Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th Street, by The Eveniag Star Newspaper Oompaay, 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. piled tent New York Office. 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers im the ity by carrters, on their own ount, at 10 certs per week. or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the santer 2 cents each. By mail—snywhere in the fnited States or Canada—postage prepald—0 cents per mont! Saturday Quinteple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage xdded, $3.00. (Evtered at the Post Office at Washington. D.C. as second-class mall matter.) EZ AM mail subscriptions must be pald tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on spplieatian The Foening Stave. No. 13,497. WASHINGTON, D. 0, FRIDAY, JUNE 5, 189¢-SIXTEEN PAGES. WILL THEY BOLT? Speculation as to the Silver Men’s Course at St. Louis. DEPENDS ON THE FINANCIAL PLANK They May Wait for the Democrat- ic Action at Chicago. {INTEREST IN MR. > TELLER under what An interesting point at present 4iscussion relates to how soon and way the silver republicans will act at St. Louis in case the financial piank of the platform is not satisfact to them. Will they walk out of the convention, and thus sever their connection with the party at ence? Or will they “take the papers, Judges sometimes do, and anncunce their decision later? Frank in Teller ané tirely frank in Their Attitude. his reput their followers de. They iderations in an sured to at on assum) at St. ulated with the view of advan cause. How to Best Serve Silver. Would it best ve silver’s cause for them to bolt in ca y do not like t St. Louis platform? Or for them to ‘ and await t t Ch ago? If the behind them. for the papers democrats burn their t be no othe: the dem give them the hicago’ would both would string to their bow. ¢ could poit these men as nding ready to support the democratic ticket it is com- posed of silver men to 3 e, and thereby to the stre h in the campaign. An Interesting Figure. 2 of the ally is thou: y spoke: ocrats his appr d4iND CLOSED DOORS, The Cuban the sit Sena m Discassed © in Seecet. by Th doors Cuban the time was consu in the cont tion of hi Sherman and Lo: tions of their visit to discussic oda question, in the Se was i closed to the art of Me ely ani “gai their conference with ing they had gone the tee of the fore’ rel, They exp: d the opinion « ult of nter that the utive was using all due vigilance in thi on of the rights of 4 c and said that while it mi well enough for ( to ion in regard to the which had alrea in was pres @ joint abilit resolutio ing su longed a litth ution thro: was al d s nes h course of his argcment He sald entirely reyosed in the that whate 1K some 2 the protection of our own people weuld te to shirk a most sclera duty. He said the object of his mea was to s cure the rights of Americans, ani that the refusal of the F lent to furnish info tion as to what had been de n con- nection with the Compet Congress di sources for that informa Senators Turpie and P. briefly. The resolution introduc Morgan went to the calendar. ee JOURN ME: in Cuba ftai mnofli left TALK OF An Effort te Be Made te Close Up Business by Sunday. There was a good deal of talk around the House today of an attempt to be made to close up the business of Congress and adjourn within the next thirty-six or ferty-eight hours. It ts said that the ap- P on bills are in good shape and that @s s00n as the cont ed election cases are out of the way there will be nothing to prevent early adjournment. It is also de- sired by many to adjourn by Sunday be- the fact t cause 0! t so many members of the House are getting restless and leav- Ing the « » contingency of no uorum remaining and the consequent long del Mr. Randolph of the branch weather bu- Feau on the House prepared a table of the numb that each 3 has been According talJe if Cengress adjourns tomor- will have been in session 276 days, If it a tle with the 58, which set row it the shortest long session since 1530. adjourns Mond PETITIONS FOR .RECOGNITION, Citizens Appeating to the President im Behalf of the Cuban Insurgents. Many petitions are being received at the White Hous from. citizens in various parts of the country praying that President Cleve- lané grant recggnition to the Cuban bel- ents. One from Norfolk, which arriv- bimg caf contained several thousand c 28, those of the most promi- nent and reputable business men of the city. COLONEL CLOSSON RETIRED The Commander of the Washineton Bar- racks Oloses His Active Service. A Record of Which He Has Renson to Be Proud—Promotions That Will Follow Col. Henry W. Closson, fourth artillery, commanding the artillery post at Washing- ton barracks, D. C., ends