Evening Star Newspaper, October 20, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. ——-__ PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. Lith St, by the en kacrruate trot Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. eS The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the Pounter Z cents each. ‘By mail—anywhere in the Uulted States or Canada—postage ‘cents per mont! Saturday Quint age eee $1 per year, with ign postage a 00. feipmtered atthe Post Office at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application, Che #Fve a Star. * No. 13,614. WASHINGTON, D. 0. TUESDAY, OUTOBER 20, 1896—-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. | If you want today’s THREE ESTIMATES They All Give McKinley 302 Elec- toral Votes. WERE MADE AT DIFFERENT TIMES Vice Chairman Apsley Was the First Forecaster. eed OTHER REPUBLICAN NEWS Late and reliable news of the political situation in Indiana comes to hand today in the shape of a long report to Chair- man Babcock of the republican congres- sion committee from Representative Over- street, who is in charge of the congres- sional campaign in that state. Mr. Over- street’s report goes into details of the cam- paign at great length, and while they, of course, are confidential, his summary of the outlook can be published. < “The general situation in Indiana is very much improved,” writes Mr. Overstreet, “and considerable progress was made last week. A healthy tone now exists, and if nothing arises to interfere we will surely carry this state by a handsome majority. Our organization is active and our people enthusiastic. “Unless ali signs fail, the republicans will get 80 per cent of the labor vote. The railroad vote is almost solid, and the claim of a secret intention among the laborers to vote for Bryan receives little credit.” Mr. Overstreet says the republicans will carry nine out of the thirteen congres- sional districts. Two others, in addition, are also likely to return republicans, and swell the sound money majority in the House. Mr. Overstreet’s estimates are given a great deal of credit by the republi- can managers in this city. From North Carolina. Ckairman Babcock also received some very interesting information from North Carolina. It is to the effect that the re- publicans have“ succeeded through ener- getic efforts and management in registering @ very heavy vote in a quiet way without arousing the suspicions of the opposition that anything of the kind was going on. Last Saturday was the last day of regis- tration, and it is said that the thorough and systematic efforts of the republicans did not come to the attention of the oppo- sition until the Friday preceding the last day, when it was too late for the demo- crats’to make any headway. Mr. Babcock is advised that the republican registration indicates a majority in North Carolina for the republican ticket of from 12,000 to 20,000, Telegraphic advices from Texas received by Chairman Babcock today convey in- formation of the alleged possibility of the election of six republican Congressmen in the Lone Star state. This is an addition of two to the estimates formerly made by the republican managers in Texas. The fusion between the gold democrats, middle- of-the-road populists and republicans is the ground upon which the Texas managers base their claim. News From Kansas. #& business man from Philadelphia, who has extensive interests in Kansas and is row located in that state, writes to this city that four Congressmen will be elected by the republicans in Kansas. This“Is in accord with informa already in the hands of the republican committee nere. ‘The Tom Watson wing of the populists are making the chances brighter for republican s through their squabbles with the regular democratic and populist fusion. Chairman Bz bcock received a letter frem Dodgeville, Wis., which is his d trict, that Mr. George C. Hazelton of this city, stumping Mr. Babeock's dis- alf of the republican ticket, ad- dressed a large meeting at Dodgeville, and that hi ‘3 created a great deal of enthu It is said that numbers of the people turned away from the nall un- able to ga: mission. On the republican side this campaign is marked by t ical forecasters, aside from Congressman Grosvenor, though per- haps neither of these two gentlemen is anxious to enter into competition with the Obio statesman. Senator Quay hes been entirely non-commiital in his predictions, and has refuced to give any details regard ing the flattering result which he fore- shadows on November 3. Aside from these edictions, Mark Hanna has ement, and so has Vice of the republican con- gressional committee. The predictions of the latter two gentiemén are marked by a coin ch is very remarkable. Mr. Apsley’s Tour. Mr. Apsiey left Washington in the latter Part of August for the purpose of making # personal tour of inspection through the west. He sited Iowa, Nebraska, Colo- rado and the Pacifle states. He and Con- gressman McCall ent some time in Cal- ifornia, Oregon and Washington, address- ing meetings and organizing the republi- cans for ve campaign work, which had been to a certain extent dormant. His western trip was a success and he ed feeling highly sanguine of re- in success in several western states ‘n up to that time had been consid- ered hopelessly given over to Bryanism and free silver. Before leaving the Pacific ceast states on his way to report his ob- servations to the national committee, Mr. Apsley was interviewed and iaduced to make a forecast of the élection. Tals interview and forecast was pub- lished in the Seattle Post Intelligencer of Monday, September 7. Mr. Apsley then claimed 302 electoral votes for McKinley. Ovteber 18, Chairman Hanna Save out his first official statement, and put the elec- toral vote of McKinley at 302 precisely the same number given by Mr. Apsley. Six weeks had elapsed, and by an entirely different process and without exchanging notes as to the method by which they ar- rived at the result both the chairman of the national committee and the vice chair- man of the congressional