Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1895, Page 2

2 THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1895—-TEN PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Fresh Street Railway Trouble in _ Philadelphia. NEW MEN TAKE THE PLACES OF OLD Concessions Made by the Com- panies. A BLOW AT MR. WELSH PHILADELPHIA, December ‘street railway trouble broke out afresh today on the Girard avenue branch and as @ consequence no cars are running on that line. ‘The men claim that the diviston super‘n- tendent in sending out cars this morning gave preference to the rew men. The old men stood around and caw nearly all the cars going out with imported motormen and conductors running them, and finally they started a revolt. Obstructions were piled on the tracks and threats were made of riot if attempts were made to remove them. A squad of mounted police was called for, and the scene of the trouble Is now surrounded by a howting mob of ten thou- gand people, who, however, are not mo- lesting the cars. The 24 and 3d streets branch of the Union“Traction Company was also partially tied up through the efforts of the ex-strik- era, who found their places being filled by new men. On the other brancnes the cars are being run almost altogether by old men, consequently there is no trouble. It is feared thet if the company persists in giving preference to new men all the lines will again be tied up. Serfous trouble was averted on the Girard avenue branch by the company agreeing to put the old men to work. The same pacific measure was adopted on the 2d and Gd streets branch, and at roon cars were running regularly on both Knes. The brick stable attached to the hand- some country residence of John Lowber Weish, president of the Union Traction Company, in Germantown, was burned to the ground this morning.’ The fire is be- lieved to be of incendiary origin. There Is @ bitter feeling against Mr. Welsh because of his attitude toward the strikers, and ¢t is supposed that some sympathizers set fire to ‘the stable in a spirit of revenge. The authorities are making a searching investi- gation. The loss is $20,000. Se IT WAS A BUTCHERY. Encounter Between Turkish Troops and the Druses. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 24, via Sofia, December 25.—Advices rece‘ved here today from Beirut report that a severe fight has taken place between the Turkish troops and the Druses rear Suedich. The fight took place on December 21, and, ac- cording to the official report, the Druses lost 12,200 killed, while only seventy Turks ware killed and fifty wounded. The representatives of the powers yes- terday entered a protest before the com- migsion, which controls the execution of the reforms, and Str Philip Currie, the Brit- ish ambassador, demanded the immediate recail of the Kadi of Mush, who is accused of inc’ting the Mussulmans to disturbances. It is reported from Marsus that disturb- ances have occurred there between the Mussulmans and Christians. The outbreak, however, was soon quelled by the authgri- ties. This disturbance is believed to ex- plain the arrival of the missionaries and Christian famives at Mersina on Decem- ber 17. Advices from the Island of Crete say there have been no fresh disturbances there. —_—.——- BACKED BY MEXICAN PAPERS. Attitude of the Southern Republic on the Monroe Doctrine. MEXICO CITY, December 25.—The att!- tvde of the great majority of the papers, including even the papers in opposition to the government, is favorable to the United States in its maintenance of the Monr dectrine. y Partido, liberal, which stands close to the government, ridicules the attitude of the Evropean press, which has said that the American nation had no right to make the Monroe doctrine an international law, and advocates that all the American nations shall unite to adopt the Monroe doctrine as a means of retaining the remaining bal- ance of power In this hemisphere. Monitor Republicano highly approves President Cleveland's attitude, and says England haughtily, according to her in- variable custom, refuses to allow her rights to be discussed, and predicts the downfall ot England if she goes to war with the United States. —_————. Will Resume Business Operations. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 25.—The Commercial publishes the details of an ar- rengemert whereby the big clothing firm of Bamberger, Ploom & Company, which recently failed for $1,400,000, will resume business. The eastern creditors have con- sented to the resumption, the basis of the settlement with them being 50 cents on the dollar. By arrangement with the Colum- bia Finance and Trust Company, assignee, this will be paid as follows: Twenty-five cents down, 15 cents in sixty days and 10 cents in ninety days. The failure was the biggest Loulsville has ever known, and the resumption will do much for business in- terests generally. ——___ Taken to Louisville for Safety. LOUISVILLE, Ky., December 25.—Booker Steinberger, the Kentucky youth brought to this city Monday night to escape a mob at Glasgow, Ky., In an interview, has dis- claimed all knowledge of the murder of the young girl, with which he has been charged, and said that he was three miles from the house when the murder occurred. He expects to prove an alibi. He denied his guilt strenuously, exclaiming: “I am as innocent as an angel in heaven.” Stein- herger ts charged with firing a load of shot from a shotgun into the body of his young covsin, Anna May Steinberger, as she was in the act of disrobing for the night. The excitement has not abated at Glasgow, and the prisoner would certainly have been lyrcheu had he remained in that place. —_+>--— Little Prospect of Big Races. NEW YORK, December 25.—On the Allan State line steamer State of Nebraska, which arrived last night from Glasgow, were Capt. Charlie Barr and hts English bride. Capt. Barr, when seen on the upper deck of the Nebraska at quarantine this morning, declined to talk on the controversy over the America’s cup. He did not think there was any great prospect for races between the big single stickers during the coming sea- son. Mrs. Barr is a decidedly pretty young lady of blonde type. ——__ Disastrous Fire at Gurley, Ala. Spectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. CHATTANOOGA, Tern., December 25.