Evening Star Newspaper, May 26, 1897, Page 1

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Sub- scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should wail subscriptions must be paid in advance. tes of advertising made kno: as second-class mail matter.) oral R er an application. No. 13,801. WASHINGTON, D. C.. WEDNESDAY, MAY 26, 1897—FOURTEEN PAGES. give the last address as well as the rew one. TWO CENTS. GATHERING OF DOCTCRS A MISSING PASTOR Rev. A. G. Harrison Has Deserted His Church. COMPLICATED MONEY TRANSACTIONS count of an encounter between the troops and the insurgents in the’ “pecified” dis- trict of Pinar del Rio. It says that 120 Spanish soldiers dislodged 90 insurgents. The prefecture, composed of eight bohios, was destroyed by the troops and two “car- retas” filled with families were captured. The names of the families are given, but later on only two prisoners are named. This means that the others, women and children among them, were’ killed. Other illustrations of the ‘way the wer is being carried on out in the country appear. There is the report of a fire at Consgolacion, supposed to have been “purely casual,” in which all the bohios, or huts, were burned, and 464 reconcentrados left shelterless and without food. In the account of a surprise given the insurgents in their stronghold of Bahia-Honda, it is succinctly stated that FOUND IN REPORTS Statements Allowed by the Spanish : Censors at Havana. CONDUCT OF THE WAR INDICATED BEATEN AND BURNED Thomas H, England of Rockville Viciously Assaulted by Robbers. Meet in Philadelphia to Attend Clinical Courses. President McKinley Will Deliver an Address and Papers Will Be Read by Eminent Surgeons. BOUND, GAGGED AND TORTURED Mr. W. L. Bruen Loses to a Con- siderable Extent. Scenes of Misery and Suffering in Guanabacoa’s Streets. PHILADEDPHIA, May 26.—A large num- ber of physicians from many of the west- ern states and territories and from inter- mediate states have already arrived in Philadelphia to take advantage of the clin- Miscreants Thought He Had Large Sums of Money Hid. THE PEOPLE'S TABERNACLE | teal courses which have been oftered at the | HUNGER AND DISEASE | fivistonde, it te suocinetly stated that CITIZENS ARE AROUSED various medical institutions of this_city by telling of the action at Cargre, which was = the Philadelphia physicians who are at- ee ie cabled to the United States as an import- tached to them. From The Star’s Special Correspondent. ant victory for the Spanish troops, it is Rev. A. G. Harrison, a well-known i , Speciar Dispatch to The Evening Star. : e f American D , 1897. Cangas preacher in the southeastern section of the | THC Opening session of the America: HAVANA, Cuba, May 22 stated that Col. a-Arguelles entered Academy of Medicine and the American Medical College Association will be held on Saturday. The meetings will continue on the following Monday, on which day there will also be a meeting of the national con- federation of state medical examining and licensing boards. At this meeting an ad- dress of welcome will be delivered by Dr. A. H. Hulshizer, a member of the Penn- sylvania state board of medical examiners and a response by the vice president of the association, Dr. C. A. L. Reed of Cincinna- ti. We hear the echoes of discussion in the United States whether a state of war exists in Cuba. No one who comes to the“island will doubt after forty-eight hours’ observa- tion that a state of savagery exists which goes under the name of war. People are being starved to death under a well-defined m‘litary policy. The island is being made a desert under the same policy. The full meaning of Gen. Weyler's concentration order is being shown by its results. Another year and perhaps the insurgents will have nothing from which to draw sustenance—neither men, nor food, nor arms. ROCKVILLE, Md., May 26.—A dastardly assault was committed on Mr. Thomas H. England cn the outskirts of this place about 9 o’clock last night. Mr. England resides on a farm within a few hundred yards of the railroad station here. At the hcur named he had gone from his house to a point near the railroad, where are lo- cated a few outbuildings, which still stand near the site of the old England home- stead. Accosted by Several Men. Here he was accosted by several white men, who called him to the railroad, and began asking questions as to directions, as mysteriously disappeared from his former home, No. 766 1ith street southeast, and it is reported by some of those who are im a position to know that he took about $9,000 with him, all of which belongs, It is said, to other parties. A meeting of the church council of the People’s Tabernacle, on 11th street between G and I streets southeast, of which Mr. Harrison has been pastor since its dedica- ticn several weeks