Evening Star Newspaper, December 7, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. eee Ey PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, Es a Cor. ees by cease . Kew York Offce, 49 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the city by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents a ea ee See counter Z cents each |—anywi United States or Canada—postage prepaid—50 cents per month. sebtt2rday Quintaple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with me ice at Washington, D. 0., sveecond-clase wail maattcr) cl tatter. “EF All mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. Sa hSS—<—Ssmnamas“_wqpas>sa—>pqsss53 Che Evening Star. No. 13,655, WASHINGTON, D. CG, MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1896—SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. THE MESSAGE Mr. Cleveland's Plan for Cuban Autonomy. HOME RULE WITH A GUARANTY Intimation to Spain That Patience Has a Limit. TARIFF, TRUSTS AND REVENUE Nothing to Justify Our Interference in Turkish Affairs. DISCUSSED OTHER TOPICS Following is the full text of the annuai message sent to Congress today by Prest- Gent Cleveland: To the Congress of the United States: As representatives cf the people in the legislative branch of their government, you have assembled at a time when the strengt!: and excellence of our free institutions and the fitness of our citizens y popular rule have been again made t A political contest involving momentous consequences, fraught with feverish appre hension, and creating aggressiveness so in- tense as to approach bitterness and passion, kas been waged throughout our land, and determined by the decree of free and inde- pendent suffrage, without disturbance of cur tranquility or the least sign of weak- ness in our national structure. When we consider these incidents and centempiate the peaceful obedience and manly submission which have succeeded a heated clash of political opinions, we dis- cover abundant evidence of a determination en the part of our countrymen to abide by every verdict of the popular will and to be controlled at all times by an abiding faith in the agencies established for the direction of the affairs of their government. ‘Thus our people exhibit a patriotic dispo- sition which entitles them to demand of those who undertake to make and execute their laws such faithful and unselfish serv- ice in their behalf as can only be prompted by a serious appreciation of the trust and cenfidence which the acceptance of public duty invites. In obedience to a constitutional require ment, I herein submit to the Congress cer- tain information concerning national af- fairs, with the suggestion of such legisla- tien as In my judgment is necessary and expedient. To secure brevity and avoid tiresome narration, I shall omit many de- tails concernmg matters within federal con- trol, which though by no means unimpor- tant, are more profitably discussed in de- partmental reports. I shall also further curtail this communication by omitting a minute recital of many minor incidents con- nected with our joreign relations whi have heretofore found a place in executive messages, but are row contained in a report of the Secretary of State, which is here- with submitted. THE TURKISH SITUATION. At the outset of a reference to the more important matters affecting our relations with foreign powers, it would afford me satisfaction if I could assure the Congress that the disturbed condition in Asiatic Turkey had during the past year assumed a less hideous and bloody aspect, and that either as a consequence of the awakenings of the Turkish government to the demands of humane civilization, or as the result of decisive action on the part of the great na- tion having the right by treaty to interfere for the protection of those exposed to the rage of mad bigotry and cruel fanaticism the shocking features of the situation had been mitigated. Instead, however, of wel- coming a softened disposition or protective intervention we have been afflicted by con- tinued and not unfrequent reports of the wanton destruction of homes and the bloody butchery of men, women and chil- dren, made martyrs to their profession of Christian faith. While none of our citizens in Turkey have thus far been killed or wounded, though often in the midst of dreadful scenes of danger, their safety in the future is by no means assured. Our government at home and our minister at Constantino- ple have left nothing undone to protect our missionaries in Ottoman territory, who ccnstitute nearly all the individuals resid- ing there, who have a right to claim our Frotection on the score of American citi- zenship. Our efforts in this direction will rot be relaxed; but the deep feeling and sympathy that have been aroused among our people ought not to so far blind their reason and judgment as to lead them to demand impossible things. The outbreaks of blind fury, which lead to murder and pillage in Turkey, occur suddenly and with- cut notice, and an attempt on our part to force such a hostile presence there as might be effective for prevention or protection would not only be resisted by the Ottoman government, but would be regarded as an interruption of their plans by the great na- tions who assert their exclusive right to in- tervene in their own time and method for the security of