Evening Star Newspaper, February 14, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY BXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenze, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Oompany, 8. H. KAUFF: 'N, Pres’t. pease ad wee New York Ose, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers in the city by callers, om thelr owm account, at 10 cents ¥ week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the anter 2 cents each. mail—anywhere tu the Volted States or Canada—postage prepaid-50 cents per month. Saturday Quintcple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with feretzn postage added, $3.00. t Wasilugton, D.C., (Entered at the Post Off as second-class mail matter.) ‘FAIL mail subscriptions must be patd in advance, Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,401. LOCAL LEGISLATION Business of Interest Transacted by the Senate District Committee. MEASURES T0 BE FAVORABLY REPORTED What Chairman McMillan Says as to Grade Crossings. ges OTHER ACTS CONSIDERED Considerable business cf Interest to the people of Washington was transacted this morning by the Senate committee on the District of Columbia. There were present Mr. MeMillan, chairman; | fesers. Galtinger, Hansbrough, Proctor, Wetmore, Harris, ‘aulkner, Gibson and Bacon. Mr. Pritch- ard was absent in Chicago, and Mr. Baker Is at his home In Kansas. Messrs. Smith and Martin were also absent. Senate resolution 14, introduced by Mr. Hart providing for a compilation and publication of the laws relating to street lway franchises in the District of Colum- bla, which has be«n reported upon favorably by the Commissioners, was referred back to the latter for further information. Th tommittee wishes to know what plan the mm jioners have for the compilation and publication of these laws, and especially know how the expense incurred In that wor will be borne, as the Senate resolution dues net provide an appropriation for it. No Compensation for Mr. Crane. mate bill 17: introduced by Mr. Gal- by request, providing for the relief the legal representatives of John A. ane, was ordered to be reported adverse tion for the ng attention to wbuses in the District which led to resulted in saving rict. The committes, see how it could com- representatives for 0 if such a course were re would be no end of compen- by pec who bring about lirectly save money for the Ss. ling of eforms and inc ernmen nate bill 2001 favorably ® gov will be reported to the This bill authorizes the tes to certain et of Columbia ‘oline Lochboeh- ), which authorizes the re- main taxes in the Dis- erred to the Cum- certain amend of this at a provisi now pending in 1 the Commissioners will be Fe pinion on the advisability of such an nt. House to incorporate the Na- Monal U was ordered to be re- ported National University has been running for about twenty years und 21. Incorporation under the general law through this bill seeks incorporation ecial act. and Poel Table Bill. bill 5490, to license billiard and pool tables in the District of Columbia, will be favorably, with certain amend- make it conform with the Senate same subj Cullom's bill « e chief ins; ters of plumbing in the D ported y- ’ a e bills have been reported nate the total number of bills dis- 1 of by the Senate committee up to the t date will amount to twenty-six in are now ninety-seven bilk Mr. tions of t i deput: rict will be eration from subcommittees and will be placed before the full commitiee the District to- n from Mr. T. - an attorney-at-law of this city. In regard to the subject of providi:g pure d_ the al of the sewage of Mr. Carter states that the pestl ice visited Hamburg a few years ago a result of th areless disposition of the sewage of the city, and should be an e pe to prevent a like visitation to Wa Ington. He accompanies his commun tion with a bill, which he requescs shall be pr i to the Senate. T! bill pro- printes $50,000 to be expended under the direction of experienced and practical scien- tists to be selected for that purpose. The duty of this beard of scientists shall be to test the methods now in operation, not only In Paris an¢ Londoa, but in other European elties, for the best disposal of Bewage and the best method of water fi!- bere are economical, Ithfal and bene- ethods which have beea advance: al and experienced scientists, and might be applied to the needs of the District of Columbia. ‘The Matter of Grade Crossings. Members of the Senate commitiee are ulte’ well pleased to know that ths chief neer of the Pennsylvania Rallroad Company and the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia have consulted in regard to a plan to do away with grade ‘sings on the line of the Pennsylvania railr y. The thing most de- sired by the commiitee is that the railroad company and the Engi ery plan, and when this is done the cemmittee will be prompt to take action, giving the necessary lez:slaiion for carry_ ing out this project, which nas sa long been & subject for contention in the District. If the pler proposed by the engineer of the Pennsylvatua railroad does not meet the approval of the Commissioners, the Dis- tr.ct committee will expect the Commission- ers to suggest what modifications of that Plan are necessary, and it is believed that it will be possible ‘to evolve a plan satis- factory to all parties concerned. bh { the bridges, which it is proposed to ve span the railroad tracks involve toc ade, it is expected that the Engi- neer Commissioner will irsist upon a better plan, but members of the committee un- derstand that the grades of the approaches to these bridges will in no instance exceed three feet to a mile, and as four and a half feet to the mile Is sometimes allovr- able where a steep grade cannot easily be avoided it is thought that the grades will probably be