ago, has been called for tonight, when an effert wiil be made to as- certain just who are the losers, and to what extent each fs a financial sufferer Madruga with twenty-three dead bodies of insurgents, which were placed “at public Spectacle.” After the public had been suf- ficiently -edified, the bodies were given Christian burial. From Artemise, where the illustrious Col. Alamo is showing a zeal second only to that of his chief, Gen. Suarez Inclan, the bringing in of the body of an insurgent for “exhibition and identifi- cation” is thought worthy to be chronicied. Mr. Calhoun has not seen these things with his own eyes. He can only give hear- Say testimony that this is the way military operations are carried on in the field by the Interesting Papers to Be Read. A number of interesting papers dealing with the subject of medical education and at “valorous and glorious” troops of Spain iv’ through Mr. Harrison's manipulations. iris Raeirnieaic ares ai aoe ¥ ps pain. | distances, ete. While giving answers to There seems to be no doubt that Mr. W.| "itious states wit be dicesccd at ig | 8 the other hand, Gomes and the in-| put since the news la officer moni pub- L. Bruen, who built the Tabernacle, and | V@tious states ante the spokesman of the gang, one of the rumber passed unobserved behind Mr. England and threw a cloth garment over his head. : He was then seized by the entire party, who, after a terrific struggle, securely: bound ard gagged him, and carried him to a shanty in a secluded place a short dis- tance from the railroad. There they in- fermed him they had learned that he had $10,000 secreted on the place, and demanded to be told where it was. Began to Torture Their Victim, Upon being told that there was no such sum cf money cn the place the robbers proceeded to torture their victim by beating him and burning his feet. Failing by this process to extort from Mr. England any confession as to secreted treasure, they left him, still bound and gagged and suf- fering great agony from his injuries. The robbers then begun a search for booty on their own judgment. They dug up the floor of an outbuilding used at times by Mr. England as a lodging place, but, of course, surgent leaders do sustain war in a desert. Another year and they expect Spain’s re- scurces will be exhausted. They do not hepe to depopulate the peninsula, yet they think the provinces will grow weary of supplying men for the certain death which follows a campaign in the country. These young soldiers of Spain, under proper drill, are brave enough, but bravery cannot give them immunity from disease, and it is disease which slays them by hundreds and thousands. For every pacifico murdered and every insurgent killed more than one soldier of Spain meets death by disease. Deportations From Cuba. As to the actual conditions under which the war is carried on Mr. Calhoun had a ckance to learn something for himself this week. It seemed to show that Spain is yet far from the pacific spirit which should animate a country that has pacified a re- bellious colony. There had been dispute a.m. on Tuesday, June 1, the opening meet- ing of the American Medical Association will be held in the Academy of Music, at which addresses of welcome wiil be made by Governor Hastings and Mayor War- Ww and 2 prayer will be made by the Rev. Leverett Bradley. Dr. Nicholas Senn, the president of the association and the surgeon general of the ational Guard of Illinois, will make his address. After the morning meeting the associa- tion will divide itself up into sections,which will be devoted to the consideration of the varicus specialties In medicine. There are twelve of these sections, and all of them have an unusually full and interesting program. On Tuesday évening ther: will be held the annual meeting of the American Medi- ca: Editors’ Association at the Aldine Hotel. On Wednesday an address will be made lished under the saction of the government in the person of the military censor, he may give it credibility in informing the President of the actual conditions on the isiand. who had the most implicit faith in Mr. Harrison's business integrity, is a loser to the extent of at least $7,000, number of other persons with whom Har- rison had business dealings are out to a considerable exter Although admitting that he knew that Harrison had disappeared from the ci and that serious charges had been made gainst_ the M: se to saying anything on the subject affair, preferring, he said, to make statement that he might deem advis- after the meeting of the council to- information Given by Americans. On some other points Mr. Calhoun will hive to depend fer the present on the tes- timony of “meddling Americana,” as Gen. Weyler calls them. His work in the Ruiz inquiry delays his making a personal in- vestigation