Evening Star Newspaper, November 16, 1896, Page 1

——— THE EVENING STAR. ———————— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. llth 8t, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company. 8. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. ew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers In the ity by carriers, on thelr own account, at 10 cents Bere E cee cock Oy malinaaywiere ts the Guired States or Canada postage prepald80 cents r month. PGaturday Quintaple Sheet, Star, $1 per year, with rf : eearcuma net ice at Washington, D.C. Entered at the Post as second-class mail matter.) 7 All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,637, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY NOVEMBER 16, 1896—-FOURTEEN PAGES TWO CENTS SPANISH DRIVEN BACK SS Forces of Maceo and Weyler Believed “to Have Met. —— CUBANS HAD THE BETTER POSITION Desperate Efforts Made to Capture It. CAMPAIGN’S IMPORTANCE CHICAGO, November 16.—A Tribune spe- cial from Jacksonville, Fla., says: Cipher dispatches just received report 2 fierce battle in progress in Pina Del Rio. s believed Maceo and Weyler have The reports of firearms have been antly heard for several No details of the engagement are given other than the statement that a most de- sive engagement is being waged. ‘The last definite news of Captain General Wey ler located him at Oleaya, within a few miles of Maceo's entrenchments. The dispatch adds: “Insurgent forces are well located in the hilis and are pouring a hot fire into the Spanish troops, which have repeatedly been driven back in attempts to capture the Cuban stronghold. The insurgents have the advantage of position, being at a great elevation, but the Spaniards are making a most desperate attack. From a distance it looks as if several towns are in flames. The lighted.up by the constant fire of the artillery. Whether or hot Maceo ts directing the insurgents’ tac- tics cannot at tnis time be learned, Spain’s Instructions to Weyler. It is learned that the Spanish government n Gen. Weyler to understand that surgents aggre less he soon achiev over the Cubans, it is recalled. Gen. Weyler, it is understood, is aware of the alternative, and his present campaign in Pinar del Rio ected with a view of putting a new aspect on the Cuban situation. The campaign has be- come to him’ a personal matter, and with ve victory believed, he will be the knowledge that his prestige and rank are at the Havana cables are being watched with interest for news of more important battles than the skirmish and guerrilla fights that thus far have come by way of them. Gen. Weyler has all the troops that he There are over 20,000 Spanish, ‘uba, and the force under the captain general in his present operations in the field in person is over 6,000 me! Maceo, against whom he is now operat’ has under him, it is estimated, about 4 men. Spain having fulfilled all of Gen. Weyler’s wishes as to troops, now expects results. Consul General Lee has acquainted the administration with these facts, and the President is awaiting events and will shape bis course by the developments. It is Gen. Weyler’s hope that he will be able to score a decided victory before the assembling of Congress, December 7. Spain fears adverse action by that body soon after it meets, and has urged Gen. Weyler to demonstrate his ability to crush ‘the re- bellion within the next two weeks, if pos- sible. Position of the Administration. In view of the fact that Spain is now making a strong and almost supreme effort to subdue her insurgent colony, and thi crisis apparently is at hand, the President will delay writing that part of his fortu- coming message on the Cuban situa til the last_moment before the meed Congress. The position the administrati will,take with reference to Cuba in th message, it is claimed, will be 7 termined by the rews rece d_before De- cemper 7. Should the news be favoravle to the suce of the Svanish arms, it is probable that the President would continue to pursue his policy of non Should it, on the other hand, ti ly favorable to the insurgent cause, and espec if It should happen that Weyler were defeated, Mr. Cleveland, it is_ po ble, would no longer hesitate to recommend the recognition of the ights as belliger- ents, or some other action equally unde- sirable to Spain. What action would follow a simply nega- tive result of the campaign, that is, a fruit- less chase after the i ts by Gen. Weyler, is less clear. Possibly the admin- istration would be Influenced in some measure at least by what representa- tions Spain made as to the policy it would pursue and the instructions given ner new captain general in the event that Weyler were summoned home. Therefore, it is felt here that the most important Cuban news may be exyected to come from Cuba and not from Washington. Gen. Lee Sees Secretary Olney. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, consul Cuba, called at the State Dep: ne general to rtment to- day, and was with Secretary Olney for half an hour. So far as could be iearned was no special significance in the ond a further general discussion situation in Cuba. rts continue to come from the act- ul general at Havana, and several were looked over, and later taken encral Lee for a fulier perusal. ‘The consul general had not called at the se Up to noon, and hardly ex- there today. Mr. Cleveland is y d in writing his annual mes- sage, and fewgcallers see him. It is under- stood that Lee's cail had nothing to do with any developmen: in connection with the Spanish-Caban situation, but was rather a discussion of the situation, viewed from his five months’ residence on the is- land. He will be her2 several days, re- turning then to Virginia, before going to Havana. In case the situatioa becoraes more acute he will hasten back to his post, as in that event his presence tnere woul? be nec sary, but if there is no special enange in the situation he will spend his entire lave of absence in this country, consulting with the Secretary of Staie whenever his serv- ices may be neede is _ —_— BRYAN ELECTORS AHEAD. Returns Received From All but Ten Preciacts in Wyoming. CHEYENNE, Wyo., November 16.