Evening Star Newspaper, February 10, 1896, Page 1

a0 Br Star is served to subscribers In the 23 ety on thelr own account, at 10 cents or 44 cents per mouth. at the Rtnter 2 conte each. mati—anyw! in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 ceuts x month. s Saturday Guinteple it Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $8.00. (Esitered at the Post Oifice at Washington, D.C., as second-class mail matter.) ‘EF All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. 13,397. OVER THE CONDUITS Municipal Control of Ga8 and Electric Companies RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMISSIONERS Cheaper Gas and Division of Sur- plus Profits. AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT The District Commissioners today for- warded te Senator McMillan, chairman of the Senste District committee, an import- ant d-cument. It in effect recommends the theory of municipal ownership of gas, tele- phone and electric plants, and practically points out contre! of all conduits. It also provides for a share of the gas companies’ earnirgs going to the District, and for $1 gas for consumers. The repert is as fol- lows: The Commissioners of the District of Cclumbia, to whom x referred for con- sideration Senate bill to incorporate the Columbia Telephone Comp: the honor to submit che following and the accompanying substitute ios s bill: The object of this bill ts to charter a new telephone company in the District of Co- lumbia, with all the powers and privileges necessary and usual for such companies to exercise, Including the right to 1 maintain conduits and electrical devic and appliances in such streets as it may cho ground upen which uable concession is that it proposes to furnish a better service than the Chesa- apeake and Potomac Telophone Co. gives to the public for about one-half the price charged by the latter company. The representatives of the Columbia Company allege that they are enabled to thus un- derbid the Chesapeake and Potomac Co. by reason of the .tation of the Bell telephone patents, which make them pub- lic property, while they claim that the Chesapeake and Potomac Co. are so em- barrassed by excessive capitalization and burdensome contracts with the parent com- pany as to be unable to materially reduce the present rates for telephone service. The s for this val- » to eccupy. hey also alleze that tha Chesapeake and Poto Co., by reason of its high rates, has to occupy the field, except to a very limit and point fact that that company kes but 1, crib- ers at present, which, it is asserted, is 300 or more less than it had two or three years proof of their allegation. A com- d in Its dety to continue to do go for the reason hould no longer be permitted, to enjoy a ness in the held by the Che: phone Co., to the i that the state of t that, if that com to furnish such a permitted to stan ice and pest ser i permit besides. Public Interest. The Commissioners, however, in reporti upon all simflar bills, proposing to grant the privilege of tearing up the streets for the purpose of laying gas pipes or conduits therein, whether for the use of a telephone company or an electric light company, have taken the ground that it was against the public interests to grant privileges of this kind to new companies. That the business carried on by such companies was under such conditiors as to make a monopoly de- sirable, if not necessary. That aside from the great damage to the pavements and the inconvenience to the public occasioned by digging up miles of streets, it is not neces- sary or wise to duplicate any gas pipes or conduits ip the public streets, for Congress has full power to regulate the rates to be charged by such companies, as well as to correct any other evils. The same majority in Congress which determines that a new telephone company, a new gas company or a new electric light company must be char- tered to give the public its rights can bring about the same result by controlling exist- ing companies, and with much less incon- venience to the public. Indeed, whether a new company be chartered or not, the pub- lic must be permanently protected, if at all, through the limitations provided by Congress rather than by competition. except under conditions hereinafter men- tioned. So far as the gas company is concerned, its plpes are laid in every important street in the city and suburbs, and there is no thickly settled section of the District where a new com- pany could find support without occupying streets which already have a double line of gas mains. Not so, however, with the tele- phone and electric light companies. Neith- er of the latter companies has as yet oc- cupled but a comparatively small number of the more important streets, and there !s plenty of room for new companies to lay three times the number of miles of condults ewned by the existing companies without laying a foot of conduit on the same side of any street occupfed by the latter com- panies. Conduits for telephone and electric Hight wires should always be laid on both sides of paved streets, 50 as to avoid cut- ting the pavement for the purpose of mak- ing house connections, with the added ad- vantage, in case of the electric light con- duits, that !t gives competition for public lighting. Moreover. wires of these com- panies and all other electric wires, includ- ing telegraph wires, should be laid in the same conduits, which would reduce to a minimum the cutting of pavements. The struggle, however, between rival companies for the privilege of laying gas pipes and conduits In the public streets suggests an important fact