Evening Star Newspaper, March 12, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, W101 Pennsylvania Avenze, Cor. 1th St, by v N Company. Te en acreMase Prove New York Ofco, 49 Potter Fuilding. ‘The Bvening Star is served to subscribers tn the eity by carriers, on their own account. at 10 cents per week, or 44 cents per month. ples at the counter 2 cente each. By mail—anywhere to the United States or Canada—postage prepaid—60 cents er month. ee PGaturday Quinta; le Sheet, Star, $1 pez sear, with foreign postage added, . (Enteret at the Pest Omce at Washington, D. C., as second-class mail matter.) TF All mail subscriptions must be pald In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. MATTHEWS HANGED, Suffered Death for the Murder of | James Irwin. | | TRAGEDY OF ALLEN’S FRESH RECALLED >. No Attempt at Violence by the Populace. a WAS > PRISONER PENITENT Special Dispatch to The Evering Star. LA PLATA, Md —Geo, Matthews 4 at S:30 this morning for the James J. Irwin at Allen's Fresh t last was hanged in the jail yard. rop fell at Si o'clock, and in twenty body was lowered into the undertaker, and at 9 o'clock & driven to St. Thomas’ cemetery, Where the burial will take p From the time the condemned man reached the jail yard to the time the drop fell was just two ‘The minutes after the coffin b was b. | | George Matthews. nd every one is loud fn praise of le, who performed his duty | h or the slightest sign of lept little last night, ahr ed apd went to bed. He was up late and spent nsidera- ble tme in writing letters, one of them | ing to Mrs. formerly Mrs. Wood, | mot Broderick were with early this morning him until the end. Matthew hers John E. Wade con- re- J man the and sth t he would like to Adrian Posey, and that gentle- man went in and spent ten minutes with him. Matthe told Mr. Posey that he had tever against him for it was all his own lid not blame the prosecuting or the performance of his duty. Mr Posey that he had never sald © would like to have him in front of a 4d gatling gun, as had been reported, a joking way he would ha gun bet n him and people of Charles ecunty. to the would talking no he hands, clear voice. He state’ forgiven to Mr. Posey uSness and a mey for nis Mat- save talked ne a in a left the cell the guards and rope Matthews for the d in a few moments he wa m the jail to the rd. He Sheriffs R. T. Ba y and John Malone: and be 1 Fathers Wade and Brod- had a look of pailor, but and bowed head, lis- the priests beside the foot of the vented from stepping d Deputy Bar! arm and assisted him to was Y up by his go old of The Execution, Medley put on the black cap and pi his feet and a a nd the man’s neck. her walked off the scaffold to and gave the signal to Deputy Padgett, who in turn signaled Sheriff F rho held the trap rope at a down- airs window in the jail. The drop was fe The man hung for nout making a motion, eeled violently once or aul. Owens, health officer for o only physician I the drop i. He was ven minute: after hanging Owe t were put in a en away. twenty-five men, under P. R. Wills, surrounded - to prevent any disorde possibly ocx + but owing to th execution not over and around the jail ipcluding news- inside of the in- 1 witnessed the execution. Sher- not been In robust for some ast, bore up well, without the slight sign of nervou: Matthews was the county fi brourht last evening to m Baltimore city jail, where had been incarcerated since his con- in the custody of Sheriff uty Sheriffs Murphy, who i h rant ‘ather John pastor of Newport Catholic is county, Was in Baltimore ¢ of accompanying the doom- 1 man to the county, and met the sheriff t the Calvert street station and remained prisoner unti! his arrival at La J pastor of St vel Point, | the two | J. Broderick, ¢ Church at owie, at I ts to cheer the € to the place of ly succeeded, for aged in devotional Matthews hed and talked, ap- | forgetting the awful doom to 2 on the morrow. Arrival at La Plata, wh 1 map his death. xerci ap times wh Matthews: ¥ person but crowd, end, rrived at La Plata were on the platform to see Was hustled through the with the guards around him and the priests beside him, walked brisk- ly jail, 30 yards distant. He was placed in one of the cells downstairs and immediately locked in with his spir- itual divisers and C rd Padgett. The clergymen remained with the prisoner for an hour, and then left to get needed rest over to the No. 13,737. ASHINGTON, D. ©. FRIDAY, MARCH 19. 1897—TWE LVE PAGES. told him that he might look for Matthews to break down before the hour fixed the execution, as his pulse was then at 12), and he was in a very nervous condi- tion. Dr. Clark gave the sheriff some quicting medicine, which was given the prisoner cn his trip down. Matthews told the sheriff last night that he did not want any supper, merely a cup of strong coffee, which was given him. Later he talked a while with his guard and then stretched out on his bed and was soon asleep. Extra Deputies Sworn In. Rumors having been: put in c'rculation that efforts would be made by lawless per- sens to tear down the fence surrounding the jail so that the execution could be witnessed hy the public, a requisition was made by the sheriff on Governor Lowndes for muskets and ammunition to be placed in the hands of deputies to prevent any such disorder. Twenty-five deputies were sworn in, and if any such !ntention existed it was not shown today It was the intention of Sheriff Wade to bring Matthews to the county Wednesday, and he went to Baltimore for that purpose, but he was informed by Jail Warden Bailey that the governor objected to his removal ard he was compelled to