Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1897, Page 11

——— “EVENING STAR. THE = = PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT TH STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by The Evening | Star Newspaper Company, S. H. KAUFFMANN, Pres't. New York Office, 49 Potter Building. es es wscribers in the , at 10 cents & the Star ts served t heir own ne ¥ Quintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with ded, $3.07), id in advance. applicat GOOD WORK OF THEY.M.C.A. ¢ Exercises of the Educational Depart- ment This Evening. Closi sithstanding the Various Set- chs « Great Deal Has Been Ac- shed—To Award Certificates. In spite of the adverse conditions under which has worked for the past two years, Young Men's Christian Association is soll to maintain « high position among th ucational institutions of the city. and to prove itself worthy of the and support of those who are nm its work. July. two years ago, its building was entirely destroyed by a few months thereafier occurred the death of the gen- eal secr who had been connected with th= association for ten years. Thes with the hard isting for past have carrying on of a vigorous trieving the lost ground is but mnes in conjunction some time the f directors realized that ore important phase of assoc that of the educational depart- and the nporary rented quarters i after the burning of the building dup as well as possible for this S4Nn ad Oe . Multer was called to m a like office in the Peonsylva a phia. During the summer a portion of th old balding at 1400 New York avenue wa ret din were be- Z compa icious cir- cu d furnished space for ten ty; room in the basement was y to mecha ng. , the drawing placed for ning of the ccommoda as necessary ions to provide for the ngaged were experie! well of their ri Harry geometry Chas. Haydn Cha: obli arge of his of the term. Closing Exercises. will evening, fick occur the t which acy will be tim preside An in chairman of the enter- This will include . Fendered by a male octet. committee will be in charge L. Hammer. The committee will be assisted by the following ladies: Mrs. L. Cabell Wiiltamson, N. Muiter, Miss Gertrude Allison, vi Brockett. Estelle Foster, < Miss Lena H. Bessie Todd, Mi Georgia Miss Cora Taylor, Miss Gertle . Miss Emma Greenwell, Miss Adelia Randolph, Miss May E. Smith. Refreshments will be served upon letion of the program. association will entertain at ¢ a delegation fro: A., who will come A number of me = of the Washington association made visit to Baltimore recentiy, and the Bal- i return the compliment to- will arrive at 7:15 o'clock and Ing by a section of the conducted, under commit- day keeping; Thursday. tectural ¥. bool hanical and archi- nglish. feel gratified at made, but look fidently to a much greater suc- uate facilities of a mod- i will permit of a cope and a more thorough prosecu- this department of the work. — you want anything. try an ad. in The If anybedy has what you wish, you get an answer. Farmers and Firemen Wanted. ervice commission wil! hold an n all states where there are M26, to secure eligibles for farmer. The subjects will farm economy, ctical questions ag. A vacancy exists in the posi- additional farmer at San Carlos, salary of $65 per month. No to this position who has ears’ experience farming in mmission will hold an examination eligibles for the grade of fire- Glastic test will be required ation. and applicants will ts of age, experi- aracter as a Work- ts tablished a va .uartermaster’s Alle e fied. Persons d that particular va- their applic tes Charged With Cay wea! red of Veterans. Watch Francis of the er bureau has been reduced to the tien of skilled laborer by Secretary ison. This getion ts In consequence of « aints by the Union Veterans’ Patri- cule Leag It was alleged that Francis ocea. ‘0 vilify the old sol- and wished “every time a funeral he weather bureau to Arlington the old soldters were dead, so government would not have to money for penstons.”” * the charges, na Filed om Wrong Land. first filing made by holders of the serlp in the Chicago lake front This scrip was ob section 3, the land being owned by ert T. Lincoln and others, but upon learning that thie parcel of land was in- ginded tn lands donated to the state of i purposes, the application The Mc Ke case has been withdrawn. 4 linots for canal was withdrawn. e+—_____ Heat. Sewell’s Order. Lieutenant John 8. Sewell, the young @gincer officer who, under the supervision Qf General Wilson, chief of engineers, had charge of the reconstruction of the Ford's Theater building and the repair and en- laigement of the government printing of- fice, was today relieved from duty in this city and ordered to duty at Boston, under the orders of Lieutenant Colonel’ 8. M, Mansficld, in ie of the river and harbor works in that vichity. A WET SPR en Seriously by Rains. The weather bureau has resumed publica- tion of its weather crop builetins. In a review of crop conditions during the month of March it si “Farming operations have been retarded by wet weather in the states of the central valleys, and the sea- son is somewhat backward generally. Some corn has been planted as far north as Ten- nessee and the southern portions of Mis- scuri and Kansas. Farther south greater progress has been made, planting in Texas and northern Louisiay-a being about com- Delayed Crops Have pleted, and im Alabama, Mississippi and Texas the early planted crop 18 up. “Cotton planting in Texas has progressed favoraoly. and some has been planted in Senth Carolina, but in other states of the cotton belt practically no planting