Evening Star Newspaper, October 16, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Peansylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H AUFFMANN, Pros't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star ts city by carriers, on th 44 cen! cents each. tes or C erred to subscribers Im the F own account, at 10 cents per m0 Copies at the Ry mail—avywhere Ia the ja—postage prepaid—60 cents Sheet Star, $1 per year, with 3.00. at Washington, D. C. ripitons imust be paid in advan ng made known on application. ‘ Che EZvening Star. No. 13,611. WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. CHAIRMAN BUTLER|THE SUPREME COURT|BRYAN WITH FRIENDS Head of the Populist Committee Talks on the Situation. RIDDLE WEST STATES FOR BRYAN SS ss Gone to Georgia to Confer With Watson. , ge MR. GARDNER ON NEW YORK Senator Butler, chairman of the populist national committee, returned to Washing- ten this morning from Chicago. He re- frains from discussing the relations between Watson and the populist committee. A committee of two, Reed and Washburn,have «cre to Georgia to consult with Watson. The Senator said it was necessary for him to return to Washington,and that prevented his going with the committee. He denies atcolutely that he and Chairman Jones, or either of them, administered a rebuke to Washburn for his method of conducting the campaign for the populists In the west. Butler says that Washburn has been work- ing in perfect harmony with Senator Jones, and that there has been no complaint nor cause for complaint on either side. Mr. Butler says that, after conferring with leading men, both democrats and pop- ulists, he is more confident of Bryan's car- rying the middle west than he was before. 3 he is especially confident of Ohio, z “I believe,” he said, “th In Minnesota the “are that Lind will get the bulk ndinavian vote, and that the state hrown to Bryan. Lind says that n will get the votes he does. In Ili- lowest estimates by our people at the majority for Bryan in the will largely overcome the McKin- - in Chicago, if there should be a republican majority ‘there. The most care- ful and closest figuring on the state, going over it again and again, gives Bryan the In Chicago there are elements of one on either side can solve. on gives Bryan a majority in What Mr. Gardner Says About New York. nee Gardner returned from yesterday afternoon, whither ne to attend a joint conference of ents of democratic clubs of New with the state committee and 1 committee. Mr. Gardner said were 26) presidents of campaign bs present, every county in New York being represented except two. It was esti- mated that those present and reporting represented not less than :40,000 voters. Before going to the conference,” said Mr. Gardzer, “I had been informed throvgh correspondence and reports of the condi- tions, but I was not prepared for the con- fidence with which the club presidents ex- pressed that Mr. Bryan would surely carry as also the opinion ex- state committee. A the city generally I found an opinion that Bryan would carry the state, and I heard that the republicans were med about it, without knowing exactly > the storm center was. ‘There will be a similar club meeting in w Jersey on Monday, and they promise @ good account of theraselv2s on clection day. Those who think that the east has been abandoned may find themselves mis- taken on November 3. gues ee THE SHERMAN STATUE. The Successful Competitor to Con- stract It New in the City. Mr. Carl Rohl Smith of Chicago, the suc- cessful competitor for designing and mak- ing an equestrian statue of Gen. Sherman for this city, has been here for a few days im consultation with Cel. J M. Wilson of the engineer corps in regard to the pre- iminaries necessary to the formal execu- tion of the contract for the manufacture and erection of the statue. Under the law the contract must be made By the national ccmmission, of which the members cre Secretary Lamont, Gen. Miles and Gen. Dodge of the Society of the Army of the Tennessee. Secretary Lamont is the only member of the commission in the city at present. Gen. Miles is in Utah and Gen. Dodge is in New York, and there is no prospect of a meeting of the commission for sev et for the execution of therew and is now arranging to y with the work of p: as soon as the necessary ts with the commission can rangeme perfected. to do with certain changes in the of constructing the cgmmission arce of his d whole. be His business just at preent has method he pedestal suggested by t the time of the accepi- gn for tne statue as a a Ss Persone! Mention. J. F. de Alfaio of Mexico ts at the Raleigh. There are several bridal couples at the Raleigh. Among them are Mr. and Mrs J. 8. Wallace of Fredericksburg, Va.; Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Hollinsrake of Hamiiton Canada; Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Allers of Bal- timore and Mr. and Mrs. James Bowman of Brooklyn. : Judge J. L. McDonald of St. Paul is at Willard’s. Heydom, the well-known Cleve- ysician, is at Willard’s. F. J. Holt. a prominent Detroit business man, is at Willard’s. Hoyt, eastern passenger agent of suri Pacific, is at the Riggs House. op Chappelle, formerly of thir , now of Santa Fe, is in New York as guest of Archbishop Corrigan. He will Washington next week to attend the of the trustees of the Catholic ‘T. Daniel, United States Indian is at 1249 Q street. Postmaster General Wilson will make his first speech in behalf of the Palmer and Buckner ticket at Charlestown, W. his home, Saturday afternoon. Col. Charles P. Lincoln of this city hae been in Kansas recently delivering a series