Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1896, Page 1

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RO OBSTRUCTION THE CUBAN QUESTION THE DINGLEY BILL|SPREAD OF DIPHTHERIA —EE Representative Babcock’s Opinion as to Financial Legislation. > CONFIDENCE IN NEW ADMINISTRATION Republican Policy One of Indirect Taxation Through Customs. = APPROPRIATIONS - LIBERAL “The possibility of a policy of obstruction on the part of silver Senators to any pre pesed financial legislation need not cause y concern, in my opini tive Ba reporter eve there will be islation by t® cock “ fact is, I do not nand for financ "The next Congress. fidence which exi the public mind in the ability and conservatism of the incom ing republican administration will In itself obviate the conditions which would call a nge in cur financial poli¢ Asia: from the main reason for the unsettled cou “tions prévailing in the past few re which wa ack of adequate rev the further cause of rest the re sovernment, iz t tion that the admi compligh any nee Revenue 1 xislation. President and the Congress were #* H i not get a measure throu: femoeretic cz ven. It will net n administration. 7! ecuntry realizes that there will } between the administration Congress upon revenue matters. jeve that the elements in the would interf will lated 2a bill brought forwarit ay general demand for reenbacks, We never had uble with the greenbacks under th republican ae ns. During the time the were in power to Mr. C! frst administra only $to.cv cks ted fer redemption. On the rt term of th 49,000,000 Were a. This was ‘ation to 4 basis » no suc 1 world unde ¥ rate, the greenbacks should not be retired by the sale of be There is only one way to re them, and that is the method used by ly. retirement with the government.” t Direct Taxation. do you think the new Con- tow in the matter of tien?” Mr. bres revenue tax It will by is no inered revenue taxes We do not & ing our revenues by direct ta: tax on tobacco, whisky and beer is a direct one. It is be ter to get the money by indireet taxation throvgh the customs receints. I do not believe w tariff bill will even tax t n sugar. That article ould be tree duty. The trouble with ne present cariff law is that it neither jollows the true democratic principle nor the republicen principle. It is of such an fncongruous character that the President could not sign it.” “What do you regard was asi No Nizgardiy Appropriations. “It will not be a niggardly one. ple of this country do not believe in the nomy of insufficient appropriation: want the money honestly expended and in a bu ke manner, as the re- publican party will provide, but they want ney furnished to conduct te itutious upon an adequate scale. o been ed to the democrat s with the Disiric on. It is a mistaken ink will be the policy appropriations?" Mr. Babcvc pe fa ‘They ¥ of niggardiins Columbia appropriz ide his country are proud ¢ they regard it as they want to see it maintained ner befitting the greainess of Gr that Tease I have been 0 to giving to the citi- zens of 1 the right to govern Wa Th Y does not belong them, but it belongs to the whole pec of the United States, and they ar cones who want to govern the city. Wash- ington is t conducted city in the United Stat that fect is due to the Present method of nt.” ¢ Will Be Launch- Tomorrow. ed at Bath wport aad Vicksburg th, Me., tomorrow, pd the Ni artment will be re: sented by Chief Constructer Hichborn and other officers. These ves belong to t singie screw class of the six composite gunboats of the navy. There are four of these and two of the twin screw type. The plans for the single screw class call tor Vessels 168 feet long on the water line, with an extreme beam of 36 feet, while the others are longer and narrower, the re- spective figures being 174 feet and 34. Beth have a mean draught of 12 knots. The single-screw vessels carry full sail power and the others have only steadying sail wholly relying on steam. The essential reasons for the construction of vessels of the composite type are that they are large- ly independent of docking facilities and economical in the use of fuel. The ex- foliation of the copper causes the bar- nacles, grass, &c., to be released just as scon as the vessel is put in motion, and the bettom is made comparativ lean, thus permitting the vessel to maintain her designed speed wita a minimum con: tion of coal. WASE << NGTON CORRES Not Many Changes in the Personnel of the Corps. Very few changes have been made thus far in the personnel of the corps of Wash- ingtoh correspondents, in anticlpation of the coming session of Congr Chairman Dunnell of the standing commitise 6f co respondents has made up the list for th fi edition of the Congressional Directory, | which will be published in a few days, and ows mainly chan: sdences end offices. Mr. Sam. M. Burdett, a writer well an nly known in the w will repre nt the Chicago Chronicle, vice Mr. Sparks, who was here at tie last session. Mr. Edwin M. Boyd will take charge of the San Francisco Chronicle, associating with him Mr. Geo. H. Walk-r, iong time ce nnected with the Washington bureau. Mr. Edwin S. Gill wili re; cinnati Commere.al-Tribun ville Commercial. Mr. Allan B. Slanson will 1 Washington Post's men at the Mr. Ww. sent the Cin- and,the Louis- one of the