Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. NI #@UBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1C1 Tennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th &t., by The Evening Star Newspaper Company 8. H. RAUFFMANN Prest. New York Ofice, 49 Potter Buik The Evening Star ts served to eity by carriers, on their ov ¢ rs in the 10 ecnis s at the > in the ubaesit unt, at INSTANTLY KILLED Soe Charles Cooper's Neck Broken by a Metropolitan Motor Car. THE FENDER WENT OVER HIM od The Man Was Intoxicated and Fell on the Track. — + THE CORONER’ DECISION SS ge ve a certificate of acci- y in the of Charles d, who as knocked down Ned Saturday night about r car No. 209 of the an Railroad Company, which was street near 9th street rear of Center market. cated from beneath the Was ext forward part ‘of the car back of the fender. His neck was broken. Cooper was a well- known charac: nd the market, where the comm m men emp i produce was avout thirt rick alley s » been drinking advised to go home. ted out to tak down 4 ved that he motor ¢ tes mail « attach and, missing latter track in front of motor er of whi Accordingly, a car which would street southw: he car tc him to the 1 to be placed under the cident to release the dead Aj r the a body of Cooper. Coroner at the Several witne: ation hous this morn mmmoned. EM. motorman of car No. 200, stated that Lis car was going toward he saw Cooper walking pund track, about ty of him, and in the direction of was walking between the inne! 1 of th 1 to be d wit stated nut five feet of ¢ north-bound trac reversed his The ot within al ross the ness immediate ter lt hour, but the man. Witness cang his E n he saw Cooper walking on the er track. Under the Fender. “Wh In't the wheel guard act?” in- quired Coroner Carr, when Thompson had ncluded his testimony. ‘The wh lidn’t reach him,” respond- the wi “He had got under the lying across Is ed fender d was ear stomped as soon: Db. Redmond, the mote motor car No. 17, sta hep it hit Co Witness h: before reaching a curv r was within sixty or seve e Uth and B Street curve, Cooper be- fore he was e hud aearly fatien in front of it had tarned into EB stre re and SS had to u: x to Sst in stop- ping his train. Cooper then staggered out ef the way. S. J. Dade’s Testimony. S. J. Dade, colored, who lives at Ari ton and is a market gardener, witnessed the occurrence. He said he was behind ‘ooper on B street, and that the latter Was wnder the influence of liquor. $ pretty trunk, w: "t he?” in- Head Struck Headlight. “Cooper tried to catch the train going south, 1 Dade, “and made a grab at the end of the mail car. He missed it and fell in front of the north-bound car. His head struck the headlight, or he would have been caught in the fender. Striking the headlight knocked him out of the fender. “Are you sure the headlight struck him,” d 4 representative of the Metropolitan road Company who was present. Yes, sir; I heard the glass shake.” “Do you think {t Cooper's fault that he got killed,” asked Coroner Carr. “Yes, sir,” responded the witness. The car has a sign in {t, you know, that passengers must not get on or off the car while it is in motion, and Cooper tried to get on that other car while it was go- ing.” Cooper Was Drunk. Dade upon further examination, which was conducted by Mr. G. B. Coleman, sec- retary and general manager Metropolitan Railroad Company, said that Cooper was in Kennedy's saloon on 9th street, and witness ed him how he felt, to which Cooper replied that he was drunk as h—. Cooper asked Kennedy to let him have a » Saying he would pay for it Monday, nedy said Cooper had better nd that when he came in Mon- go ly of 2u h street, the stated that Cooper was in en or twenty minutes before jrunk?” inqui aid Mr. Kennec ce. I told him to go home ht he had enough.” on of SIG G street south- he was on an Anacostia saw Cooper get off a car going B and 9th street. Cooper started across to the and then sonian Park. ck again and fell on the north- ck in front of the motor. Wit- could only see his coat tail as the fell. The Fender Went Over Him. Rudolph Sixrms of 1235 Union street dcuthwest the occurrence. He was t Cooper fell in front of the fender and clear from it. He did not think the ear struck him, but that the fen- ger went over him. Witness helped to extri- cate the dead man from beneath the car. A jack w ccured from the market house @nd the car was lifted up. The side fender Dourd was resting on Cooper's neck, and the brake the irons that hold it in place w ‘acing him down on the con- crete. Witness reiterated his posttiveness that t n fell in front of the car a few feet from the fender. There was no time to stop the car. Cooper appeared to be un- der the influence of Hquor, said the wit- ness, and the latter said to a friend just before the affair occurred that he thought Cooper was drunk. This concluded the statements of the wit- nesses, and Coroner Carr announced that’ he would give a certificate of accidental death. Motorman Edward M. Thompson and Conductor Joseph B. Murray, who was in charge of the train that killed Cooper, were released from the personal bonds they had given to appear. - ——— eS —eeeeeeeT———E——eE Che £vening Star. No. 13,919. ° WASHINGTON, D. ©, MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CE NTS. WILL KEEP CONGRESS BUSY| TROUBLE NOT LIKELY Finance, Hawaii and Cuba Awaiting Legis- lation. Senator McLaurin on the Outlook for the Approaching Session—Hot Fight Over the