Evening Star Newspaper, August 7, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR ——_.= se PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, r RS Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by e 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. See New York Office, 49 Potter Building. _ po Seizes, whens ‘The Evening Star fs served to subscribers in the sity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents ger month. Goples at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anyw! in the United States or Canadu—postage prepald—60 cents ber month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage adied, $3.00, ae (Entered at the Post Oftice at Washington, D. C., a8 secon-class mail matter.) [All mail subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made Known on application. wening Star Newspaper Company, |: No. 13,237. MISS FLAGLER’S BOND| THOSE LOCAL OFFICES She Appears in the Criminal Court * and Gives Bail. HER SURETIES QUALIFY FOR $10,000 Colored Lawyers Opposed to an Indignation Meeting. COMMENT ON THE CASE —__.—__— Miss Elizabeth M. Flagler this afternoon technically surrendered herself to the war- den of the District jail to await the action of the grand jury, which will investigate the killing of Ernest Green, with a view of indicting Miss Flagler for manslaughter. At the same time she appeared before Judge Cole, holding Criminal Court No. 1, and was admitted to bail in the sum of $10,000. This proceeding was the outcome of a conference between Assistant District At- torney Taggart and Mr. Perry, counsel for Miss Flagier, which took place the morn- ing after the coroner’s inquest. On that occasion Mr. Taggart informed Mr. Perry that the verdict clearly indicated that Miss Flagler was guilty of manslaughter, and therefore she should have to be taken Into custody to await the action of the grand jury. Mr. Perry replied that at that time Miss Flagler was physically unable to appear, but would preseat herself in court at the earliest possible moment, which proved to be this afternoon. Miss Flagler in Court. Promptly at 2 o’clock, accompanied by her mother and father, Mr. John Cassel, Gen. Robert Macfeely and Mr. Perry, she proceeded to the Criminal Court room. Miss Flagler appeared bright and hapy, conversing cheerfully with her compan- icns. When court had been formally opened Mr. Taggart stated that In view of the character of the finding of the coroner's jury it would be necessary to submit the case to the grand jury and to hold Miss Flagler to that end. Mr. Perry then remarked that, while the verdict of the coroner's jury was intended to be a complete exoneration of ais client, it is technically a finding for manslaughter. She was in court and ready to furnish bail in the sum suggested by Mr. Taggart, said Mr. Perry, which was $10,000 or any cther sum. Judge Cole's Remarks. “I have read the evidence taken at the in- quest,” said Judge Cole, “and it seems to me that the case is clearly a ballable one. I should say that $10,000 is sufficient.” Mr. Taggart expressed himself as being satisfied with the amount mentioned, and Mr. John Cassel of 1907 F street northwest and Gen. Robert Macfeely of 2015 I street northwest qualified as sureties. Miss Flagler, with her mother and father, immediately thereafter departed from the city hall. Coroner Hammett today furnished the district attorney with a copy of the evi- dence taken at the inquest. Miss Flagler at Her Counsel's Office. Miss Flagler came over from Baltimore today and reached the office of her coun- sel, Mr. R. Ross Perry, about 1:30 p.m. Capt. Shaler and another friend of the family accompanied her. She was dressed in black and wore a veil, which prevented her frem being subjected to annoyance by the curious. The party entered Mr. Perry's office and remained there sometime making arrange- ments preparatory to giving bond later in tie afternoon. Miss Flagler appeared as well as she did at the time the inguest was held. Despite statements to the contrary it has been known ever since Saturday morning that Miss Flagler would give bond this week or a3 soon as she was able to ap- pear in court. Mr. Perry and Mr. Taggart, it is stated, had a consultation this morning after the inquest, and the matter was then arranged. Mr. Taggert thought that the finding of the jury made the case one of manslaugh- ter, notwithstanding the concluding pare- graph of the verdict, a matter with which the jury, it is claimed, had nothing to do, as that, In effect, was passing upon the * legal effect of the verdict. Oppesed to an Indignation Meeting. Friends of ths Green family, and especial- ly some colored lawyers, who are interested in the case, are opposed to the holding of an indignation meeting, as announced by Col. Carson the day after the shooting occurred. “If there is any such meeting held,” said one of the lawyers to a Star reporter to- day, “it will not be held with the approba- tion of the Green family. Members of the family see no reason for such a meeting, and they are right in their views. They are willing to let the law lake its course and let the govern nent act.” Speaking of the proposed meeting, this lawyer said it would only be held for some political purpose, and nothing in the world could be accomplished by such a gathering. The colored lawyers generally, he said, are opposed to any such public demonstra- tion. Mr. Green, the lawyer told a Star re- porter, had concluded to make no move in the case just now, but would let the dis- trict attorney act as he chooses in the mat- ter. Gen. and Mrs. Flagler called on the Green family, he said, but Mr. Green pre- ferred to say nothing about the case one way or the other, and this evening, he said, Gen. Flagler will see Dr. Taylor, who is Mrs. Green's pastor. The lawyer sald he thought Mr. Green had good ground for civil action in the case, but even this matter has not been discussed, although in all probability he thought such action would follow the action of the grand jury. Concerning the holding of an indignation meeting he said he thought none of the