his active career in the army today. He will be sixty-four years of age tomorrow, and the operation of law places him on the retired list. His retirement makes the following promotions in the ‘artillery branch of the service: Lieut. Col. Francis L. Guenther of the fifth to be colonel of the fourth; Maj. William Sinclair of the second to be Heutenant col- onel of the fifth; Capt. Edward Field of the fourth to be major of the second; First Lieut. Harry R. Anderson of the fourth to be captain of the fourth; Second Lieut. Wilmot E. Ellis of the fifth to be first leu- tenant of the fifth, and Additional Second Lieut. Brooke Payne of the fourth to be second lieutenant of the fifth. Col. Guenther is stationed at the Presidio of San Fra bui is at Honolulu at present on leave of absence. Until his as- sumption of his new duties as colonel of the fourth artillery Maj. J. B. Rawles, the or officer of that regiment, will be in command of the garrison at the Washing- tor. barracks. ; Col. Closson's Reco: Col. Clesson has a recerd of which he has reason to be preud. He entered the Mili- tary Academy from Vermont September 1, 1850, end was eppeinted a second lteuten- ant of ar His first ser- vice was with the first artillery at F Yuma, Ca he was on boundar gaged in the s 4 Indians in Texas. Atier a short service at Bato: Rouge he was transferred to Florida, wher he took part in the ho: Semi ans in 1S: successively at Fort Adaros, at Fort Taylor, Fla., until Ma t Pickel | he was engaged during the bombardment at fert from Nevemter, 1861, to May, that d: the War Department as follow During and Since the War. Chief of artillery of the district of Pen- December 24, 1862; com- » is recorded at mand cember campaign, Department of the Gulf, in com- nd of artillery of Gen. Grover’s division, snth corps, March to August, 1863, in skirmish at Grand Lake 18s: action of Irish 14, 180 skirmish at Vermilion nd siege of Port ING, including June 14, 1863; ist to October, the nineteenth corps, October 4, 156%, to July 31, in Red ri being engage: action ¢ Roads, April “hi ‘ April 19, on of Cr River Crossing, : chief of in the Mo- min August, ISG4 being en- of Fort Gaines, August e of For an, August ry and of ord- s, in the field, of vision, November 1 or of the horse Fort 1y and Fort Porter, N.Y iting service to January, th regiment at Fort E \e May to August 1872; at Savannah, tsburg ; at Edgefield, 8 Tallahassee, Fla. sburg barracks, milton, N. 186s, to Decem- to Octo- to November, to December, . Y., to Jan- Fla., to June, July 1, 18% commanding e, 1880; Little to Oc: Rock barrack: to November, 1880; Fort Barrancas, to November, Fort Niagara, to September, Fort Wadsw to June 12, 18SS; in May, 1s: D. C., to date. Brevets for Gallant Service. He was brevetted major July 8, 1868, for gall: and merito: services at the capture of Port Hudson, and was brevetted lieutenant colonel August 24, 18é4, for gal- lant and meritorious services at the cap- ture of Fort Morgan, Ala. He reached the el of the fourth artillery nd has been in command of ton barracks since May, 189%, during which period he has also served as a member of the board of ordnance and fortifications, fou > Washir INDIAN SCHOOLS. mpromise ONered in Confere for a Continuance for One Yen. A proposed compromise has been offered e in conference on the sectarian schovl amendment of the Indian appropriatic bUL It provides that * appropriation for such schools shall extend for the next fis cal year instead of rext two fiscal years. The conferees probabiy can agree on this, and it is thought the Senate will accept the compromise. I: the House the ques- tion is doubtful. Representatives Linton and Hainer, wto Pave ied the fight against appropriations for sectarian purposes, both declsre that such a compromise cannot be accepted in the House. ¢ — Counterfejters Arrested. The Treasury Department is informed that Charles C. Watson and George H. Tomlinson were arrested by secret service men in Indianapolis yesterday for passing counterfeit silver dollars. ee Secretary Lamont's Departure. Secretary Lamont left for McGrawville, N. ¥., immediately after the cabinet meet- ing today, In response to a telegram an- nouncing the serious illness of Mrs. La- mont's father. ae Bonded Warchouses Abolished. The commisstoner of internal revenue has directed the abolition of the several bonded warehouses in New York, Boston, Chicago, Baltimore and other cities, on the general ground that the privileges of these ware- houses had been abused, and that a con- tinuance of the system is not to the best interests of the government. Je Election Contests and the Courts. The House committee on election of President and Vice President and members of Congress today