Evening Star Newspaper, February 20, 1896, Page 1

RY ih THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by ing Star Ne Vo: eS ele ee New York Offce, 40 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star {s served to subscribers in the elt by cattioss, on thelr own account, at 10. cents per week, or #4 cents per mouth. Coples at the emter 2 cants each. mati—anywhere in the tones os or Canada—postage prepaid-—50 cents mont PSaturday Quintcple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with tage adiled, $9.00. Sigaerd at the Post Otice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) ‘TAN! mail subscriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of advertising made known on applicatin. No. 13,406. WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 1896-TWELVE PAGES. TWO OENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star, HE HIT T It Was Too Potent fora Well-Kuown Prize Fighter. BILLY MILLAN KILLED BY OPIOM Death Brings a Sccia! Smoke to a Close. AN AWFUL WARNING Billy MeMillan, the well-known prize- fighter, who has made Washington his home for the past ten died this morning at k ina roor at street north- from the e moking opium. Han was not ed to the use of the ts of He er the proposition was made, no what the character of the enter Ment promised to be. Accordingly, when he ‘day evening to join three ndulge in a e-smoking yted with a! as much as anything quartet nd vegan smoking about opium ¥ rolled in the pecu ing. party ing the long. other. He Never Spe ‘e was only the one ed in Indian fashion, amed article from one ke Again. when McMillan was ipe, in his turn, and waved it It was midnight handed the aw: They w A few moments loudly, and his "py companions d that he y turning blue in ihe e. Their efforts to awaken him being fruitless, the men out for a: Wade H. Atkinson and Dr. Heinecke Were quickly in ‘attendance, but McMillan scious when they reackcd him. ort wassmade to restore him, and al or resorted to and 5 am., but the chancé of recovery. he had smoked had an aceumu- a were so filled they were completely Hammett viawe on 1 upon hearing | & physicians had to say, hat an ing an Lived with hi i avenu urled. Priends View His Remains. r the hed his a n MeM was removed to $ undertaking ishment, and the 3 of his death quickly spread to the ons and hotels where he was a familia character. A large number of hi visited t ak nd the regret that was | death w id gen-{ one 3 n had somethirg pleas y of him when they heard of his nd it is y le that no member of porting fiaternity in this city could @ Kindlier feeling behind kim than fillan has lef, -The dedd man was ied only three weeks ago, and his wife is greaUly prostrated by the shock of his death. His full name ¥ William David Me- lan, 2nd he was born in England twen- nine y 50. of good parentage. He yward boy, and in his eariy teens mlisted in the British navy. He soon he ever spoke. ater pegan to snore half began to display a great deal of proficiency int manly art, and was soon noted his shipmates as a very handy er with his fists. About twelve lillan came to this countr: d, a deserter from the He spent a few month: ork, and in 188 came to Washing- dd was soon regarded as a coming ten, rian in the ring. His Career in the Ring. He was the protege of Ned Donnelly and Lally ef Baltimor at the sad scene, t this contest was in the nature of a the best of the M luction of yer fights. Aaron- fillan won it after a ‘d contest, ich his ed determination and wonderful ca- pacity for receiving punishment were strikingly exemplified. His next fight was with Paddy Duffy of Boston, who was then the cheripion wel ight of the world, and tke Yankee boy whipped him. MeMillan then fought George Northridze of this city down the Potomac, and it was the cpinion of every man at the ringside that the Englishman had won, but in t vernacular, McMillan was “up against it and did not get the decision. After this he went to Chicago with Lewis Izzell, the race horse owner, who backed him against Tommy Ryan. Gave Vietory Away. MeMillan knocked Ryan out sixteen sec- onds after the men entered the ring, but + Izzecll, who was behind him, declined to count, saying that the people at the ring- side Lad paid for a fight, and he was sure that MeMilian could give Ryan another chance and still defeat him. This, how- e Was a mistake. In order to get down to proper weight Mc- Millan had trained down too finely, and on the morning of the fight he had sper:t three hours in a Turkish bath. and was, conse- quentiy, very weak. When Ryan got up and the fight was renewed he tired Me- Milian by adopting keep-away tactics and then whipped him. The dead man then Went to New Orleans, where he had several fights, winning them all, including an elght- round so with Hines, and he was in Kil- rain's corner during the latter's fight with Sullivan. Returning to Washitigton, Me- Millan got on a fight with Campbell, the champion heavy weight of Maryland, and efeated him in sixteen rounds. This was followed by his whipping Mike Raedy in Seventeen rounds. He then fought Pat Raedy, a brother of Mike, and won in half @ round. e His Last Appearance. His last fight was with Gorman a year aso. McMillan had all the best of this fight, but it, was not down on the program for him to get a decision. Gorman’s sec- onds threw up the sponge, but the referee declared that it was no centest. At the time of his death arrangements were being