pitol: Lightner will represent the Pittsburg Dispatch. The Message All Finished Except on That i Subject. All Members of the Cabinet Except Messrs. Lamont and Harmon Vres- ent at Today's Meeting. The President and the members of the cabinet gave final joint consideration to- day to executive business prepared for transmission to Congress Monday. All the members were present, except Secretary Lamont and Attorney General Harmon, both of whom are out of the city. Al- though it is not Mkely that there will be another meeting of the cabinet before the assembling of Congress, it is more than probable that the President will confer further with Secretary Olney and Secretary arlisle concerning the Cuban question and the financial situation, which are regarded as the two most important matters consid- ered in the annual message. The Cuban matter in particular has been purposely left over to the last day, with a view to its con: deration in the light of the latest pos- le Cevelopments op the island. No Change of P 1 change in the situation within the hext day or two, the President is likely to clese up that portion of his message this eversng or tomorrow at the latest. While there is a great diversity of opinion on this Subject among people getting Uneir infor- mation from widely different sources, the seneral sentiment among officials not very far removed from the Secretary of State will not in- ate aiy disposition on the part of the to change the policy of strict y and non-intervention in Cuban affairs, except in the event of unlooked for in the situation in the im- f Discussi According to these efficials, the President will 8 deep regret at the continuation of and indicate clearly his sym- pathy for the Cubans in their efforts for freedom and independence, but at the same time he will argue that nothing has hap- pened since he last communicated with Congress on the subject to warrant any aterial change in the attitude cf this sovernment. ne of the officials who ex- essed these views claimed to have any al knowledge on the subjeci, and one mitted That they own personal judgm jews on the Cuban que: well as on other affairs of stat N no doubt be known by all men Monday afternoon, and th d of fur- ther specula relations with to our Representative Legistation Representative Her Hep on urn of Iowa, one of the republican leaders of the House, does not believe will be any action this winter either on the tariff or on Cuba. He further expresses the belief that the new will continue the policy present administration as ore administration idopted by to Cuba. “I don't think there will be much legisla- tion this the winter,” Mr. Hepburn said to a “f think we will have an jon, probably in March, and we a tariff bill prepared by that It will be quickly passed. I don't 'y radical measure, but time think it will be a vei will be protective. “As to Cuba, I don’t see what legislation can be expected. We have expre: selves once on the subject. We have said we sympathize with the struggling patriots of Cuba. I don't see how we can do more than that. I don’t believe the policy of the new administration will be different from the present pul Any other policy would mean war. President Cleveland doesn’t mean to embroil this couniry in war. He could probably get up a fight with those © Spaniards en the slightest provo- d our- cation. I suppose we know very little about the actual conditions over there. I seldom read the dispatches from there now because I believe they are unreliable. The Cubans, however, from the best informa- iien obtainable, Seem to be holding on to their predatory warfare, which they kept up for ten years during the former revolu- tion. The same kind of war drove the of Spain during the peninsula to the probable policy of the new administration on Hawaii, Mr. Hep- burn said: “I think Mr. McKinley, shortly after the new administration comes in, will have @ tr of the i ———— TRIP TO CUBA. Mr. Taylor Was Not Allowed to Re- main on the Island. Two days after the election a story was printed here that A. L. Taylor, the assist- ant secretary of the silver party national committee, had left here and sailed from New York for Cuba, having accepted a po- sition in the Cuban army as a lieutenant. Nothing wis heard from Mr. Taylor fcr some time. A tew days ago he quietly returned to Washington, but has again left the city. It is learned that Mr. Taylor did not go to Cuba to take a position in the Cuban army, but went there as a newspaper writer, hup- ing to be able to get through to the rebel lines. A few days after his arrival at Ha- vana, one night about 11 o'clock, his room at the hotel’ was visited by a’ detail of policemen, who informed him that he was under arrest. His papers and passports were confiscated, and he was allowed to send no communication from the place in which he was detaine]. He was taken to the governor's castle and kept in close con- finement there. His treatment, ke says, was fair, but the utmost secrety was in- duiged concerning him. He was released the third day after his arrest und his pa- bers restored. He was told that the best thing he could do would be ‘o leave the is- land. He did so. He ascertained that the authorities believed him to be a tobacco trader named Taylor, whom they wanted. The discovery that he was a newspaper