Evening Star Newspaper, September 13, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 2101 Pecusylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. Guan Siena The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on sheir own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 4 cents fer month. ies at the gounter 2 cents each. By mafl—anywhere in the Tinted States or Canada—postage prepaid—60 cents ‘mon! Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. uss (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., €s second-class mail matter.) ‘All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. fea of advertising msde known on application. Che £Fvening Star. No. 13,269 WASHINGTON, D.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. THE WAR IN CUBA/OR. cH. HALL DEAD/INSTANTLY KILLED|CARELESS 'N A CAR/BONDS AND REVENUE |OURRANT'S ALie! FAILS/CLOSING IN SADNESS It is of a Guerrilla Character and Very Effective. SPANIARDS CONSTANTLY HARASSED All the Natives Sympathize With the Insurgents. UNSATISFACTORY NEWS “An American can hardly be expected to fook upon the struggle now going on in Cuba with as much hope for the ultimate success of the insurgents and for the inde- pendence of the country as does a Spaniard in sympathy with the cause or a native of the island, and, of course, all natives sym- pathize with the war for liberty now going on.” This was the remark of a Cuban gentle- man to a Star reporter today. “Only a Spaniard, or one of Spanish descent, and well acquainted with the his- tory of the mother country, can realize the effectiveness of the character of war being waged in Cuba,” continued The Star's in- formant. “It was a guerrilla warfare wa: by comparatively few people who had the ympathy of every one in the vicinity of the struggle that resulted in driving out the armies of Napoleon from Spain in 1809. It was also a guerrilla warfare waged on the part of the Spaniards that secured to them their country from the hands of the Moors. Again, in Mexico, when the French under- took to control the government there, the Mexicans adopted the same style of fight- ing, and although they did not succeed in driving out the enemy solely because of their own acts, yet they made a splendid fight. Effect of the Guerrilla Warfare. “It is just this warfare that the Cubans gre now waging against their Spanish in- vaders, and the Spanish understand the great disadvantage at which this war places them. The Cubans do not care to capture any large city in Cuba, for that is rot a part of their program. If they should capture a city of any size they would be besieged by the Spanish and would zun great risks in the battles that would ensue. As it is, they can form them- Selves Into small bands, attack the Span- jerds at their weak points, get in their Geadly shots, and then before the enemy fully aware of their presence they are off. This kind of tactics results In keeping the Spanish soldiers always filled with a feel- ing of unrest and alarm. If the Cubans would amass their entire force in one body and meet Gen. Campos in equal battle, of course they would be wiped out and the in- surrection would come to an end in a short thme. We frequently read in the papers here that a Spanish troop has met a body of the insurgents, and after a short fight dispersed them. As a matter cf fact, it Is the policy of the Cuban guerrilla bands to disperse whenever the enemy is aware of their presence and makes an effort to at- tack them. So that the reports about dis- persing the insurgents, while they appear to give victories to the Spanish, are really very misleading. Sympathy of the Natives. “The Cuban soldiers have the full sym- pathy of nearly every native of the island, and the very few who might not sympa- thize with them show every evidence of sympathy, as they fear the consequences of Going otherwise. A band of fifty or a hun- dred Cubans will attack a party of Spanish soldiers, and when the latter is prepared to return their fight the Cubans are off. It would be impossible for the Spanish to fol- low and run them down, because they would Gisperse and find shelter in the homes of the natty “This is real Spanish warfare, ard no one knows better than Gen. Campos how effective it Is. I remember that ir ‘the Mexican war, when the republicans of that ccuntry were fighting the French, Don Carlos “Mejia, then bearing the title of gen- eral, was offered a large body of men with which to annoy the enemy. He had been doing immense damage, and only had about fifty men in his compan He was told that as he had proven such great ability he would be given 0) men. Gen. Mejia replied that he wanted no additionai force, He said that every one of his fifty men were personally known to him, were brave ard loyal and ready because of their patriotism to endure any degree of hard- ship without complaint. So small a body of men could be maintained easily, and there was no difficulty in moving tt. He Said that if his force were to be doubled he would not know how to feed his soldiers and he would feel less confidence in them because he could not become personally ac- quainted with so large a body of men. He carried on a guerrilla warfare, and his little company did immense damage to the enemy. ‘The Wenkness of Spain. “The Spanish government now has about 100,000 men in Cuba, but that large number is a weakness rather than an advantage to them. The 100,000 soldiers have to be fed and cared for, while there is really very little work for them to do. They are simply garrisoned in the cities, a prey to diseases of the climat». They are kept constantly on the zlert, for they do not know from what point they will be attacked, and they know very well that the attack will be made in a daring manner, that the Cubans will get in an effective fire upon them, and before they can effectively reply with their bullets the enemy will be off. “I do not believe that there exists in this city any society for the promotion of the Cuban cause. There are almost no Cubans here to form such a society. Any effort in that direction would very likely be met with opposition