Evening Star Newspaper, September 25, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR AILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 8T. BUILDINGS, ‘Avenue, Cor. 11th Btreet, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ——————— WW w York Office, 49 Potter Building, sine ee ter 2 cents each. By mail—anywi ited States or Canadi—postage pre] per month. eatarday Quintaple Sheet, Star, $1 per year, with reign postage , $3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second- mail matter.) "All mail subscriptions must be paid in tes of advertising made known on application seme. | No. 13,279. “WASHINGTON, D.O0., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. _ TWO CENTS. If you want ~ today’s news today you can find’ it only in The Star. A SUICIDE TODAY|WELFARE OF INDIANS) THE RIVER TRAGEDY John Boetsch Jumps Into the River in Georgetown. NO REASON KNOWN FOR THE ACT Might Have Been Restored to Life But No Means Were Handy. LEAVES A FAMILY A white man by the name of John ‘Boetsch, who was employed as a driver by the Anheuser-Busch Brewing Company, committed suicide this morning about 11 o'clock by jumping into the river at the Analostan boat house, in Georgetown. Scme men who saw him when he jumped ran to the rescue, and he was pulled out of the water within a very short time after the leap. It was thought then that his life might be saved, but there was no one at hard who was familiar with the methods of resuscitatirg drowning people, and the pa- trol wagon from the third precinct was summoned, and Boetsch was huried to the Emergency Hospital. At the hospital two physicians labored over him for an hour, using every posstble means to restore him to consciousness, but without success. Later the coroner was notified, and an in- vestigation wil! be held. Bore a Good Reputation. Boetsch was a German about thirty-five years of age, and rather a nice-appearing man. He has been employed by the brew- ing company for several years past. He has always borne a good reputation, and his accounts with the company are all right. This morning he took out a two- horse wagon loaded with beer in kegs for delivery to customers in Georgetown. Af- ter he had delivered a part of the load he bappened to be in the neighborhood of the eat house, and leavirg his team in the street he ‘ried through the boat house. Reaching the landing float he jumped out into the river as far as he could and sank at once. He Leaves a Family. Boetsch was a married man, and leaves a wife and one child. He lived at 45 G street scuthwest. Shortly after the occurrence Mrs. Boetsch called at the office of the brewing company to inquire about her husband. A telephone message had in- formed the office that the man was still alive, and she left at once and hurried to the Emergency Hospital, expecting to find her husband all right. Her grief when she learned that he was dead was pitiful in the extreme. Boetsch was no more of a drink- ing man than the employes of a brewery usually are, and he was very popular with his associates. As he was not known to be in financial difficulties, and as he was sup- pcsed to be happy in his married life, no Teason can be given for his rash act. ——.——. WHERE WATER IS SCARCE. Residents of Wilkesbarre Have to Get It From the River in Buckets. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., September 25.— The counties of Luzerne, Schuylkill, York, Lebanon, Lehigh, Montgomery, Northamp- ton and Carbon. are threatened with a water famine, unless there is a rain storm within the next few days. In Wilkesbarre the water situation is alarming. Although the Susquehenna river is but a mile from the scene of the famine, the water com- panies are unable to get it through their mains owing to the immense pressure re- quired. Residents of the upper part of the city are entirely without water and are carrying it from the river in buckets. Reports from Shenandoah state that from one end of the Mahanoy valley to the other there is a clamor for water, and residents are carrying water from two to three miles, East Mauch Chunk is supplied by two reservoirs, but both are empty. In York county streams are the lowest they have been for years, and nearly all the springs are dried up. In Montgomery county dairy men say it is almost Impossible to get water for their Stock, some farmers having to carry it three or four miles. In Pottsville and vicinity the residents @re experiencing the worst drought of twenty-five years. In many small towns in Schuylkill county the reservoirs have gone dry and the sole supply is obtained from creeks. The water company has made arrangements with the Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company to use the water from Tumbling Run dam to tide them over the present emergency. ———.__ A PLUCKY CLERGYMAN. He Fougat Two Burglars and Drove Them Of. SOUTHINGTON, Conn., September 25.— The Rey. Thomas C, Hanna, the young pastor of the Second Baptist Church, had @n experience this morning that does not ampress him favorably with the town. He @ame here only two weeks ago, it being his first call since graduating from the Butler University in Pennsylvania. About 4 o'clock he was awakened by some one moving around in his room. He occupied apartments in the house of R. W. Vowles, and at first thought it was some of the family. Receiving no answer to his call, he arose and discovered two men making for the window. He grappled with them, and a flerce struggle ensued. Mr. Hanna was thrown heavily against @® marble stand, but finally downed his an- tagonist. Then the other man came to his pal's assistance with a knife. Mr. Hanna grasped the blade, and although it cut him badly, succeeded in wresting it from the burglar. Both men then pitched on the minister and beat him severely. In the scuffle Mr. Hanna dropped the knife, and the big burglar recovered it. The burglar then stabbed Mr. Hanna twice, once in the fleshy part of the right arm, inflicting a deep wound, and again in the face near the left eye. The burgiars then fled. They got nothing, as he had evidently discovered them when they were about to begin. A general alarm has been sent to neigh- boring cities for the arrest of the burglars. —.