Evening Star Newspaper, November 5, 1897, Page 1

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TICIAL COUN GOING ON OF Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 5—Sena- tor Hanna should have a majority of five en joint ballot in the general assembly of Ohio next winter exclusive of the fusion- ists from Hamilton county, who, it is posed, will vote for the senator in frefer- ence to a democrat. The senator has received over 300 tele- grams from prominent party leaders, in- cluding message of congratulations from every member of the cabinet. To all out- ward appearances, the senator will bave smooth sailing until he is elected more. The state is fuil of sensationai rumors, which make politicians of the Hanna stamp rather nervous. It is said there are rine republicans in the r eral assembly who will not veie for Se y will net vote for a demo- re, in combinatio: members of the gene sembly they will vote for Mr. Bushnell. It is beyond doubt, true that Gov. Bush- nell would like to be the United States senator. It is also unquestionably true that there are eight or nine members of the republican side of the next general assem- bly who would prefer not to vote for Mr. Hanna, but the stcry that those eight or nine men will oppose caucus rule is proba- bly urtrue. Will Not Vote for Hanna. There will be two or three republicans in the next assembly, who will not vote for Mr. Hanna, but to think that the seventy democratic members of the general ass bly will unite with the few bolting republi- cans is en no crederfce here in Cleve- land. There is no doubt, nowever, that there is a t to defeat Mr. Hanna. The are three members of the legislature, who are anti-Hanna republicans, who have positively refusel to say that they will enter ihe republican caucus at Columbus and vote for the nominee. They all a nounce that they are under ro obliz $ to Mr. Hanna, and do not propose to tell what their attitude will be toward helping elect him. There is a movement on foot to flush Mayor McKisson of this city for the Sen- ate. This move will not be taken unless there fs an excellent chance for it to suc- ceed. While there is no reasonable doubt that Mr. Hanna will be che next senator from Ohio, he will have to watch his interests very closely until after the first day of next Janvary. WILL BE SETTLED IN COURT. Both Political Parties Awaiting Re- sult of Official Count. By Assuciated Press. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 5.—The contest for control of the legislature will likely be carried into the courts. The offi- cial returns of about une-fourth of the eighty-eight counties have been received by the secretary of state. To the returns of close counties protests have been made. it is proposed now to prevent the issue of certificates of election to certain legisla- tive candidates if the courts will so order. Today interest centers in the official ng of the vote of Wood county at Green. The republican plurality county for representative was re- y to 28, and today it is an- The democrats claim the representative by a plurality of 5. Includ- Wood county's representative the re- claim the legislature by 75 to 70. If Wood county should finally be put in the democratic list by the official figures the leg! ture would stand 74 republicans to 71 democrats. Majority Required by Law. The law requires 73 votes or a majority of all the 145 members to elect a senator on joint ballot. With only 74 republicans in the legislature, the death of a republi- can member or a republican vacancy from any cause would leave a bare majority, and if Wood county should elect a democrat representative there would no doubt be startling developments. The proposed legal proceedings are be- lieved to be held in abeyance, awaiting the completion of the official canvass of the vote in Wood county. There are ten counties in the state that give a plurality each of less than 100 on their respective legislative candidates, and of these close counties both parties are a’ most equally the beneficiaries. The repub- licans claim the following pluralities in three counties that have been most hotly contested: Margin Very Small. Delaware, 29; Noble, 85; Wood, 25. This is a total of 139 plurality for representatives in the three counties. A change of 70 votes preperly distributed, would have changed the Ohio legislature to 73 demo- crats and 72 republicans, and perhaps have changed the political complexion of the. United States Senate. It is what ts at stake as well as the close shave that causes the managers of both parties to fight it out with every possible effort that can be made. There were over one million votes cast im Ohio last year, and {it was estimated that there were 900,000 votes cast last Tuesday, of which the deciding seventy Votes is an infinitesimal per cent. In Hocking and Vinton counties the demo- erats clect their representative by a plu- rality of 73 and by about the same plu- rality in Van Wert county, while in Sum- mit county the democrats elect two repre- sentatives on pluralities that are said to be as close as those of Wood and Dela- ware counties. The republicans claim that a change of less than 200 votes would give eee ers more representatives in the counties o} jumiait, Van Wert and Vinton. Ee Oficial Count Proceeding. The only trouble reported from the boards making the official counts yester- day were in Noble and Wood counties and those were simply animated discussions. These official counts are proceeding in the counties again today. No disturbances are apprehended anywhere, but both sides will fight to a finish before the returning boards, then in the courts and in the organization of the legislature. state ticket bes’ approached soo Sp ‘Re ate tic! approac! 