ordered a favorable re- port on the bill introduced by Mr. McCall of Massachusetts for the reference of elec- tion contests to the United States circuit courts for the districts within which the contestees reside. +2. Today’s Presidential Nominations. ‘The President today nominated Frank Boynton to be postmaster at Fayetteville, N. ¥. He also made some minor nomina- tions in the revenue cutter service. BRAVELY CAPTURED Mr. Hardesty Defended His Daugh- ter and Secured the Man. HIS RIFLE MISSED FIRE The Intruder a Burglar or Some- thing Worse. HELD FOR THE GRA D JURY The fate of Irving Ford and the probable fate of the men under arrest for the al- leged wholesale assault cn the Buxton family has not had a deterrent effect on all the brutes in this section of the country, for this morning about 2 o’clock a negro entered the house of Mr. Thomas N. Har- desty, on the Bunker Hill road, about one mile from Brookland, and had_he not been detected so early he would, in all proba- bility, have repeated the horrible crime for which Irving Ford is soon to pay the ex- treme penalty. Frederick Davis is the name given by the colored man who is under arrest for the offense, and his iden- lifleation is complete, although he makes a strong denial of the charge. Mr. Hardesty's home is cn the road mentioned, near the place where the little Fisher children were so brutally murdered several years ago. He keeps a cigar store there, in addition to conducting a lunch stand in the Eastern Market. Mrs. Hardesty and her daughter, Miss Mary, have charge of the market busi- ness, while the husband, who has but one arm, cares for the store. Twelve years ago his place was entered by a colored man, whom he captured, and this man was given a long term in the penitentiary. This particular colored man {ved only a short time after his release from prison. On that occasion the one- armed man was commended for his bravery, but his conduct this morning was even more daring than on the former occasion, and the fact that there was not a poll man within hearing of the distress call blown was not sufficient reason for the es- cape of the alleged fiend. Defended His Daughter. Mr. Hardesty and his wife were occupy- ing a room on the lower floor, where their young son also slept, while Miss Hardesty was slgeping alone on the second floor. It was about 2 o'clock this morning when the exciting Incident started, and the first chap- ter of the affair lasted only a few minutes. ‘ man in my room,” screamed Miss Hardesty, in a tone loud enough to arouse her parents. The man, whom she saw, was colored, and as she awoke he © tinguished the light in the room. He had in all probability just entered and had no: had time to commit another crime more serious than entering the h. of the Har- desty and ru. before the father ascended the steps ned into the room to protect his daughter from an assault on the part of the intruder. Mr. Hardesty w the man and recog- ed him, and, doing all he could with one hand, hi eda big lamp from the table and smashed it over the colored man. His blow was directed toward his head, but missed its mark and landed against his back, and the lamp was demolished. Then he grabbed the colored man, and a Live fight ensued, but no particular damage wa done, and both Mr. Hardesty and his pris- cher went through the window to the porch, where th fight was continued for some minutes, ally the col to get away, but not befc of some vile language He Hastening into the house the storekeeper got his Springfield rifle and reached the window with it before the fugitive got out of sight. Aiming the weapon directly to- ward him Mr. Hardesty pulled the trig- ger. He is a good shot, and had not the weapon missed fire the colored man would no doubt have fallen dead in his tra 5 But missing fire as it did the man escaped and made toward the woods. An investigation of the house was then made, uid it was seen that he had effected an entrance by tearing away the scr 3 from the window: He had first removed the screen from the dining room window, but there was a safe in room, and in erder to get in the house through this opening it would have been necessary to remove the sa This would have in- velved the chances of notse and detec- tion, and,rather than take this chance the colo! man went arourd the house to a rear windew, where he succeeded in get- ting in. red manmanaged ¢ he had made use ud threats. He Returned. Both Mr. Hardesty and his daughter had feen the man well cnough to identify him, and they remembered having seen him be- fure. He was barefooted and had on no hat, the same as the man who went to the Buxton house, who was barefooted when in the house, but his shoes were probably outside. The morning was