of reports which are brought tohim. There is a letter from an American citizen telling of seeing the bodies of nine persors, men, women and children, who had Leen macheted by the troops within twenty-five miles of Havana. The writer is given a good character, and later he may hzve a chance to tell of what he has seen. Then there is the account told by a young American of five deaths from starvation in Mr. Bruen’s Discovery. Bruen stated, however, that yester- day morning a telegram reached his office in the church from the Grand Rapids School Furnishing Company of Grand Rap- ids, Mich., in answer to a telegram of in- quiry from him, which conveyed the in- formation to Mr. Bruen that Harrison had | by Austin Flint of New York upon medi- ‘ paid them a bill for the church furni-| cine at the general morning meeting, and *, amounting to $1,000, and that the re-| at 11:30 o'clock the association will be 4 visit’ Sis = ; one family at Punta Brava, a little town | found uothing. They then broke into the ceipt_given by Harrison to Mr. Bruen | visited by the President of the United | whether prisoners of war have been shot . aaa nena £ ee > = a . Y \¢ ‘ ¥. iry an jouse and took a quantity of Which purported to be for the money paid | States,” who will make a brief address. |in Cabanas and at - | fifteen miles cut of the city. I can the | S#iry and hen in leeideten of the bill was a fraud. After his visit the association will adjourn ‘d at Matanzas since Mr. Cai butter and eggs. . mcre readily credit this because a Spanish officer in an adjoining district told me the otber day that in the local physician's re- pert he had noticed three deaths set down as due to “lack of aliment.” ‘These are merely. individual cases, which one is apt to remember when Minister de Lome com# piains that the starvation and suffering among the non-combatants in Cuba is greatly ex: ggerated, or that the stories of atrocities are unfounded, and the afternoon will be devoted to scien- tific business on sections. Program for Thursday. On Thursday, June 3, an address on surgery will be given by Dr. W. W. Keen of the Jefferson Medical College in the mornirg, and anniversary exercises com- memcrating the fiftieth anniversary will be carried out, during which there will be an address by the founder of the asso- ciation, Dr. N.S. Davis of Chicago. On Friday there will be an address on hygiene by Dr. John B. Hamilton, formerly surgeon general of the United States ma- rine hospital service, and the election of officers for the ensuing year, the meeting ending after the transaction of scientific business in the sections during the after- n. houn’s arrival, but concerning something else there was no dispute. This was the marching through the streets of Havana of a squad of “deportados” to be embark- ed on ship for the peninsula, there to be transshipped to the penal settlement of Ceuta, off the north coast of Africa. It was a shock to realize that what would be called political offenses in the United States are punished by Spain with im- prisonment among murderers, thieves and criminals of all degrees. Here is the official list of the “deport- udos"” who were embarked for the convict settlement of Ceuta on the vessel Alfonso XIU, in the year of our Lord 1897, month of May, 20th day: “Crime of rebellion: “Jose Delgado Gonzalez or Guillermo Coll, a cadena perpetua—‘chuins for life.’ “Jose Ramos Cendobo, Jose Dolares Noa, Donato Pena Rojas, Jose Vila Bestod,Qui: tin de la Cruz Nico, Juan Pablo Paroda, Jose Guerra y Guerra, Jose Ascuy Miranda, Rainon Olivia Lianes—life exile. “Andres Ramos Pereira, Americo Mor- quedo, Pedro Alemany, Antonio Mer y Alo- mono--twelve years’ exile. “Gregorio Reyes—twenty years’ exile. “Rafael Carbonell Gomez—six years’ im- prisonment with chains. “Eleno Gallo Caballero—sixteen years’ The telegram was opened by Harrison, who, from evidences left behind him, musi have departed from the building hurriedly. Harrison, by reading the telegram, became t Mr. Bruen was investigating his in connection with the build- nd furnishing of the church. rom th Jatter Harrison went to his heme, No. 766 lth street, a few doors from the church, and after staying there a short time he and his wife boarded a street car and started toward the center of the city. About the same time the son and oniy child of the couple, a bey about fourteen years old, rode in the same direction as his Parents on a bicycle, and since that time ncthing has been seen of them by any per- son who knew them in this city. While th proceedings were taking place Mr. Bruen was in Hagerstown, inves- tigating a claim made by Harrison that the large organ which was placed in the church shortly before the dedication was @ present to the church from M. P. Molier & Co. of that town. Mr. Bruen learngd