Evening Star Newspaper, March 26, 1897, Page 1

THE PUBLISHED DAIL EXC ‘f SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Pennsylvan'a Averze, Cor. 11th St, by The Eve: Star Newspaper Company. EVENING ~ 5. Hw. AUFFMANN, Pres’t. Few York Offce, 49 Potter Building. le Sheet Star, $1 per Fear, Wash'ngt wast be paid in advance. known on application. EX- OFFICE HOLDERS Former Connection With the Govern- | ment Not a Recommendation. WHAT GENERAL HARRISON INTENDED ————— Better Give Up Their Hopes of Re- appointment. MR. M’*KINLEY PURPOs President McKinley wishes his friends to know that office holders under former re- publican administrations need uot think that th former connection with the gov- ernm t in any way recomm: Is them to him for appoint to thelr oid places. Mr. Me y went into the White March 4 he discovered a condition y similar to that which con ted 3 eland when he entered epon his se term. than five huaired ex-office holders made their pre: in the city known to Mr. McKinle 1 all of them were bringing infl ci pointment the F admin| If the claims of e seeker had b McKinley it would ‘d out from the mo: the governm throughout the country and abroad who had recei consiteration the Harrison ation. M immediately dilemma in nd nas now taken a has told his timate hrough them wisit e lly understand, that an ex- + appointme there are tion. in this city men under MeKin wh the p sele Have Had Their Sti The fact that a republican formerly held office far from being ommendation is an actual disbarment from preference un- re of Pie. a re der the present administrat and all such off ekers may as well understand that they have had their slice of pie and the will now be passed to worker: u the party who have not been favored in the past fice holders under the Harrison ad- ministration have sought to have Mr. Mc- Kinle look favorably upen their ¢ ms by arguing that it would be to his advan- to coneiliate the Harrison wing of McKinley has replied to that he has no objzviion 1 republican who worked for Mr. Har- n thi recognize ons nomination fact, he will re: and that, in such mem- bers of the party and that he will be able to do so by selecting men who have never before heid office. A close friend of ex-President Harrison toddy stated to a Star reporter tnat the ‘y which Mr. McKinley is now ad and is similar to that ado i at the ing of hi . is exactly the polic: controlled Mr. Harrison ected. This gentleman, a prominent republican, who at one time en- joyed the closest political and personal re- the resident, said that after Mr. Harrison's second nomination he remarked that if he should be re-clected he would choo: a new abinet and ap- point new men office throughout the | pment. He ce © same men have been excee e of the fact largely due uring that his men the who four nd who ex- ment of thi that ¢ ex-office up the hopes holders they have enter- ned for reappointment to their old places gradually d by them becoming known to and Mr. McK . during the . has expressed himself plainly under the Harrison ad- E ot long ago ex-Senator B. K. Bruce saw Mr. McKinley and expressed his wish to again fill the position of re- corder of deeds for the District of Colum- bia. Mr. McKinley plainly told him that while he recognized the i power of the colored population of the Unit ates and looked upon Mr. of the minent leaders o: ed race, he Id not for a mome ler his reap- ntment to lis old place because of the eral rule he had adopted. His reply to Bruce was so positive that the ex- der made no effort to argue the ques hin, but quietly nt und has nursed his dis- made no tempt to press his claims upon Mr. Me- Kialey OLD DEMOCRATS, THE Au Indication That They Will Receive Considera ‘The fact that gold democrats are to re- etive gre: pnsideration at he hands of President MeKinley is p: rtly indicated by the course Mr. McKinley is of Claude M king in the John fef of the reau of engraving a printing. It is own only to a few intimate friends of Jobrson that one of the last thing e did before he left to beth ident Me- ry Gage regarding Mr. Jet s case. He told them that Mr>. Johnson had gone to Kentucky and had done heroic w the cause of the gold jard, mu is own ir enience as a democrat. republican victory in id been achieved by Jobnson, and that ne elf more earnestly in “sound money” than had of the bureau of en, He had exerted cause of : s Johnson fs und © pro- the civil service law and his placement could not be effected tu as t a ma as is the case in places ssification, in his power, © slowly Mr. John: e for a consi s if likely that would be prov Ph ssified servi eved that he ac below the one he now occuples. lent McKinley ts being overwheimed with requests from democrats who left thelr own party to work for the cause of the gold standard, and he has found it quite embcrrassing to dispiace such men In the more prominent cases he will pro and will his present ald destre, @ position within ded for him with- though it ts not “Want” advertisements in The Star pay because they bring answers. pt any place} D. C., FRIDAY, MARCH 26 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. MR. MORGAN misquoTeD DISCUSSING CRETE|47 Mr. Cremer Gives Out an Incorrect Report of an Interveiw. An English Advocate of the Arbitra- tion Treaty Relates His Ex- perience in Washington. LONDON, March 26—An interview Is published here with Mr. Wm. R. Cremer, formerly member of parliament for the Haggerston division of Shoreditch (radical), who has for years past beeh secretary of the International Arbitration League and