satisfactor: Mr. McMillan, chairman of the Senate committee, had ussurances several years ago from the president-of the Baltimore end Potomac Railroad Company that that company was ready to provide a suitable system of grade crossings within the city of Washington, and he has lately received #ssurances that the company fs ready and anxious to go ahead in this matter to the satisfaction of Congress. When the sub- ject was agitated about three years ago it seemed likely that an early solution of the question of grade crossings on the Baltimore and Potomac railroad could be reached, but as the panie came on shortly thereafter there was a postponement of efert in that direction. Now it is thought that sulteble grade crossings will be pro- po on this line within a reasonable me. —_-e+____ Asground in New York Harbor. NEW YORK, February 44—The Morgan Ine steamer El Dorado, Capt. Byrne, which cleared from this port yesterday for New Orleans, is ashore of Liberty island. | companying documents can be grea’ FIJI ISLAND LAND CLAIMS A Message to the Senate in Response to a Kesolution. The Correspondence Not Submitted Because of the Labor Involv- ed in Copying It. The Fresident today sent to the Senate a report called for by it relative to the claims for compensation of B. H. Henry of Oregon and other American citizens for lands in the Fiji Islands, claimed to have been owned by them and appropriated by the British government. The report, which was made by an agent of the State De- partment several years ago, indicates that the claimaints were treated with undue rigor by the British commissioners, who adjusted the land claims on the islands and applied technical rules to their detri- ment. But the Senate also called for all of the documents accompanying the report, and this call gave the State Department, whose application for onty two additional and temporary clerks to assist !n copying the mass of matter called for by Congress had been rejected by the House appropria- tens committee, an opportunity to remind Congress of the unreasonable nature of me ot the resolutions of inquiry it lopts. In his report to the President, Secretary Olney say: ‘The resolution also calls for copies of the documents accompanying said report. They are not hereto appended because their na- ture and extent and the amount of time and labor involved in making such copies can- not, it is believed, have been understood by the Senate in passing the resolution. The ehief clerk of this department reports that compliance with the resolution, so far as it relates to accompanying documents, in- volves the copying of 1,717 pages of written matter (foolseap) and 148 pages of printed matter. In addition, the documents.called for comprise forty-four maps and four British biue bcoks (852 pages folio in all), two of which at least cannot be supplied by the department, nor probahly be obtained by purchase. It is obvious that months must elapse ore h an addition to its ordin: work can be accomplished by the limited and already overworked clerical force ot this department. It seems highly probable, too, that the attention of the Senate be- ing drawn to the subject, the call for ac- ified without in any way prejudicing the objects which the resoiution has in view. I submit this partial report upon the reso- lution, therefore, in the belief that m view of the facts the Senate may Jesir> to take some action which, while leaving ihe reso- lution equally effective for its real pur- poses, will make its demand upon this de- partment less sweeping and less onerous.” —————— 2+ _____ NATIONAL EUM. An Additional Fireproof Buiiding for It Proposed. The Senate committee on public buildings and grounds today ordered a favorable re- port on Mr. Morrill’s bill making an appio- priation of $250,000 for the erection of an additional fire-proof building for the Na- tonal Museum. The bill provides a fire- proof bullding, 300 feet square, with two storles and a basernent, to be erected un- fer the direction of the architect of the Capitol, with the approval of the regents of the nithsenian Institution, in harmony ith the present National Museum build- ing, on the southern portion of the grounds ef the Smithsonian Institution. The build- ing is to be placed west of the Smithsonian Institution, leaving a roadway between it und the latter of not less than fifty feet, with its nerth front on a line with the south face of the Agricuitural Department and of the Smithsonian Institution. ———— RONDS OUT. NEW The Gold Reserve Vi: ly Increased in Proportion. Over one-fourth of the $100,000,000 four per cent loan of 1925 has already been is- sued, and the gold reserve has been in- creased in porportion. The new bonds have been issued promptly to the subscribers upon certification of the deposit of the purchase money. More than 25,000,000 in gold has already keen received by the goy- ernment on account of the loan. The gold reserve is stated at $73, 721, but this neludes only deposits of which the Treas- ury Department has hed mail advices, and does not include today’s transactions at New York or receipts on account of the lcan at more distant points for several days past. The total cash balance today is stated at $196; —— DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, For Copyrights. Mr. Trelovr has introduced a bill in the House providing that all records and other things relaUng to copyright8 and required by law to be preserved in the library of Congress, which have heretofore been un- der the control of the librarian of Con- gress, shall, from the date of this act, be under the control of an oiHicer to be known and designated as commissioner of copy- rights, at an annual salary of $4,009, to be appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate, who shall, under the super- vision of the joint