Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Aveace, Cor. 11th Street, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pros't. New York Ofion 19 Potter Building ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers Im the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the ccunter 2 cents each. By 1: py where in the United States or Cunada—postage prepald—50 cents Per month. urday Quintr ple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with a postage added, $3.00. fered at the Post Otfice at Washington, D.C, class mail matter.) TF All mas] subscriptions nmst be pald tn advance. tes of advertising made known on application, he Zvening Star. WASHINGTON, D. C. THURSDAY, JUNE 4. 1896-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENT 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 should give the last address &s well as the new one. GOLD MEN UNSEATED —_—__+— Action of the Lexington Convention Regarding Louisville Delegates. ——_« DISORDER =IN THE GATHERING Senator Blackburn Given an Ova- tion. OLUTIONS PRESENTED fearon See CONVENTIC HALL, LEXINGTON, Ky., Jun ' reassembied was after 10:30 before rey credent srati te conven- » this morning. It the committees could in The deme at one on als having been n continuously all night. « ttee on resolutions completed its werk last night and was ready to re- t, but the report on credentials wa ed first. Th report reaf- jemocratic p the first see- hers being as cond. We are in favor of an honest lar, a dolar worth neither more nor less than one hundred cents. We favor bimetal- lism, and to that end we demand the free 1 sil- dard power, ti of any and unlimited coinage of both gold the of 16 to 1 as stan legal tende action or advice ver at the hird. We hold that the Secretary of the Treasur: jould exercise his le right to redeem all coin obligatioas in gold and st ver, aS may be more convenient, and we ‘ to the issuance of ‘bonds in of © for the maintenance of the reserve or for any other purpose. ourth. We are opposed to the national cing System and to any enlargement ers, and opposed to any con- on of currency by the retirement enbacks or otherwise. We are for a tariff for revenue th. The democratic party has ever been the party of personal liberty and re- ligious freed and is now and has ai- n opposed to any union of churc It to the enactmen of all laws the purpose or design of which r enforce any religious tenet to any law, zation or s or 1, secret or other- to proscribe any citizen for account of his religious belief, or to any such test as a qualification for office.” —Resoluti is opposed cond ns Governor party loya legate rtuck n for Pr report omits ir nancial plank r to Chicago a to unit for upon a firm maintenance of legal standard of value, with tender, silver coins and into coin on demand as ined withc at impairment or the credit of the government e purchasing or debt- he money in the hands 1 the absence of an ntest agai the compul- mn by t ver or bali the th count teres nd labor Mr. farmer Ovation to Senator Blackburn w da rov ing ovation on entering the hall. The committee on permanent organization re- ported the complete reorganization of county committees as well as state organ- ization, silver men being put In charge, P. P. Johnson of Lexington utive and = removes state hi 3 P. Brec cpeatedly called of being the only gold standard address the convention, except Chairman Long, in what was called yes. his farewell address. Breckinridge was given close at- although he told the convention recen ilver victory w: due te distrust and discontent, and its results would be temporary. The commit on credentials reported for an equal division of the vote between ne contestants in Kenton county, the ome of Carlisle, and fcr seating the silver delesates in place of the Music Hall or Haldeman delegation from Louisville. The report gave the silver men forty votes more than they cast yesterday for Bron- ston for temporary chairman. BI discussion ensued on that part of the jority report unseating the “gold from Louisville, Colonel H. M. one leading for gold and G. T. Finn for v xinridge, for, had the man to that m: delegate: Interruptions and disorder protracted the consideration of the report. The last ef- fort of the Louisville delegates was to de- mand a call of the 119 countie adoption of the majority report. Louisville Delegates Les The majority report on credentials was adopted. GIN; nays, 214. Some coun- tid not vote, whereupon the delegates from the forty-eighth legislative district at on the ye. yeas, ties Louis: ile retired. Mr. C. K. Wheeler of Paducah was then intros 4 as the permanent chairman and addressed the convention. A fight was precipitated by a resolution to comp ington, ment Senator Wm. Goebel of Cov- iding his name to the Ist of state teemen from this state at large. is a neighbor of Carlisle and a gold andard man. He opposed Blackburn ua- til the latter secured the caucus nomina- tion and thereafter stood by him to the last. The object of the resolution was to give en expression for Goebel as against “the sold standard” members of the legislature who did not support Blackburn after he had the nomination. : The Goeb=! resolution after another long call of counties was adopted by a motion to make !t unanimous before the call was ecmpleted. Some delegates in the fourth district objected to Senator George S. Ful- ton being on the state committee. It was charged that his brother was a revenue collector, although Senator Fulton t silver man and was among those voting for Blackburn for Senator in the legisla te . Yet certain delegates objected to any © being In the new erganizaticn who was even indirectly connected with the admin- istration. Many speeches were made in eppositicn by pecple controlling the er- Kanizaticn, After the convention had