committee pitch- ed upon the same number of electoral votes for McKinley, and what is perhaps equally strange reached this conclusion by claiming the same states. His Table. This is Mr. Apsley’s table, as it appears in the Seattle Post Intelligenc& of Sep- tember 7: New Ham ire. Oty eee Connecticut: re Bl Basannontleo’ He Sotel2cen es cce How the Conclusions Were Reached. Mr. Apsley reached this conclusion after @ very careful study of the situation from personal contact with all classes of people, from laboring men to bankers and railway officials, while Mr. Harna figures up this result without any reference to Mr. Aps- ley’s prediction. The Massachusetts repre- sentative regards this indirect indorsement of his figures ds a high compliment to nis judgment. Fut it has by no manner of means turned his head so that he is not able to exercise a clear vision as to the ever-changing condition of. political senti- ment, and he has announced that he will soon give out an official table of the elec- tcral vote for McKinley. This table will be somewhat modified from that which he gave out in Seattle. It will hardly be a modification down the scale, as the vice chairman is not a trimmer. More likely his estimate will increasé the sure McKin- ley electoral vote to a point above the 302 which he originally gave out. His ’94 Prediction. Nene of the Washington newspaper men who came into daily contact with him dur- ing the congressional campaign of 1804 have forgotten the startling prediction which he then made about the same period before the election. These predictions at least seemed startling in the light of the remark- able confidence then manifested at the dem- ocratic congressional committee by Senator Faulkner and Secretary Gardner. They were classed as visionary by most men of good judgment, and when Apsley came out with his thirteen famous predictions as to the complexion of the next House and the sanguinary slaughter among the great lights of democracy which then illuminated the lower branch of Congress, most people were Inclined to regard the vice chairman as the most pronounced rainbow chaser then on the political boards. The result of that electicn was a brilliant vindication of Mr. Apsley’s judgment in every particular, and since that time people have changed their opinion and have come to look upon the Massachusetts prognosticator as a true prophet. OPPOSED TO THE COLLEGE A Committee Reports Against the Institu- tion. It Recommends That Registration Be Refused to the Washington Dental College. The report of the special committee ap- pointed by the Commissioners to investi- gate and report upon the fitrless for regis- tration of the Wasbington College of Den- tal Surgeons, has been submitted. It states: “Your committee, after a thorough in- vestigation, is of the opinion that the pro- posed Washington College of Dental Sur- gery is just such an institution as it is the object of the law to keep out of existence, and we base our conclusion upon the fol- lowing facts: First, the proposed college has no endowment nor building in which to condvct its business; secondly, the total plant, including all appliances, is valued by the incorporators at $1,000, and is in- adequate to an absurd degree; thirdly, the gentlemen comprising the faculty have none of them demonstrated any ability to teach, nor have any of them gained any reputation as teachers, and, with one or two unimportant exceptions, have had no connection, as instructors, with any college, except the National Homeepathic Medical College, or the Washington Homeopathic Medical College Dental Department, insti- tutions notoriously inefficient, whose fac- ulties neither gained good reputation ror evidenced ability to teach or to manage college affairs. Fourthly, Judge Miller. of the Police Court, in sustaining criminal charges against the demonstrator in charge of its infirmary, ruled the National Homeo- pathic College out of existence for exceed- Ing the rights of its charter, and its incor- porators, expecting this decision, were pre- pared to continue business, and did con- tinue business without interruption, and with the same plant, faculty and students under the new name of the Washington Homeopathic Medical College. Both these colleges graduated students after periods of study that were absurdly short, and in various ways violated the rules of the Na- tional Association of Dental Examiners and the National Association of Dental Faculties, by which all reputable dentzl colleges are governed. At least two mem- bers of the proposed faculty were mem- bers of the faculty and truste2s of the Na- ticnal Homeopathic Medical College, and four of them were members of the faculty of the Washington Homeopathic Medical College Dental Department. “Fifth. Members of the proposed faculty who appeared before your committee agreed with us in unqualified condemnation of the National Homeopathic Medical College, but attempted to justify the equally bad course and actions ‘of the Washington Homeo- pathic Medical College, which was its un- interrupted continuation under a new name and which recognized its former work un- der its former name and gave credit to its students for the same. “Sixth. Members of the faclty of the pro- posed college admit that it is based upon the Washington Homeopathic Medical Col- lege dental department, whose plant they purchased, and a majority of whose faculty they have absorbed, but proclaim their in- tention of raising the institution out of the metaphorical mud into which they admit it has fallen. Their course and actions, however, when connected with the Wash- ington Homeopathic Medical College den- tal department, and their present attempt to justify that course, render it, in the opinion of your committee, extremely im- probable that they will make any serious effort to do so, while their lack of en- dowment, lack of sufficient appliances und lack of eminent reputation preclude such a possibility, even in the face of earnest ef- fort. “Seventh. None of the members of the proposed faculty are members of