who is editor of the society's organ, the Arbitrator. Mr. Cremer is quoted as say- ing that he Considers it inadvisable to ratify the amended arbitration treaty. He adds that the British government will al- most certainly refuse to accept the treaty in its emasculated form and asserts there is good reason to hope that in a few months it will be carried as orig: ly proposed. Continuing, Mr. Cremer says he will be greatly surprised if the Americans do not make their voices heard in such a way so as to induce the Senate to alter its position before next session. He add no doubt Senator Morgan is the Washington I had veland rel- Cleveland I saw Sen- Mr. nate. d. warm approval to sted ator Morgan, who expre: principle. “Tell the President,’ he s ty to us I wil y-eight hours 1 reported this to Mr. Cleveland, and vige of my surprise when I landed in Liverpool to read or Morgan's violent atiack upon England Senator Morgan Misquoted. vhen Senator Morgan's attention was called to the Associated Press dispatch from London reflecting upon the senator's course in conneection with the arbiiration treaty he = Mr. Cremer misstates facts when he says that I sent a message to President Cleveland by him. Why should I have taken that Course of communicating with the Pri ident when I was perfectly at lib- erty to see him on my own behalf Cremer did come to see me, and I yi reluctantly to an interview with him on the questio tration, but I told kim ¥ frankly that interview that the pe to the arbitration of Ame by any beard the majority of which composed of Eurcpeans, and thus indi- cated the difficulties in the way of secur- ing a plan of arbitration which would be such in substance and not in name ont in ple of this country would never submit ran que: “I told him, it true, that I indorsed the principle of arbitration; we all agree, I believe, upon our indorsement of this that resort is proper, but t matter when it comes io on the details of a plan for put- ting the principle into universal operation. I have re: i this difficulty from the be- ginning and consequently never volurteer- r or any one else my sup- done so before his statement jocument, a. as Id I am tol for I was not present, that when Mr. Cremer was before the commit- tee cn foreign relations he was asked why parliament did not take the initiative if it was anxious for universal arbitration, and that his reply was io the effect there that if the United States would take the initia- tive this acticn would influence the Brit- ish governm in giving consent to the project of the members of the British commons. I think I have the right, without being criticised by Mr. Cremer, to inquire what ew motive has urged that government nto activity in adopting this peace pro- gram of the commons, which seems to have no application in Europe and no present ground of application to the United State TWO OFFICES ABOLISHED. Shipping Commissioners,Whose Work ix Unnecessary and Expensive. Secretary Gage has discontinued the office of United States shipping commissioner at Mobile, Ala. The position has paid $1,200 annually. Nearly all the work done is un- necessary, consisting of shipping crews for small river steamers which run between Mobile and Montgomery. The practice does not exist at other ports, and the Secretary hoids that the small amount of necessary work which has been performed by the commissioner can be readily performed by the collector of customs. The United States shipping commission- er’s office at Brunswick, Ga., will also be discontinued. This office was created in ISM4, discontinued in 1888, because the busi- s so small, and re-established in mber, 1894. The commissioner shipped y 2% men during the last fiscal year. etary Gage ts of opinion that the neces- can be readily performed by the collector of customs. ee Went Point Changes. The following named lieutenants have been relieved from duty at the United States Military Academy and ordered to join their respective company, troop or battery: Wilds P. Richardson, 8th Infantry; Alex- ander B. Dyer, 4th Artillery; William H. Allaire, 2d Infantry; Samuel D. Freeman, loth Cavalry; Charles B. Hagadorn, 23d Infantry; Daniel B. Devore, 23d Infantry; Richmond P. Davis, 2d Artillery; Mareus D. Cronin, h Infantry; Barrington K. West, 6th Cavalry. The followingy named lieutenants have been detail Military d to duty at the United States John J » lth Cavalry; John H. Beacom, Maurice G. Krayen- buhl, 2d Artiliery; Charles H. Paine, 13th Infantry; Jens Bugge, 3d Infantry; George F. Landers, 4th Artillery; Herbert A.Whiie, Gth Ca Iry; Mathew C. Smith, 24 Cavalry. sages © Babcock Dinner. ‘The dinner to Chairman Babcock of the national republican congressional commit- tee, which will occur at the Arlington on next Tuesday evening, promises to be the largest gathering of the kind that will be eiven this season. It will be a sound money love feast, and rot strictly political in its character. ‘The fact that Mr. Babcock is also chairman of the House District committee will also en- able many citizens to express their appre- ciation of his good work for the nationat capital. It is understood that the President and several members of the cabinet will be presen +e. —______ Personal Mention. nel John N. Andrews, commanding 2th Infantry, is at 2002 G street. Major C. 8. Isley, ¥th Cavalry, is at the Richmond. First Lieutenant Thomas A. Winter of the medical department has reported here for e amination for promotion. tenant A. C. Blunt, Sth Artillery, is he city on leave of absence. Mr. D. R. Malvane, owner of the Topeka Capital and one of the prominent men identified with the republican party of Kansas and her financial interests, is at the Normandie. - by Mr. McMillan, providing that the ap- propriation of $5,000 for the repair of the fire alarm telephone and telegraph system ably allow such office holders to hold on perhaps longer than they would ordinarily be permitted to do. in the District bill, shall be tmmediately available. This was done on. recommenda- Uon of the Commissioners, == Representatives of France and Eng- land in Conference. SALISBURY CALLS ON HANOTAUX Russian Riflemen Landed on the Island of Crete. FIGHTING STILL GOES —— ON PARIS, March 26.