Evening Star Newspaper, May 1, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres’t. 79 Build 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star Is served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents or #4 cents per mouth. Copies at the cb. By muil—soywhere to the ada—postage prepuid—50 cents ecrnter United Sheet Star, $1 per year, with . $3.00, ve at Washinston, D.C., 1 matter.) riptions must be patd tn advance. dvertising made known on application. Che Hen Stave. No. 18,467. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, MAY 1, 1896-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. HE IS NOT DOWNCAST Senator Callom Philosophically Dis- usses His Defeat. ——EEE NO HOSTILITY 10 HIS CANDIDACY ——_+ But Overwhelming Popular Prefer- ence for McKinley. SENSATIONAL INCIDENT y 1—Senator Cul- ston tonight. He philosophically, 1 stori nd swap- ped anecdotes with his friends. He does not onstrue the failure of Iinoi bold ntial candidacy to hestility to but rather to the over- which entative helming entiment mands Mc ‘otective ide as the repr of ement of Senator Cul- ill be made, but any of rict delegates who their intention to do so with the ator will find no h yet st for Me- made to th votes in ad’ nal incidents the w Mayor Sw 1s at candida itical_ mom * city adminis uct hed with confi- . Sought to substi- aditor Wm. F Hopkin calmly favor of Nixon, and umiliating defeat on ction, not only taught but also secured the ago leaders, whose » defeat of Swift. LOGICAL CANDIDATE.” THE How Mr. Hanna Accounts Ninley’s Progress, Nb, O asked today for an exp he Ii state aid: “LI really statement con- of yesterday’s conve om the first made no pre- and have endeavor- eKinle campaign principl oulse te for tix nts have for Me- M. aA. 0, May > result of ringfheld, result f REGULARS" RESTRAINE St. Paul Dem ic ¥ Iters to Have ri the Ticket. = ST. PAUL, Minn., Mz According to dewn ty Judge Kelly in court there will be but one ticket in the field in the city " When the regularly convention met a sf the delegates bolted, aleging onvention had b even though prep: jolt 1 so-calied re ized their conventic ected tickets It ling theirs democratic citi- latter was placed on the ctfi- as provided | moct cit fer an injunction to & the so- "Ss on the th atic nomin y today granted the injunction asked for. TO INDORSE CARLISLE. Address to by y 1A committee ats has pre an of Kentucky md_fina| Carlisle addr to the democ calling on them to s etal platferm and inderse John for President. RACING _ AT NEWMARKET. American Horses Ran, Were Unplaced. Several but the third and first sp an horse, the race R: the mapo, L. tewarton second, and oelette won; Hor thir 1.004) guineas stake: The petti rotah IT was one o} for the T. Jenning: The Quack re third. BACK FROM ATH Retura of the Prin ning Athletes. “NEW YORK, May 1.—Four ef the prize winners in the Olympian games at Athens last month, A. C. Tyler, F. A. Lane, H. Jamieson and Robert Garrett, all of on College, arrived here today en mship Spree, from Bremen. All 1 the best of health end spirits and delighted with their trip. At the pier they were welcomed by and then they took the train for Princeton. ‘The little procession dewn the gang- plank was led by Garrett, who succeeded in eapturing three of the olive and laurel Wreaths presented by the prize winners in the Stadion by the King of Greece. Tyler were steamship members of their immediate famili carried hix vaulting poles, and will pre- Serve them as an interesting memento of the memorable trip. All the boys wore medals of gold and blue enamel, received as prizes. What were cherished niost, however, were the wreaths. These were carefully packed in strong leather boxes, which will not be opened until Prinecton is reached MR. TELLER’S DECLARATION Not Thought to Take Him Out of the Re- publican Party. His Assertion Not New—A Compromise May Be Reached as Was Done Four Years Ago. The language used by Mr. Teller in the Senate on Wednesday is stili the subject of iscussion in political circles. The Colorado ator spoke with feeling and emphasis, and, of course, with sincerity. His sincerity is never questioned. But in some quarters there has been a revision of the first judg- ment pronounced on the weight of his words. There are those who do not now think that the deliverance takes him out of the republican calculation at all. Nothing New in His Assertion. This view Is based on Mr. Teller’s declara- tion considered in connection with what are thought to be the probabilities at St. Louis. Teller says he will not support the re- “that gold, and gold alone, shall the values of the world.” It is nt that there is nothing new in ertion. Mr. Teller has made it times. Such has always been his position. ‘The republican party has never adopted such a platform. Will it do so at Louis? ‘Th doubted by many lead- republicans classed as sound money men, and some of them probable delegates to the St. Louis convention. Then, it is asked, if the St, Louis convention is not adopt the platform that Mr. Teller why put him down as a probable He is a republican on every