Evening Star Newspaper, August 25, 1897, Page 1

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They are closely studied by more‘ than three times as many * people as read any other _ Paper. , CRAZED ON A TRAIN Banker Tollant -Becomes Violently Insane While Traveling. ns THROWS COINS AT THE PASSENGERS Terrified the Train Crew With a Cocked Revolver. PUT UNDER RESTRAINT + * CHICAGO, August 25.—John D. Tollant, the president of the Tollant Banking Com- pa of San Francisco, is confined in the ist Chicago Avenue station, a raving maniac. Locked in a compartment of one of the cars of the overland limited train which arrived at the Northwestern depot at 8:30 o'clock this morning, the demented banker paced to and fro in the greatest excitement, occasionally throwing himself against the walls of the car and crying out in mental agony until the train slowed up on the depot tracks, when he was removed to a waiting patrol wagon and taken to the station. During his compulsory ride through the North Side streets, the bank president was held, struggling, on the floor of the wagon, the strong arms of two police officers be- ing required to prevent him from escaping. Censtantly endeavoring to tear himself loose from the grasp of the officers. he Wes carried to a cell in the station house, where, exhausted from his efforts, he lay en the floor, mumbling incoherently about the efforts he imagined were being made to advertise him as a notorious criminal. Started oa 2 Vacation. Saturday evening the California banker left for a vacation in Europe. He was to meet his wife in Paris, and the two ex- pected to spend the autumn months in a tour of the continent. On. Sunday morn- ing, after the train had progressed far on its journey across the mountains, Tollant began to act queerly. He would stare blankly into space for hours at a time, refusing his meals when they were offered to him. Occasionally he would twitch nervously and start in his seat. His fel- low passengers were alarmed by his pe- culiar actions and notified the conductor of the train. It was decided to keep a close watch of the man, but it was not ex- i that he would become dangerous. state of affairs continued for three la: When questioned as to his health. Tol- lant weuld vouchsafe a short, curt rep! to the effect that he felt well. He very taciturn in his manner, occasionally rdering on incivility when some service was offered him. Threw $20 Gold Pieces. sterday, soon after th> limited train @ out of Council Bluffs, Iowa, the sengers in the coach where Tollant Was seated) were alarmed by the fact that he was muttering loudly. Suddenly he drew a $20 gold piece from his pocket and threw it with great force at kis near- €st neighbor. This was followed by a vol- mas of gold coin, which was hurled at the le" passengers. Tollant pulled a re- volver cut of his pocket and flourished it when he was approached by the train Waving his weapon, 1 running down the aisle of the car. Suidenly he drew his watch from his pocket and threw it at the persons who were crowding each cther to gain exit through the coach door. Closer he ap- proached the few who were still in the car and who were expecting momentarily that the maniac would pull the trigger of the the man pistol, which was leveled in their direc- tion. However, the men did not fire his revo He would stvop and pick up his watch and throw it again and again against the new closed door, which pr vented him from following the men an women whom he had chased from the car. Seized by the Conductor. Suddenly while he was bending to again ick up his tin.epiece his arms were seized from behind and he was thrown strug- gling to the floor. Conductor F. H. Clark had silently stepped Goan the le from the other of the coach and leaned on raniec. The conductor s followed by a brakeman and two passengers, and the four succeeded in disarming the un- fortunate man ind confining him in an apartment. : w the apartment nd on Tollant t gold pieces, gers, the trainmen © razors and $k. Five which he had cast at the were ‘Oo recovered. —.__ DISTRICT THE LOSER, Erreneous Ruling by Axsessor in the ™: © of Licenses. ds to tuke out a license. Mr. Pugh has recently inve: gated the law in reference to licenses v ry closely, and he has found that through an years ago, which has been followe r since, the District has been the loser to the extent of $20,000 or $19,000, The keeper of a stand at 7th northwest was summoned to cour: s morning, to answer a cha having a Hcense, but the latter, upon a vice of his cou! Michael Colbert, took cut the ne : ary paper, and in y of this Mr. Pu nol prossed the case. Other pro: tions will be made by Mr. Pugh once. —<—__ MGR. MARTINELLIS TRIP. He Will Return to Washington in About Two Weeks. nsignor Martinelli, the pepal delegate, remain at Atlantic City until next Sat- urday as the guest of the Augustinian Or- der, of which he is a member. Sunday he will phia to assist the Au- bration on that day. at Bryn Mawr and will ston in about ary to the G 1 from his eeks. Monst ‘ i or Sbaretti leaves to- sy for an outing of several weeks in Con- ticut. legation has no important ques- ie ore it this summer and the work is # routine nature. Waterway Commission Secretary. Gen. H. Kidd of Ionia, Mich., who has 'y been appointed secretary to the of engineers for deep waterways the great lakes to the Atlant is a <rsonal friend of Secretary Alger. Their friendship