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THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, ‘AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, oe Kveulng Sur Beecpager Uacnes OW! r is) S. HKAUFFMANN, Pres” New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per or 44 cents month. Copies at the ecunter 2 cents each. By watl—onywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, §3.00. (Entered at the Post Ofice at Washington, D. C., a8 second-class mall matter.) ‘All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Raies of advertising made known on application. No. 18,473. Che Lvening Star. - WASHINGTON, D. 0. FRIDAY, MAY 8, 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES TWO OENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any Deriod can have The Star mailed to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter, or Postal card. Terms: 18 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 80 cents per month. Subscribers change ing thelr address from one Post> office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. THE DISTRICT BILL Aggregate of Appropriations In- creased in the Senate. MANY IMPORTANT CHANGES SUGGESTED Effort to Stop Trackage of Subur- ban Roads on Other Lines. DRY I mpleted its work on the District i bill, which was at once re- p Senate, carrying ny im- ments. The ate commit- the specific appropriations for irposes and provided for a the charit- No. pro- 1 street ex ing the the jon of rs office ry of the dis- hat of sis in- In this ou muat r the of be the ht Company, ins ti the record { s for reporting tot or of 1 trans ot fer entry upe tax hooks new it u ad by the iow: r to transerive the ere to $4,000, committee provides that by ihe emp Ss of ssor in fon to or “h 1 An thograph- de im- n of SG for phot retown is. Act. The sum of $12, “n, to be paid wholly out of the of the District, te pay the es of completing the plans under the highway act, and it is pro- 1 that of this sum so much as may be py the Com- n of plans and Olm a c. umbi pla @ authori yout park- grand led plan branch be of width such od an item ¢ court € ins» $14,- vertising and ine ler the hignway act. The appro. by the House of $1.4) to es of S of subdivis- on for a ex: = an item to pay judsments of the Su- » Court in the Potomac flats ca: and it Is provided that these pa: shall be and sn.ll operate to giv * to che lots involy » 120 and 148, included of the Potomac river tm- r t within the Hr provement. This appropriation is to be im- Mediately avatlable. The allowance for assessment and_per- mit work is increasad from $125,000 to 6.00, cet Improvements. Street improvement appropriations are in- creased from $100,000 to #284,000, the in- crease being divided as follows: In George- town, from $9,000 to $22,720; northwest sec- tion, from $30,000 to $107,920; southwest section, from $15,000 to $36,920; southeast section, from $23,000 to $53,960; northeast section, from $23,000 to $62,480. Two special paving provisions are made. For paving Florida avenue on the south side from Cornecticut avenue to 18th street, $6,000; for paving P street northeast from rth Capitol street to Florida avenue, $7,500, The maximum price for making or re- pairing concrete or asphalt pavement is inersased from $1.75 to $1.90 per square yard. The rate for unusual conditions and on account of heavy traffic, &c., is increas- ed from $2 to $2.15 per square yard. Fifty thousand dollars ts given for clean- irg and repairing sewers and basins ‘n- stead of $45,000. For suburban sewers the appropriation 1s increased from $18,520 to $121,000. For constructing the 15th street * street portion of the F str and 's point intercepting sewer, $87,000 is The committee also added $1,000 fur a sewer in idth street extended between Columbia road and Kenesaw avenue, and J authority is given to lay a water main cn st between the points named if ‘y. For continuing the Rock creek and B street intercepting sewer $1%0),- 0 Is ni dof $40,000. ‘The appro- priation for completing the Eckington val- ley sewer is made immediately avatlable. Two thousand dollars 1s given for co’ demning rights of way for sewers instead of $1,000. A Railroad Amendment. Under the head of s the following amendment is insertes reet railroad company in the District of Columbia shall be permitted to run cars over any under- ground electric able road or by a route or route ied in the re i given. after to nh that bill in stree! this head as ric irant road; $ Stn for tor to Sh008 Maple from ling and Branch a condemning a ween Back he appropr reased fro the park ed from $17,000 to 37 The provision m: h the lating making ar item from of burning ev from forty sunset ter to twer this sery of for repairs are omilt Sven an appr fire, ice tions, ia ah r id of + mad rd of tr e