Evening Star Newspaper, December 25, 1896, Page 2

THE EVENING STAR, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1896—10 PAGES. Ao LATE NEWS BY WIRE The Christmas Season Darkened by Crime. TRAGEDY IN SOUTHERN NEW YORK Horrible Murder Discovered at Memphis. - HUSBAND UNDER ARRES aa - eg CORNIG, N.Y. ouble murder oceurr fit miles west of this F wm. Al Wm. Herrington and Cloyd Myers quarreled about the possession of a ffalo robe, while in an intoxicated condi- fon. Myers had the robe at his home, and and Herrington drove there at 10 o'clock last night and demande They were met by Myers, who had a with him. When they demanded the Myers shot both of them. Herrington was in the buggy at t and the horse started at the report o gun. Allen died at 12:15 this morning. ‘The bodies of both men were terribly torn. Myers was captured at 2 o'clock this morn- ing and is now in jail. OMAHA, Neb., December es after 10 o'clock last kennon attempted to mur Stella Kinkennon, and then killed h in Douglas street between streets. The woman was siru n the forehead by the bullet, but was not serious- ly wounded. The couple separated two years the ago. woman obtaining a divorce. The husband has threatened to take her life a number of times. Last night he met her in com- pany with her on, and a woman friend. With bu he drew a revelver and shot n turned the weapon upon ehead and sent a bullet t his brain. The stree was jammed with ¢ shoppers at the time and created a i MEMPHIS, Tenn.. I mas morning was U: rible murder. Mrs. Prank Wats years of age, “was fo = in her residencs city. Her husbani ni this nd who works for the Dohlen ompany, is under arrest ed to the crime. W ad his wife ve had frequent quarrels of late. A babe a few months of age was found wallowing in its mother’s blood, where it had lain all night. —_——+ — CHAIRMAN HANNA'S CONDITION. The Report That He Has Broken Down an Exaggeration. CLEVELAND, Ohio, Decembe cerning a statement sent out from this city to the effect that the health of M. A. Hanna is king down, it may he stated while the national chairman has been uy indisposed for the past few reral health Ment. Fer several has suffered from severe head- sing insomria to a more or less The attack. however, is believed da exc > be only temporary. Mr. Hanna. after a this morning, returned to his home e, where he ate Christmas iy. It is likely that Hanna will go some time next Ss JAPAN'S PARLIAMENT OPENS. Leading Points in the Speech From the Throne. OKOHAMA, Decembe the throne at clares that S are parlia- relations with the opeving o! the work of is nearly complete « h says that the national ting in proportio of t recomme of edu estion: MURDER OF THE MEEKS. a ed to have lor brothers in the mu Meeks family at Carrollton in in from nt on a spr of his connec his two chil father. to live near the , the only ayton, . 1805, and has wandering aro This was just She questions, t allow her to talk > BRYAN AT CINCINNATI He Thinks His Lecture Tour is a Mis- take. CENCINNATI, Ohiv, December 23—Wm. J. Bryan stopped here an hour today on his way from his lecture at Atlanta. While seying that his lecture there a suc- cess, it fs unde that he does not look with favor on his lecture engagement, and may ask to be relieved. He remarked to a close friend that he had made a mistake in undertaking to deliver a series of non- san lectures. z ——— WANTED TO GO TO CUBA. Petition of Convicts in the Kentucky Penitentiary. FRANKFORT, Ky., December 25.—One hundred convicts in the Frankfort peniten- Uary filed a petition with the governor for pardon. They stated in the petition that if pardoned fight they would with the insurg all go to Cuba and s to free the is- land. The governor could not see it that way and was inclined to think they might work for freedom inside the walls, and their expected Christmas gift has gone glimmering Implicating His SEATTLE, Wash., December 25.—Gay Harshman, alias “the Kansas Kid,” who was convicted re ssing $10,000 worth of counterfeit money, has made a statement to the effect that his pal, Geo. Conkling, who is now serving ecunterfeiting, and who si ciffe train at Hot passengers in the lieved of $3,000. It is man also had a hand in the ho! ling is not a bad man, old criminal and a desperate man. > Convicted of Wife-Murder MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., December special from Clarke, S. D., says: Christian ¢ the penitentiary for life. that his wife had she was found hanging to a tree. then driven out from under, there. Circumstan which rendered th: ble. Ee ES Captain Syms Baker died at Saville, L. I., yesterday of consumption. Captain Baker had been connected with the life saving service for twenty years, and made many heroic rescues. time for ‘aled on him, confessed to him that he was one of the three men who held up the Northern Pa- rings in 18M, when the eping coach were re- elieved that Harsh- 1p. Conk- out Harshman fs an —A to the Journal stiansen has just been convicted of wife murder and sentenced to It was supposed j committed suicide, as He had hung her to the tree from his wagon, and leaving her jal evidence was found @ suicide theory untena- AT THE EMERGENCY The Surgeons and Doctors Kept Busy With Holiday Cases. Serious Cuttings and Other Wounds—A Hatchet Used Some as a Weapon. A bee hive doing a holiday business would be lifeless compared with the Emergency Hospital since midnight of yesterday. The tire house staff, including the urse, jani- tors and several volunteer assistants are sleepy and hungry this afternoon, for since long before daylight a succession of humanity, in all stages of mutilation, and in need of nearly every known method of surgical repair, kas required their serv- ices. The Indicatiens are that there will be but little, if any, cessation, in the calls for treatment until the light of tomorrow’s sun dispels the gloom. In addition to a shooting affray, the se- rious injury of a sailor from the U. S. 8S. Dolphin, both reted in another column, and a score or more minor cases, some very serious wounds were dressed by the surgeons. In the wee smali hours, William Rcbinson, colored, the proprietor of a cook shop at 466 C street, was found in his es- tablishment in an apparently dying condi- tion. He was hurried