—. BIG SALE OF BONDS. Fiftcen Millions of Erie Securities, Mostly for Europe. NEW YORK, September 25.—The largest eaie of American railroad bends of the year has escaped the attention of Wall etreet, owing to the extreme secrecy ob- served in such transactions by the firms Frominently identified with the late go ernment bond syricate. A syndicate cor ts r of the sost influential houses in New York and London purchased from the reorganization ant have syndicate of the Erie railroad $1 of first consolidated prior lien 4 per cent bonds. It Is understood that the larger proportion of the bonds wili be disposed of in Europe. —_>__. Ocean Stcamships Arrived. QUEENSTOWN, September 25.—Arrived, Majestic, from New York for Liverpool. BREMEN, September 25.—Arrived, Wille- Pee from New York. LIV ERVOOL, September 25.—Arrived, Catalonia, from Boston. ptember 25.—Arrived, Ethi- York. September 25.—Arrived, Teutonic, Liverpool. Annual Report of Commissioner Browning Submitted Today. The Race is Making Progress—With Exception of the Bannack Affair No Trouble Has Occurred. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Brown- ing has made his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior, which was to- day made public. It shows progress in nearly all directions. The only new im- portant develcpment during the year is the trouble between the Bannack Indians and the whites at Jackson’s Hole, Wy- coming. On this matter Commissioner Browning incloses a former special re- port he made on August 17. Since the report, however, the whole matter has been referred to the Department of Jus- tice and the Attorney Gereral has report- ed that no Indians are now confined in Wyoming for violating the game laws of that state, those who were held having been allowed to escape. The Department ef Justice does not see how redress can be obtained for the Indians who have paid their fines. Commission2r Browning quotes from recent reports of Agent Teter to show that the Indians are still sullen and that they demand that the whites who wronged them be punished, and the com- missioner asks whether or not the De- partment of Justice cannot do something toward punishing the offenders. Indian Exhibits. The commissioner speaks with pride of the Indian exhibit at the Atlanta exposi- tion. The educational interests of the In- dians show gratifying improvement. A new feature in Indian affairs has arisen over contests initiated by white men for allotted Indian Isnds. The re- ™moteness of the Indian claims from agen- cles and settlements has made it difficult to give the Indians proper defense, but egents and district attorneys have been requested to look after their interests. The contests have caused the Indians a great deal of annoyance. The commissioner reviews the history of the trouble at the Omaha and Winnebago agency, which concerned tie Flournoy Com- pany and Capt. Beck, the acting agent. Col. Browning says the office desires to break up the system—which the Flournoy Company pursued of leasing Indian lands and making subleases. Inderses Missionaries. The commissioner says that missionary work of all denominations has the hearty consent and co-operation of the Indian of- fice. The commissioner found some diffi- culty in making the 20 per cent reduction of contract schools required by the last Congress, and finally decided not to make a horizontal reduction, but to continue the contract schools where the government had not adequate school facilities. Several con- tract schools have been purchased by the Indian office. The attempt to conduct mix- ed schools of whites and Indians has not provéd very satisfactory, owing to race prejudice. e Some of the Indians taken out for show Purposes have not been properly treated, and the office will be very slow to grant authority to new companies in the future. The commissioner urges more stringent legislation to meet the decision of Judge Bellinger relative to the sale of liquor to Indians on allotted lands. The commissioner thinks that the pay- ment of the Indian depredation claims should not come out of the annuities of the Indians, which are now barely sufficient for their support. * ——__e+______ A LIVELY CONTEST. Kilgore and Springer Both Want to Be Chief Justice. A lively contest is in progress for the Place of chief justice of the supreme court of the Indian territory, made vacant by the resignation of Judge Stuart. It ap- pears to be settled that the appointment Kes between Judge Kilgore, late of Texas, and Judge Springer, late of Illinois, who were recently appointed to the bench in the Indian territory. According to report, cne member of the cabinet favors the ele- vation of Kilgore, and another one is back- ing Springer for the place, Justice Clancy Lewis of South McAlester, Mo., is also an aspirant for the office. Tie President's ac- tion in this matter is awaited with un- usval interest. ——————~»+____. A DIVIDED CONTRACT. Builders Will Not Have to Armor Their Battle Ships. After a reconsideration of the subject Secretary Herbert today decided to aban- don the idea of advertising for proposals for building the two nevxy battle ships, with a provision for the inclueion of the neces- Leet armor for the ships in one form of Consequently, the advertisement will call for bids for the ships without armor, ac- cording to the existirg practice, under which all of cur new ships were built. The idea of permitting shipbuilders to bid for ships with armor complete is still under corsideration, but even if adopted it will not apply to these two battle ships. + 6+ ___ Personal Mention. Mr. Frederic Emory, chief of the bureau of statistics, State Department, who spent his vacation on the eastern shore of Mary- land, has resumed his duties at the de- partment. Gen. Flagler, chief of ordnance, has re- turned to the city from a vacation at Berkeley. Commander G. A. Converse, attached to the torpedo station at Newport, has re- ported at the Navy Department for special duty. Capt. James Regan, ninth infantry, is visi friends at 1811 19th street. ——————e+______ Naval Movements. The corvette Ranger arrived at Panama yesterday from Guayaquil. She will soon be relieved of further duty in those waters by the cruiser Marion, now fitting out at Mare Island, Cal. —_——___ + +—______ Might Be Built at Seattle. SEATTLE, Wash., September 25.