Evening Star Newspaper, June 25, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Ponnsylvanis: Avenve, Cor. 11th Street, by he Evening Star Ni er Oo! . aii a rg ae ae Few York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the ity by carrters, on their own account, at 10 cents Der week, or 44 cents per mouth. Copies at the eccnter 2 cents each. By mati—enywlere fm the United States or Canada—postage prepald—50 cents per mont! Saturday Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreten postage added, $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oitice at Washington, D. C., as second-class mall matter.) TF All mall subscriptions must be paid tn advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. THE GOLD RESERVE Treasury Officials Hope Another Bond Issue Will Not Be Needed. FOSITION OF THE ADMINISTRATION Favorable Figures of This Year's Exports and Imports. LOSSES WILL NOT BE HEAVY SS —Ee The arrest of gold exports during June and the declaration of the St. Louts con- vention for the gold standard are encourag- ing the belief at the Treasury Department that the last issue of bonds has been made which will be required under the present administration. It was hoped, when the popular loan was placed last February, that the gold reserve could be maintained near- ly intact until March 4, 1897, and thi: hope s not been abandoned by treasury offi- cials. President Cleveland, it fs said, will not hesitate to make another bond issue if the reserve is so much impaired as to again threaten the public credit, but if there are no serious losses to the treasury during the summer or until after the election of the next President, Mr. Cleveland will, it is thought, defer to his wishes to some extent as to whether bonds shall be issued before the change of administration or after. He will, it is believed, feel a natural delicacy about making a bond issue upon the eve of leaving office, unless it is absolutely re- quired. But, it is claimed, he can throw the responsibility upon the incoming adminis- tration, and conform his action to their wishes, by a public consultation with the incoming President, and may thus maintain the rr fe point without embar- y of the new President. ‘There has been no disposition at the Treas- ury Department or the White House to put the new administration “in a hole” in this matter, as it is claimed the present admin- istration was placed by President Harrison, but it has been felt that if the new admin- istration did not propose to purse the policy of issuing bonds under existing law to maintain the publie credit, the outgoing administration should not embarrass them by a large bond issue without their consent. Effect of a Free Silver Declaration. The ability of the treasury to maintain the gold reserve unimpaired during the sum- mer and autumn depends, according to the friends of the administration, to some ex- tent upon the effect of a declaration for free silver by the Chicago convention. It has been feared that such a declaration would astrous to the public credit and the national finances. But this fear has been somewhat mitigated by the strong declara- tion of the St. Louis convention for the rd and the beneficial effeet upon de of political accidents, al and abnormal years of gold exports seems to indicate that the net losses to the reserve will not be heavy during the summer. The reserve increased from $110,414,231 on July 31 to $124,- 006,119 on October IL The reserve remained substantially unchanged in 1893 from April to October, and then began the heavy losses h compelled the bond issue of Feb- Tuary, ISM. The reserve again remained nearly intact during the summer of ISM, although it touched $54,975,607 on July 31, and did not suffer seriously until October, when another bond issue became a neces- sity. The transactions of 1805 were domi- nated by the contract with the Morgan syn- dicate, ‘and the export movement, which might have taken place in the spring, was Postponed until August and September. Even under these conditions, the reserve stood at £2,945,179 on October 31, and the great losses did not occur until the follow- ing months. The gold exports during July, August and September, 18% were about $15,000,000, but the reserve suffered a net of only about $15,000,000, owing, it is said, to the lberal deposits of gold by the syndicate outside the amount required by the terms of their contract. Twe Conditions Counted On. Two conditions are counted upon to maintain the gold reserve during the pres- ent summer and autumn, in the absence of @ serious penic due to political causes. One of these conditions fs the usual de- maré for emall currency to move the crops, and the other is the favorable balance of merchandise transactions. Secretary Car- lisle has kept in force the circular issued last fall, offering to pay the express charg- es both ways when gold is offered to the government In exchange for currency. This policy, or something, similar to it, enabled Secretary ‘ester to inerease the reserve $14,000,000 in three months In 1892, In the face of rearly $20,000,000 of note redemp- tions by the New York subtreasury. The exchange of currency for gold, even with- out the payment of express charges in all ceses, built up the reserve $4,000,000 in the autumn ef IMM. The demand for currency has been less during the past two or three years than under normal trade conditions because cf the dullness in the markets an1 the accumulation of money in New York. It is expected that there will be a more active demand this summer, and ampe preparations have been made by Treasurer Morgan and the bureau of engraving and printing to st pply any class of notes which may be desired. The other force counted upon to protect the reserve—the state of the foreign trade balance—is operating more strongly this vear in favor of the United States than for several years past. The balance of exports of merchandise during the five months ending with May was about $65,000,000. ‘This affords a