Evening Star Newspaper, December 9, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHE DAIL EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Etreet, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, sheath as) ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tn the city by caitiers, on their own account, at 10 cents Per we, cr 44 cents per wonth. Copies at the < 2 vents cach. By mall—anywhere in ‘ates or Canada—postage prepald—60 ceni per month. Saturday Quintupl> Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign portage added, $3.00. Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D.C. @s second-class mail matter.) §7 All mail subscriptions muat be pald {n advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. SANK WITH HER CREW The British Steamer Principia Wrecked on a Rock, —— WAS ON FIRE IN THE FOREHOLD Ran to the Nearest Land for Safety. TWENTY-EIGHT LIVES LOST LEITH, Scotland, December 9.—The Brit- ish steamer Principia, Capt. Stannard, from Shields, November 13, via Dundee, Novem- ber 16, for New York, took fire in the fore- hold when about forty miles north of Cape Wrath, on the northwestern extremity of Scotland. She ran for one of the Faroe Islands, struck a rock and went down with twenty seven of her crew, only one, Henry Anders of Rostock, being saved. He was taken from the weter after having been clinging to wreckage for elghteen hours. A passenger named Jackson was drowned. The Principia was a barkentine-rigged screw steamer. bullt at New Castle, Eng- land, In 1881. She was owned by the Ar- row Shipping Company and registered 1,790 net and 2,749 gross tons. Simpson, Spence & Yorng are the New York agents of the line, LONDON, December 9.—A_ special éis- patch from’ Rome announces that numerous wrecks have occurred during the great storms which have swept over Italy. Much damageshas bezn done, especially along the coasts. BERNE, Switzerlan@ December 9.—The severe storms which have prevailed cver Switzerland during the past few dayy and throughout Europe in general, hav2 caused great damage, especially in the villages in the mounta'n districts of Switzerland. An earthquake shock was felt at Hasll, also known as Ober-Hasli, in this canton. Lake Tug Lost. L'ANSE, Mich., December 9.—The tug P. B. Campbell, with her crew, was lost about twenty miles off Huron Island on Saturday morning. No particulars have been receiv- ed. The Campbell is of twenty-two tons burden and was owned by B. B. Inman of Duluth. She had lately been employed in the effort to release the stranded schooners Moonlight and Kent at Marquefte and was probably on her way home to Duluth from that port when she was lost. = WILL HUSTLE FROM NoW ON. also Eastern Shore Men Will Put More Energy Into Their Campaign. Special Dixpateh to The Evening Star, BALTIMORE, Md., December 9.—A num- ber of Eastern Shore members-elect to the general assembly, who are in town today, say that the campaign for the senatorship from their section will be pushed with mcre vig .r than has been displayed here- tofore, and that from now on the fight for the eastern shore “birth right” will be of the fiercost character. All the sen- “atorial aspirants from the peninsula will open headquarters at’ the Carrollton this week, and no effcrt to convert western shoremen by displays of eastern shore sen- timent and enthusiasm will be overlooked. The presence of the claimants to the sen- atorial prize from across the bay, will. of course, keep the friends of Messrs. Wel- lington, Gary, Williams and other western aspirants keyed up to the highest pitch, and from now on until the lezislature set- tles the question public interest here will be at the highest tension. ‘The eastern shore fight is directed prin- cipally against Congressman Wellington, but even with Wellington eliminated, con- seryative judges here fail to see how the eastern shoreme attain their end, as there is not a te on the shore on whom the delegates can unite, and° under such conditions it Is alleged that it would he a better policy to elect a western man who can depend on a strong backing to succeed Mr. Gibson. Tho friends of Mr. James A. Gary are pushing his name with enthvsiasm, and should It be decided to ignore the eastern shore law, he will make a strong bid for the place. Mr. Ga interests are being managed in a very skillful manner, and such as will not make him unwelcome to any delegates as a second choice. His managers have been careful, for instance, not to antagonize the eastern shoremen, it being given out that his candidacy will be pushed only in the event of the old law and customs being disregarded, and this, it is claimed, will win the support of some of the eastern shoremen should they be unable to attain their first choice. There are now thirteen candidates in the fleld, They are George L. Welllngton, James A. Gary, § . Williams, Henry Stockbridge, Adial P. Burns, Robert P. he Philips L. Goldsborough, J. C. Mulliken, Robert B. Dixon, ¢ sum, Charles T. Wescott, bert ard A. L. Dryden. DENOUNCED BY JUDGE DUNDY. rge M. Rus- enry R, Tor- Attempts of Oma ence a De OMAHA, Neb. Decem Today the federal grand jury will begin investigatins the verdict of the jury which Saturday ac- quitted Richard Outealt of complicity in rebbing the Capital National Ba sensational developments are expected. Judge Dundy sald that some papers and scme people had been trying this case be- fore the court had taken it up, endeavoring in that manner to influence the jury, and the law shi -p in and see that such conduct did not go unpunished. The court, Judge Dundy aid, had received threaten? ing letters from di advising him as to his duty, and these things were to be investigated. paper had insinuated 3 to On that he was in collusion with parii pack the jury In the interest of one side of the case, ard the grand jury should also Investigate that. POSTAL CLERKS WORKED UP. se Their Places if They Try to frect Legislation. December 9, local paper May CHICAGO, says: Clerks in the Chicago post office are much wrought up over the orders issued by Post- master General Wilson, They had arrang- ed to give an entertainment at Central Mu- sic Hall Saturday night and use the pro- ceeds to send a committee to V ed ington to help get their rev ssi tion bill before Congr the Postmaster Ge such a commission i: sition. The orders of the Postmaster Gen- eral are so empkatic that it fs doubtful if the meeting will take place. a xht Fire From a Fire. Evening Star. y the order of 1, whoever goes on ikely to lose his po- Her Clothes € Special Dispateh to PETERSGURG, Va., December 9.