Evening Star Newspaper, August 14, 1895, Page 1

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MADE TO APOLOGIZE Chinese Officials Insult Japanese Envoys. HAWAIIAN PLOT AT HONG KONG Disaster Caused by the Recent Storm. COMING CABINET CHANGES gee VICTORIA, B. C., August 14.—The steam- er Empress of Japan has arrived with ad- vices from Yokohama up to August 2. Re- ports of impending cabinet changes are freely circulated in Tokio, and are largely eredited, although entirely ‘hout official confirmation. The illness of Viscount Mut- su is believed to be too serious to allow him to resume the control of the foreign office business, which may fall into disorder if left too long without practical supervision. Insulting the Japanese. Chinese officials in Pekin are unable to re- sist the temptation to show their spite toward Japan, and a disagreeable part of the new Japanese envoy’s duties is to call them to account when they become offen- sive. Tsung Li Yamen has twice been obliged to apologize to Mr. Hayashi for the publication of the objectionable epithet “Wojen’’ in the official gazette, and once for the circulation of a memorial to the em- peror in which the Japanese people were spoken of as insular barbarians. Good Feeling Toward America. At no previous time has intercourse be- tween Japanese and Americans been so friendly as now. Officers of United States vessels staticned at Yokohama are con- stantly receiving hcspitable courtesies from the military and navel authorities of the empire, chiefly in commemoration of the hearty welcome given by the Petrel to the Japanese soldiers at Ying Kow last winter. ‘At a banquet offered by Marshal Nozu to Admiral Carpenter and his subordinates the marshal declared that the incident would never be forgetten, but would last- ingly remind the Japanese of their in- debtedness to their friends who stood by them while others held aloof. The Chengtu Ontragen. The French envoy at Pekin has agreed that the commission for investigating the missionary outrages at Chengtu shall con- gist of three persons, the Catholic Bishop Dunante, the Chinese treasurer and the Chinese chief of Shee Chuan province, and the prepondercnce of native officials, it Is thought by foreigners, to require an ex- planation. A body of imperial troops will be sent from Pekin to preserve order dur- ing the examination. Alleged Hawalian Plot. Hong Kong newspapers assert that a plot for the viclent overthrow of the Ha- waiian government has been detected in that colony. Twenty or more Americans are said to be implicated and four of the number are accused of secretly manufac- turing dynamite bombs in a small village near Canton. It is alleged that evidence has been discovered showing that the gov- ernment offices at Honolulu would be de- stroyed with these bombs. The police of Hong Kong are diligently inquiring into the affair, but none of the suspected party has been arrested. Last Month's Great Storm. The number of deaths reported in the railway accident of July 25 was greatly exaggerated. Only sixteen soldiers were killed, and eighteen were more or less seri- ously injured. The statement that the train was blown bodily off the track into the sea is also discredited. It is said the rails were displaced by the sea, which was driven by a tempest to a great height, and that the cars consequently ran over the edge of an embankment and were plunged into the deep water. ‘The effects of the storm were disastrous fn all southwestern provinces of Japan. Thousands of houses were destroyed, and hundreds of fishing boats and other small craft were sunk, and at least one hundred lives ure known to have been lost. Many additional disasters caused by the storm of July 25 are reported from the south and west of Japan. One thousand fishermen of the single province of Sat- suma are known to ve been drowned. Three st iships were driven ashore, and few of their crews and passengers escaped alive. Railway accidents have been num- erous in consequence of the heavy floods, and several villages on the seacoast have beem literally destroyed. The list of deaths, as stated by authorities, will exceed _——————— FIVE YEARS FOR TAYLOR. South Dakota's Defaulting Treasurer Sentenced. PIERRE, 8. August 14.—Ex-State Treasurer W. W. Taylor, who defaulted last January, was called by Judge Gaffy in court today, and had nothing to say. The judge gave him the limit of the law, five years at hard labor in the Sioux Fall penitentiary. The court recm was crowded to hear judgment pronounced on the defaulting ex- state treasurer. When asked if he had anything to say why sentence should not be pronounced on him, Taylor in a low voice replied: “I have not.” Judge Gaffy then reviewed the case and the diiferent statutes bearing upon the crime. He considered the much-discussed section 1,665 and did not believe a two- year sentence was intended to cover such ase as this. He considered that Tay- worst crim? was in attempting to © a compromise after gathering to- gether all stute funds he could lay his hands on. ——_—_ BIGGEST LAKE STEAMER. Launch of the Zenith City at Chi- cago. . CHICAGO, August 14.—With the break- ing of the time-honored bottle and flow of sparkling champagne the steamer Zenith City gracefully glided down the ways at the yards of the Chicago Shipbuilding Company this afternoon and took her place in lake commerce as the largest steamer on the chain of lakes. Miss Fleming, daughter of John C. Fleming, western agent of the Carnegie Steel Company, broke the hottle of champagne. The Zenith City ts not intended for any- thing but a freight carrier, and will go at cuee into the iron ore traffic. She is 405 feet over all. ae LYNCHED TWO MURDERERS. Taken From a_ County Jail Mob. E NSBURG, Wash., August 14.