Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR RUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansylvania Avence, Cor. Lith Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ee Kew York 4 Potter Building, The Evening Star Is served to suleeribers In the city by carriers, on their awn account, at 10 cen! per week, or 4 cents per month. Copies at the ccunter 2 cents each. By mwatl—snywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepaid —50 cents ber month. Satcriday Quintrple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. (Ertered at the Otice at Washington, D.C. as second-class mail matter.) EFAll mail subscriptions must he pald tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on ap; CAUSED A SENSATION - The Wrong Person in the Prisoner's Chair. —E BEGINNING THE TRIAL OF MRS. FLEM:NG ee Much Expert Medical Testimony to Be Heard. ae CELEBRATED CASE PROMISED NEW YORK, May 11.--The trial of Mary Alice Almont Livingstone Fleming, who is charged with having poisoned her mother, Mrs. Evelina M. Bliss, on August 30, 1895, was begun today in general ses- stons, before Recorder Goff. The trial promises to be long drawn out, and a great deal of expert medical testimony will be of- fered on both sides. The prosecution charzes tha Fleming gave her mother poison in a dish of chowder which she sent to her hom When the work of selecting jurors was about to be begun, and the defendant had Mr: been called to the bar, a young woman dressed in black emerged from the door leading from the cells, and, after refusing all the flowers that were thrust at her by morbid vomen spectators, advanced to the t ank into the defendant's seat. sistant Distriet Attorney McIntyre, the ent seemed dum- ng of the » ordered him at once to fendant to the bar. 1 that Mrs. Fl ing, ing at liberty among in the rear of the the request of the deputy nd took her proper seat r sister, who had taken e strikingly like made a form: alled upon to ection, He con- . but the ter was a blunder. mand. an is a daug! Her suit for ecused wy obert Sw ach of pri ker, wa: Ss, her mother, she has given tred her prison Last week she on of 385,00 sa Chiengo th to The Eve: Delegate. ‘Theré is talk McKinley men in i state of hold @ republican > express t tri tructed delegates ntion to declare them- ly for him. The effort ent to this feeling in the recent nyention was suppress: but the McKinley advocates ching to show their colors, and Senator Gort should he be nominated by a delegate-at-large ould *hicago conve: ‘Lhe regular de: the prospect of the ewed activity in party affairs, if he indicates an Inclination to go to zo in the capacity of a delegate his niMinz i vill, undoubt- edly follow. It is general ood that the three other delegates-at-large to the democratic convention will be Messrs. John E. Hurst, Charles C. Crothers and Marion DeKalb Smith. Cleveland as the Democratic Nominee. Mr. I. Freeman Rasin, the democratic leader in Baltimore, in speaking of the ive nomination of McKinley by the aid nd will be the logical candidate . should McKinley be nom- McKinley's nomination protection the issue, and Cleve- candidate on that issue.” RAN OFFICIAL. Death of Richard A. Storrs, Deputy Controller, W YORK, May 11.—Richard A. Storrs, deputy controller of New York city, died errs was the oldest official in point in the city, and he was regarded » most proficient and best ac- hn the details of municipal ad- nine years in the rtment, and the illness which was the t to cause him an bsence from duty during all tha: — THE COXE BROTHERS CASE. Judge Acheson Decides in| Favor of the Lehigh Valley Railway. PHILADELPHIA, Pa., May 11.—Judge on filed an op'nion today in the United suit court In the famous Coxe se in favor of the Leh'gh Val- uroad. The suit was brought In the of injunction by the interstate © commission to restrain the rail- npany from charging the rates in h were in excess of those fixed tae commission. The litigation has been going on for a long time. ge HEAVY DAMAGES AWARDED. Lynn Man Given $35,000 for Loss of a Leg. BOSTON, Mass.. May 11.—The largest Yerdict rendered in this state in ten years in an action brought to recover damages for personal injuries was found by a jury in the ‘st session of the Suffolk couaty superior court today, when Francis A. Daly of Lynn wes awarded $35,000 for the loss of a leg. Daly's suit was against Boston street railway. His injuries were ined August 5, 1894, when, the com- s, he was pushed from the one of the company's cars tor, and fell so that one leg brothers c ley aban an A the the Lynn and y the condu Was cut off by the car wheels. The other was so bedly crushed that it has been practically uselesa ever since. Daly was fifte: ears of age at the time of the ac- cident. ———— Senator Wallace's Condition. NEW YORK, May 11.—The condition of ex-Senator William Wallace was reported as extremely critical today. He is still un- conscious. ————_—_. Oldest Mason Dead. LONDON, May 11.