any rep- utable medical or dental society or asso- ciation, regular or homeopathic, except one, who is now under investigation by the Dental Society of the District of Colum- bia for unprofessional conduct. “We believe that, according to the letter of the law and the spirit of the law, any one of the seven reasons above given is good and sufficient ground for refusing reg- istration, and we therefore respectfully rec- ommend that registration be refused the Washington College of Dental Surgery. We would, in conclusion, call attention to the fact that Dr. Odell, who was appointed on this committee, is also a member of the proposed faculty, and that while he was present at our most important meet- ing he declined, on the ground that he could not pass upon his own character, to sign any report of this committee.” the report was signed by Drs, W. P. Carr, chairman; J. Ryan Devereux, Clifton May- field, B. F, Odell and Henry Noble. Sete ees GOING TO PRINCETON. The President and Mrs. Cleveihnd ‘Will Leave Here Tomorrow. The President, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and Private Secretary Thurber, will leave .here tomorrow afternoon for Princeton, N. J., to attend the sesqui-cen- tennial of Princeton University. They will review a torchlight procession on the cam- pus tomorrow evening, and will also attend the exercises in Alexander Hall the follow- ing day, at which it is expected the Presi- dent will make a suitable address. The party will return to Washington Thursday evenirg. a Internal Revenue Recefpts. ‘A comparative statement of the receipts from internal revenue issued today shows the total receipts for September were $12,- 009,130, a very slight gain over September, 1895. For the three months ended Septem- ber 30, 1896, the receipts amounted to $37,- 000. September's fig- Dee ee ieee galn in zeceipis ree spirits, nearly offset by losses from tobacco and fermented liquors. x —_—__-e-+______ Ordaance Instruction. . Commander J. E. Merry has been ordered to ordnance instruction at Washington; sistant Surgeon. M. 8. Hilott to the York. naval laboratory. ‘ ‘agenent THE RISE IN WHEAT|W!LD HAVANA RUMORS/CASE TQ BE TRIED What Party Managers Say of Its Campaign Effect. CHAIRMAN BABCOCK’S IDEAS GIVEN Senator Faulkner Thinks It Wj! Have No Influence. ik lee eS MR. BUTLER’S VIEWS —_-_—_ The rise in wheat and its effect on the political situation is discussed around headquarters every day. The democrats and silverites profess to find nothing in the rise which gives them alarm, while the republicans see much to gratify them. They feel that the actual fact in the rise of wheat is better than all the arguments which could be made by hundreds of ora- tors. A Star reporter this morning talked to the chairmen cf the different parties about this matter, and presents what they have to say. Chairman Babcock’s Ideas. “The present market conditions,” said Chairman Babcock of the republican con- gressional committee, “are complete de- nials of the claims and argume' of Mr. Bryan and the democratic managers. We see a decline in silver of from 3 to 4 points ard an advance in wheat of more than 20 cents a bushel. If the arguments of the silver men were good wheai should join in the decline with silver. Instead of advancing 35 per cent in the last two weeks wheat would have declined about 5 per cent to have kept track with silver. ‘This change in market values is a fact that no one can question. here {s no oratorical buncombe in it or no statement that can- net be backed. In my opinion the rise com- pletely refutes the claims that the price of silver governs the price of wheat and farm products. It leaves the present democratic free silver manag2rs without foundation to stand on. The farmer who now brings his wheat to market to sell will see at once that he is getting 35 per cent more than a month ago, and if he wanted to buy silver he could do so at 5 per cent less. The re- sult of all this will be to show the farmer that the arguments tha: nave been made by Bryan and his followers were mislead- ing. The large vove McKinley will have in the agricultural states will be increased.” Chairman Faulkner Talks, Chairman Faulkner of the democratic congressional committee regarded the rise in wheat lightly, so fur as its effect on the election was concerned. “It will have no effect,” he said. “The farmers of the country are not ignoramuses and’ under- stand the situation better than many of the business men of the country. They have been studying these matters for fif- teen years and are fully posted. They know the rise in wheat is because of the short crop in India. They know that it is a temporary movement, and that it oc- curs every few years from the same causes without becoming permanent. They understand that better than the republi- cans think. If I was unfair I migit at- tribute the rise to the probable success of Bryan, and the expected rise in silver that will follow. The farmers have a taste of better prices now and they will vote that much stronger for silver to make the prices permanent and to prevent so much fluctuation. Thinks Bryan Will Gain. Senator Butler, chairman of the populist national committee, believes Bryan will gain votes by the rise in wheat. He said: “The jump in wheat is simply anotner evidence of what the American public has known for years—that is, that the market to a certain extent is controlled by specu- lation, and that the price of any product thus controlled can be temporarily lowered or raised at will by those who hold the calls for future delivery. It is well known that the purpose of the proposed anti-op- tion law was to prevent speculation fro1a thus bulling and bearing the market price of American staple products. This law was fought by those who have made im- mense fortunes in speculating upon the products produced by American labor. If @ proper and just anti-option bill had been passed and we had an honest financial system, and equitable transportation rates, this present false and delusive spurt in wheat, for campaign purposes, would not have