Evening Star Newspaper, December 30, 1895, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED ILY EXCEPT SUNDAY AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the jelty by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents fopies at the jecunter 2 cents each. By matl—anywhere in the Enited States or Canada—postage prepald—S0 cenis F month. Satcrduy Quintupl» Sheet Star, $1 per sear. with trelen poeta x x ice at Washington, D. c.. ‘Entered at the Post jax second-class mail matter.) £7,All mall subscriptions must be pald tn ndeanee ates of advertising made kncwn on applteation | Che Evening Star. No. 13,361. WASHINGTON, D.C., MONDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1895-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news tcday you can find it only in The Star. Dr. Satterlee Formally Notifies the Washington Committee. CCEPTS THE PCSITION OF BISHOP-ELECT He Feels That He Has Received a Divine Summons. FORMALITIES TO FOLLOW The standing committee of the new dio- cese of Washington held a meeting this ‘morning at the Church of the Epiphany. It was the first meeting since it was known that Dr. Henry Yates Satterlee of New ‘York, who was elected the first bishop of the new diocese, would accept the cal, and his formal letter of acceptance was laid Lefore the committee by the president, Rev. Dr. John, H. Elliott. It was addressed to the committee, Rev. Dr. Elliott, Rev. ir. Mackay-Smith and Gen. John G. Parke, Jeppointed at the primary convention to notify Dr. Satterlee. The letter was as Calvary Church Rectory, 133 Hast 2ist street, N. Y. December 27, 18%: Gentlemen: It is hard for me to express words my deep appreciation of the honor that has been conferred upon me_by the clergy and laity of the diocese of Wash- ington in electing me as its first bishop. The consciousness of the grave responsi- bilities to God and man which belong to this high position in the Church of Christ and the realization of the opportunities of the new diocese have become deeper and stronger In my mind after three weeks of careful and prayerful considerafion. I have had heretefore an unshaken con- yiction that no human influence or earthly inducement, nothing less than the plainest indication of God’s will, should sever the religious ties that bind me to the work, the pecple, the ideals of Calvary parish; I now feel that that call of God has come and hat it is imperative. Though I realize now more vividly and infully than ever before my own utter Insufficiency for the office and work of a bishop in the Church of God, yet day by day the conviction hes grown steadily stronger that this summons has come to me from the great Head of the Church, our ‘ascended Lord and King, and therefore, in obedience to His voice, and in humble sub- mission to what I believe to be His will, I accept the position of bishop-elect of Wash- ington. With the unceasing prayer that the bles- jng of Christ may rest upon the new dio- ese, and that in all our works, begun, ‘ontinued and ended in Him, bishop, clergy nd people may perceive and know what things we ought to do, and then have grace and power faithfully to fulfill the same, I am, gentlemen, with deep respect, Your servant in Christ, HENRY Y. SATTERLEE. To Ratify the Election. There are yet a good many formalities 0 be gone through with before Dr. Satter- lee can properly be addressed as bishop, and his choice of words as referring to his ac- ceptance of “the position of bishop-elect” is regarded as particularly judicious and in good taste. His election must be sanc- tioned by a majority of the standing com- mittees of the different dioceses of the coun- 'try, and at the meeting this morning Dr. El- lott and Rev. Alfred S. Harding, the sec- retary of the standing committee, were in- structed to notify these committees of the choice of the primary convention and of the Gesire oP this diocese for their consent, and to forward to them the proper testimonials. The consent of the standing committee, While it is in set form, is by no means a mere Matter of form itself. It is a firm avowal that from what they know of the man the Dishop-elect ts in every way fitted to fill e high office to which he has been called. While in very rare cases this approval as been withheld, no one imagines for a oment that a single voice will be raised gainst a man of such prominence and popu- larity as Dr. Satterlee. Even so, it tyes fome time to communicate with all the dio- ceses, and to have meetings of the standing committees held, so that it may be a month or six weeks before a majcrity of them have been heard from. As soon as this is done the presiding bishop, Rt. Rev. John Will- fams of Connecticut, will be communicated with, and he will notify the other bishops. At the same time, the original papers of election from the primary convention will be forwarded to him. When Bishop Wili- Jams has received notice of the concurrence of the other bishops he will arrange with the bishop-elect for the consecration. In other words, the entrance to the episconate is surrounde@ by very many safeguards co @s to prevent any but the most suitable men from ever entering upon the duties ©; the office. It is not known yet just when or where Dr. Satterlee will choose to be consecrated. ‘This ceremony Is not likely to occur for at Yast a couple of months yet, and the gen- eral feeling here fs that he may prefer to have the services of consecration take place in his own Calvary Church with which he has been associated so closely and for so long a tame. It may be, however, that he would rather be consecrated in this city, the field of his future labors, and in that event every effort will be made to have the service an imposing one and worthy of the occasion. At the meeting this morning diocesan con- nt was given to the election of Rev. Jo- seph H. Johnson, D. D., as bishop of the new diocese of Los Angeles, and consider- eble other routine business was transacted. —_——-. UELAN THE VE SITUATION. Gen, Uslar Pay His Respects Minister