Evening Star Newspaper, November 18, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING &STAR. piestivt-—ad talib PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1C1 Fenzeylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by ane EE Surrmane Pree New York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Exening Star Is served to subscribers in the elty by errriers, on thelr own account, at 10 ecats per week, or cents per month. Copies at the cunter 2 cents each. By mall—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 cents Per month, ‘Saterday Quintuple Steet Star. $1 per year, with foreign portage added, $3.00. «Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C., as secend-clasa mat! matter.) wall I subecriptions must be paid in advance. rertaeiaes wn on application. Che Zvening Star. No. 13,952, Friends of Alfred Dreyfus Make Startling Accusations. AE WAS A VICTIM OF BLACKMAIL Plucked by the Gang Which Ruined Max Lebaudy. CASE BEING INVESTIGATED —__+—__-_ PARIS, November 18—The allegation that Alfred Dreyfus, the former captain of French artillery, was falsely accused and convicted by a court-martial of selling French military plans to the agents of a foreign government continues to be widely discussed in Paris and throughout France. From a person who is in the counsels of the family the correspondent of the Asso- ciated Press here learns that their pre- sentation of the prisoner's case to the French government reveals a thrilling ro- Mmance. in which figure the gang of so-called “journalists” and stock jobbers who be- set the tate Max Lebaudy, the million- aire conscript. Documents Never Sold. It is claimed that the documents Dreyfus charged with seliing to Germany were never really sold to the agents of that country but were prepared in imitation of Dreyfus’ handwriting to blackmail him, his wife being a wealthy woman and he himself being in good circumstances. The plot, it would further seem, was conceiv- ed in 1893, when the wave of Jew baiting swept over Europe. Dreyfus is of Hebrew extraction, and these jackals of Parisian society, casting about for funds, determin- ed to “hleed this wealthy Jew.” A beaut!- ful adventuress, whose house was the re- sort of a number of French officers and foreign diplomats, is said to have acted a: the go-between in these shady transac- tions. How Dreyfus Was Ruined. By invitation Dreyfus was a frequent Visitor to her house. In due course of time the plan for the mobilization of the French army. which had been drawn up in a handwriting which cleverly imitated that of Dreyfus, was produced and money was demanded for its surrender. Dreyfus, however, it is said, refused to Pay the sum demanded. knowing that the purchase of the document would be an ad- mission of his guilt and would furnish greund for future extortion, and being aware that the fact that he had been inti- mate with this woman, who herself was a Party to the plot, would be considered part ©! the strongest evidence of his guilt. Continuing. the friend of the Dreyfus family explains that the newspapers whose attaches were concerned in the plot have ecnstantly maintained a warfare against Dreyfus even up to the present time, and that in consequence the prisoner's wife and family are obliged to keep secluded. At- tempts have corstantly been made, it is alleged. to extort admissions from them to be used against Dreyfus. and it is also said advances have been made to Mme. ‘fas. wife of the prisoner, in behalf of the anti-Dreyfus press, offering to cease al opposition to his release “for a censid- eration.” Plans of Little Value. Finally, it is said that the plan for the mobilization of the French army, which Dreyfus is sald to have sold to the agents of a foreign government, was a compara- tively unimportant document. the features of which were in the possession of all for- €ign governments and was easily fabri- cated by experts. ——— ROOM DISAPPEARED. that THE BRIDE Frtends of Mr. Bergman Fear He Met With Foul Play. CHICAGO, November 18.—The police are anxiously looking for George A. Bergman, @ young man who was to have been mar- t evening and who cannot now be He was to have wedded Miss Mar- garet Perry of E "d street and th were to have gone east on their wedding tour Bergman left the Perry residence in the afternoon with $700 in his pockets, intend- ing to purch tickets to Washington. He never reached the railroad office, nor can anything be learned of him. He’ bore an excellent reputation and was devoted to lis fiancee, to whom he had been engaged since they were children. It is thought his friends that he hi with foul play. FRA ‘CO, November 18.—At a ale of thoroughbreds from the stables of A. Lb. Spreckels, the following horses brought $# or over each: Marcel, $800, sold to T. J. Crowley; Olive, $00, to G. Bertolacchi; Pat Murphy, $6 to Atiuns & Lottridge; Torsion, $825, to B. ©. Holly; George Palmer, $1,075, to Lee r; Frank Jame: . to R. Hughes; aner; Agni, $550, . B. Warwick; Aluminum, $Svv, to Bar- y Sehreiner; Georgic, 31,000, to John Imperious, $70, to Barney er; Little T. G, 00, to J. Hinck- ley; Racio, $1,073, to R. Murray. —— LOST HER CITIZENSHIP. Wife of a Cherokee Indian Had Rights in Cow ST. LOUIS, Mo. mber 1$—A deci- ion has been handed down by the United 8 court af appeals to the effect that a white person adopted into one of the eivil- ized tribes of Indians cannot be restored to Americafi citizenship by the United States court. A divorce suit brought up the question. In 189%, Jesse Raymond, a Cherokee in the Indian territory, married a white woman, according to tribal ceremonies. Later he secured a divorce under tribal laws. The wife claimed she had been naturalized in 184 and sued for divorce in the United States courts. A decree was granted, but the husband fought it, claiming the courts had no jurisdiction ithe matter. It was carried to the court of appeals, where the decree was reversed and the case remanded to the lower courts with instructions to dismiss it. ‘The ground assicned for the decision was that the United States court cannot natu- ralize persons adopted by civilized tribes of Indians, anu therefore the tribe has ex- clusive jurisdiction in the dispute. SALTER D. WORDEN REPRIEVED. Train Wrecker’s Execution Postponed Until February 1, 189s. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 18 — Governor Budd has reprieved until Febru- ary 1, 1898, the sentence of Salter D. Worden, the train wrecker, convicted of the murder of Engineer Clark, near Wash- ington, Yolo county, during the great rail- road strike in 1844. The governor acted on the advice of the attorney general that the sentence of the lower court should not be carried out pending an undecided appeal to the United States Supreme Court. Satisfactory Solution of Prison Labor Ques- tion in New York. Product of the Penitentiary Sold to Other State Institutions at a Profit. ALBANY, N.Y., November 18.—The prob- lem cf how state convicts shall be kept at work without competing with free labor has seemingly been solved by the law which went into effect on January 1 of this year. This law provided that all state institu- tions, departments and political divisions should purchase all their supplies and articles of equipment from the prisons if such could be manufactured there. Stace the law went into operation requisitions have been received for over $750,000 worth of goods, which guarantees the continuous employment of convicts. As it costs but $00,000 annually to maintain the prisons, they are therefore made self-supporting under the new system. ss Speaking of the matter today, Gen.Austin superintendent of state prisons, ‘We are gratified with the result of the first year’s working of the new system of convict labor, and I shall so re- port to the legislature. None of the methods of employing convicts during my administration of ten years have been self-supporting, with the exception of the new one. An enormous amount of money will be saved to the state. Nearly $800,000 worth of goods have been ordered from the prisons this year. Next year's trade will amount to $1,000,000. We sell at a price below that of the markets, so that the books of the institutions themselves show a net profit in making purchases from us. We are certainly in favor of its continuance because it not only gives the 3,500 convicts in the state prisons all the work they can do, but it also makes the prisons self-supporting.” This Interview foreshadows the report of Superintendent Lathrop to the legislature on the workings of the present system of convict labor. ee GERMAN AMBASSADOR HERE. Awaiting the Arrival of His Creden- tials. Dr. Theodore von Holleben, who suc- ceeds Count von Tkeflman as German am- bassador to the United States, is now in this clty, awaiting his formal reception by Dr. Von Holleben. the President of the United States, in order to enter upon the discharge of his diplo- matic functions. He arrived in New York afew days ago on the steamer Kaiser Wil- helm der Grosse, and came to this city without delay. Inasmuch, however, as he has not yet received the official papers ac- crediting him to this government, he will be competled to defer his presentation for a short time. It is his purpose to go to ork this evening for a few days. ador von Holleben stanés high in erman diplomatic service, and will be ided acquisition to Washington so- ciety, official and social. He has been an extensive traveler, and speaks several lan- guages. He was stationed !n China and Japan for many years. His face is much scarred with the marks made by the swords of young men with whom he fought dueis in the days when ne was a student in Germany, but they do not detract trom his eppearance. Sg NO ONE SEEKING WORK. Mr. Mercer Says All in Omaha Who Want Employment Have It. Representative Mercer of Nebraska is in the city. Mr. Mercer brings a most hopeful report of the industrial situation in als state. “There are no men who want to work idle in Omaha today,” he said to a Star reporter. “Many concerns are working overtime, and new industrial enterprises are being introduced or old ones enlarged. It looks to me as if Omaha will become the great center of the packing business of the country. It is in the center of the corn belt, and packing companies are mov- ing there or enlarging their plants con- stently. Phil. Armour is building a imcd- ern packing house, to be operated by clec- tricity, and it will cost $1,000,000. Other firms are enlarging their plants this year at an aggregate ccst of about a million dollars. The exposition grounds are being transformed into a magmificent show flace, and when they are ready for the exposi- tion next June they will contain, besides the buildings and indoor exhibits, model farms, showing systems of irrigation mcst approved methods of farming. All the streets and avenues leading from the center of the city to the exposition grounds are being paved with asphalt, one street alone being paved for a distance of forty quares. ‘Throughout Nebraska farmers are pros: ‘ous. The hard Umes struck the west first, and a return of prosperity has rhown itself there first. It is working eastward now. I am satisfied that we are on che eve of a period of prosperity whicn has never teen equaled in this country.” —____ MUST PAY THEIR BILLS. Secretary Gage