—The Marquis of Sal- isbury after ieaving a card at the Elysee palace this morning, proceeded to the for- eign office. The French minister for for- eign affairs, M. Hanotaux, met him at the door and led him to his private room, where they had an hour's interview. STRIFE IN CRETE GOES ON. of Rusxinn Riflemen Inland A Company Landed on the CANEA, Island of Crete, March ‘The fighting between the Christians and the Turks coi d until midnight. During tne evening the insurgents burn- ed the Mussulman dwellings and property of Perivolia and this morning they burned and abandoned the fort at Keratidi. Skirmishing is now proceeding about the village of Tsikalaria, outside of Suda. The insurgents are estimated to have lost 200 men in the fighting around Ma- laxa. A company of 120 Russian riflemen from Odevsa landed here this morning. RUSSIA FAVORS A BLOCKADE. Neutral Zone. ST. PETERSBURG, March members of the diplomatic corps here now greatly apprehend serious complications in Macedonia which will jeopardize the peace of Europe. Although recognizing that the chief dan- ger lies in that direction, the proposal of Great Britain to establish a neutral zone on the Greek frontier regarded as in- cffieacious and impracticable. It is urged here that it would he preferable to acccler- ate the pacification of Crete by immcdiate- ly blockading the coast of Greece, and the bud the development of ations in Macedonia. WITHDRAW TURKISH TROOPS. Recommendation of the Foreign \d- mirals in Cretan Waters. CONSTANTINOPLE, March 26.—The am- bassadors of the powers have held a meet- ing to consider a dispatch from the foreign admirals in Cretan waters, stating that it is daily becoming more evident that a con- Unuanee of Turkish authority in Crete is impossible and recommending that a [u- ropean governor general be appointed, and that the Turkish troops be withdrawn. AUSTRIA‘S CONTING ie Will Take Part in the Occupation of Cretan Ports. VIENNA, March 26.—An infantry ment, men strong, the Island of Crete, being the Austrian cortingent for the occupation of the prin- cipal ports of that island by forces of the foreign powers. WAR COUNCIL AT ATHE regi- Important Features of the Situ: Wired by Correspondents. LONDON, March 26.—The Athens cor- respondent of the Times says that the min- ister cf war presided at a war council yes- terday, and that one of the aids of the ki was present. The greater portion of the Greek fleet ncw remains at Skiathos, The resolution of sympathy with Greece adopted by the American Senate reached the government todey. Should war break out there is little doubt that Greece will do her best to remain on the defensive on the land, but will take the ive at sea, with a view to capturing the islands in the Aegean. The Turkish army occupies many strong ions in the mountain passes, but it is hardly likely to take the offe: the Greek fleet is permitted b to pursue an unchecked career of conquest. It is doubtful, however, whether the off- cers will be able to prevent the Greek troops from invading Macedonia. The en- tnusiasm of the soldiers will decide the plan of campaign. A dispatch from Constantinople to the Times says that yesterday the ambassa- dors of the powers received a formal pro- test from the Mohammedans of Crete against the proposal to grant autonomy to the island, and demanding the mainte- nance of the sultan’s sovereign authority and the co-operative suppert of the pow- ers The Times’ correspondent at Vienna, dwelling upon the dilatory tactics of the powers in the Greco-Cretan affair, says that if it were intended to blockade the ports of Greece they ought to have put the Scheme into operation before the Greeks had had time to lay submarine mines, as they are believed to have done, at the en- trances to the gulfs of Volo and Petali, A dispatch to the Times from Berlin says it is belleved there that the political crisis brought about by the refusal of the budget committee of the reichstag to meet the naval demands of the government has ended. The government has decided to re- frain from pressing its demands for cruis- ers at present, in the hope that these will be voted next year. Adm Von Holl- mann, therefore, has withdrawn his resig- nation, Meanwhile, Herr Krupp will build two cruisers at his own cost, in the confident expectation of finding a ready sale for them elsewhere, even should the reichstag again refuse to vote a government appro- priation for them a =n ———— HUNTER STILL LACKS TWo. AnoMer Ballot Taken at Frankfort for Senator. FRANKFORT, Ky., March 26.—There were only 84 senators present when the zoll was called for the ballot for United States senator today at noon, Senator Stege hav- ing paired with Senator Fulton. In the house Representatives Furniss and Mor- gan and Garrett and Horton were an- nounced as paired. The roll call showed 130 present and voting; necessary to a choice, 66. The ballot resulted: Hunter (republican), 64; Blackburn (silver demo- crat), 46; Davie (sound money democrat), 18; Boyle (republican), 6; Stone (silver democrat), 1. The general assembly then adjourned, the republican nominee being two short of election. ——__ ‘The Axsoctated Press Preferred. BOSTON, March 26.