Evening Star Newspaper, April 4, 1896, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, ‘AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pnseplvnia Aven, Con. Heh Bit ty The Eveni: tar New: er Company, SH RAUFF! pres. ee Few York lice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star { served to subscribers In the eity by carriers, om ibelr own account, at 10 cents ber week, oF 44 cents per mouth. Coples at the ccumter 2 cents ex jy mail—snywhere in the United States or Canuda—postage prepuid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quinteple Sheet Star, $1 per sear, with foreign postage added, $3.00. i (Evtered at the Post Otiice at Washington, D. as second-class mall matter.) {ZAI mzil svbseriptions must be paid tm advance. Rates of advertising nade known on application. A ROYAL MARRIAGE Princess Maud to Wed Prince Charles of Denmark. GOSSIP FROM BRITTAIN CAPITAL Where Society is Spending the Easter Holldays. -_- HOUSE PARTIES —— NOTABLE right, 1896. by the Associated Press.) LONDON, April 4—It has been definitely arrangel that the marriage of Princess Moud of Wales to Priace Charles of Den- mark, second of the three sons of the Crown Prince and Crown Princess of Den- mark, wili take place In the Chapel Royal, St. James’ palace, July 7. The archbishop of Canterbury, primate of all England, as- sisted by the bishops of London and Win- chester, will officiate. There will be a procession in state from Buckingham palace to St. James palace and the Chapel Royal, and as the dis- tance between the two palaces is very short, many thousands of people will be Bisappointed in their hops of witnessiag the pageant. How everything possible will be done to give her majesty’s subjects ble of the turnout of spectacle Is as good a view as pos. y and a most attractive anticipated. and the mall ad- » palaces will be held by the guards, life guards, grenadier guards, rds, ldstream guards and other rack regim and, if the weather per- mits, there will be a gathering ef London- ers about the palaces seldom seen nowa- days. After the wedding there will b> two breakfasts at Buckingham palace; one for » members of the royal families in the state dining room, the ozher in the state ball room, for the general company. Only es of the families are coming pn from the continent for the oc- » the royal breakfast will be quite y affair and a most enjoyable one as Maud is popularly eight bridesmaids, her . Princess Victoria of Wales; Princess- ‘borg and Thyra of Denmark, sis- the groom; Princess Victoria of ig-Holstein; Prin Beatrix of ‘oburg and Goth rincess Alice of and Princesse: and Victoria Uenberg. we of Wales has taken Appleton en the Sandringham estate, for ss Maud and ler husband, aud the there t pro- E: ar, according to the pre: Bram. Weather and Society. The weather throughout the past week has been cold and gloomy, dull and de- pressing, and, to add to the biue feeling here, the exodus of the Easter holiday makers began early in the week and lasted antil yes railway stations, in with overcoat- aged in more consequence, wer i and berui or less succe ordly, independent purters, whose pockets ulzed out with copper and silver, fees xtorted frem travelers anxious to leave whirl and smoke of London for a athing spell at the seaside or in the the he I ke and Duchess of York and the s of Wales and her daughters are of Wales, is junketing te time away with his yacht on the blue waters of the Mediterranean. The queen is still at Cimiez, near Nice; the conservative leader in the house of commons, Mr. A. J. Balfour, first lord of the treasury, Is visiting his former secre- tary. Per. ham; the Duke of Devon- shire, lord president of the council, » duches ary of with is in Spain; Mr. Chamberlain, tate for the colonies, is East- ering with his charming American wife is home in Birmingham; the United States anh: for, Mr. Thomas F. Bayard, is visiting Lord and Lady Middleton, near Malton, Yorkshire, and Mr. James R. Roosevelt, secretary of the Uni emba is visiting Lord Galway, at Serl- by_ Hall, Nottinghamshire. ‘The Duke and Duchess of Westmins are entertaining a rge h Eaton Hell, near Chester, ai nd Conptess of Derby, the Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne and the Difke and jarge au holidays, who soul Duchess of Rich ber of gue: and, in short, do s yl also have a s for the Faster nearly everybody has flown from the dismal metropolis, which has caused quite a fall- ing off in business, theatrical and othez- wese. But the b of society will soon flock back to their town nests and take gay part in the second haif of the season “f receptions, balls, dinners, theater par- ties, ete. —___ DISMISSED THE SUIT. Charges of an Actress Against Judge Galbraith of Erie. PITTSRURG, Pa., April 4.—In the United Siates district court today Judge Buffing- ton dismissed the suit entered by the New York actress, Louisa Ven Lindau, against ibraith of Erie, Pa., for an breach of promise. The suit was issed on acccunt of the failure of the plaintiff to give a bond for $1,000 to secure the costs in event of the verdict being in favor of the defendant. ‘The charges made by Miss Von Lindau were very sensational, and caused widespread attention. Miss Von Lindav is a German actress, and was a member of a theatrical company that stranded in Erie. She applied to Mrs. Galbraith for assistance, and was directed to her husband. This was the first time she met Judge Galbraith, and in the statement of her sult charged that he had traveled 1 her to Chicago, had sent her to Paris, the cause of p ing her marriaze man in France, and had deprived her of a lot of jeweiry. Jud: jalbraith is very wealthy, over years of age, and one of the best kuown men in the state. _— SENATE AND MINISTRY. Comment in Parix on Their Opposing Attitude. PARIS, April 4.