Evening Star Newspaper, November 29, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. Sacer ae PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Pennsylvanis Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by i N Oom: Te Peterman tee Evening Star is served to subscribers in the ant ‘carriers. on thelr own account, at 10 cents week, or 44 cents montk. jes at the counter 2 cents each. Sy mail—anyw! in the United States or Cenada—postage cents r month. P'Satcrday Quintuple Sheet ftar. $1 per year, with foretzn postage added, $8.00. Che Lveni Siar. $8. (Entered at the Post Office at Washington. D. G, as seccnd-class mail matter.) ‘©7All mail subscriptions must be pad in advance. Rates of advertising made known on application. No. 13,961. WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. y The regular permanent family circulation of The Evening Star is more than double that of any other paper in Washington, whether published in the morn- ing or in the afternoon. As a medium for unobjec- tionable advertisements it there- fore stands unequaled and un- approachable MARTIN SENTENCED Sent to the Penitentiary for a Term of Five Years. President McKinley and Secretary Gage Agree in Opposing the Greenback. STRONG PLEA FOR MERCY MADE ‘They Do Not Hold the Same View a: to the Method of Retirement— Mutual Confid: ce Maintained. Late Treasurer of Columbian Uni- versity in the Dock. ‘The exact pcsiticn President McKinley will take in his message regarding the currency and financial recommendations of Secretary Gage is receiving a large amount of discussion. The latest statement is that the President and the Secretary of the Treasury differ “radically” on the subject ef currency reform. The impression is made in some quarters that this difference will be so great as to cause disappoint- ment and chagrin on the part of Secre- tary Gage and surprise generally in polit- ical circles. On the most positive authority it ean be stated that there are no radical differ- ences between the Secretary and President. The President krows exactly what will be recommended oy Secretary Gage, and the latter knows what treatment his rec- cmmenéations are to receive in the mes- sage of the President. Thus apprised of each other's intentions, it is likely that if there had been radical differences some- thing would have cropped out already. Secretary Gage is not the man to have his recommendations abruptly discussed by the President. He is not the man to be violently opposed in any way when he considers himeelf right. This is the opin- iop of him ir and out of administration circles. If re had been dissatisfied with the President's discussion of his recom- mendations, that dissatisfaction would have manifested itself before this. As a matter of fact, Secretary Gage is perfectly satistied with what the President will say. They are in entire accord in the main. Retirement of Greenbacks. Tke President and Secretary are in en- tire accord that the greenbacks shall be retired, fer instance. The difference is in the methods each suggests as the best way of doing this. It is simply a question of plars, and even on thig question there is no serious difference. Each man will say that # certain thing should be done. Sec- retary Gage wili recommend that the point be reached by what he considers the shortest road. He wants to chop off $200,000,000 in greenbacks without much preliminary, as example. The President thinks that @ longer road should be taken. It is all the same, it is stated in admin- istration circles, so the destination thai is desired is reached. The President will not go very far in his recommendations. He will not cover the whole question as fully as Secretary Gage. He will recommend that Congress give the report of Secretary Gage the most thor- ough and fuil consideration. In a manner he wiil say: “These are the recommenda- tions of a specialist in this line. What he Says should be given the closest considera- tion for that reason. He knows his busi- ness. There are certain features of his recommendations on which I differ, believ- ing that some other method might be better.” Reissued Only for Gold. The President will then suggest that in the matter of retiring the greenbacks he thinks that when they are redeemed they should not be placed in circulation again except in exchange for gold. This is one instance of his “radical difference” with his Secretary. As a whole, the differences between the President and Secretary are said to be those common to men who think for them- selves. These differences prevent sugges- ton that either man has coincided with the other in a way to indicate previous agree- ment on the subject. These same ditfer- ences, it is urged, are found between any two republicans who meet and talk on the subject. Secretary Gage will be perfectly satisiled, as stated, with what the President will say. He will feel flattered that the Presi- dent suggests that he is best qualitied to talk or. the subject. —_-e—____ NEGLECT AND CARELESSNESS. THE JUDGE’S REMARKS ——— Robert H. Martin. who last week pleaded guilty of embezzlizg nearly $14,000 of the funds of the Columbian University while treasurer of that institution, was today sentenced in Criminal Court No. 1 by Chief Justice Bingham to five years’ impriscn- ment in the New Jersey state prison at hard labor. The sentence was much more severe than Martin or his attorneys, Messrs. An- Grew A. Lipscomb and Charles U1. Turner, had expected, yet, as Chief Justice bing- ham explained in imposing sentence, the indictment being one of five counis, each count relating to a separate date and amount, he could have made the sentence one of imprisonment for twenty-five years and a fine of $25,600. While the sentence was being imposed Martin stood with bow- ed