higher monthly average than the figures for the calendar year 1804, when the excess of exports was $18,738. That year was one of exceptionally large exports, be- cause of the low prices which followed the paric, the inability to buy foreign gools and the demand for foreign exchange to pay for American securities dumped upon the home market by foreign Investors. ‘The total exports of that year, In the ab- serce of any special demand ‘for cereals, 48, and the imports were only Figures for the Present Year. The figures for the present year show a material increase In imports and exports ever the record of some of the years of depression, but the balance fs largely on the side of experts. The eleven months of the fiscal year ending In May showed an excess of exports of only $92,711,017—an Improvenrent of $10,500,000 over 1895—but the figures for the five months of the calendar year show an improvement ¢f more than 360,000,000. The treasury offi- cials do not adhere to the mercantile theory er to the b that the volume of mer- ebandise transactions ts the measure of the balance of gold Imports and exports, but they feel that a favorable merchandise hal- ance fs an encouraging indication of dimin- ishing gold exports. Their belief in this respect is considered to be confirmed by the fact that there has not yet been any arming movement of American securi- ties held abroad toward this country, and that none Is likely to cur unless the threat of a silver victory in November be- pomes serious. . ++ The Orcgon Accepted. The Navy Department has finally accept- ed the battle ship Oregon from the bulld- ers, the Uaion iron works of San Fran- cisco, who have made good all defects in the protective deck. Che Evening Sta ¢ No. 13,514. GREAT BRITAIN’'S REQUEST Friendly Offices of This Goverament Asked to Secure Harrison's Release, Secretary Olney Had Interviews Both With the Venezuelan Minister and British Ambassador. Secretary Olney received calls today from Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas- sador, and Minister Andrade of Venezuela, with both of whom he conferred, separ- ately, concerning the arrest by Venezuelan troops of the British crown surveyor, Mr. Harrison, on the Guiana-Venezuelan bound- ary. It is understood that Sir Julian, act- ing under instructions from the British foreign office, requested the friendly in- tervention of the United States toward se- curing the release of Harrison, similar to the intervention of the British authorities in behalf of John Hays Hammond during the Transvaal uprising. Mr. Andrade Called Early. Mr. Andrade was first at the department, so that at the time of his call the British request »ad not been submitted, and there was nothing for Mr. Olney to ask, if he had been disposed to intervene. Mr. An- drade called very early, before the usual hour for diplomatic visitors. He was with Mr. Olney some time, going over quite fully the circumstances of the Harrison inci- dent, which has lent a new interest to the Venezuelan complication. The view of the minister was that the affair had been magnitied, and that it was lacking in cir- cumstances of serious indignity or wrong to the British. Both he and the Secretary spoke Informally, however, as no official dispatches were at hand, either from the United States minister at Caracas or from the government to Mr. Andrade. This ab- sence of official informatien was regard-1 as showing that the Caracas authorities do not attach that importance to the sub- ject that it had assumed in London. Sir Julian Pauncefote’s Interview. Sir Julian’s call was made an hour after Mr. Andrade had left. The exact nature of the British request was not made public, but there is little doubt that its essential feature is a request for friendly interven- tion by the United States. Owing to the British-Venezuelan trouble, the British have no minister or consuls in Venezuela, so that it is necessary for an outside power to act for that government in any transac- tion with Venezuela. Germany has here- tofore acted in this capacity for the Brit- ish, but the interest and influence which the United States has with Venezuela has evidently inclined the British to seek the good offices of this country rather than those of Germany. What Has Reen Done. It is believed that Secretary Olney has already communicated with the Venezuelan government through the medium of the United States minister at Caracas. His first step in the usual course would be to seek to ascertain for himself, through our minister, the exact facts in the case, but, in view of the peculiar relations of the parties, he might so far depart from the ordinary methods as to precede this, in the Present instance, with a request that Mr. Harrison b2 released and the status quo be thus restored to what it was before the arrest, it being understood, meantime, that there shall be no advance on either side until the case can be settled soberly and on its merits. The interview between Sec- retary Olney and Sir Julian lasted half an hour, and on neither side was there any disposition to make public anything as to its nature or result, but there is Teason to believe that a solution of the present diffi- culty is expected within two or three days. ———_——__+e+______ PROTECTION OF CHILDREN. Subjects to Be Corisidered at the Congress in Genoa. Monsfeur Edouard Fatio, secretary of the “second international congress of relief and second interne tioral congress for the protection of children,” through United States Consul Ridgely et Geneva, has for- warded to the Secretary of State an invita- tion to the government and people of the United States to send delegates to the con- gress, which is to meet in Geneva Septem- ber 14-19, inclusive, and to participate in its deliberations. Memoirs are invited upon the following subjects: Public and private relief in general, including societies for the organization of charity; international re- lef for foreigners, relief through employ- ment; physical and medical protection cf