consummated for a battle between McMU- Jan and Kid McCoy. NecMillan was regarded as a ‘clean and Square fighter, who did not_know what punishment was, and possessed a wonder- ful amount of pluck and dogged determina- tion. Until the close of the track at Alex- ander Island McMillan offictated there as tant starter to Mars Cassidy. McMil- Jan's popularity was not contined to the men with whom he mostly associated, as he was weil liked by a large number of those outside that circle. He was of a gen- erous disposition and sympathetic to those in distress, and many incidents were re- cited today of the helpfulness he had ex- tended to the needy when his own circum- stances were not affluent. ” McKinley's Friends Recogniza That It is = Aimed at Him. Only Three Candidates Considered— Trouble Expected in the New York and Pe sylvania Delegations, The friends of McKinley are naturally greatly interested in the favorite son move- ment that has started. They recognize that the movement is aimed at McKinlsy, but they profess to feel no anxiety about the matter. They contead that it is a confes- sion of McKinley's strength, that the oppo- sition is driven to this course by the convic- tion that if they do not thus divide the dele- gations up among many men the Ohio can- didate will be nominated on the first ballot. It is not believed that the plan is aimed directly against Reed, but the opinion 3 pressed that it will prove hurtful to him on account of the implied confession of his chief rival's strength. The McKinley people refuse to regard any. but McKinley, Reed and Allison as serious candidates, though they grant that Davis is himself sincere in his candidacy. The ing of Morton as the favorite son of ew York they regard as simply a move of Piatt’s to prevent the delegation from that e being divided between McKinley and is thought that Reed will be hurt move, though it is aimed at and it is predicted that the whole $ will break up in a bitter factional fight > state. The belief is frecly expressed ay will not be able to control the nia delegation, and that most of 0 to McKinley, in spite of Qu name being presented. The claim is made that the only way that Qua¥ can even make the appearance of a solid delegation will be by agreeing to the adoption of McKinley as second choice. The move in Pennsylvania, and the announcement of Manderson as a candidate, are pointed out as the most open attacks upon McKinley, and the most direct confession of his strength. In both these States, the friends of the Ohio candidate say. the timent is overwhelmingly fer McKinley, and it is simply an undisguised effort to tle the delegates up. The Mandeison candidacy is meeting with such opposition in Nebraska that nothing is expected to come of the favorite son idea there. The fact that Senator Thurston is openly and publicly supporting McKinley, and that the McKinley forces are well or- ganized in the state, is expected to prevent Manderson’s indorsement by the delegation. Davis, they concede, will have the Minne- sota delegation solidly, and will be sincere in his candidacy, but that he will have any considerable strength in the northwest is disputed. lin they do not believe, will support Cullom all for do no more than com- pliment Culiom. The McKinley people count Reed their chief opponent, and concede that he will have the entire w England dele- gation. They say that there is a very ndly feeling toward McKinley in New ad, but that there will be no effort ade to capture any of him. Nor will they, s tain southern territory with os MATTHEWS FOR SILVER. He Has Written a Letter § is for Free Coinage. To stop the booms for Morrison and Ste- venson among the silver men, the stip- porters of Governor Matthews of In- dana find that they must do some- thing. Of course, the only way to successfully prevent further acqnisitions to Morrison or Stevenson from the silver ranks would be to have Matthews come Oup a®cnce for silver. That is what it is alleged he will do. He has just written a letter to a friend in Washington saying that he fs for free coin- age, and that his position on the question is identical-with that of Senators Voorhees and Turple. This puts him with the pro- nounced free silver people, and throws J:im in Ine for their support. Whether he will get it is ancther question. “Won't you give me the letter for publi- caticn?” asked a Star reporter of the friend who had received it. “No, I can’t do that,” was the answer: “but what I have told you is correct. Mat- thews is a free silver man, and will stand en that platform until the last.” It Is pessible that the contents of the let- ter have already beeri used. The talk of Matthews has intreased in the last few ays, and the letter may have had some- thing to do with it. Senator Voorhees has been ill for some time, and could net be seen by a Star re- porter who. called. Senator Turple was asked about Governor Matthews’ position “Well, he is a pronounced bimetallist,’ answered the Serator, with the most solemn tace imaginable. “Is the party in your state for silver be- nd doubt?" queried the reporter. “It has always declared for s.lver through the state conventions,” said Mr. Turpie. is ndiana send a solid delegation to Chicago for Matthews?” a eee Mr. Turple added to his brief and cautious answers the statement that Governor Mat- thews was a farmer, and that he was horn and reared in Kentucky. “He also gradu- ated from college in Kentucky. oe —___ PARDON