Evening Star Newspaper, November 24, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, J1C1 Fenrsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St., by Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fn the city by cerriers. on their own account, at 10 cenis per week, or 44 cents per wonth. Copies at the ceunter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere in the United States or Crnada—postage prepaid—50 cents Fer month. F Saterday Quintupte Sheet Star. $1 per year, with foreizn postage adjed, $3.00. «Entered at the Post Office at Washington. D. C.. as seccnd-class mafl matter.) 7 All mail sud<criptions must be paid In adraace. Rates of advertising made known on application | No. 13,957. ‘Che Evening Star. 4. WA SHINGTON, D. 0, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1897-TWELVE PAGES. TWO CENTS. Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. IN HEARTY ACCORD The President and Secretary Gage Agree on Currency Reform, —- + AUTHORITATIVELY MADE ok International Agreement on Silver Desired bythe Administration. POINT OF THE MESSAGE There may have been some disappoint- ment in Secretary Gage’s speech last night at the chamber of commerce dinner be- cause he did not actually outline the plan for currency reform which the President intends to recommend to Congress. Some critics are taking the Secretary's speech as a text for saying that the administra- tion has no financial policy to recommend. This is not true. it was well understood when the Secre- tery accepted the invitation of the cham- ber of commerce to reply to the teast of “Currency reform—now or when,” that he would not dwell upon how the reform was to be accomplis nor what the admin- istration’s policy to Congress would be. He gave as his reasons the fact that Con- gress would meet in two weeks’ time, and that it would be discourteous on his part to disclose the President's policy or his own plans to the public in advance of the meeting of Congress. and therefore he told the gentlemen in charge of the dinner that his speech would be upon the last proposi- tion: that when the reforms should be accomplished. His speech, therefore, was merely to stir up interest and show the reasons for some immediate action in the matter. The President's Plan. It can be stated on the highest authoriiy that the President is going to recommend a plan for currency reform in his messaze, and, further, that that part of the message Was written with the co-operation of Sec- retary Gage. It is authoritatively that “Secretary Gage is perfectly sat with the President's message in regard to financial legislation, and that it meets his entire views and support.” Further than this, it can be stated, on the same high authority. that the Secretary of the Treasury will submit to Congress in his annual report the plan for eprre: re- form which he submitted to the cabinet at its meeting on Friday, October 29, and which was published in the papers Satur- day, October 30. The Secretary intends to submit this report to Congress almost identically as it was submitted to the cab- inet, but with the exception that he will make some further recommendatio but these will not materially change th. already announced. Furthermore, President and the Secretary are confident that at this session of Congress something, will be done in the way of currency legis: lation, and that it will be in line of the administration's policy. International Agrecment. In connection with the financial policy of the administration and the recommenda- tion: to be made to Congress in his annual there is good reason to believe dent McKinley will have some- thing to say in regard to the Wolcott com- ion, and will hold out the hope that an international coinage agreement is still to be leoked forward to with anticipation of suce insist, in the face of the repl; t Britain, that the work of the W ission is to go on. It is believed that Mr. McKinley will make some new sugge on the sub- ject, and that Congress will be told that there is a feeling of great hopefulness. It ig intimated that the assistance of other European nations may be had for the re- establishment of the coinage of silver in- dependently of what Great Britain may do, and that the United States would then go ahead without Great Britain. At all events it is said to be the intention of the Presi- dent not to abandon the subject. This statement of the case is mtrary to tions of those sound money ad- tes who believe that such efforts in If of silver are not to the interest of the United States, and it is probable that they will exert what influence they can to induce the President to drop it, and that, at all events, they will denounce in Congress any move to ke live the “international agreement” agitation. Guarded Regarding Cuba. It is said that the President's treatment of the Cuban question in ms message is pacific, but guarded, and preserves a tone of firmne: to restrain Ce s to give the Sag: experiment in Cuba a eb to be tried, but not to commit this government to the acceptance as satisfac- tory of the “reforms” inaugurated. ee eee = CAPTAIN CARTER'S CASE. Referred to an Officer tn the Judge Advocate General's Office. The case of Captain