Evening Star Newspaper, September 4, 1895, Page 1

oe THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. EAUFEMANN, | Wew York Office, 49 Potter Building, picts Sct zh Evening Star 1s served to subscribers fn the city by carriers, on iheir own account, at 10 cents or 4% cents tb. les at the each. By mafl—anyw! United States or Canads—postage prepeld—50 cents F mon Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage a .00. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. ©., “EOAil mail sulecriptions toast be paid tn a4 mail subscriptions must . Ristes of ndvertisiug inade Known on application. Che Loening Star. No. 13,261. WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. He proof of the pudding is in the eating. Yesterdan’s Sor contained 32 cofumns A BATTLE ROYAL|NEW LIBRARY BUILDING) AT CQUNTY FAIRS This is Expected Between’ Hill and Whitney. INTEREST IN THE COMING CONVENTION Both Will Be Represented and Will Be Watchful. THE STATE CONTROL a The approaching convention to be held at Syracuse will possess an interest beyond ths mere naming off state ticket and the adoption of a platform by the New York democracy. Two presidential booms will be more or less in evidence, and although no direct collision is expected, develop- ments showing where the real power lies are. A Battle Royal Expected. ‘The politicians are all looking for a battle royal between David B. Hill and William C. Whitney over the control of the New York delegation to the next democratic national convention. Both are party leaders of the approved New York type, shrewd, sleepless, resourceful, and thoroughly in earnest. Both are ambitious to be President, while diplomatically disclaiming any such desire. Mr. Hill talks pleasantly about “some good western man,” and Mr. Whitney entertains the public with the assurance that nothing short of drafting would get him to consent to lead his party. But all of this is for the benefit of the galleries. Work, and the hardest and finest of work, 1s meanwhile in progress in the interests of each man, and his managers, both in New York and elsewhere, are keeping finger con- stantly on the public pulse, and promptly Foting and reporting the slightest change of moment to their chief. Mr. Hill's Power. Mr. Hill's power over the machine at home has for some years been supreme. It has registered his will to the very smallest detail. It nominated and elected Mr. Flower at his instance; {t went to de- feat with Maynard at his instance, and {t bas repeatedly antagonized Mr. Cleveland at his instance. Last year Mr. Hill, in the most conspicuous way, showed his «pprecia- tion of this loyalty. He went to overwhelm- ing defeat himself in order that the ma- chine, then in desperate straits, might not be utterly annihilated, as it would have been under a less inspiring leadership. Does this power still exist? Mr. Hill thinks {t does. He thinks his hold is as firm upon the machine as at any time in the past, and he is moving upon the basis of this’ con- fidence. A Surprise Predicted. Some of the New .York democrats think there is a surprise in store for the Senator. His prestige, they say, has been impaired at home. Tammany lacks its old devotion to him, and his colleague, Mr. Murphy, is reported as being now somewhat luke- warm. This is largely assertion, and prob- ably would command but little attention if not connected with stories of the growing oxet of a man of Mr. Whitney's caliber. jut Mr. Whitney is recognized as a dang. ous antagonist, and as all experienced poli- tieians look upon him as a full-fledged presidential candidate, his strength is sought for in those localities where weak spcts in his rival’s line are thought to exist. Mr. Whitney a Factor. If Mr, Whitney should prove to be a fa- verite with Tammany Hall it will be a re- markable attestation of his power as a leader. He it was who, almost single hand- ed, put that deep humiliation on Tammany at Chicago in 1892. It was his exertion that brought all of Tammany’s work to naught at that convention, and made Mr. Cleveland the candidate over Tammany's resounding protest. John Kelly’s disap- pointment in 1884 was not greater than was Richard Croker’s in 1. And for the same reason. And Mr. Whitney was in- strumental against Tammany’s plans on both occasions. Still, the report is that Croker is a Whitney man this time, and will put Tammany into the field in good season in Mr. Whitney’s interests. Rumored Defection of Murphy. The story as to Mr. Murphy is without the support of persuasive details. It may Prove to be only the revival of an old story, which had its first airing during the debate on the .Gorman-Wilson tariff bill in the Senate. It was said at that time that Mr. Hill and Mr. Murphy had quarreled over Mr. Hiil’s attitude toward the bill. Mr. Hill was fighting the measure because of the income x feature, while Mr. Murphy, after the collars and cuffs schedule had been amended to sult him, went over to Mr. Gorman's side. But whatever hap- pened did not produce lasting results, for since then the two men bave in other mat- ters worked together harmoniously. It is conceded that the defection of Mr. Murphy would be a serious blow to the Hill cause. The Junior Senator is second only to Mr. Hill himself in power in the party in all the country north of Harlem bridge, and even posse sno little influence in the Metropolis itself. Both Sides Will Be Watchful. No conspicuously overt move of any kind on either side is likely to be made at Syra- cuse. The occasion will hardly warrant such a thing. But both sides will be repre- sented, and demonstrations will be wate and weighed for their indirect sigaificane Mr. Hill is expected to be on hand tn pe fon, bearing an olive branch of modest fiegrmess and proportions to those Cleve- nd men who have been out of the ma- chine favor for several years. His role this year, a3 last year, will be that of peace- Taker, although his friends hardly consider him at