Evening Star Newspaper, September 21, 1897, Page 1

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They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other Paper. IT DOES NOT APPLY|8!G staze at HaceRSTOWN| AT THE WHITE HOUSE Discriminating Duty and Goods Brought Through Canada. THE ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINICN Construing Section 22 of the Tariff Law. DISCUSSION AT LENGTH —__+ Attorney General McKenna today an- nounced his opinion in the matter of sec- tion 22 of the new tariff law. He holds in effect that goods coming directly into the United States from foreign countries through Canadian ports are not subject to the discriminating duty of 10 per cent, and also holds that foreign goods shipped from countries other than British possessions in British vessels are not subject to the dis- criminating duty. x ‘Two questions were asked the Attorney General, the first of which was, in effect, whether the discriminating duty of 10 per cent provided for in section 22 should be assessed against an invoice of tea from China which had arrived at Vancouver in British vessels, and thence snipped through Canada to Chicago. The second quest on was whether the discriminating duty should be assessed against a cargo of Mmangznese ore from Chile which recently arrived in a British ship at Philadelphia. Both these questions the Attorney General answers in the negative. It Is addressed to the Secretary of the Treasury, and is as follows: I have the honor to acknowledge the re- ceipt of your communication of August 10. It is not necessary to quote all of it. You say: “On the 6th instant I had the honor to submit for your consideration a copy of a letter received by me from the treasury’s special agent at Ogdensburg, N. Y., which involved the question whether, under sec- tion 22 of the new tariff act, a discrimin- ating duty of 10 per cent should be assess ed upon certain diamonds brought into the United States from the contiguous terri- tery of Canada. “Since the date of my letter above re- ferred to I have received from the collector of customs at Chicago a request for in- structions as to the assessment of discrim- inating duty, under the above provision of law, upon certain goods which came from Japar via Vancouver,’ B. C., and thence per railroad through Canada to Chicago. These goods arrived in Chicago in cars, sealed at Vancouver, B. C., by a United States consular officer, under regulations of the department which are based upon the treaty of Washington and upon sec- tion 3102 of the Revised Statutes.” You inquire, shall these goods be sub- jected to a special discriminating duty of 10 per cent? An answer to your inquiry depends upon the interpretation of section 22 of the Ding- ley tariff bill and its effect on section 4228 of the Revised Statutes Section 22 inating duty of 10 per centum ad vaicrem in addition to the duties imposed by law, shall be levied, collected, and paid on ali goods, wares or merchandise which shall be imported in vessels not of the United States (or which being the production or manufacture of any foreign country not contiguous to the United States, shall come into the United States from such contigu- ous country); but this discriminating duty shall not apply to goods, wares or mer- chandise which shall be imported in ves- sels not of the United States, entitled at the e of such importation by treaty or con- ntion to be entered in the ports ef the United States on payment of the same du- ties as shall tren be payable on goods, Wares and merchandise imported in ves- sels of the United States (nor to such for- eign preducts or manufactures as shali be imported from such contiguous countries in the usual course of strictly retail trade.)” The matter in paranthesis is mine and irdicates the affirmative changes made in pre-existing laws. . Three Contentions. Three plausible contentions are based upon this section which as to strength only differ in degree. 1. That the duty is a discrimination upon importations in vessels not of the United States whether directly to the United States or to a contiguous country and thence to the United States. 2. A discrimination against importations of goods (not in the usual course of strictly retail trade) from a contiguous country, they not being the products thereof. In this the character of the vessel is uot im- portant. 3. A discrimination against goods bein; the productions of a foreign eenitey not contiguous to the United States which shall come into the United States from a con- tiguous country. In this contention the words “come into the United States” are used as designating movement only. Under the first and second contentions the duty would not be imposed. Under the third it would be—I hence select it as a basis for consideration. To support it it is said that the section imposes the duty in two cases (a), when the goods are imported in vessels not of the United States, and to the United States (b), when they are the production of a country not contiguous and come into the United States from a contiguous country, the character of the vessel in which they Were transported to the contiguous country being indifferent. The first case we are not now concerned with, and the second is