O. M. Carter, corps of engineers, charged with irre i connection with the improvem varnah harbor, involving an expendit. nearly two million dollars, has been re- ferred to one of the offiecrs of the judge advocate general's department ef the army. Great secrecy is manifested at the War Department in regard to the status uf the case, and none of the officials, from the Secretary down, will disclose the aame of the officer to whom the case has teen re- ferred. There is reason for the belief, however, that the officer charged with the responsibility of reviewing the evidence in this case is Colonel Thomas F. Barr, judge advocate of the Department of the East, at New York. Although it is not officially admitted, it is reported on good authority that the Judge advocate to whom the’ case has been referred has been instructed to draw up charges and specifications for the trial of Capt. Carter by court-martial. Judge Advocate General Lieber, who would naturally have jurisdiction in such matters, is in delicate health, and it is said that that is the reason why another officcr of his department was called upon to pass upon the many important legal questions Involved in the settlement of this case. ———-e-—______ SCHIFFER’S CASE. The State Department Has Not Been Informed. Neither the State Department nor the Co- lombian legation has heard of the case of Schiffer, an American, who is said to have complained of indignities put upon him by the Colombian government. General Ren- giffo, the Colombian charge d'affaires, says that the law of Colombia prevents the sale of liquor except under government license. similar to the system in this country. The Schiffer case appears to be covered by this law, as he complained that the indignities followed his failure to report on the of liquor to natives. —_—_—__-e-_____ No Report of Oregon's Fire. ‘Because no telegraphic report has been made to the Navy Department from the commandant at the Mare Island navy yard of the fire in the Oregon's coal bunkers yesterday, the officials at the Navy De- Fartment believe that the fire could not have been serious. | BETTER MUSIC. WANTED Methodist Ministers Deplore Poor Grade of Their Church Songs. Advocacy of a System of Architecture Which Will Typify That Church, PITTSBURG, Pa., November 24—Dr. Charles F. Bradley of Evanston, IIL, pre- sided at the third day’s session of the Methodist Episcopal Church congress. The devotional cxercises consisted of the quaint and solemn ceremonies of the early Chr’s- tian Church, after which Bishop H. W. Warren of Denver was introduced and made a short address. The following papers were then read: “Church Music,” J. T. Matfield, Ph.D., of the Northwestern Untversity, Evanston, Il; “Church Architecture and Church Decoration,” T W. Gaggin, A.B., Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. ¥.; “The Order of Public Worship,” Rev. H. Frank Rall, A.M., Des Moines, Iowa. Dr. H. D, Atchison of Wilmette, Ill, also spoke cn church music, and in the course of his reniarks said: “it is a pity that the cycle of popular sacred song inaugurated by the early Methodist Church should have suffered caricature, but we all know that the style of music tolerated by the average revival camp meeting, Sunday school and Epworth League conventions is unworthy of the history and genins of Methodism. Because of the vast market which they have offered to the products of mercenary trash writers, Method'sts have many musical sins to atone for. We are suffering from the lack of an authori- tative censorship of the religious musical press.” In his peper on “Church Architecture * T. W. Gaggin of Syracure, N. Y., said: “If Christianity expects to have a Christian art developed it must provide some school for teaching it. Methodism, with one hun- dred schools for teaching classical and fic subjects, has only one school anything is targht about practical architecture. If Methodism awakens to its cpportunities scon enough it may be a leader in the new movement that will de- velop a typical style of building for Protes- tantism. es SEARCH FOR A CRAZY MAN. He Escapes From Overland Train While Crossing Mojave Desert. LOS ANGELES, Cal., November 24.—A. R. Roberts, a passenger on the west-bound Santa Fe overland, bound for San Fran- cisco, became suddenly insane on Monday, laboring under the hallucination that he was being pursued by enemies. Sympa- thizing passengers took charge of him, but he became worse, and yesterday morn- ing while the train was crossing the Mo- jave desert he jumped through a car win- dow and escaped in the darkness. The train was stopped and a search made for him without avail. A gang of railway workingmen was sent in search of him. He comes from the east, but nothing is known of his antecedents. He will die of thirst unless speedily found. eS CITY BONDS AT PREMIUM. Milwaukee Disposes of $260,000 Worth of Good Figures. MILWAUKEE, November 24.