Evening Star Newspaper, February 12, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. pet eee aoe PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by a Gees ier Few York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Bvening Star is served to tm the etty by ‘on their own account, at 10 cents per wi or 44 cents month. at the counter Z cents each. By mai!l—anyw! in the United states or te mont PGarurday Sheet Star, $1 per year, with (Eutered at the Post at Washington, D. 0. second-class mail matter.) just be paid in advance. "known ‘oa. application. Che £vening Sfar. No. 13,713. WASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. LOCAL MEASURES Many Bills Considered by the Senate District Committee. ——— EXTENSION OF NORTH CAPITOL STREET Resolution to Pay Inaugural Ex- penses Passed. A HALL OF RECORDS ——+-—-- A meeting of the Senate committee on the District of Columbia was held this moraing. There were present Messrs. Mc- Millan, chairman: Gallinger, Hansbrough, Faulkner, Gibson, Smith, Martin and Ba- con. Favorable reports were ordered on the following measures: House bill 10108, to regulate fraternal socteties; an amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bill providing for the improvement of South Capitol street from Livingston road to the District line; Senate bill to amend the charter of the Graceland Cemetery Association: the bill for the regulation of the sale of poisons, which has passed the House of Representa- tives: bills to punish the impersonation of the inspectors of the health office, &c., to prevent the sale of adulterated drugs and food, to authorize the Commissioners to charge a fee for making transcripts from the records of the health office, for the regulation of cemeteries, for the regulation of privies, and to prevent the spread of contagious diseases in the District of Co- lumbia; also the bill that passed the House Representatives May 25, 1896, “confer- ring jurisdiction upon the Supreme Court the District of Columbia, having gen- equity jurisdiction to deeree the sale, jease or surrender of any lease of real es- tate in said District belonging to insane persons for purposes of reinvestment, and for other purposes.” Kindergarten System. In the Senate today Mr. Mitchell of Wis- ccrsin presented a statemient prepared by the commissioner of education on the sub- ject of kindergartens, giving reasons why the kindergarten system should become a part of the publie school training of the country. This statement was referred to the committee on appropriations to be con- sidered in connection with the District of Columbia eppropriation bill, which makes provisions for kindergarten training. Mr. McMillan fn the Senate called up House bill 6713, which passed the House of Representatives on December 17, ing “an act to extend North Cap’ reet northward through the property of rospect Hill cemetery. providing for the payment of land to be tcken for such pur- poses, etc.” This bill was passed with- sut discussion, except a suggestion from Mr. Peffer that he hoped North Capitol street, from C street northward, where that thoroughfare is impassable in the vicinity of the Baltimore and Ohio ratlroad . would be put in a proper condi- Faulkner, from the commitiee on the Distriet of Columbia, reported House bill 8672, for which he had been given authority at the meeting of the committee this morning. This bill provides for the management of property belonging to in- sane persors, and was pessed by the Sen- ate. The Senate passed the joint resolution, which passed the House of Representa- tives on the 9th instant, providing as fol- lows: “That the public printer be and fs here- by authorized and directed to supply to each newspaper correspondent whose name appears in the Congressional Directory, and who makes application therefor for his personal use, and that of the paper or papers he represents, one copy of the daily Congressional Record, the same to be sent to the office address of each member of the press, or elsewhere in the city of Wash- ington, as he may direct.” Inaugural Expenses. A Senate resolution, offered by Mr. Sher- man, providing for the payment of ex- penses attending the inaugural ceremonies on the part of the Senate was called up and passed. It appropriates for this pur- pose $5,000. From the committee on the District of Columbia today Mr. McMillan reported to the Senate favorably the fol- lowing proposed amendment to the District of Columbia appropriation bill, which was referred to the committee on appropria- tions: “The power heretofore granted to the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia to authorize the erectfon and use of telephone poles in the public alleys of the cly of Washington shall be construed to authorize the sald Commissioners to permit wires for telephone purposes to be strung from poles in an alley in one square to poles in an alley in another square, for the purpose of making all necessary ‘con- nections with existing telephone trunk fines or cable distributing poles in the District of Columbia: Provided, that all house connections hereby permitted shall be made from an overhead trunk line or cable pole located nearest the subscriber: And provided further, That nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the erection of any additional street pole or poles within the limits of the city of Washington." : Mr. McMillan also reported favorably from the committee on the District of Co- bia a proposed amendment to the Di rict of Columbia appropriation bill provid- ing that Park road, or Park highway, be- tween Kenesaw avenue and Klingle road, be dedicated to the District of Columbia in conformity with recorded plans of highway extension, and