—Dr. Salmon, the oldest Free Mason of the world, is dead. He was 106 years old. ¢ WASHINGTON, D. C. MONDAY, MAY 11 1896-SIXTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any period 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 50 cents per month. Subscribers chang- ing their address from one Post- office to another should give the last address as well as the new one. His Statue to Be Unveiled by His Grand- son. Half Day Holiday in the Public Schools—Department Clerks Will Have No Special Privileges. The ceremonies attendant upon the un- veiling of the equestrian statue of Gen. Winfield S. Hancock, at the junciion of 7th street and Louisiana and Pennsylvania avenues, are expected to attract an im- mense crowd to the vicinity, whiie the pre- ceding parade of the military will doubt- less cause the entire population to turn out in summer holiday attire. The regular troops, as well as the District National Guard and the various military and other societies, which will compose the proces- sion, will form into line in the White Lot at 1:30 p.m., and will march by way of 17th Street, the avenue, the road between the White House and Treasury Department and the avenue again to the site of the Statue. Fifteenth street is avoided in the ching because of the cable cars and other traffic constantly passing through it. The exercises at the monument will begin at 3 o'clock. Presid Cleveland wiil pre- side. Bishop Satterlee wi'l pronounce the invocation, and the orator will be Senator Palmer of Illinois. Gen. Hancock's Grandson. The statue will be unveiled by Cadet Glynn R. Hancock, third class, United States Military Academy. He is the grand- son of . Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock, and the only male descendant of taat gal- lant soldier. Cadet Hancock has been ordered to report for this special service to Adjutant Gen- eral Ruggles tomorrow. In this duty he will be assisted by a warrant officer and six bluejackets from the navy yard, skilled in handling ropes and canvas. The public schools will be closed at noon tomorrow to give the pup nee to pay honor to the great patriot and soldier. Departments Will Not Close. It is settled, however, that the executive departments w'll not be closed tomorrow on the occasion of the Hancock statue un- veiling. Neither will any special facilities be given government employes to par- ticipate in the ceremenies. Those desiring to do so will be granted leave of absen: for the purpose, but such absence will be charged against their annual leave author- ized by law. Acting upon instructions from headqua ters, Assistant Secretary Wike, acting sec- retary of the treseury, bas issued the fol- lewirg order on this subject: “All empleyes of this department who can be spared from their duties, and who de- sire to participate in the ceremonies of the vnvetling of the statue of Gen. Hancock on Tuesday, the 12th instant, are hereby granted leave of atsence for that date. “Notice is hereby given that absence un- der this order will be charged to the rez- war annual leave, and in cases where such annual leave is exhausted, absence under this crder will be without pay Similar orders have been the other departments. The Old Headquarters Flag. issued in all Of the many historic flags that will be carried in the parade on Tuesday, May 12, at the dedication of the equestrian statue ef Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock none will be more signiticant or have a more thrilling record than the flay that will follow im- mediately in rear of the old army staff of Gen. Hancock and leading the old staff of the first division, second army corps. Orig- inally a white field with a red trefoil in the center—the badge of the division and corps —out now s' ed, torn and tattered, it is the headquarters flag that followed Francis C. Barlow from the through the Wilderness and to Petersburg, and is significant as being the flag that led the assault at Spottsylvania Court House (otherwise known as the Bloody Angle) on May 12, 1564—thirty-two years ago—the re- sult of which was the capture of 22 of artillery, stand of colors and 0, 4,000. prisoners, among whom were Maj. . Edward Johnson, commanding a di- vision of Ewell's corps, and Brig. Gen. Geo. H. Stewart, commanding a brigade--signifi- cant as the flag under which Gen. Nelson A. Miles and Gen. John R. Brooke, who commanded the leading brigades in this as- sault, won their first stars. It led the di- vision on past Cold Harbor, leaving Brooke dangerously wounded, and on to Petersburg and Ream’s station, where another star was added to the shoulder straps of Miles, making him a brevet major geners The division it represents has the record of having captured during this campaign more guns, colors and prisoners from the enemy than the entire corps lost during the war, but the mournful record remains that under its folds went down 10,225 officers and men from the Sth day ef Ma 1864, to the Ist day of November of the Same year. This is the flag of the division that closed its career in the year 1865 with the proud, though melancholy, record of 2,237 men killed and 11,724 men wounded in. battle, and has gone into history as the division of Sunday morning at Fair Oaks, of the sunken road at Antietam, of the stone wall at Fredericksburg, of the wheat field at urg, of the salient at Spottsylvania, ~ fight at Farmville—as the division which had been commanded by five such soldiers as Edwin V. Sumncr, Israel B. Richardson, Winfield S. Hancock, Fran- cis C. Barlow and Nelson A. Miles. 