— One of the most disastrous fires that has ever occurred in the history of Gurley, Ala., happened last night. It resulted in a clear loss of $26,450. The fire broke out in the store of the O.L.Sullivan Grocery Com- pany about 10 o'clock and resulted in the whole south side of town being burned. Quay and Hastings Reconciled. A complete reconciliation has been effect- ed between Senator Quay and Gov. Hast- ings, and they are again friends. Senator Quay was with the governor at the execu- tive department at Harrisburg, Pa., yester- day morning for over an hour. They met by appointment, and what passed be- tween them neither will disclose. This is the first time Senator Quay and the gov- ernor have met since the meeting at the state convention last August. For weeks rior to that time and ever since they have studiously avolded meeting each oth- er, although they have repeatedly been at the same hotel and knew of each other's Bovence Senator Quay returned to Wash- ton yesterday afternoon to spend the holidays with his family. The Reason For Adeeteaiog: Advertisers use The Star because they get profitable results from their advertising in it. They know, also, that each one pays a like price for a like service. Advertising space is not iven to one house in order t it may act as a decoy duck for others. No “discount” for one, “special discount” for an- er and “extra jal ~ discount” for still another. Like price for like service is the only fair way. RUSSIA’S GOLD CHEST (Continued from First Page.) way involve the United States in the en- tanglements of continental Europe. It does not involve a military alliance, and it is not understood that Russia desires any military assistance from the United Statys for any projezt she may have in the future. There is one proposition which has not yet been developed, under which the two nations might beccme associated in a semi-military way. That'is, in the protection of the fish- erles in the vicinity of Bering sea. Russia is suffering, as the United States has suf- fered, from the slaughter of seal by Cana- dian poachers, and it is regarded as not im- probable that Russia and the United States May unite to demand the absolute with- drawal of all Canadian fishers from these waters. It is held that the United States has had ample provocation for the most radical course in this matter, inasmuch as even the treaty obligations of Great Britain under the very unfortunate erbitration in which the United States suffered, have not been observed, and no effort has been made by the British cruisers to prevent poaching. This proposition, however, has only a re- Tmeote connection to the present situation. In the present situation Russia and Eng- land, by radivally different policies,are bat- tling for commercial supremacy, and the United States is involved through the ag- gressions of England. In a different way, perhaps, but hardly less seriously, the in- terests of Russia are involved, as are those of the United States, In England's getting a foothold on this continent. The Russian in- terests, as well as the Russian sympathy, are with the enforcement of the Monroe doctrine. —_—__—_+-e+_____ A MYSTERIOUS STABBING AFFRAY. Fred. Gisser Injured by an Unknown Assailant. A cutting affray which mystified the police occurred about 0:30 last evening at lith street and the avenue. Fred Gisser, sixteen years of age, was the victim, but it is not yet known who inflicted the. wound. In company with Gus Stewart and George Howard, Gisser had attended the perform- ance at Kernan's Theater, but earlly in the evening he was ejected because, it Is claim- ed, the seat he occupied was accidentally broken. Stewart and Howard also left the theater. On the sidewalk a scuffle occur- red between Special Officer Wannell and the three men. Stewart was placed under arrest and taken to the first precinct sta- tion, and upon arrival there it was found that Gisser, who had accompanied Stew- art, was bleeding freely from a wound in the left breast. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital, where it was stated this afternoon that he will resove It 's the theory of thé police that’ Stew- art had a knife in his fand, arf in his efforts to free himself from the giusp of a icer, accidentally stabbed his cor-panion. ser resides at 1419 32d street with his her, a baker. —_———__—_ MANY AT THE RAC The Island Track Had One of the Largest Crowds in Its History. One of the largest crowds that has been at the Island track for many a day was on hand today. This was due to the day being a holiday, combined with summer-like weather and a very attractive card. The track was in excellent _ condition. Eight books were in line, and betting was rich on all the races. irst race, five fu ford), 3 to 1, fi longs—The Clown (Al- St; Metropol’s (Andrews), 5 to'l, sccond; Wang (Mitchell), § to 1, third. Time, 1.03 1 4. Toworrow’s St. Asaph Entrics. First race, seven furlongs—Chillon, 106; He, 106; Baylor, 106; Pink H., 106; Warlike, 106; Chief Justice, 105, Martel, 106; Gon- zales, 106; Ninety-seven, 106; Fernwood,106. Secord race, six and one-half furlongs, selling—Tribdute, 109; Con Lucy, 109; Polke Owens, 100; Fagin, 109; Marguerite II, 109; Siva, 104; Solitaire, 102. Third race, maidcn, two-year-olds, one- half mile, selling—Yoeman, 1 Orator, 100; Hands Off, 97; May Peters, 97; Dr. Ashe, 97; Oak, 97; Benzetta, Rachet, The Kite, 97; Austira, 97; Milton II, Gascogne, 9. 3 Fourth race, five and a half furlongs, all ages, selling—Saginaw, 114; Joe Mack, 110; Clordis, 107; Briscoe, 14; Padre, 104; Grand Prix, 104; Vincent, 100; Humming Bird, 7 Lady Watson, 97; Cody, Nantucket, Miss Elizabeth, &7. Fifth race, six and a half furlongs, sell- ing—Imp. Plunderer, 11 Elizabeth, 100; Duke of Fief, 100; Pocahontas, 109: Ker- keimer, 105; Tartuffe, 10: mp. Samaritan, 105; Staffa, 102; Flakewood, 1 Belvina, 102; Dr. Reed, 102. Sixth race, seven furlongs, sellings—Re- morse, 111; Sir Tom, 104; Cuckoo, 104; Geo. Dixon, 104; Red Star, 104; Nemo, 104; India Rubber, 104; Tolosa, 194; Blue Bird, 104. a TO COMBINE AGAINST ENGLAND. Venesueln Invites South and Central Amerien to Join Her. Special Cable Dispatch to the New York Herald. CARACAS, Venezuela, December 24.