other tion, and makes it plain that he is proud of the party's h and wants to remain in the organization. The Real Question. The real question ts thought to relate to the middle ground the convention pected to find. What shall that be? Mr. man talks gold with great aggressiv SS now, and Mr. Te! free silver, but if the convention is not to declare outright for either, w. concessioi to be made to bring the two fac ther? A very difficult situation was met and mas- tered a Is the case now history in some not be repeated? It is understood Mr. Teller is going to St. Lo a delegate, and as such may again on the platform committee. Tetley and Wolcott. While there is some difference between Mr. Teller’s position and that of his col- league, Mr. Wolcott, the belief is that they are not widely separated. Both are for free coinage. Mr. Teller just now is the more aggressive of the two. He frankly defines what he will not stand in the way of a gold deliverance, but until he stat in so many words that unless the St. Louis coivention dectares for free coinage at 16 to I he will not support the ticket it nom- inates, he will still be counted as a work- ing factor in the republican party. And the prediction is made that he will never take any such position. SE) ATOR WOLCOTT'S LETTER. Inte! pretttion Pat on His Declara- tions by Senator Mantle. Senator Mantle of Montana sald today, speaking of Senator Wolcott's letter: ‘or Wolcott says, in effect, that if both republicans and democrats in the 3 a- tional convention declare for a single gold standard, he will remain with the republi- can party rather than join the populist party, even to secure free silver, and in the light of Colorado's experience under populist rule, no one will be surprised at this declaration of Senator Wolcott's. However, the Senator further says, ‘There 1s no sacrifice 1 would not make to secure the remonetization of silver.’ And agaii : cure the unlimited coinage of siive d count party ties as nothing.” And tin, ‘If either one of the two great ies shall declare in favor of the un- limited coinage of silver at our mints, ex- isting political conditions in Colorado will undergo a sweeping change, and in this letter I speak only of the situation as it is ge ts very plain and direct. ns as between republicans and popu- Senator Wolcott will remain a repub- uit it means also that if the republi- ty declares for a single gold stand ard and the democratic party declares for the full restoration of silver and nominates genuine silver man, that the Senator will ‘ount party tes as nothing’ to secure the i ge of silver. Senator Wolcott's letter dispas- y, I find no ground whatever for the jubilation of gold standard republicans, or for the assumption they so ostentatious- ly parade Senator Wolcott and Sena- tor Teller have parted company on the sil- ver que: On the contrary, the letter shows ¢ . to my mind, that they oc- cupy practically the same ground. The chief point in the letter is that the Senator will under no circumstances, not even to secure the free coinage of silver, help to ce the populist party in power, and 1 dd that the great mass of silver re- publicans join him in his emphatic oppos tion to populistic beliefs and their methods when in power.” —s WARM FOR VW ns Anxious to Fight « Freedom. Representative Talbert of South Carolina ed a letter from an enthusias- tie constituent of his district proposing te organize a company to go to Cuba to fight with the insurgents. “All we want,” says the writer of the letter, “is that you see the Cuban authorities and arrange for us to go. We don’t want any pay, but want our transportation paid. Representative Talbert will turn the let- ter over to Thomas Estrada Palma to see if he wants some fighters. The proposed company is to come from Edgefield county, S. C., the home of Senator Tillman and of Senator Butler. For fear that Mr. Tal- rt ay not want lo spare that many vot- from his rict, the writer of the let- ter assures hin. that there will be plenty left to insure his renomination and elec- tion. AR. —$—_<§_-o+____ * SENATOR MORGAN BETTER, He Hopes to Resume His Seat in the . Senate Monday. Word was received at the Senate today that Senator Morgan of Alabama, who has been ill for some time past, and who has recently been In Pennsylvania in an effort to regain his health, has materially recov- ered and expects to reach the city tomor- row. It is hoped that he wlil be able to re- sume his seat in the Senate Monday. + Appointed From Civil Life. The President has filled two vacancies in the medicai corps of the navy by the ap- polntment of William W. Wheeler of New York end Robert S. Blakeman of Connecti- cut, These appointments were made froen civil life as the result of examination. —<— Called at the White House. Ex-Postmaster General James and his bride end his son, Mr. Charles F. Jam of New York, called ar the White House tcday and paid their respects to President Cleveland. They were warmly greeted py all the old employes of the mansion. DISTRICT LAWMAKING Testator’s Right to Will His Children to Whom He Pleases. ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER FRANCHISE Purchase of Analostan Island Fa- vored by the Senate Committee. SUNDRY MATTERS _——— There was an unusually large attendance at the meeting of the Senate District com- mittee this morning, and the session was of more than ordinary length, yet the re- sults were not numerous. This was be- cause the members of the committee spent nsiderable time in a discussion of the intricacies of the bill defining the rights of married women in the District of Colum- bia and relating to the disposition of chil- dren by will. This matter has been pend- ing before the committee for some time and has attracted the interest of all the lawy2r members of the committee. It was recently discovered that the subcommitte: on the bill, Senators Faulkner and Gal- linger, were deadlocked on the matter, and accordingly Senators Baker and Martin were added for the purpose of breaking up the tie, At today’s meeting the bill was discussed in detail and at the conclusion of the debate Senator aulkner was di- rected to make a favorable report after it had been amended in many particulars. In its amended form the bill will recog nize the parents of minor children as their hatural guardians and will repeal the law now said to be in force in the District whereby a father dying can will a minor child to the guardianship of any other party than his wife if he so desires. This law, it will be remembered, was given wi notoriety during the recent trial involving the custody of the Slack children. The amended bill will make the surviving par- ent the guardian of the child so far as its person is concerned, but the father or the mother dying may will that another party than the surviving parent may become tae guardian of the child as to property and certain legal rights. The custody of the child, however, according to the bill as it Will be reported, cannot be taken from the surviving parent. ‘This is the main point in controversy, and the bill, therefore, receives a favorable consideration from that point of view. The etric Light Franchise. Much of the remaining time at the dis- pcsal of the committee was devoted to the pending bill, Senate 2544, to authorize the extension of the lines of the Potomac Light and Power Company, involving the dispute cver the electric light privileges, both in the city and ¢ ty. The committee is dis- pesed to grant certain privileges to the Po- tomac Company and, as heretofore stated in ‘The Star, it is possible that the bill will be reported favorably, granting this company the right to furnish heat and power inside the city limits and light outside of the city limi! The representatiy of the com- pany, however, have recently embarassed their friends on the committee by asking for further privileges and for more right than the commitiee feels warranted at thi time in granting. For instance, they have brought up certain awkward street railway problems by proposing to establish a switch in Georgetown between the Tenle: railroad, which is owned by the same partics as those nominaily controlling the Potomac company, and the Metropolitan railway, so as to run the Tenleytown cars through the city of Washington by underground electric current, of course, traversing the entire Metropolitan system east and west, and con- necting at the eastern end with a branch leading to Anacostia, there utilizing the tracks of the Anacostia Railway Company. ‘Tnis proposition, of course, arouses the opposition of the Metropolitan Company and complicates the situation with regard to the Anacostia railroad, which 1s already sufficiently embarrassing. Peculiar Complications. It is understood that this Potomac Com- pany is the representative here of one of the great trolley syndicates of the north, and in view of this fact, which Is generally accepted, the committee is disposed to act slowly in the matter of granting privilege: to the Potomac Company. Therefore, afi a considerabie discussion today it was de- cided to have the bill reprinted with the pending proposed amendments, and to hold a special meeting at some future date, if such can be conveniently arranged, to con- sider this entire question of the rivalry be- tween the electric light companies. ‘The situation with regard to the United States Company is peculiarly interesting, since that corporation has no power whatever under the decision of the court to make a single extension in the city limits, and is greatly embarrassed by the rulings of the District Commissioners, yet it has come forward with no proposition to Congress, and there is pending not a single scrap of legislation looking to its reiief or to the protection of its forty-five miles of con- duit. It is thought that perhaps the secret of this inaction Kes in the fact that the committee is disposed to force this coi pany to take out a local charter in lieu of its West Virginia charter whenever it asks for new legislation, and it is not to the interests of the company to take this step. To Buy Analostan Island. The matter of the purchase of Analostan Island again came before the committee, and