man trying to get to the rebel lines pre- vented severe treatment, but it was seen that he did not remain on the island. Mr. Taylor did not state when he left here what®his purpose was, but his inten- on, it is understood, was to try to get back to Cuba. — 2 +______ ‘To Keep the White House Warm. Double windows are being placed on the north and west fronts of the Executive Mansion to better protect the distinguish2d irmates from the keen and chilling blasts that sweep over and around the historic ransion during the winter. The building is heated by steam throughout, and in addi- tion there is a stove or an open grate in every room, but still the house was not warm enough, and additional measures have been taken to Keep out the cold sur. ee Senator Voorhees Improved. Senator Voorhees of Indiana is at the Riggs Hovse. Mr. Voorhees artived here yesterday and haS remained in his room most of the time, denying himself to near- ly all callers. fis health is said to ‘have improved considerably, but he has not yet fully recovered from his- illness of Yast summer. 3 Representative Bromwell Does Not Think It Ought to Pass. > NO FINANCIAL LEGISLATION LIKELY —— Revival of Confidence Since Mr. McKinley's Election. THE CUBAN QUESTION aa Representative Jacob H. Bromwell of Obio has returned to the city and is stop- ping at 1347 Q street, where he resided dur- ing the last session of Congress. Mr. Bromwell has not looked for much legisla- tion at the coming session beyond the pas- sege of appropriation bills. In speaking of the outlook to a Star reporter today he said: “I do not think the Dingley bill will be passed, and I do not think it cught ‘to be passed. If it should pass the Senate I do not think Mr. Cleveland could consistently allow it to become a law. In the first place, he denounced the Wilson bill and only permitted it to become operative b: withholding his signature. The Dingley 1s nothing other than the Wilson bill with all 1ts deformities exaggerated. Besides that, I think Mr. Cleveland will reason this way: As the bill is not a republican measure it would only be just to Mr. McKinley to walt until he is in office and to permit the passage of a republican tariff measure. In the next place, I do not think the republi- cans will wish to have the Dingley bill passed, because, if it should be passed it is only an emergency measure with a limi- tation of time that will expire in a little over a year. If it should be passed with all its defects it will be harder to pass a well-digested tariff bill at the next session. “I take it for granted there will be no legislation on the money question. I do not think there will be any necessity for it after we have a proper tariff measure in operation.” The Cuban Question. “Will Congress do anything looking to se- curing the independence of Cuba?” Mr. Bromwell was asked. “That will depend largely upon what is contained in Mr. Cleveland's message. Of course, there is no question about the sen- timent of a majority of the members of Congress being strongly one of sympathy with the Cubans, and if the situation is such as to warrant action by Congress dur- ing the ccming session they would be in- clined to favor Cuba. It appears to me that the published reports we receive re- garding the situation on the island are largely colored by those who furnish in- formation in the interest of one or the other party, and it is very difficult to get at the truth. For this reason any {nforma- tion that may come through the adminis- tration regarding the true condition of af- fairs in Cuba will be of the greatest in- terest to Congress.” “How do you expect Mr. McKinley will stand on the Cuban question?” the re- perter asked. “I do not know anything from any of Mc- Kinley’s addresses on this subject to point to his views. His character as a very care- ful man {s such as to warrant us in believ- ing that no rash action will be taken to precipitate trouble with Spain without the fullest knowledge on his part and assur- ances that the situation is such 3 to war- rant it. I believe his sympathies, like those of all good American citizens, are with Cuba, but, of course, with the great re- sponsibilities of the presidency resting upon him he will guide his course with a due re- gard to the situation. A New Cabinet Office. Mr. Bromwell’s home is in Cincinnati, where he has been in close touch with many large business interests, both before and since the election of Mr. McKinley. He has had a good opportunity to judge of the effect of a restoration of confidence in the commercial world. Speaking of this effect he said: “T have talked with a great many busi- ness men of Cincinnati and that vicinity, as well as men from various parts of the country, whom I have met since the elec- tion, and the great consensus of opinion is that there has been a marked revival of business since Mr. McKinley's victory at the polls. Of course, there are occasionally persons who are in business of a character very slow to feel the result of these im- provements in the condition of trade, and they are apt to look upon the other side of the situation, and to see but i:ttle that is favorable. here are a nuimber of cases within niy personal knowledge of business coneerns chat have taken on additional men and are working their force ou full time in