—The city of Milwavkee has sold $260,000 worth of 5 per cent bonds at record-breaking premiums for this city. The bonds were sold in two separate blocks, $140,000 of which were city school bonds and $120,000 garbage disposal plant bonds. The Wisconsin National Bank purchased the school bonds, paying therefor a prem- jum of 13.90 per cent, which reduces their interest-paying power to per cent. R. L. Day & Co. of New York city bought the garbage bonds at a premium of 13.51 per cent, thus reducing their interest-paying capacity to 3.39 per cent. The premiums paid for these bonds are the highest ever paid for Milwaukee municipal securities, the .high water mark until today having been 12.87 per cent. > NEW YORK TAILORS STRIKE. GEN. ORDWAY BURIED Last Rites Performed This Afternoon Under Military Auspices, THE INTERMENT MADE AT ARLINGTON Body Borne to Its Last Resting Place by Comrades. THE FLORAL OFFERINGS The funeral of Gen. Albert Ordway took Place from St. John’s Episcopal Church this afvernoon. The beautiful edifice was crowded with the friends of the dead hero and representatives of the capital who had thronged there tu do honor to his mem- ory, aed hundreds of others lined the pave- ment about the church, unable to gain an entrance. The cortege escorting the dead man’s body drew up at the church some time be- fore 2 o'clock amid the funeral notes from the band. When the party in charge of the casket, which rested on a caisson, had reached the G street entrance t6 the church it stopped and the remains were taken into the building and deposited in front of the chancel. With the impressive part of the Episco- pal funeral service, uttered by the rector of St. John’s, Rev. Dr. Mackay-Smith, “1 am the resurrection and the lite,” and the strains of the organ, the first part of the solemn ceremonies was begun. The services at the cnurch today were only halt of the Episcopal ritual presertbed for funeral occasions, the other, known as the “committal” part taking place at the grave. Only the insignia of the soldier's rank and a few flowers reposed on the casket. A carriage was devoted solely to bearing to the grave the magnificent floral tributes, which had been sent by friends of the de- ceaged, and members of the District Guard, who loved Gen. Ordway as a triend and as a commander. Music by Quartet. A male quartet, composed of Messrs. Fogitt, Anderson, Hensey and Pearson, with the accompaniment of Organist Theo- phil, rendered the hymns. These wer “Nearer, My God, to Thee” and “Lead, Kindly Light,” which were always favor- ites with General Ordway. During the ccntinuance of the services in the church thvre were many tear-bedimmed eyes, and as the serv roceeded sobs were heard to echo thiough the house. Except for these, there was a stillness noticed which was remarkable, when the presence cf such a large number was con- sidered as had gathered there to gladly testify to the regard and esteem in which the dead had been held by the people with whom he mingled, and were proud to recognize living or dead. Long before the rvices had been ended it was impo: sible to gain a seat in the church, and the aisles were choked with people. The ushers were three members of the Loyal Legion, and one member of the District Guard. Dr. Smith was assisted by Rev. M. Paddock. When the services at e church had been concluded the casket borne out, and the march began to the grave. The Procession Moves. After the services in the church, the casket, draped in the national colors, was carried outside and placed in a caisson. In the lead were the pillbearers, as follow Representing the District National Guard, Adjutant General Charles H. Heyl and Major George H. Harri the regular serv- ice, Colonel Henry C. Corbin, Captain Con- stantine Chase, 4th Artillery; Admiral Howell and Judge Advocate General Lem- ley of the navy; the Loyal Legion of Honor of the American Soldiers and Sailors, Rear Admiral John S. Walker and General Jos. R. Hawley, and Kit Carson Post, No. 1, of which General Ordway was a member, Charles F. Keefer and J. P. Lothrop. Directly in the rear of the pallbearers was a large delegation from Kit Carson Resert the Treatment of One of Their Walking Delegates. NEW YORK, November 24.—About 200 tailors went on strike today at the shop of Palley & Rojenski, this city. They had t returned to work after a strike, which was supposed to have been settled yester- day. e Two hours after they had resumed work a walking delegate was forcibly ejected from the shop. The 200 tailors followed him of their cwn accord. —_—_>—_—_ KASSAN CAPTURED. w. F. Esenped Prisoner Who Had Inherited a Large Fortune. SAN FRANCISCO, November 24.—The police here have been notified that W. F. K n, the escaped prisoner, has been caught in Victoria, B. C. Kassan is the Iowa man who escaped from prison here, while under a charge of embezzlement. While in jail Kassan was notified that he had been left .000 by an uncle, James Kassan of Austin, lowe. He was then lcoked upon as a sort of prize prisoner and given many privileges. It was by tak- ing advantage of this laxity that he was enabled to escape. Kassan, when arrested in Victoria, had $7,000 in his pocket. Presumably he had managed to get hold of part of his inhe: itance and was seeking to get away in a steamer to the orient. MASON AND BRAMLEY UNDECIDED. Members of Ohfo Legislature Make a Public Statement. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 24.