Evening Star Newspaper, August 15, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR poets eet PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 1ith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pree’t. Wew York Office, 49 Potter Building, ge tecse Sets The Evening Star tity by carriers, on erved to subscribers In thé ir own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents rer month. Gopies at the counter 2 cents each. Ty mail—anywhere in the Unived States or Canada—postage prepald—60 eents per month. Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00, (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mall, matter.) - mail subscriptions mnst be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Fven g Star. > | No. 13,244, WASHINGTON, D.C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 1895-TEN PAGES. DISTRICT OFFICES|T™E REGISTER OF WILLSITHE VETO POWER They Will Soon Be Under Civil Ser- vice Rules. THE COMMISSION 70 TAKE CHARGE Of All Examinations of Applicants for Positions. - RESULT OF CORRESPONDENCE There will be real civil service in the District shortly. It was officially announc- ed at the Commissioners’ office this after- roon that within the next week the civil service commiszion will take charge of and personally conduct all examisations for rositions under the District government. Consulting With the Commission. For some time past the Commissioners have been in communication w:th the com- mission with a view of having it take com- plete charge of the matter. Recently a letter was received from the commission expressing its willingness to assist the Commissioners as much as possible, and agreeing to take charge of all examinations for pesitions under the triumvirate. This action relieves the District Commissioners of much embarrassment, and puts the D.s- trict government as much under the pro- vsions of the civil serv as though it lad been so included by the President of the United States. Examinations Heretofore Held. Ever since the Commissioners decided to fill all positions by competitive examina- tion they have been practically forced to conduct them for a chosen few. Only those who have actually applied for posi- tions and whose applications were on file were permitted to compete. The practice has Leen to notify these applicants by let- ter of the coming examination. This was found necessary in view of the meager ac- commodations at the disposal of the Com- missioners. The board room has been utilized, but only about 25 or 30 could be mmodated at one time. Then these «xaminations were a groat inconvenience to the Commisstoners, and it cost no small sum to provide the paper and other ma- terial necessary, not to mention the prepar- ation of questions and the supervision of the applicants. The Lust by the Commissioners. Tomorrow morning will be the last ex- amination conducted by the Commission- ers. Capt. Burr will supervise it, and ex- amine the papers. He will also prepare the questions. When the civil service commission takes charge of the matter it will certify to the Commissioners of the District of Columbia a list of those who have successfully pass- ed the examination. The Commissioners will then examine the indorsements of the applicants and make the appointments ac- cordingly. + 2+—____ STREET RAILWAY MAILS. A Request for the Introduction of Them Here. A committee appointed at a recent meet- ing of the Colum! Heights Citizens’ As- sociaticn, consisting of John R. Gisburne, chairman; V. M. Husted and, Thomas J. Lasier, have addressed a request to Post- master Willett, asking that the street rail- way mail service, which has been put into cperation in Boston, New York, St. Louis and cther cities, be introduced here in Washington and placed on the Washington and Georgetown line, with a view to giving Columbia Heights and Mt. Pleasant the benefit of it. Attention is called to the fact that that part of the city 1s over two miles from the central office, and that zecessarily there is considerable unavoid- able loss of time in the postal service as at present conducted by means of car- riers sent frem the main office. With the introduction of asphalt pavements and other municipal improvements in that sec- tion of the city, tremendous strides have been made in private development, and there are a great many persons living there who conduct important business of various kinds, making extensive use of the mails. Among these are several contractors, who receive their mail at their houses, Justice Harlan of the Supreme Court, Mrs. John A. Logan, the Hammond Sanitarium, the Chinese embassy and numerous other large and important interests which would jus- tify the new service. It is said that Second Assistant Postmas- ter Genera] Neilson, who is a thorough- going convert to the idea of street railway mail service, desires to have it introduced here in Washington, where it would be sure to receive a full and most successful demonstration in the hands of one of the best post office forces in the United States and where cable and electric roads afford an excellent opportunity for it. eg FELL FROM AN AWNING POLE. Serious Accident Today to an Eleven- Year-Old Boy. George Glorious, eleyen years old, son of the florist who lives at 4th and R streets northwest, met with a serious and perhaps fatal accident about 9 o'clock this morn- ing while climbing an awning pole. The boy had ieft his home only a few minutes before the accident happened, and had gone out to play. His amusement consisted in gymnastic performances on the awning pests and cross pieces. While thus en- gaged he lost his hold on the post and fell a distance of fifteen feet to the ground. He struck on his head, and bystanders believed that the force cf the fail had killed him. A messenger was hurried to the wood and coal yard of Kimpton & Lewis, two squares away, and a message sent over the telephone to send