Evening Star Newspaper, October 23, 1895, Page 1

“THE EVENING STAR. SS SS PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, by 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Offixe, 49 Potter Building.” ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in. the ity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents Der_weck. cr 44 ceuts per month. at the counter 2 cente each. yy mail—an; im the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—60 cenis Pefatcrday Quintupl: Sheet Star, $1 with cI intupl> ie year, ferelgn Taetage added, $3.00. ion at Washington, D.C, aa second-class mail matter.) £2, AN mall sanecriptions mast be paid to advance. ‘tes of advertising made kocwn on application. Ghe Loening Star. No. 13,303. WASHINGTON, D.C., WEDNESDAY, O®TOBER 23, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. EY » Look on page 8 for the “When the War Was rect solution of the mystery by a woman reader. MR. ROSE WITHDRAWS] T° BUILD ON THE LaKES/ UNDER SUNNY SKIES Takes Back His Challenge for the America’s Cup. MIGHT REFLECT ON LORD DUNRAVEN Bows to the Dictum of the English Yachting World. HE MUCH REGRETS IT NEW YORK, October 23.—The following correspondence by cable, showing that Mr. Charles D. Rose, the challenger for the America’s cup, through the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, has decided to withdraw his challenge, was posted on the bulletin board of the New York Yacht Club today: NEWMARKET, October 23. Oddie, Secretary N. Y. Y. C.: Owing to the general impression that my challenge might ve construed as an ex- pression of opinion on the result of the last race, I much regret having to ask you to withdraw the same. CHARLES D. ROSE. To Charles D. Rose, 39 Hill street, Berkeley Square, London. Cable announcing withdrawal of your challenge received. ODDIE, Secretary. RYDE, October 23. Secretary of the New York Yacht Club: Have received letter from Rose, with- drawing challenge for America’s cup. Have called committee. Will mail you officially. THELLUSSON. Thellusson, Secretary Royal Victoria Yacht Club, Ryde: Your cable this date received. ODDIE, Secretary. Cup Committee Chagrined. ‘The members of the America’s cup com- mittee are much chagrined at Mr. Rose's withdrawal, but declare that it would be improper for them to talk concerning it un- til they received full particulars concern- ing Mr. Rose's reason for withdrawing. Ex-Commodore Smith said: “This‘is, of ccurse, a great disappointment to us, for I suppose it means that we will have no race ext year with the Englishmen. Being, as I am, a member of the cup committee, I can not express any opinion at present. After the reasons for Mr. Rose's withdraw- al are known I muy have a little to say. I expect to receive at any moment the cable which he notified Mr. Oddie that he had sent me. “I do not think that he could have been dissatisfied with the zonditions which we offered him, because they were not final, for we asked him to make any suggestions as to changes that he might have deemed desirable.” | “Do you think that Tord Dunraven in- duced Mr. Rose to withdraw the challenge because he felt that it was.a reflection on him?” was asked. “I must decline to express any opinion at Present,” replied the ex-commodore. Why He Withdrew. A pessible explanation of Mr. Rose's ac- ticn {s found in the followirg London dis- Patch of the 2ist instant: Mr. Chas. D. Rose, the challenger for the America’s cup through the Royal Victoria Yacht Club, having been shown a copy of an interview published In yesterday’s New York papers, that gentleman said this morning: “I am very sorry that such things should continue to be published. They do no good, and only tend to stir up bad feeling.” Mr. Rose then dictated the following: “I very much regret that the question of my challenge should be construed as in any way having anything to do with the action of the New York Yacht Club. My challenge was made simply and solely with the object of trying to recover the Amer- ica’s cup. I shall take the earltest oppor- tunity to see Lord Dunraven, and should I learn from him that my challenge should not have been made before consulting him I shall at once withdraw it. No one is cvegres in this challenge except my- eelf.”” The London Yachtsman of October 10 said about Mr. Rose's challenge for the cup: “Mr. Rose’s impetuosity undoubtedly has cast a reflection on Lord Dunraven's con- duct during the last cup matches. Wheth- er or not Mr. Rose intends his challenge as a rebuke is a matter of no importance. He might at least have saved himself from the suspicion by consulluing Lord Dunraven be- fore his challenge was dispatched.” Sar BURNED BY INSURGENTS. Dentruction of the Property of a Spanish Marquis. HAVANA, October 23.—The plantation of San Manuel, the property of the Marquis Apezteguia, was burned by a band of sixty insurgents yesterday, commanded by Jose Muroz. Troops are in pursuit of the in- surgents, and the solifers have already Killed one and wounded three of the enemy. A detachment belonging to the Maria Cristina regiment was recently attacked by a force of 100 insurgents near Pasco, on the Caimar river, five miles from Matanzas. The troops succeeded in repelling the enemy, who were unable to cross the river. The troops also captured one prisoner and etarted in pursuit of the retreating in- sursents. Capt. Martinez Sanchez, with 200 infantry and twenty cavalrymen, has had a skirmish with the insurgent band commanded by Calderan, at the farm of Dos Amigos, in province of Santa Clara. The insur- nts lest six killed and had several wound- ed. The troops captured fifteen saddled horses. MADRID, October 23.—Three additional torpedo boats have been ordered to Cuba and another consignment of 1,500 Mauser rifles has been forwarded to Havana. ———— FATAL EXPLOSION, One Killed, One Fatally and Others Seriously Injured. NEWBURYPORT, Mass., October 23.