DENIED. ying He The President Refuses to “Interfere in the Cases of Two Criminals, The President has denied the applications for pardon in two criminal cases of im- portance. One is the case of Lewis Red- wine, a prominent social character of At- lanta, Ga, who was convicted of embez- zling the funds of a national bank, and sentenced January 12, 189, to six years’ imprisonment in the Ohio pententiary. The President says he does not regard the sentence as a severe one, and that he sees nothing in the papers in the case to en- title the convict to clemency. The repre- sentations in regard to the state of the prisoner's health do not, in the President’s opinion, justify his release at this time. The other case was that of F. M. O. Hol- ston, convicted in Oregon of forgery in a pension case, and sentenced January 29, 1s@1, to ten years’ imprisonment. In de- nying the application for pardon the Presi- dent says he is decidedly in favor of strict punishmeiit of persons guilty of forgery, especially where it results, as in this case, “in swindling a poor and needy veteran and a prostitution of the benevolent inten- tions of the government, as embodied in its pension laws. —————-2._____ CENSURE ‘FOR MR. BAYARD. The House Committee on Foreign Affairs Considering the Subject. An effort was made to reconsider and modify the Bayard resolution of censure, adopted some time ago, and which has not yet been reported to the House. Mr. Quigg of New York made ‘the ‘suggestion, but there was considerable opposition to any such action. Mr. Heatwole of Minnesota said that as several members of the com- mittee were absent who favored the reso- lution as reported, he thought there should be a full committee meeting before any re- consideration was veted upon. He also sug- gested that if it was designed to leave out Mr. Bayard’s name the resolution Inight /be made simply. to request ambassadors and ministers abroad to conform to the diplomatic instructions. As it will be a week or ten” the’ resolution Js called up in Hause there may be a modification of its terms Previous to its being reported. @ays' before | the Gevernment Directors of the Road Appear Before the Committee. ALLEGED MISREPRESENTATIONS Exhaustive Explanation of Mr. E. Ellery Anderson. OBSTACLES TO SETTLEMENT E. Ellery Anderson and ex-Representa- tive Coombs, government directors of the Union Pacific railroad, were heard before the House committee on Pacific railroads tcday on the general question of settle- Ment between this road and the govern- ment. Mr. Andersen first addre: committee. He first called attentis statement by Secretary Smith that he understcod iands of the Union Pacific grant were sold by a company organized within the railroad company. .He said that Mr. Smith was misinformed. He eculd not un- derstand how the Secretary acquired such imperfect knowledge on the subject. He then explained the marner of disposing of th lands. He said all mortgages were issued directly by the Union Pacifie or Kansas-Pacitic. There wes no wheel with- in a wheel, ne said. Secretary Smith's in- formation was incorrect. He enumerated the mortgages to trust companies. “IT make these explanati “because the making these pression and e: susp ‘The mortgages were made dire companies, and the names of the pa precluded the suspicion of wrong and d honesty. I canrot say whether all the money divided from the sale of bonds twen- ty or thirty years ago was properly « 1; but as far as the sale of lands is concerned, there is no diffleulty in satisfying this com- mittee that every dollar has be: plied to the payment of outstanding debts and interest “This is a totally different question from thar as to what may have been do the company twenty or thirty with the money p10c! d from the bonds.” Financial nding of the Re He said there was a good deal of mi ion as to the financjal standing of the a. and coms s and out ng ob , road in the count lons than any The compan, s out of the y for the obli n Company and the ion Pacific debt, if »d to a Sudgment, seven milion dol- Mr. Anderson said ‘that a judgment against the company would not inttrfere with forfeiture of land to the government. Mr. Smith suggested, he said, an act of ferfeajure giving the holders of land an op- portunity to make good their titles. Mr. Anderson suggested that, instead of this, provision be max ar the titles of innocent hold Ditfieul he said, the directors had filed ap official report, in which they have made certain sugges They, as all their predeces had been, are opposed to government ownership of the roads. They recommend the common sale of the two properties under fore- closure. This suggestion, he sald, was largely Mr. Coombs’, There were 60 many reads that would want to- acquire this route, the best to the Pacific coast, that a goad price might be obtained. ‘The setulement of the Union Pacifie with the government, he said, presents almost insurmountable obstacles. There are so many elements admitting of differences of epinion that an az nt in SS afficult. He did not think a satisfacto fanding Will could be prepared or carrie into effect. No bill, he d,vsiving the government first lien, € at 2 per cent, could be carried into effect by the com- pany. ‘The road has not the fir neial pow- er to carry it into id. An extension under present conditions would be of no avail. The roads, if they got into trouble, would plead for further ions and reductions of in and would still insist