from the government, as Was the case during the former Cuban in- surrection. At that time Gen. McMahon of New York organized what was called a Cuban League, which worked as an aux- iliary to a body of men located in New York for the purpose of directing from that city military movements on the island. The Cuban League was designed to raise funds to carry on the war, but Gen. Grant put a stop to the movement. It was an effort to raise money to carry on an insurrection in a country friendly to the United States, and international law would not countenance Such a move. Unsntixfactory Information. “Tt is almost impossible to get any satis- factory new: ‘garding the progress of the Cuban insurrection. Information given out bf the Spaniards ts colored tu suit their purposes, and whatever reaches this country by means of the Cubans ts likewise distorted. The best evidence that the situation is extremely serious is the efforts that Spain is making to put the Insur- gents down. Spain is evidently greatly excited, and fs sparing no pains to regain control of Cuba. But I ¢o not think that she will be successful, for the reason that I have given. The Cubans are well aware of the trouble they can make the Spanish through the guerrilla warfare which they are carrying on. They propose to keep it up, and as the island is already bur- dened with $200,000,000 of debt it will hard- ly pay Spain to spend much more money on her. The situation in Cuba from a commercial standpoint, and that is the view taken by Spain, ts similar to that of a man who has a house worth $10,000 and ™mortguged for nearly its full value. About all the mortgage Is now on Cuba_ that the island can possibly stand, and the time Is not far distant when Spain will have Incurred so great a debt on account of the tsland that it will be cheaper for her to let It go than it would be to retain Possession.” An Eminent Episcopal Divine, Once Pastor of Epiphany Church. Reminiscences of His Pastorate in Washington Through the Excit- ing Years of the War. Rev. Dr, Charles H. Hall, who was pas- tor of the Church of the Epiphany in tids city for many years, and who, since March 1, 1809, has been pastor of the Holy Trinity Church in Brooklyn, died in that city last night. Dr. Hall was a native of Augusta, Ga., and was nearly seventy-three years of age. He was chaplain at the United States Military Academy at West Point before coming to Washington, and he re- tained at the time of his death cordial friendships with many of the ranking offi- cers of the army, whom he knew in their cadet days. Dr. Hall was an intimate friend of the late Henry Ward Beecher, and was selected to deliver the oration at his funeral, as well as at the unveiling of the Beecher statue some years ago in front of the Brooklyn city hall. Dr. Hall's pastorate of Epiphany extended from 1856 to 1869, probably the longest in the history of the church. His predecessor was Dr. John W. French, the first rector of Epiphany, who was appointed chaplain at West Point by Jefferson Davis, then Secretary of War. In i873 Dr. Hall preached the usual sermon at the invitation of Rev. Wilbur F. Watkins. He had then been away from Washington for four years. In bis sermon on that occaston Dr. Hall said: “I gave to you people the best years of my life. I gave you all ny heart and strength. I claim, as I look back over the twelve years of my stay among you, one fact— that I never hesitated at what 1 thought the call of duty, for fear or favor, by day or night. And you gave me all I could ask—rich memories of iove and kindness, higher views of human nature, shadows of friendship, simulacra of all the virtues and graces, knowledge of men and women, and little cnes, which will go with me always.” Dr. Hail’s experiences during the war were stirring and often hazardous. Many in his church went south and served on “the other side.” Among them was Jeffer- son Davis When, in 1857, the church was enlarged Mr. Davis was given the first cho'ce of a pew, and he gave the pew to his wife. When the Davis family left for the south in 1860 Mrs. Davis asked Mr. Proctor, the sexton, to put a plate on their pew. The sexton did not do this until the war was half over. One engraver com- mitted suicide, another blundered, the plate was delayed. Finally, corrected and ap- proved by Dr. Hall, it was placed on the pew. The outcry that followed was terrific, though not without its extremely humor- ous aspect. Citizens and press denounced the action and pinned responsibility upon Dr. Hall, who put the blame on the colored sexton, believing his color would save him. In some way the keys of the church, much to Dr. Hall's gratification, fell Into the hands of certain burglars, to this day un- known, and the Jeff Davis plate was stolen. Secretary Stanton, then Secretary of War, came to the rescue by taking the Davis pew and occupying it as long as he at- tended church in Washington. Mr. Stanton always vouched for Dr. Hall's loyalty, and stood by him manfully in all the vicissi- tudes of those storniy years. Being a southern man, the doctor, like others, was during ali that time under more or less suspicion. It was during Dr. Hall's pastorate that the custom began of profusely decorating the chyrch with fiowers at Easter, There were cavillers at first, but his stanch de- light in it carried the day against all eriti- cism. When President Lincoln was assassi- rated, by general wish of the pastors of Washington, Dr. Hall wrote the resolutions expressing their sorrow at the event. As a writer and speaker he was a marked man. His style was simple, lucid and direct. In the pulpit he was conversational rather than didactic or dogmatic. He was m.cst devout, earnest and practical, abound- ing in affection for all who came within his influence. Among the older members of Epiphany his name and presence will ever be a cherished and abiding memory. Dr. Hall married here in Washington in 18: Miss Lizzie Ames, who died some years ago. The Ames building, adjoining the Riggs House, on G street, was the joint property of Dr. Hall and his brother- in-law, Rev. Dr. Ames. Dr. Hall was