—The moderate republican and conservative newspapers express az- tonishment at the fact that the government has not resigned as a result of the refusal ef a vote of confidence by the senate yes- terday. These papers declare that such a state of affairs is revolutionary. The radical newspapers, on the other hand, criticise, in a similar manner, the at- ditude of the senate, and assert that a re- sision of the constitution is inevitable. The Matin expresses the belief that the senate has badly chosen the ground for a fontest with the cabinet. Senator Demole, in an interview, is quoted. #s declaring that the senate will modify the Malagassy credits so as to force the sum- moning of the chamber of deputies befoi the end of the month and so enable the senate to resunft the struggle against the cabinet. ———— The Philadelphia's Cruise. Word reaches the Navy Department that the Philadelphia. flagship of the Pacific Hation, left San Diego for Santa Barbara. 1 Che Len sangre Star. No. 13,444. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, A 4, 1896-TWENTY-SIX PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. MARK HANNA’S LETTER Bond of Agreement Between the McKinley and Allison Forces Indicated. Both Would Prefer a Man From West of the Alleghenies to an Eastern Candidate. The letter of Mark Hanna discouraging the formation of McKinley clubs in Iowa is regarded as an important document. It is accepted as embodying more than the usual courtesy extended in political contests. Real and Unreal Booms. In the first place, it draws the difference between the real and the unreal booms. The McKinley men recognize in Mr. Allison a serious aspirant for the St. Louis nomina- tion, and as such accord him the fullest freedom from interference at home. Doubtless, too, Mr. Hanna would make the same reply to any zealous Mc- Kinley man im Maine who might write him to advise a contest in that state. But in all the other cases a very different policy has been pursued. In New York, in Pennsylvania, in Minnesota, Illinois, Ne- braska and Kentucky, the McKinley men have been and still are operating with the freedom that characterizes their exertions in Ohio itself, and evidently feel themselves justified in_ that course. The Morton, the Quay, the Davis, the Cullom, the Mander- scn and the Bradley booms are not of a nature, the McKinley men assert, to put any restraint upon them. Set up, as is al- leged, for no other purpose but to create divisions for forwarding ant!-McKinley combinations, those booms, the McKinicy men believe, are a fair mark for aggressive assault right ia the bailiwick of their con- struction A Bond of Agreement. But above this question of mere courtesy, is not there the suggesticn in Mr.” Hanna's letter of the purpose ef the republicans west of the Alleshenies to stand together in the matter of the St. Louis nomina- tion? It is noted that the republica® party, with but one exception, has always tak its candidate fr that section. It's only eastern candidate was beaten. The issue today causing it the greatest anxiety is the money issue, and the republicans of the middle states, the west and the north- west are distrustful of the views of their eastern brethren. The republicans of Ohio would not have adopted the money plank adopted by the republicans of Massachn- setts. As between that and the platform adopted by the republicans of -lowa, they prefer the latter. This shows that a real bond of agreement exists between the Mc- Kinley and the Allison forces, and suggests in some quarters the existence of a pur- pose not to permit this bond to be strained or broken. Both Want a Western Man. no intimation of a deal between nley and the Allison people. The ves are go far In the lead now, and so confident, a deal with anybody would hardly be censidered. But, as matters stand, the best informed of the republican leaders aro of opinion that, if through any instrumen- tality Mr. McKinley should fail at St. Louis and his followers be forced to a second cboice, as between a man from east or a man from west of the Alleghenies, the choice would fall on the latter. ee ge THREATENED STRIKE. De ands of the Street Rallway Men in New York. NEW YORK, April 4.—There have been no developments today in the matter of the threatered strike of Metropolitan Trae- tion Company employes. President Mahon of the Amalgamated Association® of Street Railway Employes is on his way east from Detroit and is expected to reach this city this evening. Thomas MeCullum, national organizer of the association, said today that a strike would only be entered upon as a last re- sort, and then the approval of the national executive committee must be first obtained. A general meeting of members of the us- sociation in this city will be held after President Mahon arrives. It iz said that in addition to the reinstatement of nine dls- charged men, the union will demand an in- crease in wages from $2.25 to $2.50 a day. ee AWARDED $10,000 DAMAGES. An Ohio Girl Sued a Clergyman for Breach of Promixe. JEFFERSON, OLio, April 4.—Miss Hanna Julia Selby nas been given a verdict by the Jury in common pleas court for $10,009, in her suit against Rev. Robert E. Hill, for breach of promise of marriage. The plain- tiffs home is at Oakleigh, Hermon Hill, Snaresbrook, England. Rey. Mr. Hill was formerly pastor of the First Baptist Church at Ashiabula, but resigned by reason of this trouble and married a young lady whose home was in this county. He has recently been in charge of a church at Ra- cine, this state. —_—_.—___ TO HOLD BIG RALLIES. Booth-Tackers to Make the Tour of the Country. NEW YORK, April 4.