Evening Star Newspaper, May 9, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvanis Aveace, Ccr. Lith Street, by The Evening Star N Company, ° SE RAUSFMANNY Pres't. Lad ee 4& New York fics, 49 Potter Building, The Evening Star 1 served to subscribers In the city by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Per week, oF 44 cents per mouth. | Coples at the center 2 cents cach. By wail—soswhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per moata, Saturday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with mistage added, $3.00. etered at the Post Ortice at Wasbirston, D.C, as second-class mail matter.) [FAN mail subscriptions must be paid t Rates of advertising wade known on application. Che £veni gq Star. No. 13,474. WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, MAY 9, 1896--TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. QUESTION OF UNION Tt Again Comes Up in the Methodist Conference. NOTE FRCM THE SOUTHERN CHURCH Proposition to Put ‘*God” in the Constitution. THE USE OF TOBACCO CLEVELAND, Ohio,May 9.—When Bishop Ninde called the M. E. general_conference to order tais morning, but few delegates e in thelr seats. In fact since the con- e settled the woman question generally have been tardy. Louther of the southwest Kan when the roil of conference introduced a resolution denouncing e ef tobacco, recommending the mem- Jute abstinence and recommend- ay school superintendents ue presidents be forbid- referred to dele- ference, called, the u hers to al ing that all Epworth I the use of toba he committee on state of the churck. A resolution wa ed which recited fact stated by Bishop Hurst in his speech last ni that the first dollar given the American Univer was by a colored man, and provided that the colored race should always be represented on the board. A resolution was introduced by Merritt Hurlburt of the Wilmington conte re ng that the Senate and the Hy of Representatives so amend th Constitution that It recognize the Deity, and in the mble isert the words, It was pl: upon its passage, but final- ly referred to the committee on state of the ch: A resolution in favor of taking better care of superaunuated preachers was re- ferred to the proper cemmittee. Secretary Monroe read a communication from the secretary of the M. E. conference south, which met in May, ISM4. It spoke of the matter of federation of the two bodies. mended a conference of the church of Great Britain and Ireland, ) States. of Australia and its and of Canada and {ts missions. lutions asked if such a confe ble, and, if so, that a com- ted by all the various consist of three bishops, three » laymen. It announced already appointed by the rch South. matter w taken up in a resolution one of the members, but it was decided no action stould be taken by the con- til official notification was movement is important, as it may re- the consolidation of two of the great ist bodies of the country. Broadback asked leave on benalf of the committee on missions to submit his report out of its oré The request was granted, and the report was read. relate the reception of pastors 9 the Metho- tporated with urch. There to the finan: the ifice ught would into sac d that the conference take such + would open the doors of the Method church to the Wesleyan brother, and it the union would be consummated next ion was unaimously adop‘ed. cablegrain was sent to Wesleyan yn ow in session. informing it of the result of the conference's action. A tion oduced which pro- v shanges in the constitution ce le without the present two- third vete of the confe e and the three- quarter v It lool it was Mr. F ike a storm for a moment, but racked to the committee room. n, under the order of miscel- introduced the following That the rule & Ked as to admit of rep by the ministry and taity in the ral conference.” las if the old fight would be and the lines more closely drawn have been heretofore. lution of Mr. Harlan the committee refer- to on lay repres fan nson of Kentucky of sympathy introduced a for Cuba, which was The a resolution opted. onference, before adjourning, nassed condemning a recent enact- f the Florida legislature whereby made illegal in that state for col- me it w ored children and white children te re- ceive instruction in the same school. ‘The convention then adjourned for the week. JEALOUSY. Murder of a New Jersey Girl Follow- ed by Suicide. TRENTON, N. J., May ¥.--AnnieAnder- son, aged twe four years, was shot this morning by a man, who immediately after- ward shot himself. Beth died in less than half an hour. The murderer was Joseph Graham, late of Freenold, N. J. He has recently been working at his trade as a carpenter in this cit: Graham called on the girl last night, there again this morning. He left he hovse, but returned shortly after he had enh a letter carrier deliver a letter. It is sed that he was jealous. shooting took place In the dining room of C. I Baumgartner, a prominent merchant of this place, in whose family the girl was employed as a domestic. The man entered the Baumgartner residence through the alley. At the time the girl was in the dining room reading an unsigned lover let- ter dated 119 Mercer street, East Orange, N. J. The man grappled with the girl, and got his arm around her shoulder, shooting her in the back of the head. He then placed the revolver behind his left ear and fired, the ball lodging in his brain. At the time of the shooting Mrs. Baumgartner was in enother part of the house, and was at- tracted by the shooting. When she reached the dining room she found the girl and the murderer lying side by side. in the letter which the girl was reading the writer spoke about having his foot in- jured. An examination of the man's feet showed that he was not