Evening Star Newspaper, December 31, 1897, Page 1

THE EVEND oe PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Penrsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th St, by r aper Com The EE AUrEMANS Frese) Kew York Otfice, rs Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star ts ceed to su! ity by carriers on their own a . per week, or a4 cents per mont jes at the counter 2 cents each. | By mallranywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid —S0 cent er month. : Saterday Comp vert CR SS $1 per sear, with i foreiz pats adde (Entered a the Post Office at Washington, D. G, . at a gy St ar. @s_ cece nd-c).use matl matter.) er All watt be paid in advance. Rates of ad ‘2 on application. No. 13,989. WASHINGTON, D. O., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1897—-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CEN’ eg EO Cog OE i eee 0 ee OUR TEEN EAE TWO ENTE | 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 CHEER FOR M’KINLEY|/4PAN FEELS RESENTFUL/FINANCIAL OUTLOOK —— People of Matanzas, Cuba, Prefer An- nexation to mene oe MANY BUTS CHRISTIEAS NIGHT aS Desperate Condition of the People All Over the Island. oe NEED FOOD AND MEDICIN ee HAVANA, via Key West, Fla.. December 21—Details have been received from Span- ish sources of a conspir: ainst Span- tid to have been d of Pinar del Rio. ish ru covered in the province i It rrated that 1.500 men employed in the fields of Clay, Breck & Co., tobacco growers, and who had been disarmed. conspired to join | the insurger imprisoned in M 2 Riots Christmas Night. On Christ night there were ric lar to th h cecurred at Matan’ er te The demon- stra were intended as a prote autonomy. At Matanzas crowds for the United States, President McKinley ive majors in the in- pf Medicine. the of in dicine he ys. is to unto OF THE CUBANS. The Christin Herald Commi Offers Or- nig appeal in the ople of Cuba has recently ri sof In rganize C all prince’ s of the United of so- liciting food s m to thé nearest gulf seaport It at these and a steamship collect these m to Consul Gen- will kindiy speci- suitable of the sufferer: in Cuba the de so if the Cuban transportation This propo- ted for 1 to cha call mos The Christian list of contribu- 31,0002" a forth en- would dir ut ction of eve e that appeals w » without su lief fund yet settled will lertake to y in Cuba, but the confer- that end. ng contri- ‘ood in most olic bish- and the but there rment. As- particular of contributing nd other supplies received. He poin of the interior of ¢ ox teams railroads penet sit will requ this ¢ do: has ¢ State vered ul The Star. ar Newspaper Company..$100.00 1.00 3 50.00 RW. wets: 1.00 A friend 100.00 Cash . 5.00 $258.00 The Departments Cloned. All the executive departments were closed Teplo at noon today and will not reopen for busi- ness until Monday morning. | try Captain Sakuzzi Talks of Public Sentiment at Home. Russia Seeking to Grab What Right- fully Should to the Mikado’s Emptre. SAN FRANCISCO, December 31. S. Sakuzzi, assistant naval constructor of the Japan government, who is now in this country, superintending the building of the cruiser Chitoz at the Union iron work: has made a statement concerning the feel ing of the naval and military officers of Japan over the late actions of Germany and Russia with regard to the occupation of Chinese por He said: “While, of course, I can say nothing on this subject officially, I am very well acquainted with the ideas of my brother officers and of the great mass of the middle and upper classes of my coun- We believe that we are going to be eeeatcs sha that some of the a particularly—are children. -Capt. vere When. desert with victory sition to ¢ the nd in a_po- ‘ms still farther into and to demand by ions W s Russia that of peace and of all Europe caused us to emands and to be content with ren honors. And now Ru untage rry our territory of Chi on of our suce ask for, S possible; séeks for 1us not to take. I that a coalition between Great the present crisis is but highly probable. what she b icv lately been in- it to e bringing men, and w ady for s patch fifteen warship twenty-four torpedo and gunboats. ©, added to our already formidable and seasoned navy, form a fleet that may well ng and HL possible d be a disturbing element in the present | plan of Ru: and Germany. It not take very much more manipulation on the | pare of these two nations to arouse a re- ment in Japan that will find its voice than words. >— AT in something more HEAVY SNOW PITTSBURG. Local Traction Lines Impeded and ric Wires Down. Pa., December 31 PITTSBURG, t snow storm of the year is now iling throughout western Pennsylva- nia. From to ten inches of snow is lying ca the level and it is still snowing hard. So far through railroad traffic has not been seriously impeded, but the local traction lines Lave suffered great] ‘Telephone and electric light wires are dewn ail over the city, and several z sing of the been reported. ave happened by the cro but no fatalities have do and Snow at Chattanooga. 31— CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., December A destructiv: wind storm visited the at an early hour this morning. A large frame church and a two: dwelling were demolished and numerous other minor damages-were done. The wind storm was fol wed by a hea snow storm. >—— TO MARK TRENTON BATTLEFIELDS. Revolutionary Society Proposes Erect a i 00 Monument. TRENTON, N. J., December 31.—The bat- tleficld at Redbank {= to be marked with a $50,400 monument if the Sons of the Amer- ican Revolution are suc ul in raising the money. A committee of that organiza- tion has just looked over the much-negiect- ed field, some six miles below Trenton, of the battle of Trenton, where a handful of patriots, under command of Col. Green, to mowed down a big force of Hessians that tried to capture the fort at that point. was one n it of the short but thrilling engage- of the revolutionary war. in the century a short column was erected, but barbarians defaced the inscrip- tions and relic hunters chipped off much of the stone. Even the bones of the Hes- sians buried on the field have been dug up ri, and made Into cane handles and other curiositie: The battlefield has been a disgrace for half a century, and the Scns of the Amer- tean Revolution are beginning to try and save it from further depredations. _ CHICAGOANS RE. CH GOTHAM. Mayor Harrison Unable to Attend the Festive Wake. NEW YORK, December 31.—The Chicago delegation to the Greater New York-carni- to be held in City Hall Park tonight, in this city at 5 o'clock today. numbering about twenty, were station to ntatives of ruiser, un- val, arriv party, ried from Grand Central Everett Hous rk Je owing to business en- . will not be present. e train was nearly an hour late account of a delay near Rochester. Se ALABAMA POPULISTS. om, on CALL OF Convention to Be Held First Wednesday in May. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., December 31.— The populist state executive committee at a mecting held here yesterday called a state convention to meet on the first Wed- nesday in May to nominate a full state ticket, including a candidate for gover- nor and all state offices. A committee was appointed to select the place for the con- vention. ‘The committee issued a lengthy address, urging all populists to abstain frcm participation in the democratic pri- maries, denouncing the democratic party for upholding alleged fraudulent elections and inviting all opposition to the democ- racy to unite in support of the populist ticke T State populist policy will be along the mid- -the-road lines and a strong bid will, it is said, be made for republican support, it being w erstood that the latter party will not put out a state ticket. SS NO TRACE OF LOCKLEY. Clerk Who is Charged With Robbing Hix Employers. W YORK, December 31.—The entire :ds and papers of the American Estates Association were found to be missing by its officers in this city yesterday. The po- lice can fing no trace of Clerk Joseph Lockley. The manager of the association, James A. Reilly, was at work almost all night trying to find out exactly how much Lock- ley had made away with. The amount stolen is put now at about $8,000, aside from the papers the clerk took. ‘The greater part of this money was got- ten from be bank by means of raised checks. The rest of the money and the titles, deeds, books and papers, and even 1.00 | private letters, which were stolen were abstracted from the safe in the office. ——.—__ M. Teplow Comes to New York. ST. PETERSBURG, December 31.—M. » @ councilor of state, has been ap- pointed consul general for Russia at New York. Results of the First Half of the Fis- cal ies INCREASE WR RECEIPTS LOOKED FOR First Monthly Surplus Under the New Tariff. CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATES Today closes six months of the present fiscal year of the Treasury Department, and treasury officials are busy speculat- ing what the remaining six months will bring forth in the way of altering the con- dition of the financial institution of Uncle Sam. The outlook for the rest of the fiscal year is considered encouraging by the most con- servative cfficials. During the past month the receipts from all sources have been good, and for the first month since the Dingley law went into effect there is a sur- plus instead of a deficit. The surplus, leaving out payment on the Union Pacific railway, is approximately $1,500,000. This is due to heavy internal revenue receipts, a large increase in customs receipts and no heavy payments on regular interest. In January the regular interest charges to be met aggregate between $6,000,000 and $7,000,000. Uni the receipts are. unex- pectedly there may be a deficit for January, but it is generally predicted that each of the last five months of the fiscal vear will show a good surplus. The cficit in January will probably not exceed 23,008,000. ficit of 845,000,000. Ving entirely out ef consideration the 00,000 which have been received and to received from the le of the Union road, and the $30,000,000 paid on in fact, all Pacific railroad ons—the treasury shows a deficit for the first six montns of about $45,000,000, That deficit is a large ene, but it is ac- counted for in many ways. It is confident- be Pacific maiuring bonds: transac ly expected that a large slice