Evening Star Newspaper, September 17, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17, 1896--TWELVE PAGES. LATE NEWS BY WIRE Sixth Maryland District Republican Convention. MORE FRUITLESS BALLOTS TAKEN Ineffectual Efforts to Admit the ; Motter Delegates. FREDERICK’S PROTEST Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Mi., September 17.—Repub- lcans from the five counties comprising the sixth Maryland congressional district be- gan to gather in thts town last night, and from early this morning trains came in filled with enthusiastic shouters for differ- ent candidates. The delegates from Alle- gany, Frederick, Washington, Garrett and Montgomery counties were prepared to make another effort to break the dead- lock, which lasted for over 600 ballots at Oakland a week ago. The candidates left nothing to their Heutenants, but were on hand themselve® to manage their own can- vass. George A. Pearre of Allegany, smooth-shaven and suave, was surrounded by Allegany shouters. Alex. R. Hagner had an unbroken lot of delegates, with Washington county in the center. Capt John McDonald was backed by the Mont- gomery county forces. Little groups and big groups gathered round the hotels all the morning and earnestly discussed the situation. At the A. R. Hagmer of Washington County. first arrival it looked as if the situation | had not changed, and that the deadlock would last indefinitely. Afterward light seemed to break a Httle, and it began to look as if Hagner would be their choice. There was strong indication of a break in the Montgomery delegation just before the convention met. Called to Order. When Mr. Cook, the chairman of the con- vention, called the organization to order at 11 o'clock, the hall was crowded with delegates and visitors. Immediately on the calling of the con- vention to order Allegany county presented several proxies from delegates not present, and a discussion arose as to their receipt. ‘The proxies, however, were finally accept- ed, and the roll was led. On the first ballot the deadlock remained unbroken, Allégany cast 6 votes for Pierre, ‘rejerttk 3 for Hagner, Garrett 3 for Avenscreft, Montgomery 4 for McDonald, Washington 5 for Hagner. The Mont- gomery voie was cheered. Frederick County's Vote. On the second ballot the question of the Frederick county vote came up. Mr. Urner, when Frederick was called, east three votes for Ravenscroft. Mr. Gettinger immediately protested and etst three votes for Hagner. The issue was then raised. Mr. Richmond of Allegany took the floor and argued that Frederick was clearly en- Preliminaries. titled to cast six votes. The Motter delega- tion was backed by a large number of skouters and Mr. Richmond was cheered during his remarks. The Urner delegation, he said, were clearly entitled to cast three votes. Their withdrawal at Oakland had been only temporary and the delegation had a perfect right to resume their seats in the convention and cast their votes. He scored the chairman strongly for disfranchising the republicans of Frederick. He made the peint of order that the protest of Mr. Get- tinger against the voting of the Urner delegates was out of order. Mr. Gettinger took the floor to oppose the motion. He said that he had made every effort to obtain six votes for Fred- erick. The nine delegates had left the vention of their own will, and while he wght Frederick was entitled to cast votes these votes should be cast by these who had stood by the convention from the beginning to the end. Mr. Dick of Aliegany took the floor in _ favor of tle point of order. The whole €onvention, he said, had urged the Urner Gelegation to return when they left the ecnvention. The chairman had joined in this appeal If it was right for them to return five minutes after they left it was right for them to return now. Mr. Dick is a vigorous orator, and he held the crowd, who cheered him en- thusiastically. He appealed to the ccrvention to act with fairness and not disrupt the republican party. Mr. Richmond of Allegany followed with @ few remarks in reply to Mr. Gettinger The cheering was so loud during his re- marks that the chairman called for the sergeant-at-arms to come forward. He then instructed the three sergeants-at-arms to eject from the hall any one who rais ed ® disturbance. He acknowledged that he | | Was a proxy present, but said he was pres- | ent by the consent of every republican of | his county, and he was sorry to say that Mr. Gettinger could not say the same. He was not present by the comgent of even a majority of his county. Mr. Richmond | said the chairman shou!d not ruin his whole political prospects by ruling against the Urner delegates. He said there. was a delegate present representing the Urner People. who was not present et Oakland, Geo. A. Pearre of Alleghany. and had never withdrawn. How could he be refused a seat? There were alternates present also, he said. Mr. Clinton Miller of Washington sald that this matter had been thoroughly’ set- tled and decided at Oakland. Mr. Urner, he said, had never accepted the three votes offered him, but had specifically declined them. Mr. Gettinger took the floor again and vigorously opposed the point of order. The Chairman's Statement. Mr. Cook, the chairman, then proceeded to rule on the point. He said that this matter had caused him great anxiety. He had consulted prominent people everywhere on the matter. Frederick county, he said, had come to Oakland in two hostile bodies, case was submitted to a committee, and the case was submitted to committee, and the claims of each side were presented to this committee. The committee, after wrestling with the question for three hours, then reported that they were unable to decide who was right. ‘The convention then decided to give each side three votes. They did not give this as a constitutional right, but as a concession. The body that gave this con- cession had a right to withdraw it. The Urner side refused to accept the