— Ctarles McManus was killed, James H. P. Reed was fatally injured, and four others were seriously hurt by an explosion in the dry and mixing room of the Fibreloid works on wate street today. The explosion is thought to have been caused through the overheating of a quan- tity of celluloid in process of preparation for the manufactrre of collars and cuffs. The force of the explosion was felt throughout the city: McManus was dead when found; the others were removed to a place where medical attention could be given them; but itis feared that John Mc- Laughlin and W. H. Poore, as well as Rex, will dle. : The building was a 6fte-story brick struc- ture, devoted chiefly to the manufacturing et celluloid goods for men's wear. The side of the building.was. blown. completely out and the roof was carried nearly 200 ; feet. The employes are--about "200 men. building was the scene of a similar ex- plosion in 1881. wagons — Ocean Steamers Arrived: SOUTHAMPTON, October :23}1€:16 a. m.-- TOWN, ~ October New York: <i NEW YORK, October 23.—Arrived, Teu- tonic, Liverpool. The Detroit Company Proposes to Oon- struct the Oruisers in That City. A Claim That This Will Not Be in Violation of Treaty Ob- ligations. The Detroit Dry Dock Company, which the naval bureau chiefs recommended be awarded the contract for building two of the six new bunboats, now wishes to withdraw that part of its proposition, which looked te the assembling of the parts for the ships at Seattle, on the Pacific coast. Mr. Kirby, one of tke leading partners in the firm, is in Washington, and indicates that the com- pany will, if it secures the contract, build the complete vessels at Detroit. He holds that the treaty stipulations do not forbid this, and he is backed up in this view by Don Dickinson, his attorney, who has been active in trying to secure the contract for the Detroit people. When Secretary Herbert left Washington for Atlanta,he still had the report of the bureau chiefs under consider- ation, and stated that he had arrived at no conclusion, although the fact that he had decided to send an inspector to the Detroit piees might be construed favorably to that irm. Recommendations Made. The board of bureau chiefs, however, un- der the belief that the company intended to essemble the vessels on the Pacific coast, recommended that an inspector be sent to Seattle, where this work was to be done, according to the original program. The Purpose of the Detroit company in estab- lishing the Seattle branch was not only to avoid any possible objections that might arise under treaty, but also to secure con- tracts from the Russian government for supplying a number of big ice breakers, such as they have built for lake use, to Keep the Russian harbors on the Pacific open in winter. ‘ Treaty Stipulations. Now that the company has abandoned the Pian of assembling the gunboats on the Pa- cific the question as to the violation of treaty stipulations has again been brought forward. Once before the Navy Department was obliged to reject the lowest proposal for building the little practice ship Ban- croft, a miniature man-of-war, on the ground that any naval construction on the lakes was estopped by treaty, but it is held that this decision is not now binding. As a matter of fact, the prohibition is not con- tained in a treaty, but in a formal agree- ment entered into in 1817 between Mr. Ba- got for Great Britain and Secretary Rush for the United States, and it appears from the correspondence as printed that it was our own proposition that was accepted by Great Britain. The agreement according to its terms was terininable after six months’ notice from either party. There is some difference of opinion here as to the binding force of such an agreement, which is not really a treaty. What Secretary Gresham Did. It is reealled that Secretary Gresham set aside the Brazilian reciprocity agreement without notice, despite the protest of the Brazilian minister, who pointed out that in the agreement both parties had pledged themselves to give a year’s notice of its termination. Probably this couid be done in the same fashion in the case of the agreement as to naval construction-on the lakes, and the question will eventually be determined solely upon its merits as a mat- ter of policy, which must be determined by the President. On the one hand there is the argument that the government by set- ting aside the agreement may be able to secure cheaper vessels of small size and encourage shipbuilding on the neglected lakes, and on the other the consideration as to whether it may be wise to enter into an expensive competition with Great Britain in building a numerous navy on the lakes and maintaining the sume. ee THE EUROPEAN SQUADRON. Transfer of Com: ders to Be Made at Marseilles, France. A cable message was received at the Navy Department today from Rear Ad- miral Kirkland, commanding the European squadron, announcing his arrival, on the flagship San Francisco, at Algiers this morning. He will be instructed by cable to regulate his future movements so that the San Francisco shall be at Marseilles upon the arrival there of Commodore J. R. Sel- fridge, who will leave New York on the 2d proximo for that port for the purpose of relieving Admiral Kirkland of command of the European squadron. The transfer of command will, therefore, take place on the San Francisco, in the harbor of Marseilles, instead of at Algiers, as at first intended. Naval officers generally are of opinion that Admiral Kirkland will not accept the sug- gestion that he apply for retirement, for the reason that he would lose rather than gain by such a step. By remaining on the active list a little over a year longer he will gain the honor of being the ranking officer of the navy, the crowning ambition of an officer’s life, whereas if he retires row he will be relegated to comparative obscurity, with corresponding loss of pay. An officer at the Navy Department, who recently served under Admiral Kirkland, Says he recently said that under no cir- cumstances would he go on the retired list before he reached the statutory retiring age of sixty-four years. oe POSTMASTERS’ DAY. The Exposition People to Set Apart a Date for a Convention. As everybody is having his day at the At- lanta ‘exposition, the authorities have thought there might be something in setting apart a day for postmasters. There is on ex- hibition in the government bullding probably the finest aggregation of postal devices of all sorts, and a complete exposition of the entire mail service of the United States. In addition, there are large exhibits of curious, peculiar and historical articles, illustrative of the origin and development of the ser- vice in this country. To the average post- master this exhibition would seem like a liberal education. Monday the Postmas- ter General received a letter from W. G. Cooper, chief of the department of publicity and promotion at the exposition, asking his cpinion upon the proposition. The Post- master General replied at once that it met with his hearty approval. As the letter carriers are to have their day at the fair, it weuld be no less important that the post- masters of the country should assemble there for a conference upon the needs of the service and opportunities for improve- ment. Mr. Wilson said that while ke should enjoy being present at this meeting of post- masters, it would be impossible, as he was going with ‘he President's party to visit ‘Atlanta, and could not spare time to go there twice at this season. With the ap- proval of the Postmaster General, the au- thorities of the exposition will no doubt ¢5 on and provide for a ‘national convention of postmasters to teke place some time during the month of November. SS ee Held for the Grand. Jury. - 4 The case of Samue! B, Smith, who was arrested several ddys ago ari a. charge of embezzlement, was’ iq -Judge Miller’s court today. Smith wis in the employ of Edward M. Pine, the real-estate dealer, and it {s alleged that he collected $30 from a purchaser of real estate and failed to make the proper return. He was held in $800 security for the action of the grand jury. Celebrating Presidential Day at the Atlanta Exposition. THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE ON THE GROUNDS Introduced to the Throng by Mr. Collier. MR. CLEVELAND’S ADDRESS _——— ATLANTA, Ga., October 23.—No brighter or balmier stn ever shone over this par- ticular portion of the southland than that which dawned on this morning, presi- dential day, at the cotton states and inter- national exposition. The thousands of vis- itors landed in the city yesterday early swelled the throngs on the streets to im- mense proportions, and locomotion s9un be- came a difficult matter. In accordance with the carefully laid plans of the exposition management, the exercises of the day were all concentrated witrin the exposition grounds, into which the cohorts of visitors and lerge proportion of the population of the city emptied themselves during the morning. e The presidential party spent the morning quietly at the Aragon, where they remained until 11 o’clcck, when they were driven rapidly to the exposition grounds, without any parade whatever. Irside the gates :he military was already gathered. ‘Troops Reviewed. Capt. J. F. Burke of the Gate City Guard acted as marshal. He had in line the fifth reghrent of United States regulars, com- manded by Col. W. L. Kellogg; the fourtt Virginia regiment, commanded by Col. C. A. Nash; the Virginia Military Institute Cadets, commanded by Col. D. Price; the first company of the Governor's Foot Guard of Connecticut, commanded by Maj. E. Henry Hyde; the second company of the Governor’s Foot Guard of Connecticut, commanded by Maj. B. E. Brown; Grimes’ Battery of Richmond and the Asheville Light Infantry. The troops paraded around the board walk within the fair inclosure, and were reviewed by the President from a stand in front of the government building. After the review the President delivered an address. He was intreduced by Pres‘ dent Collier of the exposition Company,who referred to him as thc man who had been intrusted with the duty of wiping out sec- tional issues and lines. President Collier's Address, Mr. Collier said: “To an assembly composed of American citizens an introduction of the most il- lustrious of ving Americans is impossible save as a mark of courtesy and-an expres- sion of the regard in which he is held’ by his feilow-countrymen. Still, it may be pos- sible on this occasion to signify in some de- gree our profound gratification at the pres- ence of the chief executive of the nation. The demonstrations he has already wit- messed prove better than could any mere words the sincerity and the warmth. He, of all men in this country, should be ‘best able to recognize the voice of the people, for unto him it has been shown in more em- Phatic terms than to any man of our gene- ration. But we must convey to him an a: surance of the admiration and esteem of the people of the southern states, and especially of Auanta. “The south has received from him a récog- nition as a constituent element of this Union, to which it had for many years been a stranger, when he was chosen and com- missioned to erase the dark line of sec- tlonalism from the map of the Union. The administration of which he is the head not cnly gave its aid and indorsement to the dearest eaterprise this city has projected, but has established here for the inspection of the world. the most comprehensive and instructive display of our federal resources that ever ennobled any exposition. No in- telligent citizen can visit this display with- cut experiencing a quickening of his patriot- ism, as well as an extension of his general knowledge. “We rejoice also today in the reflection that no other nation in the years that have passed since the foundation of this govern- ment has had in its highest office such an unbroken array of men who for devotion to the'r country, for faithful performance of duty and for those virtues which adorn the citizen as well as the executive, have been worthy of comparison from Washington to Cleveland.” The President’s Response. President