Evening Star Newspaper, September 19, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR —— ae PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, lvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pree’t. New York Office, 40 Pottar Building, ing Star ts served to subscribers in the ‘The Event ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents (rack, ox 4h conte ter month. gt the ted States or Canade—postage prepald—60 cents Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with wimtlersd att the Poa Ys second-class mail c Fi it mail matter.) Che # i Fueningy Star. No 13,274. WASHINGTON, D.C. THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS If you want today’s News today you can find it only in The Star. TWO OHIO MEN McKinley and Brice Both Want to Be President. INTEREST INCREASING IN THE TARIFF The Senator Willing to Spend His Money Liberally. - HIS VIEWS ON CLEVELAND “The seething of the political pot in Ohio js constantly sending up new bubbles to the surface. The coloring on these bubbles kre now indicating two things: First, that McKinley is daily coming more and more Yo the front in the buckeye state because pf a tendency toward a protective policy among the miners especially, and among ® large class of the péople generally, whereas six months ago the popular feel- Ing was more strongly in favor of ignor- ing the tariff in the campaign. Secondly, the star of Senator Brice is growing to such proportions that the followers of that millionaire political and railroad magnate @re quietly pointing to him as the coming nominee of the democratic party for the presidency. There are many indications that Calvin 8. Brice would like to lead his party in the next campaign for the pres- idency, and to this end the magnate is sparing neither time, energy or money.” ‘The above remarks were made today by a Prominent Ohio politician, one who Is in the closest touch with the leaders In po- litical work in that state, and who himself has been and is playing an important role in the political drama of Ohio. Continu- ing, he said: picio of the Business Revival. “The present revival of better times is being taken with a great deal of suspicion in Ohio. On every hand there it is com- mon to hear people say that the improved times we are enjoying are but temporary, that they result from the long stagnation of business &nd from the fact that so many merchants allowed their stock to run down fluring the past two years. They will tell [se with a look of great concern that the lance of trade is against us, that we should export more than we import. They pay that something should ire done to re- strict imports, and that unless it is done ur experiences of the past two years will repeated. “This talk is, of course, of great advan- tage to the candidacy of Gov. McKinley, who was greatly disappointed at the small Interest shown in the tariff shortly after Congress adjourned and the feeling of the opie that that subject should be tabooed. le thougnt that the reduction of the tariff would recefve all the credit for our hard times and that there would be a loud cry throughout the ranks of the repubilcans in fxvor of restoring the McKinley law. It is to be seen to what extent this change of sentiment in Ohio on the tariff will go. If it grows, and if the people become im- bued with the idea that we cannot have @ permanent prosperity without a higher tariff, then McKinley will be benefited to @ wonderfw degree. The people who aré now endeavoring to revive the tariff as a means of making better times are watch- Ing closely our reports of imports and ex- ports. If it should happen that our lower tariff results Mm increasimg our exports this talk will receive a decided setback. That is, {f the exports can be made to exceed the imports. Mr. Brice’s Ambition. “Now for Brice,” he continued. “The most ambitious man in the United States today is Calvin S. Brice, and there is but one goal that will at all satisfy his am- bition. That is the presidency. He wants to be President of the United States, and if a most liberal use of money, untiring energy and skill as a ‘practical politician’ will place him in the White House, he will = there. I am told on good authority that r. Brice has spent on the campaign up to the present time—I mean the campaign beginning with the state convention that has nominated Campbell for governor— $200,000, and before the fight Is over he will put up $1,000,000 in his effort to carry Ohio for the democracy. “It is needless to say he will have the as- sistance of Campbell in forwarding his own ambitions when the time comes to do so. The first step in the direction of carrying out these ambitious plans is for him to fix the legislature so that he may be returned to the United States Senate.. He doesn’t care much for that except a3 a means of helping him to something higher. The thing he ts aiming at is the presidency, and he is known everywhere as a man of the greatest wealth, with a perfect readiness to spend his money for his party and for his own political advancement. It-is not that Mr. Brice is worth $10,000,000—though he is frequently referred to as having four times that amount—that makes him willing to spend his money freely, but it is the fact that he is constantly making money. He is not spending his principal or his in- come from investments. He is spending very largely the money that he is making through his railroad operations. His Idea of Cleveland. “Mr. Brice does not seriously think that Mr. Cleveland will receive the nomination at the hands of the national convention. He is imbued with the idea that Cleveland could never stand the attacks that would be made on him because of the third term feature of his candidacy. He believes that fate has reserved some western man for the democratic nomination. He believes that a man of great wealth and with a Uberal tendency in spending his money is needed for the campaign, which will be one of the most exciting in the history of the country. He thinks he sees the star of Brice looming up very high, and, if nec- essary, ‘he will place $2,000,000 in the hands of the national committee to aid the cam- paign. In my judgment, he stands an ex- cellent chance of getting the nomination. His large hospitality dispensed in Washing- ton and in Saratoga during the past sum- mer resulted in making a most extensive acquaintance for him in all parts of the United States, especially in the east. He knows how to use every factor of success to the greatest advantage. Keep your eye on Brice and the democratic nomination.” —__—___-«.