Andrade. Official communications from the Venezu- elan government came in the mail received here today, but so far as could be learned they present no new phases of the situa- tion. The mail left Caracas five days afte President Cleveland's message on the Ven- ezuelan question, so there was ampie time for the government to take any step neces- sary to communicate to this government. Minister Andrade did not go to the State Department during the day, which appeared to confirm’ the view that the Venezuelans are in a passive attitude pending the devel- opment of the policy of the Gen, Uslar of Valencia, Ven on Mr. Andrade today and discussed the af- fairs of their country. The general has no iiicial connection with the Venezuelan gov- ernment, and his tmp to this country is wholly in a private capacity. te is a wealthy merchant, who married daugh- ter of Dr. Ubanja, the Venezuelan agent at London during the negotiations with Lord Salisbu: Gen, Uslar, when seen at the Hotel Regent, where he is stopping with his wife and daughters, by a Star reporter this afternoon, smiled amusedly when his attention called to a published interview with representing that he is an envoy of his go ernment. “Therg is no word of truth in it, he remarked, leasantly. “I am mere traveling as a private citizen and am here to cee your city sights.” —__-e The Naval Inspection Board. The naval tnsnection board has returned to Washington from an official visit of in- spection of the Texas at New York. The nature of the report which has been made to the department has not been made known, but it !s understood that the poard has sug- gested some changes that might be made with benefit in the arrangements of the ship. to Speculation as to the Probable Vote on It in the Senate. Four Democrats Who Should Support the Measure and the Reasons Why. Now that the emergency tariif bill has rezcked the Senate, a lively speculation has sprung up as to what that body will do with it. The bill cannot pass, of course, if the democrats and populists unite in opposiny it. But can the full democratic strength be thrown against it? Four Democrats Should Vote For It. There are at least four democratic Sena- tors who would find it difficult to reconcile a vote in opposition to a bill having for its ob- ject the raising of more revenue with the attitude they assumed toward the Wilson bill, and the means they adopted to make that measure conform to their ideas of what a tariff bill should accomplish. Messrs. Gorman, Murphy, Brice and Smith all justi- fied their amendments to the Wilson hill cn the ground that the bill as passed by the House would not raise sufficient money for the support of the government. They in- sisted that the bill must do that, and with that object in view they held it up in the Senate until a majority vote—a bare ma- jority—was secured for it in the shape in which they had amended it. Were Right in Their Contention. These men, it is now pointed out, were right In that centention. Experience has shewn that the original Wilscn bill would have failed utterly to support the govern- ment. Even In its amerded form, with the millions the Senate added to it, it has failed to raise su‘licient money. The difficulty would have been less had the income tax been collectable, but with that included there is reason to believe that a deficit in the treasury would have resulted. So that what the House is now asking of the Sen- ate Is no more than what was contended for, and in part accomplished, by the four democratic Senators mentioned in the last Congress. The Wilson b'll has shown the defects that they then discovered and ex- erted themselves to correct, and it so hap- pens that the amount carried by the pres- ent emergency Dill is but little more than what the income tax was expected to yield. Prefer It to the Income Tax. It would appear, too, that as between an income tax and the taxes recommended in the emergency Dill, the democratic Sena- tors named, and others on that side of the cham»er, would prefer the latter. The in- come tax proposition was repugnant to a number of the Senators, who felt them- selves obliged by circumstanc2s to support it. Mr. Gorman at on? time declared his unqualified opposition to it. But as to the «ther taxes they are exactly in line with those subscribed to by all the democratic Senators in the Wilson bill. They only a tle more emphasize the principle of pro- tection to whick the democratic party by the passage of that bill thoroughly com- mitted itself. Should Be No Delay. And, the republicans inquire, as the emergency bill is in line with democratic policy and democratic prophecy, why should there be any delay about its pass- age in the Senate? The ceficit predicted by demecratic Serators exists, and the treasury {s greatly embarrassed by They tried to prevent it by raising neariy all the figures of the original Wilson biil, and failed. The republicans, being now in Power in the House, have taken up the task ot prov:ding for the government, and must not only take account of the defi- ciency tat exists, but, if possible, stop it frcm growing. Ought they not to be sup- ported in this, and promptly supported? Then, the buciress interests are to be con- sidered. They Gesire prompt action by Yongress. Prices will necessarily be af- fected, aid big cortracts held in abeyance until a decision, one way or another, is reached. The anxiety, it is true, is not so great as it wes two years ago, when pro- tection figures in the schedule were to be lowered, but it is sufficient to make the appeal to Congress from the business cer.