life and property in Turkey. Our Fleet in the Mediterranean. Several naval vessels are stationed in the Mediterranean as a measure of caution and to furnish all possible relief and refuge fa case of emergency. We have made claims against the Turk- ish government for the pillage and de- struction of missionary property at Har- poot and Marash during uprisings at those places. Thus far the validity of these demands has not been admitted, though our minister prior to such outrages, and in anticipation of danger, demanded protec- tion for the persons and property of cur missionary citizens in the localities men- tioned, and notwithstanding that strong evidence exists of actual complicity of Turkish soldiers in the work of destruction and robbery. The facts as they now appear do not Permit us to doubt the justice of these ¢laims,and nothing will be omitted to bring about their prompt settlement. A number of Armenian refugees having arrived at our ports an order has lately been obtained from the Turkish govern- ment permitting the wives and children of such refugees to join them here. It is hoped that hereafter no obstacle will be interposed to prevent the escape of all (Continued on Twelfth Page.) * ee JURORS DISCHARGED|CHAIRMAN C. J. BELL| | A Mild Sensation at the Court House Today. Matters Before the Grand Jury Have Become Public Property—Stop- ping the Leak. As the result of an investigation made by him and District Attorney Birney last week, Judge Cole today called the grand jury before him, and excused two members of the body, George Deavis of Benning, and Geo. P. Blair of 1415 H street northeast, from further attendance as grand jurors. The- discharge of the two grand jurors, according to District Attorney Birncy, was the result of a leak in the body respecting the cas2 of Wilbur W. Marmaduke, a tickot broker, who is charged with forg:ry. Mar- maduke was held in April last for the action of the grand jury, and last week the witnesses in the case were summon be- fcre that body. “Shortly afterward,” said Mr. Birney to a Star reporter today, “it came to my knowledge that about an hour after the grand jury acted in the cas Mar- maduke had received knowledge of what had taken place before the grand jury. “i was informed, in fact, that he had gone to a railroad man, one of the wit- nesses examined, and asked him for the of the other witnesses, intimating he had knowledge of all they had name t said, and of the action of the grand jury. i laid the matter before Judge Cole, but net until I had examined every member of the grand jury, Deavis and Blair among them. Their statements I cannot give you, but I laid them all before the court, and you will notice that when Judge Cole acted in the matter today, by discharging them, neither man raised his voice, even to in- quire why they had been discharged. They may have been nothing mere than indis- ereet in the matter, but we must keep secret and inviolate everything transpir- ing before the grand jury, and, as the same thing has occurred (but not in the present grand jury) before, some such action was necessary. “There was not the slightest intimation that any other member of the present body been indiscreet, and I was sorry to see it reported that all of the present grand jurors would be discharged.” In discharging Jurors Deavis and Blair teday, Judge Cole had no comment other than to say that for reasons sufliciently appear'ng to him he had decided to excuse them from further attendance upon the ecurt as grand jurors during the present term. He thereupon discharged them, di- recting the clerk to draw five names from the jury box from whom to fill their piaces, ard directing the grand jury to report in ccurt at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Mr. Birney, while admitting that the grand jury have acted in the mandamus case, declined to state what that action was, explaining that the grand jurors have not yet reported the matter. It is under- stood that no further action will be taken in the case of the two jurors excused to- day. — ee A DIPHTHERIA SCARE. Persons Exposed to the Disease Found in the House Galiery. Considerable consternation was created about the House wing of the Capitol today when it became noised around that the visitors to the House had been exposed to diphtheria infection. Investigation dis- closed that a Capitel employe had seen in one of the galleries members of a family in which diphtheria prevails. Capt. Garden of the Capitol police imme- diately caused an investigation of the re- port to be made. The suspected persons, a man and woman, were found in the south- east public gallery. The man gave his rame as Guy L. Winer. He said it was true that there had been a case of diph- theria in the family and the house had been quarantined, but had recovered. Capt. Garden telephoned to the health offi and learned that the patient in the family mentioned s recovering, but still had diphtheria, and the house had not been disinfected. The health officer directed the membe: immediately, there until quarantine. When these directions were imparted to them the couple immediately left the gal- lery and started for home. The gallery where they sal was crowded with visitors at the time. Mine New Cases Reported. that the patient of the family to be sent home with instructions to remain the house was