—Commissioner Cerleton of the Salvation Army said today that he had about completed ‘his labors in the financial affairs of the army in this country, and would sail for England on next Wednesday. Commissioner Eva Booth will probably accompany him. Commissioner Carleton said it would be some time before the transf2r of the prop- erty of the army, from Ballington Booth to Commissioner Booth-Tucker, would be completed, as out of courtesy to each other, neither was disposed to hurry mat- ters. The fact that there might be a reconciliation had nothing at all to do with it, he said. The Booth-Tuckers are still at work map- ping out their tour of the country. The first meeting of the trip will be held in Chicago the last of next week, immediate- ly following the meeting held in that city by_Ballington Booth on Tuesday night. From Chigago the whole country west will be covered. Big rallies will be held in all the Salvation Army centers. After reaching San Francisco the party will re- turn direct to New York. The chief cities of the east will then be visited. ———— CAUGHT AT SOUTHAMPTON. A Denver Court Clerk Charged With Embezzlement. LONDON, April 4.—At Bow street police station court today Matt Adams, fifty-two years of age, well dressed, was remanded on an extradition warrant, charged with embezzling the sum of $40,000 in Denver, Col., where, he said, he had been clerk in the district courts. Arnold was arrested at Southampton, while upon the point of start- ing for Cape Town with his wife and a col- ored servant. ——__ Indictment of Gov. Altgeld. SPRINGFIELD, Il., April 4.—Regarding the indictment of Gov. Altgeld by the Champaign county grand jury, United States Senator Palmer says: “The governor is the chief executive offi- cer of the state, and the courts have no power under ordinary circumstances to control him. As university trustee his dis- cretion cannot be controlled by the courts, nor can he be punished by Indictment for any omission of duty. “Judge Wright was guilty of a grave ju- dicial offense when he allowed his grand jury to attack the person of the governor of the state.” = 5 IF M’KINLEY WINS| Speculation as to How Some States- men Would Stand. es HE DOES NOT HARBOR RESENTHENTS The Bosses Might Not Fare Better Under Mr. Reed. TO PLAY FORAKER It is a question of some interest to sev- eral statesmen who want to stand in the shadow of the White House how Mr. Mc- Kinley will demean himself toward those who are now opposing him, in the event of his winning the presidency. Several there may be who do not anticipate being on terms of intimacy with the chief executive should their present plans fail, and some may look forward with dread to such an outcome, expecting to be marked for pun- ishment. Possibly neither Quay, Platt, Chandler nor Clarkson would expect to have mvch influence with “President Mc- Kinley. Does Not Harbor Rescntmen{s. But McKinley lacks many of the qual- ities characteristic of the so-called prac- tical politician, and he is not a man apt to harbor resentment. Probably his chief vanity is to appear always conciliatory, magnanimous and lofty. His magnantm- ity 1s deliberate and studied, and, there- fore, more to be relied upon than would be a merely emotional generosity. His popu- larity today is probably due quite as much to that as to Kis essociation with the once more popular protective tariff policy. He is not a man of that strong, selt-willed tem- perament who beats down opposition. How He Won Over Fornker. Those famil'ar with the “Ohio situation” say that his triumph over the crposition of “oraker is due chiefly to the fact that he has persistently concealed ail resentment and maintained the forms of friendship to- d his rival, and many who would be his enemies are placed under obligation to his generosity. It being a point of vanity with him, he is quick to seize un opportunity to make a display of magnanimity, and he has tested the philosophy which teaches h'm that this pays. His self-abnegation and loyalty to Sherman at the nafional conven- ion gave him a high place in public opin- ion, and at the same time he triumphed over Foraker, who, secret history says, was coquetiing with the vice presidency. ‘Chat was the great fight of McKiniey’s life. No cloistered monk in svhttude, fighting for his faith against temptation, couid have ex- perienced a greater strugzle than he passed through during the entire night preceding wat. day memorable to him. Those who k he never wavered erciit him with th: sterner stuff than he is made of, and de- tract from his glory in tinal triumph. The sacrifice once made, he grew, not only in public estimation, but in his self-esteem. This sort of a man is not zpt to have many old scores to scttle with his op- ponents should he win. Neither Platt, Quay nor Clarkson would be apt to be invited to a place in the cabinet, but it is probable that even Chandler would be welcome at the White House, and th would all receive the consideration which is their due. The chances of a fight be- tween the President and his party, such as Clevelanl has experienced, would be very remote witii McKinley in the White House. The Case of the Bouses. As great as would be the disappointment of the “bosses’’ to see the Ohio man tri- umph, it would probably be no greater than they would experience if Reed sbouil be the victor and they should try to dic- tate to him.