will be taken before cfé that the end of the fiscal year. A num sury statisticians estimate that the six months will show a sur- plus of $10,000,000 in regular receipts over expenditure amount deducted from the deficit at this time will leave a deficit of $55,000,000, Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee and treasury officials estimate that in the rush of anticipatory importa- just before ley bill, the 00,000 above the ordinary signing of the Ding- were added to the treas- soing on the last fiscal year. other conditicns this amount would have gone to the credit of this year. Had this been the case there would have been end of uke year, but a surplus of several millions. The Pacific Railway Deal. ping at the of the Under the ty the tem of bookke pts from the tre rec su ale ‘elpts. At the same time the $30,000,000 paid out on maturing railroad bonds does not appear in the expenditures. It is paid out of the available sh balan of the treasury, simply reducing that balance. The effect of the Pac railroad trans- actions, however, will be felt at the end of the ar, and many consider it proper to deal with both ‘transactions in the es- timates. The total amount to be received from the sale of the Union Pacific w 000,000 in round numbers. of this, $58,- About $4,000,000 however, had been in the sinking fangs and for some time had been carried n the cash balance. The actual new re- pts from this source, therefore, is about $54,000,000. Deducting from this’ amount, therefore, the payments of $30,000,000 on Pacific railroad bonds, ete., there will still be left to the credit of the government from these transactions about $24,000,000, which should and will go to decreasing the appar- ent deficit of $35,000, 00, leaving a real defi- cit for the end of the year of $11,000,000. Secretary Gage’s estimate to Congress was that the deficit would not be over $28,000, 100. Secretary Gage’s Estimate. Secretary Gage also estimates for the fiscal year 1899 a deficit of something like $20,000,000. He explained to a Star reporter that this estimate was based on the esti- mates of expenditures by the heads of the verious departments. These estimates are always cut down. In talking over this to- day men who have been at the Treasury Department for years are confident that the fiscal year 1899 will show a surplus as large as will be the deficit this fiscal year. Chairman Dingley’s Estimate. Chairman Dingley of the ways and means committee has prepared the following statement of the revenue outlook: “The revenue for December shows an in- crease of more than $2,500,000 over that of November and $5,750,000 over that of Sep- tember, and even exceeds the expenditures for December nearly $1,750,000. The offi- 1_figures for December (excluding the $1,715,204 received during the month on ccount of the Pacific railroad sale and the $00,000 paid out to qualify the gov- ernment representative to bid in case of the sale of the Kansas Pacific) make the receipts $: 4, expenditures $26,195,000 and surph AH. The receipts in De nearly $22,000,000; in December, 1895, they were $26,000,000, and in December, 1896, a little less. “This surplus for December, 1897, how- ever, arises from the fact that there have been almost no interest payments for the month, which makes the expenditures be- low the average. In January the quarterly interest will be due, which’ will swell the expenditures considerably above the aver- age, and leave a deficiency for that month, notwithstanding the revenue will probably rise to at least $29,000,000, and possibly more, The Year’s Expenditure. “On the basis of the estimate of the Sec- retary of the Treasury that the expend- itures for the present fiscal year will be $373,000,000—a little over $200,000,000 having been already expended—the average month- ly expenditures for the six months begin- ning January 1 will be about $29,000,000; as the expenditures for the first half of the fiscal year are considerably larger than those for the last half, on account of the suspension of many public works in the winter season and the large July payments of Labilities of the previous fiscal year. “There is no doubt in treasury circles that the revenue under the new tariff law from January 1 to July 1 will exceed in the aggregate expenditures for the same period, notwithstanding January and possibly April —the two months for payment of quarterly interest—will show a balance on the wrong side. The revenue was only $19,000,000 in Au- gust ($7,000,000 from customs) in conse- quence of the large importations between March 1 and July 24, in anticipation of the new tariff. It rose to $22,000,000 in Sep- tember ($8,000,000 from customs) to $24,000,- 000 in October (nine and three-fourth mil- Hons from customs) to $25,000,000 (nine and three-fourths millions from customs) in the short month of November; and now rises to nearly $28,000,000 in December (eleven and one-half millions from customs). is increase will go on as the goods imported in anticipation of the new tariff are med. Indeed, the increase of rev- enue which the present consumption of imported sugar and wool of classes one and two eftitles the treasury has