Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1897, Page 1

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They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. CUBA WANTS NO AID Peculiar Announcement by Marshal Blanco to Senor de Lome. CHARGES AGAINST THE DAUNTLESS Both Czechs and Germans Engage in Demonstrations, Military Trying to Restore Order— Emperor Francis Joseph Holds a Cabinet Confere! e. ——— Accused of Landing Another Fili- December 4.—At Tabor last attacked the houses of PRAGUE, evening the Czechs bustering Expedition in Cuba. the Hebrews and broke the windows of the synagogue. Five of the rioters were esis arrested. The local force of gendarmes €APT. PILLSBURY DENIAL | was forced this merning, and the mili- tary were ca!’ed upon to assist in restoring erder. A mob of over 1,009 persons at Braunau lest evening d the houses of the Czechs, and, in spite of the efforts of the nd regular police, smashed and did other damage. Quiet was ————e MADRID, De th dispatch from M gereral of Cuba, cember 4—The minister for ror Moret, has received a arshat Blanco, the czptain ayt have today sent the following tele- | Tse restored until midnight. gram to our minister at Washington: In Prague a military patrol was fired “There is no need for foreign help to| upon from a hovse on Brenne strasse. provide fow the wants of this island or its | X of the patrcl was wounded. inhabitants. The government, from its Emperor Holds a Conference. own resources, is endeavoring to provide | VIE} . December 4.—Emperor Francis for the ne s. need of which, | Jcseph today received the Austrian minis- morecver, is diminishing daily.’ ” ter for foreign affairs, Count Goluchowski; l Filibustering Expeditio the Austrian premier, Baron von Gautsch von Frankenihurn, and the Hungarian ciali nounced, has received details of the | PTET! Buron Banfty. ‘The or Ww Monday next, submit = of an expedition in Cuba from the The tter will, on Mo to the lower house of the Hungarian diet at Budapest, provisional enactments main- taining the status quo in Austria-Hungary as regards the Au Hungarian 1 ank and the commercial policy of the empir gente eel FOR ESTERHAZY. erican steamer Dauntless, and it is un- ood the Spanish minister at Washing- ington, Senor Dupuy de Lome, will short tion a claim for dam- Tnited States. COURT-MARTIAL Capt. Pillsbury*s Statement. 2 : Commender Pillsbury of the United States | French Officer Who ix Mixed Up In mship Vesuvius, which has been doing Dreyfus Cane. — Patrol duty off the coast of Florida recent. | PARIS. December 4.—The military gov- ernor of Paris, Gen. Saussier, has ordered a court-martial to «examine into the charges brought against Count Ferdinand Walsin the view of preve of filibustering a letter to the which ting the a = he says: “On 11 I | Esterhazy, the retired major of the French a font the Daunti iS at Fernan- | army, who is accused of writing the let- we ae boca ak oe a eee hee ter which brought about the sentencing of observation. She was found. j Alfred Dreyfus to imprisonment for life. the bar for Jacksonville, towhicn | ‘The Journal says that the decision of Gs pected Ber Gen. Saussier used on the report of wa arched and Dy SS s appointed by the lowed to she was | Gen. Pellieux, who was appointed by the n on pad painted | minister of war to exsmine into the and a few minor repair to her boil- | charges brought against Count Esterhazy, rs and < and which we ‘ollows: ss : s concerned, the aw o been to the mouth of | ca new fact has’ bee to await her coming. broug L ew document hae lay. November 19, the tug came | been submitted auring the course of the the er Jennie | ing tify revision of the trial. > in tow, bound for Ir is no ground for the scr proceedii Count Est ry, 80 far as re crime of high treason Ifred Dreyfus was condemned. sige BRITISH TROOPS FOR MOMBS fer which wo or th blocks of ice of beef. She had a ¢ ke apers complete | tanad Of the Coast of Zanzibar in hored th st Afrien. BOMBAY, December 4.—The 27th Bombay niry, with a field hos ge quan- of telegraph equipment and several diate expenses, nd of Mombasa, off t coast of Africa, s will be engaged to ac- “pany the troops. The expedition is un- r the direct orders of the British war ottice. Pilot Town. T ¢ the command- nue cutter Boutwell arrival of the Dauntless, with the Jennie Thomas in tow, at Savan- owing day. the cc ne The Island of Momb: 2) bar, which is inc! Big Fire in Coban Town. NA, December 4.— here of a terrible belongs to Zanzi- News = bi a re, which oc- | protectorate of Great Britain. Mombasa ts curred yesterday at Jaruco, a town of about | the cupital of what is known as the 10.000 inhabitants. in this province. About | Prevince. eee 110 houses were destroyed, with nearly all POPE LEO’S HEALTH POOR. their contents == No accurate estimate of the amount of | grdered by His Physician to Abstain damage done can he made. Hundreds of From Tiring Functions. families have been rendered homeless, and sees SNe the situation at Jaruco is very distressing. | LONDON, December 4.