Cleveland’s appearance at the front of the stand was the signal for an outburst of applause from the multitude. The President said: “Mr. President, on my own behalf and for my colaborers in the executive branch of our government who have accompanied me, I thank you for your kind words of greeting. We are here to congratulate you and your associates upon the splendid suc- cess of the exposition you have set on foot and upon the evidences you have here gathered, chiefly illustrative of southern enterprises, southern industry and south- ern recuperation. “But we are also here to claim a share in the pride of your achievement. No por- tion of cur countrymen, wherever feun:, can cxclusively appropriate the glory aris- ing from these surroundings. ‘They are proofs of American genius and industry, which are the joint possession of all our people, and represent triumphs of Ameri- can skil) and ingenuity, in which all our citizens, from the highest to the humblest, have proprietary rights. “While my fellow citizens of Georgia and her neighboring states may felicitate then selves to the fullest extent upon such ev: dences as are here found of the growth and prosperity of interests and enterprises in which they are especially concerned, I can- not be deprived of the enjoyment afforded by the reflection that the work they have done emphasizes in the sight of the world the immense resources and indomitabie thrift of the people of the United States. Exposition of Free Institutions. “It seems to me the thought may be sug- gested as not inappropriate to this occa- sion that what we see about us is an out- growth of another exposition inaugurated on American soil more than a century ago, when a new nation was exhibited to the civilized world, guaranteed and protected by a.constituticn which was ordained and established by the people of the United States, with the declared purpose of pro- moting their general welfare and sccuring the blessings cf liberty to themselves and their posterity. “The success which has attended this ex- pcsition of products and manufactures is rot altogether due to the quality of the soil or character of the people in any cf the ccntributing states, but it rests largely upon the fact that these states are mem: bers of a beneficently governed nation, whcse natural resources and advantages everywhere hav> been developed and- im- | preyed by the influence of free institutions, | and whose people have been stimulated:and:| ercouraged by the blessings of personal liberty. Bo = i “A contemplation of the benefits vouch- safed to us by our government easily 1e- minds us of the importance of a hearty and united co-operation in théir support and protection. We should lovingly watch and guard it, not only because we are re- cipients of its precious gifts, but for its own sake, and because it has been put in our hands in sacred keeping to prove to the world that man can be trusted with self- government. “We shall walk in the path of patriotic Guty, if, remembering tha$ our free institu- tions were establl: to promote the gen- eral welfere, we strive for those things which kenefit all our people, and each of us is content to recetve from a common furd his share of the prespcrity thus contrib- uted. We shall miss our duty and forfeit our heritage if, in @ natrow selfishness, heedless of general welfare, we struggle to wrest from the government private advan- tages which can only be'gained.at the ex- peree of our fellow countrymen. The Lesson of Hotr. “I hepe I may therefore be permitted, in conclusion, to suggest, 88 @ most important lesson taugbt by this oecasion, the abso- lute necessity to our national health and welfare and consequentiy#to our individual happiness as citizers of @ careful discrim- iration, in our support of politics and in our advocacy of political doctrines between these which prompt the promotion of the public welfare and those which simply seem to serve selfish or sectional interests. “If we are to enjoy the-blessings our gov- ernment was framed to fairly and justly Lestow we shall secure them in due time by cultivating a spirit of broad American brotherhood and insisting upon such con- duct as will, within the spirit of the golden Tile, promote the general welfare.” EXPLOSION THIS MORNING I: Was Generally Heard, but Pew Were Aware of the Oanse. The Mystery Finally Solved—It Was Six Sticks of Dynamite at the Zoo All Washington, or at least that portion wont to continue its slumbers several hours after the rise of the sun, was rudely awak- ened about 6:15 o'clock this morning by a terrific explosion, which frightened many persons to a degree that-put all idea of further sleep out of the question, and also startled those who were astir at the time. The subject was generally discussed throughout the day, and the nature of the explosion and its location remained a mys- tery to all but a few. Surmixes as tothe Cause. “Hear the explosion? What was it?” These questions were put to nearly every one by rearly every-one else, but the cor- rect answer was not forthooming. One blase man suggested that the’noise might have been an explosion fm society, the filing of a divorce suit or something-of that sort, but his theory received aboyt as much con- sideration as one to thé ‘effect that the breaking of the Columbia railway cable at 7th and K streets nerthwest caused the un- usval vibrations of the atmosphere. The police department was unable to throw any light or the ftafter, and a Star reporter was informed thgt fhe only ex- Flosion heard in that nétghborhood of late cceurred yesterday, when\Judge Miller sent for Telephone Operator Maddux and the latter failed to comply om the’ground that the District telephone offige was of more importante’ tan ‘the Polite Court. An Earthquake Suggested. An earthquake was’an early stigges- tion, and,aveareful censifs. ofthe: wéevther bureau disclcsed the taft }that eyery of- ficial :ndventvoyd of the Mice hdd heard the noise, but interviews with the delicate instruments kept for. the