Issues an Important Order to Hix Clerks, The Secretary of the Treasury has issued the following important order regarding the payment of debts by employes of his department: “In all cases breught to the attention of this office where clerks or employes of this department neglect to pay their bills for necessary family supplies, and creditors seek to enforce their claims by appeals to the department, the following rules will be applied: “The Secretary will not make the depart- ment an agency for the collection of debts contracted by its employes, but where a clerk, receiving a stated salary, neglects or pleads inability to pay debts contracted after this date for the necessary sup- port of himself and his family, without presenting satisfactory reasons for such action, the department will regard such clerk as guilty of improper practice, and cne wko ougat not to be retained in pub- lic service. “When charges gf such nature are made and sustained by proper evidence, the Sec- retary will take action looking to the re- mova! of the offending person. “This order does not apply to debts con- tracted by parties at @ time when they were not employed in this department.” Senator Chandler’s Views on Probable Legislation. AMENDING IMMIGRATION LAWS Representative Swanson Does Not Expect Currency Reform. HAWAII AND —_—__+—__—__ CUBA Senator William E. Chandler, who has arrived in the city, predicts the enact- ment of a great deal of general legislation at the coming session of Congress. “One of the first bills which will be taken up,"’ said he today, ‘will be the measure looking to the restriction of immigration. Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, chairman of the Senate immigration committee, has informed me that he proposes pushing this measure ard demanding its passage with- out delay, and the friends of the bill are prepared to support him. Bills proposing to bar undesirable foreign clement from entrance to this country are now pending in both the House and Senate, and whiie they differ in some immaterial respects there is no doubt that the two houses will be able to agree upon a bill. The House bill, like that on the calendar of the Sen- ate, imposes aa educational test for im- inigrants. It is not as stringent a measure as some of ihe friends of the bill desire, but its effect will be sweeping and will accomplish the results intended to be reached. The bills provide that no immi- grant shall be eligible for admission who cannot read and write the English lan- guage or the language of the country from which he comes The House measure lays restrictions upon what are called the birds of passage also, but the Senate bill does not apply to this cless of immigrants. The class referred to is that which lives along the northern and southern border lines of the country,and embraces Canadians and Mexicans, who work daily in the United States, but live and spend their wages in their native countries. I think that this part of the bill will eventually be omitted, and the Senate bill, which applies merely to immigrants coming from the European and oriental countries mainly, will be passed. There is ro doubt that the bill will pass during the coming session. There is practically no opposition to the measure in either Senate or House. From what 1 can learn members of the House are anx- ious that the bill shall be taken up, and a rule will probably be brought in from the rules committee restricting debate and or- dering ap immediate vote. President Mc- Kinley will sign the measure, as the St. Louis platform upon which he was elected contains a plank favoring the enactment of legislation to restrict tmm‘gration. Aside from this, however, it is generally known that Mr. McKinley favors the exclusion of the undesirable foreign element, and he will not hesitate to affix his signature to the bill.” Prospects for Cuba. “What are the prospects for Cuban legis- lation?” he was asked. “I am unable to state exactly what sort of a bill or resclution will be passed by Congress on the subject of Cuba, but I am positive that some action will be taken Icoking to the relief of the insurgents. Of course the policy of the republicans will largely depend upon the recommendations. made in the President’s message. I do not know what Mr. McKinley will recommend, but I am inclined to the opinion that he will leave the entire matter to the judg- ment of Congress and abide by any deci- sion which it may make. The friends of Cuba in the House and Senate are divided en the course which they think ought to be pursued. Some are in favor of the granting of belligerent rights, while others favor direct intervention by the United States. 1 believe that the United States ought to intervene without delay. The policy. of the enemies of free Cuba will be to do everything possible to maintain thgs difference among the friends of the revolu- tionists. So long as they can keep senti- ment divided their chances will be the brighter, but I think that they will be un- able to prevent action ultimately, and that the friends of Cuba will get together and agree upon a compromise. That some ac- tion will be taken in regard to the suffer- ing people of the island there is no doubt.” The Hawaiian Treaty. “Will the Hawaiian treaty be ratified by the Senate?” he was asked. “From what I can learn,” replied Mr. Chandler, ‘the prospects for the ratifica- tion of this treaty are excellent. The re- publicans will stand by it to a unit and a great number of the democrats will do the same, but how many of the latter I am unable to say. I have not taken a poll of my colieagues on this subject, but from discussions which I have had with