Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1896, Page 1

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VARIED CAREER OF JAMES E ALSOP Suspicion Attached to the Sudden Death of His Wife. CHARGED WITH FORGERY DULUTH, Minn., April 17.—After a search of nearly two years, during which time at least a dozen suspects have been ar- rested, A A. Austin, who enticed Lena Olson from Minneapolis to Duluth and then brutally murdered her for her money, throwing her body into Lake Superior, has been caught. He was arrested by a Minneapolis attor- ney in Seattle yesterday, where he lived under the name of James E. Alsop. Chief of Police Smith of Minneapolis, who has been working up the case, arrived here to- day, atid requisition papers will be pro- cured. The handwriting of A. A. Austin, found on the hotel register here, tallies exactly with that of Alsop. Alsop has been in- volved In a number of questionable deals heretofore. He was a warm friend of Harry Hayward, the famous Minneapolis murderer, and in his valise was found a handkerchief marked with Hayward's name. The Murder. Wednesday, August 22, 1894, the body of &@ young woman was found on the lake shore of Minnesota Point. When a cape which covered the head was removed blood spurted from the nose and from a wound in the back of the head. The skull had been fractured, and the instrument which inflicted the blow was found to be a heavy oak stick, which was lying near the place. About twenty feet away was found a switch of false hair, together with a comb. It was some days before the remains were identified, when a Minneapolis lady identified the comb and other things found on the body as helorging to Lena Olson of that city. ‘The murde: was traced to one A. A. Austin, for whom the police have since been searching. TACOMA, Wash., April 17.—James E. Al- sop, who Was arrested at Seattle yesterday on a charge of having murdered Lena Olsen at Duluth, Minn., In 184, ¢dmie here in 1586 from Kansas, where he had been a deputy sheriff. He ergaged in real estate business and several years later was: suppose! to be worth $80,000. He was made superinten- dent of the Lake Park Land, Railway and Improvement Company, which built a sub- urban railway, but was removed by the di- rectors. He left Tacoma for Duluth, where he engaged in the real estate business, and is reported to have got into trouble there by the alleged forging of a deed. Novem- ber 24, 1890, also, he drove his wife behind a spicited horse to the top of a hill to look at a house. Af the top of the hill he got out for the apparent purpose of fixing the harness. The horse ran away, threw Mrs. sop out and she was killed; the body was buried, it is said, without ber relatives in the east being notified. Later her brother came out and wanted the body exhumed, alleging foul play. Through the efforts of friends the matter was hushed up. The next July he married Mrs. Julia Mint- born, who had just secured a divorce on the ground of ron-support, for which di- vorce Alsop is alleged to have paid. The couple lived together very unhappily for a year. She still resides here, as does also Alsop’s son, a young man, and his daughter Kate, aged eighteen, Mrs. Alsop did not wish to make a state- ment today, but admitted that they did not live happily together. ed AGAIN BREAKS FAITH. TURKEY Insurgents Who Surrendered Zeitoun Have Been Betrayed. CONSTANTINOPLE, April 17.—The for- eign ambassadors have protested against the appointment of a Mussulman as gov- ernor of Zeitoun, this being contrary to the agreement between the porte and the powers as a result of which the surrender of the insurgents of Zeitoun was brought about. The Turkish government has promised to instruct the Valis of Bitlis and Kharput to permit the distribution of relief to the Armenians in accordance with the arrange- ments previously concluded between the porte and the United States charge d’af- faires, Mr. John W. Riddle, and the Brit- ish ambassador, Sir Philip Currie. a Opening the Derby Meeting. DERBY, Eng., April 17—The derby spring meeting opened today and will be continued tomorrow. Thirteen horses start- ed in the Doveridge handicap stakes of 1,000 sovereigns. The event was for three- year-olds and upward, the second horse to receive 5% sovereigns out of the stakes. ‘The course was the straight mile. Lord Cadogan's b.h. Court Ball won, Mr. Vyner’s b.c. Sardis was second and Baron de Rothschild’s ch.h. Medicis, third. The Weibeck Handicap Stakes of 500 sov- ereigns was won by Mr. Wallace John- stone’s Kemember Me. Twelve horses started over the course, five furlongs. Richard Croker’s colt Montauk started in the Drakelow Stakes in a field of seven, but was not placed. J. G. Mensie’s King of Pearls won. The Drakelow Stakes of five sovereigns each for starters only, with 200 sovereigns added, was for three-year-olds. a Position of Swift's Comet. MOUNT HAMILTON, Cal, April 17— Swift's comet was observed at Lick ob- servatory last evening. Its position as ob- served by Prof. Hussey was right ascen- sion, 3 hours, 38 minutes and 26 seconds; declination, 18 degrees, 19 minutes, 32 sec- onds nerth on April 16, 0.6896 Greenwich mean time. The comet is moving north at the rate of 2% degrees per day and very slowly westward. It Is about 2s bright as @ seventh magnitude star, and has a de- cided condensation In its head and a short tail. ————— Gen. Booth to Defend Himself. , LONDON, April 17.—Gen. Booth has cabled te the Salvation Army headquarters at New York instructing the officials in charge there to publish the letters In their possession in regard to the charges made by Ballington Booth against the general and his administration. bd —- -—_ Lake Navigation Opened. MACKINAW CITY, Mich., April 17.