children, including hospitals, climacteric es- tablishments, cures, holiday outings + pro- tection of pregnant women, rearing of in- fants; moral protection of children, includ- ing protective societies, reformatory estab- lishments, industrial and agricultural col- enies, protection of children in courts of law, end want of parental authority; pri- vate Initiative toward the protection of unfortunate children; administrative pro- tection of children, including superintena- ence of children placed out of their parents’ homes, superintendence of children in the street and at-school, cookery schools, deal- ing with vicious children and delinquents, correctional establishments, etc. 2 ——_ + e ______ MR. RAMON O. WILLIAMS. ‘The Ex-Consul General at Havana Calls at the State Department. Mr. Ramon O. Williams, ex-United States consul general to Havana, called at the State Department today to close up his con- nection with the government and settle his accounts. He saw Secretary Olney, and also had a long interview with Assistant Secretary Rockhill, who fs immediately in charge of the consular branch of the serv- ice. Mr. Williams will stop in Washington for a couple of days, and expects to make a tour of Europe this summer. Just when he will again visit Cuba he has not deter- mined, but he confidently expects to do so some day. He feels that he left the affairs of his office in satisfactory shape when he relinquished control to General Lee, having established beyond question the’ system of jurisprudence provided by treaty for the protection of American citizens in Cuba. Mr. Williams took refuge under the con- sular regulations when he was questioned as to the state of affairs politically in Cuba and declined to speak upon that subject. He said his mission to Washington was a private one, but it is to be assumed that he expressed himself with freedom in regard to the situation in Cuba in his interviews with Secretary Olney and Mr. Rockhill. ge ees A CONSERVATIVE VOTE. The Spanish Senate Declines to Re- nounce the Protocol of 1877. MADRID, June 25. he senate, by a vote cf 8&3 to 44, have rejected the motion made by Senator Comasm on Monday last, during the discussion of the Allianca incident, providing for an amendment to the roya’ address demanding that the pro- tocol of 1877 with the United States be renounced in view of the inequality of the rights cf Spanish and American citizens under the present conditions. —_— '$ TIDAL WAVE. JAPAY The Death Loss Greater Than Sup- posed. YOKOHAMA, June 25.—It is now stated that 27,000 persons were drowned and 8,000 were injured during the recent tidal wave and earthquakes in the northern provinces of Japan. WASHINGTON, D. Q, THURSDAY, JUNE 25, 1896-TWELVE PAGES TWO CENTS. THE STAR BY SAIL. 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-oflice to another should give the last address as well as the new one. DISCHARGED THE MEN)" DEM Much Interest Shown Over the Attitude of Metropolitan Company Makes an Tssue With the K. of L. OFFICERS OF THE ASSEMBLY DROPPED Sudden Action Causes Excitement Among the Employes. ——-__ ORDER OF THE DIRECTORS ‘There was today much excitement among the employes of the Metropolitan Railway Company who are members of the Street Railway Assembly of the Knights of Labor and other members of the K. of I. on ac- count of the summary dismissal by Presi- dent Phillips from the employ of the com- pany of every driver, conductor or motor- man who was an officer of the assembly or member of the executive hoard. No charge was, it is said by the men dis- charged, made against any of them, and the first intimation that any of them had of his impending fate was when he reported for duty this morning. He was then told by the officer in charge at the power house on 4% street southwest, or at the depot on P street northwest, according as the man was employed on the 9th street or F street line, that his services were no longer required. Inquiry around the headquarters as to the cause failed to disclose any information on the subject, and all those interested who questioned were referred to President Phil- lips. Called on Mr. Phillips. Mr. F. M. Dent, who is secretary of the Street Railway Assembly, and was em- ployed as a motorman on the Sth street line, told a Star reporter that soon after receiv- ing his notice of dismissal he, with others who were discharged, called on President Phillips and requested an interview with him. Mr. Phillips refused, he said, to re- ceive the men in a body, but directed that they be admitted singly to his office, and Mr. Dent was the first to enter the room. Mr. Dent said he then asked President Phillips to tell him why he was discharged, remarking that he had always been con- sidered a good motor man, and he had un- derstood that such was his reputation with the railroad company. The president ad- mitted, he said, that Mr. Dent's record was gcod, but declined to talk further along that line. He then read to Mr. Dent the copy of a resolution, which, it was stated, was recently adopted by the board of di- rectors, and which, so far as Mr. Dent could recollect, stated that in the opinion of the board of directors of the Metropolitan Rail- road Company the employment any longer of certain named men would be detrimental to the best interests of the comunity. In explanation of this Mr. Phillips, ac- cording to Mr. Dent, said the resolution was adopted at the last meeting of the board, and as he was in the employ of the board he could not do otherwise than carry out the resolution. Mr. Dent then retired ffom the presi- dent’s office, and as the other discharged men entered each was in turn informed of the text of the resolution and given the same information as had been given to Mr. Dent. Continuing his talk with The Star re- porter, Mr. Dent said: “I am astounded at the action taken by President Phillips, because there was no trouble whatever be- tween the Railway Assembly and the rail- road company, and I can only construe it to mean an effort