the dead wagon, that the boy had been killed. The dead wagon was sent to the scene of the accident, but it had then been ascer- tained that the boy was not dead. His skull, it was thought, was fractured. He was unconscious w. picked up, and he was hurried to Prcvidence Hospital, where the surgeon found him suffering from con- cussion of the brain. So serious were the boy’s injuries that it was thought he would not live many hours, but a successful op- eration was performed, and now it is thought he may possibly recover, although the chances are dec! THE SERVICE. The Commissioners Haye a Confer- ence This Afternoon, The recent unsatisfactory garbage service and the stand taken by the Commissioners t the garbage contractor to compel 2 to properly perform the work of col- lection by requiring him to put on addition- al carts, brought about a private meetiag of the board of Commissioners this afier- noon. ‘The meeting was held in Commissioner oss’ private office and all doors and win- 1 iz into it were securely fastened. field, who is supposed to be eal contractor, appeared and wanted to know why the Commissioners were act- ing so arbitrarily. The health officer was led dawn and the conference lasted some time. Mr. Wartield was told what the Commissioners expected ip the way of ser’ and given to understand that the terms of the contract must be strictly ad- hered to. No One at the White Honse Knows the Cause of the Delay. Mr. Pruden Did as He Was Instracted and a Blank Commission Accom- panied by Col.Wright’s Resignation There is no one at the White House at present who can throw any light on the subject of the District registershtp, beyond the fact that Col. Wright's successor has not been antiounced. As has already been stated in The Star, Col. Wright terdered his resignation to the President several weeks ago on receiving an intimation from the President, through Acting Private Sec- retary Pruden, that he was prepared to name his successor. Maj. Pruden visited Register Wright in his office in the city hall, and conveyed this intimation in per- son, Did as He Was Directed. Anybody acquainted with Mr. Pruden’s careful and precise methods of conducting official business knows that he did exactly what he was instructed to do in this mat- ter, both as to the manner and time of the notice served upon Col. Wright. It is not regarded us likely that Mr. Pruden acted cn his own responsibility in any feature of this cuse, particularly in the important question of the time that Mr. Wright should be asked to resign. statement that Mr. Pruden took upon himself the duty of reminding the President that the time had arrived for the appointment of a new register is regarded as extremely im- probable by persons familiar with the President's rules in the matter of appoint- ments. Of all employes at the Executive Mansion, Mr. Pruden is the ieast likely to suggest @ course of action to the President. A Blank Commission Sent. Probably the most inexplicable feature of the delay in the announcement of Col. Wright's successor is that the President called for a blank comunission for register of deeds, and that {t was mailed to him at Gray Gables, along with Col. Wright’s resignation, several weeks ago. Consider- ing all the known facts in respect to this appointment, the impression is growing that the President has concluded not to ap- point the person he had originally selected for the olfice, and is having considerable difficulty in finding a proper substitute. Meanwhile, the affairs of the office are be- ing capably administered by the republican incumbent, and the Interests of the people are being caretully protected. ——__-e.___ HEROIC MEASURES ADOPTED. A Mammoth Ol] Tank Broken With a Cannon Ball. TOLEDO, Ohio, August 15.—An explo- sion and resulting fire entirely consumed the plant of the Peerless refinery, Find- lay, with $60,000 loss, half insured. A ben- zine tank first exploded, cause unknown, and in an instant the building was wrapped in seething flames. Two still men, Wm. Adams and Wm. Bemis, were probably fatally burned. Ten oll stills caught next, and one after the other exploded, sending flaming oil over the surrounding buildings and ground. Next two tanks of crude, containing 12,000 gallons, caught fire, sending up red col- umns of flame 200 feet into the air. A mammoth tank of 30,00) barrels was fired into with a cannon, letting the oil run out, where it caught fire. The oil is still burning and the smoke obscures the heavens for miles. eT: BOUND FOR BAR HARBOR. The North Atlantic Squadron Leaves Newport. NEWPORT, R. L, August 15.—The North Atlantic squadron left the harbor at 1 o'clock this morning bound for Bar Har- bor. Secretary Herbert went on board the New York, occupying quarters with Cap- tain Evans. The dispatch boat Dolphin is attached to the squadron, however, and will par- ticipate in the fleet tactics. The secretary is particularly anxious to witness the fleet Grill at sea, and as the pilot house of the New York is the best point of observaiion he transferred his flag to that vessel. The maneuvers will consist of the primary fleet tactics under steam. The batteries of each ship will probably be used during the trip, and the maneuvers will occupy almost the entire time until Sunday. According to Admiral Bunce’s pians the fleet will come to anchor at Bar Harbor early cn Sunday -morning. Mr. C. C. baldwin, naval officer of the port of New York, accompanied the fleet. _——— WILL BE TRIED AT CHICAGO, Holmes, the Suspected Murderer of the Williams Girls. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., August 15.