2 Dividends Declared. The controller of the currency has declared dividends in favor of the creditors of in- solvent banks as follows, viz: A first dividend, 30 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Fort Stanwix National Bank of Rome, N. ¥., on claims proved, amounting to $401,310. A iirst dividend, 25 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Humboldt First National Bank cf Humboldt, Kan., on claims proved, amounting to $30,062. A first dividend, 15 per cent, in faver of the creditors of the First National Bank of South Bend, W: on claims proved, amounting to $52,30: A first dividend, 15 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Bellingham Bay National Bank of New Whatcom, Wash., on claims proved, amounting to $64,325. A second dividend, 10 per cent, In favor of the creditors of the City National Bank of Quanah, Texas, making in all 30 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $110,304. A fourth dividend, 15 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the American National Bank of Springfleld, Mo., making in all 100 per cent on claims proved, amounting to 373,120. A fifth dividend, 15 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the Gulf National Bank of ‘Tampa, Fia., making in all 100 per cent on claims proved, amounting to $64,236. A sixth dividend, 10 per cent, in favor of the creditors of the National Bank of the Commonwealth, Manchester, N. H., making in all 85 per cent on claims proved, amount. ing to §: — Quickly Lynched. FULTON, Ky., May 11.—One of the three negroes implicated in the cutting of City Marshal Walker here Saturday was arrest- ed by a telegraph operator at Arlington, Ky., a few miles north of Fulton yester- day. In arresting him the operator shot the negro just above the left lung. The negro was brought to Fulton and taken in charge by Sheriff Purdue, but the mob which had gathered at the depot rushed madly upon the negro and swung up. He confessed his ruilt while under arrest at ArlingtCS. he other two negroes im- plicated are stil? at large. HANCOCK THE SUPERB|TWO MORE CAPTURED Americans Who Were in the Com- petitor Expedition Taken to Havana. WERE ARRESTED SOON AFTER LANDING Filibusters’ Cases Referred to the Supreme Tribunal. COMMENT OF THE PRESS HAVANA, Cuba, May 11.—Two alleged filibusters, both citizens of the United States, and said to have formed part of the Competitor expedition, have arrived here, in custody, from Bahia Honda. They were captured by the local guerrillas of Palma some time after landing. The stearcer Triton has brought here a small boat, which was found, abandoned on the coast, by the mayor of Berracos. The boat is believed to have belonged to a small expedition, which has landed in the vicinity of the spot where the Com- petitor was sighted and captured. it was definitely announced today that on the day the five men captured on board the Competitor were tried, Friday last, Ad- miral Navarro, in conformity with the pe- tition of tke prosecutor and the sentence of the naval tribunal, approved and signed the sentences of death upon the filibusters, Alfredo Laborde, Dr. Elias fedia, Win. Gildea, Owen Milton and Teodoro Mata. The announcement is supplemented by the statement ‘that, in view of “high state considerations,” the cases of the tilibusters have been referred for final decision to the supreme tribunal of war and marine. MADRID, Spain, May 11.—Captain Gen- eral Weyler has not yet replied to the com- mand sent to him to remit to the supreme court the cases of the men sentenced to death for taking part in the Competitor expedition. The Imparcial, referring editorially to the strained relations between the United States and Spain, says: “The United States intend to wear out the patience of Spain or themselves declare war. It is preferabie to hasten events, as the inferiority of Spain will increase with time.” LONDON, May 11.—The Globe this after- noon, commenting upon the Cuban situa- tion, ‘says: “It is impossible not to sympathize with the Spanish ministry suddenly called to hoose between the loss of Spain's best col- ony and a war with a great power. In the event cf war, European sympathy will be wholly with Spain.” Continuing, the Globe tion of the American Bermuda affair has tion at Madrid. The Farently less accustomes the vagaries of the diplomacy of shirt sleeves. The recent developments of the Monroe doctrine find little favor abroad. Although the pretentious arrogance at Washington lately betrays indications of spoiling for a fight, we believe the true ex- planation of the meddling policy is a de- termination to rendereAmerican commerce paramount throughout the western hem- isphere.”* The St. James Gazette remarks: ‘There are conditions in both the United States and Spain which militate against a peace- ful settlement. America is quite capable of ing more than talk when Cuba and the liy of Americans are concerned. Senor Canovas Del Castillo will have to consider the effect which a surrender to sa “The inac- avthorities in the aused much irrita- aniards are ap- than ourselves to the United States might have upon the stability ef the monarchy. He may have to choose between a rupture with the United States and a revolution at home.” EXECUTION POSTP¢ Request of Secretury Olney Granted by the Spanixh Government. It Is settled that the Competitor affair will rot be a repetilion of the Virginius horror, so :ar at leist as the summary ex- ecution of the persens invelved is conzern- ed. As stated in Saturday's Star, the Sec- retary of State made an earnest protest against summary proceedirgs against the citizens of the United States captured on the Competitor, and requested the execu- tion of tke sentence imposed upon them ty the military court-martial be delayed at least unti! a full and fair investigation shoul] disclose their legal status in the matter under the treatics between Spain and the United States. Since then cable advices have heen re- ceivel by the Secretary of State through the United States minister at Madrid and the Spanish minister at Washington, giv- ing satisfactcry assurances that the death sentence imposed cn the American citizens will not be executed until the United States shall have had full opportunity to show why such couise shoulc not be followed. The Offictal Statement. An official statement to this effect was made by Secretary Olney this morning, as follows: In the Competitor case, it can be author!