had been done up to the close of the month. In Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and Okla- homa preparations for seeding are in pro- gress. “Winter wheat is reported winter killed to some extent in M ourf, lowa, I is, Indiana and Wisconsin, and while the crop has sustained injury in Ohio, the outlook in that state is reported as not discouraging. The early sown in Kansas is excellent.and tn Oklahoma, Arkansas and Texas the crop is reported as promis! In Michigan and In- diana the crop has been damaged vy floods. Spring wheat is doing well in Kansas, and preparations for increased acreage are in progress in Iowa. In the Dakotas and Min- resota preparations for seeding have not yet begun. ee INDIAN CONTRACTS. pect That 2 New Commissioner Will Make Them. Action was taken by Secretary Bliss yes- terday that will doubtless hasten the selec- ticn of a commissioner of Indian affairs. The Indian bureau was authorized to call tor bids for furnishing all supplies for the Indian service durmg the fiscal year be- ginning July 1 next. Bids will be opened May + Chicago and May 25 in New York. The contracts to be let then at those places will aggregate in value over $2,225,- coo. Over two-thirds of the supplies will be contracted for at Chicago, where con- tracts will be let for beef, flour, hardware, agricultural implements, wooden ware and medical supplies, harness, wagons, tin ware and for trar ation of goods to agencies from Chicago. Supplies from New York will consist mainly of clothing, dry goods, . Sugar. tea and ri ely that it will be permitted to Browning to supervise the letting of contracts which successor will have to carry out. it is therefore to be expe that before May 4a new commils- Thanking the President for His Appointment. The Chicago Typographical Union has passed resolutions thankiag the President for having appointed Mr. Perry S. Heath first assistant postmaster general and com- mending the action as a just recognition of true w The resolutions recite Mr. Heath's career as printer, newspaper writer and editor, manager of the republican lit- erary bureau in the last campaign, and con- cluding with the announcement that mem- ‘'s of the union, “as representatives of ene of the strongest and most influential bodies of organized workmen, are ever just and appreciative of favors’ when shown and ve that in so doing we are meting out simple justice to a man fully deserving of our best wishes, and one who, although he has risen to higher positions, has never overlooked or forgotten the in- terests of those of his less fortunate broth- ers in the ‘art preservative of arts.” as well as the concern of the common people from which he has risen to his present Prominence in national affairs.” —____e-______ Confirmed by the Senate. The following confirmations have been made by the Senate: Joseph L. Bristow of Kansas, to be fourth assistant postmaster general; Henry Clay Evans of Tennessee, to be commis- stoner of pensions; Thomas Ryan of To- peka, Kan., to be first assistant secretary of the interior; Frank W. Palmer of IIli- nois, to be public printer; James D. Gill of Massachusetts, to be collector of internal revenue for the third district of Massa- chusetts Postmasters: Indlana—Albert A. Smal at Anderson; J. Zimmerman, at Cannelton J. H. Warnork, at Princeton: John F. Law son. at Spencer; F. J. Herrman, at Tell City. Michigan—Joseph E. Watson, at Bronson. Massachusetts—Alfred Hocking, at Melrose. Ilinois—A. H. Heiple, at Wash_ ington. Vermont—John A. Selden, at Rut- land. William 8. Shallanberger of Pennsylvanta, to be second assis t postmaster eral. Charlemagne Tower of Pennsylvania, to be minister to Austria-Hungary. Alexander M. Thackera of Pennsylvania, to be consul at Havre, France. Anson Burlingame Johnson of Colorado, to be consul at Amoy, China. Pentos* A. McClaim of Pennsylvania, to be collector of internal revenue for the first distri ee Senate Commerce Committee. ‘The Senate committee on commerc» has authorized a favorable report on Senator Frye's revenue cutter bill in regard to the retirement of officers In that service. Favorable reports were also authorized <n the following bills: Providing for an investigation of the obstructions to naviga- tion in Florida waters; auihorizing bridges across the Missouri river between its mouth and the mouth of Dakota river; across the Mississippi between the mouth of the Min- fiesota and Donaldsonville, in Louiatana, ani across the !Iiinofs and Desplaines rivers between the mouth of the Illinois and Joliet, Il; classifying and licens ng mas- ters and chief mates of sailing vessels of r 700 tons; amending the act authorizing the construction of a steel bridge across the St. Louis river, and providing for cer- tifleates of tile to vessels. ——s—_____ Mr. Bristow Sworn In. Mr. J. L. Bristuw of Kansas, the new fourth assistant pcstmester general, was sworn in yesterday in the office of Post- master General Gary, ard at once tuok the Gesk of his predecessor, Judge Maxweil. A large number of persons interestei in fourth-class post offices called to see him during the day. No lst of appointments to feurth-class offices was issued today, ard tt is doubtful if the long silence of the appointment division will be broken until next week. It is now over six weeks since any fourth-class postmasters were app int- eG, the policy of the outg2ing administra- tion being to avoid the appearance of fore- stalling their republican succeszors. oo _____—_ Mr. Ryan Qualifies. Mr. Thomas Ryan qualified yesterday al the Interior Department for his new posi- ton as assistant secretary. The oath of of- fice was administered by Assistant Chicf Clerk De Lacy in the presence of Secretary Bliss and in the latter's office. After a con- ference with Mr. Bliss on the lines of de- partment business which would be assigncd to Mr.Ryan the latter went out to lunch, and at 1 o’clock returned and entered on the duties of his office. Durtng the afternoon Mr. Ryan hed a long talk with his prede- cessor, Judge Sims, on matters of routine in the office, —————_+2+_____ It matters little what it is that you want yrwhether a situation or a servant—a “want” a@. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. WASHINGTO THE ARBITRATION TREATY Two Important Amendments Adopted by the Senate in Executive Session. Full Text of the Document as Now Amended—No Time for a Vote Agreed On. ‘The Senate yesterday concluded the con- sideration of all amendments to the arbi- tration treaty. The voting on amendments began at 4 o'clock. A number of verbal amendments were adopted, but there were only two amendments of great importance. These were one—offered by Senator Bacon— which exempts the claims of southern states from the operations of the treaty, and another, introduced by Senator Morgan, eliminating article 8 of the treaty. ‘The friends of the treaty failed to get an agreement upon a time for a vote on the ratification of the treaty as amended. The Senaie adjourned until Monday. The treaty, as amended, is as follows: Article 1. The hich contracting parties agree to sub- mit to arbitration in accordance with the provisions and subject to the limitations of this treaty all questions in difference be- tween them which they may fail to adjust by diplomatic negotiaticrf: but no difference shall be submitted under this treaty whie in the judgment of either power. material ly affects its honor, the integrity of its terri- tory, of its foreign or domestic policy. Nor shall the question be submitted whether any treaty, once existing, continue in force: Provided, That the agreement to submit, with its formulations, shall in every case, before it becomes final, be communt- cated by the President of the United States to the Senate with his approval and be con- curred in by two-thirds of the senators present, and shall also be approved by her majesty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Article IT. All pecuniary claims or groups of pecu- ry claims which do not in the aggregate exceed £100,000 in amount, and which do not involve the determination of territorial claims, shall be dealt with and decided by an arbitral tribunal constituted as provided in the next following article. In this article and in article 4 the words “groups of pecuniary claims” mean pecu- niary claims by one cr more persons arising out of the same transactions or invol the same issues of law and of fact. Article HI. Each of the high contracting parties shall nominate in each case submitted, two ar- bitrators who shall be jurists of repute, and the two nominated by the President of the United States shall be appoi ‘d by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the four arbitrators shall, within two months from the date of their appointment, select an umpir In ca they shall fail to do so within the limit of me above mentioned, the umpire shall be appointed by agreement between the members for the time being of the Su- preme Court of the United States and the members fer the time being of the judicial committee of the privy council in Great Britain, each nominating bedy acting by a majority. ‘The umpire so selected shall be the presi- dent of the tribunal and theeward of the majority of the members thereof shall be final. 2 Article IV. All pecuniary claims or groups of pecu- niary claims which shall exceed £100,000 in amount, and all other matters in differ- ence, in respect of which cither of the high contracting parties shall have rights against the other under treaty or other- wise, provided that such matters in differ- ence do not involve the determination of territorial claims, shall be dealt with and decided by an arbitral tribunal, consti- tuted as provided in the next following ar- ticle: Provided, That no claim of a citizen of Great Britain against a state or territory of the United States shall be a subject of arbitration under this treaty. Article V. Any subject of arbitration described in Article IV shall be submitted to a tribunal provided by Article III, the award of which tribunal, if unanimous, shall be final. If not unanimous, either of the high contract- ing parties may within six months from the date of the award demand a review thereof. In such case the matter in con- troversy shall be submitted to an arbitral tribunal consisting of five jurists of repute, no one of whom shall have been a member of the tribunal whose award is to be re- viewed, and who shall be selected for each such case as follows, viz: Two by her maj- esty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, two to be nom- inated by the President of the United States, and appointed by and with the ad- vice and consent of the Senate, and one to act as umpire, to be chosen by the four thus nominated within three months after the date of thelr nomination. In case they shall fail to choose an um- pire within the limit of time above-men- tioned, the umpire shall be appointed by agreement between the nominating bodies designated in Article III acting in the man- ner therein provided. The umpire so selected shall be the pres- ident of the tribunal, and the award of the majority of the members thereof shall be final. Article VI. Any controversy which shall involve