for the purposes of carrying cut this provision $10,000 is appropriated A resolution adopted by the Mt. Pleasant Citizens’ Association memoralizing Con- gTes3 to pass the above Proposed amend- ment was submitted to the Senate. The as- sociation recites the efforts that have been made to secure a thoroughfare along the above route from the city to the Zoological Park, and petitions Congress to adopt the amendment A Hall of Records. A proposition was laid before the Senate this afternoon looking to the erection of a hall of records on the site of the pano- rama building at the intersection of Ohio enue and 15th and C streets northwest. This proposition came to the Senate through the Treasury Department without recommendation either for or against the proposition, and is a proposition made by it. H. Hood. Mr. Hood proposes to erect for the government on the above site a Sire-proof building, to be used as a hall of records, and the site and building to cost 345.000. He proposes to have the bullding ready for occupation within ninety working days from the date of the contract. He It ‘at the site he proposes to sell the t contains 27,458 square feet of which, with the panorama build- ing thereon, cost $240,000, : He says there Bre over 10,000 nh surrounding the site, and that - giete the hall of records will cost $200,000. He feys ihe ‘contents of the main bulld- ing he preposes to erect will be about 600,- 000 cubic feet, with capacity for safe stone age of sufficient material to realize an amount cf.space in the departments that will #2 clerks, He says that this is one-half of the number employed im the treasury or tm the pension office building. Military aud Naval Cadets. Mr, Frye introduced in the Senate, by re- quest, the following resolution: “That the President, as commandét-in- feet of park- chief, be, and {s hereby, requested to di- rect that commandants of the Military and Naval Academies be directed to report March 4 next with cadets and bands to the chief marshal of the inaugural parade for participation therein, and that for the pur- pose of transporjation and subsistence such sum of money fs appropriated, to he im- mediately available, as may be necessary, ete.” This resolution is merely Sntroduced by request, and in view of the fact that the Senate by a decisive vote declined to ap- propriate money when the naval bill was under consideration for the purpose of transporting the cadets to Washington, It is not likely that it will have favorable consideration. —___- e-—___—_ TORPEDO BOAT NO. 6. Her Builders Congratulated by the Secretary of the Navy. Secretary Herbert today sent a telegram to the Herreshoffs congratulating them on the success of torpedo boat No. 6 on her recent trial. Commodore Dewey, president of the trial beard, has returned to this city, and in an interview with the Secre- tary spoke most enthusiastically of the new flyer, which he regards as a phenom- enon. He says she glides through the wa~ ter without disturbance and no vibration, with her nose in the air, at such high speed as to be almost a “freak” in nava, ccnstruction. Secretary Herbert has calleu for the formal report of the trial board at the earliest possible moment, In order to have a basis for tke formal acceptance of the craft, which he desires to bring to Washington, in order that she may be seen by members of Congress. He has ordered that the Cushing, now at Newport, be sent to Norfolk, where she will be laid up for some repairs. Meantime her crew will be sent back by rail to Newport, and will bring No. 6 down to this city. Lieut. Fre- mont will be in command. The few things necessary to be done to cemplete the boat according to contract can, it is thought, be finished by the time the Cushing’s crew returns from Norfolk. Mr. Malster of the Columbian iron works at Baltimore has been at the Navy Department arranging for tne trial of one or more of the torpedo boats, Nos. 2, 3, 4, which are almost com- pieted. He wishes the trial to be on the Chesapeake bay, and the department will accommodate him. —_—_-e+______ CITY POST OFFICE BUILDIN Changes Necessary if the General Post Office Occuptes It. It is said at the Treasury Department that the legislation pending in Congress for the transfer of the Post Office Depart- ment to the new City Post Office building has caused a temporary suspension of the work now in progress on the building. In the event that Congress should decide to establish the general post office in the new building a change will necessarily have to be made in the present plans, and, as a natural consequence, will still further delay its completion. No action will be taken in the matter by the Treasury Department, however, pending legislation by Congress. Executive Officer Kemper of the architect's office told a Star reporter today that he did rot anticipate the necessity for any radical changes in the plans of the struc- ture in the event of its transfer to the Post Office Department. THE MONITOR TERROR. She Has Been Ordered to Join Ad- miral Bunce's Fleet. Commodore Sicard, commandaat at the New York navy yard, has notified the Navy Department that the double-turret Incnitor Terror will be ready for sea to- morrow and she has been ordered to join Admiral Bunce’s fleet off Charleston. The Terror was launched seventeen years ago, “but the leng delay in completing her has not been so very harmful, for it has en- abled the department to embody new ideas as they have developed in that period of time, so that she is now an up-to-date coast defense ship in every respect. This is the first of our naval ships to be fitted with pneumatic mechanism for the revolu- tion of her turrets and workings of her guns, and the report of the trial board just received at the Navy Department shows that the new system functioned satisfac- torily upon trial. —_!