Senators I believe that the necessary two-thirds vote to insure its ratification will be se- cured. Financial Legislation Doubtful. “Do you tkink that the Congress will enact any financial legislation, especially that pertaining to a revision of the bank- ing laws?” “I cannot see how any such legislation can be passed through the House and Sen- ate. Of course we expect to hear from the administration on this subject, and Sec- retary Gage will in all probability submit his views for our consideration. We can- not prevent Mr. Gage from asserting his opinions, but it seems to me that any movement looking in this direction will be fruitless. As the Senate is now organized, it will be®practically impossible to pass a bill of the kind proposed, and it would be sure te precipitate a lengthy discussion which in the end would amount only to wind, and at the same time hold the busi- ness ef the country in @ state of uncer- tainty and suspense. I do not think that any financial legislation will be enacted during the coming session.” Senator Chandler thinks Congress will remain in session until May or June. Blocked by the Senate. Representative Swanson of Virginia vas in Wushington today. Speaking with a Star reporter on politics and Congress, he said: “I believe the administration will have to rest satisfied with the Dingley tariff law as the only general legislation put through this Congress at the insiance of the Presi- dent. There will be no ‘financial reform’ legislation. I think it likely that Speaker Reed will pass through the House a meas- ure which will permit national banks to is- Sue notes up to the par value of the bonds they have on deposit as security; which will reduce the tax on naticenal bank cir- culation, and whicn will permit small banks to enter the national bank system on a de- Posit of ten or twenty thousand dollars of bonds. I do not think they will do more than this in the House, and even it will not go through the Senate. The Senate wil) not pass any measures of the sort. Ms opinion is that Speaker Reed will hustle up the ordinary work of the House, dump- ing the appropriation bils, ete., into the Senate at an early date, and then repeat his program of the special session, by waiting in idleness for the Senate to act." Democrats Encouraged. “The elections,’ he said, “were very en- couraging to democrats. We held our in the country districts and made large in the cities. If it had not been the loss of the labor vote in the cities <= ahi WASHINGTON, D. ©., THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press. It ii therefore the only one in which the reader can,find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the moment of going to press. Bryan would have been elected last year. The return of this vote is therefore signifi- cant. Bryan and silver are stronger in the country than ever before.’ “Will there be much of a fight against Bryan's leadership in the party?” was asked. “The democrats have already got their candidate and their platform. Bryan is already the candidate of the party and the Chicago platform is what the battle is going to be fought on. There will be no change. More democrats are now in favor of Bryan and the Chicago platform than there were during his canvass. The cam- paign for the presidency is already in regress, as far as the democrats are con- cerned.” Sympathy for Cubans. Speaking of Cuba and Hawaii, Mr. Swan- son said; “I am oppesed to the annexation of Hawaii. I do not know what the Senate or Congress will do. A good many sena- ters were in doubt as to the treaty when the special session closed. As to Cuba, do not think that Congress can be prevent- ed from taking action favorable to the in- surgents.” eo NEED OF A HALL OF RECORDS. It Would Give V able Room in the Departments. In advocating the construction of a hall of records, Adjutant General Breck, in his report to the Secretary of War, says: “The crowded condition of the rvoms of this office with employes and _ records makes a pressing demard for at least ten more rooms of average size to meet the needs of Its service and to giv€ room for each one to work without impeding others or risking accidents fram the use of the high cases for files and books. A ‘hall ot records,’ where those records of the War Department least used can be arranged to serve their purposes, is a necessity which I cannot too strorgly urge upon your at- tention, and 1 recommend its construction at an early date. “The multiplication of patriotic societies, composed of those who served honorably in the recent wars, and the descendants of those who so served in those more re- mote, has created an unusual demand for information from the older records, which a due regard for the encouragement of pa- trictism requires snould be met in a liberal spirit, and that the older records should be made and kept accessible for this purpose. “A new building for a hall of records, properly equipped, would enable this and other work from these records to be done with speed and economy, and affotd a very much-needed relief to the War Depart- ment proper to give it space for the speedy and convenient dispatch of current admin- istrative business. 1 recomagend that Con- gress be urgently requested. to authorize this additional building.” SHOULD BE KEPT SECRET. Gen. Breck on _ Informatiom About Lake and Const Defenses. Adjutant General Breck thinks that the publication of information cencerning our lake and coast defenses’ sould! be pro- hibited by law and severe ‘penalties pro- vided for violations. His views on this sub- ject are expressed an. {ollow$, im a report to the Secretary of War: “By general orders ‘No. 52, dated War Department, adjutani,general’s Office, Au- gust 24, 1897, no peraon,. other. than offi- cers of the army and navy, or persons in the service of the United States employét in direct connection, with thé construction or care of defensive works, !