Evening Star Newspaper, June 22, 1896, Page 1

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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-oflice to another should give the last address as well as the new one. THE WHITNEY LETTER Senator Roach Tells What Will Be Its Effect. WILL NOT CHANGE A SINGLE VOTE But It Will Dissipate Harsh Feel- ings Between Democratic Factions. TELLER AND CHICAGO Senator William N. Roach of North Da- Kota has returned to the city from attend- ance upon the democratic convention in his state. He will remain in Washington a few days and then start for the west to take an active part in the political developments of the next three weeks. To a Star reporter Senator Reach talked in an interesting manner upon current political topics. “I was very much pleased with the letter ecretary Whitney,” said Mr. Roach. “While, of course, I disagree with his premises, advocating as I do the free coin- age of silver, the general tone of his letter gave me great satisfaction. It was the conciliatory spirit of his address to the democrats of the land that attracted my at- tention. It is the first evidence I have seen of anything like consideration shown by the gold men of the east for their free silver col- leagnes of the south and west. We have felt very keenly the harsh and uncompro- mising attitude of the radical anti-silver men of the east. Effect of Whitney's Letter. “This attitude has evidenced itself to all of us. In my own case I have a great many warm personal friends among the eastern democrats, and yet the fact has been con- stantly forced upon me that they were ab- solutely without sympathy for the condi- tions in the west, or for the needs and senti- ments of the people. They do not know anything about them, and I am frequently bound to conclude that they do not gare very much. Mr. Whitney's letter will not change a vote in the west, but it will do much to dissipate the harsh feelings exist- ing between the wings of the part produce a better feeling among the dele- gates at Chicago. It is just such a letter as I would expect from him. 4 man of an observant turn of mind rust be impressed at this time with the serious condition of affairs confronting the country. The most apparent fact is that the country is theroughiy aroused upon the money question. The masses of the people are awake to the fact that a great battle is to be fought upon the financial ground, and that the lines of conflict are being sharp! drawn. There is a great similiarity between the conditions of today and those of 1861 in the definiteness of the issue and the ac- quaintance of the people with it. They - thoroughly cognizant of the importance of the money question, and are aware of the power they possess to deal with {t and set- tle it according to their own minds. I think there is no question as to the success of f ver at the Chicago con- vention. We will have a magnificent ma- ferity of votes for the insertion of a straightcut free silver plank in the plat- ferm. Of course at this stage of tne pro- ceedings it is not definitely assured that would be a two-thirds majority of silver :ren, insuring th> nomination of a free sill andidate for President. This difficulty, however, can be obviated by the ccnvention. We will have a majority in anization and the convention iH make its own rules. The rule requiring thirds to nominate could be changed to provide that a majority should you think Senator Teller will be in- 1 for th2 presidency by the demo- i Senator Reach was " think so. In the first place, if I know the man aright, I do not believe Senator Teller would desire the nomination at the hands of the democracy. Such ac. ticn wculd give color to charges made by the republicans that he had deserted his own party in order to further aspirations for the presidency hy affiliation with the silver Gemocracy. No man who knows Senator Teller believes that such an idea ever entercd his head. His advocacy of the cause of free silver is one entirely of principle, and his bolt from the republican eenvention at St. Louis was an act of conscientious devotion to his principles. He would be sensitive, however, to the criticisms of his former colleagues, and I do not believe that he will give them a club to pound him with by associating Himself with the democrats as their candi- date for President.” Money Sentiment in the Northwest. ‘What is the sentiment upon the money question In the northwest?’ the Senator was asked. “In my own state, of course,” he replied, “it is for free silver. We will send a solid silver delegation to Chicago. In Minne- seta it is true that the democratic state convertion went against silver, but my in- fermation is that the action did not repre- sent the sentiment of a majority of the party in Minnesota. I think, the whole credit for the action of the state con- vention lies with Michael Doran, the demo- cratic leader in Minnesota. It was his management that carried the day. He has thorough control of the party machinery and the men who made up the convention Were men whose first allegiance was to Doran and what he wanted. EEE REPRESENTATIVE TERRY'S VIEWS. What He Thinks Mr. Whitney Should Do at Chicago. Commenting today on Mr. Whitney and his movement for a big fight cf the gold standard democrats at Chicago, Repre- sertative Terry of Arkansas was quite caustic. Mr. Terry is known as one of the ablest silver democrats in the House. He will be present at Chicago, and is sat- fied that none but a genuine silver man will be nominated there. “The idea,” he said, “that Mr. Whitney can go to Chicago and do like the wise men of the east who went to St. Louis— buy up enough delegates to make a gold platform—is ridiculously humorous, and I den’t believe Mr. Whitney can be made a cat's paw of In any such scheme, if one 1s to be attempted. I also believe that since Mr. Whitney has fully seen and real- ized the situation he has weakened in his mination to go to Chicago.”