29, no in- terest is taken in those returns. a ‘Trouble tm Wood County. Information was recéived at the state headquarters of both parties this after- neon that when the board of elections took (Continued on Second Page.) WILL BUY KANSAS PACIFIC Syndicate Being Formed With J. Pierpont Morgan at Head. Chicago and Alton Will Then Lease the Property todteach Points im Kansas. CHICAGO, November 5.~Between now and December 16, the date of the sale of the Kansas Pacific road, which has seemingly been abandoned by the Union Pacific reorganization committee, a syndicate will, it is reported, be formed with J. Pierpont Morgan at its head, which it is understood will buy the road for the use of the Chicago and Alton. This road has a traffic contract with the Kansas Pacific similar to the one the Chicago and Northwestern has with the Union Pacific, and it has found the Kansas Pacific almost indispensable as an outlet from Kansas City to Denver. The Alton has offered to lease it from te which is to secure it at the sale, and operate it, agreeing ctual net earnings to the own- The Alton’s offer, . is being favorably consid- nderbilts are said to be anx- ad should come under the con- Al 1s the latter Is practical- nection of the Vanderbilt lines and St. Louis to Kansas Called to St. Paul. OMAHA, Ncb., November 5.—Gen. Cowin, senting the United States govern- ment, Attorney Kelley, attorney for th receivers of the Union Pacific, and Law- rence Greer, representing the reorganiza- tion committee, received a telegram at 30 o'clock last night from Judge Sanborn the federal court, requesting them to St. Paul. They left Omaha at 6:15 nd are at St. Paul today. Their on is not known here. ——— = MISS MARTIN WINS HER CASE. Chicago Woman Will Get $200,000 From Uncle's Estate. CHICAGO, November 5.—After four years of contlict in the courts, Miss Serena M. Martin has at length gained a fortune, the gift of her uncle, Edward Martin, whom she served as companion and maid of all work for forty years prior to his death. ‘To her it means wealth amounting to more than $200,000, and it seems now that nothing can prevent her coming into pos- ssion of it unless the supreme court of illinois grants the other heirs a new trial and reverses its own decision. —— iG TEXAS TRAIN. DEATH-DEALI Five Fatalities Attend a Ran on the “Cotton Belt.” DALLAS, Tex., November 5—The west- bound passenger train on the St. Louis and Scuthwestern road, known az the Cot- ton Belt route, was ill-fated and death marked its run. Near Mount Pleasant the train ran over J. C. Beasley, an ex-section foreman, who had fallen asleep on the track. He was killed instantly. About thirty miles farther west, near Greenville, three negro children were play- ing down among the timbers of a trestle bridge. They scampered up to the track trying to escape. They had not been seen by the trainmen and were so close to the engine that they were run over before be- ing discovered. Two were killed on the rails. The third child died an hour later. A few miles farther west, near Wylie, a passenger named J. C. Davis entered a toilet room and committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. His home was at Cedar Hill, neer Dallas. His friends cannot account for his killing him- self. a ANOTHERS CLOAKMAKERS’ STRIKE, Five Hundred Already Out and More to Quit Today. NEW YORK, November 5.—There are in- dications of another big strike of the cloakmakers, which may inyolve from 12,000 to 15,000 people. There are 500 out already and by tonight there may be a general order for the others to go out. The cause of the strike is an alleged cut in wages and the reported violation by the contractors of the new agrement made six weeks ago. ————— PRISONERS LEAP FROM A TRAIN. Though They Were Heavily Shackled They Escaped Injury. BUFFALO, N. Y., November 5.—William Moran, forty years old, and John Meran, his nephew, sixteen years old, were yester- day sentenced to the Erie county peniten- tiary from Westfield, N. ¥., for car burg- lary. 3 Constable Driggs was detailed to bring the prisoners to Buffalo. They traveled on a fast Lake Shore train, and when near Lake View the prisoners made a rush for the car door and jumped from the train. Both rolled down a steep embankment. A farmer noticed the men running toward the wood, shackled together, and notified the county police. The men were captured shortly afterward. Neither nad been in- jured. ————— MILWAUKEE REFORMERS PLEASED. Issue an Address on Result Greater New York. MILWAUKEE, November 5.