attempted to be established by the following reasoning: The goods (which are the subject of in- quiry) are Chinese or Japanese production, hence the production of a foreign country “not contiguous to the United States,” they come into the United States from Canada, @ contiguous country, and so it is urged that by the letter as well as by the spirit of the statute they are subject to the duty. It is conceded that the importation is to the United States—passage through Canada being mere movement only toward destina- tion—the latter being the United States. This being so, it would seem that there was no reason to distinguish between that im- portation and what may be called in dis- tinction a direct one—why one should be burdened and the other not burdened—when the discrimination was not necessary to the main purpose of the law. It is said that the purpose of the emend- ment was to relieve the American trans- continental railreads against the competi- tion of the Canadian Pacific railroad. It may be admitted that this !s a strong con- sideration, but on the other hand it is urged that this competition ts 2 bene- fit, and other Amertcan railroads claim the Canadian Pacifie is a direct ad- antage to them. How Congress regarded this conflict we have no means of knowing. ‘There was certainly no avowal, and the only expressions of members which we have indicate a different purpose than one which might or might not have been enter- tained, and which, if it had been entertain- ed, it would seem the natural thing to have explicitly declared. As there wis no fore, why the tmportations—indirect or direct: id be discriminated by a I am Flour Mill, Sheds and Stables Go Up in Flame. Fire Started in a Blacksmith Shop and is Thought to Have Been Caused by an Incendiary. S . Special Dispatch to The Evening Sta HAGERSTOWN, Md., September 21—An early morning fire of incendiary origin, evedently the work of burglars, resulted in one of the most destructive conflagrations that has befallen Hagerstown for a num- ber of years. The fire was started in Wise’s blacksmith shop, on the alley leading from Washington to Franklin street. Soon the flames enveloped the entire block embraced by these streets and those of Walnut and Jonathan. a Boyer & Heard’s grain elevator an steam flouring mill, recently fitted with the most improved machinery, contaihing 8,000 bushels of wheat and 500 barrels of flonr, were soon in ashes; also their oa bees tramway and 500 tons of coal and several loaded cars of the Cumberland Valley Railroad Company. ‘The stables of Mrs. ex-Governor Wm. T. Hamilton, Dr. T. W. Simmons, Dr. Fahr- ney and J. D. Wishard also went up in smoke. The fire originated in one of the most thickly populated and business parts of the town, and as the city post office. St. Mary’s Catholic Church and the Valley Hotel were in close proximity and threat- ened with destruction, the greatest excite- ment prevailed. The Valley Hotel was on fire several times, but was saved by the gallant work of the firemen. ‘ Boyer & Heard’s loss amounts to $25,- 000, with an insurance of only $5,000. The losses to other parties in buildings, live stock, &c., will reach $5,000 more, a por- tion of which is insured. During the pro- gress of the fire the large clothing house nzanaged by Max Reuben, on North Po- tomac, adjoining the city hall and town market, was burglarized and a large quan- tity of clothing, six Watches and jewelry stolen and hauled away by a team this morning. Tools taken from the burned blacksmith shop were found in this store, which leads to the belief that the burglars were the incendiaries. —_._—_ DUTCH PARLIAMENT CONVENES. Queen Wilhelmina Attends the Func- tion for First Time. THE HAGUE, September 21.—The states general, or parliament of the Netherlands, was opened today by the queen regent. The latter was accompanied by Queen Wilhelmina, who was present for the first time at this ceremony. In the speech from the throne the queen regent expressed the hope that before the end of the parliamentary session of 15)8 Queen Wilhelmina will have commenced to reign. CHILDREN PERISH IN FLAMES, Leandre Gatieu Loses His Three Daughters and Residence by Fire. STURGEON FALLS, Ont., September 21. --Three daughters of Leandre Gatieu of this place were burned to death in the family residence last night. The parents and five other of the Gatieu children had barely time to escape from the burning building. ‘The children who perished were, respectively, eight, ten and tHirteen years of age. —_—- WILL NOT GO TO PHILADELPHIA. Intercollegiate Tennis Tournament Will Be Pinyed at New Haven. NEW HAVEN, Conn., September 21.— Clarence P. Dodge, the Yale tennis player and secretary of the Intercollegiate Tennis Association, seys that the scheme proposed of having the annval tournament of the association take place this fall on the University of Pennsylvania grounds in Philadelphia has failed of passage, as two colleges, in the mail vote taken of members of the association, preferred not to go to Philadelphia. The tournament will this fall, as usual, be heid in this cit; It will begin on the grounds of the New Haven Lawn Tennis Club on Tuesday, October Entries elose on Saturday, October 2. -_-_-——— FAIRFAX COUNTY REPUBLICANS. Will Hold a Convention te Nominate Candidate for Legislature. Svecial Dispatch to The Evening Star. FAIRFAX C. H., Va., Sepiember 21.