the writer of the letter. The girl recently came to this city from Freehold, N. J. Se i Take Associated Press News. BOSTON, May 9—The Manchester (N. H.) Mo-ning Union and the Manchester (N. H.) ening Union, two of the «ldest and most widely circuleted daily papers in New England, have joined the Associated Press, and will commenece receiving the full leased wire service of the Associated Press at once. Every daily newspaper in New Hampshire receiving a telegraphic news service with the exception of two afternoon papers is now a member of the Associated Press. GOV. MORTON’S FUTURE Three Positions, Either of Which He Could Fill, Are Suggested. He Will Probably Try for the Senate— Hamilton Fish to Run for Governor. What is to be the future of Levi P. Mor- ton? ‘The failure of his campuign for the St. Louis nomination will not, it is assumed, take him out of political calculations. He is a well-preserved man, has had large experience in public life, and likes offic There are several big prizes to be drawn for. Three Position Suggested. Take the vice presidency. Would he care for that again? He filled the office once with signal success. If McKinley is to head the republican national ticket, as now seems very likely, the man for second place must come from the east. Governor Morten would make a good candidate. Take the governorship. Would he care for anotner term in his present offic He has filled it well, aud his party want a strong man for this year No doubt is expressed of his ability to secure a renomination if he desires I Then there is the senatorship. The leg- lature to be elected next fall will choose uccessor to Mr. Hill. The advantages conceded to be with the republicans. senate holds over, and that body a large republican majority. So the republicans make a good run in the assembly races, they will probably have a majority of the next legislature on Joint ballot. That, of course, will mean a republican successor to Mr. Hill. How would Gov. Morten answer for that place? He has presided over the Serate, and is now occupying the governor's chair, but he has never held a Senator's commission. Would he care to do so? He orce aspired to do so. When Warner Miller came up for re-election Gov. (then Mr.) Morton o posed him, and came so very near success it required a combination of the field to take the choice. It was in this way that Mf. Hiscock won. Will Try for the Senate. The weight of well-informed opinion :n Washington is that Gov. Morton will de- cide to stand for the Senate. The argu- nent is that he will not care for another term as Vice President, and that, strong as he is, anotter race for governor would He went in by a phenomenal m: but he has had to disappoint a gre: meny people, and that sort of thing tells against the best intrenched men when they ccme up for indorsement. It would not count for so much in a senatorial race. Hamilton Fish for Governor. With this opinion about Gov. Morton goes the opinion that the republican candidate for governor in New York next fall will be Hamilton Fish, who was speaker of the last assembly. He is a son of the late ex Secretary Fish, ana is regarded as a v able man. He is thoroughly identified with the Platt inachine, became speaker of the assembly through Mr. Platt’s aid and would thi be likely to command the full Platt support. He has means and is ambitiou: His candidacy would bring both the Raines bill and the greater New York bill most prominently in the fight. He took a active part in the passage of both me: ures, and shares in the responsibility for them almost equally with Mr. Platt him- self. Mr. Fish, by the way, will be in Washington next week, the guest of Con- gressman Quigg, who has invited company to meet him at dinner. The function will be purely social, as Mr. Hill and other d are to be present, but during stay in town New York politics, it thought, will come in for some pertin discussion. The Fish boom, indeed, may be launched only a little later. Mr. Platt's Futare. The question is asked if Gov. Merton is to come to the Senate, and Mr. Fish is to be governor, what will be left for Thomas C. Platt? Mr. Platt is not an old man. He has had his eye on the Treasury De- partment for some years, but if Mr. Mc- Kinley is to occupy the White House he will be a very old man before there is even a chance again of his reaching that des- tination. Is there envugh now to occupy him at home? The statement is made that there 1s, and that henceforth he will re- main at home. The Greater The greater New York project is d seribed as possessing many possibilities. It is said to be, indeed, quite the biggest tning of the kind ever attempted in this country. The whole local government will have to be reorganized, and that of tself will call for the hand of an perienced man when it comes to manipulating big things. The belief is, therefore, that he wili content himself with directing that job, and, for a time, at least, let o1fice- holding and national affairs _ slile. would rather be the first man in New York than the second man in Washington. And Washington, it is believed, will not com- ‘ew York Project. rs SHOT A BOY. An Officer Fatally Wotinds a Young Man at Alexandrina. Officer James Hall of the Alexandria police force late this afternoon probably fatally shot William Bright, an eighteen- yerr-old boy, at Reed's wharf in Alexan- dria. Young Bright, it is said, had con- siderable of a police record, and although the officer, by the advice of his superiors. has refused to make any statement until it is found how serious the injuries are, eyewitnesses claim that young Bright was seen leaving the wharf this afternoon with a small box in his hand. The officer called upon him to halt, and the boy started to run. The