- ters for an early settlement of the ques- tion very urgent. ———————+2+—_____ Personal Mention, Gen. and Mrs. James S. Clarkson and Coker and Grosvenor Clarkson, Senator Andrews, chairman of the state republican committee, and E. M. Ford of New York comprise a party that arrived at the Shor2- ham this morning. Mrs. Wm. Mahone, with her daughter, Mrs. McGill, arrived at the Arlington today from Petersburg, Va. W. P. Scott of San Francisco, a son of the Pact ic cot shipbuilder, is at the Arling- n. Lieut. Charles Dodge, jr., of the twenty- fourth infantry is at the Ebbitt. Paymaster H. E. Jewett of the navy is at the Ebbitt. Lizzie Du Roy, Florence Myring, Char- lotte Coane, C. W. Allson, James Marlowe, James Eden, Thad. M. Adams and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hallock of the Texas Steer Company are at the Regent. Jennie A.Eustace, Eleanor Carey, Mildred Stone, Clarence Living=ton, L. J. Rodriguez and Wm. N. Gr-ffith and wife of the Rich- ard Mansfield Company are at the Regent. Miss Johnstone Bennett, the actress, is at the Regent, accompanied’ by her guest, the Baroness Beridz, : Wm. R. Trigg of Richmond Is at the Ra- e.g] Two well-known West Virginians at the Raleigh are James A. Watson and Ed. L. Nash of Parkersburg. M-ss Given of the Della Fox Opera Com- pany is at the Rale.gh. Charles T. K. Miller, for several years the sporting editor of the Washington Post, and now traveling manager of the Texas 3 at the Regent. rs. Edward Murphy,second, and Jo- . Murphy, sons of Senator Murphy, jting their parents, intending to re- during the holidays. Edward is a ma‘n graduate of Georgetown University and is at present practicing law at Troy, N. Y. Joseph has recently attached himself to a commercial life. Mr. George M. Flick, special examiner bureau of pensions for the state of Texas, is in the city with his family upon leave of absence, after three years’ continuous ser- vice in Texas end the Indian territory. Dr. F. G. Vaa Viet of Shrewsbury, N. J., and his w-fe aid children, are visiting Gen. and Mrs. Van Vliet. Mr. Lowndes Jackson, a star player on the Virginia University foot ball team, {s spending his vacation at his home on Mas- sachusetts avenue. Mr. Bevtram Zevely, formerly of Wash- ington, is now a mining stock broker at Colorado Springs. - National Guard Commissions. The President has issued commissions to the following named officers of the Na- tional Guard of the District: Warren D. Fales, first lieutenant in the ambulance corps; Sidney R. Jacobs, first Heutenant and quartermaster, fourth battalion in- fantry; Luther H. Reichelderfer, first Heu- tenant and adjutant, third battalion in- fantry, Richard D. Simms, first lieutenant and adjutant, sixth battalion infantry; Thomas H. Mears, first lieutenant, com- pany D, third battalion infantry. Army Orders. Col. Dallas Bache, assistant surgeon gcn- eral, has been ordered to inspect the san- itary conditicn of the posts at Forts Nio- brara and Robinson, Neb. Leave of absence for two months has been granted Lieut. Herbert B. Crosby, eighth cavalry. it. | The Senate and the Tariff and Bond Bills, A FREE COINAGE =. AMENDMENT Tariff Measure to Probably Pass With Amendments. COLONEL COPPINGER’S CASE The tariff bill and the bond bill are ex- pected to slumber in the finance committee during this week. There has been no delin- ite plan settled upon. The proposition to amend by adding a provision for the free coinage of silver applies to the tariff bill as well as to that for bonds. The present idea is to put such an amendment on each bill, and it is probable that there will be a gereral rush to load down the tariff bill, in compliance with the demands of the ya- rious sections of the country for protec- tion. Prospects for Passage. The prospects are that after being se- riously amended the bill will pass. If it does, all of the amendments to which the House objects will probably be receded from by the Senate. There is a fair pros- pect of this bill being sent to the President for his action. There is a very general de- sire on the part of Senators to confront Mr. Cleveland with the question. The idea that he might let the bill become a law is rapidly being abandoned, and the republi- cans will be well pleased from a partisan point of view if the bill is sent to him and he vetoes it. Executive Sessions Contemplated. It is the intention of the Senate to adjourn over from today to Thursday. Meanwhile the committees are expected to mevt to take action on the various nominations before them. On Thursday a large number of nominations are expected to be reported to the Serate, and there will probably be a lon executive session that day. Another long executive session is on the program for Monday. Between these two sessions it is thought that the nominations will be about all disposed of. Col. Coppinger's Case. The fight against Colonel Coppinger, nominated to be brigadier general, is being conducted with great activity and bitter- ness. Protests against the confirmation are pouring in upon the committee. Va- rious complaints are made against him, but the reason of the bitterness an ence of the fight is that the A. P. ganization is opposed to the confirmation. The fact that he is a Catholic is the se- rious objection to him, and though this is not mentioned in the charges, it adds grav- ity to them all. ‘The agents of the A. P. A. are conducting the fight, and they say that it will be dangerous to ‘the political future of any Senator who votes for confirmation. The case is likely to be reported to the Senate from the committee on Monday. The Finance Committee. The republicans of the finance committee have notified Mr. Voorhees, who has, up to today, been chairman, that they do not design to have a meeting of the reorganized committee before next week. A meeting vas to have been held tomorrow. FOR RAGGED ISLAND. The President Said to Be Contemplat- ing Another Ducking Expedition. The President has received a cordial in- vitation to be the guest of the hunting club at Ragged Isiand, near Norfolk, for a season of duck shooting, and he will proba- bly avail himself of the privilege as soon as the state of public business will permit his absence from the capital for a week or ten days. It was reported from Norfolk yesterday that the President had arranged to visit the Ragged Island duck preserves early tnis week. Although no detinite in- formation on this point can be obtained at the White House, it is regarded as