____ SHIP TEXAS. She is Being Put in Shape for the Official Test. Reports from the battle ship Texas show that the vessel is gradually being put into shape for the official test, which has been postponed from time to time, and the date for which cannot yet be fixed. The ma- chinery which was damaged by the shoal water at the Norfolk yard has received @ xeneral overhauling. It is believed at the department that no permanent damage Wus sustained. The recent experience of the ship shows that she will certainly be troubled with her ventilating apparatus, which was constructed on the same plan @s that of ths monitor Amphitrite, and is said to be very defective. There is conse- quently much complaint of extraordinary high temperature and consequent agita- tion for a change of system, —+-e-______ Government Receipts. National bank notes received for redemp- tion today, $157,900. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $183,509; customs, $820,562; miscellancous, '$13,57 A SERIES OF MISFORTUNES|TW() BORDER STATES|ATLANTA’S EXPOSITION] WHERE VALOR SHON Admiral Kirkland Seems to Have Been Constantly Gettiag Into Trouble. Now Called Upon to Explain marks Alleged to Have Been Made About the Missionaries. Re- Rear Admiral Kirkland, commanding the European squadron, has been the victim of a series of misfortunes during the past few months. First, he was reprimanded for having written a letter of congratulation to M. Faure, president of the French 1e- public, upon his election; and then he was again reprimanded for having disciplined @ naval chaplain for not appearing in full- dress uniform on a certain public occasion, in apparent igncrance of the fact that chaplains have no such uniform. The lat- est offense alleged against the admiral is that he publicly expressed the opinion that the American missionaries in Turkey were altogether a bad lot of men, who defied the local laws of the country in which they were temporarily residing and then made appeals for protection, which were of no real necessity. ‘These statements were cabled to this country and published in various news- papers, und were made the subject of a vigorous protest to the President by the board of missions at Boston. The mat- ter having been referred to the Navy De- partment, the Secretary wrote a letter to the admiral, inclosing one of these news- paper clippings, and called upon him for an explanation. Pending his response, no further action will be taken by the naval authorities. It is expected that the ad- miral will disclaim the utterances attrib- uted to him, and in that event the matter will be allowed to drop. In case, however, he should fail to make a satisfactory ex- planation, it is likely that the admiral will either be again reprimanded or that @ court of inquiry will be appointed to in- vestigate the matter. Admiral Kirkland’s two years’ tour of sea duty will expire in November next, and he will undoubtedly be relieved of command of the European sta- tion during that month. Commodore Sel- fridge is mentioned as his most probable succesor. 4 DIPLOMATIC DAY. Secretary Olney Receives Visits From but Three Foreign Mi i ‘This was diplomatic day at the State De- partment ard was devoted by Secretary Olney almost entirely to the consider- ation of business brought personally to his attention by the representatives of foreign governments. The gen- eral absence of the members of the diplomatic corps from the city at this time ig indicated by the fact that there were but three of them at the department today, notwithstanding it was the first oppor- tunity they have had of presenting general busines to Secretary Olney since his re- turn from his Vacation at Falmouth, Mass. Although the Secretary's door is always open to foreign ambassadors and ministers, they are expected to confine their calls to Thursdays, unless the business in hand is of special importance. ‘The Secretary's diplomatic visitors today were Baron Fava, the Italian ambassador; Senor Romero, the Mexican minister, and Senor Andrade, the Venezuelan minister. The nature of their business was not dis- closed. Particular interest was shown in the call of the Venezuelan minister, because of the report that he was Inclined to make formal complaint of the recent arrest and punishment of Senor Fombona Palacio, sec- retary of legation, on the charge of insult- ing ladies on the street in New York city. Inasmuch, however, as Mr. Andrade said subsequently that his visit had no relation to that affair, it was assumed by the gos- sips that it probably related to the much mcre important question of the boundary dispute between Venezuela and Great Britain, which the United States is exerting its influence to have settled by arbitration. It is currently reported that the adminis- tration is disposed to take strong and vigorous measures to induce Great Britain to recede from Its present position against the submission of this international issue to arbitration, but the report cannot be traced to any reliable source, and it {s not easy to see what further action ean be taken by this government to accomplish that much-desired result. ———_—_-e THE QUARANTINED NEGROES. The Government Has No Money to Send Them to Alabama. Acting Secretary Hamlin today sent a telegram informing the 400 negroes quar- artined at Eagle Pass, Tex., that the gov- errment has no appropriation from which could be paid their expenses to their homes in Alabama, These negroes some time ago went into Mexico to form a colony, but the scheme was a failure, and fa returning had reached Eagle Pass, when smallpox breke out among them, and they were quarantined. At last acocunts there were 175 cases of smallpox among them, and on the advice of friends they appealed to the gcvernment to assist them to their homes in Alabama as fast as they were discharged by the quarantine officers. Their request, for the reasors stated, cannot e granted. ————o___ UNHAMPERED BY FACTS. The United Press Gives Another Demonstration of Its Unreliability. NEW YORK, September 19.