—It has practically been decided that H. H. Holmes, the suspected murderer of Minnie Williams, B. F. Pitzel and half a dozen others, will go to Chicago for trial for the murder of the Williams girls. This, it 1s said, was the outcome of a lengthy conference held in this city today between W. A. Capps of Fort Worth, Texas, and District Attorney Graham. After the conference Lawyer Capps said that he hal urged the district attorney to allow Holmes to go to Chicago, and that Mr. Graham could hardly refuse to grant his request. ee FRANCE’S JUSTIFICATION, Pointing to Disease Among Cattle in America. PARIS, August 15.—A semi-official note has been published stating that tuber- culosis is shown to exist in New York state, that anthrax is raging in New Jer- sey, while a, serious disease, believed to be Texas fever, has been discovered in Penn- sylvania_and Tennessee. The note pro- ceeds: “These facts fully justify the meas- ure taken February 24 of checking the im- port of American cattle into France, and are the best reply to the criticism this measure ever evoked.” —_._—_ A New World's Record. CLEVELAND, Ohio, August 15.—Louls Gimm cf this city, who started yesterday at noon to beat the twenty-four-hour bicycle record, is now the champion long- distance rider of the world. At 8:42:17 o'clock this morning Gimm had equaled the world’s record of 407 miles 84 yards for twenty-four hours, held by Lyman, and after a rest of fifteen minutes had started out to complete the twenty-four hours. The distance which he covers between the time mentioned and noon will be a complete gain over the record. He rode 400 miles in twenty hours, seventeen minutes and twenty seconds. —— Librarians on an Excursion. DENVER, Col, August 45.—Delegates to the American Library Association conven- tion went on an excursion across the “Loop” on the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf railroad today. They resume their scesions this evening. es fe Outside the Whisky Tras PEORIA, IL, Augast 15.—A Peoria dis- tiller, who attended the Distilling and Cat- tle Feeding Company (whisky trust) sale at Chicago yester reports that two or three Peoria distillerizs will be started up under a new corporation about October 1. A Pledge Wanted by the Demo- cratic Silver Men. THEIR ARRAIGNMENT OF CLEVELAND Probably Foreshadows a Compro- mise on the Question. NO OPPOSITION COMBINATIO: The friends of silver within the demo- eratie party will bring forward a new preposition next year with regard to the Farty’s presidential nomination. They will insist that the candidate pledge himself or in some way commit himself in the event of election not to exercise the veto power of his office In cases where he does not hold that the measure presented for his signature is in viclation of the Consti- tution, Goes to the Root of Things. This proposition, it will be seen, goes to the very root of the silver question as en- countered by the democratic party. The complaint against Mr. Cleveland ts not that he is a gcld man. That has long been known, and ts considered entirely: natural. Coming, as he does, from a section where the gold policy is the only policy, where democrats and republicans unite in support of it, where no man could hope for politi- cal preferment holding out against it, Mr. Cleveland, it is conceded, is both consi: and conscientious in his personal views. The complaint is that Mr. Cleveland ha used his office to thwart the plain and honestly ascertained sense of the large majority of his party on the silver ques- tion, and by an alliance with the repub- licans made majority action by his party when in cong. This is the g : indict- nent of him.It is charged that by this action he not only conspired against his party, but set up the two-third rule instead of the majority rule for the party in Con- gress. The threat of the presidential veto, it is asserted, has for more than ten years alone defeated free coinage. Congress, if left unawed by the execut would at any time during!that time have written a free coinage bill on the books. Even as thirgs were, {t more than once, by its yotes, showed that free coinage was the financial policy desired by a large majority of the representatives cf the people. But the White House, with either Mr. Cleve- land or Gen. Harrison occupying it, was always in the way and had always to be considered. The Silver Democrats’ Contention. The silver democrats insist that this line of action on the part of the executive is wholly at variance with the spirit of their party; that it exalts far beyond the original intention the veto power of the President, and that it has actually enabled Mr. Cleve- land to set up and maintain a minority rule on the silver question. By joining the forces of a small minority of his own party with the republicans then in minbrity, they hold that he knocked the last prop from under silver by the repeal of the purchasing clause of the Sherman act, and by the aid of the same minority combination has since prevented the enacting of any measure looking to the rehabilitation of silver. The silver democrats insist that this procedure Must stop; that the next President, if a democrat, must content himself with exer- cising only the legitimate influences of his office, and must permit the will of his party as expressed through a majority of its law- making representatives to prevail on all questions §hat do not involve differences of cpinion on constitutional readings. Foreshadows a Compromise. That this sort of talk should prevail at a time when a democratic conference is in session proclaiming free coinage at 16 to 1, and a purpose to put up a presidential can- didate next year to give that policy active emphasis and expression, is thought dis- tinctly to foreshadow another compromise in national convention on the silver ques- tion. There cannot be strong hope of un- conditional success, or this condition with regard to the candidate would not be in secret at present under discussion. It would uppear, too, that not all sound tnoney demecrats are equally mistrusted by the free coliage democrats. Not all of them are thought to be wiliing to go to Mr. Cleveland’s extreme in dealing with silver. For an