— Harry Mason and M. F. Bramley, the anti- Hanna members of the Ohio house of rep- resentatives from this county, made a finai and positive announcement this morning that they will not tell the public for whom they will vote for United States senator until January 11, the date of election. They both make the further positive announce- ment that they have not pledged them- selves to vote for the re-election of Sena- tor Hanna. ee STILL ENVELOPED IN FOG. Several Collisions Occur in England in Consequence. LONDON, November 24.—The heavy fog which spread over Engiand yesterday con- tinues to envelop the country today. Acci- dents of more or less importance are re- ported to have occurred in many places. At Portsmouth the fog is so dense that the trials of the new warships have been ren- dered impossible for the present, Several wrecks of minor importance are reported at different parts of the coasts. ——__ Electric Railway Completed. The new electric railroad from Woodside to Forest Glen, Md., has been completed, and tomorrow it is expected that cars will be run at regular intervals over that sec- tion of the road, so as to give a continuous trip from 7th street and Flo: avenue to Forest Glen. Post, No. 2, G. A. R., and a committee representing the Loyal Legion, as follows: Major General John B. Parke, United States army, chairman; Rear Admiral F. M. Ramsey, United States navy; Brigadier General J. M. Wilson, United States army; Brevet Colonel A. S. Hosmer, United States army, volunteer: Colonel Charles Hay- wood, United States Marine Corps; Leute ant James A. Flint, United States navy; Brevet eutenant Colonel J. A. Burke, United States volunteers; Brevet Major V P. Huxford, United States volunteers; Cap- tain Charles Newbold, ‘late United States army; Captain F. A. Mitchell, United States volunteers, and Lieutenant H. C. Pearson, United States volunteers. The ca‘sson bearing the casket was moved slowly along the long line of troops, the soldiers presenting arms and the band playing “Abide With Me,” and taking po- sition in rear of the escort. By way of HH street, C ticut avenue, K_ street, Pennsylvania avenue and M street the procession proceeded to Arlington ceme- tery. In the vicinity of the grave the troops, with the exception of the artillery and the 4th Battalion of the National Guard, fermed as three sides of a hollow square. The artillery fired the regulation salute, some distance away, while the 4th Battalion discharged three volleys with small arms a‘ a point nearer the grav ‘The services at the cemetery were bri ‘The grave was lined with evergreens. At the conclusion of*the services “taps” was sourded by Staff Trumpeter Freidman, who was General Ordway’s orderly trump- eter, and all was over. Prior Proceedings. Shortly after 1 o'clock the body of the dead general, accompanied by the pall- bearers and the family, was taken from the late residence of the deceased to St. John’s Church. On 16th street, near the church, the military escort formed. The troops begati arrivirg at 1:15 o'clock, and a quarter of an hour later all the troops un- der orders to parade had reported. The War Department assigned a troop of cavalry from Fort Myer and a battery of light artillery from the Washington bar- racks, together with the mounted band of the 6th United States Cavalry, to attend the funeral. Three companies’ of United States marines, headed by the Marine Band, were also in line. The entire brigade of troops of the Dis- trict of Columbia National Guard turned out to do honor to the memory of their be- loved commander. The guardsmen ap- peared in full dress uniform, as required by the general orders. The attendance was unusually large. The drums of the bend and corps of field music were muffled, each officer wore a band of crape attached to the hilt of his sword, and all colors were furled and draped with crape. The yellowe facings of the overcoats of the cavalry ana the red of the artillery added color to the scene. Pagcant Forms. ‘The pageant formed on 16th street, fac- ing east, with the right of the line resting on I street. Lieut. Boyle, with a detach- ment of mounted police, was in the lead. Next was Col. Cecil Clay, commanding the District militia, and his staff. The mount-- ed band of the 6th Cavalry followed, head- ing a troop of the cavalry and a platoon of Light Battery B, Ist United States Artil- lery, under command of Lieut. Hawthorne. The brigade band headed the District N; tional Guard. The 2d Separate Battalion of Engineers was commanded by, Capt. 8. H. Wiggin; Lieut. Col. -May.com- ‘$2 manded the 1st Regiment; the ist Battal- ion was under Maj. Burton R. Ross; Maj. R. A. O’Brien airected the movements of the 2d Battalion; Lieut. Col. M. E. Urell commanded the 2a Regiment; Maj. E. R. Campbell was at the head of the 4th Bat- talion, and Maj. Otto G. Simonson at the head of the 5th Battalion. The ist Sep- arate Battalion of colored troops was com- manded by Capt. Arthur Brooks, while First Lieut. W. D. Fayles was in charge of he Ambuiance Corps. EMPLOYES IN THE TREASURY Apportionment of the Tlerks Among the States, An Important and Interesting Table Prepared for the Information of Secretary Gage. Secretary Gage has had an important ta- ble prepared for his information. It gives the apportionment of employes in the ‘Treasury Department by states. The ob- ject was to ascertain which states have their quota of employes, which are in ex- cess of the number they are entitled to.and which are short. It is not intended at pres- ent to reapportion the employes, but the table will be somewhat of a guide to future appointments. The first line of figures rep- resents the number employed by states, the second line is the number the respec- tive states are entitled to, and the third and fourth are excess or deficit. The table is as follows: a 2B og spares tates. ss 3 = gs zs iH g ai) 4 2 42 60 0 0 1 0 1 3 oO 19 45 ° 23 49 0 3 16 0 49 30 10 5 6 0 305. 