of sound money speeches. He was the chiet speaker at a big meeting at Florence last week, and his address was enthusiastically received. Pa @ Assistant Paymaster F. T. Arms of the navy is in the city on waiting orders. ‘a. The President today appointed Arthur L. Brown of Rhode Island to be United States istrict jud the district of Rhode Island, to titi ddcency. He also signed the commissions of the following named officers of the navy: Wm. W. Gilpatrick, to be commander, and Lloyd Bankson and John G. Tawresey to be naval construc- tors, with the rank of leutenant. These gre promotions, but will be of no benefit in the case of Commander Gilpatrick, as that officer died several days ago. Secretary Carlisle's Itinerary. Secretary Carlisle's speechmaking itiner- ary in Kentucky In the interests of sound money was arranged today, as follows: October 22, Covington; October 24, Bowling Green; October 26, Owensboro’; October 28, Louisville, and October 30, Lexington. The Attack on It the Most Dangerous Fea- ture of the Chicago Platform. What a Lawyer Says of the Value of the Life Tenure of the Justices. A visiting Iawyer from one of the middie states, who, as a rule, takes little interest in politics, but who in this campaign is anxious to see the Chicago ticket defeated, said to a representative of The Star today: “Gen. Harrison, in his New York speech, did not cverstate the case when he sald that the attack on the Supreme Court was the most dangerous feature of the Chicago platform. I fully agree with him, and it is giatifying to me as a lawyer to observe that the members of the legal profession very generally throughout the country take the same view of the matter. They resent it warmly, and all the more so for know- ing that the attack was instigated and that plank in the platform carried by men wholly unfitted to pass upon the judiciary or the judicial system of any country. The cenvention yielded to the influence of cer- tain labor agitators, and wrote the most discreditable chapter of party history. It has cost the party dearly. Nothing shows so clearly the revolutionary aims and in- tentions of Mr. Bryan and the men who are behind him.” Value of the Life Tenure. “The lawyers then see no reason for any change in the life tenure of members of the court?” “So very far from that, they consider that the judicial branch of the government has justified itself more completely than the other branches have. All experience goes to prove that the fathers were eminently right when they made the Supreme Court independent of the storm and stress of poli- tics. The life tenure is not only the protec- tion of the members of the court, but the Frotection of the people. It was intended to secure, and it has served to secure, judg- ments unbiased by personal or political con- siderations. The court's record is the best defense of the men who have made the record. Let anybody examine it with refer- ence to the greater questions that have been submitted to the court at any period of its history, and he'll find that brains and char- acter and patriotism have controlled the tribunal in its decisions. To put the court practically at the mercy of the President and the Senate, as Is contemplated by the Bryanites, would be to make its decisions fluctuate like the value of an unprotected silver dollar. It would be impossible to tell kow long they’d hold good. Justices in times of important litigation might come and go like Congressmen. An unpopular vote on some important point might force a change in the one case as it now frequently does in the other.” Applies to the Other Federal Courts. “Do your observations apply to the fed- eral courts of the subordinate grades?” “Yes. It would be a great mistake to change the life tenure feature of any of them. The men who fill those places should remain, as they now are, independent of mere political influences of every kind. In fact that point Is altogether so clear and important I am unable to understand how any man of experience, whether lawyer or not, can take the other side. Why, if the life tenure of the federal judges were to be destroyed one of the principal props of the government itself would be weakened.” “In what estimation is the Supreme Court as at present orgapized held by the legal fraternity throughout the country?” “It might not be in the best of taste for me to go into that except that it is the present bench that is attacked. The pres- ent court stands very high with lawyers. Its decisions are very much respected, and there are members of it who in their par- ticular lires are regarded as the peers of the abicst men who have preceded them.” MATTHEWS NOT FOUND. m to Be Much will Be. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, LA PLATA, Charles county, Md., Octo- ber 16.—Gecrge Matthews, the alleged mur- derer who escaped from jail here Tuesday morning, {is still a free and independent citi- zen. Where he is at this time the au- thorities here have rot the slightest idea nor is it likely that he will be appre- hended in the near future, for very little, if anything, is being done to effect his capture. Now that the alleged principal in the killing of James Irwin is at large, the people here are speculating as to the prob- able outcome of the case so far as Mrs. Irwin is concerned. There is no reason to suppose that she will make an effort to escape from the prison, and [t is likely that when the grand jury meets next month it will take action in the case. It is the intention of State's Attorney Posey to bring the entire case involving the killing of Irwin and the escape of Mat- thews from the fail to the attention of the grand jury soon after the opening of the fall tgm of the court, which will be held next°month. In event of the wo- man’s indictment she may be tried imme- diately after the indictment ts returned or the case may be indefinitely postponed in the hope of recapturing Matthews in order that both cases may be tried to- gether. — CAUSED BY A WILD RUMOR. The Merchants’ Bank of Atlanta Closes Its Doors. ATLANTA, Ga., October 16.