Evening Star Newspaper, January 29, 1896, Page 3

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Street Railroad Men Talk With the | Commissioners, ‘ENFORCING THE NEW REGULATIONS Some Misunderstanding as to When - They Are Operative. OTHER DISTRICT AFFAIRS The new police regulations are now a matter of record, and after today will be strictly enforced. Yesterday afternoon The Star called at- tention to the most important changes in the regulations. That section relating to the stoppage of street cars using rapid transit was the subject of a discussion be- fore the Commissioners this morning. The new regulation requires all street railroads using rapid transit to stop on the near side of the street. President Dunlop and Super- intendent Carll of the Capital Traction Company appeared before the Commission- ers this afternoon to inquire about the matter. While they sald they had seen references to the subject in the newspapers they had never seen the advertisement of the regulations, and consequently did not krow when they would go into effect. The object of their visit was to verify the news- paper reports, since they had received no notification. The Commisioners stated the new regu- lations were now in force, and street cars were required to stop on the near side of streets. President Dunlop called attention to the fact that in Philadelphia and Detroit during the past week the clty had changed the ordinance requiring the cars to stop on the near side, and now they were re- quired to cross the street hefore stopping. The reason for this, he explained in reply to Maj. Powell’s question, was because the citizens objected to walking so far to get on the cars. This was always the case when the cars stopped on the near side, for the grip halted at the crossing and’ the trailers were a considerable distance away. However, he was not present, he said to protest. He was ready to carcy out any regulations the Commissioners might issu, although he was confident the near side rule would prove unpopular. Concerning the placing of gates between the cars, he did not quite understand what was re- quired, and did not see what good could possibly accrue from having gates there. There had never been an accident on his road due to any lack of protection at that point. Maj. Powell explained that a per- son might fall between the cars if that space were not protected. President Dun- lcp replied that he was in favor of mak- ing rapid transit cars as safe as possible. Tov much precaution, he thought, could not be exercised in this matter. It would cost $4,000 to do the work, and he did not see what benefit could be derived therefrom. Superintendent Carll asked what design would suit the Commissioners for these gates, and he was requested to submit de- signs. After the conference with the Commis- stoners, crders were evidently issued by the street railroad offitials, for the gripmen on the avenue cars began stopping on the near side. How Passengers Are Affected. Until the community realizes it as in full force and operation, the new regulation of the Commissioners requiring all rapid-tran- sit street cars to stop for passengers only on the near- le of a street crossing, there is apt to he considerable confusion and an- noyance both to the patrons of the roads and the gripmen and conductors. Espe- cially is this true of the feminine portion of ‘Washington's citizens, who, while quick of perception as regards some matters, usu- ally pay little heed to such things as mun- icipal ordinances. Today the employes of the Capital Trac- tion Company were notified that the police regtlations prescribing where street cars shall stop had gone into effect, and conse- quently they must bring all trains under their charge to a stop on the near side of a crossing wherever necessary to stop, un- less mechanical difficulties made it imprac- ticable to do so. This rule ts being strictly observed this afternoon, and its workings are the cause of many ludicrous incidents— that is, ludicrous to those observant people who take In such little things of every-day life, but rather exasperating to the actors in the little comedy. ‘The course of proceedings is somewhat after this fashion. Two or three ladies who have been down shopping will wait on an avenue corner until they spy the car they went, and as has been their custom here- tofore they will walk out to the track on the far side of the crossing. If seen in time the gripman will bring his train to a halt perhaps fifty feet away on the other side of the street and beckon vigorously for the ladies to welk over and