officer is said to have thrown his billy at the fleeing boy, and this having no effect drew his revolver and fired, it is said, intending to fire over the boy’s head. The ball, however, struck Bright on the right side and went clear through the body. The wounded boy was immediately taken to the station house and Dr. Purvis summoned. Officer Hall has had a good record on the police force. —— Personal Mention. Capt. James H. Sands, commanding the Columbia, is on a visit to the city. He is at 1358 19th street. Capt. Thomas M. Woodru®, fifth infantry, has been granted leave of absence for three months. Lieut. F, L. Dedds, ninth infantry, has been assigned to duty as acting Judge ad- vocate of the departinent of ‘Texas, rellev- ing Lieut. F. J. Kernan, twenty-first tn- fantry, who is ordered to join his regiment. Lieut. Charles P. Eliott, fourth cavairy, has been granted a month’s leave of ab- sence on account of sickness. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel T. Williams of New York are at the Grafton. Edmund Hubbard, jr., a graduate of the industrial department of Howard Univer- sity, has been made foreman in the print- ing office of the Southern Forge, Lynch- burg, Va. Naval Constructor A. W. Stahl, on duty at the Norfolk navy yard, is on a visit to this city. He is at the Army and Navy Club. ————_- e+ _____ Trustee of the Reform School, The President has appo‘nted William M. Shuster, jr., a trustee of the Reform School of the District of Columbia for a term of three years, from March 28, 1896. SENTENCED TO DEATH Fate of Those Captured on the Com- petitor. JUCGMENT HAS NOT BEEN SIGNED Nothing Official Has Been Received Here. THE AMERICANS INVOLVED HAVANA, May 9%.—The naval officers forming the court-martial which tried the men captured on board the American schooner Competitor of Key West, Fla., sentenced the prisoners last night, but the Judgment will not be disclosed until it is signed by Admiral Navarro. NO ADVICES RECEIVED. Be Had From Official Sources Here. No information is to be had from official sources in Washingten today respecting the Competitor's case in any aspect, either as to the results of the court-martial or as to the course that this government wiil follow in the future. Nevertheless, it is generally understood that the court-martial has found the prisoners, one and all, guilty, and has imposed the death sentence upon them. This, however, does not necessarily n.ean that there is to be speedy action in the execution of the sente cr even that all hope for the cenvicted’ men must be abandoned. Under the Spanish military code, as in the case of our own military law,’ all capital sentences are reviewable by superior authority. In this case, arising as it does on the water, there is some doubt who the re- viewing authority may be, but no doubt whatever that the case must be reviewed by some one, and therefore there is no possibility of the immediate execution of the prisoners, even if the sentences are finally athrmcd. The impression in well- informed quarters is that the proceedings of the court-martial must be submitted either in the first instance or eventually to the council of ministers at Madrid, and while this may be done by the free use of the cable, several days will be required to the action in the case even then. ile the State Department is in close connection by cable with Consul Gen- eral Williams at Havana, and under his instructions he will lose no opportunity to aid the prisoners in all proper ways. Mr. WilEams has already been energetically protesting and making representations in the interest of the Americans captured, and has raised some points that, although dis- missed by the court-martial at Havana is iapplicable, are Hkely to be made the sub- Ject of immediate representations by the State Department to the Madrid authori- tles. It is said that the Secretary of State is rot disposed to accept as tna! the consiruc- tion given by the court-martial of the cele- brated Cushing protocol, upon which de- pends the safety of so many American citi- zens in Cuba. As gachered from the newspaper reports of esterday's trial, the Spanish authofti nm answer to Mr. Williams’ demand that the Americans under arrest be granted the privileges assured by that protocol, held that the protocol did not inciude person captured under such conditions as wi these, but applies only to American cit zens resident in Cuba. It is true that t is the literal wording of the protucol, but it is held that this construction is extreme- ly technical and narrow, and it is not likely to be accepted without remonstrance by th's government. Another Kind of Piracy. Nothing to The Competitor case is complicate] by a wide variance between the Sparish law and our own respecting the definition of piracy, and this becomes of great moment when it is realized that In the present case the captives are accused, in additicn to trea- son, cf being pirates. Under cur law, or under British law, such a charge would not apply to their case, but It appears that the Latin code recognizes what is called “municipal piracy,” meaning offenses com- mitted against the liws of a country from a base within the waters ever which municipal jurisdiction extends. This is the Bri men of the charge against the Com- petitor’s men. Altogether the case promises to present features of novelty making it extremely difficult to deal with legally, and to perhaps eall forth some strong expressions of opin- ion from both sides before it is finally dis- posed of. The working force of the United States consulate at Havana will shortly be in- eased by the arrival of Mr. Donnell Rockwell, a consular clerk formerly sta- tioned in Europe, and now on temporary duty in this city. His selection is said to be