—Sam- uel Vinson and his son Charles were taken out of the county jail by a mob early this '$ and hanged to a tree. The two nme involyed In a saloon row last night and murdered Michael Koh- loph and Joseph N. Bergman. Ss Reviewed by Gen. Campor. HAVANA, August 14.—Captain General arth de Campos reviewed the munici- red firemen today, and the latter Immediately afterward left for the front. by a THE MORA CLAIM No Information at the State Department as to Spain’s Action. terest Considered a Violation of the Wi of Congress. So far ro official information. has reached the State Department that the Spanish government has agreed to pay the prin- cipal of the Mora claim in September next, but the officials there are inclined to ac- cept the report as correct. Recent negotia- tions between the United States and Spain in regard to this claim have reached a point where its satisfactory adjustment ap- peers to be only a question of time. Con- siderable dissatisfaction is expressed in certain quarters over Spain's refusal to pey interest on the claim at the present time. The joint resolution passed by Con- gress at its last session called upon the President not only to insist upon the pay- ment of the sum of $1,500,000 which Spain had long before agreed to furnish in set- tlement of this claim, but also to insist upen “interest from the time when the seid amount should have been paid, under the aforesaid agreement.” It is contended therefore that any proposal by Spain to pay merely the principal of the claim would not be such satisfaction as was con- templated by Congress, and also that any acceptance by the administration of the princtpal without the interest would be a violation of the express will of Congress. A Very Old Claim. This’ is a very old claim, and has been the subject of- negctlations for a great many years. Antonio Maximo Mora was ccndemned go death by court-martizl, and his estates confiscated during his absence by the Spanish authorities in 1870. The re- public of Spain subsequently ordered the restoration of these estates. This order Was confirmed by the monarchy in 1876. Soon after, however, the Spanish govern- ment offered to pay the round sum of $1,- 500,000 in Eeu of restoring the estates. This offer was accepted by the United States government in 1886, but Its payment has been deferred ever since by the efforts of Spain to offset against the Mora claim certain old claims of her citizens against the United States. ‘The United States re- fused to agree to this proposition, and in- sisted that the Mora claim should be set- ted independently of all other Spanish claims, Mr. Nathariel Paigé, who ts Mr. Mora’s attorney here, when shown the Madrid dis- patch expressed gratification, but said he Gid not believe the United States govern- ment would agree to the settlement of the claim without interest. “To do that would,” sald he, “be to flatly ignore the instructions of Congress, which were to collect both principal and interest.” Mr, Paige added that he, as Mr. Mora’s lawyer, would be willing to accept the $1,500,000, represeni- ing the principal, on account, but not as a final settlement. The Spanish, he said, had agreed when the basis of settlement’ was atianged in 1887 that interest should be charged. —— ~~. SOLD TO REORGANIZERS. Seventeen Distillery Plants of the Whisky Trust. CHICAGO, August 14.—Under authority of Federal Judge Showalter, Gen. John Mc- Nulta, receiver of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Compary, sold the property of the corporation to the reorganization committee for $9,800,000. Gen. McNulta was accompanied by United States Marshal Arnold, and a half dozen deputies and Levy Mayer, attorney for the reorganization committee; Attorney Allen and S. W. Rice, president of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding Company. They found a crowd of newspaper men, lawyers and stenographers already assembled on the steps of the federal building, where the sale was made in the open air. The prelimina- ries of the sale were begun by the reading of the advertisement containing the judi- cial decree ordering the sale. The adver- tusement Is long, and its reading occupied nearly an hour. The only bid entered was that of the re- organization committee. The property sold consisis of seventeen distillery plants. According to the order of the court Gen. MeNulta took a stand on the steps of Clark street entrance of the court house. A little group of attorneys and trust stock- holders surrounded the receiver, and a sinall crowd of people gathered, curious to see the transfer of the great property. There had been rumors of a possible protest, but the monotonous reading of the court decree proceeded without interruption. —— BREAKING HER RECORD. Good Performance of the American Liner St. Louis. SOUTHAMPTON, August 14.—The Amer- ican line steamer St. Louis arrived at this port at 2 o'clock this afternoon and has broken her best eastward record. The eastward Southampton record fs held by the steamer Furst Bismarck, and is six days, ten hours and fifty-five minutes. The best eastward record made by the steamer New York Is six days, eleven hours and twelve minutes. The steamer Paris made her best eastward run in six days, sixteen hours and forty-three minutes. The St. Louis is eight hours and forty- eight minutes behind the best eastward record. ‘The St. Louis left New York on August 7, clearing the Sandy Hook lightship at 17 p.m. ; ‘Her time of passage was six days, nine- teen hours and forty-three minutes. Her best previous eastward record, made July 3 last, was six days, twenty-two hours and five ininutes. ‘To equal this she was due to arrive at the Needles at 4:22 p.m. today. ‘As she arrived at 2 p.m. she has therefore beaten her record two hours and twenty- two minutes. es SEEKING AN ASYLUM. A Refugee Corean Minister Coming to the United States. VICTORIA, B. C., August 14.