carrying out contracts that were conditional upon Mr. McKinley's election. There sceins to be a general feeling of con- figence everywhere that cannot fail to show good results.”” Pacific Funding Bill. “Do you anticipate any legislation be- yond the appropriation bills that will re- ceive the attention of Congress?” Mr. Bromwell was asked. “An attempt will be made to pass the Pacific funding bill, because the time is coming when some definite action must ve taken on that matter. In my judgment, it would be unfortunate to have these mo: gages foreclosed, the road bought in and Operated by the government. But there have been so many charges of fraud and corruption in connection with this subject that. it will be very difficult to secure any legislation, as it was impossible to do in the last Congress. The chamber of com- merce of Cincinnati is much interested in the creation of a new cabinet office by hav- ing Congress authorize a department of manufactures and commerce. “The coming session is so short that little can be done in forwarding this movement beyond calling it to the attention of the public and getting it under way, so that something can be accomplished in the rext Congress. Personally I am inclined to think that such a department would be a very useful one. Manufacturing and mer- cantile interests of the country are such as to warrant a special department to look af- ter them. The oney Question Settled. “What do you think is the future of the silver movement?” “I think the money question is practically settled. 1 do not believe it vill again come up as a national issue. If we can secure the passage of a good tariff bill and get back the situation we were in in 1892, the silver question will be limited to the few interested parties who want to sell their product at a greater profit than they row receive. But the country at large vill set- te down to the existing standard of money. I do not believe anything will be done at this session looking toward the app int- ment of a commission to work for inter- national bimetallesm because the silver men, so far as I have been able to observe from published reports, would oppose any such effort. That will probably be left to the new administration, and if Mr. Me. Kinley makes a move in that direction in order to carry out the monetary platform of the St. Louis convention, 1 bel.eve the re- publicans of the House and Senate, the possible exception of some silverites, will give him their earnest support. but so far as any effort looking to the free and country unlimited coinage of silver by t alone is concerned, I do not be action leading in that direction taken.” Another Pupil at the Peabody Has the Dis- ease. Mild Nature of the Epidemic—pifi- culty Found in Isolating Cases— Thone Reported. Another pupil at the Peabody School, on Capitol Hill, has been compelled to re- main at home because of the presence of diphtheria in her family, and a case from the Maury School, also in Northeast Wash- ington, was reported to the health office to- day. These were two of the nine cases recorded this morning, and the doctors in charge of the work were as busy as ever in the laboratory. Although the number of cases reported this morning shows an increase as compared with those reported during the past few days, the health offi- cials acting in the absence of Dr. Wood- ward still say that there is no reason for alarm. Because of the extra work occa- sioned by the disease Deputy Health Offi- cer McLean-has not had time to finish the annual report. The office has been open not only during regular office hours, but also at night, and the number of commu- nications sent out has been extremely larg Physician after physician make their a pearance in the office during the day, and most of them have some connection’ with the diphtheria cases. Some call to report cases and others have cultures taken from the throats of the patients. Copies of the law and regulations are furnished to a number of doctors every day. Among the many callers are people who live in houses where there are cases of thé disease, who find it rather annoying to be caught in this predicament, for in most cases it means their clothing has to be fumigated be- fore they can get them to wear. One of the clerks in the health depart- ment thought last night that he woull have to find another boarding jouse, for his landlady had become alarmed because she had supposed he was exposed to the danger in the office. The trouble of moy- ing was avoided, however, by the clerk's assuring her that there was no donger. Yesterday Dr. Boss had a singular ex- perience with a patient, a colored man, who lives in ‘Bland's alley. The doctor had called at the house on business, and thought the man’s voice indicated that hh was suffering from an attack of the dipa- theria. But the man, Edward Braxton, objected to a medical examination, al- though the doctor finally succeeded in looking at his throat takable signs of the disease, which the bac- terlological examination confirmed. ‘The man had a severe attack of the disease, and the doctor ordered that he be isolated. In Bland’s alley there are scores of col- ored families, and as they visit each other frequently it is feared that Braxton may have spread the disease among others. This, however, is only one of the number of diphtheria patients who have been about in a manner calculated to spread the dis- ease and with whom the physicians have experienced trouble. Speaking of the disease, the health offi- cials say that most patients have only mild form of diphtheria, and the mortality has been small. Policeman Fitzgerald's six-year-old daughter, who was so ill With the disease, has recovered and today the officer was d from quarantifie and went on duty this afternoon. —— CHAIRMAN HANNA COMING, ‘There were unmis. f¢ Cleveland for Washington Thin Afternoon, CLEVELAND, Ohfo, December 4.