-o+_____ THE U. 8. DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Bill to Authorize Appointment by the District Supreme Court. The House committee on judiciary to- day decided to report favorably a bill giv- ing authority to gcvernors of territories to make appcintments' during a recess of the executive council to any office which be- comes vacant during the recess and the appointments to which must be confirmed by the council. The commissions are to ex- pire at the close of the next recess of the council. The bill also empowers governors of territories to remove any officers ap- pointed by them. Another bill was reported favorably to authorize the Supreme Court of the Dis- trict of Columbia to appoint a United States attorney for the District when a va- vaney occurs in the office. This is made necessary Fy an existing vacancy in that office caused by the failure of the Senate to confirm the nomination of Henry E. Davis. —_—__-e+___ THE LYDECKER TUNNEL. Recommendation of the Secretary of War for Its Completion. A communication was received at the House today from the Secretary of War reccmmending an appropriation of $831,- 267.30 to be used to increase the water sup- ply of this city. Secretary Lamont recom- mends the adoption of a resolution au- thorizing the Secretary of War to resume work on the Washington aqueduct tunnel and its accessories and the Howard Uni- versity reservoir. The work is to be car- ried on in accordance with the plans of the board of experts, as set forth in its report dated January 17, 1896, and which has bezn published heretofore in The Star. The resolution also makes available an unexpended belance of $266,746.38 appropri- ated by the act of 1882 for werk on this tunnel. When this sum ts added to the larger appropriation recommended it ts to be divided by applying $663,254 to the tun- nel and its accessories and $198,013 to the reservoir. The work is to be done under the direction of the chief of engineers of the army and may be by contract or other- wise, as the Secretary of War shall de- termine. The communication was referred to the committee on appropriations, —2<—____ HAS NOT ACCEPTED. Postmaster Genernl Wilson Consider- ing the Lexington Offer. Postmaster General Wilson stated this afternoon that he had no decision to an- neunce yet in regard to his acceptance of the offer of the presidency of Washington and Lee University at Lexington, Va. —_——-e._____ The Grangers’ Choice. Col. John Brigham of Delta. Ohio, who is very likely. to. be assistant secretary of egriculture, called on Mr. McKinley at Can- ton yesterday. He says he has not been formally offered the “position of first as- sistant secretary of agriculture, but the friends who had urged him for the cabinet are now his. appointment to oi second place. intimated that he willing to accept. Colonel Brigham is tional president of the National Grange. He 1s a practical farmer, but has mixed a litte tn’ Olio politics and was widely in- dorsed for Secretary of Agriculture. His residerce in Ohio was the strongest rea- son against his selection. POURING IN TROOPS |MF-CALDERHEAD'S WARNING/ ALL EYES ON CRETE Spain Has a Hard Nut to Orack in the East, FIGHTING ON THE PHILIPPINE ISLAND Brave Death of Dr. Rizal, Recently Executed as a Rebel. POORLY TRAINED SOLDIERS ees VANCOUVER, B. C., February 12.—The steamer Empress of China, just arrived | from the orient, brought advices about the Philippine rebellion. There is evidence of the work of the censor. Spanish troops are still pouring into Manilla from Europe; about 1,200 each steamer. There must be between 12,000 and 20,000 in the Philip- pines at the present moment.. The fighting has been chiefly in the province of Bulucat, and nothing but Spanish success is heard of. Underedate of January 4 the follow- ing advices have been received: Since the arrival cf Gov. Gen. Polivieja forty or fifty rebels have been shot at Manilla, including the notable Dr. Rizal. He died bravely, if somewhat theatrically, dressing himself in his best for the occa- sion. He wished to have his face to the firing party, but this was not allowed. He refused, however, to kneel down. The im- pression here is that it was altogether a mistake on the part of the authorities to deal with him as with a rebel. It is gen- erally thought he was more of a patriot than a rebel. Dr. Rizal made a long speech before dying. Rebels have sunk two long boats at the mouth of the lake and have stopped navi- gation as far as that point fp the river. Last week a river steamer was received with heavy fire and eighteen shots passed through it, while the saloon was complete- ly riddled. The captain was shot through the neck and several sailors were also wounded. A column of 300 Spanish troops was com- pletely annihilated in an ambuscade. The new troops arriving from Spain are a poor- Icoking lot, evidently fresh from the plow, and many seem never to bave handled weapons before. It is reported that 150 of them are under arrest for refusing to go to the front and fight. H. M. S. Daphne and Spartan, the French gunboat Coniete and the Japanese cruiser Ycshino are the foreign warships at Ma- nilla. —___ MAJOR DICK TO THE FRONT. Likely to Be the Chief Opponent of Bushnell’s Renomination. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star, CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 12.