that, so far from the firm having made a donation to the church of the organ, the builders want Mr. Bruen to pay $1,150 for it. Mr. Bruen said today that he had not as yet made up his mind whether to let the organ go back, as the owners are willing for him to exercise his judgment in the matter. If he should decide to keep it, they would not, they said, ask him for the money for eighteen months. It ts reported that Mr. Bruen furnished Harrison with moaey io pay a carpet Dill of some $2,000, but that Harrison did not #0 apply it, and the same thing is said to be the case with consi When the robbers left him Mr. England endeavored to reach his residence by rolling on the ground, but his strength became ex- hausted when about half way between the outhouse and residence. Here he remained until about 6 o'clock this morning, when he was found by one of his sisters in an un- conscious condition, and so much disfigured about the head and face as to be almost unrecognizable. His Injuries May Prove Serious. Dr, Ed@ward Anderson was at once sum- aoned and administered all relief possible. He thinks Mr. England’s injuries may prove of a serious character. Deputy Sheriff Horton G. Thompson €d the scene of the outrage immediately upon hearing of the occurrence, and pro- cured such information as may enable nim to apprehend the perpetrators. Mr. Eng- land 1s a son of the late Maj. Jno. G. Eng- Jand, and a brother of ex-Mayor Jno. Engiand of this place, and of the late Hen- ry C. England, tormerly of the Washing- ton bar. Mr. Thomas England was for a number of years a clerk in the Post Office Depar ment at Washington, snd is reputeu to have laid up a considerable sum of moncy which many people in the community be- eve he keeps secreted somewhere about his home. Assailants Were Strangers, Mr. England says his assailants were all strangers to him, but thinks he would have Awful Results of Herding the People: It is not necessary to go far away from Havana to see the effects of the concentra= tion: order. 5 An idea of it can be had at Guanabacca, which is only five miles away. The first day that the commission. went there to begin the Ruiz inquiry I spent a few hours on the narrow, hilly streets, where the Pacificos, or reconcentrados, have been hud- died. Mr. Calhoun and his companions were told they had arrived too late to wit- ness the distribution of food, which is made in the early morning from the church. One colored woman, who had been too late, was waiting patiently for food that had been promised. On her arms was an infant a year old. Its face wes pinched and the skin was drawn tight- ly over the bones. Smallpox is working greater havoc now —>—__ OPPOSES SALE OF CUBA. Senor Sagasta Expected to Publish a Statement on the Subject. MADRID, May 26.—It is understood that Senor Sagasta, the liberal leader, will soon publish an important political statement, in which he will announce his unalterable opposition to the sale of Cuba, and his un- yielding support of the maintenance of the integrity of Spanish territory. The premier, Senor Canovas del Castillo, denies the existence of a cabinet crisis, and says that he is resolved to remain in office in spite of the abstention of the op- ae a rycen meen to bay | position from taking part in the sessions | imprisonment. among the reconcentrados at Guanabacoa eee Pee ee her is, none 2! hi! were met, bu 0! ie cortes. “ y - met fer mest of which Mr. Iruen has so-called | The | budget committee has reportea| “Luis Alfaro Pita—elght years’ imprison-| than hunger: Having immunity from the | The affair has created great indignation receipts. favorably on the projected loan, with Al-| ment. 5 contagion I was able to visit the infected | and excitement throughout the community, Mr. Off Loss. maden quicksliver ES See and| “Joaquin Toledo Munoz—four years’ im-} quarters, where dirty’ yellow rags hung | and it will rot be well for the miscreants e = has also report favorably on the finan- isonment. out fr th lid hi r ¢ | if they are apprehended before this feelin, Mr. Z. R. Offutt of No. 912 11th street | © da t es . ene oaual uts gave notice o! s southeast, who is a loser to the extent of | senses of the Wares 1 Meet the ex-| “juan Alvarez Chacon—three years’ im- | jig presence. Little food was to be found | SUbsides. 