a most philanthropic man and his_bril- liancy as a pulpit speaker was perhaps more than equaled by his goodness as a pastor. His chosen diversion all through life was the study of botany. He delighted to make long woodland excursions botan- izing, and probably no one gained a more thorough mastery of the flora of the Po- tomac valley than he acquired. ee HIT THE JUDGE IN THE FACE. Exeiting Scene Im a Tennessee Court Room. CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Sept. 13—When Judge Moon adjourned circuit court end stepped down from the bench Deputy Sher- ift Poe sprang forward from the crowd and hit him in the face with his fist. Immedi- ately the greatest excitement prevailed. Between the efforts of Judge Moon to reach Pce's head with his cane and Poe's en- deavor to get another lick at Judge Moon, together with the efforts of peacemakers to hold the two men off, it was a lively scene. The trouble grew out of the judge's action disallowing a fee and lecturing zhe deputy on some alleged irregularity. IT WAS A UNIQUE PAPER. Why the New York World Had Advertisements Today. NEW YORK, September 13.—This morn- ing’s World was probably the only regular issue of a newspaper which contained not a line of advertising. There was a fire in the Pulitzer building last night, and the flooding of the press room reduced the press capacity so that it was possible to print only eight pages in- stead of the usual number. Eight solid Pages of advertising were therefore thrown away, and the eight available pages were devoted entirely to news. In spite of the delays due to the fire itself and subsequent mishaps consequent upon it, which included the stopping of all the typesetting ma- chines, by cutting off of gas, the paper went to press on time. ———— WILL RAID CHINATOWN. No The Orientals Must Produce cate and Photograph. SAN FRANCISCO, September 13.—Today there began a systematic raid on China- town by federal authorities. Every Chinese laborer who cannot produce a satisfactory certificate, accompanied by a photograph, will be arrested and held to answer under the deportation law, commonly known as “the Geary act.” ‘The decision of the collector of the port as to the right of the Chinese to remain bere will be final. The United States at- torney general authorized Marshal Baldwin to begin the raid on Chinatown. ——__. EARTHQUAKES IN HONDURAS. Certifi- Failure to Confirm the Reports of Great Disasters. NEW YORK, September 13.—Telegrams addressed to correspondents at various peints in Central America have failed to bring any verification of the reports of earthquakes, with attendant heavy loss of life, in Honduras. Fatal Accident at the New Library Building. YOUNG ACTONS TRAGIC FALL Trips or Walks Through an Open Trap. THE FIRST DEATH This afternoon about 1:30 o'clock there Wes an accident at the new Congressional Library building, which resu!tcd in the al- most instant death of an eighteen-year-old white boy named Walter Acton, who lived on 15th street between C and D streets. Acten was employed as a water boy hy Smead & Company, the tron contractors of Leuisville, and was a very bright and !n- telligent young man. His father is dead, ard he has made his home with his wid- owed mother. i: The accident occurred in the west or Tuein entrance hall of the library building. From the floor to the handsome ceiling above is a distance of about 100 feet. On the north and south sides of the hall are the beautifully carved marbie staircases. At a distance of eighty-one feet from the floor is a temporary flooring for the con- venience cf the men who have been at work upon the ceiling. It is a thoroughly substantial structure, and here, as else- where throughout the building, every safe- guard was taken to prevent accident. Through the Trap. In the center of this temporary wooden flooring, and at a point directly above the center of the main hall or corridor, is a gangway or hole cut through, about five feet square, through which building ma- terials are hoisted. It was through this trap that young Acton fell this afternoon. 1t would seem as though there was no cne near him at the time he fell, but it is sup- Bosed that he was walking across without looking where he was going, and either tripped or stepped into this hole. From there it was a clear fall to the floor below. He Was Dead. The body turned over as it fell through the air and dropped heavily and with a dull sound upon the solid floor below. Mr. John Chambers, the superintendent for Smead & Co., was standing on a scaffold nearby and saw the body in the air, al- though he did not see Acton when he first fell. He and some of the laborers at once ran to his assistance. Dr. J. W. Bayne, who tives near at hand, was summoned at once, but the young man was dead before ne reached him. Acton's skull was badly fractured, Fis left arm was broken and there were other injuries besid2s. The patrol wagon from the fifth precinct was summoned and the body was removed from the building shortly after- ward and the coroner notified. First Tragedy. It was stated at the library building this afterncon that this was the first fatal acct- dent that has ocerved there since the building was begun. It is a curious coinci- dence that a workman who was Killed some time ago by a falling stone at the new city post office met his death at the very center of the main entrance, so that in future yeers the thousands who enter the two buildings will walk over the places where two men have met untimely ends. — THE HOLT WILL. A Possible Clue in Letter. The mysteriously forwarded wili of the late Judge Joseph Hclt was not orfered for probate today, and no one knows, it seems, just when it will be. To a Star reporter Mr. J. J. Darlington, who will, it is ex- pected, be associated with Mr. Blair Lee as the attorneys of the executor and bene- ficiaries under the alleged will, stated that he had not yet been formally retained in the case. He intimated, however, that he probably would be; and also intimated that the instrument would be offered for probate within twenty-four hours after he had been retained. Last evening there was received at the office of the register of wills a letter ad- dressed in the care of the register to the representatives of Judge Holt. The envel- epe was postmarked Oswego, N. Y., Sep- tember 11. Today it was sent to Mr. A. A. Hcehling, ia the office of Mr. Jere M. Wil- son, the attorney for the Holt heirs, by wlom tha letter was at once forwarded, un- ofened, to Mr. Wilson, who is now at Oak- led, Md. Whether the writer of the letter krcws anything of the will of 1873, or of the alleged subsequent one of 1886, is not, of cpurss, known, but the opinion was ex- preesed today that the writer may give the Holt heirs not a little information in the matter. the Shape of a ——.