Currency. Senator McLaurin of South Caroiina, who was In Washington for a short time Satur- day, has entirely recovered from the attack of illness which in the summer seemed to threaten his life, and »parentiy in the best of health. His victory over all rivals retains him in the Senate. Speaking with a Star reporter of the out- look for the approaching session of Con- gre he said that he thought that the financial question, Hawaii and. Cuba would keep Congress ve busy. He said he did not think there was any likelihood of war between the United States and Spain. The outcome of the Cuban trouble would be, in his opinion, the complete independence of Cuba from Spain, and the ultimate annexa- tion of Cuba to the United States throu: the ative action of an independent » of Cuba. He thought thai the recall of Weyler was the first mov a process of “letting go” which Sp is about to inaugurate. Spain, he could not fail to realize that the contin’ pos- session of Cuba would be an expensive and very unsatisfactory thing. The expense would drain the very blood from Spa while the long-continued war had Cuba as a revenue-producing province. | thought Cuba would be given the right to vote her own form of government, ana that ultimately Cuba would vote to be placed under the protection of the United States. As to the mattersof ann aa was core ¢ about the wisdom of annex- more doubtful @ paeases ing Cuba than he was of annexin Turning to the Hawailan question, Sena tor McLaurin said that he had not made that careful study of che subject which he would require to make up his mind definite- ; Lefore voting. He could not, however, force In the argument that Ha- e Sena- aii ‘should not be annexed because the proposition w new one pane aaa of the proposition he regarded as no ar- te ne ere t it. He wi in favor of cerment of the Monroe doctrine, and th extension of it-as the welfare of rount demanded. Tae er nator said that he thought it quite ly that there would be a hot fight over the question of currercy legislation at the coming session. Something along the line cf ihe work of the self constituted cur- he would be reney ion, thought, vigore and would be as the democrats. He a a 1 effort would be made to secure the repeal of the ten per cent tax on state banks. —_____e—___— NEWS OF THE vy. Movements of the Ships Reported to the Depart mt. ‘aval movements were reported to the ‘avy Department today as follows: Olympia arrived at Woo Sung to suvius left Boston for Tybee roads, Ga., cn her way to Florida, to watch filib: Detroit left New York for Key West for the same purpose; Annapolis, from St. Petersburg, Fla., for Key West; Raleigh frcm Genoa for Messina; Te: from New York for Provincetown; Dolphin arrived at Beston; Machias arrived at New Chaag; Michigan at Erie. : : pt. Gibson, commanding the U. S. S. ams, reports that while cruising off the coast of California, in latitude 35 degrees 64 minutes north and longitude 137 de, Ss » minutes west, he fell in with the Bri h ship “The Hanneman” of Livercnol, 201 days out from Shields, bound for San Francisco. The captain had died about two menths before, and the first officer wes in command. The boatswain and four of the rew were laid up with scurvy. The ship running short of provisions. Capt. says 2 th biscuits and beans and :he them a supply of potatoes and The action of the naval comman- Il be approved by the Navy Depart- ment, in order to square his accounts with He Will Now Devote His Time to His Annual Report. Secretary Gege is at his desk at the Treasury Department today. He received a number of callers and put in plenty of time going over accumulated business. The Secretary will now devote much of his time for the next month to the preparation of his annual report. He has this in an advanced state. The reports of the bureau officers of the treasury have been made early at the request of the Secretary. This will enable him to review the reports and to comment accordingly in his report. Ex-Secretary Fairchild was one of Sec- retary Gage’s visitors. Secretary Gage said to a Star reporter that he found people everywhere in good spirits and harmonious in testifying to a revival of better times. He found this the case everywhere this side of the Rocky mountains. Speaking to a Star reporter of his trip through the west and south, and of the conditions observed by him in those sec- tions, Secretary Gage said: “I was in lowa, Nebraska, Colorado and other western states, as well as in several southern states. 1 came into contact with people on the trains and elsewhere, but 1 heard no note of distress anywhere. The people of Nebraska appear to be particu- larly happy over the situation, and in Col- orado there was the same feeling. The in- dustries in that state are all looking up, and the crops have been good. Mining products are increasing in Colorado, nota- gold and coal. “fhis general feeling of s everywhere, there be- tion to this statement.” Secretary Gage was asked regarding the amount of money in circulation and the financial situation. a “Bank deposits are larger than ever,” he The cash reserves of the banks are and there was plenty of money for mercial use wherever I went.” Secretary said he was too busy to scertun the sentiments where he had been in regard to currensy reform. —__—__-o--____—— DURRANT’S CASE. A Motion to Dismiss His Appenl to the Supreme Court Likely, Attorney General Fitzgeraid of California was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court