—The democratic state committee has now com- plete unofficial returns from all the counties in Wyoming except Big Horn, showing the following votes: Republican electors—Brittain, 9, Howell, Mal- ‘7. Democratic electors—Vanmetre, Martin, 9,873; Quaeley, 9,855. Con- ‘Mondell (rep.), 9,475; Osborne (dem.), committee has returns from twelve precincts in Big Horn county. They give the Bryan electors 20 majority; Osborne. 26 majority. The committee has yet to hear from ten precincts in Big Hern county. ‘The vote from these will not materially af- fect the majorities. 2 Cathode Rays for the Blind SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.—Lucien Bacilgalupl, a totally blind boy, says he can see objects by the use of the cathode Such is the statement made by Dr. verly Clark, a-physician. Dr. Clark, in speaking of the matter, said that there was probably a film over the boy's eyes which was impenetrable by ordinary light, but which was plerced by the powerful rays. RIVER IMPROVEMENT Major Allen’s Report of Operations During } the Month of October. Sea Wall Relaid and Raised—Damage te the Aqueduct Bridge by the Freshet. Major Allen, Corps of Engineers, has made a report of operations on the Poto- mac river improvements for the month of October, mainly relating to the work of relaying and raising the sea wall on the Washingten channel front of section 3. This work was delayed for eight days dur- ing the early part of the month by un- usually high tides, notwithstanding which loss of time, linear feet of the old wall was taken down and relaid to a height of six feet above low tide. Above the height of 2 feet above low tide the stone was laid in cement mortar. The sections of wall in the tidal reservoir and on the Virginia channel front of sections 1 and 2 which were injured by dredges and scows during the storm of September have been fully repaired. The total length of wall repaired was about 400 feet. The filling and grad- ing behind the wall was continued, and a length of 950 feet completed. On October 2 a freshet occurred, reaching a height. of 65 feet above low tide, but caused little, if any, shoaling. The Aqueduct Bridge. At the Aqueduct bridge this freshet reached a maximum height of about ‘ feet, and covered the coffer dam at pier No. 4. Seme logs and drift lodged on the south- west corner of the pier, and the current carried away some of the sheet piles and loosened others, so that there is an open- ing ac this corner about 4 feet wide, while the sheet piles adjoining are gradually be- ing joosened. An examinatign of the dam- e is to be made by a dive! the neces- ry repairs made to prevent further in- jury to the coffer dam. Major Ailen, who is temporarily in charge of the Washington aqueduct and acces- sories, during the absence of Capt. Gail- lard, has made a report to the chief of en- gineers in regard to the work of increas- ing the water supply of the District by the height of the dam at Great ys that 360 feet of dam were completed during October, all of the work being in the Maryland channel. ‘The total length of the dam completed is 2,7: feet. The amount of work remaining to be done to complete this project is as follows: To raise the height of the dam for 105 linear feet; to take up the coping for 37 feet; to place rip-rap revetment for 110 feet: to put in anchor bolts for 50S feet; to put in clamps for 312 feet; to raise the abutment on the Virginia shore 1% feet for 16 linear feet, and to replace about 400 cubic ‘yards of rip-rap revetment washed over the dam across the Virginia channel in the flood of October 1. This flood reached to the height of 6 feet over the new work, and caused a suspension for the first ten days of the menth. Water at Great Falls. During the month the height of the water on the gauge at the mouth of the corduit at Great Falls varied between 150 and 156.5 feet above the datum plane. ‘The condition of the water during Octover is stated as At Great Falls—Very turbid, 12 turbid, 1 day; slightly turbid, 2 days, clear, 16 days. At the distributing oir, effluent gate house—Very turbid, turbid, 4 days; slightly turbid, 1 day, and clear, 16 days. Slight repairs were made to the Conduit road duri: sees Ing the y and reser 10 day: ———— THE SPANISH MINISTER'S RECALL. It is Again Repeated Notwithstand- ing the Dentals. The statement that the Spanish minister, Dupuy de Lome, is to be recalled, which has been denied, is again repeated. The authority for the statement is such as to warrant its bellef, in spite of the denials. It is the belief in official circles here that no man could have dgne more for the cause of Spain in tris country than has been done by Dupuy de Lome, but it is said that there is dissatisfaction in Spain on account of the costliness of his service. sae -e- e OUTELLE IN THE CABINET. Rrexnman. ns 1 Dispatch t ‘The Eve LEWIs Me., November 16.