlisle that his residence at the south end of the Cincinnati suspension bridge militated against his presidential prospects; that had he moved across the bridge in early life to the Ohfo end he would have sprung in good time into presidential proportions. The more ardent of his admireres believe that, whatever there might once have been in this observation, it has no longer any ma- terial weight. Next year’s issue will be a national issue, of a nature to obliterate all but strictly business lines, and as Mr. Car- lisle’s present attitude on that issue is so acceptable on both sides of the suspension bridge, that structure will be completely eliminated from all calculations, Sound money will mean the same in the demo- cratic party In Ohio 1s in Kentucky, in the farther north as in the farther south, and the democratic leade> who will have con- tributed so much to that result will, his friends insist, be the proper man to carry the party’s banner in the presidential race. -—————__+ e+______ AT THEIR DESKS AGAIN. Secretary Curlisle and Logan Both at the Department. Secretary Carlisle resumed his official du- ties at the Treasury Department this morn- ing after a few weeks’ sojourn at Marion, Mass., within easy visiting distance of President and Mrs. Cleveland. Mrs. Car- lisle was with him and accompanied him beck to this city Saturday evening. Mr. Logan Carlisle, chief clerk of the Treasury Department, also returned to the city with his parents Saturday evening. He spent several weeks in London assisting As- sistant Secretary Curtis in closing up the gcvernment bend transaction with the Mcrgan-Belmont syndicate. Mr. Curtis is new on tke ocean and {s expected to reach here by Saturday or Sunday next. Mr. Logan Carlisle's continental party included Mr. Lawrence ©. Murray, private secretary to Mr. Curtis, and Mr. Wm. Messervy, a clerk in the register’s office. Their special miesion was the deliverance of $31,500,000 of bonds to the syndicate in London, and it was performed without loss or mishap of ary kind, under the personal supervision of Assistant Secretary Curtis. The de- livery of these bonds concluded the goy- ernment’s part of the transaction. The rk’s room contained two immense of flowers this morning in honor Mr. Carlisle's return. They were the gift of friends ® the department. ———+2+___ A Cheaper Haul. ALTON, Ill, July 15.—The Big Four rail- road has just completed arrangements with the Missouri, Kansas and Texas railway and the Alton bridges for the carrying of an immense amount of cotton for export and stock and meats to the seaboard. This reute saves the charges of the Eads bridge combine at St. Louis and a fifty- mile haul. ————_—— A Spin Alone. NEWPORT, R. L, July 15.—The Defender went out this forenoon alone for a short spin. She will sail for Bristol this after- noon. Intends, His Brother Says, to Meet the Honeshresking Oharga. Mr. Birney on the Release of the Man —Police Were the Jadges in the Mutter. It is more than probable that Benjamin H. Milliken, who was indicted last Thurs- day for breaking and entering the residence of Judge Samuel F. Phillips, with intent to feloniously assault the latter’s daughter, Gertrude, will surrender himself up to the authorities in a few days. This.afternoon Mr. Wm. A. Milliken of the Post Office Department, a brother of the inaicted man, called upon District At- torney Birney in relation to the case. Be- yond admitting that much, Mr. Birney would say nothing more as to the object of Mr. Miltiken’s call upon him, but the ais- trict attorney remarked, significantly, that he would not be the least bit surprised if the accused man surrendered himself with- in a short period. “Indeed,” continued Mr. Birney, “I would, if I were his counsel or friend, so advise him. It is only a question of time when he will be apprehended, and he is doing him- self harm by eluding arrest. It would be far better to return and meet the charge, for in that way h2 would at least remove the presumption which flight and attempt to evade arrest raises against an accused Person." Mr. Birney stated that he did not know the whereabouts of Milliken, but sald that every effort would be made to locate and arrest him. Mr. Mullowney’s Responsibility. Speaking of his connection with the case, Assistant District Attorney Mullowney stated to a Star reporter this afternoon that he recommended Milliken’s release from the police station because he believed at the time that the young man had, while in an intoxicated condition, aimlessly wan- dered into the house, without either the in- tention or the ability to commit a crime. As to the statement that he had directed the man’s release because he had assisted his (Mullowney’s) mother in securing pay- ment of a claim presented by her to the committee appointed to inquire into the Ford’s Theater disaster, Mr. Mullowney stated that Milliken had rendered them no assistance in the matter. The opposition to his mother’s claim, he explained, was encountered in the House, while Milliken, whom ke knew but slightly, was clerk to the Senate committee. Mr. Birney feels that Mr. Mullowney was rather indiscreet in releasing Milliken. “The fact of the matter is,” remarked the district attorney, “the police should not have released the man, even if Mr. Mullow- ney did recommend or direct his