Senator Gallinger made a verbal report of a visit which he has recently paid to that property for the purpose of inspecting it with a view of ascertaining its avail- ability for use by the government and its character as a real estate bargain. As a result of his report the committee de- cided to present to the appropriation com- mittee an amendment appropriating $112,- sw for the purchase of the island. This is the ameunt estimated "by the District Commissioners for this purpose. It more than covers all existing mortgages and provides as well for certain others who are interested in the title. The amend- ment to this effect was offered later in the day by Mr. Gallinger. The Gas Question. In accordance with the recent action of the committee in reporting favorably the amended dollar gas bill Mr. Gallinger was directed to report adversely Senate bill 1408, to incorporate the National Capital Gaslight, Heat and Power Company. The acceptance of the compromise gas Dill, which regulates the prices to be charged by the old company, necessarily settled the question of incorporating new companies, and in accordance with this policy propo- sitions to the latter effect will henceforth be_negatived. Senate bill 2128, providing for a test of the improved methods for the disposal of sewage and water filtration of villages and cities, was considered and adversely acted upon, and an unfavorable report was ordered to be made upon it in accord- ance with the recommendation of the Commissioners. , The same action was taken with regard to Senate bill 2842, to incorporate the Co- lumbia Subway Company, introduced by Mr. Gorman, Thy Commissiéners made an adyerse report upon this proposition, and their action was followed, by the Senate committee. = Standard OU Pipes. A favorable report was ordered - upon Senate bill 2870, to permit Rene C. Baugh- man to lay pipes in a certain street in this city. Mr. Baughman Is the agent here of the Standard Oil Company,.and desires to lay a service pipe for handiing oil near the James Creek canal. The committee au- thorized a favorable report.on the cordi- tion that the same privilege should te granted to the Nicolai Brothers, also deal- ers in oil, in the same vicinity, The committee approved an amendment appropriating $26,000 for the preparation of the plans for carrying out the highway act recently introduced by Mr. McMillan. District Appropriation Bill. It was understood yesterday that the hearings on the District appropriation Dill had come to a close, but, nevertheless, the subcommittee on the bill found the doors besieged this morning with persons anxious for hearings, and so the session today be- fore noon was devoted to listening to argu- meats from citizens. Messrs. William G. Henderson and W. J. Hughes, president and secretary respectively of the North Capitol and Eckington Citizens’ Assoctation, ap- peared before the committee to ask for the improvement of certain streets in that vi- cinity. Ex-Representative Hemphill made a brief argument in favor of the amendment, which, later In the day, was Introduced by Mr. Hawley, appropriating funds to pay the Prospect Hill Cemetery Company for land condemned for the extension of North Capitol street under the first proceedings to that effect. Mr. Hemphill represented the cemetery company. A delegation also appeared to ask that the appropriation of $2,500 to aid the tem- porary home fer ex-Unien soldiers on Mis- souri avenue, which has formerly been made specifically for that purpose, should be so made again this year. The House of Representatives, {t is to be remembered, wiped out all specific appropriations for charitable purposes in the District and lumped the entire sum given under one head. The representatives of the home told the subcommittee this morning that there were contracts existing for supplies and for rent that conld not he met If this specific appropriation should be withdrawn, It is anticipated that there will be no further hearings on the bill and that the subcommittee will now be able to proceed without interruption with the work of mal ing amendments. It is not afttieips ever, that the bill will be full Committee be FOR AN EIGHT-HOUR DAY . ‘The Movement Inaugurated by Workinemen in This City, Possible Strike of Steam and Hot Water Fitters—Carpenters to Urge the Matter on Employers, In pursuance of Instrustions from the headquarters of the National Steam and Hot Water Fitters’ Union, the executive committee of the local branch in Waghing- ton have requested their employers to grant them, commencing with today, an eight- hour day, at the same rate of pay as they have heretofore received for a nime-hour day. The steam and hot water fitters have been receiving $3 a Gay of nine hours for a considerable period, but the new move- ment is undertaken In accordance with a resolution adopted some time ago by the American Federat for Its ob ct the securing of an eight-hour at the same Tate of pay as for © hours, for all persons connected with any organization that is affiliated with that advance asked for has been con- |. by some of the shops and refused