been greatly disturbed for over an hour it was voted that delega’ from the fourth district tetire and se‘tle the!r dispute. —— Acts Approved The President has approved the act for the relief of settlers on “he Northern Paciti railroad indemnity lands; the act to correct the military record of Elbridge McFadden; the act relating to commutations of home- stead entries, and the acts granting pen- to Mary F. Davenport, Henry V. Elizabeth Richardson, Catherine y, Cynthia A. Lapham, John Dalton, Williamson Durley, Juliet Betis, James 1. P. Hurley, Frances E. Wick- ware and Joseph Feuston. — Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $295,555. Government receipts —From internal revenue, $55 customs, $672,722; miscellaneous, $07,2 DISTRICT IN CONGRESS A Fund for the Relief of Policemen and Their Families, Bills for That Purpose Introduced in Both Senate and House—Other Local Matters. Mr. Babcock has introduced the following bill in the House: That the provisions for the relief of dis- abled and diseased policemen contained in the act approved February 1895, mak- ing appropriations to provide for the ex- penses of the government of the District of Columbia, and so forth, be amended so as to read as follows: “That hereafter the Commissioners shall deduct $1 each month from the pay of each policeman, which sum so deducted shall be added to and form a part of the present police fund, to be invested in United States or District bonds by the treasurer of the United States, and be held by him subject to the drafts of the Com- missioners for expenditures mad* in pur- suance of law, and such expenditures hall be accounted for as required by law for other expenditures of the District, and hereafter said police fund shall be used for the purposes of relief in the follow. < cases: First, far the relief of any po- an who, after twenty years’ service, shall’ become so permanentiy disabled as to be discharged from the force thereof; second, in the case of any policeman who hall be so permanently injured in the actual discharge of his duty as to be dis- charged from the force therefor; third, for the benefit of any widow and children under sixteen years of age of any police- man who Is killed in the actual discharge of his duty, or who after twenty years’ service dies while a member of the pu foree: Provided, That in any of the ¢ afcresaid the relief for any one policeman, or his family, shall not exceed the sum of per month. All laws and parts of laws inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.” A similar bill was introduced in the Sen- ate by Mr. Gallinger. To Repair the Damage. Mr. Payne has introduced a bill appropri- ating $00 to repair the Gamage to the f of the Capitol grounds inflicted by recent storms. Correcting an Error. On motion of Mr. Faulkner the Senate today passed a joint resolution correcting am error in the bill relating to the reassess- mrent of water-main taxes in this District, recently passed by both houses, and now before the President. The Appropriation Bil. Senator Teller today called up the confer- ence t report on the District appropriation 1, which has been lying on the table for veral days. Without any debate, it was agreed to and sent back to conference, Where the forty odd items remaining in dispute will be further considered. ae —-+ e+ - —- ORTANT TO THE DISTRICT. i” The Library Mill and Other Measures inmed by the President. Three bills of great interest to the res dents of the District received the Presi- dent's approval today, and are enrolled among the laws of the land. One is the act to establish and to provide for the maintenance of a free public library and reading room tn the District of Columbia: another is the act to amend the act incor- berating the Washington and Great Falis Electric Railway Company, and the third is the act to regulate the practice of medi- cine and surgery, to Mcense physicians and jurgeons and to punish persons violating the provisions thereof in the District. of Columbia. The President showed unusual interest in the free library bill, and signed it promptly upon its return from the District Commisstoners, with their strongly favor- able indursement. It is only bills of the highest merit that receive such prompt ‘pproval at the hands of the chief execu- tive. —_____++ e+ EXTRADITION OF FILIBUSTERS. No Demand Yet Made by Spain on This Government. The apprehension said to exist among ans in the United States owing to the report that the Spanish government, after taking legal advice, is about to demand the surrender to it under the extradition treaty of persons engaged in filibustering against Cuba appears to be without sound foundation, inasmuch as the Spanish gov- ernment has not approached the State De- partment on this subject up to the pres- ent, at least. Any movement in that direc- tion would probably fail of success; first, because it might be expected that any court before whom the application might come would hold that the offense charged was purely political, and therefore not subject to extradition, and, second, because the filibusters of ‘American citizenship could not, under the treaty, be surrendered to another nation for trial. A case in point under the last hedd has just arisen in Havana. The New York authorities obtained papers calling for the extradition of a man named Martin or Mendozo, charging him with forging a note upon the Belmonts in New York for about $20,000, but upon present- ing the papers in ‘Cuba, where the man was held under arrest on another charge, the Spanish officials decided that he could not be surrendered owing to the fact that he was a Spanish subject. Sage eee The Tennessee Pilgrims Home. The party of Washington correspondents and the ladics accompanying them, who left Washington last Saturday night as the guests of the people