Evening Star Newspaper, May 25, 1896, Page 1

Oooo THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILXY EXCEPT SUNDAY, 4T THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Aveaue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star N G fi bap ig er AUB E RENN: Kew York Oiice, 40 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers tn the eity by carrters, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents i month. Copies at the ecenter 2 cents each. sy mail—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage prepald—60 cents per month. Saturday Quiatepte Sheet Star, $1 per year, with $3.00. at Washington, D. ©. THE SUGAR BOUNTY The Supreme Court Unanimously Sustains It, SS _ TR. BOWLER THORCUGHLY REVERSED A Comprehensive Opinion on the Case Rendered. —-— STITUTIONAL QUESTIONS The Supreme Court today sustained the . f the appropriations to carry out the s r bounty features of the McKi ley and Wilson tariff acts by a unanimou opinion decision of the euit cou! ° the eastern district of Louis- jana and ing the action of Controller of the Treasury Bowler, who refus to pe the ments of the bounties on and the act was uncons that involved were those of the . plaintiff in error, vs. the any and Andrew H. Gay, re- pinion of the court was Justice Peckham. Both were The Realty Company was one coming under the terms of the tion to those who had manufac- igust, 1804, and whic nt of bounties thereafter, pre- from obtaining the which had been to that date. There were persons coming under ch the company stood, and ade for the payment 1 little less than $250,000. More Important Case. ff in the other suit, Mr. Gay, coming under the second t of 1895, he being among 4 with the provisions of ntained in schedule E 1, 1800, by filing 2 for license and bond 1 who would have been entitled to r a li pro- vided for in said act and a bounty of eight- € und on the sugars him di ad $2,000, numer- for them Controlier Bowler Approprintions Valid. » Supreme Court in its opinion today purposes of the ca: y to decide whether su the power of Con- case the appro- the act of 1895 to act of 1SW were s to make and ntional and valid. i the condit me of ihe passage of the ap- act of 1805 the court says: tion and manufacture of sugar hern and some portions of tes from sugar cane and and beets had become ge of the act of is which ex- om high upon and the native industry n encouraged, fostered and Bounty Discussed. » subject of how to treat this industry nder di jon in Congress while the act of 18% was before it, and it final- ded the question by enacting the lause of that act. Before that time nported sugar had amount- ¥ $60,000,000 in one year. To put the free list would reduce the that amount, but at the same urged In Congress, e persons engaged in the industry his country. So the tariff on sugar was ed while at the same time a bounty jaced upon its production here of an t which it was thought would equal protection the industry had theretofore 1 under thi by proved tariff. ‘The act was ap- the President, and no question lity was made by any officer of ment having any duties to per- er it. at act large stms of money were ar manufacturers as a bounty, cer of the gevernment question- “dity of the act. This condition for about three years. In the "rt, Spring and summer of 1894 it is r cf histery that the disci iff act, which finally be t of that year, was con- ng on in Congress and through prirts of the country. Before of the act it was, of course, rtain as to what its provisions including the question of the the manufacture of sugar. No predict it. No one could have ted whether the bounty would be taken entirely, or materially reduced or left as it stood by the act of i890. Tarif Uncertainty. rhe whole question of tariff legislation hat time was full of uncertainty. In the meantime the season was approaching when the manufacturer of sugar must de- t to do. He was confronted with the act of 1800 was still in nder its provisions he must, © meant to avail bimseif of the boun- nich might be payable under the act, his application for and obtain a prior to July 1 of that year. In his ‘ton for a license he was compelled a general description of the ma- y and the methods to be employed with an estimate of the amount of D9sed to be produced in the cur- and his application would have by a bord that he would he rules and regula- be prescribed for she man- roduction of sugar. If he on and ebtained his lcense i the manufacture of sugar visions of the act of 1880 he be certain that the Congress not strike out altogether the pro- r payment of any bounty, and u condition that he could nufacture with profit nor ab- om manufacturing without loss. Constitutionality Immaterial. The court says there can be no question at rent to he faith 2@ good faith of the plaintiffs. The fon of the constitutionality of the @ugar bounty in the act of 