the determination of territorial claims shall be submitted to a tribunal composed of six members, three of whom (subject to the provisions of Article VIII) shall be jurists of repute, to be nominated in each case by the President of the United States, and ap- pointed by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and the other three of whom shall be judges of the British supreme court of Judicature or members of the ju- dicial committee of the privy council, to be nominated by her Britannic majesty,whose award by a majority of not less than five to one shall+be final. In case of an awerd made by less than the prescribed majority, the award shal! also be final un- less either power shall, within three months after the award has been reported, protest that the same is erroneous, in which case the award shall be of no validity. In the event of an award made by less than the prescribed majority and protested as above provided, or if the members of the arbitral tribunal shall be equally di- vided, there shall be no recourse to hostile measures of any description until the me- diation of one or more friendly powers has been invited by one or both of the high contracting parties. ‘The remaining articles of the treaty are unchanged, save that articles 8 and 10 have been entirely stricken out. The form- er related to the employment as an arbi- trator of a judictal officer of the state or territory involved in any question, and the latter designated the King of Sweden and Norway eas an umpire. The amendments have eliminated from arbitration all questions of domestic and foreign policy; have excluded the Clayton- Bulwer treaty, which affects the Nica: canal, have made the assent of the Senate necessary to the arbitration of any ques- tion, have provided for a separate tribunal in each case, and have stricken out the reed of Sweden and Norway as an arbitra- r. ——_--e-______ The Drills at Fort Myer. Hereafter the regular Friday drills in the riding hall at Fort Myer will be dis- ecntinued: for the season. Monday will be the field day for the hunting men, begin- nirg at 3 p.m., on the drill field at Con D. C, FRIDAY, APBIL 4 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. CHAIRMAN HONORED Mr. C. J. Bell Tendered a Testimonial by His Associates. HANDSOME BANQUET SCENE Gratifying Words Concerning the Inaugural Plans and Results. THOSE WHO SPOKE —— The members of the general executive committee in charge of the arrangements for the recent inauguration gave a ban- quet last evening at the Arlington in honor of the chairman of the committee, Mr. Charles J. Bell, who labored so long and faithfully to make the inauguration a suc- cess in every detail. The banquet, in tie character of the men about the board, in the elegance of the decorations and the quality of the menu, was one of the most delightful affairs of the sort ever given in Washington. More than twe score of gentlemen w gathered about the table, representative of the, best of the social aad business lite at the capital, and each had sometning pleasant io say of the manner in which the chairman of the inaugural comntittee had discharged the muporant duties that had been iurusted to him. Amoug the guests were several gentiemen who have served in a similar capacity as chairmen at other inauguraticns, and each took oc- cation to say that, while he and the gen- tlemen associated with him in turn had done all that was possiblé to make that particular inauguration the most success ful ever held, he must admit that Chair- man Bell had surpassed all previous efforts in this line, and had given the nation a spectacle that would long be remembered Rarely has there ever been a banque served in this city where the decorations were more superb or in better taste. The banquet hall of the Arlington would have been a little large for an affair of the sizc of this, but by the aid of the florist’s art it had been transformed into an apartment that was cozy and charming to a degree. A huge circular table capable of seating about fifty guests was set in the center of the room. All around it and about ten feet back was a wall of tropical plant with entrances at regular Intervals, so that the guests sat in a perfect bower of plants and flowers. The space inside the table was completely filled with palms and other tropteal growths and mammoth vases full of gorgeons American beauty ros The center palm rose to the ceiling, and about it was banked a profusion of othe: ‘Through it all ran a perfect maze of tiny electric lights in colored globes, giving a fairy-like effect to the scene. It was, in a Way, a reproduction of the beautiful foun- tain In the center of the big inaugural ball room, and called forth the unstinted admiration of all present. A striking feature of the decorations in the space inside the table was a palr of magnificent Japanese bronze vases. They Were quite five feet in height, without the edesials, and were ornately decorated with Peautifuliy ~arved figures. “Bach was filled with a mass of long-stemmed American Beauty roses! The vases came in for a fuil share of admiration, but they took on an added interest to those wha were not in the secret when the toastmaster, in the course of his opening remarks, announce? that the vases were intended as a present and a testimonial from the committee to Mr. Bell, to remind him in coming fears of the pleasant relations that had existed be- tween him and his associates jn the maugu- ration of President McKinley. It was a magnificent present, and, needless to say, Mr. Bell appreciated it highly. Mr. Myron M. Parker acted as toast- Taster