dark, and when the fugitive had sought safety in the woods Mr. Hardesty thought he was gone for good; but such did not prove to be the case, for about two hours later h turned and repeated t eat, t I'm going to kill you,” and threw several lurge stones at the house. Again Mr. Hardesty got bis Springfield rifle and again it m d fire. “Save these rocks,” Mr. Hardesty said to his wife. “I’m going to catch that —— nigger and we'll want them for evidence.” He felt certain that the colored man would not go far away, but would remain where he would be caught, and so he re- mained up untli the dawn of day. The criminal’s conduct indicated that he might possibly return and make another effort, and for this reason Mr. Hardesty thought he would be on the safe side and would keep watch. . Soon after daybreak Mr. Hardesty put his wife and daughter in the wagon and sent them to the city to attend to the mar- ket business, and as they were leaving he remarke Ml get the scoundrel before sunrise. The Capture, It was then about 5 o’clock, and armed with the same rifle the storekeeper started out with his little son, Albert, to appre- hend the fugitive, if possible. He had gone only a few hundred yards from his house when he crossed the fence at the public school house and went in the direction of a clump of bushes. Beneath these bushes he’saw a colored man, whom he readily recognized as the one with whom he had the struggle earlier in the morning. “Don’t move or I'll kill you,” he said to the man in the bushes, pointing his rifle at him. “I'm not the man who’ broke into house,” blated out the coloreé man. you think I'm crazy?” This man was barefooted and barehead- ed, and was inclined to show fight, but looking up at the muzzle of the rifle fright- ened him to the extent that he sald, “I'll g0, boss; I ain’t going to run.” He then walked from beneath the bushes, and was about to make an effort to esca) when the one-armed man promptly knocked him down and sat.on him. Holding on:to his prisoner, he waited ‘awhile, hoping a policeman would answer his distress call, ut there was no policeman about. John Lord, jr., and 4 Mr. Baker*iid appean and with their assistance the prisoner's arms were tied, and, with a long thick rope se- ourely fastened about his leg, Davis was Jed a mile away to University station. Po- liceman West appeared after a long time, and then Davis was taken to the eighth precinct station and locked up. In the Court. Barefooted and bareheaded, the prisouer appeared before Judge Miller about noon today, and entered a plea of not guilty to a charge of housebreaking with intent to commit a crime. Both Mr. Hardesty and his daughter identified him, and the story of the exciting early morning scene was told. The several large stones that had been thrown were of- fered in evidence. Davis had heen seen be- fore by both witnesses, he having been in the store on one occasion to buy some candy. In his own behalf the prisoner denied the charge. He said he had just been released from the workhouse, having served time for carrying a‘razor. He had worked for Mr. Kline, he said, and it was so late when he got in the country that he thought he would sleep in the woods until morning. Judge Miller held him for the action of the grand jury, and he was committed to jail in default of $2,000 security. MR. FAULKNER RESIGNS He Declines to Longer Serve on the Ford’s Theater Disaster Commission. He Cannot Ap ve Ore Action of the House in Regard}to Certain of the Claims, —— Immediately after the Senate met today Senator Faulkner arose afd, walking down the center aisle to the frpnt row, securee the recognition of the ghair. He the briefly requested that he thight be relieved from further duty cn te joint commis- sion to investigate the Hord Theater dts- aster. rf Senator Platt was in the chair as Presi- dent pro tempore, and he at once put the request of the Senater from West Vir- ginia, which was granted, of course, with- out dissent. : Mr. Faulkner then remarked that his place on the commissicn; should be filled by the chair, and resumed his seat. This resignation, unusual though it is, is not surprising in viewjof the events of the past few days. Senator Faulkner last evening in the brief debate on the final report of the conference ccmmittee on the general defici bili indicated his radical disapprova! of the action of the House in insist ng upon recommitting the enume din the recent letter of retary Lamont to Kepresentative Say- He spoke calmi, but plainly, and imp that he could not ac- cept that result withou@ a protest. As today’s events prove, he could not accept the uetion and re:oain a member of the comaussion. He his resignation. t day after Secretary Lemont sent his letter to