Evening Star Newspaper, October 17, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY THE aa ale HE STAR BUILDINGS, 1 lvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star {s served to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Ber week. cr 44 ceuts per month. Copies at the counter 2 vents cach. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cenis per month. Saturday Quintupl+ Sheet Star, $1 per year, with fereign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., ‘as second-class mail matter.) £7,Al mall subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of adv rtising made kncwn on appl ° Che Evening Star. No. 13,298. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Look on page 8 for the tenth installment of “When the War Was Over.” $500 for the correct solu- tion of the mystery by a ‘woman reader. THE TWO POSITIONS SENATE This Country and Great Britain as to the Venezuelan Boundary. INSTRUCTIONS SENT TO MR. BAYARD The Probable Character of Lord Salisbury’s Answer. MONROE DOCTRINE INVOLVED The Associated Press dispatch from Lon- don this morning ts fully confirmatory of the statement made in The Star some weeks ago, and repeated several times since in The Star and in other papers, that Ambas:cdor Bayard has been instructed to represent to the British government the attitude of the United States toward any foreign encroachment upon American soll and to suggest a speedy settlement of the beundary dispute with Venezuela. On the 27th of August, shortly after the letter to Mr. Bayard was written, The Star stated, with authority, that “it is understood that Mr. Bayard, the American representative in England, has been in- structed to make a strong presentation of the attitude of this country with relation to tke boundary dispute between Great Britain and Venezuela. Great Britain, it is said, is to be given, or already has been given,to understand that this country looks with disfavor upon any encroachment upon Venezuelan territory, and it is the feeling of the President that the dispute should be sp2ed.ly submitted to arbitration.” The dispatches from London fully contirm this and subsequent statements in The Star on the subject, and state, as is understood here to be the case, that no reply has been made by Lord Salisbury. Not Impatient for a Reply. As yet there has nothing developed in the case to render the State Department at Washington impatient for a reply. It is @ grave question, and a hasty answer is not desired. It is expected, however, that the reply will be made before Congress meets, and it should be received before the middle of November. The editorial declara- tion of the London Times, uttered simul- taneously with the semi-official acknowl- edgment that the letter from Secretary Olney has been presented to Lord Salis- bury, is regarded here as significant, indi- cating the character of the reply which Lord Salisbury will submit. It is regarded as indicating that Great Britain will dis- miss the question of force of the Monroe doctrine with a statement that it is not in- volved, and, therefore, will not be dis- evssed, and will proceed to maintain that there is no attempt being made to acquire new territory in America, but merely to hold what is already British territory. The territory beyond the Schomburgh line which is in dispute she is willing <o arbi- trate upon, as has already been indicated. Lord Salisbury, it is thought, may go fur- ther than this in his reply to Mr. Bayard, and agree to submit to arbitration iz uddi- tion to the question of whether there is anything to arbitrate upon within the Schomburgh iine. This is the sort of prop- ezition that was considered in connection with the Bering sea arbitration, which was disastrous to the United States. There is, in fact, a story here that such a propost- tion has already been agreed on between Venezuela and Great Britain, through the intercessions of Mr. Bayard, and that Mr. Cleveiand will so announce to Congress. Not Countenance Such an Agreement. It ts entirely improbable that the Presi- dent and Mr. Olney would give countenance to such an agreement, unless their position as set forth in the letter to Mr. Bayard was no more than a pretense and they are glad of any means of avoiding the logical con- sequence. The position of Venezuela and of this government fs that the British ter- ritory is fully laid out in the earlier maps which do not include the disputed terri~ tory, and that the Dutch claimed no more, ner did the English until long after they acquired British Guiana. A proposition to simply ask arbiters whether there is anything to arbitrate is equivalent to having an arbitration upon the Monroe doctrine. This country could not, of course, agree to submit the Monroe doctrine to arbitration any more than it could submit the doctrine of protection to foreign arbitration. There is not a govern- ment off the continent of America which would be qualified to try the case. It is believed that Lord Salisbury is adroitly trying to get Mr. Bayard into a trap. The Two Positions. What England was given to understand, in diplomatic language, was that the United States would not acknowledge her Jurisdiction over the disputed territory, which we believe to belong to Venezuela, unless it were decided by arbitration that it was properly a part of the British pos- sessions acquired from the Dutch. What England is willing to submit to arbitration is the question whether we have the right to insist upon her title being proved—in other words, whether the Monroe doctrine is valid. Diplomats’ Attention Attracted. The evidently inspired comment of the leading British newspapers upon this letter has attracted serious attention among the diplomatic body here, and they see In it a good deal of significance and possibly a threat of grave complications to follow. The statement that is held to be of par- ticular significance is that the British gov- ernment regards the views set forth in Secretary Oiney’s letter as so important that a long time must be taken for its con- sideration. As