at the banquet with the greatest tact, and mM introducing, or, rather, calling upon each speaker, said just the few pleas- ant words needed to start him off at his best. Occupying the seats of honor were Mr. Bell and Mr. J. Addisop Porter, Mr. McKinley's secretary, who was present to represent the President. Among others who sat near by were Col. J. G. Berret, who acted as chairman of the executive ‘com- mittee at both {naugurations of Mr. Cleve- land; Mr. A. T. Britton, who was chair- man when President Harrison was inducted into office, end Mr. John W. Thompson, who performed a like service for President Garfield The progress that has been made of re- cent years in the elaborateness of the in- augural ceremonies was remarked up@n several times during the evening, but nev- er more happily than by Col. Berret, who, when called upon for a speech, spoke most entertainingly of other inaugurations. He described at some length the exercises at- tending the inauguration of Gen. Har- rison as he remembered them after the lapse of fifty-six years. Gen. Harriso insisted upon the severest simplicity an even refused to ride from the railroad station to the city hall, where a recep- tion was held, beeause the gentleman whose carriage had been placed at his dis- posal, Gen. Van Ness, was a typical aris tocrat and the carriage was drawn by four white horses. He preferred to walk, and, accompanied by the mayor of the city, waded through the snow and slush rather than sit in a carriage drawn by four horses. Times have changed since then, and Col. Berrét depicted the devel- opment down to the recent ceremony, when nothing seemed too elegant to suit the pop- ular taste of the American people, who new like to see their President inaugu- rated with fitting dignity and display. The special committee in charge of the banquet last evening consisted of Messrs. M- M. Parker, A. T. Britton, H. A. Wil- lard, J. G. Berret and George H. Walker, one of the secretaries of the executive committee. Those present at the banquet, includ- ing a few who were not members of the inaugural committee, were Messrs. Bell, Parker, Porter, Senator Hanna, Sec- retary Long and Messrs. Crosby 8. Noyes, A. T. Britton, J. G. Berret, H. A. Willard, Henry E. Davis, R. Ross Perry, Simon Wolf, B. H. Warner, John B. Wight, 8. W. Woodward, John Joy Edson, John W. Thompson, Gen. H. V. Boynton, Beriah Wilkins, Gecrge Gibsen, Col. Cecil -Clay, Capt. James E. Bell, M.'M, Holland, Thos. Somerville, George H. Walker, Col. Fred Brackett, M. I. Weller, T. B. Roessle, Clarence F. Norment, Edward McCauley, John F. Cook, C. C. Glower, Lawrence Gardner, James L. Norris, Chapin Brown and Stilson Hutchins. : Mr. Parker started the bail rolling, when the cigars were lighted, by making a short address, ‘n which he: testified to the un- tiring - and industry with which Mr. Bell ha® performed his important task, and paid a tribute to the success which had crowned his efforts. In reply Mr. Bell insisted that very little credit-was due to him, for his labors had been very much lightened by the skill and devotion which every member of the com- mittee had skown in tending to the im- portant matters intrusted to him. He thanked them,all for what they had done, and for the pleasant things*they had said, and, not least of all, for, the. handsome testimonial he had testions recelveg fram his as- re Mr. J. Addison Porter then called upon, and made a speech, in which he took occasion empress the gratification whith nt - McKinley al of deta’ of Wont Sat etails is ina} tor Hanna also spoke b — ss members Were called oe ae eee < y Mir. er, and made pleasant little hes, testify- ing to their’ appreciat of Mr. ly Jebors, and té the assis eagh fied bee cetved from the chairman"$s the particular Duriny the ae mandol! hesti i ing the evening a im orchestra Stationed in the gall +t ‘banquet hall rendered charming? ~itie¢ wa CANDIDATE DANCY'S REPLY The North Carolinian’s Answer to Candidate Smith's Questions, Reasons Why He Aspires to the Local Office of Recorder of Deeds. The Star recently published an interest- ing document from one of the North Caro- ina candidates for the local position of re- ecrder of deeds that went to show that the contest for this place has begun to en- gender a feeling of bitterness. Today Mr. Jchn C. Dancy submits a reply to that circular, which was signed by one of his "rivals for the job that Mr. Dancy once an- nounced to be his beyond peradventure. Mr. Dancy has been in the city for some time, presumably to make sure that his prize was not filched from him by one of the several equally “dead-s candidates, He evidently came from North Carolina prepared for a literary encounter with the enemy, for his letter is mainly written upon the official stationery of the “State of North Carolina, Senate Chamber. These letter heads, it is interesting to note, bear the seal of the state, which contains the motto, “Esse Quam Videri,” which, translated into Washirgtonlan, means Be Rather Than to Seem.” Under these ‘rcumstances it is to be presumed that Mr. Dancy’s words may be taken without customary grain of salt that should sompany the digestion of ihe uiterances of an aspirant for office. In the ccurse of his reply to Mr. Smith Mr. Dancy says: The Reply. “My attention has been called to a cir- cvlar letter from I, H. Smith of North Carolina, which appears in your valuable peper, asking numerous questions which he calls on me to answer. Ordinarily I do not seek newspaper notoriety of this char- acter, but the promirfénce which has been given my name in certain official connection places upon