Evening Star Newspaper, November 9, 1897, Page 1

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HANNA HAS NO FEAR | TRAGEDY DUE TO JEALOUSY Ohio Senator Perfectly Confident of His Re-Election. HIS FRIENDS NOT 80 CONFIDENT Combination of Opposing Factors Taking on Shape. CENTERING ON BUSHNELL --_+—,— Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Otio, November 9.—Anti- Hanra republicans in this part of Ohio now understand that Gov. Bushnell fs a recep- tive candidate fer the Senate to succeed Senator Hanna. In popular political par- lance, “he is in the hands of his friends.” The governor has been non-committal on the subject of Mr. Hanna’s candidacy since the election. Democratic leaders of Oh‘o are reported to kave met in Columbus last week and decided to throw the support of enough democratic members of the gen- eral assembly to Gov. Bushnell to insure his lection to the Senate. This pledge was made by democrats on the condition that the anti-Hanna people should be able to swing enough votes to elect Gov. Bushnell. Republican leaders here are worried over the rumors which have been circulating with increasing frequency since election day concerning the intentions of some of the republican legislators-elect to vote against Hanna. All of these rumors have more or less foundation in fact. It is now sald the republicans will caucus before the time for voting, in order to bring into line the refractory members. No caucus was held when Foraker was elected two years ago, but there was then a much larger ma- jority on jotnt ballot. Would Precipitate a Rupture. The open hostilities between the Hanna and anti-Hanna people would be precip- itated when the latter refuse to attend the caucus. It is not thought that they would dare go into the caucus and then refuse to stand by the nominee of that body. By re- fusing to be present, however, they can maintain the position that they are in no way instructed or pledged to vote for Hanna. While Senator Hanna and Colonel Chas. Dick profess to have no fear, at the same time they cannot certainly be pleased with the situation in the delegation from this county. Not one of the three McKisson members has openly and frankly stated since the election his intention to vote for Hanna. On the contrary, each one of them has studiously avoided giving direct an- Swer to questions. The published inter- views with these gentlemen show that there is a dangerous ambiguity in their replies. It may be stated, however, that Mr. Hanna has no fears for his ultimate triumph, but that his friends are a little nervous. Plum for Canton Man. Mr. Gustave Beutelspacher, foreman at the Deuber Hampden watch works of Can- ton, will go to Caracas, Venezuela, to rep- resent this country as consul. He is here this morning to see Mr. Hanna, and as soon as he passes the examination and gets his commission he will be off for his new post of duty. McKixson Not a Candidate. Mayor McKisson returned from New York today. He announced that he was not a candidate for the Senate to succeed M. A. Hanna. HE IS A RECEPTIVE CANDIDATE. Gov. Bashnell’s Organ Defines His At- titude Regarding the Senatorship. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 9—The Springfield Gazetie, republican, published at Governor Bushnell’s home, says, edi- torially, that the governor is a “receptive” cand:daie for the United States senator- ship, not an active candidate. If it is the decision of the majority’ of the legislature that Mr. Hanna, netwithstanding his nomi- nation by the republican state convention, cught not to be sent back to the Senate, he will permit his name to be used in this con- nection. The Gazette is edited by T. E. Harwood, whose daughter recently married Gov. Bushnell’s son, and the families are very closely related, so that the Gazette's utter- are regarded as authority. 3. Cappeiler of the Mansfield News, an, said here last night, in an in- “, that the republican defection on lative vote was startling, and showed lusively either that the republican can- didates for legislators were very unpopular or there was “a carbuncle somewhere on the republican part He did not regard the nomination of Sen- or Hanna at Tuledo as binding upon the arty under all circumstances. The anti- Hanna republicans are growing bolder in their utterances against his election every day. ———— MR. BUTERWORTH STILL VERY ILL. He is Sufering From Attack of Acute Pueamontia. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 9.—At 8 o'clock this morning Dr. Sanders announcei that Maj. Butterworth’s condition was un- changed. His temperature was 102.5; respiration, 34; pulse, 88. He spent a fairly comfortable night, but is in a semi-unconscious condi- tion this morning. His condition is still critical. | At 11 o'clock Mr. Butterworth’s condi- tion was unchanged. Senator Hanna called during the morning, and on leaving said: “The major is very sick; his condition ts critical, and he has the most alarming symptoms of acute pneumonia. It fs hard telling now whether he will pull through or not.” The senator added that he had no idea now when he would make his contemplated eastern trip. All last night and today telegrams were received from prominent men asking about Maj. Butterworth’s condition. Dr. J. Kent Sanders is frequently called to the long- distance telephone from all parts of the country to explain the condition of his patient. Physicians are with the sick man day and night. Mr. H. W. Coffin, an intimate friend of Major Butterworth, received a telegram from a friend at Cleveland at 1:20 o'clock teday, which says: “Major’s condition not so favorable this morning. More of lung involved, and he is weaker. No other change.” Charles Schlegel Murders His Wife and Tries Suicide. Husband Was Sixty and the Wife ‘Twenty Years Younger—Son a Witness. NEW YORK, November 9.