there is nothing new, to Great Britain especiaily, In an enunciation in a mild form of the Monroe doctrine, it is assumed here that the only purpose of de- laying a response which the terms of the letter indicated would be gratefully received if sent promptly, is to afford, the British government an opportunity to consult with some of the other great European powers pon this subject. Most of these powers are concerned in the fortunes of American States, some directly and in a measure like Great Britain, as in the case of France and Spain with their colonial possessions, and others through hi investments of their citizens in the securities and concessions. Result of the Doctrine Lnid Down. The doctrine laid down by Secretary Olney, if carried to {ts logical conclusion, would probably estop any interference by force on the part of a European power in the affairs of an American republic, and also as in the case of Venezuela, which may find a parallel in the case of the boundary dispute between France and Brazil, prevent any of these European na- tions from extending their colonial posses- sions in this hemisphere. Therefore, it is belicved by some diplomats here ‘to be with! m the range of possibility that Great Britain may have in contemplation a union witn some of the other European powers in a joint refusal to accept the doctrine laid down by Monroe. Such a combination could be viewed with the gravest concern by the United States. Capt. Hobbs’ New Duties. Capt. Frank Hebbs, ordnance depart- ment, has been detailed as a member of the board of officers appointed to test vange and position fenders. Senator Proctor Thinks It a Necessary Thing for the Republicans, He Knows No Agreement to the Con- trary—Democrats Cannot Secure & Majority to Control. Senator Proctor of Vermont has returned frem an extended hunting trip, and will soon take up his residence for the coming session of Congress. Speaking of seme of the problems before the Senate, he said to- day: “It seems to me that to a very great de- gree at least it will be necessary for the re- publicans to reorganize the Senate. But there has been no arrangement, under- standing or correspondence upon that sub- ject so far as I am aware. I do not under- stand, as has been suggested in some quar- ters, that there was an agreement among the republican Senators at the close of last session that there should be no reorganiza- tion of the Senate at this session except by republican votes. If there was an agre2- ment of that kind I was not a party to it. The republicans may not care to resume the responsibility for the reorganization of the Senate under existing eonditions, but as a matter of fact they cannot avoid the consequences of their plurality. Tne pl rality of the Senate, for that matter, pra. tically carries control of the Senate with it. Centro] of the Senate, of course, would give to the republicans the power to mi- tiate legislation, which would be an advan- tage. I do not think that the question of patronage is likely at all to enter into this matter. There certainly has been no indi- cation of any contest upon the part of the republican Senators on that question. I have heard nothing of any of the rivalries of that kind which are spoken of in the newspapers. There certainly is nothing tn the suggestian that there wiil be an at- tempt, if the republicans shall reorganize the Senate, to depose Senator Morrill from the chairmanship of the committee on finance. He is the senior republican of that committee, and if the republicans should regain control of the Senate he would un- doubtedly be given the chairmanship,which he held at the time the republicans lost the Senate. Democrats Cannot Secure a Majority. “I certainly do not see how the democrats ean desire or expect to control the Senate so long as they will not have a majority which would make that control effective. And there is no probability that they will secure such a majority. The only way in which the democrats could secure the con- trol of the Senate would be by combining with all of the populists. That seems to me altogether impracticable. It does not ap- Pear to me to be possible that the populists as a body will co-operate with either party. This is only an assumption on my part. 1 have no information as to the probable ac- tion of the parties as a whole or as to any one of them. Nor do I know what attitude Senators Jones and Stewart of Nevada will take, both of whom claim to be populists. ‘There have been recent reports that Senator Jones has abandoned his relations to the Pepulists and is likely to return to the re- publicans. I do not know how that may be or how accurate thcse reports are. As fcr Senator Stewart, I do not imagine that he is so embittered on account of the silver con- troversies that he will act, as a rule, with the democrats rather than w:th the republicans. He 1s, of course, an intense silver man and is the mainstay of the silver party. But cn all questions aside from those which relate to silver Senator Stewart, I should say, is an earnest republican. He is certainly op- posed at heart and by his record to most of the things for which the democrats stand, except as regards silver.” HEALTH OF THE ARMY. The Annual Report of Surgeon Gen- eral Sternberg for Lust Year. The annual report of Gen. Sternberg, sur- geon general of the army, for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1895, shows a gratify- ing record as regards the health of the army for the calendar year of 1894, which, taken as a whole, may be said to be the best annual record ever consolidated from returns sent in by United States army med- Ieal officers. Although the death rate is a fractien higher than the lowest rate ever recorded, the other rates are by far lower than they have ever berore been in the his- tory of our army. The number of admis- sicns to hospitals per 1,000 of mean strength ef the army was only 1,089.73, as compared with 1,289.04 during the calendar year 1898, and with 1,376.89, the average of the years of the previous