Evening Star Newspaper, June 7, 1897, Page 1

—S——_ — — THE EVENING STAR, FURLISURD DAILY KACEET sUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1101 Penneyivenia Avense, Cor, 11th Bt, by Few York Cee, 49 Putter Building. The Evening Star te served to subscribers ta the city by carriers, o thelr owa account, at 10 cents bet work, of 44 ceuts per month. ¢ at the counter 2 conte each. By mail—anywhere tm the United States or Canada postage prepaid 50 cents satin lay Quintupie Sheet Star, $1 per year, with mail matter.) ‘#il subseriptions must be paid in advance, of advertising mae known on application. Rat Che Lvening Star. No. 13,811. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JUNE 7, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. ‘TWO CENTS. Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. I you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody: worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. TO UNIFY ALL FORCES ed Object of Silver Republican Confer- ence About to Meet in Chicago. NATIONAL ORGANIZATION 10 FORM Will Act as Moderator Between Other Silver Forces. TO FIGHT HANNA IN OHIO eee Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. CHICAGO, Ii., June 7.—The silver repub- leans are assembling here for their con- ference tomorrow. A considerable number arrived last night and were in con$ultation with Chairman Towne, ex-Senator DuBois, Serator Pettigrew and Representatives Hartman and Jones. The headquarters of the committee are at the Leland Hotel. The meeting is technically one of the provisional national committee of the ¢il- ver republican party for the purpose of effecting a thorough organization of the party, and the call was for one represen- tative from each state. Notice has been Feceived that more than thirty states will he represented, and over a hundred repre- sentatives will be present at tomorrow's meeting. It is In no sense a national convention, but the conference is one of great political importance in its bearing upon the course of the silver forces in the future. The union between the various elements that made up the silver forces of last year, @emocrats, populists, silver republicans and the so-called silver party, was but loosely drawn, and the organization was not such as to be effective. Since then these ele- ments have been drifting along together, in some respects more in harmony than dur- Ing the late campaign, but not drawn to- gether by any definite plan of action. Object of the Conference. The object of the silver republicans {fs to take steps which will lead to unity of action and establish an organization that will lead to effective work. Their avowed object is unity and intelligent co-operation, and their intention is to devote themselves to the task of establishing complete har- of action between the democrats, and themselves. first step toward this Is te perfect their own national organization, so that their forces can be directed in a manner to co-operate with all other elements of the si aggregation. They propose to establish a permanent national committee, state and county committe and an or- ganization even down to election districts and precincts, and to secure the enroll- ment of silver republicans in clubs. Their ebject Is to gather in a body those silver men who are, or have been, republicans and who are devoted to the silver cause, without being willing to join either the democratic or the populist party, and then so to direct their efforts as to make their work as effective as if all the silver forces were enrolled in one party. Chairman Towne says that the organization of sil- ver republicans in those states most im- portant to the contest they are making has been progressing very rapidly, espe- cially in Ohio, where a fight is to occur this cemirg fall. The importance of the movement, whether lovked upon with friendly or unfriendly eyes will be seen in connection with the Ohio senatorial fight. which fs the c t hand. Will Fight Hanna in Ohio. The silver republicans are organizing in Obic to help the democrats defeat Mr. Hanna and elect a democrat to the Senate from Ohio. The mony st : to make a fight at every point rig through until after the presidential election, four years hence, = on the candidate of one element or r of the silver combination in cach to prevent a division of the sth. Th nt the silver can- didates everywhere, whether for the leg- for Con; , to he candidates of the allied silver ommon s. They hope to carry this principle fight for every United States sen- r where is chance of a siiver man being ele into the congres- sicnal fight a xt fall. By this they 3 an increase in mber of silver men in the United States Senate d to capture House of Representatives. Will Act the Role of Moderator. Apparently the silver republicans design to use thelr influence and power asa sort of moderator between the various elements. Their plaa evidently ts to urge harmony and to compel it where necessary If they can. Their plan seers to be to place them- selves