by others, and threats of striking have been made by some of those interested, if their request$ are net complied with by quitting work time this evening. Should a strike occur the Steam and Hot Water Fitters’ Helpers’ Union, a separate organization, will also be affected. The carpenters affiliated with the A. F. of L. are also making a move toward get- ting an S-hour day, but wilmot resort to a strike to obtain it. They are confident that this concession by employers all through the country is but a question of a short time, and they are satisfied if they get it now in complianee with requ wait unul the favorable period arrives. The horseshoers are likewise engaged in an effort to secure the shorter day, but will not, it is si , resort to any harsh means to obtain it. The Granite Cutters’ Union held a spe- cial meeting last evening and discussed a proposition to send a delegate to the com- ing national convention of the craft at Bal- Umore, but did not arrive at a determina- nin regard to the matter. The meeting last evening of District As- sembly No. 66, Knights of Labor, was prin- cipally occupied in discussing the beer boycott. The executive board were con- gratulated on the prospective success of their efforts in behalf of rapid transit in Anacostia. General Secretary-Treasurer Hayes of the xeneral executive board, K. of L., who was present, made an interest- ing address, John W. ——~—.___ THE HANCOCK STATUE. Departments to Probably Noon on the Day Close at f€ Unveiling. A proposition is under favorable consid- eration by the President and his cabinet advisers to honor the memory of Gen. Han- cock by clesing the executive departments at noon on the 12th instant on the occa- sion of the unveiling of the equestrian statue of Hancock in this city, in order that the old s sldiers and others in the goy- ernment service may have an opportunity to participate in the ceremonies. There are numerous precedents for such action, the most striking being the execu- tive order issued by President Cleveland May 9, 1887, in the czse of the Gariicld statue unveiling. ie + Retirement and Promotions. Col. Charles G. Bartlett, commanding the rinth infantry, was placed on the retired list of the army today cn his own applica- tion, under the thirty years? service clause. His retirement makes the follewing pro- motions in the line: Lieut. Col. W. J. Lyster of the twenty- first infantry, to the command of the ninth infantry, with the rank of colonel; Maj. Chambers McKibben of, the, twenty-fifth infantry, ta be lieutenant colonel of the twenty-first; Capt. Mott Hootten of the twenty-second, to be major of the twenty- fifth; First Lieut. Frank B. Jones of the econd, to be captain of the twenty- ‘econd Lieut. Wilson Chase of the twentieth, to be first Meutenant of the twenty-second infantry. ‘The vacancy in the list of second lieutenants will be filled by appcintment from the Military Acad- emy. — The Joint Resolution. Approved. The President has appreyed the joint reso- lution providing for the distribution of the publication containing the messages and papers of the Presidents of the United States. The edition of this valuable docu- ment is exceedingly limited, and the great demand for copies cannot be met unless the supply is largely Increased $2 Personal Mention. Rear Admtral_Georgé Belknap, retired, is on a visit to this city, He is at the Ebbitt. Rear Admiral C. S. ‘Norton, who has just been detached from ¢ommand of the South Atlantic squadron, ig: now in this city on waiting orders. He is at 1312 19th street. Gen. Wm.°D. Whipple. fetired. was in thé city today. Mr. Frank Donnelly, whg has been ill with pneumonia and musculay, rheumatism ior months, has gone to Fort Monroe to regain his strength. ae é 2 b of Labor, which has | THE TAWNEY BILL Favorably Reported by a House Subcommittee, CLERKS 10 BE RETIRED ON ANNUITIES Signal Service Clerks of the United States Army Included. REBATE WITH INTEREST + The subcommittee of the House com- mittee on reform in the civil service has agreed upon the revised Tawney bill for the retirement of government employes, and will report it to the next meeting of it has been is as the full committee. The bil agreed upon by the subcommittee follows: “Be It enacted by the Senate of Representatives of the Unit America in Congress assemb! inning on the Ist « shall be withheld each laries of all em:plo: the government hereto: pointed under and in purs y of July, 1M, there trom month the in the entitled ‘An act to improv: the civil service of the Un. approved January 16, 18S, or who holds his position in. the | pul under the provisi lary is fixed ons of said act, ind enlisted men of the drmy or navy, who are excluded from the provisions of this act, three per centum or so much thereof as the Secretary of the 4 may on the Ist day of July of eto he necessar aki sum din the ury to the credit of the t fund" a special to be expended fur the benefit of the employe who shall be retired upon the plan f this act: P: withhe! on al money F of such employes the governm shall pay interest at aie of four per centum per annum, payable