§-allowed tu visit any portion of the luke or coast de- fenses of the United States, without the written authority of the commanding offti- cer im charge, to be given bnly for proper military reasons. Special permits, granted by the Secretary of War, are limted to United States senators, members of Con- gress and the governor (or his adjutant gen- eral) of the state in which the works are located. The order further forbids the making of written or pictorial descriptions of these works for publication, or giving any information respecting them, without the authority of the Secretary of War. “The object of the above restriction needs no explanation, and its purpose is fully reached within the sphere of jurisdict‘on of the milicary authorities, There remains, however, a serious danger unprovided for, tamely, the publication of articles on this subject, or their preparation, or possession, or use in any way, except for official use. As a knowledge of the defensive works and their armament, by the enemy, practically weakens them, it is therefore recommended that this subject be brought to the atten- tion of Congress with a.view to a legisla- tive prohibition and severe penalties for such publications or papers.” See ARBITRATION PROPOSED. Peru's Suggestion Regarding McCord Claim. The Peruvian minister, Dr. Eguiguren, was among Secretary Sherman's callers to- day. He came to talk oyer the last demand of our government for a settlement of the McCord claim, and he has now in return Proposed to arbitrate the case. This propo siuion ig not acceptable-to our government and the negotiations continue. ———$-e-______. To Be Went Point Cadets. The following appointments as cadets at the United States Military Academy are an- nounced at the War Department: Olin C. Aleshire of La Harpe, Ill., with Robert C. Davis of Rushville, Ill, as_ alternate; George R. Cutting of Bu‘falo, N. Y., Roger D. Gough of Boonville, Ind.; Troup Miller of Macon, Ga., Waiter M. Diens of King- fisher, Oklahoma (alternate); Leo E. Sheli- berg of Sublimity, Ore. (alternate). ———_—~. The San Pedro Improvement. Another complication has arisen in con- nection with the project for the improve- ment of San Pedro harbor in California that threatens to delay the advertisement calling for proposals until Congress meets and makes further provision. It has been discovered that the act makes no appro- priation to defray the expenses of the ad- vertisement and the department is now seeking for some means to earry: out the intent of Congress that shall be within the the law. oe Personal Mention. Chaplain E.H. Fitagerald oftHe army,who is under orders for duty at Fort Sheridan, IL, ie et 739 13th street, ' Lieut. Thomas Snowden of the Dolphin is at 1101 24th street. Mr. W. F. Johnson, who has been con- nected with building and. loam ass®ciaticns in this city for many yeary. has ‘accepted the presidency of a prominent ‘association of that character in Philadefphia: ———_ Given Half Holf@ay.: An order has been ftesued by Secretary Wilson of the Department #f. Agriculture that all employes of the dépertnient who can be spared will be» excused at noon Nezember, 24, the day before’ Thanksziv- ing. ge, Internal Revenue Appointments. Lewis A. Field and Renie A. Daigle have been appointed deputy -collectors and in- spectors at and Houlton, Me., re- ‘The annual sale of ers, desks, chairs and tables of the State, War and Navy took: place in the north court of the building this morning was HAVE BEEN SET-FREE|8°LTING DeNouNcED|HIS TRIP. Competitor Prisoners Have Been Par- doned by Spain. THEY WERE RELEASED MONDAY Delivered Into the Custody of General Lee. SUPPRESSED THE NEWS ——+—__. United States Minister Woodford has cabled the Secretary of State that the Spanish cabinet has notified him that the queen had pardoned the Competitor prison- ers. This action has been expected for some time and !s accepted in official cir- cles as a clear proof of Spain's desire to remove all caus? of friction between the United States and Spain. The Star recently gave a history of the Competitor case and predicted the speedy release of the prison- ers. There are five of these, as follows: Alfred Laborde, a native of New Or- leans, master of the Competitor, an Ameri- can schooner, owned by Jeséph Wells of Key West. Laborde was arrested on the charge of landing arms for the Cuban in- surgents. William Gildea, a naturalized citizen of the United States, mate of the Competitor, arrested on a similar charge. Ona Melton, a citizen of Kansas and a ccrrespondent for a Key West newspaper, who shipped on the Competitor to go to Cuba Wiiliam Leavitt, a native of Bangor, Me., supposed to be one of the Competitor's crew. He was captured cn land and held on a charge of the same character as that preferred against his companions. Charles Barzett, a British subject, stew- ard of the Competitor; also arrested on land on the same charge. News Withheld Since Mond: Soon after the receipt of the cable mes- sage from Minister Woodford announcing the pardon of the prisoners the following bulletin was posted at the State Depart- ment for the benefit of the newspaper men: “The Competitor prisoners were turnel over to Consul General Lee last Monday, and will be sent by him direct to New York today. No explanation was made as to the rea- son for withholding until today the fact that the men had been in the custody of General Lee since Jast