Evening Star Newspaper, July 23, 1895, Page 1

—Sa THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 _Fenrsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by fhe Evening Star Newspaper Company, 5. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building, picceens debate, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents * month. Copies at the counter 2 centa each. y_mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 ents r month. : PSaturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mall matter.) [>All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,224. Che Evening Star. WASHINGTON, D.C., TUESDAY, JULY 23, 1895-TEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. Te proof of the pudding is in fBe eating. Yesterday's Sfar contained 33 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 631 separate announce: ments. ese advertisers foua$t puBficife—-net merefp Space, TAKING HOPE Silver Men See Promise of Better Times Ahead. READING THE KENTUCKY PLATFORM Why Mr. Blackburn is Now So In- dependent. OHIO NEXT MONTH Some of the silver men are experiencing a revival of confidence. They are by no means buoyant, but they think they can see the promise of better times ahead. Mr. Blackburn, they claim, has got his second wind in Kentucky, the Missourl democracy, they assert, will, at its convention next month, be certain to declare for free coin- age, while Mr. Brice in Ohio has, they declare, no arrow in his quiver long enough or strong enough to drive home. Georgia, as they believe, is all right, and will re- main so against all the pleadings and per- suastons of Hoke Smith. Then there is the return of Lord Salisbury to power in England, and this {s accompanied by a renewal of the talk In official circles in Ger- many about an international monetary conference. The silver men point to all of these things, thank God, and take courage. The Case in Kentucky. It is claimed now in the silyer camp that despite surface evidences to the contrary the winning of the gold men in the Ken- tucky convention was of no positive mo- ment. The deliverance, Indeed, is charac- terized as a species of cowardice. The sil- ver men refuse to accept it as an une- quivocal Indorsement of the President's idea of sound money, but divide the finan- cial plank into two parts. The one part, as they read {t, reaffirms the financial plank of the Chicago national platform of 1882, while the second part is but the cus- tcmary indorsement of the national admin- {stration. Such a winning as would have put the matter past all question would have been the adoption of a resolution re- citing specifically that the accion of Presi- nt Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle in issuing bonds on a gold basis to meet the requirements of the government was inctly in consonance with the demo- ie principles enunciated In the plat- form on which Mr. Cleyeland was returned to the White House. Mr. Blackburn's Independence. "The failure of the Kentucky democracy to do this, or, as claimed, its inability to do this, gives Mr. Blackburn the argument upon which he {s now resting what is tan- tamount to a declaration of independence on his part. He insists on corstruing the convention’s financial deliverance in his own way—that fs to say, he irsists on put- ting the same construction this year on the financial plank of the Chicago national platform that he put on {t during the na- tional campaign of 1892. He asserted from the stump that year that the democratic party was in favor of the free coinage of silver, and he pointed to the Chicago plat- form as justification of the assertion. He was not called down then on that or any other point. And so he asks, why cannot this same ground be taken this year on this same subject when no formal or in- formal expression of the party delivered since has repudiated that declaration? When it {s urged that the Louisville plat- form was Intended to repudiate it, Mr. Blackburn asks for the specific language to that effect. Ohto Next Month. This aspect of things will next have to be met fn Ohlo, It fs the present intention of Mr. Brice and his friends to ask the democracy to express itself on the financial question in terms similar to those employed by the Kentucky democracy. They will be content with a reaffirmation of the Chicago platform of 1802 and an indorse- ment of the administration. But, in the light of Mr. Blackburn's course in Ken- tucky, will that suffice? It is pointed out that the free silver democrats in the one state are a3 aggressive as In the other. Will not Mr. Thurman and Mr. McLean, therefore, 1{ beaten at Springfield by the tactics that defeated Mr. Blackburn at Louisville, adopt Mr. Blackburn's policy, and in the face of a convention deliverance for suund money go on preaching free coin- age? A Suggestion to Mr. Brice. The silver men insist that Mr.Brice ought to bring forward a program at Springfield calculated to put matters more at rest. Let him, they suggest, try this resolution on the Ohio convention: “Resolved, That the financial course of the present administration has been strict accord with the platform adopted the democratic party at Chicago in 1892, and that {t represents the principles of the party today.’ If Mr. Brice, the silver men declare, can and will secure the adoption of this or any similar resolution at Springfield next month i drop the whole subject until next o ICARAGUA CANAL. THE @o8. Ludlow, President of the Commis- sion, Now in the City. @>1. Ludlow of the engineer corps of the aymy, president of the Nicaragua canal commission, called at the State Department today and informed Acting Secretary Adee of the return of the commission from Nic- aragua. The work of preparing the report vpon the feasibility of the projected canal across the isthmus will begin in a few days in the offices assigned to the commission in the Army building at New York. Inasmuch as the report is intended for the special in- formation of Congress, which directed the investigation to be made, it {s unlikely that the report or any of the conclusions of the commission will be made public before its Yresentation to Congress in December next. The commission visited the isthmus on ue cruiser Montgomery. They reached eytown May 1%, and took surveys not of the waterway itself, but of other s, in which work they were engaged ive weeks. They then went to Colon and made’a superficial examination of the Panama canal, and started back home on the 12th instant. Although the members of the, coummisston refuse to discuss the char- ucter of their report, there is a general un- derstanding that it will be favorable to the completion of the Nicaragua canal. The Colurato bar, which has caused so much troulle at the entrance to the harbor of Greytown, can, it is sald, be partially re- moved by dredging and kept open suf- iently fer ail ordinary purposes of trans- portation. It is also understood that a slight change in the route will be recom- 1 in order to avoid several serous ‘There is a beJief, founded upon tigations of the commission, that the cuna!l can Le finished in seven years at a@ total cost of about $110,000,000. The com- fon found many things to criticise in ast management of the canal, and it is said that considerable space in their re- port will be devoted to that subject. N rents. The Navy Department is informed that the Detroit started today on a cruise up the Yangste river, China, to visit ports aa far up as Kinkiang. The Amphitrite arrived at Brunswick, Ga., this morning. SALVADOR’S LATEST PLOT The Alleged Attempt to Assassinate Presi- dent Guiterrez. Thomas Regnlado, a Former Ameri- can Student, Said to Be at the Head of the Insurrection. SAN FANCISCO, July 23.—Captain Raphael De Moro of Berkeley has received a copy of El Diario Beune Publico of Sal- vador, which gives an account of a thwarted insurrection against President Guiterrez, led by Thomas Regalado, a for- mer student at the University of Call- fornia. Regalado was graduated several years ago from the Berkeley gymnasium. The military instruction he received en- abled him to secure a commission in the Salvadorean army. He rose rapidly until President Guiterrez made him his confl- dential adviser and aid. Then, according to the account which Captain De Moro translates from the Bueno Publico, Regala- do became ambitious to control the govern- ment and plotted an insurrection against Guiterrez. The president was informed as to the conspiracy and before the insur- gents could mature their plans they were arrested and thrown into prison. Pablo Areno, Thomas Regalado and Man- uel Rivas, the leaders, are to be shot, the papers state, without trial. An appeal will be made to Consul Lemus, the Salvador representative in San Francisco, to inter- cede in Regalado’s behalf. Ezeta, Denies. The telegraphic advices from San Salva- dor, published yesterday morning, an- nouncing the discovery by the authorities of a plot to murder President Guiterrez and Foreign Minister Castellanos are dis- credited. Gen. Ezeta, the exiled president, says the ruler of the turbulent little re- public will be deprived of bis power in a moré heroic maaer. “It Is stated that an Italian cook has been arrest21, and has confessed that ne had been offered a large sum of money by me to the ident and foreign minister,” said Ezeta. “I do rot believe the Italian ny such confession. It is an excuse to zet somebody out of the way. When Guiterrez wants to get rid of an enemy he adopts such mea that he may carry out plans with im] It he did not find some gcod excuse the public would rise up and cbject to his high-hand- ed proceedings. It is simply an indication of how Guiterrez is rurning things in San Salvador.” Gen. Ezeta repeats the astertion that he will load a ship with munitions of war and return to Salvador and overthrow the gov- ernment, but says that instead of sailing from a Pacific port, as ke intended to do, be will sail from some point cn the At- lantic coast. ——— THE REVOLT IN TURKEY. An Engagement With the Insurgents Near Sniontiea. CONSTANTINOPLE, — July 20,000 men of the third army corr been ordered to mobilize at Monastier, Ma- cedonia, It 1s reported that in an encounter at Uskup, 100 miles northwest of Salonica, be- tween the insurgents and the, Tark troops, the former were defeated, with a loss of thirty killed and thirty wounded. The ministers have decided to send 3,000 men belorging to the fifth army corps to re- inforce the Turkish troops on the Island of Crete, In the reply of the porte to the sugges- tions of the yowers regarding reform in Armenia, it Is understood that the former makes several concessions, but objects 10 the proposed system of control. Two prominent Turkish officers have been exiled to Damascus for expressing them- selves in favor of ex-Sultan Muerad, who was deposed from the throne in favor of —Over his brother, the present sultan, Abdul Hamid, in 1876. ————— Around the World. SAN FRANCISCO, July 23—The steam yacht Eleanor, in which William A. Slater, a wealthy Connecticut manufacturer, his family and friends are making a tour of the world, arrived here last night. Tae yacht left New London, Conn., October 27, and by way of the Suez canal has nearly encircled the globe. Besides a crew of fifty men, under command of Capt. C. W. Scott, the yacht carries eleven passenger: The Eleanor will remain at San Fran- cisco for three weeks, and proceed to Alaska, and call at the places of interest along the shores of the Bering sea. She will then follow the coast down to Cape Horn and return home. Sa An American in English Politics. LONDON, July 23.