today. Mr. Fitzgerald comes to Washington for the purpose of representing the state In the Durrant murder case. Durrant has appealed from the decision of the United States circuit court denying his motion for a writ of habeas corpus. Mr. Fitzgerald said today that he would enter a motion tomorrow for the advance- ment of the case upon the docket. It is understood to be his purpose later to move to dismiss the appeal, and as soon as pos- sible secure a final determination of ull legal proceedings in the celebrated murder case. ——_-—- --_____ The Wedderburn Case. ‘The Post Office Department has received the papers In the case of John Wedderburn & Co., and the assistant attorney general fcr that department is considering them in relation to the application pending for a fraud order preventing the ittorneys using the mails to be issued against them. The decision, it is expected, will be announced during the present week. Discussing the Recent Escape of Miss Cisneros. SPAIN CANNOT CLAIM HER ————— Public Opinion, at Any Rate, Would Prevent Her Surrender. —__+——_ RETURN OF GENERAL LEE Consul General Fitzhugh Lee arrived here last night, and was at the State Depart- ment early this morning in conference with Assistant Secretary Day, leaving later for Warrenton, Va., to attend the funeral of a friend. He will return tonight to advise further with officials here as to the Cuban situation. It is understood that the State Department is going over with General Lee ard Mr.’ Hannis Taylor, ex-minister to Spain, the effect of the recent cabinet changes, the result of General Weyler’s withdrawal and his succession by General Blanco, and other new phases developed by the accession of Sagasta. The escape of Miss Cisneros from a Havana prison, through the efforts of a representative of the New York Journal, has been talked over also, the prevailing view being that it will not lead to an international complica- tion. General Lee said today that he did not think any serious question would arise over the incident. Ex-Minister Taylor, when asked if international complications were likely to arise, answered: é “I think not, and the probable result will be that Sagasta will give a royal decora- tion to those who have been good enough to rid Spain of this troublesome subject. The Policy of Delay. Mr. Taylor will not discuss the present situation at Madrid. He is engaged, how- ever, in writing a review of the political, economic and diplomatic phases of the Cuban probiem, with his own views drawn from experience at Madrid, and refuses to make any comment in advance of his carefully prepared review of the case. Senator McLaurin of South Carolina, speaking of the possibility of complications between the United States and Spain growing out of the escape of Senorita Cis- neros, said that no matter what the legal aspect of the case might be the people of the United States would never permit the young woman to be returned us a prisoner to the Spanish authorities should she come be an uprising of the peo- a st such an act,” he said. “If army of the United States was called into service to deliver the prisoner to W ier it could not be done.” The talks of administration officials with Mr. Taylor and Gen. Lee have resulted in giving an accurate view of the situation on both Havana and Madrid resulting from the change of Spanish cabinet and policy. There is good reason to believe that the view communicated to the State Depart- is ment means that the accession of Sagasta Fabian policy of delay, not only for the present, but for many weeks to come, and that no definite policy for Cuba ill be announced for some time. As evi- dence of this, it is pointed out that Gen. Blanco, the new captain general of Cuba, will not leave for his post before the 15th instant. Officials believe his departure is mote likely to be deferred until the 20th. The trip from Barcelona to Havana will take about eleven days, so that the new captain general will not reach Havana before the early part of next month. This, it is said, will permit all pending Cuban questions to be held in suspense at least until the new official reaches his post. After that it is anticipated the Spanish cabinet will desire that Gen. Blanco he given time to familiarize himself with the situation and his dutfes, and to mature the policy he is to apply to the island. The execution of that policy, an allowance of time for its fair trial, ‘&c., according to those in a position to accurately judge the situation, will lead to protracted delays on those subjects to which the United States already has invited the attention of Spain. Senor Du Bosc, secretary of the Spanisia legation, has returned, and is the only Spanish official in Washington. He main- tains strict reserve concerning the present situation of affairs. Cannot Retake the Young Lady. The State Department officials make light of the prospect of any international trouble following the escape cf Miss Cisne- ros. They gay that presuming that the girl and her rescuer have reached the United States, they cannot be surrendered even if claimed by the Spanish authorities. ‘lke case 1s covered by two principles of law that are never deviated from, accord- ing to the State Department people. Miss Cisneros, being a political refugee, cannot under our organic law be surrendered, and there is no clause in the Spanish extra- dition treaty that would serve as a basis for a claim for her surrender. The cir- cumstances