of Nashville, to attend the dedicatory exercises of the Ten- nessee centennial exposition, returned this morning. The special train left Nashville early Wednesday morning and stopped at Chattanooga for breakfast. There the party went up on Lookout mountain as the guests of H. Clay Evans. The trip home from Chattanooga was without incident. The members of the District centenr‘al commission and the Marine Band return- ed on the same train. All those comprising the expedition are enthusiastic in their ¢ of the hospitality of the people of Nashville. o-—__ Military Cadets Appointed. Cadet appointments to the Military Acad- emy have been made es follows: William C. Minnich, Bedford, Pa., with Fred. J. Pfahler, Meyersdale, Pa., as alternate; Leuis Baron, St. Louis, Mo., alternate; Wm. G. Pearce, Oxford, N.C., with John H. Fry, Greensboro’, N.C., as alternate; William J. Everett, Glasgow, Ky.; Wilber Pa’mer, Middletown, Ohio, alternate; ‘Thomas A. Barko, Cleveland, Ohio: Pres- ton D. Wells, Maysville, Ky.; Robert E. Henry, Hague, N Y. —_—__-e Today's Presidential Nominations. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senat : State—George F. Smithers of Delaware: to be consul at Chung King, China. Postmaster—Alexander N. Brownley, at Franklin, Va. ———— Personal Mention. Lieutenant Colonel E. M. Coates, six- teenth infantry, on duty in the Depart- ment of Colorado, is in the city on leave of | absence. ALL BUT ONE SILVER Democratic District Delegate Elec- -tions at Staunton, CONVENTION ASSEMBLES AT NOON Adjournment Tonight is Looked For. OF UNIT RULE ae STAUNTON, Va., June 4.—When State Chairman Ellyson called the democratic state convention to order at noon toSiy Columbian Hall was packed to the coor: with people. The building was handsomeiy decorated for the occasion. Mr. Ellyson made no speech. Me simply announced the temporary organization, as follows: J. Beli Bigger of Richmond, chairman; Joseph Button of Appomattox, secretary, and George Hutchinson of Augusta, sergeant- at-arms. Col. Bigger, on taking his seat, the body for two minutes only he had for many years acted as ing secretary for the democratic saints, but never before had the honor of pre- siding over a state gathering of them come to him. With a plea for harmony and a nice little compliment to Senator Daniel, Mr. Bigger closed his remarks and an- nounced the convention open for the tran- saction of business. Members of the va- rious committees were then announced. District Delegates. The ten Virginia congressional districts held their conventions this morning and elected delegates and electors as follows: First, J. W. Blackstone of Accomac, and Thomas FE. Blakey of Essex, delegate B. Wescott of Northampton, elector. Gold Men Take the Second. The gold people captured the second dis- trict. There was a long session and some stormy scenes. The vote was 104 to M. Glennan of Norfolk and J. F. West of Nansemond were elected delegates, and Gordon Cumming cf Elizabeth City elec- tor. Leigh Watts, Thomas H. Barnes and James E. Heath, Jr., gold men, are on the He the record- said committze on resolutions. All other dis- tricts are for silver. At the meeting of the third district con- vention B. B. Munford and State Senator Henry Wickham, the two gold leaders made speeches advocating harmony and cenciilatory policy. Me: Isaac Dig ‘Thomas H. Edwards and 8. P. Waduill, sil- verites, spoke in the same spirit. This con- vention elected Thomas B. Murphy of Rich- mend and A. J. Bradley of Manchester dele- gates, over C. V. Meredith of Richmond and Charles H. Sims of Manchester. The vot: Was 101 for the silver ticket and 85 for the gold ticket. John A. Curtis and W. W. Baker were elected alternates. Fourth—Robert Turnbull of Brunswick and Robert G, Southall of Amelia, delegate and Dr. W. H. Henning of Powhatan, e or. Fifth. Suther! Hairston of Henry, elector. ixth—Carter Glass of Lynchburg o William P. Barksdale of Halifax, delegate and A. P. Staples of Roanoke, elecior. B. L. Belt of Danville and W. H n of Carroll, delegates, and N. H. na Seventh—N. S. Waller of Warren and J. Richard Wingtield of Albemarle, delegatcs, gnc Henry V. Stranger of Rockingham. elec Sikhth—S. R. Donahue of Fairfax anc —— Wayt of Culpeper, delegates; A. A. Lipseom) of Prince Willlam, elector. Ninth—W. E. Addison of Wise and Thos. Lynch of Tazewell, delegates, and D. S. Po lock of Pulaski, elector. Fenth—Camm Patteson of Buckingham and F. T. Glasgow of Rockbridge, delegates: Beverly R. Harrison of Amherst, elector. ‘The committee cn resolutions is com posed almost entirely of silver men. Sena tor Daniel will be chairman. The follc ing are the members of the committe First distriet, T. B. Gunter, Maryus Joaes, L. T, Smith; third, Isaac’ Biggs, Samue! Pp. Waddill, B. B. Munford; fourth, R. S. Powell, George B. Finch, James F) Epe fifth, E. W. Saunders, W. I. Howard, H. D. Shepherd; sixth, John W. Daniel, WW Rerkeley, William M. Ellis: seventh, Geor B. Keezell, R. E. Byrd, R. 8." Park eighth, R. S. Lewis, A. B. Shreve, S. ¥ Corbin; ninth, George A. Ewing, W. BE. Ac dison, R. C. Kent; tenth, W. B. Pettit, ‘Thomas P. Fitzpatrick, Edward Ecaols. After the committees had been annownc- ed, except the members from the second district, the convention took a recess to 0 p.m. Immediately after the result of the sec- ond district convention became known the silver steering committee was called to meet, and is now in session. Last night this committee decided not to press the unit rule. Now it looks as if the action may be reversed. The silver leaders are nearly all advocating the unit rule, and there will be a hot fight over it. Senator Daniel will write the platform that will be adopted. The gold men will present a minority report, and B. B. Munford and, possibly, Solicitor General Holmes Con- rad, will advocate it on the floor of the convention. It is thought that the conven- tion will finish its work by midnight, peat CADETS’ ARTILLERY DRILL. of the Exercises of June Week at Annapolis, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 4.