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+. THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY 1101 Pensayiania Avene "Omr ith Beet by venue, Cor. The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Preés't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. rk ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents ober wesk, cr 44 cents per month. Copies at the ceonter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the Caled States or Canada—postage prepald—0 cenis Saturday Quintupl> Sheet Star, $1 per year, with furelga postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., &* second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. The Fvenin gq Star. No. 13,287. WASHINGTON, D.C©., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. BLACKBURN TALKS ee The Black Flag Up Between Him and the Newspapers. CARLISLE WILL NOP SPEAK AGAIN “Looking to the Vice President as a Leader. ea SILVER THE ONLY ISSUE Senator Blackburn of Kentucky, who Is leading the fight for free silver in that state in his race for re-election to the United States Senate, was seen by a Star reporter today, and asked to express his views on the present aspect of the situa- tion in his state. “Some newspapers delignt to keep repeat- ng that the ‘silver craze’ is dying out In Kentucky, but I tell you that facts are ex- actly the opposite to this,” said Mr. Black- burn. “Every day in Kentucky the silver sentiment is growing larger and assuring us @ greater victory. There was never any doubt about my re-election. ‘That was evi- dent from the very first, and the only doubt that existed was regarding the stx‘e ticket. { you had asked me a month ago whether Mr. Hardin would have been elected gov- ernor of Kentucky I would have told you that I did not know, that there was grave doubt and that it would be necessary to Wait to see developments before that doiiht could be dispelled. Now this is all differ- ept. Mr. Hardin will be elected: by a ma- derity of 15000 at least, and probabiy The Black Flag U “Kentucky has been a state for 103 years, and we have never had an abler man than Mr. Hardin for governor. He is not only able, but is a fearless man, ‘rue to his «convictions and can be depended upon to do the right thing when he becomes gov- ernor ef our state. As I said, the silver cause In Kentucky Is constantly increasing and the only thing that prevents the situ- ation being stated in its true light more widely is that the newspapers of our largest cities are the hirelings of the money power. I tell them that they have their lags on like so many dogs, and they dare not do otherwise than wear their tags and bark in accordance with instructions. I ask no quarter from them, expect none and propose to give none. The black flag is up between us and it can stay there. . “For the last five months I have been continuously on the stump in Kentucky. I have made one hundred speeches in about seventy counties and there are 119 counties in all throughout the state. I have yet to go to a town that has an opera house, a public hall or any building large enough to hold the crowds that come to hear me. This does not look very much as if silver were unpopular in Kentucky. Every sen- timent regarding the white metal is greet- ed with applause that appears almost to uift the roof. The fact is the people of Kentucky are with me and the newspapers are against me. The peopJe know this and I tell them that the only way I have to reach them is by talking to them person- ally. They gladly hear me. “There is one thing you can be assured of, and that is that Secretary Carlisle will not again go on the stump in Kentucky during tris campaign. Mr. Carlisle fully un stands just why he will not attempt to do this, and I do not care to further comment The Leader in '96. “Who are you looking to in "96 to lead the democratic party in the national cam- jgP2'gn?” the reporter asked. ~ “There is a man,” replied Mr. Blackburn, looking to a corner of the parlor of the Nor- mandie, in which the interview took place. ‘Turning in the direction that he indicated, a large, full-length portrait of Vice Presideat Stevenson was seen. “That man was my classmate, my roommate and my constaat companion at Center College, at Danville. I knew him well as a boy, and I have known him well as a man.” Mr. Blackburn looked at the picture intently for som2 min- utes with an expression of disappointment on his face. “I hope he will do better. I hope he will do better, tucky Senator. “I have nothing to say against him, not one word, but I hope he will do better.” Mr. Blackburn, of course, referred to Mr. Stevenson's failure to come out in advocacy of the free coinage of sily Silver the Only Issue. “What issue is there before the country now, or what issue will there be in i ontinued Mr. Blackburn, “except stive: ‘That is the only thing to be considered. For some years at least the tariff cannot be revived, and lock where we may we can find but one issue in the national cam- paign. That will be a fight between the money power and the people, and the free coinege of silver will be the demand of the people. They tell us that we cannot hope Yor the support of the New York delegaies v repeated the Ken- } for any candidate except one in favor of the single standard, but I say we. will let them have New York. What of that? ‘There are eight states on the Pacific coast that will not consider for one moment the fSomination of any man who is not out- spoken for free coinage of silver. The south is normally in favor of free silver, and the only thing that keeps it from be- ing avowedly so by a unanimous demand is the