condition, and withdrew from the convention to re- turn to their homes. The other faction had accepted what the convention gave. When the Urner delegates returned to Oakland he had ruled that they, having refused to acceet the votes given them, were not members of the convention. In this decision he had been upheld by the convention. Mr. Dick interrupted to say that there ‘was no record to show that the withdrawal of Urner delegates had been accepted. The chair continued and heli that the question had been fully before the conven- tion and was on the minutes. Continuing, the chairman cited authority for his ruling. He held that the point of order was in the nature of a motion fog reconsideration and ruled it oui of order. Mr. Urner by consent of the convention Was allowed the privilege of the floor. He made a long argument supporting the con- testing side of the Frederick county ques- tion. Frederick’s Counry’s Protest. He followed the lines of a printed pro- test, which was handed around among the delegates. The protest was made by a large number of republicans. Mr. Urner | warned the convention to be careful before they refused to recognize the 6,000 republi- cans of Frederick. On what grounds, he asked, could the votes of Frederick county | be asked for a man whom they had no hand in nominating. The revolutionary war, he said, had been fcvght on these grounds, and the repud- licans of Frederick were descendants of the men who fought that war. Give them fair play, he said, and they were ready to fight for the party. Refuse them justice and he would not answer for the result. He said if the delegates had forfeited their right the alternates on the delegation were clar- ly entitied to take their place. He made the point that the alternates should be seated. Mr. Dick said that when the Teller men bre bet prt from the St. Louis conven- tion, the alternates on the delegations had Deen seated. se Mr. Richmond then moved that the alter- nate of the Frederick delegation be seated. The chair ruled that it was not a question of who should cast the votes, and decided the motion out of order. Mr. Richmond took an appeal from the decision. Mr. Dick held that the Frederick delegates had no right to vote on this ques- tion. The chair decided that the Gettinger men could vote. A vote was takea on the counties. question by Point after point of order was made dur- ing the roll call and were overruled by the chair. The Chair Sustained. The decision of the chair was sustained by a@ vote of 11 to 10, Frederick, Garrett and Washington voting to sustain. Mr. Richmond then said that, in the in- terest of harmony, he moved the alter- nates from Frederick be seated. The chair ruled the motion out of a Richmond appealed. °* (te and Mr. Mr. Richmond warned the convention to nominate a man in a right way, or he might find trouble when the election came. The decision of the chatr was then sus- tained. Gen. Rutherford moved that the dele- gates present from the Urner faction who bad not been present at the Oakland con- vention be allowed to cast three votes from Frederick county. Mr. Campbell, in speaking, became warm, and suggested the expulsion of the chair. Mr. Dorian appealed to the convention eae che a in a fair manner. He said the democratic party was prayin; the Frederick delegation ‘would Beebe seated. At this point the convention took a r cess until 2:30. After the an there was much excited talk among the delegates. The Urner d es = were backed up by some seventy-five shouters, who made things lively. Still in a Deadlock. The convention did not convene until 2:40, when a vote was taken on the pend- ing appeal from the ruling of the chair. | The decision of the chair was sustained, ard the 691st ballot followed. There was no change in the situation. Two ballots followed, with no change, when Allegany voted for McDonald, giv- ing Hi ten. On the next ballot Allegan: lit her vete, three for McDonald, three for Ra- venscroft. The balloting went on this way for many ballots, Allegany shifting be- tween Pearre, Ravenscroft and McDonald. More ballots followed, without change. The convention is in a deadlock, with the Fossibility of a combination on Hagner be- fore nigat. FREDERICK COUNTY’S RIGHTS. The Declaration Submitted to the Rockville Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., September 17.—The declaration of Frederick county's rights Presented to the sixth Maryland district convention today opened with the state- ment: “The just indignation of the republicans of Frederick county has been excited to the highest degree by the arbitrary depri- vatior of half its votes, and the subse- quent exclusion of the others, at the Oak- land convention. This is an outrage upsn the manhood of the county too flagrant to be patiently endured. In the assertion of their independence, which has heen vio- lated, and of their self-respect, which has been insulted, the undersigned republicans of Frederick county record their indig- nant condemnation of the policy that pre- vailed at Oakland and their emphatic pro- test against its continuance at Rockville.” The circumstances of the Frederick coun- ty convention of August 27 were related at length. The declaration went on: “The regular Frederick county -deléga- tion was elected by a majority of the dele- gates of a large majority of the districts assembled in the Place of meeting under the call of the chairman of the coun- ty central committee. The delegation which misrepresented Frederick county at Oak- land was made up in Dr. Haffner’s office without authority of the convention. There ‘was no motion submitted in the convention hall to authorize the appointment of any such delegation, certainly no motion that was exposed to the peril of a negative vote. “The course of the regular delegates at Oakland commands the hearty ajjroval of their constituents. When three of Fred- erick’s votes had been arbitrarily taken away from her delegation and handed over