Evening Star Newspaper, December 28, 1896, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. pari ats i PUBLISHED DATLY EXCEPT sunpay,} AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 10 Repel — Cor: ne &, by The Eveni tar Ney * s.H KAUPFMANN Prest Few York Offce, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the eity by caeriers, om their own account, at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents month. at the counter 2 cents each. By mafl—anywhere in the United States or Canada—postage cents per month. Saturday Quint: Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign postage added, $3.00. oe If you want today’s news today you can find it only in The Star. tered at the Post (fice at Washington, D. C.. = ——e a xecond-clase tail matter. No. 13,673. > [7 Al mail subscriptions must be paid in advan-e. Retox of advertising made known on application. WASHINGTON, D. ©. MONDAY, DECEMBER THAT EUROPEAN WARNING THE SULTAN DEFIANT Declares He Will Not Become a Second Khedive. Repeated Denial of the London Times’ Recent Paris Dispatch. BEFNES 0 HEED HOSS WARNING) “7 Ts Oooo oe Efforts of the Powers to Reform the Administration. BERLIN, December 28.—The representa- tive here of the Associated Press is’ in- formed that not only has Germany not made representations to Washington re- garding Cuba, as stated in a dispatch to the London Times from Paris on Saturday last, but Germany has not been approached on this subject by any other power in any way whatever. LONDON, December 28.—The foreign office informs the Associated Press that no communications to any power regarding Cuba and the United States have been made by Great Britain, and it is added that no representations, directly or indirectly, have been made on the subject to the United States by Great Britain. If any other powers have done so, the foreign office has aot been aware of the fact. Havana Papers Angry. CINCINNATI, Ohio, December 28.—The Commercial Tribune's special from Key West says: ‘The Havana morning papers are savage in tone against the United States, and espe- cially against that policy that permits fili- bustering steamers to leave port, and also the eagerness of the American press to print “anything to discredit Spain,” as they* put it. The story of the Three Friends’ ex- pedition as printed in New York is used as the text. La Luchas is especially bitter and sarcastic in its comment, stating that “the mercenary, lying press is to blame for half the war troubles.” Attacking Hava: Suburbs. The attacks upon the suburbs of Havana have become a common affair now. Sat- urday night the firing could be heard in the city proper, while the fires from burn- ing buildings could easily be seen. The officials sent out extra troops yesterday for guard duty. Advices from Artemisa report desultory fighting, as Rivera’s bands have made sev- eral dashes at the Spanish columns, in two instances inflicting considerable loss. Col. San Martin's troops were forced back Sat- urday morning by a strong force of in- surgents, who drove them half a mile, until reinforcements arrived and turned the tide of battle. A fight is reported to have oc- curred near Pinar del Rio city Friday, which is claimed by the Spanish as a vic- tory. They report that they eut to pieces a large insurgent band. The battalion of Cuena, near Matanzas, Was set upon Thursday by a large Cuban force and compelled to retreat under the guns of the fort at Mainmas. They lost twenty-six men wounded and killed, the Cuban loss being about the same. The Spaniards lost the field equipment of tents and many arms and one small cannon. Progress of the War. HAVANA, December 28.—Captain General Weyler, since Saturday last, has been camped two miles from Los Palacios, prove ince of Pinar del Rio. The insurgents dynamited and derailed a military train near Esperanza, province of Santa Clara. They then attacked the train, but were repulsed by its escort, leav- ing an officer and a private dead on the field. One dead body and four wounded men were carricd away by the insurgents. The repoft of the death of Insurgent Gen- eral Juan Ruz is confirmed. His remains were buried at Ruiz del Jobo. The military governor of Guanabacoa, near this city, has issued a decree prohibit- ing persons from leaving that town except by the highways of Regla, Luyano, Corral Falzo and Cojimar. Bearers of provisions, €te., must declare before leaving the town the quantity in their possession and its This step was taken to pre- muggling of provisions to the SECRECY TO BE KEPT es (Copyrighted, 1896, by the Associated Press.) ‘TANTINOPLE, December 28.—The nm ambassador, M. de Nelidoff, acting in concert with the represen- tatives of Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany and Austria, had an andience of » sultan, Abdul Hamid, one of many such ews which have taken place within the past year on the same subject, that of a better adm‘nistration of the affairs of the Turkish empire. The Russian diplomat began by warning the sultan and the Turkish government that if the revenues ceded for the pay- ments of the Turkish debt were touched, the European control of the finances of the empire would become Inevitable. M. de Nelidoff further informed Abdul Hamid that the czar guaranteed his per- senal safety and engaged himself to main- tain the sultan’s supremacy, in the event of severe measures being necessary upon the part of the powers. ‘The sultan, however, remained obdurate, refusing his coset to any measure of control, financial or otherwise, by the powers. To this the Russian ambassador replied that the condition of the Turkish empire placed the throne and