5 $ through Harrison's actions, this after- —— es in the huts in this part of the town, yet the occupants were uncomplaining. They made no show of their misery, but the evidences of their suffering could not be concealed. Matters were a little better now, I was told. It was possible to get some food by going to the church in the morning and waiting their turn. This was not always enough, but it was better than nothing, and they were grateful. noon told a Star reporter that while the church was in course of erection he had a Pumper of financial dealings with Harrison, during which there were occasions when Harrison owed him as much as $0 borrow- ed money. Before, however, the church was dedicated, Harrison paid Mr. Offutt all he owed him. : “Monday morning last, about 10 o'clock,” said Mr. Offutt, “Harrison came to my hhouse and knocked at the door. I was asleep on a couch in the dining room at the time, and did not hear him. He then opened the door, walked to me, shook and awakened me and asked me to lend him $00. I told him I did not have so much money about me and offered him $100, which I had close at hand. “He declined to take this, giving as a Teason that he wanted $400 to pay a bill incurred on account of the church erection, and that if he could not get the whole amount $100 woud be of no service. After some further talk he left. About 1 p.m. he returned and told me at he had succeeded In collecting a bill of $340 which was due him, and said tf I would lend him 360 he could pay the 3100 bill. Without a moment’s hesitancy I punted out $60, which he took and left. This was the last I saw of him. Subsequently been developed that Harri- son had been ma@ing preparations all dur- ing the day for the hasty flight which he 1 his family afterward took. ‘They arried with them only such things as they id pack in three large trunks, leaving GEN. MILES RETURNS TO ATHENS.| ‘The departure of the royal mail is an event in Havana which takes the people to their housetops. The Alfonso XIII is as fine as any Transatlantic liner. As it passed out beyond Morro Castle Thursday even- ing its guns were booming. The people on the housetops were cheering and waving flags. The decks of the vessel were crowd- ed with passengers, who waved and shout- ed salutes in return. Many officers of the army and government officials were voy- aging back to Madrid. And shut up in the hoid below were the deportados, voyaging, most of them, to life imprisonment at Ceuta, for having sought to make Cuba free from Spanish rule. Probably we are all too sensitive to new impressions. This has been going on for two years, and in Havana no one thinks of it except as incident of the struggle. Yet it is hard to forget: “Gonzalez or Guillermo Coll, crime, re- teliion, chains for life.” If we seem to hear the clanking of those chains we may know it is disordered fancy. He is only one of hundreds who have gone before him to Ceuta or to Fernando Po; cthers will follow him. Filtered Through the Reports. As bearing on the question of aczual war Police on the Lookout. Early this morning Inspector Hollin- berger received word from the Rockville authorities that the crime had been com- mitted. The orly information received was that five men had assaulted and robbed a citizen of the county, and the person who transmitted the message could not tell whether the men were white or colored. About noon, however, a second message was received, giving full details of the horrible crime, and stating that tive white men were implicated in it. No descrip- tions of the men were given. As soon as Inspector Hollinberger learned of the af- fair he notified the several police precincts to look out for suspicious white men, and some arrests may follow. Recently the police have made several arrests of strang- ers found about here, especially in the county along the line of the railroad lead- ing toward Rockville. If tramps committed the crime, the police think they have come this way, and possibly spent the night in a box car or on the outskirts of the city. ‘The police on duty in the county are mak- ing a thorough search this afternoon. Any white tramps or suspicious persons whom they may find will be arrested. SHEN EOES: TO RELEASE HOWGATE SURETIES. Will Not Go to Thessaly—Capt. Scriven Will Go, However. CONSTANTINOPLE, May 26.—Gen. Nel- son A. Miles, U. 8. A., who left the United States with the intention of observing the Greek-Turkey war, started yesterday for Athens with his suite. The general has abandoned his proposed trip to Thessaly. Capt. G. P. Scriven, U. S. A., the United States military attache at Rome, whe was recently appointed to fill the post of mili- tary attache at Constantinople as well, leaves this city for Thessaly tomorrow. a MISUSE FAMINE FUND. Hindoo Members of Committee With- hold Aid From Christian Children. LONDON, May 26.