relieved from Nine new cases of diphtheria were re- ported to the health office today. Three of them are in one family, where the mother and two children are sick. These three pa- tients were removed to Providence Hospital and placed in the ward set apart for con- tagious cases. In cases where the patients are removed to the hospital the houses are fumigated and the necessity tor placarding avoided. A great many people cbject to the Placarding of their houses, and in some cases the attack is so slight that parents scarcely believe that ‘heir children really have the disease. Persons from infected houses continue to call at the health office for instructions, but this cannot be avoided. See CHAIRMAN HITT’S DENIAL. Interviews Attributed to Him Were Entirely Without Foundation, Chairman Hitt of the House committee on foreign affairs says that various inter- views on the Cuban question which have been attributed to him recently were en- tirely without foundation. —‘I have no information regarding the policy of the President or of Congress which is not in possession of the public,” he said. “I have never predicted that the President would send a special message to Ccngress within a month, nor that Con- gress would take any action this session on the matter, having passed resolutions ex- pressing itself in favor of recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents last ses- sion. It is impossible for any one to say what the House may do until there has been a meeting of the committee on for- e:gn affairs, at any rate. SSS ACCEPTED BY VENEZUELA. Secretary Olney So Informed py Minister Andrade. Secretary Olney received this morning a telegram from Minister Andrade at Cara- cas to the effect that the memorandum agreed upon between Great Britain and the United States for the settlement of the Venezuelan boundary question is accepted by the Venezuelan government; that the memorandum will be published at Caracas this afternoon, and that an extra session of the Venezuelan congress will be called as soon as possible in order that the memo- randum may be carried into effect by the necessary treaty between Great Britain and Venezuela. = —_—_—_—_-o+_____. Local Pension Paymen: The United States pension agent in this city completed the payment of all local pension vouchers received at the agency up to 6 p.m. Saturday, the disbursements for the two days amounting to about $275,000. During the next eight days he will disburse janone $1,900,000 to pensioners residing e!se- where. ———-—___ He Will Preside Over the General Inaugural Committee, COMMISSIONED BY CHAIRMAN HANNA Mr. S. W. Woodward Positively Declined to Serve. ghee INTERESTING LETTERS —— “You may announce the Mr. Charles J. Bell as chairman of the general inaugural committee and of Gen. Horace Porter as grand marshal of the inauguration parade. Chairman Mark A. Hanna thus addressed a Star reperter in his’ private parlor at the Arlington Hotel this morning. He was a busy man, reading his mail, which was voluminous, and greeting a steady stream appointment of of callers at the same time. He would scan a letter in a glance and listen to his visi- tors simultaneously, answering the latter with as much directness as though he were entirely disengaged otherwise. “Yes; I am very glad the matter is set- tled, and I have no doubt every one here will be equally pleased,” said Mr. Hanna. “Has it been definitely decided to hold the Inauguration ball in the new Congres- sional Library building?” ‘No, of course not,” he another letter, “all settled hereafter.” Chair Hanna left the hotel shcrtly after 11 0° and went to the Senate, where he listened to the reading of the President's message. réplied, opening such things must be Mr. Woodward Urged to Accept. The appointment of Mr. Bell, which was announced In an extra edition of The Even- ing Star, was surprising to a large ma- jority of Washington people, and in no less degree gratifying. In the minds of most people the appointment of Mr. S. W. Wood- ward to the honorable and important posi- tion, and his acceptance thereof, were fore- gone conclusions, and that Mr. Woodward stantial opposition to you. All the best people approve of your selection. You would be very vain were you to read all the letters I have rece!ved and sent to Mr. Hanna. Faithfully yours, : MYRON M. PARKER. It will be seen from the foregoing com- munications that Mr. Woodward's decision to decline the appointment was reached long since, and that even in the face of his views on the subject being so well known to Chairman Hanna and the republi- can national committee there was still an earnest effort exerted to have him recon- sider his determination and act as desired. Mr. Bell Chosen. When Mr. Woodward's declination was re- ceived Chairman Hanna called Mr. Myron M. Parker into consultation and told him of the condition of affairs. The result of this meeting was that the name of Mr. Charles J. Bell was proposed by Mr. Par- ker. Senator Proctor heartily seconded Mr. Parker's suggestion, dnd there was imme- diate communication with the well-known banker. His appointment and acceptance followed, Mr. Hanna sending Mr. Bell this morning the following missive: WASHINGTON, D. C., December 7, 1896. C.J. Bell, Esq., Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: You are hereby designated by the executive committee