Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1896, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 2191 Fernsytvania Avenue, Cor. Uh Street, by The Evening Star oper Company, THE ROENTGEN RAYS| —— + PROTGGREPAING What Was Accomplished by an Experiment Last Night. SUCCESS IN FOCUSING ment of Prot. f the Crookes cep ener atisfactor: were made machine. in a ii from ispensed with alto- jo not know,” said Mr. Carr to a Star as this afternoon, hether or not ent nas heen tried ‘ore, but e not heard of it. At any m to me very intere: up a wide field of possibili- Focusing X Rays. A telegram from St. Louts today says that demonstrated that the cathode sed by Dr. Roentgen to produce interior portions of the , and to photograph ordinary ts through opaque substances, can be ed. This is one of the most Important Ss thus far made in connection 2 these wonderful scientific experiments, and will make it more valuable in every manner. By being able to focus rays a particular organ of the body may be proto- phed withou teing shown, and two St. Lo: have succeeded in dem Dr. Wellington Adame ef Washington Uni euting with the Roentgen sy photography. and have had some ; but they expe®t to secure better resnits as m favorable i i the surrounding hadowgraph o renew their rew n ordinary microm its wooden e and put imme< front of a sensitive plate. Then the iniens penetrating er waves or cathode rays Were produced in front of the c. The re- , Was that the bulb or found portion of photographed through the oden cover, but the flat portion failed to to the s ult. The by these experi- be focussed, for ed were smailer $_photographe ith t 3 can be foct yn of an NOT BEFORE FRIDAY. Big Fight Likely Postponed. EL. PASO, Tex1s, February 15.—Bill Con- tel d today from Las Crucas ivmaing the report of Maher's improved condition sent out last night. He says, however, that it is doubtful if Maher will be able to fight before next Friday, Many efforis have been made to induce 4 to bri one of the smaller fights ‘The to Be Agnin “fore the but he positively re- He realizes that his chances for iliing eit the second fight are much less ng off the first one, and that f geting the third nd to get Maher and ng, and will take no ns that taay interfere who were to weigh in and oting affray last ing men. They rid- fice of the Santa 1 € ring before ie will Be all thought. Friday of rext w right by that time, it At il o'clock today Wolcoit and Bright Eyes were weighed in at the tr ining euarters of the foi ‘Beth were well under the pow: O'Rourke, bac of Welcott, will not claim forfeit for the postponement of the fight. He end K ill ‘wing the men upon the scales Tuesday and egain go through thé cere- mony of weighing in. — Minister Peak at Berne. BERNE, Switzerland, February 15.—Mr. John L. Peak, the new United States min- ister to Switzerland, has presented his cre- dentials to the president and vice presi- Gent, who returned his visit. The Frening Star. We HOUSE ONLY IN SESSION ato Ex-{ When th House met at noon today tlie ats to the bills to incorpor National Society of the Da ican Revolution, to grant 1 on the e cer labgls in Arizona for edu were concurred \ SHINGTON, rancis, Ark, tmentary Wr: THE BOXD BILL Interest Taken in the Com ‘sonnel of the CONE the Pers ittee. The p: conference ¢ peculiar nate and Hous rv has bond bill a: 1 to accept the Senate silver substitute, while the Senate h ed the silver sub- stitute and to accept the bond feature. Crairman Dingley of the ways and means committee w able course in. conferen ate would take the ini tomary, he declines would nn conferees di conferees a conference coi frame a compremi: hen the the two ho a conferenc 7 lation of the two houses so as to e entirely new measure. It would have to be within the scepe of the action ly taken. Bui Mr. Dingley exp d doubt her so complete a difference be: the houses as exis any clear midd has thus conferee: Mr. Ding! and when it we that he and and Crisp had been mentio! knew nothing about the pe conferees except that both parties views would be represented. > SLACK CASE. sa 1 of the «1 both THE The Mother May Still See Her Chil- dren. Judge Hagner today refused to modify his order respecting the daily visits of the c dren of Mrs. Mary Kemble Siack to the mothez, and until the further order of the court the mother will be allowed to see her litile ones two hours every ¢ ‘The court also tcday overruled the plea of Mrs. Stack that the decision of the New Jersey court in her favor should be so ap- plisd here as to restore Her children to her, the judge holding that he had already pass- ed upon that matter. The action of the court today was taken in the proceedings in equity, instituted by the next friend of the children (first their late grandfather and now Mr. Wm. A. Gor- don) to restrain all legal proceedings re- specting the custody of the children during endency of the contest over their will That contest is now at end, and counsel for Mrs. Perrme, the