to the hospital, where an examination showed a compound fracture of the skull and lacerated wounds without number. Robinson was very vio- lent, and it required several men to hold him. He fought desperately in the am- bulance, and it was necessary for Dr. Law- rence to call for the assistance of the po- lice. At the hospital the entire male con- tingent of the institution attempted to handle the man. He was finaily strapped to the operating table and the skull tre- phined. Robinson's injuries were inflicted with a hatchet, vielded by “Sergeant” William Ash, also colored. Both men were intoxi- cated at the time. Incidentally, it may be stated that Ash was taken from his home by the police before he had time to dress properly. At the Polie Court today he 4p- red shoeless, hatless, coatless and shivering, und his attorneys were highly indignant because of such treatment. Ash was committed to jail to await the result of Robinson's injuries. Befo-e Robinson had been disposed of, Sanders Jones, a young colored man. from Georgetown, was brought in. He had been celebrating with Albert Butler on M street. A agreement followed and Butler brought a wine bettle in contact with the caput of Jones. Result, fractured skull; condition critical; Butler in custody. A bottle and Benjamin Frankline were re- sponsible for a fractured skull attached to the person of John H. Wheeler. The frac- ture was one inch long and in addition there was an incised wound of the scaly that required seven sutures to close. Wheeler lives at 623 25th street, and one Benjamin Frankline hit him with the bot- ue. ashe eae A REPORT DENT Sensational Charges of Assassination im Mexico Denied. ‘A Washington morning paper in the latter part of November published a telegram dated the day before at San Francisco, in which it was stated that, by private infor- mation received from the colony of Metlal- tcncas (Metlaltoyuca), in the state of Pueb- la, it was known that three citizens of the Unitee States had been assassinated by peons; that the Mexican government had been trying to keep that crime secret; that several citizens of California who were in that colony, frightened by what had hap- were flying to save their lives; that nt Diaz off at inducements colonists who invested their capital ico; that the prosperity of the colo- nis's excited the hatred of the Mexicans, who perpetrated a series of robberies, and that finally during the period of a month ‘Tomas mez. G. Dennis and Charles Pill- Sen were assassinated. Mr. Romero, the Mexican minister, hav- ing noticed the telegram, referred it to the Mexican government, with a request that the matter should be investigated, with a view to redress any wrongs that may have been committed and of correcting the mis- statements, if there were any; and he is in receipt of a communication addressed to the Mexican Herald of the City of Mexico by Mr. C. H. Tourney, assistant manager of the International Land and Colonization Company, dated at the € of Mexico November 18%, in which he states in behalf of said company, with which he had been connected for four years, that the San Francisco dispatch was entirely sensa- tional; that neither the colonists, the com- pany nor the government had at any time tried to suppress the facts connected with these oceurren that the claim that there exists any organized design to drive out the colonists is absurd; that there is not a vestige of rational ‘evidence upon | which to predicate any belief of that char- jacter; that within the period of four not of one, as the telegram months and a three murders were commit rted, - of the three murders serving to dis- | prove such a supposition—that of Tomas Gomez—who was killed four months be- fore, be! | cans, hav a Mexican, affiliated with Mex! esided at Metloltayuca sin years before the colony was formed, his murder having grown out of a drunken quarrel and having {ts origin in a case of domestic jealousy. That the death of Mr. Dennis grew out of a misunderstanding concerning a small amount of money, over which a deadly | feeling had been engendered, he, however, being an innocent victim, as he was not a party to the quarrel, but unfortunately re- ceived the blow that was intended for some one else. That the case of Carios | Pelegeus was evidently for purposes of rob- bery, as he was not a colonist and had not purchased any land, nor did he intend to do so; that it was untrue that members of the colony were fleeing for their lives; that the assertion that a reign of terror prevails at Metlaltoyuca 1s unsupported by facts, as the sales of land were going on just’ the same as before, and that it is not true that the prosperity of the colonists has aroused the hatred of the Mexicans, as all the facts support a contrary conclusion, because it has served to attract laborers from all sections, many of them being remote, and with the hundreds who have gone there to procure employment, a few have gone also v-ho have no respect for law, having made themselves, in the absence of proper police control, a-menace to the people, native and foreign, and that 99 per cent of the Mexican pepulation of that section deprecates as heartily as any one can the commission of these crimes, and will co-operate with the authorities and colonists in their efforts to bring the lawless element to justice. The Mexican governinent had taken the necessary steps to arrest and submit to trial the authors of the murders which took place at Metlaltoyuca. > — LILL’S VISIT. EX-QUE! She Spends a ight Here in a Rail- way Car. The Atlanta exposition express, over the Southern, bearfng Queen Lilioukalani Bos- tonward, was three hours late last night. Usualiy two cars on this train are switched onto the New York express over the Penn- sylvania, that pulls out at 10 o'clock p.m. Owing to the delay and the fact that her ex-majesty had retired for the night, the car “Fulda,” occupied by herself and party, was sidetracked till morning, when, at 7:40, it went on to the east. The party in the “Fulda” consisted of Queen Lil, her former maid of honor, Malani; her agent, Kilaiki, and Mrs. Graham and two children. The queen had wired on, asking that she be allowed to remain in the car until it reached Jersey City, so she wouid not’ be