Evening Star Newspaper, June 5, 1897, Page 1

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Invariably In advance. Sub- Scribers changing their address from one Post-office to another should No. 13,810. CAUGHT BY TIMBERS James Hamilton Injured by a Falling Shed. THE OCCURRENCE ON MARKET SPACE Structure Used at Boston Variety Store During the Rebuilding. DETAILS OF THE AFFAIR es The shed placed over the pavement in front of the Beston Variety Store, on Mar- ket space, to protect passersby during the reconstruction of that building, fell shortly after 2 o'clock this afternoon with a thun- dering crash, injuring one man, while sev- eral other pedestrians narrowly escaped be- ing caught under the timber. The crasn was heard at a distance of many squares, and in the excitement it was thought the building had collapsed, and the fire depart- ment and the Emergency Hospital ambu- lance were called and were quickly at the scene of the accident. A Warning Noise. ‘There was a warning noise of timber giv- ing way before the shed fell, which al- lowed pedestrians opportunity to escape. The shed fell toward the street, clearing half of the pavement. It happened that there were no carriages in front of the Premises. James Hamilton of 813 G street was struck by the falling timber. The top of his head was cut, his right temple bruised and one leg, it is said, broken. He was taken to the Emergency Hospital. Mrs. Hand of 921 F street northeast was passing at the time, and fainted, although not struck by any of the timber. She was taken. into Saks’ clothing store, and soon recovered. Too Much Weight. The buidling was being repaired yy Frank H. Duehay, and the shed over the pave- ment was put up according to the building regulations, and inspected by Assistant In- Spector B. F. King. During the tearing dcwn of the building a large quantity of cld lumber was piled on the shed, under the weight of which it gave way. Mr. Emmons Smith, the owner of the building, was on hand shortly after the accident, as was Commissioner Wight, the latter making a personal inspection of the conditions under which the accident occur- red. Hamilton's Injuries. The mar Hamilton, who was caught under the wali, was about fifty years of age, and white. He was painfully bruised all over the right side, and had a tad cut that required several stitenes over the fight eye. His right leg was also broken Just below the knee. His right side and leg were badly scratched by failing timbers and bricks. Hamilton says if he had been two steps further away he would not have been caught, and believed that a number of others must have been caught with him, because he noticed quite a crowd around him a second before. A comparton of Hamilton’s, Joe Wait- man, who was standing by his side when the crash came, escaped without the slightest injury. = —__ CONSULS NOMINATED. Several Positions Filled by the Pre: dent Today. The following nominations were sent to the Senate this afternoon: Andrew D. Barlow of Missouri, to be consul general at the City of Mexico. Harold S. Van Buren of New Jersey, to be consul at Nice, France. Carl Bailey Hurst of the District of Co- Iumbia, now consul at Prague, to be con- sul general at Vienra. Henry H. Morgan of Loutsiana, to be consul at Horgen, Switzerland. William W. Canada of Indiana, to be consul at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Lewis A. Pradt of Wisconsin, to be as- sistant attorney general. Stephen J. Weeks cf Nebraska, to be reg- ister of the land office at O'Neill, Neb. Postmasters—Arkansas, |. M. Fore- Man, Texarkana. ¢ » Eugene H. Merriman, East Ha. Indiana, Oliver €. Gorden, Union City; Ira Kidwell, El- Wood; Morris B. Pote, New Harmony; John H. Daugherty, Frankton. Indian territory, Benj. L. Robertson, Pur- cell; Iowa, E. D. Powell, Exira; Michigan, W. W. Colfax, Wyandotte; Eugene S. Up- son, Durand; Missouri, Frank S. Jones, Sarcoxie; Ohio, Jas Barr, Cam- bridge; Tennessee, Geo. W. Farmer, Mar- tm: West Virginia, J. E. Shields, Alderson. War-Lieutenent colonels to be colonels, H. EB. joyves, Cavalry; Guy V. Henry, 3d Cavalry; John IL. Rogers, 24 Artillery. Majors to be lieutenant colonels—-Adna R. Chaff th Cavalry; Michael Mooney, 4th Cavalry; Wm. L. Haskin, Ist Artillery. Captzins to be majors—Wm. C. Forbush, Sth Cavalry; J. A. Augur, 5th Cavalry; James M. Ingalls, Ist Artillery. First lieutenants to be captains—H. J. Goldman, 5th Cavalry; A. C. Macomb, 5th Cavalry; C. L. Best, Ist Artillery; H. Lig- gett, 5th Infantry. Second lieutenants to be first Meutenants —L. J. Fleming, 10th Cavalry; J. J. Horn- breok, 2d Cavalry; Ed. F. McGlachiin, Jr. Sth Artillery; C. C. Clarke 9th Infantry, and_Sergt. L. Munson, 6th Infantry, to be second leutenant. ———+-2+—______ GAGE IS INVESTIGATING. Secretary of Tre 'y Orders Inspec- tors to Look Into Tailors’ Strike. NEW YORK, June 5.