decade. The total disbursements for exepnses of the medical department of the army for the year was $71,745. The total number of specimens in the Army Medical Museum at the end of the fiscal year was 32,88, of which 623 were received during the year. The museum was visited during the year by 52,091 persons. The number of patients during the year at the Providence Hospital was 1,190, the average number treated per day having been 114. The character of the personnel of the hospital corps is improved. Great care is taken to investigate the character and pre- vious record of every man offering for re- enlistment, or transfer from the line, with a view to maintaining a high standard of sobriety and efficiency. Owing to the abandonment of a number of military posts, 2 considerable eduction in the num- ter of privates has taken place during the r. On June 30, 1895, there were only as compared with 585 at the end of the preccding year. The prevalence of alcoholism in the army continues to declire. The food furnished the army is reported as ample in quantity, varied In kind and well cooked, and the clothing issued has given general satisfac- tion. —_—-e. MILITARY TRANSFERS. An Order That Settles What Promised to Be a Prolonged Controversy. An order was issued at the War Depart- ment today transferring Lieut. Col. Guy V- Henry from the fifth cavalry to the third cavalry, and transferring Lieut. Col. Sam’! M. Whiteside from the third cavalry to the fifth cavalry. These transfers settle what promised to be a prolonged controversy. According to former orders, Col. Henry will have command of the post at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, in the absence of Col. A. G. Mills of the third cavalry on de- tached service. Col. Whiteside is relieved from further duty at Jefferson barracks and is ordered to report to the commanding general, department of Texas, for assign- ment to a station. Col. Wade is in com- mand of the fifth cavalry. The change ob- viates the sitvation of having two ollicers of the same rank at the same post with the command in the hands of an officer at- tached to a regiment attached to another military department. o+______ A SALE ON SEVENTH STREET. Valuable Business Froperty Pur- chased by Mr. Isador Saks. Mr. Samuel Bieber has sold for Mr. Chas. Baum the property at No. 316 7th street te Mr. Isador Saks for $58,000. The build- ing adjoins the National Bank of the Re- public, and is occupied by the Bon Marche. It covers the whole lot, which is 28 feet front by 100 feet deep, and is four stories high, without a cellar. Mr. Saks bought the property as a per- gonal Investment, entirely separate from the affairs of the firm of Saks & Co. The Commissioners Planning to Re- deem Its Character. TOBUILD AGREAT INTERCEPTING SEWEP Congress to Be Asked for Money for the Work. AN IMPORTANT PROJECT There is every prospect that the James Creek canal, with its foul, disease-breeding contents, will be purified, and cease to be a menace both to the lives and health of the people. The Commissioners propose to do all in their power to remedy matters, and a de- termined effort will be made at the next session of Congress to get an appropria- tion sufficient to carry out a project that will solve the question for some time to come. Each year since 1890, when the board of sanitary engineers made its re- port upon the sewerage of the District, the Commissioners have been abie to secure from Congress a little help in the matter of carrying out the project of that board. So the Commissioners feel certain that this year a good appropriation will be se- cured to commence this important work. For some time past the engineer depart- ment has been hard at work devising some scheme whereby the sewage which now flows into the James Creek canal through the Tiber Creek sewer could be diverted, and the canal kept uncontaminated. Capt. Beach, who has the direct supervision of the sewerage system of the city, has been especially active in this work, and the Engineer Commissioner has given the sub- ject his personal attention. They believe that the next most important step in the matter of improving the sewerage system of Washington is to build an intercepting sewer which will divert all sewage from the James Creek canal and leave that an open waterway, entirely free from Pollution by sewage. —* While the Commissioners propose to make a struggle to have all their estimates turned into appropriations, they will con- centrate thelr efforts, it is said, in get- ting an appropriation for this Tiber Creek sewer. In the estimates for this sewer the Engineer Commissioner has asked for an appropriation of $100,000, with authority to enter into a contract for building, the en- tire sewer at a cost not exceeding $183,500. The Plans Made. According to the plans, this interceptor will commence at the corner of C and ist streets northwest, where it will intercept the old Tiber sewer at the lowest puint at which it is possible to receive the storm water for the purpose of delivering ‘t by gravity to the Eastern branch. Its course wall then be through © and Arthur streets to the Capitol grounds, thence trough the Capitol grounds on the line of Arthur street to about the line of the southern side of the Capitol, and thence south2aster- ly to the junction of Delaware avenue and South B street. From South B street it will pass through Delaware uvenue to Canal street, throuxh Canal street to Gar- field Park, across Garfield Park to New Jersey avenue, and through New Jersey avenue to the Eastern branch. This loca- tion of the outlet gives the shortest dis- tance to the river from the point of inter- ception. ‘At the foot of New Jersey avenue, a lit- tle above the proposed pumping station, the Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue in- terceptor will discharge its dry-weather flow into the B street and New: Jersey eve- nue trurk sewer through a connecting pipe, which will be provided with a positive gate and with an automatic gate for cutting off or regulating the flow. A Fourteen-Foot