—Mr. Walter Phelps Dodge has written a letter to the Times, in which he repudiates the statement made by Chauncey M. Depew, when he arrived here last week from New York, that Americans favor home rule for Ireland. Mr. Dodge vs that “while the politi ms are com- pelled to truckle to the Irish vote, many Americans oppose the policy of separation.” Mr. Dodge adds: “I have given what help I could to the untontst candidate for Nor- wich, and many other Americans were glad of the opportunity to fight home rule.” Ss Indian Tenchers’ Institute, TACOMA, Wash., July 23.—Over one hun- dred superintendents, agents and teachers from the Indian agencies west of the Mis- sissippl_ were present today at the opening of the big Indian institute. The most prom- inent attendants are Prof. W. N. Hallman, superintendent of Indlan schools; C. Drake haw and William Moss, supervisors of Indian schools, both of Washington, D. and Prof. Bakeless of the Carlisle, Pa., school. —_.__ Championship of Thames. LONDON, July 23.—Vivian Nickalls to- day won the Wingfield sculls, beating Ru- pert Guinness by sixty lengths, and thus retaining the amateur championship of the Thames. Guinness was leading at Ham- mersmith bric but he caught a crab and sprained his wrist. oe Must Close Up. MANCHESTER, N. H., July 23.—Leaders of the State, Law and Order League an- nounced today that two weeks is the time in which every saloon in the city must be closed. SS Dentk of B. P. Cheney. BOSTON, Mass., July 23.—B. P, Cheney died at his home at Wellesley this morn- ing. He was largely interested in the se- curities of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railway the Northern Pacific Rail- way Company, and in numerous other rail- way and financial corporations. Carpenters Demand an Incrense. BOSTON, July 23.—The union carpenters of Boston will demand September 1 eight hours as @ day’s work and an increase from 30 to 33 cents an hour in wages. It ts said that the whole force of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America will back up the demands, seid oe gia After the Squatter OMAHA, Neb., July 23.—United States Attorney Sawyer and deputies left yester- day for Pender to look after the Indians in the land lease troubl tlers ejected and returning to the reservation will be arrested under the federal statute, IMPRISONED FOR LIFE Action of the President in the Cas of Taylor. . ———— THE SENTENCE COMMUTED The Prisoner Hardly Credited the Information When Told. CLEVELAND’S INDORSEMENT —_—_.» —___ The Pres'dent has exercised his preroga- tive in the case of Thomas J. Taylor, sen- tenced to be hanged on Friday next, for the murder of his wife, in September, and has commuted his sentence to imprisonment for life. Hts reasons for clemency in this case are briefly stated, in an indorsement of the application of sentence, as follows: The President’s Indorsement. “Sentence commuted to imprisonment for life. In disposing of this case I am not able to rest my action upon the far too common allegation of Insanity, nor upon the theory of accidental or unintentional homicide, both of which pleas have been strongly urged on behalf of the convict, as well upon his trial as upon his application for executive clemency “This commutation !s granted upon the ground that in my opinion there has not been presented in the case such distinct and because [ tht med from the f that discovery by the convict, just prior to the homicide, of the recent and flagrant infidelity of his wife so af- fected him that he took her life in an in- of advisability of a classitication of murder into degrees in the District of Co- lumbia, as has been done with good results in some of the states. GC” ‘The Papers in the Case. All the papers tn the case were received at the White House this morning from Gray Gables, and were sent te the Depart- ment of J to be recorded and filed away. In accordanca with a recent ruling of the President permission to see the pa- pers was dented, with the single excepti of the President's indorsement. known, however, that Judge Cole, t judge, and District Attorney Birney reported In favor of clemency in this on the gehertl ground that he, T would not have been convicted of murd in the first degree if the laws of the Distr recognized degrees in that crime. News at the Jail. It was a few minutes before 10 o'clock this morning when the telephone at the jail was rung up and Warden Leonard was informed from the Department of Jus- tice that President Cleveland had decided to commute the death sentence of Thomas J. Taylor to ole of imprisonment for life. The warden went Immediately to the cell where the condemned man was confined, in front of which sat the death watch, which was to have kept him under eadly sur- veillance until the hour of execution on Fri The Rey. Father McAtee of St. Aloysius Church had been with him in the early morning preparing him for the end that all had come to regard as almost a certainty, and he was row alone. The warden looked through the bars of the cell and said & The Prisoner Informed. “Taylor, I have good news for you. The President has commuted your sentence.” The prisoner looked at Mr. Leonard In a dazed and vacant way. After a few mo- ments’ pause he said “I don’t believe It. Then he turned away. It was evident that the information was too much for him. The warden waited for a minute or two to assure Taylor that he was h the truth, but the latter said noth ther. As Mr. Leonard left the cell door Taylor sani on his knees and gave himse!f up to prayer. The news of Taylor's good fortune qulck- ly spread through the jail, and while the prisoners generally expressed deep grati- fication at the President’s action, there was no excitement. Beam, who {s to be hung on Friday, and who would have been accompanied to the -affold by Taylor if President Cleveland d not interfered, expressed himself as being