—It is understood that Maj. Charles W. Dick of Akron, who has been Mr. Hanna's chief lieutenant during the campaign, is to be the candidate of the administration wing of the republican party in Ohio this fall, in opposition to Gov. Bushnell. Maj. Dick is to contend for the guberna- torial nomination against Gov. Bushnell. This information is intimated from Akron. Every muscle will be strained to carry out this plan of the Hanna faction. Every force of the national administration will be wielded to that end, and nothing will be wasted. ‘The man whose energy and force nomi- nated Maj. McKinley for President and later carried the campaign to a successful issue will direct the fight against the For- aker machine. A warm personal friend of Maj. Dick, when questioned on the matter, said: “There might be more truth than poetry in such a statement. “There is no doubt,” said he, “that Maj. Dick can have any of a large number of splendid positions under the administra- tion. In the face of such circumstances, it seems strange that he should be pre- paring to open a law office just when one would expect to see him preparing to leave his home, unless he had other plans for the future. “There is no doubt, either,” continued this gentleman, “that the Hanna forces are going to try conclusions with the For- aker machine, and taturally the first place to begin would be in the control of the state convention. They must have a can- didate for governor, and why not Maj. Dick? He has given much of his time in helping others in politics in days past, and has received very little for his services.” Mr. Hanna, accompanied by Maj. Chas. F. Dick, left this morning for Zanesville to attend the state meeting of republican clubs in that city. Mr. Hanna left, it is understood, with the hope of receiving from that body an indorsement for the po- sition of seuctor of the United States. ——__ SNOW, WITH RAIN AND HAIL. A Brisk Onshore Breeze Blowing at New York. NEW YORK, February 12.—A snow storm struck this city at 3:30 a.m., and by 10 o'clock between five and six inches of snow ard sleet had fallen. -It is snowing in all districts northward from this city. The wind is increasing in force and is now blowing at the rate of thirty-six miles an hour. It is an on-shore breeze and, owing to-a dense fog which prevails along the immediate coast, navigation is made dan- serous. Up to 10 a.m. the temperature in this city was below the freezing point, but it is beginning to rise, and tonight will turn the snow and sleet into rain. PHILADELPHIA, February 12.—A heavy snow storm, interspersed with hail and rain, prevails ali over Pennsylvania today. In the mountain regions the snow is ten inch- es deep and still falling. At Harrisburg, ere there is five inches on the level, the Pennsylvania railroad reports all trains east, west and north on time. At Delaware Breakwater ard along the ‘New Jersey coast rain is reporied. Sage ee STABBED THE MATE. The Accused Says He Has No Recol- lection of the Affray. NEW YORK, February 12.—On board the steamer Sylvia, which arrived last night from Porto Rico, was William Richardson, seaman, of England, belonging to the American brig Stacey Clark, at Mayaguez, from Sabine Pass, La. Richardson was sent home as a prisoner, in charge of Capt. Clark of the Sylvia, charged with stabbing Mate Tewksbury of the Stacey Clark in a quarrel on board the vessel shortly after arriving gt Mayaguez. Richardson said today that he had no recollection of the affray and drunk at the time. The American consul at Mayaguez has sent home the testimony in relation to the case, and also the knife with which the mate was stabbed. (Ree SPANISH REPUBLICANS MEET. Remarks of th: Interrupted by “Opponents. MADRID, February 12.—At a meeting of | the republicans here yesterday, the anni- versary of the proclamation of the republic in 1873, there were 4,000 persons present. ‘The leaders urged the necessity of a union of the republicans. Thelr remarks were frequently inter- rupted, and the attitude of the crowd was ’ Speakers Frequently | Objections to Inoorporating an International American Bank. Feeling of Unrest Throughout | the Whole Country—Caution in Legis- lation Should Be Observed. It leaks out that there was a mighty live- ly and interesting meeting of the banking and currency committee of the House re- cently to consider a bill which has been pending before the committee for some time, to incorporate the “International American Bank,” for which thirteen of the best-known millionaires of the country are named as incorporators.. Among these are Cornelius Bliss of New York, Andrew Car- negie of Pennsylvania and Philip D. Armour of Illinois. ‘The bill was introduced in December by Mr. Hitt, and referred to the banking and currency committee. Chairman Walker turned it over to a special committee of five, of Which Mr. Brosius of Pennsylvania is chairman. The special committee re- ported the bill favorably to the full com- mittee last weck, two of the members, Gen. Spalding and Mr. Cox of Tennessee, being opposed. ‘The proposition of the bill is to incor- porate an international bank, with a capi- tal stock of $5,000,000, and the thirteen men named are to act as commissioners to re- ceive subscriptions. They are authorized to e@ablish eight branch banks in other countries. The bill has been before the committee in different shapes for several years, but has neyer succeeded in running the gauntlet and receiving a favorable re- pert to the House, because of strong oppo- sition from republicans and democrats, many of whom regard it as a monopoly. Discussed in Committee. It has never, however, been discussed with as much interest as the other day, and has never had the’ same amount of politics injected into it. It is still pending, and is not lixely, it is said, to be reported to the Hcvse. The politics injected was not on party lines, two of the most prom!- nent republicans in the: House, members of the committee, opposing ft strongly. 