-No one wno knows Mr. !teed doubts that he would insist upon. being ester of his owr policy if he were Presi- dent. “5 Reed is a good deal of a fataiist, and has always had confidence in his own destiny. Postponement is to him equivalent to de- feat. He will never become a perpetual candidate, often defeated, and as often try- ing again, as did Blaine and Sherman. Sherman, Hill, Allison and Cullom furnish him examples of hope deferred, which he would avoid. If he is defeated this time. it will be only by the force of pecullar ci cumstances that he will again be a can- didate. It might be that, transferring his abode to New York, he would be called from political retirement in the name of ! that state, but this is probably very remote from any design of his own. The chances are that he will drop politics entirely if de- feated for the presidential nomination this time. Stull “Reed of New York” might prove a very inspiring name hereafter. ‘To Play Foraker. The story has been started that the “bosses” have an ingenious plan for ac- cemplishing McKinley's defeat if they can prevent his nomination at the very start. The statement is that they propose to have certain votes, which they can control, cast for Foraker from the very first, and they calculate that if the balloting can be kept, up for a while, they can switch some of the Ohio delegates off to Foraker, and thus break the back of the McKinley boom. The politicians’ estimate of Foraker makes it appear to them not !mprobable that such @ plan might be worked with him, if they can get over the first two or three ballots without a nomination. ——-+-2+____ WILL NOT ROLL To MUSIC. The Easter Egg Hollday at the White House Will Be Tuncless. There will be ao music at the White House grcunds Monday, but otherwise the children will be afforded every opportunity to enjoy the pleasures of egg rolling to their heert’s content. Temporary wire fences have been placed at the top of the slopes at the eagt and west ends of the grounds in order to avoid the possibility of accidents from children rolling or tumbling down the embankments against the stone curbing end tron railing at their bases. This precaution is taken because of acci- dents at these points on previous occasions when the children became recklessly ex- cited in their games. Major Moore, chief of police, had a consultation with Private Secretary Thurber at the White House to- day in regard to the detail of several po- liceman for duty in the grounds on Easter Monday in order to see that the Juvenile members of the community are not an- noyed or molested in thelr merry making. In case the weather is favorable there wili undoubtedly be a large gathering in the grounds Monday. © Acts Approved. The President has approved the act for the relief of James Linskey from the operation of the act restricting the ownership of real estate in the territories and the District of Columbia to American citizens, and the act providing an American register for the steamer Matteawan. Se Consuln Recognised. The President has recognized Franciscus Stockinger as Austrian consul general at New York; Johannes L. Bero a Leonhardi as Austrian consul at Chicago; Armin Pol- lak as Italian consular agent at Richmond, and Prospero Schiaffino as Spanish vice consul at Balt:mere. MR. COBB'S SEAT II'CONGRESS MR. CARLISLE’S BOOM| les Agaiost the Elections Committes : Alabamiag If the Report is Adopted the District Committee Will Lose an Ex- perienced Member. The House District committee stands to lese one of its oldest and most efficient mem- bers, in the person of Judge Cobb of Ala- bama, who is to be unseated in Congress. The House committee on glections, having charge of the contist being waged against Judge Cobb's seat by Mr. Goodwin, today decided in favor of Mr. Géodwin, No date was fixed for bringing the matter up in the House, but it is thought there is little doubt that the House will concur in the commit- tee recommendations, and that Judge Cobh will be unseated within a few weeks. Judge Cobb has been in Congress for eight years, and during the greater part of the time has been a member of the com- mittec on the District of Columbia. He has brought to that committee in the considera- tion of many important bills the distin- guished legal ability which qualified him to hold an honored position on the circust Lerch of Alabama for many years previous to entering Congress. During his congres- sional career Judge Cobb has endeared him- self to many of the older members of the House, and his voice, both in committee and on the floor of the Honse, in the considera- tion of public affairs, has always command- ed attention. Judge Cobb is a soldier as well as a jur:st and a statesman. He entered the confed- erate army in 1861 as a lieutenant In the fifth Texas regiment, and served until the battle of Gettysburg, where he was made prisoner. At the close of the war he locai- ed at Tuskegee in Alabama, and has re- sided there ever since. Of course, the question 9f who is likely to be Judge Cobb's successor cn the Disirict committee has not yet come up for consid- eration, and no candidates have chus far been mentioned. He is a democrat, how- ever, and his successor will probably be chosen from the democratic ranks. The minority of the commiztee will file a strong report in Judge Cobb's favor, and will make a vigorous fight In his behilf on the floor of the House. The decisicn was reached )¥ a party voce. There was no republican candidate in the district, but the republican yote was large- ly cast for Goodwin. According to the r turns, the vote was. Cobb, 1,651; Goowin, iy Allegations of ballot-bax stuffing and intimiuation were made, and the committce decides that Goodwin should have a ma- Jor:ty of about 2,20. Cobb ts now serving his fourth term in Congress. —_-—___-- e-______ SENATOR TILLMAN WILK NOT REPLY Declines to Answer Gen. New, but Will Make Several Speeches. When Senator Tillman was usked by a Star reporter if he had any reply to make to the criticisms of General New of Colo- rado, he said he would answer Gencral New's remarks in Denver; that he was not in the Labit of “talking behind a man’s back.” General New, it will be remembered, said that democrats ought not te listen to Sen- ator Tillman, znd spoke pf the cilver demo- crats of Colorado who ha‘t invited the Sena- tor to speak as “Tillmanites.” Senator Tillman has accepted another in- vitation to speak in Kentucky. He will leave here next Thursday on his way west, and will speak at Lexington, Ky., cn