pastors would lend their churches for any such purpose at this time. Even if such a thing were contemplated he thought this was not the proper time for it. He thought the people who are anxious to hold such meetings had better wait until the district attorney has iad a chance to do something. Has Employed No nsel. The father of the boy who was killed has written the following letter to The Btar, dated today: I desire to say to the Public that I have not determined what course to pursue. Any one claiming to represent me is doing so without my authority. RICHARD GREEN. The Law as to Manslaughter. One feature of the Fiagler-Green ehoot- ing case that is attracting considerable at- tention at this time fs the fact that the law in force in the District of Columbia gives as the minimum sentence for man- slaughter a term of imprisonment of two years in the penitentiary. Section 1150 of the Revised Statutes reads es follow “Every person convicted of manslaughter, or of any assault with intent to kill, shall be sentenced to suffer imprisonment and laticr, for the first offense for a period not less than ~ ~~ years, and ‘or the second offense for a period not less than six nor fhore than fifteen years.” Gen. Flagler is much affected by the trouble that has come into his family dur- ing the past week, and has sought to avoid interviews on the subject. The Next Register and District Attorney Purely Problematical. Friends of Various Candidates Are Still Sanguine Over the Sucecsa of Pheir Favorites: Ever since President Cleveland called for the resignation of Mr. L. P. Wright, the District register of wills, local -!emocrats have been on the tenter-hooks cf expecta- tion regarding his possible or probable suc- cessor. The various gentlemen who have been mentioned in connection with the Place for the past two years have again been prominently brought forward ly their sanguine friends, and those who were sure of Mr. J. Fred Kelly’s sélection have not changed their faith in his ultimate s::ecess any more than the adherents of Mr. W. H. Dennis,Mr. W. Cranch McIntire and others have lost their confidence in the nomina- tion of their particular candidates. A new name has been mentioned in the past two weeks, however, and some persons seem to think Mr. Dominick I. Murphy, the pres- ent deputy commissioner of pensions, will succeed Register Wright. His candidacy is said to have been brought about by his friends, who believed that his relations with Commissioner Loch- ren were not as officially pleasant as they might be, and who perceived in the reg- ister’s office an opportunity to provide Mr. Murphy with a place at once lucrative and congenial. The entire question, however, and everything that relates to it Is a mat- ter of surmise at present. Last spring the President had nearly made up his mind to appoint one of the many candidates to the place and in accordance with his customary habit sent one of his personal friends out through Washington to find out about the gentleman. The report was not entirely satisfactory to Mr. Cleveland, and he dropped consid- eration of the matter entirely. A great deal of business of an important national char- acter pressed upon him at this juncture, and until his departure for Gray Gables he never alluded to the place except only when he told Mr. Dorsey Clagett that he could not reappoint him to it and asked nim at the same time to accept the collectorship of the port of Georgetown, which Mr. Clagett did. It was thought, when Kegister Wright's resignation was called for that a. commis- sion for his successor would be sent back, from Gray Gables, but this anticipation’ was disappointed. It is now believed in local democratic circles that the place will go to some person not yet mentioned, and in all probability an unnamed ex-Congress- man, who supported the adininistra-iow and has not yet been provided for. The district attorneyship problem is in the same uncertain state. There can only be generalizing about either place, because President Cleveland doesn’t usually inti- mate what he propeses to do until he is fully ready to spring his surprise. NOT A LOTTERY. Puzzle Awards May De d to In- crease Newspaper Circulation. Assistan: Attcrney General Thomas of the Post Office Department has rendered a decision in regard to the puzzle device em- ployed by some newspapers to increase cir- culation. The Chicego Times-Herald has been awarding bicycles to boys and girls who should cut out and paste together and name correctly disarranged fragments of portraits of people notable in politics, art, the drama or war. To this Wash Hesing, Chicago’s pestmaster, objected, on the ground that the scheme was a lottery. Mr. Kohlsaat, owner of the Times-Herald, call- ed at the department yesterday and asked for a ruling. Judge Thomas decided that if the awaids went by merit and not by chance the idea was not a lottery, but on a par with the award of prizes in a school or college. This let Mr. Kohlsaat cut, and the Times-Herald will continue to dispense puzzle awards to the boys and girls of Chi- cago. : ——__—_+-2+-____ NO SUCH DETECTIVE. Alleged Disappearance of a Secret Service Man. The officials of the secret service bureau have no knowledge of Carmine Gus del Guerico, and say that no one of that name has ever been connected with the service. They therefore have no Information of his disappearance. The denial was caused by the publication of the following in a. New York paper: “A government secret service detective, named Carmine Gus del Guerico, has been missing from Newark since January 1. Ac- cording to memoranda found in his room he had located, on January 9, a gang of counterfeiters in East Orange or Roseville. Shortly afterward he left town to work the case up, and has not peen heard from since. “This gang {s believed to be the same one that has just been corralled. Taken in connection with the known desperate character of several of the counterfeiters the question becomes interesting, where is the detective?” ——— BATTLE SHIP INDIANA. Her Contractor Wants a Preliminary Official Trial October 