of which we have already had abundant proof, that should be carefui- ly considered in connection with this and similar bills—the great and ever increasing value of these franchises, for which exist- ing companies pay into the public treasuby practically nothing. Value of Franchises. Contrast this exemption from the bur- dens of taxation with the system which ob- tains in European cities, and we not only get some idea of the value of the fran- ehises which we throw away, but we learn something of the rate of taxation which cught to be imposed on these companies as compensation for the valuable privileges whtch they enjoy. In Paris the charter of the gas company was renewed in 187) for forty years. ipes must be laid each year wherever the public authorities determine. * * © There must be two lines of piping along each street that !s paved with asphalt, no matter how narrow.” “The company must furnish gas to ind viduals at a price not exceeding a fi: maximum. It must supply gas for pubi: use at what is practically the cost of manufacture. It must pay the city 200,000 ultimately 250,000) frances a year for the right to pipe the streets. It must pay a tax of two francs per i100 cubic meters of gus supplied to Paris. Further, it must not ‘water’ its stock, but must keep its cap- italization at $4,000,000 francs, and after peying 13% per cent out of net profits as dividends to the shareholders, it must di- vide all remaining profits with the city. Finally, at the expiration of the charter, all rights revert to the city, which becomes also the owner of all subways, piping, etc., that pertain to thp plant. “The city’s share in the profits has stcadi- (Continued on Ninth Page.) WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. THE MONROE DOCTRINEIMR, CRAIN DEAD Senator Smith’s Opposition to the Foreign Relations Committee's Resolution. Thinks Congress Has Done Enough Already and That the People Want No More Jingoism. Senator Smith announced in the Senate today that he was opposed to the adoption of the resolutions introduced by his col- league (Mr. Sewell) and quite as strongly opposed to those reported by the foreign relations committee, and he supplemented these two assertions with the remark that he had very little sympathy with the pos!- tion assumed by the Senator from Calorado (Mr. Wolcott). There was, he argued, no occasion for any action of any kind upon this subject by the Senate at this time. Both houses of Congress by the passage of the resolution providingefor the appoint- ment of a commission to determine the true divisional line between Venezuela and British Guiana had done all that the Presi- dent and Secretary of State, charged with the responsibility of diplomatic negotiations with other powers, desired, and all that the people expected. Done All That is Necessary. “We have,” he said, “done all that either prudence can justify or patriotism demand. We have met the situation outlined to us by the President in such a manner as to show that there is no division of sentiment in the government of the United States when any question of national honor is involved. It is not only unnecessary, but unwise, to either qualify or intensify our action thus taken in response to both an executive and public demand.”” Later on in his speech, Senator Smith said: “The Monroe doctrine does apply to the controversy between Great Britain and Venezuela quite as truly and quite as justly as if the flying squadron were now in a Venezuelan port demanding the submission of a people who have achieved their inde- pendence. To define the methods by which a foreign power may accomplish its pur- pose by evading technicalities is to nullify absolutely the American principle upon which we take our stand.” Ground of His Opposition Speaking of Senator Walcott’s references to the assistance rendered by Great Britain in some of the wars waged by South Amer- ican people to achieve their independence from Spain, Mr. Smith sald it was to ac cemplish her own ends and to serve her own purposes that she lent her aid to the petriots of South America. He opposed th adoption of the foreign relations comm! resolutions, upon the broad ground there was ho occaston or n definition of the nate this time. the proper way and the only way to ap- y the Monroe doctrine in deal- ing with foreign powers was to apply it each individual case as that caso might arise. The ringing message of the President of chat cessity for such flonroe doctrine by ihe the United States, promptly supported by the unanimous vote of both of Con- gress and by the unanimous sentiment of the country, was sufficient no! to every power in the civilized world that the Mon- 10 doctrine was a fixed principle of thi 5 . to be maintained in all cases hazards. The Senacor belicyed he people were satisfied. Want No More Jingoism. “They,” he said, “have had enough. They want no more jingoism. They are sick and tred of the constant injection of party pelitics and personal ambition into our Gealings with other nations. They are suf- fering from our inaction upon other ma ters of the most vital importance. Ind it is a fact, and we may as well admit it first as last, that the great majority of the people throughout the country are dis- gusted with Congress in general and the Senate in particular. The most popular thing we could Go today, and probably, in the present condition of' affairs, the most beneficial thing we could do, would be to pass the necessary appropriation bills and go home. The mere fact that we session is a menace to the revival o: ness and the return of prosperity. —_____-e—_____ FIRE IN