Evening Star Newspaper, July 26, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR Geass PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY __AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 _ Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. BH. EA Pres’t. Few York Office, 49 Potter Building. eee ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on ibeir own account, at 10 cents we or #4 cents per month, at the counter cents each. Sy mai the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents PS aturday Quin le Sheet Star, $1 per year, with Wtadiered att the Fost Omics at Washington, D. 0., as second-class mail matter.) . Eicon of advertising made kootra on application Che Zvening Star. [Wo 13,227. ‘WASHINGTON, D-O©., FRIDAY, JULY 26, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS NAVAL REGULATIONS |THE HOLMES CASE/REFUSE TO RETURN An Important Order Issued by Sec- retary Herbert. CONCENTRATING THE RESPONSIBILITY * Changes in the Ordnance and Con- struction Bureau's Duties. SIMPLIFYING METHODS os Secretary Herbert bas made another move in the line of his policy of concen- trating the responsibility for the construc- tion of all parts of naval vessels in one bureau, that of construction and repair. He has issued an order amending the na- val regulations wherein they define the duties of the bureaus of ordnance and con- struction, so as to place all of the prac- tical work on a ship under construction on the construction bureau, subject to the in- spection and according to the plans of the ordance bureau. The text of the order is as follows: Dattes of the Ordnance Bureau. Strike out paragraphs 2 and 3, naval regulations, and substitute therefor the following, defining the duties of the bu- reau of ordnance: 2 It shall recommend the armament to be carried by all armed vessels, the ma- terial, kind and quality of the armor, the interior dimensions of revolving turrets, and their requirements as regards rotation; it shall also fix, within the carrying pow- er of vessels as determined by the bureau of construction and repair, the location and .command of the armament, and distribute | the thickness of armor. 8. It shall, as the work proceeds, in- spect the installation of the armament and its accessories on board ship and the meth- ods of stowing, handling and transport- ing ammunition and torpedoes, all which work shall be performed to its satisfac- tion. It shall determine the requirements of all ammunition hoists, and the method of construction of armories and ammuni- tion rooms on shipboard and. in conjunc= tion with the bur2au of construction and repair determine upon their Iccation and that of ammunition holst#; it shall also confer with the bureau of construction and repair respecting the arrangements for centering the turrets, and the character of the roller paths and their supports. Bureau of Construction and Repair. Under article 10, relating to the duties of the bureau of corstruction and repair, strike out paragraph 1, and substitute therefor the following: 1. The dutizs of the bureau of construc- tion and repair shall comprise all that re- lates to designing, building, fitting and re- pairing the hulls of ships, turrets, spars, capstans, windlasses, stearirg gear and ventilating apparatus, and the designing, cerstruction and installation of all ammu- nition hoists, their shafts, machinery and appurtenances, after consultation with the bureau of ordnance, and according to the requirements thereof, as determined by thet bureau; placing and securing armor, after the material, quality and distribution of thickness have been determined by the bureau of ordnance; placing and securing on board ship, to the satisfaction of the bureau of ordnance, the armament and its accessories as manufactured and supplied by that bureau; care and preservation of ships in reserve ani requiring for or-man- ‘facturing all its equipage and supplies for ships prescribed by the authorized allow- ance tables. The bureau of construction and repair shall also, after conference with the bureau of ordnance, design the ar- rangements for centering the turrets, the character of the roller paths and their sup- ports and furnish that bureau every op- portunity to inspect the installation on board of all armament and accessories sup- plied by said bureau. To Simplify Existing Methods. Thera was no purpose in making this change to take awszy from the functions of any of the bureaus, but the Secretary was animated by a desire to simplify the existing methods of the department. At present, when there was such a matter as @ guntrack to be fitted to the deck of a ship under construction, the ordnance bu- reau undertook the work with its own men. At the same time the construction bureau might have a force at work In the same Place, and the result was that one or the other had to suspend for some time. Under the new rule in such cases, the con- structicn men will do all of the work with one force, and to make sure that it 1s in ac- cordance with the requirements of the ord- mance bureau that bureau will have an inspector at hand to watch the work as it prveresey. This is believed to be in the ine of sound business practice, and 1s ex- Pected to facilitate work and save mon2y. ——_—___.e. = BLACKBURN’S CHANCES. Vo May Be Re-Elected on His Per- sonal Popularity. Nobody seems to have succeeded in get- ting an expression of opinion from Senator Lindsay as to the prospects of Senator Blackburn for re-election. Blackburn him- self is keeping very quiet, but the presence of both the Kentucky Senators in Wash- ington renews interest In the question of the Kentucky situation. It is reported that there is a strong disposition even among the “sound’’ money democrats not to let the fight over the silver question be car- ried to the extreme of defeating Blackburn, and that he will probably be elected on his | Sg and popularity. Hus friends insist that e is going to be re-elected. The “sound” money men say