—The Mu- nicipal Leegue has issued an address to the voters of this city based on the results of the New York election. It says the fact that Seth Low ran so far ahead of Gen. Tracy, @ man of unimpeachable record, who was nominated on the party lines, “should fill every friend of municipal re- form with hope and courage, as indicat- ing that intelligent voters are beginning to distinguish between the mere candidate and the influences concealed by his perscn- ality.” ————— CURRENCY LEGISLATION. Senator Platt Says That It is Wast- ing Time to Discuss a Policy. Senator Platt of Connecticut, a member of the finance committee of the Senate, as well as one of the leading republicans of that body, Is in the city. He was asked today by a Star reporter to give his views upon the probable currency legislaton of the coming session of Congress. “Effective legislation by Congress upon a currency bill,” said Senator Platt, “ts rendered impracticable by the lack of a majority in the Senate. In the absence, therefore, of the prospect of a practical result, it would be a waste of time for me to discuss what policy might be or should be pursued on the currency question.” It is the belief in political circles that Senator Platt voices the sentiment of the republican leaders in the statement of the impracticability of financial legislation by this Congress. It ts cer! petus will be given to the The - come of the talk, however, it is a. ii forecasted in Senator Platt’s statement. THEY ARE UNLAWFUL Issue of Trading Stamps a Violation of Statute. CLASSED AS A GIFT ENTERPRISE Prosecutor Pugh Has No Doubt of the Law. A LEGISLATIVE ACT “There is no doubt in my opinion,” said Prosecuting Attorney Pugh this morning to a Star reporter, “that trading stamps come within the inhibition of the statute in reference to the conduct of gift enter- prises in the District of Columbia.” The discussion of the trading stamp fad aroused by the publications concerning it in The Star has led to an investigation of the laws bearing upon such enterprises in the District of Columbia, with the result of the conclusion above stated in the words of the prosecuting attorney. An examination of the iaws enacted by the legisiative assembly of the District of Columbia discovered one approved August 1, 1871, entitled, “An act imposing a license on trades, business and professions prac- ticed or carried on in the District of Co- lumbia.”” The twenty-fifth paragraph of this act reads as follows: “The proprietors of gift enterprises shall pay $1,000 annually. Every person who shall sell or offer for sale any real estate or article of merchandise of any descrip- tion whatever, or any ticket of admission to any exhibition or performance,or other place of amusement, with a promise, expressed or implied, to give or bestow, or in any manner hold out the promise of gift or be- stowal, of any article or thing, for and in consideration of the,purchase by any per- son of any other article or thing, whether the object shall be for individual gain or for the benefit of any institution, of what- ever character, or for any purpose what- ever, shall be regarded as a gift enterprise: Provided, that no such proprietor, in con- sequence of being thus taxed, shall be ex- empt from paying any other tax imposed by law, and the license herein required shall be in addition thereto.” Further examination developed that Con- gress in 1873 passed a law which was ap- proved February 17, and which may be found on page 464 of volume 17 of the stat- utes at large. It is also contained in sec- tions 1176 and 1177 of the Revised Statutes of the District of Columbia, which read as fellows: “Sec. 1173. So much of the act of the legisiative assembly of the District of Co- lumbia entitled ‘An act imposing a license on trades, business and professions prac- ticed or carried on the District of Colum- Dia,’ approved August 23, 1871, as author- izes gift enterprises therein, and licenses to be issued therefor, is disapproved and repealed, and hereafter it shall be unlaw- ful for any person or persons to engage in said business in any manner ag defined in said act or otherwise. “Sec. 1177. Every person who shall in any manner engage in any gift enterprise busti- mess in the District shall on conviction thereof in the Police Court, on information filed for and on behalf of the District, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 or be imprison- ed in the District jail not less than one nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.” The act of assembly defines as a gift en- terprise the giving of ‘‘any article or thing” (a trading stamp or the merchandise rep- resented by it) “for and in consideration of the purchase by any person of any other article or thing.” The act of Congress pro- nounces illegal the gift enterprise thus de- fined and punishes it with fine and impris- onment. A perusal of ecenvince the m hese laws will doubtless hants who have unwit- tingly, perhaps, entered into the agreement with any of the trading stamp companies by which they give away 5 per cent of their gross cash receipts in return for the issuing trading stamps that t privilege of they are amenable to the law und subj to the penalties provided by it, and th their contracts thus to violate the law are void. A case