9 386 9 w 0 40 m oO 3 4 0 113 153 oO 96 88 8 2 1 oO 48 6 0 66 74 o BL 45 0 52 26 26 150 41 109 MM 89 Oo oT et 0 40 53 0 24 SL 0 55 108 0 5 iJ 0 aw 43 0 of z oO 31 15 16 0 48 58 0 10 d 3 5 o 1 New Yor! e 1 North 6 oO 26 8 oO 6 146 3 0 2 3, o 1 5 13 oO 8 185, 210 0 15 9 14 ° i 48 47 1 0 4 13 0 9 62 7 0 8 36 89 0 53 x 9 ° 3 Vermont. 18 ee 4 0 nia. le «ee 0 4 a 0 BY) est \ irginia. 42 30 12 oO Wisconsin, 4“ oS °O 27 Stee Bere 0 532 CONDITIONS NOT FULFILLED. Lease to the American Asphalt Com- pany of Indian Lands. Secretary Bliss today called on the Amer- ican Asphalt Company to show cause on or before January 15, 188, why an im- portant lease entered inte February 17, 1893, between the Indiand of the Uintah reservation, in Utah, lessors, and William A. Perry and James T. McConnell, lessees, and assigned over to the asphalt company, should not be declared to be at an end and all rights thereunder forfelted. The lease involves valuable mineral interests in 5,000 acres In the Uintah reservation, to be se- lected by the lessees or their assigns, in not more than three tracts, within limits desig- nated. It was approved by the Secretary of the Irterior, with annexed conditions, that the selection and location of tracts was to be made on or before December 1, 1893, and maps or plats showing definite location of each were required to be filed with the In- dian bureau by January 1, 1894. The time for selections was extended to July 1, 1894, and for filing plats to August 1, 1894. Fur- ther application for filing plats till August 3 was denied, and a map, purporting to designate tracts selected, was presented August 4, 1594. The department holds that the plats were not filed in time, that there was no satis- factory explanation given for the delay, that the plats are indefinite, vague and un- satisfactory, and that the conditions of ap- Proval have not been complied with. SS SUPPRESSION OF FILEBUSTERID Orders Given by the Government to Commanders Being Copied. The bureau of navigation of the Treas- ury Department has in preparation for the use of the Secretary of State a transcript of the orders, etc., that have been given to commanders of revenue cutters and ether officers of, the department, with a view to the suppression of filibustering. The cost to the government of its efforts in this direction is not being taken into ac- count. The statement will cover the entire time since hostilities broke out in Cuba and will be quite voluminous. HEALTH OF CITY. The Number of Deaths Reperted Dur- ing the Week. The deaths in the District of Columbia numbered 142 during the past week; 76 were white and 68 colored. The “annual death rate was 26.3 for each thousand of popula- tion; for the whites it wag 20.6 and for the colored 38.6. As compared with the pre- vious week there was aff increase in the number of deaths from diseases of the ner- vous system from 10 to 2} of those of the circulatory organs from bi to 1%, and from those of the kidneys frori3 to 11. Mortal- ity among children under five years of age rose from 21 to 43, and of persons over sixty years of age from rincipally from diseases of the deyelopmgntal class. Of the miasmatic zymoti¢:class;there were 10 fatal ‘cases, 2 of hes. af from ty- phoid fever, 5 from diphtheria and 1 from diarrhoea. The mean temperature of the air during the week was 44 degrees, with a relative humidity of 77, and a rain fall of .30 of an inch. Four days were cloudy and winds were northerly, averaging five miles an On account of the. ana ee rel ased theretro! thus reduct: and 34 rele: 1 mm; reducing the number of ¢ases under: treatment from 68 to 55, Bee Se eas of premises placarded from 63 to BE Of scarlet fever, in addition at the close of the last report, and World’s Women’ ance Union, sailed on tha siscme Be Louis tf Te AR A y- Bie rig 7 AT THE WHITE HOUSE President McKinleyUonfersat Length With Representative Hitt. DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS Vice President Hobart Expects Long Session. ee OTHER PROMINENT CALLERS President McKinley today made the fol- lowing appointments: Maj. Wm. Henry Heuer, corps of en- gineers, member of the California debris commission. Howard. W. Ennis, chaplain, with” the rank of captain, in the Ist Regiment of In- fantry Militia of the District of Columbia. Discussing Foreign Affairs. President McKinley spent nearly two hours tcday discussing with Representative Hitt, chairman of the House foreign affairs committee, the recommendations he will make as to foreign affairs in the message soon to go to