that if he Is It will be well understood that {It is no victory for silver, but merely a recognition of his personal qualities. —_—_—_____>-o-+___ - THE SOUTH AND SILVER. Thinks the Region Will Stand by the White Metal. “There is very little new in politics tn North Carolina,” sald ex-Representative Williams of that state to a Star reporter today. “There is but one sentiment there. They are all for silver.” “Do you think the si th generally is go- Ing to stand by silver?” was ask Sure! I do not think anything can change our people on that question. Ken- tucky cannot proper! led a southern state. All the ot in that region will send silver delega to the national convention. Our people will not vote for a gold man, if he is nominated et the demo- cratic national conventicn. They would father vote for a republican. They would sooner vote for Don Cameron than for John G. Carlisle.” + os The Last Point Settled. Secretary Herbert has settled the last point that remained to be adjusted in the designs for the two battleships, by order- ing that the extra 100 tons required for the machinery of the ships be provided for by reducing the coal capacity from 1,300 to 1,200 tons. The outline designs for the ships having now been arranged the dif- ferent bureaus of the Navy Department will immediately begin the preparation of the full specifications upon which bids are to be invited for the construction of the vessels. It is probable that the advertise- ments will not issue before the Ist of Janu- ary next, but this will not delay the con- struction of the ships, owing to the fact that Congress has as yet, not made any appropriation for them, Quinlan, Who Qarried the Keys to the Chicago Castle. It is Expected He Will Confess and Implicate His Principal and Himeelf. CHICAGO, July 26.—Pat. Quinlan, the Janitor in the Holmes “castle,” is in serious danger. He carried the thirty-seven keys wich opened the various doors, secret and otherwise, in the chamber of Holmes’ cas- tle. He was the factotum cf Holmes. Quinlan is between two fires. If Holmes corfesses, as it is expected he will, he may implicate Quinlan, and if Quinlan con- fessc=z he must apparently implicate him- self. Damaging evidence against Quinlan has accumwiated more rapidly in the past twen- ty-four ‘hours than that against ‘Holmes. Detective Norton was informed that early in the career of Quinlan with Holmes the former kept at the castle a girl whose first name was Lizzie. She had a sister working in the restaurant connected with the cas- tle. This Lizzie gave birth to a child, which Holmes took care of. Another Possible Murder. ‘What became of it is unknown save to Holmes and Quinlan. The report spread about 68d street ‘hat Quinlan was about to marry the girl. Suddenly his. wife, who had not been living at the castle, appeared on the scene. Lizzie was hurried out of the city, and it is said she is now in Omaha. An effort will be made to find her. To Quinlan, it appears, were sent the orders from Philadelphia to destroy all of Holmes’ papers, clothing and other articles which might aid the detectives in tracing his career. How faithfully Quinlan did this fs to be seen in the little of Holmes’ ef- fects to be found at the castle. The Cigrande Girl. LAFAYETTE, Ind. July 26.—Emeline Cigrande, reported to te a victim of Holmes, is well known here. She went to Dwight, Ill, in 1891, where she was ste- nographer. Later friends were informed by her that she was with the A. B. C. Copyiig Company of 63d street, Chicago, and was soon to marry the manager, Rob- ert E. Phelps. The marriage, according to cards received here, took place in Decem- ber, 1892. Since then Lafayette friends Pave had no trace of her. Developments at Chicago. CHICAGO, July 26.—William Capps, a Fort Worth, Texas, lawyer, Is in Chicago in the interest of the heirs of the Williams sisters. He has obtained copies of the deeds by which they transferred their property, and he claims that their names were forged. Evidence has been collected, he says, which will prove conclusively that the girls were murdered before July 12, the date appended to the deeds. He thinks they were put out of the way about July 4. He has been investigating the property at Wilmette, and says that it is still in the name of Mitnie Williams. The human bones and other articles, in- cluding a_ gold watch chain {identified by Jeweler Davis as one of the ornaments worn by Minnie Williams, found a few days ago in the stove in Holmes’ office have been turned over to Detective Sergeant Fitzpatrick by Manager Geary of the Fi- delity Insurance Company. Another Accomplice. George W. Harris, alias B. A. Ziegel, is in the custody of a detective agency, under suspicion of being a confederate of H. H. Holmes in his insurance swindles. Harris has passed under a string of aliases, having been also known as B, A. Simpkins and Al- fred H. Post. He was chief promoter in the Taylor addition first mortgage swindles in St. Paul, which caught many Chicago people. Don’t Want Him. TORONTO, Ont., July 26.—While the po- lice and detectives are eager for the ex- tradition of Holmes, it is learned that the attorney general is in no way anxious to be put to the expense and trouble of the trial, if a conviction upon a charge can be had elsewhere. The Philadelphia authori- ties have been notified of the issuance of warrants simply to give Toronto precedence over Chicago, Detroit or any other place that may lodge information. A. S. Hardy, acting attorney general in the absence of Sir Mowatt, will be consulted by the crown attorney regarding the matter, and on his decision depends subsequent action. Dep- uty Attorney General Cartwright is very emphatic in saying that Holmes is not wanted here, nor does he believe that he will ever be brought across the border. a ee THE LIBRARIAN'S ACCOUNTS, A Return of Copyright Fees Made to the Treasury. Librarian Spofford of the Congressional Library has sent his accounts of copyright fees received for a year and a