—Prince Yang Ho Pak, the refugee Corean min- Ister of the interior, who fied from Seoul a month ago to avoid arrest at the Instiga- tion of the queen, arrived on the steamer Empress of Japan. He sought an asylum in Japan, but an attempt was to have been made to cause his arrest on the charge of plotting against the life of the queen, and to prevent any complications he was ad- vised to leave. The United States he re- garded as the best asylum, and to this country he is come. He pretended to know no English when an “Associated Press correspondent approached him, and later, when an interpreter Nad been pro- vided, did not care to talk, merely “I am an exile from my country going to the United States after a stay of two weeks in Japan. How long I wiil remain in the United States I cannot say. I am unjustly forced out of Corea, but what the future will bring forth no ona can say.” Prince Pak is about forty, small, but-has an intellectual face. This is his ond exile, having returned to Corea a year ago August 2, after ten years in Japan. ‘The night after the empress left Hong Kong an explosion of gas occurred in her coal bunkers. One coal passer was killed and four badly burned, one of the latter not expected to live. STREET EXTENSION An Injunction Asked Against Re- cording the Map. 10 SHOW CAUSE COMMISSIONERS Allegations Made in the Bill of Complaint. JUDGE COLE’S ORDER Judge Cole has ordered the District Com- missioners to show cause, August 19, why they should not be restrained and enjoined from filing and from recording the map of the first section of street extension, recent- ly approved by the commission, composed of the Secretary of War, the Secretary of the Interior and the chief of engineers. This action was taken on motion of Amory K. Tingle and Elsey Jane Tingle, who have filed an amended bill to an original bill of complaint placed in the hands of the clerk of the court April 27 last, and naming as defendants, John W. Ross, George Truesdell and Charles F. Powell, Commis- sioners of the District of Columbia. Grounds of Complaint. At that time the Tingles stated that they were the owners of over four acres of land near the Spring road, where they have re- sided for thirty years past, and meanwhile greatly improved and beautified the proper- ty. According to the map prepared by the Commissioners for the extension of the Streets, so the bill alleged, they asumed to dedicate for boulevards, a reservation, and streets 160,000 square feet, by far the larger part of the property of the Tingles, leaving to the latter three narrow, wedge-shaped strips. Cross Strect Not Required. The complainants then declared that a certain proposed cross street is not re- quired for public convenience, not con- sistent with economy of expenditure if ever effectuated by subsequent action of the courts, juries and the discretionary ultimate action of Congress, nor is a boulevard of so great breadth, nor an in- termediate reservation, nor are they au- thorized by the law covering the matter. It was further set forth that the proposed action of the Commissioners will be the taking of private property for public use for an indefinite period of time wholly without compensation and to the irrepar- able injury of the complainants. The court was asked to forever to enjoin the Commis- stoners from delivering the map to the superior commission and from recording the same. The Amended Dill. In the amended bill which has been filed the Tingles repeat the declarations of the original declaration, and then go on to’say that immediately upon the filing of the bill, April 27, and before service of the process upon thera, the Commissioners ap- proved and delivered the plan and map to the superior commission, whercupon the latter have come to & final determination, approving the map extending a permanent system of highways across the property of the Tingles. Again, the court is asked to forever en- join the Commissioners from recording the map and during the pendency of the pro- ceedings that they be prohibited from re- ceiving, filing, recording or in any other way proceeding in the matter, so far as it relates to or affects the property rights or interests of the Tingles. The Commissioners to Show Cause. After the reading of the amended bill the court ordered the Commissioners to show cause on the 19th instant why they should not be enjoined as asked. —__—.__ ATTACHING A DEED, A Conveyance That Mr. Cleary Says Was Fraudulent. William B. Cleary this afternoon fited a bill in equity against Albert A. Brooke and Stephen T. Fox to vacate a deed in aid of an attachment, It Is claimed that in May last Cleary recovered a judgment in the supreme court of New York against Brooke for $4,466.67. Subsequently action was brought in the District Supreme Court to enforce the judgment, and an attach- ment was levied upon the interest of Brooke in lot 35, square 623, this city. The bill states that August G. Brooke pretended to convey the lot mentioned to Stephen T. Fox for an alleged considera- tion of $1,000. Cleary then declares that Fox resides in New York city, has never seen the real estate in question, has no knowledge concerning its value and pald no consideration for the alleged convey- ance. The conveyance is characterized as fraudulent and made with intent to delay Cleary in the collection of the judgment. Fox is accused of possessing full knowl- edge of the purpose of the deed. The court is asked to decree the deed null and void. —_——__. JUSTICE TO BE DONE. The Whites Who Killed Bannacks to Be Punished. The Indian office has turned over to the Department of Justice all the facts made known in regard to the recent so-called Bannack outbreak in the Jackson’s Hole country, and every effort will be made to run down and punish the white men who shot the Indians in Uintah county, Wyoming. Agent Teter’s report on the “outbreak” was received by Commissioner Browning today. He gives an account of the killing of the Bannacks by the whites, which is corroborated by ail the trust- worthy information that has been secured. ——___-e—___ MADE A BREAK FOR LIBERTY. scaped When the Puritan Ran Against a Dock. NEW YORK, August 14.