head, flushed face and hands clasped before him, in the presence of a densely crowded court room, as the court re- marked that he could not, in justice to so- ciety, m: the sentence other than a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary, he shuddered. When the judge had con- cluded, Martin was taken into the private office of Marshal Wilson, where he was allowed to spend some time in conversation with his wife, after which his pedig-ee Was taken and he was sent hack to jail, where he will remain unti! transported with the next batch of convicts to the penitentiary at Treaton, N. J Stocks and Drugs. When Martin's case was called up this morning by Assistant District Attorney Shillington, the court was informed that the government had no suggestions to make, in view of the fact that the court had been made fully acquainted with all the facts in the case. Mr. Lipscomb, however, made a strong piea for a light term in jail. He referred to the discretion allowed the court im the matter of making the imprisonment in jail or in the penitentiary, or tmposing a fine only, and said that, notwithstandin the defendant's guilt, freviy acknowledged. he had been an otherwise moral man, and had spent the money he took neither on women nor in drink. He lived with his little family, said Mr. Lipscomb, quietly and in no extravagant manner. But in an unfortunate moment he allowed the desire for gain through speculation to overcome him, and the first amount of money was taken. It was, said Mr. Lipscomb, lost at the New York stock market; a second time he Iést, and so it went on and on. The man, further explained his attorney, be- came addicted to the morphine habit, and that had its effect on him, sending him further down on his hopeless course. Referring to the contentig@n that the punishment of offenders against law is designed for their reformation as well as to deter others,,Mr. Lipscomb said Martin's reformation would be fully secured by a short term in jail. He had inflicted no per- sonal injury save on himself and family, said Mr. Lipscomb, and no injury would be done society by the imposition of such a sentence, and the man’s little family, now dependent wholly on the charity of others, Would in @ short time, should such a sen- tence be imposed, have the husband and father with them again to care for and protect them. “I hope that your honor may see at said Mr. Lipscomb, tn con- clusion, “to do this. That you may feel justified in giving this man a light jail sen- tence.” Passing Sentence. Martin was then told to stand up, and, in reply to the court’s inquiry, stated he had nothing to say why sentence should not be pronounced upon him. Chief Justice Bingham then proceeded to a sentence, explaining that it was a duty would gladly avoid, if possible. The de- fendant had acknowledged to. his multe of five separate offenses, and it became an imperative duty to impose sentence. The court had been made fully acquainted with all <he facts in the case through the report of the trustees of the university, the cor- Fectness of which report the defendent ad- mitted. The embezzlements were not mat. ters of sudden impulse, but of studied man. ner. running over several years, and car. nied BR Until discovered. 3 a this time,” said the court to Mari ‘You were erjcying a favored position i society, a member of an influential church, but all the time leading a double life. Ali this time you were a criminal, yet believed to be an upright man and respected citizen by the world about you. Your disposition of the funds taken by you does not excuse you, for in a man of ycur education and position there can be no such excuse, and You must have known that you were doing wrong. I have no doubt you have suffered, you are truly - tent and sincerely sorry for waat you have Gone, but no thcukht of disgrace or wrong doing seems to have stopped you until your crime was discovered. The appeals made by your counsel and by your friends have been of the strongest character, and would have induced me to impose a term of im- pifsonment in jail had I been free to follow my own personal inclinations. But I can rot. in view of my duty, in view of the rights of society, do that. Society must be protected, and all others occupying posi- tions of trust must be taught that they cannot disobey the law. To impose merely a light sentence of imprisonment in jail or inflict a small fine on you would be taken as a license by others io do wrong. “My duty is, therefore,” said the chief justice, in conclusion, “to impose a term of imprisonment in the penitentiary. Under the indictment I could make the term one of twenty-five years and the fine $25,000, but that would be unnecessarily severe. Any term of imprisonment in the peniten- tiary will be a severe punishment to a man like you, and in order that the law may be enforced. and that a proper example may be made for the guidance of others, the sentence of the court fs that you be taken to the New Jersey state prison at Trenton, and there confined at hard labor for the period of five years.” — SENATOR HANNA ILL. The Charges on Which Capt. Carter is Likely to Be Tried. It secms to be generally understocd among army officers that Capt. O. M. Car- ter, Corps of Engineers, is to be tried by court-martial for neglect of duty and gross carelessness in his supervision of the river and harbor works at Savennak, involving an alleged unnecessary expenditure of near- ly $1,500,000 of government money. All the papers in the c: including the voluminous evidence taken by the board of engineers of which Col. Gillespie was presi- dent, have been referred to Maj. George B. Davis, deputy judge advocate general, sta- ticned at the Military Academy. Fugther proceedings in the case will depend upon the character