the caliphate in im- minent peril. Thereupon Abdul Hamid remarked, im- pressively: “I may be the last of the Ca- liphs, but I will never become a second khedive.”” In addition to these warnings, M. de Nelidoff sent a note to the Turkish gov- ernment and to the palace and the utmost significance is attached to it In diplomatic circles. He pomted out in precise terms the necessity of the sultan following the advice of the powers and acting in comp plete agreement with their plans for im- proving the situation, warning him once more that the sultan’s refusal to do so in- volves the most disagrecable consequences. ‘The ambassadors of the powers will meet again in order to discuss the situation and reassemble in the future twice a week they complete their recommendations to the sultan and his advisers. The envoys acting together will hence- forth maintain the strictest secrecy re- garding their deliberations and the n taken or contemplated, and will not even inform the envoys of the other powers of the decisions reacned. These latest steps upon the part of the powers are reported to have produced a profound impression at the Yildiz Kiosk, and, in pursuance of the issuing of the amuesty decree, Armenian Asia Minor and this city and vicinity are rg released daily in batches of fifteen. t announced today that the budget estimates for 1887 show that the assets ex- ceed the expenditures by 82,000 Turkish pounds. This result has been brought about by reducing the war estimates 1,000,- oo pounds Turkish, by making economies in other departments and by an increase in the tithes. TAXATION IN IRELAND. Rew utions Adopted im Dublin De- manding Justice. DUBLIN, December 28—There was a large meeting at the Mansion House this afternoon, the lord mayor presiding, to pro- t against the overtaxation of Ireland, as closed by the royal commission on the 1 relations between England and | th Ireland. The report showed that is now overtaxed to the amount of £2, (00 ($13,750,000) annually. The meeting was a 2 by the Catholic and Protestant _archbishops, John Dillon, T. M. Healey, the president of the chamber of commerce. and the leading merchants of this city. Resolutions were passed demanding that government remedy the injustice done o Ireland in the matter of taxation. insurge: the night of Wednesday { a number of insurgents tri the military line of Purto Prin » extends between Jucaro, on the which south coast, to Moron, at the extremity of railroad in the north. The attempt was de between Fort No. 55 and Fort No. of that line of defenses, hut the troops made a stubborn resistance and finally obliged the enemy to retire. A subsequent reconnaizzance upon the part of the gar- risons resulted in finding a quantity of pro- visions, saddles and effects on the field, in addition to thirty hats, ten of which were pierced by bullets and bloodstained. On December 20, it was announced today, the insurgents dynamited a train on the rail- road between Jucaro and Moron, blowing up the engine, destroying several empty cars and injuring the two firemen and a VILLAGE SWEPT AWAY. Over a Hundred Homes Destroyed by a Landslide. LONDON, December 28.—A special dis- from Rome says a landslide has en- jestroyed the village of Santa Ana De Pelago, demolishing 118 houses and ren- ing 150 families homeless. There was no of life. was a landslide at Ratsmore last A laborer’s house was overwhelmed, i the man, with his wife and seven chil- uuned. boy. The convoy of Gen. Bosch, which left Manzanillo, province of Santiago de Cuba, on December 13, was still detained at Veguita on December 24. Sanguilly Sentenced for Life. HAVANA, December 28.—Julio Sanguilly, the American citizen who was arrested in 188 charged with conspiring against the government, and who was sentenced by court-martial to iife imprisonment, ap- pealed and obtained a civil trial, which has been going on for some time past, was formally sentenced today to imprisonment for life and to pay half the expenses of the trial. He was subsequently declared insolvent. S, December 24.—Fioods have oc- the Livadia district. They have accompanied by some loss of life. THE VOLO. ee TRAIN ROBBERS CAUGHT. Loss Wilxon Line Steamer Goes Down on the Swedish Coast. HULL, England, December 23. son line steamship Volo is a to’ Wingu, off the coast of Sweden. The crew and passengers were saved. The Volo was @ serew steamship, built at Hull in 1890, ard registering Sil tons net and 1,289 tons gross. She was 200 feet long, 32 feet beam ard was 16% feet deep. End of a Successful Pursuit by Texan Rangers. .. HOUSTON, Texas, December 28.—Infor- mation recefved by the Wells Fargo Ex- press Company here state that the rangers had captured the robbers who held up the Southern Pacific passenger train at Com- stock, Texas, a week ago. They are in jail at Del Rio, where their examination will take place. The leader of the gang is said to be A. H. Perviance of Del Rio, and others are three stockmen who live in that section. ‘The Wit- al loss off CLEMENCEAU SERIOUSLY ILL. The Distinguished = Statesm: F and DRIVEN OUT BY FIRE. PARIS, December 2M. the distinguished statesman, is seriously tH. Clemenceau, -Four Families Made Homeless by the Flames. NEW YORK, December 28.