1t was during this discussion that matter of a somewhat sensational character wes pro- duced. Mr. Brosius, chairman of the subcom- mittee, argued in favor of. the bill. He wae followed by MessraySpadaing, Calder- head and Cox against, the two former be- ing republicans. The arguments of Messrs. Cox and Spalding were of «strictly legal nature, but that of Mr.° Calderhead re- ferred to the political wisdem of report- ing such a bill to the Hause. He took the ground that it would be a big blunder and a mistake which might, in the end, have serious effect on the welfare-and peace of the country. He is a republican from Kansas and was on goed ground to ob- serve the discontent which manifested it- self in the west In the last campaign. Dur- Ing his speech Mr. Calderhead uttered this serious warning, and .t is said to have produced a sensation Ip the committee room: Mr. Calderhead’s Warmiag. “The whole United States,” he said, “is in a condition of unrest. ‘The underhait of the country believes that I¢ is Injured, and. injured largely by the power of aggregated wealth. They actually -beliéve it. ‘They be- lieve it to such an extent that large areas of the country need nothing but a leader of ability to give us an insurrection. ‘that is the truth, and that is the political storm that will follow any attempt, direct or in- direet, to incorporate the men named here into a private bank with a capital of mil- lions of dollars, and the plea that {: is done for the benefit of interriational commerce will not answer that mob—for it is a mob— which only needs a commanding general to lead it. If the leader should happen to have the military instinct it would mean civil war.” Mr. Calderhead went on to say that he knew the temper of these nien, and that thelr alleged grievances were to be at- tributed partly to envy of the rich and partly to the distress of the imen who are poor. His Own Views. Speaking for himself, Mr..Calderhead sald he personally felt no animosity to men who had accumulated wealth by means of brains and industry. He honored men who had risen to power by their own genius, and named many instances of this kind. There was an impression in mapy quarters, he said, that the aggregated wealth had been secured by legislation, but he did not be- lieve this. He thought the laws of the country fair. His only ‘purpose in saying what he had was to warm the committee that it would make a bad mistake, one which might lead to serious results. He said he could see and feel the unrest, and he thought a man ought to be manly enough to give warning of it in time. Mr. Calderhead’s remarks have been dis- cussed freely by members of the commit- tee, and are now being talked about by out- siders who have heard of*what he had to say. ane NEW CANADIAN AGREEMENT. Great Care to Be Exereixed Regard- ing the Admission of Animals. OTTAWA, Ont., February 12—A com- munication has been cent to veterinarians all over the country at the instance of the minister of agriculture regarding the new agreement entered into between the United States and Canada in reference to the im- pertation, exportation ang quarantine of animals. It is therein stated that the con- tinuance of. the arrangement. with the United States will largely depead on ~he care with which the regulations are car- ried out, and that there is probably none of these regulations more important than that with-regard to the tuberculosis test. The government, feeling: the responsibility of the correctness of the test; think it wise before making any appointments to hold an examination, both written and oral, cf all applicants for the above mentioned po- sitions. § —. Siam Offers Feit: Satisfaction. BERLIN, February, 42:-The Nord- deutsche Allgemeine Zeitungz(semi-official) announces that Siam has offered ample satisfaction as a result of the insult to the German representative at Bangkok. The official primarily concerned in the trouble has been dismissed, and the chief of police has been. replaced, 4 —— Count Wolkenstein’s Suicide. VIENNA, February -12.-Count Wolken- stein, chief of the emperor's hunt, com- mitted suicide last evening. —_.___- A Patient Perished im the Flames. CLEVELAND, Ohto, February 12.—A: ape= cial from Lancaster, Ohio, says: ‘ The Lancaster Medical Institute here was destroyed by fire « wily it Simon of Jackso , W. Va, a the peels wr Fees a ‘perish te i. th em, crawled under "ab Greece Believes the Powers Will Not Oppose Her Plans. READY FOR HOSTILITIES WITH TURKEY Explanation of the Departure of the Flotilla. THIRTEEN VILLAGES BURNED ae (Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) ATHENS, February 12.—The warlike ex- citement in this city and in the province continues, increasing with the departure of thoops for the frontier and the equipping of additional war vessels for service in Cretan waters. Nobody seems to doubt that a clash at arms will occur between Greece and Turkey unless the powers in- tervene, but it is believed here that Greece will be given a free hand in Crete and that if she succeeds in annexing that island her right to do so will not be questioned by the rest of Europe. That the present trouble in Crete has been brewing for a long time nobody pre- tends to deny, and it is equally certain that King George has not dcted without eon- sulting with his friends in sending the torpedo fiot-lla into Cretan waters with instructions to prevent, at all hazards, the landing on Crete of Turkish troops. The independence of the island is said to have been proclaimed and the Cretan revolu- tionary committee is openly shipping me. arms, ammunition and supplies to the in- surgents. Beyond the fact that the porte is un- derstood to have appealed