dates from the time when they commanded regiments in the famous Cus- ter Cavalry Brigade. Gen. Kidd was only twenty-two years old when he left the M-chigan University to enter the army as & captain in the 6th Michigan Cavairy. He gid splendid service in the Army of the Potomac; was severely wounded at the batile of Falling Waters, where he was in charge of his regiment. He succeeded Custer in command of the brigade, and at the close of hostilittes went west with, his command, where he spent a year ~ tiag Indians among the mountains of ' ~ manne = id Wyoming. brian to san, he soon engaged in journalism, and is now proprietor of the Ionia Sentinel, one of the brightest and stanchest zepubli- ©an papers in the state. PROGRESS OF REMOVAL. Work of Transferring Books of the Congressional Library. : ‘The work of removing the books from thé old library into the new Congressional Library building was continued today. The material transferred since morning con- sisted of bcund volumes of newspapers, some of them reaching back as far as two cent@ies and a half. ‘The Congressional Library contains the firest collection of newspapers in the werld, there being more than 15,000 vol- umes, altogether. They embrace both for- eign and domestic journals, there being complete files of the principal papers of the United States for twenty-five years. The library subscribes for two daily pa- pers from each state, and besides, many are sent in voluntarily. These are all care- fully preserved. ‘The newspaper volumes are being taken from the crypts of the Capitol, the attic, and everywhere that they have been stcred. In order that they shall not be in- jured, the volumes are not made to shoot the chutes, but are carefully carried by the laborers to the wagons and lifted out when the wagons reach the new repository. They are being piled up in the basement until the shelves are prepared for them. Some of the volumes could not he re- placed. There are bound copies of files of the Lordon Gazette, which began_public: tion in the early part of 1600. The files in the library begin with 1655, just Before the great iire ef London. The Gazette was then semi-weekly, and was, as now, the official organ of the British government, all the official orders and anouncements tird- ing place in its columns. ‘The expression in reference to a man, “He is in the Ga- zette,” finally became to be understood that ne was insolvent and bankrupt, as the list of insciv ies and insolvents was publish- ed in that paper. There are bound volumes of the files of the “Pennsylvania Gazette,” Benjamin Frarklin’s paper, which began publication in Philadelphia in 1727. The files in the library date from 1734, and continue past the revolutionary period. ‘The work of ticketing the volumes in the library continues, so that wnen the work of moving the newspaper volumes is finished the work of movin the bocks can go on uninterruptedly. W YORK’S TRADE FELL OFF. NE Percentage of Exports and Imports at the Principal Cities. The forthcoming annual report of the bureau of statistics will show the percent- ages of the exports of the United States for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1897, at sev- enty of the principal customs ports. It is shown that the exports from the port of New York have fallen off from 40. cent of the whole in 1895, to 37.2 in 1 Boston's exports were 9.41 per cent in 1896 and 9.60 in 1897. New Orleans has made a gain from 8.47 per cent in 1895 to 9.66 in 1897. Baltimore also increased her exports from 2 per cent in 1896 to 8.15 per cent ost yt This increase is said to be due to the large increase of the shipments of corn. The exports from Philadelphia in- creased from 7.52 per cent in 1896 to 8.15 r cent last year. This increase is said to be due to the recent exceptioi shipments of wheat. There wi: crease at San Francisco from cent in 1804 to 3 2.79 per S to 2.10 last Puget Sound, increased from per cent in 1806 to 1. 1807. Norfolk and Portsmouth, Va., increased from 0.77 in 189% to 1.77 last year. Chi increased from 0.15 per cent in 1896 to per cent last year. In the matter of imports New York shows a falling off from 64.12 per cent of the whole imports of the United States in 1896 to 62.86 in 1897. Boston shows an increase 6 to 11.80 per cent. New Orleans increased from 1.47 to 2.17. Baltimore off from 1.73 to 1.49. PhiJa- delphia increased from 5.62 to 6.29. San Freneciseo fell off from 5.41 to 4.50. Chi- cargo fell off from 1.99 to 1.51 per cent. These figures represent the goods that went through the several customs houses, and do not take into account the locality from which the shipments were made. Thus a cargo of cattle shipped from Chi- cago by rail to New York and there entered for export to Liverpool would be recorded as an export from New York. o—_ NOT SUBJECT TO THE DUTY. Imports That Are Freed From Dis- crimination. Assistant Secretary Spaulding has decid- ed that cargoes imported into the United States in Norwegian vessels from any country are not subject under our treaty with Sweden and Norway to a discriminat- ing duty of 10 per cent. While specific cases of Swedish, German, Austrian, Bel- sian, Brazilian, Danish, Italian, Hawalian, Dutch, Russian and Turkish vessels have not yet been brought before the depart- ment, the terms of our treaties with these nations are such as to exempt them from discriminating duty. Whether the new tariff act should be