urder which she may have reached the United States can in no manner affect the force of this doctrine. As for the American agent who secured the escape of the girl, his case is expressly covered in the following article of the ex- tradition treaty between Spain and the United States concluded in 1877: “Article VIII, Neither of the contracting parties shall be bound to deliver up its own citizens or subjects under the stipu- lations of this convention.”” This treaty was amended in 1882, but this particular article VIII was not touched and remains in full force. Moreover, it has been the general policy of the United States to refuse to deliver up its own citizens to a foreign state, even when they were ac- cused of crime in such state. At the last session of Congress Presi- dent Cleveland sent to the Senate the draft of two treaties which he had negotiated and submitted for iis approval. These were the extradition treaties with the Ar- gentine Confederation and with the Orange Free State. In each case an article was inserted permitting the surrender of the citizen of one state to another upon charge of crime. These articles were inserted by express direction of the President. When the treaties were taken up in the Senate the new form was discovered, and the Senate promptly cut out the two artl- cles, the debates very strongly asserting the decision of the government to counte- nace no such prirciple. President Cleveland was so firmly con- vinced of the value of the articles and so determined in his opinion that this country should no longer be permitted to shield criminals, even though they were Ameri- cans, that he refused to complete the ne- gotiations, althcugh neither of the other contracting parties cared particularly for the retention of the articles. SENORITA CISNEROS. Information Received That She Will Sojourn in Georgetown. It is stated that Senorita Cisneros, who was recently freed from a Spanish prison in Cuba, will come to Washington and will enter the Georgetown convent. It is under- stcod she will retire from public life, and it is thought she will remain at the George- town convent for a long period, as she js very young and her education has not been completed. The sisters of the convent have been most warm in their expressions of sym} 'y for her, The iban Relief Association has asked SHARP RIOTING IN ROME/GEN, MILES’ RETURN | RETREAT FROM KLONDIKE Roman Citizens Protest Against Increase of Taxation. In the Excitement the Police and Mob Clash, With Serious Results to Both, ROME, October 11.—A large procession of tradesmen, headed by the pro-syndic of Rome and the president of the chamber of commerce, marched to the office of the minister of the interior this afternoon to protest against and confer with the govern- ment regarding the increased taxation. Premier Rudini, who is also minister of the interior, received a committee repre- senting the tradesmen and promised that everything possible would be done to pro- mote friendly relations and greater equity between the tax collectors and taxpayers. In the meanwhile a large crowd of peo- ple had collected around the ministry, an- gry shouts being heard, and some of those present tore up paving stones and other- wise assumed a threatening attitude. This caused the police to make an attempt to disperse the violent portion of the crowd, and in the conflict which followed six po- een were injured and one rioter was ed. ——— TWO CANDIDATES TALK. Mesars. Fitch and Fairchild on the New York City Contest. Two candidates for controller of New York are at the Arlington, Ashabel P. Fitch and Charles F, Fairchild. Mr. Fitch is here cn some private business, while Mr. Fairchild is here to attend the meet- Ing of the monetary commission, of which he is a member. In talking about the stories publishtd in the New York morn- ing papers today that he was going to re- tire or be retired from the citizens’ union ticket as a candidate for controller, Mr. Fairchild said there was no truth in the statement so far as he was concerned. Nor was there anything in the stories about his name being removed from the citizens’ ticket. He laughed at the story published in one of the papers that he would decline to run on the George ticket, but would remain on the citizens’ ticket, because he said that he had not been nominated by the George men, who had put Col. Waring on their ticket for controller, and therefore he could not decline te run on that ticket. In speaking about the indorsement by the George faction of the citizens’ union county, borough and assembly tickets, Mr. Fair- child said that he did not see there was any objection to this action, because it was simply putting the names of the citi- zens’ county ticket inthe columns of tne George city ticket, and it meant a gain of votes for the excellent ticket which the citizens had put up. “What we are all after is votes,” said Mr. Fairchild, “and I see no harm in getting all the votes pos- sible for the county tigket.” Mr. Fairchild expects to return to New York this afternoon, and says he is going to enter the canvas at once and work hard for the success of the @itizens’ ticket. Mr. Fairchild did not care to make any pre- diction or express an opinion as to the situation, for he eaid the fight had only begun and things were still in a very mixed condition. ist Mr. Fitch in talking about affairs in New York said: “The situation in New York 1s both interesting and amusing. I think, however, that