Evening Star Newspaper, July 13, 1897, Page 1

— THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Tennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by Company, ee New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. Star fs served to subscribe: —Hhe Fven at Washington, D. C. cond-eliss. nu All mall subseript Rates of advertising mad: ater.) must be paid fm advance. known on application. No. 13,842. WASHINGTON, D. ©. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO the statement that the majority of the employes in his division, the specifications division, were republicans. His Empty Sleeve Was Fatal. Mr. “Andrew Day was then sworn. He rat ice | ¥as in the third auditor's office for four- of Civil Service teen years, and was dismissed in Decem- ber, i8M, by the sixth auditor, to whose Methods. office he had been previously transferred, THE INQUIRY GOES ON ns Investigation SSS SS reduced ard placed on the temporary role. He was charged with inefficiency at manual f labor, having lost an arm in the army. _ E. V. OYSTER AGAIN ON THE STAND “When I presented my transfer to Audi- —_—s__—. tor Howard,” said Mr. Day, “‘the look upon his face, when he saw my empty sleeve, convinced me I would net stay long in the office. Maj. Howard was in the reb2l army, and f was in the Union army.” He said he was convinced his discharge was on po- litical grounds. Case of Seerctary Morton's Nephew. Mr. Frank I. Stewart, a former employe DISMISSALS | of the government printing office, was then : examined. He complained that the civil service commission’s last annual report had omitted an account of the investiga- tion of George D. Skinner of the Agricul- Efficiency of the Printing Office Force Impaired. REASONS FOR The examinaticn into the administration of the civil service law which has been in Progress for some time was resumed this | tual Department branch of the printing morning by the Senate committee on civil | office. Skinner, he said, was a nephew of ervice { ae a . | Secretary Morton; was appointed a laborer, Sopbbules oe Gee | ee cei me em ereern Oh ane laltby building. The meeting of the com | 3riniwe ofice Skinner Wan vor an Amc. mitte> today was attended by Senator Mor- | {can enizen, rill of Vermont. Mr. E. W. Oyster, foreman at the gov- ernment prin’ office, continued his tes- timony in favor of the cperation of civil service rules in the printing office. Just before the clese of the last meeting Mr. Oyster made a statement about the con- Guct of the printing office, which briefly referred to in The Star's repor: of that meeting. Mr. Oyster’s statement in full, as shown by the stenographer's re- pert, as follows: “I have a statement here which shows the estab- “The civil service commission told me they could do nothing with Secretary Mor- ton,” said Mr. Stewart, ‘and Skinzer was retained in the office until a few weeks ago, when Public Printer Palmer discharged him.” Mr. Stewart charged that the adoption of the civil service resolutions by the Typo- graphical Union was because the number of printers in the employ of the govern- ment exceeded those in private offices, and hey predcminated in the nfeetins Mr. Stewart-charged that the civil service ex- aminations for printers were not practical caeugh. In response to questions by Mr. Procter, it was brought out that Mr. Skinner had resigned from his position upon the report service commission and was sequently appointed by Secretary Mor- to another position not under civil service rules. Mr. -Stewart testified that while Skinner was not borne on the same roll, he y performed his old services, so that h ‘signation and transfer was only technical. = ‘The committee adjourned until next Tues- lishment of the government there have b t SSH TK for publi 8; that is, throug! public printer alone, and about of the total ameunt of money is Gireet to labor; that paid out ployes of the office for ber cent. I would be im “I put at 10 per cent only what I con- to em »or—from 65 to 6S cent, and that sider loss to the governnient, although I | 4@Y- am satisfied t the loss to the govera- Rin = aS ment is very much greater than that NO SILVER TICKET IN OHIO. not conducting the offi busin — but through politic a polttical that would be # then to have been expen id have be nfluence and n per cent of The amount left for ma.erial and up to time w: ist time— the: e for material in did not get the dis private partie tr hough the gi times as much Chairman Towne Urzes Support the Democratic Nominee. Ex-Representative Towne, chairman of the sliver republican national committee, today sent the following dispatch in re- sponse to a letter from the secretary of the Ohio Valley Bimetallic League: July 13, 1897. Jehn E. Owens, Secretary Ohio Valley Bimetallic League, Cincinnati, Ohio of up to came in the * full market ri bought ten or twen ice ae a ee a Am not advised of any intention by sil- as high as 30 per cent discount. ver republicans of Ohio to put ticket in lculated 19 per cent cf loss to the | field. Such a movement would, of course, government on reaterial by not having | destroy all chance of defeating Hanna proper business methods, and putting the | an4 would ruin our reputation as devotees two jogether there woul! be $9400.40 | of the cause, putting us om low level of which the government has sunk by con- | pty hunters. The national organiza- ducting that office. not on business prin- a nadii ve ¥ ore Soe teas Ste