construed as imposing the discriminating duty in certain cases on British, French, Portuguese, Japanese vessels and vessels of some other nationalitics has not been determined. a GALL! MINNESOTA MEN. Saved a Wagon Train and Won Medals of Honor. The War Department has awarded medats of honor to a number of soldiers of the 2d Minnesota Infantry fer gallantry in the civil war. The members of this rcegi- ment thus honored are: Joseph Burger, private, Company H; Lovila N. Holmes, first sergeant, Company H; William A. Clark, corporal, Company H; Samuel Wright, corporal, Company H; James Flannigan, private, Company H; Byron E. Pay, private, Company H; John Vale, pri- vate, Company H; Milton Hanna, corporal, Company H. At Nolinsville, Tenn., Feb- ruary 15, 1863, these soldiers, all members of Company H, 2d Minnesota Infantry, were of a detachment of sixteen men es- corting a wagon train that was attacked by 125 cavalry. After a most heroic de- fense, under Sergeant Holmes, the aituck was repulsed and the train saved. Another mau awarded 2 medal is Georze Wi'liams. At Gaines’ Mills, Va., June 2, soldier, then on duty with the wagon train as quartermaster sergeant, Ist Battalion, 14th United States Infantry, kead permission to leave his place cf safety in the rear and participate with the troops in the battle. He joined a company as duty sergeant, and with distinguished gallantry fought through the action, his battalion sustainirg a loss in killed and wounded of 147 men. —E Ninth Cavalry Transfers, Orders have been issued in the War De- partment makirg the following transfers in the 9th Cavalry: Second Lieut. Edward E. Hartwick, from Troop E to Troop L; Second Lieut. Lanning Parsons, from Troop L te Troop E. Maj. Curtis E. Munn, surgeon, tailed as a member of the examining board appeinted to meet at Denver, Col., March 27, 1897, from headquarters of the army, vice Lieut. Col. Alf A. Wosdhull, deputy surgeon genera!, who is hereby re- lieved. ~ is de- man, Washington. Maryland—George H. Umpleby, Balti- more: James Campbell, Baltimore; Mary AvinginiatTiswothy Resan, National’ Bol- diers’ Home, Elizabeth - c. Plato. : ss Lawton, New Bedford, past; captain om- mander. The Daughters of the Uni eterans have several matters of ‘con: ble im- portance upon which to act at their con- vention, which will open tomorrow fore- ncon. A resolution will be introduced asking the same recognition from the G, A. R. as has been accorded the W..R.C. A More delicate question to settle will be the request from the dpartments of Maryland end Kentucky fcr the formation of separate departments for the white and negro mem- bers. It is expected.t this will meet with strong opposition. The Women’s National Auxiliary te the Union ex-Prisoners’ Association have €lect- ed officers as follows: Mrs. R. A. A.‘Pat- terson of Pittsburg, Pa., nationnl presi- dent; Mrs. Benjamin Mc@all of .llogheny, Pa., senior vice president; Mrs) Wm. Paul, Allegheny, junior vice president; Mrs, J. R. Hutchinson, Ailegheny, treasurer; ’ Mrs. Frank Tribilla, Pittsburg, chaplain; Mrs. Robert Gilchrist, Allegheny, conduct: Mrs. John Horn, Steubenville, Ohio, guar Mrs. Charles F. Sheriff, Allegheny, ecoun- selor; Mrs. W. P. Linhart, Pittsburg: Mrs. Oliver Dubes, Mt. Washington, Pa.; Mrs. Wm. McCarthy, executive board. After Next Encampment. A large delegation of Californians arrived here late last night. They have comé with a two-fold purpose, that of discharging their duty as delegates to the G. A. R. en- campment and to boom San Francifco as the place of holding the next encamp- ment, or that of 180. Should Cincinnati get the encampment TRAMP OF VETERANS Streets of Buffalo Echo the Tread of Marching Thousands, OVATION 10 PRESIDENT M’KINLEY Weather is Propitious for the Day's Demonstration. SOCIETIES ELECT. OFFICERS —>—_—____ BUFFALO, N. Y., August 25.—When the gun on the ramparts of Fort Por- ter boomed its salute for the new day this morning the sun was obscured by banks of fleecy clouds at the east, when darkened into blackness at the west. A heavy mist rose from lake Erie, and hovered over Camp Jewett, and was carried back city- ward by a fresh breez> from the west. But the sun soon broke through the clouds 2 of "98, and everything now points that and gave promire of a brilliant day. way, knowing as they do chat Philadel: Drums beating the reveille brought the] phia’ will ask for it for 190), the Cali. comrades from their tents. Aids-de-camp in the gold lace of the National Guard of New York were dashing about the streets on the rearing horses, looking with anxious care to the divisions to which they had been assigned. Men and women and even children began to post themselves behind the long wire screens that had been spun out along the line of march during the night like an immense spider web. Every moment the space along the front of the sidewalks grew less, and soon those who had secured first place against the wires began to feel the pressure of the crowd from behind, which squeezed them and held them prisoners for the hours that the parade would take in passing. Procession Under Way. Gen. Clarkson and his staff rode from the Troquois Hotel to the Hotel Niagara as scon as the staff had assembled on Eagle street. In front of the Niagara the staff drew up in line and Gen. Clarkson waited upon President McKinley to escort him to the head of the column. At 10 o'clock the President left the