—A dispatch to the Pall Mall Gazette from Rome, publish- el this afternoon, says that the pope has not been enjoying his usual health recent- ly. Dr. Lapponi, the pope’s physician, has been obliged to adopt special precautions against the weather, and has increased the number of hot sane baths, which his holi- The fire originated in an accident. More Bombs at Barcelona. BARCELONA, Dece! citement was caused last evening in the ef Monistroi, Catalonio, twenty- miles northwest of this place, by the ion of four bombs. No damage, how- ver 4—Great ex- i s E i to three of any importance was done, and | ness has been teking from one to re were no asualti times a week. This, it is explained, is the —_+ erly wiy by which the doctor can counter- act the -heumatic symptoms of the pope, STEAMER CORONA FROM JUNEAU. | Ynich, a-cording to the dispatch, recur on the jightest exposure. 3 Dr. Lappont, it is added, has forbidden ankn. his khelin to take part in ary trl fone cember 4.— _| tion. and. therefore, the program mappe December 4.—The Te-| cit for the cerencnies which were to take Brings Remains of Ex-Governor Chureh and News of A SEATTLE, Wash., mains Ct OX Governor Church, who died | tacc on the sixtieth anniversary of the in Juneau, Alaska, November 25, arrived | Celebration of the first mass of Leo XIU here on the steamer Corona. has been abandoned. When the Corona left Juneau all the tes- Sa t had been taken in the trial of RUMORED CORNER IN WHEAT. Burch for the murder of United Deputy Marshal Wattell, but no Peavey and Pillsbury Said to Be the had been reached. romoters. ited tes Marshal Louis L. Wik December 4.—It at the chamber of commerc? the Peavey elevator companies have made a combine with the Pillsbury com- panies and secured control of not only the wheat in Minneapolis, but all the wheat th is stored in elevators throughout the northwest. Mr. Pillsbury recently predicted that wheat would go to $1.50, and this is consist- ent with the rumor of a corner. No figures 2s to the extent of the corner are given, n man who is known to be on the s the story of the corner is cor- APOLIS, Minn., u says that rich placer be fon Prince William soun in October. The surface gravel panned 5 cents to the pan. a OR HANNA COMING. ported SENA1 Will Start From Cley —rs. H and Tomorrow xpects to go to Was He had a long confere ght, which was arly midnight. Calvin S. Brice, wife of the former senator from Ohio, will be the guest of Mrs. Hanna at Gienmere for a day or two. after which Mrs. Hanna will go to New York. Mrs. Hann: one of the district dents of the National So: + Which to George Washington protracted a OPPOSES CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. of Geergin Woman Under Sentence of Death. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ATLANTA, Ga., December 4.—Mrs. No- bles, the condemned murderess, was asked Views to erect a national university at Washing- | for an expression of opinion concern- pe Ing the law about to be taken up by the 1 Ou ton gorking toward col- | general assembly for the prevention of w for $25 science buildin: Mr: r+ comes to Cle id to give a litt nd women. Mr: Brice dent of the society capital punishment of women in the state. “I have heird about that law,” said Mrs. Nobles, “and I think it is a mighty good ep ana one. It does seem hard to see a woman LOOKING OUT FOR CHINESE. hangirg to a rope in our country as a pun- = ishmeni for a crime. Revenue Cutter Corwin Starts on Un-| “Women are rarely guilty of deep, dark “ruin such as ought to be puntshed in that ST ee Women are so much better than men crime, way SAN DIEGO, Cal, December 4.—The rey- | of this world, they ought not to be placed enue cutter Cerwin unexpectedly went to | en the same plane in the matter of punish- aor are ea : t for crime. Her’ captain’ said she iwas | cco. ¢ cra eivien patrormtther erie for a little cruise." n commit, which are never told in the She took Collector Fisher with her. court house. The man usually starts the bose osendbhe as to the purpose trouble, but he is more cunning than a ition. It is currently reporte: | woman end hides it. He covers his tracks that he has information of an like a fox. The woman fs different; she is at- © point on the Corwin's mis- to land C near here, to captur: a Ho may be t uttempting to thus violate the ex. rm law. Marines Ordered to Juneau. Orders have been given for Capt. J. M. 'T. Young, U. S. M. C., and twenty-four men at the marine barracks, at Sitka, Alaska, to proceed to Juneau, Alaska, to assist the United States district judge and the United States marshal in maintaining order during the coming term of the United States court at Juneau. — LUNCHEON TO GEN. WEYLER. Military Club at Palma Extend the Courtesy. PALMA, Island of Majorca. December 4. --The Military Club yesterday gave a lunch im honor of Gen. Weyler, the former cap- tein general of Cuba. The military goy- ernor of Majorca was among the guests. When Gen. Weyler entered the banquet hall tae band in attendance played the royal hymn, and the general, stopping the music momentarily, proposed a toast to the king and the queen regent, which was enthusiastically received. ae Gen. Stanton to Remain. The movement recently undertake: to have the President summarily retire Pay- master General Stanton of the army has been abandoned and there is no doubt that General Stanton will be allowed to hold his present office at the head of the pay department until his regular retirement for age over a year hence. ANTE-SESSION TALK Senator Frye Discusses the Fight on Annexation, CUBAN SENTIMENT IN THE HOUSE Hamilton of Michigan Wants