Evening Star Newspaper, August 6, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansyivania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Cam 8, H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. Yew York 40 Potter low York Oiice, 4 Building. ‘The Evening ‘Star ts served to subscribers In the ‘elty by carriers, on thelr own accoust, at 10 cents at the Trcek, or 44 cents por month. | Copies at \—any Ww! in the cents gounter 2 cents each. mail- United States or Cavada—postage prepaid—50 per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with fotgtecka ut’ the Post Office at Washington, D. ©, ered at a . MESPTil sal staergNS ste paid tm ara mall subseriptions mu . tes of advertising made known on application. —Hhe Eve No. 13,236. ny Star. WASHINGTON, D.O., TUESDAY, AUGUST 6, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. NEW ASSESSMENT|* 8°12 BURGLARIKICHENG’S MURDERS |°0U8TS ABOUT DaVENPORT|CQMING ELECTIONS It Will Not Be Completed Until Next July. PROBABLE RETENSION OF TIME Congress Will Be Asked for Addi- tional Legislation. PROGRESS OF THE WORK —_+—_—_ ‘The property holders of Washington will not probably be called upon to pay their taxes for 1896-07, or the first half of them, in November, 1896, It is expected a law will be passed by Congress, like the one passed last year, making the entire pay- ment due in May, 1897. = This, it is stated at the District building, will be absolutely necessary in view of the fact that the board of permanent assess- ors have found it utterly impossible to complete the new assessment in January, the time prescribed by the law. So when Congress meets the Commissioners will prepare a bill asking for an extension. The tme for completing the assessment will undoubtedly ve extended until July, 1896, when the assessment will be returned and the board resolve itself into a board of re- vision for the purpose of adjusting assess- ments. This board will be in session until January, 1897, when the books will be clos- ed permanently and the assessor given charge of them. Under this arrangement the assessor will have until May to get his new books ready. Progress of the Work. The board started to make the new as- sessment at Rock creek on the east, and up to the present time has progressed as far as the section between 8th and 9th, Florida ayenue and B street northwest. The work has been sluw for the reason that the bears is compelled by Jaw to make @ personal inspection “f each piece of prop- erty. Every member of the board must go along when an assessment is made. Each May this board, in addition to tts labors of assessment, is compelled to make an assess- ment of the new houses that have been erected during the year, and when Novem- ber comes around, the board changes its identity and becomes the excise board. What Chairman Bates Says. A reporter of The Star had an interview with Col. Bates, chairman of the board, this morning before he went out upon his assessing tour. He said it was impossible to complete the assessment in time, and said (as stated above) that Congress wouid be asked to legislate and extend the time for completing the assessment. “Would it not be better to ask Congress to extend ths time of completing the as- sessment, and at the same time allow the taxpayers to pay under the present assess- ment?” asked The Star reporter. “Decidedly not,"’ replied Col. Bates. “The people of Washington should have the ben- efits of this new assessment.” “Then the new assessment will be ma- terially lower than the present one?” “While, of course, it is too early to speak definitely upon the subject, I believe there will be some reduction. We have found that houses in the past have been assessed altogether too high. That is, generally speakirg. Of course, there are instances where the assessment has been altogether too low. I think, however, the present as- sessment, as far as ground is concerned, is just. There are exceptions, to be sure, but we hope to equalize the matter.” ——. MOVEMENT OF TROOPS. Speculation as to When the Annual Shaking Up Will Take Place. The annual movement of troops Is the subject that is now agitating the most gen- eral attention in military cifcles at present. Speculation is lively as to when the con- templated shaking up will occur, and also as to which regiments will be affected thereby. Extensive transfers of troops are unusual on account of the great expens Last year they were much greater than for years before, and this was due to the policy of the department of abandoning small posts at frontier points and concentrating the troops at important railway centers. ‘There is lots of gossip about the plans for the present year, and, as usual, it is of a conflicting character. Ore report is that very few changes are to be made. An- other, which probably receiyes more general credence, Is that the move™hent will be on xtended scale even than that of According to this report eight in- fantry regiments will be shifted to new sta~ tions. Of this number, however, the names of only six are mentioned in the reports, These are the fourteenth, seventeenth, eighteenth, nineteenth, twentieth and twen- ty-first. The fourteenth regiment is now on duty at Vancouver barracks, Washington; the seventeenth at Colum ,» Ohio, and Fort Russell, Wyo.; the eighteenth at Forts Bliss and Houston, Tex.; the nineteenth at Forts Wayne and Brady, Mich.; the twen- tleth at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., and the twenty-first at Plattsburg barracks, N. None of the officials are willing to s what are to be the future stations of these regiments. The presumption is that those now south will come north and east, and that those east will go west and south. It is expected that, in addition to these trans- fers, others involving the exchange of sta- ges by detached companies