Evening Star Newspaper, November 8, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. RAUFEMANN: 1 Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ee ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the efty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 copts per week, cr 44 ceuts per month. Copies at the counter 2 rents each. Ky mail—anywhere tn the United States or Caauda—postage prepaid—sv cenis ber month. Saterday Quintupl> Sheet Star, $1 per year, with fereign postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @s second-class mail matter.) >All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Che Lvening Star. No. 13,316. WASHINGTON, D.O., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Look on page 8 for the twenty-eighth installment of “When the War Was Over.” $500 for the cor- rect solution of the mystery by a woman reader. Importance of the Recent Action of the Powers, THE SITUATION GROWS MORE ALARMING A Reign of Terror in the Asiatic Provinces. ARRESTS IN CONSTANTINOPLE CONSTANTINOPLE, November 7.—Hali Rifat Pasha, the Turkish minister for the Interior, has been appointed grand vizler, in suecersion to Kiamil Pasha, resigned. A new Turkish ministry has been formed, as follows: Hali Rifat Pasha, grand vizier; Said Pasha, president of the council of state; Tewfik Pasha, minister for foreign affairs; Hassan Pasha, minister of marine; Riza Pasha, minister of war; Memduh Pasha, minister of the interior; Abdur Rahman Pasha, minister of justice; Sabri Pasha, minister of finance; Arifi Pasha, minister without portfolio. Riza Pasha was minister of war in the last cabinet, Hassan Pasha was minister of marine in the late ministry, Hali Rifat Pasha is the ex-minis- ter of the interior, and ik Pasha has just come here from Berlin, where he was ‘Turkish ambassador to Germany. Finally, Said Pasha was minister for foreign af- fairs In the late cabinet and previously grand vizier. A Reply to the Powers Promised. ‘The Turkish minister for foreign affairs, Said Pasha, has promised to give the am- sssadors of the powers a definite reply within two days as to what steps the porte intends to take for the restoration of order in Armenia, and to provide for the protec- tion of Christians in that part of the Turk- ish empire. ‘This was the point especially alluded to by the ambassadors Tuesday, when they called separately and represented that the present state of affairs in Armenia could not be allowed to continue, and that if ad- equate measures not shortly taken to bring about the restoration of order, the powets would be compelled, acting in con- cert, to take their own steps in the mat- ter. No combined action of such grave import- ance upon the part of the powers has been taken for years past, and the fact that the porte was reminded of the intervention cf the powers in Syria at the time of the mas- res in 186 is considered as a direc werning to the sultan that Europe will intervene to restore order in Armenia un- 4ess the Turkish government acts promptly. As each day passes, however, the situa- tion becomes more and more alarming, «nd adds to the difficulty of the task before the porte, and, possibly, before the European powers. From Syria, ly, the mos' irg rumors are coming, and tha’ bused on ts is shown by the mob! twenty battalions of Redifs, out of the xty available, and the steps being taken to dispatch them : ssit to that portion o! Jends color to the r fans are receiving support from unexpected sources, and that the Turkish government may goon be face to fac? with an open and widespread revolt against the rule cf the sultan. Arrests of Suspects. disquiet- Arrests of Armenian and Turkish sus- pects are constantly being made here and elsewhere; but owing to the press censor- stip few facts in this connection are ob- teinable. Possibly the most grave turn in recent events lies in the fact established beyond any doubt that the dissatisfaction against the rule of the sultan has extended to the Turkish army and navy, and that the pal- gece officials are well aware of this fact and are in a state of greatest alarm. No- body here would be astonished to hear at any moment of an outbrak in the palace itself; in fact, people who are well versed in Turkish affairs assert that this is among the Immediate probabilities, and that only & prompt show of force upon the part of the European fleets can avert it. ‘Trustworthy reports whieh have been re- here from Erz2roum state that it established h troc sacre and pillage of and, it is added, clear evidence of t be placed before the representatives of the powers. A Reign of Terror. Private accounts represent the condition of the Asiatic provinces of Turkey as being deplorable in the extreme. A veritable reign of terror is said to exist, and bloodshed and robbery are of daily occurrence. ‘The police of this city are kept busy night and day, watching everybody and every- thing. such an this m of police surv that two sery- ants in the nglish merchants here have i while return from the pos papers. The lat in spite of th were h letters and n by the pollve, servants, and volice depot for merchants promptly complain sh charge Waffalres, the Hon. Michael Herbert, and the latter has made strong repr ntations to the porte on the subject. Of course, such a state of a be allowed to exist much lon: of all Christians In Armenia are in danger, and there is hourly expectation of the mos serious trouble in almost evéry part of the Turkish empire. The mere calling out of the army reserves will have little or no cffect on the situation, as the trooy not be relied upon in h an eme nd the wretched con- dition of the Turkish finances bars any- thing like wholesale and energetic action upon the part of the Turkish government unless a holy war is proclaimed, and that could only be done by inflaming the relig- icus fanaticism of the Turk against the