ex- tremely improbable that the President should leave the city at this particular juncture, when there are so many highly important matters claiming his attention. Moreover, tne President’s engagements for New Year day would seem to entirely pre- clude even the probability cf his making such a trip before that date What Fe may do after the Ist proximo will depend alicgetker upon the state of public business. Inasmuch as he suggest- ed that Ccengress forego the usual Christ- mas recess in order to take measures for the relief of the financial situation, it is unlikely that he will teke a holiday him: le the matter is pending. Although there is no certainty on that point, it is generally understood that the President does not ccntemplate another ducking ex- pedition at the present time, and at least not while the financial affairs of the coun- try are in the:r present unsettled and un- satisfactory condition. It is confidently as- serted that the President will not think of another holiday until after he has appoint- ed the Venezuclan boundary commission and concluded negotiations for another is- sue of bonds. ie PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS, Ex-Representative Outhwnuite Made a Member of the Fortification Board. The President today sent the following ne minations to the Senate: Postmasters—Nathaniel R. Davis, Barry, IlL; Fred. K. Bastian, Fulton, Ill.; Howard H. Thomas, Polo, Ill; J. H. Watson, in- dianola, Iowa; Julius F. Kerberg, Sanborn, Iowa; Claude S. Hazelrigg, Mt. Sterling, Ky.; George H. Walling, jr., Machias, Me.; Michael J. Green, Watertown, Mass.; Wm. Killefer, Pawpaw, Mich.; Edmund P. Looker, Boonton, N. J.; Alfred L. Blooic, Moorestown, N. J.; Sarah Hodgdon, Dem: N. M.; Alex. M. Cornmesser, Bellwood, ; Thos, J. Buchanan, Marietta, Pa.; Hllsworth M. Daron, Steelton, Pa.; Thomas C. Humphreys, Berkeley, Va.; Geo. W. Ford, Pullman, Wash.; David J. Brothers, Kaukanna, V Edward M. Scott, Sea~ ford, Del.; L. S. Flournoy, Ruston, La. State—Jos. H. Outhwaite of Onio, to be a member of the board of crdnance and fortification. Navy—Commander Nicoll Ludlow, to be a captain; lieutenant commanders’ to be commanders, Chapman C. Todd, Jos. Ni Hemphill, Abraham B. H. Lillie; lieuten- ants to be Heutenant commanders, Gott- fried Blocklinger, Perry Garst, James K. Cogswell, Frederick Singer. Also a number of minor navy appoint- ments. ee A DANISH EDITOR’S VIEWS. He Thinks the Cuban Insurgents Will Ultimately Win, Nenrick Cavling, the editor of the Polit- chon, Copenhagen, was at the Capitol today, and was introduced to a number of Senators by Senator Nelson of Minnesota. Mr. Cay- ling has just returned from Cuba, where he has been locking over the situation. He says that he has no doubt the revolutionists will ultimately win and establish Cuban in- dependence. He asserts that Cubans have many friends in Havana, and thinks that if the revolutionists attemp: to take that city the Spanish will find that th have a foe within as well as without the city. No Doubt One Has Been Already Fully Agreed Upon. It Will Not Be Announced Today— President Preparing for an Emer- gweney — Premium Paid. It is stated authoritatively that there will be no announcement of a bond issue today. There is no reason, however, to change the previously expressed statement that a bond issue is considered almost certain in the very near future. There is now no reasonable doubt that another bond issue has been fully agreed upon, and that the details of a contract with a syndicate, of which Mr. J. Pierre- pont Morgan is the head, have been ar- ranged, so that nothing remains to be done to carry it into effect but for the Secre- tary of the Treasury to sign his name thereto. ; Preparing for an Emergency. Under these circumstances the President can well afford, if he desires, to await the defeat by the Senate of the pending bond ‘Il without taking the risk of being com- peiled at the last moment to accept unfa- vorable conditions, which the gfavity of the situation might then render mecessary. In other words, the President is{prepared for any emergency, and there is fio doubt that should heavy withdrawals of gold for export again set in, another issue gwould be announced. The fact that there Hive been no withdrawals for export withirg the last several days, although sterling Bxchange s ruled at or above the shippi! points, gives cr@jence to an opinion heldfin treas- ury circles that the market hag already begun to feel the syndicate’s ‘influence against exports. F Amount of the Issue. The amount of the next issue, it most certain, has been fixed at $100,000,000, and {t is believed that the terms of the contract ape rather more favoralJe to the government than those under which the last issue was made. In this connection it is recalled that between August 31, 1865, the date upon which the national debt reached its highest point, and March 1, the amount of the government out- anding obligations was reduced by 31,- SSL3U7, To accomplish this Yeduction bonds were purchased to the amount of $770,80 Of this amount $324, Were purchased prior to 1879, and $146, 450 since that date. Premium Paid. os The amount of premium or bonus paid in currency in anticipation of the interest on bonds purchased was $9,883.75. Prior to 1879, however, the premium was not paid directly on the bonds but on the gold used in their payment, which was then above par. The reduction of the national debt by four-year periods is given on March 1 of each fourth year as follows, cents omitted: March 1, IS -$280, 480,492 Mareh 1, $ March 1, March 1, March 1, March 1, March 1, : 27,066 Total reduction of $1 1.873. On March 1, 1895, the national debt had been increased by $1 28 , and on December 1, 1895, by $5 0, making the total in- crease since March 1, 1895, $162,602,245. gate ea Bis TO TEST THE QUESTION. A Case of Interest to Northeast Wash- ington. eer Isaiah Stevens of the Baltimore railroad was before Judge Kim- ball this morning, charged with passing his train over the 4th street crossing, where