—The Mer- chants’ Bank, one of the oldest and for ™many years soundest financial institutions In this city, closed its doors this morning, having made an assignment for the benefit of its creditors. J. G. Oglesby and George W. Scott are named as assignees. The failure was net unexpected in financial cir- cles, but its announcement created consid- erable excitement among the bank's de- positors, a lerge crowd of whom quickly gathered about the unopened doors. A noiice posted on the door simply stated that the bank had assigned to Judge Ogies- by, George W. Scott and George Winship, ard that it was believed that all depositors would be paid in full. The failure of the bank was due to the withdrawal of deposits within the last few days, caused by a rumor to the effect that the tax collector, A. P. Stewart, who had $49,000 on deposit there, had beer asked by the bank officials not to check any of this money out. The officiais deny that any such request was mada. All of Stewart's checks were honored. He withdrew the $49,000, and that, coupled with the withdrawals caused by the rumor, occasioned the embarrassment, and it was deemed best to go into liquidation. ‘Tho amount owed depositors is $275,000. There is no run on any of the other banks. —— eee Plates Accepted by Russia. BETHLEHEM, Pa. October 16—The Bethlehem Iron Company has been notified that the test plates representing the group of sixteen plates fcr the turret of the Russian vessel Rostislav, has successfully withstood the bombardment of the big pro- government o} The plates are eight inches thick. —— Defaulter Morrison Arraigned. TROY, N. Y., October 16—George H. Morrison, the defaulter of Rennsalaer He entered a plea. trial was set down for’ He Encounters Some Silver Enthu- siasts in Michigan. THEY DECLARED HE WAS ALL RIGHT Men With Yellow Badges Gave Him a Fair Hearing. eee QUOTING THE OPPOSITION —_+-___ BENTON HARBOR, Mich., October 16.— Wm. J. Bryan, the nominee of three polit- ical parties far the presidency, began work comparatively late this morning. Through some oversight the schedule did not have a stop before 8 o'clock, when the train ar- rived at Holland, but fearing that this would give the candidate too much rest it Was arranged that he speak at Muskegon at 7 o'clock. At Muskegon a goodly crowd had gather- ed, although the meeting had not been ar- ranged for until late yesterday. The citi- zens of the place, however, during the night had erected a stand near the depot ‘om which Mr. Bryan was to speak. They eered him heartily when, with Mrs. Bryan, he emerged from the car, and dur- ing his remarks he was liberally applauded. He said that the mint privilege for sil- ver would appreciate the price of silver to that of gold, and referred to the fact that in 1873 when silver was demonetized the bullion of a silver dollar was worth $1.03. if the enthusiasm which met Mr. Bryan early in the day is any indication of what can be expected of the towns yet to be reached by him, this will be one of the star days of the campaign. Enthusiasm at Holland. At Holland, when at 8 o'clock the nominee arrived, there was a large crowd, and it gave demonstrative evidence of its ap- Proval of the few words which he could say in the short stop. They cheered him repeatedly, and assured him that he was all right in a manner which must have con- vinced that he was believed to be so by those gathered about the stand from which he spoke. He explained to them that the republican party did not in its platform indorse the gold -standard, but said b!metallism was better. At 8:30 o'clock Fennville was reached, and not since the nominee left the enthu- siastic south has so much noise been made by a crowd of similar proportions. ently they were all of one mind there, for not a dissenting voice was raised to his Propositions, and when at the beginning of his few remarks he said that in the five minutes’ stop he did not know what he could say to change their minds: on the money question, they assured him that they did not want their minds changed as they were on the right side and on election day would be supporting him. He told them that if he knew what they wanted him to talk about he would address on the subject, and one said: “ tell us we would have a 53-cent dollar. Mr. Bryan told them that no one accused the silver dollar of being a 53-cent dollat until after silver was demonetized and a monopoly of mint privileges given to gold. In the crowds at Bangor some yellow badges fluttered in the brisk wind, but their wearers were not disinclined to listen to the silver champion's brief argument from the rear platform of the car. White metalites | were in the majority, however,’ ard ap- plauded Mr. and Mrs. Bryan with energy. All Sliver People at Hartford. Hartford's listeners seemed. to be all all- ver people and their enthusiasm was un- stinted. Banners were conspicuous, whose legends drew parallels between the con- flict of 1776 and that of this campaign, and Prophesied victory now as then, and the nominee said he was glad to see them. ‘There were a good many women in the crowd and they gave Mrs. Bryan a rotsing welcome. Watervilet. produced a banner bearing the counterfeit presentiment ofthe