—The government has ordered that the national militia be recrulted from all classes of citi- zens. The authorities have cabled to all of the South and Central American republics ask- ing their assistance in the case of a war with England and proposing that their forces be combined. ‘A great mass meeting of citizens will be held tomorrow to pledge tHe support of the people to the government in resisting en- croachments of Great Britain. The city is profusely decorated with American and Venezuelan flags. All the church bells will be rung, and the clergy of the city will take part In the meeting. ‘The commercial warfare of Venezuelan firms against English houses and English goods is in full blast, and the leaders in the movement have called upon the general public to make suggestions as to the best n.ethods to be pursued to make the war- fare successful. The alleged interview with President Crespo published in the London Times has been officially repudiated. Lecn Ponte, editor of Pregonero, has been arrested for republishing the inter- view. Much excitement has been caused in Caracas by a report that the concession to the Hastings Anglo-Venezuelan Bank is to be extended. Minister of Foreign Affairs Rojas says the report is a mistake and the concession will not be extended. ee ee PORT ARTHUR, CHINESE I March Into the Former Station and Hoist Their Flag. A dispatch from Che Foo to the Pall Mall Gazette of London says that the Chi- nese marched into Port Arthur on Saturday and hoisted their flag. tee Presents for Prisoners. Warden Leonard stated this afternoon that 125 visitors had registered at the Dis- trict jail today up to 2:30 o'clock. The vis- itors brought ninety-five baskets of food and delicacies, and the members of St. Vin- cent de Paul's Society presented every man in jail with a package of tobacco. |THE OUTLOOK TODAY Effect on the Session of Congress of Recent Developments. SENATE MAY NOT ADUPT HOUSE BILLS President May Veto the Propositions Advanced. The THEVENEZUELAN COMMISSION > Will the almost bewildering developments of the past ten days have any effect on the length of the present session of Congress? When the session first began the republi- can hope, as expressed, was to be able to clear the table of all business and adjourn, at the latest, by the Ist of July. The pro- gram included a bill of some kind for in- creasing the revenue, a declaration of some kind rather than a bill on the currency question, and the passage of the regular ap- propriation bills. All else, it was thought, could wait—at any rate there was a pur- pose declared to make it wait. The reve- nue bill and the financial deliverance would, it was calculated, consume the greater part of the allotted six months. The appropria- tion bills could be handled by the exped!- tious methods attaching to mere routine. ‘The program seemed entirely feasible, and work was being cut out acccrdingly. The Outlook Today. What is the outlook today? That part of the House’s work to which months had been assigned is to be executed in as many days. Two meetings of the ways and means committee have sufficed to frame both a revenue bill and a bond bill, and the House in an equal length of time will pass both under a suspension of the rules. There will remain, unexecuted, of the original pro- gram, therefore, so far as the House fs con- cerned, only the work necessary on the ap- propriation bills, The Senate, of course, will not be so ex- peditious. Serlous divisions exist in that body, both as to the revenue and the bond bill to be received from the House. Dehate is threatened, and that means much in a body whose rules put a premium on talk. Obstruction, plain and urdisguised, may be offered. The procedure will embrace the reference of the two bills to the appropriate committees, and an excmination of them there more or less leisurely. Then the re- pert back to the Senate, and the beginning of the debate. Still, the fact that the Sen- ate will receive at so early a day these two bills, which comprehend so great a part of the important work of the session, ought.to count for much in bringing about an un- usually early adjournment. That it will amend both bills is thought to be certain, but conferences between the two houses can be and will be ordered as soon as the amendments are formally acted on. The Venezuelan Commission. A most disquieting suggestion relates to the Venezuelan commission. Congress for- bore to put any time allowance on the work of the commission. It is to be guided solely by what may appear to be the necessities of the case. A trip to Europe and another to Venezuela may be necessary. But, in any event, the task 1s momentous, and carries with it the injunction of thoroughness and care. A report may be possible as early as April 1—the time suggested by Senator Ledge—but some unexpected discovery might protract the work several months longer. It seems safe to say that the com- m'ssion will not be hurried from any quar- ter. So much depends on the result of its labors, and so certain is its recomrhenda- tion of adoption, that no shadow of haste or incompleteness should rest upon the con- clusion reached. Will Congress, even with all of its regular business disposed of, adjourn before that is received? The report, it Is true, will be made to the President. Congress has mere- ly authorized the commission. The Senate did not ask the right even to confirm the members of it. But, notwithstanding this, It is thought to be altogether likely that the President will want Congress to Tead and in some way ‘pass upon the commission's work as soon as possible after he himself has been advised of it. It may call for such action as the President singly would not feel himself authorized to take. Curiosity on the sub- ject will be very great and world-wide. If Congress, therefore, shall have any work to perform in the premises after the report is submitted, the sooner that work is an- ncunced the better, and adjournment ought not to take place until it is announced. An Unprecedented Situation, ‘Taking one consideration with another, old politicians pronounce the situation and the outlook unprecedented. Congress is not only called upon to proceed with most un- usual celerity, but to hold itself in readiness for all sorts of surprises. Suppose the two bills to be passed by the House, covering the two vital points of revenue and the gold reserve, are rejected by the Senate, or put into a form unacceptable to the House; will the House be called upon to try it all over again on some other line? Suppose, in de- fault of legislation acceptable to him, the President goes into the market again and again wita bonds, under the old law; where will the responsibility rest? Upon Congress, for not meeting the President's wishes, or upon the President, for insisting on his own views at such a time? And then suppose that, in the midst of this contention over dome: matters, the Venezuelan commis- sion submits findings calling for another sharp note to Lord Salisbury DYING LIKE SHEEP, Starvation and Fever Rapidly Kill- ing Spanish Troops in Cuba. Further details of the terrible sufferings of the Spanish troops in the outlying and remote Cuban districts, and accounts of their dying like sheep from the fever and starvation, are brought by the crew of the Norwegian steamship Moringer, which ar- rived at Philadelphia yesterday from the town of