of his report to the depari- ment, but as already siated, the impression is strong that Cept. Carter will be court- martialed. Capt. Carter is military at- tache of the United States embassy at London, but is at present in this country on leave of absence, and, if he is ordered before court-martial, he will undoubtedly be relieved of that duty. He was one of the original members of the Nicaragua canal commission, but was relieved at his own request as a conse- quence of the investigation into his admin- istration of affairs at Savannaa. He has always stood high in the corps and his friends are unwilling to believe in the al- leged culpability. ————_—_ TO INITIATE REFORMS. Provisional Home Government to Be Established in Cuba. Senor Dupuy de Lome, the Spanish min- ister, had an interview with Assistant Sec- retary Day teday. It is the plan of Capt. Gen. Bianco to take steps for the imme- diate execution of the reform schemes of the Madrid government, and to do this legally a proyisional arrangement will be made. The captain general will appoint Girectly a full acting cabinet, composed of a secretary of the intérior and justice, who will be the premier, a secretary of finance, @ secretary of public instruction, a secre- tary of public works and finally a secre- tary of agriculture, industry and commerce. With this cabinet the captain general will have at hand the means for a fully-equip- ped executive government, which will last only unul the elections shall have resulted in the choice of a new government. These elections are delayed, it 1s said, only by reason of the lack of an accurate census of the population of Cuba, which is es- sential in order to apportion the represen- tation in the legislature. ———~e—____ CORPSE WEIGHED 600 POUNDS. Confined to His Home at Glenmere With the Grip. CLEVELAND, Ohio, November 29.—Sen- at Hanna is confined to his home at Glenmere with a severe attack of the grip. He will not be able to attend to business for several days. ———— REVENUE COLLECTOR ENJOINED. Mrs. Cardoza’s House Was Torn Up te Get Body Out. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. November 29.— Mrs. Theresa Cardoza, a well-known res!- dent of this city, who died on Saturday, S. Semple at Trent N. J., Re- strained From Making Removals, TRENTON, N. J., November 29.~J; Anérew Kirkpatrick, in the United States circuit court teday, on application of Law- yer John S. Semple, granted an order ai- recting Internal Revenue Collector Isaac J. moment a m to show cause oa De. — — of oe Ciypemaes cember 8 why a permanent injunction| A special casket, bound with fron, was should not issue restraining him from re-| constructed for the remains, and, as it was moving without a hearing three of his dep- too large for any hearse in the city, it was uties, R. H. Page, W. J. Benja- taken to the cemetery in a heavy express in the time Moffett is temporarily | twise, ‘and lea five children, the young- in meant ves J THEY ARE NOT FAR APART) THORN ON THE STAND Barber Accuses Mrs. Nack of Murder of Guldensuppe. REITERATES HIS SIGNED CONFESSION Goes Into All Horrible Details of the Atrocious Murder. MR. HOWE SCORES MRS. NACK NEW YORK, November 29.—Word was passed around among the women who ap- peared at the Queens county court house today to seek admission to the Thorn trial that much of the evidence which the de- fense would introduce would be unfit for polite ears. The result was that only-three women were among the spectators when Judge Maddox reopered court for the trial of the alleged murderer of Guldensuppe. Before Mr. Howe began his opening ad- dress John Gotha, the barber, was recailed. Mr. Howe asked him if he had ever been an inmate of an irebriate asylum at Fort Hamilton, The witness said “No.” Mr. Howe repeated the question, pronouncing cach word with deliberation. Gotha thought a moment and then uttered an emphatic “No.” “That is all I want of you,” said the big lawyer, and Gotha left the room. Mr. Howe requested the court to dismiss the charge of murder in the first degree, and the court denied the request. Howe Arraigns Mra. Nack. Mr. Hcwe then began his address with a declaration of Thorn’s innocence, supple- mented with a terrible arraignment of Mrs. Nack, who was denounced as the real mur- derer of Guldensuppe. Mrs. Nack’s life was vividly pictured by the speaker. He told of her having {for- saken her legal husband, and cf her sub- sequent life with Guldensuppe and later with Thorn. “She was a midwife,” said he; “a name which is only a convertible term, in many instances, for a murderous abortionist.” In alluding to the testimony of Mrs. Nack given at the previous trial, Mr. Howe said she had proven herself a perjurer, murder- ess and adulteress. He referred to the fact that the saw which the people had talked of had never been produces, and said that when Martin Thorn would go on the stand and unbosom himself the jury would learn that “he was merely a puppet in the hands of that vile woman.” At the conclusion of Mr. Howe's address, which occupied forty minutes in the de- livery, he asked that before the case was closed the jurymen should be permitted to view the premises at Woodside. The district attorney said he would like to think over the proposition before in- ferming the court of his views. The defense called several witnesses to testify to the prisoner's good character, and after a short recess Thorn was put upon the stand to testify in his own behalf. Thorn’s Name Assumed. Beginning with the statement that he came to America seventeen years ago, the prisoner said his real name was Torces- wisky; he briefly related the facts of his life up to the time he met Mrs. Nack, eighteen months ago. Guldensu; pe was boording with Mrs. Nack at that time. “I rented a furnished room from her