Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1895, Page 1

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BLAINE’S PART eee The Role He Played in the Lord Sackville Dismissal. HIS MADISON SQUARE GARDEN SPEECH Fine Chance or the Orator to Cre- ate Republican Feeling. AISTORY OF THE CASE ———— “The Star in its story yesterday did not exaggerate the influence of Mr. Blaine'’s speech at Madison Square Garden in New York city in the campaign of 18588 when ke referred t+ the Murchison letter before an audience of Irish-Americans.”” ‘This was the observation of a well-known gentleman to a representative of The Star today: “I was present at the meeting, and sat within ten feet of Mr. Blaine cn the grand stand. I had thus an excellent opportunity to observe the effect of the speech on those who were present. I had heard Mr. Blaine before—had witnessed some of his stump- ing triumphs in Indiana in 18841 when he was a candiate for the presidency him- self—but the Madison Square speech for electrical effect was # triumph apart for its completeness. Mr. Blaine that evening played on his audience like Pan did on his Pipe. He got any note from it he wanted. It laughed, it shouted, it groaned, just as he willed. Sturdy young Irishmen all but danced a jig when some especially good point would be made. So great was the ef- fect produced, indeed, that when the speech was concluded it was with difficulty that @ way was opened for Mr. Blaine to return to his carriage. The crowd surged round him and his escort with every manifesta- tion of delight, and he was a full half an heur in walking two hundred feet. Here,” continued this gentleman, “is @ copy of the Sackville ietter distributed among the crowd that night.” This printed copy of the famous Murchi- sor letter had, in conspicuous type, the following caption: “Letter from Lord Sackville, “British Minister at Washington, “To an American Citizen.” Beneath this was a fac-simile of the royal arms of England. “I preserved the copy that fell into my hands.as a souvenir. By merely glancing at it you can.imagine the effect of those head- lines and the British figure below on a crowd of enthusiastic men of Irish birth and sympathi: You may also easily im- agine how such a document falling into the hands cf a superb stumper as a sub- ject for dissertation would be treated. ee Elaine scored with every word ie uttered, and when he had con- cludel the British minister's fate was sealed. Mr. Dickinson in the cabinet, as the gossip of that day had it, was probably eeger enough for heroic action on the part of the administration, but the man who brought matters to a head and forced that action was James G. Blaine. The feeling in New York that night was that the re- publicans would carry the state by 50,000 tajority. The Irish were thought to be preparing for a bolt in a body, and a good many native democrats were disaffected be- cause of the inaction of the administration in a case of such moment. Very likely, therefore, some such telegram as that men- tioned by Lord Sackville was sent to Col. Lamont, then the President’s private secre- tary. At any rate there was a right-about- face on the part of the administration, and the minister speedily got his passports. Many Irish votes were saved to the democ- lacy, but not enough to prevent defeat, and Harrison and Morton carried the state.” “Was this meeting arranged in order to give opportunity for special use of the Murchison letter?” “Not at all. The meeting had long been in contemplation, and was conceived cn lines respecting the tariff. The issue that year was protection versus the President's free trade message to Congress. The Irish were beirg appealed to as protectionists. The argument was that England, having ruined Ireland's industries by a free trade Policy, had her eyes fixed now on this country, and through the free traders over here would play a similar game if protec- tion as an American policy should be aban- doned. I have my card admitting me to the grand stand at the meeting, and it bears out my statement. It reads, you see: ‘Grand Meeting of Trish Protectionists, At Madison Square Garden, Thursday Evening, October 25th, 1888. Hon. James G. Blaine. Admit to Grand Stand.’ “Leading Irishmen of New York, lke Gen. Knapp and Austin E. Ford, were in charge of matters. The Murchison letter, coming out opportunely, was, of course, utilized, and it proved to be a greater card than the one upon which the meeting nad been founded.” “Was there any suspicion at the time that the British minister had been trapped?” “None. The whole story came out later. The British minister's letter had been ac- Kknowledged by him. There could be no doubt on that score. Mr. Blaine’s whole performance, therefore, was in every way legitimate. He was denouncing the Sack- ville-West letter, which was genuine, and #n act of the most reprehensible folly. And let this be remembered: However good an American Don M. Dickinson may be, and may have been then, the man who forced the proper resentment of the Sackville- West folly was James G, Blaine.” ——_—__o-._______ AGAINST THE WONDER STONE. ‘The Company That Advertised It is en the Post Office Fraud List. The Wonder Stone Company of 315 Madi- son avenue, New York, has teen barred out of the mails. This is th> concern that pro- voked a complaint from Mr. Fogleman of Homestead, Pa., who was induced by read- ing a newspaper advertisement to invest a quarter of a doliar in a wonder stone, which he never received. The wonder stone was represented to be a delightful thing to shave with. By simply rubbing it over the cheeks it would take off the beard, and leave the epidermis soft as velvet. his concern is the same one under a differert name that was shut out of the mails about a month ago. It was then operating at Bridgeport, Conn., under the name of the European Novelty Co. It then sent out the same advertisements and offered