Christians. This, It is believed, the porte would not hesitate to do in the case of an invasion of the Turkish dominions; but such a step would net be caleulated to sup- cannot the live press interior disorders, the basis of which should be the protection of the Christian population of Armenia, Hall Rif the new grand vizier reputation of being an He has held numerous nd is a man of broad views, ‘ a Turkish standpoint. The grand vizier is expected to have a moderating intluence between the Mussul- mans and the Ch ans; but it is thought that he will not be able to do anything of a remarkable ure at the present serious juncture of affairs in the Turkish empire. Se SECRETARY CARLISLE RETURNS. He, However, Declines to Talk on the Results of the Election. Secretary Carlisle returned to last evening from Covington, Ky. He de- clines positively to be interviewed in re- d to the election, and will not say hether he voted for Hardin or not. oo DID NOT APPEAR. the city The paed to Have Re- mained at Woodley Today. The President did not appear at the White House today, and it is supposed he Spent the day at work in the seclusion of his country home on the Wood! road. One of the Most Eminent Officers of the American Navy. His Distinguished Services Before, During and Since the War of the Rebellion. Rear Admiral Robert W. Shufeldt, one of the most eminent officers of the American navy, died at his residence in this city at the corner of 17th and De Sales streets this morning about 10:30 o'clock. He had been an invalid for several years and his end was not altogether unexpected. About five years ago he had a severe attack of the grip, from which he never entirely recovered; and last year, while visiting near Hamilton, Va., he was thrown from a carriage by a runaway horse and sustained a severe shock to his system. As soon as he was able to stand the journey he was brought to this city, and has remained here ever since, a confirmed in- valid. The immediate cause of his death was an acute attack of bronchitis, which his en- feebled constitution was unable to with- stard. Dr. Gunnell of the navy and Dr. Bromwell were his physécians and were with him at the time of his death. The members of his family were also at his bedside this morning. These were his daughter and his two sons. His eldest son is marshal of the United States consulate at Shanghai, and his other son is a retired army officer. Although the arrangements for his funeral are not completed, it is more than probable that he will be buried at the Arlington cem- etery Saturdey morning. His Distinguished Career. Rear Admirai Shufeldt had a distin- guished career and rendered excellent Ser- vice to his country before, during and since the war. He was born in Duchess county, N. Y., February, 1822, and entered the navy as a midshipman in May, 1839. During his early career he cruised in South American and African waters. In June, 1854, he re- signed his commission in the navy and took an active part in the organization of the ste2m commercial marine of New York. He se two years in the Collins line of steamers b 1 New York and Liverpool and superintended the building of the steamers Black Warrior and Cahawba, both of which he subsequently commanded. He was next engaged in the effort to open the transit route across the isthmus ef Te- huantepec. At the outbreak of the war he was in command of the steamer Quaker City, running between New York and Ha- vi and was appointed by President Ein- coln consul general to Cuba. He held this office for two years under spe lly trying circumstances, and was then sent to Mexico on a special mission in connection with the invasion of the French, He re-entered the navy with the rank of commander in 1862 and was placed in com- mand of the Conemaugh. He subsequently commanded the Proteus of the gulf squad- ren. He took part in the capture of Morris Island, the attacks on Fort Wagner and in the attack upon St. Mark's, Fla. After the war he visited Asia, in com- mand of the Hartford, end served as chief of the bureau of equipment and recruiung from February, 1875, to November, 1878, during which time he reorganized the naval apprentice system. He was commissioned as a commcdore In September, 1876, and had command of tke naval forces at New Orleans during the election troubles of that year. The Treaty Wiith Corea. In 1878 he had a3 his flegship the steam sloop Ticonderoga, and made a commercial and diplomatic cruise around the world un- der the auspices of the State Department. He was appointed arbitrator by the En- glish and American governments to settle the Liberian boundary question, and he was also authorized to open negotiations with the kingdom of Corea for the protection of American life and property. He succeeded in this latter mission, and the treaty with Corea was signed in May, 1883. It was the first treaty ever made by that country with any western power, and opened it to the commerce of the world. Subsequertly he was president of the na- val advisory board which designed the first steel cruisers of the new navy, and was af- terward superintendent of the naval ob- servatory. He reached the grade of rear admiral in 1883, and was retired on ac- count of age in February, 1$54, since which time he hes mainly resided tn this city. In 186) he wrote a thesis on the African slave trade with Cuba, which attracted the at- tention of the government and led to a treaty with Great Britain which caused the extirpation of that tratlic between Africa and the Island of Cuba. ee PAY AND BOUNTY. Report of the Auditor for the War Department. In his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury the auditor for the War De- partment says that the work of the pay and bounty division is still about eighteen months behind, notwithstanding there has been a gradual gain on the back work dur- ing the last three years. He says the