Evening Star Newspaper, December 1, 1897, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE 8TAR BUILDINGS, 31C] Fenreylrania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by ing Star News Com; The Breging SUreaaty Press) Kew York tice, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Exening Star is served to subscribers In the eity by carriers, on their own account, at 10 cents per week. or 44 cents per montk. Copies at the ecunter cents ench. By mail—anywhere in the United ote, or Cenada—postage prepaid--50 cents yer month. F Saterday Quintuple Sheet £tar. §1 per year, with foreien postage added. $3.00. ‘Entered at the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as secend-clase malt matter) © All mati subscriptions must be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made known on application v <=) The regular permiaent 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- No. 13,963, ———— Capt. Methven Says He Did, but Mr. Howe Denies It. VERDICT OF JURY WAS GUILTY Mrs. Nack Begins to Show Signs of Nervousness. WILL BE TRIED = NEXT WEEK NEW YORK, December 1.—Martin Thorn, who last evening heard the verdict of mur- der in the first degree by the jury which will send him to the electric chair, to ex- piate the murder of William Guldensuppe, passed a quiet night in his cell at the ens county jail. When Sheriff Doht went in to see Thorn this morning the condemned prisoner said he had no appetite for breakfast,*but he felt that a big load was off his mind. Thorn did not talk as if he had any hope s ng a_ new trial. He supposed, h said, he woul] nave to make up his mind io meet the worst. Thorn Has Confessed. Police Captain Methven of Long Island city, said today: “There are some discrep- in the published report of Thorn’s cenfession, but the main facts remain un- ebanged. Thorn made part of the confes- sion to me and part to Sheriff Doht. From Sheriff Deht told me, I can truth- that Thorn confessed that he densuppe.”” Lawyer Howe today denied terms the statement that conviction y in strong Thorn, after his erday, confessed to tne kill- ing and dismemberment of Guldensuppc. Mr. Howe reiterated his belief that court of appeals would reverse the verdic Mrs. Nack Becomes Nervous. Mrs. Nack spent a restless night, being evidently much affected by ihe conviction of Thorn. When she heard of the verdict she wept and expressed sorrow for her former lover, although she says her con- sci is relieved. Mrs. Nack is in a highly nervous condition, and is now very ous about her own case. trict At- te Youngs has not announced just what he purp doing in the case of Mrs. Nack, but says he will take no action un- ul after Thorn is sentenced it is understood Mrs. Nack wil be ar- raigned in ¢ rt next w when her nsel, Emanuel Friend, will, her be- enter a plea of guilty of m augh- n the first d . and that the district rney will accept the plea. In doing t Mr. Youngs would recognize Mrs. Nack’s action in turning state’s evidence ar the t trial. Mrs. Nack may be sen- tenced to twenty years’ imprisonment. NEW MOVE AGAINST MR. HANNA. Louisville Republicans ¢ to Fight Him. Eve pe December 1.—An offi- ed here today from Republican Club of Louis- iving the names of members of just inted by the club opening of the legisla- the return of Senator Hanna ing to Ohio he he members of the committee are promi- nent republicans of Louisville who opposed Hiunter in the long-drawn-out senatorial contest in Kentucky. The committee is headed by the president of the club, T. J. Carrigton. eens FAMOUS CASE DECIDED. Williams Estate at Winchester, Va., Relieved of Tax Assessments. Bpecial Dispatch to The Evening Si ‘CHESTER, Va., December 1.—In the corporation court here today the ce! rated tax suits of the state of Virginis and city of Winchester against the estate of the late Philip Williams of Winchester were decided in favor of the estate uf Mr. William: The as sment amounted by accumula- 1 to over a million of dollars of personal erty of Mr. Williams, and was set » with but few exceptions and the es- ved of all save a small amount. s Was of general interest, in that ved a consiruction of the laws of ia, and a new question presented by cent act appointing an exami of rec in each county in the state, who ssessed back taxes on the Williams t i other large estates which pave been im litigation ever since the war. Neither t or city will appeal. —. __ SENATOR HANNA QUITE ILL, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. SVELAND, Oh mber Hanna was too il today to unc trip to Washingten. He has not been at his office this week, and it is doubtful if he will be able to leave the capital this week. Mr. Hanna's on 1S @ source of a goud ¢ ot to his friends here. ary Dick of the national committee to leave tonight for Washington. _ AMBASSADOR WHITE'S INTERVIEW. ate bh tor worry Seer exp Baron Voe Bulow Gives Assurance of Germany's Good Wil BERLIN, December 1.—The United States ambassador, Andrew D. White, in his in- terview yesterday with the German min- ister for foreign affairs, Baron Von Bulow, received emphatic assurances, couched in triendly terms, of Germany's moderate in- tentions in regard to demanding of Hayti n indemnity for the illegal imprisonment of Herr Emil Lueders, a German subject. Baron Von Bulow assured Mr. White of Germany's good will and respect for Amer- ican susceptibility, which caused the Ger- to reduce its claim for 009, Mr. White explained that ‘the United tes cruiser Marblehead was going to t au Prince, Hayti, solely to protect American interests. —_—_—__. REGRETS THE DUTY ON PINE. Speech of Sir Oliver Mowatt in On- tario Legistature, TORONTO, Ont., Decembe ‘ir Oliver Mowatt, the new lieutenant governor of Ontario, in his speech opening the last ses- sion of the Ontario legislature to be held before the general election, said: “I regret that the Congress of the United States has seer fit to increase the duty on pine and other lumber imported into that country to such an extent as to make it al- most impossible to continue sending to the markets of the Untted States certain qual- ities of the pine lumber produced in this provinee.”” No mention was made in the speech of the policy the Ontario government will pur- sue on the timber question. The lieutenant governor merely told the members that a bill would be introduced by the government DID THORN CONFESS?