at $2 a week,” sald Thorn. “Later I under- stocd Guldensuppe was her husband. She first made love to me, and I returned her love. I was very fond of her, and loved her up to the moment she took the witness ee on my first trial. e prisoner then told how he supplante: the bath rubber in Mrs. Nack’s aiectignes and described the row he had with Gul- densuppe in consequence last February. During this row Guidensuppe caught hoid of him. Thorn held a revolver, which went off accidentally. Then Guldensuppe took ue pistol from him and gave him a beat- z- The prisoner left the house and went to a hospital. Mrs. Nack met him afterward very often, and they went to theaters and other places of amusement. She said she Was sorry that Guldensuppe had hurt him, but that he must not heed that. ‘Thorn, at the suggestion of his counsel, then toid in his own way what Mrs. Nack had said to him after that. The court directed Mr. Howe not to lead the witness. Wished to Leave Guldensuppe. “Mrs. Nack told me,” said Thorn, “that she wished to leave Guldensuppe and wish- ed to live in some quiet place. We visited the Woodside cottage, and as it seemed 2 suitable place we hired the cottage. I paid the $15 and got the key. On June 24 1 gave the key to Mrs. Nack, as she said she wanted to do some cleaning at the cottage. About 11 or 12 o’clock on Friday morving, June 25, Mrs. Nack met me at the door. She said: ‘I have Guldensuppe upstairs.’ “I asked her what he was doing there. She replied: ‘He is dead, I have shot him.’ “She then requested me to help her to dispose of the body. I went upstairs and helped to undress the body. Then we car: ried it to the bath tub. I went out and bought some plaster of paris. When 1 came back she began cutting up the body. She cut the head off with a knife. When she reached the back of the neck she cut through that portion with a small saw. Then she cut through the middle of the body and then J asked her why she cut go, she replied: ‘I know enough not to cut through the bowels.’ Next she cut off the legs, after which she went out for a while, as it was very warm in there. Oa her re- turn we incased the head in the plaster of paris. We brought away tie dead man’s clothes in a bundle, and I carried the head in another bundle. The saw, knife and revolver were in the bundly with the clothes. We took the car to the 92d street ferry, over which we crossed to New York. I threw the head overboard, while the boat was crossing the river. Then we went to Mrs. Nack’s house on 9th avenue, where she burned the clothes in the cooking stove.” The Ride in the Surrey. The witness then told of the surrey ride on the following day, Saturday, June 26, and the disposition of the other portion of the remains which were wrapped up in oil cloth, cheese cloth and paper, which Mrs. Nack had purchased prior to her visit to the cottage on June 25, the day of the killing. Thorn told of his meetings with the woman after this and how Mrs. Nack had made preparations to go to Europe. Mrs. Nack met him on Tuesday night, June 30, and the following day he learned fe the papers that she had been arrest- He explained his conversation with Go- tha. He said that he had told Gotha that Mrs. Nack killed Guldensuppe and also told the barber how the body was cut up and disposed of. He told Gotha of his in- tention to == quarters of an hour. Surrogate Weller con- ducted the cross-examination. © Mr. Weller in seve 8 tried to get the prisoner-witness to write his name on a sheet of paper. Mr. Howe objected, and was sustained by Ju Maddox. The court ruled that Thorn could not be compelled to write his real name or any other name; he might do it voluntarily. Mr. Howe, when the witness was asked to write of his owrr volition, said: “I direct my client not to do 90.” , in reply to Thorn, Mr.- Weller, said: “TF will not write; I will take my lawyer’s counsel.” ° Keys to the Cottage. As to the hiring of and getting the keys of the cottage Thorn was closely question- ed. He said there were five or six keys altogether, but it did not transpire whether there was more than one for the street door. Thorn gave a false name and busi- ness to the proprietor of the cottage, he said, because Mrs. Nack did not want any one to know that he was living with her. Later on he said Mrs. Nack accompanied him to the cottage the day he paid the rent. He got the bunch of keys from the caretaker, Mrs. Haftner. He retained them until 7 p.m. on June 26, when he gave them to Mrs. Nack. Thorn said that Mrs. Nack gave him the gold watch and chain the day efter the killing. It had belonged to Gul- densuppe. The pawn tickets which Thorn gave to Gotha were shown to the witness and he identified them. None of them called for a watch or chain, and neither the watch or chain has been recovered. Some of the ar- ticles belonged to Mrs. Nack. Some of the tickets bore the rame of Braun. In reply to Judge Maddox, Thorn said he went for the plaster of paris after he had gone up- stairs and had seen Guldensuppe lying dead in the room near the bath room. This was about 12 o'clock. He did not at that time see the girl who testified that she was in the store when he bought the plaster. He recognized Morges, the man who sold it to him. These two witnesses, the man and girl, stated that Thorn bought the plaster of paris about 9 o’clock on the morning of June 25. Helped Undress the Body. When he returned to the cottage he helped undress the body, and also to carry it to the bath tub. He believed Gulden- suppe was dead, and he heard no shore or groan from him. Mrs. Nack did all the cut- ting. He could not say how Mrs. Nack got the oilcloth and other stuff to the cottag=, when she cnly got the keys from him on the night of June 24. She must have brought them.with her when she brougat