Baracoa, laden with cocoanuts and bananas. The sufferings of these soldiers and the destitution in this portion of the island, as told by the Moringer's crew, is horrible. The Spanish soldiers cannot secure suffi- cient food to live, and sink into such a condition through weakness that they are seized by the fever and die by the hun- dreds. There was no trouble about Bara- coa. No skirmishes had taken place for some time, but the excitement is still at fever heat. Every vessel arriving from the north {s looked upon and treated with sus- picion by the Spanish authorities. She is searched fore and aft by customs officials, and the movements of such of her crew as go ashore are carefully watched. The general impression held in Baracoa seems to be that the insurgents are gain- ing signal victories all over the island, and that in a short time the Cubansgwill gain their freedom. The greatest reticence is maintained by all the officers of the Mor- inger, and it is difficult they are persuaded to talk at all. They fear violence on their return, being regularly engaged in the Cu- ban trade. The Moringer brought no _pasesnge: Her trip north was a rough one, hea’ gales having prevailed throughout the en- tire passage. A number of vessels were sighted hove to in the locality of Cape Hatteras. ——-+-s0+. A Paris Journalist's Death. Max Lebaudy is dead. He purchased the Soir of Paris last summer. He had gained considerable notoriety as a sportsman. One of the first things he did upon coming into his fortune was to consult with an archi- tect for a bull-fighting arena, which was built, and here Lebaudy gave ma his sporting friends. jority he was notorious 3 in plunger, but since coming int he had ‘devoted himself princ‘pally to tak- Pars as a his fortune ing part in out-of-door sport ———_-+e+- Rad Accident to a Baby. A nine-months-old baby, Simon Peffer, whose parents reside at 1102 7th street, fell from its mother’s lap this morning, {and in doing so pulled a kettle of boiling water from the stove. The little one was frightfully burned, and the physicians at the Emergency Hospital this afteraoon doubted its recovery. CRAPS RESULT IN CARNAGE Richard Epps Gets Severely Stabbed in a _ Street Fight Georgetown ts Given an Unusi Share of Hpliday Excitement For a Ghristmas Gift. As the resJt-of a crap game about noon today, the uéually quiet streets of George- town were made gecidedly lively, and Rich- ard Epps, a colored man about twenty-five years of age. is guffering with two severe stab wounds of\\the abdomen. According to the story of the wounded man, as related to a Star reporter at the Emergency Hospital, Jerry Jones was the person who inflicted the wounds, and ‘Jas. Bell, Bertie Edwards and another man, unknown to Jones, aided it~ the assault. A crap game was in progress at 27th and M streets, in which Bell, Edwards, one Harry Active, and several others were en- gaged. Epps, so he declares, was merely a spectator. While Active was engaged in conversation with another, bystander, a dol- lar belonging to him, which had been lying on the sidewalk, disappeared. Thinking that Epps had hidden it as a Joke, Active accvsed him of the theft. Epps denied the accusation, and at that moment Edwards produced a dollar bill from his pocket, re- marking, “maybe this is yours.” * The Fight Coumences. Active grabbed the money and Bell, Ed- wards and the other man struck him, and the quartet tecame Involved in a scuflle. Active broke away and Fan up the flight of stairs leading to a porch. He slipped and fell to the ground, however, and his as- sailants threw him under the porch. That is the last seen of Active, for the three men, so Epps says, turned their attention to him. The unknown member of the party, it is claimed, struck him across the head with a club, and while Bell and Ed- wards pinioned his arms Jones slashed him with a knife. With an effort Epps broke away and ran toward the house of Mrs. Diggs, 1344 17th street, with the three men in pursuit. As he turned into the gateway, Jones again cut tim with the knife. Mrs. Digs, according to Epps, slammed the door in his face, and the three men again grabbed him. Slipped His Cont and Escaped. By slipping ovt of his coat, Epps man- aged to escape them, running down the street, with the blood streaming from the wounds. He made his way across the M street bridge and in an exhausted condition reached his home, 1238 25th street. The wounded man's father went in search of a Policeman, and Epps was hurried to the Emergency Hospital, where the injuries were dressed by Drs. Smith, McDonald and McGrath. Later in the afternoon the wounded man returned to his home. He claims that the assault was unprovoked. The fight attracted a large crowd, but no policemen, it is alleged by the injured man. The police ure now endeavoring to arrest Epps’ assailants. —_— > —_ INVENTOR OF THE AIR BRAKE. The Thing That Started Westing- house on the Road to Fortune. From the Boston ‘Transcript. A number ‘of years ago a Pennsylvania inventor wattted to sell McKee Rankin, the actor, a large! Mtérest in a patent air brake for railways’ for ‘a small sum. The actor did not feel Nke investing, even on the sol- emn assurance of the co’ that the apparatus was but he has always wished he had advanced the sum desired,” for the young inventor was George Westinghouso,and the air brake has proved one of the most important and valuable Inventions of the century. West- inghouse is [ike Edison in his capacity for hard work. After a day spent in directing the great commercial organizations of which he is the head, he goes to his labor- atory and private shop to conduct the ex- periments which it 1s, his delight to carry on, ‘To sucha man the, invention of the air brake was merely a step in a career of fertile planning and Investigation. When his brake was well started on the high road to success, he turned to the steam en- gine and brought out a practically new type in that field. By the time this engine Was placed on the market, electricity was attracting the attention of inventive minds throughout the country. Westinghouse viewed the sit- uation aad deeded that the then common use of low-tension, continuous currents, while good for incandesceat lighting and power purposes on circuits of limited ex- tent, was unsatisfactory for longer cir- cuits. He looked forward into the future of electrical distribution of power and saw that high-tension, alternating currents would prove the most {mportant in a few So he bought up the leading for- eign and domestic patent in this branch of electrical development, then neglected, and went to work improving and perfect- ing