—A slight rain during the artillery drill this morning made the crowds watching the cadets somewhat thinner. The cadets were reviewed by Secretary Herbert. Representative Meyer and Senator Gibson arrived this morning. All the board except Senator Burrows are now here. About seventy graduates of the academy will attend the annual alumni dinner in the boat house this evening. Formal speeches will not be made, though Secretary Herbert is to respond to the toast “The President.” The fencing and calisthenic exercises are being held in the gymnasium this after- noon. The fencing is by Cadets Roys, Wood and Houston, who recently attended the intercollegiate fencing tournament at New York, and Cadets Mustina, Pratt and Progress Marshall; Cadets Asserson and Arnold on the horizontal and parallel bars; Cadet Buchanan in club swinging, and the boxing bouts between McCarthy and Collins, Tomb and Jeffers, Sayles and Frawley and the dumb bell drills were the features of the entertainment. The standing of the final graduates 94-6 was officially given out today. Line divis- fon—Gillis, New York; McLean, Tennessee; R, Stone, Alabama; Sellers, New Mexico: Webster, Massachusetts; Tompkins, Lou. islana; Babin, New York; Fullinwider, Mis- sour!;' Jones, New York; Graham, Mich- igan; Bennett, Massachusetts; Sandoz, Lou- isiana; Luby, Texas; Scott, Pennsylvania; Kavanagh, Nebraska; Snow, Maine; Book. walter, Illinois; Shaw, Minnesota; Bulmer, Nevada; Galbraith, Pennsylvania; Spear, Pennsylvania; McNealy, North Carolina: Turpin, Maryland; G. L’ P. Stone, District of Columbia; Whitted, North Carolina; Manion, Loutsiana; Gelm, New York; Eng. land, Arkansas. Engineers—Hudging, Vir- ginia; McMorris, Alabama; Hinds, Ala- bama; Moody, Maine; James, South Caro- lina; Chappell, Michigan; Reeves, Illinois; Cooper, Delaware; Baker, New York: Lyon, Kentucky; Cone, Florida; Winship, Geer. gia; DeLaney, Tennessee. aa The Kaiser's Yacht Wins. LONDON, June 4.—The German emper- or’s yacht Meteor won the race for the big yachts in the regatta of the Royal Lordon Yacht Club. Britannia, property of the Prince of Wales, was second. THE SILVER WORRY What Will One Side Do if the Other Side Wine. Conjecturing Who Will Bolt and Who Will Straddle or Eat Crow Rather Than Do Either, Those men who are designated in Con- gress as straddle-bugs are making the Oregon tangle, and the great demonstra- tion the silver democrats are having the text for talk of a “conservative and mod- erate” financial plank in the St. Louls platform, It is surprising how much talk cf this sort is now being indulged in. Seme go so far as to say that there Is no reason why the republicans should alienate the mederate silver men. who would be salistied with any sort of suggestion of friendli to, silver, by international agreement cr otherwise, when, as a mat- ter of fact, the ultra gold standard men will have to vote for the candidate, no mat- ter if not satistied with the platform. Their logic is by adopting the Ohio form or even one a little more plac toward silver, though really meaning they will not only hold those siive licans who really want to stand with the party, but wili make it impossible for the old, repub- delegates from Montana, idaho, Nev Colorado and Utah to bolt, while on other hand the gold standard men_ will have to be satisfied, since there will be no place for them to go. The Probabilities. This argument, while widely indulged in, is criticised as being based on a misunder- standing of the situation. It overlooks, it is thought, two points. In the first place the Iver men who would bolt the convention on account of a gold plank are but few in number and are just as certain to bolt a straddle as they are a frank declaration for gold. ‘Their pledges on the subject are not to accept anything but an unequivocal declaration for free silver. the second place many very good poli- ticlans belleve that it {s a mistake to think that they can afford to count on the gold standard men of the east being compelled to accept anything the convention chooses to give them. The gold men could not, of course, support a free silver democrat didate’ because the republican fi plank did not suit them, but they might be much less earnest and Mberal in the sup- port of the tcket at a time when the'r best efforts are needed. Again, the democrati aid men, most of whom it is conceded will vote the republican tleket if a gold plank is adopted, would not do so were a addle.”” A straddle probably lose many gold votes to the ticket without gaining apything on the other side. Holts amd Straddies. While the “sound money"” leaders in the democratic party are declaring that there should be no bolt, and while they may be le to prevent any “sound money” gates from leaving the Chicago convention free silver plank is adopted, | all understand and freely say in cor ition that they will not be abie to hold the voters who favor “sound money.” The opinion is held in eery high quarters that even President Cleveland and members of | his cabinet will notesupport the democratic ticket if a Silver man is nominated, but | will vote with the republicans If they adopt | @ gold standard platform at St. Louis. One | of the ciosest friends of the President hint- | ed this, He said that the gold men, if | they boltéd, would not uominate an inde- | pendent ticket if there was already a gold ticket in the field, “because they would not be willing to divide the gold vote.” 3 fH; ROTUNDA FRIEZE. dele Another Subje to Be Skete Modeled by the Artint. Last Saturday The Star printed repro- ductions and descriptions of