| TO WINTER IN THE GULFIMORE TIME WANTED Planning the Movements of ti; North At- lantic Squadron, Capt. Taylor of the Indiana in Con- ference With the Secretary of the Navy. The North Atlantic squadron will enter the Gulf of Mexico this winter and spend several months off the coast of Florida. ‘This will be the first time in about three years that the squadron has been in the gulf, the last cruise having been made under the command of Rear Admiral Meade. It was the intention shortly after his retirement, in May, 1895, to send the squadron to the Venezuelan coast for the customary winter drills, but this cruise was abandoned on account of the friction that had been caused between the United States and Great Britain over the Venezue- lan boundary question, it being feared that the presence of our war ships in the neighborhood ef the scene of dispute would be misconstrued into a hostile purpose. Later on, and after the Venezuelan mat- ter had dropped into the background, the situation as to Cuba was regarded by the administration as being such as to make it imprudent to allow the squadron to absent itself from our unprotected shores. More- over, the approach of the ships to Cuba would have been interpreted by the insur- gents as proof of the intention of the United States government to interfere in their behalf. All of these reasons have now ceased to be of force, and the action of Secretary Long in permitting the ships to go south ence more, taken in connection with the sending of the little gunboats into the West Indies, is an evidence of the faith of the administration in the peaceful out- look of the future. Capt. Taylor, the commander of the big battle ship Indiana, has been at the Navy Department in conference with Secretary Long as to the plans for the movements of the squadron, and it has been arranged aut the harbor of Key West shall form rendezvous of the vessels. The condi- tions there, it 18 said_at the department, ure very favorable. The exact date for the assembling of the ships there has not yet been fixed, this detail being dependent upon the time the ships now being over- hauled complete their repairs, and it will be for Admiral Sicard, commanding the fleet, to give the signal for the southern cruise. The torpedo boat flotilla will prob- ably be in the neighborhood of Key West about the time the squadron is in the har- ber, and some interesting drills and mock attacks may be expected. ——— COST OF AN ARMOR PLANT. of the Board Appointed Investizate the Matter. The naval board appointed by authority of Congress to ascertain the cost of an ar- mor plant made its report through Commo- dore Howell to Secretary Long at noon to- day, thas fulfilling their promise to have the document ready by the Ist of Decem- ber. The report is a voluminous one, treat- ing every detail of the process of armor making essential to a correct apprehension ot the cost of the plant and of the product. It is also accompanied by elaborate plans for the plant, which have been verified by Expert Fritz. The cost of a plant suitable for the making of naval armor at the rate of about 6,wvu tons per annum, which 1s fully equal to the capacity of both of the private plants, is set down as No recommendation 1s made as to the location of the plant, but the board has accumulated much informa- tion as to the merits of various eligible locations which may be had by Congress it called for by it. Secretary Long will now proceed imme- diately to take the next step necessary to carry out the wish of Congress, namely, in- vite proposals by advertisement, for build- ing such a plant as that designed for the use of the government. It was at first the intention of the Secre- tary to withhold the report from Congress until he should be able to include this in- formation in it, but he has now determined to send the report as soon as Congress as- sembles, and meanwhile put out the adver- tisements and notify Congress of their re- sults later. It is expected that Congress Will also b= advised of the offers made by both of the existing armor-making con- cerns to sell out to the government, and also of other large interests to turn’ over plants, which, while not at all like the specifications of the board, will permit of alteration into effective plants. All of this data will, it is expected, be very valuable to Congress in treating’ the whole armor question, but the report of the board, which may be strengthened by an indorsement from Secretary Long, will make it quite evident that the government cannot undertake to make its own armor at the cost named as the limit of price to be paid to private firms in the last naval ap- propriation bill. a ggg TREASURY PROMOTIONS. Report to Official Announcement at the Depart- ment. The following promotions are announced at the Treasury Department: Light house board—W. B. Virginia, $900 to $1,400. Hindmarsh, Office of the auditor for the State and other departments—W. H. Norton, Ohio, $1,200 to $1,400; Miss M. E. Bulger, New York, $1,000 to $1,200. Office of the auditor of the Post Office Department—T. H. Greene, Mississippi, 31,600 to $1,800; C. T. Chapline, West Vir- giria, $1,400 to $1,600; E. G. Barnard, Mich- igen, $1,000 to $1,200; B. E. Harper, Iowa, #00 to $1,000; Wesley Kitchen, Kansas, $12 to $1,400; E. J. Dowling, Tennessee, $1,000 to $1,200; S. D. Skeen, Pennsylvania, $1,000 to $1,200; E. E. Jackson, Ohio, $1,400 to $1,600; W. I. Rich, Massachusetts, $1,200 to $1,400; Israel J. Smith, New York, $1,000 to $1,200; Geo. W. Albertie, Wisconsin, $1,000 to ‘$1,200; J. B. Carter, New Mexico, $540 to $1,000; W. W. White, Kentucky, $840 to $1,000. Supervising architect's office—Lyle G. Emery, Illincis, $660 to $1,000. Frank Raymond has been appointed dep- uty collector at the port of New York at a salary of $3,000. The appointment of Mr. Raymond is to fill a vacancy caused by the transfer of Wilson Berryman to the position of deputy surveyor. The vacancy made by the re- moval of D. G. Hawthorne as deputy col- lector has not yet been filled. a ee SPELLING OF WRANGELL. The Interior Department Appealed to in the Matter. i The Wrangell, Glenora and Lake Teslin Transportation Company has appealed to the Interior Department to ascertain the correct spelling of Wrangell. Attention is called to the fact that the name is spelled “Wrangell” on some maps and “Wrangle” on others. Mr. Marcus Baker has been ap- pealed to to decide the question Of the proper spelling of Fort Wrangell, Alaska, and has replied: * “Fort Wrangell was named for the Rus- sian admiral, Baron Ferdinand P. von Wrangell. While different members of the family have spelled it differently this mem- ber, for whom the ‘ was named, and who was perhaps t! most prominent of the famtly, always. wrote it with two Il’s. The board on geographical names has adopted the name Wrangell.” ———_+e-—_. Speaker Expected Tonight. Speaker Reed is expected at the Shore- Felating to timber and the timber licenses. | ham tonight, Railroad Attorneys Before the Inter- state Vommerce vam som. AUTOMATIC COUPLERS FOR CARS Efforts to Save Life and Limb of Employes. OF THE POSITION MEN The interstate commerce commission to- day opened the hearing of the railroads which have petitioned for an extension of the time in which they may comply with the law of 1893 requiring them to equip their cars and engines with automatic car couplers, hand rails and air brakes. A committee representing railway em- ployes of the United States arrived here last evening to attend the hearing this morning. The committee consists of P. M. Arthur of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers; F. P. Sargent, chief of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen; P. H. Morrissey, chief of the Brotherhood of Rai.way Trainmen; E. E. Clark, chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, and W. V. Powell, chief of the Order of Teleg- raphers. These representatives of railway employes will object to any unnecessary delay on the part of the railway companie: The representatives or attorneys of sev- eral hundred railroads and also of leading labor organizations were present, and the chamber in which the commis crowded to the doors. Intense manifested. John K. Cowen, one of the receivers of the Baltimore and Ohio railroad, pre ned the general subject to the commi on. Prior to his general presentation Chairman Morrison of the co nission called for the oral argument of the roads which were completely equipped under the Jaw, but which hed petitioned the commission for an extension of the time applied to the cars of other roads which had not com- plied. Samuel Hoar, representing the Boston and Albany railroad, made a brief argu- ment on this point to show the utter paralysis of traffic which must follow if roads which had complied with the law were compelled to ccase hauling unequipped ears. Mr. Cowen's Argument. Mr Cowen presented at some length the whole question, representing in this fssuc not the timore and Ohio, but the Lake Shore road. The Lake Shore, he said, was one of the most prosperous ads in the country, and it had been able to comply fully with the law, but it with the other roads in ask tension. The busin try was larg s here uniting 1g for an ox- s of the railroads of the coun- a unit, and those roads vhich had equipped their cars could not haul unequipped cars without technically violating the law. Mr. Cowen said that he was chairman of a committee at this hear- ing which represented about 600,000 of thi 3,000 freight cars engaged in inte commerce. The question of the pa: nger cars, he said, could be dismissed, as they were practically all equ of the freight cars of the countr per cent were now equipped with car couplers and 361g per cent had the additional airbrake attacnment. He argued that this was suffi- cient evidence that the roads had made an honest effort to comply with the law. He offered as the principal reason why the rcads had not complied fully the industriai depression which followed the passage of the act of 1893, which, he sald, had ren- dered them financially unable to make the outlay required by the law. Five Years’ Extension Urged. He contended that the law as passed was defective and that Congress recognized this by giving the commission the power to suspend its operation. For instance, he said it would be the height of folly to put $100 on cars which could have but a brief existence. The single questicn presented to the commission, he argued, was the method and extent of the extension, be- cause, unless an tension was g ted, interstate commerce must cease. While, perhaps, here and there a railroad had shown no disposition to comply with t law as a whole, they had made a fair at- tempt to do so. He urged that the exten- sion be for five years, with provision for an equipment of one-fifth of the cars each year, thus working up to full and complete compliance. If there was then default, cars not equipped, he