into such a position through the Strength of their organization that they «an say to both the democrats and the populists that they do not intend to fuse with one against the other, but will fuse with both, and to insist that the stlver forces be kept together. They disavow ny intention of independent action, ex- t to the extent of maintaining ‘their nm organization, and “in the name of the e which they represent to throw the t of their disapproval upon any fac- tion In either party which refuses to har- monize and endeavors to create discord. Their avowed object ts to co-operate with the silver men everywhere and to help ewery stlver candidate by whatever ele- ment put ferward, and to exert their in- fluence as far as possible to prevent stl- ver candidates of different elements being put up against each other to divide the strength. At the meeting tomorrow Mr. Towne will deliver an address to the conference, and the several committees will be appointed. the next ———_. ROASTED BY SPANIARDS. Shocking Brutality to Priests Sap- posed to Sympathize With Rebels. VANCOUVER, B. C., June 7.—The officers of the steamer Hupeb, which has just ar- rived from the crient, state that when in Phillppine Islands on their last trip it was learned that the Spanish government had captured twenty-five Roman Catholic priests, supposed to be in sympathy wi the rebels, and had roasted them.” ™ 2 —_s—___ BUSHNELL COMMENDS THE TROOPS. Says the Urbana Company Did Its Duty—Feeling Against Leonard. CINCINNATI, Obio, June 7.—Governor Bushnell in a letter to the Commercial Tribune says: “The members of the Na- tional Guard at Urbana did their duty and are entitled to the support of the state. lamentable as the results were their ef- forts were to maintain the majesty of the law, and they should be upheld by all the people.” Adjutant General Axline says: “A care- ful examination of Urbena fails to show & of cou: pen rageous and ohe- when the public is full possession ‘of all the facts 1 = plications that surrounded that service the unwarranted criticisms that have gone out to the world will be sp2edily correct- General Axline spent Sunday in Urbana, and while there called on Mrs. Leonard and assured her that Captain Leonard would be protected. There Is no feeling against the members of Company D, the people generally believing that they only obeyed orders, but Captain Leonard has been severely censured for giving the or- ders to fire on the mob, and it was well for nim that he was out of town while the indignation againts him was 1t its height. —_>—_—_. MME. BARRIOS TO RETURN. Will Share Honors With Her Husband in Gautemala. SAN FRANCISCO, June 7—Mme. Bar- rios, who is at present staying at San Rafael, will soon return to her home in Gvatemala, to share the honors and labors of the dictatorship with her husband. She is at present suffering from a severe at- tack of nervous prostration. Her husband’s assumption of the position was not unex- pected to her. The change, she said, would have no particular effect on conditions, eithef in Guatemala or in the Central American republic, as Barrios had been, to all intents and purposes, dictator for some time. Ss WILL MAKE TEST CASE. Gov. Clough of Minnesota Refuses to Answer n Subpoena. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 7.—Attor- ney General Childs and the district bench have agreed on a procedure to determine whether the grand jury has the power to summon the governor of the state before it by subpoena. Gov. Clough having re- fused to obey .the summons, an attach- ment is to sue and the governor be placed under nominal arrest. Habeas corpus pro- ceediggs will then bring the case directly before the Supreme Court. The grand jury is anxious to secure the state examiner's reports to the governor on the failed banks. The governor's announced reason for de- clining to surrender them is that the jury should have asked for them instead of re- serting te legal process. There is a fine ecnstitutional point involved in the con- troversy. ——— BNTERTAINED IN CHICAGO. Delegates to the Postal Congress Reach the Windy City. CHICAGO, June 7.—A special train on the Chicago and Alton, consisting of nine Pull- man cars, two dining cars and an observa- tion car, arrived here this morning at 7:30 with the delegates to the universal postal congress, their wives and friends, in all about 200 people. * Mayor Harrison in a brief speech, welcomed the delegation which was responded to by E. Rosewater of Omaha and Spencer Walpole. The delegates then entered car- riages and were driven over the city, end- ing up at Jackson Park for luncheon and entertainment during the afterhoor. They will leave at 8:30 tonight for Niagara Falls and Buffalo, making short stops at Albany, Syracuse and Rochester on their way from the falls to Boston. From there the dele- gation will go to Atlantic City, N. J., and Philadelphia, thence to Washington. eS JESSE GRANTS EXPEDITION, Has a Concession From Mexico to Explore Mineral Islands. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June ‘The schooner Emma and Louisa sailed for Gueymas, Mexico, a few days ago, laden with lumber. Beyond this commonplace trading purpose, however, is an exploring expedition, of which Jesse D. Grant of San Diego, son of the late Gen. Grant, is the backer. Some months ago Grant obtained a con- cession from the Mexican government to explore all the islands of the Gulf of Cali- fornia lying north of the 29th degree of latitude, he to have all the guano and min- erals discovered, the Mexican government to receive 10 per cent of pee ccreae The 20th degree divides Tiburon Island, which fs inhabited by the man-eating tribe of Ceris Indians, and it is proposed to prospect the northern half for minerals. Angel de ja Guaradia, the largest island, is entirely within the Grant concession. It is believed the island is rich in minerals, although it has never been thoroughly ex- plored. ——— COREAN PRINCE ARRIVES. He Will Take a Three-Year Course in Some Eastern School, SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., June ¢.—Prince Eui Wha, who will probably succeed to the threne of Corea un the death of his father, the reigning king, arrived .here yesterd2y on the steamship Coptic from the Orient. The young man, who is only twenty years old, has come to America to finish his education, and is accompanied by two Coreans of noble birth, Pak Yong Kiu and Sing Sang Koo. The first named, who was charge d’af- faires of the Corean legation at Washing- ton fcr three years, has been commis- sioned by the King of Corea to escort the prince to America and see him comfort- ably established in some eastern institu- tion of learning, where he can take a tiree years’ course in English branches. Prince £ui Wha is not the heir apparent to the Corean throne. He is the second son of the king, but is expected to succeed, since it 1s generally understood that the ‘crown prince {s an imbecile. a - WILL STUDY AMERICAN SCHOOLS. Dr. Wilde of Buencs Ayres University on a World Tour. SAN FRANCISCO, Gal., June 7.—Among the passengers on the steamer Coptic, from the Orient, was Dr. Eduardo Wilde, ex- minister of justice and «x-minister of the interior of the Argentine government. As one of the faculty of the Buenos Ayres University he is now making a tour of the world, studying the systems of education in vegue in all civilized countries. From here he will go east, and will spend some time in Amefica before returning home. ——— A GLEAM OF PROSPERITY. creased Traffic om the Burlington Necessitates Hiring More Men. LINCOLN, Neb., June 7.—Beginning this morning, all the repair men in the Burling- ton railroad machine shops at Havelock, three miles from Lincoln, will be put-on ex- tra time for an indefinite period, Tne change is made necessary to keep the rolling stock in condition, due to increased traffic. —s—— SYMPATHY WITH SPAIN. Duke of Tetuan Announces Attitade of President McKinley. MADRID, June 7.—At yesterday's cabi- net council the minister for foreign “af- feirs, the Duke of Tetuan, read a dispatch from Washingtor., which announced that President McKinley had given assurances of sympathy with SEES Shriners Of to Detroit. CHICAGO, June 7—Nearly five hundred members of the Mystic Shrine’léft for De- trolt over the Grand Trunk today, where they will @ week in in the imper council meeting of Surber Death of am Arctic Explorer. STOCKHOLM, June 7.—Baron’ Dick#on, the arctic explorer, died yesterday at Hio, IN PRISON CAMPS How the Rural Population of Cuba is Herded. SYSTEMATIC MURDER OF A PEOPLE Result of the Concentration Order of General Weyler. THE PESTILENCE OF GUINES ————————_ From The Star's Special Correspondent. HAVANA, Cuba, June 2, 1897. Spain holds the rural population of Cuba as prisoners of war in prison camps. Un- like any other nation which claims to be civilized she does not feed her prisoners of war. . Tris is a plain statement of the gath- ing in of the peaceful country people, the non-combatants, in- concentration settle- ments. If it seems a harsh judgment the facts on which it is based must sneak for themselves. It is not with any purpose of pieturirg more misery that these lines are written. I have been asked whether the conditions were as bad as they have been painted. My conclusion is based on what I have seen, not guing one hundred miles beyend Havana. There is no means of learning the ex- act number of the reconcentradoes. An American consul, who has made a careful study, says it is more than 250,000. He is well informed regarding the interior of the island, and declares that the rural poou- laticn bas always been underestimated. A Spanish officer told me there were morc than 150,000 of “those starving country people.” The best opinion places the num- ber between 180,000 and 200,000. It is months since Weyle:’s order was put in force, but they have =<t all been brought in. The accounts given of the military movements of the troops tell mostly of the destruction of bohios, or palm huts. Where the families are not murdered they are driven in