the two sketches submitted by Artist Costaginni to the Joint committee on the Library of Con- gr as suggestions for the completion of the historical frieze in the rotunda of the Capitol. The matier attracted wide atten- on, especially among memberg of Con- #ress, and the result was that Monday, when Chairman Hansbrough of the library committee .called up the resolution ap- propriating $6,000 for this purpose there was immediate opposition to the comp! tion of the frieze if the portrait of Pres- ident Cleveland should be inserted in the representation of the opening of the worid's fair. Considerable acrimony was displayed in the debate on that occasion, and the propo- sition to thus tmmortalize a living person- awe was vigorously assailed, with the re- sult that the resolution was withdrawn. It is now announced that the sketch for this particular picture will not be accepted, and that at all events the President's portrait will not be included In the last panel of the frieze. As The Star definitely stated last Saturday, the sketches reproduced had been submitted to the committee without final acceptance and that their fate was a matter for future judgment. Thus the joint committee sill has the power to reject one or the other, or both of the sketches. No official announcement to this effect, how- ever, has been made, but it is unde:stood that the committee’ will not insist. upon the acceptance of this sketch. It Is learned that there was a proposition to still preserve the world’s exposition In the form of a representation of one of the buildings, but that objection was made to this by actists on the ground that a build- ing would give no adequate idea of the historical incident it was intended to com- ed or a memorate, and was unsuitable for this cless of decoration, human figures being essential. A second suggestion w that the emancipation of the slaves by Presi- dent Lincoln should be perpetuated in the frieze, ond this, it is understood, has gone to the extent of instructing the artist to prepare a sketch or model for presentation to the library committee. There was some gbiection to this subject, but it was sligat. Nothing has, it ig understood, been defi nitely determined fn regard to the matter. ——_—___+e<_ CONSULTED WITH QUAY. Two Important Thimgu Dixcuased at a Meeting Last Night. Gov. Hastings, Auditor General Mylin and State Treasurer-Haywood of Pennsyl- vanla were in Washington last night and had a conference with Quay. What oc- curred at the conferenee is not disclosed, but the understanding 1s that two impor- tant things discussed were the formal pre- sentation of Quay’s name at St. Louis by Gov. Hastings and the proposition to try to secure the vice presidential nomination for the governor after Quay has with- drawn and McKinjby been nominated. a Campos Not Arrested. - MADRID, ‘June 4.—Marshal Martinez de Campos and Gen. Borero have not been ar- rested, as was reported yesterday. They iret at a hotel in order to settle a personal difference regarding Cuba. A duel between them was about to commeace when the captain general of Madrid appeared and stopped it. Se ae Blew His Own Head Of. Special Dispatch ty The Evening Star. PETERSBURG, Va., June 4.—Intelli- gence has been received of a suicide in Pow- hatan county, the victim being William H. Bellarey, who blew the top of his head off with a double-barreled shotgun. The un- fertunate man had been a great sufferer from dyspepsia for some years, and of late had been very melancholy. STATUES AND SITES Discussion of the Sherman Model Selections. THE CHOICE LAY WITHTHE COMMITTEE Proposition for a Permanent Expert Board of Artists. — + THE DECISION STANDS eae Secretary Lamont told a Star reporter teday that he had recefved no protest from the National Sculpture Society against the selection of the design of Curl Roehl Smith for the Sherman statue, and that all he could do in case he received such a pro- test would he to refer it to Gen. Dodge of New York, who was the president of the monument commission charged with th erection of the monoment, as well as the president of the ex cutive ccmmittee of the Society of the Army of the ‘Tennes- see, under whose auspices sub stions had been received for she movement to henor the memory of the “Hero of At- lanta.”’ While he did not Ss question of the propriety + aceeptane of Mr. Smith's Secretary Lamont Mace it clear that he had a small and comparatively iusignitie responsibility tm the matter. Hie said that ander the law providing for the erection of the rmonu- ment neither Gen. Miles himseif tad auything to do with the selection of the statue. That was apparently a question ely within the discretion of the com- mittee of the Soc Tennessee, ot the Army of the he eXpiaiaed, had invited Miles and himseif to join them in a con: ration of the question. The vote on the selection of a design from among the tour in final compeation was taken by ballot. Sceretary Lamont said he how the other members of voted, and he politely but to say how he had voted 1 1 ere is reason, however, for the prevailing belief that his vote was not cast in lavor of the successtul competitor. did the arm not know committer eclined Where the Money Came From. ‘The fund fer the erection of the Sherman monument amounted ty $644, of which 350,000 was appropriated by Congress and $16,000 was raised by the Society of the Army of ‘Tenness Of this fund $6,000 has been exper ards to com- peting artists, etc. mn for the expenses of the monum "The act of Congress 1: appropriation for th. follows: “That the sum of fifty thousaad , and is hereby, appropriated aration of a site and the ere & the original tue provic as dollars for the on of a 1 1 Sherman ton; said site to pedestal to be ere of the president ¢ of the Tennessee, ti in be. selected ted unc Kiam T. the the major