to those who had no color of right to rep- resent her, it was natural to assume that the agencies that had committed the wrong would at once make the nomination, and it was very properly determined not to remain to witness the success of the conspiracy.. But when the Frederick dele- gates found after their arrival at Cum- berland that the combination that had in- suited thom had fatled in its, plang pad that by returning it was ible to defeat + its pr and give the party a creditable nominee, it was their right and duty to reconsider their resolve to withdraw and return to the convention to meet the new emergency that bad arisen. The refusal of the convention to recetve their votes was no reflection upon the propriety of their course, but it stmply demonstrat: the purpose of those who were instrumental | in committing the original wrong to adopt any expedient, however unwarranted, and to violate any rights, however sacred, in order to accomplish their unworthy object. “The republicans of Frederick county cannot submit in passtve silence to this reckless and insolent deflance of their will as expressed in their convention. They feel that Frederick county, with its 6,000 repub- lican votes, has been treated with gross and deliberate discourtesy and disdain. Their pride has been insulted; their rights have been invaded; their independence haa been assalled. They can never condone the outrage that has been perpetrated upon them, but they are loyal to the principles of republicanism. They are concerned for the election of the republican candidates and the triumph of the republican cause. They are, therefore, constrained to urge upon the Rockville convention a prudent ccnsideration of existing conditions and the nomination of a candidate who will not be obnoxious to this county as the bene- Aclary of the grievous wrong it has sus- tained.” ee KEEP THE PEACE OF THE WORLD. ‘The German Emperor Tries to Enlist the Services of the Czar. LONDON, September 17.—The Times prints a special article this morning on the recent meeting of the Emperor of Germany with the czar, of which the following ts a part: “The interviews between the emperor and the czar at Gorlitz consisted of two long talks. Emperor William was effuseably aimable and talkative, and even rhetorical, while the czar was reticent, brief and cau- tious. Emperor William declared that the Russo-French entente caused him satis- faction, rather than anxiety, because he regarded it as a guarantee of peace. His speech then proceeded as follows (I can- not guarantee verbal accuracy, but I be- lieve this 1s substantially correct): “The German emperor said: ‘The French nation does not wish war, but when those at the head of affairs desire it, the nation is very liable to let itself be carried away. “**At present, however, France would not enter upon a great war without your co- operation, and I have complete confidence in your traditional wisdom and firmness. I know that you will not make war in order to give France the satisfaction of revenge, just as I and my allies will do nothing to furnish a pretext. “‘I may say even more. I am glad of your intimacy with France, because that intimacy will suffice to hold in check the revolutionary spirit by which it is agitated, and will help to fight and to crush it. “In Russia, you have nihilism, the spirit of conspiracies—the spirit of darkness. In Germany, we have scientific socialism, the spirit of destruction, disguised under the mask of hypocritical scientific formulas—a spirit which is very dangerous in a people which delights in obscure philosophical con- ceptions, and which imagines that it un- derstands what {fs obscure. In France, what dominates is the thirst for the over- throwing the existing order of things—the desire of novelty which takes possession of over-rich and over-comfortable people when they feel time le heavy on their hands (s’en nuient). “ “We ought to act as the guardians of the order and the protectors of the peace of the world. It is a most urgent question. It is the salvation of all, and if we march for- ward together, if we unite in order to'com- bat the enemy of God and of kings, we shall be rewarded by the gratitude of the world and of history.’ “With regard to the czar’s reply, there are two reports current. According to one, Czar Nicholas shook Emperor William wermly by the hand, and said: “Iam absolutely in agreement with you, and am ready to join in a work which !s worthy of our united efforts.” “According to the other report, the czar seemed not altogether at ease when Em- peror William was speaking of France, and, on hearing the peroration, he express- ed merely, in very vague terms, his pa- cific intentions. “The latter version seems the more probable, and more in harmony with the character of Nicholas. However, there is no doubt that Emperor William subsequent- ly declared himself satisfied with the re- ply.” : —_—_—__ DELAWARE SINGLE TAXERS. Their First State Convention in Ses- sion at Dover. Syectal Dispatch to The Evening Star. DOVER, Del. September 17.—This little town is owned by the single taxers today. They are holding their state convention in the Opera House. It is the first convention of its kind they have ever held here or in any state. The convention consists of 150 delegates. After preliminary caucuses and appoint- ment of committees the convention took a recess until 2 o'clock. Dr. Louis N. Slaughter of Wilmington will probably be made permanent chairman of the conventicn. The convention is a unit for free silver, and Bryan and Sewall. Free silver will be indorsed alone and made one of the leading issues of the single tax campaign. : L. Irving Hardy, the democratic free silver candidate for Congress, and the dem- ocratic electors chosen last month, pledged to Bryan and the Chicago platform, will also be indorsed. The only difference of opinion that exists in the convention is on the gubernatorial ticket. Some of the delegates are anxious to have Tunnell in- dorsed. A great many want John Henry Hoffeck- er, union republican, indorsed, while there is a strong sentiment in favor of an in- dependent ticket. It is probable, however, that Hoffecker will finally be indorsed by the ccnvention. A resolution denouncing the regular democratic organization and the democratic convention last month will be adopted by the convention. This resolu- tion will be the result of the treatment of the single taxers in the democratic con- vention last month. —_——___ TO BE BROUGHT BACK. The Girl Who Was Stolen From Her ‘Washington Home. SAN FRANCISCO, September 17.