—Chair- man M. A. Hanna, accompanied by Na- tional Committceman Henry C. Payne, left Cleveland this afternoon tor Washington. Mr. Hanna said that he would probably re- main in Washington about a weck, al- though the vast amount of work to be c ered might necessitate & longer stay addition to the appointing of local com- mittees in connection with the inaugura- tlon ceremonies, the permanent location for the national headquarters and many other matters will be decided upen. Mr. Haana said that there was little doubt that Wash- ington would be selected for the verma- nent headquarters. In the meantime, and possibly fer a couple of menths, tem- porary headquarters will be maintained in Cleveland, under the supervision of Maj. Charles F. Dick. Mr. Charles G. Dawes of Illinois, who was prominently identified with the repub- can headquarters in Chicago during the recent campaign, and who, it is thought, will be President McKinley's private sec- retary, was a visitor at Mr. Hanna's of- fice this morning, and after a conference with the chairman departed for Canton, to call upon President-elect. McKinley. In DINGLEY » TO CANTON. President-Elect McKinley Said to Want Him in the Cabinet. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. LEWISTON, Me., December 4.—The Star correspondent is informed on the best au- thority that Congressman Nelson Dingley, jr., has gone to Canton, having been called there by President-elect McKinley to con- sult with him in regard to the position of Secretary of the Treasury, which, it is un- derstood, Mr. McKinley is very anxious that Mr. Dingley should accept. It is well known by Mr. Dingley’s friends here that he is pleased with the position of leader of the House, and that the duties of chairman of the ways and means committee are very congenial to him, and that he is also anx- fous that a tariff bill bearing his name shall be framed and enacted into a law. It is more than mere babble, however, that Mr. Dingley will accept the secretaryship of the treasury, regarding an invitation to do so as a call to duty. So far as known Mr. Dingley intimated to no one before leaving home just what his plans would be. He said to The Star correspondent that he had nothing to say for publication. It may be that Mr. Dingley would not feel like saying muci on the subject until after he has had a conference with Mr. McKinley. It is understood that if he should accept the treasury portfolio it would be with the understanding that there would be no catering to the views of the extreme silver men, but that the conserva- tive policy of the leading men of the re- publican party in the east and middle states should be adhered to. CANTON, Ohio, December 4.—Major M Kinley didnot leave tne house this morn- ing, being engaged with his mail and con- versation with Congressman Dingiey and in greeting many callers, the majority of whom merely called on social missions. Representative Dingley left at 2:05 o'clock for the east. Charles G. Dawes reached here. from Cleveland shortly after noon and took luncheon at the McKinley home. Representative R. W. Taylor of this 4d trict called with his friend, Mr. L. Laugh- lin, a prominent pottery manufacturer of East Liverpool. — Pleading for a Pardon. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., December 4.—Mrs. Ballington Booth: of the Salvation. Army was here today to see Gov. Lowndes about the pardon.of Samuel R. O. Speéd, serving a term in the Baltimore jail for procuring money under false pretenses. Letters were read from Chaplain Wills and Wardon Sage of Sing Sing testifying to Speed's ex- emplery conduct while confined there. Mrs, Bcoth was also presented to the judges of the court of appeals. The case will be taken up on the 16th and the pardon prob- ably granted. lattacked, two of them dying yesterday, REPORT ON THEB.&0. Statement by Stephen Little, the Ex- pert Accountant. DIVIDENDS IMPROPERLY DECLARED ee A System of Bookkeeping That Gave a False Impression. ee GETTING DOWN TO FACTS Se PALTIMORE, Md., December 4.—The re- pert of Stephen Little, the expert aecount- ant to the Baltimore and Ohio reorganiza- tion committee, was made public at noon today by President and Receiver John K. Cowen. It is a pamphlet of forty-two peges and contains a mass of figures, show- ing in detail the financial status of the system up to November 30, 1S He finds, among other things, an overstatement of the net income amounting to $2,721,007.S1 from June 30, 181, to June 30, 1 This amount is divided 2s follows: For 1592, $9 for 188%, $12,200.89; for 184, $701,006.22; for 1895, $621,220.65 He also finds ihat of 36,26:,0¢ 1 in dividends during the period mentioned but $971,446.76 was earned. The items withheld from penses, and the methods of swelling the receipts in cach year are given in detail. By writing up the values of siocks own) and other such practices the net in s swelled by amounts that should bh. to profit. and loss. “Two improvised fit and loss ac its were opened, on ignated “xe adjustment account” and the other “securities adjustment ac- count.’ Mr, Little says there is i wornout equipment to profi stead to income, amounting to 5 Charges to Income of $2,064,741 wer operating ¢x- ger of in- mischarge ard loss im- properly capitalized under the tile of “Construction, main stem,” ete. Improve- ments and betterments of leased pendent roads, amounting to $ were improperly charged to capital ac- count. < The total of these improper entries is $11,204,858 for the even. ars and two months ended November 30, 195. During the period under scrutiny ther were declared & 120 in stock and $3, 312086 in cash dividends on the stock. Concurrent with the stock dend of 20 per cent in November, IN", was the sale ta.a syndicate of 35,0 tional common stock, and in February 1892, $2,161800 more common stock was Is sued in ex@iange for 120,100 s of burg and Western common stock at #1S a share. Mr. Little says that the liabilities of the of Novem! ISTH, 4, ING, were Un- nd ‘that ‘the fh The net increase company, a derstated by $ ing debt was $1 in liabilitie: been $22,150,073. . ss ROYALTY GOING TO TRAVEL. the Kaiser and prin. Plans of Queen Vic BERLIN, December 4.—The Lokai Anz! ger publishes a Constantinople dispatch re porting that the emperor and empre Germany will visit Jerusalem on Reported = of Zaster Sunday, 18S, to attend the consecration of the Evangelical Church built on the sit given to the late Emperor Frederick by the sultan, The dispatch adds that the em- peror and, empress will thence proceed Cairo at the khedive’s invitation. LONDON, December 4.—According Dublin correspondent of the Daily there is talk of Queen Victoria visiung Ireland in 1807 in connection with the cele- bration over her reign having reached the longest period of any English reign, >—. E FEARED. to to ERAL Dock Lah rz and Ant- werp Quit. HAMBURG, Germany, December 4.—At a meeting of the central strike committee here today it was decided to declare a gen- eral strike, and a pamphlet was issued, calling upon all dock laborers, engineers, barge men, lumber and car men to quit work, in order to bring the business of the port to a complete stands The majority of the dock jaborers have obeyed the cail, nd the remainder will probably quit work at noon. LONDON, December 4.—A special patch received here from Antwerp an- nounces that the dock laborers there are refusing to unload vessels arriving from Hamburg. A general strike is feared, dis- ESS FEAR AT CHIPP! WA FALLS. oking for an All-W the Ice Gorgs CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis., December 4.— The water went down six inches lower than last night, and the fears of the people we much allayed since learning that the gen- eral river was falling. The continued cold was also tending to quiet their fears, and they are settling down to an all-winier companionship with the ice gorge. Col. Jones started down the branch line of the Milwaukee ana St. Paul road at § o'clock, going along the banks of the river for sev- eral miles on a further investigation of tne gorge. He does not helieve there is any- thing to be done, and rather disapprey-s the use of dynamite or other explosi useless or unnecessary work. The is undoubtedly over. The people of the val ley are becoming acquainted with the facz, and consequently feel much relieved. ESAS ‘AP IN THE SOUTH. ter Stay of t COLD s Columbia, S.C. and Vicinity bound. COLUMBIA, 8. C., December 4.—The city of Columbia and the section of country for seventy-five miles south, east and west of here is Ice-bound. The streets present a picture of desolation. Thousands of beau- tiful shade trees are split, broken and pros- trated,while hundreds of telegraph, tele phone and electric light and car poics are down, with wires In an interminable tangle. The losses to the various companies in this city alone will aggregate $20,000. ——— SHOTS IN CHICAGO STREETS. Iee- An Exciting Chase After a Desperate Thiet. CHICAGO, December 4.—During an ex- citing chase after a thief on West Madi- son street last evening, in which three po- lice officers and a crowd of citizens took part, many pistol shots were fired, and three men were wounded. They are John McConachie, street car conductor, shot through the right hand; Policeman Henry €onneli, shot in right leg; Adolph Thorsen, hit in back by spent ball. ‘The thief was a young fellow named Henry Rogers, who had snatched a pocket book from a woman. He was pursued by 2, large crowd, and used his revolver freely. He was finally captured, after a desperate fight, by Policeman Riley. ———— Spread of the Plague. BOMBAY, December 4.