only begun to be felt as to sugar, and as to wool will not be materially felt for geyeral months, The increased receipts from internal revenue taxes are due to the provisions of the new tariff abolishing the discount on beer stamps and increasing the tax on cigarettes and to the bottling law passed by the last Congress, in connection with the improve- ment in business. “While the apparent deficiency for, the first half of the present fiscal year has been about forty-four millions (the reve- nue having been nearly one hundred and fifty-eight millions’ and the expenditures two hundre@ and two millions), yet it will be observed that thig would have been al- most wiped out bythe thirty-eight mil- lions of revenue received from March 1 to July 1 from importations in excess of the same period of the previous year, made in anticipation of the new tariff and in- tended for consumption the present fiscal year, which revenue was necessarily placed to the credit of the last fiscal year, but in equity belongs to this fiscal year. And this does not take into account the absolute loss of revenue arising from anticipatory importations, which the treasury has al- ready experienced and will continue for several months to experience in a less de- gree.” The Treasury Statement. The treasury this afternoon issued a statement showing that the receipts for the six months, exclusive of Union Pacific pay- ments, were $157,850,151, and the expendi- tures, $202,21; 1, an actual deficit of $44,- 364,999. Including Union Paelfic payments, deficit is less than $500,000. The total receipts from customs during the month were $11,369,192 against $10,779,- 412 for the same montf last year. This is the first month under the Dingley law that the customs receipts have exceeded the receipts for the same month last year under the Wilson law. The available cash balance of the Treas- ury yesterday stood at $250,721,730. Of this amount $160,647,190 wag the gold reserve, including the gold bullion. ‘The total receipts for the month of No- vember amounted to $59,646,698, and the expenditures, $27,095,000, which leaves a surplus for the month of $32,551,698. These figures, however, include the receipts and payments on account of the Union Pacific transfer. Independent of the Union Pa- cific account, the surplus this month is $1,- 736,494, DECORATED WITH FLOWERS the District Commissioner Ross’ Office a Bower of Rare Roses, Greeted Upon His Retarn by Subor- dinates of District Government— Address of Wé@icome. District Commissioner John W. Ross re- turned to the city early this morning, and about 10:30 made hfs appearance at the District building, from which he has been absent since the 3d instant. He found his roonr beautifully decorated with flowers and plants, and scattered about the room and on his desks were an immense floral horse shoe, a great baskct of orchids, roses and’ carnations and vases filled with cut flowers. These decorations, as was explaiued in yesterday's Star, were greetings from the ‘employes of the Dis- trict government, and: when the sentor Commissicnér entered his room and saw these floral remembrances. he was visibly affected. It soon becaine known that Mr. Ross was in the building, and after Commissioners Wight and Black had called upon him and ecrdially welcomed him, the room was visited by about every employe, from the heads of the various departments down to the messenger boys, all eager to extend a welcome to Mr. Ross, Mr. Darneille’s Address. When the room had liecome quite crowd- ed, Disbursing Oficer Darneille stepped forward and addressed Mr. Ross as follows: “Mr. Commissioner Ross: We are assem- bled here today with pride and joy, amid flowers, to welcome you, whom we love and respect, back to your official home. We are more than glad to see you, and also to ob- serve the bloom of heaith upon your cheek. We have followed you through your trials and sickness, and always have you had our heartiest sympathies. We have missed you more than my poor words can express, and we assure you that yeur presence in our midst is Ike to us as the bright sun rays are to the flowers in spring. Be assured that wherever you go, whatever your care, our hearts will follow you. In this we not only voice the feelings of the officials of the District government, but the feelings of the entire community as welt, and may the saints above watch over you, and may the life that les before you be 4 pathway strewn with flowers. With love and good wishes, I say three cheers for the Hon. John W. Ross.’ The Commissioner Responds. When the cheers called for by Mr. Dar- neille had subsided, Mr. Ross said he was wholly taken by surprise by the demonstra- tion, and that it had deeply touched his heart. He fully :reciprocated the kind words of Mr. Darneille, remarking that with most of those about him he had been associated for the past seven years, and he could truthfully say of them, as well as of those who had come later, that in no de- partment of the goyernment could be found a more worthy set of men, none more con- scientious, and none more deserving of the good will of the people. Much of the suc- cess of the Commigsioners had ever been due to this force of men. He was glad to know that he enjoyed their esteem, for it made his life all the sweeter. To enjoy their love and confidence was his highest ambition, for if he deserved it his reward was indeed great. Explaining that when he left here a mecnth ago almost he was in very bad health, and that he had only recalled his resignation at the est of the President, Mr. Ross added t¥at' he was glad to say that health had returned to him, and that ‘he felt fully prepared:to once more take up hic duties. He agai, in_a voice which trembled with emotig#, Assgred his auditors of the pleasure the. reception had given him, and after wis em and theirs every happiness, co! idea by saying: “Now, I want to 't; each one of you by the hand, if you will ow. me.”” For the next fift an 4, tS minutes Mr. Ross was enj shaking the hands of the emplo: ES kind. words they spole to jm. During this reception Assessor Primblé took occasion to say to him that if the flowers could speak they would say that’ they represent- ed the love, the resp the devotion of ‘the employes of the Distriet government. listening to ‘the To Spenk in Providence. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web- ster Davis and Mr. Fred A. Emery left this afternoon for Providence, R. I., to at- tend the ninth annual banquet of the Rhode Island Business Men’s Association tomor- Tow night. Assistant Secretary Davis will be the "Governae (and others will eS Gove Dyer, Senator ric! eure ae and aeern and the ae ELS RESENTFUL|FINANCIAL OUTLOOK |inztsttizxints"seseas™=ts JORDAN IN COURT |THE New CUBAN casmer IN COURT Charged With Trying to Bribe an Official. RECORD IN MICHIGAN BROUGHT UP Dispute Over the Question of Bail. A RECESS IS TAKEN James A. Jordan, who was arrested in New York yesterday, was brought to this city last night at 10:40 o'clock, accom- panied by William Kennedy, a United States deputy marshal from New York. He was at once taken to the District jail, where he spent the night. Soon after his arrival here the prisoner sent a communi- cation to Attorney Jere Wilson, retaining the latter as counsel in his case. Deputy Marshal James Springman visited the jail this morning and escorted Jordan to the city hall, and into the presence of Judge Cole. Assistant District Attorney Shillington called the case to the attention of the court. He asked that Jordan be committed to jail and that bail be fixed, explaining that the man was indicted Oc- tober 4 last by the grand jury for violating section 5451 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, the specific charge being the attempted bribery of a public official. A bench warrant for the arrest of Jordan was issued October 20, added Mr. Shilling- ton, the arrest occurring yesterday in New York. The Prisoner Arraigned In behalf of Jordan, Attorney Wilson stated that the prisoner had not heard of the indictment pending against him here until he was placed under arrest yesterday. He would ask a postponement of the mat- ter as to fixing the amount of bail, as he was unfamiliar with the facts, the attorney went on to say, were ft not that his client is ill. Attorney Wilson read from the in- dictment the allegation to the effect that Jordan sent $150 to an employe of the pen- sion office named Fritts, with the intent to induce the latter to abstract from the files of the office two affidavits, and thereby destroy evidence against Jordan in a case pending against him. The court was ed to fix the bail at a nominal sum, as the penalty, in the event that Jordan should be tried and convicted, could not exceed $450, three times the amount said to have been offered by him as a bribe, and im- prisonment for not more than three years. The Question of Bail. Assistant Distriet Attorney Shillington mceved that the bail be substantial, and sugggsted $5,000 as the proper amount. There were circumstances in connection with the case, Mr. Shillington explained, that should be called to the attention of the court. He went on to say that Jordan, while a pension examiner, assigned to duty in Michigan, was indicted there for falsify- ing his accounts, for perjury and for for- gery. He was tried on one of the indict ments, convicted and fined $1,600, the fine being paid. When called upon to respond to the other indictments, it was added, Jordan failed to appe: and, therefore, he is a fugitive from justice from Michigan, Attorney Wilson admitted that Jordan had paid ‘a fine of $1,000, but declared that he had never been called upon to respond to the other two indictments, and there- fore was in no sense a fugitive from jus- He was ready to respond, it was stated, at any time. Judge Cole remarked that in fixing the amount of bail he would be governed large- ly by the facts in regard to the cases in Michigan. If Jordan had forfeited his bond there the court wanted to know it. The hearing was therefore adjourned un- til 2:30 o'clock this afternoon, Judge Cole requesting counsel on both sides to investi- gate the circumstances and inform him correctly at that hour as to the true facts in the case. During the recess Jordan remained in the custody of a deputy marshal. He is well dressed and had with him