aunt and testamentary guardian of iue children, in- ed that the injunction case was, there- fore, at an end. The other side thought not, and for that reason pleaded the judg- ment of the New Jersey court. The motion for a modification of the or- der respecting the daily visits between Mrs. Slack and her chiliren was made by the next friend of the children, but in what Way it was desired to have it modified was not stated, and the court overruled the mo- tion. —— MR. CLIVELAND ACCEPTS. He Wili Arbitrate Between Brazil and Italy. Sceretary Olney has notified the govern- ments of Brazil and italy that President Cleveland accepts their invitation to act as arbitrator for the settiement of the questions in dis:ute between the two countries in a: rdance with the terms of a protocol recently agreed upon. Under the terms of that instruMent President Cleveland will adjudicate all claims he- tween the iwo countries that cannot be settled by their own dipiomatic represen- tatives within the next two months. Appointed Boatswain. The President has appointe@ David F. Hennessey to be a boatswain in the navy. ISEN IS SAFE Success of Ne UL AT ARCHANGEL WIRES ee Announcement Sent by a Russian Agent. PLORERS SKEPTICAL LONDON, Februers LOCAL —The British con- th ft Karaza in 1 2 sea northward £ return to Kote $s have Mr. Scott Keit e adil- uy hing the poi did Lot know puld prove he had is report be nd other docu- to give alt to Prof. Andre's edition to ing the Domi: y_ step bI 1 for and re- sh goverment, any will bear the on of @ large numi fon aythe take to have s to 1 th reulars f the Demin . An officin! of the phical So- lety states that a large sum of monty h d to aid rof. Andre's scheme thought to be feasible. JUDGE DALY'S COMM ONT. More Credible Than ste Second Report the NEW YORK, February 15.—Judge Chas. P. Daly, president of the American Geo- graphical Society, when shown the Asso pateh from London today Nansen’s return from the to a Commercial Adver- d Press regarding Dr. 1 pole, rT reporte: This ts rather better than the first ac- count we had. It is a remarkable circum- stance that the news should come from these two places, but coming from points widely separated as Archangel and Irkutsk, is rather in favor of the news being true. But I shall want some further information y before accepting the re- Fort as a 1 have always bel so fact. the pole would be reached #®me day, would say that his Sroject ted a’ way that seemed as likely to as any other, although it was somewhat dangerous. But 1 cannot un- he happens to be returning if he had sailed the course he nded following—the current t that it would b: pergen and east Greenland, of iim should naturaliy reach us from Hammerfest.” TRACING NANSEN'S STEPS. A Fellow Countryman Who Does Not Reject the Report of His Success. Mr. Leonhard Stejneger of the National Museum says in regard to the first report of Nansen’s great discovery: “As a countryman of Dr. Nansen and once closely connected with the museum of which he at one time was a curator, I have naturally followed his career with keen interest. Knowing, as I do, his qual- ifications for the task he has undertaken I wish to say a few words in regard to the latest alleged new: t is very difficult to express a well- founded cpinien as to the authenticity of the narrative which comes to us from Irkutsk, but as I look upon the facts there is nothing intrinsically iraprobable in tie story. “I wish to recall to you that Konchnaref, who is now said to have brought the news, is the same man whom Nansen had en- gaged to furnish him some tsams of vast Siberian dogs, because ‘of their superiority over those from further west. You will also remember that Nansen, after ha taken on board a supply of the latter, being sutistied as to their qualities, f: ‘to call at Konchnaref’s station, steaming northward toward his goal instead. The most reasonable explanation of this action is thet Nansen met with such exceptionally favorable ice conditions to the north of him that he corciuded to utilize them at once, ret being able to afford the delay in stop- ping at Konchnaref’s, especially as his own dogs were considered serviceable. if this was his reason, it is but rair to assume that he reached a high latitude that first autumn, and that possibly he was able to reach the pole during the following year. “As any zoologist who has studied the me D. CG, SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1896-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS. fon will tell you, the probabilities are at there is considerable land to the north of the New Siberian Islands and Franz Joseph’s Land; in fact, at the very pole, exactly as the telegram has it; and it is quite possible that Nansen's drifting in his 1 with the ice came to a stop by the discovery of scrme large island. Having a supply of sledge dogs, and being thus pre- pared for travel over the tce—or, still bet- ter, over land—Nansen may have taken to his ski and