A PLA od Work of the Engines Prevented @ More Serious Result. This afternoon there was a rather costly blaze in the planing mill of Belt & Dyer, at the southeast corner of 15th and C streets. The fire broke out in the third- story of the rear building on C street. which is used for drying purposes, and for a time it seemed as though the flames would spread so as to take in the whole structure. The firemen devoted their at- tention to confining the fire to the portion of the building where it broke out, and in this they were successful. The fire broke out about 1:15 o'clock. A “local” was sent in, which brought No. 2 engine quickly to the scene, and at once the foreman ingtructed Policeman Kilmar- tin, who was on the spot, to turn in a reg- ular from box 15 This summoned en- gines i, 6 and 4 and Truck C._ Chief Par- ris was on hand and directed the fire- fighters. ‘The room where the flames started is a kiln room, where lumber is dried by steam heat, and the supposition is that the pine became overheated. The fire spread rap- idly, and made so dense a smoke that it was a particularly hard one to extinguish. The men at the tops of the ladders direct- ing the streams tnto the upper windows were well night suffocated with smoke, and found It a very difficult thing to keep the footing. Fortunately, there were no acc dents. Four big streams of water were kept playing on the building, and the fire gained no further headway afer the engines got fairly to work. It took an immense amount of water, however, to drown out the fire. Owing to the fact that this por- tion ef the building is separated from the others by brick walls, it was a compara- tively easy matter to keep the fire from Spreading. It was nearly an hour after the alarm was turned in before the engines were called off, and then it was found that while the walls were unhurt, a good deal of stock was destroyed and considera- ble damage done to the expensive machin- ery on the lower floors. ‘The loss will amount probably to about $2,500, The building was well tnsured in out-of-town companies. Although the most sericus, this is not the first fire that has broken out in this mill. “Just before Christ- mas there was a blaze that did not amount to so much, and some time before that the engines were called out to extinguish a fire which had started pretty much the same way. ee Personal Mention. Capt. George F. Cooke, fifteenth infantry, is in the city on leave of absence. He is stopping st 1 Cooke place, Georgetown. Capt. D. A. Lyle, ordnance department: has been ordered to report to the chief of ordnance for special instructions. Private Secretary Thurber has gone away for a few days, and Major Pruden is in charge of affairs at the White House. Lieut. Commander H. C. Tallman, U.S. N., retired, has been granted leave of absence for nine months, with permission to visit Europe. Lieut. J. C. Heilman has been ordered to temporary duty at the Norfolk navy yard. Ses Act Approved. “The President has approved the act to ex- tend the jurisdiction of the United States circuit court of apyrais, eighth circuit, over certain suit¢'now pending therein on appeal and writ of erig; [rum ths United States court In the Indian territory, Z The Brilliant Texas Congressman Expires After a Brief Illness. HIS LAS? SPEECH FOR CHARITIES Sketch of Career as a Lawyer and Legislator. A NATORAL ORATOR —— Representative W. H. Crain of Texas died in this city this morning a little be- fore 6 o'clock. His illness was very brief, beginning with a severe cold taken last Tuesday evening. He attended the south- ern relief charity ball Tuesday evening, and remaining but a few minutes, with- drew, forgetting his overcoat. He visited a rumber of hotels and spent several hours with friends at Chamberlin’s, not reach- ing his heme until 1 o’clock in the morn- ing. He was confined to the house the next day, and pneumonia soon developed. Possessed of a vigorous and large frame, and always having enjoyed superb health, he felt no apprehersion in the earlier stages of the malady. Thinking he simply had the grip in consequence of his negligence in going out of doors in’ a dress suit without his overcoat, it was not until within a few hours before his death that he realized that his condition was serious. Drs. George Acker and Frank Hyatt were in attend- e, and were present at his death, to- gether with Mr. Crain’s secretary, Mr. Ja J. Corridon, and Mr. and Mrs. Van Hook, friends of the deceased Congressman. Mr. Crain was conscious up to the moment be- fore he died. His conversation on his deathbed was characteristic of his well- known habit and views of life. He was educated at St. Francis Xavier College, New York city, with a view to en- tering the priesthood of the Catholic Church, always cherished the highest respect for the church and its fol- lowers, and was quick and vigorous in their defense. His first intimation that death was near came to him by receiving a visit from Father Foley, who spent several moments with him in kindly conversation. His Last Speech. It was only last Tuesday, the day on which Mr. Crain caught the severe cold which was the cause of his death, that he defended most earnestly, on the fivor of the House, the appropriations for the charita- ble institutions of the District. The propo- sition was to withhold the appropriation for St. Ann’s Infant Asylum, on the ground that it was a sectarian institution, and Mr. Crain made a most eloquent impromptu plea for the Sisters of Charity. “Going back thirty or thigty-five years,” said he, “a war was waged for the disso- lution of this Union. Soldiers