1. Acting Secretary McAdoo has under con- sideration a request just received from Mr. Chas. H. Cramp, that the department make arrangements for the preliminary official trial of the battle ship Indiana October 1 next. Mr. Cramp says that the vessel is rapidly approaching completion and will surely be ready for trial by the date named. All the vessel’s armor is in place and a few weeks more will suffice to get her in shape for official inspection and trial. A board will be appointed in a few days to examine the vessel to see that she is ready for her speed trial. ‘Were there facilities in the United States for docking the Indiana her trial trip would take place at an earlier date than that set by Mr. Cramp. It {s true that the Port Royal dock will be ready for business about the middle of this month, but that structure is temporarily useless because there is a sand bar in the ehannel between it and the ocean which does not permit the passage of deep draught ships. It Is possible that the Indiana may be taken to Halifax, where there is a dock large enough for her to enter. She would be gone during the early part of next month and return in time to undergo her trial. Three Presidential Appointments. Still another mail from the President at Gray Gables, and yet no word or token about the successor of Col. Wright as regis- ter of wills in the District. And this in spite of the fact that there were three eral commissions in the budget received bate White House this morning. These were for the appointment of Burton E. Bennett of Washington as United States attorney for the district of Alaska; Edward Atkinson as postmaster at Fordyce, Ark., and Goldesbury Green as postmaster at Mineral Wells, Tex. —_—_—_—___-e-—___- ‘To Abandon Fort Buford. The suggestion has been made that Fort Buford, North Dakota, be abandoned, and the troops now there, two companies, sent to Fort Harrison, near Helena, Montaza, and to Fort Assiniboine, Montana. It is probable that the post at Fort Yates, North Dakota, will be abandoned in time, but not until another post is built at Bismarck. WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. BOUNTY HEARING Senator Manderson Scores Controller Bowler. PAYMENT “OF THE MONEY URGED Until the Courts Act the Law Must 7 Be Obeyed. REVIEW OF THE CASE ——_+>___. Very general interest was manifested in the hearing on the sugar bounty question before the controller of the treasury today. Among lawyers and officials the matter is regarded as involving a question much more important than that of whether or not cer- tain sugar producers shall be paid a bounty promised them by the government. The question of public interest is whether or not the department will maintain the propo- sition that the controller may pass upon the constitutionality of a law. Adl the law- yers, and especially those of Washington who have business before Congress and in the departments, are deeply interested in this case. Moreover, it affects the broad political question of the relations of the three co-ordinate branches of the govern- ment toward each other in a manner never before thought of. Scene at the Hearing. Consequently, when the hearing began in the conrtroiler’s office this morning a large number of lawyers and officials, be- sides those connected with the case, were assembled. As many chairs as the room would hold were placed in rows 2bout the controller's desk. hese were all eccupied and as many as could find standing room crowded into the small space and cven stood in the doorways and in the corridors. ‘The opening argument was made by Sen- ator Manderson in behalf of the beet su- gar producers of the west, who consumed all the morning until after 1 o'clock. The burden of his argument was in controver- sion of the idea of the controller having the right to pass upon or to raise the question of the constitutionality of a law. H> held that this auestion was consider- ed by Congress before passing an act, and was passed upon by the President before giving an act his approval. ‘The approval of an act by the President was a decision as far as the executive could decide, that it was constitutional, and it did not then rest with the President himself, far less with a subordinate execu- tive or administrative officer to pass upon it. The Supreme Court hesitated to declare a law uncorstitutional and surely it would be daring in an administrative officer to presume to pass upon such a question. The Controller's Powers. The hearing took place in Controller Bowler's office in the treasury building. Ex-Senator Manderson of Nebraska made the first argument in the case. He said the interests under consideration were of great importance, not only to his state, but to the entire United States. The bounty provided for in the McKinley law was a pleige of the government to -eward experiments in sugar production to the extent of two cents per pound. It was a solemn contrect for a term of years, and the producers had a right to rely upon it. The state of Nebraska, he said, had gone to great expense in establishing ex- periment stations for the purpose of teaching the people how to srow the beets. As going to show the hardships which the repeal of the Lounty had worked, he said that the Nebraska farmers nad this year planted 9,000 acres of beets, or 3,000 acres more than ever before, under centracts previously made with the manufacturers. He characteried the repeal of the hounty law as “an unrighteous, unjust and almost unlawful exercise of congressional preroga- tive,” and referred to it as a “bunco” pro- cess. He then explained the present boun- ty legislation, under which the present claim is presented . ir. Mandersoa declared that “if by any method in the Treasury Department or the courts this boon be denied our factories, disaster beyond any description, and dis- tress beyond any capacity to paint, will result. What we plead for now Is that our factories be allowed to eke out an exist- ence. Wipe out this Industry and you ed- minister almost a death blow to the west. The speaker then discussed at length the duties of the