that for is impracticable. The propesition vith the government by the ac- ceptance of a proportional share of firs r.ortgage bonds, he s: it would end the direct relations between the government and the read. CompHeation of Accounts, Mr. Coombs followed Mr. Anderson. He said that he had spent some time in study- ing the figures of tha Union Pacific, and found that there was a great complicztion, one that could not be untangied by Con- gress without great difficulty. From Omaha to Ogden there could be by law but two classes of obligations. On the Kansas Pacific branch there is a mass of obligations which could not be inclufed in a scheme’ to settle with the government. It was evidently the policy of the govera- ment from the first that the Union Pacitic and Central Pacific roads should form one through route to the Pacific coast. Any settlement to satisfy the people of the section through which the roads pass must céntemplate the opening up of an outlet through a trunk line from Missouri river to the Pacific coast. He suggested that the government for- close its mortgages on both the roads and put them up at auction. Then the various interests would contend for their posses- sion. : ~ New is the Time to Settle. “You cannot get the consent of Con- gress,” he said, ‘to extend the time of settlement with these roads. I do not think that it is right to extend the time. This is the best time to settle. Tha country could afford to give the roads away, for the material benefit they have been to the country, but the government has no right to give them away He said he had come to the conclusion in ccnsidering this matter that a syndi- cate of outside parties could be formed to purchase the roads at a price to pay the government as much as they have ever expected to get. Seventy-five millions have been suggested. He said Congress should pass a b:ll consolidating these suits, and the property will come before the public as property in the market. An upset price might be provided for, ~- a ‘The chairman suggested the difficulty of dispute of claim to terniinal facilities. This could be settled by the court in the judg- ment, Mr. Coombs thought. - Stalwart Figures Suggested. _ Mr. Coombs sald that he was satisfied from information he had that a syndicate ‘would Be formed of parties not now inter- ested In these roads, to buy the two roads if seid under forclosure, bidding as hfgh as bet Ander: resuming his address, at re son, h {he conelusion. of Mr. Coantbs? or the appointneet of & com or power to-settle, with the approval of the intment of a commission with } | meaner eae === | ONE HUNDRED KILLED STILL ON THE STAND. = Senator Morgan Continues Examining Mr. C. P. Huntington. Senator Morgan today continued his ex- amination of Mr. C. P. Huntington con- cerning the affairs of the Central Pacific Railroad Company, in connéctidh with the hearing which the Senate committee on Pa- cific railroads is conducting The questions submitted today were bas@t largely upon the report on the Pacific roafis made by the Pattison commission, but Mr. Huntington said he did not remember t ive ever read this report. He said the ntral Pacific had been built upon asset4 amounting to $41,090,000, of which $28,000, consisted of government bonds, but tht it had cost more, for all the securitie#*were sold for less than par in currency ard with the pro- ceeds gold was purchased, which on an average cost about $1 in currency-for each 60 cents’ worth. It was necessary to use gold in all transactions om the Pacific coast when the road was constructed. He admitted that he, Hopkins, Stanford and Crocker were the members of the con- tract company, but said thet they took up the construction work because they could get no one else to do it. -When the or- ganization of this company vas under con- sideration he wired Crocker; saying: ‘Take as little of the stock as You can and as much as you must.” When the work was completed the contract Company owed about $16,000,000, and although it received 0,000,000 in Central Pacitlt st as- Ss would not have paid lts whe y, however, came o€t ahead in the y holding the stock unpil ils value in- d. He declared, however, that he could not remember what the profit was 10 the company er to its individual member THE MEMORIAL BRIDGE Report of the- House Gommittes on Inter- siate and Foreign Gomimeree. Its Purpose to Afford a Fitting Ap- preach to Arlington Cemetery—Re- pentedly Urged on Congress. Ti report cf the committee on inter- ate und foreign commerce on the memo- rial bridge bill was made public today. It says: “The purp: a bridge se of the bill Is to constrict ‘oss the Potomac river between the naval observatory grounds, in this city, and th. Arlington reservation and Fort Myer, in Virginia. In the Fifty-sec- 1 Cor » Corporation sought to build a brid point, and a bill granting the franchise for that purpose was introduced in the second session there- of, This bill was referred for report to the War r this committee, and the so strenuously and urgently opposed the granting of this site upon the ground ment, t be committee declined to port the bill, W. not aware that at any other time private parties sought to build the bri Goverument Should Bulld It. “We are sati§fied, however, that, consid- i ity of rendéring speedily ible to the capital its at Fort Myer, the pro- approach to the great national cemetery at Arlington, where are gath so many of the nation’s honored dead, and