1890 is en- tirely immaterial. It is a question of equitable consideration, and the court ys: “The plaintiffs acquired claims upon the government of an equitable, moral or honorary nature.” The principle upon which the court bases Its decision is contained in the following declaration: “Under the provisions of the Constitu- ton (article 1, section §) Congress has | friends that they have been sent for. Che Lvening Star. No. 13,487, power to lay and collect taxes, etc., to pay the debts of the United States.” Having power to raise money for that purpose it, of course, follows that it has power when the money is raised to appropriate it to the same object. The term “debts” includes those debts or claims which rest upon a merely equitable or honorary obligation, and which would not be recoverable in a court of law if existing against an indi- vidual. Their recognition depends sotely upon Congress, and whether it will recog- nize claims thus founded must be left to the discretion of that body. Payments to individuals not of right or of a merely legal claim, but payments in the nature of a gratuity, yet having some feature of meral obligation to support them, have been made by the government by virtue of acts of Congress appropriating the pub- lie money, ever since its foundation. Some of the acts were based upon con- siderations of pure charity.” Claimants by Grace. The indirect or “war risks” rejected by the Geneva arbitration tribunal, but paid by Congress, and the French spolia claims are cited as instances of “payments that are not of right, but in the nature of a gratuity and as an act of grace,” and it is sald that the power to provide for simi- lar claims has been recognized by state vernments and sustained, for example, the New York court of ‘appeals in the cese of the town of Guilford vs. Super- visors of Chenango county. In conclusion, the court says: “In regard to the question whether the facts existing in any given case bring it within the de- scription of that class of claims. which Congre: can and ought to recognize as founded upon equitable and mora iderations, and grounded upon pri of right and justice, we think that gener: iy such question must in its nature be one for Congress to decide for itself. Its de- cision recognizing such a claim and appro- priating money for its payment can rarely, if ever, be the subject of review by the Judicial branch of the government. The Obligation Incurred. “Upon the general principle, therefore, that the government of the United States, through Cong has the right to pay debts of the United States, and that the claims In these cases are of a nature which that body might rightfully decide to con- stitute a debt payable by the United States upon considerations of justice and konor, we think the act of Congress making ap- for propriations the payment of such claims was valid, without reference to the question of the valfdity or invalidity of the original act providing for the payment of bounties to manufacturers of sugar, as contained in the tariff act of 1NW. The judgments in these cases are right. — - WITH A BIG SHOUT Toat is How It is Proposed to Nominate at St. Louis. Effort to Read Platt Out of the Party —Mark Hanna as Head of the National Committee. Special Dispateh to The Evening Sts CLEVELAND, Oblo, May 25.—The ears of ex-Senator Platt must ave burned last night when Jon Milholland of New York, who is here to call o1 ex-Governor Mc- Kinley, talked on the methods of Mr. Platt and on the future of that gentle z Hanna had a prominent party of gentle- men up to his house last evening. Mr. Me- Kinley was himself the center of attrac- tion, of course, but with him were Col. Frederick D. Grant of New York; John B. Milholland, the leader of the anti-Platt machine in the metropolis; Tim Byrnes of Minneapolis. who will be sergeant-at-arms of the republican national convention when ft opens at St. Louis next month; John Gcoden, ex-president of the Minnesota State Republican League; H. G. Otis of the Los Angeles Times, Maj. Moses P. Handy of the Chicago Times-Herald, Sylvester T. Everett, who will be one of te delegat the St. Louis convention from this city; Vice President King of the Baltimore and Chio Railroad Company, and a half dozen other local leaders who called from time to time during the day. While it is denicd by those present that there was any litical significance to the assembly, it 1s known that many things of a political na- ture were at least referred to. Rushing for the Band Wagon. Mr. Milholland was asked what his mis- sion in Cleveland was, and said by way of explanation: “I just want to say one word for myself at the outset. That is, that I did not come out to Cleveland be- cause I was sent for. Governor McKtn- ley Is not sending for people these days. He is glad to see all who cail, and so is Mr. Hanna, but he is not sending for them. He