Po- lice Work Stopped. VIEWS AT THE CAPITOL Senator Frye of Maine was at the Capitol today. Speaking tc a Star reporter, he said that from what he had heard recently he supposed that the opposition to the annexation of Hawaii were determined to make a very persitent fight against annex- ation. The British party in wall, he said, were organized to make as vigorous resistance to the annexation as possible. The senator said that when he left Wash- ington at the close of the last session it seemed to him that there was a very fair prospect of two-thirds of the Senate being in favor of the treaty of annexation. He had been told that there nad been some changes since, but he had not been able to find cut just who, if any one, had chunged his position. If th> claim that the democrats in the Senate would be almost solid in opposition were true that would certainly be a gr change in the situation from what it was during the spe ion. He did not the s the cemocrats certainly not anywhere near solid in sition to the treaty when the special session adjourned. The senator said that he was in doubt as What ccurse would be pursued— annexation would be brought to just whether about by the ratification of the tre or slation. The difficully about Jegis- would be that it would be accom- panied by great d On said that he did not think it would be pos- the sub, et of Cuba Senator Frye sible to prevent action by Congress. A large majority of both houses, he said, action and were sustained by an 1 popular ntiment in favor of the ts. il that he did not believe be any neral financia legislation. He said that he thought that some important legis ect to shipping would be accomp! nd that probably an act would be pa providing for a department of commerce. A Bankruptcy Bill Probable. Representative Updegraff of Iowa is a member of the committee on the judiciar and in that capacity has taken great in- terest in the subject of bankruptcy legisla- tion. Mr. Updegraff was asked today what he thought of the prospects of early legis- lation upon the subject of bankruptcy. “I have no doubt that a bill will be very promptly reported and that an effort will be made to get it before the House at an early day,” he replied. “I believe that this session of Congress will enact a bankruptcy fon with r hed Jo you think that your committee as now constituted is likely to favor the Hen- derson bill which passed the House in the last Congress, or the Nelson bill which passed the Senate last spring?’ he was asked. “I believe,” he replied, “that the pill which passed the House in the Fifty-fourth Congress will again be reported rather than the Nelson bill. It differs from the Nelson bill in that, besides providing for voluntary bankruptcy, as the Senate meas- ure does, it also has involuntary feature: So far us my own constituents are con- cerned they do not care anything about the involuntary feature of the law. They would prefer to have an act with no in- voluntary features in it, but the rights of the jobbers, manufacturers and other creditors should have some consideration at least, and the House bill has been so framed as to carry as few objectionable features as possible. It provides for in- voluntary bankruptcy only in cases wher the state courts would grant attachments.” Friendship for the Cubans. Referring to the subject of Cuba, Mr. Updegraff said: “I do not think that the sentiment of friendship toward the Cuban insurgents has died out in the least, but 1 do believe that a majority of the members of the House have changed their opinions to some degree; that is, that there is a dis- position manifest today which was absent t spring, which will induce them to al- low diplomatic matters of this country to be handled by the President, as the Constitu- tion intended that they should be, and that this course will be adopted, at least until it can be ascertained definitely whether or not the new Spanish policy would bring about peace in the islands.” Favors Recognition of Belligerency Representative"E. L. Hamilton of Niles, Mich, is ore of those republican members who speak fearlessly for Cuba. “I know of nothing,” he said teday, “that should change my views. Certainly nothing that has occurred since the extra session has done so. I do not favor the annexation of Cuba under the present circumstances, al- though 1 do favor Hawaiian annexation. But I think it high time that the United States quit the police business. We should recognize the belligerent rights of the in- surgents and give them an equal show, and then, if they can go in and win their independence, good for them. ‘And I also consider it about time that we lived up to the declarations of the last republican nationg} platform.”” Necessity for Economy. “I think there will be a decided effort in Congress toward economy in our appropri- ations,” remarked Representative Brom- well to a Star reporter yesterday. “1 think Congress will realize that this is as neces- sary as increased revenue. I most thor- oughly approve such an effort, and have determined to so act as to help along that end as far as possible. I have introduced but four private bills. Two of them are to correct. military records and two are de- serving pension cases. I do not think 1 will introduce any more private bills calling for approvriations. I think every member of the