on Mr Phillips’ part to break up our organization. Several weeks ago the officers of the assembly sent a let- ter to Mr. Phillips, asking for an inter- view for the purpose of establishing the same friendly relation between the em- ployes of the Metrcpolitan Railway Com- pany and the company itself as now ex- ists between the Columbia Railway Com- pany and its employes. “We received a reply to our communi- cation a few days later from the board of directors over the signature of the secre- tary, Mr. Wilsbn, declining to grant the conference asked for, on the ground that no grievances existed and that the com- pany was not discharging any one, not even those who were supposed to be inimi- cal to it.” “The members of the Railway Assem- bly thought that this assured their con- tinued employmen: by the company and gave themselves no uneasiness on the sub- ject. Consequently when the blow fell this morning its effect was comparable to a clap of thunder from a clear sky.” A Conflict Expected. Persons conversant with the history of the Street Railway Assembly and its deal- ings with the Metropolitan Railway Com- pany have feared that, sooner or later, matters would come to a crisis. An inter- view between one of the principal stock- holders and a Star reporter was printed in The Star several months ago, in, which it was asserted by the stockholder shat there was a conflict impending betweef the mem- bers of the Street Railway Assembly and the railroad company, and that when the F and East Capitol streets line was ready to be opened for operation by electricity it would be definitely settled whether the rail- way was controlled by its officers and dl- rectors or by its employes. Antagonized the Road. It Is stated by persons interested in the company that on many occasions during the recent session of Congress members of the Street Railway Assembly were seen at the Capitol, actively antagonizing the offi- cers of the riilroad company in their ef- forts to secure additional privileges from Congress for the road. It is further stated that the course of some of the officers at the headquarters of the Knights of Labor here, who have attacked Mr. Phillips in the journal of the order, has aided in bringing about the state of affairs which caused the discharge of the men today. It is said that there was not one of the discharged men who was not regarded as a very capable employe, and some of them had been tn the service of the company for many years. It Is expected that the K. of L. and local Federation of Labor will at their next meeting boycott the railroad company. News of the action of the railway com- pany spread rapidly today among members of workingmen’s organizations, and much indignation was expressed by them. —————— . Personal Mention. Lieut. Wm. M. Crofton, Ist Infantry, has been granted*leave of absence for one month. Cadet F. W. Van Duyne of the Military Academy has been granted leave of ab- sence until August 28 on account of dis- ability. Lieut. Karl Rohrer of the Amphitrite has reported at the Navy Department tor tem- porary duty. Lieut. A. A. Ackerman, on duty at the Union iron works, San Francisco, is on a visit to this city. Maj. Gaines Lawson, U.S.A., retired, is stopping at the Hotel Johnson. Second Lieuts. George T, Patterson and Harry O. Williard of the. West Point class of 1896 are on a visit to this city. ———— Government Receipts. National bank notes received today for redemption, $426,450. Government receipts —From -internal revenue, $488,778; customs, $451,462; miscellaneous, $25,838. OCRATIC RANKS the Delegates. What is Said About Their Probable Course Regarding a National Committeeman, The article in Monday’s Star concerning the course to be pursued by the democratic delegation from the District to the Chicago convention regarding the money question and the selection of a national committee- man, has been the subject of much discus- sion among local democrats, as it occasion- ed considerable surprise even among those who are looked upon as being familiar with the inside affairs of the party here. The positive announcement of Mr. Frank P. Morgan that he would support Mr. James L. Norris for national committeeman was especially produetive of surprise to scme of the politicians who claim to have knowl- edge of the circumstances of his election as delegate. It was declared by these gen- tlemen that Mr. Morgan had his way to Chicago made clear by the action of Mr. Michael I. Weller, who retired from the central democratic committee in Mr. Mor- gan's favor and threw his influence tc Mr. Morgan’s support in the campaign that followed. They assert with much positive- bess that Mr. Morgan was only given this aid with the understanding that he would not support Mr. Norris for the national committee membership. It was also de- clared that Mr. Morgan could not have re- ceived votes sufficient to elect him in the convention if it had not been regarded as certain that he would oppose Mr. Norris. The other members of the “combine,” as the central committee ticket was termed during the campaign, who are Messrs. Hol- mead, Boyle, Jordan and Mattingly, were generally regarded during the fight, so it is freely asserted, to be virtually pledged to recommend Mr. Lawrence Gardner for ap- pointment on the rational committee as the District member. It was stated at the time that Mr. Gardner managed the campaign for the “combmne,” and it was in his office that all the plans cf the campaign were formulated. The alleged understanding that Mr. Gardner should be supported by the combine as national committeeman ex- tended, it is asserted, to Mr. Morgan. Mr. Morgan, when made acquainted today with the assertions regarding his course, characterized them,to a Star reporter as untrue, “I had no agreement with Mr. Weller, implied or otherwise," sald he; “nor with any one else. I did ‘not ask a’ member of the convention held at the Academy of Music to vote for me, and I made no pledges of any sort to anybody, and no one had the most