—Detective Sergt. Lawrence Delehanty of Brooklyn, who went to Boston to get two men supposed to be the thieves who enticed Dr. Drury of that city into a vacant house and robbed him, got back today, but brought only one prisoner with hirh. The other man made his escape by jumping off the Fall river line boat Puritan. The man who got away was Edward Warren Ball of Wood Haven, L. I. The other is Samuel B. Ryls of Philadel- phia. The escape took place as the Pur ten was pulling into Newport. There was a dense fog. Delehanty says the Puritan struck something. The excitement was in- tense. Women screamed and all rushed ex- citedly to and fro. Ball, seeing his chance, derted away. After the fog lfted the offi- cePs learned the ship had struck a dock. If Ball got off the ship on that side he probably had an easy escape to the shore. If not, he may now be at the bottom of the sound. = oe eee The Huntington Prosceution, SAN FRANCISCO, August 14.—According to a local paper the indictment against C. P. Huntington, president of the Southern Pacific, for violating the interstate com- merce law by issuing a pass, will be lis- missed today. Judge Morrow will be asked to dismiss the indictment on the recent ruling of the New York court in the «ase. aan eins 38 is expected to arrive here this we A COMMISSION PROBABLE To Visit the Scene of the Recent Ohinese Riots and Investigate. An American Naval Officer Expected to Be a Member—Admiral Car- penter at Chefoo. No information has been received at the State Department in regard to the appoint- ment of a mixed commission at Foo Chow te visit the scene of the recent riots at Ku Cheng, though it is not discredited. Minister Denby has advised the depart- ment that the appointment of such a com- mission was urder consideration, and it was known that {t would be composed of Americans and Englishmen, No surprise is expressed that the Chinese government refused to allow an armed escort of for- eigners, as such an escort would not have been permitted in either of the countries interested, and would have implied that China was unable to protect the foreign- ers, who were on a diplomatic mission, and also that China was unable to punish the offenders in the recent riots. Admiral Carpenter at Chefoo. A cable was received at the Navy De- partment today announcing the arrival of Admiral Carpenter at Chefoo with the flagship Baltimore. He had not been able to communicate with Minister Denby, but it is expected he will during the day. Act- ing Secretary McAdoo said this morning that it was expected that an officer of the navy would be a member of the Ku Cheng commission, and the naval officer who accompanied it was probably desig- nated by Commander Folger of the York- town, who was the senior officer in Chinese waters up to the time of the arrival of Admiral Carpenter in Chefoo. Anxious for Information. The State Department, in replying to the secretary of the Presbyterian board of mis- sions, acknowledging the receipt of a list of missions and the names of missionaries abroad, and especially in China, says that the department is anxious to obtain from all the missions much fuller information than that furnished. It is desirable not only to have the stations and names, but the names of the province; whether the stations are divided into @ifferent estab- lishments, the number end character of buildings, the purposes for which they are used, and also whether the station isun- der different municipal governments. e+ SAYS IT WILL GO REPUBLICA Representative Settle Expresses Hin Views About North Carolina, Representative Settle 6f North Carolina is at Chamberlin’s. Speaking to a Star re- porter today of the situatjan in his state he said: “There is getting to be a great deal of interest in politics. We, the republicans are going to hold the ‘state. The demo- crats do not even dare*to-hope that they will be able to carry it in 'J6."" “How do the North Carolina republicans stand on the silver question?” was asked. “There are a great many silver repub- licans in the state. The general sentiment is in favor of silver, but the republicans of North Carolina are going to follow their party, and no one exgects the national party to indorse free silvér. The delega- tien to the natidnal convention will be friendly to silver, but will not do any kicking.” “Whom do they favor for the nomina- ticn?” “A good many republicans would answer, McKinley, but I thinks a majority fayor Reed and that the delegation will be for him.” THE BATTLESHIP TEXAS Will Probably Sail for Norfolk to Join Admiral Bunce’s Squadron. The battle ship Texas, which goes into commission tomorrow,’ will probably sail at once from Norfolk to join the squadron of Admiral Bunce. The Texas does not need any trial, except of her engines, which were contract work, and it is prob- able that they will be givea a trial while with the squadron. She is not intended for a fast ship, but it is expected she can