obliged to change here in the night. Sta- tion Master Robey. whose authority in such matters controls, directed that the queen's request be respected, although the Pullman conductor insisted on taking the car on at once. As the party was asleep, no one saw any of them. The conductor of the car, Capt. M. B. Kistler, said the queen told him she enjoyed the journey through the south, and that she had no political object in her visit to this country, but that she simply wished to go to Boston and see the relatives of her husband. She expects | Hawail sooner or later to be annexed to the United States, and has no expectation for her own future other than the enjoyment of a modest pension and the pleasure of living in peace and quiet. THEY WILL BUILD Federation of Labor and Their Head- quarters In This City. CLOSE = TOUCH WITH CONGRESS Many Advantages Will Result From the Removal. THE EIGHT-HOUR LAW —— Among the matters that will, it is under- stood, receive early attention from the ex- ecutive council of the American Federation of Labor after the location of the head- quarters of the organization here, as was directed to be done by the recent conven- tion of the A. F. of L. at Cincinnati, will be the purchase of a lot for the purpose of building thereon a suitable building to be used for a permanent headquarters. Of course, a temporary headquarters will be secured to serve the purposes of the order meanwhile, and while no steps in this direction have as yet been actually taken, it is known that those members of the local trades unions who hoped that the executive council would locate in the Typographical Temple are not likely to be gratified. It is stated by some of those who are in a position to know that the general officers of the American Federation of La- bor do not think it would be advisable to rent quarters in any building owned by a iabor organization, as to do so would look as though the A. F. of L. was disposed to unduly favor that particular organization, and to avcid all talk of that character they will select quarters apart from those used by any labor societies. Eight-Hour Law. The first matter that will receive atten- tion will be the amendments to the eight- hour law adopted by the recent A. F. of L. convention, and, in order to have them enacted into laws as speedily as possible, President Gompers and Andrew Furnes- seth were elected by the convention to push the matter to a conclusion as speedily as possible, the latter being directed to come to Washington forthwith and ask that Chairman Phillips of the labor committee, which has them in charge, take them from their present resting place and ask the House to pass them without unnecessary delay. One of the most important of the pro- posed amendments is a definition of what constitutes a “great emergency,” and this is made so plain that there will, it is said, be no possibility of its meaning being mis- understood. Advantages in Moving. Conversing with a Star reporter today in Baltimore on the future of the American Federation of Labor, Vice President James Duncan said: “The removal of the headquarters of the American Federation of Labor from Indian- apolis to Washington will serve two good purposes in particular for that large or- ganization, apart from the many general benefits the new location will bring. “In the first place, the work of the organ- ization has been greatly retarded since the headquarters has been in Indianapolis, ow- ing to the very poor press facilities there and the apparent indifference of the local agents of the press associations. So much was this a menace to the best interests of the American Federation of Labor that it was found upon various occasions to be necessary to Interest the Associated Press officials Chicago, St. Louis and Boston in the dissemination of news of general gecd and emanating from the American Federation of Labor headquarters. ‘The magnificent Associated Press facil- ities Washington ts known to have will, it is expected, be of great benefit in an edu- cational way for the student of economic thoughts who look for any part of their knowledge to the American Federation of Labor proceedings as a feeder to the prop- agation of economic reforms. In Touch With Congress, “The other particular manner in which Washington will benefit American Federa- ticn of Labor affiliations is in placing the executive offices in close touch with such senators and members of the House of Rep- resentatives as are friendly to legislation in favor of workingmen in general and or- genized labor in particular. “This latter matter became more real to a great body of the delegates to the recent convention of the American Federation of Labor during the time Representative Mc- Gann of Hlinois was chair: of the labor committee. There were several measures of great importance submitied during his chairmanship, and upon ali occasions when it was necessary for American Federation of Labor officers to meet his committee he never lost a chance to impr on the minds of advocates of labor measures how vastly beneficial it would be to all interested in the enactment of such legislation to have the leaders of trades union thought and the producing of economic reform in the closest kind of touch with the labor com- mittee of the House of Representatives; so much so, that as a matter of fact, the labor committee room in the Capitol should be open at all times to labor leaders, and be considered by them as an adjunct to their official headquarters, so that when- ever a measure affecting the welfare of the toilers was submitted it would only be a matter of an hour or two at the furthest with respect to the ments or demerits of the legislation asked for. ‘Since that time several committees have been sent to Washington by different affiliated organizations, and therefore at great expense, each being interested in the passage of some specific measure. Some- times they were successful, but at great cost to the organjzation, owing to the slow process of passing bills through the com- mittees, but at other time unsuccessful, and yet with as great expense as if the mission was a success. “This will in future be obviated by the fact that at least one of the executive offi- cers of the American Federation