a small Valise. ———— A DRAFTED MAN Not Entitled to a Pension on F nishing a Substitute. Assistant Secretary of the Interior Web- ster Davis handed down a number of deci- sions in appealed pension claims today, and amcng them was one of special interest, re- lating to the question of pensioning a man when he had sent a substitute into the ser- vice, The claim is that of Wright Sims, late drafted recruit, Indiana, unassigned. The Official records of the War Department show that Wright Sims was drafted, Oc- tober 11, 1864, in Indiana. He was served with notice of his drafi and ordered to re- port October 1864. He was examined and accepted by the board of enrollment, October 22, 1864, at Lafayette, Ind., but was not held to service under the draft, be- cause he furnished a substitute, who was accepted and held to service in’ his stead. His substitute, George T. Robbins, was ac- cep! thus releasing him from liability to be held for servi ice under the draft. Both Sims and Robbins were injured in a railway accident, October 31, 1864, and for vue injury Sims makes application for pen- si Assistant Secretary Davis, in his decision, Says: “If claimant was injured, as al- leged, his injury was not incurred while he Was in the military service of the United States, because, two days prior to the acci- dent, another man had been substituted for him under the draft, and had been ac- cepted by the military “authorities. As it does not appear that any furlough was granted to Sims, there seems to be no ne- cessity for considering the question raised relative to furloughs granted to drafted men. There is on file with the papers in this claim a ‘certificate of exemption’ on account of his having furnished a substi- tute. The statements of this claimant, him- self, very clearly indicate that he was re- turning to Lafayette, Ind., at the time he was injured, not to be mustered into the service, but, out of abundant caution, to see that his arrangement and contract with his substitute was fully carried out and com- pleted by the formal muster of the substi- tute into the military service. Claimant had furnished a substitute who had been accepted and enrolled, and claimant was thereby relieved and released from all ob- ligations and liabilities to service under the craft, and was on his way, in his capacity as a civilian, te, sée that his private ar- rangement and contract with his substitute was duly carried out and completed. The claim is, therefore, rejected.” ————— Soe TO NEW YORK. ‘ur- The President Acceptn an Invitation fer January 27. The President has decided to accept the invitation of the National Association of Mafiufacturers to attend the annual ban- quet of that organization at the Waldorf Hotel, in New York, on the evening of January 27. The invitation was recently extended by ex-Senator Warner Miller and a delegation of prominent New Yorkers. The dinners of the Vice President and members of the cxbinet will begin on Janu- per pare aed Baer sen bd President's dinner. Secretary Sherman’ 8 @ few days later. the: ‘The cabinet meeting today talked over de- pertnental matters, nothing of THE NEW CUBAN CABINET Members Are Expected to Be Sworn in at Havana Tomorrow. Ed a What Their Powers and Duties Are— Personnel Not Yet Definite- ly Known. The swearing in of the new Cuban cab- inet at Havana tomorrow morning is await- €d with much interest in official and diplo- matic circles, rot so much on account of the personality of the ministers, as for the effect in inaugurating the new autonomous, or home rule, policy. Minister Dupuy De Lome takes the view that with the advent of the Cuban cabinet there will be a real- ization of the new government of Cuba by the Cubans, as the new law makes the Cuban cabinet and the legislature the re- sponsible organs of administering the af- fairs of the island. Summaries of this law have been received by cable, but the Span- ish legation has now received the full text of the law, from which the foliowing arti- cles are taken to shew the powers and duties of the new cabinet: Powers and Duties. “Article 44—No executive order of the governor gereral, acting as representative and chief of the colony, shall take effect unless countersigned py a member of the cabinet. who by this act alone shall make himse!f responsible for the same. “Article 45—There shall be five secretar- ies of department, to wit: Justice and in- terfor, finance, public education, public works and pests and telegraph, agriculture, industry and commerce. “The governcr general shall appoint the resident of the cabinet from among the secretaries ond shall also have the power to appoint a president without a secre- taryship. “The power to increase or diminish the number of secretaries composing the colo- nial cabinet and to determine the scope ef each department is vested in the insular ment. ‘Article 46—The secre ‘ies of the cab- inet may be members of either the cham- ber of representatives or the council of ad- ministration and take part in the debates of either chamber, but a secretary shall only vote in the chamber of which he is a member. “Article 47—The secretaries of the cabinet shall responsidle to the insular