House should feel the necessity for keening down the number of their privai pension bills.” Unwise to Discuss Currency. Speaking of the general work of Congress, Senator MeMillan said today he was heart- ily in favor of the annexation of Hawail. The Cuban question, he thought, should be left to the administration, which appeared to be dealing with it gatistactorily. He thought that if autonomy shuuld prove to be the solution of the question that this government would surely take the neces- sdry step to see that any agreement en- tered into was strictly earried out by the Spanish government. “I do not think this Congress will inter- fere with the money question,” replied Mr. McMilian, when asked regarding that mat- ter. “Nothing can be done regarding this | matier until we are in control of Sen- ate. When the sound money men’ control that body we can agree upon some plan for the improvement of our monetary system. I believe tt would be very unwise to bring the matter up during the coming session. The business men of this country have had disturbances enough and want a little rest.” Expeets No Currency Legislation. “If the Cuban question comes up in the a é fat Smyrna. House. and is brought to a vote,” said Rep- resentative Hull of Iowa to a Star feporter today, “the Senate resolution will pass. I believe we ought to recognize the bellig- erency of Cuba, and I think that sentiment prevails in the House, “As to currency, I believe the Heuse will do nothing. What is the use of preparing a policy which cannot be carried into ef- fect, owing to the a:itutle of the Senate, and then going before the country at the elections to fight over something which is’ at best only a prophecy of what we might’ do? “As a matter of fact, there is no need for currency legislation. If our revenues meet the expenditures, we need not worry about the currency.” MUST JOIN THEIR KINSMEN Alternative for Claimants Seeking Citizen- ship in Oherokee Nation. Decision by Judge William Springer in Suit by Persons Seeking to Share Fund, MUSKOGEE, I. T., December 4.—In the United Siates court for the northern dis- trict of the Indian territory Judge Williain Springer has rendered his de¢ision in the matter of the application of certain per- sons to be enrolled as citizens of the Cher- ckee nation. The court holds that those Indians who have separted themselves from the present Cherokee nation, or from the old Cherokee nation east of the Mississippi river, and have taken up their residence in the States, and have removed their effects out of the limits of the nation, and the eastern band of Cherokee Indians who remained in the states after the treaty of 1 have sited their rights and privileges as cit- of the nation, and that such persons 2 uin their citizenship unless they comply with the constitution and the laws of the Cherokee nation, and be admitted to cit hip as therein provided. ‘The court recognizes the legislation of the Cherokee naticn constituting tribunals to pass upon certain classes of citizenship rc ard conclud he acts of the Cherokee council in the cetermination of applications ‘for ¢itizen- ship in the nation will be regarded as judg- n:ents of a court and will be subject to the same tests as to their validity. This ruling affects a large-class of prom- inent people in Georgia and North and South Carolina and their descendanis who are scattered over the land, and trace their ancestry back among the Cherokee in- cians. Among those affectca are the Hub- bards of the southwest and the Grays of New England. The opinion affects more than 4,000 peo- ple who are aprliicants for citizenship in the Cherokee nation and property interests valued at-over $8,000,000, —— SPEAKER REED SHOWS RESERVE. He Does Not Care to Discuss Prob- able Legistation Speaker Reed was at the Capitol today, and received u number of callers, amony them: Messrs. Cannon and Daizell and other of the reeognived leaders on the floor, with whom he informally ciscussed matters per- taining to the business of the session. Speaker Reed‘ ts locking, remarkably well. He will not discuss the probabilities of the session, but it is evident from the general drift of “his remarks .to the many callers who have seen him hoth at the Shoreham, since his arrival yesterday afternoon, and at his room at the Capitol today that he anticipates a rather short session. This an- ticipation, of course, implies that he does not expect Congress to be tied up on any seriously disputed question. It is observant that members who have talked with him since hig arrival take a very conservative view of what Congress will do or wilt undertake during the ses- sion. This seems to be rather from an im- pression they get from talking with him than from anything he has said directly, since he shows reserve about making sug- gestions at this time. ‘To a Star reporter who calléd on him this meyning he said that he did not care to Giscuss the question of what Congress might or might not do, as {t would be spec- ulative. He said that he had been enjoying gcod health, and he seemed to be in the best of spirits. Oo MILITARY AFFAIRS, A Meeting of the House Committee Called for Tuesday. Chairman Hull of the House committee on military affairs has called a meeting of that committee for next Tuesday. This committeo prepares the army appropria- tion bill and the