the Saturday following. On his way back from the west he will speek tt the places heretofore announced, one of them being Owensboro’, } Since the publication of the tour of the Senator he has received dozens ¢f invita- tions to speak, and may accept some of them later. He will speak to the work- ing people of Chicago in Jyne, at a date to be yet fixed. The object is to answer the speech which Secretary Carlisle is to make this month in that city. ——+ e+. THE ECKINGTON ROAD. What Mr. Birney Sayg of Its Fallare to Ran Cars on Certain Streets. Solicitor General Conrad has received a letter from United States District Attorney Birney in regard to certain complaints agairst the Eckington and Soldiers’ Home Railroad Company. The specific complaint ccnsidered is that the railroad company has failed to run cars over ité tracks which lie between the following points: “Beginning at the Intersection of G street and New Jersey avenue, thence across New Jersey avenue to and along G street to North Cap- itol street, thence along North Capitol street to New York avenue, connecting with its main line and North Capitol street tranch.” The district attorney says that so far as he hes been able to learn no use has been made of these tracks since they were laid, and the cars have not been operated over them. “I am of opinion,” he says, “that the company has forfeited its right through non-user to maintain these tracks cn the streets named, and that it should be required or compelled to remove the tracks as a public nuisance or. purp resture. The Froceedings to effect this may be taken by the Secretary of the Interior, under section 1s18, R. S. U. S., or by proceeding in equity in the name of the United States to ob- tain a decree which would declare that the company had forfeited its privilege to maintam tracks on these streets, and that they constituted a rublic nuisance.” TWO RESIGNATIONS. Messrs. Hoyt and Rockwood Leave the Civil Service Commission, Mr. George B. Hoyt of the civil service commission has resigned to accept a po- sition of responsibility. in the New York office of the Joint Traffic Association at $3,000 a year. Mr. Hoyt was formerly a clerk in the War Department, and since his transfer to the commission several years ago, he was steadily promoted until he was placed in charge of all work relat- ing to classified post offices and custom houses. He took leave yesterday of his former associates, who made him a hand- some gift. Mr. George H. Rockwood, also of the commission, has resigned to go with Mr. Hoyt as his private secretary. —EEE Personal Mention. Lieut.William Chamberlain, first artillery, is visiting friends at 1512. R street. Mr. and Mrs. Edward A. Gray have just returned from a wedding tour in the east- ern states and have taken up their resi- dence in Takoma. Mr. Gray is one of Sec- retary Lanfont's stenographers. Charles Ruegg, D.D.G., Ragaz, Switz- erland; A. Taeuber, D.D.G., of Davos, Switzerland, and Joseph Schurger, M.D., of Buda-Pest, who are taking a post-graduate course in dentistry at the University of Pennsylvania, are at Willard’s Hotel. Mr. Odell L. Whipple has gone to Pitts- burg, wtfre he will be associated with one of the largest music houses of western Pennsylvania. An Embessler Arrested. i Ambassador Bayard has cabled the State Department that. Mat Adams has been ar- rested at Soithampton and will be held for extradition. Adsms was the acting clerk of the Arapahoe, Colo, county court, and he is accused of“having embezzled $40,000 of the funds of the county. The governor of Colorado has been’ notified of ‘the arrest and state officers will be sent to bring the fugitive back to Colorado. . ; é Little Doubt of the Genuineness of the Movement. THE FIGHT ON THE MONEY QUESTION What His Fiiends Say of the Situ- ation in the South. ————— WHAT KENTUCKY WILL DO Now that the Carlisle boom is taking tangible form, the politicians are finding the time to discuss it with a show of un- disguised interest. All of them agree that the Kentuckian is a man of a very high order of ability, and many of them believe that his boom will appear at Chicago in formidable shape. There is but little doubt expressed .as to the genuineness of the movement. Here and there may be found a man inclined to be skeptical on the sub- ject, and possessed of the fear that it masks a third-term project, but the great majority of the ieaders of both parties ac- cept Mr. Carlisle as a sincere aspirant in his own right for the Chicago nomination. Fight cn the Money Question, The fight for and against Mr. Carlisle at Chicago will come, it is plain to be seen, on the money question. As a tariff re- formew he reads his title clear to the re- spect, and even the admiration, of all dem- ocrats, But having been once, and for so long a time, claimed by the silver men as a champion of their cause, and being now an aggressive and uncompromising advo- cate of sound money, he is the subject of very sharp criticism from those democrats who still adhere to free silver and who complain that he has deserted them. The great majority of these men live in the south, and it is to them that Mr. Car- lisle must and will appeal for support in his race. Can he win them over, or any great number of them? His friends think he can. They are advised that the situa- tion is not as difficult as popularly repr sented. The Situation: in Kentucky. ‘They cite the situation in Mr. Carlisle's own siate as evidence of how much misap- prehension is abroad on this general sup- ject. The last ballotings in the Kentucky legislature for Senator showed Mr. Black- burn to be within a very few votes of elec- tion. Less tnan half a dozen democrats re- mained out of his camp from first to last, and this gave rise to the impression at a distance that they were the only sound money democrats in the