__ THE MARINE BAND. No Money to Pay Its Expenses to the Chickamauga Celebration, It has been found impracticable to send the Marine Band to the Chickamauga Na- ticnal Park celebration because of the lack of furds to meet the expenses of their transportation and subsistence. The park commission requested the attendance of the band vn the 19th and 2uth instants, and the necessary orders to that end were is- sued by the Secretary of the Navy, with the proviso that the expenses of the trip be borne by the War Department. It has now been concluded that there are no funds available, and the orders to the band will be revoked. Congress appropriated $20,000 to cover the expenses of the dedivation of the park, of which amount $5,000 was set eside for the expenses of the congressional representatives at the ceremonies. It was estimated that it would cost at least $900 to take the band to Chickamauga, and the conclusion was reached that the depleted state of the appropriation would not justify such an expenditure. The Wer Department officials are unwilling that any of the regu- lar appropriations for that department should be diverted to this use, and there is no fund in the Navy Department available. ——_—___+e Epidemic Diseases. The foHowtli.g reports have been received at the surgeon general's cffice of the ma- rine hospital service: At Osaka-Hiogo, Japan, for the two weeks ending August 1 there were 1,076 cases of cholera and 717 deaths. At Kobe-Hiogo for the week ending August 11 there were 246 cases and 19% deaths. At Rio de Ja- neiro for the week ending August 17 there were cight deaths from yellow fever. At Vera Cruz for the week ending August 20 there were seven deaths from yellow fever. — Postage to Newfoundland. A letter to Postmaster General Wilson from the governor of Newfoundland calls attention to the fact that many letters from the United States to Newfoundland bear only two cents postage. Newfoundland is not a part of the Do- minion of Canada and is not entitled to its two cents rate. The postage to it from the United States is five cents per half ounce. Any deficiency is collected double on deliy- ery of the letter. | A Passenger Leaves $6,000 on the Rear Seat. ; How Conductor Davis Opened a Pack- age at the End of His Route— The Owner Reappears. There is a stout, prosperous-locking man in Washington today who has doubtless peered Into the mirror a dozen times since morning to see whether bis mustache and goatee have turned white-or not. If he has not pursued this course he is undoubtedly gifted with considerable cool nerve, be- cause he passed through an ordeal this morning sufficient to give even a nitro-gly- cerine tub watcher a streak of blue hor- rors. Shortly after 9 o'clock this individual, whose identity is swallowed up in a mist of conjecture, but who is believed to be a runner for a local bank, got aboard car No. 11 of the Washington and Georgetown road, running on the 14th street branch and to the Baltimore and Ohio depot. He spread himself comfortably on the rear seat and laid down a paperscovered bundle beside him as he drew forth a match and hunted for a cigar. Whether the smoke that ensued lulled him into a reminiscent state or the trouble of keeping the weed lit distracted his mind is irrelevant to the story, but in any event he left the car at 7th street and Pennsylvania, avenue. When car No. 11 wheeled around into ist street behind its trailer Conductor J. M. Davis perceived that the! paper-covered bundle had been left by the whilom pas- senger. It was not a very impressive-look- ing package, and if the man had continued his trip to the depot there are plenty of speculative people who would have ac- cepted long odds and bet that the man had sandwiches wrapped up to chew on while experiencing the pangs of a day in the country. Conductor Davis took a very scornful view of the package also, and when his train reached the terminus at the depot he called some of the gripmen and conductors of the other cars standing there and invited them to see what he had faund. When the paper covering was removed Conductor Davis felt his eyes stick out un- til a beaver hat and overcoat could have been hung on each one, while his under jaw dropped so that his scarf pin scratched his chin. There were similar physiognomi- cal dislocations on the part of-his friends. Surprise and astonishment simply trans- fixed them, for there befere=them, with brown paper half removed, Jayse number of packages of bank notes, alk crisp and green and inspiring. When the, senses of Mr. Davis and his companions crept back to their usual abiding places @ hurried mathe- matical process was resorted te and it was found that there were $6,000 Im the bundle. Mr. Davis carefully Inserte@ the securt ties in his garments, and.gave the signal fer the gripmar to start om the return trip. At 7th street a stcut but nodonger pros- Perens looking man rushed frantically. up to the car. Mr. Davis at. onoe recognized him as the passenger wha had lef: the package on the seat. There was a restitu- tion ef property, and the man heaved a sigh of relief that sounded like’a fog horn. Then he proffered the conductor a $5 Dill, and went off with his bundle of money. He held it in both hands, = CHOLERA IN HONOLULU, Number of Deaths Reported—Dr. Wy- man on the Quarantine Service. Consul General Mills at ‘Honolulu, Ha- wali, has reported to the Depurtment of State, by steamer Australia, which arrived