did not send for Senator Quay, and Senator Quay never said he did, though some of his friends have. There are half a dozen other people in the east who have carried on a much worse campaign against Major McKinley than Senator Quay did who are coming out here and are aiready proclaiming from the house tops to their “What Is Senator Platt going to do?” ~ “That is something you wiil probably have to ask Mr. Platt. “What he ought to do is to get right out of the republican party over into the democratic party where he belongs. His recent tirad against Major McKinley have placed him outside of the pale of the republican party. He has committed the unpardonabie sin because he has not only sought to defeat the candidate of his party for the nomina- tion, but he has satd things of him which, if true, no republican ought to want to see him elected when he is nominated. There is no place for Thomas C. Platt in the re- publican party after that, and why should he remain in the party?” What Platt Can't Do. “Will he go on to St. Louis and vote the New York dslegation fur Morton?” “He can't do it. In the first place Mc- Kinley will be nominated at St. Louis by acclamation. Mark that prediction. Platt could not hold the empty shell that he hikes to call his organization, anyhow. The re- ublicans of New York, with 335,000 of the 0,000 voters, are for McKinley. Platt could no more hold them than he could hold wild horses.” “What did you think was the result of the conference between Quay and Mc- Kinley?” “That is a private matter between these two gentlemen. I have every reason to be- lieve that it was highly satisfactory to Mc- Kinley, however.” “Will Quay’s name be presented to the convention?” “I rely on my prediction that Maj. Mc- Kinley will be nominated by acclamation. Sher ‘may draw your own inferences from at.” “Who will be nominated Vice President?” “Phat, too, will be settled by acclama- tion. I will just say one thing, however, for the benefit of my friends in New York. that the nomination for Vice President-will not be given anybody to. placate them. Just put that down for certain. It will not be a sop to heal anybody's wounded feel- ings or imaginary injuries, as was the case when Chester A. Arinur was nominated at Chicago. The Vice President will be a re- publican whom the people of the party de- light to honor, and the nomination will not be a gift to heal the pains of the enemy.” Hanna for Chairman, “Who do you think will be the chairman of the national committee?” “It should by all means be given the man who has so ably conducted the campaign of the winning candidate, Mr. Hanna. He has shown himself in every way worthy of it, and while it would undoubtedly be a great task upon him, he should be asked to take it; and I have no doubt he will be.” Gov. McKinley will leave Cleveland to- day for Canton, to remain there until after the St. Louis convention. WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, MAY 25, 1896-TWELVE PAGES |A DISTRICT DAY Several Measures Acted on by the House. SOME STREET RAILWAY BILLS ———-_+ The Married Women’s Right Act Has Been Passed. OTHER LOCAL MATTERS This was District day in the House, and when Chairman Babcock secured the tloor he called up as untini ed busine the Eckingion and Belt Line bill, Mr. Hep- burn’s amendment offered at the last lL trict day for resun is TV on the G street, New Jersey avenue and North Cap- itol street branch was adopt Mr. Hill ot Connecticut offered an amendment re- stricting the issue of bonds to 75 per cent of the cost of improvements. Mr. Hopkins ef Llinois moved to make it 50 per cent. Mr. Cannon of Sllinois raised the ques- tion that such a limitation would be wu against this road, as a similar restriction does not apply to other roads. Mr. Babcock said the bill already pro- vides very stringent restriction: and he hoped the House would not inflict a hard- snip. He would accept Mr. Hill's amend- ment, but hoped the H © would not agree to Mr. Hopkins’ amendment. Mr. Hopkins’ amcndmeat was adopted. Motion to Strike Out Mr. Hepturn ef Iowa out the scction authorizin. extensions of the Lelt 1 company has abandoned certain portions of the route already authorized, and has left the streets in bad condition. Notwith- standing this, the company has asked for six or eight miles n.c : ions. Mr. Babcock 5: stricken fr posed extension, leaving in only t spurs, not nearly the length ch Mr. Hepburn, Mr. Hepburn s: tently detied public sentiment and the righis of the people, and he coula not 1 derstand why the committee wanted to fa- vor such a corporation Mr. Rusk of Marylard said this com- pany has passed uncer control of th - pany building the el ro Baltimore. eration by can tray ington fe: transfers in the d into the hards who have raised the r and are ready to perform al gations incurred by the bill. Mr. Hepburn’s amendment was defeated. One