- tatively stated that, at the request of the United States, the Spanish government will postpone execution of the death sentences upon American citizens unti! the views of the United States respecting the application to thelr cases of the treaty of 1705 and the protocol of 1877 can be presented and con- sidered. Position of the State Department. The action of the State Department in tak- ing its stand in the matter of its request for a retrial at least of the American prisoners upon the treaty of 1795, as well as upon the famous Cushing protoc)l of 1877, is evident- ly in answer to the contention of the court- martial that the protocol itself did not apply to the present case. The court held that it applied only to American citizens resident in Spain or the Spanish dominions, and hold- ing that the captives from the Competitor were not in any sense residents of Cuba, decided that they could not claim any of the privileges accorded by the protocol. In the estimation of the State Department this was an extremely narrow and illiberal construc- tion to ydace upon the protocol, but with a view to saving all of the points to be made, while rot accepting this construction, the department also guarded against an adverse decision in that matter by recurring to the ancient treaty of 1795, on the ground that if the prisoners’ case was not covered by the protocol, they could certainly invoke the measure of protection afforded by the earlier treaty. While this treaty is not by any means as generous in the matter of privileges held out to American prisoners, being framed upon the forms usually adopted at the time it was drawn for the construction of treat- ies of friendship, limits and navigation, it still contains some guarantees of great value to them in just such cases as that which has now arisen. The section of the treaty applying fo the case, in the judg- ment of the State Department, is article 7, which reads as follows: The Section Applicable. “And it is agreed that the subjects and citizens of each of the contracting parties, their vessels or effects, shall not be Hable to any embargo or detention on the part of the other, for any military expedition or public or private purpose whatever, and in all cases of seizure, detention or arrest for debts contracted, or offenses committed by any citizen of the one party within the jurisdiction of the other, the same shall be made and prosecuted by order and author- ity of Jaw only, and according to the regu- ° lar course of proceedings usual in such cases. The citizens and Bubjees of both parties shall be allowed to employ such ad- vocates, solicitors and notaries, agents and factors, as they may judge proper, in all their affairs and in all their trials at law, in which they may be concerned before the tribunals of the other party; and such agents shall have free access to be present at the procee@ings in such causes, and at the taking of all examinations and evi- dence which may be exhibited in the said trials. This Government's Contention. The contention of the State Department is that, irrespective of the Cushing protocol of 1877, this treaty gives the American prisoners certain privileges that were with- held from them by the Spanish court- reartial. Notably they were obliged to rest their defense in the hands of a Spanish officer detailed for the purpose, and one in all probability not particularly anxious to clear his clients, and so prevented from using the privileges of selecting their own counsel, guaranteed by the treaty. Also, it is said that the prisoners were not accorded an opportunity to procure testimony in their own behalf, and this is one of the privileges inseparable from a lawful ani regular conduct of the prosecution als guaranteed. Altogether the Indications ai that the State Department is preparing to make a strong legal defense against the execution of the death penalty in the case of the American prisoners. COCKRELL JS CRITICAL His Strong Denunciation of the Go!d Democrats, The Texas Congressman Decl can Renomination and Sets Forth Hin Grounds, Representative Cockrell of Texas has written a strong letter to a constituent of his district declining renomination, and ex- pressing his views on the situation. In this letter Judge Cockrell affirms that he will never vote for a gold standard man for President, and “pogh-pooh, the idea of harmony in the democratic party. He sa; the cry of harmony comes from al- leged democratic papers In the south, which are of the Benedict Arnold stripe. Judge Cockrell says he is glad the gold democrats of Ts s have relieved the