Guldensuppe to, the cottage that morning, June 25. He never bought any cheese cloth, and did not tell Gotha that he did. Mrs. Nack left the cottage about 4 o’flock and came back an hour later. They; ‘then took two of the parcels with them. Thorn carried the head under his arm; the woman car- ried the bundle contain! weapons. They took the 92d street ferry. They dig not change cars. Mrs. Nack went to the t ‘of the boat; the witness stayed at the back of the ves- sel and threw the head gway. There were only a few passengers om the boat. When they reached the New York side Mrs. Nack and Thorn took the Ist ayenue cars at 34th street. Mrs. Nack then went hipme, and he went elsewhere. Acknowledged He Lied. Thorn again acknowledged that he had Hed to Capt. O’Brien when he said he was playing pinochle at 3$th street and 11th avenue on the day of the killing. He said that for the purpose of establishing an alibi. He sald it-as much to save the wo- aan ag himself. He st: at Maloney's Hotel until 11 o'clock Saturday, June He met Mrs. Nack at 4th street ferry at that ‘time and they went to Woodside by trolley car. (hey reached the cottage about 1 o'clock ard foutid the rémain- der of the body as they had left it the night before. The first portion they wrap- ped up was the chest! and arms. ee the clothes and ley cars to the IN A HURRY TO RETURN. Persia’s Climate Did Not Agree With Minister McDonald. Mr. Alexander McDonald of Virginia, who was the diplomatic representative or the United Stdtes in far-off Persia for many yeurs, is now in the city for the purpose of closing up his official business with the State Department. So desirous was he of returning home that he did not ‘await the arrival at Te- heran of Mr. Hardy, his successor, but for- tunately met that gentleman at Constanti- nople, and was 80 enabje@ to post him thoroughly about the customs of the Per- sian court and tha state of business be- tween Persia and the United States. Mr. McDonald improved his tjme whiie at the Persian capital in studying the Persian language, and is now, able to speak and write it with fair suecess. The shah took a personal liking to him and conferred upon him the decoration of the Order of the “Lion and the Sun,” the highest honor of the kind that can be conferred by the Per- sian government upon an American. Al- though he considers the climate of Persia Gelightful, he admits that it did not agree with him, and he is now in somewhat en- feebled health as a result of his long so- Journ there. He expects to close up his business with the State Department and to return to his home in Lynchburg before the close of the present week. COLLIS CASE TO BE RETRIED. District Court of Appeals Overruled by United States Supreme Court. The United States Supreme Court today- Gecided the case of Warner, administrator cf Collis, against the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company.. The Supreme Court reversed the decision of the District Court of Appeals, which court sustained Justice Bradley in taking the case from the jury. This was a case for damages against the ralirvad growing out of the death of Mr. Collis, who was killed by a Baltimore and Ohio train. The .fial court held that the negligence of the @eceased contributed to his death. The Supreme Court today held that the authorities which were cited in the cases related to casts of trespasses up- on railroads, which ‘were entirely different from the cases of travelers and those hay- ing the right upon the faiiroad property. Mr. Joseph W. Collis 1ij at Kensington, Md, and was killed i by a Baltimore and Ohio express at University Station, as he was crossing the tr: to board another train. The case ts no' manded for a new trial. Rodolphe hton appeared for the plaintiff, and Messrs. Hamilton and Colbert for the defendant. ~ The court also decided the case of Holtz- man against Douglas, being & suit to re- cover certain real estate in- the District. The decision of the Court of Appeals was affirmed, The case was, therefore, decided in favor of Douglas. MRS. NOBLE’S AEPEAI, LOST. Case of the Georgia M fore the Sep: leress Be- rt. The United Supreme Court today affirmed the decision of the Georgia supreme court in the case of Mrs. Nobles, convicted of the murder of her husband. She claimed due process of law had been denied her. TREASURY CONDITION Small Increase in Receipts Over Octo- ber Indicated. GOOD PROSPECTS FOR NEXT SPRING Government Running Behind About $6,000,000 a Month. DEMAND FOR CURRENCY The United States treasury will close the month of November in a fairly strong’ posi- ton, notwithstanding the receipts during the month from the tariff law have been somewhat disappointing. The receipts dur- ing Noygmber have thus far reached $22,- 950,890, Which indicates a total of about $25,000,000 for the month. This is a trifling improvement over October, when the re- ceipts were $24,391,415. The receipts Sat- urday were $1,083,130, of which $531,089 was trom customs, $463,326 from internal reve- nue and $83,715 from miscellaneous sources. The total receipts from customs during November have reached $8,917,868, indicat- ing a total for the complete month of $9,- 700,000, as compared with $9,713,494 in Oc- tober. The internal revenue receipts thus far have been $12,436,413, indicating a total during November of $13,500,000, as com- pared with $13,614,872 during October. Tie improvement, if any occurs, will be in mis- cellaneous receipts, which have already reached $1,596,609, as compared with $1,- 063,048 for the entire month of October. The deficit thus far during November stands at $8,572,109, which is larger than was ex- pected. Pension expenditures have reached $13,260,000, and interest payments on the public debt. $2,700,000. The deficit will not be materially