id, could be with- drawn from interstate commerce without erdangering the transportation facilities of the country. He further said that it would cost from $40,000,000 to $50,000,000 for the railroads to“comply with the y money must be earned. If the commis- sicn declined an exteusion the roads would be absolutely unable to equip their cars out of their own resources. The cust, he d, must come out of the wages of the en ployes if the roads were to be driven beyond their financial ability. Mr. Cowen in reply to Commissioner Prouty sald that the cost of couplers fo: new cars was from $18 to $20, and for old probably double that amount. The percentage of equipped cars for the control of trains ranged, according to given by experts present, from per cent. ir. Cowen replied in the negative when Mr. Prouty asked him if the Baltimore and Ohio road could not spend $340,000 next year for the complete equipment of the 17,000 unequipped cars of the road, Opposed to Five Years’ Extension. P. H. Morrissey, representing the Broth- erbood of Railroad Trainmen, the Railroad Conductors’ Association, the Locomotive Engineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and the Association of Railroad Telegraphers, followed Mr. Cowen with a fereible presentation of the attitude of the railroad employes toward the solicited ex- tersion. He agreed with Mr. Cowen that in a large measure this was a great com- mercial question. This law, the main fea- tures of which were to become operative on the first day of the new year, he said, represented the heart and conscience of the American people as represented by their chosen servants in Congress. The associa- tions for which he appeared were a unit in protesting against any such unreasona- ble extension as had been proposed. Five years, he said, would render the purpose of the law nugatory. Killed While Coupling Cars, The past five years, he said, had been specially hazardous to railroad employes owing to the lack of uniformity in car equipment. This condition should cease as svon as possible. During the past five years 2,000 railroad men had been killed arnually, and between 20,000 and 25,000 injured. Of these casualties 60 per cent were directly attributable to the two evils this law was designed to correct. The slaughter would continue as long as the present conditions remained. The law im pesed obligations on citizens and corpora- ticns alike, and he did not believe because certain raliroads were delinquent that those which had complied or had made an effort to do so should be punished. But he did think something should be done with roads which, being able at least to comply par- tially, had utterly disregarded the law. He replied rather heatedly to the intimation of wage reduction thrown out by Mr. Cowen. “I speak in no defiant spirit,” said he, estimates to 6 a WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1897-FOURTEEN PAGES, ‘TWO CENTS. approachable “but I want to say that when the Guestion of a reduction of wages is presented to 1 we will meet it. If the alternative of re- ducing wages or the maiming and death of its members were Preseniéd to the or- ganization which I represent, I do not hesitate to say that they would prefer to go cut and equip the roads themselves.” Willing to Concede Something. He called atention to the erent fan. losses the beneficial companies. of the rail- Toad associations had sustained. In death And disapiiity claims of $2,000,000 had been Paid out during the past five years, erougn to completely equip a road like the Louisville and Nashville. He did not think it consistent in roads that had maée no effort (o comply with the law to come be- fore the commission at this late day and Plead that its enforcement would paralyze interstate commerce. fe impressed on the commission the fact that whatever concessions were made to the railroads would be made at a sacrifice. Still the railroad men were willing to con- cede something. When pressed by Chair- man Morrison, Mr. Morrissey repiied that the railroad employes agreed that the max- imum extension must not exceed a year, In discussing the proposition of the rail- roads maue by Mr. Cowen, Mr. Morrissey asked if the commission in granting an ex- tension had the power to impose conditions, “am sorry to say,” repliéd Chairman Morrison, “that there are some things the commission doesn’t know, and that is one of them.” Mr. Morrissey challenged the statements made as to the cost of equipping cars with couplers and brakes. He gave $14 as the cost, and was of opinion that 25 per cent of the cars equipped with the driving brakes would control trains except in mountain regions. ix-Senator Butler of South Carolina, on behalf of the Mobile and Ohio railroad, as a member of the Senate at the time of ‘the passage of the act, contirmed Mr. Cowen's statement that the law was tentative Congress had been unable to anticipate the future, and therefore had conferred the power to grant extensions upon the com- mission. ° Other Railway Attorneys. Mr. Loomis of the New York Central, Whose road has complied fully, asked for Uhe extension on the ground that the com- mission could not contemplate such an in- terruption of traffic as must follow the in- ability of his and other terminal roads to haul unequipped cars. G. A. Rnodes, representing the mechanical department of the C., b. and Q., urged as an additional reason for an extension that haste would put a premium on the equip- ment of cacs with ineffectual safety appli- ances. ix-Representative Harrison of Alabama made the point that the yellow fever in the south had been a severe strain on southern roads. The several roads which had fully complied, these which had between 75 and 100 per cent of their cars equipped and thos. with between Su