sala is inc item of twen a to 2 at 31,000 rs, that of to IS he is ased te: 1 5 scho: rool buildin vurchase of z from $ 3 for srounl and re n school bul our-room building ngdon, ym addition to the m0; for a four- ale, on the $10,000; to make the ne ing of Congress Heights building, $14,000 n the line of Conr 0. The item o! ern High School $100,000, ra new W building is increased to the head of metropolitan police the ed to four; tenants are incre at $000 are m ates at $1,080 he vates; there is an incre the 224 pri- of two drivers t 3480, and the item e with the provi- sion that the Commis re directed to deposit with the United States tri urer out of the fines of the Police Cor not to exceed $60) for the poli fund, and $2,000 for the firemen IN SENATE AND HOUSE Routine Business and the River and Harbor Bill in One. THE QUESTION OF ANNUAL CLERKS Lively Discussion of the Subject Had in the House. or ARGUMENTS FOR AND AGAINST a With the bond resolution out of the way the Senate gave {ts attention to an accu- mulation of minor measures before going on with the river and harbor bill. Mr. Mitchell (Oreg.) gave wotice that when the last appropriation bill was passed he would press the joint resolution for the election of Senators by the people, not for the sake of having further speeches, but of actually adopting the resolution. Bills were passed as follows: Making Syr- 4 N. Y., a port of delivery; avthor- the Sioux City and Omaha’ Ra'lroad to construct through the Omaha bago reservation in. ‘Thy count to pay B. J. Van Vleck $ extra work on the Sault Ste Marie ul; to pay Nancy EB. Day of Norwich, $3,041, found due her by the Court to sifleation on in the t ent off ron Memphis, ”) for the use of a steamer on Sippl river prior to M izing Comp: and Wine at ction of for thr rhamentation of the ne al and in honor of Samuel Hahneisann, and ap- ropriating $4,000 for a feundation, to au- ize the investization by the Attorr neral of certain chums alleged to be due the late proprietors of the Knoxville Whig for a using and a rizing the rment the i the the round) by y or equ to the wide on at Mal medals when All for the the Detroit riv i I w pohed until next session on the 1 Mr. Sherman and the assent of the M gan Senators. Mr man stated there would be strong opposition. River and Harbor Bit. and bartor bill was then taken that The ri up. amount for the South Sioux City re- rl riy Was inercased 1,000, ve HOUSE. reading of the on motion of agreed that when be to meet on toe Ly, ls were passed to quiet title to lands ons who purch 1th me in good rs ile con- ne government : to provide lispos ant lish a lite Golden in ps faith without noti and to enat » govern: of Great Brit- tion or modification of th ons of that government 2 sliushter of cat United 5 1 to 2 on of ins from th about 4 stat ” ¢ of Clerks. al unimpc al clerk 1oby a report from the co the Hartman olution, p 2 pay- no per inon Jerk lire throu . Under ex- isting . men allowed clerk tire the ses The of the commit inst thi report Mr. Aldr ed that t he cha ommit He said that the adoot of the tien wld involv siditional «: ture of m0, He did not think it w or expedient to authorize such an expe ture at this time moy @ the question, anil 1 to z x thonghit, s without virtue, conld always afford to do the right thi lis were applauded by memt ° Mr. Dockery (Mo.) epy He said at both enils of wor onomy"? was ery hondy but hody wante it to he; Gc pl could it be saved more than in the ion ot this prop- ition. Mr. Northy aven't Ww Mr. Northway (Ohio). “ertainly,” replied Mr. Dockery, “but it is a borrowed surplus “Didn't you refuse revenue? “I did: but had I known the House in- tended to pile up eppropriations to $600,- 060,000 T might Voted for it.” He called attention to the manner in y's Question, in the tr to vote additional which the resolution was drawn; it gave the money to the member, not the clerk, and recalled newspaper Intimations that embers put the money in their own pecket If the resolution was passed the money ought to go to clerks on the rolls. In conclusion, he appealed to members to allow aye and nay vote on the resolu- tion so that each could go on record. The-sum of $15,400 for and m to $2 the prepriations, Under the fire department there fs an In- e of four watchmen at $00, and It is ed that the Commissioners shall de- pro’ man for the creation of a relief fund for the benefit of any fireman injured in the service, for the benefit of his w minor children in juries recei dow and from in- engine hor W) to $1.06 is an $s to g¢ new items are add truck; $4,000 to ex ge > straight-frame engine for a mod- upright: $4 for a new engine to be in the he Mt. Pleasant now oc- $00, ern pla cupied by chemical No. $ » for house lot and furniture in the vicinity of Bright- Woot to accomodate chemical No. I