controller and his authority to act in this case, which he denied. The President and Congress, said Mr. Mander- son, had passed on the constitutionality cf this act, and he refused to acknowledge the authority of a subordinate to pass an ex post facto veto. Only the judiciary could do this. He characterized the action of Mr. Bowler as an encroachment on the prerogative of the executive and Congress. What the Controller May De. During Mr. Manderson’s argument the controller leaned back in his swinging chair with his band resting against his desk, giving the most marked attention. On one hand a stenographer sat taking such notes as the controller indicated and on the other sat one of the assistants from the Department of Justice assigned to as- sist him in hearing the arguments. Sena- tors Blanchard and Caffrey and Represen- tatives Meyer and Price occupied seats about the desk. Mr. Manderson proceeded with his argument almost without inter- ruption, but few questions being asked by the controller, and he displayed peculiar adroitness in pointing out the absurdity of all assumption of powers of the Supreme Court by the controller. The hearing will last a day or more yet. ‘The impression is gathered that the con- troller will probably in his decision dis- avow any intention to pass upon the con- stitutionality of the law, but will hold that, having grave doubts as to its constitution- ality, it is his duty not to sign the warrant which will take the money out of the treasury beyond revovery, until the courts have passed upon the question. It is regarded as probable that he will try to force the sugar men to have recourse to the courts to cempel his signature. This would cause long delay and would keep up the treasury cash balance to the extent of the amount involved for many months. The Cause of the Hearing. The hearing today on the constitution- ality of the sugar bounty appropriations made by Congress at its last session, for the crops of 1803 and 1894, arises upon the claim of the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company of Nebraska, that being the first claim set- tled ty the auditor since the passage of the Wilson bill, by which the old sugar boun- ties of the McKinley act -were repealed. The commissioner of internal revenue having adjusted the amount of the boun- ties due the Oxnard Company, referred all the papers to the auditor for the Treasury Department for the statement of an ac- count thereon. The auditor stated an ac- count allowing the amount fixed by the commissioner of internal revenue and cer- tified. his decision to the controller for his approval, disapproval or modification as re- quired by the provisions of the new ac- counting system adopted in the act of July 81, 1894, as the result of the labors of the Dockery commission. That act requires the auditors, in making an original con- struction or modifying an existing con- struction of a statute, to report to the controller of the treasury their decisions and to suspend action until the controller has passed upon the question. This was rendered necessary by the change which the Dockery commission made in the ac- counting offices by which claims stated by an auditor do not go to the controller as @ matter of course, but only reach him Claims TWO CENTS. upon appeal, or in=ghe’ manner above in- dicated. r x, Decision of the ‘Controller. The decision of thé controller is required to be acted on by thetiusitor, whose certif- cate is made by law final and conclusive vpon the executive brageh of the govern- ment. The result is that the decision of the controller*canmet ne reviewed by any ether executive officer of the government. .by the,coutroller, however, thay be sued on in the Court of Claims, or in certain cases :n the ¢ircuit and district courts of the United States, their decisions being binding upon ‘aim. ‘The Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia in the case of the United States ex rel. the Miles Planting and Manufa-tur- ing Company agt. John G. Carlisle and Joseph S. Miller, being a mandamus_pro- ceeding against the Secretary of the Treas- ury and commissioner of internal revenue to compel them to apagint sugar inspectors under the provisions of the McKinley act, having held that the sugar bounties were unconstitutional, the controller of the treas- ury deemed it his duty to be satisfied upon that point before passing the claim of the Oxnard Cempany and establishing a prece- dent for the payment of the sugar bounties provided for by the ew appropriations. He, therefore, wfthout making any de- cision upon the matter whatever, ealled upon the counsel of the Oxnard Company to be heard upon the question. The matter gives rise immediately ta very considerable discussion a3 to the controller's powers and Guties, and the claim has been persistently made that he had no jurisdiction to decide this questicn, and was compelled to chey the law as passed by Congress, whether constitutional or not. ‘“hat question, it is understood, will be argued, as well as the constitutionality. of the bounty appropria- ions. 3 THE FINANCIAL — SITUATION Treasury Officials Concerned Over the Steady Decrease in the Gold Balance. A Rumor That the Bond Syndicate Will Not Longer Protect the Government, pores a Treasury officials are’ undoubtedly more concerned than they aye willing to admit cver the recent steady decrpase in the gold reserve. By the sale of gold bonds the re- serve was forced up to’ $107571,249 July 9 last, and it dwindled slightly until July 27, when it was $105,451,811.. The next day it took a big jump through the aid of the bond syndicate and rose to $107,321,67). Since then the reserve has shown a steady falling, until today It is.stated at $104,468,- 104, without taking into account the $1,- 000,000 in gold withdrawn: from the New York subtrcasury today. ‘Assistant Secre- tary Curtis, who ts acting gs Secretary in the absence of Mr. Cafllsle, declines to discuss the financial situatign for publica- tion further than to say there is nothing in it to justify the slightest uneasiness. Rumor as to_the