Niagara, accompanied by the escort. Along the way to the point of formation the President was cheered to the ecno. Arriving at the corner of Main street and the Upper terrace, his carriage tonk position at the head of the column, di- rectly behind the citiz.ns’ committee, ‘the members of which were mounted. At 10:30 o'clock the command to march was given and the procession moved. To the roll of innumerable drums, the blare of trumpets, the clash of cymbals and the screeching of fifes, the Grand Army of the Republic, headed by the President of the United States, took its triumphal way through a sea of cheering humanity. Against the strong wires stretched along the route of march the people crowded each other until the wires bulged beneath the pressure. The sidewalks cn each side of Main street, as far as the.eye could reach, were filled with a solid mass of people. packed in so tightly that to move was al- most out of the question. From every win- dow faces beamed out by the half dozen and more, and the roofs had a population equal. if not greater than that of the win- dows. At the Chief's’ Headquarters, In the corridors of the Iroquois Hotel spurs were jingling and sabers clanging, as the officers of General Clarkson's staff hur- ried to the headquarters of the com- ™mander-in-chief to report to Col. J. Corey Winans, chief of staff. From east and north there came at inter- vals the rattle of drums end the clear note of the bugle. The posts of the Depart- ment of Illinois and some of the Depart- ment of Wisconsin were early on the march. The music and the tramp of the marching feet brought cheering crowds to the little detachments as they passed, and the hum of expectancy grew into a roar of excitement as the time for the moving of the procession grew nearer. Excursion trains on every one of the many lines leading into Buffalo began to peur thousands of recruits into the al- ready congested thoroughfares, and the railroad stations took on the appearance of human bee hives from which a swarm was flying. The street cars, as they pushed slowly down to the center of the city, by tem- rorary side street routes, were filled to the point of distress. Excursion boats were screeching their whistles in the harbor in an endeavor to get to dock with their quota of spectators. Cheers for the President. At a great imprevised grand stand the immensity of the crowd was seen for the first time in the partial open formed by the triangular junction of Niagara and several other streets. A band played “Hail to the Chief’ as the President and the commander-in-chief of the Grand Army passed under the arch. The people on the grand stand gave a mighty cheer, which was taken up and echoed back by the hundreds in the plot to the west. “President McKinley,” “Com- rade McKinley,” “The Grand Army,” could be heard in the roaring tumult of voices. Again the column plunged in between cengested sidewalks and again the deaf- ening applause roared back from wall to wall. By the time President McKinley and Gen. Clarkson had passed beneath the white portals of the imposing triumphal arch which spans Main street at the junction of East and West Genesee and Huron streets fully three-quarters of mile had been covered by the marching men, and the throng of spectators were coming to un- derstand what the massing of the Grand Army signified. Illinois Gets an Ovatio: The imposing department of Illinois on the right of the line received an cvation as it passed along. Columbia Post of Chi- cago was wildly applauded, but the white haired veterans of the humbler posts from remote corners of the state were not for- gotten by the generous crowd. As the veteran color guard, the old bat- tle flag battalion, passed heads were un- covered and eyes dried. There were thirty battle worn, shot torn flags, carried in the parade by Camp 1, Buffalo Sons of Vete- rans, in company with the Meade Post of Philadelphia, The old color guard was under command of Captain Morgan and Edward Curtiss. On came the procession, post after post, in columns of platoons eight files front, at half distance, while the head of pageant wheeled into Chippewa street, and passed under the gaily decorated arch erected by the colored people of Buffalo. Once clear from this arch, the Presi- dent saw before him a great ‘Iving shield and caught the music of two thousund voices, lifted up in the national anthem. As the columns moved on nearer and rearer to the shield, the first platoons wheeling up Delaware avenue, the human sympathy that had been“pent up for an hour “-f wait- fornians feel that they can capture it for the extreme west for 99, if ever. There is a possibility of the encampment being. given them this year, as Cincinnati has no other opponent in the fieid, and the fight for place and the commander-in-ehiefship may lose the fight for the former to the buckeye state. oo ee BANKS NEVER STRONGER. Assistant Controller Coffin on Published Statement. Mr. George M. Coffin, assistant controller of the currency, in speaking of the com- pileations of the reports of the national banks on July 1897, made public yes- ‘terday, said today “The figures showing total resources and liabilities of all the national banks on July 23, 1897, just compiled, are full of strength and promise. They show total resources. or liabilities amounting to $3,363,408,053, the greatest amount ever reached in the history of the system, the nearest approach to this condition being a tctal of $3,310,094,897 on September 30, 1892. i “The item largely contributing to this grand aggregate of liabilitiés is that of individual deposits, which on July 23, 1807, stood at $1,770,480,568, the highest ‘point ever touched by this item, thé next highest having been §1,765,422,893, on September 30,1892. “This showing is all the more striking because it is made after the ‘severe Haui- @ation of the past four years, which has reduced the number of natfonal banks from 3,830, high water mark, on May 4, 1893, to 3,610 on July 23, 1897. i “In the item of loans and discounts the Eighest point ever touched was) , , on May 4, 1893, just preceeding panic of that year. ‘Against th’s loans discounts on July 23, 1897, wére $1,977,505! 