remote authority to make any for me.” = = DEATH OF COL, BRACKETT. He Wi Be Burted at Arlington With Military Honors, Col. Albert Gallatin Brackett, United States army, retired, who was stricken with paralysis three years ago, and ever since has been in ill health, died this morn- ing at his home, No. 14726 Q street, in his sixty-elghth year. Col. Brackett was born in Cherry Valley, N.Y., February 14, 1828. He went to In- diana in 1846, and in June, 1847, became second lievtenant in the 4th Indiana Volun- teers, but was promoted to be first lieu- tenant during the ‘same month. He par- ticipated in a number of battles during the Mexican war, and wes hencrably dis- charged at the close of that struggle. March 3, 1855, he was appointed a cap- tain in the 2d Regiment, U. S. Cavalry, and was sent to Texas to fight the Indians. His campaign was very successful, defeating them in a number ¢f engagements, and re- covered much valuable property, for which he received the thanks of Gen. Winiield Scott, commanding the army. He remained in Texas and along the Rio Grande until the civil war broke out, when, after doing duty im some other places, he was ordered to Washington, and took part in the Bull Run and other battles during July, 186i. He became cclonel of the {th Ilinois Cavalry in October of the same year, and took part in many of the battles which took place during the next few months. July 17, 1862, he was promoted to be major in the st Cavalry, Regular Army, and assigned to duty as chief of the cavalry, Department of Missourl, where he served in 1862-33. In January, 1864, he was placed In com- mand of the 2d Brigade of the Cavalry Di- vision, 16th Army Corps, and in July of the same year was appointed acting in- specter general of cavalry and special in- spector of cavalry for the Cavalry Bureau, Army of the Cumberland, and participated in the siege of Atlanta and other important events, and received the brevets of major, lieutenant colonel and colonel for gallant and meritorious services during the war. During the rext thirteen years he per- formed much important service for the gcvernment, and as a result was appointed colonel of the 3d Cavalry, and during the next five years was engaged in almost con- stant campaigning against the Indians. From October 1, 1882, to October 1, 188t, he was superintendent of the Mounted Re- cruiting Service at Jefferson barracks, Mis- scuri, when he seturned to his regiment, with which he remained until he was re- tired at his own request February 18, 1891, and since then has resided in Washington. His funcral will take place tomorrow afternoon at 3:30 o'clock from St. Thomas’ Church, and the remains will be escorted by the 6th Cavalry to Arlington, where the interment will take place. The deceased leaves a widow and two sons—the latter now being, in San Francisco. ‘The committee to attend the funeral on the part of the Sons of the American Rev- olution consists of Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, U.S. A.; Capt. Walter Howe, U .S. A.; Gen. Thos. M. Vincent, U. 8. A., and Medical Inspector J. M. Flint, U. 8. N. MR. McLEAN SILENT. He Returns to Washington, but Will Not Batk Politics. Mr. John R. McLean returned to the city today from Hot Springs, and imfifersed himself in work to exouse himself from the newspaper men upon interviewing bent. He pleaded wide-eyed innocence of knowl- edge of recent political happenings in Ohio, while insinuations of presidential aspira- tions were repelled gently, and the blush of modesty mantied his brow. Mr. McLean's name !s being mentioned with increasing emphasis in connection with the Chicago democratic convention, rumor attaching it first to the vice presi- dency, and since the meeting of the Ohio convention promoting it a peg higher. If his name 1s presented to the convention, local interest will attend it, for as presi- dent of the Washington Gas Company, and a large property owner in this city, he is intimately connected with local affairs, and morg.so by reason of the fact that he is a resid@t of Washington The New Japanese Minister. The rew Japanese minister, Mr. Hoshi Toru, who arrived in Washington yester- day, will, it is expected, be able to present his credentials to President Cleveland be- fere the latter leaves Washington for the summer. The new minister is accredited only to the United States, the stationing of a Japanese political agert in Mexico reliev- ing him of the necessity for acting also as minister to that country, as did Mr. Ku- riro, his predecesgor. Mr. Hoshi Toru in his brief sojourn in this country has al- ready noted the fact that there is room for enlargement of the trade relations of the United States with Japan. WILL SHOW FIGHT The British Likely to Resent the Arrest of Their Surveyor. NON- RESISTANCE 18 DEPRECATED The Venezuelan Question Takes on a New Complication. PRESS COMMENT eS ° (Copyright, 1896, by the Associated Prees.) LONDON, June 25.—The latest advices from Georgetown, British Guiana, are of a more reassuring nature. Although no se- rious trouble is anticipated, it is safe to say that the British government will not allow the arrest of Mr. Harrison to pass without notice, and it is possible that a re- monstrance of a most emphatic nature will be made to the government of Venezuela. A high authority upon the Venezuelan question, in an interview upon the situa- tion, expressed the,opinion that in spite of the serious aspect which the dispute had once more assumed, !t was not likely that offensive measures partaking of the nature of a war would be necessary, as it was the opinion of those best qualified to judge that the arrest of the crown surveyor was not the direct act of the government of Vene- zuela, but was due to the hasty and prob- ably Irresponsible act of some local agents, acting under a misapprehension, and that when proper representations are made to the government at Caracas the latter will apologize. ‘The St. James Gazette this afternoon says that in dispatching a military force to pro- tect the British surveying and road-nak- ing parties near the Acarabiaci the govern- ment of British Guiana has done what the situation plainly demanded, adding: “The Policy of non-resistance pursued has not been successful in settling our disputes with Venezuela. No other great power would for a moment have stood the series of attacks of Venezuelan soldiers on Brit- ish officials.” GORMAN GIVES UP. He Says There is No Use in Making a Fight at Chicago. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, June 25.—A close political friend of Senator Gorman told The Star ccrrespondent today that the Senator has declared positively to him that he had no intention of going to the Chicago conven- tion in any capacity whatsoever. The Senator asserted his belief that all efforts to stamp out the silver sentiment will Prove unavailing, and that while he was fully in accord with the views of Mr. Whit- ney and other eastern leaders, he was con- vinced that their efforts will be ineffectual, and he had, on that account, decided not to enter the struggle. The regular demo- crats, however, still hope that Mr. Gorman may be won over prior to the assembling of the convention, and every effort will be brought to bear to induce him to forego his determination, —_—__-—___ STILL CHOKING THE PRESS. Weyler Banishes Another New York Correspondent. HAVANA, June 25—A iran named Ji- menez, said to oe 2 Venezuelan, and a companion of Thomas R. Dawley, the American artist who was recently arrested and subsequently released, has been de- tained on the charge of cbtaining photo- graphs of the deferses composing the mil- {tary line across the province of Pinar Del Rio. W. W. Gay, a correspondent of the New York Worle, was notified last night that he had been expelled from the island, and must leave Cuba by the first steamer. Gay will leave this city on Saturday. A dispatch from Guanajay announces the surrender of Jose Gonzalez, an important Insurgent leader, and Jorge Terran and Farinas, belonging to important families. At several other points twenty insur- gents have surrendered to the authorities. DEATH OF JUDGE TRUMBULL. He Was a Strong Lawyer and a Broad-Minded Statesman. CHICAGO, June 25.—Ex-United States Serator Lyman Trumbull dled this morn- ing at his home in this city at 8 o'clock. He had keen ill a long time, but rallied at Intervals, causing hope that he might even- tually recover. His last relapse, however, settled his fate, in the mind of his physi¢ cians, and the end has been expected daily for the past week. Judge Trembull was born at Colchester, New London county, Conn., in 1813. For ver sixty years his has been a life of ceaseless activity. In the beginning he was an anti-slavery democrat. As a republican he fought, side ty side, with Lincoln and the men who founced the republican party. In 1872 Fe became a democrat. In the latter years of his life he parted company with that party. He took such a ground against the extension of power of the United States courts that ne bec&me the hope of the populists, and, in a sense, their counsellor: All the time all parties re- spected him. Judge Trumbull’s last appearance in a court room was as counsel for the Ameri- tan Railway Union officers before the Su- preme Court at Washington. Only once since then has he appeared in public, and that appearance gave added point to the claims of the pepulists upon him. It was @ mass meeting in Central Music Hall, where he spoke at length upon the causes of ciscontent amorg the industrial classes. He spoke of the encroachment of the fed- eral courts upon the constitutional rights of the people, and emphasized the point that deliverance from the oppression of privileg- ed monopolies could orly be had through the ballot. Judge Trumbull was twice mar- rigd. His first wife was Julia Maria Jayne of Springfield, to whom he was wedded in 1843. She died in Washington in 1368. In 1887 he married Mary J. Ingraham of Saybrook, Conn. His end was peaceful. He was conscious just before he expired, but was unable to do more than recognize those about him. He was surrounded by his family and phy sicians, ard death came like a quiet sleep. Judge ‘Trumbull’s final sickness was the re- sult of a cold contracted while attending the funeral of his old friend, ex-Gov. Kor- ner, at Belleville, Il. + FORT CHARTER SURRENDERED. The Insurgents Capture Supplies and Ammunition, BULUWAYO, June 25.—It fs officially an- nounced that Fort Charter is surrounded by the insurgents, and that wagons with food supplies for Gwelo, have been stopped at Marendella, which have been looted by insurgents, who secured 25,000 pounds of cartridges. —— Will Try Again. CHICAGO, June 25.—Letter Carrier Smith started Tuesday morning to beat the Chi- cago-New York road record, but when sev- enty-five miles out was caught in a storm, and had to return. He left again at 38:30 last night. AT THE WHITE HOUSE The President and His Party Return From ‘heir Fishing Trip. Getting Down to Business and Attack- ing the Personal and Off- cial Mail. ‘There was a general reassermbling of the President's official family today, as a re- sult of the return to the city of the Presi- dent and Secretaries Olney ard Carlisle. Sceretary Olney got back about 9 o'clock last night and was at his desk in the State Depactment early this morning. He was extremely non-committal as to his move- ments, and no one at the department knew or woull say where he spent the past two days. It is believed, however, that he took advantage of the President's make a visit to Boston on private busi- ness. The Presidentiol Fishing Party. The presidential fiching party returned to Washington on the light house tender Violet at about 9:30 o'clock. The President und Secretary Carlisle drove directly to the White House, where they separated, the President going to his private upartments and the Secretary of the Treasury going home to remove the marks of travel. Com- muander Lamberton of the navy and Dr. O'Reilly of the ermy, the