* What can Mr. Whitney do at Chicago?” The best thing he can do ts to per- sastern friends to fall in Hne like ats and support the ancient principles of the party.” Mr. Terry was asked if he thought the convention would be lengthy, and whether it would be very interesting. Yes, it will be both interesting and The silver men will not run shod over the gold standard men, but will take their time and deliberate fully about everything.” ‘The last statement is corroborative of a statement in The Star a few days ago, that the two-thirds rule will not be re- ealed by the silver men until they find hat the gold men are obstructing the work of the convention. ————————— Naval Movements. The cruiser Raleigh has left Port Royal fer New Orleans, and the Amphitrite has sailed trom Savannah for Southport. FREE ~ LIBRARY TRUSTEES Duties of the Board Appointed by the Commissioners. To Be Divided Into Three Classes and to Have Complete Charge. As briefly stated in The Star Saturday, the Commissioners on that day appoint- ed nine citizens of the District as members of the board of trustees of the free public library and reading room established by act of Congress approved June 3, 186. The act under which the appointments were made specifies that the trustees shall be taxpayers in the District, and shall serve without compensation. The normal term of office for each trustce is six years, but in order to create the desired condition of succession whereby at no time shall a majority of the board be composed of new members, it is stipulated in the act that at the first meeting of the board its mem- bers shall be divided by lot into three classes, eech cemposed of three members. The first class is to hold office for two years, the second class for four years and the third class for six years. Therefore, in two years it will be necessary for the Com- missioners to make three new appoint- ments to fill the vacancies then occurring by reason of this allotment and three ap- pointments each succeeding two years, un- der the authority contained in the act, which stipulates that “any vacancy occurr- ring in sald board shall be filled by the District Commissicners.” The act of Congress provides that this board shall have the power to make such regulations for its own organization and government as it may -leem necessary. This, of course, includes the selection of a president and other officers, to be chosen presumably, at the first meeting of the beard at the same time when the members are divided into the three classes already president and other officers, to be chosen, by the Commissioners are now out of the city, so it is uncertain when the first meeting will be called. In the absence of any organization and of any recognized head, this Initial session will undoubtedly be called by the Commissioners. The library and reading room are to be entirely in charge of this board of trustees, who are given the specific authority to purchase the books, magazines and news- Papers and all other necessary appendages fcr such an establishment. They are also authorized to provide for the care and preservation of the library, to prescribe rules for taking and returning books, to fix, assess and collect fines and penalties for the loss of books or for thejr injury, and, in fine, to make all the necessary rules and regulations for the management of the library that they may deem proper. One of the duties of the trustees will be the appointment of a librarian to have di- reet charge and superintendence of the library and to be responsible to the trustees for the impartial enforcement of all the rules and regulations. He shall appoint such assistants as the trustees may deem necessary for the proper conduct of the library. In view of the municipal character of the library and reading room the trustees are required to make an annual report to the Cemmissioners of the District relative to the management of the institution. This character is further indicated by that pro- vision of the act which directs that the library shall be located in some convenient place in this city, to be designated by the Commissioners upon the recommendation of the trustees, and it is specifically pro- vided that in any municipal building that may hereafter be erected in the District suitable provision shall be made for the brary and reading room sufficient to ac- commodate not less than 10,000 volumes. The public comment upon the selections made by the Commissioners in appointing trustees is that of unqualified approval. The trustees are viewed as being without exception men who believe thoroughly in the municipal library idea, who have as- sisted in one way or another to secure the legislation upon which the new library is based, and who will work harmoniously to- gether to carry to full and perfect success this great undertaking. —— THE SOUTH RESPECTS TELLER. His Stand on the Force Bill and Silver Commended. DENVER, Col., June 22—The News printed a long interview with Judge Henry ©. Caldwell of Little Rock, who is spend- ing his vacation in Colorado. The judge expressed the hope that the free silver forces will be united on one can- didate. Regarding the man most likely to be selected, he sald: “There are plenty of good men. I think the populists and silver republicans will support Mr. Teller, Mr. Bland, or any pro- nounced and reliable silver man who is krown to have the requisite courage