Evening Star Newspaper, September 18, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. . PURLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1M1t ivania Avenue, Cor. 11th St., by ‘The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8H UFFMANN, Pres't. > New York Office, 49 Potter Building. The Evening Star fe served to suleecthers fa the elty by r * on their own acount, at 10 ccute 4k, or 44 cents per mont unter 2 cents exch. By mail—anywh ed Sta ath, tday Qvintuple Sheet Star, $1 per year, with portage added. $3.00. (Entered at the Post Oftice at Washington, D. C., ts were ise mall matter.) CF All mail sulecriptions must be paid fn advance. Rates of advertising We known on application. THE LAUREL MYSTERY a ss or Cenads 30 cents Iestige prepatd Coroner’s Jury to Resume Its Investi- gation This Evening. ea EVIDENCE T0 BE THOROUGHLY SIFTED Le Opinions Divided Between Theories of Murder and Suicide. THE PHYSICIANS DISAGREE tember 18. the find’ns in pods, near this place, a fort- . of the decomposed remains of a human being is to be officially and mos yy discussed this ever‘ng. inquest will be resumed town hall here, and e that has been ult of the investigations conducted since discovery of the body will f surroundi orer in the of evidence the presented - Whether or not a verdict will reached this evening is ion. The s are t the Z Will be jjourned, the finale ‘ur at some t out from Baitimore y afternoon quoting Dr.T. M. Baldwin, lisher of a local newspaper, who i identified with the at- yours Of murderer, and ex- ader arrest and con- within twenty-four pected to vey him hours. Dr. Baldwin's Statement. win merely stated, so he says, while re yesterday on a shopping. visit, that he thought he eculd lay hands on Drown and might have him at the in- quest this evening as a wit is not prebable. It Says, that the coroner's jury met evening at Milstead testimony of Mrs. Dr. FE Mark A. G. ¢ Ci:ft was in Laurel, but did be- fore the jury. She merel, seme nts in the case privately :o Dr. ry is as profound as at the ghastly find was first and is likely to remain so until fuced and he in turn produces wife or admits th: Bui imquiry is neces: the ngs of t i my ied his own It kK. she other ift was in the g. The tailor two inches in h iremenis on ré ve feet from the m n his estz The fat ays that es tall seif (the nt is five feet four 2 of the bod found in the w ° in ht. Mr before her hus bad his hair very who met death in the w 7h: r ral in: of the tai ves show sift, eighed 17 nds, required 2 coat ¥ chest measurement of at le 4 » garment found in the old grave yard, fs, was made for a very erson, and could not be worn ‘ng like a fit by a man of the The Dissenting Jurors. At least y have 2 the Clift > inqy two members of the ted that they will not concur ticide theory, no matter if st be continued until the and his believed that ction of ce that the. pr me to the front and nt that he is inn loing in connection body. coroner's md cf e are pro- Drown ig if the he rong, chsus of Opin here is tement. ex- pub- of the Laurel morning, September there has been a i effort to solve the ler or suicide. The body has re-examined and exam- is that of Mrs. Drown, known woman and by ns. Some of e settled it to their app but it will a i? If ded time less naif a raile to lie down and die? Clift was well known in Laurel. Who saw him near here for many months past? Clift was of rather heavy build, but the bones found are those of a si son—the perts say of a young person, under twenty-five, for there is no sizn of wisdom teeth. Do all person have wisdom teeth? Does a man have the hair of a woman? If this was a suicide, how did the hair get under the small of the back and the hands be clasped above where head ought to have been? Where are shoes of the man Clift? If Clit are the man and woman seen nea. » where the body was found? “How about the two dogs that came to Laurel with a man and woman August 6, and only a man and one dog left the Sth or wth? Answer all these questions and you possibly arrive at the conclusion that the mystery is as deep as ever.” Physicians Will Disagree. ‘The physicians still disagree as to the sex of the person whose body was found. The bones of the pelvis and other portions of the body have been cleaned and will cut somewhat of a figure at the inquest this evening. The relatives of Clift have been summoned, as have alt other persons who know, or claim to know, anything in con- rection with the case. All evidence tend- ing to support both the.Drown and Clift theories is to be produced, and no effort will be spared to reach a vorrect conclusion ot what ts even now a deep mystery, even though pet theories have to be shattered. CE ee aE ‘Whereabouts of the Warships. The training ship Alliance has arrived at Gibraltar, the torpedo boat Foote at New York and the gunboat Newport at Boston. The cruiser Mentgomery has sailed from Port Angeles for San Francisco. The gunboats Yorktown and Machias have arrived at Cheefoo. The Yorktown is on her way to San Francisco. a and “The people of that