dem- ocratic party their association. truth is of he remarked, “I am tired of rading under a demecratie banner which has been so foully besmirched by men who refers clzim to be d Cleveland and Carlisle as going the rank and file of the part} garding the men “who have ditches as cranks and lunatic: Life Judge Cockrell expresses his surprise that an attempt is being made to “fondle and conciliate” the gold men of his state. He © doesn’t want any “harmony with the men whe have abandoned us and re- versed their records of @ Ifetime.” It is kind of harmony and misplaced trust which has nearly wrecked the democratic party. ecrats," He Records Reversed. No Common Ground Left. Judge Cockrell says theyconflict {s_irre- pressible, that the two factions are ‘trav- eling in opposite directions, and it is im- possitle for them to mieet on common ground. . Conelnding his letter, Judge Cockrell says: "The gold standard once recognized by law, becked by the wealth of the world, nothing short of a bloody revolu- tion vould bring relief to an overturden- ed people. Let us make no m‘stake about the purpose of these men who are now pleading for harmony, with the intent, if they can succeed in gaining the ascendancy in the democratic convention at Chicago, to fasten on the party, over a known ma- jority, a deciaration for a guld standard, and then tell us we are rot democrats if we refuse to support them in their schemes Backed by Strong Influences, The fight is for supremecy in the Chi- cago convention, and they know the ad- varrlage of being backed by the machin- ery of the party. Whichever faction has a majority in Chicago will adopt the ma- jority rule, make the platform and name the candidate, just as each state is now adopting the unit rule. What will the de- feated faction do? There can be but one answer, if both factions are honest and sincere in their convictions--separate and appeal to the people for vindication. — ee GOV. SHEPHERD IN MEXICO, Enterteined by the Governor of Chi- huahua—An Unusual Com Goy. Alexander R. Shepherd has reached the City of Mexico, where he will remain until the 29th instant, when he will return to Chihuahua and meet Mrs. Shephevd and then proceed to Batopilas. The reception tendered him when he arrived at Chihua- hua last week showed that he is almost as highly resarded in Mexico as he is in this city. On the night of May 4 he was given a banquet by the governor of the state of Chihuahua, at the governor's palace, where a very enthusiastic throng gathered. There were seventy-five guests, all high officials, and the band played Yankee Doodle, Hail Columbia and all the national airs of the Unicn. Gov. Shepherd was toasted by everybody. The banquet was the third given in the palace since it was built, and Mexican papers declare was wnexcelied in the social history of that country. Gov. Shepherd's present visit to the Cily of Mexico Is upon business of the very high- est importance, and-its successful prose- cution will have a great beneficial effect upon the fortures of himsclf and his as- sociates. + Cotton Report for May. The cotton report to the Department of Agriculture for May relates to the progress of planting and the proposed or contem- plated acreage. The proportion of the con- templated area already planted on the ist of May was 87.9 per cent, which approx!- mates very closely the breadfh usually planted at that date, which Is estimated at 88.2 per cent. The estimate for the several states are as follows: Virginia, 20; North Carolina, .80; South Carolina, 90; Secreta 90; Florida, 100; Alabama, 93; Mississippt, 92; Louisiana, 05; Texas, 8; Arkansas, 84; Tennessee, 73. The returns of correspond- ents in regard to contemplated acreage in- dicates a considerable increase over the area planted last year. The percentages by states are as follows: Virginia, 107; North Carolina, 117; South, Carolina, i11; Georgia, 118; Alabama, 111; Louisiana, 109; Arkansas, 123; Florida, 143; Mississippi, 110; Texas, 109; Tennessee, 127; Indian ter- ritory, 159, Missouri, 141. The average for the country is 114, Planting has been earlier than usual in most of the cotton states, but much com- plaint is made of drought in a large area in North and South Carolina, Georgia and Alabama, retarding the germination of the seeds. In a few counties in Texas the Mexican weevil is reported as doing con- siderable damage. As a general thing the plane is sald to be in good condition, with favorable season. bs —+o+—____ Acts Approved. The President has approved the act amending section 2880, Revised Statutes, fixing the time for vessels to unload, and the act granting a pension to Arminde Stricker of Gallatin, Mo. | Controller § thus be optained | for the entire country fer substantially the same d The controlier, in hig letter of | trar al, expresses the hope, in regard ‘questions relates to the custom of the com- THE GOLD SUPPLY Another Effort to Be Made to Se- cure Accurate Information. CIRCULARS SENT 10 BANKERS — Inquiry Also as to the Instruments of Credit. —— ECKELS’ MR. PLANS An inquiry into the amount of gold held by private and public banking institutions throughout the United States will be made by Controller Eckels this summ: This is not the entire object of the investigation which he is preparing to set on foot, but it is likely to prove one of !ts most interest- ing features. Returns of the condition of state