influence of federal patronage. But in ‘06 there will be no fear of federal patron- age there, and the south will be where it always has been—in favor of the free coin- age of silver. The south and the eight Pa- cific states I have svoken of will give us just thirty-eight less than a majority of the delegates to the national convention in favor of free silver. We have Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Iowa and other wesiern states to look to for these thirty-eight del- egates. We will get them, you may be gure, and a free silver candidate will re- ceive the democrati: nomination for the presidency.” Mr. Blackburn again allowed his eyes to rest upon the portrait of Vice President Stevenson with a look that plainly said: “I worder if you will be the man?” Action of the Convention. “There is ona thing which has been over- Icok2d in all comments on the Kentucky sitvaticn,” Mr. Blackturn continued. “A geld standard resolution was offered in the guberratorial convertion, and it was re- Jected by a vote of 822 to 13. Does that look like the Kentucky democracy was in favor of a single gold standard? If they had been they had an opportunity to adopt that resolutiov, but they did not do it ‘There was only the unlucky number of in favor of it. The fact is that convention adopted the financial platform which is merely a repetition of the national plat- form of 1893. I have interpreted that plat- form as being In favor of bimetallism and free silver. Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle have seen jit to interpret it as a declara- ticn for a gold standard. The vote by which the gold standard resolution was yoted down in the convention in Kentucky fs sufficient explanation of the way in which the democracy of that state regards the platform. ‘You may rest assured of two things. The first in that there never was any doubt abcut my re-election, and the second {s that Mr. Hardin will be chosen governor Ly a majority cf 15,000 or 20,000." TURFMEN “Nick” Hall Attacks J. 0. McWilliams With a Pitchfork. IN A FIGHT Quarrel Over a Lost Horse Race— SAN FRANCISCO, October 4.—Nick Hall, the well-known horseman, stabbed J. C. McWilliams three times with a pitchfork near the Bay District race track late last night, and the latter shot at Hall three times without effect. Both mien are horse owners and trainers. ‘MeWilliams’ horse, Jefferson, ran in a race Wednesday and failed to get a place. It appeared that Hall, who had backed the horse, was Cisgrunteld over his loss and charged McWilliams with influencing the jcckey against winning the race. McWil- liams retaliated, and the men separated with bad feeling on both sides. This was early in the evening. Later they met in front of the barber shop en 5th avenue and the quarrel was re= sumed. Finally Hall went to his stable, and, arming himself with a pitchfork, re- turned to the scene of hostilittes. Without the slightest waraing of his murderous intentions he beat his antag- onist over the head with the handle of the pitechfcrk ahd jabbed at him with the prongs. McWilliams was felled to the ground, and while in this position he drew his pistol and fired three shots at Hall, all going wide of the mark. MeWilliam says he was dazed and stupe- fied at th> time ne fired. Hall, standing over his victim, contin- ved to jab the prongs of the fork at the body of the prostrate man. He made sev- erai savage digs into the scalp and tore the skin off the brow of the right eye. He ptnctured the right arm in two places and made eight slight abrasions of the should- ers and sides. MeWilliams was almost helpless from the repeated blows that were showered on him. He managed to save himself considerably by grabbing the pitchfork with his hands, but Hali !s a powerful man, aad had it not been for the fact that a horseman named Madison and others vame to the rescue McWilliams would have been entirely at the mercy of his infuriated assailant. McWilliams was taken to the receiving hospital, where his wounds were dressed. ‘ihe police are searching for Hall. =— DECLARES FOR FREEDOM. Deci#ive Action by the Cub Vincinl Delegates. CHICAGO, October 4.—The Times-Herald prints the following: Headquarters General of the Rebel Army, Puerto Principe, Cuba, September 23, via Key West, #la., October 3. At a meeting of the Cuban provincial delegates in this place today the report of the special commission appointed to draft a constitution was adcpted without debate, the fundamental laws of the republic were formally proclaimed, and the independence of the island from Spain solemnly de- elared. The provincial government of General Maceo gives way to this permanent organ- ization. Pro- President, Salvador Cisheros of Puerto Principe. Vice president, Bartolamae Maceo of Manzanillo. Secretary of war, Carlos Ruloff of Santa Clara. Foreign affairs, Rafael Portuondo of San- tiago. Treasury, Severa Pina of Sancti Spiritus. qinterior, Santiago J. Saninares of Roine- jos. General in charge, Maximo Gomez. Lieutenant General, Antonio Maceo. The provinces of Santa Clara, Santiago, Havana, Puerto Principe and Mantanzas are all represented in the new govern- ment. ———— PRAISED GOV. CULBERSON. The Epitscop: Convention Takes Ac- tion on the Prize Fight. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 4—The two houses of the Episcopal convention held brief sessions today before going into jeint session as the “card of missions.” In the house of deputies. morning prayers were conducted by Bishop Worthington of Nebraska and Rev. Dr. J. Lewis Parks of Philadelphia. A memorial was presented asking that the western portion of the dio- cese of North Carolina be erected into a missionary jurisdiction. A long list of memorials to deceased clergymen fgllowed. Rev. Dr. Roberts of Concord, N. H., of- fered a resolution commending the ‘gov- ernor and legislature of Texas for its stand on the prize-fighting question. A white- haired delegate from Pennsylvania, James H. Biddle, objected to immediate considera- tion. He ‘said he had no knowledge what- ever of the action of the Texas people. ‘This caused a roar of laughter in the staid convention, and the resolution was passed with a few faint noes. The house of bishops transacted little business before the joint session save the announcement of the standing committees and the reference to the proper committees of memorial of the diocese of California re- garding a new diocese. ——— THE “BAD SON” RELEASED. Inauficient Evidence Aguinst William Henry. BROOKLYN, N.Y., Octoner 4.—The granc jury this morning reported to Judge Moore that it had failed to find evidence against Willlam Henry sufficient to hold him on the charge cf murdering his father, Charles Henry. Judge Moore thereupon discharged Henry. He left the court room ir.mediately, surrounded by his friends, who showered congratulations upon I:im. REFORM MOVEMENT INDORSED. Commendable Action of the Demo- crats of Omaha. OMAHA, Neb., October 4.—The demo- crats of Omaha and this county, by an overwhelming majority, at their primaries last night indorsed the citizens’ reform movement, designed to promote good gov- ernment and economical administration of city and county affairs and to “purge the community frem public plunderers.” The moverrent for reform in local affairs reach- ed immense proportions, conservative busi- ness men never before in politics being the backers. Sg MEXICO’S DEAD STATESMAN. His Remains to Lie in State in the Chamber of Deputies. CITY OF MEXICO, Octoter 4.—The re- mains of the late Manuel Romero Rubio, minister of the interior, are being em- balmed. The body will be exposed tomor- row in the chamber of deputies, which is being converted into a hall of mourning, illuminated with thousands of candles and hung in black. The body will be interred in the French cemetery, The late minis- ter was considered one of the ablest states- men Mexico ever produced. SS j Another Bicycle Record Smashed. DENVER, Col., October 4.—Harry Clark, a class A rider, rode two miles, unpaced, in four minutes thirty and fovur-tiths sec- onds, beating the cless A record twenty seconds and the class B record eleven sec- onds. Clark's recerd is official, as a sanc- tion had been granted for the trial. .in spite of incessant persecution RIOTS IN THE. EAST Why Americans Should Symoathize With Armenians. CAUSE-OF THE RECENT OUTBREAK The Reform Obligations of the Powers. PETITION TO GREAT BRITAIN (Copyrighted, 1895, by the Associated Press.) NEW YORK, October 4.—J. J. Rooney, chairman of the Phil-Armenian Associa- tion of America, discussed with an As- sociated Press representative today the subject of the riots of the last few days in Constantinople. “If,” he said, ‘the American people can sympathize with the struggles of the in- surgents in Cuba, they surely can extend a helping hand fo the Armenians, whose Position for centuries has been insinitely worse than that of the Cubans. Their fidel- ity to thelr faith has been the chief source of their afflictions. They received the Christian faith in the second century and have held fast to it through all the years nd many general massacres. They have a magnifi- cent literature and a great history and are surely too noble and intelligent a people to be wiped from the earth by the un- speakable Turks. All that Armenian peo- ple ask is protection for life, honor and property, and surely such a demand should mect with the sympathy of the American people. ° Revolutionary Plot Charges. “It is said by the enemies of the Ar- menians that this outbreak is the result of a secret, revolutionary movement, and that it was speciaily desigued to provoke blood- shed in order to attract the attention and intervention of Europe. The conclusive an- swer to this charge is that it is not neces- sary, in view of all the acknowledged facts, to place any more bloodshed in evidence be- fore Europe and the civilized worid. But it is necessary andevitally important that the horrors of the recent and existing situa- tion in unhappy Armenia should be brought home to the conscience of humanity by a peaceable petition. This is what was done at Constantinople on Monday last, and you know the result. “Moreover, a revolutionary movement in Constantinople would not be deemed nec sary or advisable by the Armenians them- s as the issue is now squarely joincd between the porte and the three powers signatory to the treaty of Berlin, namely, Great Britain, Russia and France. The obiigations of these powers toward Armenia are clearly defined in article 61 of the treaty of Berlin. Obligations of the Powers. “These obligations are publicly acknowi- edged by the three powers, and we, the friends of the Armentans in the United States, are glad to say that the British premier, the Marquis of Salisbury, has ac- knowledged the special duty of Great Britain. “The British foreign office, within the last two or three days, has acknowledged the receipt of our petition and has promised to give it consideration. “As a matter of fact, direct pressure now rests upon the porte, from the three powers named, to accept the reforms demanded by them. “To show the value of American senti- ment in bringing about a remedy for Ar- menia, I need only cite the following let- ter addressed to Mr. Stern, an earnest friend of the cause in Washington, by Mr. James Bryce, author of ‘The American Commonweelth.’ He wrote: ‘I trust that the efforts which you and other public- spirited men are making to call the atten- tion of the American peovle to the un- happy condition of the Christians of the east will be successful. “Your people are always ready to re- spond to the cry of suffering humanity, and no events of recent years hive better de- served their sympathy than the miseries of the ancient and once famove Armenian nation iseries which have recently cul- ndnated in the massacre of Sassoun. A strong expression of American feeling will strengthen the hands of those who in Eu- rope desire to see measures of reform in- troduced which may effectually prevent ary recurrence of similar horrors. x BRYCE.’ “Then, again, the first petition asking for the appointment of a European governor of Armenia bears the signatures, among others, of Justice David J. Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, Miss Frances E. Willard, president ef the Women's Christian Temperance Union; Richard Wat- son Gilder, editor of the Century, and T. A. Emmet, president of the Irish National Federation of America.’ BRUTALITY OF THE MOB. Charges Against the Turks Made by Armenians. CONSTANTINOPLE, October 4.—A depu- tation composed of forty leading Armenians called at the British embassy here today to see the British ambassador, Sir Philip Cur- rie. They were informed that Sir Philip was absent; but they sald they had come to see him and would wait there until he appeared. The Armenian church at Constantinople and the other churches situated in different parts of the Turkish capital are still crowd- ed with refugees. There are nearly 500 Armenians in the Patriarchate church alone. The scenes in the churches are heartrending in the extreme. Many wo- men and children are bewailing the loss of their husbands and fathers. The Armeni- ans deelare that the Turkish mob commit- ted the most terrible excess in the Kara- ghiomkuk quarter of Constantinople during the night of Monday last, the date when the rioting first broke out. THE SASSOUAN MASSACRE. What It is Said Comminsion’s Re- port Will Show. LONDON, October 4.—A dispatch to the Pail Mall Gazette from Constantinopie, pub- lished this afternoon, says that one of the foreign delegates of the international com- mission of inquiry says that its report will show that the total number of inhabitants of the Sassouan valley did not exceed 4,000, and that the number of Armenians killed in the capture of the villages of Semal, She- mak and Gheliguzan and in the taking of Antokhdagh Pass was at the most 300 to 500, It 1# also claimed that the report will demonstrate that there Is no evidence that any one was killed in cold blood or that there were any mutilations of women or children. ; Finally, it 1s asserted by the delegate, according to the correspondent of the Pall Mall Gazette, that about forty persons were buried in the death pit at Gheliguzan and that the statement that a number of women threw themselves over a cliff in order to avoid dishonor Is also false. A $100,000 Fire in Philadelphia. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 4.—The large two-story brick sash and door fac- tory of Rufus R. Thomas & Co., corner of 9th street and Washington avenue, was burned this morning. Loss, $100,000, cov- ered by insurance. CHANGE OF COMMANDERS Gen. Ruger Goes to New York to Relieve Gen. Miles. ; The Latter Expeeted to Assume Charge of the Army Tomorrow— Transfers of Officers. Maj. Gen. Reger, accompanied by Lieut. Lyman, second cavalry, of his staff, left Washington last evening for New York to east, relieving Maj. Gen. Miles, trans- ferred to Washington to command the army. Gen. Miles has not informed the War De- partment when he will assume his new duties, but it is be'leved he will do so to- morrow. He has not yet announced hi staff, but will probably do so witen he offi- elally notifiés the army of his assumption of command. There are two vacanctes on his staff at present. Capt. Michler, fifth cavalry, his only aid at present, will, un- doubtedly, accompany him to Washington. Army headquarters have been fully pre- pared for the new commander and his staff, and tkey will find the offices very pleasant quarters. As already stated, Col. Samuel Breck, now stationed at New York, will be adjutant at headquarters of the army, and Col. H. C. Corbin will succeed to his dutics at headquarters of the department of the east. A Complete Reorganization. ‘The reassignment of officers of the ad- jutant general's department consequent upon the change in the command of the army has resulted in a complete rearganiza- tion of the division of military information. ‘The duties pertaining to that important branch of the adjutant general's office have devolved on Col. T. M. Vincent, for many years adjutant general at headquarters of the army, and he will have as assistants Capt. T. H. Bliss of the subsistence depart- ment, formeriy on the staff ot Gen, Scho- field, and First Lieut. Carl Reichman, ninth infant on duty at the Military School at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. They wil relieve Maj. J. B. Babcock, A.A.G., erdere] to other duty in the adju- ueral's office in this city, and First R. Edwards, twenty-third in- nd First Lieut. J. M. Blunt fifth cavalry, who are to join their company and troop. 