come home end make another trip the following day after the murderer. It is alleged that the objection of the governor to Matthews’ removal was based on a telegram sent him from here by Ad- jutant General Wilmer that somewhat re- flected on Sheriff Wade, and that he in- structed Judge Merrick, who is one of the Judges tn this Judicial ‘circuit, to go over to Baltimore with Secretary of State Dal- lam, and if the sheriff refused to acquies>e in the governor's wish to allow the prison- er to remain in Baltimore until the even- ing before the execution, to issue a_re- straining order agairst his removal. The sheriff was much incensed, and expressed himself forcibly against interference in the discharge of his official duties by the gov- ernor and adjutant general. Two detec- tives were sent down by Governor Lowndes, for what purpose it is not known, and they remained around the jail until the execution. They reported to Ad- Jutant General Wilmer upon their arrival here, according to instructions from the governor. Guarding the Jail. The jail last night was guarded by five determined men. one of them being Edwin E. Adams, who, while deputy sheriff under his father, ex-Sheriff James A. Adams, several years ago, was one of the guards in Port Tobacco jail that successfully re- sisted and drove away a mob that came down for the purpose of breaking open the Jail and taking therefrom and lynching Marshal Rye, who was there confined awaiting trial for the murder of young Wheeler, a popular young school teacher of Nanjemoy district. Matthews, in talking of the murder to his guards and to his spiritual advisers, said | he was truly sorry for the murder he com- mitted, and he hoped and believed that God Would forgive him for the-great crime. Mr. Murphy, one of the guards, said the report ublished recently that Matthews had ex- pressed a wish to have @ loaded gatling gin and State's Attorney Posey, who prose- cuted him, before it was all false: that he never heard Matthews say an unkind word against any one, and he believes the man Was penitent and prepared to die. Mgtthews’ Crime. The crime for which Matthews suffered the death penalty was the cold-blooded and eliberate murder of James J, Irwin, who was shot while lying in bed at his home in Allen's Fresh on Sunday night, August 2 last. After his conviction Matthews con- fessed the crime and said that he had been criminally intimate for several years previous with Mrs. Irwin, the wife of the murdered man, and that she had met him en the Friday previous, in company with her sister, and had told him that Irwin suspected their relations, and that if he did not kill Irwin, he, Matthews, would certainly be waylaid and shot, and that, after much solicitation upon the part of Mrs. Irwin and her sister, he made up his mind to kill Irwin, and ‘told Mrs. Irwin that he would come on the Sunday follow- ing and shoot him. On the Sunday afternoon named Mat- thews started up the Wicomico river, and rowed a distance of nearly twenty miles to Allen's Fresh, arriving there at about 11 o'clock. He hoisted smback window, went upstairs, where the unsuspecting man was lying in hed beside his wife, and killed him by a shot in the head from a double-barrel gun, and then rowed back to his home at Rock Point. He was suspected because of some letters showing an undu intimacy between the wife of the murdered man and himself, and with but this clue to go upon State’s Attorney Posey, bx mas- terly detective work, secured sufficient 2 to convict. - Irwin was tried in Baltimore as an sory to the murder, but Matthews ri to testify against the woman, it has alleged, because it would, he thought, create a favorable impression in his behalf, and he would thus get his sentence com- muted to life imprisonment. If that was his motive it proved futile, for the gov- ernor emphatically refused to interfere with the execution of the sentence. —>——_ ON THE RETIRED LIST. Prof. Simon Newcomb, Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac. Prof. Simon Neweomb, superintendent of the Nautical Almanac office, was placed on the retired list of the navy today on ac- ceunt of age. + 2 ARBITRATION TREAT Considered Today by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. The Senate committee on foreign rela- tions has been in session today considering the urbitration treaty. Two members, Gray and Mills, have not been present. The question of amendments to the treaty consumed most of the time, the contention | being whether the treaty should be amend- ed as it was when reported in the last Con- gress or whether the Turple amendment | referring all arbitration agreements back to the Senate for ratification would cover all objections raised to the treaty. It is probable that the committee will have the treaty under consideration several days. —— Personal Mention. Mr. Wm. F. MacLellan, chief of the war- rant division, Treasury Department, has re- sumed his dvties at the department after a long absence ‘on zccount of sickness. Lieut. Commander F. P. Gilmore has re- ported for duty at the Navy Department. Commander G. W. Pigman, recently or- dered to duty at the Washington navy yard, has taken rooms at 1110 M street. is and refreshment, returning at an early hour this morning and remaining with him until the execution. Sherif Wade says that just before he left Baltimore the jail physician, Dr. Clark, Dr. D. B. Cliffe of Tennessee, chairman of So ecnean state committee, and his grandson, Mr. Joseph Cliffe, are the guests ef Col. John B. Brewnlow, 111 Gorcoran street northwest. IMANY SEEK OFFICE Comparative Quiet Today in All the Executive Departments. APPLICATIONS