Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1897, Page 1

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The Star is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has No. 13,960, WASHINGTON, D. ©. SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, no rival as an advertising med= ium, 1897—TWENTY-FOUR PAGES. TWO CENTs. | PLAN OF AUTONOMY Spain Announces Details of Proposed Government for Colonies. GOVERNOR GENERAL IS STILL ABSOLUTE Provision for a Partly Representa- tive Colonial Partiament. QUESTION OF REVENUES MADRID, November 27.—The Official Gazette this morning publishes the royal decrees granting autonomy for Cuba and Porto Rico: Article 1 explains the principles of the future government of the two Islands. Article 2 decrees that the government of each island shall be composed of an in- sular parilament, diviced®into two cham- bers, while a governor general, represent- ing the home government, will exercise in its name the supreme authority. Article 3 declares that the faculty of making laws on coloniai affairs rests with the insular chambers and the governor gen- eral. Article 4 directs that the insular repre- sentation shail he composed of two cor- porations, with equal powers, viz, a cham- of provides that the council dministration shall consist of thirt memhk of whom eighteen shall be e and seventeen be nominated by the home overnment. > 6 provide that the membe: were bora sided there continuou . Such as s nts of courts and of chambers and other bodies, as eligible to the ccuncii to 14, inclusive, deal with nomi- nd the conditions of election to or the threne, spend or 1 within tire qd Artic al with the procedure of the nd grant immunity to r 2) empowers the insular parlia- Teceive the governor's oath and respon of the governor's e impeached by ion made Article 40 deals with the comm lations of the i: with the fp and provides 1 import or ex may differentiate to the prejudice of Productions of either island er the penin- sula. A list will be formed of articles direct, which will be treatment in re: ri to s coming from abroad, and > same will be for productions of the islands enterin the differential duty in no e per cent. The remainder of the ‘lecree explzins the governor general’s powers. He will exercise supreme command, be responsible fer the preservation of order, have free Power to nominate officials and his secre- taries; he will publish and execute the laws and decrees, international treaties and conventions, &c., and will have the power of pardonirg, ‘suspending constitutional guarantees and ordering a state of seige, should circumstances require it. A Pisappointin; Announcement. The outline of the autonomy decree pub- lished in the Madrid dispatches this morn- ing gives a setback to those hopeful of the settlement of the Cuban question under a policy of coaciliation. The decree is not y different or in any way more than the propositions which have heretofore been made for autonomy anc teen rejected on account of their hollow- It is in no way approaching what in has given to understand would be character of the proposition submitied cabinet. ition is that this decree is not with the first intention of plan under con- was sent to suc- Weyler in Cuba, but t m compelled to abandon “ ceed be : eral scheme and to run the risk of offend- nited States rather than to excite esentment at home. If the dis- Katehes prcperly describe the autonomy proposed the Segasta government is placec in the attitude of trifling with the United States. The United States government and the public were given to understand that under the new liberal policy autonomy would be offered to ed by ¢ such as is enjoy- nada reforms which would uspend judgment could be put rmment has t inf from any y or niment heretofore ex- Now,.when the plan is announced, it pears to be no way tn advance of the de- ve plans before proposed, and does not held out. pealed to to new polic this gov until to operation, and the cer fulfill the prom! Difficult to Restrain Congress. It is, of course, well understood that the {Insurgent leaders did not intend to accept nomy in any form nor to retire from the field except with independeace. But a Hib- «ral propesition, such as this government was given to understand the Spanish con- templated, together with the liberation of prisoners and a cessation of the cruelties which characterized Weyler’s administra- tion, would satisfy the United States, and deprive the insurgents of that sympathy, both in Cuba and elsewhere, which is nee essary to the continuance of the revolution ‘The autor omy offered now will not do th unless it is far more liberal than the dis. patches indicate, and it will be very diffi- cult to restrain Congress from taking ac- tion favorable to the insurgents, no better plan than this being proposed. ‘The belief is that the Spanish government may have been sincere in the representations of what was intended to be done, but that the new ministry has been compelled to yield to public sentiment in Spain, which appears to be hostile to any sort of concessions, and which is backed by a very considerable action, who are disposed to vear a haughty demeanor toward the United States. A much less cheerful view of the situation 1s taken here than was before the decree was announced. + —______ STEAMER DIANA SUNK. CONSTANTINOPLE, November 27.