—Lilian Swan or Daly, the mulatto girl, who was kidnaped from her home in Washington, D. C., thirteen years ago, and who recent- ly discovered her identity and the where- abouts of her relatives, is to be returned to her eastern home. Chief of Police Crowley has succeeded in securing transportation forker as far as Chicago, and he will pay out of his own pocket the amount of fare from Chicago to Washington. —— Grand Jury to Meet. The grand jury will meet Monday next for the first time since it adjourned July 15. for the usual summer recess. Today wit- resses were summoned in several of the cases occurring during recess, and they wiil be examined Monday. The term of the present grand jury expires Monday, the 5th of next month, the grand jury for the months of October, November and Decem- ber, beginning their duties the day fol- lowirg. E ——>—_—_ 37th Street Extension Awards. Judge Cox today confirmed the findings of the commission of appraisers in the mat- ter of the extension of 87th street. The amounts awarded have heretofore been published in The Star. —_—-— Chief Justice Russell's Coming. _ Lord Charles Russell and his party, who Were expected to reach Washington at noon, did not arrive here at that hour, but are reaches here expected on the train which atS pm. DURYEA-WAS BEATEN The Boy Oroquée MPiayer Vanquished--Met His First Defeat Today. Dr. Veaney Wag the Victor—The Seores Up to Date—seme Very Re- marksile Playing. — Sackett Durya, the boy player in the croquet tournament now in progress in ‘this city, whose skill has attracted such wide attention” and fayorable comment ‘from all who ‘have witnessed his playing, met his first defeat of the week this morn- Ing at the hands of Dr. Veasey of Wil- 'mington, ‘Del. “Dr.” Veasey only yesterday became entitled to entrance into the first division of players, having heretofore been cleased in the second division. It was Dr. Veasey, who, with Messrs. Cooper and Bryant of the Washington chibs, were tied for first place among sec- ond division players, as stated yesterday in The Star. These three ended last year’s tournament tled for first place. In the fall they attempted to play off the tle with- out result. Yesterday they made a sécond attempt, and although it-looked very much like a third deadlock, Dr. Veasey finally won, and by so doing gained also a place with eae vision’ players and has since been playing in that class. Veasey’s entrance into the first division was signalized by a coat of whitewash ad- ministered him by ex-Champion Strong. Immediately. afterward .he himself white- washed Holden, and this morning in a brilllant game defeated the boy player of Washington. Duryea, however, still leads the tournament, with four victories to his credit and one defeat. Features This Afternoon. One of the features of this afternoon’s play will be a game between Duryea and Jacobus, who has’ held the title of cham- pion of the country. Another game sure to attract an interested throng of spec- tatéts this afternoon will be between Strong and Dr. Greenway, regarded as two of the most expert players in the business. These games will come off about 4 o'clock on the Rhode Island avenue grounds, cor- ner of 9th street. yee Today's games resulted as follows: First division—Veasey of Wilmington beat Duryea; Harris of Philadelphia beat Ja- ccbus of Springfield; Dr. Greenway of New York beat Harris; Dr. Veasey beat Sisson of Norwich. Second divisicn—Buckley beat Dudley ; Coleman Veat Buckley; Bryant beat Bell; Chalfant beat Belt. There are in progress this afternoon games between Dr. Greenway and Ji cobus and Harris and Bean, in the first division; between Bryant and Chalfant, in the sec- ond division, and between Adamson and Thornton, in the third division. The compiete score m the tournament up to a late hour this afternoon was as fol- lows: First division— Won. Lost. Pat re ta ROE Chalfant Coleman . Buckley Bell ... Dudley bryant Third divisioti— Wahly . Ripley - Adamson. eesg 83 Some Remarkable Playing. ‘There was some remarkable playing done yesterday, In alt’#ix whitewashes being ad- mintstered’ as. inahy players. Five of these games took place- onthe 12th street grounds, as follows: Strong defeated Hol- den and also: :Veasey' before either could get a ball theoagh one wicket; Veasey in like manner defeated Holden, and Bell whitewashed both Dudley and Johns. On the Rhode Island avenue courts only one whitewash was administered, but the boy Duryea was the one who applied the brush, and to no less celebrated a player than Dr. Greenway. The game was a brilliant one throughout. Dr. Greenway had only one chance at the balls, a chance so extremely difficult and almost Impossible that it is no discredit to him that he failed in the shot. Duryea then went through the entire game and finished the two balls in little over halt an jour. Mr. Harris, an expertenced and skillful player from -Philaaelphia, arrived this morning and started immediately to play in the tcurnament. Up to 2 o’clock he had completed two games, winning and losing one each, and was playing his third, in which he had secured a good lead, with an excellent chance of coming out winner. Interest in the tournament is somewhat increased by the entry yesterday evening of W. H. Wahly, the jocal player who last year won the championship. Because of so many entries it is found tm- possible to complete the scores in the tournament during the present week. In order, however, that players from out of town may not be detained any longer than necessary, it has been arranged that each of them shall complete his score before Saturday night. - Next week the local players will contest with one another at their leisure. It will not be definitely known, therefore, when the visiting players leave for their homes who has carried off the honors in this season’s successful tournament, but an ef- fort will be made to close the contests as soon as possible. ———— NO FUSION IN ALABAMA. Cy SNS COmo MH tome Coalition. on Electoral Ticket Not Regnrded an Likely. Speci Dispatch to The Evening Star. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., September 17.—The republican state campaign committee, after remaining in session until midnight last night, adjourned, having decided to put out @ candidate for Congress in each district in the state. The republican electoral ticket was completed, and will stand, un- less the national (gold standard) democrats agree to divide electors with them, which is regarded as improbable. A conference of democrats from all over the state is being held here today to ascer- tain the situation in each county and ar- Tange plans of campaign. The proposition to’ offer the popultsts a number of places on the demooratie “dlectoral ticket is not being discussed, at all, having apparently been abandongd entirely as 2 dangerous thing to even Consider. , Pevwonat Mention. Ensign C. F., Hughes and Assistant En- gineer N. T. Holmes of the navy are in the city on leave of absence. Mr> Sigourney; Butler of Massachusetts, second controMeg of;the treasury under: the first Clevelandadministration, is on a visit to this city. Mr. E. I. Renick, chief-clerk of the State Department, returned. from his vaca- tion at Cape, % Lieut. Geor, ‘*hderson, 4th Artillery, has been granted leave of absence for fif- teen days, and Lieut. John W. Ruckman, ist Artillery, ‘been granted leave for twelve days. 2 one ——S The Cedar foint Lights, ‘The lighthouse board announces that on or about October 10 the following changes will be made in the lights at Lower Cedar Point and Upper Cedar Point, Potomac river: _ : Lower Cedar Point light—The ‘red sector showing between, west and N. by W. 5-8 W. will be discontinued, and the light will be a fixed white slight illuminating the “Tipper: Gadar Polat The red_sect * =. re shoving Cetween WE. Es by and Charles Kent, THE LAURADA’S Trial of the Captain to turday. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. WILMINGTON, Del., September 17.—It now seems as if Dr. Jose Con Gosto, the Spanish consul at Philadelphia, is deter- mined that Capt. Edward Murphy of the famous alleged filibuster steamer Laurada, Row detained here, shall suffer the same fate that Capt, Wiborg of the Norwegian Steamer ‘Horsa met in the United States court in Philadelphia a few months ago. From the very moment Dr. Con Gosto learned on last Thursday that the Laurada had fallen into the hands of the federal authorities here up to the present he has spared no time and expense to accumulate an enormaus mass of alleged evidence and to corrall a large aggregation of witnesses, which he proposes to use against Capt. Murphy in his attempt to prove that the captain is guilty of a violation of the neu- trality laws of the United States in taking an armed or military expedition from the United States to Cuba for use against the King of Spain and the Spanish people on or about the Sth day of August, 1896. Capt. Murphy will be tried on this charge in the Untted States court in this city on Satur- day next. Dr. Con. Gosto is anxious that the case be transferred to Philadelphia, in order to give him an opportunity to pro- duce more witnesses, but it is not likely that the transfer will he made. Witnesses Detained. To prevent them from slipping away on Saturday, Dr. Con Gesto last night ordered the arrest of James Rand, first mate of the Laurada; Hans Johanson, second mate, quartermaster. Bail for the men was furnished by Alfred Pyle of this city, and they were held as wit- nesses and instructed to appear in court on Saturday. The arrest of the two mates and quar- termaster created great surprise and dis- appointment in the Cuban colony in this city. Local Cubans were at first confident that Murphy would be acquitted without much of a trial, and that they would, therefore, score another triumph over the hated Spanish. But their ardor is damp- ened considerably, and they are now vy no means enthusiastic. The fate of Capt. Wiborg stares them in the face, and they loathe the idea of Murphy by any techni- cality falling a victim to the same fate. They realize, too, that President Cleve- land’s proclamation in regard to filibuster- ing expeditions to Cuba ts still in effect, and they don’t want to jeopardize Capt. Murphy’s berty by indulgence in “too much talk.” Theugh the federal authorities in this city who have the Laurada case in charge observe the strictest reticence wHen ap- proached for information concerning the Status of the evidence against Captain Murphy and the steamer, yet it has leakec cut, from authoritative sources, that some of the evidence already secured is very damaging, and, if admitted by the court, will go a long way toward the conviction of Captain Murphy on a cherge of violat- ing the United States neutrality laws. Depositions of the Crew. On Saturday last United States District Attorney Lewis C. Vandegrift and Collector of Port Townsend went out to the steamer and took the depositions of fourteen mem- bers of the crew. The Laurada carries a crew of twenty. Five of the crew of the vessel on her last trip south were dis- charged at Port Antonio and one deserted, leaving fourteen, the number examined on Saturday. Six new men were engaged. but, as they were not on the Laurada, and knew nothing of the vessel's movements on her