instance, Col. Morrison declares that he favors sound money, but it de- velcps that he is very popular with many of the most prominent of the free coinage men. fs this because of a feeling that Col. Morrison, if called to the presidency, would not undertake to force his own views on his party by a combination with the opposition through the exercise of the veto power? + e+____ Sent to the President. The papers in the cages of three nayal officers recently certified for promotion by naval examining boards were forwarded to the President at Gray Gables this morn- ang, in order that their commissions to the next higher grade might be issued. ‘These officers are Admiral L. A. Beardslee, com- manding the Pacific station; Lieut. George W. Tyler, now ta this city on sick leav2; Ensign Marbury Johnston, now at Macon, Ga., on waiting orders, e+ Personal Mention. Mr. Jos. Brummett, chief clerk of the bureau of ordnance, Navy Department, is spending his summer vacation near Boston, Mass., expecting to return early in Sep- tember. Mr. Jno. R. Gisburne is acting chief clerk during his absence. Dr. MacIntosh of Philadelphia, vice presi- dent of the Scotch-Irish Society, is in the city seeking materia] for his history of the Scotch-Irish people in their early set- tlement of New England, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Dr. MacIntosh is at 1216 18th street. oe +_____ To Atiend the Carriers’ Convention. Postmaster General Wilson today for- mally accepted the invitation of the letter carriers of the United States to attend their convention in Philadelphia Septem- ber 2 and to review their parade on that occasion. . Discussing Glassmakers’ Wages. PITTSBURG, Pa., August 15.—Subcom- mittees of the window glass manufacturers and workers’ wage committees are in con- ference here today on the wages for the coming year. There is a difference of about 5 per cent between the two committees, and it is probable that an agreement will be reached. The conciusion arrived at by the subcommittees will be ratified by the full Committees at a joint conference. —_.—__ Trunk Line Presidents Confer. NEW YORK, August 15.—The committee of ‘sixteen of the railroad presidents in the Trunk Line and tion met here today. President Ingalls of the Big Four presided, and Sir Charle Rivers Wilson of the Grand Trunk was one of those pres.nt. ; —_—__ Suspended Publication. AUGUSTA, Ga., August 15.—The Evening News has suspended publication. The em- ployes entered claims for wages due and the sheriff levied upon the plant. Pro- prietor Geow says the embarrassment is only temporary. <; - ntral Traffic Associa~# NTS. TWO CE He proof of the pudding is in fhe eating. Yesterday's Sfar contained 35 cofumns of advertisements, made up of 504 separate announce: ments. Bese advertisers foug§t pufificitp—nof merefp Space, THERE IS NO TRUTH IN IT A PLAN ADOPTED RIOT AT MARSO' The Postmaster General’ on His Rumored Selection for the Supreme Court. He Knows of Nothing to Justify Such a Report—Uin Carecr and Justice Lamar’s Compared. Postmaster General Wilson has attended strictly to business teday in his more or less cool office at the Post Office Depart- ment. His chief occupation has been to open and dictate answers to letters, a large accumulation of which just now seems to Fim of the first impcrtance. Of course, he has been asked more than once—but not very often, however—if it was true he was to go on the supreme bench. All who ask- ed the question were received with an amused smile, and answered in a mellow voice and with an unhesitating manner that it was not true, No Truth in It. “There is not a word of truth in it,” said Pref. Wilson to The Star reporter. “And I do not know of anything that could furnish a foundation for such a report.” Whethcr Mr. Wilscn would like to sit on the supreme bench cr rot is not a matter of much doubt. He dees not consider him- self a great lawyer. In this phase of his career there is between Prof. Wilson and the late Justice Lamar a striking s{milar- ity. Both studied and entered on the prac- tice of law to be interrupted by tempting calls to high and honorable positions as teachers of young men. Later, public life claimed them, and thereafter little oppor- tunity for law practice ever came. Yet Mr. Lamar was regurded uS“a g¢od judge, and to President Cleveland, it is said by his intimate friends, it was always a satisfaction that he. appointed him. The President is now concerned more in select- ing for the vaceney a man whom he has known intimately for several yeurs, and in whom integrity, breedth of mind and apti- tude as a scholar in jurisprudence, rather than success as a practitioner, are clearly in evidence. Mr. Wilson a Student. Prof. Wilson has always been a siudent of the principles of law. He has enjoyed no study more. His best friends say that he would have made a great lawyer nad he chesen some specialty and a tleld in some large eastern or western gity. But for the practice of law as it appeared to ‘im in a small town he had only a feeling of cool revulsion, and he was easily persuaded to step out of it. In all this there is nothing that would foreclose bis-ysefulness on the bench. The fortuitouz suggestion of his rame at this time may be father to the actual appotutment in November. In the Post Oiice Department, where Prof. Wilson, in the fewimenths of his in- cumbency, has made himself a popular ard beloved chief by his kindliness and genial appreciation of others, there was today a general wish that the rumor might come true. —- ++ .