semi-annually, h hall be deposited to the © retirement same Manner credit of the 4 fund, and he nd for the same purpose as herein spe for the expenditure of y moneys aid fund. That on and after the first day who are shall by ubject to the provis retired from such service is ue end paid an annuity equal to 65 p tum cf annual salar in such the ay ived whi ¥, provid ploye shall rec x Such retirem ge der and subject to the follow! condi- Fi AN ch employes who kave reuched the of fifty years and who have been employed in the government ser- vice for a veriod of twenty years, and who are disabled for the pe of their ordinary duties becau disabilit net the result of their m shall be paid the annuity author this act. . “Second. That all those who have re: ed the age of sixty years and who have been employed in the government service for a period of thirty years, may, upon their own request, be retired, shall te paid the annuity authorized by t t. “Phird. All those who have reached the age of fifty-tive y and who have been employed in the government service for a period of twen' 3 dare dis- abled for the performance of their ordi- nary dutles be of 3 lity not the result of their own vicious habits, shall be compulsorily retired, and shall be paid the annuity authorized by this act, “Fourth. All those who have reached the ace of seventy yea ard who have been employed in the government service for a period of thirty years shall -e compulsorily retired and shail be paid the annuity thorized by this act: Provided, That in all cases where employes have heretofore vol- untarily left the government servies, and have been out of uch service for a period of one year, or whe may hereafter voluntarily leave such service for any time and withdraw from the civil service ment fund the amount to which t p entitled urder the visions of this act and thereafter re-entered or re-enter said service, they shall not be entitled to benefit of the time they May have serve: prior to the time of leaving such se And provided further, That any employ who may have been or may kereafter be reroved fom the service through no de- linquency or misconduct on kis part, and who was or shall be reinstated one’ y after the date of such remcval, shall be deemed to have been in continuous servic provided he has not withdrawn from said civil service retirement fund the amount to which he was entitled at the dute of such removal. “Sec. 3. That from the annuity to be paid to employes who are retired or who all themselves of the provisicns of this prior to the Ist day of July, 1906, the: shell be withheld th percentum of such a. nuity, said sums to be retained the civil service retirement fund and paid out as other mone in said fund are authorized to b> expended. “Sec. 4. That the pericas of employment ed in section 2 stall apply to such employes in tke several executive depart ments who were formerly gencral service clerks enlisied for service in the executty departments, teembers of the signal ser ice, United States army {counting the said period frcm the date of their enlistment in the signal service), and who ure now, or may hereafter beccme, employes in the service of the government herein pro- vided: Provided, That such service in the signal service and in the executive depart- ments shall have been continuous. And provided further, That in fixing the an- nuity to be paid to the employes mentioned in this section the salary received by them while serying as such general service clerks or as members of the signal service, United States army, shall be excluded. “Sec. 5. That any employe who has con- tributed to the civil service retirement fund hereby authorized, and who shall die 1» fore retirement, shall have paid to his e: tate the amount of salary withheld during his term of office and deposited in said fund, together with the accrued interest thereon; and any employe who shall be dismissed or who may resign at any time within five years from the date of his a pointment shall have paid to him the amount of salary withheld and deposited in said fund during his term of office: Pro- vided. That in case any employe befcre retirement is deprived of employment by reason of any legislative enactment or be- cau e of failure of Congress to appropriate money for the payment of his salary, or whose dismissal is due to a reductiqn of the force in the government service, the amount withheld from the salary of such employe and deposited with said civil re- tirement fund, shall be paid to him from said fund, together with the accrued in- terest thereon. “Sec. 6. That every employe placed upon the retired lst under the provisions of this act shall be paid monthly out of the civil service retirement fund by the Scerctary of the Treasury and in accordance with such rules and regulations as he may pre- scribe. “Sec. 7. That all applications for retire- ment under this act shall be made inewrit- ing to the civil service commission, stating all the facts upon which such application is based, and all retirements, both compulsory and voluntary, shall be made by said com- mission and certified to the Secret. of the ‘Treasury under such rules and regulations as the said commission may prescribe. “Sec. 8. That-the amount withheld from the salary of employes and deposited in the civil service retirement fund under this act shall be exempt from execution or levy b; attachment, garnishment or other process. THOUSANDS PRESENT Assembling Today of the Methodist Quad- rennial Conference, John Wesley's Bible to Be Used—The Woman Delegate Question Ap- proached—Rights of Luymen. CLEVELAND, OHIO, May 1.