—Yesterday the United Press furnished another dem- orstration of its unreliability in the ser- vice of news. President Cleveland had ex- pected to start the machinery at the At- lanta exposition at 2 o’tlock yesterday af- ternoon, by pressure of an electric button in his room at Buzzard’s Bay. There was scme delay, however, in the wire connec- tions, and the Atlanta people ‘decided to defer the President’s function until 5:30 p.m. All was not in readiness at the hour, and it was not until 6:55 o'clock that the electric circuit was closed at Gray Gables and the wheels moved in Atlanta. Unhampered, however, by facts, the United Press promptly, at 2 p.m., reported Mr. Cleveland as starting the Atlanta machinery. E In New York amusement was afforded to those with stable sources of information by this opening by a United Press paper, under heavy head lines, in its last edition: “ATLANTA, Ga., September 18.—Presi- dent Grover Cleveland touched a golden button at Buzzard’s Bay at 2 o'clock to- day, and instantly the wheels of the ma- chinery at the cotton states and interna- tional exposition, one thousand miles away, leaped into life. Cannon blazed and thun- dered, 6),000 people cheered, a thousand flags fluttered from the tops of the iaany buildings, and the great south’s indusgrial exposition was officially opened.” In Washington and at other points a few misguided newspapers were telling the same story. While waiting the hour for his action President Cleveland’s evening mall was laid before him, and with it an evening paper supplied from sources referred to, As Mr. Cleveland read aloud the fervid de- tail of his having started the machinery at 2 o'clock, while waiting between 5 and 6 p.m. to do so, it was with manifest disap- proval. The incident is more amusing than im- portant. The organization, discredited by @ long record of fabrications, provokes anew the smile of tolerating pity. ——.—__ ‘To Be Launched Next Week. The new steel tug Unadilla will be launched at the Mare Island navy yard next week. The Administration’s Attitude in Kentucky and Maryland. CARLISLE MAY SPEAK ONCE MORE Pressure Being Brought by Anti- Gorman Democrats. THEY ASK FOR SILENCE Secretary Carlisle pronounces absolutely false the statement that Mr. Whitney had ordered im to call off the administration opposition to the democratic ticket in Ken- tucky, and that therefore there would be a switch atound, and all the democrats unite for the ticket. His denial did not apply to the statement that all the democrats would support the ticket, but to the reason given for their doing so; for ne expressed the opinion that the ticket would be elected. He wculd not state yet whether he was going to make any speeches in the campaign. Why He Delays a Promise to Spenk. It is understood that the Secretary in- tends to make some speeches, or at least one, for the ticket, but that there is one thing which deters him from promising at this time to do so. It is said that he does not yet feel safe to assume that Mr. Har- din, the candidate, may not in some of his speeches make a direct personal attack upon the administration. As long as there 1s any danger of such a thing occurring, it is sald, he does not want to take part in the campaign. It is believed that he will make a speech in Louisville toward the close of the campaign. Blackburn’s Friends Confident. Private Information received here indi- cates that Senator Blackburn's friends are perfectly confident of his election, and that the general belief is now that he is sure ta be re-elected to the Senate unless the democrats lose the legislature. This in- formation confirms the statement that the administration is going to support the ticket, both factions working together in the general party interest. 7 An Embarrassing Situation. It was a very paradoxical and embar- rassing situation to have the “Cleveland democrats” opposing the democratic tickets in the two torder states which at their conventions indorsed the administration and its foreign policy in strong terms— Kentucky and Maryland. If subsequent events bear out the statement that the two factions in Kentucky will work together for the ticket, it will relieve the admin- istration from one thing that excites the criticism of thoroughly partisan demo- crats. Mr. Cleveland’s Attitude Uncertain. ‘There is a dispute, however, as to the at- titude of Mr. Cleveland toward the demo- cratic ticket in Maryland, and it is now said that an effort will not be made there to check the “Cleveland democrats” oppo- sition to the party ticket. How true this may be is uncertain. It is said that in Kentucky the candidate merely disagrees with Mr. Cleveland as to a poilcy, and excites antagonism on that account, while in Maryland the opposition is avowedly in resentment of Mr. Gorman’s personal antagonism to Mr. Cleveland. Itis inferred that his personal consideration is more potential than would be a difference of policy. Pressure by Anti-Gorman People. It has been intimated that Mr. Cleveland or some one of his official family would shortly find an opportunity to notify the “Cleveland democrats” that Mr. Cleveland did not want them to resent any offense given to him, in a way to injure the party. Hearing that scme such declaration might be made, the anti-Gorman people at once began to