his best in duties so foreign to an &ggressiye temperament. oe A BALLISTIC TEST. Interesting Resalts Looked for at In- dian Head. Secretary Herbert, Captain Sampson, chief of the naval ordnance bureau, Chief Clerk Micou and a number of other offi- elals and naval officers went to Indian Bead today to witness an Interesting test, for which preparations nave been making for several months. There has been con- structed at the Norfolk navy yard an exact Tepresentation of a section of the side of the battle ship Iowa, outer. skin, cellulose compartments, coal bunkers and all of the ship's framing, and upon this structure has been bolted an 18-inch nickel-steel Harveyized plate, which {3 offered for bal- Ustic t by the Bethlehem company. ‘The trial consisted, primarily, of an accept- @nce test of the plate, but of more inte al experts was the result of + ring effect of the shot from ge twelve and thirteen-inch rifles Upon the ship's framework. ‘There Is a lack of information upon this important Point In naval circles, as no experiments Of the kind have been made in recent years since ordnance and armor have been so developed. ee Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $156, Government receipts —From tnternal revenue, $187,930; customs, 9,530; miscellaneous, $41,001. The Fence Sold, and It Will Be Removed at Once. Work te Be Commenced on the Beau- tfying of the Grounds About the Structure. The high board fence about the new Ubrary building was sold yesterday for 3100, and the work of removing it will be begun at once. The removal of the fence about the new building marks an important era in the construction of the handsome library. Work has now Teen begun and wil! be pushed to completion as rapidly as possible, looking to the beautifying of the park about the library building. Workmen are now en- gaged in widening B street south, by re- moving the curbing, which {s being placed eight feet nearer the building. Increasing the Width of Parking. Both East Capitol and 3d streets will be widened in like manner, while Ist street, in front of the main entrance of the building, will be made narrower, in order to increase the width of the parking on that side of the building. By bringing the sidewalk nearer to the buildirg on the three streets named the trees will be placed in the street and of course will be removed. The curb- ing now being set is placed on a foundation of broken stone and cement and made as firm as possible. The sidewalk about the brary will be granolithic. The parking about the building will be constructed to conform with the Capitol grounds. There will be a coping all around the building about two feet high, as is the case around the Capitol grounds, and ornamental walks will be run to the parking. Shrubbery will be planted,' together with a small number of trees, probably tropical varieties that will not grow to a very large size, and con- sequently will not to any great extent hide the brary building. The removal of the trees around the building, made necessary by the widening of the streets, will give a much better view of the handsome struc- ture than can now be obtained from a short distance about it. In Readiness for Congres: If possible the werk of beautifying the ground about the library will be completed by the time Congress meets, when the handsomest architectural structure in this city, and the finest building built and used solely for the purposes of a library in the world, can be seen to the best advantage. The work of beautifying the grounds about the library was not begun before because it was necessary to use that space in con- nection with the work. The final. dressing of the stone and many other purposes re- quired a large space. The work to be done now on the buildirg is chiefly in trimming it on the interior and a small amount of touching up of the stone trimmings on the exterior. The tunnel to connect the library with the Capitol is now nearly completed, and almost all of the big trench in which it was laid has been filled in. = — COWLES’ CASE. LIEUT. He Will Probably Be Tried for Neglect of Duty. War Department officials profess ignor- ance in regard to the reported arrest at Fort Douglass of Lieut. W. H. Cowles, six- teenth infantry, saying that whatever ac- tion has been taken would have been taken at the direction of Gen, Wheaton, com- mander of the department of tlie Colorado. ‘There appears little doubt, however, that |. if proceedings have not already been in- stituted against Mr. Cowles. they will soon be. He is charged with neglect of duty. Sergt. Grandlee of the sixteenth infantry was recently tried by court-martial on the charge of conspiring to defraud the govern- ment in the handling of supplies. He was found guilty and was sentenced to four years’ imprisonment. It is said that the charges against Lieut. Cowles are predi- cated on evidence adduced in the case of Sergt. Grandlee. Other officers are also said to be implicated in the alleged irregu- lorities. ‘The action of the War Depart- ment will depend upon developments. ——————_—__-=-—__—_—_ Personal Mention. Maj. 0. L. Pruden, assistant private sec- retary to tke President, has returned to this city from a visit to Manhattan Beach. Commander C. M. Thomas of the navy is in the city on leave of absence. Lieut. E. M. Blake, fifth artillery, is in the city on his way to his station, San Francisco. Lieut. Col. E. B. Williston, third artillery, is in the city on leave of absence. Mr. J. B. Calvo, the charge d'affaires of Cesta Rica, has gone on a short trip to his country, and will return by the end of this month. Adjt. Gen. Ruggles has resumed his duties at the War Department, after a six weeks’ tour of inspection along the north- ern frontier as far west as Vancouver. Mr. Charles W. Fairfax has returned, having spent the month of August travel- ing through the New England states. Dr. Irving C. Rosse of this city was to- day elected vice president of the medico- legal