committee on the li- brary, perform all the dutles relating to opyrights which have heretofore by law been imposed upon the librarian of Con- gress. In addition to the commissioner of copy- rights there shall be in the copyright of- fice one assistant commissioner of copy- rights, one law clerk, one bookkeeper, one chief clerk in the administration division, one chief clerk in the division of corre- spondence, one chief cleik in the division of records, one chief clerk in the division of files, one chief clerk in the index divis- ion, one chief clerk in the division of publi- cation, who shall be appointed by the Pres- ident, and twenty-five clerks and two mes- sengers. The bill also provides additional regulations for issuing copyrights, Money for Mrs. Johnson. Mr. Grout has introduced a bill in the House to pay to Amelia Johnson, the wid- ow of Alexander T. Johnson, or her legal representatives, the sum of three thousand dollars, for the support of herself and fam- ily, who have been rendered destitute by the death of her husband, Alexander T. Johnson, who lost his life while trimming @ tree on the Capitol grounds in the dis- charge of his duty, and acting under or- ders of the architect of the Capitol, July 2, Isdt. To Amend the Liquor Law. Mr. Meredith of Virginia has introduced a bill in the House to amend the liquor law relating to the District so as to provide that duly incorporated clubs shall be granted a liquor license without fee. BESO SPANIARDS REPORT SUCCESS, They Claim the Defeat of Gen. An- tomio Maceo. MADRID, February 14.—Dispatches re- ceived here from Havana say that the Spaniards under Gen. Cornell and Col. Hernandez have defeated the ‘usurgents under Gen. Antonio Maceo, north of Pinar del Rio, capital of the province of that name. The dispatches add that the insur- gents lost twenty-four killed, while the. Spanish loss was only two killed and seven ‘wounded, including Gen. Cornell, who was slightly Injured. It was further stated that Maximo Gomez Was still in the vicinity of Havana, THE MORRISON BOOM How It is Being Worked by the Friends of Silver. WHAT HE WILL HAVE 10 PROMISE A Hope to Capture the State of Illinois. SOME EXPECTATIONS ——— There is no longer a doubt that the stories which have been in circulation around the Capitol that Morrison is to be the candidate of certain of the conservative free silver democrats is true, The Morrison boom, in fact, has reached somewhat large proportions, and, it is claimed that it wi grow from now on. About a week ago it was a noiseless affair, and when The Star published an interview with an extreme silverite claiming that that was to be the program, of certain of the silver men, there was a deal of comment and considerable criticism. The weil-known attitude of the silver men in the past that they would have no other nominee but an avowed silver man was looked upon as an Irrevocable position. They say now that the advocacy of Morrison has a string tied to it, and if Morrison agrees to the string it will be equivalent to making him a sfiver man. They argue further that Morrison only re- cently denied that he was a gold standard man, and say that he is a bimetallist who wil agree that the will of his party shali be supreme. That is the string tied to the Morrison boom. If he will sign a paper that he will not interfere with the legisla- tion of the silver men in the next Con he wiil receive the support of the co: tive silver men at Chicago, and after he is nominated, if he should be so foriunat Those are the conditions, it ts sald, und: which Morrison will go before the conv tion at Chicago. Another thing whieh which makes Morrison pleasing to the sil- verites is that he is not liked by President Cleveland. The silver men would 2 to jeal the President a blow and x even with him for treatment of them. How the Boom is Being Worked. As stated, the Morrison boom began slowly several weeks ago. The support-rs of it, whe are understood to be prin Georgia, Tennessee and Arkansas men gan to cautiously feel around their silver friends to ascertain how the project w take. It seems to have taken all right with 2. few exceptions. At each end of the Cap- itol the scheme has taken fairly well so far excépt among the exireme silver demo- crats. They refnse to touch it. One them told a Morrison supporter that plan could not be worked and that the p: ple of the scuth and west wou'd not agre to it. They had had enough of promises, they said, and did not waut any mor. They were going to have the ine stuff thi time or nothing. They had considered th Chicago platform four years ago suificient platform for any man, but they had been fooled. A man who would not consider t platform as a pledge would hardly cons‘! anything else he might promise. That is how ihe situaticn stands now and how it will stand until the Chiesgo conven- tion meeis unless the unexpected turns up to break into it. ii. One of the most adroit southern politicians in the House—a silv man trom a large state—was asked there was any truth in on. A Southern Silver “Yes,” he frankly said, e and we are going to support Morrison at Chi- cago.” “Will he make the pledge you expect of him?" “He certainly will. that point. What will the gold men say of him?” “We don’t care what they say. ‘They will have to swallow him or vote for a repu lican.”” “You talk as if you hal no doubt that the silver men will control the Chicago con- vention.”” ‘Nothing can prevent us controling {t," he said, “and if yon don’t believe it I e: show you the figures some time. bound to have that convention w There is no doubt on “Well, suppose you should hare a Lare mejority in the convention, don't you Juow that the two-thirds rule will govern in the next convention?” “Yes, but if we have a majority in the convention we will change the rule.” “Couldn't the