board the car. Sometimes these friendly advances on the part of a well-meaning benefactor are rejected with scorn, the young women €s- pecially refusing to go to any man who so publicly invites them, even if it 1s leap year. The result is that the car starts up and is hailed by these same would-be pas- sergers when it approaches them, but it is the gripman’s time for revenge, and he takes great delight in pointing backward over his shoulder and referring them to the other side of the street. ‘This is the time when the ladies become vexed, and perhaps they wish they had a certain accomplishment that has all along been regarded as exclusively a man’s pre- rogative. Some of them take in the situa- tion, and with good grace walk across the street, while others retire to the sidewalk and wait for the next car, when the whole performance is repeated, free of charge and without substantial variation. It is a good show, and warranted to drive away the blues. However, the ladies of Wash‘ngton will become accustomed to the new order of things in 2 few days, and then everything will be running smoothly again, and it will be as natural for them to hail a 2ar on the near side of a crossing as to wait for it where it now is prohibited by iaw to stop. —_ —_ Held Up People. Chief Clerk Sylvester of the police de- partment was “held up” for a dinner by two big white men not far from police head- quarters this afternoon, and he invited them to go with him, intending to give them orders for something to eat. But when the men saw that they were being led to police headquarters they bolted and ran. Detectives Horne and Weedon caught them, and instead of sending them to a dining saloon for dinner, they were locked up as vagrants. They gave their names as Richard Kelly and Daniel H. Mitchell, and said they were from New York. Last night they were “holding up” pedestrians on Pennsylvania avenue, and, it is alleged, they abused those who refused them. To- morrow morning they will be given a hear- ing before Judge Kimball. eae Mysterious Horse. Sheriff Underwood of Prince George's county notified the police here today that he had under arrest at Hyattsville a color- ed man who had a horse in his possession. The horse has been clipped recently, and it is suspected that the animal does not belong to the colored man. Nicotine Neutralized CHEW AND SMOKE MCAJOG POUCH TOBACCO. NO NERVES QUAKING. NO HEART PALPITATING. : NO DYSPEFTIC ACHING. =NERVOUS, AN TI =DYSPEPTIC, THE OFFICIAL WEATHER MAP. EXPLANATORY NOTE: Obserrations taken at 8 a.m., 75th meridian tire. Solid lines ate iso bars or lines of equal air pressure, drawn for each tenth ef av {uch. Dotted lines are isotherms or Anes of equal -emperature, drawn for each ten degrees. Shaded areas ure regions where rain or snow has fallen during preceding twelve hours. The worls “High” and “Low” show location of areas of high and low barometer. Small arrows fly with the wind. ANOTHER FAIR DAY. What the Weather Bureau Predicts for Tomorrow. _ Forecast till 8 p.m. Thursday: For the District of Columbia, Delaware and Maryland, fair tonight and Thursday, with slowly rising temperature; southerly winds. For Virginia and North Carolina, fair to- night and Thursday; warmer in western portions; variable winds, becoming south- erly. 2 Weather conditions and general forecast: ‘The area of high pressure in the central valleys Tuesday morning has moved to the Atluntle coast, and now 2overs New Eng- land and the eastern districts. A second area of high 1e is developing north of Montann. The pressure is relatively low in southern Rocky mountain districts, and a storm appears to be developing on the southern plateau. The pressure has risen on the Atlantic coast and in the extreme northwest, and has fallen generally in the central valleys, The temperature has risen in the upper lake region, the middle Mississippi valley and the southwestern districts. Rain hag fallen in Texas and on the north Paci elsewhere generally fair ic coast; weather has prevailed. Fair weather with slowly rising tempera- ture is indicated for the Atlantic and east gulf states. Increasing cloudiness with rain will probably occur in the lower Mis- sissippi valley tonight or Thursday. Tide Table. Today—Low tide, 1: and 1:16 p.m.; high tide, 6:48 a.m. 4 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 1:50 a.m. and 2:09 p.m.; high tide, 7:49 a.m. and $:03 p.m. ‘The Sun and Moon. Sun rises, 7:12; sun sets, 5:15. sets, 6:54 a.m. tomorrow. The Bicycle Lamps. The new police regulations require that all cycles, bicycles and tricycles in motion after dark