section of the coun- try,” said Mr. Fowler to a Star reporter 3 y, “consider that they are worth just vice as much today as they were a year ago. That condition has been brought about principally by the return of prosper- occasioned by the new tariff law. No. 13,900. _ WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1897—-TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTS PROSPERING IN THE WEST| AT THE WHITE HOUSE Improved Conditions Found by Representa- 3 tative Fowler. Effect of the New Tariff in Arizon: and New Mexico—Protection of Their Chicf Industries. Representative Fowler of New Jersey is in Washington today, having recently re- turned to the east from an extensive trip through the western country. He extended his trip to the far west, and visited Arizona New wexico territories. rhe people ef the west realize that the new tariff law is a general and not a local It benefits the west just as much t. mea sure. In Arizona and New Mexico cattle r. s and sheep raising are the two leading industri Wool and hides ate prote under the new tariff law, and the people are getting twice as much for their hides and wool ing before the new No one business, however, absorbs all of the bene- growing out of the return of prosperit: Everything is benefited directly or indi- and industries that are not directly in the ympathy. ‘oming further east I found the same cendition existing in Kansas City. been familiar with last fourteen ago Kansas ing boon. it does the ea! they were obtain- w went into effect. industry or line of particular ned tariff. are prospering I have that section for the ears. Three or four years ‘ity was overdone by a build- Now not only have the surplus 2 occupied, but the city is a for more building. Kansas Ts and jobbers are very busy, and that is an indication of good times prevailing in a wide area of country, for is the distributing point of an ion.” iS a member of the committee nking and currency of the present and is intensely interested in the Y¥ question. He took part in the re- sound mon conference at India which provided for the appointment e commission that is soon to hold a monetary conference in this city. “If the comm Kansas extensive sion draw a compromise measure it will bea misfortune that they ever met,” said Mr. Fowler. “If they draw an ideal measure, one worthy of the char- acter of the commi in a con currency preblems and in great good to the country. Indeed, the outcome ought io be a final soli portant que on, aught to result ion of financial and inued discu: tion of this vexed and most im- tion.”” OF WITNESSES for Officers of Navy. Information the is- secretary of the navy ha the attention of » may be called on the civil ions of law The a 1 reular calling = of the navy witr owing before pro’ to appear as courts to the en the s the Revised “whe United S of bu: ment ron vied S50 of or other officer of the tes is sent away from his place as a witness for the govern- ary ext his items a and attend ns stated in sworn to, in going, returning ce on cou shall be audited no mileage or other compen- his nece in addition to y case be allowed. regard to thi salary shall in tion has been to offic of the vil officers, and re med in order to whether s orders of the s well to lates to t pear bef travel departine ute forbid in li the allowance ¢ thereof the attending ~ as ates courts for the district in which such courts are held, ntation of an count stated in accompanied —b: proper vouchers and supported by the affi davit of the officer concerne: es ——— FAVA‘'S RETIREMENT. BAKO! Reports That the Marquis Imperali Will Succeed Him Discredi(ed. The reports that Mar come to Was 5 I uis Imperiali would ington as Itallan ambassador, on Fava, are not ¢ official quarters. Imperiali i: ate In the Italian diplomatic yet having reg succeed lited in bordin- e, not hed the rank of minister, and it is not likely that he would be passed Gver that rank to the high grade of am- He has_ married an Italian lady retary of the Italian legetion at No official confirmation of Baron tirement on a sion has been rtment or the , the only places to which onfirmation could als of the emba city, but thos the reports of Baron as merely a repetition of past reports said to emanate from those personally hostile The expectation that Baron Fava wil! re- pe Itatian embas authori le from the the ambassador. ssy is to the The French embassy has not yet heard from M. Patenotre, the French ambassa- dor, who is in Etberon, N. J.. concerning to Madrid, which is reported transfer apparently authentic. ——____-e-— SECTION TWENTY-TWO. Senator Elkins Had a Large Share in Having It Inserted. Senator Elkins of West Virginia was a caller at the White House today. He went to talk about some consular applicants. Senator Elkins was asked about the state ment that he is the author of section 22 of the tariff bill, the meaning of which ‘s now being considered by the Attorney General. The senator practically admit- ted that he had a large share in having section 22 inserted in the bill at the last moment. He said