what was called the “Unique One Dollar Shaving Outfit," which con- sisted of a small round cake cr stone about two inches in diameter, a little harder than chalk, but apparently molded of plas- ter of paris and colored slightly with aniline ink. When the concern was routed out at Bridgeport it went to New York = opened up there as the Wonder Stone ‘0. —___-e-—_____ Clerical Changes in the Navy Depart- ment. Changes have occurred in the Navy De- partment as follows: D. C. Morrison, a clerk at $1,400, transferred from the bureau of navigation to the bureau of supplies and accounts; Kirk Holmes, promoted from $1,- 000 to $1,200 in the bureau of supplies and , and A. R. Hahn, promoted from 000 in the same office. + Another Trial of the Ericsson. Lieut. N. R. Usher, commanding the tor- edo boat Ericsson, which has been so un- fcrtunate in her trial trips, is now in the city for the purpose of arranging for anoth- er trial of that vessel. The vessel is un- dergoig certain repairs and alterations, ard will hardly be ready for another trial for a month yet. A WISE PRECAUTION The Orniser Marblehead Ordered to Turkish Waters. Minister Terrell Secures the Porte'’s Order for All Provinces to Protect Americans. By request of Minister Terrell, for the protection of American missionaries in Turkey, and at the instance of the State Department, the Navy Department has or- dered the Marblehead to the Gulf of Isk2n- deroon (Gulf of Alexandretta). Minister Terrell also telegraphs that orders have been issued for all provinces to protect Americans. It is not believed that there is imminent danger of an outbreak, but the warship has been ordered to Turkey rather as a Precautionary measure. Last summer Ad- mirel Kirkland took his two ships, the San Francisco and the Marblehead, into these same waters. There was no actual rioting in progress, but the situation had a threaten'ng aspect. Though the American warships could not get near the most dis- turbed provinces. the effect of thelr pres- ence on the coast was most salutary, im- Pressing the people, who, perhaps, never before had seen an American man-of-war, with a visible sense of the power of this country. It is surmised that Minister Terrell feels the tine is now opportune to revive this impression. The State Department is grat- ified with the energetic course of Mr. Ter- rell, and his dispatch indicated that he has forestalled the representatives of other powers, and secured the compliance of the porte with his demand, made early in the week, that steps be taken to protect Amer- {cans in provinces distant from Constan- tinople without waiting until they actually have suffered outrage and assault. The Marblehead sailed yesterday from Villefranche for Naples, where she should arrive tomorrow at the latest. From there to the Levant is a distance of about 1,100 miles, which the Marblehead should cover in about four days, so that she will be at Alexandretta about the middle of next week. ———___+2._____ VILLAINY OF THE UNITED PRESS. The Atrocious Falsehood Circulated by It. CHICAGO, October 11.—The following statement has been sent out by the West- ern Union tickers in the city of Chicago: CHICAGO, October 11.—The statement sent out over the Western Union Telegraph Ccmpany’s tickers this morning to the ef- fect that the Associated Press had started a rumor of President Cleveland’s assassi- nation proves to have been a malicious falsehood. The Associated Press has at no time either started such a rumor or given it currency. The allegation that it has done so was furnished to the Stock Quota- tion Company by the United Press in New York. It should never Lave been sent over the ticker wires, and the compary sincere- ly_regrets its transmission. ‘The original ‘copy of the libel as furnish- ed by the United Press to the Western Union Telegraph Company has been turned over to the New York office of the Asso- ciated Press. NEW YORK, October 11.—Early this morning several daily newspapers received from their correspondents telegrams stat- ing that rumors were in circulation to the effect that President Cleveland had been assassinated, and the Associated Press was called upon to investigate whether there was any basis for the rumers. The tele- grapk and telephone offices at Buzzard’s Tsay were closed for the right, but un in- quiry direzted to New Bedford disclosed that the rumors were baseless, and the As- sceiated Press sent out a prompt denial to the effect that the rumor had no basis whatever. The New York Stock Quotation Ticker Company this morning sent out on its tape in. this city a malicious and lying state- ment furnished by the United Press. It was, in effect, that the Associated Press had last night repofted “that an attempt liad been made to assassinate President Cleveland.” ‘The ticker company soon learned that ‘t had been imposed upon by unscrupulous people, and promptly sent out on its tape this statement in refutation of its previous ore: “Notice.—A statement was sent over this tape this morming in these words, supplied to us through our news channels: ‘The re- port sent out early this morning by the Ckicago Associated Press that an attempt had been made to assassinate President Cleveland is untrue.” “That statement is distincly wrong. The Associated Press, incorrectly referred to as the Chicago Associated Press, sent out no statement that an attempt to assassinate President Cleveland had been made. On the contrary, a rumor to that effect was run down and disproved by the Associated Press. This statement is fair to ourselves as well as the Associated Press.” The personal or corporate turpitude of the United Press was never more thorough- ly illestrated than in the statement which it sent out to its subscribers, and repudi- ated by the ticker company, as shown in the above statement. One of the New York papers which largely owns and controis the United Press itself published an extra giv- ing the alarming rumors about the reported assassination of the President, and which the Associated Press was investigating, and which it proved to be unfcunded. eee CHAIRMAN HARRITY HOPEFUL. Looking for Democratic Success in Pennsylvania. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 11.—Dem- ocratic National Chairman Harrity says he is very hopeful of democratic success in Pennsylvania and elsewhere this fall. In an interview he is quoted as saying: “The recent victory in Indianapolis ap- pears to be giving a great deal of encour- agement to democrats all over the country. There is every reason to believe that Mc- Gill will be elected governor of New Jersey, and that the democratic ticket in New York state will be successful. “If the democrats should be victorious in these states, and it seems very probable that they will be, these victories in con- nection with constantly increasing evi- dences of business prosperity will encour- age democrats in every state to enter into the presidential campaign with the* hope and confidence that their party will con- tinue in control of the national govern- ment.” ——.__ FATE OF COREA’S QUEEN. It is Believed That She Was Killed by the Mob. YOKOHAMA, October 11—Count Kou- mura, director of the political bureau, fas forwarded from Sccul, the capital of Corea, a repert upon the recent uprising there. It is now supposed that the queen of Corea was killed by the anti-reformers,who, head- ed by Tai-Ron-Kin, the king’s father and leader of that party, forced an entrance into the palace at the head of an armed force, which caused the Japanese troops to take possession of and guard that build- ing to restore order. —.—__ Seals Reported Searce. PORT TOWNSEND, Wash., October 11.— Salling vessels and revenue cutters from Bering sea report a greater scarcity of seals this season than usual. Around the rookeries where thousands of seals formerly 1endezvoused not a seal can be found. Herds in the open sea are greatly diminish- ed likewise, and practical and scientific sealers aver that in five years the seals will be wholly exterminated. ITHE TYPHOID FEVER Circumstances Do Not Warrant a Scare or Sensation. SENSIBLE VIEWS OF DR, W. W. JOHNSTON A Review of the District Medical Society’s Recommendations. WHAT THEY WERE Last year the Medical Society of the District of Columbia made a report to Con- gress on the subject of typhoid fever in the. District. Dr. W. W. Johnston was one of the most active members of the committee which drew up the report. He has always been regarded as particularly well qualified to speak upon the subject. In conversa- tion with a Star reporter this morning Dr. Johnston said that while there is certainly typhoid in the city, he did not think, judg- ing by his own experience and wnat he had learned from other physicians, that it Is prevalent to a much greater extent this fall than other years. “Of course,” said he, “this is the season for typhoid fever, and Washington will continue to be afflicted jus- as long as we are satisfied to get along with the present water and sewerag2 systems. Last year the committee of the Medical Association made a very exhaustive study of the situa- tion, the causes of the disease and the lo- calities in which it was most noticeable. I do_not know that our knowledge of the diséase is materially increased or that the situation has changed sufficient to warrant me in saying very much beyond what was contained in that report. As I understand it, a study of the present situation, the number of cases, their distribution over the District and all that, is being made under the direction of the health officer, and the results of the investigation, when complot- ed, ought to throw some valuable light on the matter. : Impure Water and Milk. “Personally, I have had very few cases in my practice. One of these was the case of a nurse in a hospital, who centracted the disease from the patients she was attend- ing. The others were for the most part people who had spent the summer in Vir- ginia, where, in places, the disease seems to be very prevalent. Other cases that I have heard of are people whe undoubtedly con- tracted typhoid from their stay across the Potomac. “As for the causes of the disease and its preventives, they have been spoken of so often in this city that it seems hardly worth while to go over them again. Of course, the chief agency in the spread of typhoid is infected water and milk, the former being the more general. Roth Should Be Boiled. “My opinion is that the majority of cases are caused by drinking impure water, but this does not by any means shut out the Potomac as a factor. If anyone desires to take proper precautions he should boil his drinking water as well as filter it. Milk ought also to be boiled or Pasteurized to make it absolutely safe, and the sources of its supply should also be investigated, but that, of course, should be one of the duties of the health office. But, after all, I am opposed to making any sensation or scare out of the matter, for I co not believe the circumstances warrant it.” The report which the committee maje to the Medical Society last year and which was submitted to Congress contains the fol- lowing restme and recommendations which may well be reprinted at this time, as Dr. Johnstor. says they apply equally weil this year as last: Pollation of the Soil From Privies. “Washington, whose sewerage system Is very good in most respects, but with fatal defects which diminish its efficiency and with that equally great danger from soil pollution from its 9,000 privies, has an aver- age annual mortality of 6.2 in the last thir- teen years. This is four times the death rate of Brooklyn, twice that of New York and the same as that of Philadelphia. “The daily pollution of the soil by the fecal discharges of our patients suffering from typhoid fever, with the resulting con- tamination of well water, must be