and resolution without regard to his previous politics.” In regard to Senator Teller’s candidacy in the south he said: “The splendid moral courage which he £xhibited when he repudiated the anti-re- publican action of his party at St. Louis has been exhibited on other occasions, More than once In the Senate he has defied the party lash and the behests of the party caucus and stood up in defense of the rights of the southern people. His deter- mined hostility to the force bill defeated that measure, and has endeared him to the southern people, and should he be the can- d‘date, he will be enthusiastically support- ed by them. I know he is universally re- garded by the leading democrats of the scuth as an able, courageous, patriotic and broad-minded statesman, and that upon the supreme issue now before the American people is the acknowledged leader of the right.” —_.___ FAIR'S DEEDS TO MRS. CRAVEN. They Give Hix Son No Little Trouble. SAN FRANCISCO, June 22—Charles L. Fair and his attorneys may have a merry ckase to cetch a glimpse of the two deeds conveying over $1,000,000 worth of his father’s property to Mrs. Nettie R. Craven, which were recorded last Friday. Mrs. Craven will doubtless refuse to obey the erder of Judge Stack, to show these docu- ments in court. To begin with, her attorneys doubt very seriously the power of Judge Stack to com- pel the production of these instruments, on the ground that they were executed prior to the date of the Fair wills, and conse- quently nct material to the contest now going on. In the second place, the deeds have dropped out of sight for the time be- ing, and it is a question if any of the four people upon whom the order of court was served have them now in their possession. —— TESTING AIR MOTORS, Chicago to Be the Scene of a Trial of the New Power. CHICAGO, June 22.—Compressed air mo- ters will be tested on street cars in Chicago for the first time on July 1. The new mo- tive power for street passenger transporta- tion may find a permanent abode in this city if the test 1s successful. Should the motor demonstrate its efficiency, a battle reyal will be begun between compressed air and electricity, which may end in the abolishment of the trolley. The test is to be made over the tracks of the Gereral Railway Company and will centinue for three months. Already work- men are busily engaged in completing the first compressor plant to be erected in the west. It is expected many prominent street ear officials from the west and northwest will be present at the trials, as they sre desirous to learn if the motor is practicable, CAMPAIGN WORK Mark Hanna's Visit to Governor McKinley, COMMITTEE PROGRAM NOT FORMED Henry Clay Evans Says There Was No Surrender on the Goid Plank. COMMITTEE NAMES ———— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, June Mark Hanna left here, this morning for Canton, to call on Maj. McKinley. He will make the first official report to the major of the contest as it was waged at St. Louis. Before Mr. Hanna left H. Clay Evans of Tennessee called to see him briefly. Mr. Evans was asked if he thought the financial plank as adopted at St. Louis was strong and hon- est, and whether it was true that it did not meet with the approval of Mr. Hanna. “The gold plank was not thrust upon Mr. Hanna,” said Mr. Evans. “He wanted it, and his men drew it on the Saturday be- fore any of the eastern men arrived. I saw the plank on the financial question, and I have a rough draft of it, written in lead pencil, which I copied at that time. No, the plank was not dictated by the east. It was first shown to me by Col. Herrick of Cleveland. Doesn’t Want Anything. Mr. Evans denied that he had any thoughts or ambitions for a cabinet position, and declared that he was in town merely as the guest of his friend, Dudley Baldwin. Mr. Evans was asked if he thought the democratic convention would result in a bolt at Chicago, and he replied: “I have thought, and do think now, that if the gold men predominate, the silver men will bolt. If, however, the gold men are in the mi- nority, I do not believe they will bolt. The party will undoubtedly declare for free sil- ver, but I do not look for any fusion with the populists. At least, that is what I am informed now. I have heard some talk of Teller either being an independent candl- d&te or running as Vice President on the democratic ticket. “I do not believe such a thing is poss!- ble. Teller himself sald that in every par- ticular the platform of the republicans suited him except the financial plank. He would have only that one thing in common with the democrats. To run as an inde. pendent candidate appears to me to be still more impossible. “I admire Teller as a strong man, but do not approve of his action. Suppose all of us should do as he did, bolt, because the platform or one plank’ did ‘not suit us. How many do you think would have been left in the hall? The platform did not suit me in one or two respects, but I believe the republican party represents more than one idea. ‘Teller said so, too; he announced that he believed the party is one of many ideas.” Executive Committee Plans. Mr. Hanna was asked this morning if the republican headquarters would be changed from New York to the west, and declared that the matter would have to be settled by the committee. Speaking of the financial plank in the platform, he said that the timber suited him fully, and he thought it did every one else excepting the belting silver men. The nine members of the executive committee which Mr. Hanna will name as his assistants in the cam- paign, it is understood, will contain the names of at least three Ohioans. One of these, it is said, will