4 XNAMINATION. in Reading Strange Hand- writing Rapidly. The civil service commission has before its examiners today fifty-one applicants for places In the railway mail service. The ex- amination tests not only the edueationai at- tainments of each applicant, but his practi- cal fitness also for the work to, which he aspires. Each candidate is taken before an exam- iner and required to read fifty cards ad- dressed by as niany different clerks in the ofiice of the commission, aud, therefore, ail A Test entirely dissimilar, In’ his hand the ex- aminer holds a printed proof of all these card addresses. Ten minutes are allowed each person for reading the fifty addresses. Speed counts for as much as acguracy in the reading. Pronunciation does not add materially to the candidate's marking. He say Arkansaw or Arkansas. “at he prenounces San Jose and La Junta just as they are spelled, he Is still quite safe. He must demonstrate, however, that he can read addresses like lightning and unerringly. That's what makes a railway mail man. Maj. Webster, the chief exam- irer, considers the examination a thorough test, and suggests but one further require- ment. He thinks each candidate should be given a railroad eating house sandwich and cup of coffee, to be digested during the six | hours of the examination. The young men examined today are for service in Virginia and Maryland, and ate largely from the District. After they pass and are on the eligible list they are per- mitted to elect whether they will take a route in Virginia or Maryland. THE GETTYSBURG TROLLEY. Conference as to Legal Measures to Remove It From the Battlefield. Generals Sickles, Butterfield and Beck- with of New York had a conference with Secretary Lamont at the War Department today in regard to the legal measures be- ing taken by the Department af Justice to secure the removal of the trolley road from the Gettysburg battlefield. They had pre- viously visited the Attorney General, and obtained assurances from him of his pur- pose to do all in his power to preserve the lines of batile. The visitors also’ talked with the Secretary of War in regard to tie monument to be erected on the summit of Icckout mountain to commemorate the participation of the troops of New ¥ork in the battles of Chickamauga and Chatta- nocga.. = THE PRESIDENT’S RETUR! He ix Expected Back at the White House Some Time Next Week. as to when the President will return to the city from Gray Gables, but it seems to be accepted in official circles that he will cer- tainly be at the White House, for a few days at least, next week, inasmuch as he is under engagement to attend the Aulanta exposition on the 18th instant. He has had a good long respite from official cares, and is reported to have thoroughly recovered from the rheumatic and malarial troubles that: afflicted him early in the spring. Mrs. Cleveland and the children will accompany the President to Washington, and will prob- ably take up’ their abode temporarily at Woodley. They are also said to have de- rived great benefit from the:r vacation. MR. SPOFFORD'’S CASE. Impression Gaining That He Will Not Be Disturbed. All the papers in the case of Mr. Spofford, librarian of Congress, are in the hands of the President, and the impression is gain- ing that he will not be disturbed in his of- fice. It appears that Auditor Holeombe has withdrawn his objections to the finan- cial methods of the librarian, and the lat- ter’s requisitions on the treasury for sala- ries and general expenses are honored with- out delay. The investigation has not yet been completed. -2-+____- GEN. MAHONE’S CONDITION. He is Slightly Worse and is Gradually Losing Strength. Gen. Mahone is slightly worse today and is gradually losing strength. His physi- cians do not look for any improvement in his condition. He spends a greater part of the time in sleep, and does not take as much nourishment as heretofore. A Liberian General Dead. Mr. William H. Heard, minister resident of the United States at Monrovia, Liberia, has informed the Department of State, un- der date of October 2, of the death of Gen. R. A. Sherman, general of the Liberian army. He was buried with honors of war at Monrovia. Z ‘ ——_-e-___ To Suceeed Gen. Cogswell. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., October 4.— The sixth congressional district demécratic convention today nominated City Solicitor Charles A. Russell of Gloucester for mem- ber of congress, to succeed the late Gen. Cogswell. take command of the department of the}. Ne definite information has reached here j SUNDAY CLOSING Tt Will Be a Factor in the In- dianapolis Election. —— ns A GLOSED OR WIDE OPEN TOWN The Result May Influence . the Voting in New York. — A HOT CAMPAIGN es Indianapolis will hold an election for clty officers next Tuesday, and far more than local interest has been aroused. And this for two reasons. : (1) The hooster capital is the home of cx- President Harrison, and he has been in- duced to write a letter in favor of the re- publican ticket. Ordinarily, there would have been no call for such a letter. Gen. Harrison's party loyalty is never a matter of question with those who know him. But it 30 happened that the republican candi- date for mayor had always been an anti- Harrison man ‘in the factional fighting in the state, and the democrats were inti- mating that the ex-President and some cf his friends would remember this on elec- tion day. Gen. Harrison put the story promptly and effectually to rest. He Ge- clared for the full ticket, and in toing so also declared for an impartial execution of ali the laws applying to the sood govern- ment of the town. The Excise Question. (2) The excise question is up, and the two parties are divided on it pretty much ag trey are in New York. There are some dif- ferences in the question as presented. In New York a republican city government is executing