at San Francisco on the 12th instant, that since the cutbreak of cholera in Honolulu, August ), there have been thirty-nine cases and thirty-two deaths up to date of report. No details are given. ; What Dr. Wyman Says. Dr. Wyman, surgeon general of the ma- rine hospital service, speaking of cholera in Honolulu, said, today, that the quaran- tine service on the Pacific coast is in a very gcod condition, Every port of entry has been inspected by a regular marine hospital officer, and a compliance with the treasury regulations assured. The marine hespital service has quarantine establish- ments at Port Townsend, Washington, San Diego, Cal, and a complete quarantine riant at San Francisco, with regular offi- cers of the service in charge. At Gray's Harbor, Wash., there is a sanitary in- spector of the marine service, and one also at Empire City, Oreg. The Columbia river, which includes the ports of Portland and Astoria, Oreg., is in charge of state ofi- ccrs who ure acting under special instruc- tions issued by the marine hespital service. At Eureka, Cal., there is a regular sani- tary inspector. A special regulation has been issued re- garding the disinfection of all baggage from all ports of the orient, including Ha- wail. The United States consul at Yoko- hama has a physician to assist him in the ingpection of vessels. Dr. Wyman wrote to the chief quaran- tine ofticer of Canada to inquire wnat had been done with regard te protecting the northern frontier from immigrants coming by the way of British Columbia. He was informed that the Canadian authorities had been forestalled by the steamship; companies, who, as long ago as July, had refused to bring Japanese immigrants, be- cause of fear of detention of vessels. ———o+—___\_ ELECTRIC LAMP POSTS. The Kind Now in Use in’ the City of Copenhagen. According to United States Consul Kirk at Copenhagen, the. general use of electricity as a means of iMlumination in our great cities must, in ‘time, demand some other kind of support for the elec- tric lamp than the unsightly ‘wooden posts now so common. Especially’ is this need felt, he says, “on our Nardsome thorough- fares, such, for instance, as the avemues in Washington. Here, in Cepenhagen, the quesiion has already been taken up and solved, and there is now in practical use on’ Kongens Nytorv (King’s New Market), the principal .public square ofthe city, a post for the electric lamp which is at once useful as welt as ornamental: The lamp post is cast hollow, the wires: enter from the ground and leave the,post at the sides, and the lamp is held in oe by a weight resting on a spiral doi’ The lamp is drawn down when required by catching the ring suspended from the lamp with a hook at the end of a light pole,,with which the workman is provided: The wires can be carried into the lamp in any other way desired, but to reach the lamp through the hollow post is considered;here the most practical. These posts, twel¥evin number, are very much admired, and: furnish at once a solid and lasting support for the lamp and a very handsome ornament to the street or square.” ? . PRESIDENTIAL APPOfNTMENTS. A Collector of Customs for the East- ern Maryland District. The President has appointed Sidney R. Riggin to be'collector of customs for the esstern district of M: nd. He has also signed the commissions df Harry EK. Biscoe gna John Irwin, jr., assistant-" pay- masters in tBe wary, Bien the: relative renk of em » and commissions of Disbrow Budd as postmaster at Rye, N. ¥., end Orlando 8S. Parmalee as postmaster ut Tekamah, Neb. ar : Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $316,452. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $531,599; customs, $632,089; miscellaneous, $11,808. More of Both Will Be Needed by the Treasury. DEPLETION OF THE GOLD RESERVE Anxiety After the Syndicate Con- tract Expires. NO AID FROM CONGRESS The contract of the bond syndicate to keep up the gold reserve of the treasury expires next month, and it is a serious ques- tlon how the withdrawals of gold are going to be covered after that time. There is a vague hope that the movement of the crops is going to greatly increase the gold in| this country and check the drain upon the treasury. This should have begun to oper- ate long ago, but the gold ts still going out, and the calls on the syndicate to make up gold losses appear to be growing heavier and more urgent as the period of their con- tract draws to a close. The failure of the lcoked-for relief through the movement of creps is accounted for by the fact that this movement is unusually delayed. This un- usual delay ts not accounted for, however, and there appears to be no certainty that there will be as much relief from that direction as has been counted on. It is fair to assume that the depletion of the re- serve, that is now kept in check only by large deposits by the syndicate, will not cease immediately upon the expiration of the bond contract. Presumably, the gov- ernment will then be left to look out for itself, and the question of what they are going to do about it arises. No Relief Expected From Congress. If there were any probability that Con- gress, immediately upon assembling in De- cember, would adopt some measure of relief there would b2 no particular occa- sion for uneasiness. A loss of twenty or thirty millions between the Ist of October and the middle of December if met at the close of that period could be endured with- out specfal inconvenience. But there seems to be no great prospect of such speedy relief on the assembling of Con- gress. In the first place, it is questionable whether there will be any harmony of sertiment in the two houses of Congress in favor of coming to the rescue of the ad- ininistration in its embarrassment. In the second place, there is no agreement as to what would give the relief, however strong- ly the sentiment might favor action. Whut Secretzry Carlixle Will Ask. The Secretary of the Treasury will prob- ably ask for the repeal of the law requiring the reissue of treasury notes after their redemption. This recommendation will not readily be followed by Congress, and