—The straits of Mackinaw are open and naviga- tion on the lakes has been resumed. The first boat to pass through the straits was the steamer City of Berlin, bound from Chicago to Fairport, which passed here yesterday afternoon. —__. An Old Chieftain Dying. BLACK RIVER FALLS, Wis., April 17.— News is received in this city that old Chief Black Hawk, now one hundred years old, is dying at his wigwam, nine miles north of Fairchild. The old chief is the last of his line, being a direct descendant from Black Hawk, the noted chief of the wars of 1832. The dying warrior has ruled the remnant of the once powerful Winnebago: tribe for the last half century, Gen. Alger Said to Bo the Candidate Selected. Anti-MeKinuley People forted by the Reports From Greatly Com- Kentucky. The anti-McKiniey people here derive a great deal of comfort from the reports that Bradley has captured the Kentucky con- vention. McKinley's success in the Louis- ville and Jefferson county primaries pre- pared them for a McKinley victery in the state, and the reported Bradley success in the state convention comes as a reaction. They make the most of it, as a check to the McKinley march, and say that there will be others. Whatever Senator Quay's private opinion of the situation may Le, he has been greatly encouraging the anti-Mc- Kinley workers since his return from Florida by his assurances to them that the way is clear to McKinley's defeat. The story was put out last night that the anti-McKinley people were going to com- bine on Quay as their canididate. This does not excite much interest, for the rea- son that it is not regarded as a correct pointer. It is said that the combine have a man in an iron mask whom they intend to disclose at the proper time in the conven- ton. According to this report, Gen. Alger is the man. This is said not to be a new Proposition, but one that has been on the card fer some time. Tt has been understood that the object of the combination between Quay cnd Platt was originally to secure the nomination of @ candidate (mo n-aiter whom) who would agree to certain things they desire. That they have no such pledg2s es are sup- posed to be contemplated in the compact from any of the prominent candidates is probable. It is said that the chief object in selecting Alger is to get some one who does rot appear among the fivorite sons, and whose support would be drawn from the McKinley forces. They want to take their men nominally from the McKinley side, and the calculation is said to be that if the New York and Peansylvania dele- gations make a sudden turn and vote for Alger the Michigan delegates will be com- pelled to follow their lead, thus making a break in the McKinley column. 2 This is given as one of the many stories that are being circulated. —————_-____. CAPITOL TOPICS. No Reciprocity at Present. No action toward a revival cf the reci- procity scheme will be taken “y this House according to a decision made today by the republican members of the ways and means committee, who held a caucus and discussed the whole question. They agreed to report to the House the testimony on the reciprocity policy taken by the com- mittee during the past few weeks, but not to recommend any legislation un the matter by this Congress. The reciprocity scheme includes so° many problems inter- woven with the tariff that the republicans think it inadvisable to take it up until a general tariff revision is begun. The Postuge Stamp Printing. The subcommittee on the sundry civil ap- propriation bill of the Senate committee on appropriations today heard arguments on the proposition to disconiinue the p:int- ing ef postage stamps at the bureau of engraving and printing, and to resume the old method of having the work done by contract. Immigration Restriction Demanded. The secretary of the national legislative committee of the Junior O. U. A. M. has been in Washington for several days in the interest of the bills before Congress for the restriction of immigration. It is elaira- ed that more petitions have been sent to Congress during the present segsion ror the passage of some bill which will :estrict immigration than for any measure ever be- fore Congress. It is expected that if either of the buls which have been tevorably re- ported by the immigration committee cf the House come to a vote they will be passed. A Monument to De Long. Senator Chandler has introduced a bill appropriating $10,000 for the erection of a monument In Woodlawn cemetery, New York, to Lieut. Commander De Long and his comrades whe lost their lives in the Jeannette arctic expedition. ————2—_____ A TORKID APRIL, The Mercury Marks Over Ninety De- s@rees in the Shade, Maybe it will not be readily believed, but nevertheless the folks out in Dakota and Montana are wearirg overcoats and snug- gling up to blazing fires this afternoon. This statement is made on the authority of the weather bureau, which announces that the mercury is as low as 6 degrees above zero in the northwest at present. That sort of thing may be very interesting to think about, but the local situation is demanding the most attention. This is the fifth day of the present warm spell, which hes fractured every known record in the possession of the weather bu- reau by from one to eight degrees for the second ten days of April. Ninety-two was registered here this afternoon, and it is worthy of comment that frivolous remarks were not made about those persons who appeared on the streets with straw hats. But there is a promise of better things, cooler weather being predicted by tomor- row night or Sunday. The warm spcll extends throughout the middle Atlantic states and the lake region. Some idea of the general torrid condition may ve gleaned from the following ther- mometer readings of yesterday: Albany, 88; New York city, Philadelphia, ss; Washington, 88; Norfolk, 90; Chicago, 84; pe 86; Cincinnati, 86, and Indianapo- is, 88. —_———.