—The probing into the grievance= of the East Side tailors by Special Agents Samuel M. Marks, an im- eugration inspector at Ellis Island, and Robert M. Watchorn, formerly chief fac- tory inspector of Pennsylvania, at the in- riigation of Secretary of the Treasury Gage, will be the chief topic of discussion at the meeting of the Contractors’ Asso- elation today. The latter think that the Department in Washington 1s trying to make political capital out of the investi- gation. Chief Factory Inspector Daniel O'Leary came from Albany yesterday, and will, {t ts reported, make a special inquiry for himself. He will probably call this afternoon on the leaders of the strikers and the contractors. The Ellis Island officials sre also expected today. A monster picric is being held by the strikers at Ridgewood Park, Brooklyn, to- Gay. The committee appointed by the Con- tractors’ Association to investigate cases of distress report a large number of cases where relief has been given to persons who Bave money. ees Treasury Applications. Among the applications for offiee filed at it today were those of E. Pettiford of Washington, D. C., New- comb Clark of Ocean Springs, Miss., W. D. the Treasury A NATURALIZATION TREATY One Signed by Mr. Olney With Spain and Its Provisions. Definite Action Expected by the Presi- dent gm Cuba When Mr. Calhoun Returns, When Mr. Gaines of Tennessee asked Mr. Payne in the Honse Thursday how much time was wanted by the republicans before giving consideration to the Cuban ques- tion, Mr. Payne replied that they wanted at least time enovgi for the President to get a report from a special agent sent to Icok into the Cuban affairs. Some time before this,when an effort was made by Mr. Bailey to secure consideration for the Morgan belligerency resolution Mr. Hitt clearly intimated that the Presi- Gent, as soon as he had had time to hear directly through his own agent, would pro- ceed with a policy much more positive and direct than the mere recognition of bel- ligerency. It was upon the plea that the President would act vigorously in the mat- ter that action on the Morgan resolution was prevented. Those who have been look- ed upon as speaking for the administra- tion in Congress have all more or less openly implied that the President could be cepended upon to do something more ef- fective than would be the recognition of the belligerency of the insurgents. Waiting Mr. Calhoun’s Return. In view of this, the return of Mr. Cal- houn is generally expected to be followed by some decisive action. Little doubt is felt in Congress that Mr. Calhoun's report will fully substantiate the reports of our consuls in Cuba and the general view of the situation there as presented in the press. The letters of Mr. Pepper in The Star, written during Mr. Calhoun’s visit, and in the same atmosphere which sur- rounded the President's special commis- sioner, have been read with great interest by men in both houses of Congress. Mr. Pepper is well known to nearly all the leading men in Congress, and all who are acquainted with him know that he is never sensational and is intensely cau- tious in what he writ They therefore feel that Mr. Calhoun’s report will proba- bly disclose substantially what Mr. Pep- per's leiters have shown, and that this re- port, in fulfillment of the indirect promises made, will be followed by vigorous execu- tive action. A Naturalization Treaty. In connection with the statement made a day or two ago that the stumbling block in the way of negotiations between the former administration and the Spanish gov- ernment was the refusal of this govern- ment to include a treaty relating to nat- uralization, it is stated positively that such a treaty was actually negotiated and signed by Mr. Olney and Minister De Lome, end is now in the hands of the State Department, it being regarded as not de- sirable to bring up the question in the Sen- ate at this time. This treaty is said to be an exact dupli- cate of the treaty on the same subject with Mexico, and provides that a subject of Spain, ~zho becomes naturalized as an American citizen, shall sacrifice the right to protection by the United States if he re- turns for a permanent residence in the Spanish dominicn and remains there more then two years after his naturalization. SCHEME. oe GREAT RAILROAD Consolidation Which Will Give a Real ‘Transcontinental System. CHICAGO, June 5.—The Times-Herald says: A transcontinental railroad, from tidewater to tidewater, is the gigantic en- terprise which wes set in motion when $30,000 was paid at Springfield for the in- corporation of a company with a capital stock of $30,000,000. ‘The Baltimore and Ohio, the Wiscensin Central and the Northern Pacific systems figure in the great undertaking. By a con- solidation of these, their branches and con- nections, will be produced the new system, one end of which will touch the Atlantic, the other the Pacific. The headquarters of the system will be located in Chicago. The chief promoter and the man who has carried this gigantic plan to a successful issue ‘s William Allen Butler of Yonkers, N. Y. Associated with re Edward Adams of the Nor.hern Pa ic and F. T. Gates of Mont ir, N. J. Mr. Gates repre- sents the Rockefellers, the Standard Oil Corporation being largely interested in the undertaking. . ——_.__ TO RETrs MINISTER BARRETT. Americans in Siam Petition President McKinley for His Retention. NEW YORK, June 5.—A cablegram from Bangkok to the Associated Press today says that the Americans of Siam have signed an unanimous petition asking Pres- ident McKinley to retain John Barrett as United States minister to Siam. The dis- patch fs signed: Hays, Bennette, committee. ——— MISS CRAV TO MARRY. She is the Danghter of James G. Fair's Alleged Widow. SAN FRANCISCO, June 5.