be William M. Hahn, who was deprived of his seat in the com: mittee by the election of Charles Kurtz. Col. Myron T. Herrick and Mr. Sylvester Everett are also mentioned for places. — ROBBERY ENDS IN MURDER. An Old Soldier and His Wife Horri- bly Tortured. SHELBYVILLE, Ind., June 22—Milton Rolley, an aged pensioner, came to this city Saturday from his home, seven miles north of here, and drew $600 from a bank with which to pay off the balance due on his heme. Soon after arriving home two men drove up to his residence, called the old man out and requested him to go at once to his daughter, who, they said, had been taken suddenly sick and was dying. Rolley hurried to the barn for his rig, leaving his wife preparing to go with him. On open- ing his barn door he was knocked down with clubs. Staggering to his feet,he tried to resist his assailant, but was again attacked frcm the rear by the second man. His skull was crushed and four ribs broken. When he was unconscious the ruffians w: through his pockets without finding the booty. ‘They returned to the house and demand- ed that Mrs. Rolley inform them as to where the money was. She refused to do so, and after beating her in vain, they hell her over a natural gas blaze until she could not endure the torture longer. Blackened and biistered, and covered with bruises, she was compelled to reveal the hiding place of the money. The $570 remaining was found under the parlor carpet. Rolley will die, and there is little chance of his wife's recovery. The robbers drove rapidly from Rolley’s home toward this city. There is talk of bringing bloodhounds here from Anderson to run down the robbers. ee HOBART IS HONORED. MR. A Monster Reception to Be Given Him Tonight. PATERSON, N. J., June 22.—Garrett A. Hobart, republican nominee for Vice Presi- dent, will be given a monster reception tonight by citizens of Paterson, irre- spective of party. There will be, besides Mr. Hobart’s fellow-townsmen, large dele- gations present from other towns in New Jersey, and if the weather permits there will be a parade during the evening. Mr. Hobart today received many callers, who came to congratulate him upon his nom- ination, ees, MEET IN WASHINGTON. The Pan-Presbyterian Council Will Be Held Here in 1899, GLASGOW, June 22.—The Pan-Presby- terian council has unanimously accepted the invitation to hold its meeting at Wash- ington in 1899, and has thanked San Fran- cisco for the invitation extended by that city. ——___ City Marshal Willed. TOLEDO, Ohio, June 22.—City Marshal Scott Reese of North Baltimore was killed instantly Sunday while attempting to ar- rest three robbers, whom he caught in the act of endeavoring to effect an en- trance into the village post office. He or- dered them to throw up their hands, whereupon one of the robbers fired a bullet into the brains of the brave officer. The rebbers then made their escape. Blood- hounds from Kenton, Ohio, were placed on their traii within a few hours after the tragedy. > Turks Slain. CONSTANTINOPLE, June 22.—A dis- patch from Beyrout, Syria, says that dur- Ing the recent fighting between the Turks and the insurgent Druses in the Hauran district, the former lost 500 men killed. THE FLORIDA PRUBGHTES A UNION TICKET WITHOUT INSTRUCTIONS What Senator Call Says About Them and How They Were Chosen. Work of the Corporations in Their Selection—Not Hopeful of Chieage. Senator Call of Florida, who arrived in the city last night for a short stay here on business, is rather dubious about the four alleged silver men elected as delegates to Chicago by the Florida state convention. To a Star reporter this morning Senator Call said that the four men chosen were not selected by the silver men, but were the choice of the gold men of the conven- tion. That fact alone, he considered, made their standing on the question somewhat doubtful and uncertain. He could only vouch for one of the men elected, and that man is Nat Walker, who is a messenger in the Senate through Senator Pasco. Speaking of the Florida convention Senator Call said: Tells How It Happened. “The convention as originally chosen was for silver by two-thirds or three-fourths. When it assembled, however, the corpora- tions were strong enough to control its action. A tle vote was secured in the con- vention by the gold men increasing the vote of Duvall county by seating a con- testing gold delegaticn from Lafayette county. This delegation was a self-con- stituted one, no convention having been held to select it. The state convention re- fused to adopt resolutions for silver or to instruct the delegation in any way, or even to request a statement of opinion from any of the men elected as delegates to Chicago. “The silver men desired an expression of opinion from the delegates, but were un- able to secure it. Of the eight delegates elected four are pronounced gold men, and the remaining four, except one, are doubt- ful, although they classed as men. Nine out of every ten democ Florida, as well as nine out of eve republicans, end all the populists, are for the free coinage of sil and if the voice of the people had been represented in the Florida state convention there would have been no doubt of the result, but the con- vention was largely composed of represen- tatives of corporations and railroads, per- sonS subject to the will of Millionaires Flagler and Plant, who are nominally re- publicans, but really have no political faith. They, however, control the two largest newspapers in the state”? Senator Call said that Florida would not vote for any candidate unless he was for ilve! What do you think of the prospect that nator Teller may be nominated at Chi- cago?” he was asked. A “Senator Teller,” he replied, “isa capital good min, and would make a good Presi- dent, but as to whether he stands any chance of being nominated at Chicago, I do not know.” Doubtful About Chicago. “Do you think the Chicago convention will adopt a silver platform?’ “I cannot tell,” he answered, result will be at Chicago, “Conventions de not always represent the people, and money and persuasion frequently. do their work when least expected.” When asked if he expected a hard fight for re-election to the Senate, Senator Cail answered: ‘Yes, I'll have a hard fight, but I'll clean out the railroads and other corporations, because the people are with me and won't stand any more foolishness.” —- 2 -____ GERMANY’S SUGAR BOUNTY. Consul General Mason Reports as to Its Practical Working. Frank Mason, United States consul gen- eral at Franicfort, has taken advantage of the fact that the new German sugar tax went into effect June 1 to make a special report to the State Department upon the whole subject of sugar export bounties, pointing out the practical workings of the bounty system in Germany, where it orig- inated, and quoting statistics comparing the sugar industry in France and Ger- many. He says they show that the Ger- man sugar producers are safe from Euro- pean competition, and do not need the in- creased export bourty, but nothing could Withstand the agrarian demands. Their victory was one of the most significant events in recent German legislation. The new law cannot fail to increasé Germany's Sugar product and thereby exert a more os tangible effect on the general mar- AS : “what the GIVEN EVERY INCH. Jones Got Justice at,the Hands of Judge Miller. Robert Jones, the colored man who was arrested Friday night for attempting to as- sault Mrs. Alice Thompson in front of her own house, on I street southwest, as pub- lished in Saturday’s Star, was brought up from jail this afternoon, in order that Judge Miller might dispose of the case. This is the case in which Judge Kimbail sentenced the prisoner to only three months in the workhouse as a suspicious character, and then Judge Miller had some doubt as to whether he could hold him-for assault, in view of Judge Kimball's sentence. When Mr. Mullowny, the prosecuting offi- cer, called the court’s attention to the case, he said he had looked up authorities, and had found that the court could punish the man for the offense charged against him. Judge Miller said he was of the same opinion, and he was very glad to say he had found that such was the law, so he could punish the defendant. Policeman Harrover wanted to tell the court that Jones had served a six months’ sentence in jail for assaulting a woman, but the judge said there was no use to hear his statement. “I'm going to give him every inch of time I can give him,” said the judge, “and am only sorry I can’t give him more. It seems to me that this is one of the most vil- lainous attempts to commit a crime I ever heard of. Jones was given three hundred and sixty- four days in jail. SS A Promotion’ Bosra. A board of officers has been-appointed to meet at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., for the examination of the following named officers for promotion: First Lieuts.Joseph ‘T. Dick- man, 3d Cavalry; Henry J. Goldman, 5th Cavalry; Edward Chynoweth, 17th Infan- try; William R. Abercrombie, 2d Infantry; Zerah W. Torrey, 6th Infantry, and Ed- ward O. C. Ord, 22d Infantry. The detail for the board is as follows: Lieut. Cols. Loyd Wheaton, 20th Infantry, and Henry Carroll, 6th Cavalry; Maj. Calvin De Witt, surgeon; Capts. Williem H. Carter, 6th alry, and William F. Lippitt, jr., assist- ant surgeon, with First Lieut. Rowland @. Hill, 20th Infantry, recorder. ———- e+ __—_ Tillman to Speak fn Cooper Institute. It is stated here :that Senator Ti!lman has accepted an fMivitation to’ speak in Cooper Union, New.:York, next Thursday evening. The invitation, it 1s said, was extended b¥ over’ two yundred busi: oss men and bankers of New York city, who approved of his speech in the Senate in favor of silver. Senator Tillman has just concluded a stumping tour in Indiana and Kentucky and has engagements for nearly gull the summe:, covering nearly ever: ate in the country. Efforts of the Silver Leaders to Com- bine the West and South. SILVER REPUBLICANS INSIST ON TELLER Some Good Southern Man to Go Along With Him. A PROBLEM AT CHICAGO ——— The silver problem as it exists today is precisely as was agy. Then it was that the free coinage leaders pub- licly declared that the fate of silver de- pended on a union of the republican west and democratic south, with such results in the middle states as would follow such a union. Firm in that conviction, they went at once to work, and the pr. is of their makin, appeal is to th two sections mentioned. If union Is effect- ed, the stlver men will feel assured of vic- tory; if union is not effected, the w men, for their part, will confess de advance. Will unicn be effected? That Means Teller for First Place. A union of effort means a union ticket— aman from the west and a man from the south. The republican west claims the ht to name the man for first pl She puts forward Mr. Teller. And, more than that, she insists that he must be taken. She has no werds of disparagement for the southern leaders, but Mr. Teller, as she believes, is the one man in the whol try whc by his aggressi the mcst eminently and distinctly for sil- S cause, and therefore the man to rep- ent it this Mr. Teller himself is coun- silent, He knows what is going on in his interests, and he is not ob- jJecting. Mr. Dubois, his protege and bo- som friend, and now also his fellow bolter and representative, puts