Sewer. The Tiber creek and New Jersey avenue interceptor will have a uniform diameter of fourteen feet down to the conrecting pipe, where the level of the invert will be nearly ten feet below datum. From this point to the tide gate at the bank of the Eastern branch the section of the sewer will be modified by Increasing its width and rais- Ing the invert 30 as to bring its contents to the tide gate chamber as nearly opposite the tide gates as possible. The gates to be accessible should not extend very far be- low low tide, and it would be of little ad- vantage to extend them more than a foot above high tide, because the water flowing from the sewer would not rise to fill them. As the height of the gate is thus limited to six or seven feet, and the width of each gste is also limited by practicable consid- erations, it will be necessary, in order to provide for the efflux,without excessive ve- locity of the maximum amount of storm water which this sewer can bring, to have several gates side by side. The suggested plan for this section of the sewer is to change just beyond the point of intercep- tion by a bell mouth from the fourteen- foot sewer to twin sewers, each twelve feet wide and ten feet high, having their inverts slightly curved and higher than that of the fourteen-fort sewer. These sewers would rise gradually to the gate chamber and would again widen be- fore reaching It. On the opposite side of the chamber from the sewers eight double sets of tide gates are to be placed side by side in the bays 4.5 feet wide. The outer end of these bays to be provided with grooves, in which stop-planks or a wooden gate can be placed whenever it becomes necessary to repair the tide gates. This interceptor will have sufficient capacity to discharge the entire water of a rainfall of 1.16 inches per hour from its drainage area of 1,149 acres. The total length of the in- terceptor will be 8,581 feet and the total cost $483,500. This is, generally speaking, the plan that will be followed, although there may be some deviations. For instance, it is pro- posed instead of closing up the James Creek canal to leave it open as a water way for commerce, and build upon each side a dyke to prevent {t from overflowing. ‘An arrangement will also be made whereby the stom water from the intercepting sewer can be turned into the canal and flush it out when deemed necessary. SS A POST-GRADUATE SCHOOL. A New London Committee Urges Its Establishment in This City. Some time ago Passed Assistant Jin- gineer F. C. Bieg delivered an address be- fore the American Society of Naval En- gineers, in which he took strong ground in favor of the establishment of a naval ex- perimental station and engineers’ school. He pointed out the large economies that might be effected in naval construction by therough scientific and practical experi- ment, and the benefit that the naval serv- fice would derive through the post-graduate instruction of young engineer officers. He suggested that the naval station at New Lendon, Conn., at present not much used, would afford an excellent location for the new school. ‘The New London people took up this sug- gestion with unanimity, and at a called meeting of the board of trade a committee was appointed, which called upon Secretary Herbert today by appointment to further the project. Among the members of the delegation were Mayor Jas. P. Johnston, Elisha B. Daboll, president of the board of trade; Postmaster Mahan, ex-Mayor Geo. F. Tenkey, Col. A. C. Tyler and Alderman ©. S. Darrow. They set out at length the advantages of the New London station, equipped, as it Is, with buildings and wharves now unsued, its deep water front, rallroad facilities and good climate. The Secretary heard them with interest, und promised to give the subject his personal attentien, That Published This Morning Was an En- tire “Fake,” Dr. Rooker Says There Wan Absolute- ly Not One Word of Truth in the Story. Monsignor Satolli and the officials of the papal delegation here were astonished to see today in a morning paper the alleged text of a letter from Pope Leo, felicitating the American church and commending the success of Monsignor Satolli’s mission. Dr. Rooker, secretary to the delegate, stated to a Star reporter that the publica- tion was a “fake” frem beginning to end. “There is,” he said, “not one word of truth in the story. . The letter is made up with- out any foundation whatever. There is not a shadow even upon what it could be based. No such letter has been received by any one.” - In presenting the alleged text of the let- ter the writer has attempted to adopt the usual dignified and formal phraseology of letters coming from ‘the pope. It begins with the usual greeting and apostolic bene- diction. The pope: is made to speak as*| “we,” which is his usual custom. It closes with the signature “Leo XIII, pontiff, given at Rome in the eighteenth year of our pontificate.” . The only letter received from the pope was given yesterday in Associated Pres: dispatches from Philgdelphia, and whi was published in The Star. The letter con- demned congresses of religion, such as that held at the world’s fair at Chicago. Such a declaration from the pope was one of the most impertant utterances on American affairs in recent years. It was received by Monsignor Satolli abgut the time of the recent assembling here of the Catholic archbishops, and a copy was furnished each of them. But the manufactured pope's let- ter dees not contain the essential feature of the real letter—the condemnation of con- gresses of religion—but attaches the pope’s signature to a document which is pro- nounced a “fake” at the papal delegation. This letter shad no resemblance to the “fake” letter. ; 2 EX-CONSUL WALLER, French Success in Madagascar May Benefit Hix Financial Interests. Counsellor Kennedy of the ‘Waller case is of the opinion that the turn which the course of military affairs has taken in Madagascar in favor of the French will not unfavorably affect the financial inter- ests of the ex-consul fn tHat island. He holds that