—The gavel of the yenerable Bishop Rowman fell this morning at 9 o'clock, and the great quad- rennial conference of the Methodist pal Chureh was urder way. Central Armory looked beautiful, Indeed. Its interior was as brilliant as the hail of a political conventton, and on all sides there was an expectancy that 1 importance were about to be pre in the convention, Three thousand persons were in the hall when the meeting was called to order, Om the floor were white men and black men, the delegate from cold Norway and Sweden and from tropical India and Japan. Neariy every.country of the glube was represented, Bishop Bowman announced that the Bibi which will be used in the servi is the one which Was used by John Wesley in hi. study in Hngiand. ‘Ins historical treasu Was presented to the conference sume years apy. Bishop Nin lusd Psalin. b after ch pra, Bishop £ book hymn, shup vad from the read the s offered by & “r prayed that personal ition migat stilled and that h mony should rule. . Tne i n. Burt of Rome, laly, f lowed in of the Scriptures, af whiea 1. Taylor of Africa rea hymn. Dr. Upham of Drew 1 Semmary offered prayer, wh al services. Woman Delegate Quest devotional exercises were ov a litte flurry occurred in the convention by reason of the call en Secretary Monroe to call the roll, It was thought that this action Would precipitate the contest of te stats for women. When the name of Lydi announced a delegate was immcdia his fc Je a motion th be omitted until a committee whether her € legal. r a morme ed as if the fight tarted. , Bowman, however, refused to en- motion, as he declared the con- not organiz : A. Timble The tumultuous z follow the ruling of the ted the strength of the woman suffrage faction of the delegation. ThiS was skirmish, and as the other names of the alled no excey continued t » decided to f from the reserves and to adopt th conference. Rights of Laymen, ymen on the precipitated fiocr of the convention was by Mr. Danicls of Indiana, who took t away convention's breath by presenting the following members of the do hereby clam our right to choose the committees on which we will rve in the same as the ministerial delegates hav Ecueral confere cheice of the com) es on which would serve any previous arrangement | thstandin: tesoly Second, that we he quest the op to la before 2 niere| ew of securing theretré ion of our rights sived, Third, that a coy jutions be laid before the hops at the open jon of the gene following the p p}utions subsided Bowman them out of ord contending that the organization convention had not been perfected. SS TO LIE AT ARLINGTON. tion ¢ still of the The Remains of the Late Se Transfered Arrangements have been made removal of the remains of Gresham from their pr: in Oakweods cemeter the Arlington cemeter; Application for a site in cemetery was made recently to Secretary Lemont by Mr. Otto Gresham, son of the late Secretary, on behalf of himself and his mother, and was immediately granted without the delays usual in all offic retury There. for the ex. near near this y. the government ansactions. A cminent site has selected on the lawn in front of the historic home of the Custis fami ‘er- shert di Sheridan tance and loo from Admi ing the capital city, the geri of Porter. transfer will be made at the con- of the family, all the » end of the line having been fully Some time before his deagh, Gen, Gresham expressed to a number of his friends his earnest wish that he might rest at last in the beautiful national ceme rlington. The sentim had rong hold upon his mind end t, but the end came without fi rangemenis having been perfected accord- ing to his desire. Mrs. Gresham, however, has net forgotten her d. aed hus: band’s wish to mak among the nation’s honored cntly decided to make the ch: Gresham, her gon, agrees with h and, in her iMness, made all the arrange. ments for a compliance wit) his father's wishes. venienc fes at thi. ee VIRGINIA FOR SILVER, What Chairman Otey of the Demo- cratic ommittee Says. Representative Otey, chairman of the democratic committee of Virginia, said, when asked by a Star reporter what kind of a delegation would be sent to Chica the Virginia state convention: “Virginig overwhelmingly for the free colnage of sil- ver as well as gold. The people hate spoken so far in seven counties, and every one of them has unanimously to show how Virginia stands on the question. Virginia’s state cor June 4, and there ts that ¢ ention will be don ‘aid to be little doubt convention will adopt the rule, although It said without th there would he only one or two d which might elect gold standard dele- — ti Movements, ved at the ment this morning announe ing the 21 of the cru!ser Minneapol at Gibraltar en route to Kronstadt to take part in the naval ; coronation of the a. The ram Katahdin has arrived at York. The flagship Philadelp) terey. The Columbia has gone to Monroe, prior to being docked at Norfo! ——_—_-—+ @ + New Bishop of Marquette. DETROIT, Mich., May 1.