will be order- ———<$—o__§_ Smallpox on the Increase. A telegrum to the surgeon general of the marine hospital service states that the smalipox ceses among the returning negro colonists quarantined at El Paso have in- creased to seventy, while there are now 335 negroes in camp. Writing from Santiago de Cuba, under date of July Consul Hyatt says that yellow fever is now epidemic in that city and throughout southern Cuba. There had ighty-three deaths on account of the fever in Santiago during the first half of y, and he states that the disease has muck worse since. All unacclimated eople who can get away are leaving. The ever has broken out among the fron miners. ee Money for the Indians. The Treasury Department today sent to the agent of the Nez Perces Indians in Idaho about nine hundred warrants, aggre- gating $166,036, being nearly the whole of the first peyment to these Indians of the claim against the government for lands ceded to Unitec th “k was appointed postmaster | Greene county, Va., today B. Hedrick, his father, de- pd. al number of fourth-class postmasters appointed today, 19; of which 16 were to fill vacancies caused by death and resigna- tlons. ee age eae teat Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for fedemption, $14,572. Government receipts— From internal revenue, § ; customs, $215,131; miscellaneous, $31,516. Breaks Into the Sub Post Office at Pain’s Eckington Drug Store. Despite Great Clamor He Continues at Work Until Forced to Jump Throw; a Window and Escape. A burglar, bold to the point of downright impudence, broke into the drug store of J. N. Pain, at the corner of North Capitol and R streets, in Eckington, about midnight last night and coolly proceeded to pack up goods preparatory to removing them in spite of the warnings and repeated cries of a frightened woman, the blowing of a po- lice whistle and a general outcry of alarm. Only when a pistol was fired to increase the noise did the thief desist in his ap- parent determination to loot the establish- ment and make his escape. Pain’s drug store is also a substation of the city post office, being numbered 16, and in addition to a thriving pharmaceutical and soda water trade, transacts a large amount of postal business, the sale of stamps being particularly large. Mr. Pain, the proprietor of the store, and superinten- dent of the substation, lives at No. 41 R street,gput his father’s family, including his sister, Miss Lillie, and his small brothers, reside above the store. The elder Pain is away. Last night Miss Pain was attract- ed by a noise, and, looking out of the side window, saw a rough-looking white man below endeavoring to pry up the drug store window. She asked him what he wanted, and, receiving no answer, threatened to scream if he didn’t go away. Most Amazing Impudence. For a reply the man deliberately walked over to the other lower window, and raising his elbow, drove it through the glass pane, ‘Then he inserted his hand, unfastened the catch and, raising the window, climbed in- to the store. Miss Pain screemed at the top of her voice, and called as well to a passerby on the other side of the street that a burglar was in the store below, and asked his as- sistance. The individual addressed told Miss Pain she was daft and had better go to bed. Probably he was a confederate of the thief. As he disappeared, Letter Car- rier George Gerhausen, who was making the midnight collection, came running to the scene and blew the distress call on his police whistle. While he was lustily wak- ing the echoes, one of Miss Pain’s little brothers fired a pistol out of the window in the air. At this the burglar concluded he had better decamp, and he took a novel way of doing it. Carried the Show Window Out. There was a crash of glass in front, and when the letter carrier got ardund there the front show window was lying on the side- walk and the burglar, who had jumped through it, carrying it with him in his flight, had escaped. Three policemen ar- rived at this juncture, two of them coming from P street. The fleeing burglar had passed them, but they thought he was some one going for assistance and did not stop him, An examination of the premises showed the burglar had packed up a large quan- tity of cigars, tobacco and other goods on a counter preparatory to carrying them off. In his flight he left a large revolver of the eld Colts army pattern, his shoes, a chisel, a jimmy and a brace and bit. Mr. Pain says this makes the third time in three months that his place has been broken into. The last time two policemen coming on duty saw a man standing be- tween the two bay windows of the store, one of the windows being up. They took him ‘to the station without making an ex- amination of the premises, and found a loaded revolver on him. He was given six months in jail for concealed weapons. It developed a few minutes after the officers left with their prisoner that his confederate was in the store, as he emerged from the raised window shortly afterward, carrying with him the contents of the cash drawer. Mr. Pain said today that it would be ex- tremely difficult for any one to steal the post office, as it was securely protected, and a long time would be needed to get at it. The visitor was evidently a professional, and the detectives are engaged upon the case. It is probable that he did not escape being cut by glass when he made his flying Jeap through the show window, and maybe from this his apprenension will be made possible. . There has been considerable complaint in Eckington of late about the laxity of police surveillance, and it is stated that the citi- zens will use the occurrerce of last night to emphasize their demand for better service. FORTY-FIVE APPLICATIONS. Many Officers Want the Vacancy in the Judge Advucnte General's Office. Considerable interest is taken