shall carry a suitable ght. The City Ligh Gas lamps all lighted by @:283 p.m; ex- tinguishing begun at 6 a.m. The lighting is besun one hour before the time named. If clear, less lighting may be ordered. aphtha Jamps all lighted hy 6:33 ; extinguishing begun at 6:15. The naphtha lamps burn fifteen minutes later fn. the morning than tae gas lamps, and the moon schedule does not apply to ther Public aro lamps lighted at 5:58 p.m. and extinguished at 6:45 a.m. Range of the Thermometer. The following were the readings of the thermometer at the weather bureau today: 8 a.m., 26; 2 p.m., 50; maximum, 50; mini- Moon p.m.; Condition of the Water. Temrerature and condition of water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls, temperature, —; condi- tion, —. Receiving reservoir, temperature, 37; condition at north connection, 4; condi tion at south connection Distributing reservoir, temperature, 34; ition at in- fluent gato house, 3; effluent gate house, 5. THE WEATHER FORECASTS BY No. 1. No. 2. No. Clear or fair a weather “re Explanation FLAG SIGNALS, 8. No. 4. No. 5. rain ‘Tempersture {.:-<01 ingests . signal. of the Flags. ‘The flags are hoisted each day upon the ses corditions first named in the forecast will be Proper weather flag. The temperature flag, when placed above numbers 1, placed below numbers 1, 2 or 3, indicates colder weather; the temperature will remain NOT SUFFICIENTLY. SAFE The Scaffolding on the New Post Office | Building Inadequate, Superintendent Kinsey's Report on | the Result of His Investigation Into the Matter. Mr. Kinsey, superintendent of construc- tion of the Washington city post office building, has notified the supervising archi- tect of the treasury that he does not re- gard the scaffolding provided by Thorp & Bond, contractors for the structural iron werk above the sixth floor, as affording preper protection to the workmen engaged in the construction of the building. What the supervising architect will do in the matter is not known. The powers and du- ties of the government in such a case are now under consideration. There is nothing in the contract with Thorp & Bond that covers such a contingency and it is a se- rious question with the law officers of the department whether the government has any right to interfere with the business relations of the contractors and their work- men in such a matter. There is no doubt as to the propriety of again bringing the matter to the attention of the contractors with an urgent request that the workmen be afforded adequate protection from dan- ger in their work. Result of the Investigation. Several days ago the Federation of Labor of this city brought the matter to the no- tice of the Secretary of the Treasury, with the result that the superintendent of con- struction of the building was called upon to Investigate and report the facts, His report was received at the Treasury De-| partment today. It contains: a very brief, but most significant, statement of the sit- uation, from which it appears that since August last the superintendent has been in consultation with the representatives of Thorp & Bond, with a view to the erec- tion of additional safeguards for the work- men. According to the superintendent, he demanded that the contractors provide ad- ditional scaffolding, with the result that Thorp &- Bond purchased and put up 11,000 feet of two-inch plank on the build- ang, in addition to what was already in place. This was sufficient for safety, says the superintendent, until the brick con- tractor finished the brick work on the build- ing. No Arrangement With Bricklayers. At that time, the superintendent says, he advised Mr. Thorp and his foreman, Mr. Widrig, to arrange wit! Mr. Cowsill, the brick contractor, for the use of his scaf- folding, but it appears that no agreement could be reached between them, and Mr. ‘Cowsill accordingly moved his scaffolds down to the seventh flocr of the building and stored them Since then Thorp & Bond have taken no action in the matter. In his report to the supervising architect of the treasury in re- gard to this matter, Superintendent Kinsey says that since the brick contractor’s scaf- folds have been removed from the eighth floor, he does not consider “the scaffolding sufficient for a rapid prosecution of the work, nor for the safety of the men en- gaged on the same.” The supervising architect will not permit the text of the superintendent's report to be made public, but the substance of it is embedied in the preceding statements. —----+-« Divorces Granted. Judge Hagner today granted Elizabeth Buchanan a divorce