the owrershtp of*the Jand con- ceded to Mr. Waller by the Hova govern- ment is a questicn entirely separate from that of his guilt or ‘fmnocence of the charge of- aiding and abetting the Hovas in their war with the French. He bases tris opinion upon the fact that the grant was made previous to the French conquest, and says that while France at the time questioned the right of the Hovas to make the concession, the government of the United States had not conceded France's right to interfere in the management of the internal affairs of Madagascar. When France asgumes‘an gndisputed pro- tectorate in the island, as it is presumed she will in view of the recent success of her arms in that quarter, she will find that various grants have been made to citizens of other countries, notably of England and Germany, and it is supposed that the Waller grant will be put on the same basis as those. No intimation has so far been received here as to the light throwa upon the imprigopnment of Waller by the record of his trjal, which is now in the hands of Ambassador Eustis. It 1s believed by Waller's friends that even if it should be made by this record to appear that the court in which he was tried had Jurisdiction and the charges were not with- out foundation, the French government will be induced to grant the prisoner's re- lease as an act of international comity, but the ex-consul’s friends will demand a very thorough ‘scrutiny of the papers be- fore allowing the request to be made on this ground. ——_—__-e-______ CHINESE RAILROADS. Difficulties in Overcoming the Super- atition of the Natives. A most interesting. report upon Chinese railroads is furnished to the State Depart- ment by United States Consul Read at Tien Tsin. He tells of the difficulties that were encountered by the young English en- gineer who ran the first locomotive in overcoming the superstitious repugnance of the natives and the government to the “rocket dragon,” as his home-made loco- motive was called, and of the engineering features of the road from Tien Tsin‘to Shan- hai-kwan, and gives the following incident of the first trip by steam of the celebrated old viceroy, Li Hung Chang: “As director general of the road he was given a special car. This was furnished with elaborate chairs, lounges, tables, etc., upholstered in silk and satin.“ Li on his first trip was profuse in his expressions of admiration. Upon his return to Tien ‘sin his satisfaction had reached. such a point that he ordered all the furniture, hangings, ete., to be removed to his yamen (palace). To the disappointment of the great viceroy, the special feature of the car—the luxuri- ous bed—was left behind, as it had been -uilt into the car. The directors learned a lesson, and the viceroy’s new private car has furniture that cannot be removed.” ———_+e+___. AMICABLY ADJUSTED. Consul General Williams Will Per- form Diplomatic Functions. The contreversy between the United States and Spanish governments over the performance of diplomatic functions by Consul General Williams at Havana is re- ported to have been amicably settled, and Mr. Williams will be permitted to continue to act In that capacity ‘whenever occasion requires. This is in aceordamce with the request of the United States government. It is understood that Seergtary Olney has been informed that the govermor general at Havata acted entirely under a misappre- hensicn of his instructions when he notified the United States consul gemeral that he would be recognized hereafter only for the transaction of consular and commercial business, It thus appears that another cause of friction between thé two govern- ments has been satisfactorily adjusted. $e __—_ RECEPTION TO GENERAL MILES. A Brilliant Event Expected at the Army and Navy Ofub. The reception to be given té Gen. Nelson A. Miles tonight by the Army and Navy Club is expected to be a memorable event, Loth in point of brilliancy and the dis- tinguished character of the assemblage. A large number of Invitations have been is- sued, and 9 o'clock is thé hour named for the reception to hegin, Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are earnestly requested to report any irregularity in the de- livery of The Star and also any failure on the part of the carrjer to ring the door bell. A proper service can only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. Why He Will Not Again Speak in Kentucky. ONE OF HIS FRIENDS TALKS FREELY He Thinks Blackburn Will Beaten for the Senate. Be WILL TRY FOR THE HOUSE During Senator Blackburn's recent visit to Washington he said to a representative of The Star that Secretary Carlisle would not reappear on the Kentucky stump dur- ing the present campaign, and that the Sec- retary knew the reason why. The remark cccasioned a good deal of comment, and was construed to mean that Mr. Carlisle had in reality abandoned the state to the free coinage wing of the party. Mr. Car- lsle made no reply to the taunt, and it is understood will make none. From a source altogether friendly to him, however, it is now learned what the Secretary’s side of the matter is. Said one of his friends to- day: Has Abandoned Nothing. “Mr. Carlisle has abandoned nothing. He went int6 the state last spring, presented his financial views, and the convention of his party ratified them by a vote of over two to one. It was an entirely open and honorable transaction, and the party stands committed by the deliverarce. The subse- quent complications are not of his working. He is responsible neither for Gen. Hardin's repudiation of the party's platform, nor for the repudiation of Gen. Hardin by cer- tain sound money democrats. He can af- ford to stand just where he is. How could he mend matters by returning to the stump? His views are well known. “He has no new ones to present. I don’t pretend to interpret Mr. Blackburn's feelings. He may not de- sire Mr. Carlisle’s reappearance at home, but some of the silver men would hail it with satisfaction. They are very uneasy about Gen. Hardin, and if Mr. Carlisle should return to the stump