gy: te. Among the rumors in citedlation is one to the effect that the bond. syndicate hav- ing paid for its bongs no longer feels un- der any legal obligalipn to asSist in the protection of the govérnment gold bal- ance, and the recent shipnients of gold are noted as.an indication of the truth of this statement. ; Private advices from New York say that the mercantite community ‘which for some weeks have been shipping gold instead of making their remittances ithrough the ald of the bankers have discovered that they can save from $500 to $1,000 on each $1,000,- 000 owed in Europe, and <dditional mer- cantile firms are daily going back to the old and original method of sending out cash gold to pay their bills. While this continues {t 14 asserted that the country is not only losing gold, but the bankers are losing a profitable business and alienating old custgmers. It is there- fore stated, although not cantirmed by any authority on the part. of, the syndicate, that the syndicate will bandon its at- tempt to retain gold In fhis country by means of an unduly high exchange rate. Foreign Holders Selling. Another rumor on the street was that the foreign holders of United States bonds are selling these securities in New York. A report was current that one house in New York had sold $4,000,000 of the newest issue of government honds for foreign holders to be delivered in the future. Act- ing Secretary Curtis said this afternoon that he was prepared to deny these repcrts, as he knew that the foreign holders of the londs weuld not part with them in thé manner indicated or in any other way at present. —__+-e+__ MR. STERN’S CASE. Course at Berlin Regarding the Im- prisoned New Yorker. Mr. Jackson, charge of the United States embassy at Berlin, has informed the De- partment of State that notwithstanding the exercise of his good offices in the case, Louis Stern, the New York merchant, was found guilty of disrespeet toward the Kis- sengen official and was séntenced to fine and imprisonment, as reported in the press dispatches. ‘The charge adds that nothing further can be done save to apply for a pacep or remission of sentence, which he will do. } THE OLD MONITORS. They Will Be Removed. From Norfolk te New York and Philadelphia. The Navy Department ‘has decided to send one of the old war monitors at Nor- folk to New York and the five others to the League Island nayy jyafd. Arrange- ments have been made with-a towing com- pany to tow the vessels to: their destina- tions. The company will not insure the monitors, but agrees to pmt men and coal. aboard and to run the p so that the vessels may be kept afigat, while en route. Department officials regard the vessels as practically useless. ——_+-e+___ Persoval Mention. Col. Alexander Mackenzie, corps of engi- neers, Gen. Craighill's chief escistant, has gone to Nashville, Tenn., for a few days on public business. Pec Lieut. H. A. Benner an@ Coroner T. H. Young of the Columbia National Bank are spending their vacation at Atlantic City. Dr. Sterrett and sons are the guests of the Cheat Mountain Sportsman's Club, W. Va., for a couple of weeks. Secretary Lamont left here this after- noon for a short visit with his family at Sorrento, Me. Pierced’ by a Rjifle Bullet. There has been receiyed at the Navy De- partment a sample of-steel three-quarters of an inch in thickness which had been pierced by a rifle bultet of a caliber less than that of th@-presgnt, army rifle, or about .30. The semple i@interesting in that it shows that the torpedo boats may be rendered useless by good shots from such rifles. The distance at which the steel sample was pierced was ut 200 feet. A torpedo boat's armor, boiler, and explosives might easily be pierced at this distance, or before she could make her projectile daagerous to a ship. The bullet was of steel and pointed. It made a re- markably clean hole in the steel. ‘ WILL GO IF NEEDED) THE CHINESE MINISTER/ DENBY WAS PROMPT Altgeld Ready to Send a Regiment to Spring Valley. S THINKS THERE IS NO NECESSIY Arrival of a Chicago Colored Dele- gation. PRAY FOR PROMPT ACTION CHICAGO, August 7.—Fifty colored men left the Rock Island depot today for Spring Valley. They go to investigate the trouble between members of their race and Ital- jians. At first it was resolved to send 200 armed men to the scene, but calmer coun- sel prevailed and the fifty were deputized to spy out the land and see if justice could not be secured without an appeal to vio- lence. Two colored women—Mrs. Mary Stanton and Mrs. Lizzie Dixdee—refugees from Spring Valley, arrived in this city last night, and the reports they gave of the treatment of the colored people at that place have inflamed the negroes of Chicago to the highest pitch. The mass meeting of colored men recon- yened in Arlington Hall, at 3ist street and Indiana avenue. The stories told by the two women inflamed them to the highest pitch, and all manner of violent threats were made against the Italians at Spring Valley. A delegation called on Gen. Merritt to ask that United States troops be sent to Spring Valley. They were courteously re- ceived by Gen. Merritt, who told them that in the event of the failure of the civil au- thorities to preserve order and protect the colored people of Spring Velley the facts would be communicated to President Cleve- land by telegraph, but he did not anticipate that it would be necessary for the national epyaraacat to take any steps in the mat- er. A special to the Post from Spring Valley, Il, says: “It now kegins to look like another ‘In- dian massacre’ story. After cross-examin- ing nearly every negro and Italian claim- ing or acknowledging to have heard of the fracas of last Sunday, the actual results simmer down to two negroes slightly in- jured and one Italian shot. The ‘race war’ exists only in the imagination of she Princeton newspaper correspondent, from whofn the sheriff of Bureau county also ob- tained his information. And unless some unforeseen accident happens to create bad blood, or the dearth of absoluie news leads to a repetition of groundless stories, ibere ig no reason why Spring Valley cr its peo- ple should obtrude longer on public no- tiee.” SPRINGFIELD, IIL, August 7.