to the powers to restrain Greece in this emergency nothing seems to be known of the policy Turkey is adopting, though it is reported that a large force of Turkish troops is assembling at Salcnika for embarkation to Crete, that there is great activity in military circles on the Turkish frontier and that a portion of the Turkish fieet is being prepared for active service. Flight of the Governor. Advices received from Canea today say that Georgi Berovitch Pasha, the Turkish governor of Crete, sought refuge last even- ing in the Greek consulate at Canea, fear- ing the anger of the Mussulmans and dreading arrest. It {s understood that Berovitch Pasha had previously tendered his resignation and that the sultan had refused to accept it. The wife of Bero- vitch Pasha has been at the French con- sulate since Wednesday, having sought refuge there on the advice of her husband. The latter is said to have fallen into di: grace with the sultan because he sup- ported the Christians in the representa- tions they made against Turkish oppres- sion. In reply: to the request which the Turkish minister here, Assim Bey, y for:"ant explanaticn of the depurture of he Greek flotilla for Crete and the issuing ‘of the note to the powers stating, in brief, that Greece cannot remain inactive in view of the*present outrages upon Christians in Crete, the government of Greece says that thé measures taken are due to a de- sire not to discoursge the Christians from occupying Halepa at a moment when an attack upon that town is threatened. Greek Satlors Landed. It is added that sailors from the Greek warships have been landed at Napela in or- der to protect the consulate of Greece in that town. The town of Canea is now said to be tolerably quiet; but it is estimated that from 4,000 to 5,000 insurgents are gathered about that place, awaiting reinforcements and arms and ammunitions, which have been’ promised them by those in sympathy with the revolutionary movement at Spha- kla and other places. When the reinforce- ments arrive, it is stated, the insurgents will attack Canea in force. It 1s known here that the Turkish offi- cials In Crete have reported to the porte that it 1s absolutely impossible to pacify the island without a very large force of troops and the occupation of every town, village and mountain stronghold in the country. The hatred which has always existed between the Mussulmans and Chris- tians has been fanned into fever heat by the recent collisions between the insurgents and the Turks, and this feeling has been still further intensified by the proclamation of the independence of Crete from Turkish rule and its union with the kingdom of Greece. Recent Outbreak at Heraklion. Conflicts of a more or less serious na- ture are reported from many parts of the island, and Heraklion is said to have been the scene of another and most grave out- break. The town is said to have been set on fire at a number of points. The foreign fleets have left Canea for Heraklion, which seems to confirm the re- port that it is now the center of disturb- ance. Other reports say that the situation at Retimo is almost as serious as at Herak- lion. The Turks at Retimo, it appears, re- fuse to allow the Christians to leave the Place until a detachment of 100 Turkish soldiers and forty Mussulmans, who are held at Amari as hostages, are released. Belief in Official Circles, The opinion expressed in official circles here is that nothing short of a landing of blue jackets and marines from the for- eign fleets will have the effect of subduing the insurrection, and it is not beljeved that the powers can agree to take this step. Under these circumstances, therefore, Greece feels justified in adopting the course which she judges to be the best under the circumstances, and she will do so at any cost, even that of a conflict with Turkey. The report that Great Britain will, if neces- sary, take the initiative in preventing the Greek war vessels from actively interfer- ing in Crete is not believed here. It is thought that any action which may be taken will be by Great Britain, France and Russia in common; but it is confi- dently reported that these powers have de- cided to allow Greece to have her own way in the matter. What Greece Intends to Do. LONDON, February 12.—D. G. Metaxas, }the Greek charge d’affaires here, called at the foreign office yesterday and presented @ note expressly stating that the Greek government had decided to prevent Turk- ish troops from debarking in Crete by all the means in its power. A dispatch to, the Times from Canea Says that the latest telegram from Sitia reports thirteen villages now in flames. Christians are killing the Mohammedan inhabitants. Those. who have succeed dn escaping from the scene of the itt fe feared that thig news Will produce ¢ fea news a dangerous reaction at Heraklion It ts bablo. that the persistence of the in of Christians led | made that the expenses of the in TWO OENTS. nople says that a special cabinet council is now sitting at Yildiz palace for the pur- Dose of discussing the situation in Crete. Each embassy dispatched a special mes- senger today with a report on the situation to the effect that beyond the shadow of a dcubt the disorders in Crete were created by the intrigues of Mahmud Ojellaleddin, who was furious with the powers because of the rejection of his plan of fudicial re- organization, and Izzet Bey, who had the sultan’s order to foment agitation against the enlistment of foreigners in the Cretan gendarmes. A dispatch to the Times from Vienna says that it is stated that Austria will re- menstrate with Greece against the dispatch of a torpedo flotilla to Canea under the ccmmand of Prince George. The papers are full of long