now, and yet, notwithstanding, Gen. Hardin should be beaten, they would at once charge the dis- aster up to the Secretary. They would as- sert that but for his participation in the campaign the democratic ticket would have won. Why should Mr. Carlisle take this risk? If his advice had prevailed, Gen. Hardin's election would not today be en- veloped in any doubt whatever. The normal democratic majority would be more than guararteed.” Blackburn Not Safe. “Do you think that Mr. Blackburn is safe?” “I do not. His expression of confidence is political. He is a candidate. He must be confident in all public expressions. But he will be beaten. His re-election to the Sen- ate cannot be accomplished. It would cost the state: her proper place in the sound money column. The silver question applies to the senatorship directly. What sort of reputation would it give Kentucky to elect a free eilver man to the Senate in Jan- uary and then appear in the democratic national convention in June with instruc- tions for sound money? Kentucky ts for sound money, and will so record herself next year.” ‘Will Try for the House. “If Mr. Blackburn is beaten for a return to the Senate, will that end his political career?” “No, indeed. You'll see he'll try for the House again from his old district. And his entrance into that race will add materially to its interest. W. C. Owen, who ran last year, and whose~seat is in contest, will stand for renomination. Col. Breckinridge will probably oppose him. Then Blackburn. That will make the welkin ring. All three are capital stumpers. and aggressive by nature. It so happens, too, that they don’t like one another. Imagine the situation in a district of people accustomed to ringing canvasses with those three men contend- ing for supremacy! It will be very difficult to pick the winner. No, it is quite impos- sible to think of Mr. Blackburn out of poli tics. He has spent many years in offic and I fancy the storm and stress of public business must have become almost life it- self to him. He is a lawyer, it is true, but he bas no practice, owing to his stronger taste for politics. A return to the bar at his time of life is seldom relished by a man of his temperament, and is as seldom suc- cessful.” ee THE SUGAR BOUNTY CASES. Secretary Carlisle to Give Mr. Man- derson a Hearing. Ex-Senator Manderson of Nebraska will be given a hearing by Secretary Carlisle on the question raised by him in the sugar bounty cases as to the jurisdiction of the controller of the treasury. After Control- ler Bowler’s decision to send the cases to the Court of Claims, Secretary Carlisle promised the sugar men that he would hear them, if they desired it, on this ques- tion. Last night the Secretary telegraphed ex-Senator Manderson, rotifying him that the Court of Claims will meet on the 28th of this month, and unless the question as to the controiler’s juriSdiction was raised be- fore that time he would send the claims to the court. This morning the Secretary re- ceived a reply from Mr. Manderson, renew- ing his request for a hearing, and asking that the time for the hearing be fixed for some date before Nevember 10. In his tel gram Mr. Manderson declares that the con- troller neither had jurisdiction nor the right to send the cases to the Court of Claims without the consent of the claim- ants. “I regard the position of the claim- ants as unassailable,” said the telegram. Although Secretary Carlisle will grant the hearing, the general impression at the Treasury Department is that it will be un- availing, es the Secretary is reported to have told representatives of the sugar peo- ple some time ago that he would stand by the decision of the controller. There is an intimation that Secretary Carlisle forced the issue at this time in order to get the matter into court before Congress con- vened, as it was believed that the sugar men hoped to keep it out of court until an effort could be made in Congress again to pass the appropriaticn, coupled with a pro- vision making it mandatcry on the Secre- tary to pay it forthwith. ——___—_o+—__ THE TAX TOO GREAT, Why the Steamer Running to Blue- fields Was Withdrawn. - United States Consul O'Hara at Greytown has transmitted to the State Department a report from United States Consular Agent Seat, at Bluefields, telling why the Morgan line steamers have been withdrawn from service between Bluefields and the United States. The Nicaraguan government im- pesed a tax of 8 cents per bunch on all ba- nanas exported, and, consequently, collect- ed $30,000 last’ season on this account. This fruit is the principal staple export, and the steamship company found the tax, in addi- tion to most onerous harbor dues and re- strictions, a burden too great to be borne and withdrew their vessels from a port which it had done so much to build up. There was an unconfirmed report at Blue- fields that the Nicaraguan government had conferred upon a company of native Nica- reguans the sole right to export bananas without payment of the tax. Formal Decree Signed by the Judges To- day. Time and Method of Appeal—The Court’s Decision Confirmed in All Particulars. The formal decree in the Potomac flats case was signed in the Court in General Term (Chief Justice Bingham and Jus- tices Hagner and McComas) this afternoon. The decree conforms to the decision of the court rendered on the 7th instant, as re> ported in, The Star at the time, and con- firms the title of the United States, abso- lutely, to all the lands and waters in con- troversy, in the Potomac flats and along the river front, from about Easby’s Point to the arsenal grounds. Owners in certain lots in squares 63, 89, 129 and 148, between 17th and 27th streets, are declared to be entitled to be indemnified because of the extension of the river front improvements. But the court finds that there exists some doubt as to the titles of the various lot owners, and, for the purpose of establishing these titles, the court directs that test{- mony shall be taken before Examiner Al- bert Harper. Testimony is also directed to be