Section Stricken Oat. Mr. Baker of New Hampshire moved to strike out the section authorizing the company to abandon certain rout The motion was cock and was adopted. The out was as follows Bab- n accepted by Mr. tion stric! at said Belt Railway is hereby, author cperation of its over and remove cks from the following named streeis and avenues, to wit: On 4th street and between O and P str between New Je West; on O stri cets west. Also on E street bet Company be, Jersey avenue yon P street nd th street 4th and 1th t between en 11th and 9th avenue; on Louis to 12th street, y to B : Pro- vided, That where the pany thus abandon its trac move from th and other devices of ti and shall cause the 5 be paved with material good pavement contiguous thereto, in ance with specifications prepared by Commissioners of the District of Colum- bia.” A few verbal changes were made in the bill, and it was then passed. The bill has already passed the Senate. Mr. Babcock then called up the bill to authorize Nicolai Bros. to use the pipe {res heretofore laid by them. It was pessed without debate. The B. and W. Transit Company. The bill to authorize the Baltimore and Washington Transit Company to enter the District was next called up. This bill au- thorizes the company to make connection at Takoma Park with the Brightwood Railway Company. Mr. Baker of New Hampshire moved to amend the bill so as to provide for one fare within the District over the two roads. The amendment was adopted. The bill was then passed without fur- ther dehate. Chairman Babcock next called up the Dill to amend the act incorporating the \ ington and Great Falls Electric Railroad Company that passed the Senate a few days ago. It was passed without debate. Rights of Married Women. The Senate bill relating to the rights of married women was then called up. The provisions of this bill have frequenily been published in The Star. Mr. Hulick offered two amendments to perfect the verbiage of the bill, and the bill was passed without debate. Mr. Babcock then called up ihe bill pro- viding for the sale of the estate of lunatics and the reinvestment of tie proceeds. This bill has also been published in The Star, Mr. Shannon of New York explained the necessity of the passage of the bill, and read from a local law publication a recent court decision in the case of a lunatic that emphaeized the need of providing a law of the kind proposed by the bill. Mr. Bartlett of New York moved to strike out the following section: “See. 7. That it shall and may be lawful for the said justice or the court aforesaid to allow any trustee who shall make a sale of any real estate by virtue of this act such commission as is usually allowed upon gales made under authority of the Supreme Court of the District of Colum- nae He said this provision was too vague as to the amount of commission to be paid. Her wanted to fix it at 1 per cent. ‘The motion was defeated, and the bill w: passed. pees At this point Mr. Evans of Kentucky in- terposed with a motion to go into commit- tee of the whoie on bills reported from the committee on ways and means, and Dis trict day came to an end. Personal Mention. Lieut. Col. E. M. Coates, sixteenth in- fantry, is on a visit to the city from his station at Salt Lake. Is, cross undoned -e thus distu R. E. Claughton of the West End Nation- } al Bank left yesterday for a week’s stay at his home by the mouth of the Potomac. Two days before leaving Mr. Claughton on his wheel collided with a buggy on Pennsylvania avenue, wrecking the wheel, disabling himself and narrowly escaping with life. The man in the buggy drove off without waiting to see what damage nad been done. D. G. Smith of Washington, D. C., is a guest at the Cataract House, Niagara Falls. Rev. D. W. Hearn of Georgetown Uni- yeraity is a guest at the Cararact House, iagera Falls. abandon } | In His Name..... TKE DIOCESAN CONVENTION GASHED WITH AN AX First Annual Gathering of the Episcopal Body. . Important Matters to Come Before It —The Meeting of the Con- vocation, The first annual convention of th diocese of Washington will assem) le cw ble at Trinity Church, corner 3d and C strects northwest, next Wednesday. The will be as follows: ng prayer will be ‘lock. order of din the church At 10 o'clock the convention will be opened with a celebration of the holy commu: At thi vice Bishop Satterlee has desired the clergy of the diocese to be present, vesting themselves in ‘Trinity parish hall at 9:40, The bishop As appointed the Rev. Jno, H. Elliott, SRD. rector of Ascension Churca, to ch the sermon at this 10 o'clock serv- Immediately on the conclusion of this : ce the bishop will call the convention to order in the church and appoint com- ittees to determine the rights of clers nd lay de ts iz the body ren a she luncheon will had, after ports of com tees Will be ved and the regular busi- the convention begin. At