—Miss Mar- garet Craven, daughter of Mrs. Nettie Craven, who claims to have been married to James G. Fair, and is now suing for a share of his vast wealth, is to be married as soon as her mother's suit is settled, or possibly sooner. it is stated that she is engaged to Henry Koehler, jr., of St. Louis, president of the American Brewing Company, and interest- ed in other large corporations. Her for- tune is estimated at over a million. Miss Craven is an actress, and was tormerly a member of the Frawley company. —— Be WINE GROWERS PROTEST. Want the Schedule on Wine Left as im Dingley Bill. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June 5.—A spe- cial meeting of the Wine Growers’ Asso- ciation was held here yesterday for the purpose of taking some action relative to the proposed cut in the Dingley tariff bill on California wines. After hearing the report of President Jacobi,-who wa3 instrumental in framing the clause in the Dingley bill as it passed the Hor a lengthy communication was dispatch to Senator White and a committee appointed to draft protests against the proposed cut, which promptly submitted a resolution and a telegram to be sent to the California representatives ir. Washington. ——.>—_—_ 2 CAPT. SLOCUM HERE. ‘The New Adju' it General of the Dis- trict Militia, Capt. Herbert J. Slocum, 7th Cavalry, having reported in person to the adjutant general of the army, as required by special orders of May 8, 1897, has been ordered to report In person to’the commanding gen- eral of the militia of the District of Colum- bia for duty therewith. a5) ————-2-—____ Mr. Vanderlip in Charge. fin his honor 34 day evening. jue t londay will return here next Wednesday. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has gone to Chicago on private business. The news- dy city will give a WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 5, 1897-TWENTY-EIGHT PAGES. Sive the last address as well as the Tew one. TWO CENTS. HAVE MADE MISTAKES|CALHOuN's CONCLUSIONS| THE SPANISH TROOPS|NEW POST OFFICEIQFFICERS IN HIDING Murat Halstead Urges Caution in Dealing With Cuban Affairs. MR. CALHOUN SHADOWED BY SPIES Criticises the Character of Key West News. BELLIGERENCY RESOLUTION To the Editor of The Evening Star: The friends of the cause of Cuba have made several mistakes that are very se- rious obstacles to the immediate attain- meni vf their freedom and independence. They seem to have been in error when they started the policy of burning the sugar and trampling the tobacco fields and destroying the property of the planters generally. They did it, of course, to cut off the re- sources of the Spaniards, but the eighteen million people on the Spanish peninsula have found men and means to carry on the war, and the Cuban destructiveness has made an impression that Cuba was to be, if the insurgents succeeded, a larger San Domingo, and that the revolt was a negro rebellion. This view has been cultivated with assiduity by the Spaniards. In all their cartoon papers the negroes are repre- sented as monsters brandishing torches. It is a false story, and misleads michievously. It is in the glare and smoke of the burn- ing cane fields that the Spanish policy cf burning villages, which is so frightful and ccerces the peasantry of the island into the famine and pestilence camps, is to some extent obscured, and the immeasurable ter- rors of the Spanish warfare become less odiously manifest. There is no doubt about it that the Cuban cause is a good one; that the grievances of the people of the island are excessive, and, indeed, intolerable. The Cubans must fight it out, and will win; and they ought to have the sympathy ‘and support of the United States according to the obligations and the dignities of the dominant power on this continent. The Cuban cause has, however, been mor- ally damaged by the policy of the torch, and by the literary bureau at Key West, which has been run in exactly the wrong way, to counteract the Spanish official ficti- tious reports, because it is a competition in m:srepresentation. Character of News. The Cubans have distinctly undertaken to beat the Spaniards at their own game of fabricating news, and they have over- dene it. No one now pays any heed to those via Key West dispatches, which cele- brate victories without battles, and con- stantly promulgate the impossible. If the Ciban dispatches had been from the first soberly and severely truthful, the cause of liberty and independence in the island would have been far advanced be- yond the present marks. Such has been the infatuation of the falsifiers that the truth is not believed. There are so maay obvious lies that the facts are in a fog. The Cuban revolutionists have had a wild idea for two years that Senator Mor- gan of Alabama was their greatest and most formidable friend, and engaged in carrying our country with him for them. Now, we respect Senator Mcrgan. More than once of late years he has spoken elo- quently sound and high-toned American doctrine, but in the Cuban matter he has been immoderate, and, therefore, not so in- fluential as he might have been. The belligerency resolution recently forced on and through the Senate was revived and rushed when it should have been pigeonholed. It was a foolish notion that McKinley might be stampeded and driven with whip and spur into war for Cuba against Spain, making enormous sacrifices with nothing in sight as compensation for us except a Cuban government, possibly ery capricious, and an apprehension that we had