—The Bangor Whig and Courter hgs signed a ninety years’ con- tract with the Associated Press and has severed all relations with the United Press. ‘The action of the Boston Herald, Aq, vertiser and Record in abandoning the United Press has been followed by the principal papers of the state of Maine, The ee panes: (ate signed nihe- ty-year contracts the Associated Press: The Portland (Maine) the Portland Argus and the Kennebec Journal of Augusta. The Haverhill (Mass.) Gazette has also left the United Press and Joined the Associated. Press. ailed yesterday for’ FORT The President Witnesses the Evolutions of the Cavalry. Members of the Cabinet Attend— Grected With a Salute of Twenty-One Guns, A few minutes after 1 o'clock this after- noon President and-Mrs. McKinley and Col. and Mrs. Myron T. Herrick of Cleveland, Ohio, left the White House for a visit to Fort Myer. Col, Herrick hac long been a close personal friend of ili¢ Presiaent, and is now on a visit to the chief executive. The party went in a closed carriage. The visit was for the purpose of attending an exhibition of the cavalry troops quartered at Fort Myer, and was by invitation of Col. Sumner, commanding the forces there. In addition to President ani Mrs. Mc- Kinley, the members of the cabinet and the ladies of their families an Secretary and Mrs. J. Addison Porter also went to Fort Myer, and the entire party was entertained at luncheon by Col. Sumner. The regular cabinet meeting was hurried to meet the engagement, and before noon the members of the cabinet had returned to their respective departments and were en- gaged in signing their mail, with the ception of the Attorney General, who lin- gered for half an hour at the White House. The President and his guests went to Fort Myer in their own carriage, while the cabi- net officials used the departmental vehicles, The members of the cabinet left for Fort Myer half an hour befove the departure of the presidential party. The regular public reception at the White House this afternoon was dispensed with because of the visit. The President is lot expected to return to the White House until about 5 o'clock. The ride to Fort Myer was pursued leisurely, and the journey of three miles was omplished in a little more than half an hour without unusual incident. The presidential party attracted very little at- tention, but few people being aware that the stylish carriage, drawn by spirited bays, with coachman and footman sitting erect on the box. each with a crimson car- ration in his long dun-colored ulster. con- tained the distinguished party. Most of those who did recognize the President did so after the carriage had passed, and stood gazing at the vehicle until it had disap- peared. At the Virginia end of the Aqueduct bridge a large crowd was standing waiting at the terminus of the eleetrie road for a car to the post. The President and Mrs. McKinley were quickly reeogmized by this group. Men raised thelr hats and women bowed and smiled and were delighted to re- ceive answering salutations from the car- riage. > When the carriage reached the boun iaries of the pest a-salute of twenty-one guns was This indication of the arrival of the chief magistrate brought a. throng of visi- to the vicinity of Col. Sumner's resi- dence, where the party alighted and stop- ped for a briet.rest. Seeretary Alger, who had previously arrived at the fort, and was awaiting the President at. Col. ‘Sumner quarters, hastened out to greet Mrs. Kinley and assisted her fn'alighting, After a stop of fificen minutes, the presi- dential party drove to the drill hall. The galleries were packed with @ fashionable and distinguished assemblage, and the dar- ing feats of the soldiers, especially the Cos- sack riding and drill, were; watched with restless interest. Hundreds Were unable to gain admission to the hall, and stood about the entrances, striving in vain to obtain a peep of what was going on within, In the company which witnessed the drill were the cabinet officers and their wives, several senators and representatives and a large number of army officers, besides many residents of the city well known in social circles. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, on a handsome white rode into the post shortly after the drill had commenced. Gen. Longstreet, the famous confederate cavalry leader, and Col. Fairfax witnessed the cavalry evolutions. ‘The credit for the rough, spirited riding of the troopers, which excites wonder, is due to Lieut. Short, 6th. Cavalry, who first introduced the Cossack drill at Fort Myer. ee TOWER'S PLACE. He is Expected to Be Minister to Austria. The friends of Mr. Charlemagne Tower now expect his appointment as minister to Austria. : Senator Penrose and Representative Bing- ham called on the President with relation to Mr. Tower's appointment, and were satisfied that there was no longer any hope of Mr. Tower being appointed ambas- sador to Germany. For reasons relating to the tariff the President wants to appoint Mr. Andrew D. W to the German em- bassy, and the New York delegation are given to understand that this selection will not interfere with New York's getting oth- er appointments which they might other- wise be entitled to. This cuts Mr. Tower out of the German embassy, but his friends are informed that he can nave either the Russian or the Austrian mission. He is expected to accept the latter, and to be as- signed to it. This is the place Col. Fred Grant has been spoken of in connection with, but it is said by New York men that the New York delegation are not asking Col. Grant’s appointment. ae TODAY'S NOMINATIONS. ‘Three Good Offices and a Number of Minor Ones Filled. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: State—Edgar Thomson ‘Scott of Pennsyl- wania to be second secretary of the em- bassy of the United States at Paris. Interior—To be receivers of public moneys —Jay Allen of Michigan at Grayling, Mich.; Wm. C. Whipps of Montana at Kalispell, Mont., James Kelly ofOklaboma at Man- gam, Okl.; Anton H. Classen of Oklahoma at Oklahoma, Ok. / ee. To be registers of: lana.) difices—Oscar Palmer of Michigan at ‘Grayling, Mich. Frank H. Nash of Montgnaj at Kalispell, Mont.; Henry D. McKnight? of Oklahoma at Mangum, Okl, T. i War—Second Lieutenant Js H. Wholley, 6th Infantry, to be first lieutenant; Sec- ond Lieutenant P. Murray, 3d Infantry, to be first lieutenant; Corporal 3. J. Bernard, 1st Cavalry, to be-second Heutenant; Ser- geant Paul Giddirgs, 8th Cavalry, to be second lieutenant. Treasury—Ferdinand Ej@man of New York to be collector of fnternal revenue for the third district of New York. Justice—James M. Millikan of North Carolina to be marshal of the United States MR. for the western district of -No: Carolina. Postmasters—J. Warner Arthur, Bryn Mawr, Pa.; Albert A. Small, Anderson, Ind.; John W. Berryman, Versailles, K: H. C. Turley, Nate Migs.; James Sheppard, Nelsonyille, Ohio. THE LINE OF aTTAGK. Purpose of the Democrats on the Tariff Bill Disclosed, The demccrats in the Hoyse today dis- closed the general Mne of .attack on the tariff bill whieh Re cpposifion have thus’ far been able té agree on. 4 series of amendments atta¢ i ol trusts pEgoropee! sing; the free entry of 1 price. is sustained by trusts In.shis county were! . adopt a amendment, if a substitute for the Dif falls of adoption: Hawaii to Apply Formally for Politi- cal Union. QUESTION SOON 10 BE RAISED Conditions That May Be Imposed by Congress. eee! A WHITE HOUSE VISIT It is expected that a definite step, official in character, will soon be taken looking to the annexation of Hawaii. This will be a formal application from Hawali for politi- cal union. This application will be made by the Hawaiian minister, through the State Department, and will, in due course of proceedings, probably be submitted to Congress together with the President's rec- ommendations. In view of these expectations consider- able interest and more than a little im- portance attach to a visit which was made upon the President yesterday afternoon by the Hawaiian minister. Mr. Hatch was accompanied by Mr. W. O. Smith, the at- torney general of Hawaii, who is in this city admittedly in the interest of annexa- tion. The Hawaiian delegation consists of ex- Minister Thurston, General Hartwell and Mr. Smith, who represent not the Hawaian government in an official capacity, but the Annexation Club of Honolulu. They have been here since before the inauguration, and while they have been reticent as to the object of their visit, there is no doubt that they came to Washington so as to be on the field whenever the Hawaiian ques- tion might be taken up by the new admin- istration ard to counteract whatever in- fluence the presence of ex-Queen Lilino- Kalani might have. Mr. Hatch and Mr. Smith called at the White House at 3:30 o'clock by special appointment and were immediately ushered into the President’s room. They were most cordially received and were closeted with Mr. “McKinley for some little time in a discussion of the Hawaiian situation. The hopes and objects of the annexationists furnished the subject of the discussion, and the two gentlemen from Hawaii are understood to have made the best of tne opportunity to present the arguments in favor of annexation. The fact that the President willingly ac- corded an interview on the subject and listened so attentively to what the two gentlemen had to say is looked upon as an important straw by the friends of an- nexation, especially when taken in con- nection with the fact that the ex-queen of Hawaii has been unable to secure an au- dience with Mr. McKinley, a boon that she secured without the slightest difficulty frem his predecessor. The American Policy. A gentleman familiar with the Hawaiian situation said today to a Star reporte: “If the application of Hawaii for politi- cal unton with the United States, wnich will soon be made in official form, be re- ferred to Congress for its action the Pres- ident can call attention to the conditions im~-Hawal!, which require action to be taken in order to give any meaning to that part of the platform of the republi- can party which reads: ““The Hawaiian Islands should be con- trolled by the United States, and no for- eign power should be permitted to inter- fere with them.’ “The doctrine so announced is nothing more nor legs than the policy which for many years™hag been entertained by all parties and by many administrations. The only way of enforcing this policy is for Congress, by joint resolution, to admit Ha- wail into the Union on such terms as it thinks proper. “The obvious conditions for the admission of Hawail would be that no Chinese be al- lowed to come from there into this coun- try, and that no Asiatics become citizens of the United States. “The policy of allowing no control over Hawaii to be obtained by any foreign power may b: rendered abortive, not only by Ha- wail ceding its territory or any of its rights as a sovereign state to a foreign power, but by the existence of conditions which involve the irdirect transfer of political power. This insidious but sure merging process will be accomplished unless some- thing equivalent to annexation intervenes, and that not by the act of any foreign po’ er, but by the operation of purely natural causes, against which Hawaii, standing alone, is helpless. A fitting occasion for annexing Hawali now presents itself, and there are sufficient and suitable reasons for such action. “Our policy toward Hawali has been dic- tated solely by the determination that no foreign power shall gain a vantage ground which may be used to our disadvantage or,| for any hostile purpcse. In other words, the Monroe doctrine applies with peculiar force to Hawaii. “To acquire the Hawaiian group in the manner now practicable, which is neither by conquest nor by purchase, shows no de- sire to enlarge our borders or encroach upon any sovereign state, is in strict pur- svance of the policy of the Monroe doc- trine, and manifestly an exerc!se of the right of Congress to provide for the com- mon defense. To accomplish this result would end, once for all, the possibility of Hawaii becoming a base of supplies for a ferce directed against our western coast. “It is believed that the President will be- fore long recommend to Congress the en- actment of such measures concerning H: wail as will secure these national objects. —______, @ ___ ASSISTANT SECRETARY ROCKHILL. General Impression That He is Not to Be Disturbed. It is a general impression around the State Department that Assistant Secretary Rockhill is not to be disturbed, notwith- standing that gentleman received his ap- pointment as a democrat under the last administration. His services are consider- ed of especial value at this time because of his familiarity with the many important foreign complications requiring unusually delicate treatment now engrossing the at- tertion of the foreign office. During the last administration he had almost direct charge of the correspondence with Con- sul General Lee in regard to Cuban affairs, and his knowledge of the history and status of the cases affecting the rights of natural- ized American citizens imprisoned there is of great value in the negotiations for the settlement of those cases. Secretary Sher- man treats him with the utmost confidence, and has shifted much of the brsiness of the department to his shoulders, even questions affecting appointments, regard- less of their difference in politics. The strong business tle between the two offi- clals is indicated by the fact that Mr. Rockhill has changed rooms with Third Assistant Secretary Baldwin, also a hold- over, in order that he may be nearer the Secretary. The change was made at the gestion of Secretary Sherman. The rdoms occupied by Secretary Sherman and ‘Assistant Secretary Rockhill are side by side, with an open door between. The room formerly occupied by Mr. Rockhill and now used by Mr. Baldwin is at the other end of a long corridor and is without direct communication. : ———__—_e______ Machinery Exposition in Peru. To promote the extension of various branches of industry in Peru the govern- ment has by a decree, transmitted to the State Department by United States Consut Jastremski at Callao, provided for a per- manent exposition of machinery of all kinds, to which foreign exhibits will bt |. admitted duty free. The exposition opens at CaHao in machinery hall at the palace of the exposition July 28, * MYER'TO ASK ANNEXATION AN ILLINOIS VENICE|A LIVELY TIME a Exciting Debate Over Tariff Amend- ments in the House. Streets of Metropolis Converted into a Vast ~ Sea. Nearly All the Inhabitants Leave— Hopes of the Re- fugees. SOME SHARP PASSAGES OF WORDS ‘ : METROUOLIS, I, March 26.-This city | None but Committee Amendments presents a sorry appearance in consequence of the flood from the Ohio. The river at Accepted. this place is ore vast sea. The overtlow extends from Fillmore peeremeten street to below the bayou, on Catherine street, from 2d street down to Metropolis, from 2d to Ferry, where the water spreads to Market. Then it goes farther out until it reaches 3d street. MATTERS IN THE SENATE Ses ees ‘There were lively times in the Hoy ‘There are uot to exceed twenty-five dwell- | 4@¥ during the consideration of the tariff ing houses in this entire district, where | Dill. The fun began at 10 c'clock, and for the occupants have not been driven out | two or three hours the proceedings were by the waters. Fences and outhouses are | very interesting. It was what Mr. Hende all gone, The Southern Hotel and about a dozen other houses are complete wrecks. VIRGINA, Il, March 26.—The Sangamon and Illinois ‘rivers continue to rise rapidly, having risen two or three inches daily for the past two weeks. The high water marks of former years are passed and the situa- tion is growing alarming. Many families have vacated their homes en the lowiands, going to the bluffs for | S¢ry to take his lunch while sitting at his fatsly. The llinots river is twenty-eight | ceek in the House, alternating his Lime be inches below the 182 high water mark, grt ai 2s 0: and only six fcet below the disastrous flood | ‘Wee? bites of ple, swigs at a tall glass of son of lowa called a skirmish fire of dem- Bland dem- agoguism, to which ovservation Mr. retorted in kind, alleging that th: agoguism was upon the other side So warm was the attack of t shooters that the dignified chairma Ways and means committee found it nece of of 1844. The mayor of ‘Beardstown has | ™@ilk and repelling the asaults of the called a meeting to devise ways and means | eremy. Mr. Dingley was on hand early, to protect the Beardstown-Frederick road, | and was in personal command of the de- which 1s now threatened with destruction. | rene of the bill. When noontime came the QUINCY, IL, March 26.