—A meeting of the county committee of the re- publican party of Fairfax was held here yesterday, presided over by Job Hawx- hurst, chairman. It was decided unanimously that a county convention be called to nominate a candi- date for the legislature. The convention will be held October 5, here, and district meetings will be held throughout the county to elect delegates on October 2 at 3 Di. ¥ The following resolution was unanimously adopted: Resolved, That the republicans of Fairfax county deplore the action of Col. William Lamb, the former state chairman, in his unauthorized call of a state convention for the purpose of setting up a dual republican organization, and we refuse to co-operate in sending delegates to such contention and pledge ourselves to stand by the present or- ganization until the same is changed in a legal and proper manner. MAKING A VIGOROUS CAMPAIGN. Senator Hanna Leaves Cleveland for a Week of Speech-Making. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, September 21.—Sen- ator M. A. Hanna left Cleveland this morn- ing for his week’s tour of Ohio. He will make his debut this afternoon at Canal- Dover, with Lieut. Gov. Jones and J. J. Sullivan, president of the Ohio Republican League. Tomorrow evening he will address a meeting at Marietta, at which Mr. Sulli- van and Congressman Lorenzo Danford resent. On Thursday afternoon McConnellsville will be visited, and Messrs. Jones and Sul- livan will speak with the senator. Zanes- ville will be visited Friday, and in the evening Governor Bushnell, Lieut. Gov. Jones and Senator Hanna will speak. The same trio will address a meeting 4 Dela- ware Saturday afternoon. Senator Hanna will arrive home Sunday, and on the fol- Icwing week will make a tour through the northwest counties, stopping at Sandusky and other points. ae DUE TO CUBAN QUESTION. London Standard Attributes Decline im Stocks to Latest Incident. LONDON,™ September 21.—The Evening Standard attributes the fall in prices on the stock exchange to the reported action of the United States in connection with the Cuban insurrection. ———_— -Fatality at Brooklyn Firc. NEW YORK, September 21—Fire in the Routine Business Considered by the Cabinet, DEPARTURE OF THE PRESIDENT No More Maryland Appointments ~ for Some Time. NEW COLLECTOR CALLS The last cabinet meeting for a week or more was held at the White House today, all of the cabinet officials except Secre- taries Alger and Long being present. Oaly routine business was gone into. No mention of the reports from Madrid was made, it is said, and there was not a word on the subject of Cuba or Spain. The question of relief for the Klondike section was not again considered. Secre- tary Alger is awaiting further reports from Capt. Ray and from the last steamer from the Klondike. This steamer will leave the mining regions today, it is said. Secretary Alger now thinks it probable that if the steamers on the way to the niring regions reach there the occasion for furnishing afd will be minimized. Judge Kimball’s Reappointment. Mr. C. J. Bell left at the White House today a big petition for the reappointment of Judge Kimball, whose term expires in December. So far as is known, Judge Kimball has no opposition. The petition for his reappointment is signed by the judges of the Court of Appeals, leading attorneys, bankers, business men and the G. A. R. of the District. Maryland Appointments. No further appointments of importance for Maryland will be made until after the November election. The President decided on this yesterday, when Senator Welling- ton and Postmaster General Gary called on him. The reason for this decision, about which there is no doubt, is obvious. The appointment of a surveyor of the port will be postponec until after the election. The duties of the office will be performed by the deputy surveryor. Representative Barber, with B. F. Par- lett, was at the White House this morning. A Surprise in Florida. Florida politicians will be surprised over an appointment to be made before the President leaves; to be announced this at- ternoon or tomorrow. This is the Jackson- ville post office. It was today decided that Dennis Eagan shall be postmaster at Jack- sonville. Eagan, himself, will be surprised, as he was not a candidate for the office. Messrs. Lucas, Wamboldt, Holland, Me- Murray and Barnett were candidates for the office, and Mr. Eagan was a candidate for the marshalship, which is not vacant. National Committeeman Long, District Attorney Stripling and a delegation of Florida republican leaders had an audience with the President this morning, and it was then that the appointment of Eagan was agreed to. Eagan has for years been 2 re- publican leader in Florida. Another appointment agreed upon at the conference was that of Joseph FE. Lee for collector of customs at Jacksonville. Lee has also been a republican leader in Florida for years. Senator Elkins’ Call. Senatcr Elkins of West Virginia had an- other conference with the President this morning regarding the interpretation placed upon saction 22 of the tariff bill by Attorney General McKenna. Senator El- kins, as announced in