and private banks and loan and trust companies are now obtained from a variety of sources and published in the annual re- how- not on ports of the controller. They cov ever, widely separated dates, and dc attempt any classifi jon of the fun hand, except under the general head, “Ca and cash items.” These items for bank outside the national em reached a total of $227,040,000 in 1s amount of $1 14 among 1,686 for Joan and trust compa 787 for savings banks and § for private banks. The national vanks 0: July 11, 1s cash items amo to about $4 of which $i7 was in gold or gold certificat portion of gold in the holdings of private barks would yield total of $95,000,000, and with the gold in t ury at that time woull show a visible sup- ply of about $4 mo, This, with th gold in actual cireulaiion on the Pact coast and in private hosrds would raise the probable amount in the country c Sum of $600,009,000, which 4 statistical authorities. It is likely ar, however, that proportion o: y State and private banks 1s c: nan by national baak: ta on this subject which ckels hopes to obtain. To Classify Cash Holdings. The circulars which he prop. cut ask every bank in the co sify its cash holé on a which is to be the “settling day to July 1 in the community where is located. Returns will to the di by 0s s to se niry to fixed date, * nearest the bank | to bunks not ci ba t, tha nd complete nected official ares t ucted un the nati al sponses will be from those with this off uch courtesy will be appreciated,” and the assurance i given that the publication of the informa- | tion submitted will be confined entirel. a general summary of the _ returns. controller bel es that the inf sought will be of value to ever solving mot problems and determin- ing the strength of the cash reserve of the country. He intends to exert him If to make the retuns as complete as po and will follow up the first circular, which will be seat out early next month, by a | later letter, directing attention to the sub- Ject and asking the banks not to neglect it. Instruments of Credit. While this ascertainment of the gold in the banking institutions of the country will be one of the most interesting results of the proposed inquiries, it is not the only feature proposed to be dealt with nor yp haps, the most valuable. The controller proposes to repeat the inquiry which he made fn 1894 of the national hanks regard- ing the use of irstruments of credit and 1 it to the stete and private banks. stions put in 18M will be varied | s¢mewhat, in order to avoid an element of | urred. The banks | ked at that time to classify their | deposits on a fixed date according to the occupations of certain patrons engaged in retail trade. The classification was not thoroughly understood and the results ob- tained shcwed a great variztion in the proportion of credit instruments other than used in the various states. pecial object in 184 and again this year beén to determine the proportion of credit instruments used in retail trey acticns. The irquiry of 1894 was the fi on a large scale dealing with this the subject. Many previous inqui have been mede in the United States and other yniries, which have shown the prop tion of credit instruments, paper currency nd coin, included in the entire receipts of the bank: It is well understood that the proportion of such instruments in whole- sale transactions is much larger than in retail transactions, but they have not here- tofore been separated. The inquiry of 1894 showed that, ever, among reteil tradesmen using the national banks, the checks ani similar Instruments of credit ran as high as 86 per cent of thpir total deposits. ‘This proportien was eXceptional, however, and the average was about per cent. This did not, of course, represent the percentage cf checks used in all retail transactions, since tracers receiving currency would nat urally employ it in making small pay- ments, while depositing all their checks at the banks. The figures necessarily ignored also small traders keeping no bank depos- its. More Accurate Figures Expected. The figures this year are expected to be more comprehensive, more accurate and probably mgre uniform in their results than those obtained in 1894. It is the purpose ef Controller Eckels to submit them to ex- perts interested in the subject, with a view to deducing some facts which can be work- ed into comparative tables. Some general questions will also be asked, net susceptible of mathematical answers. One of these munity where the bank is located in regard to paying wages by checks and in regard to the question whether wages. as a rule, are paid wetkly or monthly. The statistics regarding the kinds of money in the cus- tedy of the various banks can also be work- ed up in such a way as to answer several interesting questions as to the distribution of silver dollars and silver certificates as well as gold. THe results of the Inquiry will be compiled as promptly as possible after July 1 and will be embodied in the next annual report of Controller Eckels to Congress. ——_—<—-e-—_______ Change of Duties in Sweden. The Secretary of State is in receipt of a dispgtch from the United States minister at Stockholm of April 24, 1896, stating that the riksdag had passed an act removing the duty on pig iron, kentledge and old broken iron. The joint vote cf the two chambers was a very close one, 186 yeas to 185 