sledses, while his vessel was anchored in sorze sheltered bay, or possibly even set high and dry up on the land by the pressure of the ice. Napsen’s Retreat. ‘Having thus reached the pole, planted there the three-colored Norwegian flag,and urveyed the land upon which it is located, had to think of his retreat. His kk accompiished he naturally wishes to urn as speedily as possible. “If he w on ski and with sledges the first thing to do would prekably be to return to the vessel in order to lay in rovisions fo! trip home. Under the s vessel wi: ither Jost, ting so slow hat it et to get out between reenland, it seems but hould have chosen the this improt for tray would be th » men who sue Greenlanc tated up xe noruh pole or its. r, that w a la and who Ly bod y of and nd int lowers 1 the pote we on, not to prov hanpene 1, accompl eis no} (ANDED HIGHLY. 2 Upon the Re- ation, jon from Arch- return of Dr. es not r hount to in th of Gen, The latter i: Commador vatble the nort uted the angel and I on Areh- er point being of Nansen’s re- that if it was news of Nansen’s move- ed the mouth of the Lena, dup the river to Irkutsk, the same in? ched Archangel ame lack of detail he said, that had jd this absence of n was, or h ated with, cast suspicion Archangel, Gen. Greely and important Russtan ions with the outer had reached there on why full detaiis were not that wher turn ts had r 1 had so work. it was tm he saw no r obtainable, Gen. Greviy called attention to another point, which was that if Nansen has polar regions a st, then he ha: correctness of the theory edition was embarked. upon which It would show, id, ad of here existing ‘a current aer pole there was a current that swept him up from the neighborhood of Bennett Island to pole and then tured back and returned to his siarting point. Gen. Greely hought this state of affairs was hardly uly there was no scicntitic e of the existence of an oblig- rent as this, and, therefore, not standing the hangel story, Gen. Greely stood unshaken in his dishelief In the return of Nansen as described. Arctic Distances. Lieut. Scheutze made the point that has apparently escaped observation, that if the first story from Irkutsk was true, then Nan- sen was sighted or heard from off the Lena river delta away ba: Scheutze is thoroughly fami iar with that ountry. He says that from Irkutsk to Yakutsk, which is the most northerly Rus- sian post of any significance, is a distance of about 2.000 miles, and communication is had only by sleds, or, in summer, by rafts lown the river Lena, From Yakutsk to Ust , at the month of the Yena, where the Russian trader is said to have heard from Nansen, is a distance of 1,500 miles through an unbroken wilderness, and the means of communication are reindeer or dogs. The only travel between Yakutsk and Ust Yansk is confined to a few halfbreed traders, who so up to the latter point early in the winter and stay through until the next spring. Many months are required for the trip, and 80 any news coming from Ust Yansk of Nan- sen must be very old. Reverting to the possibilit roming also from Archangel, Lieuten- neutze said that it was extremeiy ly, althoush it was not entirely im- ble that efter having been sighted somewhere off the Lena delta Nansen may have worked his way westward clear to the neighborhood ¢f Archangel. Possible Mistakes. Lieutenant Scheutze referred to difficul- ties that might be encountered in the at- tempt to trace such a rumor as that in question. He said that the natives who might have sighted an arctic explorer would not ccnecive the nature of his un- certaking, and owing to their dense ignorance it would hardly be possible for them to transmit an intelligible account of the event through many such natives, and after that through half-breeds, who knew little more, to civilization. In illustration, he eited the experience of Nordjenskiold, who passed one of the Siberian Islinds in 4 fog, while a hunting party of natives was en it. The natives could not sce the steamer Vega owins to the fog, but hearing che churning of the screw they were sirieken in tcrror, put out their campfires and hid themselves in the ice, and not till months afterward was it finally wormed out of them by a haif-breed, who had been fortunate enough to have once secn a steam vessel, that the explorer had actually passed their vicinity. eof the same a SHERIPE PLUMMER’S TRIP. as Will Present Requisition for Jackson ~ and Walling. LOUISVIULE, Ky., February 15—A spe- ‘cial to the Commercial from Frankfort,Ky., says Sheriff Plummer @f Newport, Ky., has secured from Gov, Bfiidley requisition pa~ pers for Scott Jacksorw ard Alonzo Wailing, the prisoners held Cincinnati for the murder of Pearl Bi n, and started for Columbus to-prasent them to Gov. Bushnell. MR. QUAY’S “PLANS He Proposes to Hold the Delegation of His State. AN UNDERSTANDING WITH PLATT The Opportunity of Becoming Dic- tator of the Nomination. POSSIBLE DEVELOPMENTS The announcement that Senator Quay ts