num- ber of claims on hand has been reduced by 5,716 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1803, and by 6,750 during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1894, and still further re- duced by during the last "fiscal year, which has trought the work up to claims filed in 1804. At the same rate of gain on this back work, he says, it will require the present force at least four years to bring the work up to date, If as many new claims continue to be filed; but that an increase of twenty-five clerks Would enable this work to be brought up to date within two years. He recommends that this increase of force be made, in order that all Just claims for pay and bounty due to soldiers and to the families of deceased soldiers may be paid more promptly. SS NAVAL SUPPLIES. Annual Report of Paymaster General Stewart on the Purchases Made. In his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, Paymaster General Edwin Stew. art recommends an increase of the navy supply fund from $200,000 to $500,000, as in the interest of economy, the bureau thereby being enabled to keep supply of needed mate: ferent yards purchased after advertisement, in- stead of heing obliged, as at present, to pur- them ir the open market on emer- applications. He shows clearly the effected by the application si i that careful- le competition have enabled the de- s requirements during supplies of unusual ex- surprisingly low p —— Navy Department Promotions. Secretary Herbert has made the follow- ing promotions in the clerical force of the Navy Department: T. B. Snoddy, from $1,400 to $1,600, bureau supplies and ac- ecunts, vice Knapp, decersed; H. C. hit- ing, from $1,200 to $1,400, judge adyocace 's office; Patrick O'Dea, from $1,000 bu eau construction and repairs, m D. Little, from 3000) to $1,000, eau supplies and accounts. ———— Medal of Honor Awarded. By direction of the President, a medal of honor has be2n presented Wm. Schmidt, late a private of company G, thirty-seventh Ohio infantry, and now a resident of Du- luth, Minn., fer most distinguished gal- lantry in action at the assault on Mi ary Ridge, November 1863, in _rese a wounded comrade under a terrific fire. Purtment to me ty ng A Suit Begun to Determine Rights ' of Dealers. THE SPACE.ON B STREET IN QUESTION Farmers Hold a Conference Today With the Commissioners. —— COMPANY’S COMPLAINT The Washington Market Company,through its attorney, William Birney, today filed a bill In equity against the District of Colum- bla, asking that the true line of the center of B street north between 7th and 9th streets west, as the line existed May 20, 1870, the date of the company’s charter, be ascertain- ed by the taking of testimony, and that the court establish the line in its relation to the south wall of the Center Market building. Also that the Commissioners be restrained from taking any steps to prevent the oc- cupancy by market wagons or stands of produce dealers of any portion of the side- walk or roadway on the north side of B street between 7th and 9th streets, and also from beginning any proceedings at law be- cause of the occupancy mentioned, against the produce dealers or the Wasninston Market Company. The matter was brought to the attention of Chief Justice Bingham, and he ordered that a temporary restraining order against the Commissioners issue, re- turnable November 16. In its bill the Market Company sets forth that June 30, 1794, the Commissioners for Washington city directed their surveyor, Mr. Nicholas King, “to lay out the market squares,” and that March 2, 1797, Presi- dent Washington appropriated reservation No. 7 to the “Center Market,” beginning at the north side of Canal street and the east side of 9th street. On the original plan of the city, approved by Presidents Washing- ton and Adams, the bill continues, “Canal street” is marked as lying between the canal, then projected, and what 1s now the Smithsonian Grounds, and “B" street is marked as lying north of the canal. The corporation law of 1833 gives the width of Canal street as thirty feet, and that of B street as 99. As the north line of B street was the south line of reservation 7, it is stated, the middle Inc of B street was forty-nine feet and six inches south of reservation 7. It 1s rot believed, so the Market Company says, that any legisla- tion or valid action of competent authorities has changed the width of B street between 7th and 9th streets. The Dispated Line. It is further stated that October 6, 1802, a city ordinance established the Center market on the south side of Pennsylvania Avenue between 7th and Sth streets. From that date to the present time the place has been used for the purposes of a public market, extending from the avenue on the north to the canal, during its existence, or to the middle Ine of 5 street; and wagons and produce stands have occupied what is now the roadway of B street and the sidewalk along the market. May 27, 1857, it is recited, a city ordi- nance enacted that the corporation laws in regard to markets extend and apply to the whole of the squares on which the market houses were situated, and to- fifteen feet of the avenues and streets, measuring from the curb line, on which the squares fronted. This ordinance, it is submitted, is still in force, except where limited by the plaintiff's charter. The company next goes in to say that May 9, 1860, Congress enacted that the ground in question be ceded to the corpora- tion of Washington on condition that with- in two years after a market house be erected thereon. Although the corporation did not fulfill the condition, it is claimtd that the statute shows that the policy of Congress contemplited the accommodation of market wagons on the south side of the market. After citing an ordinance extending the market into the neighboring streets, the company states that it has erected large and costly