AT THE TREASURY Secretary Bliss Has a New and Effective Way of Working. WHAT THEY WANT Affairs were quiet in all the executive departments today, and there was a de- cided falling off in callers all around. This state of affairs was probably due to the knowledge that the members of the cabinet would be in consultation with the President at the White House in Pegard to public business the best part of the official day. That a change is not likely to be made soon in the office of assistant secretary 1 the navy Is clearly indicated by the action of Secretary Long in requesting Mr. Mc- Adco, the democratic incumbent, to ar- range his private a “airs so as to be able a month yet. The two gentlemen served together in Congress, and are good friends. Today's gossip names Mr. Van Cott o1 New York as Assistant Secretary McAdoo's most probable successor. He has the support of Senator Platt and the party jeaders of the empire state. Although the appointment rests with the President, it is understood that he has informed Sec- retary Long that he will be guided alto- gether by his personal wishes in the mat- ter. Many Applicants. ‘There was a big lst of appligations for presidential and other offices bulletined at the Treasury Department today. It was as follows: : Seymour Davis, Philadelphia, Pa., to be supervising architect of the treasury. J. A. Wamsley, Philadelphia, to be drug inspector at Philadelphia. M. T. McKinley, Harrfeburg, Pa., to be auditor for the Pest Office Department. _ L. C. Coulson, Scattsboro’, Ala., to be auditor for the Intericr Department. For Revenue Collectors. To be collectors of internal revenue: Robert Hector, New Castle, Cal., at Sacra- mento, Cal.; Jno. R. Hanna, Denver, Col., at Denver: R. E. Croffet, Lakeland, Fla. at Jacksonville, Fla.; W. D. Denoody Springfield, Ill, at Springfield, Tl; J. C. Petit, Flora, Ill, at Cairo, Ill; W. L. Bate- man, Litchfield, Ill, at Springtield, lL; A. W. Sutar, Chicago, Il, at Chicago; N. Filbeck, Terre Heute, Ind., at Terre Haut2; W. H. Zimmerman, Brazil, Ind, at Terre Haute; S. R. Crumbaugh, Hopkinsville, Tenn., at Owensboro’, Ky.; Wm. B. Fowle, Newton, Mass., at Boston, Mass.; Wm. L: Elliott, Boston, Mass., at Boston; E. B. Babcock, Kalkaska, Mich, at Grand Rapids, Mich.; F. M. Seton, St. Joseph, Mo., at Kansas City, Mo.; George Holaling, Brooklyn, N. Y., at Brooklyn; Charles A. Walsh, Brooklyn, N. Y., at Brooklyn. For Collectors of Customs. Collectors ef ecustoms—James Armstrong, Jacksonville, Fla., at Pensacola, Fla.; C. C. Carlton, Plant City, Fla., at Tampa, Fla.; James A. Waddell, Key West, Fla., at Key West; O. S. Farr, Tampa, Fla., at Tampa; J. F. B. Beckwith, Savannah, Ga. at Savannah; J. L. McClure, Topeka, Kan., at Galveston, Texas; Henry A. Haigh, De- troit, M at Detroit; Martin. Meeker, Farmington, Minn., at St. Paul, Minn. K. Bruce, Washington, D. C., to be ster of the treasury. ph, Olney, Hl, sioner of internal revenue. Abrahem L. Lawshe, Converse, Ind., to be ceputy auditor for the Post Office De- partment. Thomas Hanna, Indianapolis, Ind surveyor of customs at Indianapo! s T. Rooter, Indianapolis, be States treasurer. Wymond G. Sink, Rising Sun, Ind., to be chief clerk of the Ti ry Department. reg Aden Kno} to be commis- , to be Ind., to J. L. Bosley, Paris, Ky., to be auditor for the Treasury Department. George A. Garfield, Louisville, Ky., to be private secretary at Washington, D. C. Logan C. Murray, Louisville, Ky., to be assistant treasurer at New York. Charles W. Dale, New Orleans, La.,” to be surveyor of customs at New Orleans. A. \. Ordean, Duluth, Minn., io be con- troller of the currency. H. W. Smith, St. Louis, M praiser at St. Louis A. N. Burkeholder, Trenton, Mo., to be auditor for the Treasury Department. » to be ap- W. M. Marshall, Trenton, N. J., to be stant appraiser at New York. F. Wakeman, New York, to be ap- praiser at New York. Samuel Hays, New York, to be commis- sioner of immigration, New York. Andrew Powell, New York, to be com- missicner of immigration at New York. ‘The following applications were filed later in the day: Coliectors of internal reverue—Alvin_T. Walsh, Brooklyn, N. Y., at Brooklyn; Jas. Cobb, ‘Crisp, N. C., at Raleigh, N. H. A. Keye, Ironton, Ohio, at Springfield, Ohio: F, Leach, Cleveland, Ohio, at Cleveiand: E. V. Samson, Flat, Ohio, at Springfield, Ohio; Hugh V. Smith, Cochranton, Ohio, at Springtield, Ohio; C. P. Way, Shreve, Ohio, at Cleveland, Ohio; E. E. Drown, Marion, Ohio, at Springtield, Ohio; Milton’ Weidler, Portland, Ore., at Portland; David A. Nunn, Brownsville, ‘Tenn., at Nashville: Patrick 3 Dowelltown, Tenn., at Nashville; , Fort Worth, Texas, at Dallas, Texas; J. P. Hainbrick,; Huntington, W. Va., at Parkersburg, W. Va. Collectors of customs—C. W. Guffy,Llano, Texas, at Galveston, Texas; Fred W. Fox, Houston, Texas. Appraisers—H. R. at Clevelan Cleveland. Assistant appraiser—w. York, at New York. Supervising inspector of steam vessels— T. T. Johnson, Ironton, Ohio, at Cincinnati; J. B. Haley, Memphis, Tenn., at Memphis: S. J. Prentiss, La Crosse, Wis., at St. Paul, Minn, Commissioner of _ immigration — Wm. Sprow, Cleveland, Ohio, at New York city. Register of the treasury—Chas. E. Brown, Cincinnati, and Henry Y. Arnett, Wilber- force, Ohio; R. F. Patterson, Memphis, Tenn., and John F. Gower, Olympia, Wash. Surveyor of customs—S. W. Durflinger, London, Ohio, at Columbus, Ohio. Deputy auditor for the War Depart- ment—Elias Mann, Akron, Ohio. Assayer of mint—Wm. D. Scott, Uhrichs- ville, Ohio, at Denver, Col. Auditor for War Department—Sampson Pope, Newbern, N. C. Controller of the Treasury—C. A. Willard, Chattanooga, Tenn. Auditor