—Gov. Alt- geld decided late last evening not to go to pring Valley, but will send a member of Lis staff to look ito the condition of affairs there...He is satisfied from the advices he has received that there is no necessity for the sending vf troops. ‘The Itallan consul at Chicago also wired the governer, evidently having become aiarmed at the inéendiary utterances of some of the colored people there who were talking about marching on Spring Valley. The governor replied to the consul, assur- ing him that all requisite steps would be taken to preserve order.’ Much excitement was created by the as- sertion made by J. B. Buckner, a colored member of the general assembly, to the ef- fect that over thirty of his race had been killed in Spring Valley since the trouble began. He was, however, unable to give any definite authority for this report, say- ing it had come to him through “private” scurees. In view cf the repeated denials of such reports from responsible persons in Spring Valley it is thought to be with- out real foundation. Buckner is from a Chicago district and came here, having been delegated by the Chicago committee ef colored people, who met Monday night. He called on the governor and demanded pretection for the people of his race in Spring Valley. The governor assured him that it would Le given them, and if neces- sary he would have a regiment of troops there in a short time. Buckner insisted that according io his private advices the sitvation was appalling. He had been in- fermed that thirty-four bodies of colored men, women and children have been picked up in the woods around Spring Valley and fourteen more badly wounded were found. He also had learned that 300 colored men who were at Seatonville were arming them- selves for protection against the riotous Huns, Poles and Italians, who had sent werd that they “intended to drive every negro out of the country. Gov. Altgeld recived no further news today from the race war at Spring Valley. The report of Assistant Adjutant General Bayles, sent there last night by the gov- ernor to thorougnly investigate the situa- tion and determine whether state troops are needed or not, is expected this even- ing. A delegation of colored citizens from Chicago is here today praying the governor for protection of life ‘and property at Spring Valley and advocating a pacific pol- icy. -They claim bloodshed will prevail if the governor does not take prompt action. The Exnct Situation. A Spring Valley dispatch sent last night Says: The situation is very quiet in the city. The negroes are making no effort to come baék. The reports about armed negroes coming from Peoria and Chicago to avenge Sunday's affair caused mo unusual excite- ment here. They would not have only the Italian miners to deal with, but every white miner in the clty as well, numbering in the neighborhood of 2,000. | Word was sent in from Ladd and Toluca this morning promising the whites all the assistance recessary in case of an invasion of blacks from other towns. In case of an invasion 5,000 white miners could be mustered to- gether in this city in less than two hours. The whites of this city do not apprehend any danger in that direction. They do not express the least sorrow over the event of Sunéay, and invite a fair and impartial investigation. They claimed to have endured the out- rages of the blacks as long as they could, but they are severe in thetr criticisms of the sensational tales told in several dis- patches to the morning dailies. A whole list of names have each day appeared as wounded and likely to die. An Associated Press correspondent who was on the ground and witnessed Sunday’s battle from beginning to end has succeeded in discovering but one negro shot, and the injury is only a flesh wound of no serious nature. About ten or twelve were as- sailed with sticks or stones, but no at- tempts were made to kill. The prime ob- ject, as stated on the ground while the fighting was at its height, was to scare them into leaving and never come back again. —_——__ A Printing Office Investigation. ST. PAUL, Minn., August 7.—The conven- tion of the Typothetae of America is in session here. Yesterday, in the president’s report, a reference to stamped envelopes being printed at the government printing Office, instead of letting them out by con- tract, as in the past, was followed ty the appointment of a committee,’ consisting of Messrs. Pearson of Pittsburg, Little of New York and Pettibone of Chicago, to in- vestigate the matter. ————_—_ Chagres, Not Yellow, Fever. BALTIMORE, Md., August 7.—The tick- ress on the British steamship Stag, de- tained at quarantine yesterday, proves to be Chagres fever, and the vessel will be released tomorrow. John English, tireman, and Fernando Augusto, cook, are down with the He and His Secretaries Have Returned to Washington. He Hopes Official Reports Will Modify the Severity of the Stories of the Recent Outrages. Minister. Yang Yu of China and his sec- retaries, Messrs. Hoo and Chung, have re- turned to Washington to take any action that may be requisite in connection with the reported massacres of missionaries and the destruction of American end English missionary property in China. The period of their vacation at the watering places was about over, but the shocking charac- ter of the reports and the official action likely to be taken by the powers doubfless expedited their return. What the Minister Says. Mr. Yang Yu follows his usual policy of declining to discuss publicly a subject which may involve diplomatic questions. Yet, in view of the wide publicity given to the reports of massacres, the minister authorized the Associated Press, through his official interpreters, to express his pro- fevnd regret at the reports. Thus far there is a meagerness of official informa- ticn, and the minister hopes that the later and fuller reports will modify the severity of the unofficial reports which have come to the press. In any event, he expresses the fullest confidence that the central gov- ernment at Peking will do everything in its power toward.