ys will be consumed in the » officers are: President, the Rt. Rev. D.D.5 the Ke atterlee, s, Rockville, surer, Mr. The Diocesan Funds. Several matters of importa to come up for the cons One is in reg. funds due ecnyention. fer of the rd to the t the diocese from the diocese of id. estimated that tn funds amount $1,000, as the diocese of Washington is 2d ‘to on half of the episcopal fund and one-third of the othe Tne revision of the rules of or- der the orler of bus will als probably be cons dered, and there will be reports of committees on changes in the constitution and canons for the new diocese. A most important echanze pro posed in the constitution relates ‘to the pre: ent od of yoling for the election of Under the present rules a two- vote Is necessary in order to elect, oposition made is to change to a te. eom referred to he primary con- vention, ‘There is opposition to this pro- posed change by many, although it ts claimed byt who a majority Vote that such a rule prevails in nearly ail ses of this country. a change in the const comm ymen ical me as aid by those wno ad tion of composed of c It 1s al-o The Convocation, There will be a meeting of the co tion of Washington at St. Church t afternoon As it happens,th are the same as those of the new ¢ ton, and the convocation did before the ne 4 meetings, tor th ‘y_ work, diocesa nese mainly in nt form or divi ttee by the int instead of having it at pres- Margaret at 4 o'cloc nds of this convocati It is also pro- itution Tu vorate change that it is common in nearly all nyoca- ioc th w dio- known e pur- it is n con- to continue the con- de into a number of convocations or ye what is known as rural d . At the meeting tomor ernoc Will m H. Laird will mai n address on mi sion work in the di ard the usual reports of officers ¥ 3 TWO OPINIONS. What) Representatives Bailey and Re ntatives H. turned from W engaged in a joint debate that state, Friday night o former upholding the latter of gol Speaking uation i that feel perfecdly hey at Char! last we Mr. state, the cause of silver and to a Star reporter of the si Bailey said: ure that the administration Hall Say of West Virginia. iley and Mall have re- were r men will beat us three or four to one in Charleston, not because that proportion of the people bel-cve in the finaacial policy of the administration, but because it hcme of Postmaster General is uni lly popular, and the peopl that they could not afford to do oth than indorse the administeaifon Wiison’s account. I thir certain that the gold stan will carry two districts in ¥ ad est Vi and that we will carry the other two. is so much better than we e month ago that we ought to be s Representative Hall said that the Virginia delegation to Chicago divided. “Th: gat “What about the ceneral situation tween the two factions “I have unlimited confidence in the ican people and in the democratic would sound money men,” he said, “are sure of three and proiavly six dei is the Wilson, who le feel erwise on Mr. it is practically ocates rginia, This We be as be- Amer- party, and I do not believe they are for the free coin to lL. se of silver at 18 like the sils FIREMEN'S R oLUEF Subscriptions Still Coming in Deserving Cruse. The following are the subsctiptioi ceived at The Star office for the famil the dead firemen: Evening Star Co........ Lincoln Fire Insurance Co A. Lisner. G B.. Max Cohen, editor Views I:dian Bureau employes. Tec Cy Dis, ges Mrs. J. C.D, Cashin. scasss Great Falls Ice Co. Mutual Protection Fire Ins. Co. Jehn Ryan a Mount Vernon Ledge, No. 5, K.P.... Mrs. E. R. B. German-American Fire Co. of D.C. Galt & Brother.. Gelden, Le ve & Co. McK s.W.S Mrs. M. F. Lynch. Saks & Co. TCAs: In mourning envelope Independent Ice Co. M. A.J ats Balance collected for flowers by friends of engitie ccmpany No. &... A friend. : Durand & Merrfék. Horatio King... Henry W. Clossen. TELE Miss cscose Insurance It looks now, r men will be in a FUND. for a ns re- lies of $100.00 100.00 25.00 1.00 25.00 17.00 5.00 5.00 1.00 100,00, 50.00 1.00 2.00 10.00 1.50 100.00 50.00 100.00 5.00 1.00 5.00 25.00, 2.00 1.00 106.00 5.00 2.75 3.00 20.00 10.00 5.00 3.00 20.00 $901.25 Attempted Murder of a Montgomery County Family. FCUR VICHMS OF DEADLY ASSAULT Miller Buxton, Wife and Dauzh’e:s of Gaithersburg. aa TWO SUSPECTS CAPTURED ee = Special Dispatch From a Stam ¢ esponden ROCKVILLE, Md, May —Shortly after 4 o'clock this morning residents of the north end of Gaithersburg were aroused by sere ssuing from the residence ¢f W. Lem xton, a mill nd a few moments tater a woman, with the blood streaming from head, ran from the he with a baby in her arms. Neighbors quickly gathered entered the Buxton hou aited them. terrible , Where a s two The beds in the rocms were covered with blood, and v ene lay Mr. Buxton, unconscious, with two. ing wounds in his he in the other reem were Maud Buxton, sixteen