Evening Star Newspaper, June 9, 1897, Page 1

————— THE EVENING STAR. aT PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, aT STAR ae e 101 Avenue, Cor. 11th Bt, The Star Wi Company, 8. H. KAUFPFMANN, Pres’t. Now York Ofice, 40 Potter Building, ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers in the <1 by carriers, on thelr own account or 44 conts week. month. les at the Seamer conte cach. P By ‘mall-anywhere in the mited States or cent Der month, Saturday —— Sheet Star, $1 per year, with foreign tage 1.00. (Butered at the Post fice at Washtngton, D. C., ran i subscriptions nust be paid in advance. mal mi Rates of made known a application. No. 13,813. WASHINGTON, D. O., WEDNESDAY, FUNE 9, 1897—-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. — The regular permanent familf circulation of The Evening Star, is more than double that of any, + other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable. = RUSHING RAW SUGAR|©OMMITTED SUICIDE/ WAS CRAZED BY LOVE An Interesting Interview With Mr. 0. A. Spreckels of ’Frisco. NOT THE SUGAR TRUST MAN An Attempt to Evade Payment of About $16,000,000. HOW TO CHECKMATE IT Mr. C. A. Spreckels of San Francisco, who is not connected with the sugar trust, as are his father and brother, points out in the following interview with a Star re- porter how the sugar trust expects to evade for the next six months the in- creased tariff on raw sugar, and he also suggests a plan by which the scheme of the trust may be defeated. “The purpose of this extra session and of the new tariff measure,” said Mr. Spreck- els, “is to increase the income or revenue of the government. Among other things, the duty on imported raw sugar is in- creased from about $16 per short ton, at present, to about $32 per short ton, under the Dingley bili, and to considerably more under the schedule proposed by Mr. Ald- rich. I presume it 1s generally suppesed by the public that this increased duty on raw sugar will be collected immediately, as soon as the tariff bill becomes a law. So it will in theory, but in practice, or in fa¢ it will not for some time after the act be comes operative. The sugar trust has al- ready provided to evade the increased tax on raw sugar for as long a period as pos- sible. The Trust Rushing in Raw Sugar. “In ordinary times the sugar trust car- ries from 10,000 to 100,000 tons of raw sugar in stock to be worked up into re- fined sugar. That amount of supply on hand is amply sufficient to meet ordinary demands. As soon, however, as it became apparent that a special session of Congress would be convened by the President for the purpose of increasing the revenues of the government by a higher tariff, and as soon as it was known that raw sugar would be an article upon which a higher duty would be levied, the sugar trust proceeded at once to balk the purpose of the special session, so far as it related to itself. It began to rush into this country raw sugar from every country in the world where that com- modity is produced. The ocean has been almost crowded with sails bringing c: goes of raw sugar to our ports, and to there are speeding to this country a fleet of vessels, almost without number, laden with raw sugar, all hoping to reach their desti- nation before the new tariff bill goes into effect. if. “Already, according to Willett & Gray's circular, the sugar trust has in storag¢ ever 616,000 long tons of raw sugar, or nearly 700,000 short tons. It is the opinion of experts that before the new tariff meas- ure goes into effect the sugar trust will bave in stock in its warehouses from SW, «0 to. 1,000,000 short tons of raw sugar. This vast amount of sugar over six months’ supply for the United States. By imperting it before the new tariff bill go into operation the sugar trust saves the amount of the increased duty over the pres- ent rate. As I stated vefore, the increase in the Dingley bill over present rates ou: $16 per short ton, and in the unz- mended Aldrich schedule it was over $ per short ton. Now the sugar trust iy thus anticipating the operation of the new tariff law, to save in customs 5,000,000. ast sum of money will go into the treasury of the sugar <rust, stead of into the treasury of the United States. How to Make the Trust Pay. “You ask if there is any way by which the sugar monoply may be thwarted im thi: gigantic scheme or conspiracy. I reply ‘hat I think there is. That vast amount of raw sugar has been imported to evade tax, which the country needs, and which the people will have to pay to the trust, instead of to the government. The que: tion simply is, how to compel the sugar monopoly to pay to the government the tax which {ic will collect from the people. It is a very simple thing. Mr. Dingley pro- Fesed to collect this tax by providing that all articles imported into the country after April 1 should pay the increased tariff, or ther the rates fixed by the new tariff measure. But there is a simpler way each the sugar trust than that. It ts thi: Let the tariff measure provide that an in- ternal revenue tax of $16, or $18, or $20 i ton be levied on all sugars refined fu is country for the next six months. The ormous stock of raw sugar which the ust has imported will have to be refined Within that period. The deterioration, stor- age and insurance and interest will forbid the holding of it over that time. In this Way the government will get the tax which the sugar trust hopes to collect for its own treasury.”