an interview in The Star last week, is strongly in favor of dis- criminating duties and against bonding privileges of all kinds. He thinks the At- torney General might have left the matter in such shape that it would have forced the Canadian Pacific people to bring the Iratter into the courts. As the decision stands the government, if it desired, has no recourse to the courts. Senator Elkins is, of course, disappointed in the decision. He has hed a number of cenferences with the Attorney General and presented his views in the strongest way possible. President McKinley is understood to be uncecided in his views as to the section. Of for Massachusetts. President McKinley and party will leave toright at 9 o'clock for North Adams, Mass. They will go on a special train, to be cemposed of four cars, over the Pennsyl- venia road. President and Mrs. McKinley will be quartered in the private car of Pres- ident Thompson of the, Pennsylvania road. The palace car “‘Haseimere,” in which the President has made a number of trips, will be at the disposal of cabinet officials who will be with the party. These will be Sec- retary and Mrs. Alger, Attorney General and Mrs. McKenna and daughter. This will be the first vacation of the Attorney General, who has been hard at work ail summer. The other members of the party, besides President and Mrs. McKinley, will be Miss Mabel McKinley, Executive Clerk Cortelyou, the White House steward and Mrs. McKinley‘s maid. The special train will go by Albany and will reach its destination about 9 o'clock tomorrow morning. It is uncertain when the party will -re- turn. The President has intimated the Probability that he will get back early next week. Many anxious politicians and place hunters have asked the President about his return, and he has furnished them hope by saying that he does not ex- pect to remain away lang. They will wait for him t» get back and will make another dash for the political Klondike. They have gotten to the summit of the political Chilkoot pass and can’t be turned back. The President is, with them, the great gold field. No weather will make them urn. The throngs of the past weék at the White House dwindled today, for the good reason that it is coming to be known that callers on cabinet days are not admitted. Representative Grout and General Estey of Vermont called on the President today for a friendly chat. ———— ——__e AUDITOR CASTLE’S PLANS. He Does Not Think the Changes Will Number More Thi 100, Some of the clerks of the office of the auditor for the Post Office Department have replied to Auditor Castle’s request that they show cause why they should not be reduced in grade, and in a few days he will begin to act on the cases. In a few /days he will also notify twenty-five or thirty more of the clerks to show cause why they should not be reduced. About sixty of the 487 clerks in the sixth auditor’s office are old soldiers who were reduced in grade during the Cleveland ad- ministration, and they claim they were dis- criminated against for political reasons, All [earns olgapa will be investigated by the his any —_-+-e-__. Ordered to the Naval Academy. Lieut. J. H. Shipley has been ordered to the Naval Academy September 80, EMPEROR IN UGLY MOOD|CLAIM SHE IS ALIVE Francis Joseph Finds Much Fanlt With the Arrangements Yesterday... Sharply Criticises, Officers of High Rank at the Military Reception to Emperor William. BUDA PEST, September 21.—Among the incidents in connection with the arrival here yesterday of Emperor William of Ger- many are the following: On his way to the railway station to meet the German ruler Emperor Francis Joseph passed a Bosnian division commanded by a general. The emperor rose in his carriage and cried in a loud voice: . “Is that how you drill your men, general? Look at them! They are a disgrace!” To a Bosnian colonel, the emperor said: “Teach your soldiers the gules, colonel, be- fore you let them march out of the bar- racks!” At three points along the route Emperor Francis Joseph stopped his carriage and angrily remarked upon the conduct of the public, who persisted in trespassing within the lines of troops. ‘ = When the procession, headed by the two emperors, was returning from the railroad Station, the horse of the censured general became restive, and the general, sheathing his sword, ordered the Bosnians to open their line, and, before the imperial party arrived he rode out of sight, evidently fear- ing the emperor would again censure him. —_>+——_ THE RODGERS AND WILMINGTON. Reports by the Naval Board. The naval inspection board has made a report to the Navy Department in regard to the torpedo boat Rodgers, which failed after three trials to make the required speed and smashed her pert engine on the last trial. The report shows that the speed made on the first trial was 23.38 knots per hour and on the second 24 knots. On the third trial the boat made half the run at the rate of 24.06 knots, when the accident on the back course stopped the trial. The board’s account of the accident confirms the statements already made in The Star, attributing it to a broken crank pin. The steering arrangements are con- demned as well as the: model, which, the board says, causes a great disturbance when driven through the