was brought under the law at the July term of the Police Court against Sig- mund Berger and Frank Gumpertz, who were charged in engaging in the business of a gift enterprise in the District in viola- tion of section 1177 of the Revised Statutes of the United States relating to the District of Columbia. The witnesses in the case were Detective Joseph Carter, Kate Ray nor, who was the prosecuting witness; Mrs. Sarah Mack and Mrs. Cook. The case was nolle prossed by Prosecuting Attorney James L: Pugh, jr., because the defendanis were ignorant that their offering of yifts in connection with the business they con- ducted was against the law. Mr. Pugh’s announcement, coupled with the publica- tlon of the laws, is a pointed hint that those who after this warning violate the law against gift enterprises by issaing trad- ing stamps or any other articles to pur- chasers will be rcientlessly prosecuted. ——. ORDERED HOME. The Detroit and the Alert Will Leave Guatemala. The revolt in Guatemala having ended, the two United States warships sent to that country for the protection of Ameri- can interests have been ordered home. They are the Detroit and the Alert. The former will proceed to Key West to assist in the patrol against Cuban filibustering, and the Alert will return to San Francisco. Both vessels will leave Guatemala tomor- row. Orders have also been issued for the gunboat Annapolis to leave Key West to- morrow for Newport, and the cruiser Mont- gomery to leave Key West tomorrow for Persacola. —_————_+-o+_ GEN. LEE HERE. He Will Soon Leave for His Post of Daty. United States Consul General Lee has returned to Washington, and this morning, before the meeting of the cabinet, he called at the State Department and later at the White House, At the department he saw Secretary Sherman and also Assistant Sec- retary Day, who had just returned to the city from Canton, Ohio. The consul gen- eral is here simply for the purpose of re- ceiving any instructions that it is deemed necessary to give him before his departure for his post at Havana, which will be as soon as possil =a Secretary Alger telegraphs from Boston that he will be in Washington tomorrow morning. He has been to Detroit and Montreal on private business. Capt. A. G. C. Quay, quartermaster’s de- partinent, is at 1612 K street on leave of ateence. 4 Lieut. F. P. Avery, 34 Infantry, is at the Bbbitt. ting of the Norfolk navy yard is at be strest, on leave of absen ce, as ne resumed his’ duties at the State Denattt ment this @ ten days’ visit to his home, in ten, Ohio. Sereserre ne oie kay eo stationed at Omaha, for several ‘War Depart- DISTINGUISHED ARTIST WEDS | DF ATH AT A CROSSING Holland’s Crown Painter Marries Membe of Hawaiian Royalty. Wedding Takes Place im St. Paul— Parties to It Try to Main- taim Seerecy, 8ST. PAUL, Minn., November 5.—Holland aad Hawali were united yesterday by a no- table marriage in St. Paul. The “crown painter” to the Dutch royal family, a dls- tinguished European artist, was married to the daughter of Hawaiian kings, a widow of remarkable beauty. The groom was Joseph Hubert Vos of TheHague. The bride was Eleanor Kéikilani Graham of Honolulu. Rey. Dr. John Paul Egbert of the House of Hope Presbyterian Church officiated at the wedding, which was very Private, only two personal friends and the two children of the bride being present. Despite a strenuous attempt to suppress all public knowledge of the marriage, it was learned that Mr. Vos is one of Europe's femous portrait painters. During several years he has, however, resided in this ccuntry, being recently locatec at Fort Tot- ten, N. D., supposedly to study Indian types. Mrs. Vos is said to belong to one of the Hawaiian royal dynasties. Her maiden name, Kaikilani, is alleged to be more than a distinguished name at Honolulu. Her former husband ifs believed to have been.a planter of vast wealth. The position of the witnesses harmonized with that of the principals in this mar- riage. Mr. Moffat proved to be an ex-con- sul general of the United States in London. He served ten years, beginning his first term when James Russell Lowell was min- ister to the court of St. James. Mr. Moffat was also assistant solicitor of the State Department under Secretaries Blaine and Frelinghuysen. He is new practicing law at Denver. The unknown witness came from Minne- apolis. He is an intimate friend and chum of the groom. His name is Samuel R. Thayer, former minister plenipotentiary of the United States to The Hague. Mr. and Mrs. Vos will start for Honolulu this afternoon. ——.