—The award of the contract for the construction of one of the new torpedo boats by Secre- tary of the Navy Herbert to the Moran Brothers of this city, on condition that Chief Engineer Wilson of the Mare Island ravy yard make a favorable report of the company’s capacity to do the work, is be- heved to insure the construction of the boat in this city, as the company is abund- attly able to show that it has the neces- sary facilities. —>__. The Northern Pacific Recelvership. TACOMA, Wash., September 25.—Great interest is taken in Tacoma in the resigna- tion of the Northern Pacific receivers. The action is regarded by the well-informed as the first of a series of shrewd moves by which the receivers and their counsel ex- pect to have settled the question whom tha receivers shall repcrt to and take their or- ders from. —<—<-__—_ Rode Out the Storm. GREEN BAY, Wis., September 25.—The Lackawanna Transportation Company's steamer Grand Traverse arrived here for- ty-elght hours overdue. The steamer was caught in Sunday night’s hurricane, and ran back to Garden Island. She had a rough: experience, but was not damaged. Graphic Story of the Brutal Murder - of Captain Benjamin Revel. VERDICT OF THE CORONER'S JORY Benjamin Johnson, Who Committed the Crime, Still at Large. THE VICTIM’S SON MISSING Special Dispatch From a Staff Correspondent. LA PLATA, Md., September 25, 1895. The colored man, Benjamin Johnson, who murdered Capt. Benjamin Revel on the schooner John A. Dixon Sunday night, is still at large, while the two witnesses, Stevens and Balley Young, colored men, are in jail at Port Tobacco. They were lodged in jail last night after an inquest was held over the body ‘by Magistrate Bur- gess. These two young men were the only witnesses to the brutal crime, and while it was at first thought they were impll- cated in the killing, the authorities are now confident that they had no hand in the af- fair, and that they told the truth at the coroner's inquest. They are about twenty years old, and ignorant, and are hardly able to concoct any kind of a story. Ac- ecrding to their testimony the three men skipped with Capt. Revel at Norfolk and were going to Washington with the cargo of lumber for Frank Libbey & Co. One of them is from North Carolina and the other belongs in Virginia. Sunday night, when the schooner was off Cedar Point light house, the man Johnson was at the wheel. and the captain complained that he did not understand the business. The Fatal Quarrel. This angered the colored man, who then deserted the wheel and went forward. Capt. Revel then ordered him to haul in the gib, but the negro, in an impolite man- ner, declared that he would not touch the sail. “Yes, you will take it in,” the cap- tain told him. “No, I won't,” replied John- son. Before coming to blows, the captain left the forward deck and went to the cabin. When he returned he had his pisto} in his hand, and repeated the order about the jib. Johnson became defiant, and when he saw the plstol he picked up a large club used on the boat and dealt the cap- tain a severe blow across the face, crushing his left jaw. Determined to Kill Him. When the captain had been knocked senseless Johnson said to him, “D—n you, I am going to kill you,” and dealt him two more blows. By this time the other hands on the boat realized the seriousness of the affair, and went to the assistance of the dying man. They washed the blood from his face and bathed his head, but could do him no good, for he was undoubtedly dead when they reached him. While they were thus ergaged Johnson got in the yawlboat and disappeared. That was about 9 o'clock, and nothing was known of his disappear- ance for more thah an hour,.and as yet no one knows in what direction the went. It is thought, however, that he made his way in the directicn of Washington, as it is known that he had friends there. The sails of the ciaft had been lowered, and the two young men left on the boat did not know enough to go ashore. They spent a night of terror on the boat with the corpse, and would probably still be drifting had not the captain of the Sue discovered what had happened and towed the schooner to River- side. The Verdict of the Jury. As soon as the shore was reached, Post- master R. L. Adams took charge of the schooner, and Magistrate Burgess put Stevens and Bailey under arrest, and held them until the inquest was held yesterday afternoon. The jury, composed of seven white men and five colored, with Robert Marbury, foreman, heard the testimony on the schooner, where the body was covered with one of the boat's sails, and after learning the evidence returned the follow- ing verdict: “That on board the schooner J. A. H. Dixon, off Cedar Point, in Charles county, Maryland, a certain Johnson (col- ored) feloniously, voluntarily and of malice afcrethought hit with a club or handspike or the head, inflicting a mortal wound by crushing in the skull, of whichssald mortal wound Benjamin F, Revel then and there instantly died.” Bringing the Body to Washington. Soon after the verdict was rendered Magistrate Burgess sent Stevens and Bailey to Port Tobacco, and gave Sheriff Al. Brittain what information he had about the,escaped murderer. Last night Under- taker Fry of Baltimore, Horace Johnson, a friend of Revel's family, and Mr. Miller, representative of Libbey & Company, reached Riverside. The former was looking after the body of the murdered captain, while Mr. Miller was looking after his lum- ber. The party spent almost the entire night in finding the coroner, and getting the necessary papers, and will probably reach Washington with the body this after- roon. The schooner, which is owned by Baltimere people, is partly under water. Capt. Benjamin F. Revel was about forty- seven years old, and had been a waterman since his boyhood days. He was well known on the river, in the summer carrying cargoes of lumber and in the