—A lead- ing republican informs the correspondent of The Star that Representative Charles A. Boutelle desires a place in the cabinet of McKinley, and that he will receive it. It is remembered that in the campaign of 1894 Major McKinley went to Hangor, Mr. Boutelle’s home, and delivered a speech, which was sent broadcast over the country, and that the Maine Congressman, through his newspaper, has always been ardent in his support of the President-elect. Al- though Mr. Boutelle gave Speaker Reed a perfunctory support in his canvass for the nomination for the presidency, it was well understocd that at heart he was in favor of McKinley, and was highly pleased that the great Maine leader was defeated and the Ohio man nominated. Mr. Reed would not accept a place in the cabinet in the incom- ing administration even if it was offered to him, and Representative Dingley prefers the chairmanship of the ways and means committee to the Secretaryship of the Treasury. Therefore, if Mr. Boutelle really ishes for the position of Secretary of. the Navy, there is no ambition of any of his colleagues to stand in his way. Mr. Bou- telle’s greatest ambition is to succeed Mr. Hale as United States Senator, but that gentleman has so large and enthusiastic a following that Mr. Boutelle cannot sup- plant him so long as he cares to retain his seat in the Senate. It need not surprise any one if Mr. Boutelle is offered a cabinet position and that he accepts it. ee FAIR’S PENCIL WILL. Between Fifteen and Twenty Million Dollars Involved. SAN FRANCISCO, November 16.—Today, before Judge Slack, a weighty bar will line up for and against the pencli will at- tributed to the late James G. Fair. Both, or, rather, all sides, for there are half a dozen, say they are ready. The property affected by the contest is valued at from $15,000,000 to $20,000,000, The contestants @f the will imported from New York two of the most noted -experts in handwriting in the United States. — Will Have Associated Press News, HARRISBURG,’ Pa., November 16.—Tie Call, one of the leading morning papers of central Pennsylvania, has signed a long- term contract with the Associated Press. The full leased wire service is delivered to the newest acquisition. ee Minister Andrade Not. Dissatistied. ‘The statement that Minister Andrade is not satisfied with the agreement entered into between the United States and Great, Britain in the Verezuelan case is érroneov’s. Signor Andrade has expressed himself as well pleased with the solution of the diffi- culty, and he has gone to Caraecaa-to fat cilitate the termination of the treaty pro- pcsed to be entered into between Venezuela and Great Britain, agreeing to abide by the decision of the arbitration commission. From tke point of view of Venezuela, the termination of the Chena which has for years disturbed that country is a great triumph for Andrade. THE SILVER LEADERS > A Conference Scheduled for This City Early in December. IMPORTANCE OF THEIR FOTORE POLICY The Gathering Not to Discriminate Against Any Man or Party. LOOKING FOR HEADQUARTERS — The silver leaders of the country are scheduled for a big conference in this city about the time of the meeting of Con- gress. This was learned by a Star re- porter today. The conference, it is sald, will be the most important to be held be- tween now and the next presidential elec- tion, inasmuch as it will probably decide on the future course of the silver men in cffiglal, as well as unofficial position. The conference will be attended by the execu- tive committee of the Bimetallic Union, and by Gen. A. J. Warner, the president of the unfon. In addition to these and the Sena- tors and Representatives who favor the white metal, 1!t is thought probable that Mr. Bryan will be on hand. The time fixed for the conference will probably be short- ly after the assembling of Congress. This will insure the attendance of all who are connected with the legislative department | of the government, It Will Be Non-Partisan. The gathering will, it 1s understood, be non-partisan, and there will be no discrim- faation against any man or party or fac- tion. An interesting point right here is that Senator Butler has declared that the pepulists and democrats can no longer travel the same road on friendly terms. Besides being a leader of the silver forces, he {s a member of the executlve committee of the Bimetallic Union. If he is not in favor of the further alllance which has gcne through the campaign just over, how n he attend a conterence which Is pro- pesed to be strictly non-partisan? Parport of the Gathering. It 1s sald that this conference is the out- come of an {dea of Senator Jones imme- diately after he saw Bryan was defeate 1, but no time was fixed then, because It was not known what would be the most sult- able occasion. Senator Jones and the other silver leaders saw that if they expected to keep up any organization at all they must have an understanding with all elements. The chief object of the conference will. be, it Is said, to decide the accurate plans of the silver men for the next four years. This will apply to the silver men in the na- tional legislature of the country, as well as to the mevements of those in the different states. It is ifkely that this conference will de- cide what will be the attitude of the silver members of Congress on tariff legislation at this session or the next session. It is not thought that so large a gathering can go Into detalls In the way of plans, but there can casily enough be an agreement as to what shall be the general method of pro- cedure, The conference will be watched to see who goes into this arrangement and who stays out. The three silver partles now in existence are not only playing for silver, but are playing for themselves. Importance of the Future Policy. The future policy of the silverites on matters other thun legislative will be as important as that part relating to the plans and efforts in the way of legislation. will come up the important question of whether to allow the republicans to cerry out their plans without interference, or to put obstacles in their way; also whether an attempt will again be made for laws more favorable to silver for the effect the agitation will have on the silver ranks, and to see what President-elect McKinley will do. Chairman Jones, Chairman Butler and Chairman Stevens of the silver parties may communicate the secret history of the campaign, and the question wiil srige whether to continue these commitiees, as Mr. Hanna 1s doing with his. If Mr. ryan comes