—__ TARIFF 1S THE ISSUE. Republican Voters Everywhere De- mand! Literature About It. Mr. J. Dowling of Chicago, secretary of the National Republican League, is in Washington making arrangements to meet the demands that are being made upon the league for campaign literature. He says that the requests the league receives for literature indicates what the people regard as the chief issue in the campaign. He says that they are overwhelmed with demands for documents on the tariff and are sending out great quantities of litera- ture on the subject. In only a few locali- ties, he says, come any requests for finan- cial literature. Letters from all parts of the country say that the people demand protection. He referred to a letter received from the local representative of the league in West Virginia, asking for all the tariff literature that could be sent and stating that they wanted nothing on finance or pensions, as a fair example of the requests received. The league is making a canvass of the country by newspapers, by clubs and by “reading voters.” They select five voters in eich township and county wha, will read and talk about the literature sent them, and through these design to reach the vot- ers. Nearly all these “reading voters,” he says, ask for tariff literature almost to the exclusion of all else. ——————-e+____ Tiiness of a Well-Known Man. BOSTON, April 17—John Stetson, theatrical: manager, is critically~ ill pmeumonia at hia home in this city. the of There May Be a Compromise in the Senate District Committee. BAKER OF KANSAS MARES A SUGGESTION A Majority Seems to Favor $1.15 Per Thousand Feet. OTHER DISTRICT MATTERS ——— The Washington Gaslight Company scored a temporary victory over the advocates of the dollar gas bill at the meeting of the District committee of the Senate this morn- irg. It was hoped that this question, which as become almost perennial, would be sei- tled definitely at today’s session of the committee, but the hope was fleeting and void of fruition. When the committee met, the dollar gas forces were robbed of one of their strongest fighters, Senator Proctor of Vermont, who had been called away from the city on urgent business. Those who were present at the meeting were Senators McMillan, Gallinger, Baker, Wet- more, Harris, Faulkner, Gibson, Smith, Martin and Bacon. Senator Hansbrough has not yet returned from North Dakota, and Senator Pritchard left the city yes! day for North Carolina, so that the gas company had all the advantage of the situation, notwithstanding the fact that Senator Proctor left his vote by proxy for the dollar gas bill. The carly part of the session was devoted to miscellaneous matters on the committee calendar, and when those had been disposed of the gas bill was taken up as usual, as the chief oone of contention. The discus- sion was animated and prolonged. So alr sorbed did the Senators become in the con- troversy that they did not notice the filght of time, and it was “0 when the sound of two bells, the Senate signal for a call of a quorum in the chamber, broke up the meeting, and left the gas question ursct- tled. Before adjournment, however, it was agreed that the question should b> taken up again next Friday, but there was no @efinite arrangement that a conclusion would be reached at that tine. A Compromise Suggested. There was some surprise felt by the friends of the bill who are oposed to any other measure, Senators McMillan, Wet- more and Bacon, when Senator Baker of Kansas made the suggestion that a com- promise should be made as the best way out of the difficulty. He pointed out the fact that the committee was divided in opinion, and he urged it as his bellef th: it was not fair to the company to compel a sudden reduction of twenty-five cents a thousand, or twenty per cent, in the price of gas. He therefore proposed that the bill should be amended so as to inake the retail price of gas $1.15 a thousand iistead of $1.25, as at present, and $1, as proposed by the bill. His view was shared by Sena- tor Gallinger, who has been heretofore classed as a friend of dollar gas, and by Senator Smith, who is avowedly a friend of the gas company and an opponent o7 the pending measure. Mr. Smith is a stock. holder in certain gas companies in Ne: Jersey and that vicinity, and he frankly admits that his opposition is Lased upon a fear that the reduction of gas by legis- lation in Washington will have a depressing influence on gas interests and gas prices in other cities. But he jumped at the propo- sition to compromise and eagerly accepted it. He was not followed, aowever, by Seu- ator Gibson, who is probably zs ‘radicz opposed to the dollar gas bill as any mem: ber of either house. Senator McMillan Argues for a Dollar Rate. There was no vote taken on the proposi- tion to accept this compromise, and it is pending only fn an informal manner. Dis- cussion on that line will probably be re- sumed at the next session of the committee a week hence. In the debate today those favoring a compromise urged that the price of gas might be gradually reduced by such steps as that now propcsed to a dollar a thousand, but the friends of the dollan gas bill presented figures taken from the com- pany’s own statements, showing that, sell- ing gas at a dollar a thousand, the com- pany can easily make 10 per cent on its wa- tered capital stock annually and still have a generous margin over and above divi- dends for the purposes of extension and re- pair. Senator McMillan declared that he was convinced that the company could make a handsome profit with gas at a dol- lar. Otherwise, he went on, he would not consent to any such legislation as that pro- posed. He pointed out that Washington is one of the best gas cities in the country from the company’s point of view, inas- much as nearly everybody uses gas, where- as, in other cities of great size, where there is a heavy proportion of very pocr people in the population, the percentage of