legislature. Mr. Blackburn was represented as standing with all but a corporal’s guard of his own at his ba@& because of his advocacy iver. The corporai's guard were desis- nated as Carlisle men. Mr. Carlisle asked to advise them to go to Mr. Black- burn's support. He refused to do this, and irstantly he was denounced as a traitor. It was asserted that his refusal would cost him his whole, power in the state. A Different Phase. Explanations now coming out put a dif- ferent phase on this matter. Mr. Black- burn, it is now asserted, had the support ali along of at least twenty-five sound money democrats, who accepted him only because he was the caucus nomin His managers ever after he was nomi- netel ne it row appears, were sound money men. Senator Bronston was much a esta as was Senator Gabel. The former lives at Lexington and is a near neighbor and close personal friend of Mr. Blackburn, wiule the latter lives at Cov- ington, and is a close personal friend of Mr. Carlisle. These two men exerted them- selves to the utmost in Mr. Blackburn’s he- half. But now that that fight is over they hold no grudge against Mr. Carlisie. On fhe contrary, botn have declared for him for President, and both will exert them- selves to che uimost in scpport of the prop- osition to send an instructed Carlisle dele- gation to Chicago. Senator Bronston wants to be a nember of the deiegation. What His Friends Say. When ali of these facis come to be fully digested by the councry at large the friends of Mr. Carlisie believe that he will benefit by it. They assert that the Ken- tucky conventi8n is ceriain to declare for him by a large majority. And not only from feeling of state pride, but because a Majority of the democrats of the state ac- cept his ws on the money question and would be glad to see him in the White House to give those views the benefit of the power of the presidential office. The convention has not yet been called. The committees to decide the matter will meet at Louisville on the 13th instant. A BIG RECEPTION, About Fifteen Hundred People Greet the President. ‘The President was late at luncheon to- day. ‘This was because it took him fully three-quarters of an hour to shake hands with the people who had assembled in the cast room to pay their respects to the chief magistrate of the ration. It was the big- gest gathering of the kind that has con- fronted the President since the early days of his first administration. There were fully 1,500 persons on hand, each of whom demanded the great American privilege 7f shakirg hands with the head of the gov- ernment. The east room was entirely in- adequate for their accommedation, and a majority had to wait outside until room was made for them by the exit of the first comers. A large excursion from Rome, Watertown and other places in northern New York helped to swell the throng. The President usually has luncheon about 1:15 o'clock. Today it was after 2 o'clock be- fore he joined Mrs. Cleveland at their mid- cay meal. UNDER THE RULES. Important Order Approved With Re- gard to Interior Department Pinces. The President has approved the recom- mendation made some menths ago by Sec- retary Smith, and a rule has been made in consequence, that the law clerks of the general land office, patent and pension bu- reaux, the assistant attorneys of the Sec- retary’s office and the members of the board of pension appeals be placed under the classified civil service. This ruling is of the greatest importance from the fact that it enibraces some of the highest salaries paid in the department, The nine members of the board of pension appeals receive $2,000 each, the six law clerks in the va- rlous bureaux of the department receive from $2,000 to $2,200, and the assistant at- torneys in the Secretary’s office, of whom there are thirteen, get, some $2,000, some $2,250, some $2,500, and the first assistant attorney receives $2,750. In all thirty-two places are affected. In no other department has similar action been taken except in the Agricultural De- partment, where, in order to retain the scientific savants employed there, it was fuouent necessary to put through such a rule. A Whittier Memorial. AMESBURY, Mass., April 4—The home- stead of the poet Whittier, which has been occupied by Hon. George W. Colox for the past twenty years, will be vacated next week in pursuance of the plan to make it into a memorial building. ATTEMPTED BURGLARY The Door of One of Senator Quay’s Commit- tee Rooms Forced Open. ~ Nothing {s Missing, However—Specu- lation as to the Motive—De- tectives at Work. There is a sensational stir among the Capitol police over an alleged attempt last night to burglarize the committee room of Senator Quay, and among the few who talked about the matter this morning some queer rumors were afloat. _ It is not dealed that the room was enter- €d, and that the person who made the en- trance forced the door of the room to do so, Beading a bolt and wrecking a lock. Senator Quay is chairman cf the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds of the Senate, and is to be found in the com- mittee room when not on the floor of the Senate. The inference would be that all his private papers are kept in-the room. Senator Quay’s secretary is William Wright, formerly secretary to Senator Cameron. Mr. Wright is also the clerk of the com- mittee on public buildings and grounds. The Motive for the Burglary. The first person to enter the room this morning found the door slightly open, or rather the two doers, as they open in cpposit: directions. Senator Quay was an early arrival at the room, and the first thing Le gave expression to was a suspi- cion that nething but pelitical reasons ani- mated the person whe had turned burglar. The committee room is in the southwest corner of the upper floor of the Senate wing of the Capitol. There