recog- nized as the chief source of the diffusion of the disease. It is a case of auto-infection. We are daily breeding the poison which poi- sons us, and the inevitable round from in- testine to soll, from soil to well, and from well back to intestine goes on and on with the most tragic uniformity. We sustain all the conditions favorable to rapid and per- fect propagation of the bacilll. Granches and Deschamps have experimentally shown that typhoid germs placed on the surface of frequently moistened ground will pene- trate nearly two feet into the soil, and will there retain life for five and a half months. They multiply rapidly in illy drained soll, live for an indefinite time In privy vaults and have a much longer existence in cis- terns and wells than in runring water. “In Washington we supply all these neces- sary conditions—leaking privies for the re- ception of the excreta and their contained germs, a damp and illy drained soil for their reception and rapid growth, neighboring wells for the resulting, the inevitably re- sulting, contamination of drinking water consumed by a thirsty population. What more conveniences can we supply? What more successful means can we adopt to raise our mortality to a point higher than that of Brooklyn, New York, Baltimore ard Boston? We are among the most successful cultivators of the deadly bacillary plant in this country. All Wells Should Be Abandoned. “The committee would urge upon the Medical Society the importance of taking the initiaiive in the effort to control the spread of this destructive but preventable disease by urging upon our municipal gov- ernment and upon Congress the prompt adcption of measures to remove the causes to which this report has drawn attention. “The measvres to be recommended are: “1. The immediate abandonment ¢. all wells within the city limits, exception only to be made in case of the absence of the Potomac supply, and where the wells, after repeated chemical and bacteriolo; aminaticns, have been found to be free from all possible sources of danger. But even these to be abandoned as rapidly as possible. “2. Purification of the sewerage system already existing, by replacing as rapidly as possible all damaged or defective drains. The introduction of new sewers in advance of other improvements in parts of the city not now supplied with drainage, and the extension of the system as far outside of the city limits as the rapidly growing population demands, so as to pre- vent soil contamination. “4. The adoption of some system by which the lowe: sections of the city can be more completely drained and the risks arising from the backing up of tide water and sewage prevented. The final and safe disposal of the sewage. Concluding Recommendations. “6. To make all existing privies, vaults or other receptacles of human excreta water tight, and by rigid inspection and peraities to prevent the danger from leak- age and overflow. The early completion of the plans recommended by Colonel Elliot, in charge of the Washington aqueduct, and now in course of execution, which have in view the sedimentation of the Potomac water, and ultimately the completion of works for filtration, the only proper method of purification. “8. The suppression -of all privies and the enforcing of the law to make sewer connections.~ a “9. Careful inspection of all dairies in the District from which our milk supply is drawn, and the enactment of a law by which no milk shall be sold in the District without a permit from the health office. The inspection should cover an examina- tion at the dairies of all possible sources of infection, including the water supply. “I: The urging upon the members of the profession of a careful collation of all facts bearing upon the mode of infection in each case, and the advantage of re- porting such facts to the society, and the propagation of the doctrine that immediate disinfection of the stools is the first duty of the physician as guardian of the health of the community.” a = FATHER AND SON There Will Soon Be Two Rear Admiral Selfridges in the Navy. it That Will Ensue When the Commodore Receives Remarkable Res His Prometion. Commodore Themas O. Selfridge, presi- dent of the naval inspection board, has been ordered to report in person at the Navy Department tomorrow for examina- tion for promotion to the grade of rear edmiral. This action is taken in anticipa- tion of the retirement of Rear Admiral C. Cc. Carpenter, in February next. This re- tirement will crezte a vacancy in the list of admirals on the active list which it is desired to fill promptly. The prospective promotion of Commo- dore Selfridge to the rank of admiral will result in a state of affairs unprecedented in the history of the United States navy if not in the history of every other navy of the world. It will show father and son in the highest possible grade of naval com- mand. In this case, however, the father is on the retired iist. Admiral Selfridge, se- nior, is a resident of this city, and is a vigorous old man, despite his career of four score years and ten and over. He entered the navy as a midshipman in January, 1818, and was retired as a commodore in April, 1866. In July, 1867, while on the retired list, he was promoted to the grade of rear admiral, which rank he will hold till his death. Admiral Carpenter is now im command of the val forces on the Adjatic station and his “early retirement will soon make it necessary to consider the aelection of his successor in that most important com- mand, inasmuch as he will bave to be re- lieved in time to allow him, to reach this country by the date of his retirement. NAVAL yYOLUTIONS. The Work to Be Done by the Atlantic Saundron. | The North Atlantic squadron will go to sea again in a few days from the Chesa- peake bay to resume evalutions. It is probable that the entire’ squadron, rein- forced by the Maine and ‘Texas, and per- haps the baitle ship Indiana, will continue these evoluticns on a larger scale in south- ern waters during the approaehing winter, though the details of the ‘winter cruise have not yet been’ definitely arranged. The department has determined’ to allow Ad- miral Bunce the widest Mberty in this work, which is regarded as of the greatest importance to the navy.’ Fot many years our navy bas been obliged to content itself with the adoption of such marine tactics included in foreign codés as seemed de- sirable. So far as these related to Individ- ual ships their usefulness has been from time to time demonstrated, but when it came to the great fleet maneuvers the de- partment was cbliged to take them on trust. There has been a distinct difference of opinion among naval officers as to the suitability of many of these rules for our own use, and the department has long sought the opportunity to ascertain their value by a practical demonstration. For the first time since we began to build a modern navy the opportunity is now in reach, and this is the work the squadron Is now carrying on, and whieh it will con- tinue during the winter, for.much remains yet to be done. 3 —_—___—_-e.____ IN AMERICAN VESSELS. New Arrangements for Carrying the Mails to Europe. The new arrangements for carrying ocean mails will go into effect October 16. The first trip will be made by the St. Louls. At that time the United States will begin pay- ing the New American lines of steamers four dollars per mile for carrying the mail from New York to Southampton. The num- ber of miles between those places will be computed by the Navy Department, giving the average distance, and no regard will be paid to the northern or southern route. The computations will also be in statute instead of nautical miles, the opinion of the Attorney General being to the effect that the word mile In the law does not mean nautl- cal miles or knots. It is estimated that the cost of carrying the mails will be something over $700,000 per year. Under the contract the American company must dispatch a ship every week, and carry all mail that is offered. It has rot yet been determined whéther mall will be held for American lines or whether it shall be dispatched also by other lines. This is something to be decided by the Postmaster General, and he and Gen. Neil- son, the second assistant, under whose juris- diction the foreign mails come, are now considering the matter. It is probable that the department will not decide to hold for- eigns mails for a week, but will send the more important matters by the other lines, as now. Papers and printed matter will no doubt be held for the contract service. —_-e—____ THE AJAX AND PORTSMOUTH. Two Old War Vessels to Be Refitted for Naval Militia Uses. Lieut. Niblack, in charge of the naval militia bureau, left Washington today for Trenton, N.J., to confer with the state au- thorities respecting the fitting up of the monitor Ajax, now at Camden, for the use of the western division of the New Jersey militia. Mr. Niblack will then proceed to Hotoken to inspect the Portsmouth, which is to be again rigged out as a sailing ship and used for cruising by the eastern New Jersey naval militia, At New York the lieutenant will meet by appointment tho adjutant general of the Massachusetts naval militia to complete the arrangements for the transfer of the Minnesota to the state of Massachusetts. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any irregularity in the de- livery of The Star a1 also any failure on the part of tle carrier to ring the door belf. ? A proper service cgn only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. SURE OF SUCCESS Senator Sherman Expects Fifty Thousand Majority in Ohio. THE NEXT CONGRESS AND THE COUNTRY Any Relief for the Business Con- ditions Depends on the President. SENATE REORGANIZATION Senator Sherman arrived in Washington this morning and expects to return to Ohio tomorrow. “The situation in Ohio,” he said to a Star reporter, “is very favorable to the republi- cans. We do not expect such an extraor- dinary majority as we had last time, but we will have about a normal majority, probably fifty or sixty thousand. The legislature as Well as the governor will be republican. Much depends upon Hamilton county, and the indications there are all favorable to the republicans. The Music Hall meeting at Cincinnati was the most enthusiastic and largely attended meeting of the sort for years.”” “What do you think of the general politi- cal outlook?” “It is very unfavorable to the democrats and their prospects.are not improving. The democratic administration of affairs has not tjaet with approval. Mr. Cleveland has many friends, but the people have no confidence in the democratic party. Signs point to republican success at the presidential clec- No General Business Revival. “Do you think there has been a substan- tial and permanent improvement in busi= ress conditions?” “Times are better thin they were. The business conditions have improved over what they have been, but there is no sub- stantial revival, and no promise of return of general prosperity under the present circumstances. In some branches of busi- ness there has been material improvement, but the revival is not general.” “Do you expect Congress to do anything this winter to improve the situation?” “That depends on the President. ‘The re- publicans have complete power in the House, but uncertain power in the Senate. I think something can be done, but it will depend on the President.” Must Be on Protective Lines. “You mean in the way of increasing tariff revenue?” “Yes; something could probably be done in that direction. Whatever is done must be on protective lines, however, and if there is any tariff legislation it will include a duty on wool.” “Do you think there can be of revenue outside the customs: “{ do not care to go into that.” “What is the outlook for financial legis- lation?” “That is a