and ber cent, we called and the representative of each gave an estimate of the time in which the work of complying with the law could be com- picted. A re was then iaken. Posit of the Railway Men. A Star reporter talked to Mr, E. E. Clark, chief of the Order of Railway Conductors, at the Raleigh tod Mr. Clark was not prepared to make extensive statement in regurd to the committee's attitude on the question of an extens of time, as position of the companies. was not fuily known. It had been suggested that some of the roads would ask the commission to extend the time for equipment with safety applian r five years, and, should this proposition be made it will be combate: the representatives of employes. ‘Lhey will not, however, object to what they re- onatle extensions, in view ot depress.on, which has pre- vented a number of companies from hav- ing funds for improvements. But in cases railway companies have paid div- ularly and have pleaded poverty ard to providing safety appliances, will not be regarded by the committe as having any excuse for not having equip- ped their roads. ——__-e. COL. CLAY RESIGNS, on Dissatisfied at Being Subordinated to a Junior Officer. Col. Cecil Clay, commanding the 2d Regi- meut, National Guard, D, has tendered his resignation. He took this action yes- terday afternoon immediately after hear- ing of the appointment of Maj. Geo. H. Harries as brigadier general, commanding the District militia. Following the military routine in such matters, he addressed his letter of resignation to the adjutant ge eral of the army and sent it to him by messenger. It was received at the War artment late yesterday afternoon and be referred to the President of the United States for his action. he letter Was purely formal in character and con- tained nothing but the simple announce- ment of the writer's resignation. Col. Clay was an active candidate for the office vacated by the death of Gen. Ord- way, and he, as well as his friends, thought he was entitled to the promotion, on the ground of military precedence over all other candidates, and also because,of his long and faithful services in the Union army during the war. His friends claim that was not only next in line of promotion, but that he has actually performed all the du- ties of the commanding general for more than a year past, owing to the illness of Gen, Ordway. ‘The President accepted the resignation of Col. Clay this afternoon. o ORDWAY'S SELECTION. GE I¢ Was Due Almost Entirely to Gen. Sheridan's Efforts. The statement that the late Gen. Ordway was appointed to the command of the Dis- trict militia without recommendation is in- accurate. It is said at army headquarters today that his appointment was due almost entirely to the personal efforts of Lieut. Gen. Sheridan, when the latter was in com- n.and cf the army. Gen. Sheridan was grand marshal at the dedication of the Washington monument, and Gen. Ordway was his chief of staff. Gen. Ordway was also registrar of the local commandery of the Loyal Legion when Gen. BhenJan was ‘at the head of the order. When Gen. Peter Bacon resigned the command of the District militia, at the time of its reorganization, Gen. Sheridan wrote a personal letter to Presidegt Cleve- land, urging the appointment-of Gen. Ord- way to the command, and he took it over to the White House and delivered it in per- son to the President. Gen. Ordway's ap- pointment followed almost immediately. The reason that Gen. Sheridan's letter does not appear in the records of the War De- partment is because it was a private com- munication to the President. « e~. APT. CARTER. TO TRY Gen. Otis to Be Presideat.of the Court-Martial. The War Department is making arringe- ments for the court-martial of Cap‘ cin O. M. Carter of the Engineer Corps. It has been settled that the president of the ceurt shall be Brigadier General Elwell 8. Otis, commanding the Department of the Colorado at Denver, and that the judge advocate of the court shall be-the judge advocate of the same tou ihe 8 namely, Lieut. Col. John W. Clous. - court will meet at Savannah, to be n the works which have figured-in the charges, but the Gate for its meeting “yet been set. Mr. Porter Wants More Clerks. Secretary to the Presitent’ Sorter ap- peared before the House - -»ropriations subcommittee today in supp- of the prop- osition for additional elerical umsistance at the White House, eta, aes [TO RUSH BUSINESS | !NoIcaTions IN THE WEST | Purpose of the Leaders of the House. WORK ON THE APPROPRIATIONS Policy of the Party as Indicated by the Speaker. WILL BE LESS RESTRAINT nt It will be the purpose of the leaders of the House to dispose of business at the approaching session as rapidiy as possibie and to secure a short session. The appro- priations committee has evidently got to work with that object in view. When the subcommittee met yesterday they got right down to business, and during the afternoon heard about ali the necessary explanations from officials of the Treasury and State Departments of the estimates submitted. The estimates are not mere than normally excess of those for the current fis year. If there is much increase of appro- priaticns passed it will be the result of members taking the bit in their ceeth and running away with the Hous: There is cons: Lle speculation as to how liberal Congress will be. At the extra session it was the policy of the Speaker and his lieutenants to have no legislation except on the tariff. It was therefore im- ble to determine whether the party y¥ would be one of lilgrality or one of the democrats call “retrenchment and reform.” Mr. Cannon, the economie chairman of ks in a accord- y in probably reflecis in a modi- t which will predominate en, ittee, the appropriations com more than erdinarily li dad fox