the desirability for these reasons of subjecting the use of this bridge-to the control of the War Department, none other than the government should be allowed to build it, For the same reason, and because tramways of every kind are’ excluded by this bill from the use of this bridge, it is proper that the cost of building it should be borne exclusively by the government, and that the committee's amendment striking out the clause imposing one-half ot the cost of the bridge upon the District of Columbia shall be adopted. priety of a fittin Repeatedly Urged Upon Congress. “This project seems to have been pend- ing before Congress, without final action, however, since the first session of the Forty-ninth Congress, when the Senate passed a resolution directing the Seerctary of War to— ‘Examine and report upon the exped| ency of consiructing a government oridg: with suitabie draw ana approaches, irom nt at or near the foot of New Yor! on the publi river and Ana- to a poitic on the Uniteu cemetery grounds az Ar- wita estimates Gf the cost of the Lridge deemed by the department : the cost of al- and il not materially affect the nayi- gation of the river.’ 1586 up to the ‘present time the building of this bridge has been urged re- y upon the attention of Congress by sive Secretaries of War, chiefs of ergiieers and quartermasters general of the army. Within a brief period the pres- ent quartermaster general of the army, representing not only his own views, but stating that, he came by direction of the Secretary of War, has been before your committee and strenuously set fortn the entire inadequacy of the present means of communication with the large military post of Fort Myer, the insecure character of the Aqueduct bridge, and the fact that it would take twice the time to reach the capital thereover in an emergency than would be required for that purpose under the condi- tions presented by this bill. Secretary Lamont's Recommendation. “The Secretary of War iff his annual re- port for 1895 says: ‘Improved means of communication between Washington and the Virginia shore must very soon be pro- vided. Another bridge is not only a con- ceded necessity to the population of both sides of the Potomac and as an approach to the national cemetery at Arlington, but also as a military convenience to bring the principal garrison of the national capital within easy reach of itsistreets and public buildings. Twice I havé submitted the sug- gestion that such a strueture can easily be made the most. impressive of the world’s memorials to hero‘sm. The natural advan- tages of the site are unsurpassed. The region is associated with war as no other | region of our country, an@ the site is dis- tinetly national. Suph a memorial bridge, ornamented with statues of our greatest warriors, with. symbolical figures of the strong qualities that warfare brings Into play, and with representatfons of the cru- cial events in national history, would be the same incomparable memorial to the great- ness of a peaceful people arouged by war as our single shaft to Washington is the worthiest monument to individual great- ress which human genius has yet executed. It is not proposed that the embellishment of the bridge shall now be provided for, but it is urged that its ultimate memorial char- acter shall be considered in the first designs and earliest appropriations.’ “Your committee is théroughly satisfied that this bill ought to pags,” —__.. WALLER RELEASED. The French: Presig {Signed His Pardon “Yorming.. Secretary Olney ornirig recelved the following amg announcing the pardoning of ex-Consui j President Faure of ape PARIS, Fé president signed this Waller's parton, Or ders are being issued for his, release. by the govern Most Disastrous Dynamite Explosion on Record. DISASTER AT JOHANNESBURG, AFRICA Many Injured and Thousands Made - Homeless. AID FOR THE DISTRESSED Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Pre: JOHANNESBURG, South African Repub- lic, February 20.—Details are reaching this. city today of what is probably the m disastrous dynamite explosion on record in any part of the world. Thousands of peo- ple have been rendered homeless by ihe terrible calamity, about 100 persons are be- lieved to have been Killed, two or three hundred men, women and children bave been severely wounded, and many others heve been more or less injured. Viedendorp, the scene of the calamity, is a suburb of Johannesburg. In it are hud- dled members of the poorer classes cf whites of the Rand, Malays, Kaflirs ant Chinamen, who subsist for the most part by dving odd jobs about the place, which is a railway transfer station for the mining districts of the section. Among the freight cars standing on the sidings at Viedendorp yesterday were eight trucks loaded with dynamite. The deadly stuff was hidden under canvas coverings to protect it from the rain and svn. As evening was approaching there was an explosion near the freight depot, so awful in the intensity of its force that yhe round for mi round was ccn- vulsed as if by an earthquake, houses rocked and fell, masses of fon, earth, stone, wood and human remains were hurled. heavenward, the windows of al- most every house in Johannesburg were broken, anti people were blown through the air like straws before a gust of wind. affects of the Explosion. The explosion had torn a hole 20) fect long and 80 feet wide over the spot where the eight trucks of d amite stood but a few minutes