—The plague is spreading and several Europeans have been THE OHIO SENATORSHIP Ex-Secretary Foster's Candidacy Not Taken Seriously. He Wii Not ye the Support of Sherman's or Foraker's Friends. The very frank statement of ex-Secretary of the Treasury Foster of Fos torla that he is a candidate for John She man’s seat in the Senate is not complicat- ing the political situation in Ohio as one might suppose it would. It amus' rather than worrying the Foraker people, who are now in control of the state ma chine. The senatorial situation in Oh! this: Senator Sherman is no doubt didate for re-election, and his friends are already at work laying their plans to cure the legislature which is to be ¢ is a ¢ ted next fal tor-elect Foraker, who was. elected last winter, to take his seat’ next March, is waiting for an opportunity to come when he may have Gov for a colleague. Mark Ha would be Major McKinley's candilate for the Se were there a Vacaney. Mr. Foster, ther fore, as a candidate succeed Sherman stands without any sapport from the friends of either McKinley, Sherman or Foraker. Make Lig: s true that ex-Secretary Foster is now excellent terms with Major McKin- did vatuable work for him on Asa Busanell wo of His Candidacy, It upon ley, h the stump in the west last fall. But Mr McKinley has not forgotten the ill feclings existed between them just after the icago convention of 1892, which were due to Foster's suspicions that the gov- ernor was not true to Harrison. For this if for no other reason, Mr. McKinley would be inclined to take no part in the senatorial stru Senator-elect. Foraker has some strong fricnds in Washingion at this time, and they make light of Foster's candidacy. ‘They intimate that if Mr. Sherman is candidate for re-clection Mr. Foraker wi not throw any obstacles in his path or undertake to defeat him. But if there is to be a vacancy Mr. Foraker will ene 5 to fill it by clecting « By tor-elect Foraker controls present siature, which elected 1, throu vernor Bushnell, the entire state The scheme is -clect, where be done, the members of this assem- y. This would kave Foraker and Lush- nell masters of the situation INI, é hey are today, and it will prevent: ex- Secretary Foster from getting into the United States Senz Among the Ohio statesmen in Washing ton there is no one who takes Mr. Fosver's candidacy serivusly. rk made by Represertative J. H. well of Cinein- nd of Senate ral senuimen: i, who is a ve er, iHustrates the today to tar reporter: “I be if Mr. rman wants to suceced elf he will have no trouble in being While Mr. Foster and Tare on 4 say noth- reia 1 must admit that he stands about fifth man in the Ohio senatorial race. Were it a free for all the contest would be between Sherman, Bu nell, Grosvenor and hanna, coming in at the tail end of Mr. Sherm nator Sherman's mana, te at the next republican state conyen- a resolution indors' Sherman for ion will be subm 1, The Foraker men cannot object to this, be ame plan was carried oui in the 7 ville convention which Bushnell, and Foral torial A_move will practically i Mr. Sherman's gess, because it will take Gov. Bi) who will be @ candidate for *enom in the same convention, ou- of the But if the convention declines to in nator Sherman the liveliest Kind fight in Ohio po Swill be precipat and Gen, Bushneil will be found mak deuble fight for the ratorial nd for the legislature. Dia Bry : Col. Isaac R. Hill of Ohio, deputy se geant-at-arms of the House of Representa- tives, and Col. Morris Yeomans, a wel known sporting man of Columbus, ar un. able to settle an election bet of $100 on Ohio. Col. Hill declared that Bryan would not be 50,0) voles behind McKinley, and Col. Yeomans said he Each man decided to back his opinion with $100, and the bet was put in writ In the refusal of Secretary of State Tay- lor to permit the populists to withdraw their elector, Barr, from the ticket, after had fused with the democrats, the an-Watson ticket cure Ht 000 vote Meck ley’s plurality ove ‘yan and Sewall was something over 50,000 votes, and on that Col. Yeomans claims the money. But Col. Hill insists that the Bryan and Wats pies shail be added to the Bryan and 5 votes, beca all went for Bryan, and he also ciaims money, As Yeomans and Hill have wrangled over the matter since election without reaching an agreement, the latter now sug: gests that each choose a man, and thos two select a third, who shall constitute a committee of three (o decide the Col. Yeomans’ reply to this proposition is being awaited. ee = THE BATTLE SHIP TEXAS. Report That She fur. The officials of the Na place no credence in the r in New York this morning that the battle ship Texas is a failure as a fighting ma- chine. The report of the court of inquiry which investigated the cireumstancs the recent sinking of the under consideration at the Navy ment. While its nature will closed at present, it is scini that it contains rething to : the vessel is serisusly injured. to one competent authority the stead of having to xo out of an be easily put fito conc q@ent sea ser’ in iwo weeks’ — West Point Cadets Ap; The following appointments of ¢ Dez at port published © vesse! is now Depe: the United States Military Academy announced: Charles MeH. Eby, Newpx Pa.; Paul E. Smith (alternate), Annvill Pa.; John C, Paddison, N.C. John F. Frafiklin, Fla: ¢ Claud ‘A. Brigham, New Albany, 'nd.; Thomas Slaugher (alternate), Ceryden, Ind: P. Arnold, Prescott, Ark. -o- Mr. Crowther Wants. George C. h wi Representative expresses Crowther briefly on matters pending before Congress, to see,” he said, “all the of the “Lo want important bi passed by the House at the jast session 1 at this ion by the Senate. If is done we will not need ho exir Let the Senate pass the Diugley