taken the wrong road. Sugar Industry. The sugar crop of Cuba has been very largely destroyed, and this has taken from the supply of the world nearly one million tons a year, and yet the price of sugar has not increased. Indeed, it has slightly de- clined. Simply, the beet sugar industry has been augmented, and the visible wealth of Cuba, upon which the securities of an independent government would rest, has ceased to appear. This is rather cutting off the resources of Cuba than of Spain. And this beet sugar competition with cane sugar would have to be considered if it should come to pass that we could buy Spanish rights in Cuba, for, say, $100,000,- 000. What should we get for that money? We would get the incomparable soil of Cuba, the precious, priceless forests, the immense mines of iron and quarries of marble, a territory as large as the state of New York, in the tropics; an island with forty good harbors; but the develop- ments would depend, as in California, upon the immigration of Americans and the in- vestment of American capital—in a word, the Americanization of the island; and we have as security for the money put in and the ultimate splendor of Cuban civilization far above and beyond the dreams of the Spaniards, the fact that not one-sixteenth of the area of the island has been highly cultivated. In fifteen-sixteenths of the Jand the soil and the forests are awaiting labor and order with liberty to be con- verted into opulence, This means more than Cuban independ- ence, however. Above all its significance is the annexation of Cuba, and those who win the prize will have warrants for im- mortality. The President’s Search. The belligerency resolution meant, so far as those whose agitation was really re- sponsible for it are concerned: 1. The shadow of a credit for Cuban bond gales. 2. The getting out of privateers. 8. The search of American ships by Spaniards as @ provocation of war. 4. The tumble of our country to the silver basis. This was especially inopportune, as Pres- ident McKinley lost no time in seeking in- formation as to the actual state of the is- land, and it takes one who knows a good deal about the affairs of the island to know how ¢ifficult it is to find the truth. The Policy of President McKinley has been dis- closed to this effect: 1. To appeal to all the representatives of this government of ours on the island for confidential official reports, and the re- sponses came swiftly freighted with the real news. (Now it would be ruinous, not to say murderous, to the consuls if the consular reports were published, and it would put an end at once to the value of their com- munications in the future. Of this delicate and critical and most important considera- tion the Senate did not display a symptom of consciousness.) 2. There is no doubt there are other and various agencies than those known in de- tail by the peblic prone Aer pn Presi- dent, without notoriety—not inviting the tion of the Spaniards or of the jutionists—is obtaining in- side views of Cuban conditions. 3. There’ is one source of information open to the State Department of which lit- newspapers, {tis that which may ke natne newspapers. wi may ered through the business men Sleeste terested in Cul those Cubans Wie believe in neither the Spanish mor: the: governments. . A Cuban’s Views. Here we quote the very words of a Cu- ban of honorable distinction: What the Special Commissioner Will Report as to Cuba. In Doubt as to Recognition, but In- surgents Can Continue the Fight Indefinitely. = It is expected that Special Commissioner Calhoun, who was dispatched from this country to Havana by President McKinley to investigate the Ruiz case and other fea- tures of the Cuban war, will reach New York Monday morning, and will be in Washington within twenty-four hours from that time. It was learned today on unexceptional authority that Mr. Calhoun will make no general report on the result of his visit until after he reaches Wash- ington. It is known, however, in official circles here that Mr. Calhoun will present certain of his conclusions to the President imme- diately after his arrival, possibly in the form of personal talks, perhaps followed later by a more formal written report. In- timations of some of his conclusions have already reached the State Department. In Doubt an to Recogsition. It is known that he has met decided whether the situation in Cuba entitles the insurgents to reccgnition as belligerents cr not, but he gives them credit for abil- ity to keep up their fighting indefinitely. He gives no encouragement to Senor de Lome’s stories of pacification. “He will re- port that he found everybody. expecting intervention in some form. It is known that Mr. Calhoun’s relations with Cagos- to in the Rulz inquiry were amicable. Mr. Calhoun enaeavorea to précure a report in the case upon which both geyernments could agree, but this was found to be im- Possible. The relations between Mr. Cal- tncun and Consul General Lee were per- fectly frank and cordial throughout the fcrmer’s visit. Will Not Advise a Guarantee. Mr. Calhoun will also report that strong Pressure was brought to bear upon him by autonomists to report ii favor of the United States guaranteeing a gome rule Policy, but he reached the conclusten that he could sce nothing in this Proposition for the United States at thie stage. Mr. Calhoun may tdicate that he