—Lord Radstock, sec- retary of the society for the Christian Suc- cor of India, has received a letter from the Rev. J. O. Denning, an American clergy- man at Narsinghptr, relative to the dis- honesty and incompetence of the natives who are administering the famine fund. Mr. Denning says that, owing to the action of the Hindoo members of the local district if penny has He adds that the memters of this com- mittee opposed all relief of children on the Street Scene in Guanabneoa. Some of those who had partly recovered from the smallpox were on the streets, though it ought not to have been so. One girl of fourteen, clad in rags, was begging. An older woman threw a tattered shawi over her head and face to hide what she had been through. In several of the houses it was pocsible to look in the doors and windows and see the sick ones who were getting better. At one place was a woman stretched on a cot who was not suffering from the contagion. In another hut was a child. Both were.sick with fever, the fever that comes from insufficient nourish- ment. { Though good medical attendance has been provided at Guanabacoa, the-disease is not yet under control. It will run its course, and when there are no more victims left Provisions of a Bill Introduced by Senator McMillan. ec for it to feed on will die out, as it’has| senator McMillan introduced a bill in the “© | ground that the only orphanage is Chris- | the reports of military opezations in the : 2 a] iar books behing re and Mr. Harrison's | fin'"and that to help the children would be | field afford some light. ‘The skirmishing is dene in other places where General Wey-| Senate today providing that W: helping the Chris SaaS INTERIOR DEPARTMENT CHANGES. ler’s order has brought together country people, insufficiently fed end 4gnorant of the laws of sanitation and! hygiene, Consular Representatives Reported. I have digressed a little from the war and its prospects. Starvation ‘and disease are incidents of warfare which have their bearing as well as militar} pdrations, and they cannot be overlooked}* tion of military condit: ‘those who, are seeking information may ‘be interested in knowing that the most of the consular representatives in. Havana!are making fe- ports to ‘their. governments which hold out no hope of an early. end to the insurrec- tion. One of these It is stated that not only did Harrison borrow morey from many persons, but that in at least one instance he got a business Tan to indorse notes for a considerable Smount, and that on these he realized a handsome sum. The Minister. Harrison came to Washington from, as he said, Texas about three or four years e@zo. He soon after identified himself with the Central Union Mission, and in a little While became one of its most active and enthusiastic workers. He also accom- panied the gospel wagon in its pilgrimages to various parts of the city, and was ever the front of evangelistic efforts. By these means he obtained the confidence of Mr. Bruen and cthers to such an extent * Mr. Bruen, at his own expense, erect- People’s Tabernacle, at a cost of , and had Harrison chosen pastor. Bruen said that Harrison, in ad- dition to treating him %s he had and as is above told in money, matters, deceived him very much bership of the church. Plicate keys of the church and its various zooms and offices, which he took with him, and this afternoon Mr. Bruen had the old lock: - r S$ taken off and new ones substi. —_——_—_ ; Electric Read for Nicaragaa. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. RICHMOND, Ind., May 26—Isaac wick of this city has formed a pany, with capital of one to build a hundred and fifty tric railroad Moses, Harry C. Moses and Arthur C. Moses, administrators cf the estate of William B. Moses, deteased, and Lebbeus H. Rogers, be released frem all Hability to thé United States by the reason of the execution by Rogers and W. B. Moses of an instrument purporting to be a bond in the penalty of $12,000, bearing date of March, 1878, as sureties for Henry W- Howgate as property and peeniae off- f the signal s, and that the ad- Tulnigifatorn te aeieenet tha oll liability and lien of the judgment entered against said administrators in behalf of the United States on said bond, April Supreme Court of the District of Colum- bia, for $12,000, with interest thereon and costs, and that Rogers ve going cn all around us with apparently little advantage to either the troaps cr the soldiers, except that failure to iill or cap- ture them is evidence that the insurgents are still able to keep up the figating. Mr. Calhoun hears as many <oatradictory re- ports as can be heard in the states during @ political campaign. Both sides know how to manufacture war news. Out of it may be sifted some ‘dea of the real events. From the reports which the military censor permits to be published I have been at pains to gather a few narticulars. Of course, any reverse suffered by the troops would be suppressed. An evidence of Spanish valor is given in the account of the affair at Madruga the | tives, whose country is other day, where the enemy “took flight at | United States in trade, t the appearance of illustrious end valorous} “I have been here since the troops, leaving fifty-three dead. Our loss, | and