reduced during the remain- ing two business days of the month, except by the Pacitic railway payments, which are not in the nature of ordinary receipts. The deficit for the fiscal year stands at $46,581,120, the receipts having been $127,- 701,160 and the expenditures $174,282,280. Heavy Receipts in the Spring. The present rate of receipt ts about $6,- 000,000 less a month than would put the treasury upon a self-supporting basis. This dees not indicate the final results of the new tariff law, because a special source of revenue will become availiable to a large amount early in the spring. This will be the revenue from sugar, which is estimated to furnish from $50,- 000,000 to $60,000,000 annually. The tmpor- tations last summer anticipated the crop of only a single season, and large impor- tations are expected to begin again in March, when the new season usually opens. The fact that the supplies brought in last summer were not greatly in excess of the needs of a single season is indicated by the importation of 74,320,023 pounds of dutiable sugar during September. The duty upon this sugar would be about $1,000,000, and ccHections from this source have probabiy not been much larger during October and November, for which the returns are still incomplete. There is reason to believe, therefore, that the customs receipts from sugar will approach, and perhaps exceed, $5,000,000 a month from March to September next. The average receipts for a complete year will not be more than $5,000,000 a month, but the amount during the active months may be larger. This will afford a gain of not less than $4,000,000 a month from customs, which will bridge two-thirds of the deficit now disclosed by the monthly returns. It is not considered at the treasury an unreasonable computation that the im- provement in customs receipts upon other classes of articles will afford another sum of $2,000,000 a menth, which will raise the treasury to a self-supporting basis. This calculation, however, will not provide any surplus for wiping out the deficit which has already accumulated, and is based up- cn expenditures of $3 1,000 a year,wnich does not permit large appropriations for public buildings, new pensions or the guar- antee of the Nicaraguan canal bonds. From present indications the deficit in ordinary receipts during the present fiscal year will be about $65,000,000, but this will be reduced to about $40,000,000 by the net excess of the Union Pacific railway pay- ment abeve the bond redemptions of Jan- vary. (iets Demandlfor Chreency. The pressure for currency which usually moerks the autumn has partially subsided, and there is less fear that the currency balance will be reduced by large deposits of gold. The gold reserve has increased $3,400,000 thus far during the month and stands at $156,924,244. The gold bullion has been increasing somewhat owing to the lerge deposits of new gold at the mints and assay offices and the employment of the mints upon the subsidiary silver coin- age. The amount of bullion carried Sat- urday was $40,194,948, while the «mount of coin was $i 284, including that held against $36,748,989 in outstanding gold cer- tificates. The currency balance of the treasury is about 358,500,000, which is cm- ple for ordinary demands. The fear has prevailed that this margin would be unduly reduced if deposits of gold were too much encouraged. The termination of the sea- son for moving the crops has partially re- moved this danger, and the gold reserve will be permitted to increase until the be- ginning of the new year. It is believed that at that time it will touch about $160,- 000,000. This will be larger than at any time for the pasi five years. The treasury might have been driven to the payment of gold for ordinary obligations at the New York subtreasury if the deposits of gold in excharge for small notes had been a trifle larger then has been the case. The question would then have become somewhat pressing, whether gold certificates should again be issued. The settlement of the Union Pacific raii- way debt ‘to the government nas contrib- uted its share In averting this possibility, since it brings into the treasury about $54,000,000 in cash, and will aftord a bel- ance of $23,000,000 after the redemption of maturing Pacific railway vonds cf va- rious classes in January. A part of the Pacific raliway payments will be in gold, but another large part will contribute to crease of the ceneee margin of available Paying Out Currency. The treasury began the crop-moving sea son July 1 with $13,000,000 in free silver, $81,072,045 in Sherman treasury notes and $38,603,335 in United. States notes. De- mands for currency were met at silver certificates issued against “ie ace silver. They. were exhausted many weeks ago and the demand was then diverted to the Sherman notes. They also disappeared in exchange for gold, and recent requests for currency have been filled with the United States legal tender notes. The margin of free silver on Saturday ite only es which is 1 ‘reasurer berts usually intends to 3 @ working balance to cover certificates in transit and in the redemption division. The supply of Sherman notes hammered down on Saturday to $3,182,849, and United States notes to $35,551, luring the days by the Pacific rail payments. af Hie | THE THIRD SECTION PLAN Proposed Highway System in the Suburbs Received by General Wilson. Time to File Suggestions—Map to Be Exhibited at the District Building. General Wilson, chief of engineefs, as the representative of the District highway com- mission, has received from the District Commissioners a certified copy of a map of the third section plan of a proposed perma- nent system of highways in the suburban area west of Rock creck. The Commission- ers state that the plan has the