been Expenditure. Memiers have putting off the de- mands of their constiiuents for a long time now, on the plea that the government was short cf revenue and that needed puplic improvements must wait until money was more plentiful. The extra session was de- voted to legislation that would get the and many will demand now that nefits should be availed of. Mam that were admitted to be meritor requiring the expenditure of mone ng Leen held up, members general! expect that at thi sion they will begi clearing the docket. Besides the public building bills, numbering more than two hundred, there are many other public im- provements in the y of river and nart work, light hous: and a world of pri- vate claims. The persons interested in pri- vate claims last year were among the most clamorous in opposition to Speaker Reed's policy of inaction during the special session, and now that the reason for that policy b been removed they will undoubtedly be par ticularly press It will be argued against too great liberality of appropriation that the revenues have not yet suff ently increased and that the money should be actually in the treasury before’ expend- itures are authorized. There is so much confidence among the republicans im the revenue-producing quali- ties of the Dingley law that most of those anxious for legislation will he disposed to act on the assumption that there will he no trouble about the money to meet y expenditures authorized. The Speaker's Attitude. What Speaker Reed's attitude will be is uncertain, but it is supposed that, while being reasonably iiberal, he will try to hold the Hovse in check. It is a question in the minds of many how far he can succeed in the exercise of restraining authority. He aad a pretty hard fight in private to held the House back during the extra ses- sion, and at that time he had not appoint- ed his committees, and each member felt some reluctance about incurring the Sp: er’s displeasure. Now the committees nnounced, and about the only ich the Speaker has to bestow are of recognition. At the same time, Speaker Reed has a power in the House which is not measured by the value of his favor to the individual member, and it is doubtful whether there will be a general revolt from what he insists upon as party policy. It may be that a caucus will try policy of the session, but if plan Is followed his authority or in- ce is apt to be almost as strong in the caucus as in the House. It will proba- bly be h litle from the restraint’ which circumstances heretofore rendered necessary, and that many mat- ters of great merit which have been neg. lected will be disposed of during the sion. we ——<§_-e.—_____ TO STAY WHERE HE Is. Assintant Secretary Day to Stay in the State Department. Judge Day, assistant secretary of state, makes the following statement as to the report that the President tendered him the position of Attorney General: “The President some time ago was kind enough to tender to me the position of At- torney General in the event of a vacancy in that office, which, after consideration, I have been reluctantly compelled to decline for reasons entirely personal.” - There is every reason to believe that Judge Day will continue work in his pres- ent position in the State Department. In this position Judge Day is in line for pro- motion as Secretary of State in case Secre- tary Sherman should retire at any time. For months there has been talk that Secre- tary Sherman might conclude to retire. These rumors have come from some of the Secretary's greatest admirers and strongest friends. The talk is that members of the Secretary’s family and some of his most intimate friends have been beseeching him to give up the work and retire to his Mans- field home for the remainder of his days. They urge that the Secretary’s age warns him that too much wogk may seriously im- pair his health. There is not the least doubt that Judge Day would become Secretary of State in case of a change. He is today probably the closest friend of the President in Was. - ‘ington. He is with the President more than any cabinet official, and is known to be trusted to the fullest extent in the most critical governmental affairs. —_—_—_-e-_____ BEING PUT IN POSITION. The Statues of Ken: Benton and Blair in Statuary Hall. Three statues “of departed statesmen which are to adorn statuary hall are being placed in position at the Capitol. They are memorials to Kenna of West Virginia, ‘Thomas H. Benton and Francis P. Blair of Missouri. Mr. Kenra’s statue will be plac- ed on the west side of the hall between Lincoln and Hamilton, and Mr. Benton's and Mr. Blair's on the east side between Washington and Jefferson. The statues will remain veiled after they are in posi- ‘tion until the library committee provides for their formal acceptance and unveiling with attendant ceremonies. > ——-2-____ Government Receipts. Government receipts from customs today, $546,268; internal revenue, $369,001; miscel- Jancous, $6,199,680. Business Conditions as Seen by Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn. New Enterprises Being Inaugurated Everywhere—Pay of Railway Men Being Raised. Assis ctary Meiklejohn has re- sumed his duties at the War Department after a tour of inspection of the military posts throughout the west. “During the t six weeks,” he id in conversation with a Star reporter today, “I ve traveled from ocean to ocean and from British possessions to Mexico, on a tour of inspection of military posts, and have had an opportunity to feel the pulse of capital and labor and to judge of exist- ing conditions. It was my good fortune to go through the same states and territor- ies three years ago this month. The condi- tion of business and the general social stat- us then 2nd now have been carefully