would have favored such a proposal at an earlier Period, but that the opportunity has now gone by. fs Mr. Calhoun will bring back. considerable data bearing on the atrocities that have been committed and on the manmmer in whlch the war has been condweted en both sides. He has not changed=the opinion formed by him at Matanzas that there is great suffering among the reécongentrados, and it may be that he will Speak emphat- ically to the President in condenjnation of Gen. Weyler’s policy of herding in’camps the Cuban people whom he ‘ts pleazed to term “pacificos.”” These few statements, The. Star. is cred- itably informéd, form an ogine of Mr. Calhoun’s final report to Presjfeut McKin- ley, and it is Improbable that there will be any material variation from them. DECLINES TO RESIGN. Solicitor of the Treasury Reeve Re- fuses the Attorney General's Request. Attorney General McKenna has called for the resignation of Mr. Felix A. Reeve, s0- licitor of the treasury. Although this cf- fice is under the Department of Justice, its duties relate almost wholly to the business of the Treasury Department, Consequently the appointment is usually made on the recommendation of the Secretary of the Treasury. The Attorney General acted for the President in this matter, at the Instance ot Secretary Gage. When Solicitor Reeve asked the Attorney General :why* his resig- nation was desired he referred Him to Sec- retary Gage. It is not known ‘what Secre- taryeGage told him, but, ai any rate, the reasons wére not sufficient for Jugge Reeve, and he declined to accede to-the request for his resignation, The matter has been reported to the President, and it will be for him to act. Although a democrat, Judge Reeve. has at times supported the republican’ ticket, His strength with the administratidh, howev-r, lies in his exceHent war recétd, At the outbreak of the war he raised a regiment in east Tennessee for the support of the Union and rendered valiant gervice, It was on this account that President Harrison re- fused to remove him, in spite of the efforts of Representative Houk and others. ‘The great pressure for office js said to be mainly responsible for the .Attorpey Gen- eral’s action, although it is also stated that Secretary Gage has not been altogether satisfied with the legal services rendered by Judge Reeve. It is reported that if Solici- tor Reeve resigns or is removed he will be succeeded by Mr. O’Connell, a prominent republican lawyer of Fort Dpdge, Iowa. The office is presidential, and pays $4,500 per annum. —_——____-e+_______ MR. SHERMAN NOT RESPONSIBLE. Wide Criticism of a Dispatch That Has Been Misquoted. Secretary Sherman has been severely criticised in various quarters because of his alleged mistake in congratulating Queen Victoria on the celebration of her seventy- ninth birthday, when in fact-she is but seventy-eight years of age. An attempt has -been made to magnify fie alleged error into.a diplomatic incident réquiring ex- Planatory correspondence between the two gcvernments. The fact of the matter is that the venerable Secretary of State is entirely innocent of the charge; as will be seen by @ perusal of the text’of his cable message to Ambassador Hay «May 24, and publishea in The Star of that-date, ms fol- lows: «4 oe To Hay, Ambassador: . ‘The President desires you to comvey to her majesty the sincere congsatulatéions of himself and the American ugon the anniversary of her majesty’, hday. @ignature.) BHEBMAN. The Associated Press carrie( the iliessage in exactly the same words. e superior representative of a syndicate, cluding the New York Sun, jthougkt that the sta: ry had omitted important fact (7) in his dispatch, and He teak the berty of inserting the Wards ‘“seventy- ninth” before “birthday.” Itithus oo anes Seer or ic) ret wa a sar vp a —_-e-+__Li_ Can Play for the Cadets. On the recommendation of Col. Heywood, commandant of marines, “Acting Secretary of the Navy a issued an or- der for the’ Marine Bana cy for the High School Cadets of the on the their x A Glimpse of the Life of Soldiers in Cuba. TRIP THROUGH “PEA COUNTRY The Appearance of the Trocha and How It is Guarded. A TRAIN ACCIDENT Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. GUANAJAY, Pinar del Rio, Cuba, May 30, 1897. This letter will not be about the recon- centradoes. By exercising a@ little cere it is possible to go out from Havana into the country for a day and not see too much misery. You must lay out your route in advance, be sure not to take the wrong branch of the railroad and not to gu too far on the branch you do take, be careful not to turn aside from the main highway after leaving the railroad, and the thing may be done. In this way fresh fields may be seen instead of desolation and a glimpse had of the soldiers and of the trocha. We know, for we have been from Guanajay to Mariel and back. = While Mr. Calhoun and Consul General Lee were working away on the Ruiz case, im company with Secretary Fishback, I took this trip west. When we left Havana the clouds were hanging so low in the east ‘that the tops of the hills were lost in them. The rainy season has pegun, and this meant we should have a chance to know what effect these downpours, which come at irequent intervals during the day, have on the campaigning in the country. The soldiers, as over, were with us. They were in their “blindodo,”” or armored car. A “blindodo” is in reality an armored cruiser, but the name has been given to these armored cars, the use of which makes traveling possible in the pacified provinces of Cuba. The crew today was a merry one. It makes this trip regularly and its mem- bers have grown accustomed to the life, which is easicr than in the field. They sang songs of soldiers’ conquests and told stcries of their experiences, all of which did not relate to hardships. They were having a better time than their comrades on guard at the culverts and bridges along the road, for they were sheltered. We cculd not avoid seeing the watch towers which dotted the flat roofs of the insane asylum buildings, and the sentinels who paced the roofs, while others were scat- tered through the beautiful grounds. A Picture of Prosperity. We had heard of the ingenio of Toledo. It is one of the sugar mills that has es- caped destruction by either insurgents or Spanish troops. Looking across the minia- ture yalleys aud the verdured slopes of the hills, Toledo stood out to our view a picture of prosperity. Green cane fields formed a foreground for it, while groves of royal palms were grouped in the back- grcund. In the hollows were the salvas, or spreading elms, as these trees would be called in the states. There were also the mangoes, their branches drooping under the burden of the ripening fruit. More than all there was the sight of life, men at work in the fields, oxen ploughing, and cattle grazing, all reminders of what Cuba was before war made it a desert. But since we are to see plenty of cultivation today we need not feast our eyes too long on the ingenio of Toledo. At Rincon the station is filled with sol- diers. The stop is a long one, and we have ample time to gee them. Most of these soi- diers are fresh from the fleld and are waiting the train for Havana. Many are fever sick. Though the day is hot, they have blankets drawn around their shoul- ders and are quaking with chills. One has his head bandaged—a machete stroke from an insurgent, besides the fever. Another poor fellow has lain down on the rough stone flagging, with his camp outfit for a pillow, and his blanket spread over him. All show the evidences of rough service. Their straw hats are jamm2d back on their heads, their uniforms are soiled and torn, and most of them have swollen, sock- less feet in ragged shoes. They are all 80 young we wonder if Spain can spare no seasoned veterans for the campaign in her most precious possession. They are dirty, too, and there is not much romanze about them. One lad js typical of many. He could rot have been more than eighteen. He is not among the sick ones, for he carries the full outfit of service in the field, and a heavy load it seems. ‘The belt strapped around him is sagging with the weight of the cartridges and other ammunition. A machete_dangles at his side, while a long knife or dagger is incased in~ his belt. Across his shoulders is swung the blanket and other soldiers’ belonging, a scddier's pack in size. A tin pan and a tin cup com- plete the outfit. This private’s uniform has been patched, and he clearly has a pride in appearances, yet he cannot conceal the bare feet which have worked through the strips of leather that pass for shoes. He is leaning on his rifle when I first see him, apparently entirely lost to his surround- ings. Ten minutes later he is still there in tlie same position and with the same for- gctfulness of what is going on around him. We imagine him thinking of home some- where in Spain, while those at home were thinking of him soldiering in Cupa., After leaving Rincon the journey west- ward toward Pinar del Rio shows a grow- ing roughness in the land. The underbrush is dense on the hillsides, and we get*an idea of the protection it affords the insur- gents in their method of warfare. We are traveling toward tlie section offthe island where tobacco 1s the chief Product, and we see many fields of growing tobacco. Do we not find evidences that the country is. Ppaci- fled? That depends. There is more life, more cultivation, than on the road east of Havana, toward Matanzas, yet the land- Paragraph in the Sundry Oivil Appropriation Bil. Whereabouts of She.iff McLain and Capt. Leonard of Urbana Unknown. SENTIMENT STRONG —— Father of Young Bell Threatens to Shoot Leonard on Sight. If the General Post Office is Moved It ‘Will Delay the Building’s Co pletion. AGAINST THEM One of the most interesting local features of the sundry civil appropriation which be- came a law on receiving the President's ap- Proval yesterday afternoon is that which provides for the transfer of the General Post Office Department to the building de- signed and constructed for the use of the Washington city post office. The same clause also provides for the transfer of the land office, the Indian office and other of- fices under the Interior Department to the general post office building. The Text of the Proviso. The provision in question is as follows: “New post office building, Washington, District “of Columbia—For. electric Ight plant, new post office building, Washington, District of Columbia, wiring of building, engines, dynamos, &c., to be immediately available, $65,000. “The Secretary of the Treasury shall noti- fy the Postmaster General as soon as the Post office building in the city of Washing- ton is completed and ready for occupancy, and