for the State Department—Ernest G. Tinre, Kenosha, Wis. Commissioner of internal revenue—Geo. W. Wilson, Butler county, Ohio (now dep- uty commissioner). Hall and Farewell. This @fternoon at 3 o'clock the officiais and clerks of the Interior Department, in- cluding the geological survey, the tudian office, pension office, census bureau an-l railroad commissioner's office. were received by the new Secretary cf the Interior, Mr. Bliss, and bade farewell to” ex-Secretary Francis. Upward of 6,000 clerks assembled in_the corridors, and, entering the mai office of the Secretary, were first presented to Secretary Bliss by the varidus bureau ‘heads or division chie?sof each oifite in succession. Then 2ach recelved a hearty Groff, Cleveland, Ohio, F. H. Jackson, Cleveland, at Phillips, New to remain on duty with him for at least } handshake from Mr. Francis, and wished him success in his retura to private life. This was a busy diay at the Interior De- partment. Notwithstanding it was cabinet Mr. Bliss reeeived a iarge number of rs. His method of work is something new to Washington, and evidently has merit, for today he save orders that no one should be turnel away, and at the same time he disposed of all the routine business that came to his desk. He would see a few callers and then return to his work in his inner-otlice, dictating corre- spondence for a time, Zrst to one stenog- rapher and then anstheg, unt! he aad load- ed his force with all they could do. Then he went over special reporis and state- called in variaus chiefs @f divisions, the chief clerk, Jaig¢ Womac«, and finally Appointment Clerk Holeomn. At intervals he came out to see those who were waiting to see him, met all cordially, listened to the various: business errands, and then went back. to bis room to let the waiting room fill up again. Callers Today. Among Mr. Bliss’ callers today were Sen- ator Spooner of Wisconsin, Senator Carter of Montana, with Messrs, Boynton, Dunn and Fisk of his state; General Dudley of Indiana, Senator Woed of Kentucky, with Major Baber of that state; Gen. David B. Henderson of Iowa, and Clarence Winthrop Bowen of the New York Independent. Sen- ator Thomas C. Platt also spent a few min- utes with the new Seeretary At the Post Office Department restful quiet prevailed, all comers receiving the intelligence that this was cabinet day, and that the Postmaster General would receive no callers, The only sound that disturbed the idyllic silence of the place was the busy clatter of many typewriters engaged in no- lifying several thousand Americans that the new Postmaster General has but two offices at his dispusal in the department, and that he must politely refer them to the United States civil service commission. THE CIVIL SERVICE c fed Some of Mr. Oleveland’s Extensions May Have to Giva Way. Claim That hey Were Made for Par- tisan Purposes—Congress to Consider the Natter. It is regarded as probable that some of the civil service extensions made by Mr. Cleveland before his retirement will have to give way. Nothing definite has yet been decided on in the matter, and it is known that President McKinley is reluct- ant to take any action which will give any excuse for the statement ¢hat he is not in therough sympathy with civil service re- form. He was one of the early advocates of this reform and his position is well known. There is no deubt about his in- tention to maintain honest clvil service re- form. Some of the extensions of the classi- fied service by Mr. Cleveland were made so evidently in a partisan spirit, for the purpose of maintaining tn office people ap- pointed by him without ¢ivil service ex- amination, that it is held to be but simple justice to the new administration and for the benetit of the service that the exten- sions should be revoked. No Letting Down the Bars. There is no possitle danger of the new ad— ministration letting’ down the bars gener- afly so.as to turn Office seekers into the pasture which is now guarded by a barbed wire fence. Every proper extension of the classified service which las been made will be allowed to stand, and both the letter and the spirit of the law will be observed. It is not belleved that every extension made merely: to benefft tadividual favorites of the late administration, contrary to the spirit of the law, will be permitted to stand. It is a delicatae matter to deal with, but it is thought a line of action so obviously just and proper can be fixed upon that the desirable modifications can be made with- out warranting criticism. It is likely that the President will take the sense of Con- gress on this matter, though he will not go as far as Congress would be willing to go. The matter is being investigated, and a list is being made of those extensions by Mr. Cleveland’ which were obviously made to keep democrats in offtce and to embarrass the incoming administratiaon. ‘To Come Up in Congress. Soon after Congress reconvenes it is ex- pected to bring the matter up in the House, and it is said that some of the facts dis- closed will be’ discreditable to the civil service reform pretentions of Mr. Cleve- land. One extension, for instance, was made in the face of ‘a decision by the Supreme Court that. the class of persons covered by it were not acturily govern- ment employes, their pay being derived from fees collecte1 for services performed. This extension, like several others, was made upon the avowed theory that, though the extension was not warranted, it would embarrass President McKinley to “take any steps backward,” and that he would have te let it stand. o OFFICIAL CORRESPONDENCE. the Last Order Issued by