greatly pleased with the news, say- ing that he had believed all along that Taylor's sentence would be commuted, and that he had expected to hear it every day. A Catholic priest, Father Sullivan of ’St. Peter’s Church, was also with Beam this morning, affording him the opportunity to receive spiritual consolation, which | the prisoner did not seem disinclined to accept. Beam has shown 50 far no signs of break- ing down, and his appetite {s vigorous. This morning he was given three poached eggs, a Hamburg steak and potatoes, ‘bread ata coffee. When he had partaken of the meal one of the guards asked him how his appetite was. Pointing to the clean platters, which contained nothing but freg- mentary remains of the breakfast, Beam said, with hearty emphasis, “You can judge from that.” i Visited by His Sister. It was not long before the news of the commutation had spread to every section of Washington, and especially the eastern portion, where public interest in the man’s fate was so intensely excited. Mr. M. I. Weller, who had drawn up and industrious- ly circulated the petition praying for the extension of executive clemency to, Taylor, was apprised of the President's favorable action immediately after Warden Leonard had been notified, and he in turn spread the good news all around. Among the first to hear it was Miss Belle Taylor, a sister of the prisoner, and she immediately went to the jail to see her brother. Several other visitors had preceded her, but Taylor had declined to see any one, and notified the warden that he wished to be left entirely alone. en Miss Taylor came, however, he directed that she should be brought to hig cell, and the brother and sister spent a few minutes together in an affecting inter- view. Upon leaving the jail a few minutes after 11 o'clock, Miss Taylor safd that her brother was, of course, deeply grateful to President Cleveland, as well as to those who had interested themselves in his be- half, but further than this had nothing to say. It is probable that Taylor will be taken to the penitentiary to serve his life sentence in the course of the next two weeks. What District Attorney Birney Says. To a Star reporter District Attorney Bir- ney stated this afternoon that, as the Pre: ident had acted in the case, he did not ob- ject to stating that both Judge Cole and himself recommended a commutation of the death sentence. The defense in the case, remarked Mr. Pirney, was a two-fold one, it being urged that the man was momentarily insane, and that in attempting to shoot himself the ball glanced from Taylor’s body into that of his wife. In reporting to the President upon the case, said Mr. Birney, he strongly con- tended that the man was not only sane, but that he shot the woman intentionall, two shots having been fired. But the di trict attorney stated to the President that in his opinion the man would not have heen convicted of murder in the first degree where the crime is graded, for the reason that while the man was sane and intention- ally fired the fatal shot, the offense lacked that deliberate premeditation which is es- sential to murder in the first degree. There- fore, believing, too, that Taylor was not of the criminal class, Mr. Birney said he ree- ormended a commutation of the death sen- ence. Judge Cole, he understood, briefiy reported to the President that he indorsed the opin- ion he (Birney) had given in the matter, the judge stating that in his opinion a com- mutation of the sentence would not injuri- ously affect the criminal classes of the District. THE NEXT CONGRESS Opinioa Favorable to a Short Session Next Winter, Both Parties Will Be -Anxious to Get Away for the Presidential Campaign, Public men in Weshington are already beginning to discuss the probabilities as to the length of the next session of Con- gress. Opinion is generally favorable to a short session, and is based largely on the bellef that both parties will be desirous of wetting away for the campaign at as earl a date as possible. It is now believed some that Mr. Reed, feeling practically e tain that he will be elected to the speaker- ship, has already virtually completed the House committee list, and that at any rate he will be able to announce his appoint- Don after the conven of on the 2d of December. Mr. Reed Informiug Himseli. It is quite generally understood that he has put in a large portion of the time since the last election in informing himself as to the qualifications and adaptability to committee work of the new members with a view to being avle to make his selections for committees as intelligently and prompt- ly as possible. The task he has d found an unus y ‘ous one be the fact such a large perce the mem and e: jallyy'the republi- ran members, are men who have never ber fore been In’ public life. He has on this account been compelled to seek informa- tion concerning thetn from local source and the task has not always beem one ensy of accomplishment. Ordinarily the import- ant places on the committees are assigned to re-elected members with whomé. the speaker has served and concerning whose qualifications he has some information at first hand, placing the newly elected mem- bers In the less important places and thus affording them an opportunity to display their general capabilities for legislative work before assigning them to positions in which they would be responsible for the initiation of legislation. early seen, however, that this ould not be’ followed in the ne as it would result in an un s the not only as applied to members, but as'applied to sections as well. A Decided Innovation. Should the House committees be an- nonnced soon after the beginning of the session and that body get its work well under way before the Christmas holidays ft would be a decided innovation. Few Gongresses in recent years haye begun the