the events of this week may clear it up somewhat. At any rate, by the end of the week I believe it will be determined whether there will be five tickets in the field or whether the democrats and republicans will harmonize thelr discordant factions.” When asked what element were working to such an erd he replied: “I can hardly talk upon that, but forces are at work now in both Parties to bring it about.” os RKISH MINISTER, EW All Ferouck Bey Will Come to Waxh- ington. The recent report of an impending change in the Turkish legation in this city has been confirmed by Minister Angell at Con- Stantinople in a cahle message to the Sec- retary of State. He says that Ali Ferouck Bey has been appointed to succeed Mous- tapha Bey as Turkish minister to the United States, and states further that the hew minister has studied five years in Paris, and was secretary of the Turkish le- gation in London for two years. The new minister is now in Constantinople and will probably start fur the United States at once. Moustapha Bey has been expecting his recall for many months, during which time he has made his residence in New York, and is supposed to be there at this time. The legation has been practically closed during his absence. Moustapaa Bey suc- ceeded the well-known Mavroyeni Bey about a year ago, and his early recall is supposed to be an indication that the porte ‘was not altogether pleased with his con- duct of the diplomatic business between the United States and Turkey. _ THE SUPREME COURT. Justices Met and Were Driven to the White House. The October term of the Supreme Court of the United States began at noon to- day with Chief Justice Fuller and all the associate justices in thelr seats. No busi- ness was transacted beyond the admission of attorneys to the bar, the court adjourn- ing until tomorrow in order to enable its members, in accordance with long estab- lished usage, to pay their respects in a body to the President. Before adjourning the chief justice an- nounced that motions would be heard to- morrow and that after these were made the call of the regular docket would be- gin. There were sixteen admissions to the bar at today’s sitting, and Mr. Richards, the new solicitor general, was formally presented to the court by Attorney Gen- eral McKenna. After adjournment the jus- tices took carriages and were driven to the White House for the first formal call of the court upon President “McKinley. The reception took ‘place in the blue room, and besides all members of the court there were present Attorney Gen- eral McKenna, Sclicitor General Richards and Mr. Gorrelle Barnes, judge of probate in England. ———__—+2-____ AN IMPORTANT EXAMINATION. Twenty-Six Candidates for the 8 pervilsing Architect's Place. The examination of applicants for the Position of supervising architect of the treasury will begin tomorrow in the rooms of the civil service commission. There are twenty-six applicants who will be exam- ined, coming from all parts of the coun- try. These applicants were asked to send to the commission any examples of struc- tures they had designed or built, and as a result there was exhibited in the exam!- nation rooms of the commission today a magnificent collection of This ex- hibition is not for the ic, but was pre- pared in readingss for thé eyes of the com- mittee, which will meet here tomorrow to pags upon the merits of ‘the various com- Petitors. rt ‘ Government Recetpts. Government receipts—From internal rey- en a is Re Tells Some Interesting Things About His Trip. BALLOONS AND BICYCLES IN WAR Extensive Use Abroad of American- Made Guns. THIS COUNTRY’S MIGHT Gereral Nelson A. Miles and his aid-de- camp, Captain Maus, have returned to this city from a five months’ tour of Europe, during which “they “inspected rything of military interest, from the great armics of Germany, Russia, France and Great Britain in field action down to balloons and bicycles,” as he remarked to a Star reporter who called upon him in his orfice at the War Department this morning. He was so busy recelving calls from his brother officers and his many friends in this city that he was able to give only a few minutes to The Star man, but in that time he managed to tell some interesting things about his trip. He looks rugged and well, and is the picture of good health. During his absence he employed his time to the very best advantage, and he re- marked that in five months he went over pretty much the same ground that occupied his predecessor, General Sherman, nearly a year’s time. He looked over forti: tions, barracks, camps, ordnance works of all classes and all the minutiae of military life In and out of camp. He has already made three reports of his observation of different features of European military and expects to prepare another and more com- prehensive one as soon as he finds the time. In this he will be assisted by Captain Maus, The report will be important, as it will embody many recommendations for the im- provement of the small army of the United States. During his tour Gen. Miles met 0 . t most of the rulers of Europe, including Queen Vie- torla, the Czar of Russia, the president of France, the Sultan of Turkey and the King and Crown Prince of Greece. In maiters of detail Gen. Miles: will have @ good deal to say ir his report that wi be novel and interesting. ais Use of Balloons. One feature of the maneuvers which Were conducted on a grand scale in four of the European countries that attracted