here, his advice will be listened to with great respect. The object in making the conference non- partisan is to keep up the alliance that has existed for the last few months. ‘The dem- ocrats want this alllance badly. Without it they can expect nothing either tn two years or four years from now. So far there has been no reason why ihere should be a split, but’at almost any time a wedge may enter the consolidated ranks. ‘That is what the democrats want to avold, and this will make them very attentive to tne free silver republicans and pupulists from now on. A Cohference at Denver. It is said among Well-posted silver lead- ers here that the visit of Mr. Eryan to Denver on the 24th will amount to a great deal more than a soctal function. It ts said to mean a conference of silver lead- ers there, at which Mr. Bryan will be the central figure. This is said to account for Senator Tellers refusal to say what the silver men in the Senate will do. Senator Dubois and other silver Senators have taken a similar position. Representative Hartman, in The Star Saturday, declined to outline any course for the silver men, except to say that they would caucus on all questions pertaining to finances. Looking for Hendquarters. A represeniative of the silver party is looking for rooms today in which to estab- lish permanent headquarters of that party in this city. Secretary Difenderfer was here a few days ago, and said permanent head- quarters would be maintained. When the silver Senators and Representatives reach here for the session of Congress they will meet and decide what is to be done in the way cf work by their party, and who is to have charge of this work in the future. It is claimed by the bimetallic union and silver party officials in the city that they are getting Jetters every day advising them to maintain permanent institutions, and pledging aid and subscriptions. Secretary Warner of the Bimetallic Union stated to- day that since the election he has received applications for charters for over one hun- dred clubs. e ——_+e-_____ MR. FORMAN APPOINTED. He Will Succeed Mr. Miller as Com- missioner of Internal Revenue. As predicted in ‘The Star, the President teday appointed Mr. William St. John For- man of [linois commissioner of internal revenue, vice Mr. Sos S. Miller cf West Virginia, who resigned to go into private busfness. Mr. Forman is a-national char- {acter of prominence. He has represented his state as a member of Congress and in other capacities. At the last-campaign he was the democratic sound money candidate for governor. He is a resident of Kast St. Leuis, but is new in this city, having been summoned here by the President in connec- tion with this appointment. He will as- sume his duties at the head of the ingernul revenue bureau in a few days, after Com- misstoner Miller has had opportunity to eiese up his affairs, including the submis. sion of his annual report. Mr. Forman is going home to attend to some private busi- ness before taking active charge of the bu- eau. THE .PAY DEPARTMENT Annual Report of the Feymaster General of the United States Army. An Increane in the Number of Majors Recommended—A -Questien an to An Officer’s: Responsibility. Gen. T. H. Stanton, paymaster general of the army, in his annual report to the Sec- retary of Wer, recommentig an increase of five in the number of méjors in that de- partment, in order that emergencies, liable to occur at any time, may be provided for. The expenditures of the pay department during the past. fiscal year were $755,527 greater than during the preceding year, due principally to new legislation increasing the pay of enlisted men, etc. The decrease of expenditures un account of pay of volun- teers is quite marked, and indicates that |. claims of this, character are growing less in numter. - Military Posts, AH military posts in the United States, including arsenals and recrujting and other detachments, are now paid monthly. Of the 85.military posts, 22 have been paid by the paymaster in person and 63 have been pald by chezk or funds shipped by express. Qf the .J7 araenals,’3 have been paid in person and 14 havé been paid by check. This is, the first year in which payments to all the military posts in the country haye been made monthly. ,General Stanton says the payments have been made prompt- ly and with the accuracy of well-trained and experienced disbursing officers. ‘The number of individual payments made during the year was 801,806, of which 314,- S10 were to enlisted men and 42,065 were to officers of the army. These payments in- volved the drawing of 80,400 offictal checks, and, in addition to payments made in per- son aince December 1, 1805, the counting, placing in enyelopes, packing and shipping Ty expréss of ‘nearly $1,700,000. Question of Responsibility. : “In thie connection,” says Gen. Stanton, “I feel constrained to remark that under the law and regulations requiring payment to be made by check or by currency sent by express at the risk. and expense of the United States tt. 1s not clearly defined where the responsibility of the paymaster or the government begins and ends. It Js believed to be the intention of the law that the risk assumed by: the government shall continue until momey shipped by the paymaster shall have;passed all interme- diaries and safely reached the hands of the soldier, It cértajyly ;coald not have been the Intertion to thterpose several other parties between the paymaster and the payee, after the funds had left the cus- tody of the express company, and still hold the paymaster respohstble should the furds disappear, “Errors are Malle t9 occur in the ac- counts of ail disbursing officers, however honest and faithful they. may be,’and if such be the casé’ with ai corps of highly trained officers, such ‘as, eenstitutes the pay corps, how “much mare Ikely are er- rora to occut with