telegrams from European capitals, and editorials deal- ing with the gravity of the situation in Crete, and expressing fears of a war be- NOT AN ABDICATION Mr, Palmer Says the Hawaiian Queen Did Not Mean It. == eS Se AN ACT EXECUTED UNDER DURESS And, Then, the Name Signed Was Not Her Official Signature. ade tween Turkey and Greece. = _ Views of London Dailies. QUEER ROYAL LOGIC Says the Chronicle in an editorial: | te eee “Europe is face to face with a dramatic situation. Prince George of Greece is the | The many who took Mrs. Dominis at her romantic figure. He is bound on romantic | Word when she abdicated the throne of business. He is a born sailor and a born | Hawail and declared’ her allegiance to the fighter, and happens to be the cousin and intimate friend of the czar, whose life he saved in Japan.” A dispatch to the Chronicle from Rome says that the report that the Russian fleet on the Black sea is approaching the Bosphorus has been confirmed. A Daily News dispatch from Heraklion Says that on the Hawaiian republic will be surprised to learn that she did not mean it at all. Mr. Julius A. Palmer, who has represented her In Washington, addressed a letter to The Star, setting forth seml-officially the view entertained by those around her ex- highness. The abdication is null and void, rd Sohmamder ee eee eguest Of the foretgn [he asserts, because the document was le e Turkish officials there % promised to allow a free exit to the Chris- | “Sed Under duress, and the paper, lke- wise, was werthless because the signature attached is not Liliuokalani’s official sig- nature. Mr. Palmer's letter follows: The Queen of Hawaii. To the Editor of The Evening Star: My attention has been called to an arti- cle in your columns on Thursday, in which you make one most truthful admission, namely, that the preserce of her majesty, Liliuokalani of Hawaii, in this city has excited great interest and universal «ym- pathy from all classes. Of this fact th can be not the least doubt, and it is as grateful to me as an American as it is to her as a queen and a woman; she almost daily expresses her sense .of appreciation of the many tokens of proffered kindness, even although she is unable to accept the half of these last mentioned. But when you go on and spend a column of your valuable space in reprinting a brief drawn by Hon. A. S. Hartwell, chief coun- sellor for the corporation of sugar plant- ers and lawyers now posing as “The Ha- waiian Republic,” you reproduce words which have no legal force whatever, which were void when written and which could not be sustained in any court of equity in any civilized land. I will be plainer if you wish. Do I mean that the Queen of Hawaii has never given @ legal abdication, that she is still the law ful ruler, even if she forbears to enforce her legitimate rights? I do mean exactly that. On the 7th of January, 189, she was arrested for no specific charged offense, taken by force and confined alone in the lolani palace, now called the executive building. She was alone and ill on or about the date you mention, when the influence of Minister Willis was needed every moment’ to pre- vent a general massacre of those of every nation who were supposed to be quietly faithful to the censtitutional monarch. Even prisoners were kept locked in their cells by their captors lest they should be taken out and hung by the excited adher- ents of the provisionalist government. Un- der these circumstances, without a friend to advise her, she was told that those she dearly loved, her personal friends, were awaiting execution and that the only act which would save their lives was an act of abdication to be signed by her. The ring of adventurers knew their victim; had they proposed her immediate death they could not have terified her, but to save those she loved she executed the docu- ments you publish. It was an act consummated under the plainest kind of duress, void even had it been legally executed. But the signature is worthless even to a collector of autographs. It !s not the oM- clal signature. There was no such person recognized as Liliuokalani Dominis, and is no such per- son to this day. In their excessive caution, instead of tak- ing her signature as “Liliuckalani, Re- gina,” the only form of signature which could have bound even a valid act, they sought to teach her the grace of humility by asking for the signature of Mrs. Dom- inis; they got it, and litle good would it do them in any legal contest. They simply over reached themselves. No question is ever settled until it is set- tled right, and that the whole Hawaiian matter should be properly reviewed is the opinion of a great many of the people of the United States. In an official history written by one of the opposition party, Mr. W. D. Alexander, published for the HAwaiian board of edu- cation, I find on the front page one of the best pictures I have seen of “Her Majesty Queen Liliuokalani;” at its ciese I notice three pages devoted to showing her gen- ealogy in a direct line for a hundred years or so from the ruling famiiy of Hawail. The frontispiece was well chosen, becavse Liliuokalani has always been known for years before her reign, and en upon the throne, as the patroness of music, education and the fine arts. The only reception ehe has been willing to give in Washington was to a school, and the only time she has opened her lips in public in Awerica was to encourage the pupils. But in that history I read that It was ancient and common law in Hawaii that no chief could ever be degraded from t high office to which birth alone is the passport; the friends of Lituokalani in America or in Hawaii are willing to stand on that record, “JULIUS A. PALMER. The Shoreham, Washington, February 