that its provisions are about the same as the provisions of the separate bill introduced in the Senate by bim, and on which he made a speech. The senator said he is in favor of the broadest interpretation of the section. He believes it levies a discriminating guty on British ships bringing goods to this ecuntry from other than British ports. He believes it is the intention of the section to impose discriminating dutics on “every- thing.” “Lam oppcsed,” Senator Elkins said, “to censular seals and bonding privileges. I am opposed to the Canadian Pacific secur- ing business which ought to go to Ameri- can railways. I think the business which the Canadian Pacific is now doing cught to be broken up and San Francisco become the port of entry of the goods now going pdb mabe io = in _ of American shipping against foreign shipping.” Speaking of the political outlook, he said that everything looked as bright as could be for the fepublicans. “Prosper:ty,”. he said, “is doing the work for us this fail. We have nothing to do.” ——_—_-o--—___. Goverrment Receipts. Government receipts—From internal rev- ie, $448,593; 7; miscelian- pate Setoee jan. - The President and General Lee Have a Long Conference. STATE OF AFFAIRS IN CUBA The End of the War Cannot Be Seen. PROMINENT CALLERS “When McKinley day. “I do not see an end to it,” General Lee answered, ard then the consul generat went on to give his reasons to the Presi- dent. He pointed out that the topography of the country is favorable to the insur- gents and to a continuation of the war. Nearly everything else, he said, is equally favorable. The President listened to what the Vir- ginian said, but expressed no surprise, he has been aware for some time that the Spaniards are not able to conqucr the in- will the war end?” President sked Consul General Lee to- surgents. He has not been ignorant of that fact since shortly after he was in- augurated. Gen. Lee came here from Virginia by request of the President. He arrived at the White House a few minutes before 10 o'clock. Judge Day, assistant secretary of state, was then with the President, von- sulting about consular appointments. At 10 o'clock Judge Day left and the con- ference between the President and Gen. Lee began. It lasted for an hour and a half, and Secretary of War Alger was present ihe greater part of the time. Thi however, is not construed as having a belligerent meaning. General Lee was naturally reticent ahout what took place in the rcom, but said to newspaper men that he bad simply re- ccunted the true situation to the President, informing him the strongest language that he es no end to the war. Gen, Lee to Go Back to Cuba. The President is well known as a good listener, and this was his attitude during the conference. He listened and said lit- tle. He did not ence intimate his purpose or outline the policy the administration in- tends to pursue. Just before General Lee was depart the President said te him: ready to “Gen- eral, 1 want you to go back to Cuba.” neral Lee answere? that if that was the yeuld consent to re- turn, das to hew long General Lee Is expected to remain in Ha- vena_before a rep t almost sure Lee will not be succec . possibly not at all, if ne des Lee will return to H die of October. He left for Covington, V this afternoon. It npossible to relate what General Lee said to the Presigent, but it is beyond doubt that the Hava lus getting tirel of inaction, He have informed some of his intimate friends that he would not remain in Havana if positive action is not taken within a few ths after his return. He is willing to because he will be glad to be a factor in the settlement of the war, and he has a bel: that the President not going = to postpone action. to the city in quest it was whether he He told v of his jai to him, but if requested and if feeling of ind returned to Hav. friends that it was that he would go ba he saw a chance for a settlement of the war. He is ly ambitious to take part in bring » war to un end, and hopes that of his suggestions toe ac- complish th: y be adopted. Kecailing Old Times, When Gen. Lee reached the door leading to the President's room he met Charlie Loeffler, the veteran doorkeeper. The two ten held a reunion, talking of war day: In the days before the war Gen. Lee and Charlie Loeffler were members of the famous 24 Cavalry, now the sth Cavalry. Gen. Lee was the first leutenant of Com- pany B and © ie Loeffler was a private of Company H. Gen. Albert Sidney John- ston was the colonel of the regiment, Robert E. Lee lieutenant colonel, G: George H. Thomas and Gen. Wm. Hardie majors. Gen. Van Dorn was the senior captain of the regiment; Gen. Kirby Smith was next in raptain, and Gen. Hood was the senior {rst lieutenant. Other men who afterward became famous in the civil war were officers in the same reg! ment The 21 Regiment was sent into w ihe: to fight the C: regiment had li work for a long tim: a big band of the Comanches took in a gulch on the Cinnamon river. . Johnston dctailed four companies to e them. One company : tationed on the