buildings, and believes {ts south frcnt to be many feet north of the center line of B street. After giving a number of suppositions re- garding the present width of the street, the company says that November 2, 1805, the Ccmmissioners issued instructions to the stperintendent of police to prevent the oc- cupancy by market wagors or stands of preduce dealers of any portion of the side- walk or roadway on the north side cf B street between 7th and 9th streets, except for so long as such occupancy may be nec- y for ordinary use. The plaintiff de- clares that no such order has been issued against any of the public markets which are under the management and control of the District, but market wagons are per- mitted to occupy adjacent roadways, and dealers in produce oceupy with their stands the space adjoining the markets. The com- plaint adds’ that no sufficient cause 1s known for this discrimination. Dealers to Be Prosecuted. The market company is informed that the Commissioners threaten to cause the arrest of every person who shall not promptly va- cate the roadway and sidewalk in question, and the company believes that these threats will be put into execution, The company, continuing its bill of com- plaint, goes on to say that the right of the dealers to occupy the roadway in question tut since the 2d of the current month the District Commissioners, they say, pretend that the farmers have no such right, and that the plaintiff? hes no rights south of its south wall. It is also said that a survey has been made which shows the south wall to be on the center line of B street north, ‘The plain- tiff avers that no official survey of said street is on record or any other survey show- ing that fact. Visit the Commissioners. The Commissioners gave a héaring to a delegation of the farmers which called this morning for the purpose of get- ting some idea of where they stand in the matt Messrs. Horace Crozier, J. C. Reeves, George C. Curtiss and Colonel Wright Reeves were present on behalf of the market dealers. Mr. Curtiss explained the object of the conference, which was primarily to find out what arrangement the Cemimi had made regarding the Je market square, which had been side for the wholesale farm- Commissivrer Truesdell xplained that the Commissioners had advertised the stalls for rent, and specifications governing the same could be obtained from the sec- retar The idea w to first rent the stands for the remainder of the yea« and afterward to rent them quarterly, the rent to be paid in advance. Inadequate Space. Mr. Curtiss maintained that the provision made by the autherities for the fegmezs the wholesate square was totally ir quate. The farmers require ot less than six feet to display their goods. Tho na he stands as built by the authorities made it impossible for the farmers to deliver the'r goods. Wheel- barrows were used for this work, and when the footway is crowdel a whce’barrow can- not get tnrough. He thought at least twelve feet should be provided for a walk and ht feet allowed the farmers to di: play their goods. They hi be notified by the police that all those who stand un- der the market shed on B strat between 7th and 9th streets must leave there on So* urday, The Wagons Block the Street. Commissioner Truesdell sald the trouble about occupying the north side of B street was that the wagons stand there to the detriment of the public, which had a right to the free and uninterrupted use of the street. The Market Company had no right to charge rent for the space occupied by the wagons, and the Commissioners consid- ered it their duty to clear the street. The wholesale market square was provided with the idea of allowing the farmers to sell from the wagons. There is no money avail- able, he continued, to put a shed over this square. : ‘This being the case, Mr. Curtiss thought it would have been far better to have al- lowed the other improvements which had been made to go and gravel the entire space. Mr. Crozier sald that as he under- stood the arrangement, the Commissioners were going to move all the dealers off of B street to the whol2sale market. Retailers were to be allowed to utilize the sidewalk on the south side of B streat, adjacent to the Smithsonian grounds. * Who Are Retailers? ‘Tnis brought up an important question of who were retailers. He ventured to say that every man who sold at the market were both wholesalers and retailers as the occasion demanded. It was a difficult mat- ter to settle the difference between the two. This being the case it would be manifestly unjust to move a certain number two or three squares away, and allow others to stand within half a square of the market, where most of the goods were sold. If the Commissioners had the right to allow the occupation of the south side of B street, why not apportion spaces there and charge rent therefor? During the administration of Commissioner Douglass such an ar- rangement was made and the market was never run smocther. The arrangement was fair and no one complained. Again, the wholesale market square would not ac- commodate the dealers. What was going to be done then? There was, on an aver- age, 40) farmers who sold their products by wholesale. The wholesale market square could not accommodate them all. He thought it would be proper to move all dealers, both retail and wholesale, off of B street on both sides east of 1th street. The men he represented .were willing to abide by such an order, and he thought it would operate fairly all around. Postponement Likely. The Commissioners sald that they had done everything possible with the limited means at their disposal, Mr. Curtiss thdught the Commissioners should allow the whole question to remain In statu quo until after Congress met and passed an appropriation preyiding for a shed to the wholesale square. The hearing finally ended with the Com- missioners promising to tale the matter un- der consideration. ‘A prominent farmer im discussing the matter with a reporter of The Star after the hearing said he thought the Commis- sioners had made a fatal mistake in com- pelling the farmers t6 remove from B street. The ladies who go to market would object to going so far out of their way to do their marketing. m the farmers stood under the shed on the north side of B street “everything was convenient and in stormy weather the sned afforded protec- tion. —— ENGLAMD © VIEWS IT. —s-= The London Papers"om the Republi- can Sweep. LONDON, November 7.