—Forty-four families were driven out of their homes by fire early today, when the temperature was 12 to 14 degrees above zero. The fire start- ed on the third floor of an apartment house in West 15th street, while all of the occu- pants were sleepirg, and it made such rapid progress that the people were obliged to seek safety by the rear fire escapes, The flames extended to the house adjoin- ing and the third and fourth floors of both buildings were burned out, water de- luging the apartments on the lower floors. The loss on the buildings fs about $30,000 and that sustained by the tenants will reach $20,000. Miss Annie Nestle of Boston, who was visiting Mrs. Crosby, ong of the occupants of the burned-out apartments, is missing. The last seen of her-she was descending the fire escape. It is, therefore, believed that she fs safe in some nearby placesy M. Clemenceau was born in 1841, founded La Justice in 1880, became the recognized lecder of the extreme left in the chamber of deputies some time later, and in 1888 ran against M. Meline for the presidency of that body, receiving 16% votes to 168 cast for the latter, who was declared elected on account of seniority. Plague Spreading. in Bombay. MBAY, December 28—The bubonic plague is Imereasing; there Rave been 2,004 cases and 1,494.deaths from that cause up to date. The exodus from the elty con- =, anit’ chs newspdpers "threaten the ¢s with inarual law ynless they con- m with the sanitary Fedtistions, Comms Diplomatic Changes. PARIS, ecgmber 28.—M. Hanoteaux, the minister for foreign affairs, is passing the holidays at HYeres, twetve miles from Tou- pRateee te jJcn. He will omme several changes in the Preferred the Associated: Pre@i. | diplomatic service on his return to this! BosTON, Decem 23,-2Phe..- elty. - . f se be ‘4 ad. ociee Drowned From a Fish Beat. MALAGA, December 28.—A fishing smack belonging to thts place has been wrecked, drowning twelve men and several children. Con:., and a long-established propert¥i, to- dzy begun to receive the news tm As- scciated Press. The Citizen aba the telegraph service it haedbeen recetying.~ Citizen, the only daily paper at Winsted, JEW YEAR ONS. List of Persons Recéiting ama. Not Receiving to Be PubMshed Thursday. The Star will publish Thursday-a-Het of these teceiving or not recefving New Year day. Persons desiring to announce that they will or will not ‘receive can do 80 without any charge by éending notices to | The Star any time prior to 9.0’clock Thurs- day morning. The notices should contain’ only the announcement that there will or will not be a reception, the names and ad- dresses... -Every. notice must be properly authenticated to insure -publication. TARIFF HEARINGS Begun Today bythe House Ways and Means Committee. SHARP BUSINESS METHODS 70 PREVAIL Representatives of Different In- terests Present Statements. color manufacturers, said the present duties were ample, but if the duties on chemicals were increased they desired-a relative in- crease, inasmuch as chemfeals: were used largely in the manufactyre of colors. H.:C.. Stewart of Philadelphia appeared | in behalf of a duty on cOpperas, ochre, ochery earths and all oxides of. iran, used in the manufacture of paints, which, un- der the present law, are admitted free. He read letters from severel paint manufac- turers testifying to the depression of th industry owing to foreign competition since the enactment or the present law. ‘ The law of 1890, he safd, réduced the duty from one-half to one-quarter of a cent a pound. This reduction, he sald, had been disastrous. James Hartford of New York appeared on behalf of the chemical section of the New York board of trade and transporte- tion and argued in favor of a general change from ad valorem to-specific duties on drugs. Samuel Merz of Newark, N.-J.,- argued: for a restoration of the McKinley law duties on ultra marine and analyne dyes: The law of 1890 fixed the duty at 41-2 cents per pound, the present law at 3 cents. The home manufacturers, he said, supplied 80 per cent.of the consumption, but the industry was langutshing under the present duty. There were but two manufacturers in the United States. The concern he represented employed seventy hands and supplied @5 per cent of .the product. Mr. Merm said ‘he had been obliged to overcome the: prejudice against the home product. He crested a laugh when he eaid that in order to do so he had frequently placed his product in the hands of importers, and it had been easily dis- posed of by them. —_———_+-«--______ THE THREE FRIENDS. THE OPPOSITION POLICY The large attendance at the opening of the tariff hearings by the ways and means committee of the House today indicated the intense interest with which the subject is regarded. The committee is proceeding upon the plan of devoting one day to each schedule. Today the chemical schedule was considered. If this hearing may be taken as a sample, it is evident that the committee is going through with its work very expeditiously. The oral statements were brief, most of the arguments being submitted in writing, and comparatively few questions were asked by members of the committee. A short, sharp business method prevailed, and no indication was given by Mr. McMillin, representing the minority, of an intention to obstruct or to consume time. The questions asked were usually of a technical character and not argumentative. As far as can be judged by what is said by those who have appear- ed or have applied for hearings, the im- pression is given that the business men of the country generally understand the re- quirements of the present situation and are ret disposed to make unreasonable de- mands. There appears to be a disposition to be reasonable in the demands made upon the committee and not to disturb business by seeking changes that are un- necessary. Dire predictions have been made by the antagonists of tariff duties that as soon as the question of an increase of duties was opened the manufacturers would come .down to Washington like a lot of wolves scrambling for all that might be got out