Ex-Secretary Lamont. One of the last orders issued by ex-Secre- tary Lamont had a soft of Pinafore tone about it, in respect to the character of official correspondence. It reads as follows: “In the matter of official correspondence between officers of the army and officials of other branches of the public service, #nd especially in matters involving questions of jurisdiction, conflict of authority, or dispute, officers of the army are reminded that their correspondence should be courteous in tone and free from any expression partaking of @ personal nature or calculated to give of- fense. Whenever questions of such charac- ter shall arise and4t is found that they carnot be reconciled by an interchange of courteous correspondence, the officer of the army, as the representative of the interests ‘of the War Department in the matter in- volved, will make a full-presentation of the case to the Secretary ofWar, through the Proper military channelg, in order that the same may be properly .eonsidered.” ———— +> THE MONTTOR.PURITAN. One of Expected, to Reach #Hampton Roads Tonight or Temorrow. The big monitor Puritan is now on her way to Hampton: Roads and should arrive there some time this evening or tomorrow norning, if all goes welj. A message was received at the Navy;;Department this morning from the Hatteras life-saving sta- tion stating that the keeper had been un- able to deliver to the:eemmander of the Puritan the telegram whieh had been sent to him by Admiral R&msay yesterday in response to his application for a convoy, owing to the rough sea which prevented the launching of a shore boat. He added that the Puritan had left Hatteras at 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon in convoy of the Co- lvmbia, so béth vessels. are by this time €oubtless far north of the dangerous Hat- teras shoals. It is not an easy task to tow one of the big. monitors in a seaway, and te prevent ‘he tow frem running under water the steed cannot much exceed* six knots an hour unless the monitor is able to g2ssist with her own engines, and aw it is 250 miles from Hatteras to Hampton Roads by sea the trip will not likely be completed until tonight or: tomorrow. ~ Gower: it Receipts. National bank Notes : sea today , for 3008,410; miscellaneous, $82,011. STANDING BY GREECE Great-Britain Favors Retaining Hel- lenic Trooy i Crete. PROPOSAL LIKELY 10 BE ADOPTED Attitude of the Different Powers Semi-Officially Stated. NOT YET IN AGREEMENT a (Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) PARIS, March 12.—The following semi- official announcement was made this after- noon: The powers, while united in principle, have not yet been able to reach a solution of the Cretan question. Proposals and ob- Jections are being exchanged hourly. The program drawn up by the admirals ir Cre- tan waters is as follows: “First. A blockade of the Island of Crete. “Second. A blockade of the Piraeus and ‘Some cf the other Greek ports. “Third. The seizure by a detachment of the fleet of the telegraph offices at Syra. “Fourth. Any Greek warships encounter- ed are to be taken to the Island of Milo and kept there. “Fifth. Any Greek warships firing on any foreign warships are to be sunk and the act to be considered c: is belli, “Sixth. Ary Greek torpedo boat nearing a foreign warship is to be fired at. “Seventh. As the blockade of Greece will require all the crews of the foreign war- ships, cach power is to send to Crete a bat- talion of infantry not exceeding 600 men in number.” Each of the foreign admirals ielegraphed a copy of these proposals to his govern- ment. Germany immediately telegraphed to the powers that she wouid accept the proposals down to the seventh, and that she would accept the seventh in principle, but she had not a battalion available. Austria wired the powers that she would accept the whole of the proposals of the admirals, but as Emperor Franc Josep was at Cape Martin, she must ve time to consult with his majesty. Italy telegraphed her acceptance of all the proposals of the admirals, but it was aCded they must be submitted to the inet council, which would be done within three days. Russia, Great Britaih and France wet silent for a time, and then Great Britain proposed that a gendarmerie be organize in Crete by utilizing the Greek troops, not using the Greek flag and not using the Greek officers in this connection. Russia eventually answered that as the pcwers had presented their ultimatum to Greece, and as Greece had replied by of- fering to withdraw her fleet, the answer was conciliatory and partly satisfactor; Therefore Russia proposed a further col- lective note demanding the withdrawal of the Greek troops from Crete. France sec- onded-the-reply of..Russia, — Durmg the negotiations a genera! agree- ment was suggested in that the powcrs should each advance a certain sum for the pay of the gendarmerie and for the expense of organizing the actonomousgov- ernment of Crete. This was immediately ob- jected to by Germany on the ground that she was not willing to spend a pfennig for this purpose. France this afternoon proposed to the British foreign office that the powers pro- ceed immediately to organize the gendarm- erle, naming a governor of Crete from Holland, Belgium or perhaps from Switzer- land. Several names were suggested and considered. Great Britain points out, the semi-official arnouncement concludes, that the mem- bers of the previous Cretan gendarmerie ran away and mutinied, and that the Greek troops are the best available for this purpose. Consequently this proposal will probably be a modus vivendi by which the situation will be solved, as there is no doubt the Greeks will accept it. SOLVING THE QUESTION. Currem Opinion at Athens Regarding the Cretan Controversy. (Copyrighted, 1893 the Assoclated Press.) ATHENS, Greece, March 12.