—Charles Schle- gel murdered his wife, Caroline, in their home in East 77th street today by shooting her behird the left ear. Death was almost instantaneous. Schlegel then tried to kill himself with a shoemaker’s knife, hacking his left arm and causing a severe wound. He was placed under arrest before he could accomplish his purpose. A son, Charles, fifteen years of age, 1s held as a witness of the father’s crime. ‘The son says that his mother had beert ac- cused by his father of being too frequently in the company of other men. ‘The father, according to the son, often threatened his wife. Charles is a son by a former wife of the men. Disparity in Their Ages. The Schlegels lived in rooms in the rear of the grocery store. Schelegel is sixty years of age and his wife was twenty years younger. Neighbors who had heard a dis- turbance in the Schilegels’ quarters called a policeman, who entered and found the son bending over the bedy of his mother, while the husband lay haif dead, with his left wrist and arm badly lacerated and two bloody knives alongside of him. He was in the kitchen. Schlegel doggedly refused to talk about what had happened. The son said he had arisen about 6:30 o'clock and had gone into his mother’s room to awaken her. He found her dead. He did not know what the matter was, and he ran into the kitchen, not seeing his father. Then he found his father with two knives and with his left wrist and arm siashed several times. The boy said he then ran to the door, where he met-the milk- man’s boy, whom he asked to go for a po- liceman, but the boy did not come back. He then went back to his mother’s room, and in a few minutes the policeman came. Had Often Made Threats. The boy said his father had often threat- ened his mother’s life. The father was a drinking man and this caused frequent quarrels at home. He did not know what precipitated the tragedy of today, but thought it was one of the usual quarrels. Charles also said that he found $13 in his pocket, which he believed his father put there. The money was not in his pocket, he said, when he went to bed last night. Schlegel _and his second wife had been married fifteen years. —— NEARLY BROKE THE RECORD. Great Race Made by Jimmy Michael at Atlanta, Ga. ATLANTA, Ga., November ?.—Jimmy Mi- chaei, the midget cyclist, ran a great race against time here last night, and although he failed to accomplish the feat undertaken the performance was a magnificent one. He attempted to ride twenty miles in forty minutes, and would have done it, but for the fact that his pacers lagged and pelled the Welsh wonder to slo critical time. Time, 40 minutes, 3 onds. Eddie Bald, the champion of Amer- ica, added new laurels to his long list. He broke the mile track record, making it in 1.52 3-5. Michael leaves today for Chicago, where he runs several races. es FEVER ABOUT KILLED OUT. Business in Affected Districts Shows Signs of Revival. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 9.—At 10 o'clock this morning one new case and two deaths frora yellow fever were repvort- €d to the board of health. All interest in the fever has about died out. The news- papers are paying but little attention to it, confining themselves to simply the official bulletins. From all infected points the same diminu- tion in the disease is reported, and it is ex- pected that the next cold spell will wipe out the pestilence entirely. Today is bleak ani cold. Prospects for a real cold spell are excellent, and in anticipation the mer- chants throughout the city are preparing for a rush of business. ————— SMELTERS WANT BETTER PRICES. Combination Forming to Fight New York Jobbers. DENVER, Col., November 9.—The Repub- lican says: “For several days the managers of all the smelters from Texas to British Columbia have been conferring together in this city, with a view to the promotion of the alljed interests of mining and smelting. There appears to be a unanimous determi- nation to devise some means, if possible, to obtain the true market price for their products, instead of the doctored and in- sufficient quotations now furnished by cer- tain New York jobbers. “In the case of lead, for instance, there no good reason why the market price in ew York should not be quoted daily at $4.25 instead of $3.75, and it is believed that through concerted action on the part of all the lead smelters justice can soon be obtained in this important matter. ‘The same is true of silver.” ei ee CHINESE FOR COAL MINES. Their Expected Substitution Creates a Stir ie Illinois. STREATOR, Iil, November 9.