his apparatus. A KLEPTO! “see AC TRAP. Tale of a Lady, a G er and an Elec- tric Bell. From the New York World. The proprietor of a big grocery establish- ment of the Boulevard Sebastopol in Paris rigged out an ingenious device the other day to prevent petty thieves from pilfering the goods exposed in front of his shop. It was an electric contrivance designed to ring @ bell inside the shop the moment any of the pots, jars and boxes outside should be lifted from the stand. Then the grocer waited. Two days went by fruitlessly, and the enterprising grocer was growing dis- gusted with the apathy of the light-fingered fraternity. The third day he was standing in the doo: of his shop, depioring his wasted ex- pense and ingenu‘ty, when a richly dressed woman wearing a suit of costly furs drove up in a handsome equipage. Scenting a new customer and assuming her to belong to the aristocracy, he went behind the counter that he might fill the lady’s orders himself. Then once more the grocer waited. He was still waiting when a little tinkling bell startled his ears. It was the sneak- thief alarm! Springing over the counter and adding to the consternation in the shop by upsetting a pyram‘d of bottles, he rushed to the street door, calling “Police!” as he ran. There, in front of the pavement showcase, stood the richly dressed woman, a stone jar of pate de foie gras in her hand and a look of dismay on her face, Her coun- tenance betrayed her late intentions, and the evidence was strengthened by a small boy, who declared he had noticed the lady, after looking about to see if she was ob- served, pick up the pot and try to hide it under her fut’ cofit. Meanwhile ‘the plectr‘c bell was still ring- ing, for the mn had been too discom- posed to restore fhe tell-tale vessel to the stand. A ctowd, soon formed, and after awhile a policeman appeared. ‘He led the woman to th¢ station house, where she told her name atjd declared that she was the wife of a former, government official. She was so ovetpowéred by the situation that she disclosed hey exact age. She was, moreover, frank épough to admit that since the death of her ffusband she had preferred to acquire téPle Maxuries by the method she d essayed, with the pate de foie gras rather than fo gq, without them. Se Persdnal Mention, Capt. Geo. Wiggin, late U. S. N., now a citizen of Delaware, fs on a visit to the city, and stoppthg with his sister, Mrs. MacNulty, 917 "North Carolina avenue southeast. a a Ruskin’s Old Age. From the New York Press. Ruskin has aged rapidly in the last twelvemonth. It is doubtful if he will survive another year. He will never be seen in London again. The noise of steam cars and the rattle of wagons have even more horrors for him than ever be- fore. He writes little and that little is not for publication, and is not the old Ruskin. He ts still able to walk about the grounds of Brantwood and is always accompanied by the faithful man servant who-has been his companion for years and who has kept him from getting lost withinga stone’s throw of his study in- numer&ble times. IN CASE OF WAR Senator Wilson on the Resources of the Government. WONDERFUL GROWTH SINCE 1860 ion of the Pa- cific Coast Seaports. Defenseless Condi VENEZUELA’S STANDING If the United States should be involved :n a foreign war one of the most important things to be considered would be the ability of the nation to successfully carry on a pro- longed struggle that might cost several thousand millions of dollars and tax the national credit to its utmost. Senator W!I- son of Washington was seen by a Star re- porter today and asked how he regarded the Ability of the United States to maintain a contest at arrs between the two great English-speaking nations of the world. “Of course," he replied, “I do not believe— at least the wish is father to the thought— that the great English-speaking people will engage in any war. I believe that ultimate- ly a wise, patriotic and just solution of the question now agitating them will be accom- plished. The Contingency of War. “If, after the appointment of a cammission “by the President of the United States arid the true boundary line is established, Eng- land should not submit to a fair adjustment of the same, there, of course, would be no way out of the situation than to maintain our policy by force of arms. In the event of such a contingency the resources of this great republic cannot be doubted. When we take into consideration the condition of our country in 1800, and consider what we then in securing funds to carry on the war, we can form some idea of what could he accomplished now. In 1860 we had very little population west of the Mississipp!; the settlements on the other side of the Alle- ghanies were scattered; but vast armies were brought into the field, great battles were fought and the contest was prolonged for almost five years. It seems to me that, while for a time we would be at a disadvan- tage ina war with Great Britain, ultimacely the wealth of the republic would be able to place a great army upon land and a fleet upon the sea that would be able to cope with the greatest naval power of the world. Growth Since 1860. “In 1860 the census showed the wealth of this country was about $16,00,000,000. This represented the fruits of the toil of the na- tion from the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers down to 1860. From 1860 to 1890 such was the marvelous growth of our country that the census disclosed, in round numbers, a wealth of about $65,000,000,000. That is to say, we accumulated three times as much in thirty years as we had in two hundred and fifty years. In fact,"the human mind can hardly grasp our marvelous growth of the last few years. If we turn to agricul- ture we have 10,000,000 of farmers, whose farms are worth $15,000,000,000. The whole world has 360,000 miles of railway, of which we have 160,000 miles, or nearly one-half of the entire amount. We make more iron and more steel ingots than any other nation on earth. We manufacture two steel rails for every one made in_ Great Britain. We operate more telegraph wires than France, Germany, Great Britain and Italy com- bined. Our telephone wires would go around the globe six times, and through thei the human voice speaks unceasingly through half a million of instruments. We have more public schools than any three natioas in the world. In the last twenty-five years we have defrayed the nacional expenses, fed the Indians, improved our rivers and har- bors, and liquidated $2,000,000,000 of debt, and paid $1,000,000,000 in’ penajons, thus demonstrating that justice is a wise p6licy of nations as well as