of it. While there are a great many applications for hearing, a disposi- tion to be moderate and to aseist the com- mittee seems to prevail. The general un- derstanding seems to be that the bill is to be moderate, so as to unsettle business Plans as little as possible, aiming first to Provide the necessary revenue for the gov- ernment and giving just as much protec- tion as is absolutely necessary and making no change where the business interests will be best served by not being disturbed. ‘The Character of the Bill. A purpose is manifest to construct a Dill that will excite as little antagonism as Possible between the two houses of Con- gress, so that it may not be held long in dispute, while the country is kept in doubt as to what may be depended on, Members of the majority of the Ways and means committee and republican members of the Senate finance committee have con- ferred very carefully over the subject, with the view of avoiding disagreements difficult of adjustment. The leading republicans of the Senate committee are extremely con- servative, and, moreover, the peculiar situ- ation in the Senate has got to be taken into consideration. The belief is that the bill constructed by the ways and means com- mittee will be one that the Senate can accept without a great humber of changes. The policy of the. opposition to any tariff legislation 1s not likely to be such as to delay action inordinately in either the House or the Senate. On account of their political necessities, arising from the combination of silver men who haye various views on the tariff question, a distracting fight over schedules 1s not expected to oc- cur. An effort will be made by the oppo- sition to make their chief attack upon the measure one on which they can ali agree, that the cure for the present bad condition of the country cannot be found in tariff legislation. This will be the generat line of attack. The democratic tariff reformers will, of course, attack the schedules where an increase of duty is made, but it Js be- leved that they will not want to make this opposition stubborn.enough to entirely dis- tract attention from the contention ofthe combined anti-republican forces. This pol- icy is likely to shorten the fight, especially as some of the most extreme silver demo- crats are of the opinion that it is best, if they are to preserve their domination of the democratic party and hold to,the silyer question as the main issue, that the tariff fight should not be protracted beyond a reasonable time. Chairman Dingley made a preliminary statement as to the hearings which will be held each day from 10 to 4, with a recess from 12:30 to-1:30. He said the commit- tee desired to avoid repetitions as far as Possible, and would prefer, where con- verient, to receive condensed briefs rather than oral arguments. Mr. Harrison’s Statement. Thomas F. Harrison of Philadelphia, rep- resenting the manufacturing chemists’ as- scciation of that city, first made a brief statement to the committee to pave the way for a brief which will be submitted by that association later in the week. In a general way he said the manufactur- ing chemists would ask for moderation in schedules, and, as far as possible, a change from ad valorem to specific duties. He called attention to the fact that $150,000,000 were invested in the manufacture of chem- icals, and that the product annually ap- proximated the same sum. Those whom he represented, he said, asked no favors. They only desired justice. They were now being crushed between the textile manufac- turers and importers. He said that some data would also be submitted relative to the competition they had to meet from Crina and Japan. The First Formal Argument. Mr. H. Krebbs of San Francisco sub- mitted the first formal argument. It was for a change of the schedules of the act of 1804 relating to borates and borax. Tie present law provides a duty of 2 cents What Representative Misor Says of the Craft and Her Owners. Representative Mincr of Wisconéin is a great friend of the pilota of the country, having been engaged fortyeairs in the ship- ping business on the lakés He fs just now full of admiration for‘ tné tug Three Friends, which has so oftes eluded Span- ish gunboats, and landedFeatgoes of ammu- nition and men on the Cubatt coast for the ingurgerts. “It takes grit and a coél head,” said Rep- resentative Minor to a Stat reporter, “to make those daving trips” If% am not mis- taken the Captain O’Briém wlio is engineer- ing the heat on these saiecemsful trips was in Washington last sprimg wiien the Payne pilot bill was before the House. He ‘is president of the.Florida Piot# “Association. He told me.then that,the'pjl#ts down there were pooling their money -end- building a new, fast and powerful fer’ work on the cogst...From the description,“ this is. the same boat, and she mus€ be'@ good one. I see, she has made e! money in these trips to, pay for her g,/and has net- ted. a sum over for own her. While I do not belteve in keep- ing up this Caban agitation, Ev-have the greatest admfjration.for the courage and coolngss of, the crew, of this little vessel.” . Schools for Its Teaching to Be Es- tablished in China. According to news received here from un- official sources, Li Hung Chang's visit to England and the United States has already borne fruit in a de¢ision “of the Chinese goverhment to gradually “Anglicize the Chiriése people, at least as far as their lan- guage is concerned.