11, 1897. The Queen’s Mouthpiece. The letter from Liliuokalani’s private sec- retary must be regarded as an important addition to the literature of Hawaiian his. tory. In a certain sense it brings the mat- ter of her claims to a head, and for the first’ time puts down in so many defintie words her plea that her so-called abdica- tion is not and never was of any effect, and that her signature to the document was not worth the paper upon which it was written. That the letter is an inspired tians, but a Mussulman mob closed the town gates. As the town is encircled by walls the Christians are cut off without hope unless the town should be bombarded, in which case the situation would be equal- ly critical for Christians as well as Turks. The correspondent of the Times at Canea, in this connectiun, says that a conflict at Heraklion would be more serious than at Canea, owing to the large population which is crowded into the place. It is also stated that British Consul Biliotti is going to Heraklion. A dispatch to the Chronicle from Vienna Says that the powers, after conferring with each other all day, decided to reinforce the squadrons in the Greek waters, and ap- parently agreed to prevent tke union of Crete and Greece or anything likely to — to a rupture between Greece and Tur- ey. The Daily News’ correspondeni at Rome says that Admiral Canevaro, who is to take charge of the Italian feet at Canea, has been instructed to act In accordance with his judgment and in concert with other admirals, paying special attention to the representatives of Great Britain. The Daily News’ correspordent at Rome also szys: ‘I learn that although the powers have admonished Greece against precipitating & war they have given her to understand that if she succeeds in occupying Crete they, will not object to the accomplished acl Another dispatch to the Daily News from Rome says that it is reported there that Gov. Georgi Berovitch has been recalled from Crete. The Attack on Heraklion. A later dispatch to the Times from Canea says that the entire Mohammedan Population of Malexisi, Temenos, Pyrgio- otissa and Monofatsi entered Eeraklion, at- tacking and assaulting the Christians in the streets! and pillaging the shops and bouses. It is stated that the soldiers as- sisted-in this work of plunder. - No foreigners have yet embarked cn the men-of-war. The local prefect at Sitia reports 300 Mohammedans killed in that district and he is afraid that the Mohammedans in the town of Sitia. will massacre the Christians out of revenge. It is also reported that the Mohammedars are exploding dyramite under the houses of the Christians of Retimo. The Belief at Constantinople. CONSTANTINOPLE, February 12.—The news received here from the Island of Crete is growing more serious every day, and it is understood that several of the embassies have received dispatches that Heraklion is on fire. In official circles here the only solution of the Cretan difficulty seems to be a European occupation of that island. It is understood that instructions have been sent to the commanders of the foreign warships to prevent, by. force if necessary, any intervention upon the part of the Greek warships. Austria’s Position. VIENNA, February 12.—The semi-official Fremdenblatt today says: “Greece must be restrained from going any further. Austria has already acted and the other powers will not be backward. They will not assist Greece nor hinder Turkey in sending troops and responding with hos- Ullities to the aggressive action of Greece.” Pillage by Mussulmans. TRIPOLI, February 12—The Turkish of- ficials having withdrawn the guard from the Jewish quarter here a mob of Mussul- tans invaded it, pillaged the synagogue and destroyed the scrolls of the law. —__— SEVERE SPANISH DEFEAT. Guerillas im Charge of Supplies Driven From the Field. CINCINNATI, Ohio, February 12.—A special to the Commercial Tribune from Havana, via Key West, Fla., says: Maj. Frederic Nunez, the insurgent leader in Pinar del Rio, and some of Col. San Mar- ton’s guerrillas had a fight day before yes- terday west of Los Mangas, on the mili- tary road. San Marton’s men had charge of a large convoy of ammunition and pro- visions, going to San Cristobal. Nunez at- tacked the Spanish camp about midnight. It was on the edge of a vast field of tall dry grass. Nunez set fire to it, and the wind drove it right on San Marton’s camp. The Spaniards rushed out to save their supplies, not suspecting a raid, where- upon the insurgents, with cries of “Viva Cuta Libre,” dashed in, dealing death right and left. The Spaniards offered a stout resistance, but, after some sharp fighting, broke and fied, leaving all their supplies and pack horses to the insurgents. Twenty of the Spaniards were killed and eleven Cubans. The latter, however, lost Capt. Medoro, one of the boldest of scouts in Maceo’s old army. Mirandi, less than five miles from Ha- Vana, was raided by the insurgents last night and three houses burned. The small Spanish garrison withdrew after firing a few rounds. The insurgents looted the stores and escaped. oe UTAH’S SENATORIAL ELECTION. A Resolution to Investigate Passes the House. SALT LAKE, Utah, February 12—A du- plicate of Senator Ridout’s resolution to investigate the senatorial election was in- troducsd by Representative Sloan in the — moegieee were made wid scope of the investigation. After long debate in the house last night the res- olution passed. It was so amended that the investigating committee shall consist of the governor, attorney general and three judges of the supreme Provision is vestiga- court, tion shall not be paid by the state. ——_——— ‘Mrs. Beecher’s Condition the Same. STAMFORD, February 12.—Mrs. Henry