Mr, Sayers, Mrz Faulkner spoke freely with a S this move wa asmuch reportér, declaring that ir and ‘unrecessary in- ap of testimony sub- mitted ecretary in his letter had | been carly before the jeint commis- | sion and had been fully. ccnsidered and | fully weighed. Today he said that he could not with conscience reopen thos eS on the bas! of the Secretary's let ter. He felt he had done his full duty ia this case and Had=given a jud ment based upon all -he fects. No ne facts were being adduced, yet the Hou: 1 seen fit to give the commission a pr: al reprimand by ordering a further in- ion on the basis of 4 rehash of the sprung in an unusual manner after the report of the commission had b: submitted. Mr. Jfaulkner was particular in ing that he resigned from the com jon as an individual and he knew nothing as to the interticns of the other me:nbers. There is no information to be obtained as to who will eucceed Mr. Faulkner on the commiss' SFICIENCY BILL. The President to Vet of the Spoliation Claims. Members of the House appropriations committee have been informed that the President will veto the general deficiency bill on acccunt of the French spoliation claims and the Bowman act cases. It has been suspected for some time that the Pres- ident would follow this course, but hereto- re Was no positive information on ‘The committee, acting on the infermation, are preparing a new bill, from which are excluded the items to which the President objects. Instead of attempting to pass the original bill over the President's veto, they intend to report the new Dill, meeting the President's objections. The bill objected to is expected to reach the President today some time, and he may send it back at once with his disapproval. elf there is not time for this, the veto is expected to come in the first thing Satur- day morning. The committee intend then to at once report back the new Dill, and they have planned to rush it through both houses, so as to have it approved by the President Monday, if possible. —— — 2D EVEN TO MURDER. It on Account RESORT A Motorman at Milwaukee Shot by Those Opposing the Trolley Cars, MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 5.—A trolley car on the Cudahy Une of the Milwxakee electric railway was ambushed last nigat at a point two miles south of the city and fully twenty shots were fired into It. Two men were shot, one fatally. They ar John Breen, motorman, of Manistee, Mich. twenty-seven years old, shot through the abdomen, will die. Adolph Schwarz, con- ductor, of Milwaukee, shot through the Hea, but condition is not sericus. The wounded motorman ran the car to the city and both men were removed to the Emergency Hospital. The car left Cudahy at 8:30 p.m. At a point midway between the suburbs and the city. a lox had been placed across the track. The conductor advanced to remove the obstruction, when several shots were fired at him. He fell, but was assisted to the car by the motorman. As the car was started forward. a dozen more shots were fired, and the motorman fell fatally wound- ed. The spot where the shooting was done 4s densely wooded, and the murderers es- caped. They are supposed to bo sympa- thizers with the strikers, Last night cars were stoned on the south side, and several times shots were ex- changed between officers and rioters. South of the city, in the suburb known as Silver City, attacks were made on sev- eral cars. Several arrests were made in that locality. ———.___. Brewer Hauck’s Death. CINCINNATI, Ohio, June 5.—John Hauck, president of the John Hauck Brewing Company, died last night, aged sixty-five years. He was a multi-millionaire and one of the most prominent brewers in the west. Referred to a Jury. MADRID, June 5A jury of honor, com- posed of generals, will ‘be appointed to a @ the Siepulg betwé¢en Marshal Mar- tinez de Campos ahd General Borero, French Expeditidn Routed. BRASS, Guinea,.West Africa, June 5— The French Niger expedition from Salaga has been totally routed and many of its members have been killed by poisoned ar- rows the Borgou country, A _rem- nant of the expedition arrived at Kiama on May 12, CONFIDENT CUBANS. Gen. Castillo Describes the Conditions in the Island. SPANISH SOLDIERS DISCONTENTED Gonzalo De Quesada Warns Persons Against Misleading Notices. eens LANDING EXPEDITIONS eee The Cuban sympathizers resident in Washington, and particularly those who are actively engaged in furthe! the cause of freedom in the island, are natur- ally feeling quite exalted over the recent landing of Col. Rafael Portuondo’s expedi- tion on the Cuban coast. This morning, at the Raleigh, a number of Cubans calle upon Gonzalo de Quesada, the charge a’ faires of the Cuban republic here, and talked over the present