years old, head, with her skull Jald open and her left cys with a gash acros: and Sadie, her the side year-old of her er, nearly forced out. biced and hair wa When Mrs to talk she An ax covered with found on the steps. Buxtcn recovered sufficient! uid that she was awakened b3 a blow on her heed, but had an indistinct Hection of hearing a pistol shot. Be- that she says she heard her ghters scream in the next reom, and started for them, when a big colored man siczed her by the throat, choked her and threw her back. She then grab her ed baby and ran from the house. Mr. Buxton recovered consciousnes: and later, the head while ed his pistol it went in the fi id he was struck and, half dazed, fired a shot, but Ss struck agail Guxton has three ax cuts in ene on each side and one acro Mrs. Buxton was struck twice p given one murderou was intense and immediate steps were find the perpetrator of the c1 ored man had been seen leas Or. . amd knew no more. his head, the top. excitement tewn, of men, mounted and afoot, were scouring the count The feeling was increased the ment that Sadie Buxton was dcad, farmers and others living in the vicinity hurried into aithersbure. The child, however, rallied, a there was no chance of her recovery, and a systematic scarch was organized. About | M t and Ward, who were on horseback, overtook a big colored man named Sidney Randolph, some ¢ tance from ihe town, going toward Hunt ing Hill. When they rode up the man fight, and Ward shot at struck him in the hand, passi and lodging in his leg. He was taken Gaithersburg, a’ amination was Jail. 1 after a preliminary ex- the earried to Rockville the same time George a col- riIMOR report j th for the repu th presi- dency, effort to be that henor for him, ored man who bears an unsavory reputa- | tion in Gaithersburg, and who vy victed of attempted rape some years ago and served a term in the house of corre tion therefor, was also arrested and brought to Rockville, with ndoiph. The men were handcuffed and tied in buggies, and were in custody of Deputy Sheriffs W. M. Howes and C. H. M. Peyt Randolph said to Tae Star correspondent thathe wasa native of Georgia, but had been in Baltimore, from wh he went to Washington two weeks ago. He declared he had come out in Maryland searching for work, and last night t in a barn near Gaithersburg. He left there early, he said, because he was afraid the owner of the barn might object to his sleeping there, and when he was overtaken by those who captured him he thought they were after him for sleeping in the barn. “They looked so mad they scared me,” he said, “and I tried to get away. Then they rode their horses over me and one of them shot me.” He declared he had not been near Buxton's and had not injured anybody. When asked where his coat was as he was clad only in an indershirt and trousers when arrested, he said it was stolen from him last Wednesiay. Neale declared he knew nothing of the crime, and said he reckoned they had only arrested him to hold some one until the right man was caught. At 10 o'clock a rumor spread in Gaithers- burg that a lot of bloody clothing had been found in Neale’s house, and feeling ran high against him. A few :ninutes’ later the news came that Randolph's coat had been found full of blood. It was lucky for him that he was in jail at Rockville, as this proof of his con- nection with the crime simply maddened the crowd. By 11 o'clock nearly every able-bodied white man living within five miles of Gaithersburg was in town. While they were cool there was but one sentiment, and that was a demand for instant punishment of the wretch. The absence of any motive of revenge on the part of any one toward the Buxton family made it evident that the man or men (for some persons believe there were more than one concerned in the crime) were bent on robbery. Randolph, for whom circumstances ap- pear to be rapidly weaving a rope, is a tall negro, apparently about twen- ty-five years of age, of large mus- cular frame and very black skin. If he committed the crime he has great control over himself because on the ride from Gaithe-sburg to Rockville, during which The Star correspondent drove in a buggy by the side of that containing him and Deputy Howes, he appeared nonchalant and unconcerned and bore the scrutiny of the many who passed on their way to Gaithersburg without sign of nervousness. His absolute denial of any knowledge of the®crime was given with the same cool- ness. He passed through Rockville yes- terday and asked for something to eat at several houses, and a woman who gave him food said he then wore a coat. Montgomery county in this vicinity has not been so intensely excited in years. From Rockville and the surrounding coun- try men have been pouring into Gaithers- burg all day. If the crime !s fastened on any man or men it is not likely there will be a trial in a court of law. This