—The an- rouncement that Chinamen would be placed in the mines of the northern Illinois coal field has caused an immense amount of excitement here, and a call has been is- sued for a full convention of the district miners to be held next Wednesday after- neon in this city. Every craft will send delegates, and in the meantime the various organizations wiil get together and take ac- tion. It is understood that Wednesday's meet- ing will be of tremendous importance to the craft throughout the state, as it is claimed that if Chinamen are allowed to go to work here and elsewhere it will only be a matter of time when mines employing that kind of labor will be able to undersell those employing skilled hands, and thus the price will be again forced down. The situation here is looked upgn by business men as most serious. The Chinese ques- tion has put an entirely new phase upon it. It means to Streator alone the dizplace- ment of about three thousand men. —_——___— Chief Artichoke is Dead. ‘TOMAH, Wis., November 9.—Ah-Oo-Choo- Kah (Artichoke), the oldest member of his tribe, and probably the oidest person in Monroe county, is dead. Artichoke wes a Winnebago Indian, and he had been a chief or inedicine man of the trite for many years. His age is not positively known, but it is given at from 105 to 125 years) He was a brother of Chief Dandy, who was a power and ruler over the tribe fifty years ago. = ————— Belgian Minister Arrives. NEW YORK, November 9—Among the passengers who arrived today on board the steamer Friesland, from Antwerp, were Count G. De Lichtervelde, Belgian minis- ter to Washington, and Countess De Lich- SUFFERING }CUBANS| FIGHT Fo Distressing Reports Received by the Administration. LITTLE RELIEF FOR THE STARVING Probable Failure of Gen. Blanco’s Plan of Amelioration. READING SPAIN’S —_+-—_——_ REPLY The full text of Spain's reply to the Woodford note was read at the cabinet meeting today. Its tone was pacific and was regarded by the cabinet as satisfactory and as calculated to allay fear of a hostile outbreak. Distressing news continues to be received by the administration from Cuba regarding the condition of the greater part of the population. There is a feeling that Gen. Blanco’s proclamations will not bring the results which were promised; at least, the reports made by the consular representa- tives indicate as much. The consuls seem to be nearly unanimous in their belief that the extension of the zones of cultivation which is promised will not be sufficient to Save a good many thousands more of the reconcentradoes from starvation. The only hope for these people is to have food sup- plied them until they cah be put back in the country in their own huts and time be given for them to raise sweet potatoes and other products. But the new policy as now understood does not contemplate such a step. They are merely to be allowed to go a little fur- ther out of the fortified towns to grub tor whatever the soil contains. They are still to be under the watch of the soldiers and will be in reality as much prisoners of War as they have been under Weyler’s rule. It has been represented that this course is a military necessity, and that by gradually extending the zones of cultivation General Blanco will in the spring be able to have most of the country people on their farms. But the extension of the zones of cultiva- tion does not meet the emergency which exists to prevent some thousand people from starving to death. ° No disposition is felt in official quarters to discredit General Blanco’s good faith. It is believed that he is sincere both in seeking to carry out the policy of autonomy and in bettering the conditions of the popu- lation. Nevertheless, the guarded state- ments which have come from Havana about the embarrassments of the captain general and the difficulties of the situation. are not reassuring. These amount to almost a confession that Gen. Weyler left affairs in so horrible a condition that his successor is unable to remedy them. While there has teen a diiference of opin- ion in the cabinet as to the lengths to which the United States ought to go, the official reports read at recent meetings have caused a unanimous agreement on one point. This is that the administration should be able to show a marked and gen- uine improvement in the condition of the starving people. Without a visible improvement of this kind it is felt that Congress will not be held back from early action on the bel- ligerency resolution. However temperate the tone of the Spanish government's reply to the Woodford note and good its prom- ises, these alone will not be sufficient. Re- sults must be shown. Inability to show them will be an admission of impotency. The developments of the poiicy which Gen. Blanco is expected to carry out in Cuba will be of special significance during the time that is to elapse before Congress meets. The captain general’s amnesty proclama- tion is met with doubts similar to those which surround other matters. It is point- ed out that it is too general and indefinite to be of much value. Apparently the par- don can be construed just as the authori- ties want it to be construed. A point is made by those familiar with the situation in Havana that the pardon is for rebellion as