of Labor will be in Washington at all times, and both of them most of the time, and it is therefore expected the results in as far as legislation are concerned will redound with great benefit to the vast membership of the organization. “An arrangemen has been entered into under the terms of which one man of each affiliated national organization with a branch or local union in Washington will form an advisory committee to act with the general officers of the American Federa- ion of Labor, upon any or all matters affecting the organization or organizations they represent, so that through this sys- tem of closer relationship not on] between affiliated bodies and the American Feder: tion of Labor, but through both, with Con- gress legislation looked for by the affiliated bodies is expected to receive the attention it should have received long ago and which the welfare of the organization requires. “The action of the above local advisory committee will at all times be subject to the approval of the American Federation of Labor executive committee, but the fact of a representative of each affiliated or- ganization beirg upon the ground will ada zest to the preliminary work for the pas- sage of the measures approved by the ex- ecutive council of the American Federa- tion, besides which it will be possible for the council when it so desires to receive practical knowledge from a member of the trade calling for legislation. It has been the lack of practical knowledge respecting important points that has in the past led to labor not receiving the support or st- tention the merits of such legislation re- quired.” Se es Examination for a Photo Engraver. The United States civil service commis- sion will hold an examination in this and other large cities where there are appli- cants, commencing at 9 a.m., on January 20, 1897, to fill a vacancy in the position of photo-mechanical engraver in the United States geological survey, at a salary of $3 per diem. Candidates must be expert in photo-lithography, photography, photo-en- graving on copper and zinc, both in hait tone and line work, and must be qualified to work independently in aii of the above branches. Attention will also be given to the matter of previous experience and char- acter of work. ———_+o+_____— Peter Cannon, the oldest person in New York state, is dead, aged 118 years. He was born in County Mayo, Ireland. until an exchange of thought could be had, ENJOYED BY CHILDREN|FOR PARTY CONTROL|THE PRESIDENTS Power Little Orphans Made Happy by Obristmas ¢ Cheer. How the Day. Was Celebrated im the City Ins¢eutions — Gooa ‘Things to Eat. ~—. In the eptas (aac of the city the day was observed:in a manner dear to the hearts of the litgle inmates, and in the spirit of Him who-said “Of such is the kingdom of heaven,” beautifully decorated and bountifully supplied trees occupied prominent places and great tables groaned under the weight of good things being spread. Toys were distributed early in the day, and candy and fruits accompanied them. Then for the rem .nder of the day the little ones indulged in play. St. Vineent's. At St. Vincent's Female Orphan Asylum the 105 children arose bright and early, and at 4 o'clock this. morning attended mass in the asylum chapel, conducted by Father Stafford, assistant pastor of St. Patrick’s Church. Next the children sat down to a bountiful breakfast, and then they were shown the handsome Christmas tree given them by Father Stafford, and beautifully dressed by the sisters in charge of the asylum. Then toys and candy were distributed, and until noon the little ones played as only happy little children can on such a day. As the bells of the city pro- claimed noon they sat down to a table which fairly sagged under” the turkey, cranberry sauce, celery, mince pies and the numerous other goodies which make the day so dear to little stomachs. Dinner over, play will again be indulged in until supper time, and after that meal they will go to bed, wishing that Christmas came about every other day, and with hearts full of thankfulness to the kind sisters and the many benefactors of the asylum. Tuesday the tree will be stripped and an entertain- ment provided. St. Joseph’ The day at St. Joseph's Male Orphan Asylum was spent in a similar manner, the boys, about 100 in number, attending mass in their chapel at 6:30 this morning, which was said by Father McGee, pastor of St. Patrick's Church. At 8 o'clock breakfast was served, and two hours later the toys and candies and ,other good things pro- vided by the benefactors of the asylum were distributed among the little fellows, and then they were let loose in the great play room, where about every game in which boys delight was indulged in. Their play gave them a tremendous ap- petite, and the fine dinner set before them was appreciated in a way which would have gladdened the hearts of the many good people who furnished it, for it in- cluded every delicacy oltainable. Six o'clock this evening supper will be served,- at which ice cream will play a prominent part, and then to bed and happy dreams. Next Tuesday evening there will be an en- tertainment for the boys, when there will be ancther distribution of candy, fruits and other good things. This will be given by Madame Bonaparte in honor of the mar- riage of her daughter, and the next day the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James F. Barbour will ‘act'the part of a fairy god- mother and provide another entertainment for the children. Washington City Asylum. The 136 boys and girls at the Washington City Orphan Asylum were made happy by the dressing of # great Christmas tree, loaded with presents, and also by the serv- ing of such a dinner as will be long re- membered by them because of the unlimit- ed supply of good things set before them. Of course there was candy and fruits, and ice cream, and alt such delicacies, and of ecurse the children played with their toys and enjoyed themselves as only children know so well how to do. This afternoon there was an entertainment by the kinder- gerten scholars, ahd next Tuesday evening there will be another entertainment for the little ones. Until after New Year day there will be no studies to learn, and every day from now until then the