nd all leading silver republteans here ely opposed to such a program. this what publicity you please. CHAS. A. TOW) Dise ‘Today Mr. Oyster resum E, d the thread ot : AS. A. TC the thread OF | chairman Silver Republican National Com- argument. He large discharges silted been made in administration. / Tt appears that the chairman of the sil- Save figures showing the chan; ver republican state committee of Ohio is Gi ng Mr. Be to yn over which he pres! dministration from Ma three-fou favoring the nomination of a siiver republi- can state ticket. Mr. Towne made the following announce- : io ment to a Star report mn y hose d ne fis ee among im feat ‘the: “Within a day or two rumors have eect of. heir politic Ta reached hington of an intention by ublicans, of Ohio to run a there this fall. The report I cannot believe that there able number of siiver ré is incred is any conside! Fully to Mr. rths of thes politically sured t ade di for politic publicans in Ohio so lost to the demand of high principle berly nd wise politics xs so- to counsel se that would ab- solutely insure urn of Hanna to ate and fix upon our party the stain ap ambition or petty spite. Con- cededly the demoe of Ohio have made some unfortunate moves—as, for exampl in not placing a strong populist on th nd Uley may contemplate oth have put the silver question un d that this s © th: public servi was bet hd you merit your employment through asked the ard ticket, Oyster replied that he obtain Hy to the fore, and they stand uch the only meth for the overthrow of Hannaism, the most loathsome id dangerous influence in ator American politics. In this juncture for em had not then been adopted. | any silver man in Ohio to fail to do his the success of the demo- et and the silver legisla , Pritchard asked kim if the efti- cient men, who were dropped for politica! should stand a civil service ex- s it seems to me, a political tion Lefore reinstatement, in view These views are, I believe, shared » fact that there are row men in the iver republican in the United States. There will be no silver republican state ticket in Ohio If the na- tional organization can prevent it.” ee WILL REMEDY THE EVIL. who did not come in under the civil id {f the record showed ¢ he weuld personally on to their reinstatement er. Continuing, he said he to Public Printer Ben eo 7 before the office was placed un-| W1shé» of Americans in Morocco Will der the civil service law to reinstate twen- Be Eee ty-four out of the th x men who had] The recent trouble with the government been dropped 1 who were effi of Morocco over the alleged abuse and dis- crimination against natives in the service and under the protection of the United States has been amicably settled without resort to ft The cruisers San Fran- cisco and Raleigh were sent to Tangier to pport the € nientions of the United 8 ates had ref » had re to the office and he © anything to nullify the civil point in the hearing Pre of the comm: jal Statement shor » persons employed | covsul in the matter, and their presence office at seems to have had a most salutary Influ- ence in ging the Emperor of Morocco to a prompt and active sense of his duty. : ssurances were giv he evil com- pointed prior t 3 Assurances were given that tl 3 rep yiained of would edied, and that of Mr. Palmer's first ad- | P 1 be meted out vointed by M of Moi found inier- sts of chizexs of the business or traveling Fr cent of the total num- number appoin| he Raleigh sailed from for Gibraltar and that is alse arranginz to take her scenes. The ind- efore be considered as “closed. a SILVER DOLLARS COL dent may th on requeste to ‘re extending si ment prin President Procter. ster said he knew that commi pointed for that purstose a: by the T: During the Last Fiscal Year They Amounted to 21,203,701. A statemént prepared at the mint bureau shows the number of silver dellars coined at the United States mints during the last fiscal year was 21,203,701 on which the seigniorage, or profits to the govern- ment, azavunted to $5,336,104. The profits have been turned into the treasury from time to time as the coinage progressed. eS ee Wherenbouts of the Warships. of appointments in the goy- ting office. Brunswick, Ga., for the temporary use of aie the Georgia naval militia. The Dolphin ar- government | tived at Washington yesterday. The Texas plex, | ds at New York and the Michigan is at itled sery- | Mackinac. a sys- New Postmaster at Brightwood. effitient W. R. Van Horn has been appointed postmaster at Brightwood, vice A. G. Os- born, removed. There. was quite a right for the place, a number of persons having made application for tt. Mr. Van Horn had the backing of representative MeDon- ald of Maryland, a1.d others equally as preminent, and the place was given to him. —_——--2.—_. Government Recetp asked Senator Har- law itself. rths bad. bad, and its defect x of the ability of laneous, $73,375.. National bank notes re- ceived today for redemption, $211,761. Capt. Bartlett Retired: Capt. J. R. Bartlett has been placed on the retired Mst of the navy, on account of disability incurred in the-dine of duty. at no man should be dis- without the real cause therefor sned and sustained on the rec- s of the office.” That is not the case now?” - in my judgment it is not. Mr. Oyster concluded his testimony with The gunboat Wilmington has arrived at’ employ r! “ploves without | Government receipts. fromtnternal ‘rev- 2, at good reasons ; enue, $341,794; customs, $653,789; misgel- gned for dismicea!s?” WELCOME BY PINGREE League of Republican Clubs in Con- vention at Detroit. FINE WEATHER FOR MEETING Great Faith That the Right Will Prevail. WOODMANSEE’S ADDRESS a CONVENTION HALL, Detroit, Mich., July 13.