Monday, but it is surmised that it was part of a policy to have the men sent away from Havana be- fore the fact of their release from prison should become known to the residents of the Cuban capital, in order to avoid the pexzsibility of any hostile demonstration on their part. The action of the Spanish gov- ernment is not apt to meet with much fa- vor in Havana. The department refuses te make public General Lee's dispatches or to give out any additional information on the subjec It is not doubted here, however, that the prisoners are liberated-on some sueh condi- tions as were imposed in the case of for- mer prisoners—that is, that they will not return to Cuba. After their bitter expe: rience in the Cuban jails it is net believ here that the men will be disposed to vio- late any understanding of this kind to which they may be parties. The Case Reviewed. The conditions under which the Competi- tor was captured April 25, 1896, off the Cuban coast, while engaged in landing arms for the insurgents, have been often de- scribed, The defense of the men was that they were forced into the expedition against their will by the insurgent party aboard the boat. They were tried by a naval court-martial, before which they could make but a poor showing, principally be- e of their ignorance of the Spanish language, in which the proceedings were conducted, so that their conviction and the imposition of the death sentence was not a matter of surpri: At that point, how- ever, ‘the case assumed diplomatic im- portance. Our government, through its consu! general at Havana, then Ramon Miams, and also through Minister Han- Taylor at Madrid, interposed an ener- ic protest against the execution of the claiming that the men were im- properly tried, without the guarantee held out in the famous Cushing protocol. This protest caused the removal of the case to the higher judic’ thorities at Madrid, by whom a uew trial was ordered. The Spanish government, however, did not a has not yet conceded that the Cushing protocol applied to such cases. To admit that would, in the opinion of the Spanish authorities, greatly stimulate the fitting out of filibustering parties in the United States, and according to their view the in- surrection is prolonged solely through the aid received from these parties. The new trial had been ordered by the Madrid su- preme court on the ground of irregularities in the original trial, not because of any concession of the soundness of the objec- tions interposed by the United States offi- cers. It was to have begun last Monday weex, and it is a fair suppesition that had it taken place by court-martial, as ordered, the conclusion must have been the imposi- tion of the death sentence again. This weculd probably have provoked an explosion of this country, according to the anticipa- tions of the department officials, that would have been hardly less in force than the feeling caused by the famous Virginius episcde, so It is to them a matter of satis- faction that the Spanish queen has cut this diplomatic tangle by the pardon of the men before the second trial. . Auother Concession Looked For. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister, had a long conference with Assistant Secretary Day this morning, and it is be- lieved that the Spanish government Is vol- untarily about to remove another trouble- scme factor from the field of negotiations in revoking the decree made by Weyler pro- hibiting the exportation of tobacco from Cuba. This prohibition has worked great hardship upon large American cigar-mak- ing interests, and up to this time all ef- forts of the State Department to secure an amelicration of the harsh conditions of the decree have been unavailing. The rea- son set up by General Weyler for the order was the necessity of keeping in Havana the supply of tobacco necessary to run the domestic cigar factories, and thus, by giv- ing employment to workmen, keep them frem drifting ‘ay into the insurgent ranks. Mt was a matter of common report, however, that another potent reason in mind was a desire to cripple the Cuban cigar makers in the United States, from whom the insurgents drew funds. It now seems probable, however, that the decree will be vacated, and that shortly. The reports that come to Washington are to the effect that the new crop of tobaceo. that will be ripe in February next is of ex- cellent quality and amounts to four-fifths of an average crop. Buyers for foreign consumers are already in the field looking over the plantations, and it is expected that to facilitate sales the revocation of the decree of prohibition will soon be made. —o— A MOST SUCCESSFUL TRIAL. Republican Congressmen on the Ohio Senatorship Fight. Reported Opposition to Hanna Re- garded With Unfriendly Eyes—No Excuse for Desertio There {s considerable comment among Congressmen in the city over the reported opposition of republicans to Mr. Hanna's re-election to the Senate. The general drift of the sentiment deprecates anything that may seem to smack of an attempt to up- set the verdict of the people as interpreted by the legislative elections. In recent conversations with Mr. Hanna's friends in this city some decided opinions are said to have been exp-esse4 by senators and representatives. “I do not believe there is perfidy enough to induce one republican to vote against Mr, Hanna for senaioi Senator Mason of Illinois is quoted as saying. “Every repub- lican in the legislature is instructed to vote for him, and to violate that instruction would be such a betrayal of party trust as to put the betrayer 0: it civilized politics. same as if he had bi .. college to vote for McKintey, under some pretense of perso pointment, had voted for proud, as an American no such person American hi the pale of ctuly the then, disap- TI am eitizen, to say that r been found in r side or in any and they will not find him in Ohio.” Cannot Credit the Reports. Senator Burrows of Michigu as saying: “I give no credence whatever to the newspaper reports from publican legislature turn Senator Hanna to the United States Senate. First, he was indorsed unani- mously by the state convention, which amounts tacitly to an instruction to the legislature from the highest possible polit!