in the army in the vacancy of major in the judge advocate general's department. This is one of the most desirable billets in the ser~ vice, and there are innumerable applicants for it, both in civil life and in the line of the army. Most of the applications, how~- ever, are from army officers, generally of the rank of first lieutenant or captain, and many of them have been acting judges ad- vocate at the different department head- quarters. It is said that there are now forty-five applications on file at the de- partment, of which all but three or four are from the army. The following is a partial list of the military applicants, and is said to embrace the names of those most likely to be considered in making this ap- peintment: Capt. Charles McClure, eight- eenth infantry, now acting judge advocace at Vancouver barracks; First Lieut. W. EB. Birkhimer, third artillery; First Lieut. F. Glenn, twenty-fifth infantry, now acting judge advocate at St. Paul, Min be transferred, pursuant to an yesterday, to Vancouver bari Lieut. Harvey C. Carbaugh, fifth artille Capt. A. C. Sharpe, iwenty-second in. fantry, now acting judge advocate at Den- First Lieut. Arthur Murr: Capt. Allen H. Jacksoa, infantry; Capt. T. T. Knox, first cavairy; Capt. Alfred M. Fuller, second cavalry. ee THE PATENT OFFICE. ae Report of Business During the Past Year. The commissioner of patents, John §. Seymour, today filed with the Secretary of the Interior his annual report of the bust- ness done by his bureau during the past fiscal year. Commi: mour says: There were r 2 applications for patents, applications; for de- i applications for’ reissues, applicati for trade marks, 1S applications for labels and %,314 caveats were filed. 743 patents granted, including 1,804 trade mark: and 6 p forfeited for t Total expenditure 2 of receipts penditures was $i57381. The of ts over expenditures now © the credit of the patent is $ All but one of the -four divisions have their work with- month of date, and this one was an two months behind. At the close of the fiscal year 4,927 applications were awaiting action. —— In_the tr office To Succeed 2 Democrat. The President today appointed Lloyé Reed postmaster at Clarksourg, W. Va., In place of Lee Vance, who resigned. Mr. Vance was a democrat, who desired to get out and engage in private business. Ontrages Premeditated and Carefully Planned. LASTLETTER OF THE REV. MR, STEWART Arranging for the Safety of Women and Children.” PLEAS TO THE HEARTLESS ——————— HONG KONG, August 6.—In an Inter- view today with some of the survivors of the Ku Cheng massacre they declared that the outrage was carried out in the most diabolical manner, and that it was evident- ly a premeditated’ and carefully arranged attack, and entirely unprovoked, upon the occupants of the missionary station while they were asleep. The bodies of the vic- tims were buried at Foo Chow. There are rumors of further riots at places nearer to Foo.Chow than Ku Cheng. ‘This district includes the stations of the Church of England at Zenana, the Ameri- can Methodists’ stations at Fukhien, Puha- ing, Layong, Ningtaik, Hochkien and Kul- wai. Apprehension at Ku Cheng. LONDON, August 6—The last letter, dated April 8, from the murdered English missionary, the Rev. Mr. Stewart, has been received in London, and describes the criti- cal situation of affairs at Ku Cheng. Mr; Stewart wrote: “Ten days ago we were awakened at 4 o'clock in the morring by a native clergyman, who crossed the river in order to bring us the startling news that the Vegetarian rebels were ex- pected at daylight to storm Ku Cheng. The gateways of the city were heing blocked with timber and stone in order to prevent their entry. We had 100 men, women and children in our compound outside the town. We passed a terrible time of suspense un- til daybre: 2 and the Vegetariars, not liking the rain) postponed the attack. All the mission par- ty started to get inside of Ku Cheng. The male and female staffs, in the early morn- ing, after crossing the river in small par- ties in a tin boat, reached Ku Cheng wall, which had to be scaled with ladders. Dur- ing the three following days bodies of ci zens guarded the walls, armed with prongs ar ty swords. On the fourth day {he gates were opened, and the mandarin in command conferred with the Vegetarian envoys. What occurred during this inter- view we do not know. But nobody believes we have seen the end of thi» matter. Such a serious affair cannot be so easily patched up, and is probably only begun.” Mr. Stewart's letter concludes: “All the women and children, on the advice of the American and British consuls, will. be sent to the coast. The opinion prevails that if the Japo-Chinese treaty is arranged soldiers will be sent from Foo Chow to ar- rest the leaders of the rebels. But if it is not arranged, then the Vegetarians will in- crease sufficiently to make the rising « success.” SHANGHAI, August 6—The Mercury of this city today publishes a dispatch from Foo Ckow saying that the position of the Europeans is critical, owing to the open hostility of the natives and native officials. It is added that if an outhreak occurs the native officials will be unable to cope with the mob. Fo-Kien province is said to be in a state of rebellion, ard the American mission at Fung-Fuk in that province, has been burned. The Europeans and Ameri- cans have telegraphed for gunboats to pro- tect the foreign settlement. LONDON, August 6.