mainly due to his familiarity with the Spanish language and methods. He will probably act as interpreter for Gen. Lee in all his official dealings with the Spanish authorities. Mr. Lee dees not understand the Spanish language. He and Mr. Rock- well will make the trip to Havana togezher next week. It is understood that Consul General Williams will remain on duty until personally relieved by his successor. No Interruption in Representation. In the present serious state of affairs at Havana, involving important American in- terests, It Is regarded as absolutely es- sential that there should be no interruption whatever in the representation of the Uni- ted States government. Inasmuch as the fate of the alleged fillbusters captured on the Amercan vessel Competitor is now in the balance, the preliminary management of the case, so far as the interests of Amer- ican citizens are concerned, will perforce devolve upon Consul General Williams, and he is under instructions to see that Ameri- can citizens captured on the Competitor are fully protected in all their legal rights. So far as the State Department is advised to date there Is but one person answering that description in the entire party of cap- tives, and his identity has not been satis- factorily established. Conflicting Rumors, One report gives his name as Hamilton, a@ southern newspaper man; another says he is a citizen of Kansas, named Milton, and other reports give other and entirely different names. Either the State Depart- ment dispatches saying that there is but one American in the party is wrong or the press dispatches, giving the natnes of three or more entirely distinct persons, are not well founded. The presumption is strongly in favor of the correctness of the official advices, inasmuch as Consul General Williams was strictly enjoined to ascer- tain if there were ary citizens of this coun- try among the captives, and if there were such, it is reasonable to conclude that they would not hesitate to make known that fact, with their lives hanging in the balance. Won't Know for a Year. The State Department claims to be alive to the situation, and to be doing all that is possible to protect the lives and prop- erty of Americans in Cuba. There is a sin- gular absence of information on this sub- ject, however, and unless Congress calls for the ccrrespondence, it is not likely that the public will Know exactly what steps have been taken by the government for at least a year, when the correspond- ence will be published in the Red Book, de- tailing the foreign relations for 1895 and 1896. Advance copies of the correspondence of the State Department for the year 1804 and the early part of 189% are now being issued, and there is no reason to believe that a more expeditious method of inform- ing the public of what is going on will be followed in cases of Cuba, Turkey, Great Britain or the Transvaal. AN IMPORTANT CONFERENCE. Secretary Olmey Seen the President Regarding the Competitor Affair. Secretary Olney had a long and import- ant conference with the President at the White House about noon today in cegard to the Competitor case, after whieh he spent several hours at the State Depart- ment addressing communications to Min- ister Taylor at Madrid and Consul General Williams at Havana enunclating the attl- tude of the administration in the present situation. It is understood that &n energetic protest has been made against stmmary execution of sentence in case of the captives until their legal status is clearly defined, so far as United States interests cre affected. Special representations are made in the case of Milton, the American newspaper man, and it is said that his execution with- out investigation would be considered an affront to the United State INTEREST AT THE CAPITOL, Congressmen Who Are Events in Cuba. Representative Dinsmore of Arkansas, from whose district Milton, one of the pri cners from the Competitor, is said to have come, has been active in requesting the State Department to protect the interest of his constituent. He says the State Depart- ment is doing everything that can be done to safeguard the lives of the American, but without any result so far as he knows as yet. Mr. Cooper of Florida is also interested in the cases, but says Senator Pasco has the matter in charge. Mr. Cooper was one ot those who feared that there might be stmmary action of the Spanish authorities. ‘The result of the Virginus case," said he, Watching “will not be duplicated, rest assured of that. This government on that occasion made an ignominious surrender. Spain paid but $75,000 for the lives of fifty odd Americans who were executed. Should these prisoners be executed after a trial of drum-head court-martial the indignation of the American people against Spanish barbarity might lead to the most dire re- sults. It seems to me that this action of Spain puts a new phase on the situation with regard to belligerency.”” Representative Linney of North Carolina, it is said, has received word that one of bis constituents was supposed to be aboard the Competitor when she left Key West. He does not appear, however, among the ist of prisoners at Havana, and Mr. Lin- ney Is said to have expressed the fear that he was either shot or thrown overboard when the Competitor was captured. ae ONE HOUSE IN SESSION The Senate Continues Work on Rivers and Harbors, A Little Flurry About Bonds Caused by Mr. Dubois’ Resola- ton A large and graceful basket of rare orchids with roses and lies was on the desk of Senator Harris (Tenn.) today, In recognition of his choice as a delegate-at-large to the national convention. A bill was passed to allow articles sent abroad for exhibition purposes to be re- turned free of duty. Mr. Morrill, chairman of the