the case with en- tire frankness, Effective union is impos- sible without M the candidate. This comes pret ing down the law to the south, is what the southern men will have to consider at Chi- cago. Two Prominent Southerners. For second place eral strong and at- tractive men are mentioned. They are, of course, southern men, and thoroughly rep- resentative of their secticn. Any one of them would be entirely acceptable to the western men. Mr. Daniel of Virginia ts is a typical southern man, one of these. He eloquent S$ stood for sil- mpany of those who h all their might the repeal of hasing clav an act. peaker of high repute, he is pu in the debates, and tackles the the pur Geing a forward biggest of the gold bugs. Eva Cap. Howell of the Atlanta Con- stitution is _menticned. Capt. Howell never held office, but with his pen ha a good deal for silver. Georgi: in the silver line is accredited n his influence as to that exerted by Mr. Crisp. The two men have worked together in perfect accord. Capt. Howell was among st to urge that the west and south 1 unite to restore silver to its former as money of redemption in this coun- try. Mr. Eustis of Louisiana. A third, and a very interesting, man men- tioned is Mr. Eustis of Louisiana, And an interesting announcement just now is that Mr. E is on the ocean on his way home for a visit. He will land in } York next Saturday. Although in office under this admiristration, he is a silver man. His most notable speech while he Was in the Senate was in ailvocacy of coinage, and it was regarded a: Lotable speech of that session on that sui- Ject. It is likewise urged in support of Mr. Eustis that he is a thorough Ameri- can, and in his London speech last year led all those members of his party who have since insisted on a stiff assertion of Amer- ican rights and American obligations. fcund his voice on that subject eight months before his chief in the White House aia. The list is a pretty full one. of Mississippi, Mr. Mr. Walthall Morgan of Alabama, Mr. Bland of Missouri, Mr. Culberson of Texas are all on it, and each with a string of excellencies attached to his name. Some Tariff Differences. 4 The proposition recognizes only silver. With the single exception of Capt. Howell, who has always been a moderate protec- tionist, supporting Mr. Randall against Mr. Carlisle for Speaker when the tariff issue was brought up in the organization of the Forty-eighth Congress, the men on the list trom which it is proposed to select a yoke mate for Mr. Teller are all low tariff men. Some of them are almost free traders. Mr. Teller Is a protectionist, outspoken. How a combination would ' work, therefore, which, after the silver question was dis- posed of, would be confronted with ques- tions about which no agrcement would ap- pear to be possible, is one of the problems the democrats at Chicago next month will have to wrestle with prayerfully and ener- getically. Meanwhile the cempaigns of western democrats like Bland and Boies are pro- gressing steadily, on the theory that wh the presidential nominee must 1} ern silver man, it is not necessary that he should be a republican, and that the silver republicans will follow a democratic nomi- nee at Chicago with the understanding that Teller is to be made Secretary of the Treasury. ————— OLEOMARGARINE CASES. More Indictments Turned in Today by the Grand Jury. The grand jury this afternoon returned angther batch of oleomargarine indict- mc &:. The parties indicted today were in- dicte*i some time ago for selling the stuff us and for butter without having placed thereon the label required by law. Today they were indicted for selling it without having first obtained the necessary license. The parties are: Edgar Hogan, John L. Gundling, Joseph H. Goodrich, Frank Deutermann and Samuel J. McCauley. District Attorney Birney stated today to a Star reporter that he would tomorrow proceed with the trials of those who stand indicted for violating the cleomargarine laws, some twenty or more persons. They will be tried before Judge Cole, end the rest of the present month will be devoted to such cases, it being the intention of Mr. Birney to t many of them as possible Lefore the adjournment of the court for the summer. Those parties who were recently cenvicied will not be sentenced by Judge Cole until after the trials this month have been concluded. Se A Medal of Honor. A medal of honor kas been awarded to Frederick N. Deland, late private, Company D, 49th Massachusetts Infantry, for most conspicuous gallantry in action at Port Hudson, La., May 27, 186%. This soldier vol- unteered, in response to a call, and, under a heavy fire from the enemy, advanced and assisted in filling with facines a ditch which presented a serious obstacle to the troops attempting to take the works of the enemy by assault. He is a resident at Great Bar- rington, Berkshire county, Mass. The Illinois Democrats Not Likely to Men- tion Any Candidate. Gov. Altgeld Quoted as Not in Favor of Teller, but the Conven- tion is for Silver. PEORIA, II, June 22.