bill, the immigration and labor bills. uy.” 1, the bankrupie They will relieve the coun- SHOT BY AN OFFICER ———- London Shears Killed While Beating Policeman Curry. A DESPERATE FIGET FOR LIFE The Affair Nearly Leads to a Vio- lent Outbreak. DEAD PREACHER Officer Edward Curry of the einet shot and kitted 1 ored, on G street between southwest, at 1 o'clock this aftern fourth pre- Shears was resisting the officer and beat- ing him with his own baton, when the fatal shot was fired. The dead maa called himself the Rey. London Shears, and was a well-known character in Wash- ington, where he pr ally about the streets and supp vimself by doing odd jobs. His pious not prevent him from being wel the and has been number of times on various charg He was discharged from jail a few days so, where “he had served a sentence for mmitting an assault. The frazedy this afterpoen occurred in the house 212 G street southwest, where Shears lived with his wife and family. mplaint was made to Officer Curry, whose beat was in the mighborkocd, that there was a man in the Shears house killing his whole family, and the policeman went to the house ascer- tain the nature of the trouble. Minched the om Upon enteriag the premises an ars, the latter threw him:-!t upon the officer, stick fingers in eyes ard grabbing his baton. He wrested: the club from the policeman and proceeded to beat him bretally over the head with it. Shears was erful, and aHicer Was soon prostrate on the ground. The club rose and fell azain and again, and Curry realized that he was in a desperately critical condition, and that his dened assailant meant to kill him with- out mercy. With a great effe man- aged to reach his revolver, and drawing it rd upward and fired. The bullet struck Shears in center of the left temple and passed into his brain. He fell backw and dropped dead. The n the fight had attracted a crowd, and word AS SENt to the blocks distant on KE street f ral officers hurried to the scen dead body Was lying prosirate with the blood stream- nz from the wounds in his head. Officer Curry could not walk, and was taken to the fourth precinct ~ patrol wa fourth pr int and fou the ° ars, while his victim on house in t son Curry's Wounds. Surgeon Hickling was nd dressed the as. There Police w deep cuts on skull, layi b » and num us 1 bruss humps where the lp Was unbrok officer's face was badly scratched and he Was in an exhausted condition. Dr. Hick- Hing did not make an mination for frac re, but Siated that Curry’s wounds were «quite serious and directed that he be abso- Phe officer was taken wo his Je nee hs et northwest, where resides with his young wife ar tamily. The house where the killing occurred is a t ory frame shanty, and in its front ow rew sign “looms for London Shears had live n the for a jong time, of the nd although a min- ister Eospel, ws above noted, he had more than one court experienc offenses Not ordinarily supposed to be committed by one who wear: loth, In his iznmediate neighborhood he was loved and feared alike, but now jat he is dead on vod words are spoken for him. Danger of an Oulbresk. In front of the eral hundr sembled this aft and bright array tone, it is affair of blue suits and thought, prevented an for the colored people, both men and wo- men, were loud in their denu m of what the officer nad done de was drunk, was on almost every tongue, aud the women Were espe- vially anxious that the killing « should be venged in some licemen, un Barry's had possession . in number of cole people had also ereq Mrs. Shearsewas wild with excitement and refused to be comforted or quicted. “He came in my house and killed my hus- band for nothing,” she screamed, and made other statements, blaming the officer for her bereavement. T get a connected story from ier about the affair was impossible. Dr, Childs appeared at house after some time had elapsed, and ministered to the sick and excited woman. Scene « the Tragedy. ‘The kitchen in which the tragedy was enacted showed plain evidences of having been the scene of a severe struggle. Jn the Ii reom were two tables, a stove, sofa several chairs, and blood stains showed thai the officer or the dead man had come in contact with mere than one article of furniture. The dinner table was set, and a loaf of bread that was still on the table war fairly saturated with the crimson fluid In the rear of the rcom a missing window sash, with broken g nd splintered wood, bore further evidence of the severe confi Just how the window becan smashed the witnesses tell different storics. One colored woman declared that the offi had jumped throu) ers said it wa A The policemen and the white a unit in declaring that O only done his duty plauded on every ha South Washington, w n the window, while ot is smashed during the tussle, roval of Curry, people wer Curry ha and his action was ap- a. The in o have miliar jeer with the conten which th ecrimina clesses in that neighborhood have had for police officers, as well as the laws in the past, and who cau recount numerous in- ssa Curry’s ry other n officers, « tion should jared stances of I tnat Ontice lated by ev otieer on force aS a matter of protection o: part. Curry’s reputation fourth as rded me of tourth pre Ss after: Wast whom they went to arrest was 1 preferred to be beaten up than to stand the