genera! comma. and any part of the sum liereby appropriat- ed not needed for preparation of te und the erection of a pedestal mey be used and expended in the cor of said atue of the late Gen. Wili sherman.” Subsequently Congress appropriated §,- (ou more tor the munument, with the pro- vision that it should not %e er Capitol grounds. Only Secretary sted in the to Select Lamont holds statutes his duiies in the matter were con- fined to the selection of the site and the pedestal, and that he is not charged with the sclection of th he statue. A prominent artst said afternoon that the present scandal would have been impossible If Congress had heeded the re- peated recommenuations of S: ary L mont for the creation of a permanent art comin ston. In h report tor Ish, Sec- retary Lumont said: “I beg to suggest that the authorized to appoimt a permanent com- mission, selectea trom the citizens of the country, and composed of those best quali- fied to pass upon the matiers of art involy- ed, to whom shall be intrusted the duiy of the selection of designs and sites for future monuments at the capital. The present system of many commissious does not always produce the best artistic re- sults.” the Site, t under these this President be Permanent Commixsion. He referred to this subject again in his report for 1895 in the following words: “I beg to repeat a suggestion in the last r port for a change in the method of super- vising the erection of such memorials. It is again suggested that the President be authorized to appoint a permanent com- mission, selected from the citizens of the country best qualified to pass on ques’ of art involved, to whom shall be intrus the selection of designs and sites for future monuments of the capital.” —— ANOTHER ASSIS WANTS Maj. Powell Asks for an Engineer to fake Capt. Piebeger's Place. Major Powell, Engincer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, has applied to the President, through Gen. Craighill, chief of engineers, for the detail of an officer of the engineer corps for duty with the Dis- trict government as an assistant to the ioner, to fill the vacancy caused by the detachment of Capt. Gustav J. Fiebeger, recently appointed professor of military and civil engincering at the Military Academy. Major Powell considers {t important to the interests of the District that this oilice should be filled as soon as ossible. It is understood that Gen. Craig- Mi has informed him that his wishes in the matter will be complied with if it is found practicable to do so. The vast amount of additional work imposed upon the engineer corps of the army by the river and harbor and fortification bills makes it somewhat improbable, however, that. an officer of that corps can be spared for duty under the District government, for some time to come. a Haw Not Resigned. The statement that Mr. Robert S. Hatch- er, reading clerk of the House, had resigned by request, is denied in the clerk’s office. Major McDowell, clerk of the House, when asked today if he had requested Mr. Hatch- er to resign, or whether Mr. Hatcher had resigned, tsaid “No; he has simply been granted sixty days’ leave of absence. The Marine Band Concert Acting under orders from the Secretary of the Navy, the Marine Band will begin thelr open-air concerts in the grounds south of the White House next Saturday after- noon, Thereatty’, during the summer, they will play at ‘the Capitol grounds ‘every Wednesday afternoon and at the Pres! dent’s grounds every Saturday afternoon. These concerts are among the most pleas- ant features of life in Washington during the summer season. ———_-e. Secretary of the French Embassy. There has again been a change in the personnel of the French embassy and M. Thiebaut, at present French consul ‘at New York, has been named as first secretary of the embassy, relieving M. Paul Lefaivre,- who but recently joined the embassy here in that connection. THE STEVENSON BOOM Extreme Silver Men Believe It Will Die, Despita Its Kiadly Reception. A Man Who Has Been in the Fight for Years W ted—Some of the Avallables, Outcroppings of the Stevenson boom have been noticeable in the talk of some of the delegates at the Kentucky and Vir- xinia democratic conventions. There was no distinct indursement of the boom, it is' true, but a number of the delegates spoke kindly of the Vice President and of the feeling which hes been entertained for him for years by southern people. Among the Kentucky delegates there is said to have been quite a sentiment for the Vice President, but it is not known how far this sentiment was developed or how much weight can be attached to it. As pointed out in The Star, the radical silver democrats fear that there might be enough compromise silver men in the con- vention, aided by th gold-standard men, to bring about the nomination of Steven- son or some man like him. Mr. Stevenson was born in Kentucky, He has many in- fuential relatives in North Carolina, with strong connections in other southern states, like Alabama. Many of the silver poli- Uclans of Georgia ar friend!y to him, as also in other stat hould sixty or sev- enty silver men from these states vote for his nomination, and be backed by the gold men, there would be close toa majority for him. This is the way some of the silver men, who are apprehensive that they will not get to nominate a silver man of long standing, look at the matter. Nelieve It Will Die. Viewing the question, however, from the standpoint of Money, Bailey and others, who have been, or will be, elected dele- Kates to Chicago, the Stevenson boom will die so soon as the object it is intended for is accomplished. They say that even if it continued to the date for the convention it would be harm) One of them said that the silver men would have nearer two hun- dred than one hundred majority at