trip south last month, they were not required to make affidavits. The affi- davits of these fourteen men, it is said, constitute the burden of the damaging evidence against Murphy. In aaswer to the questions regarding the movements of the Laurada after leaving Philadelphia on August 5, the men admit- ted that the Laurada stopped at Barnegat and tock on a cargo of boxes and a party of men. They were unable to give, how- ever. the nationality of the men or the number of boxes taken aboard. The mea and boxes, they admitted in their deposi- tions, were taken to a point near the Island of Navassa in the West Indies, and trans- ferred to a steamer whose name they did not know because it was obliterated. The contents of the boxes and where they were taken by the steamer they did not know. Spanish Authorities Pleased. The Spanish authorities greeted this evi- dence with much rejoicing, and they are row weaving a network of testimony which they claim will prove the s.ationality of the men, the contents of the boxes, whither they were bound, where they were packed and shipped from, and where they were taken, and the name of the steamer to which they were transferred near Navassa, Tke Spanish authorities claim that it was a full-fledged military expedition, formed in Philadelphia, and aided by the owners of the Laurada and taken to Cuba. They are so determined to prove this against the Laurada and Capt. Murphy that ft is Probable, and is evsn now intimated by them, that Mr. J. D. Hart, the owner cf the steemer, and Gratz C. Jordan, who kolds his power of attorney to teke charge of the vessel, will be arrested and brought into the case on a charge of aiding and abetting a fuibustering expedition. Was There a Spy on Board? The question that has bothered ‘the Cubans here since the Laurada’s detention last week is how the Spanish first learned about the Laurada’s movements last month, and they are now inclined to be- lieve that the man who deserted the vessel at Port Antonio was a Spanish spy. Capt. Murphy's case, on Saturd be handled by U. S. Senator George Gray, H. H. Ward of Wilmington, Horatio 8. Rubens, counsel for the Cuban junta, and Attorney F. Lewis of Philadeiphia. Senator Gray will play the most active part, and wifl renew for Murphy, the bril- Want fight he made for the twenty Cubans arrested here last August on a charge of filibustering. The Laurada, strange to say, also figured in that case, but Capt. Hughes was then in command. ee THE PROPOSED ALLIANCE. > will It is Heartily Indorsed by Another Londen Daily. LONDON, September 17.—The Chronicle this morning has an editorial in which it welcomes the suggestion of the St. James Gazette that a new dreibund including Great Britain, the United States and Italy would solve the Armenian problem. The Chronicle looks upon this as a proposal having nothing in common with cynical indifferentism, and greatiy hopes that it will find an echo in the United States. The Chronicle then proceeds to assert that an American admiral was last year ordered to bombard the Yildiz palace if there was any further massacre of Ar- menians. “These orders,” says the Chronicle, “were subsequently withdrawn when the Ven- ezuela dispute came to a head, a single example of the danger of leaving such dis- putes to simmer till they boil over at the most disastrous moment. The sooner Lord Salisbury and Mr. Olney can agree to the arbitration of the question the better, it will be for the chance of the union which the St. James Gazette so wisely com- mends.”” The St. James Gazette this afternoon re- turns to the discussion of its proposition of @ new dreibund to be formed between Great Britain, the United States and Italy for the settlement of the Armenian ques- tion, and says: “If Great Britain, the United States and Italy presented the sdltan with a joint de- mend that certain conditions must be com- plied with in three days’ time, it is highly Frobable that kis Russian advisers would intimate to Abdul Hamed that he would have to yield, and it is not impossible that the demand of the three powers would Presently become that of united Europe. If Abdul Hamed was advised against his own interests so strongly that he refused to yield to them an Anglo-Italo fleet, with such American vessels as could arrive on time, could force the Dardanelles and di¢- tate terms in the Bosphorts. “The mere existence of such an alliance would probably be sufficient to convince rot merely the sultan, but persons and pewers of greater weight, that the atroci- ties must end.” The article in the St. James Gazette con- cludes with the following statements: ° “In the event of graver complications en- suing, the new dreibund would enable us to force them with the material support of @ fine navy, whose addition to ours would make us ee to ary passible combination, and woul the gigantic civilized nation which no other state care to have among its op- give us the moral support of | Gevernment Not Encouraged. The reasons advanced by the St. James Gazette in London fcr an alliance between England, the -United States and Italy for the purpose of dealing with the Turkish Lee, iy gstrects attention to the ire on the part of Great Britain for an alfance with the United States. During Mr. Olney’s term in the State Department this question of an alliance has been re- peatedly approached by Great Britain, with more or less directness. When the Venez- uelan matter first came up the proposition fot an alliance was quite directly, though unofficially, suggested, and no time since then has an opportunity been lost to call attention to the desirability of closer rela- tions being estabhshed between the two countries. Not Encouraged by Mr. Olney. As faras can be learned Mr. Oiney has never in any way encouraged the belicf that this country could be induced to de- part fiom the policy of avoiding entangling foreign alliances. The persistency of the Brittsh in this matter is regarded with considerable