repub- lican candidate with the motto, “McKinley, the advance agent of prosperity.” Mr. Bryan took this as a theme. He de- Clared that the opposition was trying to force the fight on the tariff question, while recognizing that the money issue was para- mount. Then he quoted from the words of McKin- ley in 1890, saying that agriculture was de- pressed, and that without prosperity to the farmer there could be no prosperity any- where. Mr. Bryan said that this was after thirty years of a protective tariff, which effectu- ally disproved the claim that tariff was the igsue of the hour. He declared that the gold standard was responsible for hard times, and if the people wanted hard times to continue to vote the republican ticket. St. Joseph was down for a speech, but the citizens cf that place went over to Benton Harbor to hear Mr. Bryan, and nobody wel- ccmed him at St. Joseph. - At Benton Harbor Mr.Bryan left the train and was driven to the Hotel Benton, where he spoke from a balcony. R. I. Jarvis, can- Gidate for Congress, introduced the nom- inee, who said in part: “In the Banner Register, published in this city, I find the ‘following: ‘Yes, times are hard, but we are not in the deepest water yet. Tf silver wins this fall it will be one of the greatest dis- asters that ever befell the farmers. I have had for over ten years nearly $20,000 loaned in this county to farmers. In many in- stances payments have been met, but for a few years I have been compelled to ‘extend the time, and I am willing to do so under our present financial basis, but if silver wins this fall I will do what every other man will do who has money out, demand immediate payment. I admit I may lose some of the interest, but I have at least three years to save myself, and during that pine I will close in on every mortgage I ve.” “My friends, I want to denounce the money lender who attempts to use his mort- gages to intimidate American citiezns, and say that that man does not deserve to live in a land where men are free and have a right to liberty. When you admit’ that it is necessary to go to the money lender and ob- tain his consent before you can pass a law, then you have passed from a democracy to @ plutocracy, and lil as we have under- stood it, has fled from nation,” THE MARYLAND OUTLOOK. Senator Gorman Professcs Con: —Senator-Elect Wellingt. ‘Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., October 16.—Senator Gorman spent the forenoon today at the democratic state headquarters. He was much pleased with the Music Hall. meet- ing, which he and Senator Morgan of Ala- bama addressed last evening, and told The Star correspondent that the enthusiasm manifested by the crowd was prophetic of success in November. He said: “For the past month I have felt convinced that Maryland would cast her electoral vote for Bryan and Sewall, and this conviction is aS who have tus opinion suatled and’ ealdi “time ence Appar- |: of Mr. Gorman's bluffs. He knows that Bryan has no more shoW of carrying Maryland than he has of Massachusetts, and I doubt if Mr. Gorman really cares. His attitude can be readily explained. He is thinking of next year, ‘and is working with the regulars because he wants the support of the organization in the fight for the gereral assembly. He has no al- ternative but political oblivion, and is merely whistling to keep up the courage of his silver allies.” THE TOURING GENERALS. Arrival of the Soldicr Orators at Cin- cinnatt. CINCINNATI, Ohio,'October 16.—The spe- cial train bearing Gens. Alger, Howard, Sigel and Sickles, Corp. Tanner and others, who are touring the country for McKinley, arrived here at 7 a.m. today from Louis- ville, and at once resumed its tour on the fellowing itinerary in Ohio for the next four days: Friday, October 16, Dayton, 8:30 a.m.; Springfield, 11:25 a:m.; Xenia, 1:30 p.m.; Washington -C. H., 2:45. p.m. Chillicothe, 4:15 p.m.; Circleville, 5:45 p.m Columbus, 7 p.m. (night meeting). Satur- day, October 17, Zanesville, 7:30 a.m. Mount Vernon, 16 a.m.; Mansfield, 11:45 a.m.; Tiffin, 1:45 p-m.; Walker, 2.45 p.m. Bowling Green, 3:10 ‘pim.; Findlay, 5:20 pm.; Sandusky, 7:40 p.m. (night meeting). Sunday, October 18, at/Canton, with M Kinley. Monday, October 19, Justus, a.m.; New Philadelphia, 9:30 a.m.; UI ville, 10:25 12:45 p.m.; East Liverpool, 2 p.m.; Young: town, 4:15 p.m.; Warren, 5 p.m.; Cleveland, 7:30 p.m. (night meeting). Was Willing to See Them. ATLANTA, Ga., October 16.—Thomas E. Watson, populist candidate for Vice Presi- dent, today wired the Atlanta Journal as follows, regarding the publication of his letter mailed to Chairman Butler accepting the nomination: “Mr. Butler must decide as to the letter. I did not wire Butler not to come. On the other hand, I expressed a willingness to see the committee here.” Affirmed by Court of Appeals. ALBANY, N. Y., October 16—The court of appeals has atlrmed the decision of the appellate division, second department, giving the gold standard ‘democrats the right to use the name of “national demo- cratic party” on the offfcjal baltot. MOURNINGIN GREAT BRITAIN Services in Memory of the Late Archbishop of Canterbury. Remains Lying in State im the Cathe- dral—Distinguighed Persons. in the Threng. (Copyright, 1806, by the Agsoriated Press.) CANTERBURY, Eng,, Ottober 16.