I can see:no end,: The insurgents one dead.” ‘Phen there are reports of the | probably stronger than before, Spanish columns marching for days and| if they are Getting ar: not finding @ single insurgent. The con- ‘ ‘clusion is that such parts of the country ,must be pacified. Uniformly, where an action is reported a point is made if the Promctions, Reinstatements and Ap- poiutments Announced. The following official changes have been announced by the Department of the In- terior: General land office — Reinstatement: Nicholas J. O'Brien of Wyoming, special agent, $1,200, Promotion: Gilbert E. Foote of New York, clerk, $1,400 from $1,200. Pension, office—Promotions: Moses B. C. Wright of West Virginia, principal exam- iner, $2,000, from clerk 31,800; Adolphus B. Bernett of New York, chief of division, $2,000, from clerk $1,400; Alvah H. Thomp- son of Kansas, clerk $1,800, from $1,600; Arthur T. Skinner of New York and Geo. C. Martin of New York, clerks, $1,800, from $1,400; George Albertson of Iowa and Alex- Lal FALL Fraguan government has @red and fifty thousand E eral plan into operat! SEE OO MOTION TO DISMISS Government Completes Its Testimony in Havemeyer Case, THE COURT ROOM WOMAN'S HORRIBLE DEATH Mrs. Mary Mason Baldwin Commits Suicide by Cremation. Her Mind Was Unbalanced and the "Sad Termination of Her Life At- tributed to That Cause. CROWDED Mrs. Mary Mason Baldwin, who lived at No. 19 I street northeast, succeeded in committing tuicide about 12:30 o'clock to- day, having made three previous attemp:s to end her life during the past two months. She poured the contents of a coal oil lamp over her clothing and set it afire. In a few minutes she was a corpse, her death fol- lowing a terrible struggle. She was in her bed room at the time, and her loud screams attracted several neighbors, who made every effort to save her, but the coal oil blaze was more than could be overcome, although she was still alive when the flames were extinguished. Father Dol: Office. Rev. Father Dolan of St. Aloysius Church was among the first to reach the woman when it became known what she had done, and he administered the last rites of the church just before breath left the body of the unfortunate woman. The room in which the woman destroyed herself is on the second floor, and as soon as she had applied the torch she ran down stairs and out into the yard. Her step- daughter, Miss Baldwin, who was among those in the house at the time, rushcd out of the front door, screaming for help. Sergt. Falvey and Policeman Bean were in the neighborhood, and they ran to the house in response to the cries of the step- daughter. When they reached the yard, Mrs. Baldwin was lying on the ground, and her clothes were ‘still burning. Several buckets of water were thrown over her, and a blanket was also used. It was im- Possible for the woman to be removed, for Drs. Masterson and Suddardth, who were called, realized that death was near at hand, and that she couid only live long enough to receive the last sacraments. A Woman of Wealth. Mrs. Baldwin was the wife of Caarles Baldwin, who is employed as bookkeeper for Wheatley Bros, lumber dealers. She was considered to be quite wealthy. She owned the house ‘n waich she lived, and, it is said, also owned other property. She was abcut forty years old, and her maiden neme wes Mason. Her parents are ded, but she had relatives who lived on the Benring road. About six months ago her first child was born, but the infant died when but a few Geys old. This was so great a shock to her that she lost her reasoning powers, and at times, when not rational, she talked of suicide, and tricd to commut the de Her first attempt was made several weeks ago, when she turned on the gas at full head, with the pipe in her mouth, but she was found before she had succeeded. For a time afterward her condition seemed somewhat improved. Later when her mind became worse, she endeavored to end her life by stabbing herself, and in this at- tempt she was also unsuccessful. Last Sunday she made the third attempt, by sat- uratiug her clothing with oil preparatory to cremating herself, but was detected be- fore she had had time to apply the torch. The Final Attempt. Forty-eight hours afterward—about today—she made the fourth attempt, which proved successful. When it was known that she had been burned to death neighbors and persons on the street flocked to the house and crowded about the premises, all anxious to get a glimpse of the dead woman, but their curi- csity was not satisfied, for the body was wrapped in a blanket and carried in a casket to Cannon & Perry's undertaking establishment, on H street northeast. ‘The dead woman's face was burned be- yond recognition, and her body and legs, it is thought, were almost charred. Her death removes from the neighborhood a woman who was much loved by her neigh- bors, and her sad ending was a severe shock to them. Late in the afternoon Coroner Hammett was notified, and a cer- tificate of deeth in accordance with the facts will be given. Her funeral will prob- ably take place from St. Aloysius Church tomorrow. Mr. Chapman Brought Up From the Jail. MR. JOHNSON ARGUES —t_.