<Thd. Peking govern- ment has recently Issue instructions: to the yarious viceroys and ~govérhors of provinces.gf the empire,td egtablish schools for the teaching of. the jEnglish language and western sciénces {p/ al} the principal cities of. she. country According to the wording one clause'in the general in- structions, the reason for this is that China, in order to keep herself on terms of equali- ty and fn touch with the at powers of Europe, “must educate the masses and en- courage inventive genius and foreign learn- ing among her people, together with that love of country ‘and: home and that devoted patriotism so conspieyausly ingrained in the héarts of those who ha¥e studied such languages and sciences,” PLAN OF CAMPAIGN. Knights of Labor Went Those Who Indorse the Chicago Platform. A letter hag been published in New York, purporting. to come frqm*the office of the general assembly of the Knights of Labor, copies of Wich, it is said, have been sent into each congressional ‘district that is not represented: by a free silver man. The, let- ter requests “co-operation in a plan of cam- peign that will enable us to retire the pres- eut member of Congress from your district and fill his place with a friend who {ps fa- vorable to the platform adopted at Chicago. “The plan which'I have to suggest is the naming hy -you. of a good, competent. and absolutely trustworthy, mad in each county of your congressional district to act as. or- ganizer and to establigh oe or more local assembiles-in ‘gach coupty,'to whom we can furnish-a weekly record! of the member of Congress ‘on allbills affecting the interests oz the people. Have tha mbly make the Lest ‘posstble use of this information by in- dustriously circulating. evidence we send in order that he may be kept continu- ously explaining his acti¢n, and -by this method thoroughly digeredit him at home.” REPRESENTATIVE SEWLANDS. moti per pound on boracic acid and 2 cents on | Bimetalliem and P; fom Are ‘What refined burax. This duty, he argued, did the Coun not fulfill the revenue expectations of the government or the preducers. He argued for a new classification of the compounds of borax to prevent avoidance and evasion of duty with slightly higher rates. The schedule he presented was as follows: Borate of soda, 3 cents; borate of lime, containing not more than 44 per cent of anhydrous boracic acid, 3 cents; borate of lime, containing more than 44 per cent, 4 cents; anhydrous borax, 5 cents; boracic acid, 5 cents, and anhydrous boracic acid, 6 cents. In answer to a question from Mr. Mc- Represeptative Newlarids of Nevada, who Js talked uf as the guécesfor of the late Charles F. Crisp on thé wilye and. means committee, was an interested listener at the tariff hearings heforé committee to- day, Asked ‘about “Ris “tari views by a Star reporter, Mr. New! : “I am a protectionist there shouid be moder: The ‘Wilson bill caused the eqpary an Tapury, not near ©o great, asthe de- : ard “the Millin Mr. Krebbs ‘expressed the opinion monetize tiga: oh a ota ard that the schedule he proposed would pro- bill< wil notbring..; it will duce as much revenue as the present sched- ule and afforded much hetter protection to the producers. Practically all of the 20,- 000,000 pounds of borax and its compounds used in this country, he thought, could’ bo produced here. - James Maguire of New York made a brief statement in behalf of a distinction between hydrate and anhydrate of alumina so that the former should pay duty only on the alumina contained in the product. He desired no change in the rate of four- tenths of one cent per pound. $ { . Other Representations, © | W. H, H. Childs of Néw York, who ts in- ted in the first distiHations from! coal the issue four years Representative Boutele Action That Will Bring 28, 1896—TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. ALONG THE AVENUE Observation Stands Will Be Under Oover Inauguration Day. ' SOME IMPORTANT: RECOMMENDATIONS Committees Rapidly Closing Their Preliminary Work. a NOTES OF THE PROGRESS Matters are moving smoothly today at in@ugural headquarters, and there is gen- eral satisfaction at the manner in which the subcommittees are shaping the work intrusted to their direction, and closing up be preliminaries necessary to arrive at ultimate results. Recording Secretary ‘Walker was busily engaged going over the committee lists and noting duplications of membership. Where the same name is found on two or three committees it will be stricken from all but one. This is being done by direction of Chairman Bell. There wit be no more names added to any of the committees, and when Geri@al Miles re- Ports the list of the members of the recep- tion committee, which is expected by Wed. nesday, the entire body of committees wi be complete. Covered Stands This Time. , The subcommittee on parks and reserva- tions, consisting of Tom C. Noyes, chair- man, and Messrs. Curriden, McCarthy, Lipscomb and Gale, held an important meeting Saturday, at which the subject of the erection of stands for the accommoda- tion of spectators of the inauguration parade was considered. The committee heard representative architects and build- ers in relation to the matter, and decided to recommend to the whole committee that the stands be placed on the reservations along the line of parade as on former oc- casions. It was also decided that the stands should be covered, instead of left open as formerly, and that they should be appropriately decorated. The architects will be invited to submit suggestions re- garding the style of this ornamentation. The stands will also be provided, if possi- ble, with toilet and retiring rooms, and similar accommodations for the general Public will be provided under them, neces- sities that have been lacking in the past, and paramount where such a great crowd essembles. To