of the republican national committee to take charge of the forthcoming ceremonies attending the in- auguration of the President-elect, and all matters pertaining thereto. You will appoint such officers as may be necessary, designate a general and all sub- committees, and serve as chairman of said general committee. M. A. HANNA, Chairman, Republican National Committee. The commission is almost identical in its wording with that sent to Mr. A. T. Brit- ton by National Chairman M. 8. Quay, ap- pointing Mr. Britton to a similar position in connection with the inauguratiom cere- monies of President-elect. Harrison. In both instances the authority conferred is absolute. Mr. Bell's Statement. When a Star reporter called on Mr. Fell at the American Security and ‘Trust Com- pany this morning, he had just returned from the Arlington, where he had had a conference with Mr. Hanna and had told Mr. Hanna that he would accept the posi- tion which had been tendered him. He found upon his desk a letter which he opened and read, and then ‘nformed thc reporter that It was a letter of congratu lation from Mr. S. W. Woodward. “It is hardly necessary to say,” remarked Mr. Bell, ‘that this is the first letter of thc Kind that I have retetved in ~egard tc appointment. In addition to his ccn- atulations Mr. Woodward states that his CHARLE J. BELL. vas urged to accept it by Chairman Hanna is no disparagement to the high qualities Mr. Bell. , ont Woodward had an interview with Mr. Hanna Saturday afternoon, and was asked to accept the chairmanship. He declared that he would be forced to decline the honor, much as he appreciated the compli- ment. Hanna would not listen to Mr. Woodward's declination, telling him that he should regard it as a duty he owed to the people of Washington, and earnestly urging him to give the matter further thought. Mr. Woodward agreed to this, but gave Mr. Hanna to understand that longer consideration would only make his determination the stronger. Chairman Hanna then informed Mr. Woodward that he would regard it is a great personal favor to himself if he would act as desired, and said he was sure PreSfdent-elect McKinley was also very desirous for him to do so. His Declination. Mr. Woodward left the Arlington and shortly afterward sent the following letter to Mr. Hanna: December 5. Mr. M. A. Hanna, Arlington Hotel, Wash- ington, D. C. My Dear Sir:—Since my interview with you this afternoon, when you tendered me the chairmanship of the inaugural commit- tee, and a subsequent visit from Senator Proctor and Mr. M. M. Parker, urging my acceptance of the same, I have given the subject further careful consideration, and while very sensible of the high compliment paid me, am compelled to adhere to my de- cision as expressed in letter of 28th ultimo to Mr. Parker at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, requesting the withdrawal of my name from further consideration in this connection. I am, sir, with very high regard, very truly yours. 8S. W. WOODWARD. Washingten, D. C., December 5, 1896. The letter to Mr. Parker alluded to in Mr. Woodward's letter to Chairman Hanna was as follows Mr. M. M. Parker, New York, N. Y. My Dear Mr. Parker:—While appreciating fully the distinguished honor sougth to be conferred upon me in suggesting my name for the chairmanship of the inaugural com- mittee by Senator Proctor and yourself cn Saturday last, I find, after duly considering the matter, that the demands of my bus- iness and other interests intrusted to.me will make it impossible for me to accept; therefore I beg you will withdraw my name from further consideration. We have no politics here in Washington except those of good citizenship, and as the sound money democrats the country over desire nothing except the consciousness of duty well per- formed, it will be my pleasure to give my heartiest support to the gentleman named and to assist in every way to make the ceremonies the most brilliant and mem- orable in the history of the inauguration of Pregin sir, very sincerely yours, m, sir, vel "e 8. W. WOODWARD. ‘Washingten, D. C., November 28, 1896. ‘The above letter reached New York after Mr. Parker’s return here, and being for- warded reached the latter December 2. Mr. Parker immediately replied to it as follows: WASHINGTON, D. C., Dec. 2, 1996. Dear Mr. Woodward: Your letter mailed to New York came duly to hand. Of course you do not mean what you say, and even if you did you could not decline. The facts are there is no sub- Fifth Avenue Hotel, } worth -and-General W. W. partner, Mr. A. M. Lothrop, will head the subscription list for the expenses oi the inauguration with a contribution of $1,000, and Mr. Woodward adds that he will give the same amount.” “I have just accepted the appoiitment from Mr. Hanna,” continued Mr. Bell, ‘‘and, of course, have had no opportunity cf giv- ing consideration to the duties which will devolve upon me. I reallse the importance of the position, and also the necessity of promptly appointing the committees so that the active work can be begun im- mediately. “It will be necessary to give careful con- sideration to this preliminary part of my work, and I intend to enter upon it at once. The inauguration of a President is not a party matter, and when the election Is end- ed, and the result announced, all party feeling should stop. The