distinguished from other alleged civil crimes. Most of the prisoners of war who were shot by Weyler’s order were not con- victed of rebellion. Their crime was “re- bellion and incendiatism.” The “incen- diarism"™ consisted in burning cane fields, which the insurgents and the Spanish alike do. Most of the insurgents stand charged with this “crime.” They might, therefore, be pardoned for rebellion and still be subject to conviction for incen- diarism. e+ BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS. Col. Bingham’s Report of Work Done During October. Col. Bingham, the engineer officer in charge of public buildings and grounds, reports that there were 10,401 visitors to the top of the Washington monument dur- ing October, of which number 7,064 made the ascent by the elevator and 3,337 by the stairway, making a total of 1,453,555 per- sons who have visited the top since the shait was opened to the public, October 9, 1888. The operation of the elevator was suspended five days during the month for necessary repairs to the machinery. The old board walks in the monument grounds having rotted were repaired with new ma- terial. One of the polished granite stones form- irg the base of the pedestal for the statue of General Logan was found to be improp- erly cut, the lines not being irue. The agents cf the contractors were informed that this stone could not be accepted in its present shape, and they have agreed to lift it and recut and polish it to the satia- faction of the officer in charge of the work. At the Executive Mansion the work of laying the carpets for the winter is fintsh- ed, 1,433 yards of carpets having been laid, and all the window and door draperies hurg during the month. New lace cur- tains have been hung in three of the pri- vate apartments. The furniture at- the vest end of the corridor on the second ficor was reupholstered and the window seat furnished with new cushions. Sepa- rate lead wires were run from the dynamo in the State, War and Navy Departments building to the elevator electric motor in the Executive Mansion and telephonic con- nection established. The usual care was extended to plants, and the work of propagating bedding plants for park decoration the spring was continued at the green houses. Bulbs were potted and boxed for winter forcing and 60,095 bulbs were hauled to the parks and planted for early spring bloom, and 5,408 chrysanthemums for fall bloom. Dur- ing the month 75 lamp posts and 46 lamps in the public parks and the fron fence around the Jackscn statue in Lafayette Park were painted. —_——_—-e-______ The gan Pedro Harbor Plans, The specifications drawn by the engineer officers for the improvement of San Pedro harber in California have just reached the ‘War Department, and are now in the hands of the chief of engineers, Gen. Wilson, who must Reena! ee before eae reach the Secretary. oh Reape jot ee Lively Interest in Contest Manifested by Ineidentally the SpenKership of the House is Involved pnd is At- tracting Aspirants, faa es Special Dispatch to The Evenihg Star. BALTIMORE, Md., November 9.—A large number of county republican politicians are im town today, and the coritests for the United States senatorship, and the speaker- ship of the house of delegates were discuss- ed at all points. The fight for the speaker- ship has become very animated. Mr, James Campbell of Allegany county is in town, and is making a spirited contest. state Senator-elect Dick is campaigning in his behalf, and claims that he has seven votes, five from his own county and two from Garrett. An exceedingly promising candi- date is Mr. Ashley Gould of Montgomery. The interests of Col. John B. Rouzer of Frederick are also being looked after, and the friends of Messrs. Charles R. Schirm, Benj. F. Turner and Osear Quinlan, city aspirants, are around buttonholing the county men. 3 It is generally believed that the speaker- ship will have an important effect in de- ciding the fight for the senatorship, and the candidates for the higher honor are ac- cordingly interested in the bestowal of the lower. t Among the senatorial’ -aspirants, Gov. Lowndes, State Treasurer Shryock, Fost- master General Gary and Maj. Shaw are looked on as leaders. Congressman Mudd is in town, but is making no claims. His friends believe that the loss of Anne Arun- del and Prince George’s to.the democrats have weakened whatever chance he hua, and his candidacy is not taken seriously. SSS TO OPEN THURSDAY. The Coming Conferénce' With British and Canadian Representatives. Ex-Seeretary Foster and Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambassador, con- ferred: today ag to the artgngements for the coming meeting of British; Canadian and American representatives relative to Bering sea. A general understanding was reached that the arrival today of 'Sir"Wiifred Lau- rier, the Canadian premier, anf@ party would permit the meeting to opén Thursday. To- morrow Is likely to be used in an exchange of views between the Catta@fans and Brit- ish. The British ambassador will accoth- pany the premier to the: White House’ to- morrow morning and introduce him to the PresMent. ‘This will be’mierely a call of courtesy, ‘however, and {t is not expected that any of the