half prior to April 1, 1895, to the auditor for the state and other departments of the Treasury Department. It was supposed that this ac- count would show an amount of copyright receipts equal to the money’ covered into the treasury by the librarian for the period it covered, but there 1s a deficit, which Mr. Spofford told a Star reporter today would be covered into the treasury shortly, Mr. Spofford could not state exactly the amount which it would be necessary to turn into the treasury to square the ac- count, which, he sald, could only be dons after the auditor had passed on the ac- counts and determined how they stand. It was not possible to close the accounts, as there was uncertainty about some of the payments. The Copyright Accounts. The copyright acounts of the Congresston- al Library are quite complicated. Every year about 100,C00 copyrights are granted, a fee being charged in each case. Many fees are received ana credited on the books of the librarian in cases which finally prove not to be subject to copyright, and in such instances the fee is returned. Many people send labels to the hbrarian to be copy- righted, wher2as they should be sent to the patent office. Such cases, more than any other, complicate the accounts and have caused considerable delay. The salary accounts of the librarian have not yet been settled, as there are in them also some cases in which there exists doubt about payments. It will take some time to determine just how these accounts stand. Speaking to a Star reporter today, Mr. Spofford said that it was not yet possible for him to make a satisfactory statement regarding his accounts. He sald that when the accounts are adjusted by the auditor, whatever amount is shown to be due the treasury will at once be turned in. The last year and a half had been a very busy one for him, and the pressure of the busi- ness of the offices of librarian and register of copyrights had been so great that the accounts had not been kept up. ———_--e. Stantey J. Weyman. Tomorrow's Star will contain the first in- stallment ef “The Cat and The King,” a most interesting story by Stanley J. Wey- man, author of “A Gentleman of France,” etc., one of the most popular authors of the day. The story will be in three install- ments, published daily, beginning tomorrow. A detective story of intense interest by Howard Fielding, called “Stamps Enclosed for Reply,” will be published in full in the same issue, The Bannacks Will Not Go Back to the Reservation. SETTLERS EAGER "0 FIGHT THEM. Everybody. Expecting News of Terrific Bloodshed. RUMORED MASSACRE Indian Agent Teter of the Fort Hall reservation, Idaho, today wired Commis- sioner Browning that the policemen who Were sent to the Indians with the com- missioner’s message, ordering them to re- turn to their reservation, report that the Indians positively refuse to return. The agent has asked permission to leave the reservation to accompany the United States troops to the scene of the disturbance. Authority for him to do so has been grant- ed. No advices were received at the War De- partment today in regard to the reported indian uprising in the Jackson Hole coun- try, Wyoming. he four tzoops of the ninth cavalry are exp2zted to reach there this evening, and Gen. Coppinger will also probably get there from Omaha this even- ing or tomorrow morning. Army office are of opinion that the lannacks will re- turn to the reservation without further de- lay, when they see the troops and realize the futility of continued resistance. It Iz sald that the troops will be expected to protect the Indians from the settlers as well as to protect the settlers from the In- dians. Every precaution will be taken to prevent a ccnflict. Expecting Bad News. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 26.—The situa- tion in northwestern Wyoming, where the Indians are on the warpath, has not im- proved. In fact all the advices that have reached the reservation are of a directly opposite nature. Adjutant General Stitzer of Wyoming, at Market, Lake, has been hourly expecting to hear that a conflict had cccurred between the settlers and the Indians in the Jackson Hole valley. Two of his messengers dis- petcnet in that district several days ago ‘ve not returned, although overdue. Grave fears are entertained that they have been ambushed by the Indians. other direction the news is of an equally disquieting nature. : Ballard’s Band. Indian police who have returned from the Salt river valley, where the big trading pow-wow has been in progress for a week, say that the band of Bannack Indians under the leadership of Jim Ballard has started north toward the seat of trouble. If these Indians reach the belligerents in the Fall river valley before the troops get there, and they undoubtedly will, the result may be disastrous. Ballard’s band 1s composed of the worst element of the Bannacks, a tribe that in the general run is bad enough, for they are as a rule lazy and shiftless fighting Indians. This partic- ular lot, however, are the restless spirits of the tribe, always ready for a quarrel, and in tha present situation these fifty tur- bulent braves may stir to an intense pitch the already excited gathering on Fall river. Caution Against Attacking. CHEYENNE, Wyo., July 26.