—Mary Vaughan, aged thirteen ye , daughter of Albert Vaughan, residing in Chesterfield county, five miles from Petersburg, has been burned to death. The girl's father 1 killing hogs, and while she tanding near the fire, her clothing ignited and before the flame 1d he had been burn Most horrible manner. Che Lven ny Star. ~ No.13,343. WASHINGTON, D.C. MONDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1895-SIXTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news teday you can find it only in The Star. HEARING AGAIN POSTPONED The Street Extension Case to Come Up Tomorrow. | Witnesses for the District Were Not Prepnred t Testify This Morn- ing—The Contention. The street extension cases were subjected to further delay today, a postponement of the hearing until tomorrcw morning coring necessary through the failure of the District to have its witnesses In readiness. When the ca: (419, Denison and Leigh- ton’s subdivision of Mt. Pleasant) was post- poned Friday last until this morning, it wz egreed that today the District would sub- mit its t imon as to the value of the eich’ hree pa of land embracs be- in the subdivision, one of the forty: cluded plan within section 1 of the approved of street extension. But when the the one selected as the most available in which to test the validity of the street extension act, was called up before Judge Cox in the District Court this morning, M s. T. Thomas, the attorney for the Distric stated that he had summoned six witnesse: Messrs. Lester A. Barr, James J. Lampton. Charles P. Stone, Charles Early, L. 2 Saunders and Albert F. Fox, all local real estate dealers, but that he had found upon consulting them this morning that not one of them was sufficiently acquainted with the exact location of the tract to enable him to testify today. He had also discovered that two of them feared they were, perhaps, tco much interested to testify in the case. ‘o, explained Mr. Thomas, unless the other side would go on with their testimony to- day, he would be compelled to ask for a postponement of the case until tomorrow morning, that his witnesses might mean- time have the opportunity of visiting the subdivision in question for the purpose of familiarizing themselves with its location. On behalf of counsel for the various owners, Mr. W. Cole stated that the propesition of Mr. ‘Thomas woujd have to be respectfully declined with tHanks. Mr. Thomas then remarked that he would insist upon an adjournment of the case until tomorrow morning, when Mr. A. A. Lipscomb inquired how the Dis- trict's witnesses could determine the value of the parcels by visiting them today. By inspecting them replied Mr. Thomas, who intimated that his witnesses in that re- spect differed from Mr. Lipscomb’s client! “You mean,” retorted Mr, Lipscomb, “that my clients will not ask your opinion ‘ Mr. Nathaniel Wilson, also of counsel for the land owners, remarked that the other side had had iwo years and a half in which to get ready, but he stated that no objection would be raised against the Postponement provided the case would surely go on tomorrow morning. Must Proceed Tomorrow. Judge Cox decided that as neither side was prepared or willing to proceed today, he would adjourn the hearing until tomor- row, when the case would have to pro- ceed. He then excused the jury until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Replying to an inquiry of Mr. Wilson, Mr. Thomas stated that he would tomo: row submit to the court an order for the notification, by persona! eervice, of tho Interested parties in the forty-six oth ezses who had failed to eppear In answer to the published notice. He also explained that in case 419 tho first parcel to be taken up would be lot 34. at the corner of 15:h street and Colunbia road. ‘The case nots before the court is that in which the District seeks. the condemnation of land for the extension of 16th street from Columbia road to Grant street, Mt. Pleasant, and also for the straightening of Kenesaw avenue and Grant street. It is thought that the case will occupy the at- tention of the court and seven appraisers the rest of the present week. The Distric is to submit its testimony first, that for t land owners to follow, the District to ha the privilege of clesing. Both sides will, of course, address the jury in support of their respec € contentions, and thé ap- praisers will also have the benefit of the court's Instructions as to the form and scope of their verdict. The finding of the Jury, It is understood, is not required to be an unanimous cne, a majority vote only be- ing required to make the finding of the ap- praisers valid. ——.