—The correspondent of the Times at Shanghai says that the missionaries killed at Ku Cheng were mur- dered by an organized band of eighty of the ‘‘Vegetarians.” The correspondent says: “The ladies begged for their lives, promis- ing to yield their property and valuables, but the leader of the band shouted out his orders to kill them outright.” The Chinese magistrate at Ku Cheng waited for the completion of the massacre before appearing upon the scene there. There are 1,000 soldiers at Ku Cheng. It ts, therefore, absurd to say that the authorities could not have stopped the massacre, which was evidently carefully and secretly or- ganized. The American mission at Shashi, near Han-Kow, has been destroyed, and the missionaries are fugitives. The American consul has advised the missionaries in adjacent provinces to retire. Some of the speakers at yesterdays Shanghai meeting declared that they have lost confidence in the diplomats at Pekin, United States Minister Denby and British minister N. R. O'Connor being especially denounced. The Americans desire a special commission under United States Consul Jernigan to inquire into the outrages in Szechuen. Minister O'Connor has assented to this. It is just learned that after the Ku Cheng massacre the mob looted the buildings. A corected list of the victims is as fol- lows: Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart, Miss Nellie Saunders and Miss Lena Irish, burnt in the house; Miss Stettie Newcombe was speared and. thrown down a precipice; Miss Marshall had her throat cut; Miss Gordon, speared in the head; Miss Topsy Saunders, speared in the brain; Master Herbert Stew- art, skull fractured and brain exposed; Lena Stewart, died from shock. England Aroused to Action. LONDON, August 6.—The officials of the foreign office have cabled instructions to the British minister at Pekin, Mr. N. R. O'Conor, to demand the safety of all Brit- ish subjects in the disturbed districts and to insist upon a full inquiry into the mas- sacre. In addition, Mr. O'Cénor has been ordered to see that the culprits are pun- shed and that an independent inquiry be made into the Ku Cheng massacre by a British consular court. State Department Advices. The State Department has just received the following cablegram from United States Consul General Jernigan: | “SHANGHAI, August 6.—Hixon, United States consul at Foo Chow, wires: Ameri- } can mission property at Yun Fuh burned. Details of Ku Cheng massacre_ horrible. H{ouses stealthily surrounded and sleeping ladies and children speared to death. Sit- uation unsettled.” —— Both Balloonistx Will Recover. JACKSON, Mich., August 6.—The bal- s who fell from a balioon at Vander- Lake Sunday afternoon were not as* seriousiy injured as at first reported. The young woman had both her legs broken, while Elliott's collarbone was fractured. Both will recover. Hope Renewed in the Hearts of Those Who Are Praying for Him. Consul Morse’s Report Appears to Add to the Uncertainty and Mystery of the Case. The detectives investigating the case of the missing Dana A. Davenport, son of the Episcopal minister of Anacostia, are still in the dark cencerning the young man's whereabouts. The report of Consul Morse received here yesterday from Glasgow has only made the case more uncertain so far as the identity of the Glasgow man 1s con- cerned. As printed in yesterday's Star, the name “J. K. Walker, Muskegon, Mich.,” was found written in the book taken from the clothing of the dead man. As the mem- bers of the Davenport family did not know of such a man, it was thought possible that the deceased had met the man Walker on the steamer en route to Scotland, and yes- terday afternoon. Inspector Hollinberger telegraphed the Michigan authorities for in- formation concerning J. Walker, but the response came that no such person was ever known there. This, it is thought by some of the missing man's friends, makes the case more mysterious than ever. Private Detective McDevitt, who has been investigating the case, doubts the identity of the man whose body is buried in the Glasgow Infirmary cemetery. Until the consul’s report was received the de- tective was about satisfied that the young man who died in Glasgow was Davenport, but yesterday he learned from the steam- ship company’s office that no such person as Davenport had sailed from there in time to have reached Scotland at the time the young man died there. Detective McDevitt today sent a man to New York to learn from the steamship offices there what he can about the pes- sengers who sailed about the time the missing theological student left the home of his friends in Baltimore. = Inspector Hollinberger, who has taken such an active interest in the case, is «till of the opinion that the body of the man buried in Scotland was Davenport. : —_—_. MR. STERN CONVICTED. « No Way in Which This Government Can Interfere. Unofficial information has reached here from Kissengen, Germany, that Mr. Louis Stern of New York, who was recently ar- rested for an alleged insult to Baron von Thuengen, deputy commissioner of the Spa at Kissengen, was convicied there yesterday, after a legal trial, and sentenced to two weeks’ imprisonment and to pay a fine of 600 marks. The State Department has not as yet been advised of the result of the triai, and the officials there are not disposed to comment upon the case. Dip- lomatic authorities who have been ques- tioned on the subject, however, are almost a unit in the opinion that Mr. Stern will have to submit to the punishment imposed and that there is no ground upon which the United States government can interpose in his behalf. According to Wharton, Americans visit- ing Germany or any other foreign country are amenable to the local courts of jus- tice of any infractions of the law which they may commit. It agreed that it is the province of the local ju- diciary to construe and administer the laws, and if this be done promptiy and im- partially toward American citizens and with a just regard for their rights, the country to which they belong has no just cause for complaint. In such cases the foreigners can expect no redress through the intercession of the diplomatic represen- tatives of their country. According