like cattle and herded with the other pacificos. In the daily lists of presentadces, or persons who surrender to the military authorities, those “without arms'’ are the mcst numerous. This usu- ally means women and children. So the recruiting of the reconcentradoes goes steadily on. An Mspection of a settlement of the pa- cificos shows just how they are held as prisoners of war. In not all the places are they hemmed in by ditches and barb-wire fences as at Campo Florido, but th everywhere under military guard. Those who are left of the men cannot B0 out into the country beyond a certain line, und then it is with an escort of soldiers. Usually these are the guerrillas. And it is an even chance between death by starvation and getting back without being murdered. The baclficos are allowed to-beg in the villages or towns whwre they have been concentrat- ed, and in some of the camps the military terrorism has been relaxed. But it is a shadow which is always over them. At Remedios, a little town on the coast in the province of Santa Clara, the local comman- dant would not give the permit for the pa- cificos to go out of the village. That had to come direct from Gen. Weyler. ‘The ul- calde asked it, but the permission was long in coming. I read in one of the govern- ment papers a few days ago that during the month there had been forty deaths from starvation at Remedios. A sugar planter, whose plantation is within two hours of Havana, told me of four pactficos who had risked a permit from the saunici- pal authorities of the viilage und gone into the country. They were overhauled by the guerrillas, who tore up the pass and mur- dered them. These are simply instances. No Regular and Sufficient Rations. I have made diligent inquiry and have not been able to learn of a reconcentrado set- tlement on the fsland where the pacificos are allotted regular and sufficient rations by the military authorities. That is not Gen. Weyler’s policy. They ure turned loose on the villages where they are conséntrated. Often they make twice the pumber of the population in the midst of which they are set down. The ability of any community surrounded by a-desolated country to sup- port this extra burden is easily measured. Where willing, it may do a little, but it cannot feed all the hungry stomachs. In many of the towns local relief is afforded. At Guines, where there were thousands of the pacificos before the plague “swept through, a local subscription enables 600 rations to be distributed daily through the agency of the military commandant. At Santiago Mr. Michaelson, a benevolent German, organized a soup house in direct opposition to the military authorities, who said it was a help to the insurgents. Here for a time even fresh water was lacking. At Sagua, where the number of concentra- does is very large, a feeble attempt is made to issue a half ration once'a day. But at Matanzas and most of the other concentration settlements not even the pre- tense of supplying food to the pacificos is made. Condition of the Cattle. When Weyler’s order was issued the country people were allowed to bring in their cattle. Some of these cattle dil es- cape the “benevolence” of the soldiers and guerrillas. But they too, are prisoners of war. They must graze within the lines. ‘To stray without is slaughter and confisca-. tion. The vegetation is now bare. They have eaten clear down into the soil, und there is little left on which to feed. I have seen small herds of these cattle corraled within the lines, which looked as lean and hungry as the starved pacificos. They are watched carefully, for every drop of ‘the milk of the cows is precious, and to kill for beef would be a sacrilege. However, few of the reconcentradoes can lay claim to the tithe of an ownership in a cow. As a mass their only means.of gaining food is to cig it from the ground. Bince the “relaxation” of the military severity they go out a short distance into AWAITED WITH INTEREST W. J. CALHOUN IS BACK The Coming Discussion in the Senate on the Sugar Schedule, What Members of the Ways and Means Committee Say—Will Fight the Finance Committee's Rates. Members of the ways and means commit- tee in the House are watching with a great deal of interest the approach of the discus- sion upon the sugar schedule of the tariff bill in the Senate. There is considerable speculation ameng them as to the outcome of the vote upon this schedule and opinion is divided. Some think that the duties pro- posed by the Senate committee on finance will be overturned in the Senate with the aid of republican votes. Others, being more skeptical of the powers of the opposition, think that Senator Aldrich will succeed in driving the schedule through as he pre- pared it. Upon one point, however, there is no di- vision of opinion among the members of the House sommittee, as far as can be learned. They are satisfied that the sugar schedule as it now stands will never get through the House. There is an absolutely unalterable intehtion to resist the Sei in this particular