gol:l men do the same thing if they had a bare majority “They dare aot do it,” he said. It is a Compromise. Under and above all the talk of the Mor- rison boom, however, is the question of appeasing all elements of the party and of trying to unite it. The silver men say that their gold brethren can hardly cbject to Morrison if he should make the promise desired of him. That would be nothing but an agreement that the will of the party, as expressed by the election of members of Congress, should be carried out. If the gold men believe they are strongest in the party they could test their belief by seeing which side could elect the largest number cf members to the Hovse. Morrison’s position would be simply that of holding his hands off and consenting to let the majority have its way. The Whitney Boom, Among ihe Morrison silverites the Whit- ney boom from Mississippi is not looked upon as amounting to anything, so far as the south and west ure concerned. It would not, they say, profit silver men any- thing to work to control the Chicago con- ¥entien and then have Whitney nom inated. He {s more likely to be the candidate of the gold men. It is peculiar, however, that in such a ran:pant silver state as Mis sissippi Whitney vould have got any back- ing at all, and there are those who say they do noz believe that half what has been telegraphed about it is true. Meant to Catch Mlinois. While there has recentiy been a good deal of confident talk among silver men that they will control the Chicago conven- tion, the Morrison boom has for one of its objects the catch.ng of the Illinois delega- tion. Should the delegates from that state vote with the silver men for Morrison, it would have big weight, and would go far to giving the silverites the convention. But is there a reasonable chance that the sil- ver men will be in the majority at Chicago? Notwithstanding the boastful prediction of the southern politician quoted above, it is hard to see where the silver men expect to come in. The next democratic convention will be composed of about 918 delegates, including those from the territories and the District of Columbia. Whichever side controls will have to have not less than 460 delegates. Giving the silver men solid delegations from the south, not including Virginia, Mary- land or West Virginia, and a solid west, they would have only 374 men. Include Illinois’ forty-eight delegates, and the total number would be but 422. This includes solid delegations from Kentucky ‘and Kan- sas, but does not include the’ territories. ‘Yhroughout the south and west the gold men will elect delegates here and there, and the total number given above will be materially increased. The silver men, how- ever, will pick up delegates in Ohio, In- diana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Virgin- ic, West Virginia and Maryland, and these will offset what they lose in the south and west, North and east of Maryland there 1s not much chance of @ silver man getting to Chicago. That is how the case stands, and unless the silver men do more in the northwest than is now cpunted on, it is not seen haw they will be in a majority at Chicago. Silver Men's Expectations, The following table shawg the states from which the silver men expect to get prac- tically solid delegations, together with the vote cach state is entitled to: Alabama Arkansas . California . 22, 16 +16 Colorado ... 8 Florida 8 Georgia 2 Idaho 6 Tinois, 48 Louisiana. 1% Kentucky - + 28 Kansas 20 Missiseipp 18 Missouri 4 North Carolina. 2 North Dakota 6 Oregon 8 South Da 8 South Carclina. 18 24 30 6 Montana 6 Nebraska - 16 Utah ... G yashington 8 Wyoming . Total. It will be seen that the foregoing is exceedingly liberal estimote of the silver strength. The gold men claim that they will carry several southern and several western states, On every hand now the politiclans are figuring, and the foregoing is a pretty good avezage of the claims of the silver men except as to the northwest. ee ee, THE TARIFF BELL, he Four Silver Republicans Merely Not Ready to Vote on It Now. From what is } this morning it ap- pears that there is no intention .en the part of the four silver republicans who voted against the consideration of the tari in the Senate yesierday to continue their antagonism for a great length of time. The explanation given of their ccurse ay is that they were not yet quite the question, and that they wanted to show that the bill itself, inde- pendently of the silver question, is not sat- to them. They complain that it is an eastern bill, and they Want their con- sutuents to unde i At the same time, tention to carry the fight to an extreme !s5 disayowed. They profess to believe that tie Mis not offer- ed in good faith, bu ely to make an e, With no idea that it is to become a Some surance is a: <1 to show that able expeetation t y to be vewed. 1 e desis f that there is an the representatives of the administ and the champicas of the i, and they want to know whnt thi. ing is. The waole thing is not fagly standing by h anything but de! ed understanding as to th after to the WRitté "use is vague. ‘The p: seom vary i. (however, that the bill will become u« law, The suggestion has heen made to some of the sapporters of the BUl that this legisla- tien would have the effyet of taking the iff question out of the presidential cam- ign, and would thus be caleulated to operate against Mr. M¢Kinley’s candidacy. The bill is simply being beld up on ac- count of personal dowtbts as to its political eftcet. t +e Personal Mention. Richard Io @ son of the famous wine grow Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany, wit making a tour of the sintes, is at th is House. John Walter h, a hig factor in Jemo- cratic politics in Maryland, and in whose chepeau the guberraterial b “a8 violent- ly buzzing ai