state of affairs with much animation, Gen. Joaquin Cas- tillo came over from New York last night, and was present at the gathering this morning and conversed, before his depart- The ure for Gotham, with a Star reporter. latter expressed surprise that such an im- portant expedition as that of Portuondo could be so easily landed upon the Cuban when Spain claimed to have estab- 1 a compicte cordon in the shape of a blockade around the island. Gen. Cast laughed at this. Uxclessmess Cordon. “Why,” he remarked, “it is the easiest thing imaginable for us to land expeditions bearing arms, munitions and men on the coast of Cuba, and be a 1 of thetr safe reception by our friends there. It is true that the Spaniards have forty-six or forty-seven gunboats patrolling the waters around the island, but they do not amount to an obstruction, so far as we are cor cerned. Of course, if a cruiser should come across one of our beats it might prove disastrous, provided they came into close enough quarters, but, you see, it is a part of our plan to prevent any such @ possibility, and so vur effurts to keep our fnends in Cuba supplied with the nec saries of the war have been steadily suc of the ar ful with but one exception. Phat Was in the case of the Compet- itor, which was a small expe and although two of t itor were and ammunition Antonio 1 have re: Competi an or conditions in Cuba,” continued G Custilla, “are growing darker for the Spaniards every mament, apd correspond ingly brighter for the Cubans. There i @ property Owner in the island of Cuba, and 1 say it with a full appreciation its Mulicance, Who is not a reve yanish soldiers are sick and dis- heartened and discontented. They tound Ww brilliant prom prosecuung a successful winter ¢ Were Werse than unrulfilled, ar now Ub are confronted with the [car of the pe jential ciseases Ubat rage in Cuba dur the summe month: not have 's of mpi ler The Spanish army Ss hot been paid any wages for over four mcnths, and the owners of property occupied by the Spaniards for mulitary headquarters and similar purposes have het received any rent from the Spaniards for two or three times that long. So you the soldgery and’ the civilians ¢ Spanish hnes alike are channg se conditions. Desertions trom anish revks are of almost daily oc- currence, and rot jong since two entire companies deserted trom the Trocha and joined the insurgent ‘rom what I have told you it is easy to realize what en- couragement we Cubans feel over the in- evitabie success of our cause.” ‘Timely A Very Warning. Senor Quesada was asked by The Star re- porter if it were true that many Americans were members of the recent expeditions landed in Cuba and if there had been any change in the policy of the Cuban republic which had hitherto been cpposed to t listment of men for service in the in the United States. “I told you some weeks ago,” said Senor Quesada, “when you showed me an adver- Usement calling for men and funds in be- half of Cuba, in which my name was pub- lished without my authority, that no one in the United States was authorized to enlist a man for the Cuban causc, and that no ene in this country save Benjamin Guerra ot New York was authorized to accept a single cent on behalf of the Cuban repub- If there have been Americans among the members of the recent expeditions that jarded in Cuba you can rest assured that their presence was desirable to those hay- ing the expeditions Immediately in charge. 1 have written several letters to magazines and newspapers which are publishing the advertisement I alluded to a few moments ago, and which I denounced in my former interview as entirely unauthorized, repeat- ing what I sald to The Star through you. Senor Estrada Palma was compelled to make the same statement in New York a few days ago. Unmistakably Emphatic. “No one has any right, I wish to repeat, to enlist men in the United States for duty in Cuba, while persons who desire to aid the Cuban cause by financial assistance and who send their subscriptions to any person but Benjamin Guerra in New York will, I am confident, support something very closely allied to a swindle. Mr. Guer- ra has no agents, and only Tuesday, when a check was sent to me for $200, to be ap- plied to the benefit of the Cuban cause, I returned it to the sender, with the request that he make It out tn favor of Senor Guer- ra, because he was the only authorized agent to receive it. In dwelling as I do upon this point, I do not wish to be regarded as making a plea for money for the Cuban cvuse. I merely desire to prevent any per- sons from being misled by any advertise- ments they may see in newspapers or magazines, reputable or otherwise. They are absolutely unauthorized in every. in- stance.”” ———_+-e+_____ GOING TO HELP CUBA. Insurgent Agents Said to Have Can- vassed Virginia, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Va., June 6.