innumerable on both sides of Mason and Dixon’s line flocked tc the standards of what they con- sidered right. The reverberations of can- non echoed down the valleys of Virginia. Swords and muskets asserted their suprem- | ac: Brother fought against brother; sol- dier on one side against soldier on the other. As the soldiers went down on the side of the Union, there came upon the bat- tlefields the white-winged méssengers of peace, robed in the raiments of mercy and charity, ard many a parched tongue and parched throat accepted the ministrations of those pure, beautiful creatures, who, pro- tected by soldiers and officers, as well as by the President of the United States, the great, grand and lamented Lincoln, came and ministered to them. Was there any question then on the part of the gentleman from Nebraska as to granting those emis- saries of mercy a commission to fulfill their errand to those soldiers? Did he then. or did those whom he now represents, rise in their might and protest against the charita- ble work of those angelic forms in human shape? No, Mr. Chairman, not one word of protest wag uttered then. Yet, the rep- resentatives of the descendants of the men who were assisted by those lovely women come here today and protest in the name of what? Infidelity against religion. “In view of the fact that this committee has put on record its vote in favor of the appropriation for the National Association for the Rellef of the Destitute Colored Wo- men and Children (for which I voted)—in view of the fact that that is an assertion on our part that the Institution is not pri- vate in Its character and Is non-sectarian, although, according to the statement of the chairman of the committee on appropria- tions it is in no wise different fromi the one now before us for consideration, I fail to see how our republican brethren can vote against the appropriation.” Sketch of His Career. Mr. Crain was fcrty-seven years old last November. He was born at Galveston, and after his education, studied law and began prectice in 1871, since which time he has been at the bar continuously. At the time he was elected to Congress, in 1884, he has said he enjoyed @ practice which brought him not less than $15,000 a year. He was very successful as a lawyer, and tis earnings, until Congress absorbed so much of his time, were large. He had an- nounced to his constituents last year that he should not be a candidate for re-election to Congress, as he desired to return to the aetive practice of the law. In private conversation he always regretted that he had ever consented to be sent to Congress. It was his intention to return to his home at Cuero, Texas, and practice law with his son, Frank Crain, who has for several years been engaged with the firm of Proctor & Proctor, at that place. During the time he was in Congress he was nominally a partner in the law firm of Kleberg & Crain of Cuero. This was Mr. Crain’s old firm, but for ten years he had neither participated in the active bus- iness of the office nor received any income from it, simply lending his name to his old friend, Judge Klebers. Mr. -Crain leaves a widow and five chil- @ren. Two of his sons are students at St. Edward’s College, Austin, Texas. His fam- ily were promptly notified of his death, but it is not expected that they will come to Washington on account of the long journey. A Natural Orator. Representative Crain was a man of un- usual natural gifts. He was well equipped for a legislator, was a natural orator,quick- ly mastered a subject which he undertook to study, and could present a proposition with wonderful force and clearness. Like most brilliant men, he was impulsive and emotional, and was often turned aside from the serious consideration of things by mat- ters which would not have influenced a graver mind. He was big-hearted, brave and generous to the degree,of weakness, He would often sacrifice his‘own best inter~ ests to serve or to gratify a-friend. He was one of the two native Texans rep- resenting that state in . He had served in the House since the beginning of the Forty-ninth Congress: Soon after his appearance in Congress He gained a repu- tation as an orator. Samyel J. Randall,who took a great fancy to him, used to speak of him as the most brilliant of the younger element in Congress, and predicted for him @ great future. When at his best he had hardly a superior in Congress, and his con- stituents believed in him, and his friends loved him to the last. However his talents may have gone unavailed of, his friends have no lack of generosity or loyaity to complain of. He was a tall, fine-looking man, and when at his best imposing in his ‘and ad- dress. He was witty in conversation, pos- sessed a fund of information, and when he took up a cause in the House his speech at- tracted attention. Recently he had taken lit- tle part in the business of Congress. About the last fight he made in the: House was in an effort to save the charities in the Dis- trict appropriation bill. “ ‘The remains were eribalmed; and in charge of the congressional con:mittce will leave Washington at 19:43 p.m, over the Southern ratlway for Mr. Crains home in ‘Texas. Representative McCleary of Minnesota, who was eppointed on the committee to at- tend Mr. Crain’s funeral, has designated Mr. Eddy, his colleague, as his substitute. Mr. McCleary remains in the city to answer the arguments advanced by Mr. Towne of Minnesota in his speech last weck. Mr. ay will speak Wednesday or Thurs- lay. _—— CONSULAR POSITIONS. Two Candidates to Pass Eximinations for Appointment, Through the friends of ex-Representa- tive