congress In New York. Cadet D. Pratt Mannix, U. 8S. N., is at home on leave from the academy. —_———_—_—_-2+____ Death of Lieut. Col. Butler. Information has reached here of death, in Paris, on the 22d ultimo, of L! * Col. Edmond Butler, a retired officer of the army. Col. Butler was a native of Ireland, but resided in this country the best part of his Hfe. In 1861, while living in New York, he was appointed a second lieutenant of the fifth infantry, and served gallantly throughout the war. At its conclusion he | had reached the grade of captain. Since that time he served with conspicuous merit in the campaigns against the Indians. In March, 1891, he was appointed lieutenant colonel of the fifteenth infantry, and was shortly after retired with that rank. He was brevetted major for distinguished gal- lantry at the engagement against the In- dians at Wolf Mountain, Montana, in Jan- uary, 1877, and he also received ‘a medal of honor for his conduct on that occasion. No Bannack Indians in Confinement. The Department of Justice has notified the Irdian bureau that there are no Ban- nack Indians in confinement at Marsvale, Wyo., those arrested and imprisoned by the state authorities for violation of game laws having been allowed to escape. The dis- trict attorney for Wyoming, therefore, is writs of habeas corpus in : behalf, and this means of bringing the Bannack treaty before the United States courts for adjudication cannot be carried out. os The State Department Exhibit. Mr. John M. Biddie has gone to Atlanta, Ga., to prepare the State Department ex- hibit at the exposition. Mr. Renick, chief clerk ef the State Department, is the rep- resentative of that department at the At- lanta exposition, ard Mr. Biddle is his as- sistant. They will alternate in charge of the department exhibit until the close of the expcsition. Fourth-Class Postmasters. ight fourth-class postmas Forty appointed today, of whom forty-three were to fill vacancies caused by deaths or resig- nations. Maryland’s Two Candidates on Ex- hibition Today. WR. HORSTS VISIT 10 ROCAVILLE Lloyd Lowndes Attends the Talbot County Fair. ON THE EASTERN SHORE Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 4.—The sec- ond day of the agricultural fair opened cool and bright. Long before the time for open- ing the gates the many roads leading to the grounds were crowded with vehicles of all descriptions, each bearing its Icad to this point of interest. The attendance was much larger than usual for Wednesday, and em- braced between four ard five thousand. ‘The principal addition to the exhibits this morning was the collection of flowers, and of these there was such a variety as to eclipse all former exhibitiuns in the hall. At 10 o'clock there was a display of all stock, teams, &c., in the driving circle, which occupied an hour, and was of a char- acter to refiect credit upon the farmers and stockmen of the county. The great im- provement attained each year was visibly illustrated. Mr. Hurst's Visit. The great event of the morning hours was the arrival on the 9:30 train from Washington of John E. Hurst, democratic candidate for governor; Marion DeKalb Smith, candidate for controller, and Chas. Cc. Carothers, candidate for attorney gen- eral on the same ticket. These distin- guished gentlemen were accompanied by Messrs. Harry Hurst, son of the candidate for governor; Albert Diggs and W. B. Ullis- ton. The party was met at the station by committee, composed of Messrs. Spencer C. Jones, Judge James B. Henderson, Wm. Viers Bouic, jr., H. Maurice Talbott, O. H. P. Clark and Judge David Griflith, and escorted in carriages to the fair grounds. Upon arriving there the party was quickly surrounded by a large crowd of both po- litical parties, each one anxious to wel- come them to the county. Mr. Hurst and party expressed themselves as much pleased with the beauty of the grounds and the evidence of general prosperity in the county. Shaking Hands- After an informal reception in front of the secretary's office and the shaking of hundreds of hands the party and commit- tee were taken in charge by Mr. Wm. M. Dorsey, president of the society, and es- corted cver the grounds. The members of the party expressed admiration at the dis- play in the hall and on the grounds, and were particularly pleased with the number and character of the stock on exhibition. At every point on the grounds they were met by crowds , the ladies as well as the gentlemen extending a cordial welcome. * While the subject of politics was general- ly tabooed Mr. Hurst and his assocfates on the ticket expressed themselves as per- fectly satisfied with the outlook for the success of the ticket. At 2 p.m. the vis- itors took dinner with the officers of the society, after which a formal reception was held under the supervision of a com- mittee of ladies specially appointed for that purpose. ° Tomorrow will be republican day on the grounds, when Lloyd Lowndes, candidate for governor, and the gentlemen associated with him on that ticket will be present. A committee of reception was appointed yes- terday to meet them at the station and escort them to the grounds. LLOYD LOWNDES AT EASTON. Democratic Revolt Along the Eastern Shore. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. EASTON, Md., September 4.