before. The whole of that quarter of Jonannesburg was literally blown to ple The effects of the sion could be scen over a radivs of more than a mile, and almost everything wi if mile of the spot wiiere the tri S had been shunted for the night was razed to the ground and crushed by the dyna- ‘ond redemption; iron work twist- d and torn, stones destroyed and bri ork pulverized. On the ground ‘e blackened heaps of hunian remains; limbs, heads, trunks, scorched and torn. The. victims were sily Malays, Kaffirs and Chinamen, e es Leing inca m’nority at Viedendorp; but in spite of this, quite a number of white people, including six girls, are among the many victims of this terrible calamity. In fifteen minutes after the explosion o: curred the bodies of forty dead pers horribly mutilated, were picked vp and car- ried away from the scene, while the search- ing of the ruins contmued without intermi: sion Over 200 of the most severely in- jured pérsons were aiso carried away, and hundreds of other wounded persons were taken to places where they might be cared for. In addition to the wounded, thousands of people rendered hemeless by the explosion are being cared for by the chartabie, and will receive assistarce so they can begin life arew. Pieces of iron, stone and brick are scattered all over Johannesburg; every building has felt the great shock more or Iéss, E physician in or about Johan- isting in the care of the wounded. Harrowing Scenes. The headquarters of the Wanders Ciub is being used as a mortuary c! gaily decorated club room are horrible lines of memberless, blackened trunks of human bodies, rows cf charred arms and legs crushed and burned heads, hands, fect, pieces of flesh, ete., tied up in bags, the whole presenting a sight as bloodcurdling as was ever witnessed. Around the club cene of the explosicn the most har- rowing scenes are witnessed. Fathers looking for their children, wives staring blaskly at what seemed to be the remains of husbands, the living, mary of them, bad- ly hurt themselves, hunting for traces of their dead. Probably the best idea of the force of the explosion can be gathered from the fact that the iron axles of the trucks upon which the dynamite was loaded have been driven twenty feet into the hard ground. How the explosion occurred is not known; but a belief prevails that a thieving Kaffir found his way to the shunted trucks, and that in trying to break open one of the cases of the explosives, being in ignorance of what it contained, he brought about the disaster which has caused so great a loss of life, and which has rendered so many people homeless and penniless. One Hundred Killed. The exact extent of the disaster will never be known. According to the esti- mates, however, about one hundred per- sons have been killed and about two hun- dred people wounded severely. In addi- tion, it is estimated that about one hun- dred more have. been less severely injured. Several of the wounded have since died of their injuries. All the hogpitals are filled with sufferers from the explosion, and many private houses have been turned into refuges for the wounded and homeless. Most of the houses in Viedendorp were built of corrugated iron, as jis usual in South Africa suburbs, and of this material, anyway near the spot where the explosion took place, hardly a vestige remains. A popular subscription has been opened for the relief of the wounded and homeless. Already over $200,000 have been raised, and this amount will reach $500,000 before night. In addition, steps have alfeady been taken to clear away the debris from the ground. A-portion of the money subscribed will be invested in building materials, and the work of reconstructing Viedendorp will be com- menced so soon as the remains of the dead are interred. This will probably be tcmor- row, and the occasion will be marked by a turn-out of almost the whole population of Johannesburg. ‘The Boers and Uitlanders are working har- m-oniously in the shecoring of'the wounded and homeless. The disaster seems to have done a great deal toward healing the sore- gaa which remained from the Jameson raid, “gnd may do much to cement a new and bet- er feeling between the foreign population and their Boer rulers. President Kruger has telegraphed his sym- ‘Or- | pathy with the people of Johannesburg in this emergency, and he is being kept posted _ Lon all the details of the great calamity. * Impoxsibl MR. It Now Seems Impossible for Blackburn to Win the Senatorship. ‘The Effect of the Secretary’s Deliver- ince Upon the National Demo- eratic Situation. The reply of Mr. Carlisle to those who had requested his intercession in Mr. Blackburn's behalf at Frankfort ts highly complimented for its candor and consisi- ency, His position was embarrassing, but at the same time his duty was very clear. The English of the request was that he counsel the «nti-Blackburn members of the Kentucky legislature to abandon an at- titnde which they had taken and were holding as the result of his own teachings on the money question. This he could not do. ‘This he has declined 19 do. The re- sult, of course, adds to the democratic dif- ficulty at Frankfort; but for the status of the case there Mr. Carliste does not hold himself in anywise responsible. for Blackburn to W: jd appear to be impossible now for hurn to win, The sound money democr: who have been 0; will now be stiffer of neck than eve! What, therefore, will the Blackburn people do? The