an excise law enacted by a democratic legislature. The local democ- racy. therefore, in opposing this policy, makes warfare on its own offspring. The republicans charge that the law was never enacted for impartial execution, but to be used as a club for the levying of blackmail. ‘Ihe democrats complain that the law, in the hands of repubfican executives, is sub- jected to a puritanical twist and made to operate against the comfort and conven- ience of the people. In Indianapolis the excise law. is of republican extraction. Re- publicans enacted it, and republicans are executing It. This makes the issue be- tween the two parties Jirect and altogether simple. The republicans are in favor of closing the saloons on Sunday; the demo- crats are not. Some Want the Saloons Open. The campaign has been waged with al- most unexampled vigor on both sides. In- dianapolis, until this legisiation was_en- acted and enforced, was a “wide-open town” on Sunday. Liquor could be pro- cured without any sort of trouble. This radical change, therefore, has produced no little feeling. The foreign-born residents— of whom there is a good per cent—the club men, the men about town, and, of course, or sellers, all object to the change. 1al argument is employed. Such a it is heid, militates against the prosperity of a growmg town. Indianapo- lis must not lock herself in on Sunday. Her situation Is central, and many travel- ing men have been in the habit of stopping there over Sunday. They are the sort of men to be cultivated. They advertise a town where they have been hospitably en- tertained. They likewise advertise a town where the local regulations are hard. These men, it is claimed, will shun In- dianapolis if the present regulations con- tinue. + Am Orderly Sabbath. On the other hand are those people who stand for an orderly observance of the Sabbath and put that aiove the mere mat- ter of a day’s profitable Mquor sales. They want the best customs to prevail. They insist upon the old-fashioned Ameri- can Surday, and say that judged even upon the plane of money and improvement the old customs are the best. They are for the law as.-It stands, and for its en- forcement. It will be seen from all this that Tues- day’s returns will have something of a bearing on the New York city campaign. If the saloons and thelr friends carry the day in Indianapolis the saloons and their friends in New York will be by that much encouraged, and between that day and their own November day will exert them- selves all the more strenuously to win. On-the other hand, if Sunday opening loses in Indianapolis Tammany will be certain to feel the blow. A Matter of Improvements, It may be mentioned that the excise question, while the most exciting, is not the only local question involved in the Indianapolis contest. The city: has been making some expensive improvements, and this has sent the tax rate up. Both parties said to be responsible, and the democ- racy lost power partly as the result of the high levies. But the republicans being now in power, and the rate being still high, they, too, may suffer by the exercise of a capricious public sentiment. Both sides express confidence in the re- sult. The saloon influences on the one hand are thoroughly organized, while on the other hand the church influences, have been strengtheued during the past fort- night by several deliverances of prominent religious bodies in favor of Sunday closing. Indianapolis is a city of churches. There {5 a question, however, as to whether these dcliverancés have come soon enough to affect that campaign. ces BEGAN HIS NEW DUTIES. Dr. Billings at the University of Penn- sylvania Hospital. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 4.—Dr. Jchn S. Billings, formerly assistant surgeon general,United States navy, who was placed upon the retired list on October 1, today entered upon his new duties as medical di- rector of the University of Pennsylvania Hospital and director of the department of hygiene of the university. - oe WIFE MURDERER HANGED. Execution on the Spot Where John . Brown Died. BALTIMORE, Md., October 4.—A special te the News from Charlestown, W. Va., says: “Andrew J. Scott, colored, was hang- ed here at 11:07 o’clock this morning, for the murder of his wife. There were no scenes at the gallows, and death was pain- less. The hanging took place on the spot where John Brown. the famous abolitionist, met a similar fate. > _— TO MAKE A TEST CASE. Indians Arrested for Unlawfully Kill- = Game in Idaho. POCATELLO, Idaho, October 4.—Indian Agent Teter of the Fort Hall agency has arrived here, bringing two Indian bucks, who will be taken to Evanston, Wyo., and tried as a test case, for the unlawful kill- ing of game in the Jackson’s Hole coun- try, which led to the killing of an Indian and papoose by whites several weeks ago, and which was the foundation for the re- cent Indian scare. BODY The Man Killed on the Long Bridge Was John Ellis, Probably Jumped From the Moving Train—Some Talk Also of Foul Play. This morning a number of persons called at the morgue, in rear of the sixth pre- einet station, to look at the dead body of @ man, and one of the callers recognized him as John Ellis, but could give very Little information about him. The dead man’s body was found near the north end of the Long bridge last evening about 7:40 o'clock, and while it is generally supposed that a railroad train inflicted the wounds, which were necessarily fatal, it may be that the tan was foully dealt with. Soon after the train from Quantico passed over the bridge the switchman had occasion to walk down the track a short distance, and lying