winter looking after the oyster trade. While he was perhaps better known in Baltimore than at any other shipping point, he was well known in Washing- ton. He was an even tempered man, and Was never known to have figured in quar- rels. Among the lumber men he was a general favorite, and was preferred to al- most any other captain. He was a resi- dent ef Baltimore, and lived at No. 2006 Fairmount avenue, where his wife and two children, a son and daughter, reside. His daughter Pearl, who is about nineteen years old, is a public school teacher in the monumental city, having passed a success- ful examination last year. His only son, Howard, is not yet old enough to work, and the daughter is now the sole support of the widowed mother and brother. He left his home in Baltimore Friday, September 13, and Thursday last a letter from him was received by his family, stating that if a crew could be secured he would sail for Washington that day. He was born in Somerset county, Md., and has been a sailor during his entire life. He married Miss Clara Poulson of Accomac county, Va. The schooner Dixon was built in Dor- chester county, Md., in 1853. T. H. B. ‘Was the Son Killed Also? From a letter4received here this morning by F. Libbey & Company, from the Cum- mer Lumber Company of Norfolk, shippers of the lumber on the schooner Dixon, upon which Capt. Revel was murdered, it ap- pears that another crime may have been committed at the same time. The letter states that Capt. Revel, when he sailed from Norfolk last Friday, was accompanied by his young son, a boy of ten or eleven years, and that the latter is missing. The fear is expressed that the lad was also murdered and his body thrown overboard. Mr. Frank Libbey stated this morning that his firm had sent a representative down to Riverside yesterday and had dispatched a tug this morning. He said Capt. Revel had been employed by his firm for many years and was the best man in his business that he was acquainted with, high-toned, re- Mable, honest and enterprising, The schooner is owned by W. Roberts of Bal- timore and leased by the Libbeys. An Arrest Made in This City. Policeman Banagan last evening arrested a colored man named John Brown on sus- picion of being the murderer of Capt. Revel. Brown was found loitering about the wharves, carrying a large bundle of clothes. Beyond stating that he had just arrived in the city from Portsmouth, Va., and had no knowledge of the murder, Brown could give no satisfactory account of himself, and was, therefore, placed be- hind the bars. By making for the Pope's Creek line, the terminus of which is but a short distance from the place where the murder occurred, a person would experi- ence no difficulty in reaching: Baltimore or Washington by rail. Movements of the Murderer. The murderer is said to have been seen Morday morning making his way to Pope's Creek to take a train. This line runs to Bowie Station, on the Baltimore and Po- tcmac railroad, and at this point trains for either Baltimore or Washipgton pass at stort Intervals. It was learned that he had shipped a satchel to Baltimore, addressed to Annie Wilson, to be called for. Johnson is described as a thick-set man, about five feet six inches tall, about twenty-three years old, and weighing about 160 pounds. This murder of Captain Revel is very similar to that of Captain Dixon, who was killed on the Potomac some years ago by a negro hand named Briscoe, who was after- ward hung at Leonardtown, in St. Mary's county. Captain Geoghegan, at the time commander of the Sue, who was an import- ant witness for the prosegution against the murderer, Briscoe, is th¢ father of the present Captain Geoghegan,}who took the schooner J. H. A. Dixon injtow after the murder of Captain Revel, and will be a witress in the trial of the murderer John- son, should he be captured. —_—.—_= THE WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. Lieut. Gaillard, Who Will Take Charge, Highly Thought of. First Lieutenant David Dubarry Gaillard, the engineer officer who hag been detailed to take charge of the Washington aqueduct, ur der the general direction of Major Davis of the engineer corps,is one of the brightest ycung men of the crack corps of the army. He is a native of South Carolina and was graduated at the Military Academy, No. 4, in the class of 1884. On the 1th of June of that year he was appointed second lieu- terant of engineers, and assigned to a further course of practical instruction at the school of engineers at Willets Point, N. Y¥. Subsequently he was appointed a member of the international boundary com- mission for the location and making of the boundary between the United States and Mexico, under the direction of the Secre- tary of State. In addition tg that duty he has been acting as an assistant to Major Davis, the officer In charge of the river and harbor Improvements in V1 Delaware ard the District of Columbia, his special duty being the supervision ef the works in progress at Fort Monroe in connection with tke introduction of an improved system of sewerage and drainage. He reached the grade of first lieutenant of engimeers Janu- ary 10, 1887. He has géven great satisfaetion in his werk, and Gen. Craighead, chief of engin- cers, speaks highly of his ability. His as- signment to the supervisiom of the Wash- ington aqueduct was based matuly, however, on the recommendation of Major Davis, who has been ordered to relieve Major Kright in chdrge of that work on the Ist proximo. Major Davis knows the import- arce of the new work placed jn his care, and he knows also the capability of the young officer he has elected to assist him in fits management. Lieut. Gaillard will continue to serve as a menaber of the Mex- ican boundary commission so long as such service does not interfere with his para- mount duties In connection with the Wash- irgton aqueduct. 