water. The pro- pellers were also found@ to be bent, broken and eaten away. The board has also mede asreport—favor- able, however, in this ease—upon the gun- boat Wilmington, which was consequently. accepted by the government today. That vessel was put through a two days’ trial off the Chesapeake capes and found tohave no weakness or defect. -It is recommerded, however, in view of the fact that the¥@raft is greater than designed, that certain weighty appliagees, such es steam capstans, -bits, awning stanchions and zmmunjtion hoists Be, removed, on the ground that they are superfluous. Inspection —_———o=- THE COMING CONFERENCE. Details of the Work to Aqvait Its As- . sgmbling. , S$ Ex-Secretary John W. Foster, who has returned to the city with Mrs. Foster from a visit to his summer home on the Cana- dian frontier, said today, in speaking of the coming seal conference, to the attain- ment of which he hag bent his energies for several months, that the details of the work of the conference jwould not be set- tied until it meets. The general object, of course, is well understood, involving a dis- cussion of the methods to be adopted for the preservation of the geal life in Bering wea. Definite information as to the personnel of the British officials who will Participate in the Bering sea conference has not been received, but it is understood that the con- ferees will be Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador; Prof, D'Arcy ‘Thomp- son, the seal expert who went to Bering sea for the British government, and Mr. Barrett Hamiitop. is expected, also, that Sir Wilfrid Laurier, premier of Cana- da, will attend the conference. ‘ Personal Mention. «Senator William M. Stewart of Nevada left here last evening for his home. He Will stop on his way at Denver and Sait Lake. : Mr. Walter Paris, the artist, who has ‘been in England since May last, returned to Washington on Saturday, and he pro- poses being in the city more or less the coming winter. Mr. Paris has brought back a goodly number of water color draw- ings, which he will probably exhibit dur- ing the season. Lieut. Gleunis Tarbox of the Iowa is at 821 19th street on leave of absence. Lieut. W. H. H. Southerland of the Dol- phin is at 1923 N street on a short vaca- tion. Brig. Gen. J. K. Mizner, U.S.A, retired, is at the Ebbitt House. Capt. F. D. Baldwin, 5th Infantry, is in the city on leave of absence. SE PARLETT APPOINTED. Internal Revenue Collector for Mary- land—Other Selections. The President tcday made the following appointments: William K. Herzog of Iinois, consul at Zittau, Germany. Francis H. Wilson, postmaster at Brook- lyn, N. ¥. ~ Benjamin F, Parlett, collector of iniernal revenue for the district of, Maryland. Albert M. Lea, United States attorney for the northern district of Mississippi. ~ Frederick W. Collins, United States mar- shal for the southern district of Missis- sippl. ; Benj. F. Parlet, who, was today appoint- ed collector of internal reveaue for Mary- land and the District of Columbia, has been a life-long republican, and for years has been a leader in the fight forsrepublicanism in Talbot county, Md.) Mr. Parlet’s famliy is one of the oldest @nd best known in Maryland. His father was« a wholesale tobacco merchant, and since:his death the business, which in the largest of its kind in the state, has been carried on by the sons. His extensive knowledge of internal revenue affairs is ledjas peculiarly fitting for the pRace, © ime about forty- seven years -of age and lives at Easton, Talbot county. ++. Virginia Fourth-Cigss Pestmasters, Appointments of fourth-clags postmasters in Virginia have beem made as follows: Ashgrove, Fairfax cougty, Mamie Means; Chantilly, Fairfax county, Ernst Ut terbeck; Dunnsville, Essex county, R. H, thon; Farrington, Hanover sounty, R. R. Pos- Government Receipts. Government receipts: internal reve- nue, $408,039; customs, 482; miscella- neous, $47,609. Attorneys in Luetgert Case Outline Their Line of Defense, TESTIMONY AS 10 MOTIVE ALLOWED Watchman Bialk Gives Damaging Evidence Against. His Old Employer. CONFIRMED BY OTHERS CHICAGO, September 21.—The prosecu- tion scored an important point in the Luet- g@ert case this morning. Judge ‘Tutnill ruled that the motive evidence of Frank Bialk and Frank Odorofsky, former em- Ployes of the big sausage maker, was ad- missible as long as it was direct. This was the matter taken under advisement last Saturday. The evidence of these two men is in relation to the frequent visits to Luetgert’s sausage factory of Mary Siemering, Luetgert’s servant. It was the theory of the state that Luetgert’s al- leged attentions to other women was the original cause of the trouble with his wife, and his persistence in open flirtations with other women culminated in a continued warfare between husband end wife. Luei- gert, it is believed by the prosecution, in order to pursue his course undisturbed con- ‘ceived the idea of getting rid of his wife and did so. Watchman Bialk Recalled. Frank Bialk, the aged watchman at the Luetgert sausaga factory, who, besides watching the premises at night, kept fires burning in the furnaces, was the first wit- ness called this morning to show the mo- tive. He said that Mary Siemering paid frequent visits to