—_. THE HAZING IN QUIRY,. Accused Men to Make Statements jn Their Own Behalf. The naval court of inquiry which has been investigating the charges of hazing of the colored members of the gunners’ class at the navy yard by nine of the white members therecf began its third week of existence today. At the opening of the morning session Judge Advocate Terhune stated that he would not introduce any more witnesses for the prosecution at the present, and asked each of the accused if he desired to testify in his own behalf, or to make any statement to the court. All responded affirmatively except Mur- pny and Kennedy, who stated that they de- clined to avail themselves of the offer. Ramsay W. Smith, one of the accused, was then sworn, and after the other ac- cused men were excluded from the room his evidence was heard. Smith made a gen- eral denial of all the charges preferred by the men who it is alleged, were hazed, and of all the testimony offered in support of the accusations, and declared that there was no foundation whatever for the charges preferred against him. This after- ehalf of Smith will, it A NAVAL DI The Court of Inquiry Into Counter Charges Made by Two Officers. The Secretary of the Navy has acted upon the report of the court of inquiry in the case of Lieut. Commander F. J. Drake and Lieut. F. S. Carter, but the character of his action will not be made public for several days yet. These two officers had a serious mis- understanding while serving on the fish PICULTY,. commission steamer Albatress, cruising in the Pacific. Lieut. Commander Drake was in command ef the vessel and Lieut. Carter was the executive officer. They preferred charges against each other, and the Navy Department ordered an investigation, pend- ing the result of which Lieut. Carter was detached from the Albatross and assigned to duty on the receiving ship Independence at Mare Island, Cal. Although It is not known as @ fact, it Is believed that the de- partment has concluded that the circum- stances do not justify the trial of either of- flcer by court-martial and that no further action is necessary. WILL FOLLOW MR. HILL, His Removal as United States Com- missioner to Be Asked. The summary removal of Assistant su- perintendent Hill and two clerks of the free delivery system, Post Office Depart- ment, for spiracy to bring the service into disrepute,” doubtless will be followed by the immediate transmission to the United States Court of Claims by Puost- master General Wilson of an official no- action, calling attention to the and suggesting Hill's re- United States commissioner to the overtime claims of letter office Mr. Hill has filled in Post Office Depart- ving the full salary of per diem and expenses moval as inve: carriers conjunction with h ment position, ré the latter and for the form mi $2,500, This was held to be per- was drawing less than stant super- iniendent has not yet been selected. SENATOR HILL He May Be the Administration Leader in the Senate. HIS = QUALIFICATIONS SET FORTH —— A Question as to His Enthusiasm on the Subject. EE POSSIBLE BENEFIT — The arrivai of Senator Hill in town for the session awakens a good deal of specula- tion as to the part he shall play in the con- gressional drama. He has suffered with the other leaders of his party, and, like the others, finds a somewhat cheertess outlook. But there is busines; even for the democrats to do, and somebody in the Senate must act as spokesman for the minority. Siail it be the senior Senator from New York? Must Have a Champion. It is regarded us one of the most striking features of the situation—quite fantastic in a sense—that Mr. Hill should now appear as the best qual fied man ‘n the Senate, both by reason of his talents and opinions, te represent the administration in the c approaching. But so it is. The administra- tion must have a representative—a cham- pion—there. Its policles may be never so unlikely of adoption, but they must needs have attention from somebody. And from whom? Mr. Bric> is not a debater. Mr. Gorman is hardly qualified, for personal reasons. Mr. Vilas is too extreme in his admiration of Mr. Cleveland. Mr. Gray at last draws back on account of a slight taint of jingoism in the President, and Mr. Mills is no advocate of increased power to na- tional banks. This, then, leaves only Mr. Hill available. The rejected—the oft reject- ed—stone is to become chief cf the corner. Mr. Hil’s Qualifications. Mr. Hill's qualifications include skill as 2 debater and large experience as a legislator and parliamentarian. He is sure of a hear- ing at any time he may choose to take the ficor. He established his reputation as lawyer in the debate on the income tax, an¢l this will hel» him. He ts, at last, in full agreement with the President on the leading propositions of the day. He favors the + tirement of the greenbacks—in fact, I urged that in advance of the President He believes in the Monroe doctrine, but i opposed to the annexation, under existing conditions, of either Hawaii or Cuba. He can speak for the President's policy without incurring the criticism of being a cuckoo. Comirg from him, praise of the policy e: be separated from all personaiitie: poli¢y, as Mr. Hill's friends conten¢ much his as it is the President's. He sound- ed the greenback note two years ago, and the foreign policy note at the Syracuse cou- vention, whose platform he wrote. Will He Be Enthusiastic? But with what energy may Mr. Hill be ex- pected to undertake this task? Will he, whom the administration has more than once helped to put in a hole, labor with en- thusiasm to help pull the administration cut of one into which it kas cast itself? The answer is that Mr. Hill will labor for the good of the party; that he has the party's good solely in mind. ‘The administration is drawing to a close. Whether the end comes while it is still in the hole is not so much lo the point. The point is to keep the party from drawing to a close. The party ought to heve long life before it. He thinks it h: and that its leaderd ought to get together He has as much to forget and forgive as anybody else, and his voice is for harmony. Possible Benefit. Then, as is suggested, by accepting this leadership and acquitting himself of its duties with all his power, he will be in posi- tion to benefit by, any surprises that may turn up between now and the holding of the rext democratic national convention. This is the cra of surprises. Mr. Gorman of Maryland and Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Black- burn of Kentucky can t y to that. Chair- man Carter of the republican national com- mittee suggests the same thing,although the cards are all coming his way. If a big sur- prise should come—if there should be a rain of larks for the democrats—would it hurt Mr. Hill to be found with his apron spread wide to catch the pick of them? Wouldn't the early apron catch the lark? o- SENSATIONAL PARIS SUICIDE. ests Fred. Munroe Shoots Himself While Waiting for His Carriage. Special Cable Dispatch to the New York World. PARIS, December §.