gas- consuming citizens is very small. He urged that in view of these facts it would be bet- ter for the company to consent to a reduc- tion now to a dollar a thousand rather than to oppose the proposition. It may be that by next Friday a full com- mittee meeting will be possible, and in that event the question may be taken up for final consideration. The committee passed upon several mat- ters of minor importance. The nomination ef John O'Donnel! to be justice of the peace for the District was favorably acted upor, and in all probability Mr. O'Donnell will be confirmed at once. His present term expires tomorrow. Does Not Want Analostan Island, Sexator Stewart appezred before the com- mittee to advocate the purchase of Ana- lostan Island, as has been recently pro- posed to the District Commissioners. There was some discussfon over this matter, but there wes no apparent disposition on the part of the committee to act favorably on the proposition. It was pointed out that there was nothing tangible now in sight for which the island cculd be used, and Senator Gallinger declared that the propo- sition to put a contagious hospital in the midst of a malarial swamp was something that no physician would Gream of doing. It was shown that to put the island in good shape for use, especially for hospital purposes, would require the expenditure of fully $350,000. Senate hill 1659, amending the laws of the District as to married women, to make parents the natural guardians of their minor children, has for some time been in the hands of a subcommittee, consisting of Senators Faulkner and Gallinger. These Senators have been unable to agree upon a report, and at today’s meeting Senators Baker and Martin were added to the sub- committee. . House bill 818, to provide for the care and eure of inebriates was next taken up and Senator Gailinger was directed to report it adversely. There was a brief discussion preceding this action, the committee being unanimously of the opinion that in view of the already large number of public institu- tions in this city it would be unwise to in- corporate a new one at this time. Senate bill 2748 providing that all judg- ments In civil causes in the District shall bear interest, was next approved, and Sen- ator Faulkner was authorized to report it favorably with an amerdment fixing the rate of interest at 4 per cent instead of at 6 per cent. No Tax for the Pintsch Company. Senate bill 2769, permittirg the Pintsch Compress Company to lay pipes in this city was ordered to a favorable -report: ‘The Commissioners reecommended*that this com- pany should be taxed 4 per cent on its gross receipts for the privilege of occu- pying the streets with lis pipes, but in committee this morning it was pointed out that this privilege is not a matter of such importance as involved in«the granting of subway privileges to ordimary gas compa- nies and other such corporations. The lay- ing of pipes is not to the Pintsch company a necessary incidental to the transaction of its main business, but ig as much for the convenience of the public and of the goy- ernment employes, such as the railway pos- tal clerks, who are obliged to work on rail- Toad trains, as for the company itself. The installation of the pires here will en- able the company to stock ell cars with the gas in this city, whereas before ft has been necessary to stock them in Philadelphia, and it is frequently necessary for postal clerks: running out of this city at night to run oil lamps in the cara, which is a dan- gerous and unsatisfactory means of il- lumination. ‘avorable Reports Authorized. Four House bills, similar to bills of the Senate already reported favorably were ordered to a favorable report to the Sen- ate to take the place of their counterparts cn the calendar, in ordér to facilita heir persage. These were the bill in relation to the appointment of a public administra- tor, which provides for the turning of all moneys found on persons dying intestate in the District of Columbia over to the men’s relief fund, in case no heirs or claimants shall appear; the bill relieving: nton Gloetzner from the ‘law relating to the right of aliens to hold property; ‘he bill relating to the sale af unclaimed freigh« and baggage in the District, and the bill to provide for the drainage of lots. BISHOP DIAZ ARRESTED An Eminent Proteatant Eoolesiastic in Spanish Hands, A Brief Message From Havana Re- ceived at the State De- partment. The Siate Department ‘has received a brief cable message from Consul Gereral Williams at Havana annouiwing the arrest ef Protestant Bishop Alverto Jesus Diaz, who is well known throughout the south and to many church people {m all parta of the United States. Dlaz is*a naturalized American eftizen and of stréag Cuban sym- pathies, Lut his frien is insist that h's work in Cuba has been confined to proselyiing for the church, and deny ‘participation in the rebellion on his part. The message frem Consul General Wiljamns contained no details. The case will be closely fol- lowed up by the representatives of the United States, who will take the customary steps to protect the interests of an Ameri- can citizen. The consul general will insist on a civil tral should tHe matter go to the length of a trial. It may be that his re- lease can be obtained without the necessity |, but on this point nothing can be said in advance of an investigation which Mr. Williams wi!l make’into the .circum- stances leading up to and developed at the arrest. ti s. Georgia Congresamen Interested. The Gecrgia members of Congress were deeply interested in the news from Havana by the Associated Press of the arrest of the two Diaz brothers, naturalized citizens ot the United States, and migsionaries, for aiding the insurgents. They say Bishop Alberto Diaz is a missionary of high standing, and has been supported for sev- eral years by the