there was not a watchman with a flag and Light on guard. This is the cross.ng that is so much used by the citizens living-north of the Baltimore and Ohio tracks in Northeast Washington, and about which the North- east Wash‘ngton Citizens’ Association has made so many complaints. Policemen Riley and Smith of the ninth precinct were de- tailed to get evidence concerning this grade crossing, and one of them remained at the crosa.ng while the other went to the depot to get the name of the engineer. Ojificer Smuth went to the depot, and he had con- siderable trouble in ascertaining the name of the engineer. People about the depot, he said, seemed to have an idea that the en- gineer was a stranger, but he finally suc- ceeded in getting h-s name, and the case was brought Into court. Mr. Colbert, counsel for the defendant, claimed that the law had been repealed. He sad that if the law was in effect there are many watchmen at crossings Who are able to prosecut:on, for, he said, none of the watchmen at the gates hold red flags or lights in their hands. No man, he said, can operate the gates and carry a flag or lamp at the same time. Mr. Pugh, for the District, claimed that the law had not been repealed, and in this claim he was susta.ned by the court. Mr. Colbert said he desired to test the case in the upper court, and in order to give him an opportunity to prepare a peti- tion for a writ of habeas corpus, sentence was suspended until tomorrow. ———__ Promotions and Dismissals. Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill in the Senate today to regulate promotions and missals In the executive departments at Washington, D. It provides as follows: “Whenever a vacancy may cccur in any of the executive departments below the grade of $2,000, promotions shall be made to fill such vacancies from the official force of such depariments. . First, Preference shall be given to such persons who may have served in the army or navy of the Unitel States, and who re- ceived wounds and were honorably dis- charged from the service for the same. “Second, Those who were honorably dis- charged for disability. “Third, All honorably discharged soldiers and sailo z “Fourth, The widow of any ex-Union sol- dier or sailor. “Fifth, All others not enumerated in the above classes. “Sixth, Any ex-Union soldier or sailor, who are now or may hereafter be in the classified service and are not on the rolls of copyists or clerks, shall be eligible for promotion in any grade not above the $1,000 grade, without competitive examination, provided they are competent. “Seventh, Whenever it becomes necessary for a reduction of the force in any of the executive departments all honorably dis- charged sold.ers or sailors, or the widows of any soldier or sailor, shall be exempt from dismissal, providing they are com- petent to perform their duties.Two and one- half years cf continuous service shall be evidence of competency.” NEW YEAR RECEPTIONS. List of Persons Receiving and Not Receiving to Be Published Tuesday. The Star will, next Tuesday, publish a list of those receiving or not rec@ving New Year day. Persons desiring to’ announce that they will or will not receivdjcan do so without any cnarge by sendinggnotices to The Star at any time prior td 9 o'clock Tuesday morning. The notices should con- tain only the announcement that there will cr will not be a reception, the names and addresses. Every notice must be properly authenticated to insure publication, HIS LETTER READ|THE NEW TARIFF BILLINQ SETTLED PLAN|A NEW BOND ISSUE/AMERICAN CRITICS Those Who Object to the President’s Venezuelan Procedure. HE SHOULD BAVE FIRST MADE INQUIRY The Case of Austria and Hungary Brought Up. TO STAND BY THE COMMISSI Some of the American criticism, iimited, of the President's attitude in the Venezue- lan matter has been leveled more at the form of his procedure than at the ossence ef his contentiur. He has been accused of going too fasi—of becoming bellicose upon mere assumption. From no quarter prob- ably has it been insisted that the disp ited boundary line is no concern of the United States whatever. It has not been corsid- ered monstrous that in a controversy be- tween a small American republic and Great Britain the United States should feel and express some interest in the results. But the complaint made is that the President, in taking p the question, went far beyond the limits of mediation, and, in advance of any ascertainment of the facts, qui placed Venezuela as a partysto the q He transferred the drama by one stroke of his pen from Caracas to Washiagton, and has himself become the leading actor in it. His Method Critcixed. Now that the flurry produced by the epi- sode has very greatly subsided on both sides of the water, these critics of the Pres- ident offer suggestions as to how he should have gone about the business. Why, they ask, did he not follow somewhat in the line of President Taylor's procedure in the case of Hungary? That case recently quoted by The Star: President Taylor w anxious to recognize the Hungarians as bel- ligereats in their revolt against Austria, but found himself hampered by a lack of knowl- edge of the true situation. There was no sort of agreement, of course, betwe2n the statement of the case as made by Hungury and that made by Austria. It devolved up- on President Taylor, therefore, if he was openly to take sides ‘in the coatest, to pr ceed upon information obtained by hims: He d.d not first assume that Hungary was ght and entitled to recogn.tion and then send an envoy over ‘to investigate and re- port, but he sent the envoy first, a awaiting his report when the envoy der in executing his commission sav tura te the transaction. Austria formally complained, and a spirited correspondence between the two governments followed. But the attitude of this government was mater- jaily strengthened throughout by the desire which President Taylor had manifested to secure all possible reliable information bearing on the revolt before committing this government. A