—_—_ REOPENED THB MILLS. a. Se Representative Russell Tells of the Effect of the Diugley Act. Representative Russell of Connecticut, @ member of the ways and means com- mittee, is in Washington taday. Since the passage of the tariff bi Mr. Russell has traveled through New England and the west and has closely abserved its effects. “The egricultural interests were probably the first to feel the benefits of the new tariff law,” said Mr. Russell to a Star re- porter today. “They are the principal cus- tomers of the manufacturers, however, and we in New England soon began to ap- Treciate the fact that pgosperity had come to these who patronize us. “In my district: the woolem industry is the principal one, and it has been greatly stimulated by the Dingley bill, The mills had been shut down oF running on short time and at a minimumsproduction. Now, they are all running fulftime and same of them overtime. In the Massachusetts dis- trict adjoining mine, woolen dnd cotton manufacturing are the leading industries an they show the good effects of the pro- tection afforded by the Dingley bill. “At New London the sifk industry pros- bers under the beneficent provision of the new tariff law. One firm has started to enlarge its plant and increase its number of employes. ‘Throughout tie New Bngland states there are many small establishments that work in metal, such as hardware and trimmings, and they are all flourishing since the law went into effect. “On my recent trip through the west I found the same condition of good times and good business. The people, I believe, sre pleased with the tariff law.” aa APPEAL FOR YUKON MINERS. Seeretary Alger Asked to Aid in Re- Meving Sufferers. PORTLAND, Oreg., November 5.—Presi- dent Mason of the Portland chamber of commerce has sent the following telegram to Secretary of War’ Alger, at Washington: “Starvation and death ‘confront the un- fortunate miners on the Yukon through failure of the trading companies to get sup- plies into the interior before the close of navigation on the Yukon. The chamber of commerce of Portland has undertaken to relieve the distress which must appear be- fore the ice fetters of the Yukon release the supply steamers, and for this purpose it will donate provisions and supplies. The chamber of commerge asks the co-operation of the War Department in transporting this relief from the city of Portland to the most accessible point on the Alaskan coast, whence the relief expedition may carry it to the imprisoned gold miners. Our duty to suffering humanity demands the sacrifice that may be necessary to accomplish this end. Will you co-operate with us in this undertaking?” The appeal of President Mason of the Portland, Oreg., cnamber of commerce to Secretary Alger for nelp in getting supplies through to the starving miners in the Klondike region has been received at the War Department, hut in the absence of Secretary Alger, who is expected to return to Washington tomorrow, no action will be taken upon it. by the officials of the department. ————+2+_____ E. B. HAY MAY BE CHOSEN. Commissioner for the District for the It is understcod that the commissioner fer tha District ef Columbia in connection with the American commission to the Paris exposition is to be appointed within a few days. The commissioner for New York has already been appointed, and Mr. Moses P. Hardy was appointed special commissioner, and has returned from Paris, but the commissiog#er general and other commissioners are yet to be ap- pointed. { The commissionership for the District of Columbia is one of the most important in connection with the compete The com- missioner general and associates and staff will gv to Paris, and the commissioner for Washington will have the chief work to do in this country, 2 Will have charge of getting up the -e: it of the depart- ments, and will prac! iy. charge of all arrangements in 4 ec ‘ry for the general American exhibit fensive quar- ters will be necessary, and he will have a force of from seventy at “alge as- sistante.and clerks, Dol nm is being THE COMMISSION'S PLAN C. F. SCOTT CHOSEN Appointed to Succeed the Late Judge Miiler. —_._— AN OLD FRIEND OF THE PRESIDENT Currency Reform Different From Secretary Herman L. Lewis Killed by Pennsyl- Sagte vania Railroad Engine. BODY MANGLED BEYOND RECOGNITION Deceased Was a Clerk in House of Representatives. Two Per Cent Bonds Proposed the Burden of Redemption Placed the Banks. Upon Supported by a Delegation of Well-Known Residents. While the monetary commission appoint- ed by the Indianapolis convention has not yet fully formulated a report, on which Will be based the petition to Congress for legislation, enough progress has been made to indicate that their recommendations wiil be different trom Secretary Gage's report as submitted to the President a few days ago. It is expected that the commission will endeavor to popularize their plan by including in It concessions by the na- tional banks as a compensation to the public for the advantages which the banks would be expected to reap from the system of currency poposed. Their plan will con- template the withdrawal from circulation of demand obligations upon the govern- ment and the funding of obligations in gold bonds. But it will probably propose a 2 per cent rate on the refunded debt instead of 2%, as proposed by the Secretary of the Trevs- ury, thus saving a big interest charge to DETAILS OF THE ACCIDENT SKETCH OF HIS CAREER. as Herman L. Lewis was killed, it is believ- ed, instantly, about 3:45 o'clock this morn- ing on the grade crossing of the Pennsyl- venia railroad at South Capitol street, near the intersection of F street southwest, only @ few feet from where Jane Bell, a colored woman, met death last week. His body was mangled beyond recognition. Both legs were cut off near the knee, and his