—The Mississippi | skirmish was so lively that he could no: at this point registers feet 5 inche above low water mark, a rise of five inche: in twenty-four hours. The lowlands are submerged, and many farmers on the Mis- souri side cannot get to the city. The gov- ernment weather bureau h leave his place to get a bit of refreshment, so casting ceremcny to the breught forth his lunch and s the res winds he lown to urant for a big glass of milk ‘ The Hovse comme: today the con- that the river will be 14 fect by Saturday. |, r c So far the water has offered the railroads | "eration of the bill by sections, givir no interference, but it is probable it will | Opportunity for amendments, The first in a few days. The track of ihe St. Lou move in the proceedings w Keokuk, and Northwestern, beiw: who offer viding that all cles the manufacture which is controlled by trusts in this i an amr and Keokuk, is being rapidly raised in the low plac The officials say that the tracks will stand a rise of 18 inches more before their trains will have io be taken off. | try shall be placed on the free list. Chair- MEMPHIS, Tenn., March The U. s,] man Dingley promptly made the point of Weather bureau announces xnother decline | order that it was not in order to offer the in the Mi: issippi river at this point, a fall | amendment at this time. T led to a long of 0.1 in twenty-four hours Leing the result | qiec: of a partisan nature ranging of this morning’s reading of the gauge. | “" veral subjeMts of tar'f, fre For the third successive day the sua came | °Ve daatapr obe upias: : out brightly, no breaks in levee: coin: have oc- of silver and trusts. curred, and on the whole the overilow sit-| | Mr. Tawney of Minnesota created a di- uation is most, encouraging, version in favor of the republi Ho there is a chance that the rive: willtce: | SPrung_ the Ym tue aetaree Ga Unue to fall, and that refugees may be able | S80Wing that when the anti-tr to return to their desolate homes in three] W@S up for consideration before the eee House in a previous Congress, Mr. Dock= KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 26—The riv- | ery, Mr. Richardson, Mr. Bland. Mr. Hol= €r at noon today had receded one foot since | man and the other prominent democrats yesterday, the stage being 17.2. Tne weath-| upon that side of the chamber voted er observer predicts a further fall witain | azainst taking up the bill and considering the next few days of between four and five | j¢ this led forth a round of applause feet. All danger of a flood for the present | id mies prision f: the republican hes passed. Hiver men believe that another i aaa ce sete iee Ble on net be experienced before the mid-| Mr. Richardson came back at him, how dle or latter part of April. ever, with the claim that they voted against the bill because a motion was pending to take up the free silver bill, and that was the measure the democrats Wanted considered. He said that upon the final passage ef the anti-trust bill th were no democratic votes against it. M the Dupont Chemical Works. PHILADELPHIA, March —A terrific Sepa uo) ocoues tan eeniembon al the | hey soos nee Taek the Oaaea ee werks of the Dupont Chemical Company, | ference could be drawn from tren giao lccated on the banks of the Delaware river | against the bill. at Gibbstown, N. J. Three men, James | Then Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio took a shot Paulsboro’, N. J., and Thomas Stiles, As- | Supported the free oliver camaaalen Bai bury Park, N. J.. were blown to atoms. fali—the trust of the silver mine owne A gang of workmen who started to clear | After this there was a spirited and som away the wreckage immediately after the what heated discussion between Mr. Hen explosion were able to find only fragments | derson of lowa and Mr. Bland of Missour& of the remains of the unfortunate men. upon the subject of demagogucry, and the he explosion occurred in the scparating | applause which they received from. their Iding, and that structure, with four | respective sides of the chamber indi 3 other buildings surrounding it, was blown to splinters. “The destroyed factory was devoted to the manufacture of dynamite and atlas powder, and because of the dan- gerous character of the explosives turned out was remote from any habitation. The shock of the explosion was plainly felt at points twenty: ‘e miles away. that their friends thought that they s even. The chair finally overruled Mr. Dc amendment, and the House then pro: to take up the bill by sections and re amendments to it. kery The Proceedings. ——— The real consideration of the tariff bill SOUTHERN METHODISTS. began this morning at 1 o'clock, wher The Evangelical Church of Hagers- | t# bill was thrown open for amendment under the fiv town Admitted to the Conference. minute rule. The leaders « Hee both sides were in their places, but ES ui teh we Eve Star. Gieoe pies = ecbeg The Batu. | Yee hardly more than seventy member : 1 con terenee te ar, te Ball- | on the floor. Mr. Lanham (Tex.. as 200m more annual contererce cf the Methodist Episecpal Church Scuth received