- cal organization in the state. Hanna led the fight for the party for the whole ticket. and won a high place in the affections of the people of Ohio and of the country for his splendid campaign, and I cannot be- Neve that any republican member of the legislature will disobey the instractions of the party or fail to recognize the splendid service of the senator. I am confident he will be re-elected by the solid republican vote. Any other result would overthrow the republican party in Ohio for a quarter of a century and do ine: the party at large.” Deserves the Fruits of Victory. Senator Fairbanks of Indiana is said to have expressed the opinion that Senator Hanna's “indorsemen: by ‘egi ive con- ventions and by the state convention and by the republican press of the state was unqualified and enthusiaszie. He has made a campaign characterized by exceptional bitterness on the part of che opposition, and in all fairness he shouid now enjoy the fruits of the victory he nas won, Hanna the Issue That Won. Representative Brownlow of Tennessee is quoted in this connection as saying: “Cer- tainly the candidacy of Mr. Hanna was a clear and distinct issue in the campaign: nobody who was in the campaign or who had opportunity to observe that can doubt it. In view of these circumstances the peo- ple of Ohio came nearer casting a direct vote for United States senator this time then they ever did, and the man or men who would attempt to set aside the will of the people thus expressed would. it seems to me, not only destroy their standing with these people, but with these with whom they would expect to be associated in pub- lie life hereafter, whether in Ohio or in national councils. for my tlemen, I in thes tion p Br par! a is quoted Ohio that the re- not select and re- culable harm to For this reason sonal knowledge nnot believe th as well > gen- truth De r Imost exclus ‘As Tor any members elected to the legis- lature w attempt by their own votes to set aside the will of the peo- ple there can be no do opinion would be re and their political future own de action, a would partic it. The pretended friends of Senator For- aker and Gov. Bushnell who ari that they could or would be a party such performance as this are, it seems doing them a great injustice, for the public certainly cannot believe that they’ would be either so unwise politically or s in party loyalty as to either p or countenance directly i a step of this kind, and this would apply equaily to members of the legislature elected under the circumstances which have been a lead- ing feature of the Ohio campaign.” SS See ould thus tas to what public The ants their th I ud war assuming: to any JAPA BUYS AMERICA) HORSES, Keatucky Thoroughbreds Wil Crossed on Native Stock. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 18— The steamer Coptic, which will sail today for the orient, will convey to Japan seven thoroughbred stallions purchased in Lex- ington, Ky., by ¥. Matsmokes, a represen- tative of Japan and exporting manager of the great Japanese Trading Company, which has branches all over that country, besides one in New York. The animals are all dar bay, and none are less than fifteen hands in height. Their average weight is 1,000 pounds, and their cost delivered in Yokohama will be about $4.500 each. Thesestallions will be crossed with the native breed of horses, with a view of pro- ducing a progeny uniting the best qualities of the finest breeds of American and Eu- ropean stock. a EPHOLD THE BOYCOTT. Be Action Taken by Montana Trade a Labor Association: BUTTE, Mont., November 18.—The state Trade and Labor Associations have adopt- ed resolutions condemning the interference of the United States court with the Cainese boycott here and other boycotts elsewhere on the ground that the boycott of organ- ized labor ts a defensive instrument, an ex- pression of the right to extend patronage to those who, by employing union labor, patronize labor. ‘The boycott is declared to be merely the right of a man to choose his own assist- ants; to go wherever he wills on the public highways; to work for whoever he may desire, and to patronize whom he pleases; to prosecute his business in a competitive way, even to the injury of another's busi- ness, provided in so doing he is.not guilty of defaming another citizen. —————_— Cuban Insurgents Ignore Overtures in Behalf of Autonomy. MADRID, November 18—The Havana correspondent of the Heraldo of this city has cabled to his paper saying that in spite of the concessions made to the Cuban au- tonomists, and in spite of the appointment of autonomist prefects in the different wesreienras et Coke. there aces net: Sater insurgents. TO HAWAII Senator Morgan Gives the Result of His Impressions. WHY ANNEXATION IS ADVANTAGEOUS The People and Products of the Islands. eel STRATEGIC IMPORTANCE a Senator Morgan of Aianama, member of the committee on foreign relations, and consistent advocate cf a strong American foreign policy, including Hawaiian annex- aticn, has reached Washington upon his return from Honolulu. Senator Morgan went to Hawali during the