* — DISTRICT IN CONGRESS. ion Embodied in a Bill. Senator McMillan introduced a bill in the nate today providing that whenever a boy is dismissed from the reform school of the Distric ais parents or to otherwise care for himseif, he shall be dismissed on probation merely, until he reaches the age of twenty-one years. The board of trustces of the reform school shall have power to send for him and return him to school whenever in the opinion of a majority of the board it shall be necessary. fi bill is in accordance with sugges- s made by Police Ju¢ge Kimball in a jetter to Senator McMillan yesterday and pubiished in The Star. Against the Anti-Vivisection Bill. Senator Cockrell today presented to the Senate the memorial of the committee on legislation of the Medical Society of the District, protesting against the passage of the anti-vivisection biil. ——_-2-—_____ IN THEIR NEW POSITIONS, Auditors Brown and Andrews Quali- fled Morning. Mr. William W. Brown of Pennsylvania, having been contirmed by the Senate as auditor for the War Department, relieved Mr. T. Stobo Farrow of the duties of that office this morning. Mr. Farrow introduced the officials and employes of the bureau to his sugcessor. Mr. W. E. Andrews, who succeeded Mr. FE. P. Baldwin as auditor for the Treasury Department, qualified in that office this morying. Mr. Baldwin introduced the clerks and employes to his successor and took official leave of them at the same time. ———_-e—_____ Navy Notes. Lieut. Commander W. W. Kimball has been detached from duty in the office of naval intelligence at the Navy Department ard ordered to Baltimore for duty with the T. E. Rodgers and other torpedo boats. Commander J. G. Green has been ordered to command the Puget sound naval station. The appointments of Pay Clerk E. M. Crary at the League Island navy yard and Pay Clerk George A. White on the Rich- mond have been revoked. George H. Marlow Dies From Inhaling Ilu- minating Gas. Great Surprise to His Many Friends— Was From Maryland and Well Liked. The deaths of cardinals always occur in twos. Suicides in Washington almost in- variably follow each other in one, two, three order. The records show that when a person takes his own life in Washington, two others generally follow suit within a week. There have been three suicides in Washington within the last forty-eight hours. Two of them were preceded by murderous assaults on women in the cases of Charles E. Barber and Joseph Ferra! Almost simultaneously with the latter’ tragic death, the body of another man who bad taken his life was found in Room 31, at Mades’ Hotel, southwest corner of Pen. vania avenue and 3d street northwest. The victim was George W. Marlow, a white man thirty-one years old, who was a native of Montgomery county, Maryland, and well known in that state and in this city. He had taken his life by closing the windows of his room, placing a blanket over the door, and turning on the gas. Nothing was found to show the reason why he took his life, but financial troubles and the despondency arising therefrom were probably the cause, as a letter from the dead man’s brother, Howard M. Marlow of Fairland, Md., was found in his pocket. This letter stated that Marlow’s mother would make a loan the dead man had re- quested if he gave proper security for it. George Marlow went to Mades’ Hotel Monday. He looked worried and tired, aud told the clerk he wanted a room where he could have a good rest. He was assigned to room 31, a small but comfortable apart- ment, on the third floor. He did not come downstairs yesterday, and in the evening a porter was sent up to see if he was still in his room. The attendant returned, to the office and reported that the light was burn- ing in 31. The Body Found. This morring at 8:30 o'clock a chamber- maid went to the room and noticed the smell of escaping gas. She hurriedly sum- moned George Orum, a waiter, who entered the apartment. He found Marlow lying undressed in bed and dead. The gas Jet was turned on full force; the windows were closed and a blanket from the bed had been hung over the door, but the tran- som was uncovered, though tightly closed. The alarm was given and Officers Coghill and Hayes were quickly on the scene. Dr. Hickling was also summoned. He found Marlow’s body was still warm and was of the opinion that {f the man had been dis- covered half an hour sooner his life might have been saved. All efforts at resusci- tation, however, proved fruitless. On the table in the room were a pint bottle con- taining a small amount of whisky and a large pocket knife. The letter above men- tioned was found in his pocket, as well as a letter of introduction from Daniel O'Dris- coll, and $25, and a package of papers. Marlow had been canvassing for the firm of J. B. Myers & Co., dealers in starch, soap and sundries, and was at one time employed by Hill & Co., the dealers in agricultural suppiies on Louisiana avenue. A number of cards of the Secret Service Law and Collection Company, located in the Webster Law building, were also found in the room. It is thought that Marlow, who had been drinking, went to the hotel to recover from his despondency and began to brood over his circumstances. The presence of the knife on the table indicated that he first contemplated death by that means, but that he afterward concluded to take the less painful agency of the gas. The coroner, who was notified immedi- ately after the discovery of the suicide, sit-d the scene and the body was re- moved to the morgue. Surprixe at the Decd. The news of the rash act spread rapidly and Marlow’s friends, who were numerous, were shocked at it. The general opinion was that he was the last man in the world who would have been suspected ¢@f such a thing. He had been a man of genial na- ture, full of fun and even when in straits joked abcut the hard times and tried to hide his own necessities. The general im- pression among those who knew him was that he had grown despondent over his dependency upon others, and that he drank heavily, something he was not at all ad- dicted to, and while drunk had taken his life. Marlow was very happily married and lived in Sligo village with his wife and three children. Mie married a sister of John and Frank Ficler, well known citizens of that vicinity, with whom he was on excellent terms. Hé was an agent of the Secret Service