a valuable adoition today in the pastor and congrega- tion of the Evangelical Church of Hagers- tewn, Md. This church came unsolicited into the conference, bringing a handsomc as the enacting clause of the bill was read, moved to strike it out. Mr. Sherman (N. Y.), who was in chair, ruled that the motion was out order. the of The First Amendment. church and a parsonage property valued at] yre pockery 5 2 7. i : ery (Mo.) offered the $24,000. Rev. H. W. Gross and Trustee C. | amendment. It was to the enac D. Lowery reprezented the church, which has a membership of 120 persons. Bishop Alpheus W. Wilson and the pre- siding elders of the Winchester and Balti- more districts were appointed to confer with the trustees and have the charter and was in the nature of a proviso that whenever it was shown to the satisfa of the President that there was a tru combination to control the e of any changed in conformity with Maryland law. | @Tticle on the dutiable list the duty o@ Rev. Mr. Gross was received into elders’ | such article should be suspended. orders without the reimposition of hands,| Mr. Dingley made the point of or after answering the disciplinary question: as propounded by Bishop Galloway. William J. Whitesell and Frank L. Day that the amendment in effect was to the free list, an¢ as the House was now con- were passed from their studies and elected | sidering the dutiable list it was not im to elders’ orders. order. ae “I have great ee for the p. — S SON 7 tary knowledge of the gentleman from GALE ON THE COAST CONTINUES. | Maine,” said Mr. Dockery, “but as it is probable that the free Hast will never ba reached I hope it will be held in order now.” (Laughter.) Mr. Cocper (Texas) offered a substitute for the Dockery amendvent, in substan ¢ t@ accomplish the same purpose, but cozitain- ing a definition of a trust and provi the determination of its existen court. “If you are so anxious to incorpora a provision as this in the bill wh not insert it in the present law Mr. Tawney (Minn.). “Trusts had not gone quite so far then,” replied Mr. Richardson (Tenn.), amid laughs Reports of the Two Schooners Blown on the Beach. NEW YORK, March 26.—Reports from the south side of Long Island say that the northwest gale still continues, and the sea is running very high. e Capt. Andrews of the wrecking company has returned to the shore from the schoon- er Wandrian, on the beach at Jones’ inlet, and says the vessel is in bad condition and is leaking. The cargo will have to be thrown overboard if lighters do not reach her soon. jon for by a The Chapman Derrick and Wrecking | ter. He challenged the other side, whe Company were notified this morning that | cstensibly opposed trusts, to aid in tl assistance was required at once, and they | adoption of the amendment. “I have never have sent a tug and barge to the scene of the wreck, and will make a rong effort to get alongside on arrival there. As yet none of the cargo has been removed. Capt. Mulligan of life-saving station No. 4 reports this morning that the position of the schoorer Emily F. Johnson, which went ashore near Seabright Wednesday, is unchanged. During the heavy northwest wind which has been blowing for the past two days no further damage appears to have been sustained. All her sails have been taken off, and an agent from the wrecking company will probably go down today to look her ever, to ascertain what can be done about saving her. Se es AGAIN PUT OFF, before,” said he, “heard such insinc Jections to a just amendment.” Point of Order Debated. A long debate on the point of order fol- lcwed. Mr. Bailey made an extended argu- ment appealing to the majority to aid in putting down these combinations, which “preyed upon the energies of the people.” Mr. Hepburn (Iowa) raised a laugh on the democratic «ide by saying that this amend- ment, if adopted, would defeat the purpore of the bill. ‘Don't laugh,” he shouted, waving his hands. He went on to exolatn how easily it would be for a few men who really desired free wool and free sugar to~ effect a combination to raise the prices of sugar and woo! and thus, under the am ment, force those articles to the free list Mr. Bailey thanked Mr. Hepburn for his frank admission that the destruction of trusts would interfere with the purpose of the bill. “Oh, no,” said Mr. Hepburn, “I was trying to show that under the pretense of creating @ trust this legislation could be destroyed.” “But could not the courts decide between ob- The Speed Trial of the Wilmington Deferred. NEW LONDON, Conn., March 26.—The speed trial of the gunboat Wilmington was again postponed this morning owing to the heavy sea in the sound. The weather was beautiful and .the harbor comparatively smooth, bet Lieut. eet ot torpedo boat | a sham: trust and a real trust?” asked Mr. No. wi was sent out by Commodore (Ark.). sewers to ascertain the condition outside, a gees courts could,” replied Mr. reported‘ that a heavy sea was and it Tae ‘deckled by the tial bosem, oo ants sult of Lieut. Fremont’s tl justice tractors, the trial, be” “s “But shall the revenues of the to the con! be de- | Trusts are illegal. Their creators are crim- ferred until the weather is more favorable. | inals. Shall we place the treasury’s rev- | It was estimated that if the trial was made | enues at the mercy of criminals?” : today the Wilmington would lose fully a Mr. Simpson (Kan.) said he thought the krot from her average speed. Another at-| majority were very much more concerned * tempt will be mace tomorrow. about the falling off of the revenues of | H