Baptist conference of Georgia. Representatives Black and Moses, who are members of that church, are per- scnally acquainted with Diaz. Mr. Moses, in speaking of the case, sqid: ~ Story of a Marked Career, “Diaz"is a man with a wonderful history. In the ten years "war he was a captain in the Cuban army. When about to be cap- tured by the Spaniards he jumped into the sea, only holding to a plank, and was pick- ed up by a vessel and carried tg New York. While in a hospital there he was converted by his nurse, who read’ to him from the Bible. He has had wonderful success in preaching in Cuba, and in Catholic Havana has ¢stablished a’ Baptist Church, with a inembership of several hundred. The Georgia Baptists have sapported his work for several years, and his sister last year Was a pupil in the Baptist Female College at La Grenge, Ga. “I did not know that Diaz was natural- ized. Probably he secured his papers in New York. He visits Georgia every year. Ihave understood that while his sympa- thies were with the insurgerts, he was tak- ing no part in the work of the rebellion. He has done much to relieve distress since the beginning of the war.” a MRS. BURDEN'S DIAMONDS. Arrest In England of the Men Sus- pected of Stealing Them. Secretary Olney received a cable message frcm Ambassador-Bayard announcing the capture of Dunlap and Turner, the two men suspected of the theft of $50,000 in diamonds and jewelry from Mr. I. Townsend Burden of New York. The governor of New York has been notified, and St is expected that ar- rangements will be made’ for the extradition of the prisoners, who, were formerly serv- ants in the Burden household. NEW YORK, April 17—Mr. Burden ad- mitted to a reporter that he had received information from London that the men who had robbed his safe had been arrested. In view of this news, he added, the de- parture of his family for Hurope, which had been planned for some time, would take place tomorrow. ‘ BURDEN DIAMOND! ROBBERY. Capture of the Crimidals ®y London Police. LONDON, April 17.—Aninjportart arrest wae made on Bond street yesterday Wm. Dunlap, degcribed as a *valet, and Wm. Turner, said to be a foofman, were taken into custody by the police. They stated that they left the employ of a gentleman in New York recently. If Durflap’s pocket the police found diamonds*valuéd at $15,000, believed to have been stolen, ahd a search of the room occupied by the couple re- vealed them to be in the péssession of bracelets, tiaras, scarf pis set with dia- monds, and emeralds andther jewelry, es- timated to be worth $75,000.» There is no doubt that these are the. men who robbed the house of I. Townsend Burden of New York, in December last, of jewelry to the value of about $60,000. They were formerly servants ‘e Mr. Burden’s employ. The officials of the United States embassy have cabled Sort, Olney to this effect and have asked. for extradition papers. ; Police Inspector Froest, who made the arrests, said to a representative of the Associated Press today: “I merely arrest- ed the men on suspicion. They looked overdressed, and when their room was searched I recognized the jewels, particu- larly a large emerald, from a descriptioa we had of them,.Further,I learned that the men had offsred jewelry for sale to Streeter, the Bond street jeweler, who, al- though not knowing anything about the Burden robbery, was suspicious and in- formed the poli There Is keen interest between Inspector Froest and Mr. Streeter as to who will get the reward sald to have been Offered by up. Burden fcr the recovery. of the jew- e rd i IF SILVER WINS|SECONS CHOICE STRENGTH) MR HILL RESUMES Prospects of a Sound Money Dem- ocratic Bolt at Chicago, HILL'S POSITION WILL INFLUENCE Some Think There Will Be Sulk- ing and Knifing. WHAT THE OTHER SIDE SAYS ———_>——_. A warm discussi is goirg on among om the democratic politicians as to whether the “sound mon2y” men will support the Chicago nominations {if the nominees should be silver men. There is a wide di- versity of op!nion, but ft is noticeable, from an unprejudiced point of view, that there is apparently more loyalty on, the t of the gold standard men than is evinced by their brethren cf the other be- lef. This ostensible loyalty is suspiciously regarded at times in some quarters and is said to exist because the men are still confident that they will con- trol the Chicago convention. ‘To the question “will the gold standard men belt?” the answers from the follow- ers of President Cleveland ere that they will not, but there are, however, few prominent adherents of this side of the money ques- ticn who will openly pledge their earnest efforts to the election of the ticket should it be against them. Ex-Governor Camp- bell of Ohio is said to be about the only man who has deprecated the threats of bolting on each side. He has said that he will support the nominzes, no matter who they are. a How Does Hill Stand? Right at this juncture there are hun- dreds of newspaper m:n who would walk miles to hear Senator David B. Hill ex- press himself on this subject. While the general belief is that his famous expres- siun, “I am a democrat,” will be his mot- to in the co.ning campuign, there would be universal interest in what he might say on the subject. It is urged that if thei is a man in the democratic party who can stem the silver tide at Chicago {t will be this man, whose loyalty to the party and his one-time hatred of all things | mug- wumpish made him admired. His antag- onism to President Cleveland for so long was charged up to his opposition to the President's habit of occasionally going out- side of his party to make appointments. Therefore the voice of Hill at Chicago is looked to. If the silver men are in the majority there they will listen, it is said, to Hill befor: any other man. Whether his advice will be accepted at that time is afother question, but