to in- ternational uses, diplomatic officers are authorized to intercede only when citizens of their country have been denied justice or-are the victims of oppression. $$$ —___ CITY POST OFFICE PROMOTIONS. Fourteen Thousand Dollars Distrib- uted Among Low-Salaricd Clerks. Postmaster Willett has had the pleasure of notifying a large number of the clerks employed in the city post office of substan- tial increases In their annual salaries. It was found recently that the increase of the earnings of the Washington post office would admit of the addition of something like $14,000 to the annual pay roll total, and this amount has been accordingly dis- tributed among the employes. Those who received advances were the lower salaried clerks and those who were not promoted a year ago. °. DISTRICT GOVERNMENT. Neo Siding Allowed. The Commissioners this afternoon heard arguments relative to the running of a switch of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad from I street into square 807. Attorney Thomas was called in and asked to state the law. He said there was no question that the railroad bad the right to run a switch into the property aamed by it alon: the line of its road, provided it was use by the railroad for its business. He did not think, however, in view of the presenta~ tlon of the case, which set forth that the square was to be used as a coal yard for the benefit of some one other than the rail, road, that the Commissioners had the vight to grant the permit. The Northeast Washington Citizens’ Association was pres~ ent, represented by Messrs. Evan Tucker, So J. Frizzell, J. B. Algate and William ebl. Contract Awarded. The Commissioners today awarded the contract for building an additional story to the ihird pr t station house to C, R. Munroe at 3, Commissioner Powell Returns. Engineer Commissioner Powell returned to the city today and was at his desk at the District buiidh ays. Building Permits. Building permits were issued today as follows: Bridget P. Boland, one two-story frame building, corner Emerson and 34th streets, East Washington Park, $1,000. N. Auth, one frame stable, Bladensburg road near Queen’s Chapel road northeast, ee Army Orders. First Lieut. William H. Wilhelm (recent- Iy promoted from second lieutenant, tenth infantry) is assigned to the fourteenth in- fantry, company E. Additional Second Lieut. Oscar J. Charles, tenth infantry, is assigned to a vacancy of second Hettenant in that regi- ment, company E. Leave of absence for two months is granted First Lfeut. William F. Lippitt, jr., assistant surgeon. By direction of the President First Lieut. Harry A, Leonhaeuser, twenty-fifth infan- try, is detailed as professor of military sclence and tactics at the university of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minn., and will re- lieve First Lieut. George H. Morgan, third cavalry, who will join his troop. ez Leave of absence for two months is granted Second Lieut. Gordon Voorhies, fourth cavalry. 2 Electric Plows in Germany. Consul Doederlen at Leipsic, Germany, has made a reportto the State Department upon the manufacture and use of electric plows in that country. He shows that the plews are operated by electricity cheaper than by steam. z Interest in the Contests to End Next November. VOTING 10 BE IN TWELVE STATES National Issues to Affect All Cam- paigns. SOME OF THE FEATURES ° Although this is In theory an “off year” In politics, it is in fact a very interesting year, and one that is likely to be exciting. State elections will be held in twelve states next November, and in all of them the campaign will be‘well under way by the middle of next month, with features bear- ing upon national issues. Those states which will hold important elections in November are Ohio, Iowa, Kan- sas, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippl, Nebraska, New York, New Jer- sey, Pennsylvania and Virginia, as well as the embryo state of Utah. Governors will be chosen in seven states, and their Jegis- latures will also elect United States Sena- tors. The fate of more than seven Senators fs in the balance, however, because a portion of the legislatures to be elected in November will act with the legislatures subsequently chosen in the selection of Senators. Importance of Obio. One of the most important elections will be held in Ohio, where the governor, lieu- tenant governor, treasurer, auditor, attor- ney general, judge of supreme court and member of board of public works will be selected, as well as the legislature, which will elect a successor to Senator Brice in 1897. The campaign in Ohio is already warming up and promises to be an exciting one. The democrats will make a strong fight for control of the state, while the re- publicans are not only anxious to retain that, but want to turn Mr. Calvin S. Brice out of the Senate and install a good repub- lican as Senator Sherman's colleague. The New York Legislature. In New York state and city the election of next November will be an important one. There are some minor state officers to be chosen, but the interest will center Jargely in the fight over the legislature. An entire legislature is to be elected, con- sisting of fifty senators, for terms of three years, and 150 assemblymen, for terms of one year. The state senators elected in November will take part in choosing the svecessor of Mr. David B. Hill in the United States Senate, and a bitter contest will be rade over them. A member of the House of Representatives of the United States is to be elected from the tenth congressional district to succeed Aporen J. Campbell, re- publican, deceased. County officers, city of- ficers, twelve judges of the supreme court and numerous local issues make the cam- paign in New York a highly interesting one. The Kentucky Situation. In Kentucky the campaign is of the high- est