—Mr. Lloyd Lowndes, the republican candidate for gov- ernor, and other republican nominees were greeted by a gathering of several thousand persons at the Talbot county fair grounds here today. The reception to Mr. Lowndes was most enthusiastic, and hundreds of democrats of the best class of eastern shore men assured the anti-Gorman candi- date that they and others would support him on November 5 at the polls. Repre- sentative men from every county on the peninsula are present, and all report that the anti-Gorman feeling {s on the increase, and that never before since 1875 has the regular democratic ticket been in such dan- ger of defeat in this section of the state. Mr. Lowndes’ two days’ visit here has aroused great enthusiasm in his behalf and people look on his candidacy from a non- partisan standpoint rather than as the nominee of the republican party Throughout the eastern shore life-long democrats are openly asserting thelr in- tention of deserting the democratic ticket for the republican or for the several in- dependent democratic movements which are now or will soon be well under way. The situation 1s a most critical one, and the Hurst supporters in this section of the state are extremely moderate in their fore- casts, whick is significant and a strong contrast to the enthusiasm of the regulars during previous campaigns. In Worcester County. In Worcester county, which, under ordi- nary conditions, gives a democratic majer- ity of from 600 Lo 1,200, the fight is not only against Senator Gorman and Mr. Rasin, but against the special leadership of Col. Jobn Walter Smith and Mr. Clayton J. Purnell. These two gentlemen control the democratic party machinery in Worcester, and the fight against them is occasicned by their manipulation of local political affairs and by the expenditure by the county com- missioners of the public money. An independent democratic ticket has been nominated in Worcester, which 1s ex- pected to poll several hundred votes at the expense of the regular ticket, and Mr. W. Sidney Wilson, son of the late United States Senator Ephraim K. Wilson, and other life-long democrats expect to take the stump for this movement. In Wicomico county, in addition to the decided opposition to the regular ticket, there is a growing opposition to the politi- cal dictatorship of ex-Goy. Jackson, who is regarded as a political back number. The ex-governor’s action in becoming a candidate for the state senate at the or- ders of Senator Gorman is regarded as an undignified bid for that leader’s support for the election of a successor to Senator Gibson, and the combined opposition to the regular ticket and to Jackson is apt to prove disastrous to the chances of demo- cratic success in Wicomico. In Dorchester the local ticket has not been nominated, but the resentment felt among the rank and file of the party against the leaders ts extreme and is bound to be apparent on election day. In Somerset, although there has been no public expression of revolt, hundreds of democrats have expressed their intention of voting the republican ticket, In Caroline county the revolt is so de- cided that although the county ticket, which contains the names of some strong anti-Gorman men, may be saved, there is slight probability that the state ticket will receive the full support of the party. Devoted to Reassessment. The support of the eastern shore demo- crats hinged largely om the question of reassessment, and the leaders are beginning to realize that the sacrifice ‘of Hayes, the champion of a new assessment, was the greatest political error. The people of these counties demanded Hayes and ex- pected his nomination, and had he headed the ticket the unswerving support of demo- crats throughout this part cf the state would have been assured, but the county beople are indignant at the treatment given Hayes, and their indignation will be mani- fest in November. The people who de- manded reassessment refused to accept as a candidate for governor one who was the most outspoken opponent of the measure Which Mr. Hayes endeavored to have en- ucted, and they regard the reassessment plank in the platform as a mere device to secure their votes. Col. John Walter Smith and ex-Governor Jackson have personally aroused the anger of the democrats on the eastern shore by their desertion, under the orders of Senator Gorman, of Mr. Hayes, and if these leaders survive the storm, they will have the satis- faction of knowing that they have weath- = the hardest political fight of their ives: The election is still two months off, and the political machinery is just beginning to move, and wonders may be accomplished in the way of pacification in that time. CARLISLE OR MORRISON Mr. Tucker Says One of Them Will Be Nominated. He Declares That Virginian Democrats Wil Sead Sound Money Delegates to the National Convention. nen There {s a great difference of opinion among the democrats of Virginia—the state of Senator Daniel—on the money question. Senator Daniel was one of the most active at the silver conference here the middle of August, and he is being talked of by the radical silver men as their candidate for Vice President. He says that the Virginia democracy is for the free coinage of silyer at 16 to 1. Representative Tucker of Virginia, who was in Washington today, tells a different story. “The democrats of Virginia,” he said, “are about equally divided on the money question, and the sentiment in favor of sound money is growing rapidly. Before the year is out the sound money men will be in practically undisputed control. The Virginia delegation to the demotratic na- tional convention will be for sound money. In my judgment it fs as surely scttled. that the national convention will declare for sound money and nominate a sound money man as if the convention had already met and taken this action. We are going to nominate one of two men for the presi- dency. It will be either Carlisle or Mor- rison. The silver men will probably oppose Carlisle more determinedly than: they would Morrison, because he came to the front as a champion of sound money and turned the balance when it was just on the tremble. Their resentment, naturally, turns against him. He will be Stronger in the east, how- ever, and the faet that he is a southern man will be cnough to give him the senti- ment of that section. 