—____ IN RENTED ‘BUELDINGS. Beginning to Arra for Bureaus in the New Post Bailding. A short time ago Wtiers were sent from the Treasury Department to officials in charge of variou3 Gureaus of the govern- ment which now pay rent for quarters in private buildings inquirizg whether they could uceupy rooms in the new city post office building in this city when completed. Inquiry was made of the number of square feet cf floor space that would be needed. It is understood to be the intention of the Treasury Department to induce the re- moval of all government exployes now in rented buildings into the new city post of- fice buildin, This movement is beginning at this ea: day in face of the fact that the completion of the elty post office build- ing may be many years in the future, be- cause the department desires to be able to learn who the probable cecupants of the building may be, in erder to prevent too much competition for the new quarters when they are ready to be occupied. It is believed by the treasury officials that not more than a fifth part of the new post of- fice building will be needed at once to ac- commodate the city post office. It is thought that by moving other branches of the government into the building that from $50,000 to $100,000 may be saved annually in rent. A TREASURY SCARE. Finding of Scraps: of Paper Money Causes Some Excitement. There was a scare in the bureau of re- demption of the Treasury Department on Tuesday when the lady in charge of the sweeps for that division found some scraps of paper money in the toilet room. A re- port was started tlat a roll of bills had been discovered, and it was thought that they had teen dropped by some one who had stolen them from the redemption Lureau, as it was said that they were par- tially cancelled, but not enough injured to prevent their being passed on unsuspecting persons. The report was Investigated by the bureau, and it was fcund that the scraps of mo1cy were not larger than a silver 25- cent piece, and that they were from differ- ent nies. The bureau has accepted the tneory that these scraps of money had be- come attached to the dress of one of the lady clerks of the office, and in that way had found their way*into the toilet room. ‘They were turned cver to the proper per- son for maceration. —_—__-e._. THE MIXED COMMISSION. Lieut. Evans of the United States - Navy is a Member. Acting Secretary McAdoo today received a cable from Admigal Carpenter, at Chefoo, confirming briefly the Associated Press cable of a few days since that the mixed Investigating commission had left Foo Chow for Ku Cheng, and that Lieutenant Evans of the navy is a member of the commission. No dispateh has been received at the State Department announcing that the commission has left Foo Chow, and such a dispatch is not thought necessary in view of the dispatch received a day before the commission started, announcing that it was ready and would start at once. —__-e. “ Saited for Boston. The North Atlantic squadron, under Ad- Juiral Bunce, sailed from Newport to Bos- ten today, acccmpanied by Secretary Her- bert, on the Dolphin. | A private letter from Secretary Herbert received at the Navy Department says that he will accompany the squadron to Bar harbor. Secrétury Herbert may accompany the squadron on ity return to New York. Col. Corbin Better. Col. H. C. Corbin, assistant adjutant gen- eral, who has been éeriously ill for about two weeks, was ablefto spend a few hours at his office In the War Department today. He's ndt eMtirely well, by any means, but iseslowly regaining bis health. The hot weather has impeded his convalescence. Hae gS Fae Another “Hope” Stery. “The Matiness 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 ky Hope’s famous The Silver Conference Finishes Its Labor and Adjourns. MANY DELEGATES MADE SPEECHES Some Scored the Administration Quite Severely. THE ADDRESS TO THE PEOPLE The democratic free silver conference was called to order for its second day's session this morning at 10 o'clock by Senator Har- ris, who stated that the committee on res- olutions was not quite ready to report. A demand for speeches followed this an- nouncement, and Mr. C. F. .Cochran of Missouri was called. : Mr. Cochran said the history of the dem- ocratic party would scem to make the call- ing of such a conference as this anom- alous. The policy of the party, as ex- pressed in the utterances of {ts leaders, has been in favor of bimetallism. If doctrines sanctioned by all the sages in Congress through fifteen years of conflict do not point out the path for the wayfarer, where can we look? Gold monometallism has brought upon the world greater misfor- tunes than war or pestilence. One of the high missions and purposes of the demo- cratic party is to set bounds and limits to the cabal which desires to perpetuate the crime of '7% and make {it world-wide. Dem- cerats should now determine whether the Folicy of the party is to be laid down along the lines of John Sherman or those set by such men as Thurman of Ohio, the Old Roman, and Harris of Tennessee. The provincial cities of the Atlantic sea- board, with closer relations with London than with St. Louis and the west, must not think that all of the patriotism Is centered in the east, or that the east can alone de- termine what is best for the whole country. What democratic leader prior to 1893 or 1894 ever questioned the position of the democratic party on the silver question? There is no tyranny like the tyranny of money, and it should never be exercised over a free people. Where did the pro- moters of the national banking bill pro- posed in the last Congress find democratic werrant for the same? We do not want banking currency. It is a makeshift. We want the money of the Constitution, gold and silver. Nothing should deter the demo- crats from going forward, when they know they are correct. The party has filled the breach upon more occasions than one, when a crisis threatened this government. We have been good fighters out of office, and our contest does not depend upon office. We are right, and we ought to go ahead undis- meyed. Col. Casey Young's Work. Col. Casey Young was called upon to make @ statement cf the progress of events at- tending the calling of the conference. He said he wrote and received some 