710, but ‘actual’ cash in bam -on J 5. 1897, was $43,518,621, against but $322,562,- 304 on May 4, 1898, when loans were most greatly extended. “As the loans of the natidnal banks ex- panded about $43,000,000 between May 14 and July 23, i897, it is not’ nearly certain that this movement has continued during the past month. ‘ “But the meaning of the figures is that the national banks as a whole, were never stronger and better prepared: in cash re- sources to furnish all facilities for moving the great wheat and cotton crops that are now coming to the markets of the world. The only speck-of danger in the future is that amidst all the evidences of business revival the bitter experience of the past four years may be forgotton, and that the ball of speculation may be again set roll- ing into the future of business disaster.” —_+o._____ Personal Mention, J. D. Croissant and family end Mrs. M. E. 8. Davis have returned from their Alaska trip and are in San Francisco. They will visit the coast as far scuth as Les Angeles, returning home the last of September. Past Department Commander Geo. E. Corson, who was detained at home on ac- count of the illness cf his wife, left for Buffalo last evening via Pennsylvania rail- toad to attend the national encampment of the Grand Army. After a month's stay at Burlington, Vt., followed by a tour afoot through the Adi- rondacks from Lake Placid to Loon lake, Dr. Wilhelm Bernhardt bas now gone to Canada for a visit to the diamond jubilee exposition, just opened at Montreal. Mr. Alfred Darling Cushing of Washing- ten has been visiting the Prestdent and Mrs. McKinley at Hotel Champlain for the past week with Mr. Abner McKinley, Mrs. McKinley and Miss Mabel McKinley of New York. They came to Champlain from Bed- ford Springs, Pa., having driven there from Scmerset, the country home of. Mr. Abner McKinley, on Mr. Cushing's coach. Mr. J. Meding has just returned from an outing-at Ocean City, Md. A. M. Bliss has been spending a few days at Ocean City, Md. Mr. C. T. Havener has just returned from a short trip to Ocean City, Md. Mr. H. Warner, with: Mr, B. H. Warner, jr., the newly appointed consul to Leipsic, Germany, went to New York this afternoon. The latter will-sail for Bremen &t noon tomorrow on the Freiderich der Grosse of the North German Lloyd line. Commander W. W. Reisinger, stationed at the Pensacola navy yard, is in the city on leave of absence and is at 1200 18th street. Passed Assistant Engineer. U. T. Helmes, stationed at the Nayal, Academy, is at 1441 Chapin street, on leave of ab- sence. : Representative Dovener of West Vir- ginia, who has charge of the West Vir- ginfa party which leaves tonight for San Francisco to present a silver service to the Wheeling, was at the Navy Depart- ment today, talking with Acting Secretary Roosevelt. re Postmaster General Gary Tremaintd in Baltimore today. He is expected to be in his office tomorrow. © John F. Varth and Adofph Wel of Baltimore are visiting frien&s in tl elty. the a Recent Naval Oriérs; Navy orders as’ follows were ‘issted to- Gay: John Kenyon and John’ F, Daly, ap- pointed mates; Mate E. M. Isaac, sent to the Franklin; J. M.° Bowyer, de- tached from the bureau of ordnance and sent to the Washington navy yard; Mate A, F. Bonzon, sent to the Cofistellation; Lieut. C. A. Gove, sent to the Naval Acad- emy; Ensign B. B. Bierer, to. the N: Academy; Mate ©. Christ ersen, fi the Maine to the Vermont; Pas Bsist- ant Engineer F. J. Schell, from the New York to the Naval Academy; Licut. W. F. Halsey, from the War College to the Naval Academy; Assistant-Surgeon W. H. ‘Wheel er, from the Marietia: to the Wheeling; Passed Assistant Surgeon G. Rothganger, from the Wheeling to the Marietta. OFF TO OCEAN CITY Baltimore Republicans Take Their Grievances to the Convention. CLAIMS OF THE RIVAL ACTIONS Malster Men Confident of Recog- nition There. MACHINE MEN FULLOF FIGHT Special Dispatch to the Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., August ‘The ma- jority of out-of-town delegates to the re- publican state convention who are in town today en route to Ocean City appear to strongly sympathize with the Malster end of the party dispute here. The general opinion among them is that the convention should order new primaries, and hedge them about with such safeguards that fairness and justice can be assured both sides. Among those who were most outspoken in denunciation of Wellington, Stone and the other machine leaders, was State Sen- ator Scott, who heads the Washington county delegation. Other delegates who favor new primaries are those from Fred- erick, Harford, Cecil. Carroil and some from southern Maryland. The