me the penalty which all such prominence impos “While Ido not think the attitude of any republican before the convention in sus- taining the candidacy of his personal or political friend—but who afterward man- fuliy and loyally supported the nominee of the party’s national convention—should mil- itate against him in securing political pre- ferment, yet, in order that injustice may not be done me, I beg to correct the im- pression sought to be made by the circular. “In the first place, North Garolina was a McKinley state. When the fight was on, one of the first of the western counties to hold its convention was my own county of Rowan, which unanimously indorsed and instructed Its delegates, of which I was one, to the state and district conventions, to vote for McKinley delegates to the national convention, ¥ congressional — district unanimously instructed its dejegates to vote for McKinley. The state Convention, of which I was a member and secreta without opposition, instructed its delegates to vote for McKinley for President. Forehanded Congratulations. “The President is himself aware of-the fact, I am quite sure, that one of the car- liest telegrams of congratulation on his prospective nomination that came to him was one from Bishop J. W. Hood and my- self jointly—from Yonkers, N. ¥., where the bishops’ conference was in session— two days before he was actually nom- inated. “The above facts are so potent to all that my indorsements for the recordership from North Carolina include the republican senator and three representatives, who were all McKinley men, and nearly all the delegates to the national convention, who were pretty nearly all McKinley men, as well as the supporters of the other candi- dates. In New York, Connecticut, New Jersey, Tennessee and North Carolina I worked day and night for a series of weeks endeavoring to give emphasis to the cause for which those magnetic and patriotic candidates stood. This statement is made only in the interest of fair play in order that personal ambitions may not so far forget as to strike a foul blow in order to gratify personal pique. A Quasi District Man. “In my fight for the recordership I have studiously avoided whatever might be con- strued as personal. I would not give of- fense to or calumniate any candidate for the place. It 1s the right of whoever will to aspire. That right has never yet been denied to any—not even an outsider—since @ non-resident hes always secured it. No man has thus far objected to the District having its over-quota of representation in the departments. We are all friendly to the District. I was educated here—on the hill at Howard University—and was in the government service here. Indeed, nearly eight years of my life were spent here, and I feel almost as a District man, althouch J claim residence in and maintain alle- giance to North Carolina, and pay taxes to help beautify and adorn our most mag- nificent city—the nation’s capital.” es a REGARDED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL. The Act Abolishing Spring Elections in Newark and Jersey City. Justices Garrison and Gummere in the supreme court of New Jersey yesterday practically declired unconstitutional the act passed by the present legislature abolishing spring clections in Jersey City and Newark. The court grant- ed a writ of mandamus directing City Clerk O'Donnell of Jersey City to go on with the printing of tickets and the preparation for an election in Jersey City on April 13. ——__+ e+ -—__ Tearing Down Convention Hal Convention Hall at St. Louis, in which President McKinley was nominated, is be- irgtorn down. Wednesday night the severe storm that visited this section ped the work of demolition, blowing down a portion of the east wall, whieh fell without doing any damage. +e. Archbishop Plunket Dead. The Right Hon. and Most Rev. William Conyngham Plunket, Protestant archbishop of Dublin, who has been seriously ill for gome days past, died at 6 o'clock yesterday morning in Dublin. He was born in 1828, and succeeded to the title on the death of his father in 1871. Lord Plunket was elected arcabishop of Dublin on the resignation of Archbishop Trench in 1884. ——_—+-0+—____ Convicted of Murder. The jury in the trial of Bank Robber Kel- han at Fairmount, Minn., for murder, after being out nearly twenty-four hours, returned a verdict of murder in the first degree. The Kellihan brothtrs rob- bed several banks, killing two men in the Sherburne Bank, and one of the brothers later was killed by the posse pursuing. The jury recommended Kellihan to mercy. —_+o+—____ A Memorial Bridge. A bill has been introduced in the House by Mr. Rixey providing for a memorial bridge across the Potomec river from the naval observatory to Arlington, at a limit of cost of $600,000. —_-o—______ It matters little what it is that you want ‘whether a situation or a servant—a ant” ad. in The Star will reach the person who can fill your need. ———— ‘The Connecticut house refused to receive a bill Intended to prevent the exhibition. in this etate- of kinetoscope pic- tures of the Corbett-Fitzsimmons fight. RAILROAD LE An Effort to Be Made to Legalize TraMe Arrangemen A strong effort is being made to induce the republican leaders in the House to con- sent to the consideration of legislation in the House at this session which will enable the railroads to enter into certain traffic ar- rangements between themselves under the control and supervision of the interstate commerce commission. The authority Je- sired to be obtained is to restore to the railroads some of the privileges of which they were deprived by