—There has been no slate made for the state ticket to be nominated here tomorrow at the democrat- fe state convention. At least the silver wing of the party has not made up a slat Gov. Altgeld said so, and ¥o did Chairm of the State Central Committee Hinrichsen, This is not a slate-making machine, they ‘They intend to go into the conven- nd let the representatives of the peo- fa- candidate tion ple nominate whomever the majority vors. Of course the different have been discussed in an informal was to their availability, strength and fitness for office, but no machine slate has been formulated. eral Maloney says today attempt to secure a re- further, that he would re it offered the opinion . now first # Attcrney G that he will not nomination, and, cept the nomination w He then expres e, Chairman Hinrichsen said today that he did not believe the delegates-at-large to the Chicago convention would be in- structed. “Had Col. Wm. Morrison remained in the field,” he went on to say, “he could have had the delegation instructed for nim with- out trouble. As it is I'm confident the Il- lnofs delegation will go into the national cenvention unipstructed. There has been talk of instructing the delegates-at-large for Boies of Iowa. Bland of Missouri and Gov. Stone of Missouri have also been men- tioned, but so much has been sald about them it seems to me that it would be un- wise to instruct.” As to the probability of taking up Senator Teller as a presidential candidate, neither governor nor the secretary of state thought it probable. Altzeld’s Renomination. If there, are any delegates to the demo- cratic state convention who do not believe sovernor Altgeld will be renominated they have not yet arrived. As yet there are no other candidates in the field, The general talk among ates is that he will be nominated by acclamation. There have been rumors to the effect that the governor will not but close friends of his say he y an Associates y if he would ac if it were offered him. that I am non- cept the nomi He replied: “You can committal on that poi Both gol standard nd free silver demo- crats here freely admit that he is the stronzest man the party could put in the feld. While there may be no contest for the head of the ticket, it is believed there will be some hot fighting for the other nace: ch of the other offices has from to feur or five candidates. It has not et been decided who will make the ch nominating Gevernor Altgeld. € twe THE Boys. BAKI © the Colleze Oarsmen on the Hudson. POUGHKEEPSIE, practice of the college crews was made sherter than usual this morning on account of the intense heat. ‘The mercury was above 109 on the river. It matte! with the freshman crews, for the Hot Werk have all had their final trials and are in the form which they will carry in the race Wednes- and meantime they will only take a short practice pulls. is few It different with the ‘Varsity, the cou! of most of them feeling that there are many Weak points to be strengthened and some serious faults to be corrected he- fore the race Friday. The Pennsylvania freshmen did not go out this morning, but Ellis Ward had the ‘Varsity eight row down the river and return shortiy before noon. They were well “baked” when they reached the boat house. The two regular Cornell crews started to row up the course this morning. When they reached the big bridge it was plain to Courtney that the torrid sun was creating havoc with the crew, and he sent the youngsters back to the boat house. The * rowed on a little wa: past the Pennsylvania boat house, but they were soon fageed under the terrific heat, and Courtney took them back to the boat house. In the absence of Coach Numford, Capt. Ballard of the Harvard ‘Varsity prompted the freshmen, and the senior crew rowed with only the coxswains coaching in the cove north of the boat house. A change has been made in the Harvard freshmen boat, Capt. Donald having been taken off No. 3 on account of incapacity and G. K. Marvin put in his place. The coach claims that the change will strengthen rather than weaken the crew. Guy Richards coached the Columbia crews along the east short of the river this morn- ing, following them on the yacht Queen Cliy, the Columbia launch Leing disabled again. ee ee KANSAS’ BIG WHEAT CROP. She Can Export P More Than Argentina duces. CHICAGO, June 22.—After many vicissi- tudes during the period of growth the state of Kansas has produced an eminently satis- factory crop of wheat. From returns fur- nished from every county in the state in enswer to inquiries by the Post, the total yield is found to amount to about 43,000,000 bushels. That is about double the quantity Troduced in the same state last year. It exceeds the average yield of the last five years, which Includes the phenomenal- ly heavy crop of 1882. As the requirements of the people of Kansas for bread and seed are not to exceed 9,000,000 bushels num it follows that from her 43,000,000 bushels crop of the present year she can export to communities outside of her own borders 4,000,000 bushels, or about 10,000,- (0 bushels more than the total product of Argentina last year, according to the latest. estimates. poe A Murderer Excaped From Jail. ST. LOUIS, June 22.—Noble Shepard, who was awaiting execution in jail here for the murder of Thomas Morton and Lizzie Leahy, escaped from his ceil some time between midnight and 4 o'clock this mcrning; crawled scme twenty feet through a sewer, climbed to the reof of the gallows on which he was to hang, thence to the high brick wall surrounding the jail yard and then to the street. There is no doubt bet that he was aided by ds on the outside, and the jail authorities and the police are trying ‘to unravel the mystery of the escape. ss An Escaped Lunatic. ‘ial Dispatch to The Evens . CUMBERLAND, Md, June 22—John in, who has been an inmate of the ne asylum in this city for the past years, escaped from that instituti last night. He sawed the bars of his cell with a spoon and tying his bed clothes together lowered himself to the ground. He was last seen at an carly hour this morning on Liberty street, when he fright- ened some people. —— Collision, NEW YORK, June 22—The bark Powell which cleared the 21st for Charleston, S. C., was run into by the ship Iroquois of Bath, Maine, from Honolulu for New York, sugar laden. The