Luetgert in the latter's office in the sausage factory at night. Luetgert, because of his unpleasant do- mestic affairs, had a bed placed in a small room just off his office and slept there. ‘The last time the witness remembered seeing Mary Siemering there was one week before May 1, the date of the disappear- ance of Mrs. Luetgert. It was 9:30 o'clock in the evening. Luetgert and the young woman retired to the bed room and closed the door. The witness said that Mary Siemering visited Luetgert an aversge of three nights each week tor months before Mrs. Luetgert disappeared. Tiis had been join on for three or four years before lay 1 of the present vear. Upon one oc- casion, the witness said, Luetgert called him about 10 o'clock at night and told him to go and get Mary. Luetger: was ill. Bialk said he went to room window and tapped upon a stick. When she appeared he tcld her Luetgert vanted her. She soon appeared at the sausage factory and entered through a window and went io Luetgert’s bed room. Attorney Vincent sharply cross-quéstion- ed Bialk. He asked him if he had not been constantly with Detective Klinger since @ month before the trial opened. The wit- ness said he had. Then the lawyer wanted to know if he was not telling a story which had been prepared for him by the prosecu- tion. Telling the God's Trath. The old man shook his head slowly and replied: “‘No; I arn telling the God's truth.” Frank Odorofsky testified to substantial- ly_the same story. The prosecution closed its evidence with the testimony of Bialk and Odorofsky, and tke battle of the defense began with the opening statement by Luetgert’s attorney. The defense will introduce evidence in an attempt to show that Mrs. Luetgert is alive and in Germany. —___ LIEUT. HILL'S SUICIDE. Cut His Throat und Leaped From a Train. The officers cn duty at the War Depart- ment were greatly shocked this morning at the report made by the Pullman com- pany of the suicide of First Lieutenant Rowland G. Hill, 20th Infantry, who was attached to the military information di- vision of the War Department in this city. The circumstances surrounding the case were distressing, for the officer, who ranks high in the service, is said to have made an end to himself while suffering from an attack of hydrophobia, or from temporary insanity brought on from fear of the dis- ease. Lieutenant Hill had been on leave for about six weeks, and yesterday started from Buffalo on his return to Washington. The porter on the Pullman, in which he was seated, uoticed that his actions were erratic and kept him under observation. Last night, however, he eluded his watch- man, and when the porter went into the toilet room he found on the floor a large pool of blood and a knife. The unfortunate officer had cut his throat, and then thrown himself from the window of the rapidly moving car. This happened just beyond Harrisburg, Pa. Lieutenant Whitney has been sent from the War Department to bring to Washington the remains of his brother officer,whose wife is now at Colum- bus, Ohio. About two months ago Lieutenant Hill was bitten by a dog, supposed at the time to be rabid, and his friends here are con- fident from complaints he had made that he was suffering from the effects of the bite when he came to his end. It is said at the War Department that he was an officer of unusual ability, as manifested in every line of his profession into which iie had been called. He was ep- pointed from Iowa, and had served as judge advocate of the Department of Mis- souri; as a member of the intercontinental railway commission, which involved survey work in Central America, and as aid~die- camp to General Potter. CHICAGO TO HAVE FISTIC CONTESTS. Mayor Harrison Disposed to Give the - Sparrers a Chance. CHICAGO, September 21.—Sparring con- tests, under police supervision, are the al- luring prospe>ts which are now being held out to lovers of the sport. Mayor Harrison has liberal views on the subject, and has expressed himself in favor of such exhibi- tion, within proper restrictions. In speaking of the matter, the mayor a es OEY IES ‘Whereabouts of the Warships. ‘The Marion arrived at Mare Island, Cal., The training yesterday from Honolulu. RATCHFORD WELL PLEASED TEMPS’ STORY TRUE President of United Mine Workers Satisfied With Strike Results, Says the Settlement Marks the Great- est Victory Ever Achieved by Organized Labor. M. D. Ratchford, president of the United Mine Workers of America, who !s here to attend a special meeting of the officers of the Federation of Labor, gave out the following authorized statement today: “Today will see about 75,000 miners re- sume work in the bituminous coal fields of the central states. The strike generally ends today. This is the middle of the twelfth week of its duration. It was brought to a close at our convention, held at Columbus, Ohio, on the 8th to the 11th of the present month, ten days’ time being given to allow miners and operators to come together in Illinois and West Vir- ginia, to meet the prices fixed—65 cents a ton in Pittsburg, 56 cents in Ohio and In- diana, the same to continue till the end of December. The mining situation is not likely to become disturbed again until the beginning of next year, at which time we hope to be able