Gentrol AH Reservations, It is the earnest bellef of the whole com- mittee that all the reservations along the line of parade, save those at the north front of the treesury and the west side of the Department of Justice, which have been hitherto reserved for the use of the em- Ployes cf the respective departments, should be placed at the disposal of the committee. Four years ago the big space jn front of the’ Center market ‘was*reservet ‘for @ stand for the use of the District of Columbia employes. The structure erected there was an eyesore, from its rough and Tamskackle construction, and was put up furely for Speculative purposes, but was a failure in_ this direction because of the un- pleasant weather. There were a number of eating booths, fakir shops and cheap kitch- ens under it, and the whole concern was entirely out of keeping with the rest of the inauguration arrangements, Consequently the cemmittee tris year desires to secure this reservation as well as others, so that harmony in the artistic treatment of the Stands may be assured. Accommodations and Prices. The public comfort committee, of which Col. Wright is chairman, is making great progress in preparing for the accommoda- tions for inauguration crowds. Col. Wright said to The Star reporter this morning that the character of the accommodations being offered was vastly superior to those regis- tered.on former occasions of the sort, and that the prices asked were moderate in the extreme. Every offer is noted in a book and an agent of the committee is sent im- mediately to investigate and report upon the rooms or other accommodations offered. The average price charged for lodging Is $1 a day and for board and lodging 2 a day. .Accommodations for about 11,000 fersons have already been registered, in- Yestigated and accepted, and many inqui- res from prospective visitors, both orgar zations and individuals, are being received and quarters are being assigned to them. Counting the Windows. Chairman Wine's committee is working hard, individually and collectively. Each block along the line of march on Pennsyl- vania avenue has been placed in charge of a member of the committee, with instruc- tions to count the windows in the houses on both sides of the thoroughfare ana to report as well the points or buildings where decorative effects may be secured to the best advantage. A Permit for a Stand. A permit has been granted to H. A. Wil- lard, chairman of the committee on parks and reservations for the inaugural celebra- tion, to erect a stand along the front of the public reseryation between 7th and 9th streets on the south side of Pennsylvania avenue. Street Disigurement. Mr. E. W. D., jr., writing to The Star in relation to the subject of stands and street decorations, says: “It has been the custom for some years to utilize available spaces in front of public buildings, and even on the porticos of some, fer the employes and their families by erecting stands, which, in every case, are @ very decided disfigurement. “Now that public opinion is heartily in favor of condemning the practice of dis- figuring and in many cases entirely screen- ing from view our parks and statues by unsightly stands, is it not possible to keep the ball rolling and continue the good work al accomplished by causing public sentiment to strongly “condemn the prac- tice of erecting ugly stands in conspicuous places which hide from view the facades of some notable public buildings? “It will be remembered at the last in- avgural in 1893 very hideous bleachers were erected over the sunken gardens to the north of the treasury building, which al- most completely hid from view this beau- gs pile. The same thing was done at he southeast corner, and, if my memory fails me not, on the east portico as well. The building is too noble and dignified to be so treated, and really needs no more decoration than the mass of people who will surely occupy every possible vantage point to view the. Because a cer- tain body of individuals are employes of the Uvited States treasury is no valid rea- son why the public building, which is their ly, 8 istigul to suit th Sepporacy. eonventence, sd “Enough other seats will be erected in conformity to the plans of the committee sian Provide for all people who de- ing to pay a mod- rivilege. CAPT. LEMON’S WILL PACIFIC RAILROADS The President Hes Had ( Conferences About Them. His Former Employes Are Generally Gen- erously Remembered. His Papers to Be Discontinued oe EXTENT OF THEIR INDEBTEDNESS His Pension Bi Disposed Of. ness to Be "The will of the late Capt. Geo. E. Lemon Foreclosure Proceedings Likely to of this city, who died in California De- : Ceuber 48; \was filed with. the resister of Be Instituted. vills this morning. It bears date of S tember 12, 1895, and is witnessed by Messrs. —_--+—— Charles S. Bradley, Brice J. Moses an@ J. THE FUNDING PLAN Fendall Cain, all of whom are connected A> with the National Bank of the Republic, — oe — ‘of which Capt. Lemon was a director. It was known that the will was in Capt. Lemon's box at the National Safe Deposit and Trust Company, and this morning Capt. Lemon’s attorney, Mr. Jere. Wilson, who had a duplicate key to the strong box, celled at the office of the register of wills, Mr. J. Nota McGill, and the two gentle- men then went to the bank together and brought the paper to the register’s office. The will is a long manuscript paper, cov- ering some eight or ten pages of foolscap. | for the settlement The will disposes of a large amount of | present session, real and personal property and names a With the amount already matured. are mentioned for their wae and. iaiafar | 288 $13,000,000 of the princiyal of the sub. service and given sums of money ranging | S!