hillsides. Com- pany B was sent into one end of the guleh and Company H it.to the other, the object being surround the Indians. ‘The red shed into a danger- mien were gradually 1 ous hole and knew that capture was inev- itable. Th thre up some breastworks and decided to fight. ‘The closed in on them and a rush was made fur the breastwo Lieut. Lee was the first man over, but was shot down, recely- ing a bullet throvgh his lungs. It was thought he was killed. He was popular in the regiment, and there was a vow to kill every Indian 2nd to take no prisoners. This vow was nearly carried out. Charli Loefiter was the first man to reach Lieut. Lee, pulling him from under a pile of un- derbrush which had toppled over on him when he fill. Mr. Loeftier was a fighter himself, and had to drcp two Indians who were preparing to brain Gen. Lee with the butts of their muskets. General Lee encountered another inter- esting figure at the White House. This was Col. John S. Wise, formerly of Vir- two companics ginia. General Lee defeated Colonel Wise’ for governor of Virginla. They swopped stories of political days. 3 “I remember that election for governor,”” said General Lee to Colonel Wise. An old negro who voted for you for governor, came to me the next day and asked for money to go to a circus. ns “Why, John,’ I said,‘aren’t you ashamed to come to me for money; when you voted! for Wise for governor?’ “Mars Fitz,’ was the answer, ‘suppose |’ I did vote for Mars Wise. Wasn't it count- ed for you?’ I gave him the money.” ~ ~ The President's Next Tri President McKinley will probably not leave Washington fcr Massachusetts before Tuesday of next week, and probably not then. He will be accompanied by Mrs. Mc- Kinley and Executive Clerk Cortelyon. They will go to North Adams, Mass., in the Berkshire hills, and will be guests of W. D, Plunkett, an old friend, who went to Somerset last week and prevailed upon the President to make the trip: The Pres- ident will probably not return until the last week: of this -month. a Among the-callers at the White this morning was Mrs. Virginia Campbeit® ‘Thompson,: daughter of Alexander Camp- bell, the famous founder of the Camphel- lite ‘or Christian Church. Mrs. Thompson is an appiieant for a place_in the Congres- sional Library. She is backed by practi- cally all the followers of her father’s creed, In Ohio alone there are over 2,000 voters. Her papers bear’ the indorsement of Mrs. Garfield, the widow of the President, It of the only favor Mrs. Garficld has asked this administrat mendation she Mrs. Thom; m, and the’.only recom~ made since 1881. was appointed postmis- tress of Lou! by President Hayes. She is still a woman and is said to possess wonderfill exeeutiye. abilities for a woman. ’ Secretary Alger r ined with the Presi- dent for an-hoursnd a hatf after Gen. Lee Secretary Chamberlain Criticises At- titude of United States on Sealing. Fred Cummings Claims His Brother Was a Victim of a Conspiracy. left. He tatked: about the situation jn Alaska. Was Lynched on a Charge of Stealin, LJ Appests Prom: the District. z Surgeon General Wyman was _ tele- at Dawson City—Hix Accuser }phoned fer and: hada short talk with RECALLS SOME PREVIOUS HISTORY Accused. the President and Secretary of War ——-- <2 about the yellow fever situation fn ‘ the soath. Tie ‘Presitent today re-| Charges That the Noblest Tradi-} ostara. xen, kagicmue Se Ss ceived several telegrams from the south te 4 lantes lynched Eugine Cummings at Daw- son City last spring. Fred. Cummings, the dead man’s brother, says the case was clear murder. He is hastening to Wash- ington, D. C., in the hope of securing an investigation, and if not the punishment lof’ the lynchers, at least his brother's ex- oneration of the offence for which he s appealing for aid im localities which are | bottled up by quarantine regulations. Ap- peals have also nm maie to ihe Secretary of War fer tents. The telegrams to the President alleged that starvation is immi- nent in one op tWo places. The President ascertained fronsGen. Wyman that there isa large fund available for emergencies of this kind growing-out of an epidemic of tions Have Been Abandoned. CITES CASE OF HARRII —___»__—_ LONDON, September 18.—The secretary ecntagio: diseases.» A part of this fund a 25 fered. will be used if it $s Zound to he absolutely | Cf state for the colonies, Mr. Chamberlain, | 7p. Boyd, who brings the story heré. necessary, and can be used within thej| in the long letter from the colonial office 2 met Fred. Cummings in Seattle age. As both were going east the part of the distance together. On the 1oad Cummings told his companion som-hing of the errand on which he left A He claims his brother's desth wa te a dispute with a miner named Ra The two quarreled ov. som trifling ter. Soon after Baynter mings of robbing him of of wearing apparel and At his re sack s cabin, fo: -| ticles and hanged Eugene to the nearest not long t Teaning of the law creating the fund. Another throng ef office-seekers waited in vain for a word with the President. They hepe for one more