—There is general mourning throughout Great Brit- ain today. Bells have. Heen tolling almost everywhere, and mémoria®sérvices in hon- or of the late Archbishop:of’ Canterbury and primate of all Englandj‘the Most Rev. Edward White | Bersan, D{B. who died suddenly ih Hawarden Clureh on‘Sunday last, while attending divine service, have been held in hundreds of churches. The lying in state of the remains of the deceased prelate in Canterbury Cathedral was watched throughout by the clergy of Canterbury, the sisters of St. Peter and the boys of the St. Augustine school, which was the occasion for wending around the aisles of the vast edifice of a continuous stream of clergy, notabilities and mem- bers of all classes of goctety, all bent upon taking at least a farewell glance at the casket containing the body of the venerable and well-loved priest. The old cathedral looked cold, dismal and forbidding. Rain was falling outside, the atmosphere within’ the huge edifice was heavy and charged with moisture, and even the fgmous martyrdom chapel looked dark and frowning, in spite of the many tall graceful, lighted tapers within. All the other parts of the grand old building were lighted; but, without dispel- ling the gloom of those who had come from near or from afar in order to attend the funeral of the first primate of all England to be buried in Canterbury Cathedral since the days of the reformation. The primate’s throne was heavily draped with violet velvet, on which was richly embroldered the arms of the See of Can- terbury on a silver ground. The floor about the grave, which is sit- uated in the northwest corner of the ca- thedral, under the tower, was covered with scarlet cloth, and the grave itself was lined with violet velvet. Crowd at the Doors. The doors at the cathedral were besieged at the earliest Lours, in spite of the rainy weather, and the strong police force was reinforced by a squadron of the 16th Lancers, who did sentry duty around the old building where the ceremonies lasted. The religious services began at 8 o'clock in the morning, when the dean of Can- terbury, Dr. Farrer, celebrated holy com- munion, The second service occurred at 9 o'clock and consisted of prayers for the dead. After this the coffin was removed to the martyrdom chapel, empailed in white and gold embroidery, upon which rested some superb floral offerings. By this time the sky had become darker and the interior of the building, which was hung with violet velvet, was gloomier than ever, an effect which was intensified, instead of relieved, by the flickering of the countless tapers, &c. The Principal Service. ‘The principal service began at 12:30 p.m., with a crowd of most distinguished people present, in addition to the throngs which filled the cathedral to fhe most distant corne! The funeral procession, which was ren- dered more imposing in’appearance by the Presence of a.guaré of! honor from the 16th Lancers, formed if the cloisters. It was composed of the cletgy of the diocese of Canterbury in,full robes; deans, delegations from the diocese of Truro, the house of lords atid the house of commons, large numbers: of church digni- taries, representatives of Cambridge Uni- versity, the lord lteutenamt of Kent, twenty ‘bishops, fifty canena, the*archbishop of Dublin, Archdeacon Farfgr,'the archbishop of York, the Rev. Hugh Benson and the officers of the province and-diocese. ‘Taken to the: Tomb. Archdeacon Farrar and “the archbishop of Yark officiated, rempectively, at the ble lowered into the grave, The tributes included offerings from gue Victoria, Em; Wil the and Princess of Wales and others. —.-—- —- Right of Search Denied. CONSTANTINOPLE, Qctober 16.—The embassies of the powers: have sept an identical note to the porté refusing its de- mand to the right of searching foreign ves- sels in Turkish waters for Armenians. TO ATTACK BRYAN The A. P. A. to Soon Issue an Official Circular. eae ee ee SPECIFIC CHARGES 10 BE MADE ————— President Echols Thinks McKinley Will Carry Kentucky. RESULT OF <A VISIT ——— Within @ few days the final attack of the American Protective Association on Candi- date Bryan will be made. This much was learned this morning by a Star reporter. The matter which is to go to the country attacking him is now in the hands of the printer. At the supreme headquarters of the order, in the building at the southwest corne: of Pennsylvania avenue and 12th Street, the supreme officers decline to dis- cuss the matter, but do not deny that the attack"is to be made. They do not want the verbatim attack to go to the public until it first reaches the members of the order. The attack is to appear in the shape of a circular and will be distributed by millions of copies. It will, it is understood, be given widest circulation in Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia. It will also go to all the lodges throughout the country. It will be an official attack, and will go out with the official seal of the order attached. This is different from the Linton speeches which have been circulating. These do not con- tain the official indorsement of the supreme officers. What the Attack Is, The circular will, it is said, contain sev- eral things. The first will be an interview which Supreme President Echols recently gave a Star reporter, giving the attitude of the order in this fight. The next will be an interview which appeared in the Philadel- phia Press several months ago. It was an interview with Mr. Bryan on matters re- lating to the A. P. A. This interview is cecnstrued as hostile to the order. Follow- ing this will be a communication which ap- peared in a St. Louis paper, signed by a man alleged to be a close friend of Candi- date Bryan. This article was particularly severe on the organization. The last thing will be a letter from Candidate Bryan him- self. This letter has never been made pub- lic. It was in answer to a letter written him by a Washington member of the A. P. A. In this letter the Washington man