from John W. Bu- chanan, to whom she was married in Pitts- burg, Pa., June 1, 1874, her maiden name being Morris. Mrs. Buchanan charged her husband with deserting and abandoning her and their two children January 1, 1993. Judge Hagner also granted John H. Car- ter a divorce today from Mary A. Carter, because of the woman's adultery. Th were married in Baltimore, Md., June 15, 1878, her maiden name being Robison. Mr. Carter charged his wife with deserting him five years later, and with committing adultery with one Joe Bateman, a hack- man, and with other men. represented of s “cold wave" ts included in the forecast mostage, me of the morning woeat 2 ‘t ‘They indicate the weather that may be expected during the Mirgnirere: wal ane cal ee ticularly the last twenty-four hours of that period. They downward. If more than one kind of weather is predl~ following thirty-six. hours, but more par- fre to be read from, the,top of the staff ted for the period from 8 \p.mn. to 8 p.m. the by the tppermost fag: When a warning the cold-wave flag will Be @ls#layed below the 2 or 3, indicates ef! weather; when when not displayed, the indications are that | FoR | For | FoR FoR | For FOR LADIES’ G: LEGAL } LOCAL MENTIC LOST AND FeUND MANICURE MEDICAL . MONEY W4 PROPOSALS RAILNOADS, SPECIAL THE NORTHEASTERN BANK FAILS. Thomas P. Woodward Appointed Re- ceiver to Pay Off All Claims. Upon the petition of President Engel, Vice President Appleman and Cashier Tillman, acting for the board of directors of the Northeastern Savings and Deposit Bank, Thomas P. Woodward was today appointed receiver of that institution. The Northeastern Savings Bank is locat- ed at the corner of 2d and H streets north- west. It ts a new organization, its opera- tions were not extensive and other banks: will be involved. The cause of the action taken is that for several days there has been a feeling of distrust among its depos- itors, and a run on the bank soon demon- strated the futility of holding out against the adverse situation. Primarily the cause of the failure was theCassignment of the cashier, Mr. Joseph Hillmam His failure in no way involved the lankj: yet the moral effect on the minds of thefdepositors was the same as if the barie han been afiected. William A. Engel, president of the bank, is the lecal manager of:the)Pabst Brewing Company of Milwaukee. vMr. Hillman 1s well known in the meat trade. One of the directors of the bank»is. Andrew Gleeson, | who was yesterday elegted delegate to the republican national egivention. In a statement todas Mr! Engel said the receiver would wind vp ‘tHe affairs of the bank and pay the depositors in full. If the assets did not hold oub- heaald, the stock- holders would go down: in their pockets and pay the last dollar due. Ss Hillman & Uo.» Atignment. Joel Hillman, trading‘as‘¥Hillman & Co., at 922 Louisiana avenue northwest, today made:an assignment for the benefit of. cred- {tors to Andrew B. Duvall. The assets are placed at $10,007.47, exclusive of 500 shares of Megneto telephone stock, the par value of which fs $5,000, while the liabilities foot up $25,029.01. i ea Claim Damages. _ Another suit was filed today as the result of a collision between ears of the Belt Ime ard Metropolitan Raifroad Company at 9th and P streets the 17th of last. September. In the suit filed today the plaintiffs are Caroline E. Gates and,her hushand, Henry S., the two companies being made defend- ants. Through their attorneys, J. J. Dar- lington and Dudley @/.Miichener, the plain- tiffs claim $5,000 damages, .asserting that Mrs. Gates, who was a passenger on the Belt line car, was permanently injured. ‘Vain Efforts -to Keep the Hawkins || Afloat, ‘CARGO AND GOAL CAST OVERBOARD | = Disastrous End of the Fillibustering Expedition. RETURN TO NEW YORK SS Jose C. Hernandez, a Cuban, who was on beard the steamship J. W. Hawkins, the alleged filibuster, which was wrecked Mon- day, morning, as related in yesterday's Star, told the following story in New York yes- terday afternoon: Hernandez’s Story. “The Hawkins reached this city last Fri- day,” he said, “coming from Baltimore, and tied‘up at the foot of 138th street, East riv- er. I do not know whether in coming she went all the way around Long Island so as to escape detection or not. I do know, though, that on Friday night and Saturday she was loaded with the arms, ammunition ard explosives, and thet the word was Fassed around to the patriots who had shown themselves to be ready to go to Cuba aboard her to be on hand to sail after dark on Saturday night. We were told to meet in a marble yard at the foot