importance on account of the offices at stake and the peculiar conditions of the situation. Almost the entire state govern- ment is to be elected and a legislature which will name the successor of Senator Blackburn. The republicans are making the fight of their Mie in the blue grass state, and all politicians declare the chances for republican success were never so brill- jant as at this time. The democracy is 50 badly demoralized that the republicans be- lieve it within the range of possibilities to carry the state offices and make « hot fight for the senatorship. A Warm Campaign in Maryland. Maryland is another southern state where @ warm campaign will lead up tp the elec- tion of November, when important offices are to be filled, and here, also, the condi- tions are such as to warrant the entertain- ing of republican hopes. The state offices to be; filled are governor, attorney general, controller, circuit judge, county officers and minor officials, together with the Jower house of the general assembly and four- teen senators. The general assembly will elect a succesor to Senator Gibson, whose term will expire March 3, 15) The repub- licans are counting upon splits in the de- mocracy to help them carry the state offices and they hope to drive in further the en- tering wedge made by the election last fall of three out of the six Representatives in Congress. Massachusetts and Mississippi. In Massachusetts a governor, lieutenant governor and other state officials are to be elected, as well as a new legislature. The republicans have an overwhelming majority in the present legislature, and, of course, control the state offices. The prospects are not regarded as bright for democratic gains, and their only hope at present is to profit by republican over-confidence and indiffer~ ence to cut down the great majorities now confronting them. In Mississippi there is to be an election of governor and other state officers"and a legislature. This body will be chosen for a four-years term, and at its first sitting will name the man who will succeed Senator George when his term expires, March 3, 1899, The silver question is figuring ex- tensively in the campaign and is one of the issues. The New Jerxey Battle Ground. New Jersey is a battle ground for the re- publicans, A governor is to be elected to succeed the derrocratic incumbent, and the republicans will make a fight for it. In ad- dition there will be an election of sixty members of the assembly and seven state senators, In Iowa the contest will be over the state officials, governor, lieutenant governor and two minor officials and the legisla- ture. This body will select Senator Allison’s successor, but the senatorial fight does not attract much attention, as it is generally conceded Mr. Allison will suc- ceed himself. Virginia will elect the entire lower house of the legislature and one-half of the sen- ate, the latter to vote later upon the eiec- tion of a United States Senator to suc- ceed Mr. John W. Daniel, democrat. In this state the question of an honest elec- tion Jaw ranks as the first issue of the campaign, while the silver question comes to the front in connection with the sena- torial fight. Interest in Pennsylvania, In Pennsylvania a state treasurer is to be elected and the appointment of seven judges of the supericr court confirmed. In this state the interest centers upon a fight between Senator Quay and Governor Hi ings for the control of the state machinery, the democrats hoping to profit by a divis- ion in the republican party. Utah will elect an entire state govern- ment, the first election under her newly acquired statehood, which will be a fact accomplished by November, and will also select a legislature, which will name two United States Senators. In South Carolina an election will be held August 20, at which delegates will be se- lected to attend a convention to meet in September and make a new state consti- tution. Connecticut will. hold town elec- tions November 7, and Nebraska will hold elections November 5 for justice of tae su- preme court and two regents of the state university. HIS DIFFICULTIES GROWING|GRAND JURY TO ACT Qleveland Men Are Not the Only Malcon- tents in Maryland. Some of Mr. Gorman’s Former Sup- porters Are Now Making Him a Good Deal of Trouble. Mr, Gorman’s <ifficulties in Maryland are said to be growing. The Cleveland men are not the only malcontents. Some of the Senator’s own former supporters are grumpy, and may make him as much trou- ble as those who keve always fought him. He is represented as being more anxious than at any time since first assuming lead- ership in the state. The republicans are united and full of hcre, and their onset threatens to try the democratic column as never before. The announcement in The Star of yesterday, therefore, of the con- ference between Mr. Gorman and Col. La- mont served 10 emphesize the talk about the Maryland situation, and to recall those features of it that bear the most strongly on the disgruntlement of the Senator's former friends. Last Winter's Announcement. When the fight for the democratic guber- 1atorial nomiaation first opened in Mary- land last winter it was announced for Mr. Gorman that he would take no part what- ever in it. Aspirants were assured that the Senator's hand would not be felt at any stage of the game. The field was open to all, and the best man would be allowed to win. It was a question for the democracy to settle at the primaries. Mr. Gorman was, of course, interested, but only to the extent of wishing the best man success. He had no candidate to present, and would have none. He would gladly accept the candidate of the majority, and after the majority had declared itself in convention, uninfluenced by himself, he would exert himself to the utmost, in conjunction with the other party