treachery involved in the turning down of Supplee in the organization convention last night has aroused great indignation. A report is abroad that Mr. Marburg may not accept the nomination. A number of influential republicans, including Judge Russum, are out in interviews to the effect that Mr. Marburg cannot accept such a nomination and retain his self-r ‘The party ap- pears to be literally split open, and unles the convention tomorrow treats the Mal ster men with justice, all hope of carrying the city is lost. ¥ Great Local Interest Manifest. Local interest in the action of the repub- lican state convention at Ocean City to- morrow on the dispute between the Malster and “organization” factions of the party in the city is at fever heat today, and Is arousing endless speculation among poli- ticlans of all factions and parties. The exodus to the scene of the conflict has been large ‘in has carried down enthusiastic contingents cf partisans, The Malster men have given up their in- tention of chartering a special boat and train, but a large number of the xhip- builder's admirers, im addition to his dele- gates and managers, have pledged ihem- selves to be on the ground, no scarcity of Malster enthusiasm in view when the convention is called to or- der. The Malster men firmly believe that they wiil enforce recognition from the conve tion. Their showing at Monday’s pri - ies, when they polled 18,025 votes to the 4 cast for Supplee, and the 6, Marburg, is scmething, they feel, that cannot be ignored, and they propose to have a sufficient foree on hand to con- vince the county delegates, to whom they look for support, that refusal to accede to their wishes means the defeat of the party ig the city certainly, and probably in the State. Malster Will Be a Candidate, Mr. Malster, in discussing the situation this morning, said: “No matter what the decision of tomorrow’s convention may be as to this dispute, I propose to be a can- didate, and expect to be voted for in No- vember. I feel sure, however, that the convention will recognize the justice of our position, and will sust: our course. “I look upon my candidacy, not as a per- sonal compliment, but as the embodiment of a protest against an effort of a smail body of city politicians to run the party according to their own ideas, and entirely without regard to the wishes of the people. It was because of this wretched ‘ring’ policy that the voters turned the democrats out of power, and in less than two years’ time the ‘organization’ managers are fol- lowing precisely in their footsteps. It is a most mistaken course at any time, and par- ticularly when we are on the threshold of a ampaign of such vital importance. Should the convention be whipped into line by the bosses, defeat in Baltimore is inevitable, as my friends will under no conditions indcrse the tyranny of the machine. A defeat any- where along the republican line this year renders a state victory by the democrats probable, and this will carry with it the re- election of Mr. Gorman to the United States Senate. “Furthermore, how can we look for the assistance of the independeat democrats this year if they see that freedom of choize by the people is forbidden by a republican ring? They helped us into power solely to rebuke a similar condition in their own party, and if no benefit has been obtained they will naturally prefer their own bosses to ours. As I said I propose to remain in the field under all possible conditions, but I believe I shall do so with the official sanction and approval of the state conven- tion.” Attitude of the Organization, The organization leaders, while they pro- fess to be serene, are really very much at sea, and are at a loss to know how to pro- ceed. To capture the county delegates fs, of course, the task set them, but they are alarmed by the report that the countrymen are pretty thoroughly imbued with Malster sentiment, and with the prospect of a big Malster demonstration, they realize that heroic efforts will be necessary to swing the convention their way. In a word, the machine leaders have a few stereotyped expressions for publica- tion, and a large and varied list of white- hot comments for private circulation. Their situation is a most unenviable one, and-after their poor showing at the pri- maries they will have no little difficutly in trying to discount Malster’s claims to gen- uinely .popular support. The machine delegation from the city will base its claim to recognition on tech- nicalities, and the Malster men wili ep- peal te justice and expediency. To win the body over to the-former will require active snte-convention caucussing, and a number of adepts in this art, including Senator Wellington, have gone down ahead of the crowd to see that this is effectively attended to. Senator Wellington Disgusted. Prior to his departure, the senator, in a conversation with The Star correspondent, expressed himself as being very much dis- gusted at the entanglement of party affairs in the city, which, he declared, had at- tained a very unnecessary degree of devel- opment. He denounced the city politicians in the most extravagant terms for aliowing the situation to become so involved, and while interlarding his talk with predictions of the discomfiture of the Malster dele- gates to the convention, he clearly showed this anxiety as to ihe result. In fact, all the machine leaders are avowedly t= ting thélr course during the past months, and some of the less ardent pri- vately admit that it would have been bet- FISHBACK NOT AUTHORIZED. His Visit to Cuba is Made Purely in His Private Capacity. The highest State Department officials say that G. W. Fishback, who accom- nied W. J. Calhoun to Cuba as his pri- vate secretary, has not been sent there as a commissioner from this country or in any official capacity, as is reported. The State Department has no information that Mr.