exert all the influence they had to keep Mr. Cleveland from interfering in tehalf of the democratic ticket. it is understood that they repeated the arguments that were used by the anti-Hill people at the last election in New York to prevent Mr. Cleveland from saying a good word for the democratic candidate for gov- ernor. They made the plea that he ought not to take sides against his personal irlends and supporters, even to save the regular party ticket from defeat. A great deal of influence has been used to procure the silence of the administration, and it is claimed that Mr. Cleveland will be as silent as he was during Hill's campaign. Meanwhile, the “Cleveland democrats” make Gorman's lack of friendship for Mr. Cleveland the alleged ground of their op- position to the ticket, and assume the atti- tude of defenders of Mr. Cleveland in fol- lowing this course. % —— \ INSTRUCTIONS ISSUED. i, Rear Admiral Walker to Commanders of Light House Vessels, Rear Admiral Walker, president/of the light house board, has issued the following instructions to commanders of light house vessels: 4 All light-house vessels when under way skall display the national ensign at the peak’‘or flagstaff when in sight of other vessels, towns and stations. When lying at depots or at anchor near the same, no colors shall be shown, except as mentioned below. On Sundays and national holidays colors shall always be shown, unless the weather be such as to prevent. Whenever an officer of the light house establishment or a member of the light hcrse board is affoat in a vessel of the light house establishment, the light house flag shall be shown at the mainmast-head. No other flags shall be shown by ves- sels of the light house establishment, ex- cept for the purpose of dressing ship upon proper occesions. When shown, colors shall be hoisted at 8 a.m., and hauled down at sunset. At such times all persons in the light house service who may be present shall salute by facing the colors and removing their hats. Light vessels shall display colors and light house flag to all passing vessels of war and vessels of the light hause service. ° . Court-Martial at the Barracks. ‘Under orders from Maj. Gen. Miles, com- manding the Department of the East, a general court-martial is now in session at the Washington barracks, D. C., for the trial of such prisoners as may be ordered before it. The detail of the court is as fol- lows: Maj. Jacob B. Rawles, fourth artil- lery; Capt. Frederick Fuger, fourth artil- lery; Capt. William Ennis, fourth artillery; Capt. Constantine Chase, fourth artillery, and Lieuts. John K. Cree, third artillery; Archibald Campbell, third artillery; Henry H. Whitney, fourth artillery; Gordon G. Heiner, fourth artillery; David M. King, fourth’ artillery, and John C. Gilmore, jr., fourth artillery, with First Lieut. Walter 8. ‘Alexander, fourth artillery, judge advocate. ——_—_—__-e+ ‘West Point Cadets Appointed. Cadet appointments to West Point have been issued to Allen F. Morrissett, Man- chester, Va.; George B. Pillsbury, Tewks- bury, Mass.; Lientellus Cunningham, Fair- play, Mo; Chas. M. Cameron (alternate), Butler, Mo.; Julian A. Benjamin (at large), Garrison, N. ¥. Strange Poli ical Possibilities of the Great Show, The Cotton States Fair Not Merely a Holiday Relaxation—Protection Sentiment Growing. The Atlanta exposition is a topic of dis- cussion in political as well as in business circles. Politics, of course, has no part in the organization or conduct of the enter- prise. No enterprise was ever conceived or put on foot on a basis more strictly busi- ness-like. It seems destined, too, to achieve on that basis a distinct and de- served success, The promise is of a very large attendance from every section of the country, and that the show will pass into history as one of the noteworthy episodes of the closing days of the century. But, in addition to this, some of the politicians have a word to say and a prediction to make. Renources of the South. This enterprise, for one great thing, is to exhibit- the full resources of the south. They are not now unknown, but a mam- moth object lesson is to take the place of statistics and abstract suggestion. The cot- ton itself will be exhibited, the coal itself, the iron ore itself, the timber itself. And added to this will be the presence of north- ern and western men interested in the handling of those raw materials, with an oprortunity to study the local conditions, including the climate, and to mingle with the people who own those materials and who are anxious to capitalize them to the best advantage. The diversification of her industries is the dream and hope of the south, and this insures the heartiest wel- come at Atlanta to all those seeking in- vestments and able to contribute by both capital and experience to the forwarding of southern industries. Spread of Protection Principles. And out of this commingling of the peo- ple—the skilled workers of the north with the cotton raisers and the coul and iron owners of the south—must inevitably grow, what? A discussion of a°governmental na- ticral policy affecting business, the politi- ciers answer. The New England cotton epinner moving south with Bis plant, or establishing in the south a branch of his already established busimess in the north, will be, in the one section as dn the other, @ protectionist. The same will be true of the fron workers and the coal diggers of Pennsylvania. In the one section as in the other men who >believe in protection and have benefited by protection will advocate a protective policy. The-workers in wood, in extending their business into the souta, will still insist, as they new do in the east and northwest, on keeping down free com- petition with the Canadian forests. And if the skilled workman takes this view, is he rot likely to communicate it to his partner in the south, the man with the raw ma- terials? And if this thing once sets in sys- tematically and in earnest, how long