session without this plan as a part of their program, and few have succeeded in put- ting it Into execution. Some of the arguments advanced in favor of a short session are that there will prob- ably not be the usual amount of general legisiation before Congress; that even though the tariff may be taken up it has been so recently discussed as to leave noth- ing new to be safd upon it, and that a m: jority of both the old political parties wi prefer to allow the silver question to rest with as little agitation as possible on the eve of a nattonal elec ADMIRAL KIRKLAND REPRIMANDED For Writing 2 Congratulatory Letter to the President of France. The latest sensationyn naval circles is a report that Secretary Herbert has repri- manded Rear Admiral Kirkland, command- ing the European squadron, for having written a letter to M. Faure, president of France, congratulating him upon his eclec- tion to, that office. Secretary Herbert de- clines to affirm or deny the report that he has taken the action indfeated. According to the story the Secretary's alleged action is based upon his desire to prevent the United States from becoming involved in any complications with the French gov- ernment. Admiral Kirkland’s letter to the French president {s understood to have been writ- ten soon after the arrival of the flagship San -Francisco in European waters on her way to the Kiel celebration.. How the de- partment became advised of its existence is not stated, but at any rate, the authorities here apparently became very much exer- cised over the circumstance. The Secre- tary held a consultation with seme of his | chfef assistants, and came to the conelu- sion, so it is stated, that Admiral Kirkland had’ been injudiclous in his action. It is understood that Secretary Herbert in his letter takes occasion to gay that the offi- clals of the United States have always been careful to observe the strictest Impartial- ity in all foreign political affairs, and that it would be a matter of regret had he done as reported. —_—___+e.__ DUPLICATE WITNESS CERTIFICATES. Judge Bowler's Decision to Allow Credit for Payments on Them. Judge Bowler, controller of the currency, has informed the District Commissioners that they will be given credit inthe settle- ment of their accounts, for the payment of fees to witnesses before the Police Court, on the presentation of duplicate certificates of attendance. He says that while he fully appreciates the difficulties of the situation, it can hardly be sald that a witness who, through carelessness or unavoidable accl- dent, has lost or destroyed his certifieat2 is therefore not entitled to the amount due him from the Distriet. Agcording to the controller, the responsibility for the issue of duplicate certificates rests with the clerk of the court. He says that care should be exercised to prevent fraudulent claims for duplicate certificates, for the protection of the government and the board of Commissioners. : SS Application Denied. The President has denied the application for a pardon in the case of James W. Cum- mings, convicted in New York of embez- zling a letter containing $4.50, and sen- terced April 13, 1894, to three years’ im- prisonment at hard labor, THE WAR IN CUBA Tnsurgents Believed to Have a New General-in-Chief, DESPERATE AND HARASSING TACTICS Wholesale Destruction of Planta- tion Property Threatened. CUBAN AUTONOMY SOUGHT HAVANA, July 23—Great anxiety pre- vails here in all circles, and news from the province of Santiago de Cuba is awaited with great apprenensiong July 13 the in- surgents, under the command of Mendieta, burned the village of Guama, and the farm of Guamito, in the district of Manzanillo, Santiago de Cuba. The insurgents hav2 also burned the village of Habenero, in the province of Puerto Principe. A person who has arrived at Manzanillo from a place not far from Bayamo says that Thursday he heard forty cannon shots and continuous firing from a large party of infantry. The firing is supposed to have been from the column commanded by Gen. Suarez Valdes, which is on its way from Bayamo to Hol- quin, In the province of Santiago de Cuba, for it is known to have engaged the insur- gents Thursday. Insurgent Reinforcements. Reinforcements of 3,000 troops have ar- rived at Manzanillo. This body of men, with batteries of artillery from the city of Santiago de Cuba and 2,000 more troops, left immediately for Bayamo. Captain General Campos, with the troops from Holquin and Tunas, had at his dis- posal on Friday last a force of about 11,000 men. But there is no denying that the ituation 1s grave. The insurgents have ved reinforcements from different s of the province of Santiago de Cuba, and It fs reported that ¥ arrived at the front and taken comand of the ins ent Sorces as general-in-chief. According to private advices received here, the insurgents have united their forces at Corojo, south of Bayamo and nzanillo, and about midway between those two. places, an] they are said to ha‘ intention of burning Bayamo, Vegui and Manzanillo, and if the su e to -pay contributions to the the leaders of the revolu- nists threatea to burn all the plantations in the Manzanillo district, property repr senting millions of dollars. The insurgent leader lano has died in the province of Santa Clara, of wounds which he received recently in an engagement with the Spanish troop Two Stories. MADRID, July 23.—A dispatch to the Im- parcial from Havana says that Captain General Martinez de Campos, after his re- cent engagement with the Insurgents, en- tered the town of Bayamo on foot. According to ihe same advices the ins gents intend to occupy’ Bayamo, which sixty miles northwest of Santiago, near the Cauto river, and has a population of about 7,000 persons. The insurgent chief killed in battle. Criticising Camp The situation in Cuba is causing a sensa- ticn here. The newspapers are blaming Captain General Martinez de Campos for advocating sending Generals Weyler and Polavieeja, famous for their. severity dur- ing the past Cuban insurrections, to assist In the work of suppressing the present re- bellion. is Coulet has been Cuban Antonomy. LONDON, July 23.