pending’ queStions will be referred to. The British: ampbassador ex- tended an invitation to i ap iifred to be his guest during his sta: a4 , but he has determined to remain "with the other Cam adian representatives at the Shoreham, where quarters have been aged. It ts ‘how definitely settled’ that the com- ing niecting will tak@™a mmch broader scope than was at first anticipated. At the outset there will be an exéhahge of views and a comparison of notes between the seal experts, Mr. Hamlin for the Unite States, Prof Thompson for Great Brita’ and Prof. Macoun for Canada, At this meeting, however, the jadian premier and Sir Louis Davies, Sir Julian Paunce- fote and ex-Secretary Foster will be pres- ent im-an unofficial capacity, ready to take up the-larger phases of the question when the seal, experts have congluded their ex- change of technical information. It is said that the relations existing between Great Britain and Canada make it essential that all questions of an !mperial character should be concluded by the direct represen- tatives of the imperial government. At the same time. the presence of the Canadian premier is expected to assist in reaching speedy conclusione without the usual de- lays of acting through the British. foreign office. The formal execution ef these con- clusions would devolve entirely on the im- perial authorities in London and their rep- resentative here, the Britistt ambassador. It was said at the State;Department to- day that the first object, would be.to reach a settlement on the Bering sea questfon, and with that out of the way there would be every disposition to favorable confer- ence on “border immfgration, Canadian- American interests in the Klondike, reci- procity and the other questions which Sir Wilfred and his associates regard as even paramount to the Bering sea issue. ——_—_+-e+____—__ DINED THE COMMISSION. Confercés on the Curtency Enter- tained by Seerctary Gage. Secretary Gage entertained at dinner last night the members of the monetary com- mission, now in session here. There’ is no significance to be attached to the affair, which was’ wholly in thé fature of a com- pliment to a body of dfstinguished gentle- men engaged in a line of work with Which the Secretary himself is in hearty sym- pathy. There was, as might be expected, more or less discussion of the necessity for a change in the currency laws, but the discussion’ was general and had little refer- ence to the forthcoming report of the ccm- mission. With two exceptions, all the members of the commission—G. Bw. Bes of Mis- souri, ex-Secretary Fatrchild of New York, prof. J. L. ‘Laughlin of Illinois, C. $8: Pat- terson of Penzsylvanta, L. A. Garnett of California, R. S. Taytor of Indiana, J. W. Fries of North Carolina, W. B. Dean of Minnesota and T. G. Bush of Alabama— were present. The absenteés were ex-Sen- ator Edmunds ‘of Vermont and Mr. Stuy- Nes Fishyot New ‘York: + ere were also present H. H. Hanna of Indianapolis and eGorge Foster Peabody of New York, the former ‘the the latter a-member of the eftecutive com- mittee of the Indiana; eenvention which created the monetary lon. ag = Change in Japaii’s Cabinet. United States Ministe# Bulk, at Tokio, cabled to the Secretary of Bt@te today that the Japanese minister of férdign affairs re- signed yesterday, and thst Baron Nishi has been appointed his su¢céssor.- Mee Appointed Assistant PRymaster. Mr. Georoge Brown, miral George Brown, |, has been ap- pointed an. assistant..ghym&ster in the navy, subject to the te examination. Personal Méhtid&. ‘ Lieut. J. R: M. Taylot,gad fafantry, is at the Ebbitt. Lieut. Wm. H. Bean;“24 Qavalry, is at the Shoreham on leave ofa! ce. Major W. H. McLaug! 16th Infantry, is on a visit to-this city-on leave of absence. He is at the Ebbitt. bd returned ‘ork. Mr. .H. Droop from a bustness trip to has New Mayor-Elect Presented to Represen- tatives of the Crown. PROCESSION MARCHED IN THE RAIN It Was, Nevertheless, a Gorgeous and Attractive Spectacle. eis COL. HAY 1LL WITH A COLD LONDON, November 9.—In spite of a thick drizzle and a heavy fog, the ancieat custom of presenting the elected chief magistrate of London to the represenia- tives of the sovereign and to the peopie was observed today with success. The usval throngs of people lined the route, and the decorations were more ambitious then usual. They consisted mainly of triumphal arches, venetian masts, floral festoons and a liberal ¢ lay of bunting. But, in spite of the weather, a more stir- ring proof of the popularity of London’s yearly pageant, known as the iord mayor's procession, has not been given in a tong time—due very tikely to the conspicuously brilliant year of office of the retiring chief magistrate, the Right Honorable Sir Geo. Faudell Phillips, Bart., K. G., C. lL. E. Even the radical crities who annually protest aguinst the existence of the corporation of London within the area dominated by the county Gouncil had nothing but praise to- day for the altogether admiral official ca- reec of Lord Mayor Phillips, which has gi en the quietus for years to come to any ga attempt at abolishing the corpora- tion. Marched Through Dense Masses. It was not surprising therefore that the Procession passed