purpose of tne committee that will have charge of the in- augural ceremonies is to do honor to the President-elect to the entire people, and I believe that the citizens of Washington will, one and all, unite without regard to party in making the inaugural ceremonies a complete success. In fact, we will try to make the coming inauguration the grand- est Washington has ever seen. In my opin- ion the new library bullding is the place to hold the inaugural hall, It is the most magnificent building of its Kind in this or any other country, and it is, therefore, at- tractive to the people at large.” The Chairman, Charles J. Bell was born in Dublin, Ire- land, in the year 1858. He is of Scotch- Irish parentage, his father being a Scotch- man and his mother of Irish birth. His father, Prof. David Charles Bell, who 1s now a resident of Georgetown, was a pro- fessor of English literature in Dublin Uni- versity. Mr. Bell received his education at Wesleyan College, Dublin, and in 1873 he went to Canada, Two years later he en- tered the banking business with the Im- perial Bank of Canada, at Toronto, and in 1880 he went abroad in the interests of the Bell Telephone Company, his cousin, Alex- ander Graham Bell, being the inventor of that instrument. As ,general manager of the National Tetephone Company of Eng- land he opened the telephone exchanges in that country. He returned to the United States in 1892, ard coming to this efty established his residence here, where he has since lived and has been permanently identified with the business interests of the city. He en- tered the banking business with the firm of Fitch, Fox & Brown, under the name of Bell & Co. In February, 1883, he was elected president of the American Security and Trust Company, which position he still holds. His wife is the daughter of Gardiner G. Hubbard, and he has a hand- some country residence on the Woodley read, in the: vicinity of the country home of President Cleveland. During the win- ter, however, he occupies his residence on Connecticut avenue, just south of Dupont Circle. - Bell bas always .been a In politics Mr. republican, -but has never taken any spe- cial part in pre@idential: campaigns until the one which tes just led. He is a: director of “and ts ir, ted in ‘a large number of corporations jg this ¢ity, and is also actively fWefitified fn;a numiber of the local charitable-institutions. = 2 A Quiet Supday. j Chairman Hanna spent.a quiet Sunday. He entertained. ex-Congressman Butter- Dudley at (Continued on Third Page) FORGOT THE ORDERS A Collision in Consequence, Result- ing in Three Deaths. RAILWAY OFFICIALS WEREIN A WRECK Their Special Was Not Detained on a Siding. FATAL DISASTER IN A FOG CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 7.—A dis- astrous wreck occurred about § o'clock this morning about three-quarters of a mile west of Storrs station on the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern railway, in which two persons were killed and a number injured. The trains colliding were No. 22, an ac- commodation coming in from Cochran, Ind. and a special made up of a passenger coa and two private cars. The special was carrying general officers of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern, who were sterting out to make a thorough inspection of the road. The engineer and conductor of the special had orders to follow fifteen min utes behind the preceding regular «rail and to keep out of the way of train which had the right of way. The special stopped at Storrs, where it should have waited for No. 22, ‘but the engineer and conductor both forgot the order concerning that train and pulled oui. When three-quarters of a mile west of Sterrs the trains came together. There was a fog which prevented seeiag clearly so neither engineer suspected a collision until the shock came. Engineer John Price and Fireman Homer Dixon of the ial were instantly killed. General affic Manager Geo. F. Randolph w: injured; General Passenger Agent J. M. Chesbrough was thrown through the glas loor and his face severely cut; L. Zepper- nich, assistant engineer, riding on train No. “22, was fatally bruised; Fred. Moore, hief clerk to the chief engineer of the Big Four, was badly cut; Chas. E. Whiting, Lawrenceburg, Ind., badly in- Chapman, brakeman, special, R. S. Johnson, superintendent tel- egraph, bruised; Tom Jones, engineer 22, hedly hurt; N.'H. Sexton, conductor 22 baggage master, severely bruised; Mrs. Alex. Patterson, Aurora, Ind., hurt. Zeppernich later died from his in- juries. General Traffic Manager Randolph's in- juries are found to be less serious than at first supposed. His shoulder was dislocated, General Passenger Agent Chesbrough had eleven stitches taken in tie cuts about his face, and 1s suffering from a slight concus- sion of the brain. He was taken to the Grand Hotel. The other injured are not supposed to be dangerously hurt. The engines were badly wrecked. The property loss is estimated at from $10,(KH) to 5,000, OURL. Two Prisoners Hanged by a Mob of “armers. KANSAS CITY, Mo., December 7.