president's phy- ian, the other members of the expedi- tion, drove to their homes iu a separate arriage. The party was away three days and a half. The members say they had a delightful cuting, and that both the Presi- dent and Secretary Carlisle were much in- vigorated by the trip. They sailed down the Potomac and in Chesapeake bay as fer as the mouth of the James river. The fishing was all done in the Chesapeake, and very fair sport was had, the party making a gool catch of salt water fish. ‘They moved about only during the right, and in that way avoided detection and pur- suit by mariners in search of them. Getting Down to Work. The President lost no time in getting to work after his brief vacation, and he spent an hour or two of the forenoon with Pri; vate Secretary Thurber, in the considera- tion of the official and personal mail that had accumulated during his absence. it was stated at the White House during the afternoon that uo official announcements in regard to Cuba, Venezuela ®r other pub- lie questions need be expected as a result of the President's few: days’ absence in search of rest and rezréation. Mr. Ryan, collector of Internal revenue at Richmond, who has just returned from a visit to Consul General Lee at Havana, had a short interview yesterday afternoon with Assistant Secretary Rockhill. He said, however, that he brought no official Papers or documents of any kind from Con- sul General Lee at Havana, and that his ence here had no official connection with Cuban matters. His views, he added, were entirely personal and «id not pretend to represent the attitude of Gen. Lee. ae eee POPULIST TICKET. Senator Peffer Thinks It Should Holcombe and Tom Watson. Senator Peffer leaves today for home. Before starting he said concerning the pcpulist attitude og the presidential ques- tio! “The recent pronunclamento of a few populist gentlemen at St. Louis, urging the democratic convention to nominate Mr. Tel- ler, was, In my judgment, an impertinence, and it was treacherous so far as it attempt- ed to speak for the populist party as a whole. These gentiemen spoke without au- thority from the populist party, and I do not believe the party will sustain them. They had not conferred with the party and had been given no commission to speak for it. Personally I have a high regard for Mr. Teller, but I have no idea that the old party spirit of the democratic organization will be so far relaxed as to bring about his nomination. “And In anygevent I do not think exist- ing conditions Warrant populist indorsement of the democratic presidential ticket, even though the nominee is for free silver and the platform contains a positive free silver declaration. I regard the integrity and perpetuity of the populist party as essen- Ual to carrying out the plans of reforms we have espoused. The money question is but one of these. While the democratic convention doubtless will be for free sil- ver, yet it will not be expressive of those other great questions of land tenure and of labor which the populist party regard as vital. I had hoped that there might be some amalgamation of democrats, popu- Usts, silver men and all others in a new declaration of principles, and, if need be, a new name. But the time for that has gone by, and all that remains ts for the populist party to maintain its integrity by nominat- ing its own candidates on its own platform. “Concerning the populist candidates, I personally favor the nomination of Gov. Holcombe of Nebraska for first place on the ticket, and I had considered Nugent of Texas as the strongest man for second place up to the time of his death. Under the circumstances, Tom Watson of Georgia is probably the most available man. This combines the west and the south, the two scctions to which we look for results.” ————-2+—____ THE NEW YORK PLATFORM. Be Silver Democrats Better Pleased Than They Expected to Be. ‘The silver democrats are much better pleased than they had any idea they would be with the action of the New York con- vention on the money question. They ccn- tend that the New York platform will estop the New York delegates from a bolt and from declining to support a free silver ticket. As they interpret the platform it means no more than that the New York Gemocracy approves of the rehabilitation of silver and favors a double standard, but differs with the silver democracy as to how this Is best to be brought about. They say that as the New York convention adopts the principle of double standard the delegates cannot consistently bolt ihe na- tional convention on account of a difference of opinion as to the detail of party pro- cedure in securing the double standard. ‘The silver extremists flatter themselves that the wording of the platform adopted at Saratoga discloses the presence of a silver sentiment in the convention, and in- stead of the attempt at conciilation excit- ing a responsive disposition to harmonize, it is likely to make the extreme silver miei more stubborn than ever. ———— Committed Sufcide Because Insane. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERLAND, Md., June 25.—Lioyd Bell, aged forty-three, a harness maker, residing rear Oakland, M4. committed suicide yesterday morning by hanging him- self with a rope to the limb of a tree in a cemetery. The suicide left a letter in which he asked that he be buried ia the same grave with his father and without a coflin. The letter also stated that he had been insane for three years and thought it strange that people had not noticed it. —__s—_— To Buy the Road. NEW YORK, ‘June 25.—The foreclosure sale of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad at $i. Louis on the 27th instant wifl be attended by the purchasing commit- tee empowered by the reorganization inter- ests to bid on the property. The minimum price is placed at $1,250,000. TELLER AT CHICAGO His Strength to Uome From the South, HOPE OF A STAMPEDE ON FIRST BALLOT Democrats Threaten to Bolt. Wisconsin _ Silver GENERAL POLITICAL DENVER, Col., June 25.