P. V. Deuster, who for many years was a Congressman from Wisconsin, it is learned thatthe President has selected him for appointment to the consulate of the United States at Crefeld, Germany, made vacant by the death of the late consul, Mr- Jones. Tha appointment is subject, how- ever, to his passing a successful examina- tion before the board appointed to examine applicants for appointment as consuls. Another candidate for the consular ser- vico is D. R. P. Hibbs of Minnesota, who has been celled to Washington to stand an examination for eppointment to the con- sulate at Cape Town, S. A., vacated by the death of Consul Benedict. If the appoint- ment were deferred until the beginning of the next fiscal year, the place would be re- moved from the competitive class, but be- fore that date the increased compensation allowed by Congress does not attach, and the office is in the non-exempted class. CUBA’S APPEAL/* BULLET IN HIS BRAIN'WOULD AVENGE HER’ President Cisneros to the American People THROUGH THE EVENING STAR A Strong Plea for Rights of Bel- ligerency. a WITH THE INSURGENTS From The Star’s Special Correspondent. CUBAN EXECUTIVE HEADQUARTERS, CUBITAS, February 4, 1906. "Three weeks ago your correspondent came to Cubitas mountain, the seat of the rebel government of Cuba, for the purpose of in- terviewing Mr. Cisneros-Betancourt, presi- dent of the Cuban republic. Several days ago, or to be exact, on January 30, in re- sponse to a courteous note of invitation, the president was met at a distance of nearly one hundred miles from Cubitas, on his re- tvrn trip from a visit to the rebel leaders in the eastern districts of the island. Because of the extreme care and watch- fulness maintained at Cubitas, lest a Span- ish spy or an assassin might gain the rocky heights, one would naturally believe that the chief executive of the republic would not dare venture abroad. Your correspond- ent thought so. After looking about the headquarters and its surroundings, on the trip already referred to, he summed it up in this way: It is certain that the officers of the rebel government are all right and safe from the hands of the Spaniards while they o— BLACHLY’S ARREST. What an Investigation Shows Ac- cording to the Mexiean Legation. The Commercial Gazette of Cincinnati of December 26, 1895, published a letter, dated at the city of Durango, Mexico, on the 9th of that month, signed by James H. Chase, a citizen of the United States,which, although it was rather a complaint against the consul of the United States in said city, stated that B. B. Blachly, a citizen of this country, had been illegally arrested at San-. tlago Papasquiaro, Durango, by a police- man, and that Blachly intended to present a claim against the Mexican government an that account. 3 The Mexican legation here requested that an official investigation be made on the aub- ject, and, from an oflicial repost of the gov- ernor of the state of Durango, dated Janu- ary 14, 1896, it appears that B. B. Blachly was detained by a policeman in Santiago Papasquiaro only for twenty minutes, be- cause 1% would not take back a Bible that he had sold to the policeman’s wife, who afterward désired to return it, very likely when she found that it was a Protestant Bible, intending to buy a Catholic one, but that as soon as the proper authorities were informed of the case the policeman was dis- charged and sentenced to fifteen days’ Im- prisonment, which fully satisfied Mr. Blach- ly. 1t Is also claimed that Mr. Chase's com- plaint of negligence on the part of Mr. Mc- Caughan, the United States consul at Durange, was not well founded, as it is as- serted, since it appears that he applied to the Mexican authorities in behalf of Mr. Blachly. MR. o-__. THE BOND BILL, When the Vote on the Measure Will Be Taken in the |House. By the agreement entered into in the House today the bond bill Will be taken up at the conelusion of District business to- morrow and debated for the rest of the day, and at the evening session and during Wed- nesday. Next Thursday at 12 o'clock the bill will be considered under the five min- utes rule until 4 o'clock, when a Vote will be taken upon reporting it from the com- mittee of the whole to the House. Friday at 12 o'clock the final debate upén the. bill will commence, to continue for one hour on each side, and then the vote will be taken upon concurring or non-concurring upon the Senate amendments. * ae: MAY RECEIVE HIS PASSPORT. Hawnii Said to Be Displensed With Minister Willis. SAN FRANCISCO, February 10.—Advices from Honolulu to a local paper say that unless Secretary Oiney apologizeg for’ the actions of Minister Willig, that official may be given his passport soon. - The trouble all grew out of an Invitation issued by the Hawailan' foreign office to the diplomatic corps to participate in the national holiday of January 17, the anni- versary of the overthrow of the monarchy. Mr. Willis refused to take part in the cele bration on -he ground that President Cleve- jJand did not guprove the channer in which the monarchy was overthrawn. > z ELEVEN MILLIONS PREMIUM. What the Government Will Make Out of the Bond Sele. A statement prepared at the Treasury Department under the direction of Assist- ant Secretary’Curtis shows that the gov- ernment wil ‘realize from. the new loan $111,378,836.97. i3 ‘akes: Ansocintdd: Rreas. NEW YORK, February 10—The Jersey City Journal, recognized ‘ag-one of the lead- ing afternoon. papers in the state of New Jersey, and which has reéently passed into the control of Sheffield Phelps, son of the late William Walter Phelps, today begins