chauce on Monday and find consolation-in thinking they may be svecessful then. Senators ‘Thurston among the few vizitors dent teday. ee GROWTH OF NEW MEXICO. ce cin Au Increase of 100,000 in the Past Seven’ Years, to the foreign office, signed by Mr. Fdward Wingfield, one of the assistant under-sec- retarics of state, published by the Times to- day, and dealing with Secretary Sherman's dispatch to the Marquis of Salisbury on the Bering sea controversy, also say “Mr. Chamberlain cannot pass Mr. Sher- man’s attacks unnoticed, because his si- lence might be construed as an admission thet the dispatch was unanswerable. “From a perusal of Mr. Sherman's dis- patch, it might be inferred that the prote nd Penrose were ‘ho saw the Presi- Miguel A. Otero, sdvernor of New Mext-| tlon and preservation of the fur seal is] \Tee,,The alleged pare ee nase co, has made his report for the year end- | identical with the suppression of pelagic | even know that they w tM cabin ait ing June 30, 189%, to the“Secretary of the | Sealing,and this view-is consistent with the | that Baynter must have soneealet then Interior. ‘The report recalls the fact that New Mexico is three times as large as New England, and that When admitted to state- attitude the United States have maintained from the outset. In support of their views, himself. Baynter was instrumental in saving Fred. Cummings, with whom he had no quarrel, the United States governme a ie Ee : from the same fate as his brother. Fred. hood it will be the‘ fourth state in area in soirom the mbes eee of —s i” | was not grateful for the favor. He Lae the Union. An estimate, based upon the | their efforts to vindieate the fro dons ne tee geance upon his brother's slayers and returns from the last “genernf’ eléttion. | high seas. ‘The nation which is now zealous | Baynter first of eg enon Mg shows an increase of population of 100,000 | for prohibiting peiagic sealing was, in IS%2, thio : eh Feed eee so é in the past seven years. The white popu- | With equal zeal asserting the claim of th Ne yilp ene ay, to, Washineton, - Noes SNS HIS Tne where he will urge the State Department TaHOA ie et coat aaaee right for its citizens not only to kill seals 400, with an egret en the high seas, but to land and slaughter | 10 US¢ Its offices with the Canadian gov an population ef 258i. A strong plea | them on the shores of a friendly, nation.” to > matter. The is made for statehood, the report stating that of the territories admitted to. state+ hood within the last en years none, with the exception of Dakota, has been as popu- lous as Mexico. The assessed valuation of New Mexico, including the exemption from taxation allowed to heads of families, . is about $40.000,000, which is at cast $10,000,- ow larger thar the’ valuation of Idaho and Wyoming when tHcy were admitted to staichood. Governor Otero states that the schools of the territory have very much improved in character, one-third of the fund raised from ljcenses on saloons and gambling houses golng to sweiJ, the.school fund. He speaks of the great agricultural, sheep and mining industries of the territory and gives an elaborate statistical account showing its wealth ‘in these industries: ee side of the Mr. Chamberlain elaborates on this point at some length, relating the incident of the seizure of the scali ssel Harriet, at Buenos Ayres, in 1832, and adding: Incident at Buenos Ayres. “The shores of the Pribyloff Islands ioday are equally as uninhabited as the sh: or the Falkland Islands and Terra Del Fuego were fifty years ago, but no British subject has ever claimed the right to land and kill seals there, as the United States did on the south Atlantic, under the protection of the guns of an American man-of-wa Mr. Chamberiain’s letter quotes and an- swers most minutely all the points of Sec- rewry Sherman's dispatch. S START UP. Men Are in Poor Condition for Work and Have Accemplixaed Little. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 18.—A number of the mines of M. A. Hanna & Co., at Dillonvale, were opened this morn- ing. The railroads connecting Cleveland and the other lake porte with the mining district have not moved any considerable amount “of coal as yet. It is movements of menced before belli It is said at the State Departmeat that | os PRESIDENTIAL APPOINTMENTS. there nothing in the Bering sea cor- | here that, after the long pericd of idleness, Es respondence pubiished in. London this| the hands of the miners are tender. ane Several Consular Canuges Among the | morning that hed not been already made | men employed forced to quit work, owins Selections. public in this country, except the note ad- | tc sore hanc dressed by Lord Salisbury to Ambassador He dated July in partial response to retary Sherman's famuus “shirt s 4 letter criticising the British treatment of the seal question. Will Meet Here in October. In the letter referred to Lord Salisbury stated that the British rament was willing to agree to a meeting of the experts The President today made the following appointments: arles M. Dickinson of