-humane and ample action. But in the absence of exact advices from the government’ the minister cannot say what this course will be. He is very grate- ful, however, that the reports do not dis- close any Americans among those stated to be killed. There was much activity at the Chinese legation this morring on the return of the minister. It could not be learned, how- ever, that Mr. Yang Yu expected to visit the State Department to make any repre- sentations. It is said that if any demands are made by the United States, they would go through our minister at Pekin, and there is no information of such demands. It is stated positively, however, that the Chinese government has not yet made any official communication to the United States assuring reparation .and future protec- tion to American citizens and property in China. Secret Societies Caused the Trouble. It is the feeling among the Chinese offi- cials here that the secret societies of southern China.are at the bottom of the present trouble. The central government at Pekin is said to be ready.and anxious to keep these societies in check, but there is difficulty in dealing with them, ow- ing to their remoteness-from the centers of government. Should it be established, as the reports indicate, that any officials have conniyed at the uprisings, they will be dealt with very severely. The govern- ment holds theso officials strictly account- able for order, and on a previous uprising the officials were d , although they had no direct participation in the trouble. In the present case the massacres may call for much more severe treatment, and it is said that the responsible persons will ‘te made to suffer amply. It is pointed out, however, that moh uprisings are lable to occur in any country, and that so far as China is concerned the central govern- ment will earnestly exert all its resources to suppress aud punish such mob destruc- tion. NAVAL MANEUVERS. New York and Two Sail for Newport. A telegram was received at the Navy Department today saying that the flagship New York and the oruisers Cincinnati and Montgomery, in command of Admiral Bunce, saifed from New York this morning for Newport preparatory to the inaugura- Uon of a series of fleet maneuvers to be participated in by rll the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron that can be made available. The cruiser Minneapolis, now in Hampton Roeds, will sail for the rendez- vous at Newport in a few days, as will also the Raleigh, at New York. The parti- cipation of the Columbia will depend en- tirely on the result of the examination of her hull to be made at the Brooklyn dry dock tomerrow. Irasmuch as the cruiser made her phenomenal run across the At- Jantic subsequent to her alleged injuries in the dock at Southampton, there is no reason to believe that she will not be avail- able for the proposed fleet exercises. Other vessels that may join the fleet later are the Atlanta, at Key West; the Amphitrite, at Southport, N. C., and the battle ships Maine and Texus, fast approaching com- pletion. The dispatch boat Dolphin, with Secretary Herbert on board, is already at Newport, and will be a spectator of the opening maneuvers of the warships. —-—_——_—_-e—______ ADMIRAL AMMEN. The Veteran Taken Suddcaly Il at the Navy Department. Admiral Daniel Ammen, a retired officer of the navy, livirg at Ammendalo in Mary- land, a short distance out on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad, was taken suddenly ill_at the Navy Department this morning, wtere he had gone to transact some business in connection with the Nicaraguan canal, Mis son was with him, and, assisted by some friends, carried the admiral to the of- fice of Surgeon General Tryon, who, for- tunately, happened to be in at the time. A hasty examination show him that Admiral Ammen was suffering from a rather severe attack of vertigo, brought on. undoubtedly, by the excessive heat. The usual remedies were applied, and the admiral recovered sufficiently to justify his removal by car- riage and car to his country home. He was accompanied by his son and by As- sistant Surgeon Guest, who is attached to the burean of medicine and surgery. Admiral Ammen Is seventy-f:ve years of age, but he has a strong, vigorous consti- tution, and will probably recover from his present illness after a short season of rest. He was placed on the retired list of the navy seventeen years ago, after an active and creditable career of over forty years. His latest work was the invention of that curious marine engine of war known as the Ammen ram, which is about to be added to the United States navy. ——————~o—____ Local Pensions Allowed. District of Columbia.—Original—Maurice O’Brien, Washington; Edwin H. Rensinger, Washingten. Reissue and increase--Thomas Gordon, Washington. Virginia.—Original— Henry T. Roberts, Cambria, Montgomery; Cornelius Lohman, National Military Home, Elizabeth City. Additional—Robert B. Arrowsmith,National Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. Reissue— Peter Halstead, Berkley, Norfolk. Widow Indian wars—Eliza Jane Kilby, Greendale, ‘Washington. Maryland.—Original—Charles Kemp, Bal- timore, Baltimore. Renewal and increase— Henry Robesen, Mt. Washington, Balti- more. Reissue—John Woolford, Trappe, Talbot. Original widows, etc. — Sophia Kopp, Cumberland, Allegany; Margaret Hunt, St. Margaret, Anne Arundel. 