parlia- ment It is pointed out as chiefly important in the foregoing articles-that, under the last clavse of article the Cuban parliament determines the scope of each Gepartment, and under article 44 the orders of the governor general are not to take effect hereafter until countersigned by a member of the local cabinet, thus giving, in the view of the Spanish authorities, practical rome rule by the Cubars. Personnel Not Positively Known. The personnel of the cabinet is not yet known with podsitiveness, and the unofii- cial lists sent from Havana are said to contain some names which will not appear in the list as announced, and to omit some names which will appear. There is ne deubt, however, that Senor Jose M. Galvez will be president of the cabinet, or premier. He is a native Cuban, and has passed through some severe ordeals during Cuba's struggles, being confined during the former revolutionary period on the Isle of Pines, and at another time co-operating from Havana with the revolutionary junta. There is reason to believe, also, that Senor Govin will be in the cabinet, not- hstanding denials from Atlanta, where has Leen of late. sed through Tampa, Fla., day, en route to Cuba. There was serious apprehension for a time that Senor Govin would be subj al indignities a, the Spanish 3 1 a dispatch from the Spanish consul at Tampa, and a letter from New York, saying that’an organized effort would be made to insult Govin in a conspicuous manner. that the plans on foot contempla sembling a crowd at the depot and making a hostile demonstration. The letter from ew York ted that the plan to publicly insult Govin was being organized there by the radical element of the junta. As no demonstration has been reported from Tampa, it is supposed that Senor Govin got through without serious affront, as the ship for Cuba left late last night. Refer- ring to the incident, the Spanish minister stated today that he regarded it as a con- spiracy, and as one of the means by which the irreconcilables, as he terms them, see to terrorize those Cubans who are ready to ept autonom. ARMY AND NAVY. Matters of General Interest to the United Service. The gunboat Helena jled from Ber- muda yesterday for Funchal, on her way to China. The training ship Alliance left New York yesterday for Portsmouth, N. H., to under- go repairs. Gen. Wm. H. Bell, commis subsistence, has been g1 sence for twenty-six i Commander Hanford has been ordered to take charge of the tenth light house dis- trict at Buffalo, in place of Commander Jewell. Arthur Oscar Sykes of New York has passed his preliminary examination for admission into the navy as a chaplain. The Navy Department has received for presentation to Ensign Gherardi, son of Admiral Gherardi, a medal awarded to him by the Life Saving and Benevolent So- ciety of New York for rescuing a man fallen overboard from the Texas about a year ago. Major Livermore of the Engineer Corps has been detailed as military attache at Copenhagen and Stockholm, an assiga ment that is said to relieve him from any imputation that might have resulted trom the revocation of his appointment as a member of the Nicaragua canal commis- sion. At present Major Livermore is sta- tioned at Boston in charge of light nouse work. sary general of ‘anted leave of ab- — AFTER YEARS OF SERVICE. Resignation of Hugh Nealy of the Pension Office. After thirty-four years of constant serv- ice for Uncle Sam, Hugh Nealy, aged seventy-nine years, today forwarded his resignation to Commissioner Evans as copyist at $900 per annum. Mr. Nealy has been constantly employed since 1863. Al- though not a soldier he had two sons in the army who died of diseases contracted in the line of service. In accepting his resignation the commissioner approved a recommendation for thirty days’ leave of absence to the faithful old clerk. — Personal Mention. Assistant Secretary Day left Washington last night for a short visit t© Canton. He will return Sunday. Brig. Gen. E. A. Carr, retired, is at the Ebbitt for a stay of several weeks. Lieut. H. K. Kuhn, retired, of Johns- town, Pa., is on a visit to this city. Lieut. J. G. Ord, 6th Infantry, is at 1913 Pcrnsylvania avenue, on sick leave. LOWNDES DROPS OUT Maryland Governor Formally With- draws From Senatorial Fight, WAY IS NOW CLEAR FOR M'COMAS Good Effect on Factional Struggle in Republican Party. as TALK OF THE POLITICIANS BALTIMORE, December 31.