near the track he found the body of the man, the right side of ‘whose face was badly battered and whose skull had been crushed. The switchman did not stop to make a complete examina- tion of the man’s injuries, but hurried to the telegraph stat‘on and notified the offi- cials at the depot of what he had found. Word was sent to the police, and arrange- mente were made for the treatment of the man at the Emergency Hospital, but when Dr. Boarman, the railread physic‘an, reach- ed the scene of the fatality, he saw at a glarce that life was extinct, and the body was removed to the morgue. Every effort made last night by the police to have the body identified proved futile. It was stated last night that the man had heen seen with Charles Matthews of 43 Pierce street, but no such person lives at the address given. When the bcdy had ben removed to the morgue the police started out to make an investigation. It was not certain that the man had been killed by a railroad train, al- though the police think that he was killed in this way. The right side of his skull had been crushed in, as already stated, and his right hand showed slight bruises. His clothes were not torn, nor was there any evidence that he had been dra; a train. He may have jumped from a mov ing train, however, and landed against the right side of his face, and in this way his hard might also have struck against the ground. There was nothing prepossessing about the man’s appearance. He wore rough clothes, and his appearence Indicated that he had not enjoyed the seryices of a bar- ber for some time. In ais pockets the of- ficers found $128, two pocket knives and several policy slips, The presence of the policy slips in his pockets made #t apparent that he had been river to Jackson City or Alexan- dria, wire gambling dives are permitted to exist in open violation of law. Members of the crew of the Quantico train that passed over the bridge only a few minutes before the finding of the body are certain that the train did not strike the man, and the police have an idea that he came across the river on the train from the policy shops and jumped off while the train was moving. The person who identified the body as that of John Ellis told the police that the man had once lived in Gcat alley, but that lately h» had been spending most of his time about the Central Union Mission. Coroner Hammett viewed the body today, but will probably wait until tomorrow be- fore finally deciding upon what he will do. ee THE ORDER EXPLAINED. Circular Issued by ,Assintant Secre- tary Rockhill as to Consuls. Owing to the number and character of applications for information in regard to the executive order placing a large portion cf the consular service under the civil serv- ice system it has. been found necessary by Assistant Secretary Rockhill, who has been specially assigned to take charge of that branch of the service, to prepare a circular in explanation of the scope of the President's order. The circular is as follows: “In reply to your letter of I would state that, under the executive order of September 20, 1895, vacancies in consulates or commerzial agencies, the salary of which is not more than $2,500 or less than $1,000, or the official fees of which do not exceed the former or fail below the latter sum, will hereafter be filled by the ap- pointment of either: (1) Persons holding positions under the Department of State; (2) persons having previously served under the department; or (3) from among persons who, naving furnished the customary evi- dence of character, responsibility and ca- pacity, and having been thereupon selected by the President for examination, have been found upon such examination to be gualified for the position. ‘Applications for offices falling within The above limits should be addressed to the Secretary of State, the name of the va- cancy applied for being indicated, as well as the special qualifications for such office of the applicant, and this application should be accompanied by such indorse- s as to applicant’s character, respon- sibility and capacity as he may be able to furnish. “When the President shall have decided to ll any vacaney occurring among the consular offices in the above mentioned classes such candidates for it belonging to the third class as shall have been selected by him after examination of their applica- tions and indorsements will be notified of the date of .the examination, and of the subjects on which said examination will bear, and they will also be supplied with such other papers as the examining board shall deem necessary for their guidance.” —$—+ |ARSHAL RANSDELL. EX. What He Says of Gen, Harrison and the Next Presidency Ex-Marskal Rersdell, who was marshal of the District under President Harrison and occupies confidential relations with chim, was in Washington today. Speaking of the attitude of Mr. Harrison toward the presidential nomination, he does not throw much new light on the subject, but what he says is rather confirmatory of what seems to be the gencfal impression. He says that of course no ene has authority to speak for Mr. Harriscn, who always speaks for himself when he is ready. He says, however, that Mr. Harriscn occupies the same attitude he has ever since he went out of the White House. His ambi- tion is satisfied, ani he does not desire again to b2 President, in the sense of seek- ing it in auy way. Nobody thinks that he would decline the nomination if offered to him, but he would do nothing to secure the offer. Mr. Ransdell evidently did not regard Mr. Harrison as out of the field, but said that, leaving him out of the question—if this could