of individuals. “It will be seen without going into detail that the resources of this country are very sreat, and can be depended upon at all times and under all circumstances to defend the henor and integrity of the nation.” “Would the United States have any d!fl- culty in raising the money to carry on a war?” “I apprehend none. In this connection it might be proper to state that during all the dark days of the country, when we were contending with a civil war, the republican party issued no bonds for current expenses of the government, wrich were paid from the revenues. All bonds then issued were for the purpose of prosecuting the war.” Defenseless Senports. “Are not our seaport cities lacking in means of defense?” “I am not fully advised of the conditions that exist upon the Atlantic seaboard rela- tive to frtifications, but so far as the northwestern coast is concerned we have absolutely no fortificaticns whatever. The English have a great naval station at Es- quimault, .pon the Straits of Fuca, and our shores are within the sound of the morning and evening gun of Great Britain. They have their gunboats, torpedoes and a first-class armament in every particular. They could lay tribute in twelve hours up- on all the cities of Puget sound, and take possession and control the coal supply of the Pacific coast, and we are absolutely de- fenseiess. It is true there are some guns mounted at the mouth of the Columbia, but the only use they are fit for is to make resting places for picnickers during the summer time. They are old fashioned, out of date and no account, and upon that coast, especially north of the Columbia river, we are as absolutely defenseless as when Columbus landed in the West Indies. Not only is the commerce of Puget souna of great importance, but, as I have above stated, the coal supply of the sound would be exceedingly valuable in case of war. The growing importance of Alaska and the boundary dispute there gives additional strategic importance to that section of the country.” Standing of Venezuela. Senator Wilson is well versed on the situ- ation in Venezuela, where he resided dur- ing two years with his father, then minis- ter of the United States to that republic. Most of his time was passed in Caracas, a beautiful city, situated in a valley of mag- nificent extent, four thousand feet above sea level, and with a delightful climate,with the thermometer never higher than 78 or lower than 60. Speaking of this city Mr. Wilson said: “Caracas iz noted for its wealth and re- finement, and has about seventy-five thou- sand inhabitants. With its vast plains, great coffee estates. flocks and herds, lofty mountain rarges, forests of rare and prec- fous woods, with rich valleys and table- land, where great varieties of cereals and fruits flourish in luxury and abundance, Venezuela is made one of the foremost states of Latin America. “Of course, when I resided in Venezuela, many years ago, the republic was without railroads; La Guayra was the port for the city of Caracas, through which most of the exports and imports were received. Since that date the open roadstead at La Guayra has been converted, by the expendi- ture of a large amount of money on the part of the government, into a magnificent harbor. Railroads have been constructed throughout the republic, and in every way the people have shown themselves to be progressive and energetic.” OWEN INDICTED. Charged With Mailing Infernal Ma- chines in Chicago. The grand jury at Chicago has voted an indictment against S. A. Owen, who is charged with having tried to mail infernal machines to P. D. Armour and George M. Pullman. The indictment was based on the state law, which declares the possession of expla- ives for an illegal purpose to be a felony nable by imprisonment in the peniten: It was under this statute that Anar- sent to state prison for twelve years, because the police found dy- namite cartridges in the cellar of his house. to Mr. Wm. F. Thorne of Cincinnati, aged seventy-three, died early this morning. He had for a long time been a leading business man and prominent citize: Last night at Berea, K fracas between drunken and Less Mitchell were killed, in_a shooting Will Johnson WHITE HOUSE CHRISTMAS The President's Little Gir's Have a Gay Time. They Take a Carringe Lond of Pres- ents and Deliver Them in Per- son to Their Friends. The President and cabinet and Official Washington generally, with the exception of the republican members of the ways and means ccmmittee, who labored to complete the text of their tariff and bond bills, spenz a quiet and enjoyable Christmas, free from the anxist‘es and excitements of the past six or eight days. The Vresident and Mrs. Cleveland had provided a large Chris-inas tree for three little ¢res—Ruth, Esther and Marion —and spent a great part of the Jay making metry with the children and their numer- ous presents. The Vice President and Mrs. Stevenson and their daughters were the guests of Mrs. Stevenson's sister on 16th street. The members of the cabinet remained at their homes, and nearly every one of them had with him members of his family or kinsfolk from out of towa. * Ruth and Marion Go Present-Giving. About noon the President's carriage dove up'to the White House, and was laden with about a hundred packages cf various sizes, containing presents @r the friends of the President’s children. They were distributed by Ruth and Marion, with the material assistance of their governess. These three drove away in the carriage and personally delivered the-gifts at the residences of those whom it was desired to remember in this way. The packages took up so much room in the carriage that the governess and her two small charges had almost to squeeze themselves in. The trip around the city occupied over an hour, and the visits at the various houses, where stops were made necessarily very brief. The cabinet hovses, where there are chil- dren, naturally received the most attention from the President's daughters, and the longest visits made were at the residences of Secretary Lamont and Private Secre- tary Thurber, the juvenile inmates of which were the recipients of many hand- some presents from their playmates of the Executive Mansion. ———————e+_____ KENSINGTON. Prof. E. A. Zeigler is spending his Christ- mas holidays with his parents at Hyatts- town. Mrs. F. M. Fawcett and children are spending a week in Baltimore. The Kensington Literary Society met Monday evening at the Noyes Library. The attendance was large, and a number of new names were added to the roll. On motion of Rev. J. T. Marshall it was de- cided to hold the meetings on the second an:l