and Col- lection Company, and is highly spoken of by its managers for his honesty and earn- estness. He was also a salesman for J. G. Myers & Co. of Baltimore, dealers in soap and starch, and was zealously attending to an increasing trade. He had made out an application for ap- pointment as a Pullman car conductor April 29, and had placed it in the hands of Mr. Daniel O'Driscoll, the lawyer, who was his warm friend. The application was strongly indorsed, among those who recom- mended him being Mr. O'Driscoll, Senator Wellington, William E. Clark, John Joy Edson, Louis D. Wine, Whitman H. Wii- son, General Allan Rutherford, W. 8. Hoge, Salter and De Lauder and others. Governor Lowndes of Maryland was to have come to Washington this week to see Mr. Nitho- las Main of the Pullman Company in his behalf. He was a tall, good-looking man, slightly bald above the forehead, with blue eyes, and wore a brown mustache. He was epular among his friends and acquaint- arces and had a wide reputation for his ady wit and powers as a raconteur. Ween he did not leave his room yesterday Proprietor Mades sent a. servant up late last night to ascertain if he wanted any- thing. He replied good-naturedly that he needed nothing. Nothing more was seen of him until his body was found this morning, as described. = Possible Motive. The death of Marlow clcses a legal prose- cution which was s‘arted against him Sat- urday. Mr. D. E. Kleps, who has 2 grocery store at New Jersey avenue and R street, swore out a warrant for him for alleged forgery and false pretenses. The deceased, as a drummer, had been given a number of orders for goods by Mr. Kleps, and when he called a week ago Saturday and was given an order he asked that the grocer cash him a check for $60. The check, which was for $00, purported to have been given by Myers & Co. of Baltimore, and as an accommodation the grocer cashed the check for him. One week later he received word that the check was worthless, and then he swore out the warrant. Detective Horne was given the warrant to serve, but he had not heard from the man until he learned of his death this morning. Coroner Hammett has given a certificate of death from suicide, and the dead man’s brother-in-law has taken charge of the body. . ———__. Big Batch of Postmasters. ‘There were 153 appointments of fourth- class postmasters today, which is the num- ber of changes made on Monday, when the record for the present edministration was broken. Fifty of them were appointed to vacancies caused by resignations and deaths, ninety-seven having been removed at the expiration of four years’ service, under the ruling of the department that all places in which the term of service will expire by July 15 are considered as hav- ing expired. This leaves six postmasters that were pres: ly removed for cause, Jacopo Ferarri, an Italian, Attempts Murder, Then Kills Himself. HIS DEATH WAS INSTANTANEOUS Mrs. Chiara Guiliana, His Victim, Was Seriously Wounded. PARTICULARS OF THE AFFAIR Persons who were on their way to office from the northern section of the city this morning were attracted to the fruit store of Cherubino Guiliana, No. 820 14th street, where a horrible tragedy had been enacted, resembling the Barber affair of Monday, and resulting in the serious wounding of Mrs. Chiara Guiliana and the suicide of her intended murderer, Jacopo Ferrari. The story is one of love and jealousy, having its inception in Italy a number of years ago, and its bloody termination this morning was extremely sad, because of the femily associations of the woman. Mrs. Guiliana is not yet thirty years old, and her intended slayer was about four years her junior. As a maid in Italy she was known as Miss Chiara Guiliana, her marriage being to a man whose name was the same as her own, although they were rot related. The Guilianas did not come to this coun- try urtil about six weeks ago, while Fer- rari had crossed the ocean many months before, and lived in Detroit. Could Not Live Without Her. As soon as he learned that the woman he loved had reached this city Detrojt had no longer any attraction for Ferrari, and he followed her here to induce her to leave with him. If ne could not succeed in this he did not want to live. This is what he told acquaintances in the Italian colony here. Six weeks ago Cherubino Guiliana prof- fered to buy Gerome Mazzocchi’s fruit store on 14th street, and some days afterward the bargain was closed and the transfer made. As he expected to keep his fam- ily away from the 14th street house but a short time, he went to live in rooms in a house in Schott’s alley, on Capitol Hill, near 2d and C streets northeast, and just two days after reaching there Jacopo Fer- rari put In appearance. His presence was not destred. The family was apparently a happy_one, and Mrs. Guiliana, it 1s said, gave Ferrari not the slightest encourage- ment. “I'll have her or die,” he is reported to heave told one of his Italian friends, but those at No. 113 Pennsylvania avenue, were he roomed, were unaware of his threat. Ferrari Warned. Cherubino GufHana found Ferrari at the Schott’s alley house, and warned him to re- main away, calling in Sergt. Charles Lom- bardy, to whom he made complaint. The sergeant suggested that he have the man arrested, but Guiliana did not want his family affairs ventilated in court, and so he decided to take no action. Several times the insanely jealovs man was seen about the premises, and several times the wo- man’s husband heard of the threats, but paid no attention to them. man’s crazy,’ he said, “but he woi do any farm.” Finally the transfer of the store was made, and Guiliana, his wife and three v3 were settied in the lith street house. ‘azzocchi and his wife kept two rooms in the dwelling after the transfer wes made, and Mrs. Mazzocchi and her daughter were in the rear room eating breakfast when the tragedy of this morn- ing occurred. After