question I do not want to dis- cuss. It is a delicate matter and had better wait. It must be considered very careful- ly.”” No Struggle Over Senate Offices. “Will the republicans reorganize the Sen- ate?” “We have a strong plurality of the Sen- ate. One vote would give us the organiza- tion. I do rot think, however, that there will be any struggle over the small offices. I do not think there will be any combina- tions to get the organization. The most probable thing is a settlement between the republicans and democrats—a compromise. I have heard the suggestion that the re- publicans should have the secretaryship and the democrats retain the sergeant-at- arms. I favor that. Col. Bright is a very gcod man, and the republicans, I think, will be perfectly willing to have the demo- crats retain him, while they take the sec- retaryship. In like manner the committee question will probably be ‘settled.”” ee SS THE MEXICAN BOUNDARY. increase Sessions of the Commission Now Being Held Here. The commission appointed under the treaty of February 29, 1882, to survey and relocate the existing frontier line between the United States and Mexico resumed its sessions in this city today. The commission consists of Col. J. W. Barlow, Lieuts. D. D. Gaillard and A. T. Mosman on behalf of the United States, and Senors Don Jacolo Blanco, Don Felipe Valle and Don Jese Tombonal representing Mexico. ‘The purpose of the commission is to re- survey the land boundary from the Rio Grande west to the coast. When the orig- inal boundary line was fixed in the early fifties but few monuments as markings were erected. Most of them have since disappeared. The commission has spent about three years in field work, and held its last session at San Diego, Cal., about a year ago. The location of the line does not involve ary disputed territory. ‘Today the commission began work on the field notes. Col. Barlow is of the opinion that the full report will not be completed before spring. Another Mexican boundary line commission is working on the boundary criginally fixed by the Rio Grande river, which has a constantly shifting bed. —__—___-e. CONSUL GENERAL MORSE. Our Representative in Paris Will Take a Message to Ambassador Eustis Mr. Samuel E. Morse, United States con- sul general at Paris, is in the city on his way back to his post, after a leave of ab- sence spent at his home in Indiana. He visited the State Department today and had an interview with Secretary Olney, in the course of which it is fair to assume he received a verbal message for the special guidance of Ambassador Bustis in the dip- lomatic management of the Waller case. Mr. Morse will sail from New York for France early next week. —_—___e.+—__ To Meet Mrs. Walter. ‘The State Department has instructed Dispatch Agent Rosser at New York to meet Mrs. Waller and her family when they arrive there on the European steamer teday or tomorrow. He will place them on the Washington train, 1nd it is presumed that when they arrive here they will be taken care of by their friends, for at this point the functions of the State Depart- ment end. Personal Mention. R. B. Bowler, the controller of the treas- ury, has returned to the city from his vaca- tion spent at Bar Harbor, Maine. Dr. F. V. Brooks has gore to Pittsburg to bring home the remains of his father, who died In that elty this morning. ——__+o-___ Consular Officers. The President has recognized the follow- ing consular officers: Luiz Augusto de Moura Pinto de Azevedo Taveira, consul general of Portugal at New York, and Guillermo P. Wilson, consul of the Argentine Republic at Philadelphia. . ——— Government Receipts Today. National bark notes received for redemp- tion, $218,380. Government receipts—From internal revenue, $529,962; customs, $584,090; miscellaneous, $26,441. DELOE RETURNS . HOME|MQRE VIGOR ADVISED After Many Days of Wandering in De- lirium. A Pathetie Scene at the House in Northeast Washington—A Happy Family Today. Almost reduced to a skeleton and in a de- lirious condition, William D. Deloe, the young reporter of the Dubcis, Pa., Evening Express, who mysteriously disappeared from Dubois a week from last Saturday, as then stated in The Star, suddenly enicred the parlor of his parents’ resjdence, 803 I street northeast, last evening, announcing his arrival with the exclamation, ‘Father, I'm here.” For twelve days young Deloe’s where- abouts were unknown. With three weeks’ salary due him and with no apparent rea- son,~he disappeared from Dubois as com- pletely as though swallowed by the earth, and during the period mentioned several parties were constantly scouring Pennsyl- vania in all directions. The disappearance amounted to a sensation in Dubois and vi- cinity, and the parents and relatives of the young man in this city were well-nigh fran- tic. The search had extended as far as Altoona yesterday and without success. Mr. and Mrs. Deloe were in constant communi- cation with the Pennsylvania authorities, and, although it was against the advice of everyone interested, the mother, unable to stand the suspense langer, had decidea to engage in the search and was making prep- arations to depart at the moment her lost son reached home. A Pathetic Meeting. The father of young Delve was sitting in the parlor of his home about » o'clock iast evening writing a letter to the mayor of Dubois when he heard the front door open and some one enter. Glancing up" he saw his son, just as the latter said, “Father, I'm here.” He moved forward and placed his arms about his father’s neck. 2irs. Deloe, in answer to a call, hastened to the parlor, and the young man was put to bed and given food. In a rambling way young Deloe told his mother that he was fast becoming sick in Dubois and made up his mind to come home. He went to a telegraph office, he said, to wire the fact that he was coming, but the company refused to forward the message despite the fact that he offered two