occurred. “While this anti-option law was before Congress, more than one grain speculator on Wall street was forced to admit before ccngressional investigating committees that the combined speculators, known as bulls and bears, had it in their power to reverse the natural law of’ supply and demand, regulating price, and to even force up price in the face of an increased crop, or to de- crease price in the face of a short crop, whenever it was to their pecuniary interesi to do so. “No one denies today that a few men con- trol the money market, and some of these men-have boasted that they could produce @ panic at pleasure, and we have had sad experience to prove that they could make good their boast. The same Kind of combi- nation today, to a certain extent, controls the prices of farm products. When a money panic occurs it is simply proof of the power of the manipulators in money; when a spurt in products occurs it is simply a proof of the power of the speculators, who never produce 4 bushel of wheat or corn or oats or a pound of cotton, to control prices of farm products, produced by farm labor. “You ask me what effect the rise in wheat will have upon Bryan votes. I answer that it is an object lesson in favor of Bryan that can have no other effect but to increase his vote. The farmers understood the evil ef- fects of speculation controlling the price of their products when they petitioned Con- gress for the anti-option law; and they also thoroughiggunderstand who ptevented them from getting it. They understand the evil effects of a corner in money when they are now joining in fighting McKinley and the gold standard and supporting Bryan. A panic in the money market and the sale of more United States bonds would today clearly be in Bryan’s favor, as this un- paralleled speculation in wheat will be in his favor. “In short, our reports for the last two wéeks have been showing an unusual rise in Bryan stock, especially in the grain-pro- ducing states of the central west; and this object lesson of Wall street speculation in their products will cause Bryan stock to more than keep pace with the rise in wheat.” ee Personal Mention. Mr. and Mrs. John Seager have returned from a month's visit to London and Paris. They had an enjoyable time and are in ex- cellent health. Mr. Seager is private sec- retary to Secretary Lamont. United Stgtes Treasurer Morgan left Washington yesterday for a short visit to his home at Bridgeport, Conn. Col. Peter C. Haines, Corps of Engineers, is in the‘city in attendance cn the meeting of the board of fortificaticns. Lieut. George Bill, jr., 3d Infantry, and Lieut. J. 8. Oyster, Ist Artillery, are in the city ou leave of absence. ——$_—$__e. , ilecut. Smith Resigns. Lieut. F. G. Smith, 14th Infantry;‘a mem- ber of this year’s class of the Military Academy, has resigned from the army. in grder to.devote his_afiention to the man- of the-estate of-his“father, who @ abort time ago. died only Denial of Trouble Between General ‘Weyler and General Lee, inte eS Suspect Arrested on m American Vessel and the Position Taken by the United States Recognized. It is statg@ by government officials that the reports coming from New Orleans as to an exciting controversy at Havana be- tween Gen. Fitzhugh Lee,’ United States consul’ general, and Gen. Weyler over the attempted apprehension of a Mexican ramet Fernandez on Yourd of the Amer- ican ship Vigilancia, give a significance and importance to the event not warranted by the facts. If there was any apprehension that war would result, that feeling must have been confined entirely to Havana, for the law on the subject is so clear and its application has been so firmly established by precedent that the officials in this city were in no doubt as to the outcome. Consul General Lee has not informed the State Department of the affair, and the fect that he did not deem it worthy of the expense of cabling, but will treat it only in the routine way througn mail re- Forts, is evidence of the importance he accorded to the incident. ‘The Spanish authorities received Havana advices fully explaining the case, but these advices were ct an entirely pacific character and treated the matter as an incident which had been satisfactorily adjusted between Gen. Wey- jer and Consul General Lee without any breach of their friendly relations. The facts as reported are substantially these: Ger. Weyler ordered the arrest of Fernandez as a suspect, not knowing at the time of the issuance of the order that he was on board an American ship. Later Gen, Lee notified the Spanish authorities that the Vigilancia was an American ship, which, under our treaty rights, had an im_ munity from search and seizure for sus- pects in transitu to other ports. Gen. Wey- ler promptly acceded to the positien taken by Gen. Lee ,and the affair ended. No pro- tests or claims were submitted to Washing- ton by either side. It is said positively that the reports that Gen. Weyler ever contem- plated firing on the Vigilancia or trained the guns of Morro Castle on the ship are incorrect. Not the Due Process of Law. The doctrine maintained by the United States in cases \ke ‘that of Fernandez is that any foreign shtp not a national vessel or man-of-war entering a‘port subjects her- self to the local laws of the place. Conse- quently, if there should be on board a fugi- tive from justice, he can be reclaimed by the local officers provided it is done strictiy according to due process of law. It is in just this proviso that Fernandez found safety, and im his‘case is a parallel to that of the Amertcan merchant, Samuel Tolon, who was taken off an American steamer at Havana, but afterward was re- lease1 by the Spanish officials upon Consul General Lee's demand. In Tolon’s case the Spaniards failed to- follow due process of law, but arrested the man under military process, and it is stppoged from the press reports that this wa¥ attempted in Fernan- dez’s case. Capt. Gen. Weyler has all along maintained that the; operations of civil law were entirely suspendid in Cuba during the progress of the rebgilian, and