thereupon the Post Office Department, including the money order Office and the office of the auditor for the Post Office De- partment, including the records of said of- fice now in the Union building, and the of- fice of the topographer, shall be removed to said post office building, and shall cc- cupy therein, together with the city post office, such rooms and other space as shail be assigned by the Postmaster General, and thereafter said building shall be under the control of the Post Office Department. “AS soon as the present Post Office De- partment building is vacated, as herein provided, the same shall be turned over to, and thereafter be under the control of the Interior Department, to be occupied by the Indian office, general land office, and such other offices or parts of offices or bureaus of the department as the Secretary of ihe Interior shall direct. “For expense of removal of the Post Of- fice Department, including the money order Office, office of the auditor for the Post Of- fice Department and topographer’s oftice, to MILITIA BOYS ALSO DECAMP COLUMBUS, Ohio, June 5.—A special to the Dispatch from Urbana says that Ure dana this morning is a very different place from the Urbana of yesterday. The city has resumed its normal condition, and the scene has changed entirely. Instead of a negro dangling from a tree in the most prominent street corner, the excited popu- lace thronging the sireets, the military and sheriff hiding in the county Jail, the Spectacle is presented of a peaceable com- munity, a fleeing sheriff, a missing captain and a military company making them- selves scarce. Nothing is known of the whereabouts of Sheriff McLain and Captain Leonard. It is the general understanding that the sheriff drove to Springfield, and nobody outside the captain's circle of immediate friends know where he went. It was reported last evening that a mob of 150 was organ- izing to go to Springtield after the sheriff, and such word went to Springfield, having the effect, it is said, of driving the sheriff off to Dayton. He is universally condemn- ed by the people and held responsible for ‘the shooting of citizens by the militia’ The citizens insist that he was altogether too offictous in this matter and should nave re- frained from ordering out the troops. Captain Blamed for Giving Order io Fire. As for the captain, he is condemned for ordering the soldiers to fire, and the boys of the company for firing into a crowd of their fellow-citizens. After their escape the new post office buildin % ©| from the jail the members of the company vided for, ten thousand dollars, or so much | Have not dared show their faces up-street, thereof as may be necessary.” and many of them have left the city. A tivery man took a timid squad of them to Springheld. Their troubles are not over with yet. Some of the wounded claim to know who shot them, and several thrashings are laid up. It is reported that Mr. Bell, the father of Harry Bell, who was killed, threatens to kill Captain Leonard on sight. The son was an unmarried man, aged about twenty years, and a broom maker by occupaiion. Baker, the other man killed, was about thirty-seven years old and married. He was a farmer, being a tenant on a farm north of the city. He leaves a wife and five small children. Trouble Over Mitchell's Body. The body of “Click” Mitchell, the rapist, who was the cause of all the trouble, is an elephant on the hands of the city. Mit- chell’s bedy being unclaimed by relatives was dumped into Undertaker Humphrey's wagon late in the afternoon and driven hurriedly, amid the jeers of the crowd, to his ectablishment under tke suppesition that a Dr. Myers, who proved to be from Springfield, would take it. But upon ar- rival and consultation he decided not to, It developed that he Gid not represent one of the Columbus medical colleges, as suppored, but an embalming school, and he wanted the body for demonstration pur- poses. Accoriingly, the body was secreted for the night, and further efforts made to find sumebody to accept it. It became necessary for the authorities to maintain great secrecy as to the place of cunceal- ment in order to prevent the members from wreaking vengeance on the remains. Threets cf getting thc body and burning it were freely made. Before being removed from the court house yard relic hunters cut the coat off of the dead man. Every button was gone, and even his shoes and stockings were taken off and carried away. The mayor of the city, Mr. C. H. Ganson, the stockman, is well known in Columbus frem his former connecticn with the state fair and board of agriculture. He has offi. ciated as starter for the state ir ra and as judge several seasons. He states that the tragedy of night before last and the lynching were entirely uncalled for. Gov. Bushnell’s Statement. Governor Bushnell was asked by the As- sociated Press what if anything he de- sired to say about the lynching of a negro at the Urbsna jail. He said in effect that a sheriff by the laws of Ohio has power to call on state troops in his county to pro- tect persons and property. he law of Ohio is peculiar in this respec he said. “The sheriff at Urbana called the local company into service. I was at Wooster, word came to me at 11:15 p.m. Thursday of the pending trouble. I was at a ban- quet of the Sons of Veterans. It took the messenger twenty minutes to find me. The word