taken, that the question of damages may be determined, The claimants are given fifteen days in which to submit thelr tes- timony, the government to have ten days for the introduction of its testimony, and then the claimants are to have five days for rebuttal. All the testimony fs to be concluded by the 20th of next month, and on the 2ist of next month the court will meet to consider that testimony. The court fixed the amount of the appeal bends at $500 each, and Attorneys Na- thaniel Wilson, Geo. E. Hamilton, T. A. Lambert, John Selden, O. D. Barrett, J. T. Cull, Gordon & Gordon and B. S. Miaor gave formal notice of an appeal on behalf of their respective clients. It is understood that an appeal will be roted by all of the fifty-odd claimants, the appeal being direct to the United States Supreme Court. ‘. —————— MARCHING THROUGH GEORGIA. The War Song Sung by Veterans in the White House. The commandery-in-chief of the Loyal Legion, about forty strong, headed by Commander-in-chief John Gibbon, and numbering in this small list a remarkable proportion of men who have distinguished themselves In the field and on the sea, called at the White House today, and were given a special reception by the President. The members were introduced to the Presi- dent by Gen. Gibbon and Maj. Huxford, and to each he gave a cordial greeting. There was a striking scene when, after the introductions, Gen. Gibbon called out, “Huxford, strike up a song,” and the old veterans joined heartily in the chorus of “Marching Through Georgia.” march through which inspired its. ringing words, ——___- e—____ SETTLERS ON INDIAN LANDS. Capt. Beck Reports His Action Since it is understood that the selection of this old battle song was regarded as especially appropriate in view of the President's coming visit tothe country the victorious Judge Shiras’ Decision. The Indian office has received from Capt. Beck, agent at the Omaha and Winnebago reservation, a report of his action since the decision of Judge Shiras against the Flouc- ney Company. Capt. Beck ejected sixteen of the settlers, of whom twelve made ar- rangements with the legal lessees to re- main upon the land, which was what he (Beck) anticipated. Trouble was had with W. S. Garrett and J. F, Myers of the Flour- noy Company, who drove off the Indian po- lice. Capt. Beck sent out another detach- ment to take and held the land and arrest any person who resisted. Myers and Gar- rett were arrested, and are now held in $00 each. He says thet there are six counts against them, and if prosecuted he thinks it will be serious for them. This, Capt. Beck thinks, is Myers’ last stand. He has heard that J. S. Lemmon, the head of the Ficurnoy Company, will fight no longer. He says an early decision of the case now pending in the Supreme Court will settle everything. “ BECOMES AN ARCHBISHOP, The Holy Pallium Conferred Upon Bishop Chapelle. SANTA FE, N. M., October 17.—The sol- emn ceremonies of conferring the holy pal- lium upon Archbishop P. L. Chapelle, in the cathedral which will be dedicated to- morrow, took place this afternoon in the Presence of a vast audience, Cardinal Gib- bons officiated. Other distinguished prelates in attend- ance, some of whom participated in the ex- ercises, were Most Rev. J. B. Salpsointe, Archbishop titular archbishop of Tomi; Kain of St. Louis, Bishop Donahue of Wheeling, W. Va.; Bishop Hennessy of Wichita, Kan.; Archbishop Riordan of San Francisco, and Bishop Bourgade of Ari- zcna, and many othcrs of note. At 10 o'clock the archbishep gave a din- ner to the visiting prelates, territorial and federal officers, judges of the United States. land court, and territorial supreme court. and jn the evening a public reception will be given at the archbishop’s residence in konor of the cardinal. DENVER, Col., October 17.—A special to the Republican from Santa Fe says: There were 5,009 people to welcome Cardinal Gib- bons and party. They had been met down the road by Governor Thornton, Mayor Eastly and Archbishop Chapelle. A proces- sion was formed, and they were escorted to the archbishop’s residence by thousands of people. Cardinal Gibbons will officiate tomorrow at the dedication of the cathe- dral, —.___ Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Curtis has returned to Washington from a short visit to Ashe- ville, N. C. Pay Director Caspar Schenck of the navy is in the city on official business. Representative Robert W. Taylor of Ohio has leased the residence, 1863 Roanoke street, Columbia Heights. Chief Engineer Charles H. Loring and Jeckson McElwell of the navy are in the on leave. oi cut. W. G. Hannum of the navy is in the city. Rev. Dr. Elliott of the Church of the As- cension has returned to the city. Col. Charles G. Sawtelle of the quarter- master’s department is at the Shoreham. Col. John E. Summers of the pay corps is he Oxford. "col, H. E. Queen of the Chesapeake and Obio road is on a visit to the city. John B. Sleman, jr., who has been con- fired to his home for a couple of weeks by illness, 1s so far recovered as to be able to be out again and attend to his duties. Mr. Henry C. Stewart, jr., has returned to Washington after an extended trip in Eu- rope. He was for some time at Carlsbad and spent the remainder of the summer and early fall traveling through the conti- nent and Great Britain. —___—-s+ Cholera Epidemic Ended. Admiral Beardslee has telegraphed the Navy Department as follows, from Port Angeles, Wash. “Pigman (commanding the Bennington at Hawaii) reports, under date of October 2, that the health of the crew is excellent. The epidemic is ended. Eighty-seven cases two deaths ashore. Olympia at Four Hundred Lives Lost in Recent Armenian Riots, RUSSIAN BOAT GOES 10 TREBIZOND The Appeal of the Sultan in Vain. DEATH OF IZZET EFFENDI 4 Ss CONSTANTINOPLE, October 17.