the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court in the transmissourl case. In order to obviate opposition, however, the railroads are will- ing to accept. the stipulation that ny agreement to be reached shall be with ¢ consent of the interstate commerce ion, and, therefore, presumably not obnoxious to trade and transportation in- terests. The argument is being urged at this time with the House leaders that the threatened rate war between the railroads, grow'ng out of the dissolution of the traffic ar- ements heretofore existing, will offset - of the anticipated good effects of the y tariff bill and prevent to some degree the fullest and most complete beneficial workings of that measure. It is held by those who advance this argument t all transportation matters, prosperous trade and tons, will be upset by the prospective rate wars, and manufacturers and merchants will be hampered in the free movement of the output of American mills. This pros- pect, they claim, can be obviated by the enactment of a law which will enable the railroads to maintain stable conditions without at the same time operating to the disadvantage of the people who pay thc freight. sone France Driven by Germany Into sociation With England James Creelman wires from Berlin to the New York Journal: The real reason epposi-ion to G has abandoned the As for Germany's pitiless e is that German polity fundamental idea of triple alliance, and that a Russo-Germ alliance is tmminent. The German em- peror seems to have succeeded in virtually divorcing France from Russia. This means an alliance between Eng’ and France. Russia’s policy is to force war, because anythi tus quo in cent will heip Russia in h toward Constantinople. The relations between Aust many are embarrassing, for the Russia means the dissolution of trian empire, which is a mere con: ot peoples having noth Seven years ago K nd the Greeks to that will upset i or oriental Europe jong-delayed march min that the Rus: inevitable within ten y« ater Lord Dufferin said to me in Rome that when Bismarck retired from power the keystone had fallen from the arch of and tomerrow Fismarck. in his eigh ond year, will have the bitterness of kn ing that these things are coming to pa and that the nullification of that diplorm which is the basis of the peace of the w is now going on. ‘o wonder that the King of Grecve is astonished, and that Lo! Salisbury bis gone to France. When I said good-bye to the King of Greece last Friday id he“ could not unders: on forcing Greece considering the fact that Greek coupons were largely owned by the common people of Germany. He de- clared that the German policy of ¢ sion must be strongly influc i by n who had an inte in depressing the price of Greek securit What I have told in the beginning shows why Germany is in favor of oppressing Greece. = so = TO PROTECT THE Bill Introduced to Prevent Sweeping Changes In view of the approach of the mayoral- ty election in Chicago and possible sweep- ing changes in city employes, considerable interest is taken in a bill introduced in the Illinots legislature by Senator Morrison, republican. The bill amends the clvil ser ice law by providing that all employ: MPLOYVES. of the city of Chicago appointed prior to the taking effect of the law shall be entitled to its full protection and shall have the same standing as though they had passed the required examination. Should the bill pass it is estimated th: some 6,000 employes will be protecte +e+ WILson: He Represented a Pennsylvania Dis- trict In Congress During the War. Ex-Judge Stephen W. Wilson died at his home at Wellsboro’, Pa.. Wednesday morn- ing of kidney disease ,in the seventy-sixth STEPHEN W. DEATH. year of his age. was elected to the state senate in and to Congress in 1864 and IS66. He was additional law - of the district from 1S71 to 1882, and in ISS4 and 18S was an associate justice of the United States court in New Mexico. ——- -+e-— Military Cadets. Cadet appointments to the Milit: Acad- emy have been issued to Joyn E. Breth of Altoona, Pa.; John R. Boyle, Philadelphia, Pa.; Emil Beyer, Brooklyn, N. ¥ »~ Ww. Cochen of Brooklyn (alternate Jewett of Buffalo, N. Y., of Dayton, N. Y¥., J. Henry Stanard of Flor- ence, S. C., G. R. Spalding of Monroe, Mich., R. Harrell (alternate) of Valdos- ta, Ga., W. D. McNeil of Waycross, G G. W. Duvall of Cheraw. S. C., Baxtor S. Moore (alternate) of Chester, S.C. W. 1. Boswell of Penfield, Ga.. Wm. Clarke (a ternate) of Madison, Ga., F. F. Dunbar of New Orleans, La., C. H. Knight of Gaincs- ville, Fla ++ More Treasury App Additional applications for places uuder the Treasury Department have been filed as follows: Z. Bridwell of Atlanta, Ga., to be sur- veyor of customs at Atlanta, Ga. I. W. Falls of New Orleans, La., to be | Baum, Mr. KE. J. Stellwagen. Mr surveyor of custcms at that port. H. M. Glen of Albany, N. Y., to be as- sistant appraiser at New Yerk city. A. C. Tufts of Sacramento, Cal., to be examiner of drugs at San Francisco. F. L. Krieder of Philadelphia, Pa., to be} Will probably go to Germany examiner of drugs at that port. G. 8. Nichols ef La Crosse, Wis., to be ane? of steam vessels at St. Paul, inn. ——— Army Promotions, The following named officers have been ordered to examination for promotion: Printers’ In& (fhe {itffe seBoof: master of adverfising), saps Jt 16 cfa:m2d for the Wasting‘on Stor, and profabfp frufStuffp cfaim2d, 1Baf no offer newspaper tn fhe counfrp gorse info 69 farge @ percenfag: of aff 6: Bosses | t:ffin a radius of fwentp mifrs from f§e office of pubficafion. ATLANTIC CITY IN SPRING Altogether Different