—Cool, pleasant weather was fur- nished for the opening of the tenth an- nual convention of the National League of Republican Clubs, which was called to order considerably later than the sched- uled hour of 10 o'clock this morning. The Detroit Auditorium, naturally crude and uninviting in appearance, was beauti- fied by a considerable display of patriotic decorations. The most striking feature in the decorations was a life-sized portrait of President McKinley, surmounted by an eagle and surrounded by the stars and stripes. Directly opposite, in the rear of the hall, was a similar portrait of James G. Blaine. Pictures of Washington and Lincoln adorned the walls at either end of the big hall, and the intervening spaces rafters and gallery fronts were hung w! the red, white and blue and escutcheons of the states. A graduated tier of seats in the rear of the platform, having a capacity of 300 seats, was occupied by more or le notable visitors. The delegates, who were seated in state groups, filled nearly the en- tire floor space. 6: It was 10:20 o'clock when President Woodmansee rapped for order. The cele- gate had net yet setuled down in the places assigned to them and the galleries had almost no occupants. Rev. Dr. Robert J. Service of the Trumbull Avenue Presby. terian urch came forward to offer prayer. He prayed for a blessing on Pre: dent McKinley, Congress, the governor: of states and all others in authority and that the naticnal honor might be saved from ‘uishment. President Wocdmansee then introduced Gov. Pingree to deliver the address of wel- come on behalf of the state of Michigan. Speech by Gov. Pingree. The governor said, in part: ‘Mr. Chaiy man, and members of the Republican Lea- gue: The republican party was born in Michigan. Your meeting here should, therefore, be an inspiration. You cannot fail to remember what it was that majle it necessary that a new party should be formed. On behalf of the state, I extend to you a cordial welcome. “You are the young men of the party. You represent its working force. You know the necessity of organization. You know that this is an age of activity and progress, and that parties, as well as men, must move forward or they will die. You cannot live upon memory or upon hope. “The republican party, from the day of its birth, became a great power, be it was the party of the people, and it remain a great power so long as it rem: thi riy Of the people, and no longer. “We hear a great deal suid about the home market. It is the most valuable market we lave. If I were going to destroy that mar- ket entirely, I would favor the continued formation of trusts and combinations of capital. This would result in throwing about half of the working men out of em- ployment and of wiping out small con- cerns and destroying individuality, which is another name for patriotis Then it would only be necessary to see that the greater portion of the taxes are collected from the working classes and that all rail- road companies and all other watered stocked concerns are taxed from one-thi! to one-seventh as much as the widow cottage and the farmer's farm. The ma- jority of the people are not in favor of de- stroying the home market in this way. Nero was about the only man: who rejoized in the burning of Rome. He had a few favorites to whom he had promised the work of rebuilding. Faith in the Right. “I have great faith that the right will prevail. The people are patient, and when they are betrayed by their representatives they make other selections and try again. They expect relief from the repubiican party, ard they are willing to give it a fair trial. You are here as the representatives of that party, fresh from the people them- selves, and your utterances and your rec- ommendations will be awaited with inter- est, and if they are wise and true and pra ucal they will be received with welcome.” The governor was compelled to pause for a moment on account of an interruption caused by a ripple of applause at the en- trance of the Illinois delegation, headed by Gi Tanner. Mr. Pingree’s address was not in any sense a spread-eagle speech, and the applause was rather faint, coming mostly from his friends in the Michigan delegation. At one point the governor aroused a genuine burst of applause by an interpolated reference to the miners’ strike, expressing the hope that it would be suc- cessful. Speech of President Woodmansce. In reviewing the work of the league and its future prospects President Woodman- see said: In compliance with a custom that has become established at our National League conventions, I venture to address you as your president, upon the state of the league, and of our relations and duties to it and to the republican party. The league has a mission to perform, and it is eminently proper that we should annually determine if this organization has meas- ured up to its possibilities. The pomp and ceremony of a national assembly of this character are so useless and so {nappropri- ate, if we cannot learn a lesson and profit by reason of the experience. Speaking as I do for those who during the last year had charge of the affairs of the league, I can say that we are proud of what