1 suppase the west vill be more favorable to Morrison, and the silver men would probably be better satis- fied with him, but the sound money men are going to control the convention and will be apt to nominate the man they prefer. “I believe the republicans will nominate either Harrison or Allison.” TO TRY COL. FORNEY. Secretary Herbert Has Court-Martial, Secretary Herbert hus ordered a court- martial for the trial of Col. James Forney of the marine corps on various charges of irregularity during his administration as commandant of the marine barracks at the Brooklyn navy yard. This action fs the re- sult of the investigation into the affairs of Col. Forney's cflice by a naval court of in- quiry. It is understood that the report of the court showed carelessness and negli- gence on the part of Col. Forney in the care and disposition of government prop- erty in his charge. Charges and specifica- tions against that officer are now being formulated in the office of the judge advo- cate general of the navy. They will be completed in a day or two and the detail of the court to conduct the trial will then be announced. It is settled that the court will meet at Brooklyn. Col. Forney is the second ranking officer in the marine corps and is well Known in this city, having formerly been stationed here for a long tinte. Ordered a ——______+ e+ THE PUBLIC DEBT. Facts Given in the Treasury ment Issacd Today. The public debt ctatement, issued by the Treasury Department today, shows the public debt on the last day of August, less cash in the treasury, to have been $4: 924,323, an increase for the month of §2,- $15,418.* The following is the recapitulation of the dept: State- Interest-bearing debt.. as-. $747,360,610 Debt on which interest has ceased since maturity 1,695,870 Debt bearing no interest. 377,906,998 be $1,126,963,479 There are also certificates and treasury notes outstanding, offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury, amounting to $62,334,693. The cash in the treasury is classified as follow: Total .. $149,410, ~ $826.9 Agaiast which there are demand liabil- ities amounting to $624,9: , leaving a cash balance of $184,039,156. The d in the cash for the month was $%,11 . CHARLES ALLEN CAUGHT. One of the Robbers Who Escaped From Ludlow Street Jail. SPRINGFIELD, Mo., September 4.— Charles Allen, one of the Springfield, Ill, post office robbers, who broke out of the Ludlow street jail July 4, last, was cayght today. He was arrested on a telegram from Park, twenty miles south, where he had “flim flammed” the postmaster and several bankers out ‘of small sums. Claud Webb, a confidence man, recently chased out of St. Louis, was caught with him. Allen’s picture, sent out by M. D. Wheeler, chief inspector at Washington, D. C., offering $8,000 reward for him, tallies perfectly wita the prisoner, and there is no doubt that he is the right man. Letters found in Allen’s pocket shows that he has gone under the allas F. P. Hogan, M. D. Miller and Charles Robinson. These letters, which are from his wife, are dated Oakland, Cal, and found him at many points between that place and this city. Joseph Killevan and another man, who escaped with Allen in July, each have $3,000 reward hanging over their heads, ——— Presidential Postmasters. The President has appointed William G. Williams postmaster at Waxahachie, Texas, ard James D. Robertson postmaster at Grafton, N. D. a OUR FOREIGN POLICY Mr. Morse’s Address Before the Naval War College. WARSHIPS AND DIPLOMACY Some Suggestions as to America’s Future Course. PERRY AND JAPAN —_+ Mr. Alexander Porter Morse of this city, by invitation of the Secretary of the Navy and the president of the Naval War Col- lege, delivered an address at Newport, R. IL, today, on “Some Phases of International Relations.” In the course of his remarks he said: “A wise foreign policy will be influenced by commercial, quite as much as by po- litical, considerations; or to express it in another way, a political foreign policy, to be wise and consistent, should be shaped with reference to the trade necessities of the national interests. It would seem to follow therefore that national laws and in- ternational engagements should be framed with reference to practical business. The competition of nations for trade is fiercer today than it has ever been in the history of the civilized world; and this makes at- tention to affairs of this character of pres- ent interest. It may be presumed that the great effort made by this country to enter into relations with Japan had for its main purpese commercial interests of the people of the United States. And it is creditable to the branch of the service which you in part represent that an officer of the United States navy successfully accomplished the objects of this delicate Giplomatic mission, when so many other rations had failed. The story of the suecess of the expedition to Japan makes an interesting and instrnc- tive lesson. It may be recalled today by reason of recent occurrences in which the empire of Japan has so conspicuously figured. The Portuguese, Spaniards, Dutch, English, French and Russians had each in turn sought unsuccessfully to establish and maintain commercial relations with Japan. The persistence of Russia in par- ticular may be adverted to. What Perry Said in 1856. “In the light of current events what Com- mcdore Perry wrote In 1 is Suggestive: “With harbors on the coast of eastern Asia and western America, opening on a sea which must be the seat of an immense and luerative commerce, Russia might aim to be a great maritime power, and to rule mistress of the Pac’ If she possesses Japan she wotild have an abundance of harbors, unrivaled in the world for excel- lence, and, with her resources, would con- trol the commerce of the Pacific. It is not, therefcre, the interest of any part of the commercial world that Russia should ever own Japan, but Russia has, doubtless, long seen the importance to her of its acquisi- tion. If she aims at being a commercial ration the po: jon of Japan would make her eminently so. The treatment of Japan by other foreign states had naturally ex- cited her suspicions against foreigners. Russia had taken possession of some of her islands, had excited suspicions of ul- terior designs by fortifying on another ‘an- rexed’ territory at the mouth of the Amour, and, as the Japanese emperor said, ‘had an inclination for Japan,’ while Hol- land had so quietly submitted to degrada- tion, Imprisonment and insult for two hun- dred years, that the Japanese unquestion- ably formed their opinion of European for. eigners to some measure from the Dutch. “A cartoon in a current German comic paper represents a female figure, with dis- tressed aspect and mouth extended, the upper part of whose outer-garment shaded black,. marked ‘Buropia,’ wallet in hand, and cat clinging to her shoulder, the lower ekirt of lighter coloring inscribed ‘Asien.’ Japan, on her knees, saw in hand, is in the act of severing the foot of the figure, which is labeled ‘Corea.’ The other foot, labeled ‘Formosa,’ has been already de- tached, and is under the kneeling figure. Japan, raising ‘eyes to Europia, inquires, ‘Does that hurt you up there?” The Navy and Diplomacy. “Tt has been said that naval strength has become at this day the right arm of di- plomacy and the most important element in large ond critical foreign relations, A navy is necessary to a commercial power, and it is at once a promoter and conserva- tor of commerce, and without its support foreign trade wovld languish, if not perish utterly. This truth is taught by all the lessons of history, and its observance to- day becomes a prudent and wise nation. ‘The time has come,’ said a speaker a few years ago, who had large experience in public affairs, when addressing an Ameri- can audience, ‘as it appears to me, when we need to have established a distinctive, definite, wise, firm and above all a con- sistent American policy in international concerns.’ “There will be, 1 think, substantial agree- nt among intelligent people in the in- nent of this de 4 Embarra: s which are inherent in the situation seem heretofors to have militated against or prevented the pursuit of such a policy in a symmetrical and harmonious course. “A study of American diplomatic history shows that the weak point has been the want of continuity in our conduct of for- eign affairs. At the same time it contains y illustrations and instances of a dis- ‘e, definite, wise and firm action upon occasions of emergency. The foreign policy of a state, if it be wise and wholesome, will be dictated very often by considera- tions which have reference to the material and commercial development as well as the political interests of the state. “Following the warnings of the founders of the republic there are European en- tanglements and questionable alliances vhich it is wise for the United States as a to avoid, but it is neither wise nor practicable at this day and under existing conditions for a com- mercial nation to preserve isolation without suffering loss in the fierce competition of trade. The Diplomacy of the Future. “It is idle to dwell upon the errors and mistakes of the past, except as they may be used as warnings for future conduct. The plea for a definite, wise, firm and con- sistent foreign policy implies that in times past our intercourse with other nations has not always been of that character. This much may be admitted. Among the causes of a policy which has not been always stable and cc tent are (1) the rapid changes of administrations in government; (2) a conflict of views among partisans in respect to foreign policies, which is too often founded alone upon hostility to the party in power; (8) the lack of natural aptitude or diplomatic training by those who are called to offices in which adapta- bility or experience is essential .o suc- cess. “The future, however, is before us; there are pending many and near at hand im- portant subjects which must exercise American diplomacy in the near future; theye are many questions coming forward which will require skillful and delicate treatment. Subjects and questions of this character may not be expected to be suc- cessfully treated unless the people of the United States sustain their statesmen with a bold, unbroken support. One of these questions, which must be answered by the United States s»oner or later, is, Shall an inter-oceanic canal be under control of the United States or be neutralized? “In this and other related questions, whose solution must depend upon a wise, firm and consistent policy, diplomacy will be un- equal to maintain the best interests of the republic unless it is sustained by a suffi- cient naval establishmenf. And it rests largely with the American people to cay whether the right arm of diplomacy shail be prepared for its work.” w political cemmunit CONSUL WETTER Charges Preferred Against Him by Mr. Chas. T. Lyons of Brooklyn. ‘The Investigation Will Have a Direct Bearing on the Case of Ex- Consul Waller. A spice of interest is to be added to the Waller case by an investigation of Consul Wetter, who was Waller's successor and is the present consul at Tamatave, Mada- gascar. Tnis investigation is the result of charges made by Charles T. Lyons, a resi- dent of Brooklyn, N. Y. who was temporar- Ny in Madagascar on business last Sep- tember. Incurred Wetter’s Enniity. Mr. Lyons went to the island as the agent of a Boston firm of exporters, and, it is al- leged, incurred the enmity of Wetter through the fact that in taking the place there he necessarily ousted a man who was ‘a personal friend of Wetter’s. Wetter had Lyons arrested on the charge of opening mail addressed by the consul to the f£ov- ernor of one of the provinces of Madagas- ear, and at his trial-insisted upon sitting as Lyons’ judge as well as acting as prose- cutor. Lyons became so convinced that he was doomed to imprisonment through this process that he forfeited his bail and left the island before the trial terminated. He claims to have notified the State Depart- ment promptly of what he had done and to have filed charges against Wetter, and complains that his charges until recently have received