the Guilianas moved to the house on lith street Ferrari stopped in front of the store one evening, but did not remain long, for Mr. Guiliana refused to converse with him, and Mrs. Guiliana was in the heuse with her children. Lurked Behind Trees, Several times he was seen lurking about the strect corners and behind trees. He was then looking for a chance to either take away the wife of the fruit dealer or murder her and himself. A few minutes before 8 o’clock this morn- ing the fruit dealer left his store to go to market, his son, Joe, being left in charge. His wife had gotten out of bed early, as it was her wash day, and she was endvav- oring to finish hanging out her clothes be- fore preparing breakfast, which she was going to have ready for her husband by the time he returned. Her two smaller boys, six and nine years old, respectively, were left in bed in the back room on the third floor. Shortly after the husband left the store, the murderous Italian, who had probably been secreted in the park at the next corner, appeared at the store door, where he met the son Joe, aged about four- teen years, The boy suspected that his mother’s life was in danger and stepped in front of the man, but the latter brushed him aside and ran through the store. Mrs. Mazzocchi and her child were seated at the table, and the man’s coat switched her as he passed through the room. Confronts His Victim, Reaching the long, narrow yard, Ferrari found Mrs. Guiliana hanging the last of the wash on the line. She was in her stocking feet at the time, and had a few garments on a piece of board. She had just picked up a garment and was in the act of raising it to the line above her head when she saw Ferrari, with the pistol in his hand, coming toward her. Her atten- tion had been attracted by the noise of his footsteps in the store and back room. She Was then at his mercy, with nothing at hand which she might have used as a Weapon. What passed between them was in the language of their native country, and that the neighbors could not understand. It was all said in a few seconds, and without giving the woman time to discuss the mai- ter, he pointed the pistol at her and pulled the trigger. When the bullet struck her she screamed and fell to the ground un- conscious. Although no one could see what he did, it is supposed Ferrari then used a knife. ‘Quickly turning, the man pointed the barrel of the weapon toward the left side of his head and pressing it against the hair, just above the ear, he pulled the trigger of the :2-caliber American bull dog weapon and sent the bullet crashing through the skull into his brain. Fell Against the Fence. Death was instantaneous, and the man’s body fell against the fence, then rolled over some boxes in which flowers were growing, and landed on: the brick pave- ment, @ few inches only from where the woman lay unconscious and apparently dying. * Not many persons in the immediate neighborhood seemed to realize that the noise had been caused by pistol shots, and it was some minutes before much of a crowd collected about the premises. Lugi- gi Faint, a cousin of the woman, CS the rear alley with his push cart, and was the first to enter the yard. He See up the wounded woman and carried her in his arms up the narrow stairway to the third floor, where he put her down. Then he rushed out for a doctor. Edward Brown, a workman who was employed on a building in the neighbor- hood, was soon at the scene, and he hur- ried upstairs, where he found the woman lying on the floor with her face in a pool of blood. Just abeve her head, on @ small stand, were the preyer books and other articles, while henging on the wall were the woman's prayeg beads. Children Frantic, ‘The two little boys, frightened almost to death, were still in bed in the next room, but they cculd see thelr mother, where she had been placed on the Led, and their cries for her presented so sad &@ scene that tears were brought to the eyes.of those who had responded to a call for eaasistance. While the. mother was being made as comfortable as possible her = Joe, who was in charge of the store, running first to the room on the third floor and then to the store, begging that somebody would tell him his mother would recover. When Dr. Bahr arrived, in charge of the emergency ambi he administered something to quiet the patient, who had regained consciousness and was calling for her husband’and children. She was suffer- ing intense pain, and cquid not be kept quiet. The doctor was unable to explore the wound to any deptk or properly care for the woman, be2ause of the surround- ings, and he took her tg the hospital as quickly as possible. Scon afterward her husband returned from market, and the sight of the crowd which. had gathered in front of his store gave him notice that something had happened. He soon learned the news and went at once to the hospital to see his wife. In the meanwhile the body of the dead man had been taken to the morgue and the revo.ver turned over to Precinct Detective Sutien. Comments on the Tragedy. Scores of Italians, friends of the Guiliana family, called at the house within an hour after the tragedy had been enacted, but cnly a few of them admitted any acquain- tance with the dead man. Some of them had known him in Italy, where he was a man of some standing. While in Italy, seme of them said, he was in love with Mrs. Guiliana, but she had. never given him any encouragement. Because of his in- sane love for the woman he left his home to get away from her, and when her hus- band came here she remained there. When he got on his feet in financial matters he sent for her and she came to this country, as already stated, less than two months ago. How Ferrari learned of her coming is not known, but two days after she landed he came from Detroit and appeared at the house fn Schott’s alley. Mr. Guiliana, speaking of the affair, said that, while the