New York, con- sul at Constantinople; James W. Rodgsdale, consul at Tien Cc. C. Manning of South Carolina, consul at St Michaels, Azoi Benjamin F. Clark of New Hampshire, con- sul at Pernambpco, Bragil; Leander Bryan, _ The miners at work are c ing very little. No coal ha here for speculative purposes strike was settled, and the probabilities are that there will be no heavy shipments toward the lakeboard until all the are at work ing until the condition before ma customers. narshal for the middle district of Alaba- |‘ seaigg k ane ma; Silas C. Croft, surveyor of customs for | i@ October, preferably in Washington, and FIGEL HELD WITHOUT the port of New York; James C. Leftwich, | that other portions of Mr a BAIL, receiver ef public money at Montgomery. atch, in so far as they re - Ala., vice Larry W: Hunter, removed, and | trom her enajGeia ek Geoeenrins 1 been [oBersed With Murder of Ixaze Hon- Robert Barbour, register of the land office : man in San Francisco. answered by ition in @ at Montgomery, vice Harrison Purcell, re- ee raved (Lord Salisbury) had addressed to Sir Ju-| SAN FRA », September 18.—Judg aoe Sag lian Pauncefote on April 22 and May 7, | Campbell today held Theodore Figel, for- aon 3 eg ante which had been comnmnteated to the gov- | merly bookeeper for Hoffman, Rothschild « AMERICAN PRODUCTS PREFERRED. | ernment of the United States on July 23 Gos solethlopeliy, eo maser ha ane as, - ‘The London publication of the corre- ie aa af a sidgeisers Chinese Like Our Cotton Fabrics, | spondence was accompanied by a memo-| Of having murdered his employer, Tsaa: Flour, Oils and Caan Goods. randum prepared by Mr. Chamberlain. it] Hoffman. in his office on the evening of The United States consul at Amoy, Chi- | Points out that, Mr. Sherman’ contention | June 1 last and remanded him to the cus- - Rik i ie A eM! (a © extermina r-bearing seals] tody oft: . vi aii D na, in a dispatch to the State Depart-| has hoon practically aiccompuskeat cannot ae = ae without bail. Fi ment, just received, that “the Chinese peo- a has already been held to answer to c have come to pass, as in that case there weuld be nothing at ali to for E sotiation. of forgery and embezzlement. The of the prosecution is that he murde employer after the latter had him that his thefts had been di threatened him with in reccipt of a sala ple prefer American cotton fabric spin- nings, flour, oils, canned goods and meats, and even buy them at higher prices than other in:portations can be had for.” He says alsa that there is a more amicable feeling existing between the natives and m the sub- thi The document his informed covered and exposure. Alihouxa ») a month only, elixh Interests Superior. “Lord Salisbury pointed cut in May that the English interesis had for some years Fisel ow: stable o breds atc foreizners at Amoy and in the surround-| exceeded the American in the fur-sealing aeerLonned = a aniace aaa pers : ing country than probably exists at any | industry. It cannot, therefore, be for the} Later J ge Cook issued a writ of habeas other post in China.' In his opinion, the rapid increase of trade between the Unit-| “@¥antage of the British government corpus returnable on instance Tuesday ne t at the ed State: a the! section’ of Ctina referred || ‘#0se whom) it represents) that the sseals | eee aie eased to should command the attention of Amer- | should be extermirated. The dispatch ex-| OH." del woun, oa Bees GAOL ecE Re ican merchants and the United States gov-| plains that the object of the conference is | Feleased from custody. The petition for ernment. to arrive, if possible, at correct concli-| the writ is based upon the claim that no a —_— sions respecting the numbers, conditions : | evidence has been produced to show that ard habits of the seals frequenting the! Isaac Hoffman, for the murder of whom Pribiloff Islands at the present time, as! fgel was this morning held 10 ame compared with several seasons previous to] was murieret 2 ; and subsequent to the Paris award. “But it must be clearly understood that this limited inquiry does not involve an as- sent to Mr. Sherman's strange misconcep- Persoval Mention, Mr. W. J. Stephens has returned’ from his vacation, spent at, Cedarville, N. Y., ana will resume his charge of the music depart- ment of Howard University. Dr. Henry Alfred Rebbins and family HENRY W. SAGE D! - A tions.” Mr. Chamberiain contends that] Prominent as a Donor to Educational will return to the city tomorrow. Gicat BATAil Shesitalcen vad cGuAke TaneAse Institutions. Mr. W. Mosby Williams, who has been} ures, much more complete in some direc-| ypHrACA. N.Y cater cones ie away for over five weeks on his vacation, | tions than those adopted by the United] 10. Gica here, aged elahty-ttwec has returned to the city. While absent he} States, for securing the enforcement of Be et hire, Beet eignty yea visited friends in several counties in Vi ginia, among others being Warren county, his old home. / Messrs. Frank H. Hiatt and Jesse and Wm. Adkins of Capitol Hill have returned from Arundel-on-the-Bay, where