be done—would he divide among the other candidates? Reed, Mc- Kinley and All'son all had friends in the state. Without saying so, he rather indi- cated that “assuming Harrison »ut of the field” was “only for the sake of argument.” Mr. Ransdell said ke thought the demo- crats would nominate Whitney, and Gov. Matthews of Indiana for President and Vice President. Will Not Interfere. After a careful examination of the pa- pers appended to the application for pardon in the case of Frank Philo Allison, the young soldier who Is confined at Castle William, N. Y., under sentence for deser- tion, the War Department has declined to interfere. Allison must therefore servs his sentence, although by good conduct he may materially abridge the eighteen months, < __ Tf you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. IDENTIFIED! THE LIBERTY BELL Royal Reception of the Precious Revolutionary Relic, 5 GREAT GATHERING AT THE STATIOK The Escort Entertained by the Board of Trade. PATRIOTIC REMARKS ——_+- ----- The liberty bell of '76 paid its first visit to the capital cf the nation today. It was brought into the city at half-past 12, under escort of the mayor and leading citizers of the community in the midst of which ft first proclaimed the notes of Hberty one hundred and nineteen years ago, and for en hour and a half it lay within sight cf the Capitol of the United States, both em- biems of the principles which it proclaimed cn the eventful Fourth of July when the independence of America was worn. It seems strange that ‘this mass of metal so fraught with historic recollections and so intimately associated with the existence of the city of Washington could have lain fcr so many years at such a short distance without ever having been brought into the District. It is due now to the enterprise of the people of the southland in asking for the loan of the liberty bell at their great exposition, and to the generosity of the patriotic citizens of Philadelphia in sending their priceless relic, that the Washing- tonians were enabled today to view it. A Great Crowd. Fully 5,000 people were attracted to the Pernsylvania depot in the vicinity of noon today by the announcement of the coming of the bell. They crowded the station and overflowed into 6th street on the east. A guard of sixty policemen managed, how- ever, to keep perfect order, and, aided by repes streiched across the street, prevented an overflow into the train house. Members of the patriotic orders, Sons of the Revolu- tion, Sons of the American Revolution and Daughters of the American Revolution, gradually assembled within the space with- in the tracks and the station building. Shortly after 12 o'clock the District Com- missioners arrived with the members of the board of trade chosen to represent that body, and were admitted te the place inside the railing. In a few momenjs the military escort reached the depot, headed by the Marine Band. The escort consisted of fifty members of the. Washington Light Irfantry Corps, headed by Major Burton R. Ross, and a hundred members of the High School Cadet Corps, under command of Major Domer. They marched into the train shed and drew up in a line along track No. 2, with the hand at the north erid of the platform, the Light Infantrymen next and the dets on the left of the line. The commit- tees and members of the various socivties were assembled just north of thé band. The board of trade was represented by President B. H, Warner and Messrs. Crosby S. Noyes, Beriah Wilkins, C. J. Gell, George T. Dunlop and A. T. Britton. A joint com- mittee from the Sons of the Revolution and Sons of the American Revolution was in general charge of the procesdings on the platform, -as follows: Ernest Wilkin- son, chairman; John B. Wight, secretary; c. F. T. Beale, W. V. Cox, J._B. Larner, H. P. R. Holt, Gaillard Hunt, F. E. Grice, Fred. Huidekoper, W. H. Pearce, E. D. Appleton, W. S. Yeatman. Patriotic Organizations, A beautiful silk flag was borne at the head cf the delegation of the Sons of the American Revolution. The entire repre- sentation from tke various organizations was probably 150, Including half a hundred ladies from the various chapters of Daughters of the American Revolution. This party was in charge of Mrs. M. 8. Lockwood, a member of the national board, acting in place of Mrs. Jonn W. Foster, who is at the head of the local organiza- ticn, ard Mrs. M. A. Ballinger, regent of Contirental Chapter, and Miss Pike, rex Chas. F. Philadelphia, Hon. Warwick, Mayor of gent of Martha Washington Chapter. They bere a beautiful bunch of American beauty roses, tied with a bow cf red, white and blue ribbon, which was afterward placed on the liberty bell in their name by Judge John Goode of Virginia. Mrs. M. 8. Lock- wood and Miss Washington represented the Daughters on the local committee of reception. Word was received shortly after noon that the train would be about fifteen minutes late, and this gave more time for Chairman Wilkinson to arrange the line and prepare for the final reception of the bell. Mean- while the crowd outside the gates was be- coming dense and impatient. High School boys and girls mingled in the throng, and the former made the air vociferous with their school yells. These were echoed by the cadets on the platform, who, standirg at rest, could not restrain themselves in the ardor of the moment. The Bell Arrives. It was about twenty-nine minutes past 12 when there was a bustle at the open end of the train shed among the platform hands, and a moment later the special train from Philadelphia bearing the bell and the escort committee pulled into the station. The bel’