nays; the second chamber, voting separately, had assed the resolution, but the first chamber d rejected it. As is the custom when the chamters disagree, the joint vote was taken, with the above result. Mr. Fergu- son adds: “This was the only positive vic- tory of the anti-protection party, although in two other contests which were of inter- est to our commerce they were negatively successful. The proposition of the first chaniber for the increased duties on leather was defeated, and a proposition for the increase of the duties on shees to 2 krorer fer kilogram was rejecte® by a vote of 191 to 176. Therefore the duties on leather and shoes remain the same.” CLEVELAND AND HANCOCK Reflections Connected With the Coming Unveiling of the Statue. The President's Support of the Demo- cratic Candidate in 1850—Events Since Then, There is some pleasant and instructive talk growing out of the program arranged for the unveiling of the Hancock statue to- morrow. It bears upon the part assigned to Mr. Cleveland, and the exceptional pleasure it is known he will take in performing it. He will preside and make a short addre The statue is erected to Gen. Hancock as national figure—as a great soldier who per- formed heroic serv in defense of the Union. But Gen, Hancock was in-one ua’ tional campaign a party leader, and as such developed in the field of politics the same capacity for inspiring the love and adm Uon of men as he had done as a commande In the field of war. Supported Hancock in 1886 It was in 1S that Gen. Hancock r: n for the presidency. At that time Mr. Cleveland w was a resident of Buffalo, but thought of a naticnal career. He w known at home and very highly resp He had served the city in the otlic mayor, and won praise for his faithfulnc e trust. He had exhibited capacity for politics. His own campaigns aad t+ well conducted. He proved to be a organizer, and he had won his battle party clubs knew hi. and now, in ut onal fight, he signalized in every w: in his pariy’s success cited his admiration. He felt strong- n to the spiendid soldier and man now carrying the party's standard and he worked with a will for him. tended the rallies, and lighted a tore! night and walked in the marching pi sions organized to increase and party enthusiasm. The fight was 1 Mr. Cleveland known, has neve ed any of his admiration for the cesar: of the man who led the democratic host that year. Events That Have Since Tranxpired. Suppose, it is suggested, that some man, familiar with Mr. Cleveland's life in office and with his equipment for public bus under the joint inspiration of friend- to him at t hoat well ted. of . Hancock will be but the party will tind ning vhampion next term, and he is row but a so‘dier in ks there ing his torch at night without thought of reward. He will the party’s candidate four yea and will d he most bri n of the ge: will ISSs by ace and 1 enthusias' though defeated at the polls that ement, remain at the h and in INv2 will bre; & a third conse pe statue of Gen. sek will be unveil hington, and G eveland,as Pres- nt of the United States, wil over the ceremonies. A reading of the future like that in n’s behalf would haVe ari y as the exhibition of a would not eccived a moment's s considerat It would have bee that such fortune was not possible man in the ranks, even under the of a republic. have been called a What would thus have been foretold of remarkable facts ac- Can History Be Repeated Could such history, or anything even proaching it, be repea man’s case? The cra of presidential candidates im at hand. There are some brilliant men in the demo- party, and some who are decorated in any other peculation about e configence of cors many times exhibited. The pres | the great xoal. All ambitious men st for it. But th present divided. Leade: reason of ab: and expertence, are in every to aspire to the executive ch harrassed by factional tional fighting, to pick a c. ave a cand anks again? pable, te. the party must Will ke come from the@ Js there another stro: man, confident, but without thought of a leading part, now marehing in ks who is to be called by tune ta take the standurd and carry it? And, if s0, where does he reside? Great embarrassments produce great sur- prises. The demce: embar were never d mocracy's surp > the turning dows of the old leaders, as in 1884, un@ the nomi- ration of a man for President us yet un- known to ngtional life? CIFIC RAILROAD. Petition for a Report From the House Judiciary Commitice. Representative Hartman of Montana is circulating in tne House a petition to the judiciary committee for an immediate re- port from that committee of the joint res- olution to authorize the reorganization of the Northern Pacific Railroad Company. The judicial sale of the corporation under the foreclosure proceedings to be made in June, and unless Congress takes action before that proceeding the reorganization of the company ll have to be under a state charter. Many members have signed the petition, and it is expected that the subcommittee of the judiciary committee, which has the resolution In charge, will re- port to the full committee tomorrow. The resolution, if adopted, will compel the com- pany under its charter to sell all agricul- tural lands within a mile of the track at a price not exceeding $2.4) an acre, and for- bid consolidation with any competing line. —+@-+— BAND CONCERTS. They Will