Chi- cago, and that not enough men could be sot to the side of compromise to effect the result that is now intended. These men also say that the silver men will never permit the nomination of a man who has refrained from taking any part in. the fight. They don’t believe in that kind of polities. For the cause of silver, they say, many n have endangered their political lives. They will not be the ones now to consent to the nomination of men who were silent when “speech might have been xolden.” Nothing but the nomination of i. man who has borne the brunt of the fight for several years will suit them, This is the kind of talk that every de at the Capitol. The idea that the Stevenson boom is due to de ratic silver S ors has been repudiated by some of the men wh. names were connected with it. It is said that Senator Vest yesterday sent a tele- éram to a friend denying that he had any connection with it, and pledging himself to make the speech nominating Bland, if the latter desired it. Senator Jones’ of the silver leader of the Sen- is also said to oppose the Stevenson they say. ra on Arkcusas, ate Bringing Out Candidates. © sily r wave which is sweeping over the country in the democratic ranks, and the consequent talk of candidates, ing many men to the front. Sen himself has friends who believe that should be the nominee. One of the la suggesti is the name of Seraior Whi of Calitorma. His friends urge nat h Lomination would leave no dcubt that th he st West would be sold for the ticket. They also urge that his record on the silver question has been steadfast; that, while he has been outspoken for silver, he has not been obnoxious, and that there woul be opposition to him emong eastern democrats than to any other man. There is also a certain amount of talk about Gev. Altgeld. While his name is connect- ed with first place by a few, the majority speak of him as a vice presidential pos- sibility. Gen. Warner's name is frequent- ly mentioned. He wa democrat up to the time of the silver conterence in Janu- when he mace his further party alle- like Tillman, conditional on the aticn of a silver man at Chicago. Senator Blackburn 1s practically put in the field, and in some places in the south newspapers have been flying the name of Gen. in for nearly a year. Must Be From the West. 1 hi In all the informal slates that are be- ing figured on, however, it is pretty gener- ally conceded that the nomiree for first place must come from the west or north- West, and that the second place shall go to the south. Should this idea prevail in the convention the following men would be in position to be struc! Stevenson, Tel- ler, White, Bland, Boies, Campbell, War- ner, Matthews, Bryan and Altgeld, For second place many men would be av. ilable, if the choice was from the south. Chief among them, it is said, would be Senator Daniels or Tillman, if he would take the piace. Next would be Blackburn er Hardin, Morgan or Jones, Bacon or Baile; in fact, a large assortment. SSENTATIVES, L Confirm Reports Nt Success, Oreg., June PORTLAND, to the latest returns, the populists have elected C. D. Vanderburg Corgressman in 4.—According the first district, and Martin Quinn in the second district. The vote in the ‘first dis- trict is complete With the excepticn of Curry county ani gives Verderburg a plu- rality of 422. Curry county ts expected to give a republican plurality of abcut 100, making Vanderburg’s plurality about 300 in the district. In the second district Quinn has 463 plu- rality over Ellis, republican, with Grant, Harney and Malheur co.rties yet to hear from. ‘Two years ago Grant county gave 300 republican plurality; Malheur ninety re- publican and Harney forty democratic. If a similar vote was cast on Monday in these counties, Quinn would still € 100 plurality. The republicans control both branches of the ‘egislature and have twenty-five majority on joint bailot. > The Defenses of Washington. Second Lieut. G. P. Howell, corps of en- gineers, who kas just completed a course of instruction at the Engineer Schook of Ap- plication at Willet’s Point, N. Y., reported to Generai Craighill, chicf of engineers, to- Gay for special duty in connection with the improvement of the defenses of Washington city. He will act under the immediate ur- ders of Maj. Chas. V. Allen, the engineer officer In charge of the improvement of the Potomac river. His particular duty will be to make a detailed survey of certain parts of Fort Washington, about twelve miles down the river, on’ the Mar. shore, and of Sheridan Point, a strip land. exactly opposite, on the Virginia shore, for the purpose of locating batteries to command the Potomac river at th points. The fortifications bill contains ap- Fropriations for the construction of these batteries and work upon them will com- mence soon after the completion of the pre- liminary survey. -—+e-—______ To Investignte the Seal Fisheries. Senator Morrill from the committee cn finance today made a favorable report on the joint resolution authorizing the Secre- tary of the Treasury to have made a sclen- tific investigation of the fur geal fisheries. | general COPIED SIGNATURES Witnesses Testify as to One of Mr. Devlin’s Pastimes, THE INTERESTING HOLT WILL CASE Strong Intimations Given in the Testimony Today. COLONEL “‘BILL’’? STERET a When court was opened this morning fc the continuation of the Holt will case M Worthington, for the caveators, cz a witness Mr. John P. Miller of The ing Star. gE He was examined by Mr. Wilson. Mr. Miller testified that he had met Mr. Devlin. The first time he ever saw him was when he came into ‘The Star office and handed a typewritten copy of the alleged will to one of the city editors of the paper. That was the day on which the will first came to light. Mr. Devlin said that he had brought the copy of the will