—Two young men, W. J.-Burch and W. A. Blankenship, jr., have left here for Norfolk, where they will join a fillbustering expedition to Cuba to help the insurgents there, Agents of the Cuban junta have been quietly at work at Norfolk and many other places in the state. nee It 1s thought they have secured the serv- ices of a number of men to fight for the island’s independence. It is thought the agents have made a thorough canvass of the state in behalf of their cause, It is reported that thousands of dollars worth of arms and ammunition have been on the docks at Norfolk for several weeks, and the belief prevails that these will be sent to Cuba on the filibustering expedition, TWO CENTS THE CIVIL SERVICE INQUIRV Passage of Gen. Grosvenor’s Resolution as to Dismissals and Appointments. Mr. Dockery’s Effort te Include the Last Administration—A Futiie Filibuster. The Mouse today adopted Gen. Grosve- nor’s resolution cad for information from the several departments as to dismis- sals from the civil service during the pres- ent administration. Mr. Dockery wanted to amend t olution so as to take in dismissals under the Harris*n admin’stration. De “I understand,” said M kery, “tha nder the Harrison administration the civil S suspended to permit the dis- from the pqstal service. the work of some wi we ought te have light “I would not Dock sarcastically, “s that would indirate thas previous administration ue I would pot thiik ef such a thing. am afraid th iution in its present form n to the suspicion of being a part s and it is to relieve it of this t ire to offer my se laughed he ery's remarks, but Gen durate*in his ‘refusal ment to be offered. Tr Of course, that allegation may be but ked democrat, upon the tor the world, lan of Tennessee demanc y nays on ordering the previous n this the vote w yeas t Dockery then i amen d again dem, yeas and 5 The detocra the leaders Mr, McMillin, filibustered for sev a but resolution, it wa. Text of the Resolution. he resolution fn full is That the Secretary of of the T follows the tary 5 Seere of War, the Attorney General, the Po: ter General, the Secretary of the 5 the Secretary of the Interior and t: - of Agriculture be, and they are here- ed to furni resentatives the 1 the Hous! fcllowing informa of Rep- ion, alary of each to which th of e been removed or r in ho have died or res: stating in classes ace grade ary, and stating who were in the vho were in the unclassi number, nam States to wh officers and € e med who have by © positions in the 4 ein the The number, names, sa and the states to which th 01 1 the ex-Union soldie fied r respective depart ited, promot ent mover them have re ed March, a ee THE ARE FOR BOLE Teans Men Say win Him and Think He V It he j that have been se | ferences of state delega in Congress on the question to support at the Chicago conven of these conferences was held men, ang it wa: d to < could for the nomination of effect of this decision, it is thought, will be seen at the Texas state convention, where, it is probable, there will be con- siderable talk if not an indorse- ment of his ca: The Texas men, it is said, while showing a leaning to tbe Icwa man now, will be fied with the nomination of any good silver ma As the sit ent stands, they be- lieve th 2 can- didate and say that he i When it was mentioned to cne of Texas representatives that there seemed to be some objection to Boies among the sil- Ver men of the w he sa’ t he did not think he obje much and did not Boics, he said, had man, and his r he announced that he would not an election as a delegate from the stu except on a silver platform, showed plainly that he was not tainted. Several of the silver republicans who are expected to leave the St. Louis conventi and join the democratic hosts oppose the nomination of the ex-governor of lowa on the ground that he would not talk si while on a visit to the west several ye ago. Notwithstanding this, {t is sald that j both Senat Teller and Dubois have stated that Boies will suit them. Senator Dubois is said to have asserted outright that he would support Boies if the silver men leave the St. Louis convention. in case both Dubois and Teller give encour- agement to Boies, or any other man, it will go a long ways to his nomination. The democrats are anxious to draw in the west this year, and will not lixely nominate a candidate offensive to that section. One of the westerners sald to a Star ro- porter that while he did not relish the idea of eupporting Boies, he thought the west would be satisfied with Bland or with Mor- gan or some other southern man whose