—The Times, In ad- Cition to its dispatch from Havana outlin- ing the situation of affairs there, saying that yellow fever and dysentery are causing great mortality among the Spanish troops, announcing that the rebels have cut the railway bridges, thus isolating Puerto Prin- cipe, and that Maceo is threatening an at- tack upon Manzanillo, publishes a long let- ter from Havana dated June 5, giving a history of the Cuban rebellion. The writer sa. “At every turn Gomez has outgen- eraled Campos. Gomez has raised the re- yolt all over the whole isiand, thus forcing Campos to scatter his soldiers over a wide area. If Spain wishes to quell the rebellion she must prepare for a prolonged occupa- tion of the island by a large force.” ‘The correspondent adds that after months of close study of the movement he ifs able to state that “beyond the narrow circle of officialdom and the group of Spaniards di- rectly benefited by the commercial rela- tions imposed by Spain, I have not heard a single good word in favor of Spanish rule. Almost every Cuban who has not openly joined the revolt is ready to give Spain a sly stick if he can without danger to him- self." The Times correspondent then tells at length how the Cubans have suffered from the decline in the price of sugar and real estate and describes how the estates have sradually fallen into the hands of the Span- ish mortgagees. He does not think the in- dependence of Cuba is likely or that it would present a satisfactory solution of the question to a large section of the Cubans, and addi I regard annexation as only a bare possibility, because the United States shows no inclination in this direction.” The Times dispatch from Havana, cabled to the Associated Press last night, quoted this correspondent as saying: “I learn that a large section of the insurgents are quite prepared to lay down their arms {f Spain immediately grants to Cuba complete au- tonomy, combined with allegiance to Spain. LAWLESS LUNENBURG. A German Immigrant and His Family Persecuted. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., July 23.—What may ‘be a sad commentary upon foreign immigra- tion in Virginia was told today by John Dean, a German, who claims to have fled to this city from Lunenburg county to pro- tect his life and his property. He brought his wife and child with him, deserted his farm of forty acres in Lunenburg, near Wattsboro’, and has appealed to Adolph Osterlob, the German consul here, and Louis Borchers, the imperial and royal con- sul of Austria, in this city, to protect his family and property. Dean says that Max May, Charlie Brag, John Elders and Red Hardy went to his house June 30, and with- out provocation beat him to unconscious- ness, insulted and beat his wife, and threat- ened their lives. The mea were arrested July 10 and car- ried befcre an intoxicated justice of the peace, says Dean, who acquitted them. On the wzy home from the court house he and his three-year-old girl were badly beaten and the child permanently injured. The foreigners appealed to the common- wealth’s attorney, who had three of the men indicted by the grand jury. July 11 the men visited Dean’s home, he says, and destroyed all his household goods, to the value of $2,300. He has a certificate from a justice of the peace certifying to the amount of damages. The men threatened to shoot Dean, he says, nearly every day since they were indicted, and he fled to Richmond for bis life. The Gérman and Austrian consuls here have the matter in hand. Dean is out of funds and Is afraid to retura to bis farm in Lunenburg. Com- ing immediately upon the removal of the three prisoners from Lunenburg to Rich- mend for protection from mob violence, this story speaks in strong terms of the lawles:ness of that section. an THE TROUBLE AT COLON American Interests There Require Pro- tection. ‘The Secretary of the Navy Decides to Order a Vessel to the Isthmus. COLON, Colombia, July 23.—In view of the report that Ecuador is threatening to invade Colombia, the garrison of Panama is being reinforced. It is added that the United States consul has telegraphed to Washington asking that a United States warship be sent to protect American interests. ‘The strike of the wharf laborers, ship laborers and watchmen continues. It is probable that orders will be sent to- day to a United States warehip to proceed forthwith to Panama for the purpose of protecting American interests in that coun- try. United States Consul Jcsiah L, Pearcy at Colon wired the State Department this mcrning that labor troubles have broken out on the Panama railroad there. His cablegram intimated that it would be ad- visable to have an American warship at Colon. The cablegram was taken to Secretary Herbert of the Navy Department by As- sistant Secretary of State Adee, and the two officers had a consultation as to what vessel should be sent there. It was deemed desirable to get a vessel there as early as possible, and the Atlanta was suggested, but as she is in quarantine the matter was left undecided. If the Navy Department sends a warship to Colon it does not signify that any at- tempt will be made to interfere with the strikers, provided they do not go to the length of destroying the railroad property, which is protected by an American charter. Colombia is under the obligation to main- tain free transit across the Isthmus of Panama, while the United States has the right to do so in case there is a failure on the part of the Colombian government to carry out its obligations. By treaty