release. Why, even the district attorney himself has no authority or right to release an arrested person accused of crime. It is true, of course, that we now and then suggest or recommend such a release, but I have never dore so where a serious offense was charged, and even in trivial cases I always suggest thdt security be required. Yet, the police themselves, and not the district attorney or his assistants, are the ‘real judges as to the propriety of making such releases, and when they release an accused person, they, and not this office, are re- sponsible.”” He Will Return. Judge Willlam A. Milliken, law clerk of the Post Office Department, and brother of the accused, today gave out the following: “Mr. Benjamin Harrison Milliken left town on the advice of bis brother on Sat- urday, July 6, with the understanding that no criminal prosecution or_ proceedings would be had against him. Since he has learned of the indictment against him and the charge he (B. H. Milliken) is both sur- prised and indignent and will return to Washington and meet the accusation. A full statement of the affair will be given to the press later.” Private Watchman ‘Villiam Caldwell, it is said, claims the credit of arresting Mil- liken the night of the alleged offense. It ig said that Caldwell claims that he caught the young man as he was endeavoring to eecape through a rear window of the house. Milliken’s shoes, he claims, were hung ebout his neck, and the young man’s coat was on wrong side out. Caldwell claims, it is understood, that Milliken was not in- toxicated, although ke pretended to be, and it is said that the man declared to the watchman that he had staggered into the house, not knowing where he was going. —_—_.=—_—_— THE COLUMBIA’S BAD LUCK. She will, However, Soon Start to Race Across the Atlantic. There were no new developments at the Navy Department today in regard to the cruiser Columbia, and in the absence of orders to the contrary, the vessel will soon start on her speed trial across the Atlantic, in order to establish a practical basis of comparison in the matter of speed between the warship and the swift merchant steam- ers that travel over the same route. An examination of the plans of the Columbia shows that if she was placed in a flatbot- tomed dock without blocking her, as re- ported, at least 128 feet of her keel and hull would be unsupported forward. This is caused by the sharp rise given to the keel forward. There is also a considerable rise aft of the boilers, and it is regarded as extremely lucky that no mishap oc- curred’ at that point, for the effect would have been much more serious, throwing out of line the shafting, twisting the steam connections and perhaps disabling the ship from proceeding on her homeward yoyage. In the forward part of the ship, which was unsupported, was much heavy weight. There was the whole of the electric lighting plant, the conning tower and pilot house, the ship's stores, chain bunkers, anchors and two six-inch rifled guns. A Court of Inquiry Probable. It is probable that as soon as the Colum- bia returns to the United States a court of inquiry will be appointed to ascertain who is responsible for the mishap, which is charged by cable to the dock people, but which, it 1s said here, must be placed on the offier, who is, under the regulations, supposed to make sure that the blocks are properly placed before the water Is admit- ted to the dock and the ship floated in. This ts the second time the Columbia has sustained an injury to her bottom, -for about 4 year ago she struck some cbstruc- tion in the Delaware river, which led to the appointment of a court of inquiry. = A Horrible Deed. CHICAGO, July 15.—Petev Hazel, a plan- ing mill owner, at 50th street and Wabash avenue, in a fit of drunken rage today fatally injured his wife and child and him- self. His wife remonstrated with him, and Hazel seized a butcher knife, and, throwing Mrs. Hazel apon a table, cut her throat from ear to ear. He then drove the bloody’ blade into nis own reck. —.__. Gang of Burglars Caught. Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 15.—A gang of burglars who have been operating in this city for the past week were captured yesterday and are now in jail. a Fatally Scalded While Sleeping. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., July 15.—Will Mil- ler, an employe at the Cumberland paper mill, was scalded to death while sleeping at his post last night. IN HONOR Washington Endeavorers Bringing Home a Trophy. VIEWING THE SIGHTS OF THE HUB Enthusiasm Over the Here Next Year. Meeting TODAY’S VARIOUS MEETINGS ——— +__ Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BOSTON, Mass., July 15.