offiders inexperienced in the disbursement of money. It is hoped some measure may be devised by Jegisla- tion or otherwise by whith paymasters— bonded officers ofa ff depattment which disburses nearly G0, per oent of the entire amount appropMated’ for the support of the arniy—shall not be required to turn oves to uori-bonded Hne officers for dis- tribytion, in addition to the legitimate du- ties*of their profession, néarly 50 per cent of the amount appropriated for the pay- ment of enlisted men of the army.” en SENATOR BUPLER'S PLAN, Aiming (o Place the Populist Party fu the Freat. If the populists of the country follow Sen- ator Butler W. J. Bryan will not be the pominee four years from now of the same forces he was this year, Senator Butler, in his North Carolina paper last week, and as Indicated In an interview in The Star last week, servos noties on Mf. ryan that if he expects to-head the forces of the populists’ party in the next fight he will have to do so “under some other name than that of democrat.” "The Senator then proceeds to score the democrats as treacherous, and says the people's party Is done with them. Senator Butler's course, followed closely by representatives of The Star, indtcates that he 1s play'ng for honors in 1900, and that he fs beginning a campaign to place the populist party at the head of whatever fight is made four years from now. He wants to ho ghoad of tho democrats in whatever !s done, and He is now trying to induce. Mr. Bryan and @ host of other demo- cratic leaders with populistic tendencies to break, away from the!r party by threaten- ing that the populist party will never again support.a democrat for office. Senator Butler's policy is suggestive to many ardent bimetall'sts, tt {s alleged, that if the fight four years from now is on the question of b!metallism there will not be as strong a fusion as there was this time. The fame alignment will never exist again, and many silver men say the silver cause is dead because of this fact. They say that conditions will never be Buch as will permit ae strong an diliancd,as existed this year, and that if this alliance could not win there will be no chance for less strong elements. Mr. Butler may not mean all he says. He may be trying a bluff game to strengthen his party. He may ‘have found it neces- sary to take this course since the cam- paign to. appease those populists who dif- fered from him in the campaign that 1s over. 3 Mr. Butler's latest. abuse of the demo- cratic party may-effect the senatorial situa- tion in North Carolina. It has been sup- posed that the democrats would vote for a Populist rather than see Senator Pritchard returned to the Senate. Wuch talk as the Senator new indulges. in will make a union of democrats and popualists impossible, and will_give the republicans the better of the populists when the election’of a Senator is reached. JOINT LIBRARY GoMMITTEE. A Meeting Held at the Maltby Build- ine Thin n. The joint committee on the library of the House and Senate held a meeting at the Maltby building today; , This assembling was authorized In a epneurrent resolution passed at the last sessidn of Congress, as follows: s “That the joint committee: on the library of the House of Representatives and of the Senate be authorized to sit'in Washington during the recess of ‘ess, for the pur- pose of inquiring into the condition of the Library of Congregs, amd:to'report upon the same at the next sesston of*Congress, with such recommendations as may be deemed advisable; also to report a plan for the custody, organization and management of the new library building and the Library of Congress.” The members of the;committee present today were Senator more, Representa- tives Harmer, Quigg afid@ Cummings. Afier hearing tHe resdtation#read the committee adjourned to nex Fridsy morning at 10 v’ctodke. It ood ‘that the busi- ness of,the ee Fwill relate solely to formulating for the Occupancy of the new, Ithrary” ; The work at this time will be p gary and will be embod- ied in a report to be submitted to Congress later and then perfected, Ocean Steamship: Arrived. NEW YORK, November 16.—Atrived— Zaandam, Amsterdam: Civic, Liverpool. GIBRALTAR, November 16—Arrived— Fulda, New York for Naples. +MOVILLE, November 16.—Axrived—Lab- rador, ‘from Montreal fcr Liverpool. .curity and Trust Company, SEVERE CHARGES|THE WAR RUMORS/FARMERS’ MARKET Strong Indictment Filed Against Elkins, Widener and Dolan: eee eg HOW THEY MANAGED THE BELT LINE Their Object in Having the Hoadly- Knight Motor Tested. A STORY OF RAILROADS The most important contribution to the history of the deplorable wrecking of two great street rallwuy companies was made today, when Attorneys Nathaniel Wilson and A. B Brown, on behalf of the Ameri- can Security and Trust Company, the trus- tee of a majority of the bondholders of the Belt Railway Company, filed an answer in the suit of Mathias Ament, trading as M. Ament & Co., against the Belt Rawway Company, Samuel R. Bond, trustee, Chas. H. Cralgen, trustee, and the American Se- trustee, de- fendants. While the document ts an answer to the bill of complaint, it also takes into consideration the recelver’s report filed last week by Mr. W. Kesley Schoepf, and charges that the laudatory praise bestowed upon the Hoadley-Knight compressed air motor was inspired in no inconsiderable de- gree by the fact that Elkins, Widener and Dolan are directors of the Compressed Air Company which owns that invention. It will be remembered that Mr. Schoepf was ordered by Justice Cox to exainine Into the varlour syeteme of compressed air and underground electric power, and report thereon to the court. Mr. Schoepf, = repert, enumerated the systems of com pressed air, including the Porter, the H. die and the Hoadley-Knight compressed air motors, and recited the propositions made by the companies owning these {n- .ventions to make tests of thelr respective motors, ard also to enth and the Eckington lines w {€ found ratisfactory. The Porter compan virtually declined ‘to make any bid for equipment of the lnes. The American Ai: Power Company, which owns the Hardie motor, offered to furnish a motor for §),04k) and equip beth roads for £390,000, and the Compressed Air Company of New York. which owns the Hoadley motor, offered t make a test for thirty days free of charge and equip both Ines for $578,000. Mr. Bchoepf strongly favored the Hoadiey motor in his report and requested permis- ston to sehd a car on to Worcester, Mass.. to be equipped with the Hoadley motor. The anewer says that the indebtedness to ly equip the Beit h their syste M. Ament & Co., on whose suit the re- ceivership, was lyought about, was in- evrred by the railway company only five days before sult was brought; that judg- ment was entgred by confession without previous authdrigation by the beard of directors of the company. Everything Deve in One Day. It is further’ declared that on the sa:ne day that the bill of complaint was filed the answer of the defendant railway company was alco filed, admitting the allegations of the bill and consenting to the a of a receiver for the prop€rty. It is charred that said answer was signed by the vice president of the company, but was not made under ner attested by its corporate seal, nor was iis making and filing author ized by the board of directors at any gen- eral or special meeting. It is declared that D. M. Newbold, who was appointed re- celver in the cause on the day on which the complainant's bill was filed. was at the same time the president and director of the railway company and that W. Kesley Schoepf, who was appointed receiver when Mr, Newbold resigned, was one of the di rectors of the defendant company and vice president and general manager up to the time of his resignation on June 12, 1808, The defendant trustee wwa3 not notificd and hag no knowledge of the entry of rahi Judgment. of the filing of the complaint nur of the appltcation for nor of the appotn ment of a recelver until after such recelye had been appointed. and had no oppo tunity to make any objection or oppos' te: to such apnointment. Several technical charges In the biil of complaint are admitted, including the clev- enth paragraph, which refers to the act of Congress of June 10, 18, whereby the de- fendant railway company was in three months from the passage of the act to be- «in to equip its road with compressed air motors, and to complete such equipment and the teat of the samc within the time pectfied by the act. Thy defendant trus- teo denfes on information and belief that the process of equipment has commenced or has progressed to a point where the cura are nearly ready tu be placed tn operation, and xiso dentes on information and bellef that any arrangement whatever, favorable or otherwise, now exists between the de- fendant railway company and a responsible firm whereby provision has been made for the equipment of the road and for a ther- ough test of the system of compressed air motors without any charge therefor. The answer also denies that even if a reason- able assurance can be given of the said proposed test that the cars can be put on the railroad within a very short time or within the time prescribed by the act of Congress, and also denies that the said sys- tem referred to, If successful, will be about half as expensive as the horse power sys- tem, and will provide rapid transit and will afford sufficient revenue to afford means not only-tu operate the road, but to pay all of its indebtedness. It also denied that the court has jurisdiction to take charge of the property of the railway company and to appoint a receiver therefor, or to Provide for the operation of the said rail- road. : Some Charges. - Then comes some interesting history. The defendant trustee avers that in the fall of 1802 Messrs. P. A. B. Widener, Thomas Dolen and Wm. L. Elkins of Phila- delphia became the owners by purchase of a majority of then outstanding capital stock of the defendant railway company, to wit, 5,003 shares, and about February or March of 1803 assumed control and maragement of the property by substitu- tion upon the board of directors of per- sons of their choosing, including H. Mun- nikhuysen, who was elected president thereof, and W. Kesley Schoepf, who was elected vice president, and who has since continuously and does now hold said ottice, the said Munnikhuysen being succeeded us president by D. M. Newbold, who nas since continuously and does now hold said office. It is stated and the report of Mr. George White, president of the road at that time is filed with the answer, that at the end of the fiscal year immediately pre- ceding the said purchase, or on the ith of April, 182, that the company had no floating indebtedness and after having paid dividends during the year amounting to 5,000 had on hand a cash balance of $8,009.95. ‘The defendant had recently caused an ex- amination of the books’of the railroad coza- pany to be-made by Stuart H. Patterson of New York, whose report is also filed, which shows that by an analysis of the books of the defendant railwaycompany on December 31, 18M, its Habilities were $754,467, and its assets were $677,771.72, leaving a deticit of $76,695.29, and that on April 30, 1896, the liabilities were $827,920.9% the assets $677,- 116.56, leaving a deficit of $150,811.41. May 1, 2:96, the liabliitles were $1,125,005.55; assets, $143,217.46; leaving a deficit of $684, 778.10, while on September 20, 1896, the lia- bilities were $1,144,85.08; 4, leaving a deficit of $708,00.64. It is fur: ther stated that the affidavit of Mr. Pat- terson showed that dividends haz been paid each year upon the capital stock of the (Continued on Second Page.) No Visible Indications of