through dense masses of cheeringpe ople, while windows, balconies and roofs were very generally utilized and the larger open place, such as Trafalgar Square, were crowded to their capacity. “The show,” although attractive as a mere spectacle, looked even more tawdry than usual in the fog, rain and mud ioday, elthough to many people these circum- stances did not make it any the less attrac- tive as a historical relic, a survival of the days when the corporation of the city of London played its part, and that no light «ne, in the contest for constitutional free- dom and material well being. In its origin the mayor's procession was intended as an assertion of the importance of, trade and commerce long previously fround down by kings and nobles. The city companies came into existence, formed a powerful municipality, and, making Guild Hall their headquarters, took care, as a warning to all whom it might concern, to have the mayor installed with the utmost pomp. In the course of, time the ceremony lost this particular significance. But there was no sign today that it has relaxed its hold on the affections of the community, to judge from the many thousands who braved the fog and drizzle in order to see the “‘show.”” “British Sports Represented. The procession included a car represent- ing. “British Sports,” with a huntsman, bi- ‘c¥elfat, etc,, including an Indian represent- ing Prin¢e Ranjitsinghi,illustrating cricket. Another car depicted the “Founders of Greater Britain,” including Sir Walter Raleigh, Admiral Pern, Warren Hastings, Lord=Clive and Cecil Rhodes. An.oli stage coach of the year 1837 was followed by a modern motor car, presenti a striking contrast of the modes of loco- motion in the past and present times. Then there were the usual contingents of soldiers, sailors, firemen, artillery and the city companies, the whole thickly inter- spersed with bands of music. When the procession reached the law courts the lord mayor in his full civic robes, preceded by the recorder, Sir Forest Fulton, and attended by the retiring lord mayor, the sheriffs, the mace bearer, sword bearer, chaplain, aldermen in their sable trimmed gowns, together with other civic functionaries, proceeded to the court room of the lord chief justice, where they were received by the judges attired in scarlet robes, full-bottomed wigs and cocked hats. There the usual solemn courtesies were exchanged, the lord mayor in exergise of an immemorial right remaining covered while the recorder read an eulogistic re- view of the new lord mayor's career. It was in the annual Sunday school style, re- ferring to his blameless youth, successful commercial career and well spent. life crowned by the attainment of the hightest civic honors. Ceremony at the Courts. From this court, after the retiring lord mayor had been formally presented to the judges by Sir Forest Fulton, the procession went to the court of appeal and was re- ceived by the master of the rolls and the appeal justices attired in their striking robes of black and gold. The ceremonies here were merely formal. The dignitaries then returned to their coaches and resumed the march to the city. Colonel John Hay, the United States am- bassador, who was to have responded to the tcast of “The foreign ambassadors” at the Guildhall banquet tonight, is confined to his house by a cold, and, in consequence, the Japanese minister will take his place. ee WASHINGTON AQUEDUCT. Clear During the Month of October. According to Capt. Gaillard, Corps of En- gineers, in charge of the Washington aque- duct, the height of water on the gauge at the mouth of the conduit remained sta- tionary at 151.00 above the datum plane during the entire month of October, and the water was perfectly clear at all points of the system during the same period. On the 19th ultimo, when the Potomac was at an unusually low stage, the amount of water flowing over the United States dam was about 1,080 cubic feet per second. This did not include the water flowing into the conduit at the time. Capt. Gaillard reports the completion of the construction of the telephone line be- tween the office of the Washington aque- duct and Great Falls, and the line is now in operation. It was completed at about three-fifths of the original estimate, and there will remain a surplus of about $2,000 when all outstanding Habilities have been settled. A bridge designer of established reputa- tion has been engaged to assist Capt. Gail- lard in plans for a steel bridge with stone foundations over Rock creek on the line of Massachusetts avenue extended. From a number of preliminary drawings prepared by him one has been selected and Water Entire lard. The preliminary skejches have been completed and two designs selected, “which developed. R GORMAN'S SEAT LONDON’S GALA DAY CORPORAL NEW REDUCED He Was a Witness in the Private Hammond Inquiry. His Army Associates Say He is Be! Persecuted for the Testimony He Then Gave. CHICAGO, November 9.