The following provision ii a of telegraph and telephone service. Commissioners of the District of The Columbia are empowered to authorize the | erection and use of poles for telephone and | ave- | ether purposes in the public streets, (Continued on Second Se = THE BOND INVESTE sirman Worrill Will A com to ¢ Senator tee on fi to app bond inv plution, be desi the full comni nd it is expe s prac chairman of the commit- announced his intention subcommitte toc igation auth: The sube pd taat bh it w with the oes IVIL SE RVIEC ORDER. Interstate Com in The Pr ing the erce Comp faded in ent has issued an order extei rulos to the inter; ion, This brings ion here and outs! the ¢! ixsion Now | Its Provisions. requir- ry 1 confirma ‘he order, which takes makes a total of ahout ing presidential nomi nate. MINISTER WILLIS’ DESIRE He Wants the Nomination From His Old Oongressional District. If He Succeeds and Resigns the Presi- dent Can Make Amends in the Ap- pointment of His Successor. Minister Willis, who is now detained in San Francisco by sickness, is reported to be very anxious to re-enter congressional life. He served three terms in the House from the Louisville district, and his return to the country at this time is said to be for the purpose of sounding sentiment among his old constituents relative td se- curing their commission again. If He Gets the Nomination. The district is now for the first time in {ls history represented by a republican. The local democracy 1s demoralized and faction rent, and is casting about for a healer of differences. Mr. Willis fancies that he would fill the bill. He has had no part or lot in the unhappy history that has been made. When the wrangling first began he was In Honolulu, trying to over- throw the Dole government and re-cstab- lish Mrs. Dominis on her so-called throne. He has three months’ leave from his post— ample time in which to carefully survey the home ground. The opinion prevails in Kentucky circles that if he can secure the nomination of his party for Congress he will resign his diplomatic post. Other- wise, he may return to Honolulu, and re- sume duties which cannot have been pl ant to him, and ceriainly have not been to the Hawaiian: What His Successor Sho If Mr. Willis decides to give ent place, the President, tt is p will have an opportunity tn the selection of a suc to make some amend for the P He !s certain to have a good field of aspirants to choose frem. The post ts an attractive one for any man w rations in that sine The 2 Islands are mak s unie new dis- pensation, tu {3 becomin ing "1 The old ore things { 1. The new comprehends everything to be frem the now at the helm. vation, progress i ard the A new senuing pri- sup his sleeve, would meet ption, and find his lines vate instru with a h cast In a delightful place. A New Opportunity. That a man of good p che arts and good inten- en Is conceeded. It 1 e the old chapter. e to stay, ent form, or under the flag f the United St nd, tf Mr. Willi tunity will be at ha: new chapter, for t tors should be is ina public in {ts pre Ing cnly good will th tween ta of the two coun = —+2-—— GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFIC Report on the Work of Enlarging and Re cine Ay monthly report of Ac g to thet ° ps of engineers, good 1. J. M. Wilson, co: progress is being made on the work of re- or pairing and entd the Printing office. During the past mor erations have in } contract and labor, puret act, ex emerge on the Ing on the site of the old s 1 forward as rapidly as possible. The of the entire bull except In the ted, 5 am 1 the second floor is how being used by the public printer for » purpose Durin pected ny ting ap- ngs Wil be mad 1 buildings to cc rom Shave be th tlon of the w er of the work in progres vs that the building, as origina will be completed within 1 tes, and that It will be ready the public printer the latter f to the original Life Saving Servic Superintendent Kimball of tt service has issued an order dir hereafter no member of a lif hall, durt life saving ing thai aving crew the active season, engage in s, boating, oystering, crabbing, fish- shooting game, gather! moss, or in y similar employment, for pay or mar- Ket, In competition with other persons en- aged fn such busin The circular was issued as a result of information that has come to the office that members of life say ing cre in some ALUN, employments during lo fishing, the ae i Ipations for a that in lected their duties and other- “I the regulations of the ser- in such pursuits, eee eee Miewragua Canal. ‘Corkle of West Virginia appear- the House committee on com- to advocate the construction ragua canal. He spoke in 1 half of the coal interests of his own and ad- Jacent states, declaring that the section he e)resents would be able to control the coal Turkets