—The Cretan question is passing through a period of quiescence, a lull having followed the r ply of Greece to the powers, and every- body seems to be wordering where and when the storm will break out afresh. In spite of the repeated assertions-made in the different capitals of Europe that the powers are acting in concert toward Greece it is remarked here that if this was the case the threatened coercion of Greece would have been an accomplished fact long tefore this. There seems to be but three ways out of the present difficulty. One is that the powers must accept the offers of Greece to withdraw her fleet from Cretan waters and allow her army of occupation to re- main nominally under the control of a foreign officer outranking Colonel Vassos, to be used for the pacification of the isl- and, and when that is accomp'ished, a plebiscite shall decide whether the Cretans prefer annexation to autonomy. The second suggested solution is the coercicn, real or seeming, of Greece by the blockade of the Greek coasts as well as the Island of Crete. This would be a dangerous and difficult task. In the first place it would require an immense fleet of vesse!s, owing to the al- mest innumerable islands composing the Grecian archipelago, to make such a block- ade effective. Besides, Greece's reply to this proposition would probably be. the lighting of the fires of war in Macedonia, the beginning of a conflagration which might spread all over Europe. The most dangerous spot on the map of Europe at present is the frontier of Thessaly. If. Greece is coerced or if she does not dbtain the substance of her demands, she is lia- ble to force the hands of the powers, and this might be done in more ways than one. as by crossing the border, trying to raise the Balkans and possibly bringing about the long contemplated dismemberment of the Turkish empire. The third solution of this dangerous and difficult problem is contained in the*renew- ed rumors that King George of Greece will abdicate in favor of his eldest son, Crown Prince Constantine, Duke of Sparta, whose wife is the Princess Sophia of Prussia, sis-_| ter of Emperor William of Germany. There are many persons wHo believe that the King’s abdication would be the best means of cléaring up the situation. While the stand taken by King George in the present crisis has undoubtedly improved his posi- ticn among the Greeks, his abdication would be a popular step, as the populace has never quite forgiven the king for be- ing a foreigrer, while his sons, who were born in Greece, are regarded as being one with themselves. The crown princess is known to be a trifle Jealous of Prince George, the sailor prince, second son of the king, whom Prince Constantine. always allows to be bracketed as equal with himself. The prin- cess, it should be added, Is’ said to be furious at Emperor William for having sided with the Turks against her adopted people. Her husband.is much admired and respected, but he ig a man of silent, retir- ing disposition, and is disposed to ignore the shouts of the see Prince George, who is of a diffe temperament, is the popular {dol,.and many would prefer him ‘hls elder brother as king of < re a any. case, cwar fever uly ‘subsiding, “due no doubt to the popular | New ‘York. | belier that an’ agreement may te reached | between the Greek and Turkish govern- ments directly for the settlement of the Cretan yuestion without the intervention of the powers. This belief, however, does not prevail in diplomatic circles, where it is said that the settlement can be arrived at only through the powers. There is no doubt that the decrease in excitement here tends to present matters in a brighter light, for popular clamor had a deal to do with the defiant position assumed by the Greek government. But there is no cessation of military .ac- tivity here or at Salonica. On both fron- tiers troops have occupied strategic posi- tions, and reinforcements are being pushed forward night and day. The armed peasants on bothe sides are the most dangerous factors on the fron- Uers. A conflict there may occur at any moment, and then it may be beyond hu- "aan power to stem the tide of war, which has been sullenly rising in this part of the world for a long time past. The firing upon the insurgents by the foreign warships and the later conflicts between the foreign marines and the in- surgents have had a very bad effect among the people here, irritating them to a great degree against everything in the shape of foreign intervention in the affairs of Greece. The caimer minds are counseling pru- dence, but the situation is almost as grave as It could be, and Greece ts prepared to make the greatest sacrifices if driven to desperation. ON THE FRONTIER. Greek Troops Enthusiastic and Eager to Advan PARIS, March 12.—A dispatch to the Journal of this city from Larissa says that at the Turkish headquarters at Ellassona there are 18,000 trcops, but. the dispatch adds, both officers and men are destitute and have scarcely clothes enou to cover them, and there have been numerous de- sertions. The Greek troops, it is further announced, are in excellent condition and so full of enthusiasm that their officers have difficulty in keeping them quiet. The frontiers, it appears, are covered with 15,000 insurgents, Who are only awaiting the signal to advance. It is estimated that in another week’s time there will be $0,000 Greeks concentrated on the frontier. i The Gaulois says that the blockade must be postponed until the powers have formal- ly taken possession of Crete in order to organize an autonomous government. OUTBREAKS IN ARM The Eastern Question ix Being Fur- ther Complicated. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 12.— The opinion obtains here that the negotiations between the powers on the reply of Greece to the Cretan ultimatum will be protracted. In the meanwhile, another threatening feature has been added to the situation. ; Renewed cutbreaks are threatened in Ana- tolia. The British ambassador, Sir Philip Currie, has drawn the attention of the Turkish government to the condition of this district of Asia Minor, and has request- ed that immediate steps be taken to avert another catastrophe. It appears that the “Want” advertisements in The Star pay because they bring answers. GOSSIP ON OFFICES - — Ex-Governor Merriam Not Likely tc Be an Ambassador, APPLICANT FOR RECORDER OF DEEDS sect. aire Niinois People Have Made Out a Slate. ee Vs POST OF a 3 The persistent slating of ex-Governor Merriam of Minnesota for th. arsador ship to Germany is looked upon lightly by those qualified to know prominence do rot put any faith stcry. Governor Merriam’s name alded in all directions as almost a certainty for the cabinet, yet it is said that Prest dent McKinley never had any tdea of pointing him to the official tamily. i now said, on good authority, that ernor Merriam does not want an amas sadorship, and that he is not a candidate for any position. It is further said that if he was a candidate he would not stand a chance of winning. Senator Cushmaa K Davis stands in the way of the a ms of the ex-governor of Minn exola men ¢ the her in was ira and Sea- ota, ator Davis ts credited with great strength with the administration, A Minnesota re- publican of prominence today said that Governor Merriam was not a for anything. See d Assistant Postmaster x-Representative i. J Murphy of - Louis, Wi that he is almo: tain to become assistant postmaster general, In fact are confident of his appointment to pesition. It is said, in connecti place, that a delegation of friends of Swift called on President cently and asked that the pla the famous Chicago ma erat. The friends of t say today ond wey at this Mayor McKinley re. 1 wit » be given hy who ver, Was not an applicant. Mr said, expressed pleasure at do anything he could for Mayo: intimated that t e first and se under the postmaster ge: tically were arranged for. legation think third pla hey . Switt to be considered f. While Mr. Murphy is quote good show for the place, th J plenbarger of Penns He suggested the advisability ed to allow this havit nis of I a say he J. lv has g001 grounds for being hopeful. Ex-Representative John M. Farquhar of = Buffalo, Y., first mentioned as cane condition of the Christians there is de- ;date for commissioner of nevigation and plurable.' They are the victims of constant {afterward talked of for public printer oppression, outrage and murder, and the |said today that he would not im a candi- situation at Payas is so critical that an- |date for either place. He te ndidate other Sassoun massacre is feared. for third assistant postmaster general. Mr. Advices received here from Erzeroum |Farguhar thinks the place rene s ‘ay that large forces of Russian troops are concentrating on the Armenian frontier in | Ithe direction of Sarikamysh, in the dés- trict of Kars, ‘The Only Remedy. VIENNA, March 12—The semi-official Fremdenblatt says today that the view of the Greek reply taken by the powers is that it can Snly be replied to by the em- ployment of force to induce Greece to obey the will of Europe. Refugees Are Destitate. CANEA, Crete, March 12, noon.—The Mussulman refugees who have been brought here are destitute and on the verge of starvation, and the Island ts full of t of robbers, who are pillaging the tow! the vicinity. . Underhand Traffic in Arms. BERLIN, March 12.—A dispateh ri in this city from Constantinople says that Georgia for the position of |deeds of the District. Prof. Wright is the jered students near Savannah. cal Knowledge of the printing and the duties of the offic woul be pleas” ant to him. Mr. Farquhar was one of the most effective speakers put on the stump by. Chaicman Hamaa in the last campaicn and ts said to have become a warm trict of the Ohio senator. Mr. Hanna, it ix said, will aid him to sceure the place he mow wants, . Chase, who has been men‘foned as a ate for fourth assistant postmastes general, has returned to the city from business trip to the east, and is said tc be getting into the fight for the position without loss of time. Deeds. There is an interesting fight on over the application of Prof. R. R. Wright of recorder of head of an educational institution for col- As as- jsistant to him is a son of Bishop Arnett large quantities of Gras rifles and cart- | vf Ohio, head of the A. M hurch im ridges are being smuggled from wreece in- that section of the country. Bishop to the Turkish island of Chios, off the | Ret. it will be remembered, presented | west coast of Asia Minor, via Smyrna, and that they are being sold to the inha t lone of the strongest men in his chi Of Ghitos at 30w race jin the United States. He is said to Sao SOREN :,| backing Prof. Wright for the place. In aE Lean CORES EO MDEMES BAS? ction ab thin 3 Sp Salo APL os Specials to London Dailies Regard! Cretan Affairs. LONDON, March 12.