com- pared by me with a view to note the effect of the economic policies of our government then and now in force. The veridct of all is that there has been an unprecedented im- provement and advancement in commerce! agricultural and industria! condition: the inauguration of President Me: administration. “I made a point of conversing with men in all walks of life, and sought to get the views of those who wer riety of occupations testimony, and my confirms it, that an et dawned for the United such as has not blessed our people since the good times we enjoyed under the \ ariff. “I met a considerable number of life democrats who said they had voi McKinley se they could not swallow nd the political heresies for which sas embodied in the Chicago plat form of populism. These men did not hesi- tate to say that they preferred these re- publican times to the four years’ night- mare of business stagnation and depression the country is just beginning ‘Kinley tariff. Better for the Sheepmen. “Among other indications conditions now prevailing may be noted the act that the sheep ranchers of the west are today lizing 100 per cent more on the producis of their flocks under the present protective system of the republican party than they did under the law advocated by Bryan, which resulted in nearly wiping that industry out of existence. “Capital is reaching out and new enter- prises are rywhe of improved being inaugurated Railroad corporations are beginning again to improve their roadbeds, lay heavier rails, and build steel bridges to tak and to r structed rth, All ments and repairs are causing > employment of labor and putting vas ums of money into circulation, which gives an impulse to prosperity wherever it reaches and swells the current of trade and commerce. One of the largest busi- ness and railroad printing houses in this now working overtime constant- ly and has more new business than it can possibly handle, although it has expanded the capacity of its plant to the utmost limits, their bankments of stone and e€ bette Wages Rained. “Perhaps no surer indication that pros- perity has come to stay could be found anywhere than the recent action of the Missouri Pacific Railway Company in giv- ing to its employes a 10 per cent restoration of pay all along the line, thus voluntarily adding nearly a million dollars per annum to its pay account. Corporations, if not soulless, are certainly not sentimental, and a Thanksgiving gift of this kind unques- tionably has a basis more substantial than emotion. “While serving in Congress Mr. Bryan was a colleague of mine, and at that time he s playing the leading role in the of free trade. The impotency of measure—the Wilson bill—and the restoration of confidence and prosperity under the Dingley law forced him to ap- pear before the public in the extravaganza of free silver, in which he is again the stellar attraction. These two plays now constitute his entire repertoire, but in his iual capacity as star and impressario of populistic democracy he may be called upen to add a burlesque to his list of plays in the near future, particularly since wheat and silver, which’ were so largely adyer- tised when playing together, have parted company and are now no longer doing busi- ness at the old stand. Deserting Bryan and Silver. “Many of these who last year thought the panacea was Bryan and free silver are tod: culogizing McKinley and protection. After a careful and conscientious study of the situation from an impartial and dis- interested standpoint, and in the light of the observations which I have made on my tour, it is my candid judgment that the change we have experienced from univer- sal depression and dissatisfaction to gen- eral prosperity and contentment in the short period of eight months under the ad- ministration of McKinley is phenomenal, incomparable and without precedent in our history.” o——__ REPRESENTATIV, He Thinks Mr. Hanna Will Be Re- Elected—Probable Session Work. Representative Bromwell of Ohio was at the Capitol today, having just arrived from heme. He said to a Star reporter that he thought Mr. Hanna would be elected to the Senate. He thought local considera- tions would overcome wat opposition from republicans ras been manifested. As to the business of the session of Congress, he said that he had not talked with any of his colleagues and could not determine what vas the consensus of opinion, but his own judgment was that the Senate would ratify the Hawaiiar annexation treaty, and that the policy of the House as respects Cuba would be influenced by what the President said on the subject in his message. He thought that the House would be guided by the wishes of the administration in that matter. He was very doubtful about there being any financial legislation, As far as he was concerned, he said, he was not con- trolled by any sentiment in favor of the greenbacks. He would be willing to vote for their retirement, it having been shown that they might be used to the detriment of the country The statement that the danger cf their being used to‘set the “‘end- jess chain” in motion, did not exist as long as there was sufficient revenue was in- correct. No amount of revenue could save the treasury from a raid upon the gold if there was a purpose to make ft and the greenbacks were available for the purpose. At the same time he was in Goubt about there being a majority of the House who would agree to the retirement of the greenbacks. A SEVERE REPRIMAND. Secretary Alger’s Action in the Lover- ing Case. Secretary Alger has prepared a severe reprimand in th2 case of Captain Lo: and submitted it to the President this after- noon for his approval before promulgating it to the army. It may be made public late this afternoon, . The report of the director of the mint s that the coinage executed at the ed States mints during November, was as follows: » S354,000; sil- a ___—_—_ —_—= — = . DENIED HIS GUILT Dramatic Scene Attending the Sen- tencing of Ex-Banker Spalding. GETS TERM IN THE PENITENTIARY Found Guilty of Embezzling $28,- 000 in County Warrants. ei se MADE A STUBBORN FIGHT CHICAGO, December 1.