and to positively re: concurrence in the finance committee's fig- ures if the Senate adopts them as its own. Inquiry among men.ers of the commit- tee develops the fact that a spirit of com- promise will prevail in regard to the ma- jority of the proposed changes in the bill. There will be no disposition upon the part of the House committee to b= captious in passing upon the bulk of ‘the ulterations. Where good arguments, or reasonable ones ‘an be presented, it is suid that the se will generally be inclined to meet the Senate half way et least. The line will be drawn upon the suger schedule. No spirit of compromise, or even amity, will animate the House, it is said, when it comes to dealing with the Senute’s ideas upon sugar as at present expressed. WIIL Yield in Conference. The opinion is freely voiced that wien the bill gets into conference the Senate will recede from a considerable number of its amendments. There is no question in the minds of many persons familiar with the work on the tariff bill that the Senate committee on finance, or rather the sub- committee, gave less consideration to the preparation of their amefded bill than the House committee devoted to getting up the iil in the first instance. Many of the items in the Senate sc&vdules bear the marks of hasty consideration. Where this is proven to be the case the House will insist upoa its figures. The Senate ccmmittee has already dcem- ed it wise to withdiaw frem one important amendment. That was in the earthenware schedule. Senator Aldrich Bims=cif was forced to admit, upon the floor of the Sen- to retum to the House rates, that the effect of/the Senate com- mittee compound cuties would be diGicult to anticipate, and that there were already complaints from the trade about it. There was talk today of the probability of the Senate receéing from its amend- ment placing a, duty upon tea. It could not be ascertained how much truth there was in the rumor. As @ ter of fact it Was believed that no de%ision had keen reached, but the matter fs ‘under consider- ation. Internal Revenue Taxes. The internal revenue features of the bill are attracting attention and considerable criticism. The proposed increase of the tax on beer will be fought, in the- Senate, but the contest there will not be a cir- cumstance to the fight which will be made upon it in the House. The number of pe- titions that are pouring in give some indi- cations of what may be expected. Tnese petitions are from every section of the country and. are viggrous in their tone of protest against an iricreased beer tax. The proposed increase of two cents a pound internal revenue tax on tobacco will be opposed in the Senate hy republicans. It will also excite opposition. in the Houxe, one of the strongest arguments of the op- position being that It will operate to the advantage of a tobacco trust. This argu- ment comes from republican sources. Sugar Discussion Postponed. Senator Aldrich was not able to leave his rcom today, the change in the weather having caused a setback in his condition. He went for a drive yesterday and it proved bad him, so that his physician forbade him, y going to the Senate. His ab- sence prevented the sugar schedule from being taken up in the Senate this after- neon, and it was thought quite probable that sugar will not come up this week. It is possible that Senator Aldrich may have to gc away for a few days to recover his strength, and the sugar fight cannot com- ™Mence until he comes back. It seemed from the litte progress made teday on the white pine paragraph in the lumber schedule that the Senate may be several days upon this subject slone, and as there are several passdi-over paragraphs gem take nearly all of the week to finish them. —— SUBURBAN MAIL SERVICE. i Extension of the Free Delivery Sys- tem Outside Washington. Superintendent Machen of the free de- livery service proposes’ to take up the question of extending free delivery to sub- urban settlements‘outside of this city and within the District’ of Colgmbia, immedlate- ly after the beginning Bf the next tisval year. The people of Bi twood and ‘Ten- leytown have made ated efforts to have free delivery extended into their sec- tions, but the lack of fands has thus far prevented favorable action being taken upon their requests, The ; appropriations which will be available for free delivery service after J) 1 will not be large, so that but little can be in making such extensions about this but Hmited ex- tensions will be made. ‘The extensions well ‘depen upon Mr. Machen’s investigation gma the conditions of the suburbs. The ant of business now transacted at suburte and other coti- siderations will rmime where exten- sions will be made. Substations or stamp Post Office it has been doing considerable in ding free de- livery to the suburbs ofall’ the large cities interests of ce Be Sent to the Jukile® Celebration. Mr. G. Creighton Webt,.son of Dr. Sew- ard Webb of New York, and Mr. Erskine Special Envoy to Cuba Reached New York This Morning. WOULD NOT DISCUSS