Congress. The President rarely smokes a cigar while in his office attending to executive business, but clouds of cigar smoke curled to the ceiling of the room today while these im- portant questions were under consideration. Both the President and Chairman Hitt know a good cigar. They are good judges, too, of whether one is made from Cuban tobacco. When Chairman Hitt left the President he had a half-finished cigar in his fingers. “Oh, you know,” he said, “all of us want offices." But he never admitted that he had spoken a word on foreign affairs with the President. Chairman Hitt was with the President long encugh to go over the entire field of foreign reiations with the President, and to have discussed with detail the situation in Cuba and the promises of Spain. While Chairman Hitt was present Secretary Long arrived, and was with the President some time. It is not thought, however, that his visit was arranged so as to time with that of Mr. Hitt. Senator Lindsay, gold democrat, of Ken- tucky saw the President just before the arrival of Chairman Hitt. Senator Lindsay was asked the possibility of action by Con- gress on the Cuban question. “I believe that the administration will insist with force,” he said, “that the present policy of Spain and General Blanco be given a fair trial.” Senator Lindsay did not know how much time,shculd be considered as a fair trial, but thought that six months might be a limit. The President has discussed the situation with a number of senators. These have al- most invariably evaded answers to a ques- tion whether the President does not intend to make the recommendations intimated. Those in position to know what the Prcs- ident has written on the subject will not say that the intimation is incorrect. Vice President Calls, Vice President Hobart called on the President early this morning, and was with him some time. Mr. Hobart said to a Star reporter that he looked forward to much work at the coming session ‘of Congress. He also thought that the session would be a long one. Senators Proctor, Penrose and Hawley were visitors. Senator Proctor said he thought that the ratification ef the treaty for the arnexation of Hawaii would go through Congress early in the session. The senator did not discuss Cuban affairs, A Local Delegation. A delegation visited the White House in the interest of Mr. J. H. O'Donnell as the successor to Judge Kimball of the Police Court. Solicitor General Richards of the Department of Justice was at the head of the delegation. Other members were Henry F. Woodward, Phillip Walker, Charles A. Douglass and M. I. Welfly, all of the Dis- trict bar. The delegation strongly urges Mr. O'Donnell as an able and competent man. Mr. Richards was attorney general of Ohio when President McKinley was gov- ernor of that state, and is one of the clos- est friends of the President. ——__2—____ FATAL TRAIN WRECK IN FRANCE. Ten Persons Killed and Many Injured in a Collision, PARIS, November 24.—A dispatch from Tarbes, capital of the department of Haute-Pyrenees, announces that a ballast train today overtook a passenger train dur- ing a fog at the Tournay railroad station. The shock is described as having been ter- rific. Several cars were ground into splin- ters. Ten persons were killed and many people injured. ———e JUDGE DAY IN OHIO. Trying a Big Damage Case in State Supreme Court. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. COLUMBUS, Ohio, November 24.—Judge Wm. R. Day, assistant secretary of state, arrived here this morning from Washing. ton, and made an argument in the supreme court case of George D. Saxton against Sample C. George. George sues Saxton for $40,000 for alien- ating his wife's affections. She eloped with Saxton to Dakota, where a divorce from George was secured. Both parties live in Canton. ———— Judge Batcheller to Sail Soon. SARATOGA, N. Y., November 24.—Judge George S. Batcheller of Saratoga, appointed by President McKinley a member of the internationel tribunal in Egypt, will, with his family, sail from New York on De- cember 1) for Cairo, his future judicial residence. ——————— Damage by Earthquakes. BERLIN, November 24.—Dispatches just received here from Saxon Thuringia show that earthquakes in the mountainous dis- tricts, have occurred and have damaged the famous railroad viaduct of the Goeltzsch valley, rendering it of no use for traffic for some time to come. — Death of a Prominent Tobacconist. ST. LOUIS, November 24.—John E. Lig- gett, the millionaire tobacconist of this city, died last night, aged seventy years. He was the principal stockholder of the Liggett & Myers Tobacco Company, among the largest plug tobacco and cigarette man- ufacturers in the country. Death of Arctas Blood. - MANCHESTER, N. H., November 24— Aretas Blood, one cf the foremost manufac- turers of New Hampshire, died today, aged eighty-one years. Mr. Blood was owner of the cotton mills of Columbia, 8.C. Pal —_——_. Miss Willard Of to Europe. NEW YORK, November 24.—Miss Fran- ces E. Willard, president of the National. FIGHT AGAINST AUTONOMY Spanish Societies Petition the Government Regarding Cubs. Strong Sentiment Aga it Ending the War by Making Concessions to the Insurgents. BARCELONA, November 24.