finance com- mittee, reported a resolution reciting that in view of the recent action of the Senate in directing an Investigatian of recent bond is- sues, that the committee be authorized to conduct the investigation through a sub- committee; that authority be glven to sum- mon witnesses and administer oaths, and that the committee be authorized to sit dur- ing the recess of Congress. The resolution was referred. ja A resolution was adopted inquiring of the State Department what facilities were extended to students to examine the :r- chives deposited there. The Lill was pressed for the deportation to Canada of the Cree Indians, who fled into Mentana at the time of the Louis Riel raid. The Bond Question. Mr. Dubois (Idaho) created a temporary flurry cn-the bond question by asking im- mediate consideration for a joint resolu- ticn providing that hereafter no bonds shall be issued by any officer until the President has communicated to Congress the necessity for the bonds, the amount of the issue and until Congress shall author- ize the payment of the bonds issued. “That seems quite important,” interposed Mr. Hill, “and it ought to go to a com- mittee.” said Mr. Dubois, ‘let us have a vote of the Senate.” Mr. Sherman suggested that this involved an important change of law ard certainly it should go to the finance committee. He objected to immediate consideration. “Then I would like a vote Monday,” said Mr. Dubois. Mrs, Allabach’s Pension, Mr. Palmer (Ill.) reported back the bill to pension the widow of Capt. Allabach, recently vetoed by the President, with a recommendation that it pass over the veto, and gave notice that he would call it up at the first opportunity. The bill was passed for government par- ticipation in the Tennessee centennial ex- position in 1807. The Président is author- ized to appoint a government commission to have charge of a government exhibit. Appropriations of $30,000 for a government building and $100,000 for a government ex- hibit are made. River and Harbor Bill. Consideration of the river and harbor bill was then resumed, amd Mr. Whi.» (Cal.) proceeded with his speech, opposing the location of a deep water harbor at Santa Monica, Cal. The Senator gave the evidence of mariners, commercial men, etc., along the Pacific coast, showing San Pedro to be preferable to Santa Monica for the deep sea harbor. The Senator answered in detail the points made by Mr. Corthell, who, according to Mr. White, !s one of the engineers repre- senting Mr. Huntington of the Southern Pacitic railroad. Mr. White quoted from the reports of army engineers to show ibat San Pedro was best protected from the heavy seas uses of the place. Mr. White spoke of as a delightful bathing resort, frequented by thousands of people, and said that any considerable number of railroad tracks centering there would destroy the y uses o f the place. Mr. White spoke of Santa Monica as a “condemneu” place, so far as the army enginesrs had passed on the subject, and he asked why it was in making such an enormous appropriation that Congress should seek to experiment with a condemned locality. -e-— Textile Mills Burned. CHESTER, Pa., May 9.—The-textile mill of Samuel Riddle’s Sons at Glen Riddle, this county, was déstroyed by fire this morning. The loss ts $130,000; insurance, $105,000. The departments destroyed we e the weave rooms, mule rooms, the card: and picker rooms, holler and dye houses, and cloth rooms. Féur hundred hands are} thrown out of employment. The fire orig- inated on the top floor of main mill. AN A. P. A. CRISIS Trouble Feared at the Coming &u- preme Council Meeting. —S MUCH POLITICAL = PERTURBATION Delegates’ Views on the Advisory Board’s Action. THIRD PARTY TALK “The crisis in the history of the A. P. A. has been reached,” said a prominent dele- gate to the Supreme Council meeting to a Star reporter this morning, “and it will take the combined wisdom of the order to adjust matters to prevent cur going on the rocks.” This was all the delegate would |say, but it expressed the opinion of many members of the order. Probably a major- ity of the men who will attend the Su- preme Council convention next week look upon the present meeting as the most important in the history of the order. A few believe that everything will be har- monious and that the order will grow in strength and power instead of deterior- ating Many Delegates Here. Many of the supreme officers and dele- gates arrived in the city lest night and this morning, and the corridors of the Naticial Hotel today are full of men wearing A. P. A. badges. Of the supreme officers who are here may be mentioned J. H. Jackson, supreme vice president, Fort Worth, Texas; F. C. Campbell, supreme treasurer, Minneapolis; E. H. Dunbar, su- preme secretary of state, Boston, and H. A, Thompson, member of the executive Committee of the advisory board. Of the delegates may be mentioned Dr. Ford, state president of New York; Thos. 8. King, immediate past president of Ohio; Col. Joha W. Echols, state president of Georgia; D. C. Meeker, president of Ken- tucky; W. J. Palmer and H. H. Cullum, lelegates from Muatana. J. 1. Burke, one of the District. of Columbia delegates, mingled with the others this morning. It is leurned that the District delegates are Mr. Burke, Oscar Nauck and Rev. Dr. Wm. H. Gottwald. Supreme President Traynor and Supreme Secretary Beatty did not reach the city yesterday, as was expected, but will be here this ‘afternoon. Supreme Vice President Jackson was ask- ed this morning for an interview on the po- litical outlook. Mr. Jackson said he did net have anything to say about the political erd of the meeting, but he believed every- thing would come out all right. The coming mecting, he said, would be one of the larg- est