it is by no means sure that it would bring relief premptly enough if the repeal were speedily erected. If the department could now cease the reissue, there would still be outstanding enough notes, easily in reach of those wenting gold, to seriously embarrass the guld reserve. Moreover, the treasury notes are reissued only in the regular course of business, and in the present state of the revenues the “reissue” or expenditure of all forms of money, treasury notes in- cluded, taken in through the agency of the cvstoms and internal revenue still leaves the treasury short of money, and the monthly expenditures exceed the monthly receipts. ~ Every Dollar is Needed. With this state of affairs it is not clear hcew the treasury can retire permanently auy part of the money coming into its pos- session, without in some way replacing it. Apparently there is not a dollar in the treasury that the government has not need for. The notes of 1890 are used just as are the greenbacks to get gold out of the treas- vry. The law does not compel the reissue of these notes, but tney are reissued as they are received in revenue, for the reason that the government is compelled to use them to meet expenditures. More Bonds or More Revenue. This brings them right back to the propo- sition of more bonds or more revenue, both Probably being necessary. With the reve- nues as short as they have been up to this time, it would probably not be long before the gold reserve would become depleted through the necessity, of meeting the de- ficiency for ordinary expenditures, even if not a single greenback or note of ‘90 were presented for redemption in gold. It is to be assumed that the republican Congress will not fail to make the most of this rey- enue feature, and that they will not be readily induced to give temporary relief, to make things appear all right, until after the election, with the practical certainty that it will be as bad as ever in a short time. There will probably have to be another bend issue sooner or later, in order to get the gold into the treasury; but there will have also to be more revenue provided in order to keep it there, no matter what is done about the reissue of greenbacks. Whether Congress and the President can agree on any measure for the increase of the revenue is problematical; and it is al- most certain that if they do not Congress will not pass any temporary measure of relief relating to the gold reserve, but not to the revenue. My Renew the Syndicate Contract. ‘There being such grave doubt about any immediate relief coming through Congress it is not believed that Mr. Carlisle will let the gold reserve be rapidly depleted ag soon as the bond contract expires with- out taking some steps to check it. What steps he will take is a question. How the syndicate will figure in the matter is also a question. It is believed, how- ever, that he will either issue more bonds as soon as it is apparent that there is a serious raid on the reserve, or else that he will come to some agreement for the ex- tension of the time of the syndicate guar- dianship over the treasury, giving them as a consideration a renewal of their op- tion on the bonds that may have to be is- sued in the future. Heavy Gold Withdrawal Today. The Secretary of the Treasury was in- formed about rcon today that $4,500,000 in gold had been withdrawn from the sub- treasury at New York, but the official noti- fication from the agsistant treasurer will not be received until after business hours this afternoon. The fact that Lizard Freres, who are members of the bond syn- dicate, had taken out $2,500,000 of: this amount Is the subject of general comment. Secretary Carlisle, as usual, refused to talk about the transaction, and at 1:15 o'clock he left for his home, still refusing to say anything for publication. An official close ‘to the Secretary stated, however, that the action of Lizard Freres only meant that the time has come when the bankers must protect the interests gf their customers in the- matter of foreign exchange. Within the lust few days so many new sources of exchange have sprung up that it has be- come necessary evidently for thet firm to look to its foreign exchange, and hence its action today. The heavy withdrawals of gold have added this afternoon to the gos- ship of the possibility of ancther bond issue, and some people go so far as to say that this is only the beginning of a squeeze of the gold reserve, having that object in view. He Was Seen With Blanche Lamont on April 3. A Witness Who Will Testify That She Rode With Them Both in a Car on the Afternoon of That Day. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, September 13.— The prosecution of Theodore Durrant are Prepared now to produce a witness who is expected to overwhelm the young student and destroy his last hope of an alibi. One who knows him well, who left the city that she might not be forced to testify against him, will go upon the witness stand and testify that on the afternoon of April 3 (the day of Blanche Lamort’s murder), she rode to the Mission upon the same car with Blanche Lamont ard Durrant. As the car traveled on its way she no- ticed the young school girl carefully. She observed her clothing, noted her books, watched her movements and followed her conversation with the young student. The girl was unknown to her, but she had watched Durrant from his childhood as she would cne of her own children. Shortly after 4 o’clock the car arrived 2t 22d strect. The woman whe had been in- terested in the young couple arose to leave the car. Durrant and the school girl were alrealy on the way out. The student as- sisted the girl from the car and then gave his hand to the old lady. The three walk- ed to the sidewalk torether and stopped there for a moment to chat. Durrant intrcduced Blanche Lamont to the old lady, and for a few minutes left her to proceed down 22d street toward Eartlett street. He and Blanche, talking and laughing, walked toward the church. The story wili be teid by Mrs. James Crossett, who lives with friends in the Mission. Mrs, Crossett knows Durrant too Well to be mistaken. The very conditions of the case make it impossible for an er- ror to be committed. Mrs. Crossett not only saw Durrant, but took his nand and spoke to him. She will be placed on the witness stand next week. ~ Testimony for the Prowecutioh.