the United States is bound, when called upon, to maintain the neutrali- ty of the isthmus, but it is not apparent that there has been any violation of this neutrality in the course of the strike. In 15 United States troops were landed on both sides of the isthmrs and kept the rail- road open, but this was done upon applica- tion from the Colombian government, which found itself powerless to restrain the in- surrectionists, Again last year troops were landed at Colon to guard American int ests threatened by an insurrection, but there no attempt to interfere with the ration of the railroad. In case the uadorians, as reported, in le the isth- mus and the Cotombian governnient finds it- self unable to maintain free communica- tion across the isthmus, then the United States will undoubtedly do so, but in the present case, which is a purely labor strike or lock-out, it is improbable that any at- tempt will be made to operate the road by our forces. ——_—____+ +—____ HE 1D A RAZOR. A Warhi.agton 3 ro on the Yorktown Murders a Jupanese. There {s a local Interest in a report just received at the Navy Department from Rear Admiral Carpenter, commanding the Asiatic station, stating that John Thomas Bush, a mulatto, who claims Washington city as his residence, had recently murdered a Japanese subject In Yokohama. Bush is pprentice on board the gunboat York- town, and {s now confined in a consular prison, awaiting trial. From the best in- formation obtainable it appears that the homiclde was committed during a drunken brawl in a Yokohama bar room. It is al- leged that Bush killed the Japanese with a razor, but no details on this point are given. An officer attached to the Yorktown has been detailed to act as his counsel during the trial. Consular courts in Japan have jurisdiction similar to that possessed by United States courts, and in the event of his conviction of the charge of murder Bush may be sentenced to death. —__—-- -+- + DISTRICT TRUST COMPANIES. Thetr Financial Condition as Report- ed to the Controller of the Treasury. According to reports made to the con- troller of the currency, the three trust, loan and mortgage companies in the Dis- trict of Columbia at the close of business, July 11, had 2 paid-in capital of $3,250,000, a surplus fund of $300,000, loans and dis- counts of $6,108,964, lawful money reserve, $271,600, and individual deposits aggregat- ing $4,463,249. Their total resources and liabilities are stated at $9,348,271. a Army Orders, Lieut. W. S. Wood, tenth cavalry, has been granteé leave cf absence for one month. The following transfers in the thirteenth infantry are ordered: Capt. Jesse C.Chance, from company K to company C; Capt. John H. H. Peshine, from company C to com- pany K; First Lieut. William N. Hughes, from company A to company I; First Lieut. Peter C. Harris, from company I to com- pany A. --—______ A Conference With Mr. Carlisle. Senators Blanchard and Caffery and Representative Meyer of Louisiana have arrived in the city from New Orleans and today had a conference with Secretary Carlisle on the sugar bounty question raised by Controlier Bowler. Secretary Carlisle did not in any way in- dicate what were his views on the constitu- tional question raised by Mr. Bowler, but stated plainly that he had no authority over the controller, who could refuse to certify an account on any grounds he pleased, and no one had any authority to interfere in any way. ————-e-___. Pension Office Officials. Mr. D. I. Murphy, first deputy commis- sioner of pensions, will leave Washington tonight on his annual outing, and will prob- ably be away about twenty days. Com- missioner of Pensiors Lochren ts still rest- ing at his hcme in Minnesota, and will not return until some time In the early part of August. During the absence of Commis- sioner Lochren and First Deputy Commis- sioner Murphy the bureau will be in charge of H. C. Bell, deputy commissioner of pen- sions. ——+-e. Personal Mention. Lieuts. Wm. M. Cruikshank, eighth artil- lery, and Wm. C. Davis, fifth artillery, are in the city on leave. Mr. Edward Herrick of 1520 O street northwest left today fér Athens, Pa., where he will spend the summer. Mr. G. A. L. Merrifield of the pension bu- reau sailed from Baltimore for Boston this afternoon, accompanied by his chil- dren, Edith and Everett. Patents to Local Men. Local patents were issued today as fol- lows: To Henry H. Bates, for a portable hcok; to Joha W. Boleter, for a trunk stand. —_-e—______ Government Receipts. National tank notes received for redemp- tion today, $355,835. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $229,196; customs, $296,395; miscellaneous, $160,096. e+ —_____ Fourth-Class Postmasters. Thirty fourth-class postmasters were ap- pcinted today, twenty-two of whom were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resig- nations. BANNOCK BLOODSHED A Bunch of Indians Massacred by Whites. TROUBLE 70 SETTLERS FEARED The Princeton Geological Party is Safe. P INDIAN OFFICE COMMENTS MARKET LAKE, Idaho, July 23.--Thirty men left Jackson’s Hole Sunday to arrest all Indians breaking the game laws of Wy- oming. In Hoback canon they surprised a camp of seventeen Indians, and took them all prisoners and started with them for Jackson’s Hole. In the canon they tried to escape, and all the Indians were killed ex- cept one papoose, who was brought into the Hole. There were 133 fresh elk skins in the camp. John N. Carnes, a squaw man and the oldest settler in Jackson Hole, has gone over into Idaho, and says every set tler in Jackson Hole will be butchered. There were three hundred Bannock war- iors on Hoback river when Carnes was there. He says all squaws have been sent away, and that all bucks are daily joining the main band. * Jackson's Hole settlers are now in- trenched and awaiting the attack. Unless the cavalry gets there quick every settler between Jackson’s Hole and this railway, station is in danger of massacre. Prospects of Bloodshed. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 23.—At the Bannock Indian agency, thirteen miles north of here, those in authority who are in possession of all the facts obtainable do not believe the trouble in the Jackson Hole country can possibly reach a final settle- ment now without more bloo¢ rumcrs current here last night depredations of a returning band nocks and their killing of three white set- Uers cannot be further confirmed. Not more than fifty Indians have so far re- turned to the immediate vicinity of the agency, and they will not talk. Although it can be positively stated that the rumored danger in this immediate vicinity with- cut foundation, it is confidently believed from the advices brought daily by the In- dian police from the scene of the recent trouble in northwest Wyoming that there will be other clashes there between the Indians and settlers and tough characters in the Jackson Hole country. The Indian police, as a rule, are Indians first and police afterward, and evidently made a report to their brothe? braves, for almost every able- bodied Bannock has between the return of the police and this time decamped from the Scene of the troubie. Getting Ready to Fight. From the most trusted police it is learned that many of the Indians who are appar- antly returning to their homes have quietly said that they were taking their squaws and papooses heme to the reservation, and then would return to see the white men at Jackson Hole country. These clashes are yearly, and there seems a® determination on both sides to settle the question to whether Indians have a right to nt in that country recardless of state game laws, At least cne hundred Indian men are ab- sent from the reservation, and neariy all their leaves of absence expired some time ago. Agent Teter has begun a_ thorough investigation of the trouble, and is mak- ing a trip through Jackson Hole country. He is expected back Wednesday, and au- thoritative statements can then be secured. It is the general opinion at the agency that the Bannock braves cannot be brought back without the use of federal troops. CLASH OF AUTHORITIES. Gov. Richards Charges Federal Au- thorities With Carelessness, CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 23.—In conver- sation today Goy. Richards said that he be- Neved the Indian police would be able to arrest all the Indians who are now off their rcservations. “This Indian trouble must be settled quickly,” said the governor, “and unless the Washington authorities take decisive action soon I will make a state matter out of it, and order out the state troops. I am Getermined that he Indians shall be made to respect the laws of the state as well ag their white neigh»ors. The authorities at Washington do not seem to understand the situation, and are careless in regard to cor- respondence on the subject. My predeces- sor, Gov. Osborne, wrote a letter to the In- terior Department in relation to the In- dians killing game last summer. That let- ter was never answered. Neither was the one which was written last month.” Good News. NEW YORK, July 23.—Mr. B. Forsyth Little, father of B. Forsyth Little, jr., one of the party of Princeton students now in Wyoming, received the following ¢is- patch today from Capt. A. S. Anderson, U. 8. A., in command of the troops in Yel- lowstone Park: “FOUNTAIN GEYSER, Wyo., July 23.— Princeton party all right; no trouble and everybody here and perfectly well. (Signed) “A. S. ANDERSON.” Gerrett in Safe. BALTIMORE, July 23.—A telegram from Mrs. T, Harrison Garrett, mother of John W. Garrett, one of the Princeton students, seys she has recsived word trom her son that he is safe. The Indian office is still without recent official information in regard to the alleged Bannock outbreak in Idaho. The last dis- patch received on the subject was from Agent Teter and was dated three days ago, It is stated that he was on his way to the scene of the reported troubles. While the office has no further informa- tion than in the daily papers, the officials are inclined to take a very conservative view of the matter. The Bannocks are well known as peaceful Indians, and the officiais are very sure they would not be guilty of an outbreak without great provocation. If, as the dispatches state, thirteen Bannocks have been shot down by settlers for no graver offense than killing game, it is not thought wonderful that others are in an excited and threatening state. It is not be- Heved, however, even in this case, that there is any danger of their attacking any one whc does not first molest them. It is freely stated at the office that there is a class of men in the Jackson Hole country who make a practice of systematically cx- aggerating all Indian troubles, with a view to securing the presence of United States troops on the scene. No information in re- gard to the Princeton geological party has been received today. Little or no fear is entertained for their safety. Mr. P. B. Pierce expects to hear from nis son, T. B. Pierce, a member of the party, by tonight. In answer to the telegram sent him by the War Department, asking for informa- tion as to the whereabouts of the Princeton students who were on a tour in the Wind River country, Wyoming, Gen. Coppinger this morning replied from his headquar- ters at Omaha that he had no information on the subject. o+—__ THE ENGLISH ELECTION Sammary of the Result as It Stands ‘Today. LONDON, July 23.—At 5 o’clock this evening the following are the number of members of the parliament elected by the diferent parties: Total number elected, 551; conservatives, 307 ernment total, 36i. Liberals, 122: thyites, 57; Parnellites, 9; labor, tion total, 190. Net unionist gains,