2+ Postmasters Appointed. At Bank, Cecil county, Md., today, D. L. Baldwin was appointed postmaster, vice Geo. Dennison, resigned. Total number of fourth-class postmasters appointed ‘today, twenty-one, of which nineteen were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignations. The Flagship Cruise: Full Reparation Demanded From China for Recent Outrages. GREAT BRITAIN- FOLLOWED SUIT Official Statement of the Action of Our Minister. ADDITIONAL FACTS The United States has anticipated Great Britain in taking energetic steps for the Protection of the American missionaries in ‘China, and the injustice of the criticiems that have been uttered in some quarters vpon the alleged indifference of United States Minister Denby is fully exposed by @ mail dispatch that has just come to the State Department from the minister. It is dated toward the close of June and shows that Mr. Denby had made a sweeping and Feremptory demand upon the Chinese gov- ernment, similar to that made yesterday by the British minister to Peking, for the fullest protection for all Americans living in China, for redress for the depredations committed upon their property and per- sons, and finally for the capital punish- ment of the perpetrators. just what an- swer was returned by the Chinese govern- ment is not known, as it has not yi \- ed the State Depart ment, Dut ft is a fact that so far as the department is informed, in all of the recent outrages committed upon the missionaries in China, not one American was killed or injured, and while some American mission property was de- ried it will doubtless be promptly paid No Farther Instructions Necessary. In view of the energetic course which Mr. Denby has already adopted, the State Department has not deemed it necessary to send him further instructions for his suidance. He has already been authorized to confer freely with Admiral Carpenter, the commander of our naval forces in Chi- nese waters, and the admiral in turn has been instructed by the Secretary of the Navy to lewd the minister all proper as- sistance for the protection of Amsricans. At the suggestion of the minister in June, Admiral iter sent the Petrel, the lightest draft gunboat in the nayy, up the Yangste Kiang as far as Wuhu, almost as high as it is safe to go, and if it is deemed necessary, he will ibtedly again send But. as the inter- a warship up the river. ior missions are many hundred miles above Ichong, the head of navigation on the Xengste Kiang, comparing in location with that point as does Minneapolis with St, Louis on the Mississippi, and so far re- :oved from any effective aid that could be ndered by gunbogts, Mr. Denby hag used all of his powers of persuasion to induce the American missionaries to at Jeast tem- porarily leave their exposed position and come to the treaty where they may ‘be under the guns of the warships. Many Missionaries Decline. He has succeeded in this in ie degree, although in cases it has been fotfhd «ifficult or impossible to induce the missionaries to abate their religious zeal so far as to reek protection until order is restored in China. In one instance, in answer to the ministers appeal, a body of the missionaries made their way from the interior to the coast und sent word to Admiral Carpenter to take them aboard the fleet. They bad chosen a point on the coast separated from navigable water by twenty miles of inarsh, and when the ‘admiral, after great diffi- culty, managed to reach them with small launches they stated that they had changed their minds; that duty called them back to their missions, and all returned save three persons. But, in spite of such cb- stacles, it is believed that Minister Denby has been more fortunate than the other foreign ministers in getting the mission- aries within the area of protection, and has also induced the Chinese government to take measures to care for the American missions generally. ee. THIEVES USE THE MAILS. A Wad of Bills Restored to Their J er. Chief Clerk Lamar, the acting first as- sistant postmaster general, returned to the owner today, by express, $410 that came into the possession of the Post Office De- partment in a peculiar way. The postmaster at Bristol, Tenn., a few days ago sent the money to the dead letter office, with a full account of how it came into his hands. The story is that a Mon- tana man stopped week before last in Bris- tol, and, while in a state of convivial desuetude, was robbed of the $410, his rail- road tickets and some private papers. One morning the $410 was found in a mail box, wrapped up in a receipt belonging to the Montana man. The carrier turned it over to the postmaster, and he in turn to the dead letter office. In the following mail came a letter from the stranded Montanian claiming the money. Mr. Lamar instruct- ed the Bristol postmaster to turn the money over to its presumable owner. —— LIEUT. O’BRIEN’S RETURN. He Will Not Be Interviewed as to His Views of the War in the 0: it. Lieut. M. J. O’Brien, fifth infantry, the young army officer who was sent to the orient by Lieut. Gen. Schofield for the pur- pose of observing and reporting the mili- tary operations of the armies of China and Japan in the war just ended, returned to this city today and reported his arrival to Acting Adjutant General Vincent. Act- ing upon the advice of his superior officers, Lieut. O’Brien declines most positively to ‘be interviewed upon the subject of his mission. He will be detained temporarily on duty in this city long enough to com- plete the preparation of his official :eports in regard to the late war. His wife is the daughter of Capt. H. M. Kendall, sixth cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer, Va., and Lieut. O’Brien will make that post his headquarters until he is ordered to rejoin his regiment. —— State Agents Wanted. The United States civil service commis- sion will hold an examination August 27 to fill vacarcies in the position of state si tistical agent for Virginia and West Vir- ginia, Department of Agriculture. The ap- Plicant should be familiar with general ag- riculture and with the agriculture, physical features and geography of Virginia and West Virginia, with arithmetic as especially applied to statistical work, including prob- lems involved in the metric system, and with the general subject of statistics, in- cluding the preparation and analysis of tables. Persons desiring to take this exam- ination should file applications at once with the civil service commission. Legal res- idents of Virginia and West Virginia are prefe ———_e Government Receipts, National bank notes received today for redemption, $181,568. Government receipts— From_ internal revenue, $241,265; customs, $499,171; miscellaneous, $158.720.