right arm broken. In addition io these in- juries, the flesh was stripped from his face and his clothes were torn into shreds. The deceased, who had been em a clerk in the Capitol, was originally Charles F. Scott, at present a justice of the peace, has been appointed police judge by President McKinley to succeed Judge Miller. The President has known Mr. Scott for a number of years, and thinks highly of him. It is said that he has been willing for some time to make a judge of Mr. Scott if opportunity afforded, and if he found that Mr. Scott was recommended by men who had a knowledge of what the po- sition required, His pleasant in. increased this 1 tive and intluen on of Mr. Scott was when @ representa- das from i delegation presented Baltimore. He was maztied, and leaves a| te government, and will propose to put | the name of Mir. Scott to succeed Judge wife and one child. His wife was in Bal te oe the obligation co maintain | Miler. This dea gaiion was headed by Jus- tice Cole or Other men vi sending their woulu mcre, visiting his mother, at N: more sireet, when the sad new her home at No. 1383 H street this morning. Her uncle went over on in early train to bring her home. the Di intluen! nai he appoin of ict Supreme Court. ither present or Maintaining Gold Payments. It is estimated that it costs the govern- ment $21,000.000 a year to maintain the parity of the currency, and it is claimed sete: preme : “2 = Although the young man was ki‘led at | hat by putting this obligation upon the | Frome Cours. Ju rede on, Ar about 3:5 o'clock, it was not fitteon | banks there will be a saving of that much] L. Jefforus, cx a {district attorn minutes after On eek chat nis mangled | to the government, in addition to the sav-| James Coicica:, M. M. Parker t edy was found. Engine No. 40 had run | ing of interest on bonds. Another propo-| Brown, Cap. \.. Ww Eldridge, comm over him, and his body was found by the | sition beime discnasen, may not be ap-| % George G. Meade Post? Oman men on engine No. 128. Joseph Dixon, the yeas 1s 40 lev: se Faruswor.. ih is : Ke proved, is to levy a small tax—a fraction of aries S. Hopkins. gateman at the South Capitol street cross- |] per ‘cent—upon the banks as an ‘nsur-| The de! wa: rly at the White ing, lowered the gates when the New York House. ana w ance fund to guarantee depositors. It is urged that the saving to the govern- ment of interest charges, of the expense of maintaining the gold redemption and the security proposed to be offered to the pub- lic against any loss through the banks, either on the baak currency or through de- posits, will be accepted by the public as a compensation for privileges to be extended to the banks and for turning over to them the sole right to issue currency. ‘The great difficulty in the way of secur- ing even republican votes in Congress for any measure of currency reform which re- adniitte the rigid rules that vis on cabinet day- spokesman fort “nied the case for Mr. Scott. The President lis- tened atientively, asking many questions about the duues of a police judge. The President spoke pir santly of Mr. Scott, and the delegation left with the impression that the man who won over Mr. Scott would have pieniy of work to do. Shortly afier the sirst delegatio: parted suine of the fi C. Mills a, i promptly, des: te express, due here at 3:30 a.m., approached the crossing. Fifteen minutes later the en- gine backed out to the yard from the depot and it was this engine that struck and kill- ed young Lewis. Conductor Porter, En- gineer Lott and Fireman O'Connor were oz the engine at the time, but they knew noth- ing of the fatal accident until after the bcdy was discovered. Then an examination of the engine re- vealed blood stains, conclusively showing that that engine had done the deadly work. Yardmaster Stewart was sent for, and he S are not received as Cole, ation, the wd. summoned the police patrol wagon from | 5 2 vith | Were Ma, j ; a the fourth precinct, ‘whicn made a hasty | Places government demand obligations with | were Mau _ past, denart- run to the scene, only to find that the man |sress have of being charged in campaigns | Bresnahan, Col >and Bi. F. had been dead ever since the train had | With subservience to the interests of che | Bingham. “Che P: them an at= struck him. The body was removed to the | penks, and for that reason it is argued tha; | t€Mtive hearin presented the morgue, and later Precinct Detective Henry | any action must be made defensible on the | Cl4ims and iiiness of | Mills. The made an investigation. ground that exactions are made of the | Gtleation -tated, aft ing the Presi- The Watchman’s Statement. banks “for benefit of the people.” ent, that the conference had been a satis- factory one Calvin Chase, the colored leader, ver at the White itouse a few minutes beter, the cabinet meeting, bet it was too late then io see the President Chase express- ed the opinion that th ight was between Mr. Scott and Mr. O'Donnell. Chase want- ed to see the President to inform him that many of the colored people of the District would be glad to see Mr. O'Donnell ap- pointed. Friends of Pugh. It was said today that many of the men calling