dollars in payment. The next he knew he was in Pittsburg, later in Martinsburg and then at 3 railroad junction. The sufferer declar- ed that he jumped from a freight train near Eckington last night and fell and cut his head, but was able to drag himself home. It is evident from the delirious talk of young Deloe that he made his way to this eity on freight trains. He had no money and no papers or other articles that would give a clue to his identity.. Mrs. Deloe ‘s of the opinion that her son subsisted chiefly on fruit he was able to find, and the fact that he spoke of falling from a haystack would seem to indicate that he slept most- ly outdoors. A Happy Uome, Young Deloe repeatedly declared that it had required two and a half days for him to reach this city from Dubois, while in reality he was on the way twelve days. He has lucid intervals, when, he seems to realize that he is at home, and-expresses appreciation of the interest tat has been shown in him. His one idea seemed to be to get home and secure employment in this city. Mrs. Deloe thinks her son is suffering with malaria. He was much better this morning and ate a substantial breakfast. According to Mrs. Deloe her family is the very happiest greup of people tn the world today. She expresses sincere gratitude to the friends of the family for their kindness and expressions of sympathy, and to the members of the many churches who have constantly offered prayer for the safety of the young man. ———— TO SECURE ACCURACY. Clerks in the Sixth Auditor's Office Resent Discipline. ‘The clerks in the office of the sixth au- ditor are qaking complaint of unfair treatment on the part of Auditor Howard in charging up their absence on sick leave against their regular monthly leave, in posting thelr errors on a bulletin board, and also in sending post office inspectors to shadow clerks while absent on sick leave. They insist that Maj. Howard pur- sues this course to browbeat and humili- ate his clerks and forc2 them to submit to a castiron discipline. Auditor Howard, when seen today by a Star revorter, said: “Any official is Mable to be criticised, and I am willing to take my share and only ask a fair hearing. If any hardship has been caused by me in administering the business of this office I am sorry for it, but it must be charged up to a desire to have the office perform its work in a sys- tematic, business-like and prompt manner. This office must necessarily be accurate in its work. We handle here the accounts of the money order office, involving re- celpts and payments considerably in ex- cess of $30,000,000 per annum. The clerks who handle these figures must be accurate: More than this, we keep a book account with each one of the 60,000 or more post offices in this country. In that work this office must be accurate. Now, in order to maintain the efficiency of the office 1 have asked that clerks who have been away frem the office auy considerable number of days, say ten to fifteen, on sick leave, should take only a part of their regular annual leave, so as to enable other clerks who have been here all the time to take a part of their vacation. Some time during the year all the clerks of this office will enjoy their full leave of absence, but I must ask that these leaves be taken in such a way as to avold crippling the office. As to posting the errors of clerks, that has been done to promote the efficiency and accuracy cf our force. The best of clerks make mistakes and it is not a diszrace to have these errors posted. The aim is to in- duce accuracy and that Js the only reason why errors are posted. There Is 80 little foundation for the charge about inspectors shadowing clerks that for the present I will not notice it.” gabe create THE MILES MANSION. The General of the Army Renis a Large Residence. Major General Miles has rented the large house at the corner of 20th and G streets, ‘owned by Medical Director KindJeberger of the navy, and will take possession as soon as his household effects can be brought from New York. Mrs. Miles, Miss Miles and Master Miles are now in New York, and the general will also go there early next week to close up some private busi- ness preparatory to taking up his perma- nent residence in this city. It 1s expected that he will fill the two vacancies on his staff in a few days. Capt. Michler is his sole aid at presen! ee Insolvent Bank Dividends. The controller of the currency has de- clared dividends in favor of the creditors of insolvent national banks as follows: 5 per cent, the Columbia National Bark of Chicago, Ill.; 5 per cent, the Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tenn. ——__—_—__ The Evening Star for the full time the mystery story, “When the War Was Over,” is running, including back numbers, will be sent, postpaid, to out-of-town sub- scrivers for 60 cents. Subscribe for an out- of-town friend. United States Said to Have Given Spain a Hint. REGARDED AS WHOLLY IMPROBABLE More Energy to Be Employed in the Cuban Campaign. THE PLAN TO BE USED MADRID, October 11.