—The American col- ony was profoundly shocked today on learning that Fred. Munroe, a well-known banker, had killed aimself. Mr. Munroe shot himself Saturday after- noon in his room at No. 159 Avenue des Champs Elysees while waiting for a ear- tlage he had ordered some minutes pre- viously. The news of his death, however, was kept secret until this moming. None of his family or friends can as- sign any adequate motive for suicide. Some suppose the shooting was accidental, though on the other hand it is rumored that he committed suicide while tempora ily insane. Fred. Munrce was the gest of the three sons of John Munroe, who founded the banking firm. When Mr. Munroe dled, twenty-five years ago, his cldest son, John, tcok charge of the Paris branch of the business, assisted by George P. Munroe, the third son. Fred., who was in rather delicate health, never became an active pariner in it. He was fond of social Ife, and his brothers allowed him to devote himself to it ex- clusively. cee A NAVAL BOARD. It Will Revise and Codify the Exist- ing Regulations. A naval board, consisting of Capt. Samuel C. Lenily, judge advocate general, Lieuten- ant Commander Richardson Clover and Mr. Benjamin Micou, chief clerk, Navy Depart- ment, assembled at the Navy Department at noon today, for the purpose of revising and codifying the navy regulations and pre- paring for publication a new issue of the same. It is not the purpose nor the inten- tion that the board shall make new regula- tions, nor alter those in existence except where it is obviously necessary to do so. The board is to collect the amendments and modifications of the regulations of 1893 and arrange them systematically, making only such changes in the existing regulations as may be necessary to make them complete and render the whole harmonious and un- ambiguous. The board will consider such amendments as may be pending, and such as may be submitted to it by the department, and will consider and report upon the pro- priety of arranging the regulations in two .volumes—one relating to the military and the otner to the civil administration of the navy, or otherw ——+ + __ Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $447, Government receipts —From internal revenue, $86: + customs, 48; miscellaneous, $138,105. == -_o—__— ‘ourth-Class Postmaster. Twenty-six fourth-class postmasters were. appointed today. Of these twenty-one were to fill vacancies caused by resignation, three by removals and two by deaths. SOME Introduced Today and of Interest to District Residents. Conduits for Undergreund Wires—Mr. West's Pension — Proposed Pen- sion for Mrs. Gresham. A bill to provide for making conduits in the city of Washington and the District of Columbia and for improving and cheap- ering lights and electrie appliances was introduced in the Senate today. The bill provides that ‘The Commissioners of the District of Columbia shall cause conduits to be made in the streets of Washington and the District of Columbia where the population shall be sufficient to requ!re it; for electric wire and gas pipes and mains and telephone and telegraph wires and for water pipes and other wires or pipes that may be useful for lighting or heating or for telegraph or telephone com- munication, or for.the proper sewerage of the streets or highways or houses of the ty or the District of Columbia. the Commissioi rs author- ity to ing conduit pipe lines and mains by legal wroceedings. The conduits vrovided for shall be open to the use of all persons or ‘cmpanies to the extent of their capacity or all purposes of heating, lighting or elegraph or telephone communication on he payment of a gum which shall be suffi- sient to reimburse the government the cost of constructing such work and keeping the came in repair. The work is to be done nder the supervision of the Engineer Com- missioner, and Gen, Thomas L. Casey, under plans prepared by them. For these pur- voses the measure appropriates $500,000. Ex-Commissioner West's Pension. Mr. Mitchell of Oregon introduced a bill n the Senate today granting a pension to Brigadier and Brevet Maj. Gen. U. S. Vol- unteers Joseph R. West of $100 per month in lieu of the pension he is receiving. Gen. West is an ex-Commissioner of the District of Columbia, and in introducing the bill for his relief Mr. Mitchell remarked upon his infirm conditien and need of the persion. Medical Post-Graduate School. A bill to incorporate the Post Graduate School of Medicine ef the District of Co- Ivmbia was introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Gallinger, and referred to the com- mittee of the District of Columbia. Henry L. BE. Johnson, Edmund L. Tompkins, J. Fester Scott, W: W. Johnson, Samuel C. Busey, Charles W. Richardson, James Kerr, Middleton F. Cuthbert, Edward M. Parker, . Wythe Cook, Byrd Harrison, Samuel Adams. George N. Acker, W. Holland Wilmer, Henry D. Fry, J. Ford ‘Thempso: and Thomas E. McArdle are named as in- ccrporatcrs of the new school. The corpora- ticn is empowered to held real estate and onal property to the amount of $241,000. The sckool is endowed by the bill with all privileges, rights, &c., that appertain to other medical schoois ‘here. A Pension for Mra. Gresham. A bill to grant a pension of $200 per month to Mrs. Matilda Gresham, widow of Secre- tary Gresham, was introduced in the Sen- ate today by Mr. Voorhees. Perfect a Title. A bill introduced in the Senate today by Mr. Hansborough provides for the perfec- uon of the title of James Linstry to certain property in the District of Columbia, Discharge From the Army. Mr. Sherman introduced a bill in the