—The news that government troops have been ordered to the front was received here with satis- faction. Gov. Richards at once wired Gen. Stitzer, at Market Lake, instructing him to notify the settlers of Jackson Hole that troops were on the way to protect their lives and property and return the Indians to their reservation. Gen. Stitzer is in- structed to advise the settlers to act only on: the defensive and not to precipitate an attack. The governor has received several dispatches indicating the rapid concentra- tion of different bands of Indians in the vicinity of Jackson Hole, including Lemhis and Utes. Gen. Stitzer telegraphed from Market Lake, Idaho, as follows: “Operator at Beaver Canon wires here that about 200 Lemhi bucks passed that point headed to- ward Yellowstone Park.” The Bannack Forces. The following is from Col. F. M. Foote of the Wycming National Guard at Evans- ton, Wy.: “A. A. Steede, now on Hams Fork, reports a burch of Bannacks camped on the east slope of the divide between Hams Fork and\ Cokeville, and between twenty and thirty miles from Hams Fork station. He counted thirty-six tepees, and estimates the number at over one hundred. He thinks there fs another lot a few hun- dred miles further up the stream; says they have not less than eight hundred herses, and thinks they may have double that number. They have no squaws or apooses with them. It is reported that a Lee of Utes crossed the railroad near Leroy station four or five days ago, l-eaded to the northwest, estimated at fifty to sev- enty-five. It is also reported that another bunch are in camp in Smith’s Fork, about ten miles from Fort Bridges. Have no in- fermation as to the number. They are killing deer. Sheriff Ward left for Smith’s Fork last night (Wednesday), and his dep- uty left this morning (Thursday) to either join him. or take the trail of the lot that passed Leroy from Foote.” Reported Massacre. DENVER, Col., July 26.—A special to the News from Pocatello, Idaho, says: ‘“Re- ports from Market Lake, says the Rexburg, Idaho, paper of today, report that fifty- nine white people were killed by the Ban- nacks near Jackson’s Hole, but there is no way to confirm the report, and {t is not be- lieved here. A courier is expected from the vicinity of Jackson's Hole with the latest news. There has been no news received at Market Lake for three days of an authentic nature. : “Forty-four car loads of United States cavalry left Cheyenne last night for Mar- ket Lake, with provisions, horses, tents, ete. They will reach Pocatello this after- noon. The troops will be immediately pi- loted to the Wind river, and it Is not likely that any trouble will occur after their ar- rival. It is feared the Indians will take advantage of the small number of settlers and commit wholesale murder before the troops can interfere. Four hundred Indians are said to have joined the Bannacks on Fall river, and are preparing to make an onslaught on the whites. It is probable that Gov. McConnell will be called to aid in suppressing violence. Several parties of tourists are in Pocatello awaiting the re- sult before making their departure for Yel- lowstone Park. Bought All the Ammunition. CHICAGO, July 26.—A Record special from Pocatello, Idaho, says: A well-known traveling man from Salt Lake arrived in Pocatello last night, having come directly from a trip through that portion of the country south of the Yellowstone National Park in which the bushwhacking campaign is being carried on between the settlers and Indians. Mr. Hill, after a careful inquiry, Jearned that there were seventy-five fam- ilies in the Jackson Hole valley. For two weeks they have been preparing for the condition that now exists. In order to fore- stall, the Indians messengers were sent to buy up all the ammunition: that could be obtained in that section of the country, and 30 well have they succeeded in laying in a good stock before the passes were watched by the red men that they now have on hand about one hundred rifles, and From the’ every settler is equipped with 1,000 rounds of ammunition. The re&som that there has not been more determined retaliation before this on the part of the Indians is because they cannot ‘prepare for war so quickly. Indians Are Poor. In the first place, they ate from 150 to 200 miles from home, and cannot so easily se- cure the necessary supply of ammunition; first, because it will not be sold to them in larg® quantities just now, and, again, be- cause at this season of the year, after the money for their last year’s skins has been used up, they are poorer than at any other time. The Indians have, however, the best of rifies, furnished by the government, and it has always been the case in an Indian uprising that they manage to dig up money somewhere and get ammunition. The In- dians get no sympathy here in the present trouble, unless it be from those who are di- rectly connected with the Indian agency in some way. The fear is now expressed that when the Indians learn that the troops are surely coming they may endeavor to make a sudden strike, and then make all possible haste for their reservations, so that by the time the regulars get here they will be peaceably lounging. in their accustomed haunts. Rumors have been received that trouble may be looked for today or tomor- row, buf as that country is distant a twenty-four-hour ride for the swiftest In- dian mesesnger, no facts have yet been se- cured. Map of the Jackson’s Hole Country. Jackson's Hole ts a level valley, hemmed in by mountains, and about seven miles long north and south by three miles wide. Little Gros Ventre river flows along its northern and western sides and empties into Snake river. The Hole is thirty miles south of Jackson's lake, where Robert Ray Hamilton was drowned. Marysvale is at the south end of the little valley. The whole region is rough, picturesque and mountainous. The opiates abound in timber and grazing; the Valleys are well watered. No better plgce could be made for an Indian to fight successfully against odds. The name was given the little valley from a notéd horse thief, who led a desperate gang for years, making Jackson's Hole, their rendezvous, notori- ous. THB BANNACK INDIANS. Senator Dubois Tells a Star Reporter About Them, “It Is not understood here in the east,” said Senator Dubols to a Star reporter to- day, “what sort of Indlans we have to deal with in this disturbance jn Idalio any Wyoming. There appearg to be a disposi- tion to excite sympathy for the Indians, en the ground that they are a peaceable and intelligent tribe. The Bannacks and the Shoshones appear to be confounded. The Indians who are making the trouble are the Bannacks, and-they are in no respects