ft s- believed that he-wiil’ haye*mucb ta do with stemming radicel. action and in harmonizing affairs the best possible. Threats of Knifing. A high authority in democratic ranks ex- presses the opinion that the gold demo- crats will not bolt, but that they will quiet- ty “lay down” on the nominees; refuse to yete, or vote for the republican candidates. There Senator Hill will come in again. No one believes, it is said, that he would con- sent to this program. He hates a political assassin, and would much more quickly ad- vise_a complete bolt, with nominations by the gold standard democrats. Senator Hill nd a great many others are said to take the view that the silver furore will pass Lavi f before another four years, and that the democratic party will then fall back to its old ideas. To knife the nominees of the party this year would precipitate a feeling of enmity in the ranks of the cohorts which would last for twenty-five years. The Other Side of It. While eminent authority and circum- stances point adversely to the idea of a gold standard bolt, the silver men of the party Say they think there be a bolt. They point to the opposition to Blackburn in Ken- tucky as the most direct evidence that there will be a bolt. Secretary Carlisle, they say, who now asks for the democratic presiden- tial nomination, and expects silver men to support him if he gets it, is the man re- sponsible for the fdilure of Blackburn's elec- tion. They charge that he is practically a boiter. Then, again, they point to the ac- tion of Oregon gold men in putting out an independent candidate against the reguiar nominee, who Is for silver. They point to the bitter feeling shown in all departments of the administration against silver demo- crats, who, they say, are regarded in the same light as enemies of the party and the administration. They assert that there is certain to be a bolt, and that the bolters will align themselves with the republicans or will put out a ticket of their own. Many hold to the belief that if there is not @ positive declaration against silver at St. Louis, with a silver nominee at Chicago, the gold men will go to the country with a licket of their own, and on a single gold standard platform. ——_+-2+—__. COL, LUDLOW’S RECALL, Leave England for This City ‘Tomorrow. Adjutant General Ruggles has received a cable message from Colonel Wm. Ludlow, corps of engineers, military attache of the United States embassy at London, saying that he will leave Southampton for the United’ States tomorrow. Colonel Ludlow was recalled by cable and is under orders to report in person to the chief of engi- neers in this city. It is expected thut he will be assigned to temporary duty under the Secretary of State in connection with the construction of the Nicaragua canal. No one has yet been selected -to succeed him as the military representative at the court of St. James, and it is said that no immediate action will be taken in this mat- ter. This detail has latterly been given to officers of the engineer corps, but it is said that Colonel Ludlow's successor will most probably be taken from the line of the army. Owing to the gredt social ex- penses attending it the assignment Is avoid- ed by all officers not having: independent fortunes. ——_-e+__ Naval Vessels at Naples. Word has resched the Navy Department that the flagship San Francisco and the cruiser Minneapolis arrived at Naples this morning from a cruise in Turkish waters. The San Francisco is to be placed in dry dock at Naples to receive a cleaning, pre- paratory to a return to the sultan’s do- mains. Admiral Selfridge, commanding the station, will transfer-his flag to the Minne- apolis and proceed to Cronsiadt, on the North sea, to do honor to the coronation of the Czar of all the Russias. It is prob- able that the admiral and his staff will make an overland trip to St. Petersburg in order to represent the United States Navy at the coronation cereimonies. Uron- stadt is the nearest seaport to the Russian capital, and the Minneapolis will remain there until the ceremonies are concluded. ee Se 'To Be Surrendered to Canada. The State Department has issued a war- rant for the surrender to the Canadian authorities of Chas. Ryan, who is held un- der arrest at Easton, Pa., on a charge of being concerned in @ highway robbery” in Carada. He W That Now Becoming a Factor in McKinley Calculations. What His Followers Say on the Sub- ject—The Kentucky Case a Typical One. Mr. McKinley's second choice strength is beginning to be a fector in current calcu- lations. The assumption of the oppogition is that he wili not live loag enough in the convention to get the benefit of this. It is insisted t he must secure the prize at once, or he cannot hope to do so at all; that if the convention hesitates, Mr. Mc- Kinley is lost. A big lead, it is said, is a kreat peril. It is supposed vo show the full possibilities of the man, and if he fails short of success on the first test, the field is at once invited to a combinatio: The McKinley Men's Reply. The McKinley men have a ready reply to this. They take it up merely for argu- Taent’s sake. They still insist that their fi-verite will be nomiaated on the bal- Jot. But to show that he could, if lacking @ few votes at the outset, resist the as- saults of combinations long enough to in- herit his second -cholce support, they refer to the conditions of that support. The Kentucky case is cited because it is hot from the griddle. As e>plained by those familiar with the contest and friendly to McKinley, there was no defeat of Mr. Mc- ‘The fight was between Go ¥ Congressman Hunter, who ell out after the triumph in November, and have ever since been at swords’ points. Gov. —largely in.fivenced by a feel- nal pride—desired the compli- mentary vote of the state at St. Louis for the presidential nomination, while Dr. Hun- ter oppcsed