purpose showed that no record had been made of an earth- quake. ‘ Trouble at the powder magazine a short distance down the Potomac’ was thought of, but Dr. Walsh of the health office, whose home is but.a few hundred yards from the magazine, reported everything serene in that locality when he left for this city at 7:30 o'clock. ! .The sentries at Fort Myer plainly heard the noise and were of the opinion that it originated in the direction of the Washington barracks. The mystery was deepened rather than cleared up by a visit to the barracks. Uncle Sam's soldiers at the arsenal also heard the disturbance and had no*doubt that it rolled across the flats from Ft. Myer. Curlosity at the Soldiers’ Home. The folks out.at Soldiers’ Home admitted that they were a little curfous to know whence arose the unusually loud explo- sion heard this morning, but could supply no definite information a8 to its origin. There was also a rumor affoat that the power house of the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company at Eckington had been blown into splinters, but it required only a call over the telephone to dispel such a wild assertion. Some one advanced the opinion that a large water main might have burst, or an explosion of sewer gas occurred, but the records at the District building were tlank in that regard. The explosion was plainly heard in all portions of the city and the county, with the exception of Capitol “Hill, being par- ticularly violent in the northwest section. It also attracted the attention of persons across the rivér in Virginia. Not a few heads of families were rather pleased than otherwise at the occurrence, for, they claim, the explosion successfully aroused their servant girls and thereby demonstrat- ed its superiority over an alarm clock. It Was Dynamite at the Zoo. Finally the mystery was solved at Zoo. According to the superintendent, Dr. Frank Baker, six sticks of dynamite ex- ploded there at 6: and it caused the noise and resulting conjeéture. Workmen were kneading the dynamite in order to put it into proper position for blasting in connection with work on the Rock creek intercepting sewer. It was resting near the the fire today when flames burned more rapidly than was expected and the ex- plesion took place. No .one was hurt, which scems quite remarkable under the circumstances. Beyond scaring the work- men, blowing a big hole in the ground and smashing a large number. cf windows in buildings at the Zoo and in that vicinity, no damage was done. ——_ > LEASANT INTERVIEW. Bayard’s Relatiéns With Lord Salisbury Undhanged. LONDON, October 23.+The United States embassy this afternoon fssued-e statement regarding dispatches from New York, pub- lshed by the London Times, saying that the United States ambassador, the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard, has had“an interview of an un- pleasant nature with the Marquis of Salis- bury on the Venezuelan; question. The United States officials here‘assert that Mr. Bayard has had no ¢ommunicatton, written or verbal, from the Britis¥ office or from .he Marquis of Salisbury which could be classed as unpleasant or as in any way justifying the statements contained in the New York dispatch referred to. — A Resignation Accepted. The Secretary of War has accepted. the resignation of Cadet Albert “G. Bittman? fcurth class, Military Academy, to take effect October 81. $f Mr. » Notice'to Subscribes. Subscribers’ jtre earnestly requested to report any Irregularity in ‘he de- livery of The Star and also any failure on the part of the carrier to ring the door bell. A proper service can ‘onfy be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- acribers in reporting shortcomings. SENATOR SHERMAN THE VENEZUELAN SITUATION Why He Has Failed in His Presi- dential Aspirations. TACK OF PERSONAL POPULARITY His Capacity for Public Affairs is Generally Admitted. ONE POLITICIAN’S OPINION Se An experienced republican politician, who has attended every national convention of his party in the past quarter of a century, in a discussion of Mr. Sherman's book, said to a representative of The Star today: Why He Has Failed. “Mr. Shcrmen will never understand why he has never been chosen to lead his party in a presidential race. And this is alto- gether natural. He knows the estimation in which for years ne has been held by the public men of both parties. Tributes to his great intellectual abiiity and to the lasting and substantial character of his services have been numerous and sincere. Nearly everybody of note is on record on the sub- ject, and everybody in Mr. Sherman’s fa- vor. Mr. Blaine, on the one side, said the mest complimentary things of him, while Mr. Carlisle, on the other, has declared his work to be, next to that of Mr. Lincoln, the most important, and likely to prove the west enduring, in the whole history of the republican party. Now, all of this fully en- titles Mr. Sherman not only to think well of himself, but to wonder why, with such’ merit and capacity conceded, he should have beea denied the proper reward. It is at bottom a very simple matter, and except that Mr. Sherman is calied upon thus to try his own case he wouldn’t be in doubt and harassed by suspicions of other men for a moment. Capacity and Popularity. “Great capacity for public business is one thing. The quality of marked personal popularity is another thing. The two things are rarely combined in one man. They were in Mr. Lincoln, and they were in Mr. Blaine, but Mr. Lincoln and Mr. Blaine were in every way exceptional men. Mr. Sherman does not possess both, or rather the leaders of his party have never thought he did, and that explains the failure of his presidential aspirations. The proposition to put him up as the candidate was always rejected on the ground that the masses would not warm to him. It was always an easy matter for his opponents in conven- tion to say of him, as he has just said of Gen. Harrison, that his cold and abrupt Manner was against him. Could Not Have Been Nominated, “And