make seventeen knote. without difficulty. Another vessel which will soon join the squadron is the Amphitrfte, which is now testing the new dry dock at Port Royal. Two tests of the strength of the dock will have to be made, as the Amphitrite Is long enough only to rest half the length of the dock at one time. Some obstruc- tions at the mouth of the dock will have to be removed before it can be entered. Admiral Bunce now has four ships at Newport, and those destined to join him will increase the number to eight, which will make quite a respectable fleet. + e+_____ NO OFFICIAL INFORMATION. ‘The Report of Americans Injured at Mansovan Not Confirmed. Acting Secretary Adee said today that the Department of State had received no irformation concerning the report that an American named Briggs and a companion had been injured in a riot at Mansovan. It was his opinion that some mistake had been made in the name of the place, and that Mersine, a seaport town about five miles from Tarsus, was the place meant. In that event it was merely the Tarsus af- fair reported from another point. No such place is known as Mansovan in Turkey, Eut there is a place of similar name in India. It is not known, however, that there are any Americans at the place in India. : ————_——_-e+____ Pensicns Allowed. District of Columbia—Original, Thomas. Rekinson. Additioral, Charles G. Eckart, alias C. W. Winchester. Reissue, Henry J. Westbrook, Perry~ Barnes, Paul Leech. Origiral widow, Lizzie B. J. Wertenbaker. Virginia—Increase, William Burruss, Na- tional Soldiers’ Home, Elizabeth City. Maryland—Original, Norman B. Layman, Frostburg, Allegany. Increase, James R. Headyman, Wheaton, Montgomery. Reis- sue, John W. Comegys, Baltimore; John W. ‘Teder, Baltimore; Franklin Campbell, New- port, Charles; Samuel Street, Baltimore. Original widows, etc., Annie C. Gardner, Baltimore; Jane Wyatt, Baltimore. Fourth-Class Postmasters. At Peanut, Sussex county, Va., Mrs. A. E. Grant, vice T. J. Hill, removed.” Salt- creek, Amherst county, Va., W. H. Phelps, vice R. G. Scott, resigned. Stone Mountain, Carroll county, Va.,.B, W. Marshall, vice G. H. Chaplin, removed. Total number of fourth-class postmasters appointed today, thirty-three, of which thirty were to fill vacancies caused by death and resignations. — Another Hope Story. “The Madness of Lord Harry Culver- hovse,” by Anthony Hope,.will be publish- ed complete in Saturday’s Star, extensively and beautifully illustrated. The scenes are in Strelsau, in the forest of the Castle of Zenda, made so familiar by Hope's famous book. THE SUPREME BENCH No Need to Hurry in Filling the Vacancy. MUCH ADVICE GIVEN THE PRESIDENT Argument in Favor of Selecting a New Yorker. —— SENATOR LINDSAY SUGGESTED It would appear from the number of names proposed and the variety of consid- erations suggested that great difficulty at- taches to the task of filling the vacancy on the Supreme bench. The President is ad- vised on the one hand not to permit sec- tionalism to enter into the question; to sweep the country with his official eye and take the man, regardless of locality, best suited to the office and its duties. He is in- formed on the other hand that the place, of right, belongs to New York, and that a New Yorker should be selected to fill it. He is advised, on the one hand, that there is a growing sentiment in the country in favor of non-partisanship in judicial appoint- ments, and he is assured that he could not do a better thing than to follow Gen. Harri- son’s example in appointing Judge Jackson and go outside of politics altogether. On the other hand, that suggestion is laughed at. And for names, the list is so long it runs all the way from local judges never before heard of outside of their limited cir- cuits, to those lawyers of national reput: tion, whose merits have been canvassed in connection with every Supreme Court vacancy in the past dozen years. Hill Still a Senator. The discussion of a New Yorker for the appointment has elready taken a turn fraught with some danger, it is thought: to the aspirations of empire state lawyers. The question naturally brings up the failure of both the Hornvlower and the Peckham nominations in the filling of the Blatch- ford vacancy, and the commanding part played by Senator Hill in the premises. Mr, Hill has never expressed any regret for what he did at that time,and he does not en- joy being lectured for h’s acts. There is a revival here and there in the state of some of the old reproaches directed at him, and -as-he-is still a Senator this is thought to be unwise. Some of the advocates of a New York raan for the appointment think it would be just as well for New Yorkers at this time to bury old differences and consider the present case without reference to the former case. Jn Favor of a New Yorker. The argument offered in favor of a New York man is not new, but eastern men think it strong. These men put their finger on the map and point out that all the vast empire, teeming with people and containing thousands of large manufacturing and commercial plants, between Pittsburg, where Mr. Justice Shiras resides, and Bos- ton, where Mr. Justice Gray resides, is without a representative on the Supreme Court. The bulk of the business of the court comes from this section, now ne- glected. The knottiest of legal questions arise out of clashing interests in this great live of commercial industry, and justice, it is held, requires that in deciding them the Eighest court should be assisted in its de- tiberations by a member altogether familiar with local statutes and practices. This is supplemented by the fact, nowhere dis- puted, that the field of selection contains some of the best