has been accomplished during the closing ad- ministration. I am able to report that the debts of the league, which have so long been a menace to its development and a discouragement to its friends, have been paid. I can further say that every obliga- tion that has been incurred during the last year has been provided for, and the ofticers whom you may select at this convention will not be required to divide their time be- tween the wants of the organization and the demands of its creditors. League is Growing. I am justified in saying that the league is growing. In a number of states a few years ago our party leaders looked upon it with suspicion. Now they recognize its usefulness and gladly encourage and sup- port it. We have a number of distinguish- ed statesmen who have hardly realized the fact that there exists in this country the National Republican League. They have unsatisfied ambitions, and are somewhat disappointed at the slow progress they have made in national politics. My advice to them is to get in line and not overlook the league men in this country, who, with ‘a comradeship of 2,500,000 members, have no axes to grind, but naturally think more of their friends than they do of their ene- mies, Of the large number of distinguished republicans who have been friends of the league. there is one who stands out con- spicuous among all the rest. That man is Willlam McKinley. As an organization the league cannot assist any candidate for office, until nominations are duly made, but as individuals, its members naturally remember their friends. As a consequence, item aaa tomer Present ot AT THE WHITE HOUSE. Believes in Its Fature. I believe in the league’s future. I be- lieve it is Letter qualified than any other power to maintain in our party that vital- ity and that organization which are so ¢s- sential to its continued success. Let us stand true to our colors. Let us make for the league a high place in American poll- tics by deserving it. Let us brush aside every elemert that detracts from us, and give to no man power or place in our league, state or national, who is not of high character and good standing at home. Let us put to the front in all our affairs those hustling, aggressive republicans whose personality will bring us victory. Being thus equipped and fortified, our way is clear. With confidence in our leaders and faith in our party principles, we will enter the contests that are before us with a courage that is undaunted. HOUSE WINS ON PINE. Senate Conferces Yield to the Higher Duty. The tariff conferees find themselves today apparently less certain than at any pre- vious time as to the date when they will reach a final agreement, though professing to hope that the time will soon come. They are gradually disposing of one problem af- ter another, but still have several left upon which there are such marked dis- agreements as to justify no predictions as to the result. : Two of the questions which, it is stated upon good authority, have been decided re- cently, are those affecting lead ore and white pine lumber. There has been a de- termined fight -on the part of the House conferees to get lead ore back to one cent a pound, but Senator Jones of Nevaca, representing the lead mining industry, has taken such a firm position against’ any clnnge creme the Senate figure that the Fielder qapnesentatives have apparently in such The questicn has been left turned to and it may be reopened. shape, however, that it can be re- On white the House hus won, and unless the cision whi us been reached is revise? the House schedule fixing the rate at $2 per 1,000 feet will be reported. _ There however, a most active cifort in the nate to force re ideration on and this effort is being made on an side of the mber even ently than on the democrati ce. There is even at this early date among republican senators of the probable necessity for another caucus to determine the course to be pursued with reference to the conference report. There are several pene tors on that side of the chamber who, red, will vote against sustaining a report which incre: the pine duty, and who claim that they carmot be bound by the action of former caucuses which de- voted their attention simply to schedul There is a similar feeling in regard to the restoration of floor matting and bur laps to the dut list, the north’ republican senators beg gencrally sted in keeping them free With reference to the the free list by the recdmmend. the unders' placed on te contrary to tion of the finance committee, nding about the Senate tod: iy is that compromi: ds likely to be re- ported placing a very moderate duty on them. The deinoc Say, however, that no duty likely to be agre:4 upon in a ve- publican conference will be small enough for them to accept upon cotton bagging, fotton tie: 2 AL NOMENATIONS. PRESIDENTI A Number of Armysand Navy Promo- tions, The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: War—Lieutenant colonels to be colone} Guy V. Henry, 3a Cavalry; L. H. Carpen- ter, 7th Cavalry; Samuel B. M. Young, 4th Cavalry; John M. Bacon, Ist Cavalry. Majors to be lieutenant colonels Chaffee, 8th Cavalry; Mi Jackson, alry. ains to be majors—W J. A. Augur, C. Forbus, 5th th Cavalry; Wm. A. Thompson, 4th Cavalry; J. S. Loud, 9th Cayalr, utenants to h Cavalry T. J. Lewis, be captains—H. J. A. C. Macomb, Sth 2d Cavalry; H. J. Cavalry McGrath, 4th Cavalry; J. F. McBlain, {th Cavalry, Second lHeutenants to