—Clarence New, corporal of G company, 4th Infantry, U.S. A., stationed at Fort Sheridan, has been re- duced to the ranks. No reason nor explana- ticn was given for the crder placing New back in the ranks and no charges were preferred against him. He had no hearing before a summary court or court-martial; he was simply informed that he was “un- satisfactory.” The private soldiers charge that New is the first victim among the witnesses who dared to tell what they saw and heard on the day that Captain Lovering had Private Hammond dragged by his feet, while he kicked and stabbed the man, who was un- able to defend himself. Col, Hall Would Not Talk. Col. Hall refuses to be interviewed on the subject. Captain Edward H. Browne of G company also declined to divulge the rea- sons for New’s reduction. Captain Browne intimated that it was nobody's business; that it was an “impossibility” for civilians io have any appreciation of army methods, «specially whe it came to a matter of dis- cipline. £x-Corporal New is the soldier who was erdered by Captain Lovering to take charge of the prisoner from the guard house to the ccurt room. In testifying before the court of inquiry he said that he had seen the captain kick and prod Hemmond. Continu- ing, he said that when they had got the prisoner into the court room and the rope was taken off Hammond began to cry, say- ing that he had been kicked and stabbed. Hammond had shown him the marks after he had been taken back tc the guard house. One of the marks in the leg where Ham: mond had been prodded was at least a quarter of an inch deep. His Testimony Before the Court. Here is where New is said to have earned the enmity of the officers who uphold the cenduct of Lovering. These questions were put by members of the court: Col. Snyder—Do you think such force was necessary? New—Well, I could not say as to that. It was necessary to get him into court. Col. Carroil—If you kad an order to get him into court, and he had lain down, what means would you have adopted to get him into court? _New—Well, I would have got a cart or litter. I would by no means have dragged him in a time of peace. ——— SENSATION AT ATLANTA, GA. Prominent Men Arrested in Connec- ton With a Murder. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., November 9.—The as. sassination of Policeman Ponder last nig: has developed «& genuine sensation. The tragedy took place in the wholesale liquor house of L. Steinan, which nad been closed by the sheriff a few hours before.* An in- spection ef the store by the officers 1¢- sulted in the finding of a Screwdriver, a hammer and a bunch of keys. The k 3 had a number upon an insurance lag, and by them the officers at once decided they could locate the murderer. The keys were picked up near the back door, and the other articles were found on the desk in the frent office. The arrests which followed made a sen- sation which was almost as astounding as the tragedy itself, for among the par- ties who were held were Mr. Lewis Steinan, Julius Simon and Walter O’Quinn, three well-known white men, and Charles Shrop- shire, Charles Strickland and David Crock- ett, three negroes. Mr. Steinan is the proprietor of the house which had been closed up, and the theory is that with his confederates he was try- ing to secure the books, &c., when the officer came upon them. ——.—_— LIEUT. O'BRIEN TO RESIGN. Rumor That Court-Martial Will Stop in That Case. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., November 9—It is re- ported here on apparently good authority that Lieut. O’Brien has forwarded his res- ignation to the War Department. The story is that the court-martial proceedings cculd be stopped if he took this course. The Heutenant refuses to affirm or deny the rumor. ———.——__ WOULD SAVE MANY LIVEs. Capt. MeGrezor Talks of Proposed Arctic Relief Expedition. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 9.— Referring to the plans for the rescue of the Anfic whaling fleet, Capt. McGregor, the raster of the steam whaler Karluk, which recently returned from a cruise in the Arc- tic, said: “Even if a start were made within a week there would be tittle diffi- culty in reaching Port Clarence. The ice hardly ever shuts in on Port Clarence so as to make it impossible for a stout steamer to reach that harbor before January. “If the relief party does not reach Point Barrow before June or July next it will Save many lives. It will not be before Au- gust next that a vessel can reach t! where the frozen-in whalers are.” phage! —$— MAJ. MULHAUSER EXPLA! Denies Rumors of Attempted Suicide and Financial Embarrasmen: SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November a Major 8. A. Mulhauser of Cleveland, Ohio, who it was reported from Honolulu had at- tempted to commit suicide because of a shortage of funds, has arrived here. He denies that he attempted to take his own life or that he was financially em! wound he received, he says, was ‘ ed by the accidental we of his re. volver. —>__. WALES ORDERS A NEW YACHT. Will Measure Eights Toms and Fol- low Model of the Bona. GLASGOW, November 9.