leaders, to secure success at the polls Mr. Gorman Did Appear. This assurance was specific, and, encour- aged by it, several democrats of prominence took the field, Isador Raynor, State Senator Hayes and Spencer Jones among the num- ber. Mr. Raynor soon retired, alleging that Mr. Gorman was.not inactive, but in the end would make the nomination, and that he, Raynor, could not hope to recelve the Senatoy’s support. Inasmuch, however, as Mr. Raynor had, before retiring, openly at- tacked Mr. Gorman from the stump no sympaiky was expressed for him, and no serious account was taken of his retirement. Mr. Hayes ana Mr! Jones stuck to their knitting, and each fele that he was mak- ing progress with a gubernatorial stocking. But vain was the thought. When the Bal- timore convention met, Mr. Gorman, who, according to the first outline of his pro- gram, was not even to appear on the scene, did appear on the scene, and, taking the work of both Mr, Hayes and Mr. Jones into his hand, unraveled the whole of it, and then tossed the ball of yarn to Mr. Hurst, a new and an unexpected quantity in the contest, without any claims to consideration at all, so fir as the two disappointed can— didates could see. Hayes and Jones Indignant. An exposion necessarily followed. Both Mr. Jones and Mr. Hayes were highly in- dignant. Both had canvassed the state at a somewhat keavy expense for men with- out fortune, and yet here they were left at the close rot only with nothing to show for their cutlay, but exposed to the deri- sion of the public. Mr. Hayes felt so much like a dupe tlat he confessed himself one to Mr. Gorman’s face, and threatened to ae undo the convention’s work at the But Mr, Gorman is an experienced leader ‘and a man of many resources. He has been in a corner before. It may cost him some- thing to get out of the present corner, but he bas it in his power to bring the other fellows at least to negotiations. For au in- stance, as is pointed out, there is the Unit- ed States seratorship that will probably go with the state ticket in Maryland this year. Would Mr. Gorman corsent to accept Mr. Hayes or Mr. Jones as his colleague in the Senate in the place of Mr. Gibson, or some other man of his own choosing? But if he pacifies the one faction with the senator- ship, what will he offer the other faction? Mr. Cleveland may not care to command, or be able to command, his friends in the emergency, so that something substantial in the way of party concessions may Le necessary to induce them to fall inio line. Mr. Gorman, in order to win in November, must have the support of both factions. ————_e-___ Pensjons Allowed. Virginia—Original, Henry Falk, Ports- mouth, Norfolk. Original widows, ete., Ja- ule McD. Armistead, Portsmouth, Norfolk; Eliza Roach, Berkeley, Ncrfolk. Maryland—Original, Augustus Anderson, Baltimore, Baltimore, Increase, Isalah Bid- le, North East, Ceell. Reissue, Samuel T. Arthur, Cocpestown, Harford. Original widows, ete. Alvina 'P, Niebergall, Balti- more, Baltimore; Margaret Reed, Catons- ville, Baltimore. District of Columbia—Original, Jno. Doug- lass, Washington, D. C. "Increase, Joha Doherty, United’ States Soldiers’ ‘Home, Washington. Reissue, George Humphries, Washington, D. C. Mexican war widows, Margaret Cahill, Washington, D. C. = - Local Patents Allowed. Joseph S. A. Baker, Washington, D. C., car signil; Godfrey Engel, South Baltimore, Md., steam boller; William R. Derr, Balti- more, md., brush; Charles K. Judson, Wash- ington, D. C., device for forming belt lac- ing; John G. Maier, Washington, D. C., necktie slide; Samuel R. Crowder, Rich: mond, Va., base-ball-game-illustrating ap- paratus; George Pitkin, Washington, D. C., operating table or chair; William J. Pohi- man, Woodbrook, assignor of one-haif to J. E. Orrison, Baltimore, Md; Thomas M. Spil- man, Washington, D. C..’egg tester; John . Terry, assignor to E. D. Booz, Baltimore, Md., hose bridge. sas ———_+-e+______ Personal Mention, Maj. O. L. Pruden, assistant secretary to the President, has gore to his old home in New Jersey for a short vacation. Lieut. C. H. Lauchheimer of the marine corps is acting as judge advocate general of the navy. Assistant Treasurer Meline is spending his vacation at Peeonian Springs, Va. Assistant Engineer A. M. Cook of the Amphitrite and Assistant Engineer F. D, Read of the Texas are registered at the Navy Department today. Mr. Cornelius T. Belt is at Atlantic City. —————..___ No Appropriation, The Secretary of War has given notice that there is no appropriation for the cur- rent fiscal year from which clothing and donations can be furnished general prison- ers on release from confinement. Naval Cadets Appointed. The following persons have been appoint- ed.cadets at the Naval Academy: J. L. Webb, alternate, Rippey, Ia.; James D. Lowery, Ft. Dodge, Iowa; Charles L. Wil- son, Belpre, Ohlo; Paul P. Stewart, alter- nate, Marietta, Ohio. a Lieut. Pipes Retired. Second Lieutenant Henry A. Pipes, sev- enth infantry, having been found incapacl- tated for active service, on account of disa- bility incident to the service, has been placed on the retired list. The Case of Miss Flagler Will Be Considered, THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S INTENTION Case to Be Brought Up After the Summer's Recess. WHAT MR. TAGGART SAYS The shooting of Ernest Green, colored, by Miss Elizabeth Flagler, which resulted in Green’s death, will be brought to the at- tention of the grand jury when that body convenes September 9 ni This state- ment is made on the authority of Assistant District Attorney Hugh T. Taggart, who, during the -absence of Mr. Birney, is in charge of the district attorney's offlee. Mr. Taggart said to a Star reporter this after- noon: - “Most emphatically the grand jury will investigate the killing of young Green. ‘That has been an established