interest in diplematic circles. There is much speculation as to how deep may be Great Britain's anxiety in this mat- ter, and how far she may be wiiling to go in order to bring about some sert of an alliance. The opinion is advanced that sne may ultimately, if sound money wins in this country, go so far as to make some concessions toward an international agree- ment for a universal coinage ratio. ——_—__-- = ._ EX-GOV. FITZGERALD'S OPINION. He is Firmiy Convinced That Bryan Wl Be Elected. Ex-Gov. Nat Ward Fitzgerald of West Virginia was in Washington yesterday on the way to Antietam. He has been on the stump for six weeks, speaking in every county in West Virginia, and in nearly ev- ery western state as far as Colorado and Utah. He ts firmly confident of Bryan's election. “It ts utterly idle to think of West Virginia going republican. Even the re- publicans there desire free eilver more than party success and will vote for Bryan. In my county there ts a distinctly republican Bryan club, with 690 members. You can look for a democratic majority anywhere from 25,000 to 40400 in West Virginia. “I have been speaking in Ohio and I nev- er saw such interest and determination as the people there show for silver. Bryan will carry Ohio overwhelmingly, as he will Illinois and all the trans-Mississipp! states. I think I am able to judge what the people intend to do, for I get down close to them wherever I go. In a great part of my campaigning in West Virginia I did not make appointments ahead, but went from Village to village. With a boy and a drum on the principal street corner or cross- reads, I soon get a crowd together and thea start into talk silver to them. The interest shown in the one issue of this campaign 1s simply phenomenal The peo- ple never tire of hearing all they can about it.” —____-«-+—______ Lieut. Mahoney to Be Tried. According to reports received at the Navy Department, First Lieutenant James E. Mahoney of the Marine Corps, attached to the marine barracks, navy yard, Brooklyn, Went on a spree on the 9th instant and com- mitted several serious infractions of the naval regulations. Today Acting Secretary McAdoo ordered a court-martial to convene at the navy yard, Brooklyn, at 1 o'clock p.m., September 21, for the trial of the ac- cused officer on charges of drunkenness, ab- sence without leave and scandalous con- cuct tending to the destruction of good morals. The detail of the court is as fol- lows: Capt. Silas Casey, Commanders R. L. Leary and Timothy Ly Lieutenant Colonel McLane Tilton, U. tenant Commander Frederick Singer, Capt. Charles F. Williams, S. M. C.: Lieuts. J. A. H. Nickels and H. Rittenhouse and Capt. E. R. Robinson, U. S. M. C., with Ensign Thomas Washington as judge advo- cate. —____-e- ——_—__ The Chinese Emperor's Letter. The personal letter frem the Emperor of China to President Cleveland, which form- e€ the credentials of Li Hung Chang, has been placed on exhibition in the library of the Department of State. The letter is written on a scroll of lemon-colored parch- ment paper about five feet in length by a feot and a half ift width, a portion deing in ancient Chinese and another part in modern Chinese characters, with the royal ted seal and the emperor's autograph in the center. The envelope is unique, being @ great sheet of yellow satin, elaborately embroidered in gold and silver of exquisite workmanship, with five large Chinese dou- ble dragons, eonventionally arranged. (a ee ee Court-Martial Sentences. Private Henry F. Meister, Battery M, 4th Artillery, has been convicted by court- martial at Washington barracks of viola- tion of the 334 and 2ist articles of war and sentenced to three months’ confine- ment at hard labor and to pay a fine of, or forfeit, $12 of his pay. _ Private Daniel O. Reilly, Battery I, 4th Artiilery, has been sentenced to ten days’ confinement at Washington barracks, and to forfeit $3) of his pay, as a result of being absent withcut leave. —___—__-e-___—_ Army Orders. Lieutenant Sawyer Blanchard, Ist Artil- lery, has been ordered to temporary duty at Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Leaves of absence have been granted as follows: Lieut. Edward Sigerfoos, Sth In- fantry, for one month; Lieut. R. B. Pad- dock, 6th Cavalry, sixteen days’ extension; Capt. Henry Seton, 4th Infantry, twelve days’ extension; Capt. H. P. Ritzius, 25th Infantry, six months’ sick leave. eS ‘West Point Cadets Appointed. Cadets to the United States Military Academy have been appointed as follows: Roy C. Kerr, Pueblo, Col., with Lawrence S. Hyde, Pueblo, as alternate; Bates McF. Allen, Austin, Tex., alternate; John A. Pearson, Wildersville, Tenn.; Tilden A. Mitchell, Delta, Miss., alternate: Jas. T. Fitzpatrick, Concordia, Kan., with Charles W. Davis, Clyde, Kan., as alternate. SS Diplomats Returning. ‘The members of the diplomatic corps are gradually returning to the city for the resumption of their official duties. The latest arrivals are Ambassador Paternotre of France, Minister Andrade of Venezuela and Minister Romero of Mexico, all of whom spent part of the summer at Cape May. ss Consuls Recognized. The President has recognized Joaquin D. Prieto as Mexican consul at Corpus Christi, Texas, and Leon Vargas Navarro as Mexi- can consul at Proenix, Arizona. ———___+-»+_____ New Japanese Secretary. ‘The State Department has been advised of the appointment of a new third secre- tery to the Japanese legation here, in the yn_ of the son of the first secretary, Mr. fatsul, who ts now on his way to this country, and will arrive at San Francisco on the 25th. ———_-e-____ Mr. Bryan’s Baltimore Reception. Special Dispetch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., September 17.