—___. The triul of Henry O. Havemeyer, the New York mi:lonaire, who is charged with having in June, 1894, refused to answer a question propounded by Senator Gray's sugar trust investigating committee as to contributions charged to have been made by the American Sugar Refining Company, of which he is president, for national, state and local political campaign purposes, was resumed before Judge Bradley in Criminal Court No. 2 this morning, the attendaace in the little court room being even, larger than on yesterday. Today standing room was at a decided premium, and that, too, although hundreds were refused admission by the court officers. Among those present today were several ladies. Everybody There. The actors in the trial played to a fu® house today. Had admission been chargea and the proceeds turned over to some de- serving charity, a tidy sum might have been netted. Every one who was in the room when the play commenced this morn- ing would have been willing to pay rather than give up his seat, while many were turned away for lack of accommodations inside. H. 0. Havemeyer. From the spectacular point of view a mistake was made in selecting Criminal Court room No. 2 as the theater in which to produce the drama. Room No. 1 is larger, and could have accommodated @ larger audience. It is also filled with the histcric memories of more dramatic trials. It was there that Guiteau was tried, there that Miss Madeline Pollard recited her tale of woe in her suit against Mr. Breckin- ridge, and the sensational trial of Howard Schneider also took place within its walls, But No. 2 will do. It contained a very select gathering this morning. The court officers who were stationed at the doors ex- ercisei a good deal of care and discretion in admitting people who wanted to witness the trial of a man who is probably worth more millions of dollars than any other ™man now within the confines of the Dis- trict of Columbia. Members of the bar were, of course, passed without a word. If the world is at peace when people are not at law, then the general appearance of the court room ——— es AN ABUNDANCE OF SUPPLIES. Official Advices R: rding the Re- Mef of Ameri Cuba. Consul General Lee cabled the State De- partment today from Havana that the amount of supplies he has now on hand there for the relief of American citizens in distress is abundent, and will last for some time. Presumably thig statement applies generally to all the consulates, for the con- sul general has been in consultation with his subordinate consuls on this very mat- ter by direction of the Secretary of State. At .any rate, the department will now pause before moving further in the direc- tion of distribution of relief. Steps were begun yesterday afternoon to hurry forward supplies from this country to Cuba just as soon as General Lee was heard from. General Sullivan, commissary general, had selected one of his most ex- perienced assistants, Captain Davis, who rendered such good service at Memphis in the relief of the flood sufferers, to go to Cuba with the supplies, if necessary, and distribute them, under the general plans of General Lee. The New York commissary depot was to undertake the purchase of the supplies. Then Mr. R. A. Smith, a director in one of the steamship lines plying be- tween New York and Havana, had offer- €a free transportation to Cuba of the sup- plies, and everything was in train to begin to move as soon as word came from Gen- Secretary Searles. today was a portent of the dawn of a new era. Certainly theré must be a very lange number of lawyers in this city, at least, who are out of a job these days. If any- body bad thrown a lump of sugar in the court room it would surely have struck a lawyer or a newspaper man. ‘The active pencil pushers of the press were also out in force. It would seem as though the managing editor of every big daily in this country must ve wired his special correspondent in Washington to send him plenty of “hot stuff” descriptive of the trial. And there were a few artists. During e lull in the trial today District Attorney Davis amused himself by com- paring his various likenesses in several of Now, however, the department will wait until General Lee notifies it that there is further need = relief before putting its ion. —— ++ & ___ ALASKAN BOUNDARY TREATY. Condition Attached by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. rae Eke te é 8 i i i in Hee Hi fet? Th # | oes H tl