children will give themselves’ up to play. The friends of the asylum have been very “generous, Mrs. S. W. Woodward sending a great box of toys, and her example being followed by many others. Then, too, as was the case with other asylums, the benefactors sent the many delicacies whick so delighted the children. Children’s Hospital. e The day was not forgotten at the Chil- dren's Hosplial, for there not only a great tree, prettily decorated and loaded down with toys and candies, was set up for the little sufferers, but they were also supplied in every instance where harm would not re- sult with all the good things which make the Christmas dinner such a memorable one in the lives of little ones. Every little patient was given toys, and wherever possi- He they were given those they particular? ly desired: There was also flowers for them, and the President and Mrs. Cleve- land sent a great box of the most beautiful ficwers the White House conservatori@y af- ferded. ee IN HIS LE Christmas Present of a Bullet for One Man, There was a shooting affray in South Washington near the corner of 2d and H streets about 10:40 o'clock this morning. As usual, when any shooting is done, it was reported that a murder had been commit- ted, and a large crowd soon collected. Word of the shooting was sent to the fourth pre- cinct station, and several policemen were soon upon the scene. By the time they arrived, however, the injured man, an unknown colored man, had been taken away by his friends, and the police were unable to ascertain his name. They did learn that a colored man named James Thomas had done the shooting. The bullet had inflicted a wound in the leg of the victim, and he wa8 able to walk home with a little assistance. Now the police are looking for the parties to the affair. ee POWERS READ TO ACT. Action Taken by Ambassador at Con- stantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, December 25.— When the French and Italian ambassadors protested to the sultan against Mazhar Bey, who is held to be responsible for the Salvatore murder, being included in the general amnesty, they requested their re- spective governments to send fleets to Al- exandretta,. ‘This step was taken in view of a possible miscarriage of justice, which France and Italy are resolved"at all hazards shall not happen. sr All of the ambabsadors have refused the porte’s request that all foreign vessels be searched for arms) i His Innocence Finally Proved. Gov. Bushriell of! Ohio last night pardoned Isaac Smith 6t Pike county, who was sen- tenced to be hanged in 1889 for the murder of his cousip, Stephen Skidmore. Smith was nine times rep:‘eved, and his sentence finaly commuted’ to life imprisonment. Once he was led out onto the scaffold, the offi- clals withholding the reprieve until the last minute in the "belféf that he would confess. He always rted his innocence, and sub- sequent developments have shown he did rot murder Skidmore. Tried to"BloW Up Fort Pickens. At a late*hour Wednesday night a watch- man discovered fire in the oil room inside Fort Pickens, on Santa Rosa Island, Pensa- cola, Fla., where all of the ammunition and material for the disappearing gun batter- jes that are nearly completed is stored. The ofl room was itroyed, and only by the united efforts the large forces of men now working ‘night on the batter- ies was the fire kept from the magazine, where twenty-seven tons of powder-and a large quantity of dynaniite is stored. It is believed that an =ttem>t was made to blow up the fort, and {re guards have been doubled. Mr. Joseph 8. Miller,’ : internal revenue, ‘fs confined to his resi- dence by a severe attack of the ; Wate (Sa NE Problems Now Confronting the Dem- ocrats, POLITICS MAKESTRANGE BEDFELLOWS Significance of the Coming Speak- ership Nomination. SILVER AND TARIFF It is beginning to look as if the contest over the democratic leadership in the next House might assume an importance not ordinarily to be calculated on when but an empty horor is involved. The matter is likely to extend beyonf the question of individual rivalry and to involve a question of policy of national importance. It ap- pears that there is a difference of opinion among democrats upon the question of holding the allied silver forces together for the congressional fight two years hence and for the presidential fight to follow. Some democrats who were not enough opposed to silver to lead them to leave their party in the last campaign are still anx- fous to get rid of the silver issue, and hope to shift the issue again to the tariff, on which the democrats have twice been victorious. This class is not numerous. Want to Drop Their Allies. Greater in numbers fs the class of de’ ocrats who, believing in the free coinage of silver and confident that it will win in the next two elections, are jealous of party power and do not want to recognize any republican or populist allies in the fight. These would serve notice on their allies that they must come, boots and breech- es, into the democratic party if they would avoid being treated as enemies or as servants, ‘This sentiment apparently docs not ex in the Senate or in the democratic national executive committee, where there is a per- fect co-operation between the silver repub- lican and populist senators and the demo- crats; but in the House it is not uncommon. For instance, in the Senate Gorman and Faulkner, who have never been counted among the silver men, are carrestly co-op- erating to hold all the silver forces together, and the radical silver senators are acting on the as:umption that all the silver forces are fighting in accord for a common ca: Embarrassments in Districts. In the House the close prospect of an election when a new House is to be chosen calls up the idea of possible individual rivalries between democrats, populists and silver republicans in congressional districts and suggests the inconvenience of having a common cause between them. Some demo- cratic representatives who have made cam- paign after campaign on the tariff issue alone feel that their individual interests le in the preservation of that issue. These men are therefore opposed to a close al- ance with the silver representatives who are not elected as democrats. Manifestations of