like the Shoshones. é: “The Shoshones are a peaceable, and, for Indians, an industrious tribe. They till the soil, and even in the eaflier days they did some work. The Bannacks, who occupy the Fort Hall reservation with. the Sho- shones, are a very high type of Indian, in that they are a brave, warlike and savage race. There is no discount on their brav- ery, but they are about the worst Indians, the most savage and cruel, in that whole section of the country. They are something ifke the Sioux. They are fond of fighting, and an uprising on their part naturally ex- cites apprehension. The white settlers are not at fault in trying to enforce the game laws of the state. In that part of Wyom- ing and Idaho ts found almost the only big game that Is left in the country. It is the only place where there an abundance of os game, dt re wists for its preserva- lon are stringent, and are enfor all the whites. coe resne “The old hunters and trappers who make their living in that pursuit are forced to obey the law, and this trouble with the In- dians appears to grow out of nothing but an effort to make them respect the law. which the settlers have to obey. Their treaty rights do not give them the privi- lege of violating the state laws, and they have no business to be off the reservation for that purpose. They *make a ruthless slaughter of their hunting, and if they were permitted to prosecute it without in- terference this last foothold of big game in this country would soon be destroyed. They do not kill the elk for itself, but for the young. They kill the female with the young, take the young from it, and, after removing the skin from the mother elk, leave the carcass to rot.. By this ruthless method they are destroying the game. The whites would not for a moment be permit- ted to do such a caine, and they cannot be blamed for not wanting to permit the In- dians to commit such slaughter. I under- stand that it was in resistance of arrest for violations of the law that one or two of the Indians wore killed. The agent, Mr. ‘Teter, is a very good man, but can hardly know very much about the management of Indians, having had but a few months’ experience with them. He was-appointed from West Virginia but a few months ago, and, of course, could not be expected to know much about Indians. He is doubtless doing everything he can, but must suffer from the lack of experience with the peo- ple whom he is called upon to control. The Indians have no right to leave the reserva- tion without his permission, and it seems that he might have heen more careful about granting permits had he understood the situation better.” ———— THE NEBRASKA EVICTIONS. The Department Asked to Suspend Lensens OMAHA, Neb., July 26.—The sentiment of the Nebraska congressicrial delegation in- ‘vestigating the Flournoy leases of the Win- nebago lands is given in the following tele- gram: “Mr. Hoke Smith, Secretary of the Interior, Washington, Investigation now in progress leads us to urge you to suspend approval of leases of Winnebago lands made by Capt. Beck, and to promptly sus- pend further evictions until we communi- cate with you further, Eyictions will result in tremendous loss ‘to innocent settlers. John V. Allen, Thos, Thiirston, D. J. Mei- klejohn, W. A. Andréws, Jesse B. Strode.” It Is probable that no action will be taken by the Interior Department on the dispatch from the Nebraska congressional delega- tion until Secretary Smith returns from the south. It is thought very unlikely that he will interfere with Capt. Beck's manage- ment of the matter. Every step takeu by the latter so far has been by the depart- ment’s orders and with its approval. — ees BOB SMALLS’ FIGHTS. But -for Bystanders Would Hi " Kniféd the Other Fellow. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. »-COLUMBIA,-S. C., July 26.—Ex-Congress- |.man Smalls of South Carolina and School Commissioner Wigg had a rough-and-tum- ble fight in Beaufort yesterday as the out- come of a newspaper controversy. They were allowed to fight ,until Smalls was about to disembowel Wigg with a knife, when bystanders interfered and separated the combatants, His Maryland Campaign Looking to Next Year's Presidential Race. WHAT THE CONVENTION WILL BO Tact and Diplomacy Instead of Aggressive Action. —————— TO INDORSE THE PRESIDENT —>—___—_ Mr. Gorran’s program in Maryland as outlined from Baltimore is thought to be arranged with due regard to next year’s presidential race. Moderation and diplo- macy are its leading features. The Senator will not use his giant’s strength in his party like a giant, but will move with due regard to the feelings of all factions, and, if possible, poll the party’s full vote next November. Then, pointing to this latest triumph echieved under his leadership, his friends will put him forward as the candi- date of the Maryland democracy for the party’s nomination for President. The Silver Question. The first point noted relates to the silver question. The state convention next week, it is ass@rted, will dispose of that question by reaffirming the financial plank of the Chicago platform of 1892. A much more explicit deliverance could be secured. There is no likeness between the democratic sit- uation in Maryland and that in Kentucky. Mr. Gorman has no aggressive silver fac- tion to deal with. The Maryland -democ- racy is almost unanimously in favor of sound money, and, if the Senator desired it, would, it is believed, go aggressively on the record next Wednesday. But the Senator, it would appear, does not desire it, and the reason is thought to be that he Is consider- ing the effect outside of the state on his own fortunes. As the leader df the state democracy he does not this year need an aggressive deliverance on the finances. As the possible leader of the national democ- racy next year such a deliverance might injure him. Here the democracy of the south and west, where silver is strong, is to be considered. And so, as did Mr. Cai Usle in Kentucky, and as