dead man had -known his (Guiliana’s) wife in Italy, ‘he had not known her before she was married. He Was very much troubled over the tragedy end did not feel like talking about it. His sen Joe, who was in chai of the store, said that Ferrari pushed him aside when ke ran through the store, and he (the boy) followed him. “My father hardly knew the man,"’ the boy said to a reporter, ‘hut he would not speak to him anyway, beeause fe was mad with him. I don’t knowthe mmn’s name, but he tried to kill my~mother once be- fore.” * The boy added that he!had swen Ferrari several times, and said he knew his moth- er was afraid of him. i } At the Morgue. When the body of the @ead mman reached the morgue, and his pockets were searched, Superintendent Schoenberger feund in his pocketbook only-a few eents and several small articles‘of but little valwe. Several pieces of paper were in’-his pocketbook. On one piece were the names an@ addresses of Gurico Pacinni, Detroit, and M. D. Ra- mocciott!, Hagerstown, MU..' He also had the names and addresses ef s0mie residents of Baltimore. The Woman's W, a = The woman was removeg to ™%he~Emer- gency Hospital. She was bléeding profuse- ly from wounds fn her neck., When asked how she had been hurt she sald in Italian that she had’ been stabbed in the throat and then shot. She could articulate but poorly, and her mouth constantly filled with biood. An interpreter was secured from the Italian settlement on Ohio ave- nue adjoining the hospital, but could get no information from her. She seemed only anxious to know if her ‘‘friend’’ was dead. The wounds in the throat were jagged and irregular, and it was at first thought they were both made by bullets. On examina- tion by Drs. Vaughan and Turner they thought probably her accouht was cor- rect. A knife had been apparently thrust into the throat directly over the Adam’s apple, and a bullet had struck the left side of the neck just be- low the Jawbone and coursed downward. She wus removed from the emergency room to a private apartment on the fourth floor, and as the blood continued to appear in her mouth an operation was decided on. Many Italians visited the hospital, but none of them scemed to Know anything about the causes leading up to the tragedy, or if they did, studiousty refrained from saying anything. Father Reynolds of St. Matthew's Church was sent for, and came to give the woman spiritual consolation. Deceloped by the Operation. The operation developed that both wounds in the throat had been caused by bullets. The one which had entered, through the Adam's apple had slightly cut the jugular vein and passed through the thyroid gland. The vein was drawn up ‘and joined with stitches and ligatures, but the missile was not located or removed. This afternoon the chances for her recovery were slight. The wound below the jawbone was cut and jagged, but had reached no dangerous pro- portions. ~ Talked With a Sergeant. Sergt. Lombardy said this afternoon that he saw Ferrari yesterday, and had a con- versation with him concerning Mrs. Gull- {ana and himself, and he told the officer that when Mrs. Guillana came here she sent him a letter, which he received while he was in Detroit. In the fetter she told him that she had come here to this city, but told him he must not her, as she would have nothing more to-do with him. As soon as he received the I#tter, he said, he started to Washington, for he loved her, and that unless he could get her he was willing to die. ee This afternoon Coroner Hammett viewed the body, and decided to giye a certificate of death from suicide. ; —_>——.: {FAVORABLE TO ‘McCORD. Action of the Senate ‘Cémmittee on Territories, © The Senate committee en territories to- day, after a somewhat prolenged investiga- tion, agreed to report baek::the nomina- nation of M. H. McCord, 49 be governor of Arizona, with a favorabie:rea»mmenda- tion. The committee dig ;mot divide on the vote, but two or three: members re- served the right to op, -configmation in the Senate if so dispesed@- “after further investigation. One of the chamges made against Mr. McCord was that he would favor the refunding of--certain territorial bonds. He was recalled today and said he had ¢ to the holders of th ome em 6 bowmds: hag connection with them. ‘ Pe, —_————-e- RIP OF THE POSTAL ‘DELEGATES, They Will Return to Ch day Evening. aitenesie ‘The delegates to the inteymational posta? congress will return to eity Saturday evening. Owing to the-e: it manage- ment of First - eral Perry 8. Heath, the been well entertained ® various places they have visited, been ly . and rush of Chicago, many of them in- quiring the cause 0f.the great rush people appeared to them:to be making, and when told that the activity evidenced on.all hands was only a usual mn appeared The wide the way fos the ie way ceptions in many hes -remuited in delegates to re- OFFERED TO GEN. COX| THREE MINISTERS NAMED The Important Position of Minister to Spain. CONDITION OF CUBAN AFFAIRS Commissioner Calhoun Again Con- fers With the President. THE LEE REPORT ARRIVES It was admitted at the White House to- day that the President has offered the post of minister to Spain to ex-Governor Jacob D Cox of Ohio. Whether or not he will accept is not known. General Cox is an old personal friend of the President, and one in whom Mr. McKinley has a great deal of confidence. Although almost sev- enty years of age, General Cox is still a man of much vigor and energy. Should he accept this Important post he would bring to it an experience gained in important service and achievements in public and private Hfe, He had a distinguished ca- reer as a soldier, rising to the rank of ma- jor general. He was governor of Ohio in 1866 and 1867, and for two years was Sec- retary of the Interior in President Grant's cabinet, from which he retired on account of disagreement ‘with certain measures of the administration. Later he