-Fishback has returned to the island, and the officials say if he is there he Is in a private capacity, with absolutely no con- nection with this government. There is no eecasion for sending him, it is said, and again it is intimated that it is not likely that he would be the man selected, if such a mission were in contemplation. The latest stery is that he will aceom- pany Consul General Lee on a tour of in- spection of the island, that he may ob- serve for this rovernment the real con- ition of the island and prepare a report on the state of affairs. This is amusing, because it cannot be accomplished, ever by General Lee. RESIGNATION. It Was Tendered Because His Redac- tion Was Proposed. There was corsiderable indignati among the friends of Nathan A. ¢ for many years an employe of the P. Office Department, and for four years chief of the bond division, when the circum- stances that led to his resignation were learned. At the Post Office Department yesterday it was stated that Mr. Smith had resigned becavse he had tired of the public service and wanted a change. The fact is, say his friends, Mr. Smith was to be reduced from his position as chief of the bond di. ion, at a salary of $2,000 per annum, to a $1,600 clerkship in the same division, in order that Mr. Dickey mizht be promoted to his place. Mr, Smith did not care to take this place and accordingly re- nith was known universally to be a most efficient official, thoroughly familiar with the affairs of his office. The proposed action in regard to him is generally com- mented upon not being in accord with the spirit of th civil service law. — ON COUNTERFEITERS’ TRAIL, The Sceret Service Has Been Kept on the Jump. An epidemic of counterfeiting has been engaging the attention of the secret ser- vice of the Treasury Department for eral weeks. Chief Hazen receives almost daily reports of the arrest of counter- fciters and the capture of tools and im- portant testimony against them. Nearly all the arrests recently made will bear fruit for the offenders in the shape of peni- tentiary terms. The period as been an active one for the service, but the men have been equal to the t. and are keep- ing cluse on the track of every attempt to successfully counterfeit the money 91 this niry. Chief Hazen today re from Detective Porter in Chicago, netiag the afrest there of William Lewis and Jesse Davenport, charged with making counterfeit half dollars and five-cent pieces. ived a telegram —2———_____ NOT AFRAID OF THE PLAGUE. Treasury Officials Think Quarantine Precautions Are Sufficient. The Treasury Department does not think it advisable or necessary to send a san- itary inspector to Hong Kong, as recom- mended by the United States consul there. The department says that the duty of the inspector would be the enforcement of dis- infection laws by steam process on Chinese steerage passengers bound for this country. This duty is thoroughly performed at the quarantine stations in this country on the arrival of ships, whether they be from China or elsewhere. The department con- siders this a better safeguard than disinfec- tion in China. The marine hospital service has frequent- ly asserted that with the disinfecting pr cess in vogue at the ports in this country it would be practically impossible for dis- ease to be brought here. The authoriti are not afraid of the bubonic plague or any of the fearful diseases which kill thousands in China at times. ———— INCREASE IN IMPORTS. tom House Reports at Georgetown and Alexandria. The figures at the Treasury Department giving the exports and imports from the different ports of the country show that for the year ended June 30, 1897, the im- ports to Georgetown were valued at $1 w94. Of this amovnt $117,007 was free of duty and $77,557 dutiable. No exports are put down, as the table of the Treasury De- partment does not give the exports of the imterior ports. This is all credited to the pert from which the goods finally ship. Goods exported from Georgetown go to Baltimore or some other port and are re- loaded. That port gets the credit for the shipments. For the year ended June 3v, 1896, the imports at Georgetown amouated to_$190,259, of Which $103,042 was tree and $57,2u8 dutiable. The imports at Alexandria for the period ended June 30 of this year were $11,412, as against $6,265 the previous year. Of the total amount only $33 was dutiable. ———_——_----——____ POSTAL CONGRESS SOUVENIRS. An Elaborate Collection to Be Sent to Each Delegate. The Post Office Department has nearly completed an elaborate collection of souy- enirs of the regent universal postal con- grecs and they wi!l be shipped in a few days to all the delegates to that body. It includes an album of pictures of the con- gress at the hall, both interior and ex- terior, appropriate pictures of interest at Washington, and some views taken during the special excursion tendered the congress by the government, when the fine days were occupied in seeing. the country be- tween the Massachusetts coast and the Mississippi river. There will also be a com- plete set of United States postage stamps, canceled with the words “Universal Postal Cor , and a silver medal of a size a little larger than a half dollar. —<—<—$_—__—_-.