4 ———————————— THE WORLD'S GRAIN CROP. An Interesting Report Sent to the State Department by Mr. Judd. Consul General Max Judd of Vienna has forwarded to the Department of State a report on the grain crop of the world for 1895, compiled from the report of the an- nual international grain fair, which Mr. Judd commends as trustworthy. The ab- stract furnished by Mr. Judd shows that the wheat, rye, barley and.oats crops cf Europe are somewhat below the average, while corn is exceedingly promising, ord it is expected that the yield will be one- half again as large this year us it has been on an average for ten years. Canada shows an increase of about 6,000,00) meier centners in wheat, whilé India shows a loss of about double that quantity, both as compared with 1804. Most of the Russian provinces indicate an increase in wheat and rye. The Austria-Hungary wheat crop is poor in quality and less in quantity than usual. A lighter wheat crop is also indicated in the United States. The French wheat crop is estimated at 98 per cent, rye at 105 and oats at 95 per cent of the average. The wheat crop of Great Britain and Ireland ts put down as poor, and is estimated at from 40 to 50 ner cent of the average. The English barley crop will be better than the wheat crop, but the quality will be poor. Egypt will ex- port considerable wheat. It Is anticipated that the loss of wheat in India and the United States will be com- pensated for by the gain im Canada and Russia, and that, taking this,erop through- out the world, the result for the year will be about equal to the average season. —_—_—_—_-o+__> INCREASE OF PENSIONERS. A Thousand Names Added This Year in Excess of Those Dropped. A year ago Commissioner of Pensions Lochren said that the limit had probably been reached in the number of pensions, or rather in the amount to be yearly appro- priated for pensions, but that for two or three years the payments would remain about the same. It was his opjnion that there would be a slight reduction in the number of pensioners on account of deaths, but that the allowance of new pensions with back pay and arrears would probably keep the amount about even. While the amount of money paid for pensions will not be materially different from that of past years it appears that there has been added to the pension rolls during the year about a thousand names in excess of those that have dropp2d out, so there has been an in- crease instead of a decrease. There have been a great many outstanding pension claims adjusted during the year, and that accounts for the large increase. The year has not been very fatal to pensioners, the death rate being less than would be an- ticipated at the time of life at which the veterans of the late war have arrived. —-___ GEN. CASEY’S RETURN. He Will Resume His Duties in Charge of the Library Building. Gen. Thomas L. Casey, corps of engineers, retired, has returned to this elty from his usual summer vacation at his. ancestral home in Rhode Island. He will at once re- sume his duties in charge of the construc- tion of the Congressional Library and will consult with Maj. Knight, the officer in charge of the Washington aqueduct, in re- gard to the utility of the Lydecker tunnel conduit in providing for an inereased water supply for the city of Washington. He was especially designated by act of Congress for the performance of these two important duties, despite the fact that he has been relegated to the retired list of the army, in consequence of having passed the limit of age for active service. z ———_+e-__i}__. Fourth-Class Postmasters. Twenty-eight fourth-clasg postmasters were appointed today, of which twenty-two were to fill vacancies caused by death or resignations. ——§|-o+____ Want the Monitor Ajax. The governor of New Jersey has made application to the Navy Department for the old monitor Ajax, for the use of the naval militia of New Jersey, HILL’S BOLD PLAY Possible Effect of His Action at the Syracuse Convention. HIS POLITICAL LIFE A? STAKE Tammany Will Remember Its Turn- ing Down if Defeated. SENATOR'S RESPONSIBILITY Senator Hill has taken his political life in his hands. This play at Syracuse is re- garded as the boldest he has ever made. He has staked everything on the November result. If the democracy wins, the party in the state will be his to command next year. If it loses, Tammany, at least, will charge the disaster up to him and visit its dis- pleasure severely upon him. A Desperate Situation. It was a desperate situation that called for the turning down of Tammany by Mr. Hill. The braves had always stood by him. They made the fight for bim in 1892. There would have been no Hill stock at all that year but for Tammany. This very faction which, with Mr. Hill's aid, has now forced its way into the state convention over Tammany’s head, was the faction which, with Mr. Whitney's aid that year, raised the Cleveland standard and made_the Cleveland nomination at Chicago. This, there is every reason to believe, will long stick in Tammany’s craw. Victory, of course, softens many asperities. If this Hill compromise is ratified at the polls, its herd terms may be forgotten. If it is de- feated, nothing will be able to save Mr. Hill from censure so savage and so sweep- ing as will cripple him for life. Hill and Murphy. A most impcrtant disclosure is the rad- ical difference between Mr. Hill and Mr. Murphy. This had for some time been re- ported, but it was necessary for such a report to be verified. Mr. Murphy stands with Tammany. He declares for harmony, but thinks It ought to have been. establish- ed on a Tammany basis. Mr. Hill's har- mony is established on the basis of the Cleveland faction. Therein, as Mr. Murphy thinks, his colleague erred. Nor is this the first time Mr. Murphy has criticised the length to which Mr. Hill seemed willing to go to meet the Cleveland people. The man from Troy stands up for what he calls the regular order. He regards the Cleveland faction at home as bolters. He will not allow that, as democrats, they have any rights at all. He would have admitted a few of them to the convention as a matter of kindness and encouragement, but only after a promise on their part to chain their heels: in future and stop kicking. If this difference should develop into anything permanent, Mr. Hill must be the loser. Mr. Murphy has no ambition beyond his pres- ent office, but if Mr. Hill is to rematn a presidential