—A: a meet- ing last evening of delegates rep! nting a number of political and commercial so- cieties, held at the Republigan Ciub, a dis- patch was sent to Premier Sagasia strong- ly protesting against granting customs au- tonomy to Cuba and Porto Rico, and as- serting the intention of the societies rep- resented of continuing their opposition to customs autonomy. This protest was not aimed at any par- ticular party, though the protestants as- sert that the party securing peace in Cuba without injuring the interes:s of Spain and Cuba will receive the recognition here- after of the political and commer so- cieties interested in the present movement. ‘The dispatch was signed by the Marine Society, the Public Works Society, Athenaeum Society. by y re clubs and by other imporiant associ Spaniards Gemand Protection. MADRID, November 2. -The chambers of commerce of Bilbao and Santander have telegraphed to Premier Sasasta and Senor Moret, the minister for the colonies, de- manding protection for sh products in Cuba, ee, CAR HEATER EXPLODES. Unusual and Probably Fatal Accident on IlMnois Central Train, PADUCAH, Ky., November 24.—Tele- grams are flying over the wires of the Illinois Central for particulars of the un- usual and probably fatal accident which occurred today on a passenger train cn the Evansville division of the Llinois Central road at DeKoven, Ky. Without warning, a steam heater in a crowded coach exploded, seattering pieces of pipe in all directions and filling the car with a cloud of scalding vapor. Railroad men say the disaster is almost unprecedented. Nearly every occupant was more or less bruised or injured. The most seriously wounded victims are: R. C. Watkins, traveling ntral. Cc. E. Cameron, chief clerk in Illinois Central's offices at Louisville. These two are reported badly hurt, along with several others. Three surgeo with ambulances, were ordered to meet the train on its arrival here this afternoon, RUSSIAN BEAR GROWLS. Press Protests Against Germany cupation of Chinese Port. ST. FETERSBURG, November 24.—The Russian newspapers urge that Russia, France and Great Britain should occupy points in China, to counterbalance the Ger- man occupation of Kiao Chou bay, Shan- tun peninsul To Command German Squadrons. BERLIN, November 24—The appoint- ments of Admiral von Diederich to com- mand the combined German squadrons in Chinese waters and of Prince Henry of Prussia to assume ccmmand of the second German squadron on the coast of China, consisting of the Kaiserin Augusta, the Deutschland and the Gefion, which three vessels will probably start for Kiao Chou bay about December 10 next, are officially confirmed. The German squadron at Kiao Chou bay is commanded by Admiral Diederich, and consists of the flagship Kaiser, with 644 men; the second-class cruisers Irene and Princess Wilhelm, with 258 men each; the 5 GO. third-class cruiser Arcona, having a crew of 267 men. : The Kaiserin Avgusta is a first-class cruiser, carrying a crew of 427 men; the Deutschland is a second-class battle ‘ship, having a complement of 68S men, and the Gefion is a second-class cruiser, with a crew of 312 men. ——__ KILLING OF CHEUNG SUM. Report Made by the Government to the Chinese Minister. An official report cn the murder and rob- bery of Cheung Sum, alias Sam Lung, a Chinese laundryman, at Scuth McAlester, I. T., September 2, has been made by this government to the Chinese government. Mr. Wu Ting-Fang, the Chinese minister, called the attention of the State Depart- ment, October 29, to the killing and asked for a report. He stated that the murder and robbery occurred between 8 o'clock in the evening of September 2 and about the same time the next day, when he was found with his neck wrung. The murderer plun- dered the place before he left, and the friends an@ relatives of the Chinaman al- leged that no serious attampt has been made by the authorities to hunt down the guilty party or parties, or to recover the stolen property. At the instance of the State Departmen:, Secretary Bliss directed Indian Agent Wis. @om to make a thorough investigation. This thas been completed and the results cot. mnicated to the minister. The agent re- ports, under date of November 16, that he Went over the matter carefully and con- ferred with the United States marshal. The crime, the minister has been informe. was not committed by Indians, ana no satisfactory information has been obtaihed, but the officers of the Department of Jus- tice and of the Interior Department are zealously working to apprehend th iit, veg le guilty Recently Issued. Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—Hayles B. Payne, Peter Murray, Soldiers’ Home; Robert Stewart. Maryland—James H. Taylor, Hancock; John C. Evans, Gardenville; William T. Killman, Baltimore; Louis Roeser, Balti- more; George Holmes, Landover; Vashti 8, Garey, Williston. Virginia—Henry L. Berkheimer, Kerns- town; Lucy R. Pollard, mother, Freder- icksburg. Yellow Fever Record. NEW ORLEANS, La., November 24.