—The ‘TitRes says of the elections: ‘The <lections have again surprised American politicians. Republi- cans were victorious beyond all expecta- tions. The failure to Break Tammany is discouraging. Such is the state of Amer- fean politics in the absence of any great issues (exeept the tariffiand the currency, upon which the contending parties are un- able or unwilling to range themselves face to face) that it is impossible to predict the result of the presidential election. Per- haps the democrats have the most case to regret the success of Tarataany; for some cf Tammany’s moral ‘geredit is bound to fall upon the democratic part: The Daily News (iberal) says: “The elections are going so markedly in favor of the republicans that the presidential seat is all but safe fcr the next year. Tam- many’s success ir New York city 1s of no real iraportance, and will not stop the re- forms.” The Chronicle (liberal) says: “It is quite clear that there is no real democratic re- vival. We regret, but are not surprised at the victory of Tammany in New York. It carries an important moral for our too extreme temperance friends.” The Post (conservative) says: ‘The gen- eral result confirms the opinion that the reaction against the democrats which was So conspicuous last November is still in operation. The democratic success in York cHty was truly remarkal nd doubtless partly due to the intoierance of the reforming party.” The Globe, this afternoon commenting upon the elections in the United States, sa! “We think no question is likely to arise before the presidential year which will bring the democrats back to power. So far as our relatidns with the United States are concerned, the issue is of exceedingly little importance, involving no other change than another ambassador here. But real regret is felt in this country at Tammany’s vic- tory. The reformers did not know how to use their newly acquired power with dis- cretion, and to them alone must be ascribed the defeat.” How — __ URGED TO BE FAITHFUL. Address of the Kaiser to a Number of Reernit BERLIN, November 7.—Emperor William today enjoyed one of those military displays which have become remarkable of recent years from the fact that he takes advantage of such occasions to make some utterance which is commented upon for a long time afterward. He did not fail to do so today, and although there was nothing astonishing in his address, it contained a sharp referente to sociali&m. The cause of the military turnout today was the swearing in of the recruits of the regiments of the guard, which was accom- panied gy the usual ceremomies. His ma- Jesty then made a short speech to the young soldiers, reminding them that they now be- longed to his army and-bidding them es- pecially to be mindful of the honor which was theirs in being attached to the guard. He added: “Before all things, you should trust to God to preserve your own honor and be faithful to your emperor and country,wheth- er against a foreign or an internal foe.” Gen. Von Wintefeldt then called for three cheers for the emperor, which were heartily given by all present, and the ceremony of administering the oath of allegiance to the young soldiers just joining was concluded with a march past of all the troops assem- bled. Notice to Subscribers. Subscribers are 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 only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. His References to the Advances to Disbursing Officers. REMEDIAL LEGISLATION RECOMMENDED Indications That the Consular Es- tablishment is Self-Supporting. THE LIBRARIAN’S ACCOUNTS a Mr. Holcomb, auditor for the State and other departments, submitted his annual report today, giving a full and detailed statement of the accounts of the diplomatic and consular service, the Department of Jus- tice and the Agricultural Department. He says that the new system has generally worked satisfactorily, and the objects which it was designed to accomplish have been, in the main, attained. Advances to Disbursing Officers. The auditor alludes to the unsatisfactory condition of the law applying to the bonds of disbursing officers, and cites the case of the District Commissioners. ‘The large ad- vances,” he says, ‘necessarily made to the Ccmmissioners of the District of Columbia for the payment of expenses involved in the administration of a large city cause an average balance against the Commissioners of more than a half million dollars. The bond of each of two of the Commissioners is in the comparatively small sum of $50,000, while the third Commissioner, being an army officer, is not required to give any bond. It can be said, however, of the Com- missioners that the system of disbursing their funds reduces to a minimum the danger of any loss. In the cases of the three disbursing officers of Congress it is claimed that very large advances are necessary, and the indebtedness of these officers varies from $50,000 to $400,000, while the bonds in the cases of two are for $20,000 and of the other for $50,000. Legislation Recommended. In view of the facts presented, he sug- gests that Congress be recommended to provide by law (1) that every disbursing officer shall give bond in an amount which shall exceed, say by 25 per cent, as in the case of the public printer, ail advances that may be