Commence This Season the Bd of June. Orders were issued by the Secretary ef the Navy this afternoon for the Marine Band to play in the President's grounds every Saturday afternoon and on the plaza at the east front of the Capitol every Wed- nesday afternoon, beginning with Wednes- day, June 3, and continuing throughout that month, July, August and September. The President, through Col. Wilson, U. S. A., has given permission for the use of the White House grounds. The concerts at the Capitol are ordered upon the united request of the President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House. These open-air con- certs are an enjoyable feature of life at the capital during the summer months, and that great host known “as the stay-at- homes” will look forward to them with the pleasantest anticipations. The Marine Band has been given permis- sion to visit Nashville, Tenn., on the ist proximo, on the occasion of the cpening ceremonies of the Tennessee centennial. —-—_ -e- ——___ Marshal Wilson's Fees. Controller Bowler of the Treasury Depart- ment has informed United States Marshal Wilson of this district that he is not en- titled to a sp2cial fee for attendance on the sessions of the Police Court, either in per- son or by deputy. This decision will not affect Marshal Wilson’s official Income, how- ever, inasmuch as he already receives an- nual fees to the maximum amount allowed by law, viz, $6,000, besides turning a large balance into the treasury. NORTH A. P. A. COUNCIL Preparing for the Meeting That is to Begin Tomorrow. —— SOME OF THE DELEGATES NCW HERE -- = A Hot Time Expected Over the Advisory Board's Action. WHAT LEADERS SAY os The political situation in the A. P. A. ranks !s keeping pace with the weather. It is warm, and by the time the Supreme Coun- cil assembles tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock the political pot promises to be way above blood heat in peint of ten perature Around the lobbies of the Nationa! Hotel this morning all the talk was about politics The election of officers and the other busi- ness of the order have been lost sight « the political shuffle. Very Mttle of th comes to the ears of a new the condition of affairs 's words. i Whatever Is said about harmony at meeting of the Supreme Council is talk. There is going to be war, an well-posted delegate now admits it. Jadge J. WH. D. Stevens. is not onl, ris going to be political wa erging on e ersonal edge o sare t said about some . and th's is replied to in Where this will en? by the t'me the on ends nobody knov Divided Into Factions. re are many fa represented by the delegates who a are out-and-out McKinlk are op- posed to his condemnatio: © those who are willirg to s committee If It can prove its 2 McKinley; there are those who want t McKinley and the republicans » crats go and join a new pa;ty; kinds cf ideas and purpc The big fight of the conventio the indorsement of the action ganda committee in d-ciaring ley is not a fit man to be vot members of the order. will fight the committe: as they can, and th and that the action o turned down. One of the Lenders, Judge J. H. Jackson of Texas, supreme vice president, cpposition to the rs of the rep the campaign committee. , there won't be ich of a fight,” Judge Jac! said to a Star re- porter, “I believe it will all be s 1 in five paign No, by disapproving the work of the committee. The sentiment of the order ts overwhelmingly ag the committee.” v dx Rallying. Notwith this opposition friends of the committee are rallying to its support. They are doing more work and less talking. They are taking in all that is being said and are preparing to meet their opponents. The committee feel this opposition whe as Supreme Pres! their act are doing the that it will overcome ch prominent men 8 indorsed n who know H. T. Bowers. what the evidence against McKinle that they ought not to be taiking u see and hear this evider Then, are opposed to what hes been doi them say so. President Traynor, in a recent interview, dec! he A’ P. A. delegates in the St. jijon would not vo for McKinley, and that if McKinley was nom- inated the order would fight him cud pre- vent his election, When seen by a Star reporter this morn- ing Mr. Traynor did not care to talk about these matters right now, In view of the cioseness of the convention, but he did make an important sta A New Party Threatened. He seid that if one of the old parties does not recognize the principles of the American Protective Association there will be a new and powerful party organized. It would be an Institution, he said, of Amer- ment. ican citizens who are tired of machine politics, ‘The call would be issued for a national convention of the new party in tlme to accomp h something in the paign. a Star reporter 2 who will make ¥, prepared for } From another sourc ascertained that the m the call is now in the work. It was not lea whether the Would be promulgate? within a short ti or until after the old party conventions « held. President Traynor's sta 1 the statements in The Star during t week that a movemert ts foot the A. P. A. to the silver and populist bine. Those who favor this sch who are tired of party sffiliations say the McKinley men in the order who to leave can do so. They expect to s' to the order and go up or down with Members of the Committee. Among the members of the propaganda (Continued on Eleventh Page.) —