asked Mr. Bryan two questions—whether he was a member of the Junior Order of American Mechanics, a-branch of the A. P. A., and whether he believed in the prin- ciples of the American Protective Associa- tuioh. Mr. Bryan replied that he was not a member of the first-named organization and that he did not believe in any secret or- ganization which discriminates against any church, The letter is said to have been short but frank. It was not signed by Mr. Bryan himself, but for him by his secretary. The foregoing include the specific charges in the attack. Mr. Bryan’s letter itself Is expected to have great weight in deciding | how the members of the A. P. A. will yote— “t least, It is thought so by the supreme officers. Other things, it is said, will be hinted at in the circular, but the specific charges it will contain have been enume- rated. The Order is Not Solid. ‘The attitude of the A. P. A. in this cam- paign was first mentioned in The Star From the article which appeared in The Star the supreme officers here have been ficoded with letters. These, it is said, show that the ‘order is not unanimous in the fight being made on Bryan. A good many silver men are sending protests against the fight being waged. They are silver men it is said, despite their membership in the order, and they propose to stick to the can- didate of the Chicago convention. Presi- dent Echols believes that three-fourths of the members of the order will vote against Bryan, and is confident of the latter's de- feat. He admits that there is a large silver sentiment in the order in the west and middle west. This sentiment was manifest when the Supreme Council met here early in the summer. An attempt was ther made to introduce a resolution committing the order to the free coinage of silver, and it was staved off. Among those who were then in favor of the white metal, and who is now against the fight on Bryan, was ex- Supreme President Trayner. Mr. Echols Talks of Kentucky. President Echcls has returned from Ken- tucky, in which he spent some time among the councils of the order. He was in Louis- ville four days, and made several public and a number of fraternal speeches. The order is strong in Louisville, Mr. Echols says. It is claimed that it elected Mayor ‘Todd two years ago, and also elected Gov- ernor Bradley, who is a member of the order. “Of the 47,000 voters registered in Louis- ville,” said President Echols, “15,000 tc 17,000 are members of our organization. They hold the balance of power in Louis- ville and in the state of Kentucky. I did not go to Kentucky on political affairs, ar we try to keep our secret work and politics separate. What I am saying is as a citi- zen. I believe, from what I learned from ccpservative sources, that Louisville wil) give a majority for McKinley of from 5,000 to 10,000, and this will be about his majority in the state. The outlook is that the vote in every other part of Kentucky will be about a stand-off. The two parties in other words, will go to Louisville with about the same vote, and the vote of that city will decide the contest. “I believe that three-fourths of the mem- bers of our order in Kentucky will vote against Bryan. They have seen his record and they can’t vote for him after that.” Mr. Echols says that Mayor Todd is re- ceiving the backing of the Louisville A. P A.’s for re-election, and that there are eee other en ates = the field—free sil- ver democrat, gold standard democrat and free silver A. P. A. = ———__-e. Naval Orders. Ensign N. E. Irwin has been ordered to duty in the bureau of navigation. Chaplain W. F. Morrison, detacked from the Frank- lin and ordered to the Minneapolis, reliev- ing Chaplain C. Q. Wright, who is ordered home and granted three months’ leave. Passed Assistant Engineer C. A. BE. King has been ordered to duty in the bureau of steam engineering, —_- e-+__. To Represent the Navy. Medical Director George W. Woods has been detailed to represent the medical de- partment of the navy at the pan-American medical congress, to be held in the city of Mexico next month. ————e-_____ Consuls Recognized. The President has recognized John H. Carter as Hawailan consul at Seattle, ‘Wash., and Edward Sudlow as British vice consul at Jacksonville, Fla. ———_-e-_____ To Stay at West.Point. After a conference with Col. Ernst, su- perintendent of the Military Academy, Sec- | retary Lamont has decided that Colonel ‘Mills shall be tinued commandai cadets at West Point ‘another year. << ———_--____. Naval Movements. The cruiser Yorktown arrived at Chee- foo, China. today, and the Michigan has arrived at Brie, TWO CENTS. If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. LINCOLN'S HATIVENEZUELA'S CASE A Controversy in Court Over Its Posses- sion. The Identity of an Old, Rusty and Antiquated Beaver to Be Es- tablished by Testimony. The hat of Abraham Lincoln, the tall, black beaver, with wide, flat rim, so famil- far to those who had the distinction of see- ing the martyred President, and so insep- arable from the usual photographs of him, occupied a prominent place in Criminal Court No. 3 today. Rusty and dusty with age, fast turning a whitish color, the an- cient relic appeared in a controversy over its possession between Dr. James O. Adams and his wife, administrators of the estate of the late Rev. Dr. Phineas D. Gurley, the pastor of the New York Avenue Presby- terian Church, which church President Lin- coln attended, and Osborn H. Oldroyd, the custodian of the government museum situ- ated in the house on 10th street in which President Lincoln died. On behalf of Dr. and Mrs. Adams, their attorney, Mr. Walter C. Clephane, explain- ed