the full leased wire service of the Asso- ciated Press, and abandons the service of the United Press, Hi ——__— Presidential Nowinadions. The President today bént‘the following nominations to the Senatg, ‘besides that of Mr. Uhl, mentioned. elsewhere: Postmasters—Samuel B. Wheeler, at West Port, Conn.; James W, -Freach, Harlan, Iowa; Wm. ‘C. O'Leary, Hamcock, Mich.; Wm. R. Oder, Canton, aes ¥. M. Ranck, os. P. Westerville, Ohio; Th McAndrews, White Haven, Pa. THE CIRCULATION of The Star in Washington is many thousands in excess of any other paper, Morning or Evening, and a believed to be five times that of any afternoo nm contem- poraty. at gqeép into more © than ten times:as ry house- holds is a _mofal Whe Star's Special Correspondent. cling to their mountain capital; but sup- pesing they should become weary of their elevated position and move away, what then? Why, the Spanish troops would sim- ply.swoop down upon them, gobble up the government and store it away in the great Moro at Havana! Later on the entire batch of officials, were they fortunate enough to escape capital punishment for being traitors to the crown of Castile, would find lodg- ment for indefinite periods in the place for such people provided at Ceuta, Africa. These were the impressions that were carried away from Cubitas. Who could think otherwise? At Puerto Principe, only twenty-five miles away, was a large Span- ish garrison. Soldiers were everywhere: at the hotels, around the rajlway stations, on the trains between the provincial capital and its northern port, Nuevitas, and even aboard the steamers between the latter place and Havana. So far as the observer was concerned, Spanish rule was dominant everywhere except over an area of 8,000 acres at the top of Cubitas mountain. A Message From the President. But let another journey be made. The Cuban president himself gives directions. The note which he sends by special mes- senger to Havana reads: “I have an important document for you. Meet me at the headquarters any time after February 4. You will he compelled to ex- ercise great caution at Nuevitas, sincg the account of your late trip has been publish- ed. Should you not be averse to a long saddle ride, I would suggest that you take the steamer to Puerto Padre, beyond Nue- vitas, and from that point meet our party at Las Tunas, just across the border in the province of Santiago de Cuba. d should say state of,Oriente, but do not wish to confuse you.) “The person who presents this note to you will direct you to our party at what- ever place it may be, but if you respond without delay you will be enabled to join us at the place already mentioned.” I met President Cisneros at Guanaro, about sixty miles from the Cuban head- quarters, accompanied by a small band of troops, and rode with him to Cubitas. The details of what I saw and heard on the journey before meeting the president I will refer to later. . The President at Home. When Mr. Cisneros reached the summit he found the home garrison drawn up to reccive him. A volley from the rifles told those back at headquarters that he had arrived, and the little cannon that three weeks ago boomed welcome to an Ameri- can correspondent, now boomed again and again like renewed peals of joy at the re- turn of the man upon whom, with Gomez and Maceo, the hopes of the republic rest. Once again in the little cottage, which we must call the “Executive Villa,” Presi- dent Cisneros said: “Here is the document I promised you. Give it to the press of the United States, and ask them in the name of liberty and of Cuba to publish it to the American na- tion.” Cuba’s Appeal. “REPUBLIC OF CUBA, “EXHCUTIVE HEADQUARTERS, CUBITAS MOUNTAIN, Feb. 1. “To the American People: ~ “The infant and struggling republic of Cuba appeals to the grand and powerful Union of American states. “Undoubtedly this action is most unusual In the history of nations, but because of the international standing of the Cuban republic, more correctly because it has no recognized place among the powers of the world, are we thus compeiled to appeal in- formally and through the medium of the press directly to the people. “Indeed, {t is that international standing that we are now seeking; that we now ask the American nation to give us, and that (Continued on Seventh Page.) Francis Cockrell Edwards Shoots Himself While Despondent. He is a Son of an Senate Employe and the Namesake of Senator Cockrell. Room No. 12 in the “Kenmore,” formerly the Hillman House, on North Capitol street, a short distance from the Capitol, was the scene of a sad tragedy shortly before ndon today, in which Francis Cockerill Edwards, twenty-two years old, was the only actor. He pulled the trigger of a thirty-eight cal- liber revolver and sent a bullet through his right temple into his brain. He cannot re- cover. Despondency, resulting partly from from the sad death of his uncle in Florida cnly a few days ago and disappointment resulting from a recent expedition he made to the gold fields of Alaska, were the causes of his act. He Is u son of James F. Edwards, a mes- senger in the Senate, and the namesake of Senator Cockerill, and was managing edtior of the Daily News, published in this elty. It appears thet the young man went home to the funeral of his uncle, the fate Judge Waller Edwards of Missouri, and since his return here he has seemed very despond- ent. His trips to Alaska, friends say, was for the benefit of his health as well as for speculative purposes. This morniag father and son breakfasted together and then walked over to the Cap- itoL Francis remained only a short time and returned