deemed necessary, and to prohibit the advance, in any case, of any sum which will create an indebtedness in excess of the limit fixed; and (2) that there shall be add- ed to the salary of the officer appointed a certain amcunt for every thousand dollars of security required, so that the inequality and injustice above referred to shall not continue. Consular Establishment Self-Sustain- ing. The settlements of consular accounts for the fiscal year show a large increase over the preceding year of official fees received, to wit, $180,353.85, and the excess of ex- penditures in the consular service over receipts was during the vear only $100,- 567.92, as against $207,066.02 for the fiscal year 184. The indications are now that the receipts during the current year will exceed the expenditures and thus make the consular. establishment self-supporting. A recommendation is made that Con: make provision for the relief of American seamen shipwrecked on the ccast of Alaska similar to the provision fer such caxes in foreign countries. The report says the ac- counts of F. Kieckhoefer, disbursing clerk of the State Department, have been adjusted, but makes no reference to the recent investigation. Librarian Spofford’s Accounts Auditor Holcomb makes the following statement in regard to the accounts of the librarian of Congre: “Section 4945 of the Revised Statutes pre- scribes that the librarian of Congress shall, urder the supervision of the joint commit- tee of Congress cn the brary, perform all acts and duties required by law touching ecpyrights, and shall have the immediate care and supervision of all records and other things relating thereto. Copyrights are granted for books, maps, dramatic or musical compositions, engr: ings, cuts, photographs or negatives the of, paintings, drawings, chromos, stat stationery, etc. The act of March 3, greatly increases the duties of the office, while the steady growth of the great li- brary has added daily to the duties of the litrarian, apart from the copyright busi- ness. This involves a large amouat cf work, if the prescribed duties are properly performed. : * Present Syxtem Bad. “Among the duties of the librarian of Co: gress is that of rendering to this office his accounts tor receipts of copyright fee which average considerably over $100 dail The rendering of these accounts has been greatly delayed, and an examination into the matter made during the year has nade it plain that the present system does not secure the best results either for the govern- ment or the general public. “The librarian claims that the multitude of 3 an inadequate clerical force are responsible for the trouble. Whatever be the cause, a remedy should be found, and I would respectfully suggest, as a solution of the difficulty, that Congress be recom- mended to separate the duties of register of copyrights from those of librarian of Cor gress, enacting such laws as would promote the interests of the public in securing prompt action in copyright matters, and would at the same time protect the interests of the government in securing prompt returns of moneys received from copyright fees. irate aas egg See eee Two Courts-Martial. Maj. Gen. Ruger, commanding the De- partment of the East, has appointed two general courts-martial for the trial of such prisoners as may be ordered before them. One is to assemble at Fort Myer, Va., a is composed of the following oiticers: Ma. Thomas C. Lebo, Capts. H M. Kendall, Henry P. Kingsbury, Frank West, Louis A’ Craig, Benjamin H. Cheever, Augustu Biceksom and Lieuts. John Harm Charles D, Rhodes, Benjamin B. Hyer, Harry H. Stout, Herbert A. White, Av C. Nissen, and H. J. Gallagher, judge vocate, all of the sixth -avalr, The other court-martial is now in pro- gress at the Washington barracks, and is rkhimer, Clarence Tow » William ibald mpbell, Henry H. % . Heiner, John C. Gil- and David M. King, judge adve cate. Capt. Lancaster and Lieuts. Bi himer and Campbell are of the third tillery. All the other officers of the court are of the fourth aifillery. ——_—_——_+-2+—____ A MYSTERIOUS MURDERER. Among the Women Victoria, B.C. VICTORIA, B. C., November 7.—The find- ing of the dead body of Millie Crow, a colored werran, in her house here yester- day has resulted in the police being brought face to face with the fact that a mysterious stranger is at work among wo- men of the lowest class here. Cape Mudge Sally, an Indian girl, and the former vic- tim of the fiend, perished on a night in Oc- tober, and the two cases are so strangely similar as fo force the conclusion that the author is the same. In neither case did the eseassin leave a workable clue. more, jr. At Work af acres the street and sana” °"" ©) ALIDITOR HOLCOMB|NOT SHEDDING TEARS The Administration's Friends Not La- menting the Result of the Elections. Chief Claude M. Johnson Not Surpris- ed at Kentucky's Action—Mr, Coffin on Gorman, Any one who labors under the impression that the administration 1s in tears, without a consoling thought, over the result of the elections on Tuesday would scon abandon that idea if he could sound the feelings of a goodly number of democrats who are holding office at the present time, and who confess an allegiance to President Cleveland stronger than party ties. This condition of the administration dem- ocratic mind may result partially from the fact that it is always in order to hold a post- election autopsy in order to verify the diag- nosis given before the voters of the country prescribed for the national patient. A re- port of the real disease affecting the patient must be made, and in the case of the elec- tions just over Mr. Cleveland’s friends are gladly announcing their belief that the oppo- sition of party bosses in the states to the President was the real factor which caused defeat. They say it was simply a case Of a house divided against itself, and the house has