be first lieutenants —J. J. Hornbrook, 24 Iry; Lawrence J. Fleming, 1th Cavalry; W. Clark, 7th Cavalry; S. G. Jones, jr., 24 Cavalry; 0. B. Meyer, 2d Cavalry; C. J. Symmonds, 7th Cavalr, Navy—Lieut. C. E. Colehan, to be lieu- tenant commander; Lieut. Junior Grade T. G. Dewey, to be a lieutenant; Ensign H. F. Bryan, to be lieutenant, junior grade; Tim- othy S. O'Leary of Massachusetts, to be an assistant paymaster in the navy. The fellowing named assistant surgeons to be passed assistant surgeons—Henry La- Motte, C. E. Riggs, J. F. Leys, R. G. Brod- erick, F. C. Cook, Ammen Farenholt and C. P. Kindleberger. e+ —_____ RECENT NAVAL ORDERS. Commander Emory. Detached From the Brooklyn. Commander Wm. H. Emory has been de- tached from the Brooklyn and ordered to duty as a member of the board of in- spection and survey; Ensign K. N. Bennett to the Amphitrite; Ensign J. E. Walker to the Cincinnati; Lieut. J. M. Orchard, from the Naval Academy to the Wilmington; Lieut. Commander C. 0: Allibone to the Portsmouth navy yard; Lieut. C. W. Bart- lett to the Naval Academy; Ensign J. H. Dayton from the Wilmington to the Nor- folk Naval Hospital for treatment; Lieut. ‘T. H. Stevens to Washington for examina- tion for promotion. George B. Moncrief has been appointed an acting boatswain, and Charles 8. ‘Tay- lor an acting carpenter. The appointments of Pay Clerk E. A. Eycke of the Detroit and Pay Clerk G. W. Van Brunt have been revoked. John C. Brigham has been ap- pointed clerk at the navy pay office, Washington, D. C. Charles 8. Cowie has een appéinted pay clerk for the Constella- jon. NEW ASSISTANT SUPERINTENDENT. Several Clerical Changes in the Life- Saving Service. Several changes occurred today in the office of the life-saving service, Treasury Department. Mr. Montgomery Cummings of Georgia, chief clerk at $2,000, was re- moved. Mr. W. K. Upton ef New Hamp- shire, assistant general superintendent at $2,500, was reduced to chief clerk at $2,000. Mr. H. L. Piper of Maine, .a $1,60Q clerk, was promoted to be assistant, general super- intendent at $2,500. Mr, Piper formerly held the office ta which he is promoted, but was reduced during the last adminis- tration and his place given to Mr. Upton. It 1s explained in thé office of the Secre- tary that Mr. Upton. was reduced merely to permit the reinstatement of Mr. Piper in his original place and involved no re- flection on Mr. Upton, who, it is further stated, will be given another place as good as the one he relinquished at the first op- portunity. bs Personal Mention. Mr. W.°M. Redmond, after an fllness of nearly three months, is now at Berkeley Springs, W. Va., and is improving. Mr. J. H. Altemus will soon leave for On- set, Mass., and will return in September. During his summer trip he will visit Lake Pleasant, Bonny Magle, Me. and Point Chautauqua, N. ‘ Mr. G. Richard ‘Thi will leave the 24th instant to join his wite and family in the mountains of Virginia. =. Sending in of Currency Message Again Postponed. CONSULAR NOMINATIONS PUT OFF Minister Woodford Makes a Short Call. THE RANDALL APPOINTMENT -— Members of the catinet say that the cabinet mecting today lacked imporiane: that nothi of jeep interest was consid- ered. It was admitted, however, that the Hawalian situation was under brief dis- cussion, but it is stated that there are 10 developments in that subject of an abu ing character. No time was given to a discus: currency message. The President so lony as members of Congress deemed it inadvisable that the message should zo in he would hold it. This is the position of the President, and means thet the mes- sage may not be sent in until the last cf tkis week or not at <I. Secretary Bliss did not bring up the ques- tion of President Cleveland’s order con- tracting the number of pension agencies. The Cleveland order reducing the agencies from eighteen to nine was September 1. President McKinley is have an orde: wheh will mi pend the carrying out of the con: tion order of the last admin Turther notice. There is a id that time all p: from the admi bette change pre: order will b yments should be Washingion, and i that it might be is made simply tion as provided for be.ng regard practicable now and involving cost and inconvenience. Minister Woodford Genercl Stewart Woodford too Is. was at the White House today for a few minutes. He is making final arrangements to leave for Europe by the steamer City of Paris on the 28th cf this month: i ; Friday night he will attend a dinner given in bis honor by S retary Alger. Saturday night he will be na diiner by President McKinley and Sunday he will be the guest of Minister de Lome at an elaborate dinne: General Woodford has instructions well in hard, and will be able to go right into diplomatic affairs between th Spain when he gets to Madrid. Invited to Pittxburg. + Major R. H. Long of Pittsburg, secretary and treasurer of the N, sec’ation ard of the Pit commerce, will tomorrow formally invi! the President to attend an important cele- bration of bs organization. The invitation to be extended is as follows: 4 “You and your honorable cabinet, to- gether with any of your friends who would desire to accompany you, are respectfully invited to attend the reunion of the Fre- mont Republican Campaigners to be held in Pittsburg on the 16th, 17th and isth of September, the occasion’ being the forty- ond anni country and tional Fremont As- rsary of the mass convention held Se; ber 17, 1856, in honor of John Cc. Fremont, the first nominee of the r rublican party for the office of President of the United States. “As Pittsburg is the birthplace of*the re- publican part: have you here cther dist we would be pleased to expect to have many ublican leaders pre: Our city in the past Presidents—Hon. W. H. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, the first republican President, in 1861; Ge: U.S. Grant in 15 nc Hon. Benj. Harri- son in 18%, and we would be greatly hon- ored by your presence here at the above reunion. “Respectfully, &c., (Signed) “JOSEPH ABEL, President.” panying the invitation will be an ‘ion from Pennsylvania members of Congress hoping that the President will accept the invitation. Little Girls Saw the President. Today, before all the cabinet members had left the cabinet room, two neatly dressed little girls, about ten years old each, walked into the White House, and, with childlike simplicity, inquired if they couldn't see the President. That was some- thing which two hundred or three hundred consular applicants had been asking for months, but hadn't gotten. Secretary Por- ter thought he would give the little visit- ors a chance to see thé President. He stationed them at the door of the cabinet room, and instructed Doorkeeper Loeffler to open the door. With inquiring eyes and Tadiant faces they looked in upon the President, engaged in conference with the Attorney General in pardon cases. The President looked up, saw them and gave them one of the salutations which makes him so charming when addressing the fair sex. That misses, pleased. Cc ular Selections Again Delayed. The batch of consular nominations was again held up today by the President for the purpose of adding a few more names to the list. At this rate the batch will not get in as early as was expected. As far back as last Friday this batch of nomina- tions was thought to be ready for the Sen- ate, but each day there has been pressure to get a few more appointees on the list. Virginin Offices. Among the few callers at the White House this morning before the cabinet met was Representative Walker of Virginia. The marshalship and district attorneyship of the western district of Virginia are in- teresting the politicians, and ‘General Walker called to see the President regara- ing the marshalship. Brown Allen of Staunton and ex-Representative Henry Bowen of Tazewell are candidates. Mr. Allen is supported by Judge Waddill, and General Walker is back of Mr. Bowen. For district attorney General Walker has not indorsed any of the candidates. ‘The foremost candidates for the attorneyship are W. C. Franklin, Hampton Hoge, J. L. Gleaves, Judge‘T. M. Alderson and D. F. Bailey. Representative Yost is heartily for W. C. Franklin. Hampton Hoge is backed by Mr. Brady, one of the Virginia leaders, Representative W. D. Stone of Pennsyi- vania called to see the President in behalf of H. S. Lydick, who wants a good con- sulate in South America-and who stands a chance of being numbered among the fortunate. The dispatch boat Dolphin was placed at the disposal of the President early in the spring, with the understanding that he should use it whenever he saw fit. The commander of the boat has called on Sec- retary Porter to see if the President would like to go on a cruise any time soon. It is not thought thet the President will care to go on either a long or short trip for the present. New York Appointments. : Representative Wilson of New York had a conference with the President and Secre- tary Bliss a short time prior to the be- ginning of tke cabinet meeting. The confer- ence related to New York appointments, which will be made some time soon. Some Seekers for Office. Notwithstanding his disappointment in ained fou: in 1841 was enough for tke young and they went away intensely not receiving a consulate in the West In. dies, C. H. Kemp Sturgeon, man of Boston, with wh-m he had tc deal. In an inter. view he says he has been in many foreign countries, but that he has never rec kindly treatment thon here. ithcut fear of challenge,” the gentlemen I have met ate Department and other public stand nd to none fer court i gentlemanly conduct. Such offi. cause the nation to be looked respect. It makes cne feel chief of t eau of foreign of the State Department, is in | working to secure a relnatatem the colored feels very kindly to the various department officials of this city THE STAR BY MAIL, Persons leaving the city for any period can have The Star matied to them to any address in the United States or Canada, by ordering it at this office, in person or by letter. Terms: 13 cegis per weck; 25 cents for two weeks, cr 530 cents per month. Invariably in advance. Sub- scribers changing their address from ©: Post-office to another shoulé give the last address as well as the Tew one. ——__ SITUATION IS GRAVE ee Ce eeeny Miners’ Strike Likely to Cause a Coa! Famine. n WEST VIRGINIA MEN RESTLESS An Operator Says They Willi Prob- ably Quit Work. eld position. He has Leen at the White House. accompanied by Scnator Mason, to antes interview the President on the subject, and believes be has made out a good case in} gop - 35 rv tahige 7 Shown tavoe STRIKE IN TE EE One of the most interesting cases with rea eer which the President has had to deal is that of Sam J. Randall. jr., of Philadetohia, son} 7 ° of the famous ex-Speaker. Young Randxi| CLEVELAND, Obie, July 12.