—The Austrian Lloyd steamer Diana has been in a collisien off Galata with the British steamer Antonio. The Diana sank. The 150 passengers and 40 members of the crew of the Diana were saved. : ‘The Diana, which was built at Dumbar- ton in 1866, registered 1708 tons gross, was 282 feet long, had 35 feet beam and was 23% feet deep. She hailed from Trieste, the headquarters of the Austrian Lioyd Steam- ship Company. Banking and Ourrency Bills in the House. Measures That Have Been Referre: Their Authors and Their Pur- poses Defined by Title. As the currency question and amendment of the banking system of the country will come up for extensive discussion, If not for action, in the House at this session of Con- gress, some interest attacnes to the char- acter of the bills relating to these subjects which were introduced during the extra session of Congress. Even if no more bills were offered the committee would have enough material to work upon, although it is expected that nearly every member of the House will have some idea to express upon the currency questien, and will mani- fest it by introducing a bill. Capt. McKee, the journal clerk of ihe House, in carrying out his plans of assort- ing the bills introduced at the fast session, has collected all of the bills referred to the committee on banking and currency. Mr. Walker of Massachusetts, the chair- man of the committee, is the author of se" eral bills. One of them proposes “to se- cure to the people the advantages accruing from the issue of circul: notes by banks, to incr such notes, and to supervise and control banks by oificers of the United State: Another i$ “to call in and cancel the pa- Per money now the prosperity of the country.” A third proposes “to modify the national banking laws so as iv pro- vide the people with a safe, ample, elastic and ch A fourth bill offered by Mr. Wa ‘0 so change the national bank act as to seeure to the people in all sections of the country an equal opportun- ity to freely use paper money.” Mr. Wi Alden Smith’ is author of five bilis offering amendments to the national banking laws. Mr. McCall of M chusetts has a bill to provide a uniform currency for the United States. Mr. Fowler of New Jersey introduced a bill entitled “to amend the national bank act, take the United gevernment out of the banking busine fund the na- tional debt, reform the curre insur depositors, Improve and extent ing system, and to provide fun deficit.” The bill contains about tw« en sections and occupies nearly tw printed page: Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania introduced Inll to refund the outstanding United ates and treasury notes with bonds bear- ing interest at the rate of 2 per centum. He also has a bill to in the circula tion of national bank currency and to r duce the taxes there Mr. Hill's circulation of national Cox of Tennessee a < to increase the anks, while Mr. wants io repeal the ta: tate ban nd state bank associa Mr. Cox also introduced biils to - © the national currency and for the tter control of naticnal banks. Mr. Brosius is the author of two bills, nich has beei the subject: of con- favorable comment in Cor heretofore. This is the bill to prov the nization of national of not exceeding 3,000 inhabitants. The other bill is to increase tne circu national banks and to promoze tien treasury notes. Mr. Skinner has a bill directing the is- sue of bimetailie certificates and to main- tain the parity of gold gnd sil at the present legal ratio. Mr. Jenkins’ bill !s to amend the laws providing for the organi- zation of national banking associations, and Mr. John Murray Mitchell's is to es- tablish a currency reserve fund. The committee on coinage, weights and measures also has a number of bills re- lating to the finances of the government. Among them are half a dozen measures for the unlimited fre@coizge of silver and gold by the United States, irrespective of the action of ether nations. Ses, ee LOGS FROM CANADA. Deminion Government May Forced to Take Action. John Millen of Black River, Mich., who is associated with Gen. Alger in the logging business, spent yesterday in Washington conferring with the Secretary. Mr. Millen one of the most active campaigners for a $1 lumber tariff last spring, and he says there js grave reason, in his opinion, to fear that the Canadian government will presently be forced to prohibit the exporta- tion of saw logs, whether it wants to or not. “All along Georgian bay,” he says, “are pretty good-sized Canadian towns tat live on the lumber cutting business.These places have absolutely nothing else to draw upon, and the moment the saw mills shut down the towns are dead and the inhabitants idle. Heretofore the mills have cut a good deal of lumber for the American market, but th lumber tariff has stopped that and the Canadian cwners of stumpage have begun to raft their logs across to the mil! in Michigan, because we admit logs free. If this keeps up, and the chances are it will, the people of those Canadian towns will be pauperized, and, as it seems to me, the Canadian government will be forced to protect them by doing something radical to force sawing of Canadian logs in Canad. . redemp- of legal tender and United States ‘The Be FAVOR POST OFFICE BANKS. Many Letters Received Indorsing: the Proposition, The Postmaster General is daily in re- ceipt of letters indorsing the scheme which he has recommended to Congress to estab- lish postal savings banks. Mr. Gary pro- poses to work actively in the interest of this plan and hopes that Congress will authorize