the special attention of Gen. Miles because it 1s as yet lacking in our own military sys- tem to any appreciable degree was the use of balloons in field operations, not from fixed points, but on movable bases. For in- stance, at St. Quentin, which was the scene of the French maneuvers, a balloon tloated half a mile up in the afr. It was attached by cable and telephone wires to a wagon drawn by eight horses, and this team was galloped over the ficld at a rapid rate, en- abling the observer aloft to scan a vast ex- Panse of country. The rapid motion of the balloon, too, made it a very difficult mark for gunners trying to bring it down. So far our own army has only one balloon, and not much has been done with this. Another point noted by General Miles was the large use made in Europe of American Weapons, particularly machine, rapid-fire ard small guns. At Aldershot every one of the British regiments that swept past in review was followed by a machine gun of American invention. The entire British army was armed with a rifle designed by an American, and the Germans have be- gun the purchase quietly of a number of these American machine guns. Russia also uses American ideas in her army, and it is not doubted that only the enormous ex- pense of making a change in the present system has operated to prevent the French from adopting the same machine and rapid- fire guns. General Miles spoke in terms of high commendation of the Russian army, and he referred to the fact as important that it was even better equipped than the Ger- man army in one point, namely, in having tents, the Germans relying upon billeting their soldiers upon the towns of the hostile country, a plan which might prove to be a fatal weakness in an emergency such as would follow the total destruction by flee- ing inhabitants of their towns. Speaking broadly, General Miles said he did not believe that much advancement had been made in the past five years in the science of war, as revealed in the European maneuvers. Power of the United States. To a question as to whether the United States, under its present military policy, would be able to cope with a European power, Gen. Miles replied: “In any population, it is estimated, one man out of five is capable of bearing arms. That would give us an army of 12,000,000. Our people are strong, physically, and gen- erally intelligent and well-informed; be- sides that, each citizen is a sovereign and personally interested in the welfare of his government, and serves voluntarily, with- out being forced into service by a military despotism. We have many thousands of men still living who have seen more war, participated in more battles, than any men in Europe. But it is another thing to equip an army with modern appliances for the defense of the coast, where we would have to use high power guns and modern pro- jectiles, which it takes years to construct, while small arms are not to be made in a few days or weeks. Modern rifies are dif- ferent from the squirrel guns with which our revolutionary fathers went to war. The range of modern arms is very great, and projectiles weigh from 700 pounds to a ton of steel. The rapidity of the rapid-fire ma- chine guns—the Maxim and Gatling—is 400 to 600 shots a minute. Although these are American inventions, they are largely used in European service. In conclusion, Gen. Miles remarked: “I have never seen a day since I have been away when I have failed to appreciate our own country, its institutions, system of government and people. I have been sur- prised that so little is known of us in Eu- rope, but interest here is centered on India, Africa and Siberia, and European papers have more to say of their affairs and the colonies than about America.” oo CAR ROLLS DOWN EMBANKMENT. Fourteen Passengers Badly Shaken Up Neur Waterloo, Iowa. DES MOINES, Iowa, October 11.—A car on the Cedar Falls and Waterloo electric railway jumped the track at a bridge about two miles from Waterloo this morning, rolling down an embankment. ~ The fourteen passengers in the car were badly shaken up, three or four of them quite seriously. W. H. Morton, a travel- ing man, was rendered unconscious, and it is feared his injuries are fatal. ——— LONDON STRIKE SPREADING. Federated Trades Will Join the En- gineers in Their Fight. LONDON, October 11.—The secretary of A Number of Prospectors Coming Back Via Dalton Trail. They Confirm Reports of Scarce Food and Probable Suffering at the Gold Fields, SKAGUAY, October 1, via Victoria, B. C., October 11.—Several parties who have ar- rived via the Dalton trail from the Klon- dike repeat the story of scarcity of pro- visions and possible hunger and starvation, which confronts many there this winter. James Clark and C. A. Brown, who had been mining cn Birch creek, having left Dawsen City September 6 at noon, poled up the river to ‘fifteen miles above Pelly river, and there bought a horse and came in over the supposed Dalton trail, making the trip In twenty-six days to Haines Mis- sion, getting there on Sunday. They passed the Thorp party on the summit with cat- tle, most of the party being discouraged and wanting to turn back. Brown and Clark told them they had gone through 100 miles of snow, where no feed could be had for their stock, and it would be utterly impessi to get their stock through alive. Thorp had already lost fifteen pack horses on the trail, and part of his original party had turned back two days before, but he was stubborn and