indorsement of Mr. J. C. Olmsted, and is practically as desired by the property owners 80 far as could be learned by the publication of the map in lithograph form, by the hoiding of a public meeting after advertisement and by numerous private interviews with individ- ual owncrs. Time to File Suggestions. Genéral Wilson says that the usual course wil! be followed in this matter. The map and plats, showing in detail how each iot and tract is affected by the proposed sys- tem of highways, will shortly be placed on exhibition in room 9, fourth floor, of the District building,where they can be inspected and studied by all persons interested. The highway commission, composed of the Sec- retary of War, the Secretary of the In- terior and the chief of engineers of the army, will consider any suggestions or protests concerning the location of any highway or portion of a highway as shown on the map. These suggestions or protests must be in writing and must set forth clearly the reasons for the changes desired te be made. All such protests, etc., must be submitted cn or before March 31, 1898. They should be addressed to the chief of engineers, U. S. A. War Department. The highway commission will meet April 14, 1898, at o'clock a.m., in the office of the Secretary of War, to dispose of all objections, and will then hear orally from those property owners who may in that way desire to supplement their written sug- gestions or protests. The Second Section. The protests recently made to the high- way commission against certain parts of the proposed system of highway exten- sions in section two, being that part of the county between North Capitol street and the Eastern branch, are still under con- sideration by the District Commissioners, to whom they were referred by the high- way commission, because of the changes that have occurred in the personnel of the board of commissioners since the original plan of extensions was adopted. The high- way commission will take final action with respect to section two as soon as the report of the District Commissioners is received. SS APPROPRIATION BILLS. House Committee Discusses a Plan of Operations. The subcommittee of the House appro- priatiors committee having charge of the legislative, executive a:id judicial appro- rriation bill met at the Capitol today at 11 o'clock. Representatives Bingham, Hem- enway, Moody and Livingston, a quorum of the subcommittee, were present. ‘The clerical force of the committee, Mr. Courts, Mr. Cremer and Mr. Rae, were in at- tendance, and the work of preparing the appropriations for the Fifty-fifth Congress was formally commenced. The first draft of the legislative bill, pre- pared from the official estimates, was sub- mitted to the subccmmittee, who made a preliminary exami jon” of its contents. The members then talked over the general scope of the work befcre them and dis- cussed the methods to be pursued in mak- ing up this important appropriation bill. It was determined to give hearings to the heads of departments and to bureau <ffi- cers from time to time and have them ex- plain their estimates and the necessity for the appropriations aske Another meet- ing will be held tomorrow and the schedule of hearings will be prepared. o——__ TO BE OPERATED THIS WEEK. The Book Carrier Between the Li- brary and the Capitol. The cable book carrier which operates be- tween the Capitol and the Library of Con- gress will be put into use some time this week. The cable tas been ready for sev- eral months and has been operated from time to time by Supt. Green to test Its efficacy. The trials have been satisfactory, and the apparatus is expected to prove a great convenience in tra between the two bulldings. POT Une books The Capitol end of the carrier lands in @ room prepared for the purposes, just off of statuary hall. opening into the main corridor. Librarian Young will station a clerk at this place and senators and repre- sentatives, together with members of the Supreme Court, will communicate their or- ders’ to him. °-____ Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department is expected to return here this evening from an extensive tour of inspection of military posts on the Pa- cific cozst and in the northwest. Commander F. P. Gilmore of the New Ycrk navy yard is at the Ebbitt on leave. Ensign Thomas Washington is at the Army and Navy Club on leave. He has just returned from a cruise in Alaskan waters. Harris, 4th Cavalry, is at Lieut. F. W. the Ebbitt. jeut. Wm. T. Wilder, 25th Infantry. at 1238 11th street on leave of absence, | Commander C. 'T. Hutchins, formerly sta- tloned at the Navy gbepartment and- now in command of the Saratoga, i : to this city. z wire eto Mr. George David F. Robinson of Wi Washington and Mr. Benj. Lee Wilson ‘of New York sailed Saturday in the steam- ship Werra for Italy. en. Ansen Mills has gone to Laredo, Tex., and from there will go ver fig" crande &0 to the lower r, and Mrs. E. Steinem and N. W. and A. E. Lissberger went to Baltimore today to attend the funeral of their father, whose death was announced in The Star of Sat. urday. —_—_—_——_-+e.___ Commissioner Butterworth'’s Recovery Assistant Commissioner Gresley of the United States patent office today recetyed information to the effect that Patent Com- missioner Butterworth ts now able to sit up in his room and is steadily recov. his strength. ee ———_+e- Cold in the Northwest. ST. PAUL, Minn., November 29.—Zero weather continued today throughout the northwest, 8 below in this city at 7 o'clock ——_—_ ON BRINK OF REVOLT Austrian Ministry Resigns to Prevent a Popular Outbreak. SCENES OF TUMULT IN VIENNA Baron Frankenthurn Intrusted With Formation of New Cabinet. HERR WOLFF DISCHARGED VIENNA, November 29.