that martial law reigned supreme. Under this construction he arrested Tolon and doubtless hie gee to &trest Fernan- dez. But the United States has taken the contrary position, &nd in this has been sus- tained by the superior authorities at Mad- rid, who, beyond question, foresaw that if they supported Weyler’s contention it would ‘amount to such an admission of the existence of a state of actual war as would not permit of the further delay of recog- nition by foreign powers and perhaps of even the graver’steps of formal recognition of the independence of the insurgents. Therefpre the only manner in which Fer- nandef could have been held by Weyier would have been under civil process, and it is assumed that either he had no oppor- tunity to complete the necessary formali- ties of found himself lacking in the proof that would be required to sustain his case before the civil courts in Cuba. Se INTERVENTION IN CUBA. A Significant Article Published in a Mexican Paper. CITY OF MEXICO, October 20.—El Mun- do today has an article on the proposed intervention of Mexico and the United States in the conflict between Spain and Cuba, which says in substance that Mexi- co regards the United States as a firm ‘and loyal friend with whom social and commercial relatiors are growing daily more intimate, and. if the United States should suggest officially to Mexico the de- sirability cf jcint intervention President Diaz would accept with pleasure, being certain of the moral support of all the Latin American republics. But Mexico could only accept the part of a joint paciti- cator in case the Spanish naticn should insist on carrying on v-ar in her sovereign right to the bitter end, or the Cuban peo- ple, fighting desperately for liberty, should show distrust; in other words, if both par- ties to the conflict should accept interven- tion. Nobody here knows, the article continues, how. the sympathies of General Diaz are in this great conflict, as he has observed a most decorous conduct. He has a pro- fcund sympathy for Spain, and at che same time recalls his own struggle for the lib- erty of his own people. The Mexican peo- ple would gladly see the name cf Mexico figure in universal history as alleviating suffering, but would refuse to enter into diplomatic conflicts likely to bring about in- ternational complications in the future. ‘The article evidently reflects very cau- tiously the views of the-administration, ard is regarded here as significant. Popular sympathy is strongson the Cuban side, but will undoubtedly refuse to be moved by any emotional considerations. — THROWN FROM HIS HORSE. Another Death by Violence in Fred- erick ‘County Special Dispatch to ‘The Rientng Star. FREDERICK, Md.,‘ October 20—John Benner, an aged and’well-known citizen of Urbana district, this’ county, was thrown from his horse while in the village of Ur- bana yesterday and‘fatally hurt. He was picked. up unconscious and removed to his home, where-he died in a few hours. His was the second death of the kind in the county within a ‘week, Daniel Franklin Bussard, a prominent farmer of the Mid- dletown valley, haying Deen killed by a fall from his saddle“horsé near Harmony. News was received gt Creagerstewn to- day of the killing of Eimier S. Groshon of that place at Millnersville, Ohio, where he was employed. He was felling large trees, when one of them felliover him and crus! ed him to death. /He was in his twenty- fourth year and single. _ —_— To Represent Russin in France. PARIS, October 20:—The Eclair today says that M. N. N. De Giers, councilor of the Russian embassy at Paris, will super- sede Baron Von Mohrenheim, the Russian ambassador to France, on account of the latter's. pronounced opposition to the recent visit ¢f the czar and ina to.the French : Toit Gateh Torn Down. 300 toll gate raiders tore away. the gates roads daring the night. her features. The Castles Released in London on $150,000 Bail. TESTIMONY REGARDING THE THEFT Mrs. Castle Almost Prostrated While in Court. HUSBAND'S EXPLANATION (Copyright, 1898, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, October 20.—Directly after the routine police cases had been disposed of today, the court room was cleared of the throng which had been interested in them, and was almost immediately afterward re- filled, this time by an overflowing gather- ing of storekeepers, city men and others. All the bondsmen of the Castles, the Americans charged with larceny from London tradesmen, were among those present, and H. Hodson, representing the United States embassy, was accommodated with a seat at the solicitors’ table. There was a humming of excited com- ment, which was quickly hushed by the magistrate, Mr. Robert Milnes Newton, as Mr. Castle, calm and dignified in demeanor, entered the court. He was followed by his wife, who was stylishly and becomingly dressed in a tailor-made dress of gray ma- terial. Mrs. Castle carried a handkerchief in her right hand, and held it almost con- tinuously up to her face, as if to thwart the efforts of the police court artists, if there were any in the vicinity, to sketch She was more composed than last week, when her distress touched everybody present. But, in spite of this gain in strength, due, no doubt, to her re- lease from prison and rest at the residence of a friend, Mrs. Castle no sooner found herself in the prisoners’ dock than she showed symptoms of faintness, verging on collapse, which caused the policeman on duty at her side to fetch a chair and put it in the dock for the use of Mrs. Castle. The latter then sank wearily upon it, closed her eyes and leaned her head upon he: husterd’s shoulder, as if seeking there the strength necessary to enable her to bear up against such a trying ordeal. Mr. Castle, as on Tuesday last, placed his arm affectionately around his wife and support- ed her as best he could. During the further hearing of the case against her, ard incidentally against her husband, Mrs. Castle frequently moaned so piteously that finally the kind-hearted policeman harded her a bottle of salts, and Mr. Castle was