Sen. ate today granting honorable discharge from the army to Geo. W. Harbaugh of 970 Florida avenue, late a private In company sixth regiment Wiscensin volunteer in- niry. —— DISTRICT COMMITT! TH The Selection of Representative Bab- cock as Chairman ix Assured. Representative Gront of Vermont, who has been strongly urged by many business men vf Washington for appointment as chairman of the District committee, teday indicated his unwillingness ‘to be viewed as a candidate for that position. Mr. Grout has from the first, as, 'The Star has stated, been averse to the consideration of in name in that connection, preferring to re- tain his place of the last Congress on the appropriations committee, but his Washing- ton friends have hoped, up to this time, that he would express a willingness to serve if Speaker Reed should ask him to do so. “I prefer to remain,on the appropria- tions committee, if I may be allowed to do said Mr. Grout to a Star man today. “I appreciate the compliment paid me by the citizens who have expressed a desire for my appointment. to, the. chairmanship, | but, as I said from the first, 1 would prefer holding my place on ,the appropriations committee, and could not accept the Dis- trict chairmanship if it were offered m hall not relax any of my interest in District affairs, and shall be glad to assist in enacting necessary District legislation. This announcement by Mr. Grout makes certain the appointment of Representative Babcock of Wisconsin as chairman of the District committee. Mr. Babcock {s a suc- cessful business man, and an active, ener- getic man of affairs, who has a standing in national politics through his chairman- ship of the republican congressional com- mittee, and who has experience of District affairs through his service as a member of the District committee during the last Congress. —s KHAM’S JUDG! (0: ION. The Senate Committee Has Reported on It Favornbly. The Senate judiciary committee has re- ported the ncmination of Rufus H. Peck- ham of New York to be agsociate justice of the Supreme Court favorably, which insures his confirmation. The judiciary committée glso agreed to report favorably the nominations of Judges Springer, Kilgore and Stuart. SEER Personal Mention. Senator Hill has settled in his new home on Lafayette square, where for the first time during his senatortal career in Wash- ington he will keep house. Mr. Hill ar- rived here Saturday the west via Fortress Monroe, where hé stopped over for a few days’ rest. " Lieut. C. H. Lyman of the Montgomery is in the city on leave. He ts stopping at 1710 Q street. ‘Maj. T. A. Baldwin, seventh cavalry, is in the city on leave of absence. Capt. L. R. Shaw, seventh cavalry, is vis- iting friends at 1527 I street. ——_—_—e—;__—_. Quartermaster’s Insignia. +The quartermaster's aepakment of the army has selected its corps insignia. It is an_army wagon wheel, crossed by a key and a sword, and surmounted by an eagle, the component parts forming a combination of red, white and blue etjamel. Notice to Subécribers. Subscribers are earfestly requested to report any irregulhrity in the de- livery of The Star and also any fail- ure on the part of the carrier to ring the door tell. A proper service can only be main- tained through the courtesy of sub- scribers in reporting shortcomings. Cities That Want the National Re- publican Gathering. CLATMS OF SEVERAL T0 BE PRESENTED Financial Considerations Involved in the Determination. DELEGATES ALL HUSTLING —. Preliminary skirmishing previous to the hig battle which will occur tomorrow at the meeting of the naticnal republican commit- tee has been going on for the past forty- cight houre with ever-incréasing intensity, end this afternoon it is difficult to distin- guisk the difference between it and a pitched ergagement. With the prize of a national convention in view, the cities of Chicago, New Ycrk, Pittsburg, St. Louis and San Francisco have thrown their doughtiest political warriors and their most powerful business men into the contest, and the fight- ing is fact and firious, with no quarter shown nor any asked. There was never probably such a vigorous and determined contest waged for the honor of being se- lected as a convention city as that now in progress between the municipalities named, nor were the participants ever so well equipped, apparently, with the weapons and munitions suitable for the proper prosecu- tion of this sort of warfare. ‘There is not a man present from any of them who Is net authorized to offer the national committe= anything it may demand, in reason or out of it, In return for the honor of being chosen as the place for the next national republican convention, and these promises would be kept, too, without a question of a doubt. Earltest in the Field. The earliest delegations on the scene and the first to throw out their pickets were those from Chicago, St. Louis and San Francisco. The representatives from the windy city were George B. Swift, 5. W. Allerton, T? C. McMillan, J. Irving Plerce and W. L. Boyce, with T. N. Jamison of the republican state committee of Mlinois as general scout. Others in the party were Wm. Penn Nixon, Sam. Raymond and Graeme Stewart. These gentlemen based their claims for Chicago's selection upon the ground that she has always taken most excellent care heretofore of national con- ventions, and is in better shape to do it again than ever before, the world’s fair having left Chicago with a surplus of hotels, more than enough to accommodate a con- vention multitude twice multiplied. It is also put forward that as Illinois has no favored son in training for the republican nominaticn every candidate wil! have a fair show in Chicago. Sé. Louis Not Backward. St. Louis is not backward in her claims for the honor. In Kerens, @ member of the national commit- tee, she has a powerful and influential champion, and another in Chauncey I. Fil- ley, and among the others, who are along on the same errand are Mayor Walbridge