served in Congress, and for a time was president of the Wabash railroad.” He is now practic- ing law in Cincinnati. It is not likely that any action will be taken in this matter un- til after the President returns to Washing- ton. Gen. Cox will have ample time in the interval to make up his mind whether he is willing to accept the appointment and un- dertake the great responsibilities which such action involves. Mr. Calhoun Sees the President. Mr. Calhoun, the President's special com- missioner to Cuba, had another conference with President McKinley this morning. Owing to the fact that Mr. McKinley was to leave at noon on the trip to Nashville, Mr. Calhoun went to the White House at 9:30 by appointment. He was accompanied by his secretary, Mr. Fishback. They re- mained with the President about three- quarters of an hour. Neither Secretary Sherman nor Assistant Secretary Day was present at today’s conference. After Mr. Calhoun’s departure from the White House he said that he would not accompany the President on his trip to Nashville, but wculd return to his home at Danville, Il., this evening. He had, ne said, nothing to add to what he already had given to the newspapers beyond the fact that he would visit Washington again after the Presi- dent's return from the south for a fur- ther consultation. It is expected that he will prepare a report giving the results of his researches and observations in Havana and vincinity. a Mr. Calhoun next paid a_yisit to the State Department with Mr. Fishback, and was in consultation with Asisstant Secre- tary Day for about an hour and a half, during which time the assistant secretary denied himself to all callers. Arrival of Gen. Lee’s Report. The Lee report upon the Ruiz case, which has attracted so much attention, was brought to the department by Mr. Fish- back and delivered to Judge Day, who saw the original twenty-four hours after it had been brought to his attention in the press. The assistant secretary said to a Star re- porter that he was not prepared to say that the printed publication was inaccu- rate, which in diplomatic parlance is about as far as a State Department official can go toward confirming a statement. The report itself was thoroughly discussed by the three officials, and all that could be gathered as to the future action of the de- partment in the matter was that it would be held in abeyance until the return of Faemdent McKinley from his Nashville trip. : It is recalled im this connection that the Ruiz case does not stand alone at the State Department, for, although the conditions in that were more aggravated than in the others, the department has had to com- plain and seek reparation in other cases involving the confinement of American citi- zens in violation of treaty rights. This was true in the cases of Scott and of To- lon, and although claims for illegal im- prisonment were preferred some time ago Sy. were pigeonholed and never heard of again. In the case of Mr. Delgadoes, the Spanish government settled the case by the pay- ment of $15,000, which satisfied the indl- vidual for the assault upon his Person, but there fs no record of any apology for the incident. Disposed to Vigorous Action. It is evidently the intention of the de- partment, however, not to allow this last case to go the way of its predecessors, but to press it to a conclusion without permit- ting it to drop out of sight. The widow of Dr. Ruiz has filed a claim for $150,000 for the fllegal imprisonment of her husband, and Secretary Sherman fs on record as hav- ing said he did not regard the amount as excessive. Investigating the Leak. The officials of the State Department have instituted a quiet investigation to fix the responsibility for the premature and unofficial publication of Consul General Lee's report on the Ruiz case. Inasmuch as the report was published almost simul- taneously with its arrival in New York in the possession of Mr. Fishback, and as that gentleman says it did not leave his hands, the impression prevatis that the leak occurred in the Havana consulate. ———_+-2+_____ CANNOT SAIL TOMORROW. ‘Turkey’s Delay Obliges Minister An- gell to Cancel His Engagement. Dr. Angell, the recently appointed min- ister to Turkey, has been obliged to cancel his @gagement to sail for Europe on day after tomorrow, as he intended, and had arranged for. Up to this time the Turkish government has not returned an opinion as to whether the explanations offered as to the record of the minister are satisfactory to it, and it is not deemed wise to make un issue by allowing Dr. Angell to proceed to his post at Constantinople, until it is known positively that he will be persona grata. The delay of the Turkish govern- ment in passing upon this question of Dr. Angell’s acceptability is causing some dis, comfort at the State Department, but the officials have not yet changed their beitef oe the end the minister will -be re- ce! . ALLEGED FILIBUSTERS RELEASED. No Case Against Men on the Daw less. ‘ A telegram was received at the ‘Treasury Department this afternoon announcing the release of the officers and men of the Dauntless, arreste@ on a charge of fili- bustering. The United States district at- torney said there was no case against ———————-2—______ Addressed by Controller Eckels. College at Scranton, Pa., last night on the “Duties of Citizenship.” He is in New "York today, but expects te return to Wash- ‘mgton by the end of the week. American Representatives in Ohile, Haiti and Switzerland. Ex-President of the Carnegie Com- pany Secures a Place—Daniel A. Grosvenor Appointed. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: State—To be envoys extraordinary and ministers plenipotentiary of the United States: Henry L. Wilson of Washington, to Chile; William F. Powell of New Jersey, to Haiti; John C. A. Leishman of Pennsyl- vania, to Switzerland; John F. Gowey of Washington, to be consul general at Kana- gawa, Jayan. Treasury—To be assiftant appraisers of merchandise: Michael J. Brown of Penn- sylvania, in the district of Philadelphia; Fred. P. Vincent of Pennsylvania, in the district of Philadelphia. To be deputy auditors—Robert S. Pearson of South Dakota, for the Interior Depart- ment; Daniel A. Grosvenor of Maryland, for the War Department. Navy—Medical Inspector J. M. Flint, to be medical director; Surgeon C. U. Gravatt, to be medical inspector; Passed Assistant Surgeon V. C. B. Means, to be surgeon; Passed Assistant Engineer E. T. Warbur- ton, to be chief engineet tant En- gineer John K. Robertson, be passed as- sistant engineer. Postmasters—California, Lee McLaugh- lin, at Sanger; Delaware, George E. Smith, at Laurel; Vermont, Orrin H. Jones, at Wilmington; Virginia, Luzerne P. Harper, Suffolk; Verlin M. Scott, Saltville; May Mcsby Campbell, Warrenton; Illinois, Chas. W. Warner, Hoopeston; Indiana, John M. Long, Clay City; Lewis Signs, North Man- chester; Kansas, Elizabeth M. Broadwell, LaCygne; Louisiana, Edson E. Burnham, Amite City; Mississippi, Joseph B. Leland, Watervalley; Missouri, Matthew J. Orr, Osceola; Nebraska, Carl Kramer, Columbus; Ohio, Aaron Brining, Versailles; South Da- kota, Walter McKay, Lead; Tennessee, A. M. Lee, Huntingdon; Texas, E. B. Atter- bury, Comanche; Geo. J. Elam, Marlin; Wm. C. Smith, Bowie. Henry L. Wilson of Washington is a brother of Senator Wilscn of Washington. He has been identified with the republican party of Washington for some time. His appointment is personal to his brother, al- though he was indorsed for the position by republicans in the state. He is a resident of Spokane. Mr. Wilson was quite promi- nently mentioned for minister to Japan. Mr. Leishman is a resident of Pittsburg and is ex-president of the Carnegie Steel Company. He has never held any public office before. His appointment was urg2d by Senator Quay. Mr. Powell is a coloied man, who lives in southern New Jersey. He was urged for the position by Senator Sewell and Repre- sentative Loudenslager. Mr. Gowey was nominated and confirmed as consul general to Kanagawa under the Harrison administration, but declined the Place. His appointment is personal to the President. Daniel A. Grosvenor, who was appointed deputy auditor for tke War Department, ts well known in this city. He is a brother of Representative Grosvenor of Ohio, and has been identified with politics for a long time. Mr. Grosvenor is credited to Mary- jand in_ his nomination and lives at Ta- koma. He is prominent in Grand Army circles and has many friends in Washing- ton. ARMOR PLATE FOR THE NAVY. Carnegie and Bethiche Companies Have Furnished Over 25,000 Tons. The Secretary of the Navy today sent to the Senate, in response to a resolution of inquiry, a statement coacerning the cost and quantity of armor plate which has been supplied to the government by the Carnegie and Bethlehem companies since they began the supply. The statement shows that the Carnegie Company has sup- plied 12,127 tons, at prices ranging from $515 to $661, and the Bethlehem Company has supplied 13,302 tons, within the same range of prices. Referring to the clause in the Senate's resolution asking for informa- tion as to “how much financial assistan the government has given the companies,” the Secret: says that no assistance has been given either of the companies, finan- cially or otherwise, in producing armor or gun steel for the navy. ——————e+—____ SELECTED FOR ANNAPOLIS. Cadets ai the United States Naval Academy Chosen, The fol-owing have been appointed cadets at the Naval Academy: Michael Rosenberg, New York city; Julius A. Furer, Sheboygan, Wis.; Walter D. Machleith, Milwaukee, Wis., as alternate; Willis B. Mitchell,Corrie, Ala.; Adolphus Andrews, Dallas, Tex.; C. OQ. Cole, Dallas, alternate; Morrell Law, Burlington, Iowa; John J. Fitzpatrick, New Orleans; Geoffrey Almy, Philadelphia; Chas. F. Hutchins, Philadelphia, alternate; Tom Harris, Ocala, Fla.; Beauregard W gant, St. Augustine, alternate; Wm. Elkins, Ozark, Mo. B. —_—__-e+______ NO CONCLUSION REACHED. Senator Tillman's Dispensary Reso tion in Committee. The Senate judiciary committee has con- sidered the resolution of Senator Tillman concerning the South Carolina dispensary decision by Judge Simonton. While no definite conclusion has been reached, the opinion in the committee was that South Carolina had recourse, first, by appeal to the Court of Appeals, and then by appeal to the Supreme Court. The opinion was expressed individually by many members of the committee that the decision might be reversed in the higher courts. —_-e-___ Personal Mention. Capt. R. J. Irvine, 11th Infantry, is at the Army and Navy Club. Capt. J. W. Summerhayes of the quarter- master’s department is at Fort Myer, Va. Mr. E. P. Hanna of the Navy Department and his wife and daughter sailed from New York today on the Paris, for a month’s wheeling tour in Normandy and southern England. Bishop Newman called on the Secretary of the Interior today to pay his respects. Mr. Woodmansee of the League of Re- publican Clubs called on Assistant Secre- tary of the Interior Webster Davis today to invite him to attend the convention of the league in Detroit and deliver an address before the delegates. a Reinstated for His War Record. Secretary Gage has appointed Andrew J. Whitaker an $1,800 clerk in the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department. Mr. Whitaker was formerly deputy au- ditor for the Navy Department. He lost his place under the last administration. His senntatonent — on civil service rule 9, on account of service in the ‘war of the rebellion. Se Kations to Discuss Leprosy. The Department of Btate has been ad- vised that an international conference will be held at Berlin in October next to dis- cuss the leprosy question. —————_e—_____ Government Receipts. THEIR WORK FINISHED Silver Republicans Formally Launch a New Party at Chicago. PRINCIPLES AND AIMS SET OUT A National Executive Committee: Appointed. PLANS FOR OKGANIZATION iceman Special From a Staff Correspondent. CHICAGO, TIL, June 9.