@y bonds issued on behalf of the Union from $1.500 to $3,000. All his relatives are | Pacific line, and more than 360,00) of mentioned and receive goodly sums. The | similar bonds issued in aid of the Central will provides that after all these bequests | Pacific road will have fallen due and aie 2), eS residue of the SORE a} | eit or eunst be sepa app aorta Me scrts and descriptions, is to be divided ii fon jeer She iat equally petescen tits seathie: “Samnes of January next. Without any reference Lemon, his sister, Mrs. Emma » to the application of the sinking fund now Miss Nannie Colwell of La Crosse, Wis. | the woiean utd fis state of affairs will, in i 7 3 lle e f the President, “creat George Hawin Packer KT Hd Ber 800; |& Gefault on the part of these companiea ys According to the terms of the will the | 4," Zevemment as will give it the right to executors, Mr. Jere. Wilson and the Na- | ity mortem ang Proceedings: to foreclose instnStpepee ent ee ple In addition to the above stated ind the National ‘Tribune and the American cuatiine Steceetier ben i epee ‘armer, and are rot to continue their pub- a pi y. 8, a, the cation after his death. His pension and | Which murat alse he not ee eiae bonds, patent business is also to disposed of. | aa sadiosesr wernanent, ic bequests, and all his property goes cific . we = fo individuals. I: was supposed that Capt. | Gace and $21.00,000 on account of the Lemon’s fine collection of paintings would 7 ee go to the Corcoran Art Gallery, but such is not the case. Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker and her son set $25,600 each, and each a fifth share of the estate, a Very handsome sum. Mrs. Tucker is“the daughttr of the late Gen. John A. Logan and the wife of Maj. Wm. The -President has had several confer- ences of late with the Attorney General, the Secretary of the Interior and the Sec- retary of the Treasury, with a view to speedy action for the adjustment of the ob- gations of the Pacific railroads to the gov- ernment. It is said to be settled that steps will shortly be taken for the foreciosure of the government's mortgage on these roads unless Congress shall make other provision of the question at tis bted- Phe President's Ponition. _ The President's position on this subject is stated in his last annual report to Con- gress in the following vigorous language: “The situation of these roads and the condition of their indebtedness to the gov- F. Tucker, paymaster in the army. In his | ernment have been fully set forte a tee ife Capt. Lemon was an intimate friend | reports of various committees to the pres- of the Logan family, as was shown by the ent and prior Congresses; and as early as fact that his body was laid for the present | 1887 they were thoroughly examined by Hi in the Logan tomb at the Nationai cem- special commission appointed pursuant to an act of Congress. The considerations re- quiring an adjustment of the government's relations to the companies have been clear- ly presented, and the conclusion reached with practi untformity, that if these re- lations are not terminated they should be revised upon a basis securing their safe etery. Capt. Lemon lived at the Storeham, but, being a bachelcr, he spent a great deal of his time with the Logans. George Edwin Tucker, who is a boy of five or six years of age, was Capt. Lemon’s namesake ard god child, and it has always been un- derstood that the lad would be wel Ls Videos ld be weil pro Specific Bequests. The will is divided up into items and be- &ins-as follows “I, George E. Lemon, of the city of Westington, in the District of C lumbia, attorney and counsellor-at-law, being of sound and disposing mind and memcry, do meke and publish this, my last, will and testament, hereby revoking any will wills by me at any time heretofore made. ‘Item, 1-1 hereby give, devise and 1 nder section 4 of the act of Congress passed March 3, 1887, the President is charged with the duty, in the event that any mortgage or other incumbrance para- mount to the interest of the United States ‘in the property of the Pacific railroads shall exist and be lawfully liable to be enforced, to direct the action of the Departments of Treasury and Justice in the protection of the interest of the United States by re- demption or through judicial proceedings, including foreclosures of the government fens or aveath to Wallace F. Crossman, as a rvc- | has for a number af stnty hemor elo: oep ons and faithful wervice in my | stantly had under consideration warns an y. sub lot five ©), square one hun- plans for dealing with the ditions ex- dred and seventy. (190), city of Washington, | isting between these made ast ns eave District of Columbia, in fee simple and ab- | ment T have thes far fay feet Cerne solutely, and if he, the said Wallace F.| holding action ander the, Cressman, should die before my decease, | penne 3 then to his widow, and if she should al “inthe -case-of ‘the Delon Pasas © die before my death then to his child or | pany, however, the Glteeen nat eo children, If any, and if there should be no | Especially. and Immedignds ant. eee child or children then the same shall be-| Cecdingn have been innitated to toreches a ae of the residue of my estate | 2 first mortgage upon those aided parts erelnafter provided for. of the main lines upon which the govern- Item 2—I hereby give. devise and he- ent hold a second and subordinate 4 aueath to Miss Ella Jean Lemon ag a rev. | ment hold a second and subordinate mort gare lien. In onsequence of those pro- ognition of long and faithful service in my | S8&6. Ven “ “ r redings and increasing complications, add- employ sub Tot six (6), square one hundred | CQ to the default o curring on the Ist day and seventy (1%), city of Washington, Dis- | Oy January. 