of East 1g8th street. All Picked Men. “We were all picked men. Over one hun- dred and seventy of us answered the call. We had been drilled for the service here. I do not mean exactly that we had been drilled in the use of arms, but we had been several times summoned to start for Cuba, just to test out readiness and our courage The J. W. Hawkins. to do so, and we had never fafled to respond. “We could rot take 170 men on the Hawk- ins, however, for she could carry only 126 men with her crew, £0 over fifty men had to be left behind, and sad they seemed to Le over it. “Among the men we took along-were two French chemists who were to instruct the revolutionists in the uses of explosives and the methods of mixing them, and a sanitary corps of eight physicians, all Cubans, grad- uates of medical colleges in this city. They carried a large supply of instruments and medicines. Our principal leaders were Gen. Cglixto Garcia and his son, Gen. Carlos Garcia; Col. Rosa and Licuts. Alfredo Aran- go and Bernado Soto. “The Hawkins had left the foot of East 138th street before we gathered there. Our meeting place was picketed so as to prevent intrusion, for the Garcias were our leaders, and we knew that the Spanish spies were hot after them. We krew that we would find the Hawkins waiting for us up the sound, and we knew that we were to go in her straight out around Long Island and then head direct for Cuba. We were not told, however, at what point in Cuba we were to attempt to make a landin, “Soon after dark the sti to take us up to the Hawkins came along- side the wharf. We were about to go aboard when we found that two men, mulattoes, hal deserted and given our plans away to the police. They were seen talking to the policemen. The man who was sent to bring the two back was Gen. Carlos Garcia him- self. He was chased by the policemen, but got away from them and rejoined us. The Start. “Then off we started. That was about 8 o'clock on Saturday night. A great many of our Cuban friends in this city were down at the dock to see us off, among them Mr. Trujillo, the editor of El Porvenir, and Mr. Smith, who had negotiated fer the purchase of the Hawkins “Going up the East river we were all or- dered to keep perfectly still. Tarpaulins were spread over the men so that they would not be seen, should the police boat, which we understood was looking for us, happen along. We ran alongside the Hawk- ins about 1:30 o'clock on Sunday morning, and were transferred to her. Then the tug left u: Capt. Hall, who was in charge of the Hawkins, told he thought we would have fine weather for several days. As the steamer was heavily loaded, this was wel- come news. Nearly all our load was on de as the hold was small. Large bags of coal were also piled on the deck. Sprung a Leak. “All went well through Sunday, and we rounded Montauk Point and headed for the south. We struck a nasty sea there and the Hawkins behaved very badly. At 9 o'clock on Sunday night word came from the en- gine room that the seams nad opened under the strain, that the pumps were clogged and that if we would keep the boat afloat we must get to work with buckets. There was ro excitement among the men, for they had z2lmost expected such an announcement, seeing how the steamer was working. Buck- et lines were formed and we set to work bailing out with all our will. “The sea kept getting rougher all the time. The water came in the engine room faster than we could get it out. Gen. Gar- cia went to Capt. Hall and asked him if he did not think it possible to save the steam- er and her, to us, immensely valuable cargo. Capt. Halli said it was not possible. Gen. Garcia told him that we did not want to ebandon her until the very last moment, and we kept at work. “At last the water in the engine room got so high that it put the fires out, and then we made headway under a single sail. At 8 o'clock on Monday morning it was decided to throw our cargo overboard. “Then we began to throw over the cases of arms and ammunition. We had a great quantity on board. There were over $80,000 worth of arms alone. We had two Hotch- kiss guns, 1,200 Remington and Winches- ter rifles and 1,000,000 rounds of ammuni- ticn. In addition to this there were 8,000 pounds of dynamite and a lot of raw ma- terial for making heavy explosives. All these things we threw into the sea, which by this time was boiling around us and sending great waves over the decks. We worked all night, and when daylight came we had thrown all of the cargo and coal overboard. Still the water continued to gain on us-in the engine room, and at last it put