would not consent to turn back himself. Coming Out Over Dalton Trail. Abcut twenty-five persons came out over the Dalton trail the past week. They say there are a good many following them, all bearing the same report, that there is no actual trail and that it is 417 miles long. Summits have to be cro: 1, innumerable streams forded, and it is impossible to find one’s way without Indian guides, even Thorp havirg to employ inidans, The biggest party to come out together was eleven persons—Pat Galvin and wife, Geo. C. Bounds and wife, Ch as. Theb John F, Maloney and Frank Be of Ju neau; Harry Romain, Ed. Armstrong, “Mush” Rosenstein and “Little Willie’ M ner of San Francisco. This party brough .out a little gold dust, but the members are reticent as to the amount. “Li e Willie” Misner brought out about fifte=sn Pat Galvin as much, or more, and G. Bounds fifty, but most of the dust i Pesited with the two principal comp taken on Chicago and Saved His Cattle. Bounds is the man who took in first beef cattle ever taken into the Yukon the region. He started in at Mission with for- ty-five head in June, 1806, had to make his own traii, built a ratt below Five Fingers on the Yukon, and started, intending to take them to Circle City. But he got froz- en in at the mouth of the Klondix could not move either way. Then came the stampede to Bonanza and Eldorado, and he fold out every pound, probably saving the ves of many, and saving himsel: M financial ruin. eveceaiccn He sold out $13,000 worth of beef enti y I peef entirel, on credit to miners, and did not lose a dot. lar, they making a small clean-up so as to allow him to leave February 22 st. He came out at that time ov- r the Chilkoot Ball to Dyea. His wife went in on the first trip of the Exesistor last June. Bounds is interested with Coneaee ae the “Discovery claim” had interests in other claims, but has ‘sold all ais cutright, except Discovery claim. and h bended it. He will make one more trip next May to settle up. y WILL EXPLORE ROUTE TO YUKON. Boston Syndicate Will Build a Rall- rond if Practicable. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 11.—The Call says a party of twelve engineers and surveyors, including Capt. Smith, W. J. H. Fagelsto1m, A.W. Blake and A.E. Shearer, has started for Seattle, where they will be reinforced by about 70 men. A steamer will be chartered to carry them to Chilkoot Inlet and from there they will go to Fort Selkirk. One of the objects of the expedition is io determine whether the 300 miles that separate the Yukon at Fort Selkirk from the ocean at Chilkoot affords a practicable route for a railroad or not. It is also pro- posed to thoroughly prospect the Yukon country for gold. The parties who have organized the for- midable expedition are from Boston, San Francisco and Puget Sound, and to thor- oughly equip $200,000 has been subscribed and paid in. —__ FOOLED HIS AUDIENCE. and as three interests Chicago Theatrical Manager Plays Sharp Trick With Luetgert Sensation. CHICAGO, October 11.—“Der Wurst Fab- rikant Von Lake View,” otherwise “The Sausage Maker of Lake View,” which was advertised as a dramatization of the Luet- gert murder case, proved a veritable gold mine for its producer last night. The aisle- ways, chairs, boxes, beer tables and every- thing else around the hall where a man or woman could sit were occupied. It turned out that there is nothing new to the play but the naine. The manager of the little German theater saw an opportunity to catch the public eye and he changed the name of the familiar German comedy by Blumenthal and Kahlberg, known in Eng- lish as "The Two Escutcheons.” The smart thing in this is appreciated when it is re- membered that in the comedy, as it stands in the original German, the central male character is a manufacturer of sausage and hails from Chicago. Adolph L. Luetgert and his ceil mate, Nic Marzen, who is under sentence of death for murder, helped make up a congrega- tion of 400 male prisoners at the jail last night who took part in a Christian En- deavor meeting. —_.>___ SURE THEY WILL DOWN BARRIOS. Micarauguan Insurgents Telegraph Mariano Lopes of Their Succes: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., October 11. Mariano Lopez, cne of the prominent citi- zens of Nicaragua, now in this city, has re- ceived the following dispatch from the lead- ers of the insurgents in his native land: “TAPACHULA, October 9. — Mariaro Lopez: We are triumphing. I will com- municate to you in detail the particulars of the battle against the despot. Gigned) “MORALE! Mr. Lopez has also received other mes- sages, of which the most important tells of the fusion of the liberals. He tells of the so-called taking of Quesaltanengo as mere- ly an abandonment of that point for strat- egic reasons, as shown in his dispatches. In regard to the forces at the command of the revolutionary party, the latest infor- mation is to the effect that there are 17,000 men all well equipped and wanting for nothing either in supplies or ammunition. —_——~ KILLED HIS FRIEND BY ACCIDENT. Mr. Kelly Was So Overcome He Then Attempted Suicide. hunting If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. 1S IT MRS, LUETGERT Alleged Letter From Her Reoeived by Chicago Police. DATED NEW YORK, OCTOBER 9 Little Credence Placed in It--Case Comes to Abrupt Close. > ARGUMEN BEGIN TODAY — CHIC, * 11.