to the hotel about 11:30 o'clock. He stopped in the cffice of the hotel only ple of minutes and then went up to on the third floor. A noise was heard a few minutes later, but no one in- vestigated it. Nothing more was thought of the noise until Mrs. biiliman, who is an elderly wo- man, descended to the third floor and went to the room occupied by Mr. Edwards and his son. She heard heavy breathing, and thought the young man had a fit. She did not go in the room, but sent An- drew Sears, the head waiter, to make an investigation. “Mr. Edwards has killed himself, id the colored man to Mrs. Hiliman. ‘He's on the floor and there's a great big ptsiol near him." Dr. J. Ramsay Nevitt, one of the police surgeons, was soon by the side of the dying man, and after administering restoratives had him removed to the Emergency Hospi- tal, where, at 2:30 o'clock, he was at the point of death. There was nothing found in Edwards’ room that would indicate that he had de- liberated over the act. The Edwards’ family is well known in Missouri, where they arc prominent in the democratic party. Sorae of them live in St. Louis, while others live at St. Charles the county seat of St. Charles county. The late Judge Waller Edwards was well known throughout the state, and one of his broth- ers is a member cf the democratic exect tive committee of the state. W. A. Ed- wards, the Washington correspondent of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City World, is a brother of the young men. a THE TARIFF BILL. Quay’s Resolution Goes Over and Will Be Abandoned. - At the requesf of Mr. Gorman Senator Guay this morning permitted his resolu- tion recommitting the tariff bill to go over until tomorrow. It is the understanding of republican Senators that the resolution is to be abandoned altogether and a vote is to be taken directly on the commitiee amendment. A canvass of the situation shows to the satisfaction of the republi- can leaders that the free silver amend- ment will be defeated and that the tariff bill as it passed the House will ge through the Senate. There is also a vague under- standing that Mr. Cleveland will permit the bill to become a law. A prominent re- publican member of the House stated this morning that there was a dicker on hand by the terms of which the bond bill Is to be fixed up in conference and adopted, and in consideration of a satis- factory bond bill being sent him he will sign it and permit the tariff bill to become a law. It was stated that this would be made possible by the silver republicans yielding after making a hard fight. ee CAPITOL TOPICS. To Foreclose on Pacific Railroads. Senator Pettigrew today introduced a Joint resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to foreclose the govern- ment lien upon the Union Pacific and Kan- sas Pacific railroads and pay the prior Men upon them,and to then take possession of the roads for the government. The Secre- tary is also directed to pay the floating debt of the railrozd companies and take up the stocks and honds pledged as se- curity and to take possession of all the government lands unsold which are held by the roads. The Secretary ix authorized to issue 3 per cent coin bonds for the pur- pose of carrying the resolution into eficet. Pensions to Aged Soldiers. Senator Cullom today introduced a ill giving a pension of $24 per month to all ex- soldiers seventy-five years of age who served in both the Mexican and civil wars. The Marbury Nomination. The Senate committce on judiciary agreed to report the nomination cf W. Marbury to be United States district at- torney for the eastern district cf Mary- land without recommendation. Senator Gorman is opposing this nomination this session, as he did lust, and wiil probably new carry the fight Into the Senate. The Bond Bill Debate. In the House Saturday afternoon Messrs. Towne of Minnesota, Hall of Missouri, Cor- liss of Michigan, Boatner of Louisiana, Grosvenor of Ohio, Evans of Kentucky, McCreary of Kentucky and Bartlett of Georgla spoke on the bond bill. At the night session Mr. Phillips of Pennsylvania, Colson of Kentucky, Wagner of Pennsyl- vania and Talbert of South Carolina spoke on the bill, ———.__ PROMISE OF EXCITEMENT, Lively Times Expected This Week in the Kentucky Legislature. LOUISVILLE, Ky., February 10.—A spe- cial to the Post from Frankfort, Ky., says: This week is expected to develop a number of sensations in the senatorial contest, and many of the politicians think that a Sena- tor will be elected before its close. It is said here today that tomorrow the house will dispose of the two contested election cases, putting in both Dunlap and Werner, republicans, If this is done there will be lively times tha: will furnish excitement for the peopie of the state. The democratic majority in the senate is ready to declare vacant the seats of half a dozen republican senators. If this is pee tae stata piping pen = dis- grace! ul scenes of order and violenc: do Rot follow. a The roll call for the seventeenth ballot showed 102 members present; necessary to choice, 52. The ballot resulted: Hunter, 51; Blackburn, 46; Carlisle, 3; McCreary, 2. Hunter again lacked the one vote neces- sary to elect. Friends of the Murdered Peail Bryan Pledge Themselves, SPORY TOLD BY MISS HOLLINGSWORTH Steps Preparatory to Taking the * Accused to Kentucky. DANGER OF LYNCHING ———— ee CHICAGO, February 10.