that sufficed. If Gen. Garfield had been in Alaska when the republican nation: al convention met ip 1880 it..would have- made no difference so far as Mr. Sherman: fortunes were concerned, except to deprive him of the most eloquent tribute ever paid to him. “dt fs probably true that in that case Gen. Garfield would not have been nominated. The charm of his personal presence had much to do with drawing the convention to him when the critical mo- ment arrived. But Mr. Sherman would not have been nominated in any case. No pow- er could have drawn the convention to him, and for the reason I have first given. The demand of the hour was for a-different sort of man. The defeat of the Grant forces was, it was seen, certain to leave the party in a bad way. The man for the occasion must have the qualities of a peacemaker— must have a sunny, chummy nature, and, with it, be able to bring tne warring fac- tions together. The job was almost too much for Gen. Garfield—the kindliest, most popular man in the party. Does anybody believe that Mr. Sherman would have filled the bill? Remember, that the play that year was for New York and Indiana. Would Mr. Conkling have turned his hand over for Mr. Sherman? He sulked through half of the campaign as it was. A Compromise Man Needed. “No,” continued this gentleman, “Mr. Sherman is simply affording us another in- stance of how a man may come to great proportiens in our affairs and yet fail by reason of the very. qualities that have made him great to reach the goal of his ambi- ticn. The compromise man is often a neces- sity in this country. When the strong men —the men of blood and iron—fall out, the genial man, or the recordless man, is called in to soften the asperities and restore some- thing like harmony. Mr. Sherman, it is highly complimentary of him to say, would never answer for that role. He is regarded as a stern and an aggressive, rather than a genial, man, »nd his record is so long and nationai it has brought him into collision with many men of prominence. A compro- mise man he assuredly is not, and never was. The One Thing Lacking. “But it is impossible to withhold sym- pathy from such a man in such circum- stances. No matter what your own feelings are about the matter, you are well aware of hew he looks at it, and how much he re- sents his fate. The most intelligent public sentiment has decreed him worthy of the presidency, and this, in his opinion, entitles him to at least one term in the office. Talk about popularity as connected with chum- miness and handshaking simply adds to his impatience—simply belittles in his eyes the office and the true interests of the people. And yet it is the lack of that very thing, and that thing alone, which in the circum- stances he has encountered has kept him out of the White House. Like Mr. Clay and Mr. Webster, he will be remembered when seme men who have been President are forgotten. But that does not console him.” EVACUATION OF COREA. The St. Petersburg Dispatch Viewed With Incredulity: A St. Petersburg dispatch of yesterday’s date says: It is learned from a good source that Japan has decided to evacuate Corea in order to avoid complications and in order te enable the government to concentrate its energies upon the subjugation of Formosa. The Japanese legation has received no dispatches, confirmatory or otherwise, of the reports from St. Petersburg. The lega- tion officials view the report with some distrust. It is pointed out that there are but 2, Japanese soldiers in Corea, so that they would help but’ slightly ‘In’ the subjugation of Formosa, where a large Japanese force is already operating. Moreover the latest reports from Formosa indicate that the subjugation is practically accomplished. ‘The capital has passed. into the“hands of the Japanese,”and but one small town remains in possession of the black flags. ———__-e Will Go to Register. Secretary Carlisle will leave here next Sunday for Covington to register, and will remain there only long enough to put his name on the list, returning to Washington Monday evening. On the following Tues- day he will again visit Covington for the purpose of casting his vote for Hardin and the entire democratic ticket. Private Sec- retary Van Senden will leave here Friday for Paducah, Ky., to remain until after the election. Senator Onllom on the Po!icy This Gountry Shonld Take and Maintain. He Expects the Matter to Come Before Cengress in Some Shape This Winter. Senator Cullom, who has been in Wash- ington for a week or so, expects to return to Illinois this evening. There has been some talk of his taking the stump in Ohio, but it is not likely that he will find the time to make any political speeches this fall. A Star reporter asked Senator Cullom today for an opinion concerning the Vene- zuelan situation. “I do not know enough about what has been done and what is in contemplation to enable me to form a very definite opinion as to what this country ehould do. I think, however, that we are tig enough and strong enough and intel- ligent enough to know what we want, take a proper position and maintain it in the face of everybody. I don’t believe in jingo- ism or demagogy in any form. If I were representing this country in England I should take a position, and then 1 should maintain it against all the bluffs, wheed- ling, diplomacy or sharp practice that Lord Salisbury could invent. We don’t need to go around looking for trouble, but there ought to be no doubt in our own minds as to what our rights and duties are, and that being the case, we should not leave any other country in doubt when the occasion arises for us to declare our policy.” “Do you think the matter is likely to re- ceive the attention of Congress?" Will Come Before Congress. “From the attention the matter is receiving from the public, and the way things seem to be drifting, I take it for granted that the question will come before Congress in some form; just what form depends upon the situation at the time. There is no question about the sentiment