—A letter address- ed to Chief of Police ing io be e ipley, and Le Luetgert, was ived at police headquarters today. Th letter was dated October 9, and was sent from New York cit Little if any by the police ‘ Luetrigart enough to bi purport ise nifon will be paid to it The signature ts 5 and this alone, they and the letter raul. is The say, Se er is quite long, is written in I , Which it ts said the missing woman unable to speak. It sta that the writer js now lving with a family lisade avenue, J implored Chief Kipley to save . as she said he was innocent of rge against him. Th stated Mrs. Luetgert woud never return to husband, because she was afraid he 1d Kill her, and that she was going to Germany as soon as she could ez enough to take her ub He aranc ording to the to Wi then to ‘ew York city. Sudden End of Trial. The Luetgert trial came to a sudden and unexpected close today. Witnesses which the defense had called in surrebuttal failed to respond when their names were called and finally ex-Judge Vincent announced to the court that the case of the defense was all tn, When court opened the taking of sur- rebuttal evidence began. Fred J. Swift, a cou since her disappe so given, A etgert fir Funt, Mic there to stenographer, was called to the ewitn stand to impeach Frank Odorofsky (“Ham Frank"), who was employed by Luetgert at the latter's usage factory. Stenographer Swift re ported Odorotsky ce before Justice Kersten. He te: ed that Ode {sky tes- tified before the justice that he was not at the Luetgert sausage factory on May 1, but the day prior to that. During the present trial Oderofsky testified that he was there May 1 Wm. Lester and Fred. Lester were called ely and testified that they saw tallow and grease lying beside the ice box in Lutgert’s sausage fa It was -examination that the ; erved on May :1, and the evidence of these two witnesses was of lit- ue value. Then the defense started in to repulse the attack which had been made upon the reputation of William Charles, Luetgert’s business partner, and one of the strongest witnesses the sausage maker had. D. H. Brown, a resident of Chicago for forty-eight years, said be had known Charles intimately for four years, and that the reputation for truth and honesty of Charles was good. ‘The prosecution tock the witness through a lively cross-exami- netion. He was led to confess that he had never had any business tions Charles and only met him occasicnally. Argument Begins Today. After a brief consultation by the cotnsel in the case it was agreed to begin argu- ments to the jury this afternoon. Asaist- ant State's Attorney McEwen opened. Will be followed by Attorney Phalen. Judge Vincent will close for the defe and State's Attorney Deneen will close for the prosecution. The case will go to the jury probably next Saturday night. Luetgert expressed his y fact that today marked the openii last week of his trial. He was not appreciation of this se over the of the lone in one conne with the pi tired of it. has been a long-drawn-out and rial,” said State's Attorney Deneen. “I am positively elated over the fact that we are so clcse to the date when the case will be given over to the jury. —$_—____ BURGLARS AT DAWSON CITY. Canadian Ofi Cabin Looted of 84,000 Gol SEATILE, Wash., October 11.—The steamer City of Seattle, which arrived here lest night at 10 o'clock from Skaguay and Dyea, brings news that, on September 5, burglars broke into the Canadian gold cormissioner’s cabin at Dawson and stole between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of dust and nuggets. According to a story brought down by one of the Seattle's passengers, there is much indignation at Skaguay over the leged effort of Bernard Moore to throw the townsite into the possession of Canada by conveyance to the British Yukon Company. Mocre. it is alleged, is a British subject, but in his application to the United States land office at Sitka, to make final proof and entry, he alleges that he is a citizen of the United States. The Americans at Skaguay have employed an attorney to look after their interests. a Personal Mention. Commander J. M. Forsyth, stationed at Key West, Fla., is at the Ebbitt on leave of absence. Commodore J. A. Gillis, retired, is on a visit to this city. Capt. Thomas Cruse has reported for duty in the office of the quartermaster gen- eral. He is at 1429 20th street. Capt. L. A. Matile, 14th Infantry, is at 1220 15th street on leave of absence. Lieutenants W. H. Allaire, 23d Infantry, and George W. Goode, Ist cavalry, are in the city on leave of absence. Mr. Arthur S. Mattingly returned Sat- urday from a wild turkey and pheasant shooting trip in Virginia. He had excellent sport at both species of birds and made a big record on pheasants. He brought back a number of them and severa} of his friends enjoyed broiled pheasants for breakfast yesterday. Capt. J. M. Burns, 17th Infantry, is at the Ebbitt on leave of absence. Naval Constructor W. H. Varney, sta- tioned at Camden, N. has reported for temporary duty at the Navy Department. Fourth Assistant Postmaster Gencral Heath was in New York today. He will re- turn tomorrow. First Lieut. George L. Anderson, 4th Ar- tillery, has been appointed military attache of the United States legation at St. Peters- burg. Wm. C. Dreher of South Carolina has been appointed consular agent at Mark- neukirchen, Germany. Although it is not likely that Secretary Sherman will enter the Ohio state cam- paign to the extent of making any speeches it is settled that he will go home to vote. Mr. J. Albert Duvall is at Atlantic City.