Mr. Brice medi- tates doing in Ohio, Mr. Gorman will ask his friends in Maryland to postpone silver until next year. This will afford him time to give the matter further thought, and also enable him to profit by any changes in public sentiment on the subject that may occur between now and then. The decision, viewed with regard to his presidential as- pirations, is regarded as shrewd and char- acteristic. To Indorse the Administration. Another point noted is the intention of Mr. Gorman to ask nothing in the way of indorsement for himself from the conven- tion, but.to give to the President and his administration a very cordial indorsement. This will be both shrewd and handsome. ‘The Senator's friends, it is suggested, need no cajoling. They’ be on hand _ election day without further appeal. But the friends of the administration are not in the best of temper. Mr. Gorman’s triumph is thelr discomfiture. They do need cajol- ing. And so, although so recently so warmly in conflict with the President, Mr. Gorman decides to bury the past, and among the President's friends—-whom he will need at the polls—conjure with the President's namie. He evidently argues that a ticket put up on a platform full of praise of the President and his works must receive the support of all of the President's adherents. The Gorman Presidential Boom. Fa This reading of the Maryland campaign calls national attention to it. Mr. Gorman is represented as fighting for far more than mere local supremacy. His own seat in the Senate is not in peril. He has four years to his credit as a Senator, and two years will elapse before the fight for his seat begins. But as a presidential aspirant he has no time to lose. Every day ts worth its weight in gold. The roster of the strong men in the party is already being made up, Is he as strong at home as for- merly? Has this latest assault on his lines affected him before the people at large? Can he g@before the people with his ticket and his platform and repeat the showing which he has just made of his power in his party's primaries? Mr. Gorman will be Maryland’s candidate for the presidency, and-the more absolute the demonstration this year of his supremacy at home the better it will be for him next year when his name comes up for consideration by the national democracy. The Gorman presi- dential boom, therefore, is thought to be in the scale in this Maryland campaign, and the effect will be to quicken the pulses of both sides, and make the fight one of ubflagging interest. R ———_——_--2+—___ THE SUGAR BOUNTY CASES. Col. Phil. Thompson Denies That He Has a Prospective Fee. Col. Phil. Thompson has returned to this city from New York. When Col. Thomp- son’s attention was called foday to a state- ment that he will receive a $100,000 fee as soon as the sugar bounty for the crop of 1894 is paid, and that the bounty has been withheld because the Secretary of the Treasury feared that Col. Thempson would use his big fee to advance the cause of, Senator Blackburn in Kentucky, he re- marked that the story was the result of a vivid imagination. This rumor was put afloat shortly after Controller Bowler ren- dered his decision tying up the sugar bounty, and has been spread broadcast in Louisiana as the reason why the adminis- tration does not want the bounty paid. Col. Thompson said he had ho prospective fee from the sugar men, and, if he had, he would not-use it in the Kentucky cam- paign. —_—____+-2+__ SECRETARY HERBERT'S CRUISE. He Will Make a Tour of Inspection on the Dolphin. Secretary Herbert left here this after- noon on the dispatch beat Dolphin for a tour of insp2ction of navy yards and sta- tions on the north Atlantic ccast. He will first visit the yard of the Newport News Shipbullding Company, where three gun- beats are in course of construction, and will then make a short official visit to the navy yard at Norfolk, after which he will visit the stations at New York, New Lon- den, Newport, Boston and Portsmouth, Me. There is more than a probability that the cruise will also extend to the close proximity of Gray Gables, on Buzzard’s pay, so that the Secretary mey be enabled to confer personally with President Cleve- land on important naval questions. The Secretary's only companions are his son Hillary and his naval aid, Lieut. Reameye The trip will last a month or five weeks, and during that time Assistant Secretary McAdco will direct the affairs of the naval establishment. —__—_—__-o-_____ Gen, Schoficld’s Return. « Lieut. Gen. Schofield has telegraphed the War Department that he will reach here this evening from Chicago. It is said at the department that there is no significance in his return at this time,. beyond a de- sire to attend to certain business in per- son. He will probably not remain here more than a few days, and will then re- sume the inspection of the military de- partment of the Atlantic, Mra. Pagenhoff May Have Tried to Commit Suicide. Escaping Gas and Probable Opiate— Taken to Garfield Hospital and Recovery Probable, Mrs. Olivia Pagenhoff, a white woman of the best antecedents and about thirty- five years of age, was found shortly be- fore moon today in her room at 2001 I street, suffering from the effects of an overdore of a drug which is thought to have been some form of chloral. All the circumstances in the case seem to point to an attempt at suicide, but the woman's condition was discovered in time to bring her back to consciousness and later in the day she was sent to a hospital, where she will be cared for until she has complete- ly recovered. Mrs. Pagenhoff ts a widow, her husband having expired very suddenly in her pres- ence a couple of years ago. As a result of the shock she suffered a nervous break- down, and since then has made free use of bromides and = of one Sort and another. For severil months past she has been running a boardimg house at the place where the incident occurred, but it is supposed that she fell behind in her rent. At any rate she had given up