will it be before the south will ‘cease to be the seat of free trade doctrines and become one of the seats of the protection doctrine? + All Along Had a Foothold. It is furthermore pointed out that in cer- tain parts of the south, despite the atti- tude of southern representatives in Con- gress, protection has all along had some- thing of a foothold. In Georgia, where cot- ton spinning is a profitable industry; in Tennessee and Alabama, where coal and fron deposits are being developed; in Mis- sissippi, where the timber is so valuable and abundant—in all these states protec- tion has long had its champions among the native population. In Louisiana the sugar planters never so thrived as under the pol- icy of protection by bounty; and they are now threatening to change thelr political company because of the executive inter- ference with the last bounty allowance of Congress. The topic, therefore, will not be @ new one in the social intercourse at At- lanta, but will be discussed in the light of much previous thought and mutual agree- ment. A National Policy. This phase of the Atlanta enterprise ts discussed by political leaders of both par- ties. The advocates of a low tariff are quite as alive to it as the advocates of protection, There is no special propa- ganda afoot. Nobody connected with the exposition is expected to abuse his place by seeking to give a partisan twist to mat- ters, nor will any eminent visitor be likely to do, such a thing. The suggestion is that the very enterprise itself, with its wide variety ‘and its local affiliation, will naturally lead during the sh@w, as later, to a full discussion of the subject of a na~ tional policy with relation to the develop- ment of a new country. The south in one sense is new. .Only her planting possi- bilitles are known, What she might be brought to do on manufacturing lines, and on the lines of a national and international commerce, is all in the future. The pro- tection argument is that what protection has done for New England and the middle states can be done for the south, and will be done if the south will help. —— et TACOMA’S PROPOSED FAIR. Committees Appointed Perfect Plans. TACOMA, Wash., September 19.—A pro- ject to hold an occidental an¢ oriental fair in Tacoma in the summer of the year 1900 was considered by a large meeting of citi- zens held at the chamber of commerce and unanimously approved. A preliminary organization was formed and committees appointed to perfect plans and get the work started, both in this country and in the countries east, which it is hoped to interest. The object will be to foster trade rela- tions between the United States and ori- ental nations. The project has been de- cided upon as a result of the great growth in oriental traffic, which has so increased in three years that 120,000 toms or four hundred train loads of freight from and going to the orient will be handled by the Tacoma-China line this year. Congress will be asked early in the next session to appropriate $500,000 for the fair on the ground that the Pacific coast is-entitled to an appropriation for a fair, never having had one. to ————-___. ARMS FOR CUBANS SEIZED. Rifles, Swords ond Cartridges Intend- ed for Insurgents. BRUSSELS, September 19.—A Belgian firm doing business in the West Indies has received a cablegram from one of its em- ployes, stating that an immense quantity of rifles, swords and cartridges, intended for the Cuban insurgents, have been seized on the Island of Andros, where they had been secretly brought from New York. An- dros lies about 150 miles north of the Island £ Cuba, ——————— University Men Getti: Together. CHICAGO, September 19.—A dinner will be given in Chicago Novewpber 9 by mem- bers of British publie schools and universi- ties, with the view of forming a perma- nent organization, composed of men who have been at the Irish, Scotch and English universities or public schools, and cover- ing the United States and Canada. On this same date dinners will be held in New York, Toronto ard San Francisco, in which cities it is expected local clubs will be formed on similar lines to and in affiliation with the Chicago one. The arrangements of the Chicago dinner are in charge of R. A. J. Goode. Old Soldiers on the Field of Chicka- mauga. SCENES OF HATE A PLEASURE PARK A Notable Occasion Where the Battle Was Fought. RIVAL GENERALS SPEAK Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD, Sep- tember 19.—The dedication of the Chicka- mauga National Park was made tojay amid surroundings of military pomp and civic splendor, In the presence of thou- sands of men who, as humble soldiers, par- ticipated in the great fight, and before some of the most prominent men of the nation, the park was declared open. The goverrment, whose perpetuity was aided ty the death of the heroes who fell here, has placed its hand upon the spot and de- clared it forever sacred and hallowed to the country. No profane plow can now turn the soil trat drank the blood of the Union slain; no reckless hand may fell the trees through whose branches hurled the storms of leaden hail; but all is to be preserved and remain untouched, as a menument to America’s heroes. It is an innovation in this country, the setting aside of great battlefields by national act. As in olden times the seal of Caesar upon a place warned impious hands from molesting, so now the magic letters “U. S.” speak in plain words here, “Hands off.” Of all the thousards in attendance here there is prebably not a man who does not think the establishment of the park a fit- ting act. Those Ccrgressmen present who voted for the bill are congratulating them- selves upon it and feeling that some day their names may grace a roll of honor; and if the man who voted against it were here today he would want to hide his head in shame. The men who originated the idea and to whcse efforts is largely due the successful fruition of the plans are grati- fied and pleased beyond words. As one of