fallen. They do not look upon this fact as any argument against the feasibility of reconstructing the house. Mr. Johnson on Kentucky. Mr. Claude M. Johnson, chief of the bu- reau of engraving and printing, was seen by a Star reporter today. Mr. Johnson has just returned from the blue grass state, where he voted. He says the result was not a surprise to him, although it came as a surprise to Kentucky democrats. “I talked to great numbers of democrats in Kentucky,” said Mr. Johnson, “and they all spoke in the most confident manner about the elections. They fully thought that Mr. Blackburn could not be beaten. They even believed that Mr. Hardin would pull through, but such a result as has been seen was not for a moment suspected by ‘any democrat 1 spoke to, if their taik and actions could be taken as the true index to their real feelings. “The election in Kentucky is an example of the benefit of viewing the affairs of a state from a point without the state. I was placed so that I took such a view, and the result did not surprise me. I think that many witheut the state felt as I did, but to democr who were on,the ground it was the greatest surprise. There was no national issue in the Kentucky campaign except the financial question, and the peo- ple of that state had no idea of indorsing a financial policy that was so faulty that it would have brought the greatest trouble had it been indorsed. The office holders in Kentucky did not scratch the ticket so far as I could judge. They as a rule voted the straight democratic ticket, the scratching being done by the business men, who did not propose to vote for a man who accepted a nominition cn a platform of sound money and then repudiated the platform before the voters of the state. How Biackburn Could Have Won. “I think it would have been an easy thing for Mr. Blackburn to have secured enough delegates to have insured his re-election to the United States Senate if he had re- frained from heaping personal abuse on the President and other members of the administration, had not pressed the silver : sue and bad run on bis personal popu- arity. £ “But Kentucky is a democratic state and will give a democratic majority when the national ticket is up for election. The re- sult in Ohio did not surprise me, as that state is normally republicen, to be carried by the democrats only on off years.” The Verdict Against Gorman. Representative Charles E. Coffin of Mary- land was in the city today, and was feeling in good spirits over the way his state had turned its back on the organized democracy peaking of the result, Mr. Coffin id “The result in Maryland was purely a verdict against Mr. Gorman. Republicans and democrats joined hands to defeat him, and they have done so ccmpletely. Mr. Gorman is politically dead, He will not come back to the Senate after his present term expires. He is buried. His methods of bossing the party of his state were not liked, and the people have simply put him where ke will not be heard of again. “Not only is this the ease with reference to Mr. Gorman, but Maryland is now plac- ed in the list of doubtful states, and it will be doubtful in the presidential election.” AT MR. GORMAN’S HOME, A Great Surprise to Democrats and Republicans Alike. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. LAUREL, November 7.—Six hundred and thirty-two votes were polled in Laurel, Howard county, out of a registration of six hundred and fifty-two. This is the larg- est vote ever polled here. The vote was as follow Governor—Hurst (democrat), 301; Lowndes (republican), 304; Levering (prohibition), 13. Controller—Smith (democrat), 800; Gra- hem (republican), 298; Nicodemus (prohibi- tion), 115 Attorney general—Crotkers (democrat). 360; Clabaugh (republican), 290: Tucker (prohibitionist), 11. House of delegates—Benj. D. Stephens (democrat), 310; Ri rd E. Brartit (demo- ‘ancis M. Hall (democrat), 254; George Hoimes (republican), 278; William 278; blican), M. F. Schooley son (demo- NG. Scaggs Joseph S. Wil Roger Bellis (republican), —Pinkney A. 2. Cas Smith ¢ ‘ood (republic court—Thomas R. Joseph Huntt Enos Ray (dem L. Waring (republican), publican), epublican), 2 (democrat), can), 289. ~—-Aquilla T. William H. » 3 Horace Cr er (republi. Benjamin N. Hardisty (republi- Robin- Owen. commissi or—Rederick M. McGregor s H. Latimer (re- This is the first time gone republican for a leng number of years. It w a surprise to many republi- cans, who were of the opinion before and on election day that Laurel district would go democratic by about 50. The majorit last year for Wells (demeccrat) and Roger: (democrat), candidates for short and lon terms in Congress, over Coffin (republican) was only 15. ‘Tne majority for Lowie (dem- ocrat), for the state mate, two years azo was 114. The muorities for candidates on the democratic state and county tickets in the sixth district of Howard county, Sena- ormen’s voting place, ranged from Howard county, however, has given ican state and county ticket at majority. This county will lose a democratic State senator this year, some- thing which it has not done for twenty-five cr more years, and Mr, Gorman will not have the senator from his own county to vote fcr him in 1899, if he is a candidate for re-election. that Laurel has TWO OF THE VICTORS Higher Honors Proposed for Lowndes and Bradley. MISTAKEN EAGERNESS OF FRIENDS Their Success Was Not in the Larger Sense Personal. WILL PERFORM THEIR DUTY Instantly, as is usual in such cases, the victors in the hard struggles in Maryland and Kentucky are being boomed for even greater things. Personal admircrs seem dis- posed to give them no rest, but to push them right along toward the very top of the ua- tional heap. Evidences of vice presidential strength and availability are discovered in Gov.-elect Lowndes, while the presidency itself is being dangled before the eyes of Gov.