1897, a condition want wt ay trict of Columbia, in fee simple and abso- | fonted at that dats, ee far ae une lutely. Should she die before my death | Dany is concerned. that inuse a 0 then this devise shail become a part of the : one: im an a0 the mandate of the act of IS87 and give to executive duty under its provisions a more imperative aspect. Therefore, unless Con- gress shall otherwise direct, or shall have previously residue of my estate hereinafter provided for. “Item 3—I hereby give, devise and be- queath to Laura V. French, as a rec 5 a re J termined upon’ a different so- Een oh ten nin. | lution of the problem, there will hardly @) inehes, in lot twelve U2), square one | #PPear to exist any reason for delaying beyond the date of the default above m tioned su ecutive action as will prom . the public interests and save the government from the loss thratened by further inaction.’ The Funding Plan, A plan for the funding of this indebted- ness is now under consideration in both houses of Congress. It was formulated by the Pacific railroads committee and pi vides generally that the debt of the Pacific railroads now due shall be paid in install- ments, bearing two per cent interest, ex- tending over a period of about fifty years. The House of Representatives has set aside \ y 7, 8 and 9 for the consideration of’ measure. Pending the consideration of legislation on this subject, it is not at all likely that the President will feel it necessary to take any immediate action, but it is stated that he desires to have the question settled before the end of his term, and that if he concludes thet there is no reasonable prospect of remedial legislation at this session of Corgress he will cer- tainly di the institution of foreclosure proceedings against the railroad compantes. SNR Personal Mention. Archbishop Martinelli has gone on a visit “a hundred and seventy (170), F street be- tween 17th and ISth streets, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, in fee simple and’ absolutely. Should she die before my death then this devise shall be- come a part of the residue of my estate hereinafter provided for. “Item 4—I give, devise and bequeath to M. A. Weigle as a recognition of long and faithful service in my employ the sum of 1,500. oem 5-1 give, devise and bequeath to Charles ‘T, Lowell as a recognition of long and faithful service In my employ the sum of $1,500. “Item 6—I give, devise and bequeath to Mrs. S. M. Thompson as a recognition of long and faithful service in my employ the sum of $1,500. “Item 7—I give, devise and bequeath to John McElroy, the editor of the National Tribute, as a recognition of long and faith- ful service, such sum as may be due me, at the time of my death, on the house in which he resides, situate on 16th street be- tween O and P’streets northwest, in the city of Washington, District of Columbia, and I do hereby direct that my executor hereinafter_mentioned shall surrender to the said John McElroy any note signed by him, found with my papers or elsewhere. payment of which is secured by deed of trust, in my favor or for my benefit, on his to Boston, Springfield, Worcester and other house or residence hereinbefore named,,and | New England cit my said executor is hereby directed to re-| Ex-Secretary Whitney passed through lease or cause to be released any such trust.” this city Saturday night with a party of friends en route to Aiken, 8. C. The President and all the members of the cabinet have declined invitations to attend the Jacksonian banquet of the Chicago gold Othcr Beneficiaries. The other tequests are as follows: To Mrs. Esther A. C. Dorwin, wife of Thomas M.| standard democrats, because of previous Dorwin of Syracuse, N. Y., $5,000; to Miss | engagements. Nannie Colwell of Lacrosse, Wis., $25,001; Rev. Dr. Henry Baker is occupying his residence, 1") Q street. Eugene J. Hazard, for several years lo- cated in the west, is spending the holidays with his parents, at 1407 Rhode Island ave- nue. Geo. D. F. Robinson, who is attending the New York Military Academy, Cornwall- on-the-Hudeon, is now at home spending the holidays with his mother and sister. Passed Assistant Paymaster M. M. Ram- say of the Montgomery is at 1921 N strect on leave of absence. The European Squadron. A telegrem received at the Navy Depart- ment this morning from Admiral Selfridge, commanding the European squadron, says that the flagship San Francisco has left Smyrna for Nice. Although he does not say so, it is supposed that she has gone to the French port to be docked. She has not been cleaned since last May, and it is supposed that her long stay in Turkish water has fouled her bottom. Her depart- in to Mrs. Lenore Sherwood of Canton, Ohio, $10,000; to Miss Lavra A. Flint of Wash- ington, $25,000; to Mrs. Fannie J. Barreit of this city, $25,000; to Miss Allene Barrett, $25,000; to Jas. S. Lemon of Gardner, Mass.. $25,000; to Emily, wife ef J. S. Lemon, $10,- 000; to his sister, Emma M. Lewis, of Can- ton, Pa., all his real estate and personal property in that city and $25,000; to Mrs. Flora Lewis Marble, daughter of the above, $10,000; to A. S. Taber, as a recognition of his long and falthful service, $1,500; to Byron Andrews of New York, for the same reason, $5,000; to Mrs. Mary Logan Tucker, Gaughter of the late Gen. Logan, $25,000; to George Edwin Tucker, son of the above, $25,000; to Miss Elsie P. McElroy, . rere: Lemon, son ef J. 8. Lemon,