—Ar- rangements for Mr. Bryan's reception and entertainment Saturday were perfected to- day. At noon Saturday a committee will go to Washington to meet the nominee and to return with him to Baltimore. Mr. Bryan will make two addresses, one before the music hall and the other within the buflding. Chairman Rusk of the city committee says fully 20,000 persons from out of town will attend the meeting. —__»——. Gevernment Bonds, Quotations reported by Corson & Macart- ney, bankers. i # t Ti Hit i AS oe 8 ll i CASE. se ee mera, {FINANCE AND TRADE Come Up} Frequent Propositions Made by T! Stock Values Favorably Influenced by Advices From Abroad. ‘THE CONSTANTINOPLE SCARE VANISHES Dealing Centered Largely in Ameri- can Sugar. GENERAL MARKET REPORTS easement Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, NEW YORK, September 17.—Stock val- ues were favoravly influenced this morning by the continuation of the discount rate established last week by the Bank of Eng- land. The foreign market responded promptly to the significance of this action and a revival of confidence in American securities was reported by special cables throvghout the entire session. The volume of local business was extremely smali, the covering of yesterday's sales being re- spenrible for a majority of the day's changes in vaiue. No new outside demand was reported, the uncertainty incident to 4n important presidential contest and de creased earnings combining to prevent lib- «ral purchases. The board-room fears of serious troubles at Constantinople were‘ entirely abandoned, and the short contracts incident thereto are believed to have been fully covered. The trading again centered largely in American Sugar, the manipulation being in the interest of higher prices. This prop- erty is apparently destined to become a feature of the next fortnight’s operations, owing te the impossibility of arousing any enthusiasm tn the general list. Routine in- fluences are rarely relled upon to stimulate activity in this specialty, owing to the skillful character of the experienced man- ipulation which attends every important movement. A deliberate effort to advance the price of Manhattan was liberally assisted by the free covering of short contracts. A sub- Stantial advance from initial prices was recorded on a relatively large volume of trading by brokers active in every recent movement in the property. St. Paul's weekly report of earnings for the second week this month, showing a de- crease of $112,510, was not sufficiently sur- prising to present a moderate gain in the price of the stock. The increase in earnings one sey. 1 ts reduced by the decrease ta While the day’s net results were fraction- ally favorable to prices, the underlying features of the situation remain unchanged. Professioral traders buy and sell accor jing to the varying whims of the larger opera- tors in this class, and no investment de- mand of any importance comes to the re- Nef of the market. There is no liquidation worthy of con- sideration apparent, and the tendency is unmistakably toward increasing optimism. The improvement in sentiment has as yet failed to release hoarded funds, and cap!- tal continues cautious to the point of idle- ness. The market may be subject to frequent changes in direction, but such movements are likely to attract little attention ou side of the room. The belief that an elec- tion rally will be inaugurated toward the middle of next month encourages a dispo- sition to wait for the inevitable low level created in anticipation of such an event. The money and foreign exchange market present no new features. Gold will con- tinue to be imported to this side, principally from the continent, and money rates a expected to yleld moderately as the receipts increase. The encouraging trade balances offer further evidence as to the genuineness of the intlow. ——— es FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL. The following are the opentng.the highest and the lowest and the closing prices of the New York stock market today, as ~eported by Corson & Macartney, members New York stock exchange. Correspondents, Messrs. Moore & Schley, No. 80 Broadway. Open. High. Low. Close. American Sugar........ OOS 111% 10M; TTY ‘American Sugar, Pid... 99 995 99% BDH American Tobacco. % 58K GL American Cotton Oil. American Spirits. e.. Geueral Electri Tilinois Central Laclide Ga: Lake Shore Louisville & Nashville. Metropolitan Traction. Manhattan Elevated. Michigan Central Missouri Pacific Wheeling & L. Erie -..? Wheelingé L. Erie,Pra. Western Union Tel Silver —— Washington Stock Exchange. Sales—regular call—12 o'clock m.—0. 8. Flectric Light, 5 at 97. American Graphophone, preferced, wv asked. U. 114%, bid. S f Columbia Bo fund Gs, gold, 105 7s, 1901, currency, 110 bid! Wa: Currency, 111 bid. 3.650, funding, bid. ‘Miscellaneous Bonds.—Metropotitan Rail 102 bid. | Metropolitan Raflroad couv. 6s, 1 Belt Katlroad Ss, Nasi Eckington 6s, 80 bid, 93 asked. bid, 113 asked. Washingta res A, 108 bid. Wash ries B, 100 bid. bs, 101 bid. 2 F. and A., 100 bid. Trust 5s, A. and 0., 100 bh Company Ist 6s, 107_ bid. ay imp. 65, 107 Md. Washington Market Company ext. 6s, 107 bid. “Masonic Hail Associa- tion 5s, 102 bid. National Bank nk of the Repulitic, 173 ed. asked. “Lincoln, asked. Safe Deposit and Trust Companies.—Washington Loan and Trust, 118 asked. American Security apd Trust, 142 asked. Ratiroad Stocks.—Capital Traction Company, *5S bid. Metropolitan, 112 arked. Gas and Electric Light Stocks.—Washington Gas, 39% Did, 41 asked. US. Electric Light, 100 osked. Insurance _Stocks.—Firemen’s, 40 asked, Cor- coran, 50 Arlington, 125 bid. National Union, 14 asked. umbia, 10ig bid, 13% asked. Riggs, TOIL People’s, 5 bid, 6 asked Telephone Pennsylvania, 86 bid. Chesa- peake and Potomac, 6 bid. American Grapho- phone 5 bid, 64 asked. American Grapbephone, Preferred, 114 asked. Miscellaneous | Stocks —Mergenthaler Lanotype, 113% bid, 113% asked. | Tanston Monoispe, 4% bid. 5 ed. Washington Market, 12 bid.’ Lincoli Hall, #0 asked. *Ex. div. ss Grain Cotton Market. Furnished by W. B. Hibbs & Co., 1421 F street, members New York stock exchange, corresp$ndents Messrs. Ladenburg, Thal- mann & Co., New York.