-elect Bradley. Combinations of cne kind or another are being suggested and canvassed, and in this way an entirely new turn is given, or sought to be given, to Tues- day’s work in those two states. Not Personal Success. In some quarters this is regretted. It is thought to represent shortsightedness, and, indeed, 2 failure to appreciate the full and real meaning of what las been accompli ed. Popular, and able, and deserving as both men are, the success of Mr. Lowndes and Col. Bradley is nct in the larger sense regarded as personal. Both, it is insisted, repres2nt a movement which, according to the voice of Tuesday, must be carried out by them. The people of Maryland did not feel themselv-s to be making a candidate for Vice President, ror the people of Ken- tucky a candidate for President, as the immedicte result of Tuesday's work. They were striving to effect a change local to themselves—to. supplant bad conditions with good conditions—and therefore selected the two men in question to carry out their program. In this view of the case the post of duty for the next four years for both Mr. Lowndes aud Col. Bradley will he that that has just been assigned them. Tho surest way, It is thought, for botn of them to reach even higher stations will be to content themselves for the designated time with the work that has been cut out for them, ond perform it with all the skill and faithfulness of which they may be capable. ‘The republicans, it is insisted, cannot afford to rest with simply haying ‘gained power. They must show by their performances that they were worthy of it, and having gained it should strive hard to keap it. Will Not Mistake Their Duty. Those who know the two men have every confidence that they will not mistake their duty at this time, and set off on « chase after the inadvisable and the unattainable, They have shrewdness, judgment, patience and pluck, They have ambition, too, but” instructed by large experience. They have worked and waited a weary while for what at last they have now secured. Col. Brad- Jey has served the scriptural term of four- teen years for his office, having made, for self or for others, four distinct can= asses of the state in gubernatorial years, The Two Senatorships. This same line of argument is thought also to apply to the two senatorships that have been gained. It is held that neither Mr. Lowndes nor Col, Bradley should per mit the use of his name in connection with that office. The party in both states is fortunate in the possession of material well suited to it, and unembarrassed as to ac- cepling the place. In Maryland the names of Gen. Agnus, Chairman Wellington,Judge McComas and ex-Congressman Findlay are mentioned. Mr. Findlay is spoken of as thé most brilliant man in the state, her great- est orator since Henry Winter Davis, and is said to be anxious to return to political life. In Kentucky the republicans, if the legislature turns out to be detinitely theirs, will consider the names of John W. Yerkes, chairman of the state committee, and a law of excellent repute; A. E. Willson of Louisville, who ranks high among the political leaders in the state; St. John Boyle, Congressmen-elect Waiter Evang and Godfrey Hunter, and Judge T. Z. Mor- row. They are all alle men, and have long enjoyed the confidence of their party. Harrison and Bradley. The story that overtures from the east are already being made to Col. Bradley to run second on a presidential ticket attracts attention because of the bearing it has en Gen. Harrison’s candidacy. It seems ta have been forgotten, however, that Cdl. Bradley has always been in high favor with the Indlana leader. The mission to Corea was tendered him soon after Gen. Harrison Was inaugurated President, and in the dis- tribution of the Kentucky patronage Col, Bradley was freely consulted. The result was that at Minneapolis, in 1892, the Ken- tucky delegation, under Col. Bradley's lead- ship, stood under the Harrison standard, ‘ol. Brailey himself resisted the most tempting offers to go over to the Blaine side. What Col. Bradley’s views msy be with regard to bringing Gen. Harrison for- yard again next year is yet to be de- oped. He may be opposed to it. But It is thought to be a safe guess that his per- sonal feelings toward the ex-President are still very friendiy, and that he will not lend himself to any movement having for {ts object more the embarrassment of the ex- President than his own welfare and ad- vancement. — oo AVAL PROGRES: Papers to Be Read at the Meeting of Architects and Engineers. ‘There will be an interesting summary of the naval progress of the year at the third annual meeting of the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers in New York next Thursda: ‘apt. Taylor, presi- dent of the Naval War College, will deliver an address on “American Maritime De- velopment;” Chief Constructor Hichborn will talk on “Recent Designs of Ves for the United States Prof. V Durand of Cornell University and Naval Censiructor D. W. Taylor wilt read papers on ship construction, and other papers by’ experts will treat of aluminum in ship work, the performance of the twin-screw sound steamer City of Lowell, rudder ex- periments, centerboards, engineering re- searc in the na’ ventilation of ship «experimental tests of the Iowa's side ar- mor, and tactical considerations involved in Warship designs REDERICK COUNTY. nées Has a Plurality of 745 Over Hurst. Ing Star. SDERICK, a November 7.—The official returns from the election in this county show a total vote for Lowndes of 6,050, Hurst, 5.314; Levering, 420. Lowndes has a plurality of 745 over Hurst, and a majority of 325 — Mr. Matthews Gets an Office. Word has been received here that the democrats have elected W. C. Matthews as recorder of the city of Albany, N.Y. Mat~ thews is a colored man, and was Eneias Cleveland's first appointee to the pffice of recorder of deeds in this city.