of the Pacific coast of North and uth America with the shipping facilities which would be afforded by the canal. At present all coal used on the Pacific coast, ho stated, is mined in Australia, Japan and by befor ed merce today of the neouver. He predicted that with the ad- heement of the Japanese they would opolize the coal business of the coast, ss the canal should be built, when the Ja: + + Ensign Franklin Will Resign, ign Wm. 13. Franklin, son of Col. Franklin, on duty in the office of the judge advocate general of the navy, has given netice of his intention to resign hw com- mission In the navy, in order to enter upon mcre remunerative employment in civil life. He was appointed from Maryland, a & ) About nine mon relative of tensive hu! South A n e+ Movements. received at from Admir: , command ing the Olym ed from Woosun, Yorktown ha: the for Chemutpo, € Montgom Y., this morning from -————_-.— Personal Mention. at 1 Rev. E. Drewitt, of Concordia Church has returned from the conference of his synod at Nwwark, N. J. Senhor M. de Oliveira of Lima,has ar- mental positions now included in the civil service, | rived in Washington as first secretary of the Brazilian legatian here. CONFESSED! Ining Ford Admits That He Killed Elsie Kreglo, ge MURDERER IN ABJECT TERROR —— His Explanation of a Brutal and Revolting Crime. nn gs ee APTER MAKING MANY DENIALS He Claims That He Made No At- tempt at Outrage. —— + SINGULAR CONDUCT ——— HIS Irving L. Ford, the colored man who was arrested yesterday afternoon at Harper's Ferry ated in yest y's Star, bro! down this afternoon and made an utter and abject confession to the effect that he, and he alone, the murderer of Miss sit ne to death 1s Kreglo, who was so cruelly d last Moni Upon ing Ford w y his arrival in this city last even- taken to the police he quarters, and later to the sixth prec police station. This morning he was 1 ured and photographed for the rogues’ gal- lery, and was afterward taken back to his cell. During the morning he Insisted that he vas innocent, and denied that he had any connection at all with the crime. He ad- mitted, however, that he was certain to be arged, and his general demeanor we anything but that of an innocent man. The last lnk to complete the in of evidence against him was found this morning, and the detect xpressed themselves as satisfied that they could go jury and secure a conviction on in their po: ion. With this as the condition of affairs, 1t made litte or no difference whether Ford confes: or not, but as the hours passed by it w evident that he could not hold out much longer, and would soon be forced to un- burden his mind of the details of his awful crime. In the investigation which the police have been pros hat a young ¢ uting, they found recently ored man by the name of Thomas, to the man ‘Thomas, cne of the first je Kreglo after she was as- saw a colored man running tn an direction along the Pierce Mill Monday afternoon, a few minutes as committed. The foot- were found near the place was lying led off in that dire: and this morning Tho was taken to the sixth precinct station. The mo- ment he laid hi s on Ford he identified him beyond a doubt as the man whom h i running away from the spot that fternoon. With the identification fateful of the pistol, his suspicious conduct since hen arrested yeste road after the crime prints which where uon, ste e Monday, his actions jay afternoon, and the finding of the blondy clothes in his room, all that necessary to make the proof complete was to shew that Ford was in the neighbor- hood of the scene of the erlme Monday afternoon. This the testimony of Thoma furnished beyond a dou Breaking Down. Ford, » his arrest, had denied taat he ever cwned such a pistol as that which was found lying near the body. The rec- ords which are kept at the Police Court of all weapons sold in this city proved that bulldog pistol » 22 purchased by Irving L. Ford September 22, 1804. Ford's pistol had got out of erder in some way, so Ford in His Cell. that it would go off only when half socked. A dozen or more men who live near Barnt Mills have identified the pistol in poiat as the one which Ford owned. In this way, and little by little, the net was woven about the unfortunate wretch, and along toward noon today he began to show signs cf breaking dowa. His air of bravado desert- ed him completely, and he sat huddled up in a corner of the cell a miserable-looking specimen of humanity. Detective Weedon was in the cell with him, having kept him in conversation con- Taking Hin Measure. tnuously for m¢ ed out to him the n statements had not 1 n near hi since Sunday, when hi for Sparrow's Point. We« his father and his wife had both ail that nt Sunday and Monday at he 1 did not go awa ¥ night. realized that there was dence to dispreve every lie