is the unanimous sentiment and there seems to be no effort to quell it. A request was sent to Inspector Hollin- con- | TWO CENTS. berger at Washington to send a detective | to assist in unraveling the myster; It is now settled that the motive of the as- was robbery, sailant of the Buxtons the house of Mr. Buxton house, was entered about the same time, but the party er parties were fright- ened off by the occupants. Dr. n, who ts in attendance on the victims, regards the condition of them all as extremely critical. Detectives Go to Gaithersburg. Detectives Horne and Weedon went to the scene of the murder this afternoon on the 12:50 train in re: » to a telegram received from § Attorney Kilgour. Baltimore olficers, it is said, were also sent for. The fi f the murder reccived at s from Harry Kraec- 1 Hotel, ed from Gai- to hay blood The latest Campbell that tion at Chicago, wut that ates no comment and lit hi zid accept a nomina- or platform, honor at all, interest at conyversa- eve want the he doc is morning, view d indi ently. ed up in the r¢ Mr. We will nom- will beat Me- no danger that ted. vould be the on interna- em. How Politicians View the Suggestion of Maryland's Governcr for Vice President. Substantial Drawback to the Idea is the Prospect That His Suc- cessor Would Be a Democrat. weial Disp BAL here today by re- alike. een gener publicans Qu ors name nd votes View tinds their own us an effort to from few the O} do not outspoken in t official carec to which he was ele BISHOP TAYLOR'S SUCC First Ballot Taken by the Cleveland Conference ND, Ohio, \ CLEV —The M. E. shop Foss conference opene in the chair. be led in the morning The first business of the M. E. confer- ence today was to limit the speeches of delegat nd the time for chairmen of to speak was lim- ited to ten minute: The order of bu: election of a mirsic to succeed Bishop W Saturday, was called made to open the old fig’ the day—the op to Africa, lor, retired An effort was t by moving that i decided to elect a ssionary bishop be reconsidered. Ii was promptly tabled. Another motion the election of mi committee on judict some of the legal points. tabled. 1t was decided without nomination, and that a tw majority was necessary to elect. bailot Was then taken. RIVER AND HARBOR BILL. made to postpone y bishop until the od had repor It was pr to elect by. first The President Has Commenced an Ex- ainination of the Measure. The President today took up for con: eration the river and hari id- appropriation bill, which reached the te House at 6 o'clock Saturday night, to that end sent for General Craig’ the chief of engineers, who is familiar and the 1 every fe i, time the additions ma ture of the to it from th submitted last fall sent to the President, with amend- ments of both hou: of Congr As it Is figured at the White House, the President may act upon the bill any time up to and including Wednesday, June 2, and if there has been no action by Thu proximo, the bill will then have become a Jaw without the President's approval. ane o=- = ABOUT PROPERTY, stimates were time the the it was The Controversy Between Dumbarton and We:t George.own Churches. A bill In equity was filed today by Ira Brashears and others, trustees of West Gecrgetown M. E, Church of Georgetown, against the Dumbart. Church, Co- lumbus Thomas and Noble H. Thom: suit as trustees of the *hurch, s in be- half of the congregation,and it is the result of an ejectment Thomas and the West Georgetown Chu: dccided the first part of this mouth. Cole granted a rule to show cat able June 5. William Birney and Wharton E. Leslie represent the complainants, between Noble H. CONTINUATION AGREED TO. The Sugar Trust Cases Go Over Until October. Judge Cole today, upon the request of Mr. Jere M. Wilson of counsel for the defend- ants, ordered that the cases of the sugar trust contumacious witnesces, Messrs. Ed- wards, Shriver, Macartney, Havemeyer, Searles and Seymour, be continued until the October term of the Criminal Court. ‘The cases were several weeks ago set for trial before Judge Cole, the first case to be called June 2. The continuation of the cases ordered today. was made because of Mr. Wilson’s engagements in the Holt will case, and because of imperative engage- ments of remaining counsel. 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: 13 cents per week; 25 cents for two weeks, or 50 cents per month. Invariably in ad- vance. Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another shovld give the last addrcss @s well as the new one. CREMATORY CLOSED Culmination of Troubles Between the Garbage Contractors. —— RESORT 10 OLD METEODS Garbage Will Be Taken Down the River on Scows. THE CONTROVERSY e is destroyed culminated the owner of the eremat Mr. 8. brown, ordered his t down ase operations at Star has printed, to time, ies between the tor and of the c! latter ateMy charged t was being y treated, a r than last he appear the Commis- in relation to a debt of some $400 h he claimed Contractor Warfield had re that unless would ciose the plant, for it was being run He matter fused to pay him this d at the time was adjusted he then at a loss to him. He stated further that nt cost him originally a trifle @ that the con‘ractor was to nut the e hime the a that the crematory not descn the nt of garba had rv od it et, if the contractor only him justly, it could easily have charge of and disposed of the pres- ut of the city . ractor Warfield stated to a orter e Star that he did not owe the con- tor one that on Saturday he had paid him $125, which was the settlement of the account to date. At the A reporter of The Star visited the crema- this afternoon and found that the plant had been ordered c o'clock no atory. Crematory. was receiv to that effect ived from Mr. Brown, an no more ld be received until the embargo was ed. eral M. er Warren Youn stated t the crematory that the ording to his figure which 1 wh were based upon actual ant r do and burned, he crematory the repor crematory a number of carts lo: h garbage c d to deposit their loa i e informed i : and the: have te the to the S street wharf, w pro- was made to conve’ it down the It w a noticeable fac while the rter was at the ory the wos and threes It is = © of the crematory t fault, and w rmay crematory to properly ge is based upon the is not received regu- who records every ved at the plant, the common prai not to r he ory e any garbage until 2 k, and then it came all a lump and 4 the capacity of the nace. Last week, for ce, the crematory only averaged forty-se , eit was capa’ ten tons more ot think things nould be, intim: ew a great deal than he cared to say at th me. The Old Method Health Officer Weody early ap- prised of the condition of affairs, and im- ely sent an inspector to the G street wharf to see that the sanitary arrange- ments were complete. He at once notified the Commissicners of the status of the question, an@ the latter immediately called a board session to consider the subject. There was no other aiternative but a re- turn to tMe scew system, and for the next onth or so, or at until other a wzements can be perfected, the Commis mers look for hundreds of complaints from the citizens living along the Potomac, on account of washed-up garbage und sunken scows. It was thought at first that the passage of the bill by Congress which © the Commissioners power to let District con- trects by day laber would give them an opportunity to terminate the existing con- tract for the collection of garbage and pro- ceed to do the same themsely but after a conference with their attorney and the health officer, this is out of the question, » Com= znd upon which th since there ts no missioners can call for the purchase of @ plant. > — THE HORSA CASE. Supreme Court Passes on the Neutral= ity Question. Chief Justice Fuller delivered the opin- ion in the case of the United States vs. J. H. S. Wiborg and others. Wiborg was captain of the Horsa and was foand guilty unaer the neutrality laws of attempting to land arms surreptitiously in Cuba. To- day's opinion held that the decision of the Pe ivania court was correct on the w t yedition was « vioiation of the neutrality laws. The judgment of court was affirmed as to Wiborg, but ed as to the n Johansen and Petersen, on the ground thai they were ignorant of the purpose of t pedition, ‘Justice Hatlan concurred in the reversal and Johan- judgment af- s to Pete from th of the judgment arm sentence against Wiborg, the capiain of the Horsa. He was of opinion: 1, That what was done did not constitute, ithia the meaning of the . “a mills tary expedition or enter; to be car- ried on from this country against the ter- ritory and government of Spain in Cuba. 5 ns were received on sutside ond the nee Wholly b aptain had any knowledge of their plans, purposes, or destination, until they go aboard his vessel; and, therefcre, not be sald to have knowirgly within the territory or jurisdic tic United St means for the 1 itary expedition or 7 where it was ant t given by charterer, who dic not info! the captain, when the vessel left Ph delphia, why such orders were given, no inform him that after bis ve got out into the ecean beyond the jurisdiction of the United States, persens could come aboard who we route to Cuba to er gage in the war g on on t i. Indictments Returned. The following indictments were returned by the grand jury this afternoon: Clifford J. Dewey, larceny; William Smith, house- breaking; William Brooks and William Johuson, do.; Aaron Tyler and Frank Jenks, alias Lewis, do.; George Smith, do John Carroll, second offense of petty lar- ceny; Louis Walker, murder. The charge of libel against James DB. Ruh and that of grand larceny agaiast Robert Beuter, alias Ayton, and Jullue Golding, were ignored.