are two doors enter- ing the room. One of them opens from corridor into a combination reception committee room. The committee ou demic diseases has a partitioned pl: it in this room. West of this room, and looking over the city, is Senator Q committee room. The door to the corridor room had not been broken open. The supposition is that the burglar had a key and entered in that way. A bunch of keys is said to have been missing for some time, and their where- abouts is not known. After getting into the first room, the would-be burglar seems to have used an instrument of some kind,to pry open the door entering into the main room. It #® not known what was used, as no instrument was found, but, as stated, the bolt cf one of the dcors was bent, and some of the brass fixings to the lock were bent and broken. A Star reporter who visited the room was shown how the burglar had entered. Mr. Wright was asked if the door could have been left open in any way. He said that Capt. Adams, the messenger of the com- mittee, had locked and bolted the door se- cureiy before leaving yesterday afternoon. Nothing in Missin Nothing is missing from the room. Mr. Wright stated that a new file case which had recently becn bought had Yeen tam- pered with, he believed. Several cf the drawers of the case were partly open, Mr. Wright stated, however, that_no papers had been put in the drawers. The roll-top desk in the room, the place in which the private papers of the Senator, or public papers, would most likely have heen found, had been opened. An examination showed that nothing had been taken from this and that all the papers were in their proper place. If the suspicion that the burglar was after Senator Quay’s private pipers is cor- rect, it may account for the fact that noth- ing was taken, and that the papers and letters in the room were not disturbed. “The Sevator's private papers and let ; Mr. Wright said, in answer to a question, “were taken to his home three wecks ago.” Whether this was known to the man is an interesting question: The Damage Repaired, A new bolt was put on the door this morning, and the damage done to the lock was repaired. . The police and detectives gr2 conducting a quiet investigation of the matter, but so far have obtained no clue. In 1889 Senator Quay’s room Was broken into and a aumber of important private papers stolen. Apprehensive of a_repeti- tion of this Senator Quay took all of his papers to his home and put them under lock and key, where there is not much chance of getting at them. ——— THE FORT ROBINSON EXCHANGE. ts Closing Temporary, Pending a De- sion an to License Rights. The closing of the post exchange at Fi Robinson, Neb., is, it is learned, only tem- porary, pending a decision by the judicial cflicers of the War Department, and per- Paps by the Attor General, upon the question that is involved, as to the right of state officials to interfere jn the internal administration of the affairs of army posts. The matter is giving much concern to army officers, for a judicial decision ad- verse to the post exchange would in most instances wipe out this instliution, which the experience of several years past has skown to be of the greatest value in army administration, as tending to promote rrorality and sobriety and habits of thrift among the enlisted men. The question has arisen lately in th case of the post at Plattsburg, N. Y., and a judicial decision is also required in’ that case. This differs from the Ft. Robinson case in that there is lacking a specific act of cession of jurisdiction by the state of New York to the national government, and the issue must be there decided upon the basis of the general act relative to the administration of the affairs of the army establishment. At Ft. Robinson the act of cession is said to be clear, and there is no question of the fact that the original act passed exclusive jurisdiction over the reser- vation to the United States. It is true that an attempt was made later to recover some of this jurisdiction, but inasmuch as this was confined to a state act, without the acquiescence of the national government, the other party to the original contract, it is held to be invalid by the officials here. At Ft. Robinson the license sought to be levied by the local authorities upon «the post for the operation of its exchange amounts to $500, a tax that would be pro- Hbitive, and it is rumored that if the ef- fort is’ persisted in, the post, which is really of no strategic importance now, may be evacuated and the troops sent into some other state. —+]e-— SPANISH LOST 800. Rumor of a Battle Tuesday in Pinar del Rio. TAMPA, Fla., April 4.—Lt is rumored here that in the battle which occurred Tuesday in Pinar del Rio between the forces of Ma- ceo and Col. Suarez the Spaniar.Js lost 800 men. Insurgent lors was also h No details of the battle are given. Col. Suarez was seriously woun ied. HAVANA, April 4.—The election of depu- ties will take place April 12. A dispatch from Vueltas, in the Remedios district of the province of Santa Clara, an- mounces that the insurgent leader Felo Valdes, who was a prisoner in the jail there, has escaped. ‘The insurgents have burned the village of Congrejara, rear Havana, the planta- tions of Penaiver, Reunion, Torrenlegut, Luz, Pestena, in the district of Guera Me- lina, this province, and the fields and plan- tation of Doloces de Abreuz, in the Reme- dios district. DEMOCRATS ANXIOUS The Apparent Popular Demand for Protection the Cause. CLEVELAND WOULD ACCEPT THE ISSUE Most of His Party Want to Avoid Talking Tariff THE ON a HOPE Many’ democrats find reason for anxiety in the becom that McKinley is receiving ard the »pparently popular demand for a return to protection. Democrats, as a rule, are not desirous of facing their tariff rec- crd in the coming campaign, and would prefer