4,000 let- ters upon the subject of the conference. Prominent people in thirty-eight states had expressed the heartiest and warmest sym- pathy with the objects of the conference. Among those who voiced their sympathy were Senators Morgan, Berry, Walthall, George, Chilton, Blackburn, Blanchard, Till- man, Cockerell, Martin and Voorhees. _ Col, Young said he believed four-fifths of the democrats of the country believe in free silver, but they belong to that class of political sheep that want some other fellow to jump the fence first. As soon as it is given out that free silver advocates will make a thorough effort to control the democratic party these people will flock to the standard and will make a resistless host. Mr. Neill on Arkansas Democrats. Representative Neill of Arkansas was called upon for a speech. He said he be- longs to that wing of the democratic party that was educated in the school of Jack- son and Jefferson. The democrats of Ar- kansas beiong to the same wing. They have becn taught from their infancy to believe in the money of the Constitution— gold and silver. They are in line on the silver question. He said the two leading newspapers of Arkansas are gold bugs, but they don’t represent one-fifth of the senti- ment of the state. Mr. Fithian on Hin Defent. Ex-Representative Firhian of Illinois said that the r-port circulated by adminis- traticn democrats that free silver sentiment in Illinois is dying out is very much of a mistake. Illinois will not send gold-stand- ard democrats to the national convention. On the contrary, che delegation will be i d to the independent free coinage of ver at 16 to 1. “I was defeated at the last election,” said Mr. Fithian, “because I, with other gentlemen, had to bear the odium of an administration that did not voice demo- cratic principles.” “Cleveland beat you," cried a delegate, as Mr. Fithian sat down in a storm of ap- plavse. Mr. Livingston Wants a New Declara- tion. Representative Livingston of Georgia said the time kas come for a new declaration of independence. England has taken steps to conquer this country in a manner far more effective than if she had landed 2, 000,000 armed men on our shores. “The most disgraceful thing this govern- ment has ever done was the contract with the Rethschilds to take care of this country from last February until next October,” said Mr. Livingston. “I care nothing for the bagatelle of $10,000,000 we paid them to do it, We can pay it without a grin. It is the disgrace of the thing that hurts. “A distinguished cabinet officer in my state the other day (Secretary Smith) said he was for ‘sound money and state banks.’ Whoever heard of such a combination? Sound money and state banks! Oil and water mixing. That same cabinet officer said in my presence a few days ago he was for free silver today at 16 to 1, and then he added: ‘But, boys, we can’t get it.’ “Why can’t we get +t?” asked Mr. Liv- ingston. ‘Let's go after it. That's the only way to do it.’"” Senator Call of Florida was asked to make a speech, and responded. He ac- knowledged his sympathy with the confer- ence and made a strong silver speech. Lawyer Lipscomb Talks. Mr. Andrew A. Lipscomb of thls city, who was in the room, was called upon for a speech, much to his surprise, as he subse- quently stated. He announced his advocacy of the democracy of Jefferson and Jackson. He was not quite ready to join the new democracy, whose most distinguished ad- vocate is now in the White House, and who believes that $70,000,000 of American bonds are worthless unless indorsed by a money broker in London. Mr. Lipscomb said he could not join the new democracy that would require him to dance a jig om the grave of Jackson and spit on the tomb of Jefferson. Mr, Harry Hill of Missouri made a short but ‘eloquent speech, ringing with free silver sentiment. Mr. Hill is a well-known attorney of St. Louis, and one of the chief exponents of free silver in that city. An Assault on the Administration. Mr, Hill made a vigorsus assault upon the administrition, concluding with the charge that a conspiracy has been con- summated by which the people of this (Continued on Third Page.) Minister Terrell’s Report as to the Arme- nian Revolutionists. Sixteen Persons Notified That They Would Be Assassinated—Those Who Have Been Killed. In connection with recent press telegrams relating to a riot at Marsovan, in which seme American missionaries are sald to have been injured, Minister Terrell’s report of July 25 to the State Department relat- ing to the Armenian revolutionists at that place is of great interest. It appears that on July 1 an Armenian ramed Garabed was assassinated at Marso- van, close to the chuich door, as he was going to attend early service. He was the chief man of the Protestant community and chairman of the council of thirty, who are responsible for the peace of the city. It was alleged that he had given the government information in regard to the revolutionists. Consul Jewett, in reporting this case July 13 to Consul General Short at Constantinople, says that numerous Armenians were arrested, as it was said there was lit*le doubt that Garabed was murdered by them. Among those arrested was a naturalized American citizen, who had been a student at the American Col- lege at Marsovan, but who, as Mr. Jewett. was informed, had been dropped from the rolls some months before. Steps to Insure Fair Treatment. Minister Terrell was promptly informed concerning the assassination, and the im- prisor ments which followed it, and took immediate steps. to insure fair treatment of the naturalized citizen, and called upon Mr. Jewett for any trustworthy informa- tion he might have regarding the danger to the missionary teachers at Marsovan from Armenian revolutionists, by reason of threats to assxssinate them, and also the precautionary measures for their pro- tection afforded or tendered by the local Turkish