KOIZ CASE Lee’s Report Holds Spain Respon- sible for Doctor's Death. TO REACH HERE TOMORROW Special Dispatch to ‘The Evening Star, NEW YORK, June 7.Commissioner Cal- houn ard Secretary Fishback arrived on board the Saratoga this morning. All mem- bers of the party are well and quarantine regulations were waived so far as to per- mit landing, but they will be compelled to remain in New York another twenty-four hours. Mr. Calhoun will reach Washington Tues- day evening. Spain's cabinet situation will make no change in the nature of his report. He has drawn up no formal document, but will report to the President very fully on the actual conditions as he found them in Cuba. The conditions are such that any change in cabinet at Madrid would not alter them. On leaving Havana vague rumors were afloat of Canoves giving up, and Calhoun learned for the first time this morning that the Canovas ministry was still in control. Weyler Parposely Stayed Out of Havana. Weyler apparently stayed away from Havana purposely till after che departure of the American commis: Calhcun tells New York the war is growing in fierceness, and that neither Spaniards nor Cubans can sce the end. He also reiterates what nas been said of the suffering, and says the dev: of the country has been growing wors> He says most of the American citizens who have been relieved by congressional appropriation were naturalized ones, but as that werk is done under Consul Gen. ‘tion he is not familiar with all the dctaiis. Calhoun commends Lee very highly for the way in which he has discharged his duties and the great promptness and vigor with which he has looked after the righis of American citizens. Calhoun makes no statement conecrning the Ruiz case be- yond the intin:aticn that it was difficult to get witnesses who would testify freely. Lee Maintains His Original Position. Notwithstanding Mr. Calhoun's silence I can state positively that Consul Gen. Lee's report maintains his original conten- tion as to the responsibility of the Spanish authorities for Rufz’s death, and does it in vigorous language. Congasto’s repert to Spain will claim Ruiz died from natural causes. Both Lee and Congasto agreed on a report which showed that Ruiz was kept in communica- do for 315 hours. The difference of opinion between the representatives of the two governments regarding responsibility fer Rulz’s death is rot likely to add to the cerdial relations, though the matter is still one for diplomatic adjustment. Lee’s report, together with the civil and military record of the case as conducted by the Spanish authorities, goes :o Washing- ton by today’s mail. Met by John J. McCook. John J. McCook came down the bay ona tug and boarded the ship at quarantine. He had a few minutes’ talk with Mr. Cal- houn. McCook gave us the latest news frem Cuba and Spain. Calhoun expressed no opinion to McCock, beyond saying that he saw no end to the war in sight. CHARLES PEPPER. WILL MAKE NO REPORT. I Lee. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, June 7.—William J. Ca!- goun, who was sent to Cuba as a speciul mmissioner to investigate the circum- tances of the death in prison of Dr. Ruiz, an American citizen, reached this city on his return today. He was accompanie] by George W. Fishback, his secretary, und Charles M. Pepper, 1 Washington news- paper correspondent, who went to. Cuba with the commisstorfer. “At the sessions of the commission,” Mr. Calhoun said, in response to a reporter's questioning, ‘‘we examined several wit- nesses, but when you ask me if they were plentiful, I can only say that they did not run after us and we had to use no forc> to keep them away. They were composed of Spaniards and Cubans.—fhe Spanish wit- nesses, and in fact all of those who tcsti- fied, were so surrounded with safeguards that it was impossible to get ut the naked truth. One person whom we would have liked to hear could not be found. This was Fondsdeviela, who commanded the Spanish in the Guanabacoa territory. He disap- peared and it was impossible to find him. Captain General Weyler «id not put in an appearance at the investigation. We in- spected the jail at Guanabacoa, and when we were there it was suspiciously clean. Arrested February 4. “We learned that Dr. Rutz was arrested on February 4, charged with having some connection in an assault which took place in a railroad train between Guanabacoa and Havana. He was placed in solitary con- finement, or as it is known there, he was incommunicado. “Thirteen days later he was taken out of his cell on account of his mental and physi- cal condition. It was then found that he was suffering from a severe wound on the head, and he died two hours after he had been released from the cell in which the secret of his injury is buried. The ques- tion of the deceased doctor's American cit- izenship was never denied. The autopsy showed that he died from congestion of the brain. His remains are interred at Guana- Mr. Calboun Say Left That to Gen. tailed evidence in the report eral Lee, which is now on