in Congress being in favor of the uphold- ing of the Monroe doctrine. It is a right doctrine and should be upheld. I presume the doctrine will be declared in some more or less formal manner by Congress, and if the situation demands that anything be done to enforce its ob- servance, Congress, I think, can be re- led upon to act promptly. Great Britain does not seein to care very much for our opinion or our wishes and we must main- tain our own dignity and uphold our own rights. It looks as if mest of the foreign powers had bezun to feel that the United States is getting too powerful to maintain the oid attitude of indifference toward the affairs of the world, and as if they saw in our increasing strength some imagined danger to themselves. They seem to be bridling up and displaying disposition to Press us back, forestalling any possible aggressiveness on our part.” A Short Session Predicted. Speaking of the next Congress, Senator Cullom expressed the opinion that the session would be short; that there was very little prospect of financial] legislation, and that the administration would have to accept ‘Stic’ provisfor for ‘Increased reve- nue as the republican’ Congress would be willing to give, or else have no relief at all. He did not think that the administra- tion could ask Congress for more revenue and then compel them to provide it in just such manner as might conform te Mr. Cleveland's ideas. + NAVY YARD WORK. Capt. Sampson Says The Star’s State- ment Was Absolutely Correct. Capt. Sampson, chief of the naval bureau of ordnance, who has direct supervision over the affairs of the Washington navy yard, today reiterated the statement that it was not true that the work of the yard had been increased so as to necessitate the working of extra shifts at night. He said that the statement in yesterday's Star was absolutely correct, but added that it was Possible that the commandant of the yard had fourd it necessary to keep a few men at work after the regular hours in order to compiete some work that could not be neglected. Such work, however, was of a purely routine character, and it was entirely within the discretion of the commandant of the yard to have it done. For that reason he would not venture to contradict the re- port that four mechanics were at work at the yard last night. ———— RUMOR DISCREDITED. It is Not Believed That Secretary Olney Intends to Resign. The published intimation that Secretary Olney Intends to resign becatse he has not been supported by the President in his for- eign policy is wholly discredited here, and persons close to the Secretary insist that the relations between tim and the Presi- dent are of the most cordial and intimate nature and have been such since Mr. Olney assumed the administration of the State Department. His visit to Boston is sald to have been required by pressing private business, and he was enabled to plead an excuse for his absence from the Atlanta party on the ground that he would be expected to accompany a number of diplo- mats from Washington to Atlanta later on, to be present there on diplomatic day. eS See THE UTES IN COLORADO. No Call Yet Made on Gen. Wheaton by the Governor. Gen. Wheaton has rot yet made a report to the War Department of the demand made upon him by the governor of Colo- rado to remove the Utes who are off their reservation in Colorado. It is expected that if it fellows precedents the governor’s com- plaint will go first to the Interior Depart- ment, for it is the custom of the army officers to refrain from interference in such cases until the Indian office has failed to handle the matter satisfactorily and the state authorities call for intervention. The conditions are said to be different in this case from those in a territory where the national government has unlimited author- ity, and the first disposition 1s always to altow the state to act if the Indians are violating the state laws. < EXAMINED FOR PROMOTION. Sixteen Out of Twenty-five Enlisted Men Passed Successfully. Twenty-five enlisted men were recently examined at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for appointment as second lieutenants in the army. Sixteen of. the numfser passed the ordeal “successfully. Their chances of dpeedy appointment are not particularly ght, inasmuch “as there are but two ‘acancies in the lst of second lieutenants at the present time. ‘among the successful candidates were rivate¢ Anderson of the sixth cavalry and Merchant of the first cavalry. The other fourteen were First Sargeant Syden- ham, Quartermaster Sergeant Ryder and Sergeants Creary, Cocarane and Munson of the infantry, Corporals French, Al- len and Drips of the cavalry and Corporals Rethers, Hartman, ‘Thurman, Shaw, Si- monds and Sievert of the infantry. ’The preponderance of non-commissioned officers among the candidates Is due to the fact that a service of at least two years Is re- quired of those taking the examination, during which interval capable soldiers have @ good chance of promotion in the ranks. THE LEADERS’ PLAN Republicans Will Not Attempt to Reorganize the Senate. POPOLISTS AND SULVERITES LEPT OUT Changes to Be Made by Agreement Between Parties. SOME OF THE DETAILS ————————— The statement Senator Teller has made to the effect that the silver men will not permit the republicans to reorganize the Serate unless the republicans shall concede to the silver men the vacancy on the com- mittee on finance created by the retirement from the Senate of Mr. McPherson of New Jersey, and shall otherwise give due con- sideration to the silver men, is certain to attract much attention from republican Senators. A declaration of that sort has lcng been expected, and there is reason to believe that it has been in advance given due consideration by them. A communica- tion has just been received here from on@ of the most eminent of the eastern republi- can Senators, who has himself been fre- quently spoken of as very likely to be the ckoice of the republicans for the position of president pro tempore of the