for news publication. He sald that he had always thought a will was in existence, and had written to the Throckmortons giving the reasons for this opinion, and suggesting that something ought to be done in the matter. Continuing, Mr. Miller said that some time after that he met Mr. Devlin at the corner of 14th and F streets. A newspaper man by the name of Jones, since dead, was with him when he met Devlin. The con- versation turned to the subject of the al- leged will, and Mr. Devlin said that when he read of the judge's death he thought what a fool he had been. “I went to the house a number of times,” said Mr. Devlin on that occasion, “before the judge's death, but the servants would not let me in. It would have been to my advantage, and now I wish I gone in znyhow. It is just a repetition of the Me Garrahan case. McGarrahan a Il were very near to each other, and if 1 co: € rot into his room the mght before cied I could have signed the next « for $0,000. It’s ancther case of let od thing go by.” Mr. Darlington entered an objection to this whole line of testimony quoted from another famovs will case to sustain his contention. Mr. Worthington explained that this evi- dence was offered as going to show Mr. Devlin either sent the w something of its being sent ‘On that ground,” said Mr. Darlington, “I object on the ground that is both Vague and remote.’ "— tainly should n regard it as Vague,” was Mr. Worthington’s reply Mr. Miller was asked what Mr. Devlin said as to what he could have omplished if he could have got at McGerrahan's papers the night before the famous « ant died, but thc stimony was su tion to this line court. The witness said that several days azo he inet Devlin about the court house. Devlin spoke to Milier, said that he remem the interview near the Ebbiit He had forgotten Miller's name. He Miller if he was to be said that he had not th @ witness n been summor In answer to # further questi r Miller said that first nation re- ceived at Star office that a will had been found was brought by Mr. Devlin him- ‘If. In reply to an objection from Mr. Dar- ngton, Mr. Worthington explained that this evidence was offere? to cont Mr s own statements as to hi, tions movements on the day t first made its appenrence. On cross-examination, the said that he ceuld n w r had | told Mr. Godwin, t editor, of this interview with Mr. D. » nor ther he had spoken of it to Dr.’ Howe. He was certain that he had not published an ac- count of the interview in The s he Gid not reeard it as proper now mat- ter, for it mixht have seemed as though he was tryirg to prejudice the case Replying to a question from Mr. Darling- ton, Mr. Miller s meeting wi aim to ur got into Ju his death fited financially. A very che conversation he Sterett. Mr. Berlah Wilkins, the publisher of the Post, testified that or the of pearance ef the will Mr. Devlin him a a typewritten statement which he t pared for the papers. Mr. Wilkin it an exclusive piece of news, and thanked him for it, but when Mr. Devlin told him that ke had already been to The Star of- fice, he han statement and re- id that Mr. tand He usion of e latter could gave have fore ge he weuld came to d offered him a copy of the will and 1 pre- thought the marked that the Pest could ¢ that Was wanted out of The Evening Star. It Was the first time he ever saw Mr. Devlin. The latter seemed to be rather nervous on that occasicn. The next witness, Mr. Robert W. Dutton, a Star veporter, saic that he met Mr. Dev= lin in the register’s cflice on the day the will was found. W was examining the will wren Mr. Devlin came in Mr. © a's Movements, Mr. Dutton said that it was probably about 12:30 that he saw Mr. Devlin. By 1 o'clock the first part of his story about the finding of the will was dispat to The Star office. Mr. Darlington objected, on the ¢ ny that it made no difference how soon after Mr. Devlin saw the will !t was that he took the news to The Star office Mr. Worthington insisted that it was competent evidence, if only in contradiction of Mr. Devlin’s own statement that when he left the court house that day he took a cable car at 42, street and went to th War Department to obtain Maj. Throck- morton’s address, and to sever: r s before he The went to The St otter objection as overruled, Mr. Dutton said that some time dis- patched the first installment of his story he received a telephone message from The Star office informing him th ill had been found. He replied that h and was surprised t his sto yet reached the office, as he ha down some time before Mr. Dutton said that he ma. amination of t leged will « turned up. He was unable to satisfy } self even then whether the two fragme of the will were parts of one piece or fully pasted together, ‘On \cross-examination Mr. Dutton said that he did not notice whether Mr. Devlin seemed surprised r otherwis When he first saw the alleged will. There was noth« ing at all surprising about his mauner cither way. It is something of a jump from a news paper office to the milk business, but the hext witness called was Mr. Jos. Fouht, a dairyman, Copied Handwriting, Mr. Fought testified that from he was a messenger in the judge cate office, succeeding Mr. Deviin oa the latter's promotion to a clerkship. He said that he did not recall any occasion that showed any intimate or contide niial relations between the sudge and Mr. Mn. He remembered one instanc pointed in just the opposite direction letter wes received at the offlce from 3 ator Frank Blair, which made it evident that Mr. Devlin was acting as the Sena- tor's private secretary. The judge called for Mr. Devlin, and a stormy interview followed. At its conclusion the judge or- 69 to "76 Dev- that A dered that Mr. Devlin be deprived of his key to the office, for, while he had no au- thority over his employes after hours, he