Hostilities. The first advance of this hostility was given when it was proposed that a silver man, who is not a democrat, should be put on the ways and means committee, representative of the allied ferc place of Mr. Crisp. A Fight in Caucus. It has since developed that the fight is to be made in the democratic caucus, called to nominate a candidate for Speaker at the opening of the Fifty-fifth Congress, to se- cure the selection of a. man who, being thus designated as the democratic leader, will follow such a course as to ignore the silver republicans and populists and to break up the alliance if pos:ibie. This is the incipiency of a fight to cir- cumyent a combination of the silver forces of all parties for the nomination of Bryan four years hence. Fzom being an insi cant struggle for the important leade: of the minority party in the next Hou Congress 1 sa , in the the contest promises to become one of vital political consequenes AUTHORIZED TO AC Minister Andrade W the Venezuel It is understood here that Minister An- drade has been authorized to act in be- half of his government in concluding the proposed treaty betw Venezuela and Great Britain for the arbitration of the boundary dispute. Mr. Andrade is now on his way to Washington from the Vene- zuelan capital, where he went with At- torncy Storrow to lay the protocol of the treaty before the Venezuelan governmen’ It is expected that they will arrive he: next week and that the Venezuelan minister will at once enter into negotiations wi the British ambzssador looking to the sig! ing of the protocol as one of the ¢ acts in th» plan for the friendly detern Probably Sign Trenty tion of the long pending territorial di: pute. = ee MR, FAULKNER DEAD. Injarics Received in a Rallway Acei- dent Result Fatally. Chester R. Faulkner, the private secre- tery of Senator Voorhees of Indiana, who was knocked down last evening by a G street car, died at Providence Hospital shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon. His right leg was crushed in such a manner that it Became necessary to amputate it, but he never recovered from the shock resulting from the accident. WANTED A BOILER. A Dolphin 5S: jor Has Broken. “Jack” Johnson, a Swede, who is a sailor on the Dolphin, was given his Christmas liberty yesterday, in ordec that he might enjoy his holiday ashore. About 9 o'clock last night he reached 14th and B streets, and although his conduct was strange he declares he had not been drinking. He had an idea that he wanted a boiler made, and it was when he hammered on the door of Petit & Dripps that he got in trouble. Greenwood Johns, the colored watchman at the foundry, met him at the door and in- formed him that the place was closed and would not be opened until Saturday. But “Jack” refused to take no for an answer, and insisted on the colored mar.’s taking the measure for his boiler. John Eaglin, also colored, who is empioyed at the foundry, participated in the discussion, which ended in the sailor receiving a weil- marked fracture of the skull. He managed to get to the Emergency Hospital, and when told of the seriousness of his injury, he expressed a desire to get out of the hospital and avenge the assault before the doctors operated on him. Considerable trouble was experienced with him, and he was finally sent to the Naval Hospital. Greenwood Johns was arrested on suspicion of having struck the sailor with an iron weight, and he told the poiice that Haglin inflicted the injury, although the saflor identified Johns as his alleged assailant. The dispute will be settled in court when the sailor is able to appear as a witness. eco tee tee Diphtheria Was Fatal. Last night about 8 o'clock a colored girl named Henrietta Worthington, fourteen years old, died at No. 2105 Herbert's court, in the county, near Freedman’s Hospital, and as she was not attended by a physi- clan, the case was reported to the coroner. It was reported that the girl had died of His Head What Would Logically Result if Mr. Olney’s Contention Were Correct. He Would Have Greater Power Than Any Sovereign Except the Czar. To the Editor of The Evening Star: If the Secretary of State be right in his Interpretation of the constitutional powers of the President then we are led to some very paradoxical conclusions, to say the least of the:n. Thus, of the President may, as he claims, refuse to recognize the inde- pendence of a state or nation which Con- gress by its joint resolution has declared should be recognized, ne may also per contra recognize the independence of a state which Congress has declared ought not to be recognized, and thus possibly in- volve us in a war with a friendly ration, although the Constitution provides that Congress alone shall have the power to de- clare war. Let us suppose, for oxample, the Cuban situaticn to be reversed and that Congress had by its joini resolution declared that Cuba ought not to be recog- recognized as an independent state, be- cause we are friendly to Spain and do not wish war with her. Nevertheless the Pres- ident, under the power he contends for, might lawfully defy the will of Congress and recognize the independence of Cuba and receive her minister, and thus involve us in war, the will of Congress to the con- trary notwithstanding. Yet with the pow- er to receive the Cuban minister he has no power to send one of our own there without the advice and consent of the Sen- ate. The Monroe Doctrine. Again, Congress has declared that the Monroe doctrine is the policy of the United States, yet if Great Britain or any Euro- pean power should send an army to some South American state, overthrow its gov- ernment and set up a monarchy with some European princeling as king, and declare a protectorate over it, the President might defy the will of Congress, ignore the Mon- roe doctrine, recognize the new govern- ment and receive its minister, and do all this within his constitutional power, if Mr. Oiney is right in his interpretation of that instrument; nay, though Congress declared war against that particular state, since the President is commander-in-chief of the army and navy and as such is vested with executive power to call out the troops, he might fall back upon his super-eminent prerogative and refuse to call