Military Academy appro- priation bill, and work will be commenced at once upen these measures. Mr. Hull thinks it may be possible to report the bills before the holiday recess. He said today he doubted whether it would be possible to reduce the appro- priations for the army below the current law. He said the appropriations have been scaled down in the past year or two the lowest notch and were net susceptible of further cutting. ——_—-o-______ DEBATING THE HAWALAN TREATY. Some Senators Faver Discussion in Open Session. Therc is a disposition on the part of some senators to have the debate on the Ha- wailan treaty open to the public, instead ot in secret session, as is usuaily the case: when a treaty ts being considered. It is understood, also, that the Hawaiian au- thorities here would look with favor on such a move, as they feel that the fullest Publicity will be helpful to the treaty. it is pointed out that the reason for the Senate rule of secrecy is that a treaty is not made public until ratified by bath gevernments. But in this case the text of the treaty has been made public. Moreover, it is argued that with both gavernments favorable to publicity no questicns of propriety in the public discussion of international questions car arise. When the treaty was consid- ered by the Hawoliar. senate the debate was public, and served as the eecasion tor a notable gathering. ——e. Personal Mention, Ensign J. F. Carter of the Saratoga is at the Ebbitt. : Ensign L. Sterling, jr., ef the Baltimore is at the Cochran. z Ensign H. J. Zugemeier of the Annapolis is here. Captain C. W. Mason,: 4th Epfantry, ts visiting friends at 1627“19th:street. Lieutenant C. J. Boush of. the: Annapolis is at the Concord for a few days. Lieutenant Chas. W. Castle, 16th Infan- try, United States army, on detached serv- ice at West Point, is visiting at the home of his father, Captain Henry A. Castle, auditor for the Post Office Department, No. 1745 Q street northwest. Movespenia of ‘arships. The peck “ Bancroft joined the hig Ban Francisco ¢ siThe gunboat An- napolis has arrived at Annapolis. fhe Ral- e‘gh_has lett Syra_ for’: ‘Bhe Bos- pton hes arrived at Nagasaki, andthe Wii- mington and the Foote af: Norfolk. The. battle ship Oregan. ha: 3 San Francisco for sound. aang to the new Cry dock tebe fitted with er bilge s apg®ihe gunboat | LIFE EBBING AWAY|QUESTIONS To BE Mer Mrs. McKinley’s Physician Says Life is Nearly Gone. PRESIDENT LEAVES FOR WASHINGTON Was Told His Mother Would Never Recover Consciousness. — URGENT BUSINESS HERE CANTON, Onio, December 4.—At 12:30 o'clock Dr. Phillips left the McKinley house. He said Mrs. McKinley would never return to consciousness and recognize her family: she was sleeping herself away, and might die at any moment, but might pos- sibly survive the day. At this hour a carriage was sent for Mrs. W. K. Miller, a covsin, and very intimate friend of Mrs. McKinley, who is nearly her own age, and whe has been almost pros- trated since the first news of the illne: The doctor said to President McKinley that his mother’s breathing was becoming more labored, and that her pulse was stead- ily weakening, portending an early end. The doctor further toid the President that he could do absolute nothing for his mother by remaining here; that she would never reccgnize him again or any one else. ng this information the Pres dent decided to carry out his plans for go- ing to Washing o'clock. Sank During the Night. Except increasing weakness and more ible evidence of the near approach of the erd, there was little change in her condition during the night. Several times the rapid failing became SO noticeable to the friends about the bed- that it was thought the s come. This cond was empl a slow, weak The radic: for the wors» condition to presage did not occur. At 6 o'clock, however, the patient si must so weak that it see sh soon ii tho: who had nmoned to the bedsid expecting moment to see the 1 flickering of life's flame. The patient, how- ever, continued as she had been during the night, just slowly wearing away and steadily weakening. President Watched at Bedsid The President remained at the bedside almost the entire night, repeatedly declin- ing to seck some sleep at the solicitation of the’ family until the night was nearly spent. At no time since taking the flower yesterday afternoon did Mrs. McKinley show evidence of consciousness or that she recognized her children around her bed- side. Dr. Phillips left the McKinley home at 28 o'clock, after examining the patient. He could oily repeat what he had said before, that death was slowly but surely drawing near. There had been a slight rally since the alarming condition at 6 o'clock, but it was not a signilicant rally and did not endure long. The patient was exceedingly weak, at times life being almost imperceptible. The dcetor said it possible that she might live the greater part of the day The President did not alter his plans, announced last night, of returning io Washington this afternoon for the opening of Congress. If the weather is such as to allow her to travel Mrs. McKinley, to- gether with Mrs. Abner McKiniey and daughter Mabel; will return to Canton wita the President when he has completed the important work which calls him there. Miss Grace McKinley of Smith College, Northampton, Mass., a granddaughter, is