in the history of the order. Mr. Jack- son said that the order is increasing in Lumber in Texas at the rate of 1,000 2 month, and is increasing in the other states in the same proportion. There will be two delegates from Texas and three from the Indian territory, where the order has many councils. Mr. Jackson is said to be a pop list, and Texas people who know him say he is one of the skrewdest lawyers in that state. Political Perturbation, The talk among the delegates this morn- ing is on the subject of polities, and the in- dorsement or defeat of the action of the executive committee of the advisory boar in declaring that McKinley is antagontis:ic to the order. Abundant evidence was found of The Star's story of Tuesday that there will be a squall the coming week. The wide-awake delegates see it ahead, and those who love the order are doing ail they can to bring about harmony and to pre- vent trouble. a Some of the members of the executive commitiee which made up the report sainst McKinley now see that there is go- g to be serious opposition to their report, and they are preparing to make the best showing possible. “It looks now,” one of the executive committee members said to a Star reporter, “that there are too many men who are republicans first and 4. P. A.'s afterward. Those of us who put our order ahead of our party may find that we are going to have trouble with the parti- sans.” A Kentucky Delegate Talks. It is said that the Kentucky delegates to the Supreme Council w:!l vigorously fight the opposition to McKiniey, and will de- mani undoubted evidence against him be- fore they will consent to the Supreme Coun- cil indorsing the action of the executive committee. When asked about the pos tion of.the Kentucky delegates this morn- ing, State President Meeker said to a St reporter: “Kentucky is unequivocally opposed to the indorsement of any candidate of party for the presidency, and she is op- posed to the formation of a new party at this early stage in the contest. We are also oppostd to the A. P. A. becoming a partisan organization. We are opposed to the unjust discrimination of any board or committee against any presidential candi- date, and we will be governed by nothing but the law of cur crder and absolute proof.” Those who are against the executive committee declare that it exceeded its au- thority in public its findings against McKii . The adherents of the committee say that it had full power. The friends of the executive cominittee say that the Supreme Council will fully indorse Its action. They say further, that Supreme President Traynor will uphold the action of the commitiee. It is claimed that he made a_private and personal in- vestigation into McKinley's attitude to the A. P. A., and that he found evidence which Warrants him in upholding the executive committee. The founder of the ¢ . Supreme Past President Bowers of Iowa, is also said to view the action of the execu- tive committee as correct. The position the Ohio delegates will take in the McKinley fight will be interesting. There will be eight Ohio men here, and all of them are republicans, it fs sald. Th look upon the situation as critical, so as the good of the order is concerned. Third Party Talk. Amid all the political talk that is going on, and which will increase, comes in the idea of a fusion with the silver men and populists, This idea will be bitterly ep- posed by old party A. P. A. men, but the new party men will try to point out the advisability 2f such a course when the old parties are going to jump on the A. P. A. either in their platforms or by the nomina- tion of men hostile to the order. SS ee Annual Clerks for the Houne. ‘The House late yesterday afternoon by a vote of 130 to 108 passed a resolution pro- viding annual clerks at a salary of $1,200 for each member of the House. An analys's of the vote shows that 114 republicans, 15 democrats and 1 silverite voted for it, and 33 republicans, 58 democrats and 1 populist voted against It. Ss National Bank Call. The controller of the currency has called for a report of the condition of national tanks at the close of business Thursday, May 7. Vou Gta aero Act Approved ’ The President has approved the act di- recting the Secretary of the Navy to furnish four pieces of condemned cannon to the vil- lage of New Rochelle, N. Y. CAPT. FIEBEGER TO LBAVE Will Probably Be Made a Professor at - West Point, One of the Best Positions in the Service—His Career Under the District Government. There is a strong probability that the District of Columbia will soon lose the services of Capt. Gustav J. Fiebeger, corps of engineers, assistant to Major Powell, Engineer Commissioner of the District. Capt. Fiebeger has a good chance for aw appointment which will give him the rank and pay of a lieutenant colonel of the line, with promotion to the full rank of colonel after ten years’ service. The office in question is that of professor of military and civil engineering at the West Point Military Academy, made vacant by the recent death of Col. James Merc It is a most desirable billet, from ev point of view, and has been eagerly by a large number of the younger of the service. Recommended by Secretary of War. It is said that Capt. Fiebeger has been recommended for the place by the Secre- tary of War, and that the President has decided upou his appointment. The nomi- nation will probably go to the Senate early next week, but until that action {s taken it can hardly be stated positively that the matter js finally settled. In all matters of appointments “there is many a slip betwixt the cup 4nd the lip.” Unless present plans are changed, however, Capt. Fiebeger will get the West Point appointment, and it will become necessary to select another officer of the