hi and ally told Mr. Weedon that h ick and tired of his lying and was willing to tell the whole truth His Confession, His statem tr the presence of Detectiv yor burl 1 Mr. Cross of Harper's Ferry, Mr. Mower of Burnt Mills and a stenograpber tri police headquarters, A few m s later he repeated his confession to a Star re- perter, his two statements agr in all essential detaile As ne horrit ory of his crime Ford on the Wooten bench tn his litt stone ceil, eating his dinner. full of bacon and a cup ef cc his pr lt needs, and as b a off cl 3 of meat with ful tee If he felt any for his ts it did not aff: in the slightest. When h ing Ford stood up by the grated door a talked to The Star reporter in a low t of voice and in a manner zlmost entir devoid of of fee i long bony twined and twist: din the uncer ne through a narrow the corridor the brute in his tures showed strongiy forth, His vo and well modulated, however, a was that of 4g Whipped th: at hulk of a man describin crime perpetrated on a The Terrible Murder. The corversation which broken frequently by Ford's groans eapre of fear and terror les punished forthwith, not regr: had done. No attempt will teproduce Ford’s dialect. He i ‘cated rather than an ign talks with no attempt at flue teal precision. uw reporter Ford said itis tree. Iam the poor girl last M what I told you any evidence tinge around the fron bars, a light which dow fea across 1aore a x of a gr rible yo ensued wa on ould be for what made to an uned regro, or gramr To The man ay this mornin at all.” lid you first Miss Kr afterneon “I met her down in the hollow right near the spot where she fell when I kilied “How did you come to fight all the way Gown from the top of the hill.” ve didn’t, boss. I met her just down in the hollow near the bro walking toward her house, and J going in the opposite direction. I hal a little black bone-handled penknife in my hand, ai whittling on a piece of pir wood. “I asked the girl where the park was and she said that I knew just as well as she did. “I told her that she nee: 3 about {t and she said that th s alto. gether too many niggers going round that relhborhocd anyhow. With that she pick threw it at me i t ed up a stone an me on the side, but, of course, hurt me much. But it made I started for her right then. much of a struggle. and then I cut her throat. 1 mus: stuck the kmife into her neck about times. ne ma Ther wasn’ I knocked her down have four “Why did you kill that poor girl?” “Just ‘cause she made me mad.” “Do you think that was enough to justify you in committing mur “No, indeed, it wasn’t, but I mad and LU don’t suppose I knew just what I was doing anynew. I guess the sen 1 had for killing her was had struck her once and she was s I knew that if I let her live she would say that I had tried to rape her and then J would get hung for it anyhow, so I thou, that I might just as well kill her r then and ther When asked how it was that Miss 1 nderwear so badly torn if th Was no struggle nor any attempt at ov rage, Ford gave a mumbling reply w did not at all explain the situation. H. gave several such ons as that the but- ton must have been loose and that the gar- ment dropped partly off wh He denied absoiu commit an made any temy “How did you ha: nave tol lying there?" asked The Star “Did you have it in y struck her? “No, and it must have fallen out whe over the young lady after fell to the ground. I did net hay hand and 1 did not know dropped it unt!l quite a whi When I left I did not knoy the was dead. “When I left there I went off tow the Pierce Mill road, and when Thai ten a Little way I sensed yi inued on El we wry (Con r, I did not. Thad it in my pocket | SESSION IN A STORM Exe iting Scenes in the Cleveland Methodist Conference, OPPOSING BISHOP HURST'S RULING Was Sustained on a Vote of the Gathering. SECTARIAN APPROPRIATIONS ae, CLEVELAND, Ohio, May &—The wo- man question having been disposed of by the Methuuist marked falling off morning. Bishop devotional con ence, there in H exercises Rey. 8. W. Thomas of Phila. Dr. Ackerman of Ala olutions thank council of Cley ner of their g gz the an hut The In the midst vote on the appeal w ot Bishop Hy f 23 AS to 204 9 lecided that the house, Dr. Neely w their pa of the 1 owas sus r first w having New Y jocum federal Chureh, signature t 2 to th the tu the OVER 160 CARS RUNNING. Milwaukee Street Circles. Dverything Quic Raiin MILWATIS S.—Bverything is a les today. Over one hun in servicer. From present ck of the strike 1 ay sued a notice guars ection per- manent employ ven pt ces at t i S o'clock last night Company was to «is S very limited car 1 at common ¢ situatic bie Showalter of player of the Uz ed will meet the famous player, Werry, in a chess mateh of ven. games “#) and the cham- pionship of the ates May 2, The h will be played