—_ PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS, Wm. R. Holloway to Be Consul Gen- eral at St. Petersburg. ‘The President has appointed William R. Holloway of Indiana to be consul general at St, Petersburg, Russia, the commission being dated from August 2i, The President also has Drummond MARSHALL’S MURDER a ee eee Evidence Against Suspect Frank Johnson Steadily Accumulating. Ee on CONFESSION POSSIBLY FRUSTRATED A Policeman Asks a Foolish Ques- tion at a Critical Moment. EEE hot UE PROCEEDINGS AT —___o—__ INQUEST “Did you ever see that mar before?” asked Detective Weedon this morning of the colored man, Frank Johnson, under arrest on suspicion of being the murderer of Former John D. Marshall. The prisoner stood beside the dead body of the victim in the morgue, and about the @orpse were several policemen and a Star reporter. Death had not cham Marshall's appearance to any consideraule extent, so that he looked almost the same as he did when he received the bullet in response to a request for a match, . Frank Johnson. There was not a movement of the Pris- oner to be noticed He stood there facing his alleged victim and appeared perfectly dumfcunded. His threat secmed to choke, and presently there was a movement of his Acam's apple, and he appeared as if he wanted to swallow it, but could not do 6 Beads of perspiration were forming about his head and neck, and the falling of a pin upon the stone floor could almost have been heard. Detective Weedon eyed his prisoner, whom he still held by tne arm, ard it appeared as if he wanted to say something. A Thoughtless Policeman. Those in the room really expected to hear some word of admission, when sud- derly Policeman McNamee broke in: “Ain't he match?” This had the effect of breaking the spell, and the prisener, somewhat relieved, then tcld the detective that the man was a stranger to him, and he had never seen him before. While nothing much was gained by this move, the officers found some missing links to the chain of evidence which fully satisfied them that the murderer of Far mer Marshall is no person other than the man under arrest. Drawing the Web Closer. The bullet from the dead man’s pelvis fits the empty shell taken from Johnson's revolver, and in addition to this he has been identified as having been on the Penn- sylvania Avenue ridge a few seconds after the fate shot was fired. When Detectives Lacy and Weedon re- terned to the Police Court yesterday after- noon and got the prisoner, as published in yesterday's Star, the took him to headquarters and had a long talk with him. His several statements vary corsiderably and he has more than satisfied the officers that he has not been telling the truth. In the first place, it is believed that his name is not Frank John- n, and that he ever lived in St. Louis is aiso doubted, for his conversation with In- spector Mattingly showed that he was not familiar with the streets cr buildings in that city. The Teiltale Bullet and Shell. ‘The bullet and empty shell were next examined and the detectives found what they consider unmistekable evidence that the leaden missile had becn fired from that particular shell. It was evident from the condition of the shell that the bullet had been fired from it within two or three days at the most, and not three weeks ago, as the prisoner s yesterday. ot, as the shell, is discolored, and b; these discolored parts together let is a perfect fit, but by reversing them the bullet would not fit. To the minds of the officers this was almost con- elvsive evidence of the guilt of the owner of the revolver. Still they knew it was recessary to get other evidence, and they went over the ground near the bridge and made inquiries until they learned the rames of persons upon whom they could call to give evidence which they had been told would have an important bearing on the case. The first of these witnesses put the appesrance this morning, and what he said made the prisoner feel rather uncom- fortable. An Important W enn. ‘This witness is Mr. Lawrence Joseph Bell, a farmer, who lives on the Marlboro’ road only a shert distance from Foresi- ville. On Monday morning when the trag- edy wes committed he was driving only a few hundred feet behind the wagon of Mr. Marshall. Just as his team reached the east end of — — he heard the re- ist ot. Perteat's meee he said to himself, “that there shouJd be a shot fired here at this time in the morning.” Fearing a tragedy had been enacted, he hurried his horses across the bridge, and when he heard Mr. Marshall's cry for help he went to assist him. On the bridge he saw a colored man walking leisurely in the direction of Twin- ing City. He thought it singular that the man would be walking away from where there must be some excitement, when the natural tendency is to go in such a direc- ing so slowly had done any- It was the identification of el putting the bul- nf the man whers he had econ on the bridge that morning it was sought, and for this purpose Mr. Beli was summoned from prisoner precinct, and Detec- tive Parham went with him to the station. Bell Identifies Johnson. z Tocked up in the first the man you asked for a