double triumph was achieved. American sympathy for pecple struggl.ng for freedom found expression and the American desire for facts was shown. Should Have First Made Inquiry. Applying this case to the boundary case, President Cleveland's critics regret that he did not put a commission, or a special envoy, to work before instructing Mr. Olney to take so advanced a position as that taken in the note of July last to Lord Salisbury. They consider that the gravity of the case even then stood plainly re- vealed. If this government was to sug- gest arbitration to the extent of insisting upon it, some accurate knowledge of the case was absolutely essential. And such knowledge was as easily obtainable then as it will be now. The records would have been as freely spread before any properly accredited tribunal then as they will be now. The President might safely have proceeded then in that way. The State Department has a large fund upon which it may draw in state emergencies, and had the sum necessary have exhausted that, and even called for more, Congress, as has just been shown, would promptly have made an ample appropriation to cover the whole bill. Great Britain, had she been advised of the proceeding, could not justly have complained, for along with the notice thus given of ‘the unusual interest. the United States was taking in the contro- versy would have gone the notice that the United States wanted and was seeking all the light obtainable on the subject before committing itself definitely to a demand for arbitration. Will Stand by the Commission. But, however American opinion of this description may find expression today, it does not go to the extent of threatening any obstacle to the work or to the report of the commission now that it has been authorized. Whether the fullest diplo- matic skill has been shown or not in the business so far, the commission will be the representative of the country, and what it may find will become the guide for future action. And in this will be ex- hibited that united front whick is the only true basis for the successfct handling of foreign questio If the republican House of Representatives had refused all consideration of the President's message simply upon the ground t his cours of procedure did not appear to have been wise or regular, the country would have lost prestig® in the eyes of the whole world. But the House, considering that the coun- try, through the Presi} stood com- mitted im the prem ly waived al matters of mere form, and ed upon the principal proposi involved: the every-day and non-technical American acceptation of the meaning and value of the Monroe doctrine. _—— ee THOUGHT IT GREAT SPORT, Young Boys Nearly Wrecked Railway ‘Trains. NEW YORK, December 30.—A Bridge- port, Conn., special to the Evening World says that three youthful train wreckers were arrested this morning. They are Fred Hasbach, Willie Naegle and Peter Gra- ham, all eleven years old. Yesterday the boys were playing together a mile north of here; it was cold and a fire was suggested. Naegle went home and got an ax. Then the three looked around for firewood and decided to chop down the sign: “Look out for tke locomotive, while the bell rings.” After demolishing the post and starting the fire, one of the boys suggested that the bits of iron which fastened the sign to the post be placed upon the track “to make the wheels jump.” Thereupon, a heavy brace was jammed into a switch frog. Along came the 12:15 passenger train. The wheels jammed the iron down between the switch points and passed on. ‘Then the boys pried up one end of the iron, jammed stones under it and waited at a safe distance. Along came the New Milford milk train und ‘the wheels jumped wy The boys .were delighted. They enjoyed the scared look on the faces of the train crew. The jouncing overturned many ‘of the milk cans, but strangely enough ngne of the cars left the track. All the wheels came down upon the rails and the train load of milk rushed on. The matter was instantly ‘reported to Superintendent Lyon, who sent out Roadmaster Kilkrouse, and the boys were captured. : ————_ Notary Reuppointed. 4 The President has reappointed Mr. W. Mosby Williams a notary public in and for the District of Columbia. ERZEROUM AND HARPOOT) THE 'FRISCO SCANDAL Szcretary Olnev's Statement in Response to a Senate Resolution, Exequaturs Were Not Granted to the Vice Consuls Sent From This Country. The President sent a message to the Sen- ate today, transmitting a communication prepared by the Secretary of State in re- sponse to Senate resolution of December 21, requesting “the President, if not incom- patible with the public interests, to inform the Senate whether the exequaturs of the American vice consuls duly appointed to the consulates of Erzeroum and Harpoot have beén withheld or refused by the Turk- fsh government, while exequaturs were granted to the consuls of other nations at the same points.” Secretary Olney's Statement. ta, In his statement to the President, Secre- tary Olney says: “The facts respecting the new consulates at Erzeroum and Harpoot — temporarily filled by the appointment of Mr. Robert S. Chilton, jr., as vice consul at Erzeroum and of Mr. William D. Hunter as v.ce consul at Harpoot—have been fully set forth in the report of this department annexed to the special message of the Pres‘dent of the 19th of the present month. “Since the making of the report, however, attention has been called to an error of slight importance, but wh‘ch it may be well to take the present opportunity to correct. Instead of Me: . Chilton and Hunter de- parting for Turkey early iast autumn, they were commissioned in June, immediately started on ther journey, reached Constantl- nople in July, and after waiting there for two months for the’r exequaturs were, on September 11, directed to go to their re- spective posts without them. Consulates of Other Powers. The statement of the same report that consulates of Great Britain and France are | already established at Erzeroum and Hai pcot was