out the fires. “At intervals all through the hours of darkness we burned rockets and fired sig- nals of distress. But it was not unill about 8 o'clock in the morning that we saw any other vessel. At that time we sighted three schooners, and they sailed as close to us as they could with safety. Then it was that we were ordered to take to the boats. Thefe were six small boats on the steamship, but only five of them were avail- able. The sixth was so covered with wreck- age, which had been thrown over It by us in the efforts to get at the arms and coal, that we could not launch her in time. “We got into our boats as fast as we could, but there was a terrible sea by this time, and the work was dangerous and siow. We found out afterward that we were about 39 degrees 58 minutes latitude, and 72 degrees 33 minutes longitude, west. Taking to the Bonts. “Calisto Garcia Inaga was in command of the revolutionists, and-his son, Carlos Garcia, was secend in command. Gen. Rosa was also on board. These officers or- dered us to take to the boats, and we did so. I was in the first boat. There were atout twenty men beside myself in that beat, and it was greatly overcrowded and hard to manage in the rough sea. “The other sixty odd men came in the other two boats. Six were drowned in try- ing to get into the last two boats. I do not know the names of all who were drowned, but one was a French chemist, who was with the expedition to make heavy expio- sives-when we got to Cuba. There were two of tnese chemists, but only one of them was lost. Another of those who were Growned was a man named Alveriche. He was a member of the revolutionary party, THE EVENING STAR, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 99, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. storing expensive silverware, and, if desired, will return it in an hour's notice. Money to Loan. Plenty of money to loan on real estate and collateral security at Prevailing rates of interest. If you own the land, we will loan you the mony to build a home. Come and talk it over with us! ©. J. BELL. A. T. BRITTO: J. W. WHELPLEY H. 8, REESIDE. WM. A. McKENNEY..At. and Tr, Officer JAS. F. HOOD. - Secretary . 8. DOMER. Assistant Secretary 2 American Security & Trust Co., 1405 G St. rae as were the other four who went down in the sea. The boat I was in was picked up by the schooner Leander V. Beebe, Capt. Howes, of Boston. She picked up the first three boats to leave the steamship, end the other two were picked up by the scaooners Helen H. Benedict of Boston and Alicia B. Crosby of Portland, Me. “We left the ship at 9 o'clock Monday morning, and twenty minutes later we saw her go down. She gave a great lurch to one side, and then settled into the sea. “The schooner Leander V. Beebe sailed for this port, but I was taken off her off Long Branch at 10:30 o'clock this morning by the tug Fred B. Dalziel and brought di- rect to this city. I landed at pier 8, North river, at 12:40, and reported at once to the headquarters of the revolutionary party, in the Manhattan building. There they told me that they had received telegrams from Woods Holl, Mass., and from Boston, say- ing that the rest of the crew and the revo- lutionists were all safe, with the exception of the six that were drowned when we left the steamship. “There were no Americans on board the Hawkins. They were all Cubans, who had been enlisted in this city to fight for the cause of freedom for Cuba. We were not drilled in this city, but were enlisted here for the cause. We only knew that we were going to Cuba. No one except the captain and the commander knew what part of ‘Cuba we were bound for.” It_was learned at the office of F. B. Dalziel & Co. that their tug, which brought Her- nandez to New York, was hailed by the schooner Leander V. Beebe forty miles southeast of Barnegat, N. J. The Hawkins survivors on board asked to be taken off and brought to New York. Seventy of them were transferred to the Dalziel and brought to New York, Hernandez landing, as before stated, at pier 8, North river; the remainder disembarked at pier 48, North river. Cuban Leaders Excited. At ro time since the beginning of hostil- ities has there been such excitement at the headquarters of the Cuban revolutionists in New York as there was yesterday, when it was lesrned that the steamship J. W. Hawk- ins, which had been fitted out at great trouble and expense as a filibuster, had been wrecked Sunday night, and had been aban- doned by the revolutionists and the crew on Monday morning. Minister Palma was besieged by callers all afternoon. He refused to see