it during the coming session. The indorsements of his recommendation come from all parts of the country and from all classes of citizens. Not only is this the case, but a large number of “original pos- tal savings banks” people are coming for- ward to remind Mr. Gary that his recom- mendations are only in line with what they have advocated for many years. A prominent populist of the south is among those who call the attention of Mr. Gary to the fact that the scheme he pre- sents was advocated “four or five years ago” by populists in Congress and tells him the plan ts populistic pure and simple, and that he need not expect to steal “popu- listie thunder.” The fact is postal savings banks were first recommended by a Postmaster General in 1872, since which time they have been recommended by every republican Post- master General. ——-o.____ When Mr. Eckels Leaves, The resignation of Mr. Eckels as con- troller of the currency will take effect the last of December, and he will assume the duties of president of the Commercial Na- Uonal Bank of Chicago on January 1, ———_-e-____ Recent Pensions, Pensions have been granted as follows: District of Columbia—Joseph H. Carroll, dead. Maryland—Minor of Robert Green, Balti- more; Margaret E. Faucit, Baltimore. Virginia—William H. She; Gi Falls; minors of Albert Wilson. Ales iia: Mary J. Riddick, Portsmouth. —_-_ Government Receipts. Government receipts—Erom internal rey- enue, today, $463,326; customs, 33531,089; miscellaneous, $88,715.* MANY IDEAS OF REFORM|WFFK (OF DENSE FOG All of England Enveloped in One of Its Characteristic Palls. BIG SALE OF QUEEN'S AUTOGRAPHS Prince of Wales Has a Successful Shoot at Lambton Castle, LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP a (Copyrighted, 1897, by the Associated Press.) LONDON, November 27.—England gener- ally, throughout the week, has been envel- oped in fog. The weather continues to be unususlly mild, though there was a sharp frost on Thursday night. Queen Victoria gave a birthday party at Windsor, on Tuesday, for Prince Alexander of Battenberg, the eldest son of Princess Beatrice, widow of Prince Henry of Bat- tenberg. Young Prince Alexander was born on November 23, 1886. For his birthday her majesty summoned the manyger of the Empire Theater to produce the\cinemato- graph pictures and troupe of performing dogs, now showing in London. The pictures were displayed in the large drawing room of the castle. The queen, Princess Beatrice and the rest of the court, as well as the chil- dren, were delighted, especially with the “Jubilee Procession,” the ‘Naval Review” and “Changing Guards at St. James’ Pal- ace.” At the conclusion of the dog show a poo- dle carried a bouquet, tied with the natton- al colors, and deposited it in the queen's lap, whereupon her majesty said in French: “You are a very clever little dog.” The queen seemed to enjoy immensely the pictures of herself in the “jubilee proces- sion,” and after the entertainment was over she caused Manager Hitchins of the Empire Theater to be presented to her. Sale of Queen’s Autograph Pictures. A barrel of money has been reaped at the Windsor bazaar in aid of the Royal Albert Institution, opened by Princess Christian on Tuesday last. The princess presided at two stalls, selling at a guinea each photo- graphs of Queen Victoria, signed by her majesty. The whole stock was sold in a few minutes. Thereupon the princess re- marked: I do not see why we should not petition mamma for some more.” A messenger was then dispatched to the castle and the queen supplied more signed photographs of he: Her majesty con- tinved deing so during the three day which the bazaar lasted, and even then the demand for her photographs was not sat- isfied. Queen Victoria has also been busy at a family council which has been discussing the affairs of the family of the late Duch- ess of Teck, at which the Duke of Teck and his children, including Prince and Princess Adolphus of Teck, were present. Jewelry of considerable historical value goes to the Duchess of York, the daughter of the duke, Queen Victoria substantially compensa@ing the other members of the family. The White Lodge at Richmond, hitherto the residence of the Duke and Duchess of Teck, has been granted to the Duke and Duchess of York. The future of the Duke of Teck has not heen settled upon. It is rumored that a parliamentary grant will be sought, but this is not like- ly to be obtained, as this would be most distasteful to the people generally and to the house of commons, after the promises made after the settlements of the Prince of Wales’ children that no further money would be asked for in behalf of the ‘royal family. Gladstone's Health Good. Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone crossed the chan- nel on Friday on their way to Canne: where they will arrive on Sunday. The were greeted by crowds of people on leav- ing London and on their arrival at Folke- stone. Dr. Habershon, Mr. Gladstone's family physician, reports that the general health of the former prime minister 1s very good, and that there is every pros- pect of his neuralgic pains disappearing in a milder mate. Dr. Nettleships says the distinguished patient's eyes are in good condition and not affected by his neu- ralgia. The touchiness of literature had two volcanic demonstrations during the week. Swinburne, the poet, having been named in the Academy as one of a selected forty to form an English acudemy of ‘“unmor- wroie a furious letter to the Times, The notion of an English academy ‘iously stupid for a farce and too essentially vulgar for a comedy. In conclusion Mr. Swinburne remarked: “It seems to me that the full and proper definition of so preposterous an imperti- neice must be left to others than the bear- er of a name selected for the adulation of such an insult.” Sarah Grand Replies to Critics. Serah Grand’s latest work is caustically criticised and the authoress of “The Heav- enly Twins” has written a letter to the Daily Telegraph’s book reviewer, couched in the most stringent terms. Among other things she says: “That you are of ancient lineage I am willing to admit, since your putting in my mouth words and sentiments not mine shows you are infected with the blood of Ananias. That you shouid take yourself to be a serious judge cf art is a-crime, for which it is painful to think you must one Gay settle between you and your God; but that you should write yourself down an admirer of mine is the ugliest blow my art bas dealt me, and I take this opportunity to publicly apologize for 1t.’” J. S. Sargent, the American painter and member of the Royal Academy, is finishing a portrait of Miss Daisy Leiter for tne Academy of 1808. It is announced that the celebrated Hope collection of pictures at Deepdene will be sold in January. There was a great crowd of pilgrims and visitors at Rome on Monday, the feast of St. Cecelia; gathered to see the catacombs lit up by thousands of electric lights and other curious sights. Priests, sisters of various orders, German students, Ameri- cans and tourists of many other nationai- ities were present at services of all sorts at the little altars of the catacombs, which now resemble a Mundane museum. ‘There is a marked change in the pre- vailing style of fashionable hairdressing, which shows an inclination to return to the chignon. Change in Cavalry Uniform. The familiar short undress stable jacket and round forage cap, so long worn by English cavalry soldiers, are to be abolished and replaced by the frock coat and modern field cap. The doubts raised as to whether an Eng- lish aristocrat was permitted to marry an Indian have been dispelled by the an- nouncement that Ledy Ann Coventry and Prince tae nes are to be married December 29. The Coventrys are opposed to the union, but their objections have been overruled, and the Indian government has agreed to settle upon the bride the sum of £2,000 ($10,000) annually. It is understood that the author of a “Life of the Prince of Wales,” which wilt be published in the near future. aa It is claimed that the electric ple killed. The Egyptian roads have running a little over a year and 140 = were killed or injured by ‘their cars during the first twelve months. The Prince of “Wales arrived in Londen yesterday from Lambton Castle, and he icined the Princess of Wales at Sandring- ham today, where the Marquis of Salisbury and Mr. A. J. Balfour, the first lord of the treasury, are spending Sunday. The Prince of Wales had a successful shoot with the Earl of Durham at Lambtcn Castle. One day eight guns killed 2,100 pheasants. Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin's party in Scotland is also establishing big records. Its members Killed over 4,000 pheasants and other game in one week. a Gladstone's Eulogy oan Burke. At a public meeting in Dublin on Wed- nesday last, Lord Dufferin presiding, in commemoration of the céntemary uf Ed- mund Burke, a letter from Mr. Gladstone was read, in which the veteran rtatesman eaid: “I regard Burke, 4s to Iveland and Amer- ica, with fervent and unstinted admiration, and as to France and. the revolutionary War, with grief; but throughout with the reverence due to his noble combination of character and:geniug. AS regards Ircland, it is indeed painful for me ;to see her bleed- ing wounds inflicted by. her children; but neither my faith in her, eventual destinies nor my anxiety for thelr accomplishment Feve in the smallest degree abated.” Mr. George Askwith, the lawyer who ac- companied Lord Dunraven to the United States, has been appointed junior counsel for Great Britain cn the Venezuelan arbi- tration commission. ed M. E. AILES’ PROMOTION. Appointed Private Secretary of Secre- tary Gage. Mr. Milton E. Alles of Sidney, Ohio, has been appointed private seezetary to the Secretary of the Troasury.. Mr. Alles en- tered the government servige in 1887 as an assistant messenger and’ in the following year passed the required civil service ex- amination and was appointed to a law clerkship in the office of the Secretary of the Treasury. Since that time he has passed all the regulaf éxaminations, and in consequence has been advanced through all of the grades of the classified service. His present appointment is said to be wholly due to his exceptionally faithful and efficient service. Mr. Ailes is receiving the congratulations of a host of friends on his promotion. He is popular in all parts af the treasury. Since the elevation of Mr. Vanderlip from Lrivate secretary to assistant secretary Mr. Ailes has been acting as private sec- retary to Secretary Gage. The latter has kad opportunity to test the ability of Mr. Ailes. He has found the test satisfactory in every way. The appointment is also eensidered as a striking illustration of Sec- retary Gage’s yiews on clyvil service. Mr. Ailes enters the treasury service eleven years ago a8 assistant messenger in the office of the