to settle wage differences amicably aud without the necessity of a strike.” Fight to Continue. “It is well understood that the fight will continue from the present time in all fields and against all operators who refuse to meet the rates. The greatest trouble will be found in West Virginia and a por- tion of Illinois. I am still hopeful, how- ever, that the producers in those fields will conform to the change and put their m:nes in operation. Failing to do this, we will fight them as we have done until the beginning of next year, at which time it is said their present contracts will ex- pire. ° “I am well satisfied with the agreement reached, and feel that it is the greatest vic- tory gained by trades unions for years. Uf course, the victory is not altogether one of the miners. While they have done the striking, trades unions and organized bodies have supplied the necessaries, without which the miners could not possibly suc- ceed. It is a victory for organized iabor and not for any particular trade, and we want our friends who have helped us to feel that it is their victory as weil as ours. I feel very grateful for the assistance given us by the American Federation of Labor, and the kindly disposition shown us at ali times by Mr. Gompers and the members of his executive committee.” Situation in West Virginia. Mr. Ratchford was asked as to the situa- tion in West Virginia and Illinois. He said: “My advices from West Virginia are to the effect that our miners are standing firm, are well pleased with the agreement reached, and evince a determination to fight their battle to the end. Our purpose is to bring the miners and operators of ‘hat state together in a joint convention, that a uniform mining price may be fixed and patd for the same vein of coal, and a fair reia- tive price for other veins within the state. In short, fix a mining rate that will give to West Virginia fair competing opportunities and nothing more. “As to Illinois, a convention of the Mli- nois miners is being held now. I have not had any advices from there, but can safely predict what their action will be. They will continue the struggle until relative prices are established. “The greatest difficulty in the way of aa- vance in the Ilinois districts is the fact that contracts were taken last spring, based upen a low mining rate, as they Were in Pittsburg ard elsewhere. But (his is a matter that we cannot be responsible for: is a matter of business to the operator himself. © man has a right to sell an- cther man’s labor one year in advance, without consulting the laborer. While we have always deferred to the claims of men along those lines, the time has come when ro further consideration can be given them, because the wages paid to the miner is below the living point, and the preserva- Uuor of life takes precedence over business affairs. Fixing of a Rate. “The fixing of a mining rate that will give fair competing opportunities is the ob- ject of the miners’ organization every- where. We have been working to bring the operators of the several states together with this end in view. Though our efforts have been futile, we will continue to ad- vocate that policy, believing there is but one sure way to keep down strikes and disputes, which are no advantage to either side, and that that is for the miners and Operators interested from the various states to meet annually, mutually fix prices for each district that’ are fair and just, and each party to the agreement to ob. serve it faithfully until a subsequent agreement takes its place. During the eight vears that this system was in vogue strikes and disturbances of a general char- acter were unknown, and the causes which gave rise to them can again be removed as soon as the operators interested will see their interests in this light.” —>__ WAS NOT HELD cp. Commissioner Butterworth Denies an Atlantic City Story. Commissioner of Patents Butterworth kas no knowledge of being “held up” at At- lantic City last night, as published in some papers. To a Star reporter he said this morning that he could not conceive how such a report had been started. “I did not have a roll of bills, and would not have shown them if I had. I was not struck, and, being a Quaker, Would not have struck back if I nat been pummeled. I know nothing about tife alle; assault,” Piet mision Butterworth. ae = lew York paper published a stor the effect that Major Butterworth, in pay. ing a cab driver, exhibited a roll of bills containing about $700, which so excited the driver that he lay in wait for the commis- sioner, and at dusk, just after he had re- entered the carriage, fell upon him and gave him a beating, ‘trying to obtain ‘the money. policeman said to = rested his assailant. sas Secs ————-o-—_____ WON A MEDAL OF HONOR. Capt. Varnum Disregardea Orders to Save His Associates. United States Cavalry, University of Wyo- ming, Laramie,Wyo. At White Clay Creek, 8. D., December 30, 1890, this officer was ——__.>—__—_ Crisis With Spain Practically Ao- knowledged by Ex-Minister Taylor. —_—_.+—___ DIPLOMAT INTERVIEWED IN LONDON eens Though Guarded in His Talk He Confirms the Paris Dispatch. SPANISH BONDS DECLINE Pee LONDON, September 21.