fact since the shooting occurred.” Immediately after the coroner's inquest, Assistant District Attorney-Traoy L, Jef- fords, who represented the government at that hearing, reported the case to Mr. Bir- ney In person. The latter then sent for Mr. Taggart, and the result of the ee ence was a decision to proceed as stated. The grand jury took a recess about the middle of July until September 9, subject to call in any matter of Importance, Ac- cording to Mr. no will be tmade to specially consider the case. The statement cf a juryman ing the proceedings tefore the coroner, em- bracing the alteration of the verdict, pub- lished in yesterday's Star, is declared to be substartially correct by those present on the occasion. Coroncr Hammett's Statement, Dr. Hammett, the coroner, told a Star re- porter today that he had expected to have the testimony in th: Flagler-Green shoot- ing case typewritten in time to turn it over to the district attorney this morning, but there had been some delay in the work and it could not be placed in the hands of the authorities until tomorrow morning, Dr. Hammett understood that the verdict as rendered was no bar against haying the grand jury take the matter up. He under- stood that any member of the grand jury coyld call it up for consideration. peaking of the statement of Mr, Dorsey in The Star yesterday, regarding the man- ner in which the werdiet was added to by the clause permitting Miss Flagier to have her frezdom, Dr. Himmett said that he had written the words referred to before the signatures of the jurors with the assent of all present. He had asked if all werd satisfied w:th the proposition to insert the words referred to. There was a chorus of assent:ing voices without objection from any one, and he thoughi all were satisfied. Did Not Attempt to Influence the Jury. Dr. Hammett said he was careful to say nothing to in any way infuence the jury.” He related to a Star repurter in this con- nection a circumstance attending the first jury over which he presided. He had an idea then that in order to sign the verdict it was necessary for him to approve It. He had learned that his office was merely to see that the work of the jury was prop- erly conducted, and that he had nothing to do with the verdict further than to transmit it to the proper persons. Jurors Satisfied. Messrs. John Schlotterbeck, Smith and P. D. Vinson, members of the coroner's jury that tried the Flagler case, were seen today by a Star reporter and all were satisfied with the form of the verdict as rerdered by them. They all approved the action of Dr. Hammett in inserting the words setting Miss Flagler at liberty, and they all understood that their action did not prevent the grand jury from acting on the evidence and indicting Miss Plagler if they considered it proper to do so. What Mr. Perry Says. Mr. Ross Perry today explained to a Star reporter of the manner in which the change of the ‘coroner's verdict was made in the Flagler shooting case by the insertion of words to the effect that the jury could not hold her. “I did not," said Mr. Perry to the re- porter, “interfere with the verdict. When i was sent for by Dr. Hangnett the latter told me that he wanted Miss Flagler and myself to go to the jury room, as he wanted to read the verdict to us. I had not heard of verdicts being read in that manner, but, of course, I assented. When we went into the room Dr. Hammett, turning to Miss Flagler, said he was happy to inform her ea the jury had ‘completely exonerated ber." “That news was gladly received, and then Dr. Hammett read the verdict. I at once saw that the verdict did not do what the coroner had stated, and his assertion had been backed up by the assent of the jurors at the time it was made. I did not want te interfere, and told Dr. Hammett that tha assistant district attorney should be sent for, and when Mr. Jeffords came in ang heard the verdict with the declaration of what it was supposed to accomplish, he, too, saw that it was not in keeping h the purpose .of the jurors. “He suggested words to complete it, and after the jury had thoroughiy assented to the correction of the verdict I then made a suggestion of a way to amend tire verdict, but both the suggestion of Mr. Jeffords.and myself were not accepted. Dr. Hammett suggested the words that were placed at the end of the verdict and wrote them in. “I was extremely careful to do nothing while the verdict was being perfe>ted in tht nature of interfering with the work and, as I have shown, did nothing of the kind. Of course the Verdict has no legal bearing on the case, as the grand jury can take the matter up. It, however, does have a moral bearing on the case as an exoneration cf Miss Flagler, so far as that jury is con- cerned, and I propose to see that she gets the full benefit of it. “Miss Flagler will come to the city as soon 28 she recovers sufficiently, prepared to give bond to appear before the grand jury, which she will do at the proper time if it is nece: _ Mr. Jefford's Corroborates. Assistant Istrict Attorney Jeffords this af- ternoon declined to say anything regarding the alteration of the verdict ef the coro- ner’s jury other than that the statements made by Coroner Hammett and Mr. Perry are correct, and that the transaction was entirely regular. —.__. s Post Importations. écretary of the Treasury Curtis toms officials ing them the regulations al- ready in fore arding imports from other countries are in force and shoull be applied to importations by parcels post from the Bahs Zarhadoes, British Guiana, British Hi bia, Costa Rica, Danish t vail, Jamaica, Leeward Islands, foundland, Salvador and Wir Islands under recent postal treaties. —_—_o Acting Chief of Burcan, Admiral Ramsay has gone to New York for a few days, and Capt. Cook is acting chief of the bureau of navigation,