the house and was expected to leave for Ohio this evening. The house is being newly papered and painted throughout, and workmen were there this morning, the house being nat- urally in a state of confusion. Mrs. Pagen- hoff occupied. her own room in the third story last night. The first heard from her this morning was about 10 o'clock, when she directed a servant to prepare her some coffee. Some time later, when the servant took the coffee to her room, there was no respcnse to the knock, and on entering the room Mrs. Pagenhoff was discovered to be in the bed in a profound stupor. A physiclan was summoned at once, and his efforts to revive her were quickly suc- cessful. When he entered there was a strong smell of escaping gas in the room, but an attempt was made to explain this by saying that theré was a leak in the gas fixture. The only way of accounting for her action is that she took the drug while in a fit of despondency. The people at the house were very reti- cent about the occurrence afterward, even refusing to give the name of the unfortu- nate woman. They denied that she had at- tempted to commit suicide, and an elderly woman, who was superintending the clean- ing of the house, and who sald she had known Mrs. Pagenhoff for a long time, stated to the reporters that Mrs. Pagenhoff was a victim to the use of opiates, and was simply discovered sleeping off the effects of an overdose, just as one might do after imbibing too much liquor. She said that if the woman had been left alone she would have pulled Se all right just the same, and would have laughed at the idea that she had tried to put an end to her exist- ence. —.__. SURGEON MACKIE’S SUICIDE. Officials at the Nuvy Department Un able to Accouut for It. Officials of the Navy Department were very much surprised to hear of the suicide. of Surgeon Penfamin S. Mackie at his resi- dence, No. 2224 Trinity place, Philadelphia, and are at a loss to account for it. Dr. Mackie wa3 at the head of his grade, and was under orders to report at the Navy Department on Monday last for examina- tion for promotion to the grade of medical inspector. Illness is sald to have prevented his attendance. There is considerable mys- tery surrounding his, death, but the cir- cumstances all point to a case.of suicide. He was found dead in the library of his residence with a bullet wound in his head. The ball had entered the left temple and passed clear through the head. Death must have been instantaneous. Discovery of the Tragedy. The tragedy was discovered by the broth- er of the deceased, who was passing the house and noticing a light burning dimly in the second-story room rang the door- bell to find whether or not the doctor was home. The physician's wife, together with the three children, has been at Cape May the greater part of the summer and the doctor had also been stopping there. The residence has been closed up for the sum- mez. ‘The doctor's brother knew that the fam- ily was absent, and when he saw the light in the house he became suspicious and started in to make an investigation. He was unable to get any response to his calls, so he went to a drug store near by, vhere he found the key of the residence, which gave him access to the house. There was a light in the hallway and Mr. Mackie made his way to the second story and thence to his brother's library. The dcor was ajar, and pushing it wide open, Mr. Mackie was thunderstruck to find his brother lying dead on the lounge. There was a wound over the temple and the man’s clothing was saturated with blood. A re- volver with one chamber empty lay at his feet on the floor. The deceased was dressed with the exception of his coat and hat, which had been placed on a chair in a corner of the room. The bed tn the doctor’s bed room had been occupied the night previous, and the police are inclined to believe that he awoke in the early morning, dressed himself, with the exception of his coat and hat, and coneluded to take his own life in the manner already described. His Career in the Navy. Surgeon Mackie was born in Louisiana and entered the medical department of the navy in April, 1869. He had been thirteen years at sea, and nine years on shore duty. His last crulse was on the Chicago, while flagship of the European station. That vessel was placed out of commission at New York in April last, since which time Dr. Mackie had been on waiting orders. He was slated for duty on the New York as fleet surgeon of the North Atlantic sta- tlon. ——_—2+______ VALKYRIE’S DRESS. She Has New Light Steel Spars and is Wonderfully Stim. BOSTON, July 26.—A local paper con- fains a cablegram dated at Gourock, Ire- land, in which it is said that Valkyrie III will have a set of steel spars, tons lighter than the pines. This, the correspondent continues, will reduce the weights aloft quite as much, if not more, than the De- fender gains in her aluminum top sides. The steel spars, which are greatly reduced in size from the former ones, are made of nickel steel, galvanized. The mast is round and smooth, and is over a ton lighter than a pine mast. It is just fifteen feet over all, and twenty-two inches in diameter, which is three and one- half inches less than her Oregon mast. The other spar dimensions are: Topmast, 56 feet and 19% feet in the doublings; boom, 12514 feet; bowsprit, 43 feet over all. From foreside of mast to outer cranze iron on the bowsprit is 80 feet. The spinnaker boom is 80 feet, and the sail spread is nearly 14,000 square feet. She has now thirty-seven tons of lead on her keel, and by reducing weight aloft she will be fully stiff enough, so her crew think. —__s ___ Wheat Firmer. CHICAGO, July 26.