them, Gen. H. V. Boynton of Washington is probably about the happiest of men this day. To no one is the estab- lishment of the park likely to be of more interest than the coming generations of the south. In a land where the traces of the war are being rapidly effaced by the rising tide of prosperity, and where even its very history is too scantily written, except in the hearts of the pecple, this preservation of the reccrd of one of its greatest events will be appreciated in future years by those who iead upon the tablets raised by the government the tale of their fathers’ deeds and view the ground where they were ac- complished. The incidents of today’s dedication were dramatic in the extreme. The veterans who participated were wrought up to a high tension of emotion. The majority of ticse who were present today had visited the park yesterday ard the day before, had walked over the field, traced throughout the battles, found where they had charged this battery and resisted that onslaught of bayonets, and had revived all the stir- ring memories of the war time. They were in a fever of excitement, emotion and:sen- timent. The day's ceremonies commenced with a great display of military force, which further served to arouse them. The in- spiriting calls of the bugles, the merry rat- tle of the drums, the clank of accouter- ments as marching battalions of infantry filed past and squadrons of cavalry swept down the roads, the heavy rumble of ar- tilery over the ruts, and the flash and brilliancy of thousands of glittering uni- forms stirred them, and sent the sluggish bicod of age coursing through their veins with the fever of youth. At the foot of Snodgrass Hill, that fear- ful eminence whose slopes were covered on the second day's battle vith the bodies of dead men, whose ravines were running bieod, and yet whose summit was crowned through all the long hours of battle with the stars and stripes, the veterans gather- ed for the services of the day. There, in a natural amphitheater, in a valley truly at one time the valley of tte shadow, they heard the speeches, and whea the stirring tenes of “America” were sung, the soldiers tcok up the chorus, and the grand old an- them never rang in more glorious sym- phony. . The speakers of the day caught the in- spiration of the hour, and eloquent as they are well known to be, seemed to find re- newed power to thrill the audience and arouse it to enthusiasm. The old fellows cheered and threw their hats in the air, while once in a while some little group would give the old familiar war-time yell. On the hillsides surrounding the amphi- theater were gathered the wives and daughters of the veterans. They felt a proprietary interest in the proceedings also, and showed their appreciation after the manner of womankind. During the course of the speeches, when reference would be made to the achieve- ments of some particular Indiana, Ohio or Illinois regiment, the survivors would respond to the speaker's tributes to them with cheers and drown his voice for a time. ‘A noticeable feature in the makeup of the audience was the presence of so many crippled old fellows. Chickamauga, as every one knows, was remarkable for the number of soldiers wounded in both of the contending srmies, due to the nature of the desperate and continued fighting at close range. There was proof of this on the person of many a man in that au- dience. Armless sleeves could be counted by the hundred, and limping, hobbling old men were everywhere. But they forgot their wounds today. They shook their empty sleeves and waved aloft their crutches, and were whole men for the mo- ment. It was a great day, a great au- dience and a great scene. Tl congressional party left their hotel 50, and at the station took carriages drive to the park. Captain Barnes Senate force was in immediate under Sergeant-at-Arms Bright's orders. Yesterday the party was augment- ed by numerous arrivals, among them Senator Blackburn, Representatives Grout of Vermont, Tarsney of Missouri, Mallory of Florida, Henderson of Iowa, Henderson of Illinois, Keifer of Minnesota, Price of Louisiana, Harrison of Alabama, and Lap- ham of Rhode Island. Terrific Heat, Stifling Dust. The congressional party were almost four hours in coming from their hotel to the park, and the greater portion ef the time were driving in open carriages. The heat was terrific, equaling a midsummer Georgia day, and the dust was stifling, but the distinguished visitors endured the dis- ecmforts without murmuring, and arrived without accident. A procession of ve- hicles, fully nine miles long, stretched over the road, and overspread the Lark upon its arrival. The trains from the city ran at short in- tervals, and immense crowds were trans- ported in this way. It was estimated that 60,000ypersons were in the park during the day. Seats were provided for the congressional party on the stand by the Vice President, who presided over the ceremonies. Senator Blackbura and Secretary Smith did not come with the party, as they did not turn out to make the early start. The members of the cabinet were delayed on the way to the park, and at the hour of noon, when the (Continued on Eighth Page.) charge, SUGAR BOUNTY CLAIMS| THE EDAM WRECKED They May Not Go to the Court of O!aims After AIL What 1s Said at the Treasury De- partment as to the Sec- retary’s Power. It now looks as though the claim of the Oxnard Beet Sugar Company, involving the constitutionality of the sugar bounty clause of the McKinley tariff law, may not be sub- mitted to the Court of Claims for adjudica- tion, a course suggested by Controller Bew- ler when he disallowed the claim on the ground that the bounty clause was uncon- stitutional. In his decision the controller said that the refusal te pay the claims did not affect the ultimste rights of the claimants, for the reason that they had a perfect remedy in court to test the validity of their claims and obtain payment thereof in the event that it is