—Governor Lowndes has withdraw from the senatorial contest. The governor was in Baltimore it night and had a conference with a number of his friends, including Senator Wellington, Judge David W. Sloan of Cumberland and Sub-Treasurer James M. Sloan. Speaking of the senatorial situation and his position in regard to it, he sak “You may say for me that my name will not be presented to the caucus of my party as a candidate for the United States sena- tcrship to succeed Senator Gorman. I have decided to withdraw from the senatorial contest. “This conclusion I have reached after carefully considering the circumstances surrounding my nomination by the repub- lican party for the office 1 now hold, and the circumstances under which I | was elected to that office. Added to these are other reasons. Ambition to Be Senate “I shall not attempt to conceal the fact that I have had an ambition to represent my state in the Senate of the United States and I have so publicly expressed myself. But, all the reports to the contrary not- withstanding, I wish it distinctly under- stood that it was never my intention, as has been insinuated, to use my office as governor of this state in the manner which has been attributed to me. I believe that if I desired to use the patronage of my of- fice to make myself the senator from Mary- land it could be done. I think those who know me feel that rather than gratify any desire I may have had to be senator from Maryland by the prostitution of the office 1 hold for my own personal advancement I would resign it tomorrow and never again enter public lif “I speak with scm as I have been ch tions with having this feeling on this point, i in various direc- in mind, and as hav- already attempted to carry out this I believe in the old theory that ‘he vho serves the people best serves his party I shal! continue to the end of term to advai the best interests of State without fear or favor, content that work thus done shall convince the people of Maryland that they made no mis- take when they intrusted the republican party with the management of its affairs.” Judge McComas Well Qualified. Governor Lowndes was asked what his ideas were regarding the senatorial race and what would be the effect of his with- drawal. He stated: “Judge McComas has a strong following. He is emirently qualified to represent Maryland in the Senate of the United States. His long and useful public life and his qualities as a speaker ably qualify him for this position.” ACTION CAUSES A NSATION, Wit Will Cause Band Wagon, Evening Star. December drawal Bt Special Disps BALTIMORE, to McComas* ch to The M 1. — The withdrawal of Gov. Lowndes as a candi- date to succee] Mr. Gorman in the United States Senate is the political sensation of the hour, and politicians of all factions ree that it p ally insures the ele j tion of Judge Louis E. McComas. large number of mem! of the legis- lature, including at least half of the re- publicans in the senate, were here today and discussed the withdrawal from every standpoint. Senator Wilkinson and other southern Maryland members refused to say what they would do, but it is believed will soon make for the McComas band wagon. The governor's retirement is believed tc be the outcome of a conference held last night between Me: Lowndes, Welling- ton, Sloan, Postmaster General Gary, Mr. John K. Cowen and other friends of the executive. It is especially satisfactory to the independent voters, who were denoune- ing the governor for even considering re- linquishing his present office before the expiration of his term. Politicians also see in this a reconciliation betw ‘enator Wellington and Judge McComas. Conserv cans believe that the of his ambition and ative repub or’s sucrifice govern- its in- cidental features will strengthen the r publican party enormously in the eyes of the independent voter. The Shaw men still hold out for their n, but the withdrawal has struck that dy languishing boom a from which it can never re The Spenkership. The contest for the speakership of the house of delegates is the prevail- ing topre in local political circles, and the approaching © republican aucus is for the time being deminating nm the intense interest in the elecdon of a successor to Senator Gorman. The %elief that Mr. Ashley M. Gould of Montgomery county will be chosen to preside over the house is becoming more general, and rep- resentative members of the party in Balti- more hail that prospect with keen satis- faction. If the expressions of the county delegates who have been in the city this week are to be taken in carnest, there is no reason to doubt that Mr. Gould will have their sup- port. They appear to be unalterably op- posed to considering any city candidate, and the aspiration of no other out-of-town member is treated seriously. Mr. Gould not only is the choice of the six members of the city delegation who have steadfastly refused to be coerced by the “Malster” leaders who are attempting to conduct a republican machine along the old ring dem- ocratic lines, but he has the support of such clean and able city leaers as Attor- ney General Clabaugh, Mr. George R. Gaither, jr., and other influential members of the party, who do not propose to ex- change the ‘dictation of Wellington and Stone for that of Police Commissioner Johnson and “Charley” Wilson. Strong Objections to Turner. One factor which should operate strongly in Mr. Gould’s behalf is the incapacity dis- played in trying to exert the Malster in- fluence so as to insure the election of a city delegate as speaker. The failure to keep the boom for Mr. Benjamin L. Turner alive is apt’ to prove disastrous. The tor- rent of dissent and adverse criticism that followed the effort to send Mr. Turner to Annapolis as the choice of Baltimore city appears to have completely disgust: country members, and if Mr. Louis who was indorsed by a dozen of the tion, after the ignominious withdrawal of Turner, were an eminently