— As the defense will lay stress on the in- ability of one man to carry a heavy body up such a flight of stairs as leads to the belfry of Emanuel Church, the prose- cution was elated at the testimony yester- day of Richard Charlton, a grocer, who had weighed Blanche March 27 or 28, that she had weighed 115 pounds. A week later she disappeared. Her greatest weight was 121 Pounds. Henry Shalmount, a cable conductor, tes- t‘fied that Durarnt and Miss Lamont had ridden together to school the morning of April 2. He had seen them frequently be- fore, and his attention was particularly di- rected to them on this day by their evi- dent intimacy. Then the defense admitted the fact that Durrant and Miss Lamont were together at that time, and this line of inquiry was abandoned by the prosecution. Herman J. Schlagier, a classmate of Dur- tant at the medical college, testified that four days after Blanche had disappeared, and before Durrant was mentioned in con- nection with her absence, Durrant had asked Schlagler if he remembered seeing them together, and if he did not remember that Durrant parted from Blanche before the former left the city. Witness was un- able to remember. Durrant volunteered the information that Blanche was missing. The prisoner told tne witness that Blanche was easily led and controlled by him, and that he feared she had gone to some questionable abode. Miss Minnie Bell Edwards, a classmate of Blanche, testified that on the afternoon ef April 3 Blanche Lamont and _ herself left the Normal School together. Miss La- ment was soon joined by a young man whom Miss Edwards recognized as Dur- rant. Miss Edwards last saw the couple at the corner of Market and Powell streets, where she left the car. The witness de- scribed minutely all the movements of Dur- rant, herself and Miss Lamont before and after they boarded the car. She also de- scribed Durrant’s attire minutely. To accommodate a juror a recess was here taken until Monday. —— AMERICANS IN MEXICO. Coutract for a New York Security Company to Bond Mexican Officials. As an additional evidence of the growing ascendency of American interests in Mexi- co, Mr, Butler, United States charge d’ot- faires at the City of Mexico, invites the at- tention of the State Department to a con- tract recently enter2d into between the Mexican government and the American Surety Company of New Yo-k for the bond- ing of public officials, private parties, cor- Porations, ete, in Mexico. “The con- tract provides,” says Mr, Butler, “that the company shail establish in the City of Mexico, complying with the provisions of the commercial code of the United States of Mexico, a branch, with its respective cf- fices, for the issue, without any limitation whatever and in due iegal form, of all ‘asses of bonds, guaranties, and other ob- ligations of the same character that may be legally con*racted and executed, wheth- er respecting the employes of the federal government of Mexico, or of those of the States, districts, the ierritories, munici- Falities, corporations, companies’ and pri- vate individuals. “The legal residence of the company in the republic will be in the City of Mexico, and it will keep in that city a representa: tive who shall be su‘liciently empowered to represent it both in and out of court in al! business which it may do, and with entire literty to establish agencies in those parts of the country which may be required by its interests. “The company will always be considered as Mexican in all matters referring to this contract, even should one or more of its members be foreigners, and it will be ex- clusively subject to the jurisdiction of the ecmpetent tribunals and autuorities of the republic in all maters whose crigin or ac- tion may take place within the territory thereof, and under no pretext watever will it be allowed to claim foreign rights, nor will it be allowed to transfer this conces- sion without the previous permission of the department of ihe treasury.” —_—____-0+_____ A HAWAIIAN CABLE. San Francisco und Honolulu to Be the Points of Contact. Plans are made for building a cable from San Francisco to the Hawaiian Islands, and Col. Z. S. Spalding, who lately re- colved from the Hawaiian government a concession for constructing such a line of communication, has arriyed in this country. He will sail for Europe on Saturday to join his family in Switzerland. When in this city*Col. Spalding said: “J am here for the purpose of notifying the United States government of my con- tract with Hawaii and to explain that at an early date I will submit a proposition for establishing cable communication be- tween San Francisco and Honolulu, and asking for aid from the United States gov- ernment. At present I am on my way to visit my family, but I expect to return to Washington within two months. “As scon as Congress meets a charter will be asked for a company of American capital to whom I shall assign my con- cessicn from Hawall, and if sufficient as- sistance ie granted by the government to make it feisible to construct and maintain the cable line work will be commenced at once. I have been promised private sub- scriptions to stock of the company to the amount of $1,000,000, and hope that our government will grant a yearly subsidy, which, in connection with that granted by Hawaii, will enable us to raise the money necessary to carry out the project.” Ending of the G, A. BR. Festivities at Louisville. WASHINGTONIANS IN THE WRECK Surgeon Johnson's Wife the Only One Injured. VETERANS COMING HOME Special From a Staff Correspondent. LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 13.