the preposition. Dr. Hunter had, of course, to invoke the nume of the presidential irant who stood highest in Kentucky favor, and that name was Mc- Kinley. The stand he took was like this: “Why bestow such a compliment on a man who is not a real candidate, and certain not to become one? The state is for McKinle: and the best policy would be to £0 reco! ourselves a: the very outset, and get the benefit of timeliness, as well as of sin- cerity. But Gov. Bradley held out for the com- pliment, and hag won by a very narrow margin. A forced compliment is all he has obtained, according to the McKinley peo- ple. The state was for McKinley before, they say, ond is for McKinley still. Can't Hold the Delegates. Now, as the McKinley men ask, how long can Goy. Bradley hope to hold those dele- Gates? Are they Mkely to be his longer than the paying, of the mere compliment with which they have been charged? Can he use them at will, and when through with them in his own name, transfer them to those who are fighting Mr. McKinley in behalf of some real candidate? The Mc- Kinley men say, no. With the paying of the perso compliment the allegiance will end, and the Kentuckians, when it comes down to business, will vote their real sen- timents.” They will go to McKinley, not only because of instructions to that effect, but because of a real personal preference. And they will go to him in good time, if hi fails on the first ballot, to be of service to him on an early subsequent ballot. Simply a Typical Case. The McKinley men are certain that the Kentucky case is a typical case. And when the crisis arrives; when it is apparent that he has but to come into possession of what is rightfully his own to be nominated, Mr. McKinley, it is insisted, will draw his friends out of the other camp like a magnet Graws needles and pins out of their hiding places. ———_-_e-__ TO BRIDGE THE PoTomac. The Proposed Structure Will Span the Stream at or Near Great Falls. Senator Vest today, from the committee cn commerce, made a favorable report to the Senate on the bill, S. 2775, authorizing the Herndon and Aldie railroad to con- struct a bridge across the Potomac river at or near the Great Falls. This railroad is incorpcrated in Virginia. The plans for the bridge and approaches are to be submitted to the Secretary of War for approval and before work is begun on the bridge the company is required to deposit with the treasurer of the United States, to the credit of the Washington aqueduct, the sum of $5,000 to defray all the expenses that may be incurred by the United States in connection with the inspection of the work on the lands of the United States 2 ua che preservation ana care of the aque- juct. The company is prohibited from erecting any structure on the lands of the United States. The work is to be begun within one year and completed within three years from the passage of the act. ———__+e+____ PACIFIC LAND PATENTS. A Resolution Introduced Direct That Their Issuance Be Resumed. Senator Warren of Wyoming today in- troduced a concurrent resolution directing the Secretary of the Interior to resume the patenting of lands to the Union Pacific Railroad Company. It recites that the pat- ent of lands granted to the Union Py cifle was suspended a year ago, and that in western Nebraska, northern Colorado, Wyoming and Utah, lists of lands granted to the Union Pacific amount to 2,800,000 acres, all of which, less 120,000, have long since been sold to third parties; that more than one-half of that sold has been paid for in full in cash and railroad deeds have issued; that the balance is under contract, one-half of which has already been paid, and that clear title cannot pass until the patents are issued to the company. The resolution directs that the Secretary re- scind his order and cause patents to issue without delay. ———o—___ Renominated by Acclamation. Representative Dingley of Maine was yes- terday renominated for Congress by accla- mation. His renomination is, of course, equivalent to election. He is one of the best informed and useful men the House has counted in its membership for many years. In this Congress he is the official leader of the majority. He has long been the actual leader in council, but he has never sought the reward of his ability through official designation. He 1s author- ity on most questions. of legislation, and has had more than any other man in the House to do with the republican tariff leg- islation. His appointment as chairman of the ways and mcans committee at the be- Binning of this Congress was in response to the universal demand on the part of his colleagues, and even those who aspired to that position yielded willingly to his su- perior fitness. eS Approved by the President. The President has approved the act for the construciion of a bridge acrcss the Chattahoochee river near Columbia, Ala.; the act te correct the muster of Lieutenant Gilman L. Johnson of the New York volun- teers, and the act for the relief of John Cc. Cutter; late first leutenant thirty-sixth Massachusetts volunteer infantry. eee A Short Cabinet Meeting. The cabtnet meeting today was attended by all the members except Secretaries Car- lisle and Lamont. It was unusually short. He Continues His Speech on the Bond Inquiry Resolution. SHARP SENATORIAL DIALOGUE Mr. Gorman!s Sarcastic References to the Party in Control. MATTERS IN THE HOUSE A controversy over status of the bond resi the parliamentary tion came up soon after the Senate session opened today. Mr. Cannon (Utah) pointed out that the Utah land resolution had been displaced by the bond resolution, and he desired to g0 on with the Utah question. There was @ prospect of a test vote on keeping the bond question Leicre the Senate, Wut this was avoided by an understanding that if the Utah case came up the bond resolution would remain unfinished business and come up at 2? o'clock. The attend: was 50 meager that a call for a quorum was made, showing fifty-seven Senators present. The Utah Case, The Utah land resolution was then taken up. It directs retary of the Interior to oper the Uncompahgre Indian reserva- tion without further delay. The de had the effect of postponing the speech of Sena tor Hill begun yeeterday in opposition to the bond resotution. 