—A spe- cial to the Journal from Lexington, Mo., says: About 1 o'clock this morning a mob of Ray county farmers broke into the county Jail here, secured Jesse Winner and James Nelson, held for the murder of Mrs. Win- ner and her two babes, and lynched them. They overpowered Jailer James Goode without any ado and demanded the keys to the cells of Nelson and Winner. Goode had hidden them, and when one of the mob said to him: “There is one way to make you give them up,” the jafler coolly replied: ‘ou can’t make a dead man give them up, so shoot me if you want to.” The demolition of the doors proved but the work cf a few minutes. When an en- trance had been made two dozen men rush- ed direct t> the cells of the two murderers who cowered into the corners of their m ger quarters, begging pitcously for mercy None was shown, but the two men were ted triumphantly into the open. Winner, the husband and father, came out trembling with fear, and looked the Picture of distress. Nelson stood up better than Winner under the strain, but said not a word. As he had passed his cell Winner told one of the other prisoners that he was guilty. The river was crossed at about 2 o'clock, and the men quickly dispatched. Lot Lackey, who has also been in jail here under charge of complicity in the murder, was taken to Richmond Saturday, which fact alcne saved his life, as he would certainly have been lynched with the others. The probability is that vengeance will be meted out to him later. Sa BUILDIN AND GROUNDS. Col, Wilson's Report of Operations During Last Month. Colonel Wilson, in charge of public build- ings and grounds, in his last monthly re- port to Chief of Engiaeers Craighill, an- rounces the consumation of the purchase of the building on 10th street, where Presi- dent Lincoln died, at a cost of $30,000, the title having been declared perfect by the United States district attorney. The Unit- ed States assumed charge of the premises on the 10th proximo. A careful examina- tion was made of the building, and it was found to be sadly out of repair. Arrange- ments have been made to put it in good or- der as soon as possible. Considerable dam- age was done to the roof and chimneys by the gale of September 29, but it is expected to put them in complete repair by the close of “December. There were 8,945 visitors to the top of the monument during the month of November, of which number 7,395 made the ascent by the elevator and 1, by the stairways, making a total of 1,324,421 persons who have visited the top since the monument was opened to the public October 9, 1888. The improvement of Hancock Park has been continued. A low granite wall has been constructed on the Pennsylvania ave- nue and 7th street boundaries, and a circu- lar granite curbing at the west end of the servation. During the month the grounds properly graded and covered with scil. Over 258 square yards of asphalt walks were laid, and the grounds were planted with 127 evergreens, 152 yucca plants, 274 deciduous shrubs, two weeping mulberry trees and two magnolias. Colonel Wilson says that when all the work laid out is completed the reservation will be an ornament to that section of the city. In the grounds north and south of the Executive Mansion sixty-four young trees of twenty-nine different varieties have been planted in place of those destroyed in the recent gale. A new board walk has been laid in Mt. Vernon Square between 7th and 9th streets. All the parks and reservations were overhauled during the month and maintained in good condition. It is ex- pected that the wire fence at Wakefield, the birthplace of Washington, will be com- pleted this month. It is about 17,000 feet long and is supplied with twelve ten-feet gates. —————_e-_____ MORE TROOPS FOR WEYLER. ‘The Bason Arrives at Havana With 1,860 Troops, HAVANA, December 7.—A steamship ar- rived here teday from Spain with rein- forcements of 1,860 troops. Three of the men died while on the way over, and six were suffering from smallpox when the steamer reached this port. The troops were received by a committee of citizens and by the military authorities. CARLISLE’S ESTIMATES Appropriations Believed to Be Required for the Next Fiscal Year. Money Asked for to Run the Various Departments of the Netional Gover Secretary Carlisle today transmitted to the Speaker of the House of Representa- tives the estimates of appropriations re- 1 year ending June 30, 1898. They are recapitulated by titles as follows: tablishment... ablishment. Judicial establishment. Foreign intercourse Military establishment... Nava! establishment. Indian affairs. Pensio: Public works. 1,288, Postal service. Miscellaneous. 36,344, Permanent tions... annual appropria- Totals.. a $421,715 The estimates for the present fiscal year amounted to $418,091,073, and the appro- priation for the present fiscal year, in- cluding deficiencies and miscellaneous, amounted to $432,421,605. Public Works. Under the head of public works appro- priations for $20,000 or over are asked for public buildings as follows: Boise City, Idaho, post office, ete., # 269; Buffalo, Camden, Y., post office, $600,000; post office, ete., $100,000; post office, ete., $186,004 Cumberland, Md., $0,000; “Denver, — Col. mint building, Helena, "Mont ete, ; Kansas Cit court house, 5 A pos* office, etc., $266,000 » post office, etc., $400,000; New York, appraisers’ warehouse $300,000; Portland, Ore., custom house, $200,000; Pueblo, Col., post office, $150,000; St. Paul, Minn., post an Francisco, court Savannah, Ga., court vy 00); Washington, D. C., post of- fice, $410,000; bureau of gngraving and printing, storage, outbuilding