recess of Con- gress to study the people of that republic and to post himself fully upon all questions relating to annexation with the United States. To a Star reporter this afternoon Senator Morgan detailed the impressions he recetv- ed from his visit. “My conclusions as the result of my observations,” said Senator Morgan, “are only a full confirmation of what I had previously belleved, that it is our national duty and will be in every way advantage- ous to all concerned to annex the Islands of Hawaii to the United States. “For many years my attention has been strongly drawn in that direction, ahd I have attempted to study the question from the most authentic and reliable sources. I went to Hawaii to ascertain if my im- pressions were well founded. ‘The subject is of the most serious importance and de- mands the most thorough and impartial investigation. The establishment of an outpost of the United States within the tropics and 2.200 niles frem our coast challenges the In- quiry whether such a movement is neces- sary to the national welfare. In the ab- sence of a conviction that it is necessary and indispensable I would not favor such a movement. Our northwestern possessions on the Pacific ocean, along the Aleutian archipelago, are more than 1,000 miles west of Honolulu. That fact gives us practi- cally the control of the entire American ccast of the North Pacific. “The intervention of the British posses- slovs from the Straits of Fuca to the south- «ga boundary of Alaska creates a powerful reson for the occupation of Hawaii by the United States. Without imputing to Great Britain any other motive than to extend her national policy and commercial con- quest. it seems very obvious that if that gcvernment should acquire dominion of the Hawaiian Islands and open and fortify Pearl harbor her military fortress at Ea- quimault, on the Island of Vancouver, co- optrating “with that which she would cer- tainly erect in Hawaii, would cut our coast line in two and would leave us incumbent with a mass of territory in Alaska, the efense of which would be almost impos- sible, and the enormous advantage of which wevld be lost to our country. Strategic Lmportance of Ha) othing can te plainer than the fact that the coal fields of Vancouver, supply- ing the British ravy at Honolulu, would give to that government an almost irresist- ible advantage in and virtual domin.on of the commerce of the north Pacific in peace. The Hawaiian Islands are 009 miles, or an average, from the past nea ut ) miles, on an m the rth Amer st Hawaiian er island tic. dist of tne any to wvailable harbors are found is more 400 miles “This pecaliar on of the Hawaiian group t the >in the north mak: 2 OC Pac or of commerce sor refreshm: and water, or the facitities for ng great distance that interve these islands and the coast of Asia islands of the Pacific occan make t most important and indispensaole in the world for the pron ree and the deferse of the Ameri rhis general view, which I cannot In an interview elaborate more fully or sustain by the citation of indisputable sents the question w tual and important re our internal policy or impor feund in the character of th or the ccuntry of the Hawaiian group h for- bid us from extending our jurisdiction over tho: lands. As to the question o® in- ternal policy, we bave already found it greatly to our advange in e we have overstepped the interven ish possessions on the north Pact and have bought Alaska from Ru aLnexed it to the United States. Extension of Our Terri cry way that. ae Brit- “Beginning at Key West, we hay nexed the entire gulf coast to ‘he Grande by purchase of territory, and ex- tending up the Rio Grande across (he con- tinent to the Pacific we have annexed all the territory lying to the north of t line and have annexed the entire Pacitic coast except the froniage of 60 miles conceded to Great Britain. This rapid and vast ex- pansion of territory has resulted in lishing local sovereignties that have tributed as much to the cause of civil tion and humanity as was done by the thirteen origina ccionies in the revelution- ary war. it has also strengthened the American Union and has established a majestic power in the worid and has placed our government in the front rank of ni tions with entire innocence of affy ageres- sive purpose. We do not find in the history of any of these great transactions the slightest reason for regret. “On the contrary, we ind that they have given an 2xpansion to all industry and a security to the reign of peace and free government that calls forth the plaudits of the whole civilized world. This has not been done by Congress nor by colonization. These vast regions have been opened up to American institutions by a process that 1s not discolored with the slightest injus- tice, and has resulted in securing the in dividual rights and liberties of many mil- lions of human beings. “I have no fears of such expansion, es- pecially in reference to possessions in the Pacific ocean in those ixlands that consti- tute a part of the geographical and com- mercial system of the North American continent. Our pojicy is not one of con- quest, of subjugation or protection of coun- tries or peoples that have independent gov- ernments. It is simply the natural growth of the beneficent principies of eur theory and form of governnent. - Character the Hawalians. “In applying this policy to Hawali there is not the slightest difficulty in the char- acter, condition or wishes of the :31,000 native people who remain in <aose islandar are far better adapted to our citizenship “vas: oodies of Indians, Mex- ive Alaskans, whom we have te our population without consul-