initiative is with ther controlled the ¢: burn up to be for, to decide whether he sha! < another, in the hope of tempting fortune with a new name, or remain In the field to the end, The best opinion in_ Kentucky circles in Washington is that Mr. Black- burn will remain in the field, and endeavor to prevent a jection by this legisiature. pes over to bh islature, Mr candidate, and meanwhile ump the state, But a great a il depend on the result at Ch next July, and later at the polls in No- vember, if the free silver democrats are forced to their knees at Chicago, or porarily triumphing there, are overwhelm- ingly defeated in November, Mr, Black- burn will find it exceedingly difficult, if not to make a pssful cany Ss y in favor of free s in 1S therefore, that if he fails the next le will again be will again The Republicans’ Last Card. The plicans have not played their last cori at Frankfort, and seem to be hes- itating about deing so. This is the unseat- ing of two democratic members of the house against whom contests are pending. action is taken, and it does not sful re nm by the dem- ocratic wh threatenes Dr. Hunte be elected. Otherwise, Ub deadlock will remain to the end. The National Democratic Sltustion. But, directly as it applies to the Ken- tucky situation, the most important appli cation of Mr, Carlisle’s letter is thought to be to the national si e undoubtedly speaks by the administration’s sid sliver men in every well, it thought, to e at Chicago will receive sage couched in substantially the same terms as those that characterize this mes- Sage to the Frankfort demo: ministration on administration lines. s democratic is the policy administration is committed. m and his friends have in- terpreted the fi I plank of the Chicago platform of 1 favoraile to free coin- age. Mr. Cleyela nd Mr. Carlisle terpret it as justifying the have pursued with regard to th Nor will they compromise this v to help elect a demox And so it is assured that same inflexible spirit will be manifested, and that no concessions will be made there in the slightest degr Vorable either to the nomination of a fr coinage candidate or to the.adoptiou of a free coinage platform. > 2+____ TARY CARLISLE ACCEPTS. be recognized to which the *SECRE’ He Will Be the Guest of 7: York Clubs Next Week. Secretary Carlisle has gecepied an iny tion to attend a dinner at the Metropolitan Club, New York, next Monday evenin, the guest of Naval Officer Bali the following evening he will be the guest of the Manhattan Club. Over 500 invitations have been to the Manhattan Club dinner, including the members of the inet, all the democratic United State ators, the members of the Venezuela bound- ary commission and the leading bankers and business men of New Y¥: According io the New ¥ lity to be tended to Si that he has ed at the hands of New York city men since he has been head of the Treasury Department in Mr. Cleveland's ne Carlisle has been averse, appar: sting the New York hankers, f 1 occasions found fi convenient net to accept the cerdial invitations.of these gentlemen to entertain him. This was notably so a couple of years ago, when a dinner at Delmon‘co's was got up for his benefit. He relieved bis Tosts from any particular embarrassment by coming in when the coffee was served. The list of guests at Mr. the Metropolitan Club has not made up. The reception at the Ma Club will be a more general affair. eS eee FATHER MARQUETTE, Baldwin's dinner in yet heen His Statde Will Be Unveiled With Ap- propriate Ceremonies, The unveiling of Father Marquette’ statue In statuary hall will be the first case of the placing of a memorial to a church- man In the Capitol. The statue arrived yes- terday, and is being put in position, ready for unveiling at the proper tim’. Father Marquette is represented in the garb of the h a map of W! in his left hand, the right grasping his rob The statue was executed by Trentenov and is’a magnificent piece of work. A bili has been passed by Congress accepting the memorial, which is a gift of the state of Wisconsin, in recognition of Father Mar- quette’s services as an expiorer. It is expected that the unveiling exercises will be attended by Cardinal Satolli, Car- dinal Gibbons end the French and Italian ambassadors, together with a number of high dignitaries of the Catholic Church. The arrangements for the ceremonies have not yet heen made. Mr. Trentenove is now in the elty, the guest of- Mr. Henry F. Blount, at “The Oaks,” Georgetawn Heights. rae Army Orders, Maj. Carle A. Woodruff, second artillery; Capt. Paul Clendenning, assistant surgeon, end Lieut. Sebree Smith, second artillery, have been appointed a board to determine a} permanent system of water supply for the post at Fort Warren, Mass. Lieut. Frank DeW. Ramsay, ninth infan- try, has been detailed as judge advocate of a general court-martial at Madison bar- racks, N. Y.; relieving Lieut. Bard P. | Schenck,* ninth infantry. Lieut. F. Ho Schoeffel, ninth infantry, is detailed as a member of the same court. ae Act Approved. The President has approved the att pro- viding that the duties of chaplain at the Military Academy shall hereafter be, per- formed by a clergyman to be appointed by the President for a term of four years, with ~~. pay and allowances of a captain, mount- _OARLISLE'S LETTER |THE CUBAN QUESTION Both Resolutions Placed Before the Senate Today. WR. CALL FOR THE INSURGENTS He Arraigns the Spanish Govern- ment for Onerous Taxation. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE The first thing of importance in the s ate today was the reading of a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury as to the coln and other money in circulation, and which was ordered printed for the use of the Sen- ate. The Senate spent some time fn di a question of official procedure. Mr: «N. Y.) called attention to the nu:acro: resolutions passed by the House a ate, some joint, some concurrent, the in idual act of one of the There was no authoritative 4 Which of the resolutions requi ture of the President in operative. At the si who urged the ds! tive statement, Mr. Hill offered a resolv which was agreed to, directing t committee to report on the subj action is regarded as having important bearing on pending resolutions relating to foreign affairs. M>. Frye on the International Steam- ship Li When Mr. Squire (Wash.) re; ably a requiring marine engineer American citizens, Mr. F: tion to some recent remarks of Mr. criticising the un-Americ. International Steams! clared that the Senato! misstated the facts, with misinformation. Mr. Frye denied that the e1 crews of the St. quire, n course of the Mr. FY ninte ving been crammed and Paul and St. were loreigners. He read detailed ents, wing that every officer in ¢. hip of he American line was an American, i hat the great majority of the crew were American. Only among waiters and fore:gners predominate. The Se: i Mr. Squire's assertion that the S: ul had run aground and two of her engineers had been Killed as a presumable result of her foreign equipment. Mr. eX out that one of these eng Ameri can, and the other had taken ont citi ship papers. ‘The Senator paid tribute to the American lines, and to ¢ ecess of the movement toward se s with can m e ei showing statements had been made on wh: sidered reliable authority cussion had proceeded son (Conn,) facetiously suggeste: mous consent be given to of the Senator from Washingt The latter proceeded, however, wu the original purpose of having 2 lines manne] exelus:vely should be earried out. Marringes In the Distri« The bill relating to m: trict of Columbia wa: brought out much inte: cussion as to the diversity of law tage. Mr din Hoar offered an amendment fo marriages ne of the p: alien, unless resenting the country of this all t that the marriage is val!d according to laws of that cou Mr. Hoar said t American and accompii:h f foreign advent r untitled. ‘The 8+ m marriages | when the parties amendment was his women, > marriageah mitting civil as well as religious ¢ of marriage. The Will was passed authorizing the retary of Wa dispose of nnon, monument asso. signed to relieve ny private bills of th rand resol n of Mr. Lodge concerning a bond gation went over until Monday. The Cuban Question. frem nm: On motion of Mr. € The Cuban question was fixed for consi eration at 2 o'clock. Shortly before hour Senor Pastor of the Spanish legation entered the diplomatic gallery and was jeined soon after b ‘ror Gana of Chile and members of his suite. Minor bills blocked the way for some time after 2, but Mr. Call finaly had the Cuban resolution called up. The resoiuticn as reported the commities on foreign affairs is as f lo by “Resolved by the Senate (the House Representatives concurring), ‘That in cpinien of Congress a condition of pull war cxists between the government Sp of the of and the government proclaimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of Cuba; and that the Unit States of Americ ould maintain a st neutrality between the contending 7 according to each all the rights of I ents in the ports and terrliory of United States.” Mr. Cameron (Pa.) moved the substitu- tion ef the following: “Resolved, That the President is hereby reguesied to interpose his friendly offices with the Spanish government for the recegnition of the independence of Cuba.” Mr. Call then addressed the Senate upon the resolutions. He spoke of the bloody contest now in progress and the actual condition of war existing. The course of Spain had caused revolt after revolt in Cuba. The Seriator traced the history of these uprisings and the course of | the United States. Reading from a manifesto issued by the Cuban authorities Mr. Call arraigned Spain for imposing enormous exes on Cuba. The manifesto as read Mr. Call reflected severely on the of- ficial administration of Spain. * Mr. Morgan's Question. Mr. Morgan rose to ask what Mr. Call was reading from ment, submitted to the Senate by the State Department?” he asked. Mr. Call answered that it was from those Cubans who hi formed the insurgent government, and not official be re- garded it He went on to rm at mvch 1 ating on the tures of oppression shown by the do ment. Mr. Cameron Wants Action. Senator Cameron followed Mr. Cal! on th Cuban question, He referred to the fact that he was in President Grant's cabinet at the time of the former Cuban uprising. He objected to the committee resolution as accomplishing nothing, giving offense to Spain without extending any benefit. to Cuba. He wanted the United States to act. He urged that the miseries ef Cuba be brought to an end. THE HOUSE. ‘The Senate amendments to the pension lige the .appropriation bill were non-concurred fn in the House today, and the bill was sent to conference. ; Some minor routine business was dts- posed of. Mr. Allen (Utah) presented a memorial from that state, praying for the annexation to Utah of that portion oi