authorities. He informed Mr. Jew- ett that though Turkey has a right to ex- pel undesirable classes of people from her territory, she has no right to treat the ac- quired American citizership of any of them as an offense, and to imprison them for that cause, nor to imprison them on mere suspicion. He instructed him in such cases promptly to demand their release, and that if any of them are arrested while engaged in armed resistance to the government to demand a fair trial. Mr. Terrell’s report of the troubles at Marsovan is based upon a verbal statement of Mr. Dwight, a leading American mis- pay, at Constantinople, and is as fol- lows: Minister Terrell’s Report. More than a year ago sixteen persons at Marsovan received written notice that they would be killed unless they would co-oper- ate with the Armenian revolutionists. President Tracy and Prof. Riggs of Mar- sovan College wc1e two of these. They had incurred the ill will of the revojution- ists by refusing to receive in the college the sons of certain men suspected of be- ing revolutionists. Garabed, who was as- sassinated, was another of the sixteen who received notice, and Mr. Dwight has been informed that still another has been assas- sinated. A Turkish guard was furnisned at the request of Mr. Terrell to protect the Amcrican families from the assassins, Mr. Dwight considers this guard sufficient to protect the missionaries at the college, and Mr. Terrell has not applied for an addi- tional force. The local governor informed the Armentfans after the killing that he in- tendgg to arrest all suspected persons and imp. m them until they revealed the names of the guilty ones; that their ob- ject was to provoke Turkish vengeance in order to secure the sympathy and inter- vention of Christian Eurcpe, but that they would not succeed, as he had caused to be preached sn the mosques for months that such was their object, and that any Turk who killed a Christian would be the worst enemy of Islam. Mr. Terrell adds that the revolutionists at Marsovan had organized and marked the American professors long before the Sassoun atrocities. —_—_ so. BICYCLIST LENZ'S DEATH. Minister Terrell Endcavoring to Have It Investigated. The acting secretary of state today re- ceived a dispatch from Minister Terrell at Constantinople saying that for the past three months he has been urging the Turkish authorities to permit a thorough investigation of the circumstances con- nected with the death of Lenz, the Ameri- can bicyclist who was killed by Kurds over a year ago. Mr. Terrell said that Mr. Sach- leben, the agent of Outing, wanted to enter the hostile country of the Kurds and make a house-to-house search for relics of the bicyclist and proof of his identity. Such an investigation, the minister said, would require an army and is out of the question. The country that Mr. Sachleben desired to visit was infesied by bloodthirsty brigands, and it would be absolutely unsafe for a stranger to travel unguarded in their coun- try, let alone attempt to enter their homes in search of concealed goods. Minister Terreil says that he expects to secure a guard of Turkish troops to protect Mr. Sachleben in his search for the remains and effects of the deceased bicyclist. a To Disinfect Hides. Acting Secretary Curtis of the Treasury Department has written a letter to the Secretary of State in wiiich he advises him that the Secretary of Agriculture and other experts are of opinion that hides intended for import into the United States cannot be properly disinfected without opening the bales and subjecting each hide to treat- ment, This requirement made by the United States consul at Rotterdam is there- fore approved, and the Secretary of State is requested to instruct consuls generally to see that the separate bundles of hides are opened and each individual hide is treated with a solution of carbolic acid or corrosive sublimate. The naphthaline treatment is not regarded as effective. —_____e Pensions Allowed. West Virginia—Restoration and reissue, Jcseph Rowsh, Letart, Mason; increase, Martin Murphy, Elm Grove, Ohio; reissue, Gains W. Evans, Moundsville, Marshall; Charles W. See, Grafton, Taylor; Chauncey B. Garbrant, Elkins, Randolph. Maryland—Reissue, Martin Kelly, Balti- more; William McClatchie, Baltimore; John T. Spence, Liberty Grove, Cecil; William H. Lisher, Baltimore. ——_—_-. Fourth-Class Postmasters. At Ashgrove, Fairfax county, Va, W. L. Taylor was today appointed postmaster vice A. J. Taylor, resigned. Total number of fourth-class postmasters eppe uted today, 27, of which 25 were to fill vacancies caused by death and resig- nations. + 2+______ Bank Receiver Appointed. The controller of the currency has ap- Fointed Gilbert G. Thorn receiver of the Superior National Bank of West Superior, Wis. Mr. Thorn is also receiver of the Keystone National Bank of the same city. These banks failed recently. ———_—_-e-—____. One Prenidential. The President today appointed John R. Grinage postmaster at Houma, La., vice Morley H. Wallis, whose term had ex- pired. vAN|LOWNDESNOMIN ATED Rose Elected Chairman of the Cambridge Convention. LIVELY SCENES CN THE EASTERN SHORE. The Gathering Assembles Shortly After Noon. SAT IN SHIRT SLEEVES Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. = CAMBRIDGE, Md., August 15.