Preparations for an Outburst of Hostilitics. Government Officials Deprecate the Efforts to Foment Strife Between Spain and Thi» Country. - There are no visible indications at the State, War or Navy Departments today of preparations for an outbreak of hostilities on the part of Spain or other fore’gn coun- try against the United States, and public affairs in those departments are apparently keeping the even tenor of their way. This peaceful state of affairs on the surface. is not so significant as might be supposed, however, as even if a warlike demonstra- tion were anticipated, the military author- ities would avoid doing anything which might indicate that they anticipated such a thing. Nevertheless, t is true that the activity observable in the army and navy bureaus when war was imminent with Crile over the Baltimore affair 1s strangely absent just at present, notwithstanding paper reports to the effect that the country is on the brink of war with Spain. Relations More Amicable Than a Year Ago. Moreover, it is guardedly stated by some of the subordinate officials cf the State Department that the relations betwee Spain and the United States are or a much more amicable footing now than they were a year ago, when Congress passed the joint resolution for the intervention of the United States to bring about a speedy te mination of hostilities In Cuba. It fs fur- ther stated that President Cleveland ad- heres to his policy of neutrality and non- intervention, and is not yet prepared to recognize the belligerency of the insur- «ents, much less their independenc hile affairs on the fsland remain tn their pre ent unsettled state. Whether thix policy vill be changed or not, St is said, will pend entirely upon the developments of th future, and in view of the alleged active Bpanish advances upon the insurgents it is intimate? as net unlikely that a radical ange in the situation may oceur within the next few wecks. Will Do Nothing to Provoke War. The authoritles deprecate the efforts of certain persons in the United States to foment strife between Spain and the United States, and one bigh official said tt cou! be accepied as a fact that the present ed- ministration will do nothing to provoke a war with Spain, on account of anything that has yet occurred, xnd that if Losti tles should result it will he be overt act on the part of Bpain. that as the Spanish people s¢ they are more than a maich fer the Unite States, it follows, in the event of war, that they would not be subdued without a dete mined struggle, involving great loss of It and a vast expenditure of m 4 result not likely to add to the ruling party in Spain. He : such was not the policy of the Spanish government, Sut {t Was hard fur him to be- lieve that they were prepared to make such @ terrible sacrifice merely to deceive the populace as to the real cause of thelr failure to overcome the insurgents in Cuba. oe DOWN THR SHAFT He added m to think Mr. George KR. Peck Seriously In- sured Last Nicht. George R. Peck, general counsel of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad Company, fell down the elevator shaft at the Shoreham last night and broke his right arm and left hand, cut his face little on the right side and ehook him v> generally, He had just returned to the hotel, and, after inquiring for his mail at the desk walked to the elevator dcor. The eleveter had gone up, but the docr was not quite clesed. Absent-mindedly, Mr. Peck pushed back the unfastened decor, stepped into the shaft and plunged to the hard bettoem, tea feet below. He cried ovt, put forth his hands to eave himself, and so probabiy es- caped a broken hezd. His cry attracted attention, the descend ing elevator, which might have crushed bim, was stopped and he was picked ur uncense‘ious. 131s face was covered with blood, and he was thought to be dead. But physiclane found that his revere wounds were preb- ebly confined to the breaking of his right rrist and the breaking of his left. ha jusi back of the rcots of his fingers, whi. Lad been forced backward cut of the soc ets, and revered some of the tendons. There was a scratch Just in front of his right ear, but his head was otherwise wu sugh on vering consclour- news at 5 o'clock this morning he compl ed of pains in his chest and side. But t physicians say that that 1s probably di to the shock, 2s he has undoubtedly su fered no internal injuries. Mr. Pec weighs about 200 pounds, and his cs. from death is deemed remarkable, This poon he was resting easily, with his right wrist tn a splint ard his left hand tightly bound. The doctors are ble 1. say when he wili be able to be aroun His left Land requires the nicest care, and if he escapes having his two first fing: 1* stiff for life he will be fortunate. He was here on legal business, and w to have left for his Chicago home tonight. rs on THE DINGLEY BILL, M Cummings Thinks Several Dew cratic Senators Would Representat: e Cummings of who is in Washington to attend a m ing of the joint library commites, presses the opinion that several dem cratic Senatcrs may vote for the Din,tiey bill if an attempt is made to pass ‘t this winter. He said he thought the bill fnicat be amended in some particulars and chat it would take the place of a general re- vision of the tariff. There is a strong pr y that the republicans will not lack demeratic as- istance if they want to pass the Ding bill. A mumber of men in the presoat S ate. who have not acted with the repub- licans heretofore would, it is beli glad to have tariff changes made Congress rather than by the next. Se TO RETIRE EMPLOYES. Yor ex- Representative Tawney Expects Hix Bill to Be Acted on Thix Winter. Representative Tawney of Minnesota said to a Star reporter today that his b'l for the retirement of gcvernment employes will be acted on by the House committee on ‘civil service referm at the coming session