and ex-Congressman Frank. Congressman Warner said he felt very much encouraged over St. Louts’ prospects, regarding them as equally good with those of any other city. Se. Louis is now a great republican cit in a great republican state, occupying neutral position between both sections and candijates,” said he. “It can furnish a hall to seat 15,0) people, and hotel accom- mcdations for all who come without rais- ing of prices. *Frisco’s Plan of Campaign. San Francisco's delegation held a long meeting last night and mapped out its plan of campaign. Besides the members of the delega’ there were also present at the meetin; members of Con: from Californin situation was discussed in its entire was agreed that Mr. N. P. Chipman of Red Bluff should make the opening and Mr. George A. Knight of San Francisco the closing address in behalf of the Golden Gate city’s claims. The-members of the delegation say they feel very much couraged over the outlook, that San Fr cisco has @ bigger following than any othe? place, and there are a number of commi teemen who favor it for second choice when the prospects are that their first choice is hopelessly lost. San Francisco, they as- sert. is making the coniest on its merits, not fighting any other city, and not doing anything to pull down or belittle any other aspirant for the honor. The delegates re- iterate their claims heretofore made that the Pacific city 1s amply able to care for the needs of the convention in all respects. Mr. Chipman, summing up the whole mat- ter, sa ‘We stand ready to do .nything that ill be consistent with the conven- ticn's needs and dignity, and everyth that will make it successful.” Thera was a report current that a combination of some Kind was possible between the delegates frum St. Louis and those from the coas This, no doubt, rose from the fact that those from the former place paid a frater nal visit to the San Franciscoans’ roo’ but found the latter absent. The delegates from San Francisco ridiculed the report, ard Committe2man De Young Is authority for the statement that “there is no founda- tion for it.” The Pittsburg Contingent. The Pittsburg contingent came in with a rush this morning, and for several hours nothing else was heard of at the Arling- ton—on the surface. Chris. L. Magee head- ed the delegation, which has Percy F. Smith as secretary, and comprises Mayors Mc- Kenna of Pittsburg and Kennedy of Al- legheny City, H. P. Ford, president of the common, and George L. Holliday, presi- dent of the select council of Pittsburg; ©. W. Gerwig, president of the select council of Allegheny City; J. D. Flynn and John Campbell, managers of the Western Union and Postal Telegraph companies, re- spectively; representatives of the Penn- sylvania, Baltimore and Ohio, and all the other railroads entering Pittsburg; a legion of newspaper men, headed by Mr. Henry J. Ford, managing editor of the Chronicle ‘Telegraph, and Wm. Witherow, represent- ing the Associated Bonifaces of the cit Mr. Ford, who is a spellbinder of per- suasive eloquence, recounted the advan- tages of Pittsburg in interesting terms. “We are pleased with our prospects,” he remarked to a Star reporter. “We offer an exposition building for the sitting of the convention at the junction of our two rivers, where the breezes are always cool and bracing; our railroads are ample to take good care of any crowds, as there are 616 passenger trains arriving at and departing from Pittsburg every day. We have better telegraph facilities than Chi. cago and the Western Union aione can put in eighty operators on tong line cir- cuits. As for the crowds, jour hotel ac- commodations are ample. “Then again,” continued, Mr. Ford, “the republican party is about to e: pon its renaissance, ard what better p tion, en- selected for its second birth than the spot in where it first saw the light? It was Pittsburg that the first national republica convention was held, on: Washington's birthday, 1856. Speeches to Be Heard Today. The representatives of the other cilies present as good claims, of course, for pref- erence, but as the morning wore on at the ‘Arlington it became evident to those who had wires wotking to the inside office of (Continued on Ninth Page.) | pernicicus fevers of the hemorrhagic ty; SENATE BILLS AFTER A CONVENTION PRIVATE GILL'S CASE His Application for Clemency Denied by the President. All the Reviewing Officers Reported Against Any Favorable Action in the Matter. The long-pending case of Private Gill of the artillery, stationed at the Washington barracks, has at last been settled. His ap- Plication for executive clemency has been denied, and he will be compelled to serve out his full term of imprisonment. Gill was tried by court-martial at the Wash- ington barracks for a serious violation of the army regulations for striking his su- perior officer, Lieut. Wm. E. Birkheimer, third artillery. He was convicted and sen- tenced to four years’ imprisonment. Petition for Clemency. Considerable sympathy was manifested for the soldier, on the theory that he was the victim of an arbitrary commanding officer, and a petition for clemency re- ceived many signatures, among the num- bem being that of Secretary Morton of the Agricultural Department. This petition was circulated by employes of the weather bureau, who had formerly served under Lieut. Birkheimer, and had taken a violent dislike to him because of his alleged harsh and tyrannical methods. Reports of Reviewing Officers. In the regular routine of the army the cuse was reviewed in turn by Judge Advo- cate Lieber, Gen. Miles, then commanding the Department of the East; Col. T. F. Barr, judge advocate general of the same department, and Gen. Doe, assistant sec- retary of war. Each of these officers ap- proved the findings of the court. Gen. Miles said it was not a case for clemency irasmuch as Gill hed had a fair trial and was convicted of a grievous military of- fense upon conclusive evidence. Col. Barr in his review of