From What It is in Summer. Throng of Wealth an Leisure, Who See 1 at fin Best. oT cCUrY ATLANTI Mareh 31, 1807. The visitor who knows Atlantic City only in the hot and sultry days of summer, when the perspiring throngs hurry to bath houses to don the whieh they n splash and frolic ss ves, has seen but one side of this re if the truth must be told, its lea tive one. The summer hoy and the summer girl will decry this assertion as untrue, and flout the idea of Atl 1 worth the | trouble of living in except when the surf is | tepid and the crowds suffeca To the ! one who enjoys iife in its real purposes At- sin their term “bos } high-sc t side ings be te.” Iu the pr attemyp miserable f to call it th as they « majori it remains the { might New York favor,legislate the and expect the name Atlantle City to of st planade cul its rorted anil expert the masses | it is the board walk » one fam | iliar with ard walk in summer, with its countle owd surg up and down and twining tn 4 compo- te picture of the at once comple w | however, n of the shuffl bicyclists + on the bes bat nothing summer like The & The rolling chair and the well and the coméortal, ‘ or forty cents ar great easy chair on sm » running wheels, with a profusion of furs and wra muscular darkey to and a yut- fit, and there is a jon of them moving from after | breakfast ull a looks funny jat first to babbiing over with health and tolling back in one of these cha - a helyy in- valtd and being wi “3 you soon see th it is the af- ter and cease you first regarded as try it yourself s y luxurion is. It has b fad to ap rolling chair par nm the {board walk two, . but the elty council a regu lation prov! pushed in. str away with riding, a1 wheeled will either h ‘ occupy th ich t needless to Say, would have y dvantages—in daylight The Spring Girl. There is another dellchtful attraction on the board walk, and that is the spring girl She is different from the summer girl She walks well; carries hers es well and is well bred, f well, asa dre sures. She doesn’t seem to everything within her line of vision, either animate or inanimate, is insufferable. She take a natural interest in what she and talks naturally about it man with her, for <he usuatly ch an article ai her side, is w il well groomed. It i pleasant such people and to chre & existence The crowd herr han ever be- fore at this seasc better class of hotels are well filled There is plenty of amusement here for the well and the sick alike. At all the first- class hotels there are excellent orchestras that give morni: afternod 1 ning: concerts. The Sparish Troub sare at the Rudolphe and play their characteristic airs in national cost Schotc Rus- sian orchestra {s the ling attraction at the Casino, whic! e ng place for the swell set. ar ris every morning from 11 to 1: on ¥, Tues- day, Thursday and Friday evenings, and dancing Wednesitay from 8:30 to 11 and lock. leys and pool billiard patronized by h sexes. Tonight there will be an Ltalian opera concert at the Academy of Music, where an act of “Cavalleria Rusticana” will be given in cestume with full stage effects. For those whose tastes tend toward such things there are progressive euchre par- tles and drive whist parties and poker, and there are cake walks at which the of the various hotels array them all their gayness and strat gracefully the strains of the “Horeymoon March.” On the beard walk Monday { saw Isai Saks and Mrs. Saks, Mr. and Mrs, Char H. ¢ and Mrs : employes Ives in to Burch, Mr. Ralph Jefferson, Dr. Henry Miller and Mrs. John Ingersoll. terday among the promenaders were An- drew Saks, Charlemagne Tower, the new stria; Andrew D. White. and minister to A Dr. Mrs. Samuel H. Greene. SS Cavalry Drill Exam! Lieut. Col. Jecob Kline, %h Infantry; Major Tully McCrea, Sth Artillery, and Capt. A. P. Blocksom, 6th Cavairy, have teen ordered te procced to Fort Ethan Allen, Vermont, for the »urpose of exam- ining a nuraber of non-commissioned offi- First Lieutenant Daniel L. Howell, 7th | cers in cavalry drill regulations, at the con- Infantry; Second Lieutenants Joseph C. Fox, 13th Infantry; Vérnon A. Caldwell, 2th Infantry; Edmund L. Butts, 21st In- fantry; Henry J. Hunt, 15th Infantry; Jules G. Ord, 18th Infantry; Albert D. Niskern, clusion of which they will return to their regular station: + ee Samples to Go by Mail. The international bureau of the Universal 20th Infantry,; Truman O. Murphy, 19th | Postal Union at Berne, Switzerland, has Infantry; Francis H. Schoeffel, 9th Infan- try; William H. Bertsch, 15th Infantry; / John R. Seyburn, 24th Infantry; Ross L. Bush, 15th Infantry; Charles Miller, 11th Infantry. So Found Dead With a Bloody Face. Frankie Davidson, aged thirty years, was found. dead in the room of a hotel in In- dianapolis, where she was employed, Wed- officially announced that “samples” of ar- ticles composed of glass or other fragile substances are admissible to the mails ex- changed between the French colonies of Diego Suarez and Saint Pierre and Mique- lon, and the other countries of the Univer- sal Postal Union. —_——_——_- 2+ ____ Panished His Grandson. President Kruger of the Transvaal, it is resday. By her side wae found Robert E.| aznounced from Pretoria, has suspended Newby, her reputed husband, who was un- conscious. Th his grandson, Eloff, from office for making ie woman's face was covered | a speech in which he insulted Queen Vic- with blood. The coroner says that she may | toria and Great Britain. The president in elther have been suffocated or have been asphyxiated. the press expresses his sincere regret at Eloff's “irresponsible reference.” s