—A dispatch from Greencastle, Ind., says: The headless body of Pearl Bryan, who was so brutally murdered at Cincinnati, was brought to Greencastle yesterday, and at once deposited in a vault. When the news of its arrival spread over the city hundreds of people went to the cemete: and for several hours there was a large crowd around the door of the vault, gazing at the casket through the iron gratings of the door. In the forenoon Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, the parents of the murdered girl, and her sisters and brothers visited the cemetery and en- tered the vault. Mrs. Bryan was so over- come that she swooned in the vault, and the father was nearly overcome in a similar manner. While the relatives were in the vault there was a meeting of the young and middle-aged men of the city, and it was said later that twenty-five or thirty of these pledged them- selves to each other to avenge the girl's deai® if the murderers were not hanged by, the law. The organization thus formed is said to be regarded simply as the nucleus of a large one, which will take the law Into its own hands if Jackson and Walling escape the extreme penalty in the Cincinnati courts. INDIANAPCLIS, Ind., February 10.—The en extorting Hollingsworth, 2 and reporters huve b tements from the condition, n her death. I don't think either that Wood has anything to do with this c came interested ip the girl becsus once known her, and chanced to meet her at the Union station. She toid me what had happened, aid that was to blame. When I told her whet to get, ne said she would tuke them in Jackson’ presence, and die there and then, so as to throw suspicion on Jackson and get nim tuto difficulty.” “How did you know what drugs to get?’* A young doctor told me,” What was his name? “I decline to tell.” id you ask him because of this case?® 1 learned from hun at a different time.’ The police a: trying to get the names of the druggists from whcm “Miss. Hollings- worth said she, in company with Pearl Bryan, secured the drugs. CINCINNATI, Ghio, February 10.—Jachee son and Walling, after a somewhat exclt ing first day in jail, are reported to be in good spirits today. It looks as if the men will shortly be taken to Newport,.Ky., for trial, as the grand jury is now in sessiol and it fs said is hearing evidence in thi case. The prosecuting attorneys are ale ready preparing indictments. Besides thig Governor Bradley has sent a special officer, to Newport to gather facts with a view the issuance of a demand for the extras dition of the prisoners. While the officers of Campbell countyy Ky., are conildent that they cun protedt the prisoners in Kentucky, and while citl zens of Newport resent the i lawlessness, still the ecmmon_ notio that little would be left fer the courts do with these prisoners If they should be placed in the Newport jail. — CECIL RHODES LEAVES LONDON, udden Departure of the South Afri« can Magante. LONDON, February 10.—Cecil Rhodes, formerly premier of Cape Colony, started for Buluwayo today. Mr. Ryodes’ depart. ure was managed very quietly. He will gq to South Africa via the Suez canal. The Duke of Abercorn, president of the British: Chartered South Africa Company, and @ few friends were the only people who saw Mr. Rhodes off. It is understood that he’ will return to England for the trial of Dr, Jamison, which will take place in June next, The sudden departure of Mr. Rhodes for South Africa was a surprise, it is said, to the colonial office. The Pall Mall Gazette this afternoon menz, tions the report that Mr. Rhodes went away’ in order to defeat any attempt part of the house of commons to from leaving the country FATAL PRIZ FIGHT. One of the Participants Killed by His Fall. PHILADELPHIA. Pa., Febroary 10.—As a result of a prize fight in this city Satur- day night, Frederick Schlechter, aged forty, years, one of the principais, died today, and ex-Policeman Henry Pluckfelder, aged thirty-six, the other principal, is in jail charged: with jechter's murder. The fight teck place in the secoud story of, Schlechter's mattress factory on St. John street. E Schlechter was knocked down, and hig head bit the ficor so hard that his skull was fracture ANOTH: CUBA, Impressions of One Who Served as Surgeon With the Insurgents. SOUTH BEND, Ind. February 10.—Dr. Ly A. Hines, for a short time surgeon in the Cuban arm, just returned home ang gives an insight into the real condition of affairs, He joined Macco’s army early it January and was captured while in charge of the field hospital in San Felipe. He sayg the only way the insurgents can hope to win is by prolonging the struggle until Spain becomes exhausted and sells the island or gives it away. The Spanish army, is composed almost exclusively of boys un- used to hardship. They are ragged, over- worked and suffering intensely from the terrible heat and yellow fever. The prevail- ing notion that the Cuban armies are full of Americans, he says, is a mistake. Dr. L. Hines did not see or bear of an- other American while he was with the ins surgents, as the climate ts such that no American can campaign with the insur. gents and live. The Spanish bospital at Havana now has nearly one hundred yel+ lew fever victims and the season is only begun. None ever will get well. Shortly after a victim gers it he begins to curl up like a withered leaf. The leader Macso is described as a map cf wonderful will power and his army ig compored of negroes, who idolize him. was in Spain when the war broke out to chartered a little vessel to take him Cuba. The Spanish government off $10,000 in gold for the delivery of Maceo into the hands of one of the men-of- off the ccast of Venezuela. The captain the veseel accepted, but the astute ang fierce negro caugnt on and when off the coast of Cuba he killed the captain an@ mate and ran the vessel ashore himself.