and stable, $92,000. Milwaukee, Lighthouses. The total appropriations asked for light- nouses, beacons and fog signals is $1,584,785 The appropriations for these purposes for the present fiscal year amounted to $150,000). For improvements at the League Island navy yard, Pa., $243,222 are asked; for the Brooklyn navy yard, $217,042, and for the navy yard at Norfolk, Va., $370,000. For housing torpedo vessels at navy yards, $225,000 are asked. For excavating interior court of Interior Department building for steam-heating plant, &c., $75,000. Adui- accommodations for 150 insane from the National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, at the Government Hospital for the Insane, $75,000. Under the head of fortifications and other works of defense, $5,000,009 are asked for the construction, under recent act: of Con- gress, of gun and mortar batteries; $500,000 for sites for fortifications and seacoast de- fenses; $105,000 for the preservation and repair of fortification: 3,000 for the con- struction of sea walls and embankments: $150,000 for torpedoes for harbor defense, and $9,770,156 for armament for fortifica- ticns, which includ 17,326 for steel for seacoast guns; $1,728, for steel breach- loading mortars, and $1, for reserve supply of powder and projectiles. The total estimates for fortifications and other works of defense is $15,815,256, which is an in- crease of over 100 per cent over the appro- priations for the present fiscal year. For the construction of buiidings at and en- largement of military posts $1,000,000 is asked for. Appropriations under recent acts are asked for as follows: Improve- ment at Yellowstone National Park, § 000; for the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Park, $145,000; Gettysburg Na- tional Park, $75,000, and $87,500 for the Shiloh National Military Park. Rivers and Harbors. Under the act of June 3, 18%, appropria- tions for rivers and harbors are requesied as follows: Harbor of Refuge, at Point Ju- dith, R. L, $300,000; improving channel in Gowanus Bay, N. Y., $400,000; improving harbor between Philadelphia and Camden, N. J., $559,000; improving harbor at Sa- vannah, Ga., $400,000; improving Cumber- land Sound, Ga. and Fla., $400,000; im- proving harbor at Galveston, Tex., $800,01 improving Humboldt harbor and Bay Cali- fornia, $400,000; improving Hudson riv $500,000; improving Newton Creek, $400,000; ship channel, connecting the great lakes between Chicago, Duluth and Butf- falo, $1,090,000. The Secretary of War, in a note ‘states that the above are the sums required to meet payments for all the works under continuous contracts at the time fixed by law for filing these esti- mates with the Secretary of the Treasur; What, if any, further contracts will be en- tered into under existing authority can- not. at this time be determined. The total estimate for rivers and har- bors is $5,349,000, and the tozal for public works of all kinds $31,437,061. A statement is appended, showing the total amounts re- quired for the improvement of sivers and harbors under the acts of 18), 1802 and 1896, but which are not yet under contract. The amount of these is about $17,500,000. The estimates for army and navy pen- sions aggregate $140,000,000, There is also an appropriation of $350,000 asked for to enable the United States government to take part in the international exposition to be held in Paris in 1900. Rae ETee"s WANTS A FI Fitzsimmons Refases to Consider a Ten-Round Contest. SAN FRANCISCO, December 7.—The Olympic Club's ambition to bring together in this city in a ten-round glove coniest Corbett and Fitzsimmons was crushed last night by a word from the latter. Fitz- simmons declined flatly to consider for a moment Corbett’s offer to come here and bex ten rounds for $15,000. “What I want is a finish fight,” sail Fitzsimmons, “and I propose to hold out for that. I have nothing further to say. I refuse to box ten rounds in this city.” eas Saas DISTRICT IN CONGRESS, Senater McMillan of Michigan, chairman of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia, was at the Capitol today. Mr. Charles Moore, clerk of the committee, who has been nere for a month, was also at his accustomed place in the District committee room. The machinery for grind- ing out new laws for the District of Co- lumbia has not yet been set in motion, and as this is a short session it is not likely that much new business will be introduced. The mail did not bring the committee any petitions or suggestions for District legis- lation today, and it will be a day or two before any active work is done on meas- ures that have already been discussed. No Call of House Committee. No preparations have been made yet to call a meeting of the House District com- mittee. It is doubtful if a quorum of the committee is in the city, and it is probable that the committee will not settle down to work until after the holiday recess. —_—__—__e-—___ Ocean Steamships Arrived. HAMBURG, December 7 sia, New York. MOVILLE, December of Nebraska, New York for Glasgow. SH FIGHT. IN CONGRES Spee Senate and House Reas- semble for Business. BOTH BODIES HAVE A QUORUM Ex-Speaker Crisp’s Chair Draped in Mourning. INTEREST IN PEESIDENT'S MESSAGE The Portion Relating to Foreign Affairs Listened to Attentively. SCENES AND INCIDENTS > The reassembling of Congress today for the