expected here today Resting Easily at Noon. At 12 o'clock Mrs. McKinley was resting quietly, os though in a deep and natural sleep. There had been no appreciable change in her condition for several hours. Although she was undoubtedly weakening every moment, the failing was so slow as to appear that she was holding her own. It seemed probable at times that she might survive the day. The doctor cated at short intervals, but could do nothing for the patient, and could only say the end was slowly approaching. The Presideat slept only two hours during the forenoon and resumed his post at the bedside of his mother about noon. eS MANY RECESS APPOINTMENTS. The Senate Must Consider Over 7v0 P tmasters, The Senate will have the appointments of about 728 presidential postmasters on its hands for confirmation during the pres- ent month. All but i00 of these have been made by the President since the close of the extraordinary session of Congress. ‘The postmasters at Philadelphia, Brooklyn and Detroit are among them. These recess ap- pointees qualified and took their offices at the time of their appointment, but thetr continuance in office depends on the Sen- ate’s action cn their nominations. Of the remaining 100 cases forty are ready to be sent by the President to the Senate at the opening of Congress, and sixty others are expected during the month. +e MAJOR HANDY’S REPORT. Space to Given This Country— What is Expected. Maj. Moses P. Handy, the temporary ecmmissioner of the United States to the Paris exposition, has made a report to the President and State Department, and it will go to Congress early. It is said to be comprehensive and satisfactory. It gives a clear idea of the space that will be ac- corded this country at the exposition and what is desired and hoped of the United States. The report will be the first definite information that has been received from any source, it is said. It is denied at the State Department that Major Handy’s work has been unsatisfactory. ° The British Ambassador Better. Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British ambas- sador, is gradually recovering from the long and somewhat painful attack of rheu- matism which has kept him in his room, and part of the time in bed, for the last five weeks. He is now able to get about on crutches, but it will be some days be- fore hecan resume work. eS Secretary Sherman Much Better. Secretary Sherman was much better to- day and was down stairs attending to busi- ness as usual. On account of the inclement weather it was-thought best, however, that he should not go to the State Department today. It is expected that he will resume his official duties there Monday. ee : Secretary of Legation Resigns. Mr. Charles Denby, jr., secretary of the United States legation at Pekin, China, who is now tn this city on leave of ab- sence, has placed his resignation at the dis- posal of the Secretary of State, to take ef- fect on the appointment of his. successor. ———e——_. = Government: Receipts. Government receipts from internal reve- nue today, $564,829; customs, $271,790; mis- cellancous, $64,073, Work to Come Before the Senate District Committee, Senator the Chairman, Talks About the Need of Loc: Improvements, Senator McMillan, chairman of the Sen- ate commitiee on the District of Columbia, arrived here last night from his home in Detroit. Mr. McMillan was seen by a Star in- reporter today, and, in response to quiries, outiined the main features of work he thought would come before hi committee during the coming session of Congress, “When I reached the city last evening,” he said, “one of the first things I saw was a small one-horse car being dragged over a road that had been constructed for rapid transit at a coxt of $40,000 per mile. This car was a forcible suggestion of the great need of this city for an improvement in its street railway service. It seems very odd to strangers dropping into Washington to sees xampie of a modern street d with the very em achieved by the y Company have been so satisfactory that I feel sure all the other roads will have to adopt the same system. When we have ihe underground electric system in use by all the street railways of this city, 1 a universal transfer system in force, ashington will have the tinest equipmeut street railways to be found anywhere. the street railroads hat have not given us rapid transit in ity will proceed to do so, and if they not they should be compelled to. bring their systems ito conformity with mode-n methods. Inc “Our w Millan, engage Metropolitan Rail- of 1 have no doubt that casing the Water Supply. ter supply," continued Mr. Me- nether matter that I think will itention of the Senate com- mitice on the District of Columbia. You will remember that a paragraph was em- box in the District appropriation vill during the las Congress providing for th completion of the Howard University re: nd what is commonly known as th Lydecker tennel. That provision was elim- inated from the bill in the House. I think the same legislation should be pushed for- ward vigorously during the comin : the We should » an ample of water capital city, but water d be filtered. T think the people here entitled to clean, pure water, which they do not cnjoy at present. Abolishing Grade Crossings. “A third question that is likely to occupy the time of