—Delggates and visitors to the republican state en< tion were astir early this morning; in fact, many of them slept little. Some remained awake to discuss the situation. The heat and mosquitoes caused others to seek the open air. The Jane Moseley and the Ida brought down a large number of politicians and interested voters, those on the Moseley being of the Lowndes ard Baker faith. Two brafs bands ‘paraded the town in the cool of the morning arid serenaded Mr. Malster. A concert was given on the court house green before the convention met. On the wide veranda of Green's hotel nearly every man of note in the republican Politics of Maryland appeared. Dave Sloan of Alleghany, who bears a strong .resemblance to John K. Cowen, and who is the Lowndes manager; Senator Wash Wilkinson, the tall sycamore of St. Mary’: Snowden Sill, ex-Congressman Mudd, Captain Burchinal and George M. Russum were there. Hiram Watty, ex- Councilman Cummings and other colored leaders raingled with the crowd and shock hands with their white conferees with evident pleasure. One black delegate from the sands of southern Maryland insisted upon being introduced to Messrs. Malster and Lowndes. He met Mr. Malster, but not the other. The Harford delegates opened Baker headquarters in the rear of Malster’s room. Richard Dallam was in charge. “We have thirteen votes for Baker on the first bal- lot,” he said; “five from Harford, six from Baltimore county and two from Balti- more.” Ex-District Attorney Enser, whose at- torney generalship aspirations were plainly downed, said that the-eix votes he con- trolled from Baltimore county were for Baker. s Talk.of Bolt. Malster people are very anu’y and talk of cutting the ticket if Lowndes is nomi- nated. A. Worth Spates says tha the city primary was an outrage that out-jormans Gorman. The Lowndes leaders are openly reputed to have begged Malster to make no contest before the convention and he would be given entire control of party af- fairs in Baltimore. The prospect is for a protfacted convention. Negro delegates are loaded with Malster speeches, and the. permanent organizaticn may not be effect- ed until late in the afternoon. The committee on credentials will have a tedious job with the contest if they allow the Malster people to argue them in full. The Vroomanus held a populist meeting on the court house green at 10 o'clock. ‘They spoke from a buggy, end their de- nunciations of Gorman and Hurst were severe and well relished by the crowd, which included many farmers of popu- peas tendencies from the adjacent coun- es. It was rumored this morning that ex- Deputy Collector of the Port of Baltimore Henry Linzenfelder, was badly besten by Malster adherents on the steamer Enoch Pratt yesterday afternoon. Mr. Linzen- felder cannot be found here, and persons who are said to have witnessed the fracas are very reticent, although they state that Mr. Linzenfelder’s son was the one z2s- saulted. Eastern Shore Delegates. The eastern shore delegates caucused at 10:30 o'clock on the controliership nomina- tion, and settled on“Mr. L. E. P. Dennis of Somerset county. All the counties save Caroline and including Cecil were repre- sented In the caucus, and three nomina- tions were made, Mr. Dennis, Robert P. Graham of Wicomico, and Dr. W. D. Strangher of Worcester county—all three below the Choptank river. The first vote resulted in Mr. Dennis get- ting fifteen votes, Dr. Strangher seven and Mr. Graham seven. The other counties ratified the choice of the caucus, and ac- cordingly Mr. Dennis’ name was presented to the convention. The Lowndes leaders refused positively to pick out any choice for the controlier- ship, though they were importuned to do 50 aeaeahy- They agreed to accept the result. The Caroline county delegation refused to go into the caucus because its leader, Mf. George Russum, was afraid some new gov- ernorship proposition would be sprung on them, and he said that he believed the peo- ple of the state had voted for a decision be- tween Lowndes and Malster, and that this shculd be decided. Robt. B. Dixon, whose name was slated yesterday, positively declined to accept the nomination, so it is said, and his name was not even presented to the convention. Mr, Littleton E. P. Dennis is a manufac- turer of fertilizers, and is also engaged in the dry goods business at Crisfield, Somer- set county. He is a well-known man on the eastern shore, though he originally came there frcm Delaware. It is thought that his name will add considerable weight to the ticket. The Convention Assembles. Noon was the hour set forth for calling the convention to order, and Chairman Clabaugh of the state central committee let the gavel fall at exactly seven minutes after 12, a promptitude not often witnessed in state conventions. While Mr. Clabaugh was speaking, he was listened to in pro- found silence. Every seat and all the available standing room in the one-story rink were occupied. The rafters were hidden from view by long folds of bunting. Cheers and hisses for Lowndes, Malster, Baker, and patriotic music by the Cambridge Mechanics’ Band preceded the opening of the convention. Congressman Wellington was roundly cheered when he appeared upon the fioor. The delegates soon removed their coats, and every one had a palm leaf fan, but lit- tle relief was to be had from the intense heat. The chairman’s tablé was draped with the American flag, and a bowl of flow- ers and a copy of “Star Spangled Banner’ rested thereon. Chairman Ciabaugh’s Remarks, “The eyes of the republicans of Mary- jJand are upon you,” said Chairman Harry Clabaugh. He had a little tremor in his voice as he sald it, the tremor of an accom- lished speaker who wants to show how SES he is interested in what he says. First, Chairman Clabaugh congratulated the republicans of Cambridge on the deco- rations, for the bunting around the hall, and then congratulated the delegates that there were only three contests in the con- vention. These are from Wimico and How- ard counties and the first district of Balti- city. ™Phe chairman declared that on the prima facia evidence the delegates he named, the Lowndes people, were entitled to a repre- sentation in the temporary organization. This declaration was received with cheers by the Lowndes people. ‘Then Chairman Clabaugh announced that nominations were in order for the chairman, The voices of Congressman George L. Weil- ington and ex-Congressman Sydney B. Mudd were heard. Mr. Wellington got the recognition and nominated John C. Ros¢