—The closing day of the great Christian Endeavor convention opened fair, although the clouds have since come up, and it is possible that the showers of Saturday may be repeated. The interest 4s not in the least diminished, but, on the contrary, seems to increase as the time for closing draws near. Yesterday the Wash- ington delegation spread themselves over a good deal of territory, and many were heard in different churches in the city and suburbs. Mr. W. H. Pennell went to Lynn in the morning and to Salem in the even- ing. Mr. Percy Foster went to Malden, and others to different places. It is gratifying to know how the Washington delegates are everywhere received. They are recognized as the coming hosts of the next conven- tion, and wherever a Washington man speaks he Is introduced in the most glowing terms, and fs listened ta with the most re- spectful interest. It is fortunate that the District delega- tion has so many good speakers end good singers, as they are all in great demand. Rey. Drs. Newman, Butler, Patch, Skellin- ger aod Brooks have spoken at least every day, and sometimes more than that. The evangelistic work, conducted under che di- rection of Dr. Skellinger, has been pro- ductive of excellent result: bers of the delegation hav2 ably supported the werk of the clersymen, and Messrs. Shand, Taylor, Pennell, Smith, Sherman, Foster and others have been busy cll the time. This morning Shand and Sleman conducted effective sunrise prayer meetings, both of wh: were weil atiended. Won a Trophy. The delegation went in a hody to Me- chanics’ Hall at the morning session ot the convention and the most interesting feature was the presentation of the Chinese umbrella of state, which was won by the District of Columbia as having made the best resord in contributions to missions on the 2-cents-a-weck plan. It’s a mas- sive and somewhat cumbersome affair, but the home delegation feels very proud io be able to take it away from the empire state, which held it last year. The presen- tation was made by Rev. Dr. McEwen, who was very happy In his address, regret ting that the New York delegation was obliged to surrender it, but warmly com- piimenting the District Endeavorers for the earnestness they had displayed in the cause for missions, and congratulating them upon having honestly won the hasd- some trophy. Dr. McEwen, in concluding, sald: “We will forgive them for taking the umbrella, but we are coming to Washington in ‘06 thousands Strong, determined to take back the trophy to the empire state. All hail to Washington!” In responding on behalf of the District of Columbia union, Mr. Shand said: “It is with keen appreciation that we receive this banner, as it is the symbol of some success in the work of uplifting fallen humanity. “It Is a great source of joy to us that we are able to take such an emblem to the capital of our great nation, and we are sure it will be to us a source of great help and Inspiration. When next year the con- vention meets in my city, in your city, in our city, Washington, the capital of ‘the nation, we hope when you look at the God- dess of Jijberty upon the dome of the Capitol, facing the rising sun; when you see the finger of the Washington moun- ment pointing to the God in heaven; when you walk our beautiful streets and gaze upon the statues and monuments of many heroes of war and peace, that you will read in {t all, and upon it all the words ‘Emanuel, God be with us,’ and may we all join in the prayer, ‘Thy wilil be done on earth as it is in heaven." The Washing- ton delegation stood during the presenta- tion and response, and at the close sang with spirit “Washington, '96."" They were applauded to the ccho. - Praise Mcetings. The informal praise meetings that have been held every night in the rotunda of the Ccpley Square Hotel by the Washington Endeavorers, after all the other meetings are over, and before they separate for the night, have been one of the most interest- ing features of their stay in Boston. Mr. Percy Foster leads the singing, Mrs. Frank Byram presides at the plano, and generally Mr. Elphonzo Youngs, jr., plays the cornet. Last night, however, Prof. Henry, a Boston rnetist, played, and gave as a solo fearer, My God, to Thee’ with excellent effect. Torjght the convertion will close with consecration meetings in the hall and both tents. The District delegation will divide into three parts, so that there will be about an equal representation at all the meetings. It is at these final meetings that the greatest interest Is felt. They are experience meetings, where the fruition of the-work of the convention in a more earn- est determination to be more fully !mbued with the spirit of Christian Endeavor dur- ing the coming year is made manifest, and the District people, realizing that next year they are to entertain the delegates, pro- Pose to consecrate themselves to the work that is before them. Token of Thanka, After their return to the hotel they will hold their final praise meeting, and then they have prepared a little surprise for Mr. Risteen, the proprietor of Copley Square. He is not an Endeavorer, but he is a Knight Templar, and, as the Knights Templar are to hold their triennial con- clave in Boston next month, when De Molay Commandery of Washington is to come to this hotel, the Endeavorers are to present Mr. Risteen with a handsome Knights Templar emblem in recognition of the courtesy he has shown them. His son has been let into the secret, and he pro- poses, after the presentation is over, to invite the entire delegation to a handsome coliation. In the open parliament this morning, up- on the subject, “The World for Christ; What Is Your Society Doing About It?’ Washington was heard from three times. From the floor Mr. W. W. Everett rose and said: “District of Columbia, Calvary Baptist Church, two missionaries in India, three young men graduated for the minis- try, two home missionaries.” Dr. C. W. Childs of Zion Baptist Church was heard from, as was also a representative of the Nineteenth Street Baptist Church. The most of the District delegation will leave here tomorrow night and will arrive in Washington Wednesday afternoon. Some will avail themselves of the opportunity to go to different places in New England to spend a portion of the summer. Mr. W. H. Church will go to Kenneburkport, Me-; Rev. Dr. Newman and family will go to Franconia, N. H.; Mr. F. H. Fishback and his bride will spend some time at Jamaica Plains. Between the meetings the District En- deavorers have been putting in the time in visiting the different points of interest in and about Boston, and they will go back with a clearer idea of the historic hub than they ever had before. The public library, art gallery, the old South Church, the old state house, the old Granery burying ground by King’s Chapel have been throng- ed, while many have made trips to Bunker Hill, the old Concord bridge, Rock and Lexington. District Headquarters. ‘The District délegation feel under obliga- tions to the congregation of the Union Congregational Church, which has been their official headquarters while here, and the cordial feelirg was plainly manifested at the reception given the District delega- tion there Saturday night. The church ts literally 2 bureau of information where one car learn about almost any Washington delegate and where he can see the Wash- ington papers, even if they are a day or two old. The Star has been eagerly wel- ccmed. Although no rate has yet been settled in regard to che trip to the Pacific slope in ‘9i Mr. W. H. Lewis has a plan which he thinks will bring the railroad companies Gown to a reasonable figure. He proposes tu work up conventions not only in San Francisco but in Los Angeles, Portland, Oreg., and Seatile, Wash., so that instead of there being one there ‘will be four con- vertions going cn simultaneously and at such diverging points that all the Pacific railroads will ge: a good share of the travel. If this works the Endeavorers will go to the Pacific coast in "97. Otherwise the conventions will probably be held east of the Rocky mountain: MARVELOUS CHANGES Ex-Gov, Shepherd Amazed at the Improve- ment of Washington. Another Charactcrixtic Chat With the Man Who Made It Possible—His Future Plans. Ex-Gov. Shepherd was kept busily en- gaged greeting callers at the Arlington this morning, and the scores of old friends who called remarked, one and all, upon how well he wes looking, and how little he had changed in appearance. He had rested off the fatigue of his long journey, and to a Ster reporter safd-he was feeling a great deal better. He drove out with Mrs. Shep- herd and Mrs. Quintard to Bleak House yesterday afternoon, traversing the north- west section of the city. “The old place is looking very pretty,” he said, alluding to his favorite country residence. ‘I am simply amazed at the de- velopment out the Connectieut avenue way. If I had been droppe@ down out there I would never have known where I was. It {s wonderful, wonderful. The views down the long shaded streets were inspiring. I have not been over other sections of the city yet, and cannot, therefore, say what I think of new Washington as a whole, but I shall doubtless be ag much surprised and gratified at the rest ef it as at what I have already seen.” “So far as you haye been, governor, does the result fulfill the eomception you may have had of Washington when you started in to improve it? “Oh, I had no conception,” he responded. “No man could haye cencelved anything then of a city like a plain. The trans- formation 1s simply marvelous, and no one could have foreseén it” Speaking of his intentions for the imme- e future, the governer said he would ye for New York tomorrow night. have some business affairs to look af- ter there,” he remarked, “and will stay in New York until ¥ gail for Europe. I shall return here in October, and go out to Bleak House for a couple of months, so I can have an opportunity to Bee my old friends, as I want to see them.” During the Drief coriversation it was con- stantly interrupted by. bell boys bringing cards, to each of which the governor gave a glance, accompanied by the short in- struction, “Show him up.” Mrs. Shepherd and Mrs. Quintard spent the morning shopping, and every woman knows what a delight It must have been to the former, who hag been beyond reach of a millinery or goods store for two years. ' THE CASE COLLAPSED. —s— End of the Controversy Over the Al- leged Abduction of Irene Robertson. The Wimsatt abduction case, which at- tracted so much publi¢ interest last week, erded tceday in a complete fizzle. Irene Robertson, who, her brother claimed, was abducted by E. Percy Wimsatt, a young telegraph operator, was turned over to the board of children’s guardians last week. She is now iiving with her sister, Mrs. Taylor, at Falls Church, and to whom she was indentured. Wimsatt was arrested on a warrant sworn out by Walter/Robertson, charging him with abducting Irene and the latter's niece, Marie Gamble, another fourteen- year-old girl. Irene protested all along that Wimsatt was not the man with whom she and Marie went to Philadelphia last fall. As inti- mated in ‘The Star at the time, there was very little evidence ta warrant the holding of Wimsatt, but Walter Robertson claimed that he could supply a sufficiency of proof when the case came to trial. The case was set for a hearing: in the Police Court this morning. The result was that there was quite a gathering of the parties to the affair. They were given seats in one corner of the court room, and attracted considerable attention. Irene was there, as pretty as ever, having been brought over from Falls Church as a wit- ness. She was with her sister, and was accompanied by Marie and several other young girls. During the past few days District At- torney Mullowney has been making a thorough investigation of the charges against Wimsatt, and came to the con- clusion that there. was nothing in them, and that it would not be worth while to bring the case to trial. He, therefore, en- tered a nolle pros. this morning, and the incident was closed in that way. SS HELD FOR LARCENY. Edward Hoffman Charged With Steal- ing a Gold Watch. Edward Hoffman, a young white man, was held by Judge Miller for the grand jury this morning in $300 bords for grand larceny. He was arrested while trying to dispose of a gold watch at a pawn shop. It was identified as belonging to Mrs. Mary Ellison, superintendent of the Homeopathic Hospital. It was stolen a year ago, when Hecffman was employed at the hospital. Mrs. Ellison did not want to prosecute him, as she said it was his first offense and there might be some mistake. But Judge Miller decided that there was too much evidence before him to:takke any such action as that, and he held Hoffman for the grand jury. ss Steamer Burned. LEWISTON, N. Y., July 15.—The steamer Cibola of the Niagara Navigation Company was entirely destroyed by fire last night. The engineer wag caught in the engine room and burned to death. The hotel near the docks caught fire and was burned to the ground. _—————— The Star Out of Town. THE EVENING STAR will be sent by mail to any address in the United States or Canada for such perlod as may be desired at the rate of fifty cents per month. , But all such orcers must be ac- companied by the- money, or the paper cannot be/sent, as no ac- counts are kept with mail subscrip- tions. - neo! A REPRIEVE ASKED The President Petitioned to Postpone Thomas J, Taylor's Execution. REASONS FOR THE LAWYERS’ REQUEST Medical * Experts Declare He Was of Unsound Mind. SOME INTERESTING POINTS Messrs. O. D. Barrett and E. G. Niles, counsel for Thomas J. Taylor, sentenced to be hanged here on the 26th instant for wife murder, today forwarded to the President a supplemental brief to their petition for clemency, and also forwarded to the Prest- dent a request for a reprieve of thirty days fer the condemned man. The reprieve is prayed for that the Presi- dent may have ample time in which to consider the petitions filed on behalf of ‘Taylor, and in the supplemental brief are contained letters from Drs. Irving C. Rosse, Wm. A. Hammond and 8. L. Harmon, the eaperts in mental diseases, who declare that Taylor was irresponsible because of an unsound mind. These letters have been published in The Star, and editorials which have appeared in The Star and other local newspapers, advocating executive clem- ency, are also contained in the brief filed today. * The unfortunate man’s counsel call atten- tion to the fact, as pointed out in The Star, that there are in the District no degrees of murder, and insist that because of that un- fortunate condition of the law here Taylor was convicted of murder in the first de- gree, whereas, they contend, the want of malice on his part warranted a conviction only of murder in the second degree or of manslaughter. They, therefore, pray that the death sentence be reduced to one of imprisonment for ten years, or, at the most, for one of fifteen years. May Go to Gray Gables. A committee of citizens, consisting of Messrs. Weller, Chappell and Michael, vis- ited the White House and the Department of Justice today in beha!f of Taylor. Their main purpose was to ascertain the exact status of “he case, in order to determine the necessity and propriety of sending a committee to Gray Gables to make a per- sonal appeal to the President for a commu- tation of Taylor's sentence to imprison- ment for life. They learned that the pa- pers in the case are now in the hands of Pardon Clerk Endicott, who is preparing a statement of all the facts established for the benefit of the President. He fin!shed the preparation of this statement today, and will forward it, together with the pe- titions for clemency and all the other pa- pers bearing on the case, to the President at Gray Gables tomorrow. These papers include the reports on the petition made by Judge Cole and District Attorney Bir- ney, each of which is understcod to be fa- vorable to the exercise of executive clem- ency. Attorney General Harmen will make no report on the case. This is in accord- ance with the practice of the office in cap- ital cases, inasmuch as President Cleve- land has made it a rule to personally ex- amine all the papers in such cases and to act entirely on his own judgment. It is believed that the President will act promptly in this matter, and that he will consider the case as soon as the papers reach him, in order to be prepared to act several days before the date fixed for the execution. —_—=—_— FUNERAL OF W. E. CLARK. Ceremonies