no attention from that quarter. What the Department Says. ‘The State Department authorities explain the fact that no acknowledgment has been made of Mr. Lyons’ communication by say- ing that they did not know of his where- abouts until notified very recently of his arrival in Brooklyn. It was stated at the same time that Mr. Lyons had now been Notified that any charges he might have to make would receive due consideration at the hands of the department. Mr. Lyons is represented by his friends as still determined to press the charges, but he has decided to await the return of As- sistant Secretary of State Uhl, who has charge of consular questions in the depart- ment. It is understood that Mr. Lyons then will file a sworn statement in the case and press it to a conclusion. His defense against Wetter’s original charge 1s that the letter he opened was addressed to himself, and that the letter to the Madagascar of- ficial was inclosed. under one seal with various other letters to himself (Lyons). Will Bear on the Waller Case. The investigation will bear directly upon the Waller case. Waller and his stepson, Paul Bray, sat*with Wetter as members of the court, and, it appears, themselves gain- ed the ill-will of Wetter because they re- sisted what they conceived to be Wetter’s desire unduly to punish Lyons. This was one of the questions touched upon by Wal- ler in one of the letters to his wife, which were intercepted by the French authorities, and this fact, it is asserted, accounts for Wetter’s alleged supineness in defending Waller's rights. 2+ CAPT, SUMNER’S COURT-MARTIAL. As He Hus Pleaded Guilty a Short Trinl is Expected. BROOKLYN, N. Y., September 4.—The trial by court-martial of Captain G:orgeW. Sumner of the United States cruiser Co- lumbia, on charges growing out of the investigation just concluded, regarding the injuries sustained by the vessel at the Southampton dry dock in July last, was begun at the Brooklyn navy yard this morning. The charges embrace three counts—first, criminal negligence and inefficiency while upon duty; second, suffering a vessel of the navy to be hazarded according to clause 11, article 8, of the articles regulat- ing the navy; and, third, neglect of duty. The specifications are, first, that Captain Sumner, cn July 4, 1895, made a contract with the Southampton dry dock people for repairs to the cruiser, but made no ex- amination to see that the dry dock would fit the ship; second, that having discov- ered that the blocking under the vessel was not suitable he failed to have the dock flooded and thus save the ship from being strained; and, third, neglect of duty in ordering the payment of the bill for dock- ing when he should have refused it on account of the damage done. “2 The court-martial consists of Com- mandant Sicard, Commodore R. R. Wal- Jace, Captains A. T. Mahan, H. H. Robe- Cuzar, W. H. Schley, James ne, Albert Reed, N. H. Farquhar, B. J, Cromwell and Louis Kempff, Lieut. Draper acting as judge advocate: The morning session was consumed in the organization of the court. As Captain Sumner has pleaded guilty to the charges preferred, it is expected that the “trial will be brief. ———— WOULD DISMEMBER TURKEY. If the Proposed Armenian Reforms Are Denied. CONSTANTINOPLE, September 4.—It is officially announced here that Rustem Pasha, Turkish ambassador to England, has telegraphed to the foreign minister that he has had an interview relative to the Armenian question with Lord Salis- bury, whom he had assured that the sub- lime porte is not opposed to the reforms proposed by the powers signatory to the treaty of Berlin, but that Turkey could not permit control of Armenia by an interna- tlonal commission. Lord Salisbury replied that under the sir- cumstances it would be useless to continue the interview. If, he said, the porte per- sists in its 1efusal, the powers will under- ne the suggested 1eforms and rest satis- ied. If the porte continues to resist, Lord Sal- isbury added, it would be a signal for the dismemberment of Turkey. The dispatch has caused the greatest un- easiness here. PANIC IN A THEATER, A Portion of the Scenery Catches Fire. CHICAGO, September 4.—The blowing cut of a high tension fuse in Hopkins’ West Side Theater last night,the smell of buraing oil which followed and a cry of “Fire” from a small boy threw the audience into a panic, which very nearly resulted in a Stampede with fatal results. The house was in total darkness, but the manager ad- dressed the audience and informed them that only a portion of the scenery had caught fire, and that the stage was in no danger of catching. The house was cleared without any one having been injured. NO QUARTER GIVEN. Japanese Said to Be Spnring Neither Sex Nor Age. ST. PETERSBURG, September 4.—Tht Noyoe Vremya’s correspondent at Vladi- vostock writes that the Formosan insur- gents are conducting a successful warfare against the Japanese, in which women show, with the men, a determined resist- ance. Though the army is decimated b: sickness, ihe Japanese will grant no quar- ter, end spare neither women nor children. TO BE RELIEVED Major Knight to Go to Willets Point for Duty, THE TONNEL INVESTIGATION REFORT This Must Be Completed Before He Leaves. THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT —_—_e—____ The shifting about of officers of the en- gineer corps of the army since Gen. Craig- hill assumed the duties of chief of engineers has resulted in a change of great import- ance to the citizens of Washington. Maj. John G. D. Knight is relieved from duty in charge of the Washington aqueduct and auxiliary works and is ordered to ‘ to and take station at Willets Point, N. Y., and reifeve Capt. William 7. Rossell of the duties temporarily transferred to him by Lieut. Col. William R. King.” This means that Maj. Knight has been placed in command of the post and the school of engineers at Willets Point, The order takes effect when he “shall have completed his present