they have been on an outing: for several weeks. First Assistant Postmaster General Heath kas gone to Indiana. He will return here the ris regulations, and says it was] Mr. Sage has been best known thro: never intended by the tribunal of arbitra-| his donation for educational purposes. tion that United States officers should have | was a descendant of David Saze, who the power of supervising and controlling | tieg in Middletown, Conn., in 1 the action of British naval and customs haces officers with regard to the inspection or | Sage was preparing for Yale when his fam- fly removed to Ithaca, N. Y., where he en- skins. gaged in mercantile pursuits. In 1854 he He contends that the British government has even exceeded the limits of its strict | established a lumber manufactory at Sim- zh He a week from next Monday. obligations as out A a weer Secretary Bliss went to New York last | injury to the inter it was | Oe, Ont., and later, with John McGraw. evening and will probably return here next | joand to protect. he | another at Wenona (now West Bay City), Wednesday. During his absence Assistant | continues, had not omitted to enact legis- | Mich. From 1s57 to ISS) Mr. Sage re- Secretary Webster Davis will be zcting sec- | lation necessary to secure the conviction | sided in Brooklyn, N. Y., where he was retary of the interior. Captain G. L. Seott, 6th Cavalry, fs in the city on business with the Indian office. He is at the Ebbitt. Brigadier General Thomas C. Sullivan, eccmmissary general of subsistence, has been granted leave of absence for twenty days, and has gone away fcr a short vaca- thon. Commander E. H. C. Leutze of the navy is in the city on Jighthouse duty. He is at the Raleigh. ‘ Judge Lambertson.of Nebraska, ex-assist- ant secretary of the treasury, is at the Ar- ington. ‘ee: oo German Cadet Ships Coming. The Department of State has been in- formed, that the German_cadet ships Stein and Charlotte will enter the port of Charles- ton, 8. C., om the gd and Mth of February 1898, and depart ‘onthe, 5th and 16th of the same month, respectively. Sa SSS .. Not to Be Rendered Today. It was stated at the Department of Jus- }tice today that the opiniog of the Attorney General in regard. to: the construction of section 22 of the Dingley tariff law, relating to discriminating’ duties, will not be ren- dered to the Treasury Department before Monday. : of the guilty, but it has refused to pas legislation certain to embarrass and in jure the innocent. It has refused to seek legisiation authorizing the inspection of skins because it does not believe such in- spection would serve any useful purpose. Protest Against Interference. connected with Plymouth Church. he gave to Corneil Univers hall for wemen, which is known as S: Hall. He sveceeded Ezra Cornell as pr dent of the board of trustees of Corm University. He endowed the Beecher lectureship on preaching ai Yale, ; and presented to West Bay City, Mich, a The British government, he asserts, has | public Mbrary which cost $30,000. He also performed with the utmost rigor all the | endowed and -built several churches ai requirements of the award, but it has had | schools. : to make “continual unavailing protests " ee ee against the attempis of the United States WATCHING FOR FILIBUSTERS. to hamper and embarrass the operations of ar sful yo. | EXPedition Thought to Be Fitting ae subjects pursuing their lawful yo- Oat ta *idere WsGGakbemaia, cation. “But the fact,” continues Mr. “hamber- SAN FRANCISCO, September 18.—Miguel lain, “that Jin anite oF. See eae Carrillo, the Guatemalan consul in this ments British sealers have been able to | city, has requested collector of the port prosecute the industry successfully has led < to continual effort by the United States | Jackson to keep a strict watch upon ail to obtain such further regulations as would | vessels departing for the south, as he has effectively prevent that result without fe- | received information that an expedition is BELA SOARS ODISHS OL Ate Rare fitting out here to carry arms and money to the insurgents in Guatemala. The dispateh concludes as follows: “The government has never argued that : the regulations are perfect, but It nas main- | rhe, Sunbost Alert ts dying, in the stream tained that before they ean be scientifically | off Folsom street . Foren tee revised accurate informazlon as to the In- | {OF her crulse to San, Jose de Guatemala crease or decrease of the herd must be | for the purpose of looking 1 Fomieage gy gerenti Eee avatars ea pecrabeer sees Spy Sap tes republic during the revolu- obtainable by accurate 9! rvations extend- ~ ing over a period sutticient to enable ac- | tien. Sh will probably sail temorrow. c cidental circumstances to be eliminated. ee TNs, EET “As soon as that Is at hand the govern- STEAMER PROBABLY LOST. Engraving Bureau Promotions. ment Is ready to enter upon a discussion of ——S the question in the impartial and friendly | Drift Coming Ashore at Cape Race spirit with which the géternment can con- Indicates Disaster. 