—It is stated on the best of authority that the government of the United States has notified the Spanish minister at Washington, Senor Depuy De Lome, that there ic a necessity that Spain should act promptly in her efforts to crush the insurrection in Cuba. The news has caused quite a sensation here. The statement that the United Staies gov- ernment has intimated to the Spanish min- ister here that there is need of prompt action on the part of his government in putting down the Cuban insurrection can- not be confirmed at the State Department. ‘The officials, when approached, neither would confirm nor deny the report, though their manner would indicate disapproval of its accuracy. It is believed quite probable that repre- sentations may have been made to Spain of the wisdom of aggressive and active operations against the Cuban insurgents, but it is thought the United States govern- ment did not make these suggestions, and that, if made, they came from Minister De Lome, and were based on his personal views of the situation, and on his observa- tion of the trend of sentiment in the United States, and his knowledge of the purpose of the friends of the insurgents to press their cause vigorously soon after the assembling of Congress. It is apparent that the Cuban junta does not intend to urge recognition of the in- surgents as belligerents pricr to the open- ing of Congress, and daily events pcint quite as strongly to a determination to force the question on the attention of Con- gress in the belief that the legislative chan- nels afford the most practicable route to the accomplishment of something in behalf of Cuban independence, the executive branch of the government, in the very nature of things, being more constrained in its action than the legislative department. International Ussge. Senor De Lome, the -Spanish minister, had a short interview with Secretary Ol- ney yesterday, and this.goes to support the theory that in the course of their con- versation something might have been said by the minister in ‘the nature of a state- ment that operations in Cuba should be conducted with greater vigor hereafter. As the President must certainly mak: some reference to the insurrection in h' annual message to Congress when it meets in December, it would be but natural that Secretary Olney, upon whom he must rely for his own information, should take sieps to gather data upon which to hase a judg- ment as to the probabilities. It may be set down as beyond belief that Secretary Olney bas made ai statement to the Spanish minister that could be construed as a threat to intervene between the com- batants in Cuba at this stage, for this would amount to a reversal of the policy o1 this government in such matters. While it is true that President Grant dic, as indicated in bis message to Congress, entertain a belief that intervention in the then progressing rebellion in Cul would be justifiable, it is also true thai this view was never acceptable to Secretary Wish, and it has not secured the adherence of in- ternational lawyers. The whole weight of authority is decidedly adverse to the as- sertion by a neutral nation. of a right to say when war between two combatants has progressed to a point where it must be stopped. It may be recalled that some such proposition was made during the last stages of the Chino-Japanese war, but it never went further than the exercise of the good offices of the interested nations to bring about peace, which function is en- Urely distinct from direct intervention. The question is also separate frem that of the recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents, which, according to our pol- icy and practice, must be determined pure- ly by the facts in each case. It ‘s pointed out here also that the circumstances at present are different from those + urround- ing the last Cubay rebellion, when Presi- dent Grant took his stand, inusmuch as that rebellion dragged along for nearly ten years, while the present insurrection has been in progress less than a Near, or not nearly as long as our own rebellion. At the Spanish Legation. At the Spanish legation the officials were rot aware of any steps by the government of the United States such as that Inditated in the Madrid cable. Minister De Lome came over from Philadelphia last night, following his usual course of seving the State Department once a weck, but he gave no intimation to those with whom he talked that there had been any new de- velopments of importance. Under these circumstances the minister's associates doubt that any such radical step as the cable indicates has been tak2n by the United States. They cay such a move is of such supreme importance that it would be quickly known to all those interested in the subject. The Coming Campaign. Whatever may have been the inspiring cause to Spanish activity against the insur- gents, it is known that Spain is about io open a campaign of far greater energy than any thus far taken. The wet seasou has prevented the movement of troops and the maintenance of an aggressive cam- paign. But the dry season begins about three wecks hence, and this will be the signal, it is said, for extensive movements. A cordon, consisting of a double line of gunboats, will surround the island, to pre- vent the landing of arms or ammunition for the insurgents, and without arms from outside it is believed they soon will be helpless. The new beats about to arrive in Cuba will not be far short of twenty. Several of them were recently sent from the United States. About twelve were built in Eng- land, and are now on their way. Several more were constructed in Spain. They are very small, not much larger than a steam yacht, but are well armed and are of such light draught that they can run in the keys that surround Cuba. They will form the inner cordon around the island. Outside will be the second cordon, made up of the Conde de Vendadito and other large ships which Spain has in Cuban waters. With the island thus cut off from without, Gen. Campos will push the fight- ing from within. It is expected by Spanish officials that this forward movement will change the entire aspect of the conflict from one of minor skirmishes to extensi' battles. The sentiment among Spanish a thorities is that a decisive forward move- ment is essential, and the coming campaign is relled on to meet fully the requiremefts of the situation. — Gove to Boston. Secretary Carlisle and Assistant Secre- tary Hamlin left here today for Boston, where Mr. Carlisle will speak Saturday night at the annual dinner of the Massa- chusetts Reform Club. A call will be made on the President at Gray Gables tomorrow morning. . Sa ce The Enterprise Home From Europe. The training ship Enterprise arrived at Boston yesterday after a long cruise in European waters.