record for silver is all right. Personal Mention. Mr. R. E. Fisk, editor of the Helena (Mont.) Herald, who has been in Washing- ton for the past ten days, with headquarters at the Ebbitt House, starts homeward to- day. Capt. A. W. Miller of the engineer corps, stationed at Galveston, is on a visit to this city on leave of absence. Mr. Van Senden, private secretary to Sec- retary Carlisle, has returned from a visit to Kentucky. Walter and Lester Brooks of 465 Florida avenue northwest have gone to spend the summer with their grandparents at Evans City, Pa. ion would amount lieve 1t well foun: aln as Orders for the Maine. The armored crulser Maine, now lying in Hampton Roads, has been put in order at the Norfolk navy yard and will sail very soon for Key West. It was the intention of the Navy Department to attach the ship at once to Admiral Bunce’s squadron at Tomkinsville, but a change was made necessary in this plan owing to the neces- sity for the use of a warship to take the North Carolina naval militia to sea on their annual cruise. So the Maine will be sent to the Florida coast to take the place of the monitor Amphitrite, which has been lying there for some time, to cut off fill- bustering parties, and the Amphitrite will be used for the militia drills, being better suited than the Maine for this work by reason of her shallow draft. SSeS Gold in the Coal. CHEYENNE, Wyo., June 5—The owners of the Cambria coal fields have just dis- covered that the coal which they have been selling at $2 per ton carries $5 to §8 gold per ton, the | | CADETS BREAK RANKS THE STAR BY MAIL. Persons leaving the city for any Period can have The Star matled 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. Invariably in ad- vance Subscribers changing their address from one Post-office to another shovid give the last address @s well as the new one. Secretary Herbert Delivers Diplomas at Annapolis. ADDRES: BY RE! RE. NTAT.VEROBISSON What the United States Expects of the Graduates. OF —_-_++ -< JUNE EVENTS WEEK al Dispatch to The E ANNAPOLIS, xradu- ng exerc tes Naval Academy w d this morning. The weather was perfect. The exercises opened with a prayer by Chaplain Royce of the Naval Ac: He was followed by Rep sentative nson, who delivered the address Mr. Robinson said in Thanks we have a school w for good naval | Officers to be turned out. The rewards for ndustry should spur you on; each year’s events should be ins: s to do what the government demands in return for your education. Not patriotism alone re- quired, nor is risk of life the greatest de- mand. To ome skilled ta profes- sion 1s the » object of yo You oles of a You may forget is, I t re- quire here will Hitca you After Mr. delivered in t in the Severn uatil tomorrow. Mre. Wallace are and Will remain over for A la re for the Ju The alumn! was heid in night venty | mem) guest hanor was Representative | Robi 2 toast the “Naval Academy. a RELIEF WORK AT ST. LOUIS. Aspect of Affairs Mo Cheerfal in th md City. ST. LOUIS, 1e storm-ridden di taking on a mo rush for re evidence of general condition of to: trict relief stations, f is over, im here = a noticeable decrease {n the number of applicants for aid, and it is the expressed be t the stations in St. Louis will be closed Satur- day. With the abandonment of the dis- trict stations, however, the relief work be far from finis Whatever remains from the general fund will be left in the keeping of the merchants’ e Ke com- mittee, who will continue the work wherever necessary. The relief fund continues to grow,. until it has r In all parts of the tornado are being made habitable once more ings are being rapid In East St. Louis goes on steadily, and th of the relief committe molished butld- ab Many ple who were compelle in tents until their demoli. repaired becoming accu ew en- mments. In some places tenants live in box cars. ron the Baltimore and Ohio a as in- jured in the storm, ha home of a friend as a result of hi died during th cording to the # ns, ne more f from these institu Mrs. J. H. Ramsey, 5 r-in-law to D. @ hief he Order Railway lied at her home } death s heroic effort she made in n usband from the ruins of ight house on the tornado. Mr. Rams: life and death. Mrs. 3 be shipped to Vinton, I iS To Sail for Europ Assistant Secretary Wike Department, who has om the effects of a severe attack of grip, left here this morning for New Y whence he sails tomorrow on the Kerlin for South- ampton. He expects to return home bh the steamer leaving the English port on the 23d instant. He makes the voyage solely for the benefit of his health. —_—_____-+-2—— Naval Movements. The Olympia arrived at Hakodate, Japan, today, and the Columbia has joined Ad- miral Bunce’s fieet at Tompkinsville.