a candidate for the presidency is regarded by the triends of other candidates as an {n- Umation that they must deal with him direct, and not encroach upon his preserve in hopes of picking up a few delegates. It has been stated, on good grounds of belief, that Mr. Platt ard J derstanding as to th egates from their their votes are not to go to any can who is not bound to recognize men as conspicuously after ele ign. e two del that date these two jon as dur- Dp prevent zations together them fr. being divided several candidates, or going to xe Support of any ene cf them before a agreement His heen reached, it sary that ther ould be £ ned Mr. Morton for inion is that in tk mn among th 5 Around 1 Pat th rallied until sition of th r view of U some of the y are dec Why He € not correct, politicians of the nex Out Himself, known in certain a sort of foil to p ut of other candidates, been understood did desire not to accept would have put in son yhom he His fir: He ideration of Wen. ght in Penns combine idate to hold the at the convention, though 2 1 the advantage of the support of several of the w and, haps, of the southern deleg therefore, had to be aban: according to recent pul) Mir. Quay offered to let G antagonist, occupy the os sylyania candidate und and yu This, to Gov. teclined, e xone further to Pennsylvania delegatio: > candidates for a while » however, he was cov- ity of assuming that is believed to be all d with the m on himself. Th: re is in his What Mr. Qusy Waats. Mr. Quay does not want the Pennsylvania delegation to go to S in the interest of cither Reed, Mck Allison or any other candidat seriously in the ficll. He wants their vote to be decided by which may develop hereafter probably better than does a nt that is not satisfactory to New York delegation are pulli the Pennsylvania delezation another all the delegate: m the silver states another, votes necessary to th tion of any of the prominent may be held off until such time Quay and Platt may see fit to x magic wand which is to bring the 4 ant element wether. It may e necessary to contrive the bri entirely new man. The situation is favorable to as that attributed to Mr. Quay didates are in the field, d thoke who agree practically on all mat- ters of policy, and the party is so divided on the money question that the delerations from between eight and twelve states will eppese the nomination of any of the can dates who are prominently before the party There is even a threatened holt from the convention by the delegations from these western silver states. This threat of a bolt is encouragéd by the prospect that the will be a similar bolt from the democrati: conventior, which is to follow, thereby of- fering a chance for a combination. Oppertanity to Be a Dicin With this delicate situation exis: holding aloof of the great delegati New York and Pennsylvania from the port of the principal candidates may I» culated upon to place the convention at their m The nation may develop at any time when the votes of these tw» states, or perhaps one of them, may ide the nomination. Apparently Mr. Quay does not want to throw away this opportunity of be- ing dictator, by having the delegation either divided or pledged betorehand to one of the candidates. be nging in of an ich a plan Many can- RE The House Votes Against the Coinage Amendment. By a vote of 9) to 215 the House refused to concur in the free silver amendment to the bond bill yesterday. The annovnce- ment of the result was cheered by the anti- silver forces. Free An analysis of the voie shows that 181 republicans and 3i demo- crats voted agairst concurrence, and democrats, 25 republicans and 7 populis for concurrence. a Mr. Reed Rode Up. Speoker Reed of the House had a confer- ence with Secretary Carlisle this morning. Whea the Speaker entered the treasury Luiluing the elevator had just been stopped for repairs. The ordinary visitor was obi cd to use the stairway to reach the upper floors, but the man in charge evidently thought he was justified in making an in M>. Re ase. Some one shouted: “The Speaker of the House is & Gown here for that cleva down it came. Mr. Roed steppe d was carried to the Sceretary’s floor. ‘The elevator was then stopped 4nd the work of repairing resumed, heediess of other would-be passengers. and Won the Prize Essay. Lieut. A. P. Niblack of the navy has won the naval prize essay for this year, his subject being “Tactics of Ships in Line of Battle.” He won a similar prize for tho yeay 1801. It consists of a gold medal, $100 in mony ang life membership in the naval institute, | the Ebbitt. i 6 ; the Shoreham. TO KILL Senator Pettigrew’s Bill Probably to Be ‘Reported Favorably, Meeting of the Senate Foreign Rela- tlens Commitice Today — The *Hawalian Cable Considered. The Senate committee on foreign rela- ticns held a special meeting today 1 practically decided to favorably ren Senator Pettigrew’s bill for the am ment of the law nr eries, The main feature of the is a provision