Over the Remains of a Useful and Popular Citize! The funeral of the late Mr. W. E. Clark, president of the Central National Bank and of the Norfolk and Washington Steam- boat Company, who died at his country home, Hayfield, Va., last Friday night, will be held this afternoon at the family’s city residence, 301 E street. The remains were brought up from Hayfield yesterday afternoon. The funeral exercises will be conducted by Rev. Dr. Sunderland, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church, and afterward the body will be placed tempo- rarily in the vault at Rock Creek cemetery. The honorary pallbearers will be Measrs. John Callahan, Joseph C. McKibbin, James L, Norris, Horatio Browning, William B. Webb, R. F. Baker, O. T. Thompson, James S. Edwards, George Gilbert, F. P. May and W. K. Mendenhall. These gentlemen were associates with Mr. Clark in the Cen- tral National Bank or the steamboat com- pany. The active pallbearers will be Messrs. F. C. Gieseking, Clarence Price, E. G. Harbaugh, H. M. Lemon, Gilmore and George Bushee, employes of the bank, and E. B. Bowling and D. J. Callahan, employes of the steamboat company. ———E RESIGNATION WITHDRAWN. The Mayor of Alexandria Will Take a Vaention. Mr. John G. Beckham, who on Saturday tendered his resignation as mayor of Alex- andria, today, at the urgent request of many of his friends, withdrew the same, and will take an extended vacation. Mr. Hubert Snowden, president of the common council, will act as mayor until Mr. Beckham's health improves. The fact that Mr. Beckham has decided to reconsider his resignation is very grati- fying to his hosts of friends in Alexandria, who with one accord hope that he will be greatly benefited by his trip, and will shortly be restored to his usual good health. The Mora Claim. Mr. Adee, acting secretary of state, said to a Star reporter this afternoon that he “could not confirm” the press report from Madrid that the “Spanish foreign colonial ministers have finally agreed to the im- mediate payment of the Mora indemnity, which was recently demanded by the United States throvgh Minister Taylor.” Not- withstanding this guarded and diplomatic statement there is reason to believe that the megotiations for a settlement of this claim are progressing rapidly. toward a favorable issue. —————_+ e+—_______ The Day at St. Asnph’s. Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. ST. ASAPH RACE TRACK, Va., July 15. —The weather here today was threatening, and while it had some effect on the attend- ance, it did not interfere with the day's sport, which was very good. The card pre- sented was a very good one. Track fast. Eight books were on. ———.—__ Watchman Murdered. CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 15.—The dead body of Patrick Cooney, night watchman in the yards of the Cleveland and Pitts- burg railroad yards, was found in the river early this morning. It is supposed that Cooney was murdeed and thrown into the water last night by a gang of robbers detected in the act of looting cars. —————— A Little More Time. TRENTON, N. J., July 15.—The trial of John Mullins, the furniture dealer, indicted for conspiracy and false swearing to bills in connection with furnishing the state house, was postponed from July 29 to Sep- tember 80. 3 TWO CENTS. THE BRITISH ELECTIONS INTENSE The Conservatives Make Some Decided Gains. Mrs. Curzon is Doing Valiant Service for Her Husband—Staniey Likely zy te Be Beaten. LONDON, July 15.—The unionist candi- dates for the following seats have been returned without opposition: Somerset— West or Wellington division, Capt. Sir A. Acland Hood, bart,; Bridgewater division, E. J. Stanley. Devonshire—East or Hont- ton division, Sir J. Kenna Way, bart. Kent—West or Sevenoaks division, H. W. Forster; south or Ashford ivision, L. ardy; Isle of Thanet division, Rt. Hon. J. wther. Cheshire—Knuttsford division, Hon, A. De Tatton Egerton. Worcester- shire—East division, J. A. Chamberlain. Surrey—Nertheast or Wimbledon division, H.C. Bonescr. | Earex—Weet or Epping di: vision, Lieut. Col. A. R. Lockwood. Not- tinghamshire—Newark division, Hon. H. Finch-Hatton. Derset—East division, Hon, H. N. Sturart. Gloucestershire—North or Tewksberry division, Sir J. E. Dorington, bart. Staffordshire—Handsworth division, Sir H. Meysey-Thompson,, bart. Middlesex —Bridge division, Sir F. Dixon-Hartland, bart. Hampshire—South or Farham 4l- vision, Lieut, Gen. Sir F. W. Fitzwigram, bart. Herthfordshire—West or Watford di- vision, Thomas Frederick Halsey. Edin- burgh and St. Andrew’s Uulsreaities, Rt Hon. Sir C. J. Pearson, Q. C. The unionist candidate for the east division of Down was also returned. The returns thus far received show the election of 105 ccnservatives, 16 unionists, 11 lMb- erals, 4 Parnellites and 3 McCarthyites. Stanley’s Prospects. Pollings are taking place today for sixty- six seats. In the parliament just pro- rogued twenty-eight of these seats were hela by liberals and thirty-eight by con- servatives. They include boroughs of every kind and are in all parts of the coun- try. Mr. Henry M. Stanley, the distinguished African explorer, and Mrs. Stanley are making an active canvass of Lambeth, for which seat Mr. Stanley is the unionist can- didate. It is probable, however, that Mr. Cc. P. Trevelyan, the liberal candidate, will be returned for this-division. Mr. John Burns, the labor leader and present metn- ber of parliament, is making a-lively cam- paign for re-election in the Battersea di- vision of Lcndon, BATTLE EXPECTED. An Expedition Sent Out to Attack the Black Flags at Formosa. HONG KONG, July 15.