quantity, or, failing to reach ny presidency, to hope to return to the te even, he cannot well get along without Mr. Murphy. , Hill's Responsibility. Everything now, it is predicted, will be thrown upon Mr. Hill's shoulders. He will be held responsible fur the welfare of all the tickets and for the full vote of both factious. The Fairchild people will expect him to throw Tammany solidly for the state ticket, while Tammany will warn him about bringing out his new allies at the polls. But, unfortunately for Mr. Hill, the new alliance is limited. He cannot use it in Tammany’s bet alf. The Fairchild peo- ple gave a sort of defiant notice that no recognition of them by the state conven- tien would insure their co-cperation with Tammany in local matters in New York city. That was probably the bitterest drop in Tammany’s cup. Another Embarrassment. Another embarrassing thing for Mr. Hill is the fact that a number of state senators to be elected this year will hold over and participate in the election of his successor to the United States Senate. It is but ratural that he should feel greatly inter- ested in the result in those districts, and the intimation his already been thrown cut that he will give especial attention to them. His friends think this intimation cces him ar. injustice. He could not, they declare, afford any such program. The suc- cess of those mer at the expense of either the state ticket or any other local ticket involves Mr. Hill in the same sort of con- troversy that grew out of the election of 1858, when he carried New York for gover- ror and Mr. Cleveland lost it for Presi- dent. His enen made great capital out of that, and, despite his repeated and vigorous denials, some Cleveland men still insist that he knifed the national ticket that year. Mr. Whitney Waiting. Meanwhile, things may be ever so warm at Syracuse, they are cool enough at Bar Harbor. Mr. Whitney is at Bar Harbor entertaining his friends-and talking yachts. If Mr. Hill disappears from the New York horizon as the result of this year’s strug- gle, the brightest luminary left in that quarter of the heavens will be the ex- Secretary of the Navy. SSS OHIO DEMOCRATS, Mr. Outhwaite Says They Have Got is Into Fighting Condition. Ex-Representative Joseph H. Outhwaite of Ohio, chairman of the committee on mili- tary affairs during the last Congress, and now a member of the board of ordnance and fortification, is in the city. Mr. Outh- waite came to Washington in connection with his official duties. He has been in bad health during the past month, but has largely recovered from his indisposition, which he thinks was incidental to the hot weather, Mr, Outhwaite is to speak at Co- lumbus on the 28th instant, which will be an important time in the democratic cam- paign in Ohio, He has lost none of his in- terest in Ohio state politics, and speaking to a Star reporter today said: “I hav2 been greatly surprised at the way in which the democratic party in Ohio has rallied and got into fighting condition. There is none of the feeling that prevailed last fall in Ohio now among democrats. They are a unit, and the coming guberna- terial campaign, in my opinion, will be one of the hottest the state has known. “The silver question has been put aside tor the present by Ohio democrats. I do not mean to say the silver men are giving up their fight for the white metal, but they. have decided to lay aside every con- sideration that may interfere with a demo- cratic victory there. Next year they will come forward again. The party is abso- lutely without a warring element to inter- fere with making a strong fight.” ———————+o+—___. Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $270,038. Government receipts— From internal revenue, $353,630; customs, $521,489; miscellaneous, $11,967. —————_2-____ Acting Adjutant General. Col. H. C. Corbin is acting as adjutant general of the army today, in the tem- rary absence of Gen. Ruggles in New ‘ork. —_~e+______ Consul Recognized. The President has recognied Abraham Diaz as Mexican consul, ad interim, at Brownsville, Texas, THE KENTUCKY SENATORSHIP | THEY LEFT THE HALL What the Announcement of Representative Berry's Candidacy Really Means. It is to Draw Votes From Blackburn— Secretary Carlisle May Step at the Critical Moment. Considerable significance is attached to the announcement that Representative Ber- ry is to become a candidate for the sena- torship of Kentucky against Senator Black- burn. It is not believed that Mr. Berry has any hope of being elected, but that his can- didacy is intended to draw votes away from Blackburn. ‘The latter has been making a vigorous campaign, and his personal popu- larity gave him support in quarters where his financial views are not approved of. It is the practically unanimous declaration of Kentuckians who have recently visited Washington that his prospects have s0 much improved during his canvass that his friends are perfectly confident, and the popular impression is that he has practi- cally won his fight. The gold democrats, who are fighting him because of his disa- greement with the administration, are not willing to accept the situation, but, inde- pendently of the aspiration of-any man of their own factions are determined if pos- sible yet to accomplish his defeat. Biackburn Now in the Lead. The belief is that no candidate now in the fleld cn defeat hinn Earlier in the contest a great effort was made to induce Secretary Carlisle to enter the contest, but the situa- tion was not such as to render this practi- cable, whatever Mr. Carlisle’s inclinations might be. It is thought, however, that the friends of Carlisle have not abandoned the hope that he may be brought in at the critical moment to snatch the election from Blackburn. In the primaries the Senator has the lead to such an extent that if the candidates for the legislature are elected as usual he will be reasonably sure of re- election. The opposition are not content to have the contest settled in the primaries, but expect to make a determined fight after the legislature is elected, however favorable to Blackburn it may appear. By keeping Blackburn in the attitude of