made on the authority cf eal advices. It has since been ascertained that no foreign consular r&presentation of any kind exists at Harpoot. That town Hes in Koordistan, a district comprisiag the vila- yets of Harpoot, Diarbekr, Sort, Moosh and Van. It is embraced in the consular juris- diction of a Br.t.sh consulate for Kourdis- tan, the residence of the principal cfficer at Erzeroum (which, howevex, lies in , North of Koordistan proper) with subord.nate vice consuls at the towns of Diarbekr and Van. At both of these latter places, as also at Mosul in the eastern part of Koordistan, vice consulates of other powers are esiablished, although as regards lack of foreign trade they are in much the same case as Harpoot. “At-erzerovm co..sulates are maintained by Persia and Russia and vice consulates by France and Ital: DISTRICT o-+—_____ IN CONGRESS, Two Local Bills. Mr. Harris introduced in the Senate two bills upon the request of the District Com- missioners, both of which were presented in the Houge last week. One was to vegu- late the practice of veterinary medicine and surgery in the District of Columbia, and the other was to license billiard tables and for other purposes. To Pay Truck D's Force. Upon reauest of the Commissioners Mr. Harris introduced a joint resolution in the Senate tod4y appropriating money to pay the force necessary to operate Truck Co.n- pany D of the fire department of the Dis- trict of Columbia for the period beginning January 1, 1896, and ending June 30, 1596, follows: One foreman, at the rate of $1,000 per annum; one tillerman, at the rate of $340 per annum; one hostler, at rate of 3840; nine privates, at rate of $800 per an- num each. The last Congress provided for the site, house and apparatus in the north- west section of the city, but omitted to appropriate for the necessary operating force. The House District Committee. ‘The proposed meeting of the House Dis- trict committee today was called off owing to the absence of a number of Representa- tives from the city, consequent upon the -nformal holiday recess now under way. The committee will meet one week from tomorrow, at which time the subcommi+tees will be announeed and pending bills ai- lotted. Columbia Railway Extension. An extension of the Columbia Railway Company is provided for in a bill intro- duced in the Senate today by Mr. Proctor and referred to the committee on the Dis- trict of Columbia. It allows the Columbia Railway Company to extend its tracks be- ginning at the preseat terminus of its line at 15th street northwest, thence with deuble tracks to the middle of 15th street west, thence north along 15th street to H street north, thence along H street north to 17th street west, thence along 17th street west to F street north, thence with a single track along F street“north te New Hampshire avenue, thence with a single or double track along New Hampshire avenue to the Potomac river, and with a gle track from the Intersection of New Hampshire avenue and F street north, along New Hampshire avenue to G street nerth, and along G street north to 17th street west, thence to connect with the double track from H street north, with the right at any time to extend its said line with a single or with double tracks from the intersection of F and G streets north and 23d street west, along 23d street west to the Potomac river, with authority te move and propel its cars on the line so constructed with an underground electrie power or such other mechanizal power as the Cemmissioners of the District of Co- lumbia may appiove, provided that no new tracks shall be laid on H street north between 15th and ith streets, but sald company may use the tracks of the Metro- politan Railway Company between said streets upon such terms as may be agreed vpon between said companies. The com- pany is authorized to increase its capital stock and to issue bonds sufficient to cover the cost of the construction of the above proposed extension. It is further provided: “That upon being authorized thereto by a vote of a majority of the shares of the capital stock of the aforesaid companies, the Metropolitan Railway Compaay and the Columbia Ratlway Company shall be and are hereby empowered to consolidate said companies upon such terms and condi- tions as shall be mutually agreed upon and detormined by the stockholders of said companies, ard to sell or lease their re- spective franchises and 9ther property, real or personal, one to the other and to provide for the joint maintenance and eperation of ‘the two railroads and to furaish power thi one to the other for the operation of thei cars respectively.” It is provided that the stock of the con- solidated company shall aot exceed the ag- gregate of the stock of the two companies. It Is also provided that the Metropolitan Railway Company and the Columbia Rail- way Company shall charge but one fare for each passenger conveyed over the lines of said compan-es. The name of the consoli- ated company is to be the Metropolitan igetric Traction Company. Le aca for Robbing the Mails. The Post Office Department has received a telegram from the chief inspector at Helena, Montana, stating that Inspector Clemens had arrested Harry Welsh, alias H. H. Morgan, for robbing the mails ‘on the star route between Belmont and Buxton, North Dakota, Ostober 30. Mrs. Davidson Unable to Obtain Bail. HAS NOW A NEW THEORY TO ALVANCE Rev. Dr. Brown Discusses Her Charges. FORMERLY IN WASHINGTON SAN FRANCISCO, December 30.