corps of engineers to take his place as assistant to the Engineer Commissioner of the District, with its important duties in charge of the streets and avenues and roads, ete., of the District, and as secre- tary of the highway commission. Officialx Not Communicative. Secretary Lamont is out of the cit Ad- jutant General Ruggles told a Star re porter this afternoon that the engineering professorship at the Military Academy would probably be filled in a short time, but that he had no idea who would receive the appointment. General Craighill, chief of engineers, said he knew the matter had been under con- sideration, but with what result he did not know. As he had no positive information on the subject he was not prepared to say that Captain Fiebeger had or had not been selected. He did know, howev that the question of the detail of an officer of the engineer corps to succeed Captain Fiebeger in this city had not been pre- sented to his consideration. Service With the Dixtrict Government Capt. Fiebeger entered the service of the District, October 2%, ISM, upen Capt. R sell's elevation to the Commissionership, and took charge of that important branch of the service known as the surface depart- ment. Since then he has made an enviable record In the service of the District govern- ment. nee Capt. Fieheger, first became con- ted with the District he has wrought re many important improvements which will stand as evidences of his effi He has nade a very popular offical and his depart- tre would be regretted by all who have been associated with him. os OF CAPT. REED. TH AS He Will Be Re-Exnmined and if He Passes Will Be Promoted. The much-talked-of case of Capt. A. V. Reed of the navy has taken a most unex- pected turn. He ts at the head of his grade and was recently examined for promotion, to fill a vacancy in the Ist of commodores. motion. The President suspended action on the case for nearly a year, and then disap- proved the findings of the board. Instead of ordering another examination, which ts the usual course in such matters, the Presi- dent nominated Capt. Reed as a commodore, making it a condition of his appointment, however, that he should serve a year at sea, at the expiration of which time he was to he again examined, to determine whether he could properly hold the higher rank. The Senate considered the nomination irregular and refused to consider it in the shape In which it was made. Thereupon the President recalled the nomination and has directed that Capt. Reed be immedi- ately re-examined. If he passes this ex- amination he will be promoted, and thus n turn permit the immediate promotion of venty-one officers of lower grade whose vancement has already been blocked for many months on account of the failure to dispose of the case of Capt. Reed. It will also afford an opportunity for the appoint- ment of nine naval cadets, who will gradu- ate with honor at the Naval Academy this year. Capt. Reed is booked tor command of the Newark, one of the finest ships in the navy. If he fails in the examination. however, he will be dropped from the navy. Admiral J. G.Walker, Commodore M. Ste- ard and Commodore C. 8. Norton were to- iuy appo‘nted a bourd to meet at the Nav Mepartment next Tuesday for the examin- ation of Capt. A. V. Reed for promotion to © grade of comm The examination will be entirely professional in character. —.e+ TO BE PRESENTED MONDA Ford's Theater Clat About to Embodied in a BILL, The Ford Theater commission having completed the adjudication of all cases pending before it, it 1s expected that the result of iis labors will appear Monday in a Dill for the payment of these claims that is now being prepared. Since the death claims were paid over a year ago three additional ones have been filed and these were taken up today and passed. The full amount of 35,000 was awarded in each case. Those whose deaths resulted from the fall of the-building in 188 were David Henry Porter Br Arthur J. Kime and Wm, Schneider. The last named died before the adjudication of the other death claims, but no heirs then appear- ed and the case was not settled then. Since that time the beneficiaries have been found It is now ascertained that inclusi these three payments, aggregating ¥ the total amount to be appropriated to pay off all the pending claims will be about $150,000, The committee will probably in- troduce a bill and at the same time offer an amendment to the general deficiency appropriation bill. Be ~- © -—______ INCOME TAX RETURNS, They and All the Records Have Now Been Destroyed. A special committee, consisting of Messrs. P. V. Dolan, C. H. Ingram and T. M. Robert- son, reported to Secretary Carlisle today that they had personally supervised the complete destruction by fire of all the in- come tax returns, and the records of every description appertaining to the enforcement of the income tax provisions of the Wilson tariff law. Soon after the Supreme Court pronounced the income tax provisions un- constitutional, Congress provided that all the records in the possession of the govern- ment relating thereto should be destroyed The greatest secrecy was observed in the matter, and the destruction of the papers was confided ‘to the clerks whose duties ha} already made them familiar therewith. They did their work well, and there are no official records of the amount and character of the incomes of private citizens and corporations. TWO CENTS. | “Business-bringers” the advertising columns of The Star are. They are read by the families in 96 2-3 per cent of all the houses occupied by white persons in Washington. Household- ers are necessarily money spenders, and are always the very best customers. HE ADMITS IT ALL Irving Ferd Tried to Outrage His Victim. HE CONFESSED FULLY