—Within is well known in Washington. In his boy-| forty-eight hours developments of a very hood he was with his father on many | definite character xpected to take tnintstration he, kits Gemning of this 20-1 piace in the West Virginia coal ficlds. A Sas SrA GaenT eR eet & Operator received a long-distance sions has seen and talked with the Presi- Ke at 10 o'clock this morn- dent. Young Randall became a lie can publican ticket in the last campaign. made appheation for the pc of the Philadelphia mint, and his pape pre indorsed by the majority of the P: some time ago and supported the re- sition of coiner n- ing stating that nine organi: left Pittsburg for the t Virginia coal fields, A person who occupt high offi- position in the Mine Workers’ Union at the Pittsburg end of the "phone. rs had just vivania delegation in Congress, includ- |" s.. ‘ te agi? ing both senators. On Thursday of las: |, YOU ™may look for somcthing startling week the President had the appointment ot | i that direction within the next forty young Randall made out ready to send to| eight hours,” he sa'd. “Reliable advices the Senate. Senator Penrose heard of it.| which I have 4 this morning con- ad, immediately going to the White House. | Vince me. the Vege wines we vith his indorsement, leaving both : * the Preddent ani foeur Hamdat' te en | come out. All they nit for tee Mite ure- embarrassing positicr. Since then no move] ing from the union. Iam tree to confess in the nomi 's to stand firm. in some quarters that Mr. young for this positicn, although are nominal. Mr. Randall is now and the position he seeks wou! It is ure: ud rially aid him to complete his studies. dent McKinley is kindly disposed oung man. The ex-Speaker and the dent were warm friends, Sy 1 was the first man to place y on the ways and means c tee of the Hous Senator Penrose talked wit dent this :norning about Penns . To a Star reporter § that the Pennsylva: i that young Randall sh Mr. enator Pe: people Ii ha wi ever, no place Randall. has been found for Mr. —————— STUDYING THE WEATHER MAP. it is an Object Representatives. Capt. Cy Sullow the six-foot, shouldered representative of the first New Hampshire district, meditatively his beard as he stood in front of the Weather map in the House lobby toda isotherms and isobars @ perplexed manner. “Well, I see all your highs and all your lows and the rest of the things,” he said to the weather clerk, “but I can’t find out ation of young Randall when- ever the opposition ot Senator Penrose is withdrawn, but it is said that Senator Pen- Randall is too ts duties ng ma- r mit- the Presi- Ivanta mat- rose were a place, but they were not willmg ( he | I would have to say to shculd have so good a place as coiner when | posite of what I have s». older and more influential revubli-| ciate that thore are mar cans were to be provided for. So far, how- of Much Interest to broad- stroked He gazed at the lines and colerings, the for a long time in has been made in the matter, and the|to you that while I expected many men nomination is still held up. How long] woutd come out I never hoped for auch a this will te the case is not known. The 3 : President Is said to stand ready to send] CO™Piete and ov — oss this. The foregoing m reporter who was st cperator who received nding at ha it. An Operate m Talk, The operaters now urge upon thelr in- terviewers that under no. cire 5} Must their names be used in »| with the information they have A leading operater m a stariling = ing, but insisted used. “Is there not some parts of y ment which I may accredit to you sked. No. t, in faci is name m You see, if I talked for > wonld not sant my na mitting all these facts. Since Saturday the coal svmed a very gra pect, but a full reali- zation of the change did not reach Clev land operators and lers until today xcepting a few o s who had some inside information, they were disposed to speak lightly of the matter, and loudly de- clare that there was coal’ on hand—more than enough to supply the country, re- @ardless of the outcome of the strike! Confidence Has Disappeared. Today all this seeming or pretended con- fidence had disappeared. Several operators went to Pittsburg yesterday to attend the voluntary conference of the state arbitra- tors. One of those, whose knowledge of the premises is above question, said today: “The situation is very grave, and T anti what the weather is up in my district.” pate some very startling developments “Randolph, you must be playing with | witnin the next forty-eight hours. I be- two decks,” put in Representative Brom- e the West Virginia miners will come well of Ohio. highs Mr. I “It you have got ther map to the two sand then continued his chaiking up the day's weather. The new ma ention. It w ck of the Sp. House assemblec Was around it epres wort put in place in the lo! ir just before ¢ neon, It is . the outline being traced upon The principal weather station: very morning as soon map at the Capitol. The highs and low the temperature, state of the baromet and o out by the use of colored ¢ ground glass. In this AYONS upyn the weather is at every point. ——— TO ACCOMMODATE SUBURBS. Bill Introduced Requiring the Metro- politan Line to Extend lts Tracks. Senator Gallinger introduced a Dill in the Senate today requi' tan Railroad Compar: so as to furnish additional transportation service. The extension is to begin at the Present terminus of the 9th street line ai 10th afid Florida avenue and a line of dou- ble tracks with the