-—-Mrs. Mary Davidson, who was arrested Satur- day night on complaint of Rev. Dr. C. 0. Brown, pastor of the First Congregational Church, on a charge of extortion, has been unable to obtain bail and is still in prison. Mrs. Davidson taught in the Sunday school of the church, which is one of the largest and most fashionable in the city, and her affest has caused great astonishment in church circles. She adheres to her original statement with regard to Dr. Brown's alleged offenses, and says that although she may be sent to state’s prison, she be- lieves her charges against the minister will ultimately be verified. Dr. Brown as steadfastly denies the accu- sations made against him, and declares that he will exert every effort to send Mrs. Davidson to San Quentin. Mrs. Davidson says she had long been aware of the alleged relations between Dr. Brown and Miss Overman. “Dr. Brown called upon me often, and asked me to pray for him. I promised to do so. Mrs. Mason, a member of the. church, came to me one day and suggested that we should both go down to the church at 10 o'clock every Sunday morning and pray for Dr. Brown and the congregation. We went to the church, as suggested, but Dr. Brown did not receive us in the man- ner that a true Christian would have done. He seemed annoyed at our actions.” “Mrs. Davidson's defamation of my char- acter is utterly inconsistent with her ac- tions for the past year,” said Dr. Brown. It may seem strange that I have given her any money, but when I come to think of it, or rather figure it out logically, you will readily see there was no other course for me to pursue. If I had not given her the money and secured the signed receipt, she would probably have gone about circulat- ing her infamous lies about me. Miss Overman will tell all her story in the court room. She will take the stand and pro- claim my innocence. She will tell all she ktows about the diabolical plot of her pree tended friend to ruin m Dr. Brown is one of the most promising ministers in this city, and is well known throughout the Pacific coast. He was form- erly identified with religious work at Battle Creek, Mich., and Dubuque, Ia. Mrs. Davidson now tells a story that dif- fers slightly from the one she told when first arrested. She says now she believes she is the victim of a plot, in which Dr. Brown and Miss Overman are the plotters. She still insists that they are guilty, and her theory 1s that Dr. Brown, knowing that she was aware of his amours with Miss Overman, and fearing exposure, boldly re- solved to forestall damaging developments by accusing her of blackmail. KALAMAZOO, Mich., December 30.—Rev. Cc, O. Brown, who accuses one of his flock of extorting money from him in San Francisco, was pastor of the First Congre- gational Church here for five years, begin- ning in 1880. He was one of the most suc- cessful pastors the church ever had. He graduated at Olivet College, and began his ministerial labors at Rochester, Mich. His character was above reproach. Dr. Brown went from here to Dubuque, thence to Ta- coma, and finally to San Francisco. BOSTON, Mass., December 30.—A Mary Davidson, whem the state police believe to be identical with the woman who is accused of blackmailing, by the Rev. C. O. Brown of San Francisco, had a notorious career in New England. Deputy Fire Marshal Shaw, who, as a member of the state police in 1884 and 1885, had the case against Mrs. Davidson in charge, in speaking of it today, gave Mrs Davidson's history as follows: She was born in Bucksport, Maine. She married a Colonel Blood, who was either killed or died during the civil war. Tue widow went to Washington, where she at- tracted considerable attentidh while acting as an ariny nurse. After the war she re- turned to her native state, where she met and married a prominent shipbuilder named. Davidson. — MAGSACRE AT MARSOVAN. A St. Paul Girl Writes to Her Parents About It. 8ST. PAUL, Minn., December 30.—The parents of Miss Frances C. Gage, principal of the American Girls’ School at Marsovan, Turkey in Asia, and formerly a teacher in the public schools at St. Paul, have re- ceived three letters from her since the date of the massacre, November 15. Writing under date of November 22 she says: “At the noon call to prayers on last Friday a massacre began in this city, in which about one hundred were killed (perhaps more, but so many we know), and in the Armenian quarter o7 the market about three hundred shops, with goods, val- ued at 35,000 lire, were rifled. Monday we sent a telegram to Constantinople, which we asked to have repeated to Boston, and which we suppose will be published in the papers, and we hope written to you. This said that we are all safe, under the pro- tection of the local government.” Se TO DISPEL LONDON’S FOG. Gen. Dyrenforth Moy Begin a Series of Experiment DETROIT, Mich., December 30.—General R. G. Dyrenforth, the rain maker, has a scheme to dispel the famous London fog. He has been in correspondence with lead- ing officials of that city, and, it is said, a fund of $,000 will be raised with which to conduct experiments. Hundreds of thousands of dollars a day will be saved In the metropolis if the fog could be done away with. The Dyrenforth fog scheme !s only a variation of his rain- making one. It includes the use of hyro- gen gas and explosive balloons. His plan is to establish fog stations be- low the city and begin his campaign against it as the fog roils In from the sea. His bombardment of the skies would pro- duce rain, he says, and when that was started the fog would be dispelled. es INDEPENDENT IOWA INDIANS. Lense Land From the Kaws, on Which They Will Live. GUTHRIE, O. T., December 30.—The Iowa Indians have just closed a lease with the Kaw tribe for 15,000 acres of land in the reservation of the latter tribe. The Iowas will erect a village there and live cff the rental of their fine allotted lands east of here, which they are leasing to white farmers. They say they are tired of living apart on their allotments, seattered among the whites, who will not associate with them and who use every opportunity to cheat them, and, being citizens, they pro- pose to live as they please and be no lorger bossed by the Indian bureau. . —<—__ Episcopal Jubilee at Dubu DUBUQUE, Iowa, December 30.—The golden jubilee of the Episcopal Church of Dubuque was celebrated yesterday with im- posing ceremonies. Among those present were Bishop Perry of Davenport, R. J. Hoyt, D. D., archdeacon of Davenport; Irv- ing McElroy, archdeacon of Waverly, and Rev. Brooks of Detroit, Mich., first pastor of the chureh here.