closing ifty-fourth Con- sress was an occasion of unusual brillianc A and inte; opening day ways a s it doc official inauguration of the social as well as the political season in Washington, but toda it was all the more interesting because of the long and hard-fought political battle that had been waged during the recess, The weather was perfect. A serene blue sky shone over all, the air was mild, but bracing, and the warm sun glinted and glittered from the facad: and marble walls of the public buildings. On Capitel Hill, the acropolis of Washington, to which the broad sweeping avenues converged, the massive marble structure, with its classic outlines and huge white dome, surmounted by the great bronze statue of Libert sleamed like alabaster, while just beyond, across the wide plaza, the golden dome of the new library building flared and flamed. The throngs who streamed up the hill to witness the opening ceremonies fromed unorganized civic pageant. Gay with a rattle of chains, drawn steeds, conveyed the diplomats, the ionables and the mor life. These elegant turnouts moved side by side with one-horse ramshackle cals and other nondescript two wheelers, conveying legislators and visitors who cared nothing for outward show. The unnumbered thou- sands moved up Pennsylvania av foot or in street cars. Then came throngs in the corridors, the gay gre the pushing of the public for admission an fash- prominent in official ie Ou the 10 the galleries, the animated scenes on the floor of the House and Senate, the demon- Strations for conspicuously prominent Statesmen, the buzz and bustle which marked the entrance of social lights in the reserved galleries, and at last the drop of the gavel and the regular ceremonies at- tending the opening of the session, and the reception of the President’s annual com- munication to Congre THE ATE. A new interest took hold of the thr nes that went to the Senate chamber thie morning to witness the beginning of the short session of the Fifty-fourth Congress, The entire chamber had been thoroughly renovated and supplied with a splendid system of ventilation that showed its ca- pacity for keeping fresh air on floor and galleries despite the large crowd that as- sembled. Vice President Stevenson arrived at the Capiiol at 31 o'clock and went at once to his office, where he remained untii noon receiving the callers who came to welcome him back to the city and to the Senate. He looked in much better health than he has enjoyed during the past summer. Distinguished Visitors lerien. The galleries of the Senate were filled an hour before that body was called to orde In the Senators’ gallery sat Mr. Mark im the Gale Hanna, chairman of the republican national committee, by his side being Gen. Horac Porter of New York and Gen. Martin 3 Mahon. Sir Julian Pauncefote in the front row of the diplomatic gall which was filled from the colony of foreign resi- dents here. Senators Faulkner and Harris were first to arrive in the Senate chamber. ator Tillman was at his desk half an hour before the time for assembling, writing let- ters, as has been his custom in’ the past A couple dozen of the desks wet rated with handsome floral tributes p sented by admiring or grateful constituents. Before noon it seemed as if the democratic side was almost wholly ignored by th ers of flowers, but by near the time for as- sembling the desks on both sides of the chamber were equally favored with floral decorations. When the Vice President ate to order four-fifths of the in their places. Behind Baskets of Flowers. Mr. Vest of Missouri, the shortest man in the Senate, stood behind the largest basket sat ed the Sen- enators were of flowers in the chamber. Gen. Palmer, the presidential candidate of the national democrats, was without a floral deco: tion on his desk.. Senator Mitchell of O} gon was largely favored, as four massive bouquets ornamented his desk. Mr. Voor- hees of Indiana, Walcott of Colorado. Gal- lirger of New Hampshire, Cullom of Ili- ui Proctor of Vermont, Allison of Io) Hansbrough of North Dakota, Lodge Massachusetts, Shoup of Idaho, Thurs: of Nebraska, Morrill of Vermont, Mantle Montana, Sewell of New Jersey New Jersey, Walthall of M of Arkansas and Pasco of Flor remembered by their friends. Jcnes was consoled with flowers, and he and M Faulkner, chair- n.an of the democratic congressional com- mittee, had quite a conversation on floor before the Senate was calle Mr. Clark of Wyoming had a small bunch of violets on his desk, which was in mark- ed contrast with the mammoth basket of reses that was placed before Mr. Petfer «f Kansas. Mr. Blackburn had been remem- bered with flowers, and looked well and determined in spite of the efferts he a had to make in trying to retain his se tcrial honors. The yellow ribbon, embic of the gold standard, was prominently 4 played among the flowers on Mr. Cullom’s desk. Chairman small bunch of m The Chaplain’s Prayer. It was a strange scene on the floor of the Senate as the blind chaplain, Mr. Milburn, began his prayer. The campaign was over. The fight had been made, won and lost, and the victors and conquered were again to- gether for the first time since one of the great events of American history had been written, Senators had parted in the Capitol of the same political faiths and came Lack without a party or in the ranks of a party