commissioner_of internal FeVElttie. Later He entered the classified service as the result of an examination be- fore the civil service commissian, and has practically grown up in the Treasury De- rtment. He is a member of the bar of he Supreme Court of the District and_a graduate of the National University. He was born in Shelby county, Ohio, August 19, 1887. He was educated in, the public schools of Sidney, Ohio, a SOUTH CAROLLYA’S APPEAL. The Dispensary Case Before the ‘Su- preme Court May fe Advanced. The appeal éf the state authorities of South Carolina from the decision of Judge Simonton in the case df the Vandercook Company's complaint ‘ef the enforcement of the dispensary law has beén docketed in the United States Supreme Court. The representatives of both sides to thé con- troversy have agreed upon a motion to ad- vance the case upon the docket, which mo- tion probably will be madg in the court Monday. In this case the principal point at issue is the effect of the congressional amend- ments to the federal act regulating inter- state traffic in spirits. These amendments were incorporated in the law at Senator Tillman's instance after the decision of the Supreme Court holding the state law to be antagonistic to this federal statute, but Judge Simonton, in the present case, held that the amendments did not remove the friction, and that the enforcement of the dispensary law by taking possession of goods shipped into the state from the out- side, as in the case of the Vandercook shipment, was a violation /of the right of interstate commerce. ——_-e_____ APPROPRIATION BILLS. Chairman Cannon Expeeted to Reach the City Monday. Chairmar Cannon of the-House commit- tee on appropriations is expected to reach the city Monday, and will he joined by the members of the subcommittees on the pen- sion bill and the legislative, judicial and executive bill. These are Messrs. W. A. Stone, Barney, Belden, Allen and Bell of the pension subcommittee and Messrs. Bingham, Hemenway, Moody, Dockery and Livingston of the legislative, judicial and executive subcommittee. Mr. Courts, the clerk of the appropria- tion committee, has prepared the first draft of the two bills, and the subcommittees will commence work upon them immediately. $+ Personal Mention. Messrs. Chas. J. Hopking and Harry C. Grove of this city have been appointed as assistant managers, respéctively, of the Baltimore and Buffalo offices of the Colum- bia Phonograph Company. Lieut. Southerland, recently executive of- ficer of the U. S. S. Dojpfiin, is in Wash- ington for the winter, dt Hits home, 1923 N street. Judge J. M. Davidson Ras returned to Washington, having made’ circuit of the world. + Postmaster General Gafy end Private Secretary Dawson will leave for New York tomorrow night, to returm here Monday morning. The Postm: General will make a personal inspection of the post offices of Greater New 9 with a view to improvements of the service there which will give the metrdpoljs, it is be- lieved, the most perfect gost affice system of any city in the world. Major Gen. Miles, wi is mow in New York on official business, is .expected to return here next Tuesday, - Secretary Wilson of the,Department of Agriculture will leave mow for the south. Monday he will the Georgla legislature, Tuesday he it iver an ad- dress before the Normal S¢h gee, Ala., and Wedn before the State Agric; College at Auburn, Ala. After that he gces to inspect the work of the farmers. in Alabama and Georgia. He will probably {return the lat- ter part of the week. Dr..Curry will ac- company him. + ———_—_—_—___—_. Fourth-Ciass Pos¢masters. The following fourth-class postmasters have been appointed: Chrispin, ~ Charles county, Moses Silverman; Girdletree, Wor- cester county, Andrew M. Johnson; Queens- town, Queen Anne county, George E. Lane; Valley Lee, St. Mary's.’ county, Wm. J. Four Cents for‘Conspience Fund. Treasury receipts wére gwelled today by the addition of 4 cents. from Clover, Va. ‘The contributor asked: the amount be put to the car 5 . He did not scalars i pie oe _——————— ACCUSES MRS. NACK Martin Thorn Declares the Woman Killed Guldensuppe. APPEAL TO CREEK COUNCIL AT THE WHITE HOUSE The President Saw as Many Callers as Possible, Chief Isparhecher Protests Against the Abo- lition of the Judiciary, Asks © Delegates to Send a Lobby Here to Place the Matter Be- DISCUSSING HIS COMING MESSAGE fore Congress, DETAILS OF HE AWFUL CRIME ee Consul General Bruwaert Comes to He Helped the Woman Dispose of the Remains. MUSCOGEE, I. T., November 27.—Chief Isparhecher has sent his message to the Creek council, which is now in session at Okmulgee, I. T. It is, in part, as follow: “You have been convened in extraordi- nary session in order that you may resume and continue to completion at least some of the more important business which, by reason of adjournment, you failed to com- plete at your last session, “The most important to us as a people, and which you have not as yet satisfac- torily disposed of, is the question of the division in severalty of our lands, as pro- posed by the Dawes commission. I once suggested to your honorable body the ques- tion of the expediency of inviting the five civilized tribes of the Indian territory to co-operate in an attempt to erect one gen- cral Indian government for all the tribes of the territory. A somewhat similar govern- mert is already authorized and contem- plated by the trea.y of 1866, and was same twenty-six years ago attempted by all the t assembled at this place. Sut now, as we have passed through the experience and civilizing influence of twen- ty-six years of political life, it has been my kope that the people would feel that they may now safely and wisely make the venture. It may not be inappropriate to remind you here that only thirty-nine days remain when, according to a late act of Congress, our ffiudiciary, the great corner- stone of our governmental structure, the saine that was solemnly guaranteed to us by what should be the sacred word of the United States government, will be brushed away unless some action is taken in the meantime to avert or modify the impend- ing calamity. 