—The Petersons have booked an order an eighty-ton racing cutter for the Prince of Wales. The TEST CASE BROUGHT Trading aed es Managei in the Police Court. GIFT ENTERPRISE LAW VIOLATED —— He and Gustave Lansburgh Fined $100 Each by Judge Scott. THE CASE APPEALED a The first legal blow against the trading stamp scheme carried on in this city was struck today in the District branch of the Police Court, when Judge Scott ruled that Joseph A. Sperry, manager of the Wash- ington Trading Stamp Company, and Gus- tave Lansburgh, of the firm of Lansburgh & Brother, were guilty of conducting a gift enterprise business, in violation of sec- tion 1177 of the Revised Statutes, having relation to the District of Columbia. At the stggestion of Assistant District Attorney Pugh, the court imposed a fine of $100 each, with thirty days in jail in default. Notice of a writ of error was given, end later the defendants furnished real estate bonds in the sum of $500 each, pending a further hearing of the case before the Court of Appeals of the District. An effort is to be made to have the matter made special in the higher court, so that a final determi- nation of the issue may be expected within thirty days. What Mr. Pagh Says. Although no additional prosecutions are to be brought under section 1177 until an opinion in regard thereto is handed down by the Court of Appeals, record is to be kept by the prosecuting authorities of all merchants doing business under the trad- ing stagp scheme. In the event that the Court of Appeals sustains the ruling of Judge Scott, so Assistant District Attorney Pugh stated to a Star reporter this after- nocn, every merchant who in. the mean- time engages in the trading stamp scheme will be liabie to prosecution under the statute, and so far as Mr. Pugh now knows will be brought into court. “I am thoroughly convinced that. the trading stamp scheme is a gift enterprise business, and, therefore, in violation of and contrary to section 1177 of the Revised Statutes, having relation to the District of Columbia,” said Mr. Pugh. t is my intention to prosecute to the extent of my ability and the power vested in me as spe- cial assistant district attorney all offenders. “I am morally certain that the Court of Appeals will uphold in every particular the law’ that covers this matter. Of course, every merchant who gives to a customer a trading stamp tomorrow or the next day or the day after that will be clearly guilty, under the ruling of the Police Court judge today, and they should bear that fact in mind, for when the statute is declared to be valid by the Court of Appeals, as I am certain it will be, they will very likely find themselves in court as defendants. To my mind, the trading stamp scheme falls clear- ly within the scope of the gift enterprise statute, and the contention of the defend- ants who figured in the case decided today, I think, will not stand fer a moment in the higher court.” The Test Case. The case in which Judge Scott today made a ruling and in which Messrs. Sperry and Lansburgh figure as. defendants, was brought particularly to test the law. As- sistant District Atterney Pugh late yester- day afternoon notified Mr. A. S. Worthing- ton, attorney for Mr. Sperry, to appear in court today with some merchant who is engaged in the trading stamp enterprise, to be jointly charged with violating the statute. Mr. Lansburgh was the person selected. Mr. Pugh then drety up the fol- lowing information: “That Gustave Linsburgh and Joseph A. Sperry, on the Ist day of November, in the year A.D. one thousand eight hundred and ninety-seven, in the District of Co- lumbia, and in the city of Washingt and on divers other and times tween the said Ist of November ord the 9th day of November, in the year atore- said and place aforessid, did then and there engage in the business of a gift en- terprise, contrary to and in vielation of section one thousand one hundred and seventy-seven of the Revised Statutes, hav- ing relation to the District of Columbia.” For the sake of form Precinct Detective Hartigan of the sixth precinct was named as the officer in the case. Before the opening of proceedings in court Mr. Pugh and Mr. Worthington con- ferred with Judge Scott. Mr. Pugh explained that the prosecution was brought to, test the law, and Mr. Worthington requested that a conviction be noted and a nominal fine be imposed, in order that the case could be taken to the Court of Appeals. Pleaded Not Guill Messrs. Sperry and Lansburgh were ar- raigned on the information, and both promptly pleaded not guilty. Mr. Pugh of- fered in evidence the agreement entered into betwen the Washington Trading Stamp Company and Lansburgh & Bro., and also a pamphlet furnished by the company to customers in which to paste the stamps. Both were admitted by Mr. Worthingtoa to be what was claimed by Mr. Pugh. Attorney Worthington then moved the court to rule that section 1177 is unconsti- tutional, and if it should be constitutional, the defendants have not been gu:ity of an act that would bring them within the pur- view of the statute. Mr. Pugh read the statute, as follows: “Every person who shall any manner engage in any gift enterprise business in the District shall, on conviction thereof in the Police Court, cn information filed for and on behalf of the District, pay a fine not exceeding $1,000 or be imprisoned in the District jail not less than one nor more than six months, or both, in the discretion of the court.” Judge Scott promptly overruled the mo- tion, and Attorney Worthington excepted to the ruling. As stated, a fine of $100 each £ Fa i j ig i;