them out, in other words refuse to carry on the war; and he may do all this without liability to impeachment, for he cannot be impeached for exercising his constitutional peroga- tive. This is the logical outcome of Mr. Olney’s proposition; an outcome, which while claiming for the President the sole right to recognize a state and receive its minister, though it be done against the will of Congress and involve the United States in war, concedes that he cannot ap- point a postmaster nor a justice of the peace without the advice and consent of the Senate. So, too, while admitting that he cannot defeat the passage of the most trifling law regulating our national affairs, yet he may thwart the will of Congress in the most momentous matters affecting our relations with foreign nations, and we are told the Constitution intends this! Intention of the Constitation. One of the cardinal rules of statutory and constitutional interpretation is that an terpretation which will lead to absurd con- sequences is to be avoided if the law be susceptible of a more reasonable one. It is respectfully submitted that the Constitution intended the will of the people to be ex pressed by its representatives in Congres and when so expressed to be executed b the President. Hence Congress is the le; lative and the President the executi power. The voice of Congress is the voice of the people and the President the agent to execute the will of the people. How can this be done if the President may defy the will of the people, ie., the voice of Co gress? 1 know it has been said, and prop- erly said, that the legislative, executive and judicial powers of the government are sep- arate and distinct and each independent of the other in their proper spheres of duty, but this is nothing more than saying that these three departments make up the gov- ernment. But the government is created to declare and execute the will of the peo- ple, and the will of the people is expressed by Congress within the limitations of the Constitution. When the judicial depart- ment, viz., the Supreme Court, declares an act of Congress unconstitutional it does nothing more than declare that the will of the people as expressed in the Consti- tution has been ignored by Congress, and hence the statute complained of is not really the will of the people. When the Constitution declares that Congress alone shall have the right to declare war and to make treaties (the President negotiates them, but it is the Senate which assen i.@., makes them) and to regulate commerce with foreign powers, there logically flows from this right the incidental right to recognize as an independent state the par- ticular power against which it proposes to declare war, or with which it proposes to make a treaty or to regulate commeree. As to Recognition. So, too, if Mr. Olney is right, though Congress may declare war for the purpose of aiding a nation to secure its independ- ence as a state, it can never recognize that nation as a state without the consent of the President. So, likewise, if a mation declares war against us for refusing to recognize i: as a state Congress is power- less to prevent war by extending the 2e- manded recognition, since that alone rests with the President, who, we are told, may legally and constitutionally defy the will of Congress in that regard, and thus keep us at war against our consent. To such paradoxical absurdities are we brought by Mr. Olney’s interpretation of the Consti- mn. Saat not far more reasonable to say that the Constitution, having expressly vested in Congress the sole power to declare war and to make or refuse to make treaties and to regulate commerce, has impliedly given to Congress all the incidental powers necessary to the intelligent exercise of its volition in dealing with foreign nations or peoples? It cannot be said that it has such incidental power when it cannot rec- ognize or refuse to recognize as an inde- pendent state the people with whom it de- sires to regulate commerce, to make a treaty, or to declare war, or to make peace. Indeed, these powers are expressly given by section 18, paragraph 18, of ar- ticle 1, which declares that Congress 1 have power “to make all laws which shall be necessary to carry into execution the foregoing powers.” If, in spite of this pro- vision, the President. may thus tie the hands and nullify the will of Congress, he has more power than any European mon- arch, save the czar, whose power is Asiatic and not European, and most decidedly not American. Did the framers of the Consti- tution contemplate such a result? Does the language of the Constitution, fairly and reasonably Interpreted, indicate such an in- tention? If not, then “upon what meat doth this our Caesar feed, that he hath grown 8) great?” ‘The President's Power. ‘The true theory of the President's con- stitutional power is that he may act in these matters as he appoints officers when the Senate is not in session, subject, how- ever, to the consent of that body when it does convene. The executor of a law can never rise superior to the power which makes the law, at least not until rivers fiow higher than their source. Article 1, section 7, declares that every resolution ‘shail take ‘effect, though disap- proved by the President, if repassed by a two-thirds vote. It is difficult to under- stand how it can ‘take effect’ if the Presi- dent may treat it as a nullity. The answer that the President derives this power, not from Congress, but from the Conrtitution, which, of course, is con- ceded, is an avoidance of the ; for it is not what is the source of his power, but the'extent of it. Granting, as any law- yer must, that the President's power is de- rived solely from the Constitution, the DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE Flames in an East Side Factory in New York. EXCITEMENT IN A NEARBY HOSPITAL Patients Wrapped in Blankets and Carried Away. DAMAGE AMOUNTS TO 815 @e 0000) - NEW YORK, December 25.