for permittin to have all the on the Pribylof gcvernm: sted will not a modus vivendi for th prot the seals, while the matter of per protection is under eration internation for w bill makes The House gulating the s it. take the positi th ez rapidly ex nehter and by t hod of killing the their young to dic lat Hed in u that the : both by of the $ + that the te is at best on eu tf all ar ight be whea next Summe » the proce rvation of the sion was re it @ two of them, are Ce Col report sereral aboommait tee contract with ancelr iness fre 3 end of the tweniy S period, but is to continue until the entire sum of the sub- returned. committee was not unanimou prope ne of thi mbers rnme: poration, but one of the ment of the c¢ The final dispo. thot s to any ership with a pr stigation of resources of comparatny two compani Personal Men St, Louis is represented at the Arlington by a delegation of her most distinguished and influential citize ho are here te upon Congress the necessity of anpropr ing $1,000,000 for the dec i ppl fiver from St. 1.0 so as to insure a depth of six fee Lioyd G. Thomas Booth, J. 8. Hays, Rober University, committee on behalf of a f- recently introduced by Represer Cobb, which contains the features erated above. HH. Mitchell, a maica Plai -known citizen of Ja- Y., accompanied by his at the Ebbitt. at the Ebbitt from Lon- arprises hint. polis poli- at the E M Charles J. , Miss Grace Allen and Charles K. Allen, wife children of . Allen of the army, joined him at the Ubbitt last_ night. Reuben F. Kolb, perpetual candi the Alabama populists for governor anora Du: the horeham, where Annina auman and Emma Grammatia are also opping. Patterson, W. D. Woolwine and Kerckhoff. weli-te-do and promi- it_citizs of Los Angeles, Cal., are at Charies H. Tweed, who is C. P. Hunting- ten’s New York aitorney, is at the Nor- mandie. Mrs. Manderson joined the ex. the Arjington this morning. Col. F. 1 substantial real estate holdings here, is the Arlington. Ex-Congressman Van Voorhis and far ly of Rochester will arrive at the Arlin, ten tomerrow fer an extended stay. aymond, tor at Loring of New York, who has at of the York 1 Trance r hushand at the Ar- mond lias been ion en the Che: ward H. Abbott of Boston, president and treasurer of the Wisconsin Ce. lines, Arlingior. Mrs. Josiah Witby leader of Prev spent a part of the Ariington with Mrs. F ard who ha: ‘ons here, md AY Comma Riontgon ery, ha He is stopping nue. ngtnecr Ogden of the Mon t the Bancroft. corps of engineer before the Hi gomer Col. im the city Representatives, Capt. D. A. Lyk, ordnance department, is at the Ebbitt. Lieut. Col. E Beaumont, retired, visiting friends 20th sireet. Jusiice Bingham of the Distr Supreme Co rt has been confined to hi heme ce Thursday by a severe cold. No seriou It is anti ed, however. Mr. A. E. Winship and seventy-five New England tourists are quartered ut tb Hotel Arno. Mr. W. T. Crump, who has been confined to the house for the ljast six weeks wit spinal trouble and rheumatism, is slow improving. ———_—_+-e-._____ A Gur Ring Conference. Secretary Herbert had 2 consultation this morning with Capt. Sampson, chief of ord- nance; Engineer-in-Chief Melville and rep- resentatives of the Midvale and Bethelehem steel works in regard to the award of ccn- tracts for the construction of forgings for eight-inch and th rteen-inch guns for the battle ships Kearsurge and Kentucky. ALL THE SEALS| If you want today’s news tcday you can find it only in The Star. Aba Sh ALLUT iF | LGaTsG Senate Bill Rega’ ag Improvement of Water Supply Approved. —————— - . BUSINESS PROPOSITION and 2 model ser minimum of anr r the of th th: of California, ha “1 from the dition with an overflo esting things to r i ays the thirty miles in above the size, a neireling waves of due the Gult ¢ nd is in- by about ans, who y ein +foot up and They never plant cro; . Which is found in abundance nard, ated th waters furnish them with ny quantiiy of te ef that the nati s has not been st he explo Ther have be . of mines of fabulous wealth upon the a, 3 buried of silver and « ful width and th is i by the In ot wper ores of wonder- tut Mr. M redit these © torte island which was v y of rigged mountain, ple y springs of det he s w POLR CRUSHED TO DEATH. Terrible Accident tn a Michigan Mine Thix Morning. scuary 1 ter- fn th the men were com from work out of No. p jumped the track, and it na turn are W 4 iiiam 1 broken; Mei hurt three ribs RESULT ALLY. Denth of Marthe Carroll From an rar ion of a kerosene t evening, Martha pont 10 0% colored, death ensued jwas her hi explosion tien her br found her 9n blankets 6 Hospital, wa: to ° unfortunate wo- 4d this afiernoon. to Susie . a colored domestic, while in a wit- ness room al the Police Court this moraine | She attempted to arise from a bench, and the effort caused a yuinful dislocation of the jleft shoulder, which was reduced at the | Emergency Hospital by Dr. McGrath. ‘The woman resides at @2 New York avenue northwest.