—The friends of Senator Henry M. Teller, who have been advocating his candidac: for President of the much encoureged by the reception which the boom started in St. Louis immediately after the bolt of the western delegates has had in the west and south. It is ainoune- ed that Mr. Te'ler’s name will positively be presented to the Chicago convention, and it fs hoped that the strength he will show on the initial ballot will stampede the convention to him. Mr. Teller’s nomination will come from the south, where it is claimed he is par- ticularly strong, not only on account of his record as a silver leader, but also be- cause of his yote against the force bill and his well-known opposition to the more radical actions of the republican party on the tariff question. It has not yet been de- cided who will deliver the nominating ad- dress. It is claimed that Senator Blackburn, for whom the Kentucky delegation is instruct- ed, would rather sce Teiler nominated than United carry off the prize themsely it is ex- pected that some one very close to the Kentucky statesman will be commissioned lace Senator Teller’s name before the democratic coavention. Colorado will offer no resolutions, and her delegates will not be particularly cen- Spi us in the convention, but it is pro- bored to send from this stite a delesation of citizens who are expected to attract attention. It ts asserted that to #® mon, including many of the fest and best known business men of ¢ state, with a mammoth brass land «nd the famous Leadville Drum Corps, will be in Chicago to shout for free silver and Henry M. Teller for President. Much remains to be done in the atter of de . but the work is going forward enthusiastically. Friends of Mr. Teller say that the indorsement of the populist party Is assured for if the democrats make him their candidate, and that this would le impossible should a straight dem- ocrat be chosen. NATIONAL SILVER PARTY. The Convention Will Indorse Senator Tellers Course. DENVER, Col., June 25.—Seven h delegates to the Colorado state convention of the national silver party? which will convene in this elty this afternoon, are al- ready on the ground. The offic the convention will be chosen by the delegates in open meeting. No slate will be prepared for any action of the convention. Seventy delegates to the St. Louis national conven- tion wili be elected, and resolutions will be adopted indorsing Senator Henry M. 1 ler as a presidental candidate, and in ¢ event that he is net suc sful, favoring his return to the United States Senat The deiegation to St. Louis will probably irelude such men as W. N. Byers, James B. Bclford and I. N. Stevens. phe convention was called to order in the dway Theater at 1:15 am. oy 1. N. ens, There were 710 delegates present. ndred Prayer was offered by Rev. Thomas Uzzell, who asked @ blessing “on this convention, on the coming silver convention at St. Leuis and especially upon the convention that Is to meet in Chicago.” Mr. Stevens explained the purposes of the convention and congratulated the counties on sending to Denver delegates to a meet- ing “at which there was no pie counter in sight.” He expressed the hope that the Chicago convention would nominate a man} whose position on silver was unequlvocal and suggested Henry M. Teller as the ideal candidate. The mention of Senator Teller’s name set the convention wild and the enthusiasm was continued over the names of Sibley, Bland, Blackburn, Morgan and the southern free silver Senators. The convention se- lected ex-United States Senator H. A. W. Tabor temporary chairman, and David Day and Mrs. Sue Hall secretaries. After ap- pointing the committees the convention took @ recess until 3 o'clock. A WISCONSIN SILVER HO! The White Metal Men Resent the Unit Rule. MILWAUKEE, Wis., June 25.—The silver men in the Wisconsin democratic delega- tion announce that they will bolt the unit rule imposed upon the delegates by the state convention when they vote on the Platform tm Chicago. They argue that if the national convention docs not insist upon the unit rule they will not be bound by the action of the state convention, and they peint to the fact that the convention Tuesday refused to respect the unit rule made by several of the counties, Having set the example, they say, the majority cannot object if its action receives similar | treatment in the larger convent The action of the silver men will take Wiscon- sin out of the column of solid gold states at Chicago. HOPEFUL MARYLAND REPUBLICANS, Delighted That Mr. Wellington Goes on Hanna's Executive Committee. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., June —Senator- elect Wellington arrived in town from his home in Cumberland today, and has been conferring with a number of his political associates In regard to the approaching rational campaign. This being the first visit of Mr. Wellington to Baltimore since the St. Louis convention, he has been con tinuously sought by local republican _lead- ers. The members of his party In Mary- land are highly elated at his selection by. mem- ve believe Chairman Hanna as one of the sin bers of the republican national exc committee, an honor which the has not been unadvisedly conferr Wellington has often deme as a practical poli even his politi acknowledge his managing campaign RENOMINAT aries will and acute skill IN A BUNCH, The Georgia Democrats Declare for Free Silver Coinage MACOD June Jemocratic siate convention was called to order at 12 o'clock by Chairman Steve Clay. Jem Wil- son of Clay county was made tem chairman, and Chairman Clay of the state executive committee made permanent chairman, and re-elected chairman of the state executive commit dowing state house officers in a bunch this afte ¥. Atkinson; secretary of state, Candler; attorney general, J. M commissioner of agri » R controlier, Gen, W. A. Wright. W. J. Speer will be nominated for state treasurer, the present incumbent, R. U. Hardeman, retiring. The following sre delegates-at-large to the national convene . Nesbit;