kept busy whispering words of comfort in the sufferer’s ear, holding her hand while striving in every possibie way to encourage the half-fainting woman. Mrs. Castle's Visit to Regent Street. Miss Patty Allwood, a saleswoman in the employ of Gustave Ellus, a furrier of Regent strect, testified that on Thursday, October 1, Mrs. Castle and her son, ten years old, visited the store. The female prisoner, witness added, asked if the con- cern could make a chinchilla cape and was informed that the work could be done. ‘The witress further testified that the prisoner showed her two small chinchilla skins and remarked, “I should like to have those matched." Continuing, Miss Allwood said: “I went to another part of the shop to speak to Mr. Ellus and on returning, the female prisoner said that she could not wait any longer as she wanted to take her son to lunch, and would return in half an hour. But I did not see her again until October 8, when I was summoned to the Vine street police station. There I saw this sable muff, which I identify as the property of Mr. Ellus. I last saw the muff in the shop ten minutes before the femaie prison- er entered. The muff was in a glass case, close to where she was standing.” Replying to questicns on the subject, the witness said that the door of the ‘case must have been opened in order to the muff, and that the door was not properly closed when the prisoner left the shop. Replying to another question, Miss All- wood Stated that it was after the female prisoner had left the store that she ne- ticed that the dcor of the case was not properly closed. Her Visit to Great Portland Street. The next witness was Alexander Swert- zel, a furrier of Great Portland street. In substance he testified that on September 20 Mrs. Castle went to his store alone and asked to see a chinchilla cape. Her son came in later alone, and while Mrs, Casile was in the store she was followed by Mr. Castle. Witness, continuing, said “I continued talking to Mrs. Castle, while Mr. Castle stood looking at some furs on the right-hand side of the show room. There were fur trimmings and ties near where he was standing. He continued ing at the furs; but I can’t say he touch: them. Mr. Castle and the boy left the shop first, and they were followed soon afterward by Mrs. Castle, and I saw no more of them until October 1, Then the wife came, during the morning, alone, and I showed her some chinchilla © be matched. I named forty-five pounds as the price of the cane she wanted made, then she offered forty-two pounds, which’ I de- clined. The boy then entered and asked her to call somewhere at 4 o’clock. She said she would think over my proj and they left the shop after she promised to return. I did not miss anything »mtil October 8 when I went to Vine street police siation and found two ties, one a sable and one a Kalinsky fur, belonging to me and valued at four pounds and fifteen pounds, respectively. They were in the right-hand part of the.show room, where Mr. Castle stood.” + Mr. Castle Explains. At the conclusion of the court proceed- ings a representative of the Associated Press had an interview with Mr. Walter M. Castle. The California merchant said: “I have been instructed by counsel not to talk for publieation, but I am glad of the chance to explain certain things. I must, however, ask you not,to divuize our pres- ent abode, as my wife is very ill, and any published notice of our whereabou:s would 8 to ‘move On. can cannot sufticienily thank our friends in California and elsewhere for their kind- ness. I am in deep ircuble, but I am cn- rely innocent. one wiil be clearly proven at the trial that my wife has bee: suffering from a disorder whith makes her irresponsible, and she is now unier the care of physi- cians and of a professional nurse. “Last May, while in London, I was obliged to cail in doctors to examine her, and we are uow living where she has ab- uiet.” samt’ dustic was asked how he explained that, living with his wife in one room at the hotel, he did not know she had stolen articles In her possession. He said: _ “Let me tell you that at least 75 per cent of the articies the police Sound among our effects I, myseif, paid for. Of this I have proof, which will be produced at the trial. I'am not a millionaire, but I gave my wife plenty of money to buy what she wantcd. She also has money of her own. “I did not know the contents of her trurks, but If I-had seen twice as much in them i would have thought that she pur- : eo er did I discover such a tendency, and never before has there been a suspicion against her character or mine. Our friends at home can easily prove this.” Experience in Jat. When Mr. Castle was questioned regard- ing the nature of his experience while in Holloway jail, he remarked: “We were kindly treated, but it is an unpleasant piace. Imagine my feelings there, with my wife utterly prostrated. I have nothing to say about the examination at Marlborough street police court, save that I think the magistrate has been unduly severe. Had I been a common criminal he could not have tried to place me in a worse position. “I understand ghat our London friends would come forward to the extent of a million for bail, if it was necessary. The police have been kind to us, especially In- spector Arrow. He has expressed sym- pathy with us, saying that at first he had misjudged me.’ Mr. Castle was asked what his plans were for the future, and he replied: “I shall try to restore my poor wife as much as possible until the trial. But one line of defense is possible, and that is my wife's health. I do not apprehend any trouble in proving my own innocence.” During this interview. Mr. Castle's eyes frequently filled with tears, but his bearing was manly and dignified, and he once tired, saying: “Excuse me; my wife gets nervous if I am away, and I must reas- sure her.” SILVER AP. A MEN They Are Said to Protest Against President Echols’ Action. A Vigorous Kick From Much Bitterness Develop- Loulisville— ing in the Order. The fight which Supreme President Ech- ols of the A. P. A. and the other supreme officers of the orger are making on Bryan is developing, it is said, much bitterness in the order, and the silver men who are members are protesting vigorously against the course which is being pursued. These protests are beirg made privately to Mr. Echols, as well as publicly. It is said that there may be some developments of a sen- sational nature at an early date. Mr. Ech- ols, his friends say, believes he is right, and refuses to be moved by the protests, which are coming mainly from the west. Vigorous Kick From Louisville. The visit which Mr. Echols made to Louisville last week has brought out the most vigorous kick. There is said to be a strong element of the A. P. A. in Louisville in favor of Bryan and silver. They got mad at the visit of the president, and made public a statement in regard to it. Mr. Echols is charged with all manner of things. He is accused of disrupting the order by running it on the political rock. It is said by members of the order here that the order is badly divided on the question in the western states, and that Mr. Echols and the supreme officers will be unable to throw the solid vote for McKin- ley. On the other hand, it is said that in the eastern and middle states Mr. Echols’ course is approved, and that the order is almost solidly for McKinley. Distribution of the Circular. The distribution of the anti-Bryan cir- cular is still in progress. It is going out under the official seal of the order, as stated In The Star, and is signed by .Su- preme President Echols and Supreme Sec- retary Palmer. The Star has given the con- tents of the circular in substantial form. The closing part of the circular winds | up with an appeal by Supreme President Echols for the members of the order to vote as their principles teach them, and prophesying victory in the election. It is said that several conferences have been held between the supreme officers and the state officers of the order in Mar land over the situation in that state. The members of the order say that Maryland members are solid for McKinl ee WHITE HOUSE APPOINTMENT. Private Secretary Thurber is Looking for Messenger Brown's Successor. A vacancy has occurred in the small force of messengers at the Executive Man- sion in consequence of the dismissal of | James Brown, on the grounds of ineffi- ciency. Mr. Brown is a colored man of democratic proclivities, and was a candi- date for the office of recorder of deeds at the time of the appointment of Mr. Taylor of Kansas. He is a son of Bishop Brown of Georgia, and, it is said, he felt that the cuties of a messenger were somewhat be- tcw Ins dignity. At any rate, he did not give satisfaction, and was informed that his services were no longer required. The ship has a salary attachment of and is exempt from civil servic ‘on. It will probably be filled } arpoiniment of a colored @ound moncy detnocrat. The appointment is vested in Private Secretary Thurber, and he has numerous applications under consideration, WAR RECORDS. Progress Made During the Year in Compiling This Publication, Superintendent Richard Rush, in charge of the publication of the naval war rec- ords, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy says that during the past year the second and third volumes of the war records have been published. The fourth volume is in the hands of the printer, and it is hoped that two more volumes will he ready for the press-during the current fiscal year. The editions are said to be entirely too small to meet the popular demand, much ‘less to supply the volumes for sale to the public, and an increase is asked for. The work of collecting material has pro- gressed during the year and some addi- tional papers of great value have been se- cured. The reports of the Union com- manders are fairly complete, but great difliculty has been met in obtaining those of the confederate commanders, owing in part to the destruction by fire of a large part of the archives of the confederate navy department. —_—__—_e—__ THE VENEZUELA DISPUTE. An Official Statement That Sir J Pauncefote Brings New Proposals. The following official statement regarding Venezuela was issuegi in London last even- ing: : “There is, happily, a better feeling mani- fested on both sides of the water between the respectf#e peoples, and it frequently happens that manifestations of this kind help governments to an amicable conciusion which would otherwise be impracticable. “Regarding the allegation that Sir Julian Pauncefote has returned to America charg= ed with a mission having for its object the setilement of the dispute, the patent fact is that he all along has had such a mission; he has returned to Washington with certain instructions, and negotiations wiil be re- cpened immediately on ais crrival. But it is too early to’say whether or not the pro- rosals of the Britisn governmen: sre likely to be accepted.” Coming tothe Barrack Light Battery E of the Ist Artillery, Cap- tain Capron commanding, now at Fort Sheridan, Iii, has been ordered to take sta- tion at Washington barracks, D. C., in place of Captain Lancaster's Light Battery C, 34 Artillery, ordered to- the Presidio of San Francisco. SPIRITUALISTS MEET The National Association in Session Here, OPENING © PROCEEDINGS TODAY Mr. Bacon Makes an Address of Welcome. DELEGATES WHO ARE HERE ee The fourth annual convention of the Na- tional Spiritualists’ Association of the United States and Canada assembled this morning at Masonic Temple, where meet- ings will be held during three days. The hail had been tastefully decorated for the reception of the delegates, the stage banked with palms, a bust of Thomas Payne having a place before the reading desk, by each side of which were great bunches of white flowers and handsome American flags. The audience consisted chiefly of dele- gates from all parts of the country, among whom were the following: Samuel Putnam, president of the Free Thought Federation and Secular Union of America; L. V. Moul- ton, Jon Eggleston, Frank Walker, E. W. Sprague, E. BE. Poucher, New York; Chas. Scherin, Baltimore; Mrs. Lou