merely the leading candidate among a great number, the situation may admit of Carlisle's name being brought in for the first time after the legislature meets. A Friend of Carlisle. Mr. Berry is one of Secretary Carlisle's most intimate friends. His candidacy may draw orf a few votes from Blackburn that could not be captured by any candidate in the fleld. His entering the field indicates that there is no disposition on the part of the opponents of Blackburn to give up the fight, and it points significantly to Mr. Car- lisle. It means that a great many things may yet happen before the fight is over, and it may be that the worst of the strug- gle is yet to come. The election of a silver governor of Kentucky is not a matter of nearly as much corsequence to the ad- ministration as the election of a Senator who will have a vote in Congress to cast in opposition <o the administration policy. Mr. Cleveland is seeking to overthrow the silver power in the Senate. To gain a Sen- ator-from Kentucky is important to him, and the indorsement of his financial policy by the Kentucky democratic convention is of little value to him if the man elected to the Senate is a free silver leader. Other Candidates Expected. The announcement of Mr. Berry’s candi- dacy will probably be followed by others. It is probable that every administration man who can on personal grounds count:on the support of any legislative candidate who would otherwise go to Blackburn will avow himself a candidate. Men who have no thought of being elected to the Senate will probably go in to draw one man here and ene there from support of Blackburn. It is believed that they hope in this way to bring about a condition of affairs which would warrant Carlisle’s permitting the use of his name, and which might result in his election. Berry's intimacy with Carlisle and the circumstances of his entering the fleld as a candidate gives color to this the- ory of the intentions of the administration men. oo THE PRESIDENT DISAPPROV! Chief Engineer Magee Must Be Re- examined Before Retirement. The record of the retiring board in the ease of Chief Engineer Magee has been re- tured to the Navy Department with the President’s disapproval. The board recom- merded the retirement of this officer on account of disabilities incurred in the line of duty. He had heart trouble, and, in the opinion of the board, was unfit for further service at sea. It appears, however, that there is no record in the military history of Mr. Magee showing that he had pre- viously suffered on account of heart disease. It was this point that attracted the Presi- dent’s attention and caused him to return the record of the board without his ap- proval. He regarded the omission as im- portant. Another Examination, In consequence of his action, Chief En- gincer Magee will be forced to undergo an- other examination by a new board, which will be specialy instructed to consider the point raised by the President. Inasmuch as Mr. Magee undoubtedly has heart trouble, there is no question as to his ultimate re- tirement. Heretofore it has not been re- garded as essential that an officer's mili- tary record should indicate the existence of organic troyble, prior to his examination by a retiring board. It has frequently hap- pened in cases of heart disease that the malady has not manifested itself in a dis- abling form until just before the final ex- amination. Officers not infrequently keep off the sick list purposely in order to avoid an official record of their ills and ailments, so long as such a course is possible. —___o—___— MINISTER RANSOM’S SALARY. Why the Draft Ordered by the Secre- tary is Still Unpaid. Ex-Senator Ransom’s draft «n the treas- ury for $525 on account of salary as United States minister to Mexico still remains un- paid, and it is probable no action on the matter will be taken until Secretary Car- lsle’s return. The Secretary some days ago directed that the draft be honored, on the supposition, it is thought, that the reap- pointment of Mr. Rarsom had removed all obstacles to the payment of his salary. Acting Controller Bowers, however, has raised a question which may result in the delay of the payment until Congress shall take action in the matter. Section 1761 of the Revised Statutes declares that “no money shall be paid from the treasury as salary to any person appointed during the recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in any existing office, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in sessicn and was by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, until such appointee has been confirmed by the Senate.’ The question which has now aris- en is whether Mr. Ransom under his last appointment can collect his salary as o re- cess appointee, upon the theory that his previous appointment, having been made during a session of Congress, and, there- fore, in his case, unconstitutional, dperated to fill the vacancy. If it did, it fs sald, he undoubtedly is entitled to his salary, but if not his salary must be withheld. There is a serles of decisions by the courts holding that a de facto officer of the government is entitled to compensation, but whether such de facto fills a vacancy as contemplated by section 1761 remains to be determined. Fairchild Democrats Bolted the New York Convention. DISSATISFIED WITH THEIR TREATMENT Will Have Their Own Ticket on Local Issues. EFFORT FOR HARMONY FAILS, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. SYRACUSE, N. Y., September 25—The motive for Senator Hill’s discipline and humiliation of Tammany and his alliance with the independent democrats of the state,it is now apparent,has a greater scope than a mere reconciliation of the warring local factions in the state. The other party, to the compact which the Senator is assured to have made and which the state con- vention it is intended shall carry out is Secretary of War Daniel S. Lamont. The Secretary is reported to have taken a great deal of interest in the convention. He went 80 far, according to a report that is general among delegates today, as to sug- gest candidates, and it is probable that when the slate