4 “I cannot believe that that august t bunal, when properly approached with the question will decide that the question of citizenship in our nation or the continued life of our judiciary may, against our earn- est protests and the terms of solemn trea- ties, be adversely determined by a law of Congress. Recommendations are made ‘also that ac- tion be taken to facilitate the enumeration for the Dawes census; that a lobby be sent to Washington, and that the fraudulent warrant matter be settled without loss to the Creek nation. ——. PATRICK HARTFORD DEAD. Former Chicago Policeman, Who Was Wounded in Haymarket Riot. CHICAGO, November 27.—Patrick Hart- ford, one of the policemen wounded in the Haymarket riot and a pensioner of the po- lice department, died at the county hospital last night. It is believed that his wounds had something to do with his taking off. Hartford was shot in the right leg, the left thigh and had three toes of the left foot blown off by the explosion of a bomb. Qn the night of the riot Hartford was in the third company, fifth man in the front Discuss Reciprocity. GUARDING CIVIL SERVICE WHAT CAPT. O'BRIEN KNOWS: > There was a rush of visitors to the White House today, and the President saw as many as possible. As stated in The Star, the President has concluded his message. Nothing is to be done but to add a few touches here and there as may occur to the mind of the chief executive. These touches can be put on at odd hours, leav- ing time to see visitors. Some changes wi!l be necessitated by talk which the Presi- dent is having with members of Congress. He discusses portions of his message with nearly ail members. Many of these make stggestions. Frequently they carry to the White House with them written sugges tions, which they ask to be inserted in the message if the President tinds it advisable. Beginning next Monday, the zules about receiving official visitors will be relaxed, and until the epening of Congress the Pres- ident will talk with many lawmakers and others. The early visitors included ex-Speaker Keifer of the Forty-seventh Congress and Major General Dodge. Mr. Keifer is on tis way to New York. He accompa- nied by Judge Thompson of Ohio. Senators Burrows, ex-Senator Conger of Michigan, Judge Miner of the supreme court of Utah, and Representative Morris of Minnesota were the next visitors. They were followed by Chairman Hitt of the House foreign affairs committee, Governor Otero of New Mexico, Controller Eckels, Senator Jones of Nevada, Senator Fair- banks of Indiana, Senator Hawley of Con- necticut, Representative Bingham of Penn- sylvania, Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, Senator Pritchard of North Carolina, Sen- ator Elkins of West Virginia, Representa- tive Dalzell of Pennsylvania and Edmund Bruwert, French consul general at New York... Not all of these visitors saw the President. A number of them had engage- mente and could not wait until the caliers ahead of them had had interviews with the President. French Consul General's Mission. The French consul general is here to talk over reciprecity matters with the Presiden*. Owing to the large number of waiting visitors, Consul General Bruwaert made an appointment to call when he will have more time to talk with the President. Senator Jones of Nevada did not have time to wait, and will call again. The senator was asked by a Star reporter as té the prospects of legislation. Speaking of sentiment in the west as to the annexation ef Hawaii, Senator Jones said: “The people of California are divided on NEW YORK, November 27.—The foliow- ing statement, signed by Martin Thora, is published in an evening paper today: “When I go on the stand Monday morn- ing I will tell the true and complete story of the crime “for which I am now being tried for my life. My lawyer has advised me to conceal nothing, and, with the help of God, I will not. “Martin Thora is just a man, with vices and virtues like any cther, and with the love of life just as strong within him as in any of those who say he sinned because he loved an unworthy woman—loved and trusted and shielded her until he was in the very shadow of the electri> chair; loved her until she swore away his existence to Save her own, to save herself from the consequences of her own act—the killing of the man whom she said she feared, because of his knowledge of other crimes. Direct Charge of Murder. “Augusta Nack planned and accomplished the murder of William Guldensuppe. “When I got to the Woodside cottage that Saturday morning she met me at the door and said: ‘I have got Guidensuppe up- stairs. He is dead.’ “She had shot him in the face and stab- bed him in the breast, she said. I was not even in the house at the time, but in the doorway, and she was out of sight of the people on the street at the time, half way upstairs. I knew nothing of her pur- pose that day. She had asked me to come to Woodside. I went there, and when I arrived she told me that she had killed Guldensuppe and that all her trouble was ° For a long time I hardly knew what to do. Mrs. Nack asked me to help her cut the body up. I hesitated, but could not make up my mind. Pressed Thorn Into Service. “*You have got to help me get rid of it’ she said, ‘or both of us will get into trouble. All you have got to do is to help.’ At last I helped her to carry the body to the bath tub. It was very heavy. Guldensuppe was dead. He was not breathing when we put him in the bath tub. Mrs. Nack did the cutting while I held the body. First she cut the head off, then she took the saw and sawed the trunk in two and then the legs. She was afraid the saw would go through the wrong place in the body, but she finally got the right place. “She mentioned at the time that it was a good thing she knew something about rank. The company was commanded by ‘ eo ae the subject. The heet sugar men, for in-| Lieut. Bowler. Soon after the riot he was | Suey eee ody crops aeeenae aes stance, are opposed to annexation. The | retired by the police pension board. : cut the body up the clothes were taken off. Afterward the body was rolled up in the oilcloth and cloth that Mrs. Nack bought at Mrs. Riger’s. Then we talked over the plans to get rid of the body. She aranged for the surrey drive and the throwing away of the pieces. She gave me the money to hire the ey. Sixteen surviving members of the com- pany which stood with him on the memor- able night will act as honorary pall-bear- ers. commercial interests of the state are in favor of annexation.” Senator Jones did not care to make a prediction as to currency legislation, but remarked that “the people have an in- herited feeling in favor of greenbacks.” Representative Birgham wants to recom- mend the appointment of Gen. Henry S. Huidekoper of Pennsylvania as a_member of the beard of visitors to West Point. The Civil Service. Senators Elkins, Lodge and Pritchard are all members of the civil service committee of the Senate and were with the President at the same time, but it is said that thei being together was a coincidence. They had matters relating to their respective states to discuss, end conjointly did not touch upon the question of the civil service. It is said that the President will have scmething to say in his message on the civi: service. 1t will be strongly in favor of maintsining the system, it is,claimed, It will give no encouragement to those who premise that a strong fight is to be made on the law at the coming session of Con- gress. The President's position will be entirely different from that of Representa- tive Gresvenor and others. The President and General Grosvenor are close and warm friends, and as a rule their views are not far apart.e In this case, however, General Gresveror has been unable to ‘convince the President that the civil service ought to be abolished or even modified so as to remove more offices from its protection. Ex-Senator Conger says he does not want any position for himself or any member of his family, but wants to speak to the Pres- ident about a friend who is an applicant for office. At the coming receptions ———._—_ DR. PARKHURST RETURNS. In “Umspeakably Sad” to Find Tam- many in Power. NEW YORK, November 27.—The Rev. Dr. Cc. H. Parkhurst, who has been away since June returned today on board the steamer Adriantic. He said that he had fully recov. ered his health. His appearance indicated as much. He said that it made him “un- speakably sad’’ to come back to New York and find Tammany in power. —$_._—_ JAPANESE CONSUL FOR CHICAGO, me the money to hire the aside cottage, where she said she was to start a place to treat women who were in trouble and who wanted it kept quict. Burned Guldensuppe’s Clothes. “Afier we threw the head into the river and dispcsed of pieces of body, us the apers have stated, she took Guldcnsuppe's clothes and burned them in a stove. “It was nothing but my love for Mrs. Nack that got me inte all this trouble. I helped her get rid of the dead Lody to shield her and to save her from being ar- rested. Everybody has lied about me in this case, principally because I have not talked or explained. “They say I told Gotha that I killed Guldensuppe. It is a lic. I told him that Mrs. Nack killed him. They say I offered to confess to Capt. O'Brien so I could get free. That is another lie. I told Capt. O’Brien something of a private naiure that Gid not concern the case intimately. I give him permission to speak now. He will clear me. His Life Threatened. “They say, too, that I threatened to mur- Ger Willlam Guldensuppe. Yes; I said I would kill him before he killed me. He almost killed me and threatened my life every time he mentiioned my name to Mrs. Nack. Augusta told me so, and toid ne to look out and have a pistol to shoot him, City Now on Equal Footing With New York. CHICAGO, November 27.