upon the President were not antag- onistic to the appointment of Attorney Pugh at some other time, but they are in favor of others at this time. It was sug- gested that several of the prominent mem- bers of the delegation who saw the Presi- dent in the interest of Mr. Scott are in favor of the appointment of Mr. Pugh to snocesd Sune Kimball and at the proper ime will urge this appointment u, President. = = The recommendation of Mr. Pugh yester- day by Commissioner Wight and his nsso- ciates made a favorabl. the President, but it ts said dent has desired to see Mr. for some time. Whe: brought to his at showed considerable situation, especially the field. While the Aitorr also a friend of Mr. I he is sa hold the belief that a man who has as prosecuting attorney ‘loes not possess one of the qualifications .© besome a judge, that of mercy along with justice. Watchman Dixon was on duty at the crossing all night, and says quite a number of pedestrians passed that point after 12 o'clock midnight. There was a dance in South Washington, he said, and a number of persons who had attended the gathering were among those who passed over the crossing. When the New York express reached that point the crossing was clear, and it was also clear when the engine backed out later. His idea is that Lewis was walking along the track when the engine came along behind him and struck him. A cigar, probably dropped by the un- fortunate man, was found on the west side of the crossing. It is evident that he was near this side of the crossing when the en- gine struck him, but the body was dragged to a point about ten feet east of the cross- ing and there thrown from the track. The gateman says he had looked both ways from his watch box upon the ap- proach of the train, and there was no one in sight. Identified by Letters. Letters found on the young man’s body fully identified him. One letter, bearing a special delivery stamp, was addressed to him at the House of Representatives, where he was employed in the capacity of clerk. This was received from the republican ex- ecutive committee at Athens, Ohio. About 9 o'clock this morning a fountain pen and 10 cents, evidently the property of the dead man, were picked up near the track and turned over to the rafiroad mea. Lewis left his home about 5 o'clock in the The, Commission Report. It is not regarded as likely that the re- port of this commission will be transmiited to Congress by the President or his Secre- tary of the Treasury. if Secretary Gage submits to Congress substantially the report which was ex- hibited in the cabinet "meeting and pub- lished recently, that and the recommenda- tion and the report of the commission, which will probably be submitted in the form of a petition by private citizens, will probably come into conflict in the commit- tees of Congress. The expectation of those familiar with legislative methods is that the house committee on banking and cur- rency will not follow either the Secretary of the Treasury nor the monetary commis- sion entirely in reporting a financial meas- ure, but that both suggestions will be tested by the judgment of the members of the committee and be availed of in con- structing a plan which will be practically. original with= the committee. There are sure to be two reports from the committee, and it is not improbable that there will be three or four, without much prospect of any plan proposed going through Congress. It is realized that in the light of the re- cent elections the silver element in Con- gress will be particularly stubborn and arrogant, and there cannot be sufficient cl ze in the Senate to secure financial legislation such as ts desired until after the 4th of March, 1899, —. SPAIN’S REPLY. the Presi- ele a afternoon, bidding his sister a cheerful . = “good-bye” He waved his hand as he left | © ar eo The Commission Made Out. the house, and said he had to go out on 5 At the cabinet meeting President Mec- business. ‘The full text of the Spanish reply to the | Kinley instructed Attorney General Mo- “But,” he added, “I'll be back by 10] note of United States Minister Woodford | Kenna to make out the commission of Min o'clock unless I run over to Baltimore. In has reached the State Department, and is now under examination by the officials. So far as can be learned, it is not the in- tention of the administration to give it publicity now, so that the interest of the people must te satisfied at present with the more or less-official statements emanatins from Madrid as to the character of the Spanish note. It is expected that the President will make this note and the cor- respondence leading up to it the basis for one of the most important chapters of his forthcoming message to Congress upon the reassembling of that body in December next. Meanwhile it is not believed to be probable that any radical change in pol- icy will characterize the correspondence between the two countries, unless some- thing unforeseen occurs. It appears that the determination of the Spanish cabinet to court-martial General Weyler, while not directly due to a request of this government, was probably inspired by an intimation from the State Depart- ment that his