the time of the Hurst conven- tion, is at Pa Gen, James n of Iowa is at the Shoreham. Dr. ard Mrs. Will Ely of Rochester are at the Snoreha: Julge J. L. Te authon of the bank- ruptcy bill. bear name, is at the Shore! ar, Wyo. Theodore i. Beecher of Ruffalo, who will marry the daughter of Chief Justice Fuller » is at Chamberlin’s. gentle- ho will attend him, and who are R. Wells, jr, and H. H. Haskell of Bosion, and W. Clifford of Portland, Me., are also at Chambgriin’s, United States Judge Wm. H. Brawley of Charleston, S. C., is at Chamberiin’s. Woolley, proprietor of the Grand Hotel, Saratoga, and. the Iroquois, » Is at Chamber! Pierce and A. W. Krech, the New York lawyers, are at Chamberlin’s. A party of distin-sui gentlemen drove ap to the Arlington this marring in car- riages with footm2n and coachmen, head- ed by a venerable gentleman, who regis- tered as W. If. Goodwin of. Boston. The others in the party put down their names a3 A.D, Weld, Edward May, Edward Sher- win, Wi P. Waraer, V Jones and D. S. Greenough, all from Boston. Mrs. Donald M an of New York and Mrs. V. K. Maddox of San Francisco, prominent in the Daughters of the Revo- jution, are at the Arlington from New York. Major C. B. Sears of the army is at the Arlington from Duluth. Gen, and M muel Thomas and Miss Thomas of New York are at the Arlington Rey. G. B. Beecher, son of the late fa- mous Brooklyn Civine, is at the Ebbitt from his home at Hillsboro’, Ohio. He is also accompanied by Mrs. 8. S. Beecher. Alexander Gordon, colonel of Gov. Mc- Kinley’s staff and a leading and weaithy een of Hamilton, Ohio, is at the Eb- pitt. Mr. Augustine Gallegher, the prominent publisher of Kansas City, Is at the Raleish. He is accompanied by C. G, Jones of Okla- homa, who was the first speaker of the Ok- lahoma house of representatives, and who is a man of affairs In the territory. L. P. Twyeffort, who has been a resident of Paris for several years, is,at the Raleigh. He is a warm friend of Mr. 8. W. Woodward. Alderman Tom- Brewer, who represents the seventh ward In the city council of Springfield, Ill, is at the Raleigh. He is one of the most popular men in Springfield, and wears on his vest an alderman’s badge, pre- sented to him several years ago by his ad- mirers, that has a Jiamond im the center as big as a filbert. George A. Ricker, the emigent young en- gineer of Buffalo, who has recently com- pleted the raliroad through, the gorge of N-agara, and has been identified with many other daring enterprises, is mak.ng his urst visit to Washington, alge by his wife. They are at the Raleigh. Lieut. W. P. Hogarty, red, is on a visit to the city. K Chief Engineer C. W. Rae of the Naval Academy is in the city on leave of absence. He is stopping at 2025 T street. Dr. Abbott Smith Payn is visiting with his parents in this city. Approved by the President. The President today approved the joint resolution granting the use of the White Lot and monument grounds to “the commit- tee of 1806” having charge of the fiftecnth international Christian Endeavor conyen- tion. He has also signed the.act amending the actein regard-to the construction by the Kansas City, Pittsburg and Gulf railroad of a railroad, telegraph’and telephone lines through the Indian territory. | a Today’s Cabinet Meeting. Secretary Herbert was before the Senate naval committee today, and was the only absentee at the regular meating of the cab- iret. Foreign complications and the pa- tional- finances are said to have been the main topics of discussion, 1896-TWELVE PAGES CRUELTY IN CUBA Excesses of the Soldiers of Spain. PANDO CONDUCTS A WAR OF HIS OWN Insurgent Prisoners Killed in Their Beds. OUTRAGES IN MATANZAS ss From The Star's Special Correspondent, HAVANA, February 9, 1596. The early expected arrival of Gen. Wey- ler, the new captain general of Cuba, com- ing from Spain via Porto Rico, seemed to give license for outrages by Spanish offi- cers and soldicrs in all parts of Cuba. Pan- ao, in the Santiago district, inaugurate] the reign of terror ten days ago, and al- mest unspeakable crimes have been at- tributed to bim and his men. As your correspondent mentioned,‘as long as a month ago, it was supposed on all hands that Pando would be the successor of Gen. Campus. He believed it himself, for when he landed in Cuba in December he told your correspondent that he would be lieutenant genera) but a short time, expecting Campos to ietire or be recalled and he to be named fcr the post. “I will then begin a war,” said he, “that must be the ruin of Spain or Cuba within six months. And you may publish that I say that unless I an end it one way or another within that time I shall throw up my commission and return to Madrid Now that he has received a great se back in his hopes, he begins on his own account a war of barbarism, and people of Hevaaa are beginning to wonder if the dif- ferent generals will vie with each other in the commission of bloodthirsty deeds. Although outrages have been the common talk of Havana for a week past correspon- dents have not dared to send out repor ving correct details. And this Is ially trae. since Weyler announced his program. In it he says he will hold correspor.dents persorally respon- sible for what may appear in their re- spective journals. In other words, if a cor- respondent sends matter to his paper th: has not recerved the sanction of the can- tain general, he must take the cor quences. In a recent letter it was told how Havana newspaper men, supposed to favor the rebel cause, were moving out. More are going each day. American correspondents are also beginning t6 believe that there is no place like home. Especially ts this true since one American newspaper man was told in a nice, quiet way that there was no room for him in Hayana. He de- clined to be frightened away, and declared