held that the law is constitu- tional. He therefore suggested the reference of the Oxnard claim to the Court of Claims in order that the department have a pre- cedent for its future action in sugar bounty cases. This course could be followed, he said, under sections 1065 and 1064 of the Revised Statutes. What One Section Provides. Section 1063 provides as follows: “Whenever any claim is made against any executive department, involving dis- puted facts or controverted questions of law, where the amount in controversy ex- ceeds three thousand dollars, or where the decision will affect a class of cases or furnish a precedent for the future action of ary executive department in the ad- justmegt of a class of cases, without re- gard to the amount involved in the parti- cular case, or where any authority, right, privilege or exemption is claimed or de- niei under the Constitution of the United States, the head of such department may cause such claim, with all the vouchers, papers, proofs and documents pertaining thereto, to be transmitted to the Court of Claims, and the same shall be there pro- ceeded in as if origirally commenced by the voluntary action of the claimant; and the Secretary of the Treasury may, upon the certificate of any auditor or controller of the treasury, direct any account, mat- ter or claim, of the character, amount or class described in this section, to be trans- mitted, with <ll the vouchers, papers, doc- uments and proofs pertaining thereto, to the said court, for trial and adjudication.” Section 1064 provides that cases thus transmitted shall proceed to judgment as in other cases in that court, and section 707 provides an appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States. Senator Manderson’s Protest. Soon after the controller's decision was announced, Senator Manderson, represent- ing the beet sugar interests, telegraphed the ‘Treasury Department, protesting against the reference of the case to the Court of Claims, at least before he had an opportunity of arguing the question be- fore the Secretary: He was informed that Secretary Carlisle would be prepared to hear him any time after the 20th iustant. Since then there has been no further cor- respondence on the subject, and no date has been set for the proposed hearing. Senator Manderson is now in Chattanooga. It is said at the Treasury Department to- day that the reference of the claim was in the Interests of the claimants to a certain extent, and if they did not wish that course to be pursued the Secretary would probably accommodste them and allow the question to stand on the controller's decision. It was said further that the Secretary has no power to overrule the controller in this mat- ter and that the claimants’ sole remedy is in the courts. ‘o——_______ THE RUINS. BURIED IN Walls of the Colonnade Building at Nashville Fall. NASHVILLE, Tenn., September 19.—A portion of the walls of the old Colonnade building, corner of Cherry and Beaderick streets, which is being torn down, fell to- day. Six workmen were buried under the debris, and all were more or less injured, but none are thought to be fatally hurt. The injured men are John Wesley, Andred Jernings, Ed Blair, A, Hopkins, George Vavghan and Austen Wilson. CHICAGO’S DR. PARKHURST. Attempt Made on His Life by an Un- kpown Axsassin. CHICAGO, September 19.—A desperate at- tempt was made last night to murder the Rey. J. F. Clancy of Lemont, the clergy- man who, emulating Dr. Parkhurst, has headed the prosecution of the “tough” ele- ment of the drainage canal towns. As the minister entered his door a man sprang up and fired point blank. The bul- let missed its mark, and the assailant pulled the trigger twice again. The cart- ridges failed to explode, and, dropping his revolver, the thug escaped in the darkness. Lynching is talked of. i CHOLERA IN HONOLULU. Twenty-Six Out of Thirty-Two Cansen Were Fatal. Official advices from the United States minister to the Hawaiian Islands, under date of September 4, show that up to that time thirty-two cases of cholera had been reported in Honolulu, of which twenty-six were fatal. Only one white person had died, a sailor named Goebel on the U.S.S. Bennington. No cases had been reported outside the city and communication with the other islands had been prohibited. No evidence of panic existed, and the people were cordially co-operating with the au- thorities in their efforts to stamp out the disease. Death of Major Penrose. Adjutant General Ruggles has been in- formed that Major Charles B. Penrose of the subsistence department died at Carlisle, Pa., yesterday of bilious fever. Deceased was a nailve of Peansylvania, and was ap- pointed to the army from that state in Au- gust, 1861. He served gallantly during the war and was brevetted three times for meritorious conduct. His last brevet was Neutenant colonel. His death will promote Capt. O. Wells Willard to the grade of ma- jer, but will not create’a vacancy in the department, for the reason that the pres- ent number is already two in excess of the legal limit. —_—_—_—_—_+-o.___ Will Meet Next at Detroit. ST. LOUIS, September 19.—The tenth ses- sion of the Supreme Ledge of the Knights and Ladics of Honor has adjourned, and the next mceting of that body will be held the second Tuesday in September, 1897, in Detroit, Mich. ———— Court Records Destroyed. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., September 19.— News has reached here of the destruction of court records at Hamburg. The next term of the court in Ashley county was to try 102 persens, a large portion of them un- der indictmert for running “blind tigers.” Some person having the combination of the safe containing the indictments and evi- dence stole all the written evidence and burned it. Bun Down by the Tarkistan This Morning. ALL THE PASSENGERS WERE RESCUED The Disaster Occurred During a Dense Fog. FORTUNATELY NO PaNIg PLYMOUTH, England, September 19.