fourth Wednesdays of each month, in- stead of the first and third Mondays. The feasibility of holding a series of lectures under tke auspices of the society was dis- cussed, and a committee, consisting of Rev. James T. Marshall, Mr. W. W. Eldridge and Mr. C. P. Smith, were appointed to consult with Mr. B. H. Warner in regard to lectures and to report at the next meet- ing. A short program was giveh, as‘ fo! lows: Reading, “The Prisoner for De®, Miss Clare Mannakee; reading, “Horatio at the Bridge,” Mr. Preston Ray; read- ing, “A Christmas Carmen,” Mrs. James T. Marshall; humorous reading, “Mr. Col- ville Proves Mathematics,” Mr. M. Dorian. Mr. Layman, secretary of the society, read a ehort extracteon the life of Whittier. It was decided to take Eugene Field for the next meeting. A meeting of the town council was held Monday evening at the home of Mayor R. B. Detrick. Clerk E. A. Zeigler was in- structed to confer with lot owners on Faw- cett avenue in regard to continuing the board walk between the property of Mr. Emory Baxter and Mr. Alphonso Hart. A walk will also be laid in front of Mrs. Faw- cett’s residence on Howard avenue. A re- quest will be made that the housewives of Kensington refuse food to tranrps and di- rect them to the bailiff, Mr. E. J. Kelley. That gentleman will give them work at sawing wood, paying them so they can pay for their food. It is hoped by this means to abate the tramp nuisance. The closing exercises of the public school were held Monday afternoon. The school rooms were prettily decorated with Christ- mas greens. The first exercises by the primary department were as_ follows: Christmas hymn, by the school; concert recitation, “Clap the Hands for Christ- mas,” by primer class; recitations, ‘Little Jack,” Archmoore Fawcett; “Winter is Coming,” Carroll Duvall; “‘The Best Day,” Mabel Duehay; “A Question,” Cassius Krouse; “The Little Seamstress,” Matie Blackburn; “Good Neighbors,” Marcellus Corrick; “Christmas Bells,” Frank Faw- cett; “About a Million,”” Irving Lehman “A Letter to a Cousin,” Sallie R. Umstead; “Advice to Dolly," Grace Proctor; “Scaring Santa,” George Parker; dialogue, ‘This Little Maid and This Little Man,” Mona Nelson and Willle Nelson; “Birdie’s Break- fast,” Grace L. Little; “The Guest,”’ Ar- thur Harr; reading, “The Mouse Muff,” Sophia McQueen; recitation, Apples,” Watson Eldridge; Otis Dorian; song, “The Festive Time,” by school. The program was continued by the higher grades in the lower school room, and was as follows: “A Christmas Wel- come,” Ashford Proctor; singing, by the school; recitations—‘‘Santa Claus,” Edgar Duvall; “Caleb's Courtship,” Louie Harr; “A Letter to Santa Claus,” Ernest Hutch- irson; singing, by school, “Ho! for Kris Kringle,” dialogue, ‘Pearl's Chri . by four girls and three boys; Christmas De Forest “Christmas Time," Howard Nelson Mother Hubbard,’’ Walker Smit Marriage of Santa Claus,” Alta Walters; “Quotations,” Lydia Fowler singing, “There’s a Song in the Air,” “Christmas Bells,” Thomas Perry; “Hanging Up the Stockings,” Nettie Sherrer; “What Joe Thought of Christmas,” Philip McQueen; “The Christmas Tree,’ Jane Walters; “Christmas Morning,” May Gould; “Two Girls’ Christmas,” Hal Dorian, At the close of the exercises candy and nuts were distributed to the scholars. Dr. Burton Macafee and Mr. John Gantt of Washington have been the guests of Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Eldridge. br. G. W. T. Wright and family are spending Christmas at Takoma. oT CARLIN SPRINGS, A very enjoyable Sunday school enter- tainment was given Christmas eve at Cur- tis Hall, under the management of Mrs. M. C. Mitchell, Miss Mary King and Miss M. M. Stockbridge. fhe room was prettily decorated with trees and grees, making it look as much like out of doors as possible. After a short program and an address by Mr. R. C. Cowling, superintendent, ‘the children indulged in out-dopr sports and ate their lunches in true picnic fashion... Alto- gether the “winter picnic’ passed off very pleasantly, and at an early hour the com- pany adjourned. The Oldest Inhabitants’ Whist Club held the last meeting of the quarter at the resi- dence of Mr. W. L. Stockbridge. Mr. H. B. Hedrick, having won the highest per cent of games during the quarter, was appointed rresident for the next term. Among those who are spending the holi- days in the village are Mr. Wm. Mason, at his home on Walnut avenue; Mr. Frank P. Stockbridge, at the residence of his parents, and Miss Helen Beall, at the home of her sister, Mrs. Wm. M. Backus. Mr. C. A. Uber, U. S. N., ritired, has re- turned home to spend the winter, after a two months’ stay at Virginia Beach. The quarterly meeting of the Euchre Club will be held Friday evening at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. W. P. Jone S : The ening Star Almanac for 1896. The Evening Star Almanac for * larger ani more complete than that of "05, Four hundred and sixteen solidly printed pages of national, {ternational and local Statistics, Records and General Informa- tion. Tells all about the relationship exist- ing between the District of Columbia and the National Government. Contains much not to be found in any encyclopedia. A val- uable, yet inexpensive addition to any li- brary. Price, 25c. To be had at The Even- ing Star office, at all news stands, or will be mailed upon receipt of price. —————————— | AMERICANS IN CUBA They Enjoy Unusual Privileges in That Unhappy Land. MANY NATURALIZATIONS BY FRAUD . How the United States Has Been Imposed Upon. A NEEDED INVESTIGATION From The Star's Special Correspondent. HAVANA, Cuba, December 21, 1895. The American citizen in Cuba at the pres- ent time enjoys more freedom in thought and action, is respected more by the con- tending parties, and is less subject to all sorts of indignities than the citizen of any other nation or the subject of any king. The treaty relations between the United States and Spain are certainly very advan- tageous for the former, and no American who pretends to respect the Spanish laws in Cuba need complain. These advantages have lcng been known and understood by Cubans, and as a result a large number of the merchants, bankers and planters are citizens of the United States. They are law-abiding people, proud of their adopted country, while yet being patriotic Cubans and lovers of their fair island. But there are many abuses in connection with American citizenship here that should command the immediate attention of the State Department. A cable from Madrid asserts that the Spanish government will ask for a chang? in the existing treaties. No one who knows all the phases of the matter