that a Spanish warship must convey him to some port In the United States if ihe panish government was so desirlous of etling rid of him. He was charged with having communicated with the rebels, in sing the Spanish lines and of inter General Gomez and President Cisneros. The government fs considering whether to put him in prison or send him back to the United States in a man-of-war. A prominent American resident of Ha- vana said to your correspondent today: “Tt is all right for people to say that in twenty years things have changed, and that the atrocities of the last war will not be repeated on account of the cable and the newspaper correspondents, but Weyler will arrange those Mitle matters, and you may be prepared for measures as harsh and wanton as characterized any period between the years 1868 and 1878. An American correspondent, Mr. O'Kelly, was sent to Ceuta then, and this frenzied and desperate government will not hesitate to do likewlse in case any offense ts given. Outrages in Matanzas. An American, the assistant manager of an estate In the province of Matanzas, has re- ported to your correspondent concerning recent outrages in his vicinity. The man is regarded as thoroughly reliable. He says that during the past week the government scldiery have given themselves up to all manner of fearful excesses. Espegially in the districts of Union de Reyes and Alfonso have pillage, murder and other crimes been common, Near Alfonso, on the Canas es- tate, the volunteers murdered negro labor- ers in the fields, and then, going to the cabins, outraged and killed the wives and daughters. In the castle at Matanzas the murdering of prisoners has been carried on nightly for some time. A large majority of those sent there to be confined are negroes. Within a fortnight the castle has been greatly over- crowded, and to make room for newcomers the poorer and more wretched were machet- ed at night, and their bodies, to which weights were attached, were thrown Into the sea. This stcry is not admitted as being true by palace officials; neither is it denied by them. The Paso Real Fight. Gen. Luque has requested a cross for him- self for his noble work at Paso Real, a few days ago. In his report to the government he says: “Our troops-had the great satis- faction of counting nearly one hundred of the enemy dead in the strects.” He de- scribes the affair as a glorious victory. Capt. Stuard of Gen. Maczeo's staff, writ- ing of the Paso Real affray, says: “Let Spain continue the butchery she commenced at Paso Real and Cuban inde- pendence will come all the sooner. Since our men have learned how their wounded brothers, whom they left in the houses of the village, were killed, vengeance and de- termination have settled in their hearts. “We had sbout seventy wounded men when we entered Paso Real, and they were left in care of friends there, who were most willing to receive them, but who feared lest a Spanish column would come and attack the town. “Gen. Maceo left a guard of 200 men, and moved on Mantua, where we encamped all one day and night. As the army was pre- paring to march on the following morning the sound of firing was heard, and we knew that Paso Real was being attacked. “Maceo hurried his army to the place and drove ovt the three regiments of Luque, but he was not able to inflict a compensat- ing less upon them. ‘ “The Spaniards had driven the guards out of the place, killing about forty, and then turned their attention to the wounded in the houses. At least an equal number of the lat- ter were butchered in their beds. Several women, who were attending the sick, are also among the killed.” WM. F. MANNIX, TWO CENTS MR. WILLIAM C. WHITNEY He Will Not Accept the Invitation of Mississippi. Effort to Prevent a Party Splii—To Write a Letter on the Situation. The invitation to William C. Whitney to become a candidate for the presidency would be neither important nor impressive if it really meant that. It might even be injurious to Mr. Whitney. For, as a matter of fact, the idea did not originate in Mis- sissippi, but In New York. The Mississip- pians were simply politely prodded into the performance. To take it literally, there- fore, would be to put Mr. Whitney on a level with the old-fashioned strolling music teacher, who, when the term was up, was accustomed to write a flattering request to himself to give a public concert, assisted by the members of his class, then get a num- ber of his patrons and their friends to sign it, and then in a modest and alluring way accept the invitation, and pocket the money taken in at the door. Simply to Help His Party. But it Is due Mr. Whitney to say that for personal ends he 1s winking at the fishing of no compliments for himself. He is not a candidate for the presideney, and will not become one on anybody's solicita~ tion. He has said this in all seriousness several times, and those who are in his confidence are very certain that he cannot Le swerved from that purpose. But he can help his party materially at this juncture In gnother way, and that he will do. Democratic Leaders Alarmed. The democratic leaders are greatly alarm- ed about the outlook. A split in the party and Irremediable disaster are seriously threatened. A most earnest effort is mak- ing to prevent such a catastrophe. If any combination can win it must be the old combination. The south must be appealed to on the old line. She must be urged to conside: » above silver and everything else, ion of the preservation of her lization. She must be brought to believe that this is seriously threatened in the present trend toward republican na- tional success. Those northern states act- ing heretofore with the south must be urged to act again with her. Democracy means so much io them, as well as to her. All differences must disappear in the presence of