—Caicago has at last been recognized by the Japanese gov ernmert as a commercial point of equal im- portance with New York and San Francis- co. A full-fledged consul in the person of Count Tatsugoro Nosse, one of the most distinguished representatives of the Jap- anese displomatic corps and a member of one of the leading families of the nobility of that country, arrived here last night di- rect from Victoria, B. C., where he has rep- resented his government for some time. Up to the present time there have been but two Japanese consulates in the United States, one at New York and the other at San Francisco, with consular agencies at Voston and Philadelphia. Within the last year, however, Chicago has been the dis- Windy it is under- stcod that no space will be assigned for | tributing point for nearly all the Japanese | but not to do it in her house. She would dressing rooms. Owing to the limited | teas sold in this country. and a vast amount | get into trouble, she I thought she Space, it is said that rooms for cloaks, | ¢f additional business of particular import- | told me that because she loved me. 1 now hats, etc., will be set aside, these to be elso used by the ladies for whatever changes they may desire to make, but aoe will be no dressing room, as hereto- ‘ore. ance to the interest of Japan. The necessi- ty for a regularly appointed consul was ressed so urgently last spring upon the Japanese minister at Washington by Mr. Mizutany that the appointment of Count Nosse followed recently. —— WOULD DISRUPT OHIO DEMOCRACY. know she feared Guldensuppe and wanted to have me kill him, so she would not suffer. “Mrs, Nack told the jury that I commit- ted the murder in just the way she actually did it herself. “She turned everything around. She reversed the whole story, ac- cusing me of just what she did. Afraid to Go on the Stand. Allen Myers’ Views on an Anti-Hanna “She is afraid to go on the stand. Her Combination. lawyers will not let her go on and testify Specias Dispatch to The Evening Star. against me, because they know that I can CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 27.—Allen | prove her a liar—can prove that she her- O. Myers of Cincinnati, who is here, says: | self killed Guldensuppe because he knew of “There is no truth in these stories about a | cther crimes she had committed and be- combination being formed with the For-| cause she was afraid that Guldensuppe aker republicans. The disruption of the | would kill her for having had anything to democratic party in the state would be the | do with me. result of such a combination. We don't] “I can ask that woman questions that she care who they elect for senator.” cannot answer without showing con- —_-+- -—_ clusively that she has sworn to lies; and, SHOT HIS CHILD AND HIMSELF. what is more, I have witnesses to cor- = = roborate me. — (Signed) “MARTIN THORN.” Case Nearing an End. ‘There is every probability that the case of Martin Thorn, on trial for the murder of William Guldensuppe, will go to the jury not later than Wednesday next, and pos- sibly Tuesday night. William F. Howe, Thorn’s lawyer, has promised to finish his. side of the case or Monday. Reason Mrs. Nack Did Not Testify. Mr. Youngs says the reason he closed the eese for the state without calling Mrs, Nack as a witness was because in his opin- ion the people had presented a case strong enough to convict Thorn without weman’s confession. District Attorney Olcott of New York -curs with Mr. Youngs in his opinion. “The usual stories were circulated today that Mrs. Nack and Thorn were about to break down, but Sheriff Doht says the Gen, Ordway’s Successor. Several letters have reached the White House on the subject of the appointment of a successor to the late General Ordway. It is understood that the President will be urged to make the appointment before Con- gress meets or by the time it meets, The President will probably take up the matter next week and give consideration to what is said by the friends of the candi- dates. It is thought that the contest for the position will be intensely interesting, in view of the fact that influential persons are friends and wellwishers of the candidates, ———- e-_____ MINERS SHORT OF FoopD. Camp Cut Off From Supplies by Rail- road Washout. SEATTLE, Wash., November 27.—The destruction of rearly thirty miles of the Everett and Monte Cristo railway by the recent floods threatens to cause a famine in the small mining town of Monte Cristo, which is cut off from the outside world. a W. R. Biggers, in company with ten men, reached this city today, having walked a distance of ten miles. Mr. Biggers said there was already a scarcity of food in Monte Cristo and that the only salvation for its 500 people was for them to get out as quickly as possible. The storekeepers have restricted the amount of sales to each individual. The day before Mr. Biggers left forty men, wo- men nd children had started to walk to Tunnel No. 1. Most of the way is through snow two feet deep. Poverty Causes a Double Tragedy at Mason, Mich. MASON, Mich., November 27.—Scott A. Bowdish shot his nine-year-old daughter last night, fatally injuring her, and then killed himself. The tragedy was not dis- covered until this morning. According to the little girl, her father awakened her during the night, kissed her and asked her where her heart was. He felt about her breast, and after locating the girl's heart, drew a revolver and shot. Again he fired, the ball this time penetrating the child right side. After this he located his own heart and shot himself dead. Bowdish was hard ap and discouraged, but no otier reason for the crime is known. : ———— BRITISH SHIPS OVERDUE. 5 Natuna and Taymount Cause Anxiety to Their Owners. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., November 27.— The British ship Natune is now sixty days eee, GOOD NEWS FOR OPERATIVES.