equipped lawyers in the country. Senator Lindsay. Outside of New York the most prominent name mentioned in connection with the office 1s that of Senator Lindsay of Ken- tucky. Mr. Lindsay is regarded as being more partial to the law than to politics. He served one term of eight years as a member of the highest court in his state, and for part of the term was the chief justice. If this appointment shoul: made it would greatly simplify the po’ situation in the blue grass country. The next legislature of the state would have the choosing of two United States Senators instead of one. The difficulty in the state at present relates to’ Mr. Blackburn, who is a free coinage man and wants to succeed himself in the Senate. The sound money democrats are opposing him, and there is some danger that in the strife the seat may be captured by the republicans. But if another senatorship should be thrown into the scale the two democratic factions, by agreeing each to take one, could be brought to work together to make both certain. By this arrangement Mr. Black- burn could succeed himself, and a sound money democrat could be elected to suc- ceed Mr. Lindsay. No Need for Hurry. The best opinion is that the President has not given this matter a thought as yet. He need not hurry. The new man’s pres- ence on the bench when the court meets in October is not regarded as a matter of necessity. Had Judge Jackson survived he would not have been in attendance. If the President chooses, therefore, he mzy take until December to decide upon his man. Only two things in connection with the appointment would appear to be certain at present. The new member of the court will be a democrat. His views as to money will bear the very closest scrutiny and meet the thorough approval of those who agree with the President on that subject. When the nomination comes hefore the Senate that body, it is probable, will want to know something about the nominee's views on the subject of an income tax. —____-e-___ Rear Admiral Walker's Return. Rear Admiral John G. Walker, president of the light house board, accompanied by Mr. A. B. Johnson, chief clerk of the board, has returned to Washington from an extended tour of inspection of the light house establishments of the Pacitic coast. They left for here June 3, and during the tour thoroughly inspected 143 light houses and light beacons, extending from Alaska on the north to the Mexican border on the south. Without exception the light houses and equipment were found in very good condition, and the keepers appeared to be faithful and efficient. —___-e-_ Contract Labor From Japan. The bureau of immigration has informa- tion that a company has been fermed in Japan for the purpose of sending Japanese laborers to this country under contract. Commissioner Stump said that up to this time only comparatively few Japanese had come Into the country, but his informa- tion was of such a character that it could not be ignored, and immigration agents, especially in the northwest, would be put en their guard. ———___.—__—____— Presented to Secretary Morton. Baron B. R. von Herman, the first ap- pointee of the German government to hold the office of agricultural attache at the embassy to the United States, was fc presented to Secretary Morton 3 afternoon by Baron Thielmaniu, man ambassador. 2 Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $246,882. Government receipts: Fiom internal revenue, $344,780; custorns, miscellaneous, $22,414. HIS NEW ASSIGNMENT Qol. Wilson Will Not Remove His Head- quarters From This City, He is Given Additional Duties, but Will Remain Commissioner of Pub- lic Bulldings and Grounds. As exclusively stated in yesterday's Star, the assignment of Colonel John M. Wilson of the corps of engincers to duty as super- vising engineer of the northeast engineer division does not involve any change in his present station. The retirement of Colonel H. L. Abbott, who had charge of the river and harbor works in the northeast division, which includes the New England states, New York, part of Pennsylvania and the works on Lakes Erie and Ontario, made it necessary to assign another officer of the rank of colonel to that duty, and the selec- tion fell upon Colonel Wilson as the best available officer. It is a most important and responsible post, but will not, as has errcneously stated, involve any change in Colonel Wilson's present statin and duties. It will, however, involve con- siderable travel in the frequent inspection and supervision of the many important engineering works in the northeast division. Colonel Abbott had his headquarters at New York, but Colonel Wiison-wili make this city his headquarters. In other words, Colonel Wilson's assignment merely gives him additional duty. He will remain in Washington in charge of public build- ings and grounds and will continue In charge of the work “of marking the birth- place of Washington and the repairs and enlargement of the government printing of- fice. It is not too much to say that the citi- zens of the District are proud of Col. Wil- son’s achievements in this vicinity and would not willingly dispense with his ser- vices. He is a Washington boy, born and bred, and has a special pride in the de- velopment and improvement of his native city. He was commissioner of public build- ings and grounds during President Cleve- land's first administration and was super- intendent of the Military Academy during the four years of President :larrison’s ad- ministration, resuming his former duties in this city on the incoming of the present ad- ministration. Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, who made tke assignments consequent on the retirement of Col. Abbott, sald to a Star reporter today that there was absolutely no warrant for the report that Col. Wil- son’s station had been changed. He added that the additioral service he ts now called on to perform is merely supervisory of the government work in New England, New York, Pennsylvania and Lakes Erie and Ontario. _——-e-—____—_ THE BANNACK SCARE OVER. Gen. Coppinger to Retarn to Omaha— Capt. Van Orsdale’s Report. Gen, Coppinger, who has been at Jack- scn’s Hole with four troops of the ninth cavalry, has notified the Wer Department that he would return eastward, leaving two troops at Jackson's Hole, under com- mand of Major Chaffee. His proposed route will carry him through the Shoshone Indian country to Fort Washakie, and it is presumed he desires to satisfy himself that all is quiet there before returning to his headquarters at Omaha. This Means that the Bannack Indian scare is at an end, without really ever having had a legiti- mate beginning. Capt. J. T. Van Orsdale, seventh in- fantry, late acting Indian agent at the Fort Hall reservation, has made a report in regard to the Bannack Indians, in which he says: “Being short rationed and far from self- supporting, the Bannacks hunt for the pur- pcse of obtaining sustenance. By treaty they are granted this privilege. It would seem that the killing of these Indians under the circumstances is nothing more nor less than murder. Further, I believe that there is no wanton slaughter of game by them, while it ie a notorious fact that hundreds of animals are killed by white men for nothing more than heads and horns. There are men in that country who make it a business to pilot hunting parties from the east and abroad, which not only slaughter elk, but capture and ship them out of the country. The killing of game by Indians interferes with their business. The Indians can hardly be expected to submit to the killing of their people while engaged in an occupation which they think they have a right to follow more quietly than white men would do, and failure by the government to take proper action is liable te resuit in serious loss of life and prop- erty. Capt. Van Orsdale’s report bears the in- dorsement of Lieut. Col. Henry E. Noyes of the second cavalry, commanding the post, who says he concurs heartily in what the captain has said. —___—__-e—___ THE STEAMER PETREL. She Can Depart Upon Certain Condi- tions Stated. A telegram was received at the Treasury Department late yesterday afternoon from the collector of customs at Key West, Fla., announcing the seizure at that port of the small American steamer Petrel on the charge of having violated the rules of the road at sea in failing to respond with ner whistle to a signal made by a passing ves- sel. According to the dispatch the vessel was not provided with the necessary in- spection certificate, nlthough the captain stated that he had the certificate when he left New York, and as he could not find it then, he must have accidentally lost it overboard during the voyage from that city. The collector said it was claimed that the vessel had been chartered by the Spanish government for use as a gunboat in Cuban waters, and that she was then on ker way to Havana. Assistant Secretary Wike, who has jurts- diction of such matters, held that as the vessel had not been formally transferred to Spain she was still an American vessel and subject to the navigation laws of this country. Tnis construction of the law jus- tified the seizure. Inasmuch, however, #s the master of the Petrel announced nis purpose of transferring the steamer to the Spanish government, he instructed the col- lector at Key West by telegraph to release the vessel upon receipt from the master of an affidavit to the effect that he had lost his inspection papers, and if the master declined to make such an affidavit, to im- pose a nominal fine of $19, on payment of which the vessel was to be permitted to proceed on her way. Assistant Secretary Wike declined to pass on the question of the ownership of the vessel, except in 10 far as to decide that she was amenable to United States laws, until she had been formally transferred to Spain. ———————— Personal Mention. Lieut. Milton L. McGrew, eleventh in- faniry, and Lieut. W. F. Lewis, assistant surgeon, are in this city on leave of ab- sence. Mr. Chas. W. Darr has returned from a trip to New York and Atlantic City. Cholera in China. Consul Sheridan T. Read at Tien Tsin cabled the State Department today that cholera has broken out at Tien Tsin and Chefoo. ————-o+_____ Secretary Olney the Host. BUZZARD'S BAY, Mass., August 14.— President Cleveland and Attorney General Harmon went to Falmouth this morning on the President's vapor launch. They are being entertained by Secretary of State Olney at his summer residence. CHAMPIONS CONFER Free Silver Democrats Considering a Plan of Campaign. THE MEETING AT THE METROPOLITAN Delegates Are in Attendance From All Sections. AIMING AT PARTY ACTION ‘The conference of prominent free silver demecrats from all portions of the country was called to order at 12 o'clock today in the parlors of the Metropolitan Hotel. The meeting was in the nature of a party caucus, called to consider the ways and means of promoting the interests of free silver within the lines of the democracy. It was the purpose of the leaders to keep the general proceedings of the conference from the public. “For the reason,” as Sen- ator Jones expressed it, “that we don’t think it wise to have the public know wherein our opinions may differ, or to be- come familiar with all the plans which we may intend to pursue.” It was evident from the start that the meeting was an important one, in respect to the prominence and