to Judge Cole and the jury that the case was appealed from Justice of the Peace Church's court several months ago by Mr. Oldroyd, Justice Church having awarded the ownership of the hat to Dr. and Mrs. Adams. ‘The hat was pnce worn by President Lin- celn, said Mr’ Clephene, and some time after his death it was presented by his widow to Dr. Gurley. When Dr. Gurley died his son, Melville, placed the hat in the patent office on exhibition, properly labeled. There it remained for a rumber of years, in time being lost sight of. When next seen by Dr. Gurley’s family it was among the relics in the government mu- seum on 10th street. Their demand for it being refused by Custodian Oldroyd, they sought to regain possession of it by a suit of replevin filed before Justice of the Peace Church. Justice Church gave judg- ment in favor of Dr. and Mrs. Adams, whereupon the government noted an ap- peal to the District Supreme Court, the case being certified to Judge Cole’s court for trial. District Attorney Birney represented the government in today’s trial, and he ex- plained that he would show that the hat was never in the possession of Dr. Gurley or his family. On the contrary, said Mr. Birney, he would show conclusively that the hat was worn by President Lincoln when he was assassinated. It and the chair he occupied at the theater when shot were taken possession of by the judge advocate general, by whom the hat, in the spring of 1866, was delivered to the War Department. After communicating with Mrs. Lincoln and her son Robert, the War Department transferred the hat to the Washington Memorial Association. Subsequently the association deposited the hat in the Smith- sonian Institution, from which it in time passed to the 10th’ street museum, where it was when Dr. and Mrs. Adams filed the suit for replevin, several months ago. Then, too, said Mr. Birney, he would make the point that their recovery of it is now barred by the statute of limitations. Mrs. Lincoln Bought It. The first witness was Mrs. Adams, who identified the hat as the one given to her father by Mrs. Lincoln, and placed by her brother in the patent office. Mrs, Sarah E. Simpson said she believed the hat to be the one presented to Dr. Gurley, as did Thos. H. Cross, colored, who was President Lin- coln’s valet. The hat was purchased in this city from Hatter Davis by-Mrs. Lincoln for her husband, Mr. Cross said, and he took it to Dr. Gurley’s house at the direction of Mrs. Lincoln. President Lincoln's hats fit- ted him, explained the witness, and at the request of Mr. Clephane, he placed it on his head, much to the amusement of the court and jury, it being a good fit. Capt. Geo. R. Sidall, who at one time was in charge of the patent office relics, suid there was a hat there deposited by Mr. Gurley, and he believed the one in ceurt to be that one, as did Capt. Dennis O'Connor, also in charge, at one time, of the patent office relics. That concluded the testimony on behalf of the plaintiff, when a recess was taken at 12:30 until 1 o'clock. Statute of Limitations. Upon the resumption of the trial after 1e- cess Mr. Birney asked the court to instruct the jury to return a verdict in favor of Mr. Oldroyd. In support of his motion, Mr. Birney contended that the statute of “im- itations now barred a recovery of the hat by Dr. and Mrs. Adams. It is now, he said, more than three years since the Gurley es- tate discovered that the hat had been re- moved from the patent office, where they claim to have originally deposited it as a lean to the United States. Hence, he claim- ed, when the government removed the hat to the Smithsonian Institution and also re- moved from it the card which character- ized it as a loan only to the government, and the plaintiffs then failed to demand its return to them, they relinquished their ownership in it. Therefore, he argued, three years and more having passed since then, the plaintiffs are now barred by the statute of limitations from asserting own- ership to it. = In reply, Mr. Clephane insisted that the plaintiffs had never relinquished owner- ship, and that if the card describing the appearance of the hat in the Smithsonian Institution as a loan was taken or left off it was the fault or neglect of the govern- ment, and not of the plaintiffs. He also contended that the disappearance there of the card was a question of fact which should be left to the jury. The Government Keeps It. Judge Cole, however, sustained the con- tentions of Mr. Birney. He held that when the Gurley estate discovered the hat in the Smithsonian Institution, without the card marking it as a loan to the government, the transfer of title from the Gurley estate to the government was sufficiently brought home to the estate. Having then failed tc assert title, the plaintiffs cannot now do so. “The statute of limitations,” said the judge, ‘is a complete bar now, and the jury Will return a verdict awarding ownershir of the hat a government, or Mr. Old- royd, its custedian.” Such a verdict was thereupon rendered when, Mr. Clephane having given notice of a motion for a new trial, Judge Cole directed that meantime the hat be placed in the custody of the marshal. SASS SS FEARFUL OF KENTUCKY. Silver Managers Afraid the State Will Go for McKinley. ‘The latest information received by the silver manegers does not tend to give them confidence that Kentucky will vote for Bryan. This information can be relied on by the managers, and that is what is both- ering them. It comes from their own side and from trustworthy sources. A ghort time ago a well-known Washington cor- respondent, who is a silver man and rep- resents a