thc case said that the character and past conduct of Lieut. Birk- heimer was not a matter of issue; that Gill had been justly declared guilty of ‘he offense alleged, and that clemency should not be exercised in his behalf. Indirectly and in severe terms he scored the peti- tioners for their accusations against Lieut. Birkheimer as being irrelevant and imma- terial. Acting Secretary of War Doe said firmly that the case was one which de- served no special consideration at the hands of the President, certainly no act of clemeney. The President's Action. Finally the case was placed before President for action. After holding it several weeks, he indorsed the petition for perdon as follows: “Denied. There ap- pears to be no good ground for the clem- ercy urged. The sentence of the court- martial will be executed.” The result has just been promulgated by the War Department. -+__ BANK OFFICERS ON TRIAL. the for They Are Charged With Mixappro- OF priating Funds. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. December 9.— Charles W. Raymond, ex-president; Edward M. Raymond, ex-cashier, and Joseph Ray- mond, formerly a director of the defunct Middletown National Bank, were placed on trial before Judge Butler, in the United States district court, on the charge of mis- @ppropriating funds of the bank. Alleged fraudulent transactions against the Chemical Bank of New York, the Mer- chants’ Bank of Philadelphia, John S. Git- tings & Co. of Baltimore and the Middleburg Water Company of Middleburg, Pa., are the cour ts in the indictments against the thres men, which they are.called upon to answer. The money involved in these transactions amovnts to nearly $200,000. There was a separate indictment against M. Raymond for the alleged aliering of the report of the bank to the controller of currency, but rather than have separate trials it was agreed between counsel for the defense and the district attorney to consolidate the cases. The case of Joseph F. Campbell, sr., a director of the tank, will be tried sepa- rately. Mesers. Beck’ and Carson of ti city and C. M, Gilbert of Harrisburg rep- resented the Raymonds, while the district attorney snd Assistant District Attorney Ralston looked after the government's in- terests. It was 12 o'clock when the case was call- ed. After the selection of a jury the court took a recess until 2 o'clock. MANCHESTER, N_ H., December 9.— Dr. J. C. Moore, president of the defunct Commonwealth National Bark, and one of the People’s Insurance Company, now in the hands of a receiver, and also conneeted with several other financial institutions in this city, was surrendered by his Wondsmen this morning, and he is now in the custody of an officer at his room in the Ope House block. —is CLIMATIC CONDITIONS. Surgeon Stitt. BR tons to Meareguan Country. The report of Passed Assistant Surgeon E. R. Stitt of the navy, who accompanied the Nicaraguan canal commission on its trip of inspection last summer, upon the climatic conditions of ‘the country through which the proposed canal would pass has just been published. Generally speaking, the surgeon finds that these conditions are much more favorable than has been sup- posed. For instance, he shows that at Greytown, the eastern terminus, the mean average daily temperature rarely exceeds 80 degrees or falls below 75, and yellow fever is unknown there, although there are the The ebsolute flatness of the country, with a very absorbent sandy soil, freely travers- ed by winds from every quarter, prevents any eccumulation of malarial deposits. On the western side the malarial affections predominate, and the fever resulting, often mistaken for yellow fever, has as high a mortality rate as 75 per cent. Typhoid is unknown, kidney diseases are rare and the climate tends to the cure of catarrh. Phthisis 1s quite common, as are also skin diseases. Snakes are not plentiful. Black ants are ferocious; mosquitoes are worse than in the United States, only because their greater number, and gnats, horsefli and ticks are plentiful. Not a single day was lost by any of the party on account of sickness. Dr. Stitt says that while the eut- ting of the canal may be a source of dis- ease for a time, the ultimate effect of the construction would be beneficial. SS Eee CAPT. BASSETT’S CONDITION. Death May Come at Any Time or 1 May Live Several Days. At o'clock today the condition Capt. Isaac Basset of the Unite! States Senate, was unchan, Capt. Bassett is extremely weak, and death would not be unexpected if it o red at any time. He may, however, for several days. Short $30,000 in Hin Accounts, OMAHA, Neb., December 9.—When the x the books of ex-City urer Folin was begun it was positiy ly announced that as soon as the investiga- tion was completed the bondsmen would 2 of assistant doorkeener promptly make good every dollar lost through Bolln a his deputy. Now it is said the clty cannot recover becav the date of the shortage is in doubt. Bolin is short $30,000, for which his a: ani is now fn jail waiting trial for misappropriating. The report will be made today. There is talk of Boldn being prosecuted. IN CONGRESS TODAY Both Branches of the National Legislature in Session. SENATOR MORGAN ON BERING SEA He Replies to Criticisms by the British Ambassador, BRIEF HOUSE SESSION The chief interest in the Senate proceed- ings tceday centered in the speech which Senator Morgan of Alabama, chairman of tne committee on fereign affairs, gave notice last week he would deliver on the settle- ment of the Bering sea awards. At the opening of the session the oath was admin- istered to Senator Caffery of Louisiana, who was re-elected at the expiration of his short term for a full term of six years, The First Hill Passed. The first bill of the session to be passe? was one reported from the judiciary com- mittee, granting to the state of Peansylva- nia permission to occupy the United States court rooms at Scranton and Williamsburg during certain months for a period of five