—A force of 7,000 Japanese troops has left Taututla to attack the black flags at Tal Wan Fu, Island of Formosa. A battle between the opposing troops is expected to take place on Satur- day next, July 20, A strong naval force will co-operate with the land force of the Japanese. Reports received here from the southern part of the Island of Formosa show that all is quiet there. Death of a Cecil. LONDON, —July.-lieeWm. Alleyn Cecil, third Marquis of Exeter, is dead, aged seventy-one years. MRS. CURZON IS CHEERED. She Contends Aguinst a Gorgeous Red Carriage and Postilions of Like Hue. I@NDON, July 15.—The Rt. Hon. George N. Curzon, conservative, the new under secretary for foreign affairs, and Sir H. S. Naylor-Leyland, bart, liberal, were nomi- nated for the Southport division of Lan- cashire teday. In this constituency both sides are contesting every inch of ground, the American wives of the nominees join- ing in the fray. Mrs. Curzon generally gets more cheers than does her husband, while Lady Naylor-Leyland’s beauty has excited enthusiasm wherever she has made her little speech. Sir Naylor-Leyland has recently developed an ‘interest in local sports. He has become president of a cycling club, and drives about in a gor- gecus carriage, lined with red and adorned with red trappings, drawn by four horses, and accompanied by two postilions dr2ssed in red. . —_— A SAD END. A Wedding Journey Winds Up in a Denver Jail. DENVER, Col, July 15.—Letters and tele- grams found among the effects cf Francis Edgar White, a young New Yorker, under arrest here for beating the Holland House out of a board and lodging house bill for himself and wife, have caused the police authorities here to communicate with the New York city police on the theory that they have a fugitive from justice in cus- tody. One telegram, supposed to be from White's mother, runs as follows: “New York, July 2, 1895. To E. F. White, 1760 Pennsylvania avenve, Denver, Colo.— No action taken if money refunded. Signed. Mother.” Mrs, White says her husband is a mem- ber of one of New York's oldest families. Her maiden name is DeGarmo. They were married at Newark, N. J., March 16 last, and went to Honolulu for their wedding trip. It is sald to have been a run-away match. The couple have been in Denver since May 28. —.__ Kept at Quarantine. NEW YORK, July 15.—The Ward line steamer City of Washington arrived this irorning from: Tampa and Havana, bringing sixty-four cabin pasengers. Owing to lack of certificates, thirty-eight of these pas- sengers, including eighteen Chinamen and nine shipwrecked seamen of the bark ‘Thomas Brooks, were transferred to Hoff- man Island until tomorrow afternoon, when they will be allowed to proceed to the city. The remaining twenty-six passengers being provided with certificates from Dr. Burgess at Havana were allowed to proceed with the steamer to her dock. Se Charged With Conspiracy. TRENTON, N. J., July 15.—Judge Coniver, in the county court, overruled the motion to quash the indictments against John L. Kuser, Otto Heinz, Charles S. Robinson and Emil Krauetler, charged with conspiracy against the state in connection with the contracts for printing state documents in the German language. It was then decided by the court that the trial of Kuser, Rob- inson, Heinz and Krauetler, who are in- dicted jointly, should take place on Sep- tember 23. ——_—_. Founded Denver's Mining Exchange. DENVER, Colo., July 15.—A dispatch from Norfolk, Conn., announces the death in that city of George O. Keeler, a promi- nent mining man and founder of the Colo- rado mining exchange. He left Denver three weeks ago, suffering from nervous prostration. He was sixty years of age. ———__ Coming This Way. LONDON, July 15.—The cruiser New York left Gravesend at 4 o'clock a.m. en route to join the North Atlantic squadron at New York. ———_—_ Schooner Disabled. COLON, July 15.—The American schooner Valentine, Capt. Morris, from Mobile, May 13, for Port Limon, is here in distress, leak. ing badly and without sails and rigging. Ss ae INTEREST Closing Arguments in the Farrall Murder Trial. THE EXPERTS SEVERELY ARRAIGNED Expocieetie With Quinine jected Into Frogs. In PROMPT VERDICT EXPECTED Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LA PLATA, Md., July 15.