—Whext opensd firmer today on an expected advance at Liverpool, but soon weakened on the lack of outside trade and apparent absenve of short inter- est. September opened three-cighths of a cent higher at 71 1-4, dropped to 69 7-8, and reacted to 70 3-8. The Black Ship Sails With Joseph ‘ A. Beam. BRUTALLY KILLED A WOMAN He Was Brave to the Last and Died Praying. THE FATAL DROP eee Joseph A. Beam, the murderer of Annie L. Leahy, sailed away in the black ship which he so often said he had seen in his dreams at 11:36 this morning for the world beyond the grave. The execution was done in a perfect manner, and the wretched man died in a painless way, his neck being broken. True to his repeated predictions, he walked to his death bravely and quiet- ly, and those who expected to see him col- lapse or create a scene were disappointed, At half-past 11 Warden Leonard entered Beam’s cell to read the warrant of execus tion, and exactly fifty-five minutes later the man had paid the penalty for his crime, bis body was in the coffin on the way to the grave, the expenses attending the enforcement of the law were paid for and the return of the warden to the clerk was on its way. Unlike Travers, who was hanged here last Friday, slept but little last night, not falling to ‘sleep until after 4 o'clock this morning, and then sleeping but fitfully a little more than two hours. His last night on earth was spent for the mosf, part in praying, reading, smoking a pipe and talking with his death watch. When not engaged in prayer he was talking of his past Ife, of his wife, the love for whom was one of the redeeming traits in the man’s life, but not once of his crime or of the woman he suddenly serft -nto eter- nity. The murderer was plainly under a terrible strain, and, seeing that he could not sleep, the death watch encouraged him to tall. Made His Will. During the night Guard Smith wrote his will, in which the unfortunate man directed that I. C. Gibbs should have his box of carpenter tools, and his wife his rings and all else, the residue consisting of his string of beads, a crucifix and a few trifling trinkets, The guard also wrote a jetter for him to his wifs, who lies sick at home. In his letter Beam bade his wife an affection- ate farewell, telling her that he was pery fectly resigned to die, and assuring her that he would die bravely and at peace with the world, confident of forgiyeness. Father Dolan was with ‘him until 9 o'clock last evening, having been praying with him for two hours, and* this: morning Father McAtee called about 7:39 and administered the holy communion. Beam seemed to de- rive much-comfort from the visit of t! clergyman, and’ assured him that he woul: quietly walk'to the scaffold and would have nothing to say. Father Dolan soon return- ed to the jail,.and the clergymen remained with thelr charge until the end. Larger Crowd. Beam ate a- hearty breakfast, and frong then until he was told that his hour ha@ come, he gave himself up to spiritual mate ters. Meantime, quite a large crowd ha@ gathered in front of the jail, and about 18 o'clock those having invitations were ad- mitted to the rotunda. The numper invited to witness the execution today was larger than that present at the execution of Travers—the grand turv again being pres- ent. The increase in the number of spec- tators was due to the pressure brought to bear upon the warden by court officials The crowd was a well behaved ard very orderly one, and the forty or fifty police- men present under Lieuts. Kelley and Mc- Cathran had little, if anything, to do. At 11:15 the jury of twelve men, mostly newspaper reporters, selected by Warden Lecnard to witness and certify to the exe- cution of Beam, took their places on two long benches at the foot of the scaffold, The warden entered Beam’s cell fifteen minutes later to read the death warrant to him and to lead him to the gallows, and two minutes later the warden, closely fol- lowed by Fathers McAtee and Dolan, rea: ing the service for the dying, took up the march for the scaffold. As the death war- rant was read to him, Guard Waters pin- foned Beam’s arms behind him at the el- bows and wrists, and supported by Waters and Guard Woodward, the wretched man walked slowly across the rotunda and down the northeast corridor of the prison to the scaffold. a The Drop Falls. The priests constantly read the service for the dying, and as they slowly marched to and up the steps of the gallows Beam, in a perfectly audible tone, made his re- sponses. He was very pale, and while he was bravely bearing the terrible ordeal, it was plainly evident that the effort was a supreme one, and that the strain was rap- idly telling upon him, He was quickly placed upon the drop, and, as the guards - pound his legs, he glanced about him, as if taking a mental photograph of the whole scene. He was gradually growing more and mere worked up, and his voice grad- ually rose as he made his responses to the words of the priests. So high rose his voice that Father Dolan whispered to him to lower it and that all was well. The black cap was quickly adjusted after the rope and its great knot had been fus- tened back of the man’s left ear, and, with the black cap hiding the world from his eyes, Beam eagerly bent forward his head and kissed the crucifix, which Father McAtee held to his 1 three times, Then, as the doomed man was repeating the supplication, “Oh, Lord Je: have erey upon me; into Thy hands I offer my fe for bay sins,” Warden Leonard pulled out his handkerchief and waved a signal to the unknown executioner. For a second or two the signal was apparently not seen, but as the warden waved it a second tlme and spoke to the executioner, the drop fell, and Beam plunged down about six feet at precisely 11:36, exactly the moment Tray- ers dropped into eternity last Friday. ‘As the man reached the end of the rope he was jerked up several inches, and then the body slowly revolved once or twice. The breaking of the neck prevented any movement but one or two slight convulsive movements of ‘the knees and shoulders, and then the body hung practically mo- tionless, except that it swayed to and fro slightly. Five minutes later the body was lowered a few feet, that the physicians might examine it. Ten minutes after the drop fell the nulse waa beating at the rate