Senate, in the event that the republicans should elect such officer, from which it appears that the managing republican Senators having given much thought to this subject, and that the indications now are that they are likely to arrive at this conclusion: 5 AM 1 Agreement. That they will not seék’ to reorganize the Senate, either by an alliance with the popu- lists, or by making such concessions in the way Of committee places to the silver men as will commit the republican party in any Way to the indorsement of free silver; that alliances of both kinds shall be rejected, if tendered, and that an agreement with the democrats as to the manner in’ which the Senazje shall be administered, until such time as either democrats or republicans by their own votes shall control the Senate, is preferable. In fact, the most authentic in- formation from a source of high authority is that such an-atrangement will be made between the democrats and the republicans, One of the consequences of such a_com- pact would be that the silver men and the Populists in the Senate would be left . conspicuous isolation, so far as a control of the committees or the offices-s co! ed. The plan which is known to be ui cons. Sideration by leading republican and demo- cratic Senators is this: Some Detatis of the Plan. : That the republicans will consent that th _ democrats shglJ retain Richard-J. Bright,’ . the present incumbent, as sergeant-at-arms, - and that some mutually satisfactory agree- Ment to iwo-parties as te the ‘distribu- tion of patronage shall be made; that the & secretary of the Senate in the of Mr. Cox of North Carolina, and that a president pro tempore. shall be chosenl who will be mutually ac- ceptable to both parties. It will be the un- derstanding, also, should this agreement be made, that the minor details of the patron- age of the Senate shall be arrariged in a manner which shall be satisfactory to the caucus committees of the republican and democratic parties. ‘ Eliminate Both Silver Mem and Pépu- lists. This plar would altogether eliminate the silver men and the populists from the Sen- ate as in any sense a dominating or con- trolling’ factor.. It would prevent those Senatcrs from magnifying themselves, or from beccming arrogant by the knowledge that they had the balance of power and could dictate the administration of the Senate and, in a measure, control its pol- . icy. Such a plan would relieve both the leading parties from the tyranny of third party rule, and would also save them from the embarrassment of belrg under any ob- ligations to the little handful of populist Senators. It is known that the leaders of both the republican and democratic parties greatly desire to avoid the embarrassment and obligations which would be created by any alliance with the populists. The demo- crats are even more earnest in this respect than are the republicans. The contest be- tween the democrats and the populists in the western states has been so personal and bitter there that democratic Senators have admitted that it would be far more agreeable to them and to their constituen- cies to make such an arrangement as to the joint administration of the Senate as has been indicated than to have any deale ings with their populist adversary. Precedent for the Arrangement. Such an arrangement between the demo- crats and the republicans would be by no means impracticable. There is a precedent for it. It has, in a measure, been done be- fore. During the series of years when the margin between the Gemocrats and the re- publicans In the Senate was very narrow @ compromise of this sort was resorted to for a considerable time. At present the condi- tions are such that it would be easy for the democratic and republican Senators to agree upon such a disposition of the offices of sergeant-at-arms and secretary of the Senate as has been suggested. Col. Bright, the present sergeant-at-arms, has given general satisfaction to the republicans, and, as if in anticipation of a joint ad- ministration of the Senate by the two par- ties, is understood to have already begun to appoint a considerable number of repub- licans to office. Ex-Congressman Cox of North Carolina, while an acccmplished scholar and a gentleman, has not given un- mixed satisfaction even to his own party. He kas, moreover, lost his chief political supporter in the retirement from the Sen- ate of Mr. Ransom of North Carolina. The latter was very strenuous for the appoint- ment of Gen. Cox, and it was almost en- tirely due to the persistent entreaties of Mr. Ransom that Gen. Cox received the caucus nomination for secretary. Under these circumstances it is much to be doubt- ed whether, if the democrats had the ma- jority of the Serate now and were to pro- ceed with the election of officers, Gen. Cox could again secure the support of the ma- jority vote of the democratic caucus. No Choice for Secretary. The republicans, who have been consid- ering such an arrangement, do not appear to have reached any conclusion as to their choice for the position of secretary of the Senate in case such a compact should be made. It does not seem probable that Gen. Anson Cook, who preceded Gen. Cox as sec- retary, would be likely to aspire to his old _ position, He now has an oifice under the mayor of New York, said to be worth $25,- 00 annually, which will continue for three years. It is not probable that he will ex- . change that position for the office of secre- tary of the Senate. —_—_-e—__ Capt. Evans at the Department. Capt. Evans, who will command the bat- tle ship Indiana, when she goes into com- mission, was at the Navy Department yes- terday, arranging for the acceptance of that vessel by the government. He said she was in complete fighting trim and will be ready for transfer to the government inside of ten days. — —————— Gen. Miles Gone for His Family. Gen. Miles, accompanied by Capt. Michler of his staff, went to New York today to arrange for the transfer of his family te this city, He will probably return early rext we