special duty pertaining to the Washington aqueduct.” Testing the Tunnel. The special duty referred to in the order relates entirely to the increase of the water supply of the District, Under a special pro- vision of an act of Congress, Maj. Knight is now engaged in testing the tunnel con- duit to determine the amount of its leakage and general utility. He is preparing data for a full and detailed report upon the feesibility and propriety of completing the tunnel conduit as now projected. This work inclides an investigation as to the feasibility of completing the new reservoir at Howard University, including its dam. He is also to report what, if any, modifi- cations are necessary to the completion of the reservoir, and to show how com- pletien of said dam, the raising of the dam at Great Falls and the use of the conduit and reservoir will affect the water supply of the city. Gen. T. L. Casey, late chief of engineers, and now on the retired was specially designated by act of Congress to act es consulting engineer in this investi- gation and report. Tie act of Congress provided that if the engineer officer in charge of the Washing- ton aqueduct and the consulting engineer should conclude that it is impossible or too expensive to repair the tunnel conduit, they should report some plan for bringing increased water supply from the reservoir in Geergetown to Washington by pipes or otherwise. It was also provided that efch separate item of the report should be ac- companied by a detailed estimate of the cost of the work required. Another pro- vision was that this report should be sub- mitted to Congress upon its assembling on the first Monday in December next. - Will Complete His Report Next Month. Maj. Knight has been engaged on this work for several months, in fact, from the very day that he tock charge of the Wash- ington aqueduct, March 30 last. He has |. worked faithfully and conscientiously in his study of the subject of the tunnel conduit and has managed it so as not to interfere with his regular duties in charge of the Washington aqueduct proper. He is pretty well along with the work and will probably be prepared to submit his report to the chief of engineers for trans- mission to Congress about the middle of Uctober, His transfer to Willet’s Point will take place when his report is sabmit- ted to the chief of engincers, without re- gard to the time of its submission to Con- gress, and he will retain all his present duties until that, time. The Washington Aqueduct. There is no special occasion for haste in the selection of his successor in charge of the Washington aqueduct, and it Is not ex- pected that he will be selected until shortly before Maj. Knight shall be relieved. Al- though not settled, it is strongly probabie that one of the engineer officers on duty m this vicinity will be assigned to the charge of the Washington aqueduct, in addition to his present duties. Maj. C. E. L. B. Davis, the officer in charge of the Potomac river improvement and similar engineering work in Virginia and North Caroiina, is mei tloned as most likely to be given that as- signment. Maj. Kuight’s Promotion. In the event that he fs placed in charge of the aqueduct, Maj. Davis will be re- leved. of all bis present duties excepting thcse pertaining especially to the works in the District of Columbia, which include, ot course, the improvement of the Potomac river and the repair of the Aqueduct bridge and the Long bridge. Gen. Craighill said to a Star reporter this afterncon that the change in the duties of Maj. Knight is in the nature of a promo- ticn, The duties at Willet’s Point are highly important and exacting, and Maj. Knight is regarded as especially fitted for the place. “‘We consider al! officers of the engineer corps as good men,” remarked Gen. Craighill, “but Maj. Knight is one of the best men we have.” He said that Maj. Knight's assignment to the Washington aqueduct was never intended to be perma- rent, and that his transfer to Wille! Point is highly pleasing to that officer. The change would take effect at once were it not for the special work upon which Maj. Knight is engaged on the tunnel. Gen. Craighill said he did not know yet who would succeed him in charge of the Washington aqueduct, but that it would be assigned to one of the officers now stationed in this vicinity, and, in case it wes found necessary, the officer selected would be given one of the younger of- ficers of the corps as an assistant to have personal supervision over the aqueduct. If the Conduit Can Be Uiilized. Maj. Knight has been on duty in this city sirce June, 1890, and has many staunch friends and admirers here. Prior to his assignment to his present duty he was sta- tioned in the War Department as one of the cssistarts of the chief of engineers. In case he and Gen. Casey agree as to the practicability of utilizing the tunnel con- duit and the Howard University reservoir, and Congress authorizes the execution of their project for increasing the water sup- ly of the District, it will be necessary to - assign one or more of the higher engineer officers to the supervision of that most im- portant work. —_+. NG TREASURE ISLAND. SEE That Rivals Those of Hag- gard. SANTA CRUZ, Cal., September 4.—T. D. Hughes, R. F. Da’ R. L. Mann and Pete Chrismann of Gonzales and H. N. Mohr- man and P. Jennings of Gilroy today sailed for a lone island In the Pacific ocean, about 800 miles west of Peru, in search of buried treasure. Forty-three years ago Mr.Jennings was a sailor in the south seas, and is sald to have heen one of six who buried on a lonely island in the Pacific three large jars of Spanish doubloons, valued at between $00,000 and $1,090,000. Mr. Jen- nings is the only man alive that knows the location of the money, as the other five died in his presence on the Peruvian coast. He has also a chart of the island, and claims it is voleanic and _ uninhabited. a e months will be required to make the A Story trip.