1; hi cted ¢ ot SrLine coe vere ee RTUEHONE the | en. SOHNE, N.. ¥.,Reptember 18.—t ts — To Factlitaie Pension ° The Secretary of tg Treasury has order- ed the promotion ¢f Frank W. Larner from clerk, tat $2,262;*to apaistant chief of di- pvisjon at the regu of engraving and . ‘Louis “N. Mallett @ ‘@killed* helper at Suspension | Harber, Mich, | Which evidence in-pension cases should be | Sehore. Ht is feared that all pomp nicl Mr. (Comey setae controller. of. the cur- | Sled; which, it 1s ‘believed, will greatly fa- | sthie ro obtain further information. rency, receives telegram this morning ;| *litate pension work. It provides that all ———>—_—_ announcing the suspension of) the First | oot ta hich tt retees ete act aine | Republicams..Neminate Wallace. National Bank of Benton Harbor, Mich. | from the Gate of ltr feceipt ct ee ony? | NEW YORK, September 18—The repub- Bivcaldwait mbo.ie ig cbaren The Senk| tered in piterent Sie asen SOC he com” | uccamaton Suage Wittens 3 'waley of has.a capital of $5008, a surpiua of $000, [ | bring together all| the United States , and its Habilities are $90,000. CHANGE. IN POLICY| W4NTS AN INVESTIGATION | The Evening Star is the only afterncon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. MOTIVE FOR CRIME a aan Prosecution to Show Luetgert Wanted to Marry His Servant. DEFENSE OBJECT 10 TESTIMOKY Case Adjourned Till Next Tuesday --Point Under Advisement. - LIVELY DAY IN THE CAS nen es = CHICAGO, TIL, September 18.— Wii followed each other on the stand ‘ trial of Adolph Li tgert this morning » unu: 1 rapidit They were called to straighten out the t ngled ends of former testimony preliminary to the prosecution's announcement that its case was closed Abraham Seeley, a butcher at West Monroe street, coused a mild ation when he anne 1 that at the public sale mt Luetgert’s factory some we ago he purehared thirty-nine bottles of mine.ai Water, It has been the contention of th dete that en the night of May 1, when Mrs. Lueigert is said to have been mur- dered, Luetgert, not feeling well, sent Frank Bialk to a drug store for medicine. Bialk If confirms this and deciares Luc to get a be of mineral equent developments have shown that the sausage maker had at least s water on hand thirty-eight s after more that when Bialik away Prof. Delator Sergeant Spar the police department number icemen were cal ness s fy the various exhibits of bo: ticles, and to tell where they d where these exhibits had been « the progress of the trial Sheriff Fred. F or & Vis, a nephew of Mrs. Christine Pel it, ts called to the witress stanc to identify knife M ee th fven before ty 4 Deputy r Said anil cUhim the knife in July. ‘The Wades look- ed as if they had not been opened month. 4 the hardle nr Wire the witn pened the krife tw crusts of rusi sol off the krife,he said. Wher the prosecution Calie 1 I Sialic te the w "as one ¢ iwo wit io show 1 i ai- rier was rest ncent protested 1 s highly impr ted to it as incompe t no motive could & mply from fi, and tend to pre jurors. Attorney 1 aid be wi The divi of the be to bla ing, who wx Mth tcok the dispute} point wn- ment, and cl court antl day morni e-lournment Was taken to permit the ce- time io pre fe and the line of —_.- INTERNATIONAL CHESS TOURNEY. Sixth Round in the Se ed at Berlin ‘, September 18.—The rnationsl ¢hess Being Play- 2 ixth round iournament was Winawer; Ziukl; M rvs. Burn ann uecchting. Upto lo’ arrived at: Alapin be beat vs. Win- id Caro v the a draw, ed 19 call tenday LD BL Nomince for Supreme Joa Sein Himse! in Cole- f tight. Jou his letter » the demo refut b » time standard man. He free coinage of silver, and by be secured eratic party. enly throvel a BENTON HARBOR BANK Ci Examiner Chargce—WHL mt. Special he First not opin for business today, Bank iner George B. Caldwell of De- troit is in charge. About $40,000 is duc de- positors, and it ts generally believed at will be abou; as much as will The suspension is not wholly a surprise. Deposits heve decreased about $50,000 cur- ing the past three months. The bank's capital stock was $50,000, with surplus of $40,000, James Bail cashier, makes wo statement excepting that in his opinion deposiiors will be paid in full. There is a crowd of anxious depositors about the door. The; atiribute the bank's embarrass- ment chiefly to bad loans. Bank Examiner Caldwell says that the failure was due to the speculations of ex- Cashier James Bailey, “whose unwise in- vestments and dangerous speculative ven- dencies led to his removal last June.” The bank is also burdened with a larce amount of real estate, taken as security, which is not available fer paying depos- itors. A thorough investigation will be made. —— Freight Rates Restored. NEW YORK, September 18.—In accord- ance with the direction of the board of contre? at its recent meeting the managers of the Joint Traffic Association today vec- ommended thet rates upon grain and grain producis = Se an the yo sag pounds, Chicago to New Yor with the sual to other sea” board cities, effective October 15, and con- tinuing until #ithdrawn or modified. This