silver paper, made a trip to Ken- tucky to investigate the situation. He is said to have returned here badly frightened and to have confided his fears to the silver stood that the same state of affairs pre- pn pe gS each eee Er verwhelming ntiment anywhere. i He ia understood to have farther that democrats Kentucky are with- it organization, while their are organized and up a Sir Edward Clarke's Utterances Con- sidered Significant, ENGLAND'S EMBARRASSING POSITION Must Arbitrate Before the Commis- sion’s Report is Published. POSSIBLE CONSEQUENCES —— The utterances of Sir Edward Clarke, as quoted in the London dispatches this morn- ing, concerning the Venezuclan contro- versy are confirmatory of the statement that the decision of the Venezuelan com- mission will be adverse to England. Sir Edward's’ remarks are also regarded as sig- nificant in the intimation that efforts are being made to bring about arbitration of the matter before the decision of the com- mission is actually rendered. This intima- tion is in line with what is believed here about the matter. Secretary Olney’s Desire. It is believed to be the desire of Secre- tary Olney that the formal announcement of the commission’s decision should be de- layed long enough after its character ts made known unofficially to Lord Salisbury to give the British government an oppor- tunity to anticipate it by agreeing to arbi- tration before the decision is rendered. Lord Salistury can, with much less sac- rifice of dignity, agree to arbitration before the report of the commission is made. After the report it would seem more like yielding to compulsion. Being informed in advance what the opinion of the commis- sion must be Lord Salisbury is given an opportunity to aygid embarrassment. May Act on the Hint. It is believed that he is likely to act upon this hint, and that his instructions to Sir Julian Pauncefote contemplate closing ne- gotiations for arbitration. If he is not will- ing to thus settle the matter before the re- port is made, he is not apt to be more in- clined to do so afterward, and a situation even graver than that existing whon Cleve- land sent his message to Congress would arise. This is the time for diplomacy, and it is hoped that Lord Salisbury will avail himself of it. The final adoption and pub- licaticn of the report of the commission may mark an acute stage in the contro- versy. On the other hand, if arbitration is agreed on meanwhile, the report may be withheld from publication pending the ar- bitration, as calculated to prejudice Eng- land’s case. Report Must Be S$: ea. After what has already been <did and done by Mr. Cleveland’s administration the report of the cow-mission will have to be sustained after it has once been made pub- lic. The President and Secretary of State declared the opinicn that a certain state of facts existed, and said that if these facts were as they appeared, the United States would not tolerate the encroachment of a European power upon the territory of this continent. The commission arpointed to investigate the matter. finding the facts to be as as- sumed by the President, the vigorous policy. of this government is already deciared. The -failure to anticipate this by arbitra- tion would leave a very serious state of affairs, ——-—e HEARTY CHEERS FOR McKINLEY, Representatives of Two Staten Call on the N ee. CANTON, Ohio, October 16.—Representa- tive James H. Codding of the fifteenth dis- trict cf Pennsylvania led a delegation of Several hundred persons from the Lehigh valley to the McKinley home this morning and introduced them as miners, mechanics business men and other citizens represent- ing that territory. The party was organ- ized in the towns of Bradford, Luzerne ‘Wyoming and Carbon and adjacent terri- tory. Their greetings to Major McKinley Were most cordial and their demonstration Was enthusiastic. Tyler and Wetzel counties of West Vir- ginia sent greetings to Maj. McKinley with a delegation of representative citizens in @ special train of twelve coaches, which reached Canton about noon. Sistersville furnished the greater part of the crowd, organized as the Elkis Invincibles, named in_honor of Senator Elkins. The party greeted Maj. McKinley with cheers ani hurrahs. They were introduced by R. L. Moore and P. A. Shanon. —— ee HOURS BEHIND TIME. The Campania’s Captain Reports a Rough Trip. QUEENSTOWN, October 16.—The Cunard line steamship Campania, Capt. Walker, from New York October 10 for this port and Liverpool, arrived here at about 1 o'clock this afternoon, thirteen hours be- hind her record time. Capt. Walker re- perts having experienced continuous gales and heavy seas. He adds that yesterday the Campania passed an American liner, supposed to be the Paris, in latitude 50.13 north and longitude 25.04 west. During at day a fresh gale from the southeast northeast was blowing and a heavy, Southeast sea was running. The Paris left New York on October 7 for this port and Southampton, and when about 325 miles east of Sandy Hook had to proceed under her port engine onlygpav- ing broken her starboard thrust s! —————— WRECKED BY DYNAMITE. Many Buil a8 Destroyed, but No at Dayton, Te: NASHVILLE, Tenn., October 16.—A large quantity of dynamite in the magazine of the Dayton Coal and Iron Company at Dayton, Tenn., exploded at 1 o'clock this mornirg, wrecking many buildings and de- stroying the electric plant, putting out all lights. The company’s store is a wreck. Debris was blown a quarter of a mile. No ne was hurt so far as meager details go. —__ TWO WILLS FILED. Those of Katharine Ensworth ana Catherine H. Noyes. The will of the late Mrs. Katharine Ens- rh |