—Hannis Taylor, the former United States minister to Spain, arrived here last evening and called at the United States embassy today. In an interview Mr Taylor said: “The grave negotiations pending between the United States and Spain as to the war in Cuba are now entirely in the hands of General Woodford, who has had fruitful experience, obth in peace and war, and will be equal to the occasion, whatever it may be.” Asked for the Tru Mr. Taylor was questioned in regard *o the accuracy of the statements contained in the dispatch from San Sebastian to the Temps of Paris, purporting to give the sub- starce of the interview which took place on Sunday last between General Stewart L. Woodford, the United States minister to Spain, and the Duke of Tetuan, the Spanish minister for foreign affairs, in which General Woodford is said to have insisted courteously but firmly upon the necessity of terminating the war in Cuba, and to have declared that if it is not ter- tainated by the end of October the United States will feel justified in taking measures to secure the independence of Cuba, In reply, the former mimster sud: “My are sealed until after my arrival at ashington.” While Mr. Taylor refused to discuss this matter, his manner tended to cont story told by the correspondent Paris Temps. Gen Feeling in Spain. Regarding the general feeling im Spain, Mr. Taylor remarked: I must in justice say that I have never received any personal discourtesy from any one; but for the past year my resi- dence was guarded by soldiers.” Mr. Taylor will pay a visit to Prof. Free- man at Oxford, will complete his book on a Origin and Growth of the English Constitution,” and will sail for home on October 24. SPANISH BONDS DECLINE. Supposed to Be Due to Troubles Re- img Cuba, LONDON, ember 21.—The Pall Mall this afernoon comments in its financial article en the fall of three-quar- ters in Spanish fours, on heavy sales for continental accounts, saying: The bonds were absurdly high. owing to the support of Paris, which was loaded uj but probably the conditions will be chan ed by the action of the United States in regard to Cuba. Spain evidently cannot wage war with America, but the concession of independence to Cuba may lead to disas- ters at Madrid, and if Spain defaults the French financiers will be hit very badly. AMERICANS UNDER SURVEILLANCE. Spain Takes Precautions Against Im- MADRID, September 21.—The queen re- gent has ordered that special surveillance be exercised at the Spanish ports on all arrivals from United States ports, in con- sequence of the outbreak of yellow fever in some of the southern states. ain Wants Money for a Navy. LONDON, Septersber 21.—A special dis- patch from Madrid says that the Spanisa government is negetiating a lean, ¢; teed by the port dues, for the purpose of new naval works. THE PRESIDENTS POLICY. Commanication to Spain Was Guarded in Its Language. The difference between sensationalism and truth with respect to our relations with Spein is found in the difference between the use of the word “ultimatum” and the word “suggestions” in describing the com- munication of Minister Woodford to the Spanish government. Mr. Woodford has delivered no ultimatum to the Spanish gov- ernment from this government. The policy of the President is no less firm on this ac- count, b:t the tone of the communication is more friendly. The very best informa- tion available is that the communication to the Spanish government was particular- ly guarded in its language to avoid any excuse for offense being taken, and, if the view of the matter taken in the dispatches from Madrid, Paris and London is one sug- gested by the Spanish officials, it signified simply that Spain secks to find offense where none is warranted. It is not the nature of the communica- tion, but the facts behind it, with which the Spanish are dissatisfied. ‘The fact ap- pears to be that Mr. Woodford was in- structed to represent to the Spanish min- ister of foreign affairs the injury to Ameri- can interests which would result from the continuance of hostilities in Cuba, together with the intimation that our patjence in the endurance of these papeoten would be ater if it appeared t there was a Prospect of the struggle being successfully terminated by Spain. A representation of this sort, while conveying no threat, néces- sarily implies thet this government cannot be expected to go on forever enduring the injury which is at present resulting to American interests. It recognizes the in- evitable results of a war such as is in gress in Cuba, but draws a distinction be- tween a struggle with a certain conclusion somewhere in view and one that might be carried on indefinitely with Tittle hope ot the Spanish government succeeding in its purposes. It is said that if Spain finds any offense in the communication it is in the fact that the United States assumes to have any rights or interest in the matter. It is regarded as extremely probable that if Spain does rot take heed of the suggestions of this government, a more aggressive attitude will be assumed by this admi and that suggestions may take the form of de- mands, but no such situation has yet de- veloped, and it is the liope and belicf of the President that it will not develop. ——-e-_____. MEET ON SAME TRACK. Freight and Passenger Trains Collide Kans.