—Accord- ing to the latest information received here from Trebizond, Armenia, 400 persons were killed during the recent rioting there. The grand vizier, Kiamil Pasha, has issued an order holding the governor of Trebizond re- sponsible for all loss of life hereafter, through political or religious disturbances. .The appeal of the sultan to the Russian ambassador to cause the recall of the order for a Russian gunboat to go to Trebizond has proved futile. French and Russian steamers are taking numbers of Armenian refugees from Trebizond. . The report of a riot at Akhissar, in the villatet of Adin, on the Anatolian railway, during which fifty Armenians were killed on October 9, a market day, by a Moslem mob, is confirmed. The Turks picked a quarrel with the unarmed Armenians, and the former, being armed with revolvers and knives, looted the market and massacred the helpless Christians, afterward throwing their bodies into the wells. Twenty bodies have already been recovered from the wells and have been interred in the presence of the Armenian bishop of Ismid. Reports received here from various dis- tricts of Anatolia say that the Armenians have.been deprived of their weapons, and that the latter have been given to Mus- sulmans. In addition, in the district of Kharput, quantities of arms have been dis- tributed to the Turks. When the Vali of Kharput was ques- tioned on the subject he said that if the Armenians remained quiet no harm would come to them. Izzet Effendi, the celebrated Turkish law- yer,who was arrested recently, charged with being the author of the placards in favor of the Armenians which were pos:ed in Stamboul some time previous to his being taken into custody, has, acording to the official announcement, died in the Yildis prison, where he was confined while awalt- ing trial. 3 Some of the Armenians who reopened their stores, thus disobeying the orders of the Armenian committee, have been fined, and three merchants, it is asserted, have been compelled by threats to pay this com- mittee between 300 and 400 Turkish pounds each. The matter was brought to the at- tention of the Turkish authorities, and, as @ result, several members of the Armenian committee who. Bek part in forcing the menians to close ores haye been arrested. eed ——__ ‘TWO NEW BISHOPS CHOSEN, The Sees of Kioto and Alaska Fillea at Minneapolis. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., October 17.—Un- der the rules of the house of deputies of the triennial Episcopalian convention, resolu< tions offered after the twelfth day of the session cannot be admitted, save by a two- thirds vote. . This rule was responsible today for the shutting out of two resolutions. One came frcm Rev. Charles L. Mallory of Milwaukee ard provided for the building in churches of fonts large enough for the dipping of in- fants and adults in the rite of baptism. The other came from Rev. Dr. Prall of De- troit, and called for the appointment of a committee to inquire into the state of reli- gion in the United States, especially the alienation of the masses and the breach between capital and labor. The provision forbidding the binding of the prayer book and the hymnal together was rescinded. Y A message from the house of bishops, an- rouncing that it had declared against the erection of a missionary district in western Nerth Carolina and in favor of the erec- tien of a diocese out of the missionary dis- trict of northern Texas, was referred to the proper committee. a It developed that the sudden change of front on the part of the’ house of bishops in voting to name a missionary bishop of Alaska was due to the personal guarantee of the new bishop's salary for three years by Bishop Potter of New York. This guarantee is understood to have been given ty J. Pierpont Morgan. The house of bishops this morning began balloting for bishops to preside over the new missionary jurisdictions. Rev. J. M. Francis was elected on the first ballot bish- cp of Kioto, Japan. He is a missionary, r.ow resident in that country. Rev. Peter J. Rowe of Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., was named bishop of Alaska on thé first ballot. —_——_ SHOT BY HER CRAZY HUSBAND. @ Tragedy in a Philadelphia Home Early This Morning. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., October 17.—John H. Bowen, aged fifty-five years, who for several years has been a clerk in the mer cantile appraiser's office, shot his wife, at- tempted to shoot his son, and then commit- ted suicide at an early hour this morning at their home, 3803 Lancaster avenue. Mr. Bowen had been ill for some timé with brain trouble, and his wife frequently told the neighbors she feared violence at her husband’s hands. Last night Bowen would not go to bed, but lay around on @ couch in the back room on the first floor. About 1:30 o'clock he went upstairs to his wife's room. The gas was turned low ané Bowen turned it up. "The sudden flood of light aroused his wife, and she saw her husband standing over her with a revolver aimed at her head. The woman screamed just as the insane man’s finger touched the trigger, and she fell back upon the pillow with a bullet in her right temple. Her son Joseph, aged twenty years, hearing the shot, rushed to his mother’s room and grappled with the ma- niacal father. The latter still held the smoking weapon in his grasp and did his utmost to murder the boy. Foiled in the attempt on his son’s life, he turned fhe re- volver to his right temple and fired. He fell dead just as his son started toward him to prevent the suicide.. Mrs. Bowen was taken to a hospital,where the physicians say there is but a slight chance for her recovery. Bowen was undoubtedly insane when the shooting occurred. —————_—_ ST. PAUL’S FIRST TRIP. Uneventfal Voynge of the New Ameri- can Steamer. SOUTHAMPTON, October 17.-The new American line steamship St. Paul com- pleted an uneventful maiden trip across the Atlantic this morning. She was docked here at 8:10 a.m. and reports having en- countered heavy head winds and fog dur- the voyage. "Ker dally, runs were: To noon of October 94 knots; October 11, 382; October 12, ‘October 13, 412; October 14, 439; Octo- ber 15, 324; October 16, 399; total, 2,759, this, reckoning about 300 miles after noon yesterday, will bring the total up to aboug 3,000 knots.