TODAY The Terrible Struggle on the Side of the Hill. Se Sees THE CORONER’S INQUEST a Irving L. Ford, the negro who is confined at the sixth precinct station house as the self-confessed murderer of Miss Elsie is *, Kreglo, made a supplemental confession this morning w! h clears up all matters of doubt in connection with the nus crime. To a Star reporter this morning Ford ad- mitted tu so many words that he attempted ¢ upon the person of the unfo~ but his attempt was unsuccess- though not through his f. ver since he was first arrested Ford had nied over and over that he h ommitted the murder for any other reason than that he was provoked at the girl, who, he said to him and threw a stone at It is true that no one belHeved that part of his confession, and, as stated in The Star yesterday. there was sufficien evidence to prove the falsity of this ex his confession, made in the + Star reporter yesterday, Ford i he first met M Kreglo in the bottom near the brook, wh. ward found. This he said, notw the fact that on the little hill back of the stream were conclus proofs that the struggle had commenced more than a hun- dred feet from where she found During the afternoon yesterday and through the night Ford stolidly stuck to his story, though he admitted a dozen times to different people that he was the murderer. All efforts to make him confess that his object was rape proved fruitless There was no doubt for a mom such was his object, but Ford and shook at the thought of what be done to him if he admitte of the crime. He had e heard stories of sonthern lynchings, amd the in- human punishment which has on occasion leen meted out to such criminals, and he saw visions of a midnight lynching, or a agonizing death at the stake. He -d full well that there was no earthly; ce of his escaping the gallows, and tears himself as a man resigned to bis fate. A legal hanging, with witnesses and 2ll the ceremonial that goes with such a function, together with the opportunity to have his picture printed in the papers again, and the chance to make a few list remarks from the scaffold, all constitute a ceremony possessing certain theatrical fea- tures that appeal somewhat to his im- agination. But when it came to the thought of being pulled out suddenly and unex- pectedly on a dark night and strung up *o the nearest telegraph pole, he fell back in horror This is the evident reason why leng refused to tell the exact truth nection with his dastardly deed Watched Closely. Last night when Ford that no attempts would be m him, he threw himself down « row bench in his © d slept f until morning. Occasionally he gave Tan to a deep, long-drawn groan, which show- ed that even in his slumber he could not get out of his mind the realizing sense of his position. Through the hours of the night 2 policeman sat or stood in front of the grated door of his cell to put would detail Ford in con. an to realize de to iynch the fully ut nar- La an in- stant stc to any #ttempt at self-destruc- tion. Two policemen were stati in the rear of the building, and two in front, and en extra rve of men was kept in the roums upstairs lest there might be any demonstration during the night. These precautions were unnecessary, however, for nothing was farther from the wreiched man’s thoughts than the idea of hastening the death which he now sees 50 near. He is utteriy broken by fear, but he will hang on to his life until the last moment. Nor were there any signs of un- usual demonstrations in the neighborhood of the station house. The people of Wash- ington have been worked up over this murder perhaps to a higher pitch than over any crime since President Gartield was murdered, but at no time has thege been any serious talk of interfering with the regular course of the law. This morning Ford said that he had slept badly, and when day broke he was more of a shaking and shivering wretch than at any time since his arrest. So far he has not let drop one word expressive uine regret for his deed or of 5: for the bereaved family. It fear for his own personal safety. For a man of his size and brutal nature, Ford's fear has been extn at times his expr ns of dread see ribly ludicrous. From the first, z who have been working on the from Maj. Moore and Inspector iollinberger down, have expressed the lief that sooner or later, would break down and confess everything. His yesterday were all that was ne der the circumstances, but at the same time the officers of the law were anxious to have every possible detail cleared up t yond the shadow of a doubt. Even so, his confession this morning came rather in the nature of a surpris Condition 7 Morning. Ford was sitting on the bench in his cell when The Star reporter went back to speak to him this morning. Yesterday there w no general attempt to exclude the pul and all were given a chance to see prisoner who desired to do so, but this morning orders went forth that Ford should be isolated, and no one allowed to see him, excepting those who had legiti- mate business there. Even the policem in the station who were not assigned the to duty in the neighborhood of the cell were forbidden access to that part of the bulld- Ing. Ford recognized the reporter, who was with him several times yesterday, at the photograprer’s and later at the station when he made his first confession. He rose and came over to the grated door, and dur ing the conversation which ensued he kept his powerful, bony hands ughtly clasped about the iron bars, as if to gain support for his shaking furm. He said good morn- ing pleasantly enough, but showed that was even more nervous than he was yes- terday. He was first asked how he liked the pictures of him which had been print- ed in the newspapers. “I only saw one,” said Ford, “and tha;