its way to Wash- ington. I, myself, will, make no report, and I prefer not to say enything as of the affair until the report is made pub- lic by the proper authorities at Washing- the present condition of affairs in Cuba. He replied: “They are just as I predicted in my re- ports a quarter of a century ago. Spein Will _have to make concessions, the same as England did to her colonies. The Cu- hans must be allowed to make their own laws and have entire control of the ex- penditure of their finance.” CONFERENCE WITH THE PRESIDENT Looking Forward Mr. © The White House will be the center of interest tomorrow, inasmuch as Commis- sioner Calhoun is expected to reach Wash- ington within the next few hours and to almost immediately visit the President, to unfold to him some of the particulars of his trip to Cuba. How soon after the con- ference between the commissioner and the President will there be developments 1s not known. It is not officially suggested that the President will take action immediately upon his return from Nashville. In fact, the best information is that the President witl be in no hurry and that here will be no developments which will reach the pub- lic for some time. The story that Commissioner Calhoun will go to Nashville with the President has beer based pureiy upon conjecture and uper what was considered natural. It :s now officially stated that if the President dees not get a char to talk fully and freely with Commissicner Calhoun t-acr- row he will invite the commissioner to ac- company him fart of the way. if, how- ever, there is time for a satistactory eun- ference tomorrow Mr. Calhoun will not go on the trip. No provisicn has beea image for his making tue trip, and up to today the question of his going has not been con- templated. The President has delayed the appoint- ment of a minister to Spain until aiter he talks with Mr. Calhoua. There is a possibility that a min.s:er will be nominat- ed tomorrow or on the day of the cepar- ture of the President, is is subject to the alte: cs Before bis departure the Presidci pressed with a vast amo’ addition he will want tim Commissioner Caihoun of everything will have to be considered, together with a multitude of thing-. Spain’s Policy to Remain Unchanged. Secretary Sherman has received the fol- lowing cabie message from Minister Tay- lor, at Madrid, in regard to the latest de- velopments in the Spanish mi eral crises: “Queen regi has expressed unqualified approval of present Cuban policy by reap- peinting Canovas ministry unchaazed, as that was the only question really invoived.” ‘1 official communicat.on is considered highly significant. In diplomatic circles it is taken to mean that there is no possi- ity of any improvement in the Cuvan situation so far as the Spanish governn t is concerned. To that extent it will plify the purposes of President McKin! when he learns the exact situation of af- fairs on the island from Mr. Caihoun. — SOLVED THE PROBLEM. Grain to Be Seld and Proceeds Sent to Relicve India, Mr. Lewis Klopsch, publisher of the Christian Herald of New York, which had undertaken to procure cargoes of grain to be sent to the famine sufferers in Ind'a, has notified the Navy Department that the grain on hand will be sold and the money forwarded to India instead, as ihe best and speediest means of relief. Ac- cordingly, the department has abandoned its efforts to secure a steamship at New York to transport the grain to Bombay. Mr. Klopsch writes that the delay in secur- ing the ship was one of the reasons for the change in pian. Then, too, the Indian roads ai Uns time, the wet season, are very difficult of passage, whtie the natives, having been maue to velieve by unscrupu- jous native grain dealers that the A:er- cans have poisoned the wheat that was io be sent to them, retuse to eat any of 10 uncer any circumstances, a LIBRARY FOR THE G. P. 0. Purpose of x Bill Introduced by Sea- ator Hale. Senator Hale introduced a bill in the Senate today similar in terms to a meas- ure reported to the Senate in the Fil first Congress by Senator Evar » providing fer the establishment of a li brary am the government printing office. ‘Phe Lilt car- tes an appropriation cr $0,000 torte pur- pose. ‘ New Fourth-Class Postmasters, The largest list of changes in fourth- Class post offices that iS been made during the present administration was an- ncunced today. Fifiy-cne appointments were made to fill vacancies caused by deaths and resignations and seveniy-two to fill places made vacant by removals caused by the expiration of four years’ service, Among the appointments were the foi- lowing: Marylana: Eldersburg, John Reed; Norrisyille, J. W. Strawbridge; Perry Hau, H. H. Blackistone. Virginia: Basic City, W. 8S. Hunter; Brucetown, W. W. Gieisner; Elliston, R! N. Bennett; Glenfall, J. W. Harvey; Lew- isten, 8. A. Orr; New Market, C. W. Wicks. —————-——____. Personal Mention. Mr. F. C. Stevens, the president of the West End National Bank, leaves today for his home in Attica, N. ¥., where he will remain