utterances were not calculat- ed to smooth the way of the negotiations. It is surmised that by thus acting with promptness the Spanish cabinet may have paved the way for a counter-remonstrance against the publications of ex-United States Minister Hannis Taylor. The condi- tions In the two cases, however, are said at the State Department to be entirely dif- ferent. General Weyler being a Spanish army officer, is amenable to discipline for any intereference with the policy of the government, while Mr. Taylor, being a pri- vate citizen, is not accountable to his gov- ernment for his individual utterances. The officials, however, regret that he has as a private citizen made use of events ‘hat came to his notice while he was not a pri- Scott. After lunch the Attorney General did this and took the commission to the White House for the President's signatare., The appointment of Mr. Scott will go into effect immediately. Mr. Scott will probably be ready for his duties by Monday. The New Judge. Charles Fletcher Scott, who Monday morning next will enter upon the discharge of his duties as one of the judges of the Police Court of the District of Columbia, was born September 8, 1837, in Brooke county, Va., of Scotch-Irish parentage. His father died in 1848, his mother In 1852. The fall of the letter year he attended school in Ohio, but at the end of three years returned in poor health, and went west—to lowa—where he remained eigh- teen months. Returning east he attended school in Pennsylvania. In 18961 Judge Scott graduated at the Albany Law School of New York, and im- bibing the spirit of the hour, enlisted in a company then forming, but from injuries received while recruiting men, was not mustered in, and returning to his Brooke county home in 1862, he became connected with the movement in that section which resulted in the formation of the state of West Virginia. He thus unintentionally at-_ tracted the notice and favor of the voters, who sent him to the house of delegates in 1864, and re-elected him to that office in 1865, In 1867 Judge Scott moved to Ritchie county, and edited the republican paper of that county in connection with his law practice. He was appointed prosecuting attorney to fill a vacancy in 1869, and then in 1870 was elected to the office and also chesen state senator, serving three terms from January, 1871, to 1877. During these sessions Judge Scott was energetic and popular in committee and upon the floor in shaping legislation, and became known over the entire state for lis genial man- ners and kis persuasive speeches upon im- portant measures. In the centennial year he was nominated for Cong-ess for his district, and although he made a prudent and vigorous canvass, yet he was defeated, the majority of the voters still being dem- ocratic. Judge Scott in 1877 moved to Parkersburg, where he practiced law, and for a time owned in partnership with A. B. White and edited the State Journal, a weekly news- ees SS In 1878 that case, I'll return at 12.” His sister said that last night was the first night he had been away from home since his wife went to Baltimore. Then she said he would not have left her alone had it not been that he had business down in the city. She expected to see him at 10 o'clock, and when he had not returned at that hour she thought he had gone to Bal- timore. The news of his sad death was a severe shock to her, and between her sobs she denounced the dangerous grade cross- ings and wondered why they had not been abolished. Matter of Conjecture. Where Lewis had been before he was killed and how he managed to get in front of the engine is‘ a matter of conjecture. While the railroad men have an idea that he had been to the dance mentioned, his sister is positive he had not been there. “He did not know how to dance,” she said, “and if he had been going to a social gatheripg he would have told me so. He had some business to look after, and that was why he went away from the house.” She thought it possible that he went to Baltimore and returned on a late train. Some persons who saw the body and learn- ed of the circumstances of the case be- lieved also that the young man had gone ever to Baltimore, and upon his return to the city jumped from the train thinking he was on the Baltimore and Ohio road and that he would make a short cut home. Skould it develop that this was the case he may have fallen to the ground when he jumped and so badly injured himself that he became bewildered and wandered about on the tracks until the engine struck tim. This is a phase of the case, however, which the railroad men do not take any stock in. If he had been about there any time, they say, some of them would have seen him. Street sweepers were at work in the neighborhood of the crossing at the time the accident is believed to have hap- United States Minister Schuyler. SIGNING DEFERRED. hold an inquest at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. ——— MR. GARY IN THE SENATE, ~ The Postmaster General Declines to Discuss the Question. A Star reporter asked Postmaster Gen- powers as envoys is taking more time than was anticipated, and the signing has been deferred, it being stated that it will occur,