Iroquois cut her down to the water's edge. TWO ATTITUDES te Th@se of Mr. Cleveland and Col. Mor- rison Contrasted. SOUND MONEY DEMOCRATS DIFFER Some Think the President's Blast Comes Too Late. NOT IN TOUCH WITH LEADERS x0 convention and that of Color ‘on. Both men favor sound money. are perhaps not in complete agre« 16 details, but both see in the tree o inage of silver a menace to business and to publ «redit. Colonel Morrison looks upon the movement with such disfavor that he would didate, win at not. The pattie. ide ntial ¢ es that silver will Cle cland docs nt has issued a call to admits that the situation is grave, but he «ces not believe that the day is lost. He Wants the sound money democrats to rally for a last charge. Mr. Whitney, for one, in response to this, buckles on his armor, But Colonel Morrison—a very game man— is not in a charging mocd. And why? Sound Money Democrats Not United. The gossip cf the day—much of it well euthenticated—all goes to show that the seund money democrats are not united, There is a good deal of criticism of the President. He is accused of havi been from the outset of this fin nition too hard, too iving. He h: cled all counsel. He has been too little » touch With the party le: He has made it too difficult for them to keep him informed of the changing phases of affairs Som of them, it is now complain could siven him information as far back year ago which a leader in his pos might have used with exc eHent effect the sound moucy caure. But th not get his contidence. He seeme content with his own view. Th that this silver w in his party His s been telling him—and have believed—that Uh iding. But th contrary w . and now he finds it out. Naturally, he offers resistance. i Too Late rn Successfal Fight. Men of Col. Morrison's kin and there are a good many of them in the party— realize that it is now too late to make a successful fight. The silver men, however much the fact is to be plored, are in po: sion of delegates enoveh to write a platform, ond that cart with it the naming of the Th dele- gates ure Instructed, and are exp carry out the wishes of their cons The eyes of the whole country will by on them at Chicago. How, in these cumstsnees, it is asked, can any m: change In the situation be effected would be said if this silver majori' in primaries fairly and op should be converted at © have tpon him as a great surprise. friends had wa: 0 into a sil- ver minority? Would not a scandal be raised? And would nct the men on the grounds identiti vith the negotiations, although maybe guiltless of a wrong, come under the heavy accusations? Cleveland's Eleventh-Hour Blast. For these recsons some of the sound money democrats are now holding aloof from the fray. They deeply repret the sit- uation, and would gladly change it if they could by ary fair means at hand. But as they view the matter resistance now is simply energy misdirected. The silver tide, so far as the party is concerned, cannot be stayed. So far as the President is concern- ed, they would sympathize more with his feelings if he had shown any disposition at an earlier day to co-operate with them. As it is, his eleventh-hour blast is not thought to be worth as many men as was one blown upon the horn of the late Col. Rod- erick Dhu of Scottish fame. ———-r-—____. Army Orders. Major Charles A. Woodruff, commis- sary of subsistence, has been detailed as a member of the examining board at New York city, vice Colonel J. W. Bariger, assistant commissary general of subsist- ence, relieved. Captain Henry B. Osgood, commissary of subsistence, has been ordered before the examining board at New York for ex- amination for promotion. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Captain W. H. C. Bowen, 5th In- fantry, two months’ extension; Masor Louis M. Maus, surgeon, for two months; Captain Charles Shaler, ordnance depart- ment, ten days’ extension; Lieutenant James F. McIndoe, corps of engineers, for two months; Captain Edward S. Chapin, 15th Infantry, one month's extension. eee The Japanese Earthquake. The first official report that has Washington of the great Japs ake and tidal wave came to the State De- rtment today from Mr. Herod, of the United States legation at To! the following brief cablegram, which, how- ever, makes the calamity out much wo than the press reports by tidal wave estimated at y tho} 1 in reports up to date, lity among Americans. fire of the gravest Capt. Frank Heath, ordnance department, is in the city Lieut. H. M. Reeve, 3d Infantry, 1746 N street on leave of absence. Dr. Nevin B. Shade of this city has been invited to read a paper on tuberculc the American Association and Surgeons, whi N. ¥., on the 22d, 2 He leaves this afternocn for that purpe Mr. Samuel Spendan end his 7th street have gone to Atlantic C — is at Killed in a Collisi MONTPELIER, —Two men were killed and three were injured in a rear-ead collision on the 1 Vermont railroad near here this The col- lision was between a Montreal express. Scskind of Chicago and Janesville, Wis. Both were cattlen Silver CHICAGO, June are organizing a pro work among the laboring train an n killed w ward Brow n. Propaganda, people st. The firs red cago, and will : agitation 2 tions of the y. It the trad a . Mont. Its leader a member of the ¢ of the American Railway Union, who spent three months in jail with Debs and his fellow officers at Woodstock. ‘anceled Hix Pension Claim. READING, Pa., June 22.—Henry H. Rit- tenhouse, aged fifty-eight years, blew the top of his head off today with a shotgun. He had recently applied for an increase in his pension. This was refused by the j department at Washington and Ritten- hcuse became very desnandent.