— ‘The steamer Beresford has arrived here, having in tow the trawler Vulture of Brix- ham and four snips’ boats, containing the captain, crew and passengers of the Neth- erland-American Steamship Company's steamship Edam of Rotterdam, from New Yerk, bound for Amsterdam. At 1 o'clock this morning the Edam <ol- lided with the Turkistan when fifty miles southeast of Start Point. The collision oc- curred in a-dense fog. The Edam foun- dered. The captain, érew and passengers of the Edam, who had taken to the boats immediately after the collision, were pick- ed up by the trawler. Collided With Great Force. The Edam and Turkistan came together with great force, although they were pro- ceeding cautiously in the fog. The Tur- kistan’s prow made a great hole in the side of the Edam. Both vessels immediately lowered boats, and many passengers were transferred from the Edam by the Turkis« ten’s boats to those of the former ship. Everything is being done at Plymouth to make the shipwrecked people comfortable and to supply them with clothing, as all seep vs age Rake lost. The Edam had on ard ninety-three steerage passengers. The Turkistan’s bows were badly dam- aged by the collision. The trawler Vulture was on ‘the fishing grounds, fifteen miles from the Eddystone Nght house, last night. The night had been ciear, but just before 1 o’clock a thick fog came up. Those on the Vultire beard a great blowing of whistles, end then terrific crash. The Vulture pro- ceeded immediately to the spot from which the sounds issued, and went alongside the — Edam, which was rapidly ill- ing. No Panic Among the Passengers. Capt. Brunsma of the Edam requested that the Vulture stand by. The ship's boats were then quickly lowered and the passengers were helped into them without accident. The passengers were greatly alarmed, but there was no panic-among them. The majority went on deck without havirg taken time to dress. The women and children were first embarked in the ship’s boats. The sea at the time of the collision was perfectly smooth. The steamer Turkistan, which did not appear to have sust serious injury by the collision, stood by until danger was Pi then proceeded in the direc- tion of Cardiff. The Edam foundered at 8 o'clock, two hours after the collision. The steamer Edam was built at Rotter- dam in 1883, She was 330 feet long, 39 feet beam and 28 feet deep. She registered 3,130 tons gross and 2,267 tons net. She hailed from Rotterdam and was owned by. the Netherlands-American Steam Naviga~ tion Company. The Passengers. The following is a lst of the steerage passengers who sailed on the steamer Edam from New York September 5 for Amsterdam: Job Hull, M. Manuirton, J. Wisnewki, M. Okrasko, M. Sujectki, H. Densinger, W. Kazyzaninak, F. Goisler, C: Nalbach and child, P. Bender, M. Friedman, Z. Breslin and children, P. Worton, 8. hols, L. Saug, B. Waszil, A. Haugh, D. Hencken, 8, Stachetcky, S. Schrocks, J. Ondovassin, V. Korol, D. Gyorgy and child, D. Erzsebet, B. Josef, J. Mundo, George Zincak, G. Haslak, J. Zincak, R. Chaykun and three children, F. Hensen, E. Hensen, M. Reynkiewicz, H. Walicki, J. Tono, J. Jung, H. D. Schmidt and infant, L. Funnel. The Edam, Capt. Brunsma, sailed from New York on September 5, bound for Am- sterdam. On this trip she carried no cabin passengers. The following is a list of the officers of the foundered steamer Edam: Captain Brunsma. First Officer Barel. Second Officer Van Valkenburg. Third Officer Taat. First Engineer Eerliet. Third Engineer De Boer. Fourth Engineer Wageraad! BEATEN BY Meeting of Chicago Republican: in a Brutal Fight. CHICAGO, September 19.—The “hare mory” meeting of the republican county central committee wound up last night in the parlcrs of the Great Northern Hotel with a brutal fight between Alderman Henry Lammers of the anti-Swift element and “Buck”. McCarthy, @ strong supporter of the mayor. The political affairs of the committee had been settled by what was called a com- promise, in which the anti-Swift men had a decided advantage. All that the mayor's supporters gained was the consent of their opponents that all the credentials to the convention m October should be submitted to a committee before the convention went into session. The anti-Swift men, however, have secured a majority of four on the committee, and everything will be their way when their report is submitted to the cenvention. ‘This wae all the “harmony” shown at the meeting, and curses and epithets of all sorts and degrees were back and forth while the “harmonious” agreement was being patched up. Just at the close of the meeting the doors were opened, and a large number of Mo- Carthy’s followers from the stock yards district were admitted to the room. It was without question a preconcerted move in erder that Alderman Lammers, who had been a strong opponent to the McCarthy gang throughout the day, might be “done up.” McCarthy, who is a burly, powerful fel- low, engaged Lammers in conversation, and in less than ten minutes the men were rolling on the floor of the committee room, fighting savagely. McCarthy's friends formed a ring, and prevented any inter- ference, while McCarthy himself pounded Lammers in the most horrible fashion. The latter's face was beaten to a jelly, one eye was gouged out, his head was cut in severa! places, and he was more dead than alive when McCarthy was finally dragged off of him, The result of the “harmony” meeting is that the entire raatter will be fought over again when the convention meets, ——_ : National Prison Association Election, DENVER, Col., September 19.—The Na- tional Prison Association has elected offi- cers as follows: President, Roeliff Brinker- hoff, Ohio; vice presidents, Charles E. Ful- ton, Illinois; Charlton I. Lewis, New Jer- sey; Capt. J. W. Pope, U. 8. A., Washing- ton, D. C.; Rev. George H. Hickok, Michi- gan; secretary, Rev. John py oad Pennsylvania; treasurer, Charles W. Jes- sup, New Ycrk. Theodore Roosevelt, ‘maa commissioner of New York, was Bre of the committee on police cities.