F. Prior, missionary-at-large of the national asso- ciation, of Denver, Col.; T. J. Preston, Stansbury, Mo.; M. A. Warren, Hudson, Mass.; E. W. Bond, L. C, Hutchinson,Ohio: Col. Jas. Freeman, Illinois; John Hutchin- son, Jackson, Mich.; Mrs.'Ella Royl Wil- liams, Salen, Oreg.; Dr. S. N. Aspinwall and wife, Minneapolis, Minn.; Judge A. C, Dunn, Minnesota; Dr. G. C. B. Ewell, Den- ver, Col., Prof. J. S. Loveland, Thomas G. Newman, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Whitney, W. J. Colville, Mrs. Maggie Waitt, Dr. J. M. Peebles, San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. Conant, Millwood, W. Va. J. B. Hatch, sr., and wife, J. B. Hatch, ir., and wife, Boston, Mass.; John Wheeler and wife, Orange, Mass.; Hebron Libby, Bos- ton; E. R. Whiting, Hartford, Conn.; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Storrs, Hartford, Conn.: Henry W. Hale, Meriden, Mass.; Mrs. Helen Wood, Onsett, Mass.; Miss Mary Hatch, South Windom, Conn.: F. Compton, Toronto, Canada; Wm. Nye, New Bedford, Mesrs.; E. B. Buttrick of the Buttrick Pat- tein Company, Sterling, Mass. Opening the Convention. The hall was about half filled when the exercises were opened, about half of the delegates being ladies. President Harrison D. Barrett of Lily Dale, N. Y., presided, and announced the following officers who were to assist in the meeting: Vice presi- dent, Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, Chicago, Ill; secretary, Francis B. Woodbury; treas- urer, Theodore J. Mayer of this ci geant-at-arms, ¢ W. Shook; cirector, J. H. Altemu musical hy eading clerk, John Eggleston; assistant secretary, Wm. Rich- mond; stenographer, I. C. I. Evans; door- keeper, Henry Steinberg. After the singing of a hymn, an “invo- cation to our guide” was anyounced, and Mrs. Cora L. V. Ric hmond, vice president, Was called on to deliver it. President Rar- rett delivered a short address upon the opening of the ccaveution, and said one ot the chief purpos of the meeting was that spiritualists mij take united action to prevent legislation hostile to the spread of their opinions 'hroughout the States, and, im view of the spirit shown toward them, by those hostile to their views. ’ An Address of Welcome. The address of welcome was delivered by George A. Bacon of this city, his words frequently calling forth applause. “The question that presses in upon us at this time,” said Mr. Bac on, “more than that of any other is, how to better equip and put in still more suec essfully running order the necessary machinery by which the greatest amount of spiritual tllumina- tion (synonym for light and truth) may be generated among mankind; how best p: pare to receive and t mit the spiritual messages of the fathers of the republ carry out, as far as prac gestions of the spiritual congress, in short, to determine among ourselves what legis- lation in behalf of organ tion is ne sary, on t part of this ional asso: tion, that shall best serve the spirit world, or spiritual forc now working through such human instrvmentalities as are here and elsewhere found availaDle. The speaker e lukew spirit that dominated, , many of people who believe in the manifestations of spiritualism, It id,” he continued, “we are only bedy representing a con- stituency that claim to practically know of the power that links this world to that of the spirit; only body that publicly procla the truth of an open highway between the so-called mortal and immortal states; that threugh human instrumentali- tles, those of our friends, our members of our own been made to k families, wand reali: of our relationsiip to eternal rn What body of men and women with knowledge, such a light, such a truth, have greater reason fcr being recognized by the thinking world? What body of men and women have greater cause to make known, to spread abread, their knowledge, light and truth? Interest in the Work. “We interpret the sense of this gathering to be an expression of the fact that you have come to this convention because of your interest in the work which this na- tional association represents, because of your desire to aid in perfecting its plan for practical worl; that this work shall be mote effective, far reaching and uplift- ing; that it shall not only be worthy of but’ receive the spiritual and material aid of the great body of spirits throughout the entire covn that its work shall be more fundamental and comprehensive; that it shall more and more clearly show the relation between its phenomena and its philosopky; between its multitudinous facts, their proper classification and scien- tific Ceduction. In short, by your presence and your active, practical sympathy you are here to do what you can to aid in the further ¢xtension of its beneficent aim and ends.” Mrs. Richmond's Reply. In response to the address of welcome, Mrs. Cora L. V. Richmond, vice president of the association, delivered an eloquent re- ply, which called forth frequent outbursts of applause. Mrs. Richmond is the pastor of the Church of the Soul of Chicago, where her eloquence attracts large audiences to her church. She opened her remarks by a flattering refereuce to the beauties of the capital city, and said: “If it were the city of incorruptible legis- lation, it would be the most beautiful place on earth. The people hope it will be, one day, the fair white temple representing Nberty, justice, equality and all the world, and every member of this convention hopes that some day there will be such a body of people here representing our cause at the headquarters of national association as wil! fulfill the hopes and expectations of the spiritualists of the world over. “It is true that our mission is not a phys- ical one, but if there were no physical ecessities there would be re need for the existence of the national association, Our mission is the forgetfulness of self in the interest of the whrie, and if this vannot be done we have no right to be given or to have an organ‘zation. What right would these delegates have to be here if they do not come with their hearts overladen with