the District committee is that relating to our steam railroads. I think the effort which has been made to do away he on the lines of steam ailways in the city can be brought to a head very soon. There is no doubt that the railroad companies and the Commissioners Can agree on a plan to accomplish this pur- pose. I hope that during the coming ses- sion of Congress the general plan for ac- complishing this will be fully settled in re gard to both the Baltimore and Potomac and the Baltimore and Ohio companies. “The question of lighting the city and public buildings by the use of power to be derived from the Great Falls is a matter CUBA UNDER BLANCO See eet The Problem Confronting the New Captain General. FEELING TOWARD THE UNITED STATES es: Commercial Interests Prefer An- nexation to Autonomy. CHANGE OF OFFICIALS (Copyright, 1897.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, Cuba., December 1, 1897. ptain General Blanco is charged with the task of winning back Cuba to Spain. It is more than a labor of He os, The architect of Spain's new colonial policy has set for himself the building of uper- siructure of home rule over a charnel cuse. Ty succeed he must have hearty Cuban good will and loyal support of the Spaniards on the island. Either element alone will not be enough. Gen. Blanco has been here a month, and neither element hes epted the new conditions. They aro either halting or hostil To one fresh from the sion ts that of a deaden indifference is in marked contrast to the live discussion which goes on in the United States, where the terms of autonomy are 1 and their meaning subjected vo minatirg 5! In Havana the com- mon comment is that the terms are of no articular equ so long as no one s the thing itself. It is too much for paniards or peninsulars and (oo little for the Cubans or insulars. “Last spring,” tates, the impres= community. The said one of the American residents here, “the talk was of Canovas’ reforms. Now it is of Sage autonomy, but you'll find everything now about » is that the er than the because there are more of them to d ‘uns a quicker course than as it was.then. The Sr h soldiers itradoes, and slarvae recon. Hostility to Autonomy. ‘Time enough has elapsed for the intranst- gentes, or fiercely loyal Spaniards, to ana- lyze the decree of autonomy, but they pay little attention to its details. The conces- sion of customs control to Cuba has inten- fied their hostility, yet they would have been a class of irreconcilables with that left out. Their fear from the beginning has been that Sagasta and Moret were ready to grant some real m¢ © of home rule, and this they will not e in any form. If the hostility to autonomy were confined to the corrupt official element, which in practice has lived up to the theory that Cuba exists only to be plun- dered, it could be overcome by the repress- ive hand which Spain has always known how to stretch forth to stifle discontent. But I think should be considered very carefully by Congress. The placing of our electrie wires of all kinds underground is another important question.” Mr. McMillan was not informed regarding the change of ownership of the Eckingt and other railway properties connected with it between this city and Balumore further than such reports as have been published here. He remarked that the bil assed at the last session gave that c y the right to experiment with the air motor, with the provision that if it should prove a failure the company would imme- diately equip with the underground electric tem, and he appeared to be satis! fied that this would now be the course pursued Without unnecessary delay. —o— HENDERSON One of the Most Notable Figures in Congress. General Henderson of Iowa has came back to Washington for the si rejuvenated- GEN. HERE A IN. Having had his leg amputated again, he seems quite re- freshed. Some sort of very substantial ma- terial is used in the construction of such men. His leg has been under the knife en times since the original amputation during the war. The first amputation was a little above the foot. The last was above the knee. General Henderson is now chairman of the House judiciary committee. Formerly he was one of the most active mem of the appropriations committee. Everybody in Congress calls him “Dave” Henderson Everybedy likes him because ne is so amiable and jolly. Most mem- bers fear him as an antagonist in debate because he is such an unc mscion- able fighter. In twenty years there have been but three or four men in Congress with lung power equal to him, and there is n energy and eloquence about his address which is apt to drive an antagonist off his bearin, Most men get more or less ill- natured when they sufter greatly, but with him it is almost the reverse—if possible, he is better natured under pain. it is a most remarkable thing the way he and that piece of a leg of his have contend- ed for mastery. In the first place, the bones of his ankle were shivered by a shot. He was young and thought he could stand it if the foot couid, and he held out against amputation foz several months. During the seven times his leg has been under the knife since then he has taken gas but twice. He is a most energetic worker—one of the mcst active men in Congress. During the last session of the Fifty-fourth Congress and the extra session of this Congress he