5 After Mr. Brown had spoken for lution he sought to secure a vote, but Mr. Gorman asked that action be deferred owing to the absence of Mr. Vilas, who de- sired to be heard. This brought on a warm colloquy. Mr. Aldrich (R. 1) said it must be clear that there was “something be- hind” these efforts at delay and this per- sistence in putting off votes. Mr. Gorman respcnded that it was the first intmation coming from a distinguish- ed Senator o2 the other side of the chamber that delays in public business were yccur- ring. It was a novel suggestion, in view of the fact that the other side had full control of the committees of the Senate. “We surrendered control ce gracefully as possible to the other side,” said Mr. Gor- nan, “and we had hoped business would be pushed along. But I have observed with wonder thet the Senators in control have not mapped out some well-defined policy.” Mr. Wolcott (Col.) protested against mak- ing the Utah resolutions the “foot ball of Party politics.” It had dragged for three weeks when it ought not to have wken two hours. “The Senate understands and the country understands,” seid Mr. Aldrich, in response to Mr. Gorman, “that neither of the great parties has a majority in the Senate.” Mr. Aldrich urged that a policy of busi- ness be agreed on at once, both sides agree- ing. Mr. Gorman insisted that the control of committees gave control of the Senate. “Does that control permit a tariff bill to be brought in and passed here?” asked Mr. Chandler. “We will come to the tariff later,” an- vered Mr. Gorman. “The country will hold the party in control to a proper re- sponsibility for making appropriations be- yend the revenues of the government.” Mr. Gorman’s last remark was made with fuch earnestness that Mr. Chandler created @ laugh by remarking that the impressive — of Mr. Gorman really frightened m. “I am very glad I haye been able to frighten the Senator,” replied Mr. Gorman. “He has recently been frightening his own party.” While this parley was going on Mr. Vilas arrived and proceeded with a speech op- posing the Utah resolution. Mr. Hill Resumes. At 2 o'clock the bond resolution was taken up, and Mr. Hill resumed his speech in opposition. ‘The galleries were crowded in anticipation of a renewal of the scnsa- ticnal features developed in the first in- Stallment of Mr. Hill's speech The diplomatic gallery was well filicd with lady members of the diplomatic corps and several of the ministers. Mr. Hill left his seat on the right side of the chamber and tock a poiat of vantage near the mid- dle of the democratic side. He had before him several volumes, including Sen tor Sherman's memoirs. To Adjourn Over rday. ‘There were early indications of dilatory Meneuvers on the bond resolution. Be- fore Mr. Hill had risen to his feet Mr. Walthall moved that when the Senate ad- journed it be until Monday The Mr. Chandler suggested the absen qucrum. The call showed 57 Senators present. e Teso= On the Walthall motion for an adjournment over Saturday the yeas and demanded by Mr. Call (Fla.). thall motion was carried—35-28. This vote was regarded as something of @ reverse to the friends of the resolution, who kad wished to go on ‘cmorrow, al- though the vcte was largely effected by the desire to have the usual Sa:urfay recess. After this diversioa, Mr. Hill proceeded with his speech. The vehemence his extemporaneous remarks yesterday was modified today by an adherence much of the time to manuscript. THE HOUSE. nays were The Wal- The approach of the final adjournment of Congress is indicated by the great pressure at the opening of each session of the House for uranimous consent for the passage of minor bills. Today fully fifty members were clamoring for recognition when the House convened. Several bills were pasecd by unanimous consent, including pension bills, bills to donate condemned cannon to G_A. R. posts, etc. Mr. Pickler then demanded the regular order. This being Friday, the day, under the rules, was devoted to the consideration of private bills. Seme pension bills favor- ably reported upon et the last Friday night seasicn were first disposed of. Mr. Loud «(Cal.) demanded the ayes and nays on the bill to pension the widcw of Rear Admiral Donald McNeil Fairfax at the rate of $0 rer month. He fcught the bill in com- mittee on the general ground of opposition to large pensions for officers’ widows. The ayes and nayes were, however, refused, and the bill was passed without division. The House spent almost all the afternoon discussing a bill to retire a hospital stew- ard as a second lieutenant of cavalry. $$$ 2 FIVE CHILDREN PERISHED. Many Narrow Escapes From a Haroa- ing Tenement. TURNER’S FALLS, Mats., April 17.— Five children were smothered to death by a fire in a tenement block here today. The fire originated in the basement of the three-story bluck in which the children and their parents were livirg. It spread #0 rapidly that thoes on the second floor were barely able to escape with their lives. Though blinded and nearly overcome by the smoke, a man named Courmatine, who lived on the upper floor, seized two of his six small children and carried them to a place of safety. Two more he then secured and carried them out, but the others per- ished. A young man, a cripple, escaped by going down a clothes line. The dead are: Josephine Courmatine, aged twelve years; Edwérd Courmatine, aged ten years; Annie Dubois, aged four years; Lena Dubois, aged seve years; Rosie Bonmire, aged ten pears.