—Fire which started on the second floor of the seven- story building 211-219 East 234 street today did $150,000 damage. The floor on which the fire started was occupied by Adolph Tinner as a snuff ma ufactory, the remainder of the building be ing used by B. F. Kaldenberg as a meer- schaum pipe factory. The factory building was almost totally destroyed. The intense cold turned the spray from the hose into ice, which coated everything that was not within reach of the flames, and made the immediate neighborhood of the conflagration look ike a scene in Ice- land. The fire started near the air shaft, and spread with such rapidity that before the first engine arrived almost the entire build- ing was in flames. Four alarms were sent out in quick succession, but the large force of firemen who responded were powerless to stay the progress of the fire in the build- ing in which it originated. The flames burst from the rear windows of the factory and licked the walls of the New York Polyclinic Hes pital, on 34th street, adjoining th rn- ing structure. In the Polyclinic there were fifty to sixty patients, some of whom haa recently been operated on, and others ot whom were awaiting the surgeon's k Among the latter were thirteen babies. Tho patients were hastily wrapped in blankets and borne to the Delaware Hotel, near by. Great excitement prevailed among the helpless sick people, but the police and firemen worked hard, and all the cocupants of the hospiial were gotten out in safety. The west side of the wall of the burning building on iid street fell with a crash about twenty minutes after the fire was discovered, crushing in the adjoining byuild- ing, No. 209, occupied as an apartment house. The people in the house received warning, and rushed out of their homes carrying with them such personal prope as they had time to gether up in their flight. The apartment house was almost ccmpletely destroyed by the fire, together with No, 207 ye-story .*nement adjo ing. On the other side of the burning facto stood a tenement house, No. 221 East 23d street. The people in this house were also driven out by the flames, and the building was badly damaged by fire and water. Disastrous Fire at Wilkesbarre. WILKESBARRE, Pa., December 25.—Fire destroyed St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, one of the largest edifices in this city, early this morning. The Westmoreland Clut joining, was gutted. The cause of the is unknown; loss, $200,000. STRIKE DECLARED OFF. Action of the Supreme Council of the Boston Railway TON, December -What threaten- ed to be the most extensive strike in the history of this city was averted by the ac- tion of the Supreme Council vf the Motor- men and Conductors’ Union, when, after a protre session, the strike was declared off at 12:30 am. This morning traffic has been resumed on all lines, and save fer a scarcity of passengers, owing chiefly to the dullness of a holiday, matters quickly as- sumed their usual aspect. The following is the statement made by the Supreme Council to the public explain- ing its position: “To the public: The Supreme Council was given power to negotiate for an agree- ment with the management of the West End road. The council performed its duty, and in doing so found the president lacking in authority to make any settlement with- out consulting his board of directors. He asked for further time, which was granted. The men repudiated this act, and we, as honorable men, have had to do one of two things—sanction the repudiation of the men and thus violate our agreement with the president, or refuse to be a silent party to a continuance of the strike. “We chose the latter. and would keep our agreement with President Little, as gentie- men, at all hazards.” The Company's Position, The West End Railway Company yest« day afternoon issued a notice to employes, stating thai those who voluntarily absented themselves from their duties would be sidered as having withdrawn from the s vice of the comp The railroad has is- sued a statement, which gives a history of the strike from President Little's point of view. In opening, mention is made of con- ferences between the union and the officers of the road, and of a letter setting forth that President Little had no authority to sign the 187 agreement with the employes, except by vote of the directors. “Representatives of the employes stated that they would recommend action in ac- cordance with its terms, and would notify Mr. Little by 10 o'clock what action was agreed to. When 10 o'clock came they tele- phoned for delay. A little before 12 o'clock two members of the committee returned and reported that a majority of the full ccmmittee had agreed to in no way inter- fere with the running of the cars, and that the matier should remain in abeyance until December 30, pending the decision of the West End directors. “The matter was supposed to be closed for the night. The first intimation that the West End officials received of there being any trouble was a notice from the car stations that the men were refusing to take out their cars this morning. This fore- noon a part of the committee that was present last night came to Mr. Little and ‘said that they had attempted to carry out their agreement in good faith. They stated, however, that some of the men could not controlled. veothe West End officials feel that they have done everything in thelr power to prevent a strike. They recognize fully their responsibility and the inconvenience and loss that a strike causes to all the le in Boston and suburbs. They are willing to go to any proper length to avoid such a calamity. They have never re- fused to sign the agreement presented by the union, but distinctly told the repre- sentatives of the men that the matter would be presented to the West End di- rectors if they would only give them time 0 the managers of the West End railway ful of the inconvenience and loss which the tt strike is occasioning, but a how they are in any way to e for the present situation, They dealt with properly authorized committee, and made a fair and square agreement with them as representing the employes. The agreement was immediately repudiated by the men themselves, and a general tie-up ensued. “It is not the West End officials who re- fused to recognize the representatives of the uniors, but the employes of the road the agreements of their on- several weeks ago by the Mexican customs officials at Tia Juana for alleged infraction of the laws governing the free zone, has been released by the Ensada authorities