during the summer, making, however, regular business trips to this city and also taking some pleasure trips with his family. General Wilson, chief of engineers, has gone to West Virginia to inspect the gov- ernment works on the Great Kanawha river. Captain Goethals, corps of engineers, has gone to Chattanooga, Tenn., on public business. Secretary Alger returned here this after- noon from Detroit. He will accompany the President on his visit to Nashville. Hart Brodt left for New York city to- day. Mrs. Donelson Wilcox leaves tonight for Nashville, where she has been detailed by Secretary Gage for duty with the Tennes- see centennial exposition. She wiil be accompanied by her daughter, Miss Wil. cox, and her cousin, Miss Caffrey of Louis- jana. ~ 2 Applications for Pinces, Among the applications filed at the Treas- ury Department today were those of L. P. Cook of Somerville, Masz.; A. R. Smith of Martinsburg, W. Va.; G. F. Grier of Baltimore, Md.; L. E. Dudley of Wash- IN TRAGEDY ENDS Charles E, Barber Attempts Murder and Commits Suicide. SEL ea SSS DOROTHY SQUIRES HIS VICTIM His Own Life Ended by a Shot Through the Head. PARTICULARS OF THE AFFaIR eimai Charles E. Barber, the patent attorney, who has figured so conspicuouriy in police circles during the past few rears, com- mitted suicide this morning by shooting himself through the head. Before he ended his life, however, Barber ettempted to murder Miss Dorothy K. Squires, his former typewriter. He suc- ceefed in inflicting « painful flesh wound in the back of her head. and a slight wound Barber and His Dog “Moscow.” to er hand. She was taken to the hospital by the police in the same wagon in which the dead man’s body was conveyed to the morgue, His body was removed first, the young woman being In a dcctor’s office under treatment for some little time after the assault was committed. This double crime was enacted on 413 street, almost opposite the Metropoiitan Church, which is at the corner af C street. It was exactly ten minutes before 9 o'clock when the affair happened, and so great was the excitement that several hundred persons soon gzthered cn the sidewalk, while wagons blocked the streets. A man; pparently frightened almost to death, Tushed into police headquarters and told of the shooting a few minutes after it took place. “A man has killed himself,” he shouted. “He did it on the street, and he shot a woman, too. If she's dead, I don’t know it, for I'm frightened. I was right near them when it happened.” The Detectives Respond, Several detectives, among them Horne, Weedon, Rhodes and -Gallaher, hurried from the office and were soon on 44% street, where the shooting had occurred. . The body of the patent attorney was lying on the sidewalk, and a smali pool of bicod cn the bricks showed there had been ccreiderable hemorrhage. In the right side of his head, just above the ear, was a big hole where the bullet had entered. The pistol he used had been picked up by a citizen and handed to a policeman. When those in the crowd became aware that the body was that of “Charlie” Bar- ber, as he was familiarly known, they nat- urally supposed that Miss Squires was the young woman invclved, because of her connection with the czse pending before the court. The story of this morning’s tragedy is 2 short one, while the causes which led to it would make vclumes. Miss Squires had been Barber's typewriter, but was no longer acting in that capacity. The two were on friendly terms until a short time ago, when she left his employ, and since she decided to have nothing more to do with him, it is alleged, he had annoyed her beyond endurance, but this merning, when she left her home at No. #27 C street, she was in a happy frame of mind, for she thought that Barber had left the city. This belief she had expressed in a jetter to her attorney, Mr. Campbell Car- rington, which she wrote yesterday. “I have learned he has left the city,” she wrote, “to engage in business elsewhere.” Her letter showed that Miss Squires’ mind was greatly relieved, and so the ap- pearance of Barber this morning was to ber very much of a surprise. She left her beme about fifteen minutes beTore 9 o'clock, to go to the Post building, where she is employed. Barber Confronts Her, Abcut the time she turned into 4% sireet, Barber suddenly appeared almost as if he came from beneath the pavement. He wanted to talk to her, and did so. Al- thovgh she did not want to have anything to say to him, she made the best of her unpleasant situation, and conversed with him as she hastened her footsteps in the directicn of Pennsylvania avenue. Persons who saw them realized that there was not smooth sailing, for the young woman was doing her best to evade Barber, and was straining every nerve to get to the street cars as quickly as possi- ble. When they reached the alley, it is stated, Barber took hold of her, and there was a heated but brief conversation. “Let me alone, I’m going,” she wa» heard to exclaim, and then she made an- other move in the direction of the * ’