—Al- though no official report was mad2 today, the bogks of the board of health today TO SHOW GRATITUDE The President to Follow His Advice in His Proclamation. FRIENDS WHO WILL BE GUESTS ee Where the Members of the Cab- inet Will Be. aco THEIR ASSISTANT: PLANS The White House will be closed to all ex- cept social visitors tomorrow. The P: dent will rest from work on his message and from receiving politicians and candi- dates. He will follow the advice contained in his Thanksgiving proclams The day will be a pleasant one for the residents of the White House and their visitors. President and McKinley, Miss Barber and Mrs. Smith, formerly Miss Fann Hayes, will attend church tn the morning. Abner McKinley and Mrs. McKinley may also accompany them. At dinn in ad- dition to those mentioned, will be Vice President and Mrs. Hobart. The big Thanksgiving turkey sent from Rhode Is- land arrived last night and has already met its demise, preparatory to forming the central dish at the White House table to- morrow. Mrs. Smith, who is to be a guest at the White House for a time, Her husband was unable to t $ She will r are the Thanks- giving days curing the administration of her father The White House during the term of President Hayes was full of life on Thanksgiving days. The President invited his force of clerks to be 7 dinner with him, and Mrs. invited a number of young peopie to ner over which she presided. FP Arthur, Cleveland and Harrison ot the day very much as President McKinley, Where the Cabinet Will Be. Secretaty Alger, who went to New York to attend the banquet of the chamber of commerce Jast night, will return here to- morrow morning in time to joy in a family reunion Thanksgiving day. Secretary and Mrs. Alger will dine at home, 1601 K street, in company with Mr. and Mrs. William E. Bailey of Philedelphia, Miss Alger, Mr. Frederick M. Alger (a student at Harvard University), Mr. arles B. Pike of Chi- cago (Miss Alger’s flance) and Mrs. Lang- éon of Minneapoit: 8. Langdon. Mr: i her son, Mr. Cayour Bailey is the Secretary's rs. Langdon is his cousin. Mrs. Sherman will spend at their beautiful home, with their daughter, Mrs. McCalium. Tuaeir dinner will be a modest family atfai eretary Da to spend Thanksgiving day Long will take advantage of the holiday by making a short trip down the Potomac on the naval tug Triton. Hi will be accompanied by Mrs. Long, Mis! Long, Miss Heien Long and Master Pierce Long. Arrangeme have b serve a fine luncheon on the boat, wh may be well to explain, the sole expense of the manner of the fact t ry has as yet no regular est in this city, and mainly to his desire to have an outing. The Secreiary and family have apartments at the Portland. eretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture will spend the day at home, ing his Thanksgiving dinner with his family. Assistant Secretary pam will also spend the day at home. Postmaster General Gary was in Baltl- more today, but he returned here on an afternoon train, and will remain here to- morrow, enjoylog his Thanksgiving turkey with his family at 1701 Connectic avenue, Secretary Bliss will have his first Thanks- giving dinner in Washington tomorrow. His wife and daughter arrived here last evening from New York and took up their resicence at 1 H_ street, the ho forming a part of the Arlington Hotel, which was rented by Mr. Bliss a month ago. Secretary Gage will spend the day at his home. A few intimate friends will be pres- ent at dinner. Attorney General McKenna will also dine at his home. There will be no guests unless invited by his daughters. Commissioner Buatterworth’s Thanks- giving. Commissioner Butterworth will have his family with him at Cleveland on Thanks- giving day. Surrounded by them he will enjoy such Thanksgiving repast as his physicians will permit to be served for him. It is not expected that Major Butter- worth will return here until his heaith ts quite fully restored, unless his cacerness to get back to his office does not permit the advice of his physicians to prevail. Latest advices from Cleveland are to the affect that Major Butterworth will be well enough to leave there in about ten days, but many of his friends think he should not return here so soon as that, as he would be sure to have a stream of calles which would be a severe test to his strength. Acting Commissioner Greeley of the pat- ent office will eat his Thanksgiving turkey with his family tomorrow, but the pressure of his duties during the absence of Com) sioner Butterworth has been so great that he may spend some hours at work in his office. Commissioner Hermann of the general land office will spend the day at his home, 1014 Massachusetts avenue, tomorrow. First Assistant Secretary Ryan of the Interior Department has gone to his home in Kansas, where he will be tomorrow. Mr. Davis, assistant secretary of the Interior Department, will eat his Thanks- giving turkey tomorrow at his home, on 3d street. His household consists of himself and mother and father, and tomorrow will be the first time they have been away from Missouri on Thanksgiving day for meny a r. Mr. Heath, the first assistant postmaster general, will help eat a big turkey, in com- pany with his wife and a few friends, st his home, 1800 Connecticut avenue. Commissioner Evans of the pension office is living at the Ebbitt House, and it is there he will indulge in a Thanksgiving feast. ———__ + e- —___ RESULTS FATALLY.