of Congress. The bill, it will be remem- vered, was favorably reported to the com- mittee by a subcommittee at the last ses- sion. Mr. Tawney says that he will propose some changes in the way of details when the bill is before the committee. He will not favor any change in the general plan. ‘These changes have been suggested by longer study of the features of the bill and by the action of civil service reform leagues. These Jeagues, Mr. Tawney states, have all approved the plans of the bill. The railway postal iisy it is said, have decided to join with the other gov- ernment clerks who favor the bill in ask- ing its speedy passage. Mr. Tawney says he has recetved resolutions in favor of his hill from the National Civil Service League, which held its session at Chicago. Pleas for It in the National Grange Today. CONDITION OF HUSBANDRY DISCUSSED The Dignity and Profit in the Calling. an ee . UNANIMOUS V IeE W > The National Grange was opened in due form today by Worthy Overseer A. Jones of Indiana, with Augustus High of Wash- ington as overseer pro tem. Under cali of the states for § a number of resolutions w tuced and referred, among them resolutions by Mr. Hillery in regard to the appointment of y busin: a Secretary of Agriculture and one in re- gard to the Nicaraguan canal. Mr. Wed- derburr offered a resolution demanding equal protection for agricuflure. The chap- lain, O. H. Hale, submitted an interesting report. Mr. Robinson of the Dominion Grange was invited to address the grange, and made a short historical address on the growth and prog grange in Can- ada. In 1874 the Dominion Grange was organized, ard spread rapidly, until about ss of the Col. R. MU. Thomas. 1,009 subordinate and 40 division granges were in existence, the organization reach- ing from the oF to the Island of Ancova. There were two granges in Canada—the ¥ ni and the Nova Scotfa Grange. The work in the line of education and | which Hne the grange had and had acoompkished my cial leg- He spoke of the sucecssful grange cae in the dominion. Alluding to the reasons why r rs neglected to unite with the order, the speaker said it was dif- ficult to understand why farmers should be £0 neglectful of their est as to fail ic unite with the grange. He did not believe that the grange men would rest : be ruled forever by other classes, ved there was a brig! future for the order, which was for the uplifting, en- nobling and upholding of all engaged in agriculture on this vast continent. On motion of Mr. Huxiey of Wiscorsin @ vote of thanks was tendered Mr. Rolin- son, and his address was ordered printed with the procecdirgs. The Marke@Questi H. D. Denn . from We com- mittee on co-o: » next repor back a memorial from the Montgomery county grange urging the “farmers’ market” for this chy and asking the to suppert the bill now with the recommendation morial be adopted, and thai Farquhar of Maryland be the measure. The report was The secretary read the Hartzhorn was rext introduce “platnea that as Washi’ n centrol of Congress, therefore ly within the jurisdiction of th Gre plained the act brie! vontest th farm ne mpany regard- Ing the control ¢ He said the bill, No. avorably by the District it the © Grange © Congr that the Mr. Rog ds me~ r B. itw the ween mittecs of neit nor House wo; act u; the m and there was reason to believe that Congress proposed to make another vse of the grounds. He ated that the farmers were now withow rer facilities for disposing of their products d to sell in the explained how vir products on beat of the Mr. Robins: State Grang next spoke. the farmers h the curb s a member of the committee, He briefly referred to the facts and of the test between the farmers end the market com He alluded to the fact that the } r ganized for the eleva to add dignity to lab was little dignity f s on a curb ston: i 15 cents a bushel or ] wheat at 50 cents a bushel. ‘or profit, either,” said a voice in the assemblage. The memorialists came befor tional Grange Wecuuse of its ignify labor. The American f ould look upon his av: n, but there was no ¢ cation as a in the on as jong as there Was no profit in it, He did net wish to take anyth‘ag from the market company, bu did ask yortunity by paying for it to secure se of the farmers around Wash: ton the property for which it w ned and set aside when the Speaking of the condition of the that it iderburn of Virginia he in- tily the action of the committee and all that had been said on the subject by the brothers from Maryland. Mr. Knott of vest Vii indorsed the propesition. A resolution offered by Mr. W mn of Mississippi expressing the appreciation of the grange for fhe courtesies accorded them by the president was adopted. The Trafic Questi The hour for the special order having errived Mr. Devries of Maryland, from the special committee, introduced Commis- sioner Knapp and Secretary Moseley of the interstate commerce commission. ‘The worthy master introduced Commissioner Knapp, who spoke briefly. He recognized the grange as the original promoters of the interstate commerce commissio: appreciated their sympathy, supp co-operation, whick have b so suc corded by the order. The public worked upon the railroad corporations from a purely co™mercial standpoint, and they were regarded as purely private en- terpri: He then alluded ‘to highway generally, and stated the rights the people had thereon. He believed in government supervision, but must not be construed as were advocating ownership. Few people ready for any such thing. He elieved the public have the right to demand and exact justice for each > nd individual. The governmen r rendered its rights over the roads when it celegated them certain priviliges. The pub- lic highway was a means of communic: and belonged alike to each citizen, was the legitimate province of zov to control the roads in the interest of the n ur-