underground elec two attracted a great deal of dmiring crowd show gh the glass left clear for that pur- 9 s the regular | map from the weather bureau is ued it will be reproduced upon this glass r weather statistics will be brought nner Gne wiil be enabled to see at a glance just how the ing the Metropoli- to extend its tracks ic system to be run eastward on Grant ave- and that will make the ue-u strikers now coming from the mines along th jaman line, and from the c comparatiy insignificar d learn yc sburg, I do not hesitate to say a i iM he rest Virginia and De Armitt’ ‘bhe engineers and trainmen 4 the situation with lowering brow Arthur's statement withstanding. “The suppl short, and vance in of coal on hand 1 laok for another sh price shortly. Saturday which was loaded at Pittsburg for $1 $1.50 f. 0. b., is now held livered to Cleveland, the pric cago is buying freely and prices. I do not think the s out more than a week lonfer. iE BILLS INTRODUC is very Dp ad- coal, pply will hold New Measures Presented to the House of Representatives, Bills were intreduccd In the House today as follows: By Mr. Lorimer of Mlinois, fixing the salary of the Chicago postmaster at $8,000 after July 1, 189s. By Representative Davis of Florida, fix the compensation of the district att neys for services rendered the government in various circuit courts. It pro that to nue to Sherman avenue, along Sher- ie man avenue to Whitney avenue, ana| ‘® Attorney General shall fix the com- then westward through Holmead’ and | Persation. Mt. Pleasant upon a route the present terminus of the road at 18th street and Columbia road. The bill re- quires the road to be completed from Flor- ida avenue to Whitney avenue by Janu- ary 1, 1809. a DAVID HUTCHESON SELECTED. Will Be Superintendent of the Con- gresstenal Library Reading Room. Mr. John Russell Young, librarian of Con- gress, today appointed Mr. David Hutc1- eson to be superintendent of the reading room in the new Congressional Library. Mr. Hutcheson is well known to every one who has frequented the old Congressional Library in the years past. He has been connected with the library for twenty-two years, and is exceedingly familiar with all of its details. His appointment was a grat- ification to a great many people, and con- gratulations were showered upon him by his friends and acquaintances this after- noon. —___- e-_____ CURRENCY LEGISLATION. Representative Heatwole After a Can- vass Discovers Small Prospect. Representative Heatwole of Mirn., who, in the last and present Congresses intro- duced a bill for a currency commission, has been consulting with members of the committee on rules and other leaders of the House as to a special order for con- sidering @ Dill in case a commission should be recommended by the President. The lateness of the session and the poor prospect of any action in the Senate do not, Mr. Heatwole thinks, give much en- couragement for believing that any finan- cial plan will be considered in the House until next session. The feeling in the House seems to be that if the tariff bill is out of the way little or no other busi- ness will be transected at this session. Capt. Potter's Reinstatement. Captain Wm. M. Potter of Laurel, Md., veteran of the war, has been appointed by Secretary Alger to a $1,000 clerkship in the office of the inspector general. Mr. Potter was formerly a clerk of the $1,600 class in that office and was removed dur- ing the last administration. Wis present apointment is a reinstatement under civil service rules. to be de- termined by the District Commissioners to By Mr. Barlow of California, resolution directing the Secretary of War to adver- tise for bids for the construction of the breakwater at San Pedro harbor, Cal., in accordance with the report of the board appvinted to locate a harbor at Los An- geles or San Pedro. By Mr. Brosius of Pennsylvania, resolu- tion for a constitutional amendment limit- ing the membership of the House to 336 members. By Delegate Smith of Arizona, bill for the admission of the territory of Arizona and also a bill to enable the city of Tucse Anz., to issue bonds to cousiruct a water and sewer system; aixo a bill to approve the act of the territorial legislature for the construction of a capitol building. By Mr. Shairoth of Colorado, bill to quiet title of lands deeded to the respective States for school purposes. ATS RC SEE NEW TORPEDO BOATS. Awards Will Be Made mended by the led to accept the recommendaticns of the majority of the board of naval bureau chiefs as to the award of contracts for building three tor- pedo boats, in which case the contracts will go to the Harlan & Hollingsworth Company of Wilmington, the Morris Heights Gas and Engine Company of New York and Wolff & Zwicker of Seattle, Wash. —____-e-—____—__ Collector Bidwell’s Departure. Mr. George R. Bidwell, the newly ap- pointed collector of customs at New York, was at the Treasury Department today in company with Representative Quigg, arranging to take immediate charge of the custom house. He received his commis- sion and his official bond received the ap- proval of the Secretery. He left for New York this after.con to assume his new duties. | ———_~-e-—_____ Report on a Ship Canal. Maj. Symonds’ report of the preliminary ex®mination into the subject of u ship canal from the great lakes to the navigable waters of the Hudson has been geceived by Gen. Wilson, chief of engineers, and sub- miss! teresting and