the contest to be on some other issue. If the hard times are to be attrib to democratic tariff legislation, and tariff is going to be the issue, it is believed that the resuit of the Greeley campaign may be repeated. Cleveland Would Take a Tariff Inne. It is thought that very few democrats besides Mr. Cleveland would be willing to have tariff the chief issue. Many, even, who ure not friendly to silver would pre- fer to have the money question to the front. Mr. Cleveland is almost alone in wishing to Le confronted with the question of Mck leyism. The tariff reform ery has her fore avold the money issue with ‘the demo on the silver side, and he has no sens ness about the unpopularity of the man-Wilson t, having himself been e it. A few men in Congress who sympathived with his denunciation of this measure would be willing to have a repetition of the tariff fight, feeling that if the party suf- fered defeat, the condemnation would fall islation which Mr. Cleveland sapproved, and not upon tarif reform If, nor on Mr. Cleveland. It is b a, her, that Mr. Cleveland would seize with great satisfaction an opportunity to accept the democratic nomination if he could have McKfhley for an opponent and McKinley protection as the issue. Demo- renerally entertain no doubt what esult of such a contest would be, but several things Mr. Cleveland has said on the subject indicate strongly that he thinks a “true tariff reform champion” could win, if McKinleyism were the issue. He woud like the democratic parly to come out for a single gold standard, but he could toler- ate silence on that question, letting his record speak, if tariff could be forced to the front. 10- ‘arried him to victory;,he wants to ate He Stands Near! Alone. But Mr. Cleveland stands pretiy ne atone this opinion. The danger practical legislators see in trying io siand up to that issue hat the party has pass- ed the point when they can go to the coun- try with promises on this old su It rly which ia party promises, wili be passad upon by the pesple. The pariy has already perfor They cannot hope to appeal successfully another chance, on the same i ur they are prépated to defend wi they have done can get a popular indor-e- ment of that. All politicians who are in the habit of vatehing public sentiment are satisfied that people are trying to make up their minds where the rm I lies for the business depression h the coun.ry has been suffering. Oa this conclusion will de- pend the issue. iff is accepted as the issue it will » because the public hold the Gorman-Wilson tariff legislation responsible for the hard times, to is obvious. The some one to hit. Only Democratic Hope. It is regarded as the only hope of the democrats that some other explanation of the herd times be accepted, and that they have an issue which will enable them to distract attention from their tariff record and from the record of the administration for the most part. This cons’ makes some who do not really What this would lead voters are looking for silver willing that the party should be committed for thi ‘ampaign to the @ixteen to one platform, ‘They are convinced that disastrous defeat will follow any other course, and that it may be better to chan it on silver, with the prospect of the sup: port of many western republicans, populist and independent silver men. Siyicamenssone See IMITATION CH A Bill to Govern Its Production and Sale to Be Fuvorably Reported. The ways and means committes today fin- ished the consideration of th cheese” question and deciled to the House the bill drawn by Mr. of Minnesota. Several amendments in the details of the measure were made. The proposed fines for doing business in filled cheese without a Weense were reduced; that = from Saw) to $400, for wholesale business from $300 to , retaii from $# to $40. A board of ap, is established for cases in whieh the c aS! enue is unabl gools are genuine or $2; the board to consist of the surgeon general of the army and navy, an its decisions te be final. It is also provided that filled cheese imported into tne country must be stamped and marked th as that pufactured hese. There my three votes against the Dill, Messrs, Evans, republican, of Kentucky; Turner, democrat, of Georgia, and McLaurin, de ecrat, of South Carolina. —+ © MISSING CENSUS RECORDS, Thoxe of the First District of Colums Din Censux Are Gone, Fcr a year past Major Cooper in] Mr. Acker, chief and assistant chief of the miscellaneous division in the Interior De- partment, have been making a search for missing census records, wich wera supposed to have been turned over to the Interior Department in 1830 by th Department. It was conjectured months ago that possibly a set of records had been leit at the State De ment, and search was made there for them, but to no purpese. Today Actin tary Reynolds addressed a lette Attorney General, ashing him to inquir all the clerks of federal courts for stated whose records missing to insilvute a search for them. The records that are gone are thos» of the censuses of 17m), 1800, 1810 and 1 and include .he states of Delaware, € Georgia, Virginia, lidiana, Mlinois, igan, Kentucky, Mississippi, New Missouri, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas. The records for the first census taken in the District of Columbia, thai of Isi9, are among those missing. ——_+-2< CRIMINAL CASE NOLLE PROSSED. FA The Hammond Libel Charge Not to Be Tried in Police Court. The charge of criminal Nbel preferred against Dr. William A. Hammond by his former business associate, Dr. Mahlon Huichinson, because of an interview pub- lished in a morning paper, was nolle prossed in the Police Court today. Prose- cuting Attorney Mullowny said that this action was taken for the reason that the case is one for the civil and not the crim- inal courts. This action ends the criminal pro®ecution.