years. Mr. Cullom of Illinois gave notice that he would, tomorrow address the Sen- ate on the Monroe doctrine. A Pension for Mra. Gresha: Among the bills introduced was one by Mr. Voorhees (Ind.) granting a pension of $200 per month to the widow of the late Secretary of State, Gen. W. Q. Gresham. Mr. Baker (Kan.) offered a resolution, which was agreed to, calling upon the Pres- ident, if not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to the Senate all doc- uments and correspondence at the State De- partment relating to the case of ex-Consul John L. Waller, now under arrest in France. An Echo of the Slack Cane. There was an echo of the Slack case which has been agitating the local courts wher Mr. Hale of Maine offered a resolution instructing the judiciary committee to In- vestigate and report as to whether, in the District of Columbia, a parent can provide for the custody of his minor children by the terms of his will. Mr. Vest of Missouri emphatically pro- tested against passing any resolution beur- ing upon a casein the courts, but Mr. Hale contended that the purpose of the resolu- tion was not to influence the pending case, but to ascertain whether such an intolerable and barbaric statute existed, in order that provision might be made for its repeal. After some discussion, the resolution was amended so as to provide that the District of Columbia instead of the judiciary com- mittee should make the investigation, and as amended passed. Mr. Morgan's Speech. At 1:30, at the conclusion of the prelimi- mary business, Mr. Morgan took the floor and delivered a carefully prepared speech. He said he felt it incumbent upon him- self to reply to certain published comments made upon his course in the Senate by the cee premier and the British ambassa- jor. He declared the Paris tribunal did not , attempt to determine the question of the Mebility of the United States for seizures or the amount of such liability. Great Britain contended, however,, the liability as decided as a necessary thference, and resident Cleveland, proceeding on that as- sumption, had, through the State Depart- ment, agreed to pay $425,000 in discharge of this alleged Hability of the United States. But that agreement could not be carried without the ratification of Congress. Rough on Sir Jalian. At this point Mr. Morgan turned his ‘at- tention to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the Brit- ish ambassador, and his “doleful plaints” to Lord Kimberly. Mr. Morgan was scorn- ful and sareastic. : “Does he not know,” the Senator asked, “that no executory agreement ts binding until ratified by Congress?” He quoted from Sir Julian's report to Lord Kimberly that republicans, populists and forty-four democrats had voted againt the appropriation in the House, and his comment attributing to the House the “ne- cessity of party expediency.” Mr. Morgan deciared contemptuously that it was get- ting to be the fashion abroad to attribute everything that did not please them to the influence of party politics.” He charac- terized Sir Julian’s comments as “unjust” and “offensive” in the case of the House. “But net content with these reflections on the House,” said Mr. Morgan, “he re- fers to Senators by name in a gratuitous and insulting manner. He does this under. the cover of the British flag.” After quot- ing Sir Julian's comment on his (Morgan's) characterization of some of the alleged British claimants as “recalcitrant and ras- cally Americans,” he declares that the British ambassador's strictures were based on the mistaken notion that the British navigation laws should cover violatiors of United States statutes.”” THE HOUSE. The first business proposition brought forward in the House today was a bill by Mr. Hopkins (lll) to amend the statute fixing the customs district of Chicago so that the district would embrace all of the states of Illinois and Indiana. Mr. Hepkins explained that the bill was in the interest of the smeiters of Aurora, who de- sired to be able to pay the duties on Can- adian ores at the port of Chicago. At pres- ent, he said, Aurora was not in the dis- trict. The bill was passed by unanimous consent. The oath of office was then administered to Mr. Price (La.), who had not been pres- ent at the previous meetings of the House. Axssintants in the Document Room. A resolution was offered by Mr. W. A. Stone (Pa.) for the appointment of three new assistants to the superintendent of the document room, to be salaried at $1,600, $1,200 and $1,000, to take the places of offi- clals whose offices were abolished under the printing bill passed by the last Con- gress, The resolution was agreed to. Mr. Sayers (Texas) offered a resolution, which was agreed to, for the appointment of Isaac Hill of Ohio as a deputy sergeant- at-arms, and the three other employes agreed upon by the democratic caucus. Democratic Objections, The memorial adopted by the National Wool Growers’ Association on Saturday, calling for higher duties, was presented by Mr. Danforth of Ohio, but Mr. Crisp ob- seted to its reception. Mr. Crisp also ob- jected to a resolution presented by Mr. Cannon, which recited that Sect y Hoke Smith, by an order made November 19, iss, has suspended all operations of the office, by which settlers on Pacific oad grant lands in Utah and Ne- ska could perfect their titles, and asked him for a statement of his authority for the order. This was cbjected to, Mr. Me- Creary objected to the consideration of a resolution presented by Mr. Woodman of Iilinois,calling for all correspondence in the Mer’ case, including that with Consul tier. Mr. McCrezry said that it should be considered by the committee on foreign airs. a resolution was presented by Mr. Jenk- ins of Indiana, calling upon the commis- sion of pensions for a statement of all persons who had ceased to draw pensions or whose pensions had been diminished since March 4, 189% This was objected to, and at 1:10 the Hcuse adjourned until tomorrow, nd br