reporters, and his associates were evidently afraid to do any talking. At first every one about head- quarters denied point-blank that any filibus- tering expedition had left in the steamer Hawkins or any other steamer and had been wrecked. .It was also denied that Hernan- dez or any one else had called at headquar- ters and reperted that the expedition was wrecked. A man who refused to give his name was afterward pronounced a Spanish spy, and said that Hernandez had received a large sum of money from Minister Palma to assist those of the stranded filibusters who might be in need. It was not until 7 o'clock at night that about a score of newspaper men succeeded in getting an interview or statement from Minister Palma personally. He said that in his official capacity he knew absolutely nething about the alleged fillbustering expe- dition. He declined to say anything about the wreck of the Hawkins, or whether he had received a dispatch from Woods Holl, Mass., and from Boston, that those of the revolutionists who had not been taken to New York had arrived safely there. He did admit, however, that he had received a dis- patch from Boston. He also admitted after ‘2 great deal of pressure that a young man bad called upon him who was in need of financial assistance, and that he had given money to him. What his name was, or what he wanted the money for, Minister Falma would not state. “Gentlemen,” said he, becoming excited, “you surely can’t expect me to tell you ali that I know or may have heard. I have told you all that has come to my official knowl- edge, but about this filibustering business I know nothing. You don’t want me to say Iam a filibuster, do you? Well, I can’t say eny more. We have nothing to do with fli- bustering here; don’t ask me to say any more, because I have nothing to say, except that I know nothing.” Minister Palma was asked if he had heard it reperted that six of the filibusters had been drowned while endeavoring to get into the small boats when the latter were leaving the Hawkins, but he had nothing to say. Such a statement had been credited to Hernandez. There was no doubt that a large number of Cubars had landed from the tug Dalziel at pier 40, North river, in the afternoon. Mr. Dalziel was seen at his office in South street, and confirmed this statement. Where these men went seemed to be a mystery, but it was said at the Hotel America, in Irving place, that they had scattered about the city and were lodged in Cuban boarding houses. Some confusion of mind has been caused by conflicting reports as to where the steam- er sank. According to Hernandez’s story it was a number of miles off the New Jersey coast between Barnegat and Atlantic City, and directly in the path of vessels bound for New England. Palma Offered to Retire. So sadly cast down are the Cuban leaders over this disaster that at a conference held last night at the house where Gen. Calixto Garcia and his son are stopping, at 256 west 129th street, New York, Tomaso Es- treda Palma, the head of the Cuban junta in the United States, offered to resign his post. The leaders who were with him, however, told him that he wronged himseit | in feeling that he was in any way respon- sible for the ill-fortune of the insurgents and insisted that he must stick to his post. The great majority of the filibusters aboard the Hawkins were picked up by passing schooners, but of the 126 men on board, including the steamer’s crew, eight- een are not accounted for. Reports differ as to how many lives ler e been lost. Seventy of the men, including Gen. Cal- ixto Garcia and his son, Gen. Carlos Gar- cia, were landed in New York yesterday by the tug F. B. Dalzell, which took them from the schooner Leander V. Beebe. Gar- cla and his son went to their home, where they remained. last night. Eighteen Missing. It is known that twenty-five more of the filibusters were picked up by the schooner Helen H. Benedict, bound for Boston, and landed, while thirteen others were picked up by the schooner Alicia.B. Crosby, bound for Portland, Me., and landed at Vineyard Haven. In all, therefore, 108 of the 126 men are accounted for, leaving eighteen missing. Seale of Drawback Payments. The following is the scale adopted by the Treasury Department for the payment of drawbacks on exported syrups made from imported raw sugir: For sugar testing ninety degrees, one and forty-nine hun- dredths pounds allowance for one gallon of syrup, with an increase or decrease of abort two hundredths of one pound for each higher or lower degree of test. 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