was from Captain Leonard, in com- mand of the Urbana company of state troops at the jail in which the negro was _ imprigoned and whose life was threatened. Captain Leonurd said the sheriff wanted help. I did not look upon the message of Captain Leonard as being from the proper source. The telephone people at Wooster were in bed. They were secured | by 11:46 p.m. I got Sheriff McLain at Ur- bana by telephone. He told me he had forty mer, I told him he ought to be abie to protect the prisoner and property with forty men. I have since learned he had fifty-five men. He said he would do the, best he could, but public sentiment was dead against him. I said he had nothing to de with public sentimeat. His duty was to obey the law. He did not ask for help. 1 left the telephone office at midnight. “The shooting of the Urbana company oc- curred after that conversation. “At 3 a.m. a message came from Sheriff McLain saying this force was inadequate and for me to send help. I immediately tel- ephoned Capt. Bradbury, Company B, 3d Ohio Infantiy, Sprirgfield, to report with his company to Sheriff McLain at Urbana. At the same time I telephoned Sheriff Mc- Lain that Capt. Bradbury would report to Arrival of Capt. Bradbury. “Capt. Bradbury arrived at Urbana at or before 7 a.m. Col. Anthony of the 3d Ohio Infantry, to which are attached the Delay the Completion of the Building. It is sald at the Treasury Deparment that the execution of this provision of law will naturally delay the completion of the building beyond the date fixed for its com- pletion under the original plans contem- Plating its use for altogether different pur- poses. When officially notified of the enacment of the new law the Secretary of the Treasury will open a correspondence with the Postmaster General to learn what changes he desires made in the plan of the building as at present constructed in order to meet the new purposes for which it is to be used. Until the Postmaster General has been heard {rom on this point work on the building will have to be sus- pended, and the date of its ultimate com- pletion will depend altogether upon the extent and character of the es de- sired by the Postmaster General. Although the building was built for the city post office, its occupancy by that office will be entirely subordinated to the pur- Poses of the general post office. Under the original plan the city post office was as- signed the entire basement and mezza- nine floors, but it is probable that in order to make room for the Post Office Depart- ment it will have to give up the mez- zanine floor and confine itself to the base- ment floor. 5, The New Superintendent. Mr. Thomas C. Steward, who has been appointed superintendent of construction of the building, vice Mr. J. W. Kinsey, transferred to duty at Buffalo, as stated exclusively in yesterday’s Star, was at the Treasury Department today arranging to give bond, in order to assume his new duties at once. Mr. Stewart had charge of the work upon the building from the in- ception of the work up to June, 1893, when he was superseded by Mr. Kinsey. He de- clined to be interviewed today in regard to the changes in the building necessitated by the action of Congress. = —+- 2 -_____. Interior Department Changes. The following official changes have been made in the Department of the Interior: Pension Office—Reinstatements: Corydon W. Smith of Indiana, clerk, $1,200; Charles B. Robbins of Indiana, copyist, $900; James D. Vernay of Illinois, watchman, $720. Promotions: Jacob F. Raub of Pennsyl- vania, medical referee, $3,000, from medi- cal examiner, $1,800; Frank A. Warfield of Connecticut, chief of division, $2,000, from assistant chief of division, $1,800; John S. Garrison of Michigan, chief of division, $2,000, from clerk, 31,800; William L. Marsh of Tennessee, principal examiner, $2,000, from assistant chief of division, $1,800; Wm. F. Alden of Vermont, assistant chief of division, $1,800, from special examiner, $1,300; John G. Greenawalt of Indiana and J. Speed Smith of Kentucky, clerks, $1,600, from $1,400; John W. Davis of Tennessee and Ransom G. Ball of New York, clerks, $1,400, from $1,000; John F. Stewart of Kentucky, Edward N. Brown of New York, Felix H. Pipes of West Virginia, Charles Loucks of Illinois, Robert L. Underwood of lilinois and Jeremiah L. Hanen of Ohio, clerks, $1,400, from special examiners, $1,300; Wiliam H. Summers of Ohio and Don Carlos Cameron of Minnesota, clerks, $1,200, from $1,000; James J. Purman of Pennsylvania, Nelson D. Adams of Ver- mont and Miss Jenny Hardy of Wisconsin, clerks, $1,000; from copyists, $900; Charle: F. Hastings of New York, messenger, $840, from assistant messenger, $720; Francis J. McGraw of District of Columbia, assistant messenger, $720, from messenger boy, 3400. Resignation: Patrick H. Devine of New Jersey, stenographer, $1,600, ginia, clerk, $1,400, from $1,000; Wilckens of New York, clerk, $1,000, from copyist, $300. Indian Office—Appointments: pee of Illinois, special 400; Ji N. 8 of T bury of Springfield reported to and talked Henk $1400, trom $1200; Mrs. Aga ‘Cover | with him (the sherif) and was directed by of sin, clerk, $1,200, from $1,000;| him to return to the train, or to Edward C. Finney of Kansas, clerk, field, the Spri Be Hall of Gcorgia, cleric, $20.) "| “rhe inch rred_not more os thirty minutes later, according to the best fea pie