such danger. The common enemy for the common good must, ft Is urged, again be met by a united front, and defeated. Meaning of the Move. Behold, now, the force and the meaning of he New York deliverance by the way of sissippl. Mr. Whitney is a gold man— extreme on that question as Mr. Cley land is himself. If he were in the White House row he would do on the money ques- tion about what Mr. Cleveland is doing. But he is a democrat, and he wants the party to hold together, Mississippi is a silver state— #8 extreme on that line as any in the Union. She eats, drinks, talks and dreams free coinage. And yet, in the name of democ- racy, ard for the preservation of democ- racy, she requests this gold man to stand for the presidency and pledges him her sup- port. Ought not this to influence the dem- cerats of other states? If Mississippi, with her extreme silver views, can extend her band to Mr. Whitney, a gold man and a New York millionaire, cannot harmony every- where be made to prevail? What is to pre- vent it? WI Write a Letter. And now the scene shifts back to Ne York. This invitation, so cordial in to! will be laid before Mr. Whitney, and he will carefully consider it. No confidence ts vio- lated in the statement that It will not take him altogether by surprise. Neither is any confidence violated in the statement that he will not accept it. But he will write a letter, addressed, of course, to the Mississippi dem- cerats, but intended for circulation ati over the country, and certain to be widely read. in which he will go at length into the whole situation and point out the path that must be followed if democracy fs to be saved. He will be impressed with, and profoundly grateful for, the compliment paid to him- self, and he will explain his inability to make the race But he will at the same time suggest that there are others; he may even call some of them by name. Variation on the ‘92 Program. This program, as arranged, {s simply a variation on the program of 1892. In that year Mr. Whitney appeared at Chicago in the role of pacificator. It was a very diifi- cult role to play, and some democrats have since regretted that he played it so well, but no wae has ever denied that he did not play it exceedingly. well. He is to appear thus as a pacificator again. This time at long range. But he is a capable man at any range. He touches at many points. Tammany likes him, and yet he is not a member of the Hall. Mr. Cleveland likes him, although he never comes to Washing- ton, and has no connection with the ad- ministration. The south likes him, although he is a gold man, and the north likes him, frie the fact that the silver men like him. Will Not Be a Candidate. But, for ali this, he will not be the party's candidate this year for President. He needs himself in his business, ——_——_—-e——_______ VENEZUELAN COMMIS6ION Physical Map of the Disputed Terri- tory Nenrly Completed. The Venezvelan boundary commission was hard at werk today, with all of the members present, at the weekly meeting. The geological survey, through Mr. Baker, reported that the physical map of the coun- try in dispute was almost finished, and he exhibited the work already done. It is pro- posed to have this map divided into sec- tions, which will be enlarged, and then a number of lithographed copies of these will be made. Upon these enlargements notes may be made, ard in this way each member of the commission may make independent studies of the situation, from every stand- point, and by the comparison of these studies in turn valuable resuits may be at- tained. ‘The commission '!s highly gratified at the position taken by Great Britain in respond- ing favorably to its request to be supplied with information relative to the location of the boundary line. They recognize that the British government has accepted the invi- tation in the spirit in which it was extended, and they feel that the results, so far as the commission is concerned, will undorbtedly be much more satisfactory, having, as it will, all of the information in the possession of each party to the controversy. If by in- dependent inquiry the commission can be- come possessed of other facts, so much the better, but as it stands the response of the two parties insures a thoroughness for the investigation that It would otherwise be difficult to impart. The commission today ratified the ap- pointment of Percy Allen, late private sec- retary to Justice Harlan, to be assistant secretary. ———~»+_____ The Lancaster's Cruise. The Lancaster has arrived at Montevideo after a passage of three months and nine days. The ship started from New York, but was driven out of her course clear across the Atlanifc to Cape Verde. She has a draft of men for the Newark and the Yantic on board, and she will bring home to the United States the men re- lieved on the station. CALMLY AND BRAVELY Paisy Harris Goes to His Death AN EXHIBITION OF COURAGE The Crime for Which He Was, Executed Today. HI8 LAST LETTERS John, allas Patsy, Harris, the young cole ored man who murdered Matthew =pruell, colored, the 4th of last July, was hanged at the District jail at 11:33% o'clock this morn- ing. The sentence of the law was carried out in the presence of tne smallest number of Spectators ever presenti at an execution here, and the unfortunate man was sent calmiy and smilingly Into eternity just four minutes from the moment Warden Leonard entered his coll and announced that his end was at hand. Indeed, the warde. estab- Ushed two records in carrying into effect the awful penalty, vestricting the number of spectators to those authorized by law to be present, and execuiiag the sentence in the shortest space of time in the history of the District jail. Hix Lant Night. Harris’ last night on earth was spent as calmly and peacefully es if long, joyous life was