can blame Spain if she does make such a request. But the fault Mes not no much in the treaties as it does with the State Department in the granting of pass- ports, naturalization ete. There are many men in Cuba today hav- ing American naturalization papers who have not spent two weeks of their lives in the United States. For recsons best known to themselves, perhaps, they will make @ trip to Key West, Tampa or New Orleans, declare their intention of becoming citizens, take the next steamer back to Cuba and go chead the same as before. After five years they again make a flying trip to the United States and secure their final papers. This has been done in hundreds of in- stances, and the abuse is being practiced today more than ever. Many of these citi- zens know nothing abkcut the United States, her history, her geography or her resources, and they cere as much. They cannot speak the English language, and must employ the services of an interpreter when they go to air their grievances to a United States consul. Of course, many of these men are good and upright, but why should they desire papers of American citizenship when they have no ties, paternal or commercial, with our country, when they do not intend and never expect to reside in the United States? But the worst feature, the feature that mukes the blood of the true American boil ith indignation,is that where the ed of the United States, with his falsely obtained naturalization papers, throws shngs and slurs at the American nation and people, the nation and people of whom he asks protection for his uwn- worthy being! Every day in Cuba this painful feature is brought into the view of bona fide Americans, but the murmur- ings heard never reach Washington. The Star's correspondent talked with a “Spanish-American” the other day. Said he: “The United States wants to get hold of Cuba, but I pray this will never be done.” > sf “But are you not an American citizen?” he was asked. “I am, but not an admirer of the so-call- ed grand republic. I am a Spaniard and I love dear old Spain, but for use in cases of emergency Igiave my American citizen- ship papers.” Here is a sample of a large class in Cuba who are American citizens in name only, who still revere the red and yellow flag of Castile and who sneer at the stars and stripes! Here is a sample of the hundreds who travel about the island with their pettw personal spites, defying the authorities and exhibiting papers that de- clare them true and loyal citizens of the United States. It is but a few hours’ trip to Florida ports, and many Cubans rush across the channel and for a few dollars obtain from corrupt officials these certificates of Ameri- can citizenship. The island is overrun with unprincipled men carrying in their pockets these flimsy credentials. The American consul at Santiago has re- fused to recognize them, and he will make a protest to the State Department. This consul is one of the most efficient and patriotic representatives of the American government upon the island, and his ac- tion is upheld by all prominent Americans in Cuba. There is certainly much need of the in- vestigation of the methods of certain Flor- ida ofticilals by the State Department that American citizenship in Cuba may not be made a cloak for crime and petty spite. True Cuban patriots now fighting in the field for the independence of their country and holding citizenship diplomas of the United States cannot be included as among those who are not worthy of being within the protecting folds of Old Glory. They are Cuban patriots and lovers of freedom and proud of the fact that they are ciu- zens of the land of Washington. _ A REMARKABLE CAREER, George Augusta in Tells of the Men He Knew. From the Philadelphia Ledger. “It is something to be able to tell the present generation,” said the late George Augustus Sala, “that I have seen Louis Phillippe while he was still king of the French; that I have seen Soult, Thiers, Guizot and Lamartine; that I have wit- nessed three revolutions in the French capital; that I followed Garibaldi fn his campaign in the Tyrol; that I have heard Daniel O'Connell deliver a speech at the London Tavern; that I knew Lord Palmer- ston; that I knew the first Lord Brougham; that I was in the Franco-Mexican war at the storming of Pueblo; that I spent thir- teen months in America when she was in the midst of war; that I was personally ac- quainted with Abraham Lincoln, with Se- ward, with Stanton, with Charles Sumner, with George Bancroft, with Longfellow and with Bayard Taylor, with Grant and with McClellan, with Horace Greeley, Kaphael Semmes and Jefferson Davis. i I have conversed at Algiers with the Em- peror Napoleon III; I have been patted on the head by the great Duke of Wellington; 1 lived in Cuba when there were negro slaves there, and in Russia when there were millions of white serfs in the domin- ions of the czay I can remember to have seen the Czar Nicholas himself at the As- cot races; I attended the funeral of the as- sassinated Alexander II, and the coronation of Alexander Ill; I was in Constantinople when the first Turkish constitution was preclaimed from the steps of the old Se- ragiio, and I can hear now the unanimous shouts of ‘Amin’ from the Moslem troops present. “From the organ loft of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, I have witnessed the ’ funerals of the Duchess of Kent, of the Prince Consort, of the King of Hanover and of the Duke of Clarence. From the same coign of vantage I have watched the nuptials of the Prince of Wales and the Princess Alexandra of Denmark, of the Duke of Connaught, and of the Duke of Albany. I saw the coronation procession of her majesty, Queen Victoria, and I was in Westminster Abbey at the royal jubilee service and In St. Paul’s Cathedral at the thanksgiving service for the recovery from sickness of the Prince of Wales, and I be- held the second funeral of Napoleon the 3reat. Gry Nave seen twelve murderers hanged. I have eaten the turtle of twenty-five Lord at the farewell banquet les Dickens, prior to his second visit to America. Dickens and Thackeray were the friends of my youth, my editors in my maturity. I have been round the world and seen people and things in California, and the Sandwich Islands, in Australia and New Zealand, In India and Ceylon. I have seen Macready, Charles Keen, Tyrone Pow- er, the elder Farren, Charles Mathews, Mime. Vestris, Mrs. Glover, Mrs. Nesbitt, Machel, Dejazet and Frederick Lamaitre act. I have heard Pasta, Malibran, Grisi, Persiana, Rubiri, Tambourini and Lablacae sing, and have seen Taglioni, Fanny Elisier, Cerrito and Duvernay dance.”