—The two sessions of the silver republican conference con- sumed just nine hours. Within this time their work was completed. Shortly before midnight they adjourned, with thelr work finished. The meeting was notable particu- larly for three things—the appearance of solid respectability of the men attending from the several states, the high tone of the speeches and absence of violent len- guage, and promptness of doing business. The meeting became almost a convention in appearance, on account of the unexpectedly large attendance and the business being all transacted in public. A number of ladies of the National Bimetallic Unton were pres- ent, and one of them made a brief speech. The formal speeches were not numerous. The speakers were Chairman Towne, ex- Senator Dubois, Alexander Delmar, tne author; Prof. Caton and Representatives Hartman and Shafroth. These are al) speakers of some note, and their spcech=4 were of a serious and earnest character, Mr. Delmar, who, it was announced, cam¢ from Egypt to attend this meeting, de- clared that there was absolutely no posx!< bility of an international agreement, aa said that the bimetallists of Lurope did not entertain the same ideas cn the subject silver as the bimetallists in this country, and could not be said to be in sympathy with them. He quoted a number of dis-' Ungutshed bimetallists of Europe Reports on Political Situ: A feature of the proceedings was a ver- bal report by each state committeeman as to the political situation. These reports were probably somewhat colored by the sentiments of the men making them, but! they indicated considerable activity among: the silver republicans. In most of the! states the organization was reported as im- perfect, but in several il was announc @ that the organization was complete dov a to voting precincts. The thing dwelt upon by every one was the number of repubil- caps who, having supported McKiale might be expected to desert their old pariy in the near future. To promote such de- serticns is what this party is organized for, The important work of the conference was the adoption of the foreign plan of organi- zation. Report on Organization. The committee on plans and organigation reported the following: Whereas, In order to preclude any basis for either misunderstanding or misrepre- sentation as to the object of this organi- zation it is prudent to make known the oe principle of its existence; there- fore, Resolved, That the silver republican party of the United States favors the immediote establishment of bimetallism by the inde- pendent action of the United States through the free coinage of both silver and gold at the ratio of 16 to 1, and the clothing of both metals equally with every attribute of full money, with the right to every debtor to choose which coin shall be the basis of payme a Resolved, Th: hievement of this reat object is deemed by us of paramount political importance, and-shall form tie controlling motive of our political action until it is accomplished. National Ex: The committee also recommended the pointed of a national executive commitieo of seven members, including the national chairman, to be appointed by the chairman of the national committee. 2. That this committee be empowered to take such action as may be necessary in order to fill any vacancies existing, or which may exist at any time in the na- ticnal committee. 3. The executive committee, with the ad- vice and consent of the national commit- tee, is authorized to call a national conven- ticn of the silver republican party. to meet at such time and place as they may desi; nate, and to perfect the necessary details therefer. 4. In those states where organizations are not complete the members of the na- ticnal committee for such states shall take such steps under the direction of the national executive committee as are neces- sary to ccmplete such organizations: The character of the assemblage and the nature of their proceedings indicated that it was a body of cool, calculating men, with some knowledge of politics and not the least emotional. J. P.M. — =. CONSERVATIVE WAS ELECTED. W. G. Nicholson Defeats Bon! Car- ter, Liberal, for Parlia l- LONDON, June 9.—The election yester- day in the east or Petersfield division of Hempshire for a successor in parliament to the late W. Wickham, conservative, who was returned without opposition xt the last election, resulte¢ in the election of the conservative candidate, W. G. Nichol- scn, by a majcrity of 420 over Bonham Carter, Nberal, in a total vote of 7,076. The contest was very keen, and turned mainly on the ezstern policy of the govern- ment. Mr. Gladstcne, in the course of the cam- paign, wrote a letter in support of Mr. Car- ter. In this letter Mr. Gladstone urged that Great Britain had been wrongly guiaed in siding with the powers of Europe, which he classed as the enemies of liberty and justice. — WILLIAM ANDREWS LYNCHED. ited Mra. Kelly Nene May 5. PRINCESS ANNE, Md., June 9.—William Andrews, colored, alias “Cuba,” was tak .n from the official at the door of the court house and killed by a mob. Andrews had beea tcday tried, convicted and sentenced to death for felonously as- ting Mrs. in T. Kelly near ee ed the death sentence upon Andrews, en- deavored to reason with the excited crowd, but in vain. —— SOCIALIST PEASANTS RIOT. ‘Two Killed and Forty Wounded by - the Gendarmes. BUDAPEST, riots have taken place in the communes of, Nadudvar and Alpar. The gendarmes ai both places were obliged to fire upon the, rioters. severely wounded. Twenty-one agitators were ——e—— Steamship Arrivals. i At New York—Teutonic, from Liverpool. At Queenstown—Teutonic, from New York Lizard—Passed—St. Louis, from, York. for Southampton.