his, and not death, ignominious and horrible, on the morrow About 8 o'clock last evening he @rew his coi up to the cell door, and, throwing himseif down upon it, he talked for two hours with the death watch. He spoke of his past life, of his mother, wife and little one, and of the life beyond the grave. speaking not only hopefully, but supremely confident of eter= pal happiness. He talked, too, of every-day affairs, and never once did his voice or manner betray the fact that he was a man in the valley of tne shadow of death. About 10 o'clock he ceased talking, and in a moment or two Was sleeping soundly and lly. he rested until 2 o'clock this morning, He had s ly moved until then, aithough once or twice the night watch saw the con- demned man smile, and once they heard him laush in his sleep. When he awakened at S o'clock he raisod himself ap and calme ly lighted a cigarette. He took but two or three puffs of it ard then In a few mos ments’ time he was sleeping as soundly and peacefully as before. Spiritual Consolation. His spiritual advisers, Fathers Matthews and Keenan, had promised to return to him at 7 o'clock this morning, and Harris had expressed a wish to be up some time before that hour, that he might have his celt cleaned up and everything in readiness for the last visit of the clergymen. But so soundly did he sleep, and so long, that at 6:30 o'clock this morning the death wetch awakened him. He arose at once and busied himself until the arrival of th priests in arranging his toilet and vell. He ate his breakfast as heartily as if about to tart out upon a long earthly journey, in- ad of one into a world unkno’ Then the clergymen entered the condemned man's cell and remained constantly at his side until all was over, praying with him, con- soling him and encouraging him. Little en- couragement he needed, for he was not only perfectly calm, but as courageous, seem- ing to have absolute confidence that his death would instantly open the gates of paradise to him. Spectators Limited. 2 Meanwhile, a crowd of idle, curious peoe ple gathered in frent of the jail and on the bills to the north of the prison, vainly striving to catch a glimpse of the tragedy to be enacted within its walls. Many peos ple, too, making use of all manner of pres texts, endeavored to obtain admission to the jail. Warden Leonard, however, wag firm in his announced purpose io restrict the number of spectators to t ized by law, and thore who had not already been invited to attend were re’ i ad- mission to the jail. The prison was une usually quiet, the three hundred or more prisoners being seemingly deep!y impressed with the solemnity of the oceasion. But now and then one of them would start a hymn, and a verse or two of it would be softly sung. “Nearer, My God, to Thee,’ was the one most frequently sung, and the grand old hymn rang out with pathetic sweeiness. As announced by him several days in The Star, Warden Leonard determing that only those authorized by law to be present should witness the execution, and, outside of the dozen or more policemen and jail officials, the number did not exceed thirty-five. The jury was largely composed of newspaper reporters, and at 11:30 they were admitted to the northeast corridor of the jail, where the scaffold stood in readie ness. The Death Warrant. At 11:32 Warden Leonard entered the cell of Harris and told him that he was about to carry into execution the sentence of the law. The condemned man, who had arrayed himself in a neat suit of black cheviot, white shirt, black tie and patent leather shoes, engaged with his spirit- ual advisers at the time, but he smilingly informed the warden that he was ready, Then the death warrant and reprieve was read to him, while the guards tied his arms behind him. Before leaving the cell Harris warmly thanked Warden Leonard and the jail offie ciais for their kindness to him, and then the warden led the way to the scaffold. No man ever walked to his death calmer or more courageously, and as he walked along behind the two priests and between Guards Woodward and Walters, Harris smilingly bowed to two or three acquaintances, while the clergymen read the service for the dj ing, they having administered the last sace rament to him in his cell. Harris needed no assistance in the march to the death-dealing instrument, not even as he quickly ascended the steps. The guards quickly placed him on the drop, and the man laughed as one of them miscalcu- lated the distance. ‘The party reached the scaffold at 11:34%, The officers quickly tied the man's legs at the <nees and ankles, and while th were so engaged, Harris repeated a prayer, the priests reciting the service for the dying. Just before the black cap was placed over his head and face he fervently kissed the crucifix held before him, and obligingly held His head in the proper position as the noose was slipped over it. He was smiling as the cap was pulled down over his face, and when all was in readiness and the oillcers darew back from the drop, the man stood erect, immovable. The Fatal Drop. At just 11:364 Warden Leonard flashed his handkerchief, and down, six feet or more, Harris shot through the drop. For a second the body hung motionless, then was a slight, hardly visible, contraction of the legs, and from that time until it was cut down, at 12:06, the body hung perfectly still, even the usual slight swaying motion not being visibie. ‘After hanging four minutes the body was lowered a foot or two that the physicians might cxamine it. The man was unusually tenacious of life, a slight muscular con- traction of the heart being observable even twenty-five minutes after the drop fell, although the physicians decided that the man was practically dead from shock and strangulation ten or twelve minutes after he fell. The bedy was allowed to