—Rey. G. Mott Williams was consecrated bishop of the new diocese of Marquette at Grace Church today. Seven bishops, including two Can- adian prelates and nearly fifty priests from Michigan azd adjoining dioceses were present and contributed to one of the mosi imposing ecclesiastical ceremonies ever scen in Michigan. ar- | | there of bis wife, RATIO OF 1 TO 40! Marshall Field, the great dry goods merchant of Chicago, and one of the ablest and shrewdest business men in the country, says:— “I WOULD RATHER HAVE MY ADVERTISEMENT IN ONE PAPER REACHING THE HOMES, THAN FORTY SOLD ON THE STREE The Evening Star is the paper that goes into the homes of Washington. HE SHOT THE SHAH Persia's Ruler Assassinated This Afternoon, ANNCUNCEMENT OF IS DEATH Ee seet Had a Reign of Nearly Fifty Years. a A PROGRESSIVE MONARCH —s TEHERAN, Persia, May 1.—While the shah was entering the inner court of the shrine of SI h Abdul Azim, six miles south of this city this afternoon, he 5 p.m.—tit is off “4 that the stah is dead. The fired point blank at his heart at 2 o'clock in the after- noon, was shot, iy announ assassin BERL! 1.—According to a dis- patch received here from Teheran the Shah of Persia was shot and killed this afternoon wh entering the st of Shah Abdul Azim. d to th’s body. alls here, Sa result Nazir Ed-Din, Shah of Persia, was born 24, Ist A n and s eeded to the throne eptemt He Iss parent, is his eld 10, 1848, on the father, was crowned 1 his V, who was born M four si and fifteen « A little more than twenty years ago the shah made a tour of pe, and as a insti of reforms return to p These were to some extent nullified by designing officials. Especially was this the case the “Yus- tee boxe wh were re acles dis- tributed throughout the city for the receipt of complaints intended for the eye of th king. The police watched them and di couraged the practice of complaining. Rail- ways and telegraphs were introduced. The shah was the most enlightened of the n rulers in modern times. Advices F) News of th m Minister MacDonald. death of the Shah of Persia 1 at the State nt this afternoon from Alex. the American minister to His cable message is as follows: “Olney, Washington “Shah visiting shrine near devotion, entering inner sanectua shot by assas n disguised as w t entering region of hea Tew minutes. Regicide r fanatic. Great distress, but city quiet. facLONALD. Persia is not ed att but she ha: Mr. R. ac Pra however, a to this ‘country of He made sever but ry of citement in cfficial ¢ CRIPPLE CRE Address to u CRIPPLE CRE mecting of busi the following address to the pul show that Cripple Creek is not discouraged by its misfortunes “Cripple Creek has grown velopment of the gr trict on earth, in wh! its permanence and pendent on its lo and resicdk with the de- ld mining dis- situated, and business value is de- fon. Many of our bus- have been de- t © within the The town, known distri id Ste cation: tock ranch 00000 ints L pre ve that its location ny ady offer zreater oppor Ss for their gies than 9 sire to announce great pr f the country th t their homes and ther busi- but not th k, and are za city on the uilding ww fortunate such and only such ar usual ess men. ead des ned th: destruction town were due to ti con- t buildings e: uring growth of a mini With employed and m rs daily geld than an camp in the Unitea S 000 per year to th + world, with more capit population than ever before, rity cred by widely we are building a p feel that its wealth and the nature of its resources offer to c: 1 more productive and paying investm than any other field, and we cordial: e the investi r to in- t we have to o! ————— ae COMMISSIONER NOOTH-TUCK ER. Me Will Not Be Here Sunday. but the Meetings Will Be Hetd. Commissioner Booth-Tucker of the Salva- tion Army has been summoned graph to California b the lasac city Saturd: will not be in this and Sunday, as has been announ local bi of the arranged for mass m ‘Temple during the commi: which it was exp dresses. Much disappointm felt over his inability to keep his ment, and there is much athy expressed for him and his s wife. As Masonite Temple has been engaged for the services, however, and announcement made that they would be held, it is proposed to hold the mee ss as intended to 1 presided over by Staff Captain Blanche Cox. eR soneaes PEACE IN SOUTH AMERIC Chile G mx More Const by a Treaty With Bolivia, (Copyright, 1806, hy the Assort, LIMA, Peru, May 1, via Galv —The guarantee protocol lately on between Chile and the A public wés signed today. In addition, the treaty between Bolivia was ratified. the state of am truce ceases, definite peace is settled and sy the arrangement all the former Boliviag coast becomes Chilesn. ted Press “hile