—The final effort in the great legal struggle for the life of Mrs. Belle Farrall was begun promptly at 9 o'clock this morning in the court room at La Plata, the audience in attendance veritably packing the hall. The adjourn- ment of court Saturday afternoon granted @ much-needed rest to the prisoner, as well as judges and counsel, and today proceed- ings were resumed with refreshing energy. The looks of weariness had disappeared from the faces of the jurymen, and they listened intently to every word uttered by counsel. Mrs. Farrali had discarded her straw Sailor hat, and wore an attractive and stylish walking hat, a dainty concep- tion of black feathers and ribbons. She was as calm and apparently as in- terested as any spectator present. During & portion of the day the older son of the accused slept peacefully with his head test- ing against his mother’s side. Castignting the Experts, Col. L. A. Wilmer, of counsel for Mrs. Farrall, immediately after the opening of court began addressing the jury. He spoke in an impassioned manner, and frequently a extremely eloquent, devoting con- siderable time to the state's experts, Dr. Schaeffer rsserclu rand Dr. Kalusowski of Wash- “Schaeffer knew too pe Wilmer. “If he fs such eceste arn he call in Kalusoweki to assist him? Both of them were not ccnfident, for they were compelled to put their heads together in an effort to devise a test to find what was baeesenll “Why, I shouldn't be surprised if Dr. Schaeffer could find strychnine in ordinary whisky,” the attorrey almost shouted. Col. Wilmer went on to argue that strych- nine might accidentally have, been intro- bea ere the organs removed from the ly of the deceased during the tests mad in Dr. Schaeffer's labcratory. 7 Changes the Record. “What we regard as the most important fact in the case,” continued the attorney, “is that there is no record of a person liv- ing longer than six hours after swallowing a fatal dose of strychnine, Freq Farrall was alive eleven hours after the first con- vulsion occurred. Now, is this jury of Charles county men going to decide that it has found an excepticnal cane, and thereby change the record of After severely arraigning several of the witnesses for the state, herppterties them as spies, gossips and buzzards, the speaker argned at length to show that Mr. Farrall was suffering from a diseased kid- ney. Col. Wilmer also tock occasion to designate as a Mar Alfred Farrall, a broth- er of the deceased, and one of the prose- eooJ Seog = = ie attorney for Mre. Farrall ke four hours, and before closing read to the jury the law providing that no bias sfal be entertained against a prisoner because of failure to take the witness stand. Col. Wilmer also referred feelingly to the right of the jury to take mercy into considera- tion, and pointed out the situation of the two little Farrall boys should their mother taken from them. _ The Closing Argument. The usual recess was taken, and when court reconvened Mr. John H. Mitchell be- gan the closing argument of the case. He will speak for several hours, and then the case will be given to the jury. A verdict is expected by many in short order, so that 3 possibility exists of the result becomi known tonight; but there are others who are confident of a hung jury. The cpg dense throng of spectators was largely aug- mented by persons who particularly. desired to hear Mr, Mitchell, who is generally con- ceded to be one of the most lea Charles county. ene Experimenting on Frogs. All southern Maryland is deeply interest- ed in the Farrall poisoning case now on trial at La Plata. The recently published statement of Prof. Pénniman that quinine injected into a frog would cause its death seems to have excited as much interest as anything that has yet occurred in the trial, and the dissent to the doctor's dictum is widespread. Yesterday George Neal, col- ored, caught three frogs, lively specimens of the species bullfrog, and brought them to Leonardtown, where Dr. Charles Combs tried the effects of injections of quinine anc strycknia upon them. Quinine Injected. One-sixteenth of a grain of quinine was injected into the‘leg of one frog, and seven hours afterward his hopping qualities were but ‘little impaired. At 12:09 p.m. one- sixteenth of a grain of strychnia was in- jected into a secord frog; at 12:12 there Were spasmodic contractions of the mus- cles, and at 12:15 Geath ensued. One-half grain of quinine injected into a third fro; Killed it in cne and a half hours. : —_——-_—_ KILLED A PRINCETON MAN. Collins, the Negro, om Trial for Murder. TRENTON, N. J., July 15—The negro John S. Collins, who killed Fred Ohl, the Princeton student, and wounded Garrett 8, Cochran, another student, June 8, was ar- raigned for trial today. Senator Daly and Chauncey Beasly, his counsel, moved the quashing of the indictment on the ground that it was defective. This afternoon the matter was decided adversely to the at- torneys for the defense. Collins sat with his counsel, nattily attired and apparently much interested in the argument. Many colored people and a few Princeton stu- dents were among the spectators. Gar- rett Cochran, who will be the principal witness in the Collins murder trial, left for Trenton. this morning. Cochran's tongue is badly ulcerated from the effects of the bullet that is yet embedded in his neck. et A DESPERATE MURDERER, Killed 2 Woman and Tried to Slay Himacif and 2 Policeman. BALTIMORE, Md., July 15.—Prompted by jealousy, Stephen Webb, a colored em- ploye of the Pennsylvania railroad, shot Emma Harris, aged twenty, three times early this morning, inflicting mortal wounds. Sergeant Ryan, who heard the shots, hastened to the spot and was about to arrest Webb when the latter attempted to shoot himself, but Sergeant Ryan knocked the pistol from his hand. Webb then drew a long knife and cut the sergeant on the side of the head, inflicting a painfuly put not dangerous, scalp wound. Ryan, though bleeding profusely from his wound, kept hold of his prisoner, who Is young and weighs 220 pounds, and landed him at the station house.