is perfected it will be as near to his liking as the exigencies of the case will admit. For example, Charles Tracy of Albany would be ‘nominated for controller if he would simply say the word. Unfortunately, he came to Syracuse to urge the candidacy of Norton Chase of Albany, and, true to this friendly mission, cannot yield to the importunities of his ally of the cabinet in Washington. Doubtless the nomination of ex-Senator Chase would be agreeable to Secretary Lamont, his antecedents being proof of his reliability as an administration dem- ecrat. The marked impetus of the canvass for Mr. Chase received late yesterday indi- cates that something. more than the mere fervor of his Albany colleagues was boost- ing him forward. Senator Hill’s New Course. It has been felt all along that Senator Hill was marking out a course in politics that he could not sail without a pilot bear- ing credentials from Washington. By the time he put in to Syracuse to discharge his cargo he was acknowledged to be the master of the situation. It is said he can count on the support of 300 delegates out of the 450 in the convention, despite the uniting of former shipmates like Senator Edward Murphy, jr., and William F. Shee- han against him. This supremacy is con- ceded him, notwithstanding that it is known he will first exercise it to put Tam- many Hall in irons. It having been proved that he was not juggling when he announced his intention of taking the state democracy, the unpenitent sinners of many campaigns, on board as passengers, there began to be a reinforcement of his tion that has surprised everybody. { No democrat of the Cleveland stripe has been too proud to do him reverence, and at his room at the hotel there have been many surprising conferences during the past twenty-four hours. Serator Hill has not placarded his walls with his mail from Washington to show that he is once more on familiar terms with at least one of the President’s household, but there has been a magic summons that has worked marvels in bringing strong men krocking at his door. His advance is prob- ably just developing into its full strength in Syracuse, but Senator Hill's control of the situation has doubtless been materially helped by the advice and support of Secre- tary of War Lamont. What is going on in Syracuse at this mo- ment is anticipatory of the presidential campaign of 1896, in which, no doubt, it is the intention of the President and his co- adjutors to take a hand. Even though President Cleveland be no candidate for a third term next year, Secretary of War La- mont is looking into the future. The retire- ment of the Cleveland administration pro- vides for the innocuous desuetude of only one ex-President. There was yesterday @ confirmation of the statement that Senator Hill and Secretary Lamont are on very friendly terms. In the original copy of Perry Belmont's speech in the convention yesterday a declaration against the third term was introduced ag part of the extract from Horatio Seymour's platform, adopted by the state convention of 1874. The exact ords reproduced by Mr, Belmont were: “Thirteenth, the presidency a public trust, not a private perquisite. No third term.” Saved the President's Feelings. The significant words were in the advance copies of Mr. Belmont’s speech furnished the press, but they were not heard in its delivery yesterday. A master hand had struck them out, and there is no more doubt that the revision was made by Senator Hill than that they were originally a part of the speech. The words would have affronted the President whether he is nursing a desire to run again or is fixed in his own mind not to yield to the temptation. A month ago Senator Hill would not have been so merciful to his old adversary, but in the partnership with the administration he must be guided by broader contingencies, not by personal whims. Mr. Belmont’s Political Ambition. It was the Senator’s idea to let Mr. Bel- mont beam upon the convention as tempo- rary chairman as a sort of introduction to the party, in view of the probability of the effort that Is to be made next year to force him as the gubernatorial nominee in 1896, Mr. Belmont has a bank roll that beggars description, and is credited with a vault- ing ambition in politics that would stagger the imagination. Interest during the morning hours before the convention met today centred indirectly in the deliberations of the committees, not- withstanding the foregone conclusion that the result in one case would be the admis- sion of the state democracy and in the other the addition of a liberal excise plank. Tammany Hall made a last stand for its rights before the committee on creden- tials, showing a fight there that looked like death rather than surrender. But in their hearts the leaders of the organization knew Senator Hill has them by the throat. There was no absolute certainty this morning that Senator Hill had a slate in his coat- tail pocket which was not subject to amendment. The Senator protests like a steam engine that he 1s not running things. To counteract this impression he yester- day surrendered his seat as delegate from Albany county to an alternate. ‘The prospects, so far as nominations were concerned, indicated today before the meet- ing hour, were that Gen. Horatio King of Kings would be the canditlate for secre- tary of state, and Daniel G. Griffin of Wa- tertown for attorney general, Norton Chase of Albany or Augustus F. Scheu of Erle for the controllership, John B. Judson of Fulton county for state treasurer and Jus- tice Alton B. Parker of Kingston for judge of the court of appeals. Failed to Secure Harmony. “Hill has failed in his fight for harmony,” was the word that passed around the cot vertion hall when the delegates to the democratic state convention began to as- semble this morning. The decision of the state democracy to withdraw was unex- pected. Even Senator Hill expressed the cpinion tast nght after the committee ad- journed that the basis of representation offered would be accepted. But he did not appear to appreciate the view of tke situation taken by the state Gemocracy. The leaders of that faction,