was a great sufferer, as he has been at in- tervals before, as a premonition of another amputation. It pulled something off his flesh, but never contracted or modified the amiability of the smile with which he met all classes of people. When he saw that the leg was getting the best of him he a eiced to have another piece taken off. Thi was the most serious operation he had been compelled to endure, as it had to come off above the knee. He neglected his cor- respondence for just nine days on account of the operation. Four days before the operation wos performed the doctor ordered him to Atlantic City to take a complete rest, so that he could determine whether the amputation would be necessary. Dui ing that time he did no work. Again when the operation was performed he had to give his stenographer a holiday, but on the fourth day he was dictating letters. The second day after the amputation he was playing whist. ———--2+-—_____ MERELY CURRENT Gossip. Report to the Stnte Department of the Cuban Election. ‘There was nothing cfficial in the com- munication to the State Department con- cerning the organization of the govern- ment of the insurgents in Cuba. It was taken from one of the Cuban newszapers and was given to the press here merely as current gossip. As is well known, the United States government has never rec- egnized the existence of an insurgent gov- ernment in Cuba, and the officers of administration do not desire to have appear that they have done so in this when this fecling spreads through the mer- chants, the manufacturers and the trades men it becomes the sentiment of what has heretofore the dominating class. Its personalities are influential and forceful. With the governing powers at the palace there is little pretense of velvet in deal- ing with their own. Once autonomy was little less thon sedition, Now opposition to been autonomy is the next thing to treason, The union constitutional or pro-Spanish party is under the ban, while if enough liberals and reformistos to make a party could be got together under the flag of autonomy they would be the favored or- ganization. Nevertheless the Spanish ele+ ment which is fighting autonomy does not lack boldn It has a definite program and is just as resolute as the Sagasta min- istry and Captain General Blanco. If the oppestiion is not demonstrative It is determined. I have already heard the beast that Blanco will be driven from power as Martinez Campos was, aid will be slad to retire within three months. The Casino Espanol, or Spanish Club, is not in epen revolt, yet its members for the most part ostracise Blanco and his followers. Al Spaniard coming to Cuba to carry out a policy of home rule is made to feel that he is an aken among his own people. The volunteers have not mutinied, nor are they likely to mutiny. But ther sullenness has the same effect. They are on the eve of a strugele with the captain general, because he wants them to be ready to take the field, The shopkeepers, who compose the volun- teers, are filled with indignation. They did not enlist with the idea of fighting the in- surgents in order to enforce Cuban govern- ment in Cuba. The volunteers were formed to sustain Spanish rule, or misrule, among the Cubans. An illustration of unprejudiced opinion on Blanco's difficulties was given me the other day by a foreigner. He said if the captain general could drown a Span- jard for every Cuban that General Weyler bad starved to death the home-rule policy might be entered upon with some prospect of success. The suggestion would have seemed brutal anywhere except in this part of the world, where long-continued ferocity has dulled the sensibilitics. It could not be carried out literally. The Spaniards tn Cuba are said to number 160,000. More than that number of helpless Cuban pacifi- coes have gone to their graves. Want Annexation to United States. The feeling of the intransigentes, or ultra- Spaniards, toward the United States is one of mingled emotions. The manifestations against Americans are not so violent as formerly. The Spanish merchants com- plain of corcessions about tobacco and other favoritism at their expense. They declare no gratitude is shown for the re~ lease of the prisoners. They are skeptical over the promise that Minister de Lome will keep the friends of Cuba in Congress split up so that neither belligerency nor independence will be recognized. Inci- dentally, it may be said that much is heard in Havana about what Mr. de Lome does not mean to let Congress do. With all their complaints against the United States the Spaniards here show a certain complacency. In showing it they disclose their program of opposition to autonomy. It is simply annexation. I have found it useless in taiking with some of them to ex- plain that the United States must be con- sulted on that point, and that so far as personal observation goes public sentiment is overwhelmingly against Cuban annexa- tion. The Spanish commercial class in Ha= vana will have it otherwise, They would rather stay Spanish, but between either genuine home rule for Cuba or Cuban in- dependence on the one side and annexation on the other side the majority of them would pronounce unhesitatingly for an- nexation. Tne feeling which animates some of the public men in Bpain, to make every, @oncession in order to save the crown 10