—It is stated here that as soon as the new cabinet is tormed, Baron Von Gautsch von Frankenthurn, the former minister of public instruction and ecclesiastical affairs, who has been intrust- ed with the task of forming a ministry to succeed that of Count Casimir Sadeni, which resigned yesterday, will enter into negotiations with the leaders of the Ger- mans and the Czechs, with the view of bringing about a modification of the ordi- mances making the Czech language co-or- dinate with the German. It was these ordinances that caused the riotous scenes in the lower house of the reichsrath, which in turn produced among the populace a ferment bordering on revo- lution, and in consequence of which the Badeni ministry resigned. Whole Minisiry Resigns. The members of the Austrian ministry yesterday tendered their resignations to Emperor Francis Joseph, who accepted them and intrusted Baron Gautsch, who holds the portfolio of public instruction of the retiring ministry, with the task of forming a new cabinet. Emperor Francis Joseph addressed an autograph letter to Count Badeni decreeing the adjournment of the reichsrath until further orders. During the assembling of the reicnsrath dense masses of people, for the most part workmen, thronged the Ring-Strasse from the university to the outer gate of Mof- burg. A charge by the mounted police with drawn swords failing to disperse them, a body of hussars-cleared the s:reets at the saber’s point, many persons being wounded. At least 10,000 people gathered about the same time in front of the town hall and the provincial criminal court to demon- strate in favor of Herr Wolff, who was to be arraigned there on a charge of public violence committed Saturday when being removed from the unterhaus by the police, acting under the orders of President von Abrahamovics. The police, with drawn swords, dispersed them, one man’s skull being fractured and two others being se- verely injured. Workmen's Meetings Dispersed. Simultaneously meetings of workmen were held in various quarters of the city, but the police dissolved these, making twelve ar- rests. The streets became more quiet dur- ing the afternoon, but at sunset thousands reassembled in the Franges Ring and the Rathhaus Park, where they indulged in stormy protests against the government, the passengers in the street cars and omni- buses who went by joining in cries of “Down with Badeni.” Suddenly a change came over the scene. The report spread like wildfire that Count Badeni had resigned. The demonstration ceased almost instantly when the news was confirmed by the police authorities and their subordinates, who announced to the people at various points that they were in- structed to inform them of the cabinet’s resignation. Kerr Wolff Discharged. Upward of 3,000 people tried to organize a demonstration in the early evening in front of the foreign office building, but this was prevented by closing the approach- €s to the patace. After 8 o'clock the city was quiet. The judge of the provincial criminal court discharged Herr Wolff from custody at 7 o'clock last evening. He was escorted to his residence by a large and enthusiastic crowd. There were demonstrations also at Gratz, Prague, and Asch, in Bohemia, but they were not of a serious character. The cabinet decided to resign about 2 o'clock in the afternoon at a meet the council. Emperor Francis Jose previously received Count Badeni, Banffy, the Hungarian prime minister; Count Welsersheimb, the Austrian minister of national defense, and Baron Gautsch. An order has been issued to the rector of the University of Vienna declariag the university closed for two days an] warning the students that in the event of further excesses the university will remain closed indefinitely. They are specialiy cautioned to abstain from conflicts with the police, who on their part, the order announces, will abstain from again’ trespassing upon the university premises. Repulsed by the Studenis. During the collision between the police and the students in front of the univer- sity the students were drivea into the buildings. The police attempted to force their way in after them, but were repulsed by the students, who from the firs: floor windows pelted the police with spittoons, other missiles and showers of ashes. )Dur- ing the conflict several persous were in- jured and about sixty arrested. It is asserted that the emperor at first declined to accept the resignation of the cabinet, but Count Badeni replice: majesty, I cannot take the respousi Bloodshed will ensue if I remain in 1 Thereupon the emperor reluctantly accept- ed the resignation. Z Baron Gautsch de Frankenthurn, upon whom hzs been thrown the difficult task ef constructing a cabinet capable of con- ducting public business in the presence of the various conflicung forces at work in the unterhaus, is of German nationality. He is a moderate and conciliatory poli- lician, popular with all parties in Austria, as well as among the Hungarians. His ap- pointment is sure to make a good impres- sion. On the Brink of Revolution. Emperor Francis Joseph returned to Vien- na last night from visiting his daughter at Wallsee. He wae informed that Vienna was on the brink of revolution. The troops stood in readiness all night, the palace be- ing strongly guerded by a special force of police and soldiery. It is understood that Count Goluchowski, the Austro-Hungarian foreign minister, strongly advised the emperor to dismiss the cabinet. As an indication of the unprece- dented character of the crisis, the police are tonight distributing gratis copies of the Wierer Zeitung, announcing tbe resigna- Baron away—2 It took six constables to overpower him. Twice be sprang out of the cab in which he was being carried to the police station, and as it drove of with him at a pace he shouted to the crowd, g i ip q