—The Tim: iespondent at Athens says it is effic! plained that Corakas, the insurgent leader, jhe took the oath of offic south and was one d. jof colored children |the children President Mc <inley th on whi Blair and other promt urging the appointm Years ago, when G: Dlicans a Wrigat Howard was in talking to a sch in Augusta, he ask kind of a message what should carry back to the north about them. before attacking Hierapetra, signified his | little black fellow arose and Intention to the commander of the Italian |‘"Tell them chat we are rising.” cruiser, at the seme time protesting that | Who said that is now Prof. Wrigh the action of the fleets was biased in favor of the Mussulmans. Corakas then bom- | barded the fort, which was under the pro- | tection of the powers, captured it and raised the Greek flag. The Italian cruiser shelled the insurgents, killing the popular chief Kokinzkis and ten men. ‘The Athens press violently denounces the action of the warship, says the Times’ correspondent, and the Italfan volunteers in Crete have drawn up a protest against it. A sensaticfal report is published to the effect that King George, while conversing with a Danish colonel, said he had aban- doned all hope of help from his relatives, whose advice was not worth attention, and that he had cven lost cenfidence in the Prince of Wales fince his earnest request to the prince to obtain the recall of British Consul Billiotti had proved of no avail. A dispatch to the Times from Athens says that the Russian minister to Greece, M. K. Onou, will return here next week from St. Petersburg, disappointed in his representation in behalf of Crete. He was coldly received at the Russian court. The Greek press generaily counsels prudence on the Turkish frontier, where the Greek population is deferseless against the Tur- kish troops. Nevertheless it is the almost universal opinion that war must break out, and the war depgrtment is straining to the utmost to make provisions of arms and outfits for the reservists. ‘Ten thousand of these are still unequipped. From earl- iest dawn to late at night drilling, parades and rifle practice go on unceasingly. The troops compare unfavorably in physique with the European standard, but they are very quick in learning the drill, and make excellent shots. There is a serious lack of herses and forage, but an abundance of arms and ammunition. The Gras ritles are equai to the Turkish arm for infanery and cavalry weapons, but are inferior to the Turkish repeaters. The Rome correspondent of the Standard states tfat Admiral Canevaro, having rcp- resented the urgency of landing troops to suppress disorders in the interior of Crete, a cabinet council has decided to send a body of troops there. ‘The Brussels correspondent of the Stand- ard states that twenty-eight members. of the Belgian chamber of deputies have sign- ed a declaration to be:sent to the Greek government, expressing indignation at Eu- Tope’s abuse of power against Greece. — Ocean Steamships Arrived. NEW YORK, March 12.—Arrived: Massa- chusetts, London; Havel, Bremen. LIVERPOOL, March 11.—Arrived: Britan- nie, New York; 12th, Tauric, New York. * GLASGOW, March 12.—Arrived: Nestor- ian, Boston. HAMBURG, March 12.—Arrived: Prussia, ‘New York. -BALTIMORE, March 12—Arrived: As- iemburg; Boun, Bremen; Asaies, believed to be all that is a candidate for deputy pension comm place of ‘Treasury Department, Carlisle of Cleveland, Ohio, civil service. This is disappointing to nu- merous applicants for the position. Mr. Thobe of Covington, Ky tested the seat of John G. Carlisle in the House, came here to try for the pla hacked by nearly all the wood carvers cf the country. the expression became a shibboleth of the }race in the south. ‘The Georgia Professor Wright combination by wh! . oung Arnett tos 1 of the institution of which he nt. This is considered petty sition by the friends o who say they are making progr An Alleged Mlinots Chicago poll haye been practically agr tions in that part of Ifinois: ©. U, former president of the Marquette Club, { postmaster of Chicago; William R. Wi jams, subtreasurer at Chicago: F. E. Coir a fricnd of Senator Mason, fom collector internal revenue of the Chicago district: Sol. Bethea of Dixon, district attor the northern district; Wm. Penn editor of the Chicago Inter-Ocean, of customs at Chicago; Ike Cleme Carbondale, pension agent at Chicago is claimed that Wash Hesing, the pr postmaster, will make a fight for reappoiz ment. is ne w ground Wri Odd Bits of Gowsip. Ex-Representative Frank Aldrich ts r garded by Illinois people as having a sur thing in his application for the position ot minister to Belgium. He is strongly backed by the entire Mlinois delegation and hy members of other state delegations. Hiv friendship with Speaker Reed, and che fact that the latter will ask his appointment, ts necessary ty of the A. M. Tillman, secre: republi- can state ccmmittee of Tennessee, has ar- rived in the city, and is numbered among the applicants for office. ©x-Representative Wade of Missouri,who s- return to his home today, leay- sioner, wil) ing his prospects in the hands of friends. John Milholland, the New York anti-Plati leader, is at the Arlington. He is working in the industrious and qutet manner “*w has characterized bis political career. Few ick friends know what he is working o: John A. Weidersheim of Philadelphia, who is prominently pushed for commis- sioner of patents, is at the Cochran, with Jerome Carty of the same cit It has been discovered, it is saff, that the inspector of furniture in the now held by Al. is under the ho once con- Clayton and Evans Fixed, Gen, Powell Clayton of Arkansas, who left the city a few days ago for his home, stated in St. Louis today to a correspon- dent of the Associated Press that he cx- pected 10 be appointed minister to Mexico. ‘He said he would return here in a fev