—Charles Warren Spalding, ex-president of the Giobe Savings Bank, was today sentenced to an indeter- minate term in the penitentiary. He was charged with embezzling funds of the Unt- versity of Illinois, of which he was treas- urer, The court proceedings which terminated in Spalding’s sentence were of a highly dramatic character. Judge Horton review- ed the case in an elaborate opinion which he had prepared beforehand. One assertion in that opinion seemed fo unnerve Spalding. This was when the court said that Spald- ing admitted his guilt. “I wish,” cried Spalding, “to deny that I or my counsel ever admitted my guilt.” Judge Horton had asked Spalding if had anything to say why sentence should not be passed on him. Protests Hix Innocence. Yes,” exclaimed the banker, standing up. His face was pale and he spoke as if laboring under strong agitation. In a few rapid words he made denial of ever having admitted guilt, and then said: “Every dollar 1 received from the univer- sity has been applied to its benefit. I pro- test against this unjust verdict, which I feel would not have been returned had your honor permitted certain facts to be idered by the jury con hese facts had relation to the question of intent to commit embezzlement. I am proud of my business career of thirty-three years, fiftcen of which nave been passed in this community. I challenge any man to stan before me and say I ever did him a wron; “Your nonor may abridge usefuin! buc you c: the honor of the past. Ai this point Spalding’s voice and he began to che Horion thea imposed senterce It was announced in behalf of the banker that an appeal would be the Supreme Court, p be kept in the Cook has been confined since my Inet take days of from me failed him, with e tion, Judge ex- Ken to ding which ne will unty jail, where he jast spring. he arge Against Him, The cha on which Spalding was con- victed w the embezzlement of $25,000 of Macoupin credit bonds, the property of the university. Banker Spalding made a stubborn fight in the courts in the endavor to p good name. serve his Besides being in justice courte before m sin chane several he twice stood trial on the charge gally civerting funds intrusted to his The first time the verdict guilty, but on the second tr cn a different count, an was not whicn was brought in care. the jury adverse decision. he indictment and subsequent tion, the romantic lov iry detai convic- story underlying the and his s of his all all combined to make his cas@ unusually an interesting one. — FACTS ABOUT MONEY. National Bank Note Circulation November Coinage. The monthly statement of the controller of the currency shows the total circulatfon of national bank notes on to have beer. for the year of $ for the month of $4 ed on United S' November 30, $22,549,707, a decrease “3, and a decrease ioe. The circulation tes bonds amounted te ease for the year of $14,- for the month of ecured by law- 814,135, an in- and an in- The pase The circulation money aggregated $ erease for the year of $9,111,71 crease for the month of $1,603,450. amount of registered bonds on notes was $2 » Sa ful secure circulating and to secure public depos’ total, 11,000, ver, $2,103,000; minor $1 0; 5 Of the silver coined, $1, SPONDENTS, Several Changes in the Corp Noted in the Press List. Several changes in the corps of Wash- ington correspondents will be noted im the press list of the forthcoming Congressional Directory. William Shaw Bowen fs at the head of the New York World bureau, vice Mr. Lyman, who kas gone to Brooklyn. Cc. W. Metzgar will represent the Albany Journal and Archibald W. Butt the Atlanta Joseph M. Gray has a syndicate of Buffalo and Rochester papers. Walter Clark has the Buffalo Express. H. Gil- son Gardner will represent the Chicago Journal. Crittenden Marriot will assist Walter Wellman on the Chicago Times- Herald while Mr. Towne is absent in Call- fornia. Fred. Starek has the Cleveland Leader and Elmer E. Paine is added to the staff of the Associated Press. H. B. Nesbitt will assist Albert Miller on the Kansas City Star, Jno. L. Kennedy has the Louisville Commercial and H. Watterson Stealey the Louisville Times. Dr. L. W. Habercom will be welcomed back to the press gallery as the correspond- ent of the Milwaukee Herald and other German dailies. J. C. Hooe has the New York Evening Journal and John Boyle has the Norfolk Virginian. William Ryan has the Richmosd Times and Leader, and W, 8. Daniels the St. Louis Republic. John 8. Bonner has the San Antonio Express, and the San Francisco Examiner bureau con- sists of J. S. Van Antwerp, W. E. McLeod and Charles J. Roman. H. Conquest Clarke will assist Sam. M. Burdett on the Chicago Chronicle. —_____- e— —____ ARRESTED AS COUNTER®EITERS. Journal. Frank Holston a: Mary Mahoney Taken at Chicago. Chief Hazen of the secret service has re- ceived a telegram from Chicago announc- ing the arrest of Frank Holston and Mary Mahoney for making and passing counter- feit five and ten dollar notes. The fives are on the First National Bank of Joplin, Mo., and the tens are silver certificates with Hendricks’ head. Both are cleverly executed and hence are dangerous. The capture is regarded as very important, as it is said to be almost certain that they were the makers of two other counterfeits of good workmanship. Holston is have done the work, the woman them principally at large department —<s. The evidence against them is said to conclusive,