—There Were fifteen or twenty Washingtonians in the wreck of the grand stand at the fire- Werks last night who went in the crash, All escaped injury, however, except one, ard in that case it was nothing serious. Mrs, Johnson, wife of Surgeon A. E. John- son of Lincoln Post, suffered a sprained foot, but it ts not serious enough to trou- ble her. Among those who went down im the crash were Col. Catre, chief of staff: Lieut. Hendricks of the Old Guard, Mrs. MeCabe and daughter, formerly assistant quartermaster, and Comrade Myers and his wile. None of them received any injury, but all were thoroughly shaken up. i It was rather a terrifying experience fur a few minutes. The stand was erected on the river front, where there were no lights, and was in darkness. When the crash ae the darkness added to the alarm of e struggling people, who could not tell apres happened or the extent of the The cries and turmoil whic! - e1 a steamer lying at the thar? aad tie electric search light was played upon the oe aide ‘e a rescue of the unfor- 3 Mt by the pocident. ee eee party of Washington ladies sat directly behind the sea: oe ieee ts that fell, and were pretty, The members of the Washington delega- tion who do not intend to go to Chicka- n.auga are preparing to leave for Wash- ington on a special train over the Chesa- Peake and Ohio tomorrow morning at 8 o'clock. They will reach Washington some time during Sunday forenoon. The Old Guard, the drum corps, Post No. 3, and scme of the headquarters staff will return on this train. The Chickamangna Celebration. All interest today centered in the Chick- amauga celebration, which promises to ex- cel in point of interest any similar affair which has ever occurred in this country. There will be more prominent men of the United States gathered in one spot than ressibly ever assembled before. Mrs. Clark Ousted. At 1 o'clock today, Judge Edwards re- fused to make the Clark injunction perma- nent. On the restraining order being dis- solved, Mrs. Clark was ousted, and the Woman's Relief Corps proceeded with business. While the ladies of the G. A. R. and the Woman's Relief Corps, as well as the na- Ucnal encnmpment proper continued their Sessions today, there were attractions for those who are not delegates in either of these three assemblages. At Wilder Park the entire day was devoted to the most mammoth “old Kentucky barbecue” that was ever spread. Early in the morning the street cars Were overtaxed by the mul- titude en route to the great frolic of the blue and gray, at which the former were guests, and to which the gates were open- ed free to the public. Veterans in the Departments. The Department of the Potomac figured quite extersively and successfully in the proceedings of the national encampment today. The sessions of the encampment were of an executive character, of course, but information is at hand showing what the Washixgton people accomplished. Commander Anderson of the Department of the Potcmac called up his resolution re- questing Congress in the name of the G. A. R. to attach definite penalties to willful vio- lations of acts of Congress 2elating to the preference of ex-soldiers and sailors in government employ. ‘This resolution had been unfavorably re- orted by the committee on resolutions, tut Commander Anderson insisted on a vote. He made a stirring address in its favor, and explained what he said was the necessity for its adoption. =, He was follewed by “Corporal” Tanner of Washington, ex-commissicner of pensions, who vigorously supported the resolution. Gen. Widener of Pennsylvania led the oprosition to the resolution, basing it upon the gereral ground of inexpediency. 'A bitter and prolonged wrangle ensued. At times the assemblage was very disorder- ly. When the question was put, the com- mittee om resolutions was voted down, and the resolution was carried by a strong ma- jority. The resolution proposed by the Depart- ment of the Potomac at its last encamp- ment requesting Congress fo make Lin- ccin’s birthday a national holiday was unanimously adopted. ‘The resolution amending the rules of the order to allow sons of veterans to attend Grand Army meetings was referred to the committee om rules and will come up at the next national encampment for final dis- osal. The committee on resolutions brought In a report condemning the present adminis- tration of the pension Jaws, which was adopted. N. O. M. Closing the Week Sadly, LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 13.—The week of unprecedented hospitality and good will in connection with the national en- campment of the G. A. R. will close with sadness. Even the burning sun became shrouded with dark clouds today. While the funerals of the five victims of Wed nesday'’s explosion were in. progress full: one hundred were suffering from injuries received at the collapse of the grand stand during the display of fireworks last night. In addition to the fifty names of the in- jured given last night there are about fifty others who were taken to their homes in carriages by friends. Only the names of those taken away in ambulances were available. The stand that collapsed was the one set apart for the Louisville peopie who had contributed to the expenses of the citizens, who were taken to their homes instead of the hospital. Those from a distance who were injured were, for the most part, guests of the Louisville people. The victims of Wed- nesday’s explosion were all members of the Louisville Loyal Legion and sons of lead- ing citizens, The hospitals are full of pa- tients suffering from the heat and injuries received at the accident last night. Those in the hospitals are all reported as doing well, and as far as can be learned from fifty er more homes where the injured are being cared for, they are all doing well to- day except Mrs. S. Hirschfield, who had her feet mashed and hip dislocated and may not recover. : Edward Hoar, a musician, of Springfield, Ohio, who was not on the grand stand, but on top of a sanitary booth that caved in during the fireworks, is in a serious con- dition. His left side was crushed. a Senator Thurston Critically ML HAILEY, Idaho, September 13.—Senator ‘Yhurston of Nebraska is ill of cholera mor- bus at the Hot Springs Hotel here. He went out for a plunge bath yesterday, ate hezrtily of green corn and watermelon, and socn took to his bed. The worst is feared.