political standing of the men engaged in it. Among some of the democrats of national prominence tak- ing part in the conference were Gen. Stone of Missouri, Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia, Senator Watsh of Georgia, Sena- tor Call of Florida, Mr. W. H. Hinrichsen, fecretary of state of Illinois; Col, Casey Young of Tennessee, Senator Jones of Arkansas, Senator Herris of Tennessee, Representative Otey of Virginia, Repre- sentative Cox of Tennessee, Representative Livingston of Georgia, State Treasurer Ste- yens of Missouri, ex-Representatives Fith- ign of Miinois ard Brookshire of Indiana. Party workers of standing and influence from every state of the south and west, better known locally than nationally, were in attendance in goodly number. All Dyed-in-the-Wool Democrats, There were no populists and no silver leaguers, but all sturdy, dyed-in-the-wool democrats, with one object in view—the welfare of the democratic party. through the advocacy of the free coinage of silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1 by the United States government, independently of the action of other nations. The men at the head of the movement which took shape today regard the confer- ence as being in the nature of a meeting of the national committee of free silver demo- crats. They are, in fact, a steering com- mittee of free silver men, as the point most positively emphasized in the case of each delegate was that he should be acceptable to the silver democrats of his state as @ national committeeman. Before the meeting assembled Senators Harris, Jones and Daniel and Col. Casey Young were in conference over the pre- liminary details of the caucus and later talked with the leading men of the different delegations. Suggestions Regarding Secrecy. It was the general impression that the caucus might deal with matters of consid- erable importance to the party, and it was the suggestion of the Senators that sena- torial executive session methods should control the proceedings. Some of the west- erners, who are accustomed to wi political conventions, with untrammeled cope of expression and opinion, were aversé to clothing the proceedings with too much secrecy, and were in favor of taking the public into the confid r, este lence of the confer- Probable Outline of Work. “My idea of the proceedings today,” said Senator Jones, before the caucus went into session, “is that we will have a general dis- cussion of the advisability of establishing @ natidnal committee. If it is decided to form one, I suppose the state delegations will take some time to select the man they want to represent them on the committee. Then it is possible we may take up the qvestion of inaugurating and carrying on a campaign for free silver and with the ob- ject of securing free silver delegates to the democratic national convention next year.” Questioning the Delegates. Promptly at 12 o'clock the delegates filed into the parlors set apart for their use. Capt. Barnes of the Senate force, thorough- ly imbued with executive session propriety and senatorial dignity, was placed at the door, and, acting under instructi¢ns, ques- tioned each man as to his credentials, and whether he was a newspaper man. One or two delegates who are also newspaper men were made to abandon their professional capscity for the occasion, and promised to act in the sole function of delegates. The Conference Organized. The conference was called to order by Senator Harris of Tennessee, and Senator James K. Jones of Arkansas was elected permanent chairman. Mr. Geo. M. Le Crone of Illinois was elected secretary and a roll call of states showed the following delegates to be present: Alabama—James F. Johnston, Jos. Hodg- son, John W. Tomlinson, H. N. Wilsor, 8. W. John. Ohio—S. S. Yoder. Georgia—Patrick Walsh, L. F. Livingston. Indiana—Allen W. Clark. Delaware—J. F. Saulsbury. Maryland—W. M. Coleman, W. E. Man- nakee, Charles R. Darby. Kentucky—Urey Wceodson. Mississippi—W. S. Stockdale. North Dakota—Willis R. Blerly. Missouri—Governor Wm. J. Stone, Lon Vv. €tephens, Harry M. Hill, W. M. Rubey, Geo. W. Allen, Joseph K. Rickey, Louis Houck, Scott Miller, R. W. Bodine, Geo. E. Sim- mons, Thomas O. Towles, Judge Lee Wood- jes, E. J. Bean. siwest Virginia—Jobn J. Cornwell. ‘Tennessee—Senator Isham G. Harris, Col. Casey Young, Gen. N. N. Cox, Col. EL W. Carmack. Carkansas—Senator James K. Jones, Robt. Neill, W. P. Stone. North Carolina—Ex-Senator Thomas J. Jarvis, Representative Lockhart, Mr. Jose- hi aniels. Pimerida~ Senator Call, Frank E. Harris, Jchn S. Beard, J. E. Alexander, E. R. Mc- Keen. ‘Texas—Judge Silas Hare. Virginia—Senator Daniel, Wm. A. Jones, P. J. Otey, L. Q. Washington, J. S. Duffie, J. R. Wingfield, Page McCar'! B. Mo- Cate, D. Randolph Meade, T. N. Conrad, Frank Hume, P. R, Nuckalls, J. D. Pernybaker, Hon, John W. Daniel, John A. Jones, T. C. Ramsdeil, R. H. Lee, Marshall McCormick, John F. Sowers. L Illincis—W. H. Hinrichsen, Geo. W. Fith- ian, O. P. Thompson, W. E. Nelson, M. F. Dunlap, Geo. M. Le Cron . B. Parsons, Geo. 12. Doying, Geo. E. Brennan, T. W. MeNeely, A. M. Rose, Jno. H. Barnes, Jno. W. Yantis, C. R. Tutule. South Carolina—Col. John F. Trentlen. Colorado—M. B. Gerry, 5S. D. Trimble, Olney Newell. A resolution was adopted directing the chairman to appoint a committee on reso- lutions and order of proceedings to be com- posed of one delegate from each state and to report at 4 o'clock this afternoon, the conference taking a recess until that hour. Committee on Resolutions, The chairman appointed the following committee on resolutions and order of pro- ceedings in accordance with the terms of the resolutions: Virginia. Senator Daniel: