Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1898, Page 1

[—— THE EVENING &STAR. ee PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, JIC] Tecesslvsria Avenue, Cor. a St, by The Evening Star Ne T Com: SB EAUPFMAN MPres't. 7 morta wb Few York Qiice, 49 Pottor Buildinz. ‘The Evening Star ts served to subscribers fa the city by carrise’, On thelr own account, at 10 cents per week, or a4 cents per month. jes at the counter 2 cents each. By mail—anywhere jo the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 cents Fer month, Saterday Quintuple Steet Star, $1 per year, with foreizn poatage added, £8.00. (Entered a”. the Post Office at Washington, D. O., as sccend-cl.vaa mail matter.) TH All wall subecripticns must be patd In advance. R. advertising made Frown on appilcation. THE POTOMAC WATER Senator Hale Unsparingly Denounces It. NO OTHER PEOPLE 90 IMPOSED UPON Mr. Gallinger Seys a Plan Will Be Provided ———— HAWATIAN TREATY UP Rey. Bishop Merrill, D. D., of Chicago delivered the invocation at the opening of the Sen: today. A bill was favorably reported from the committee prohibiting railroad com- om charging more than 3 cents a assergers through the Indian ter- for p itory Mr. calling for information, as follows: MeMillan introduced a_ resolution Resolved, That the Secretary of War be, and he is hereby, requested to report to the * any information that may be in in relation of to the the filtration of the water District of Columbia, to- be ‘ai of the army of the Washington aque- relative to such subjec resclution brought out some com- ton the part of Senators Hale and Ga sing the condition of the Poto- or vate said he hoped the com: f Columbia we bout which the suffering people riet could get a supply of good, ittee on er The District Imposed Upon. “I venture to sa: said Mr. Hale, “that in no part of the United States is there a nity of the size presented by the his District here the people i upon and used in this of wate: as are the people of the ‘tof Columbia. The residents here ed every day to use bad, foul water, erous to drink and makes it suffered for years in this re- principle, I suppose, that body's busine is nobody's . I have great faith in the ability of the chairman of the committee on the District of Columbia to do somethin free us from the miserable condition we are in in respect to our water supply. Mr. Gallinger's Statment. Mr. Gallinger then made a statement in alt of the com ¢ on the District of not been unmind- ct that the w; the 1 enti ina of pply aye of water for in inquiring felt that the first requisite ey to get an adequate si nd then to adopt some tion that would purify committe the he Water Not Hartfal. impression is the water that is fur- the citizens of this District is ul to the health of the people. That it ought to be filtered goes without ing, but a system ef filtration would be sive matter, and, in view of the ef the treasury, it is natural committee should move slowly. ex-Senator Ingalls said the a ceriain river in this coun- too thick to drink and too thin al purposes, and I be > river water. struggiing with this due time it will be 1 will ask the co-opera- of the Senate to put its plan into ef- the to the Potom is in committee problem, snd able to solve it, tion The Hawaiian Treaty Taken Up. At 1250 p.m., on motion of Mr. Davis n.), chairman of the committee on for- relations, the senate went into execu- on to consider the Hawaiian an- treaty. , y Was not taken up immediately as a number of nominations confirmed. REPRE: the House of Rep- but the gal- By unanimous con- substituted for to- consideration of District of The civil service de- resumed and Mr. Cooney HOUSE OF ENTATIVES. attendance in ves was light tod: leries were well filled. mt next Morday ay for the Columbia bus! was then (Mo.) took the floor. He opposed the whole civil service re- form idea, which he denounced as a cheat da narrow swindle. A civil pension list i office-holding class, he argued, were logical and inevitable if it was to continue. Mr. Dorr (W. Va.) foliowed with a set speech in opposition to the law. Mr. Cox (Tenn.) said he was so utterly opposed to civil service reform that he woul) vote to strike out the appropriation commission, and for the repeal of bate (Ark.) antagonized the prin- and practice of the law. Brumm (Pa.) also opposed the pres- He doubted, he said, > or ‘ome of the civil service examinations. He defended what was ywn as the “political pull,” which, he id, be cultivated. ry young have such influence, and if ot have it, it was the best e that they were unworthy of politi leges. He was ready to vote for the cal of the law. Cc: (Mass.) was the first speaker the merit system. In re cism of some of the op- i- stem, he raised a laugh Grosvenor, who, ac- ‘all’s) ulations, wan 113 ver cent the f the offic of the DISTRICT IN CONGRE A Number of Local Bills Laid Before the Sena of bills acted on at the meeting ‘ommittee on the District of last Friday were laid before the today, in accordance with instruc- the committee, which have been Published in The Star. in the House today, upon request of Mr. Curtis of Iowa, it was agreed that next Monday should be substituted for today as District « It is expected that the Dis- trict committee will have @ number of bills upon the calendar by that time and that ‘ erable District business will be trans- Senat Columbi acted. —_—_---. Wrecked on Turner's Lump. A telegram received at the life saving bureau states that the brig Manson, with & cargo of railroad tles, struck on Turner's lump, five miles southeast of Asateague tion, on the Virginia eastern shore. The crew of six were landed by the crew {ni « surf boat. The vessel wil] proba] total loss. use gicel igs | No. 13,997. WA HINGTON WON A COLONEL'S SPURS Frederick Funston Returns From Cuban War With Wounds, Son of Former Representative From Jowa Talks of the Situation on the Island. NEW YORK, January 10.—Among the passengers who arrived today on board the steamer City of Washington from Ha- vana was Frederick Funston, a Cuban in- surgent leader, who comes to this coun- try for medicai treatment. Funston is aiso well known as an Alaskan explorer. He has been on the staff of Gen. Garcia as chief of artillery for more than twelve months, and was captured about four Weeks ago while crossing the railroad ut Puerto Principe. He. gave a fictitious tame, and, having no papers on his per- sen, Was released shortly afterward. Mr. Funston is suffering from the effects of a bullet wound in thi, Gained Rank of Lieut. Colonel. Frederick Funston’s rank is lieutenant colonel. He is the son of former Repre- sentative E. H. Funston of Iola, Kan. He told after landing an interesting story of how he came to attain the highest rank held by an American in the insurgent ent to Cuba in August, 1896,” he ‘aS a member of the Cabrera ex- pedition, which from. Charleston with thirty-six men. On landing I took command of Gomez’s artillery with the tank of captain. We had only two pieces then-—Hotchkiss guns—but they did good rvice, especially at the siege of Cacorra, and at the siege of Guenaro, where Os- good, the American foot ball player and then chief of artillery, v killed. Upon Osgood’s death I became chief of artiliery, with the rank of major. I took part in twenty-two battles in es fired the Dudley dynamit May of last y lungs. Before this I had bee the arm. Last October upon me, crushing both m here I am on furlough and w the surgeon fix me up. Captured by the Spanish. “My departure, hewever, from C merked by several exciting § obtain my leave of absence I had to app! to the insurgent civil government, some distanee from where I was then sts On my journey to apply for this lea while I was accompanied by Licut. Penny, formerly of the United States, now of t iting to have a forces, we were surprised by a party of six Spanish soldie Lieut. ny escaped and I captured. Iw d_and taken to Puerto Princip Gen. Castellano of the Spanish ic vened a special bozrd of inquiry tigate my case. As I was not in had no papers with me, and had faise name, stating that I wi tado, coming to surrender, upon my oath that I would never fi agains’ Spain. By swearing this I say my life, after having fought twenty-four battles for Cuba, being crippled for life and nged up. I am not going back I shall go to a hospital here and to my home in Kansas. The outcome of the struggle in Cuba depends altogether on the United States. The Cubans will never give up, nor will the Spaniards.” Troops Are Not Paid. Col. Funston said that the insurgent sol- diers and officers are net paid and cannot be paid in full unless they win, in which cese Col. Funston would receive abcut $4,000. He said the food and clothing of the insurgents are poor and their living pre- caricus, Lut their courage and hope are un- bounded. He said that the Spanish soldiers were not paid, but were fairly we Col. Funston said that whi at Puerto Principe he was w treat- and found no ences of discontent in their ranks. He deciared that the atrocities upon women ard children, reported trom time to tim: were invariably perpetrated by the gue rillas and not by the regular troops. On the guerrillas he admitted the insurgents often took their rev > NOT “APPREHENSIVE. War Department Officials Surprised at Not Hearing From Capt. Ray. Although surprised at not having heard from Capt. P. H. Ray, the officer sent to re- connoiter the Yukon country, for some time, the officials of the War Departmeat say they have no reason to apprehend that he has met with any serious trouble. The last report received from him was dated early in October, and it is supposed that since then he has spent his time either at Dawson, Circle City or Fort Yukon, and that he had not completed his report of ob- servations, or that, if forwarded to the de- partment, it had miscarried in some way. POSTMAST: HICKS’ REMOVALS. An Investigation by the Civil Ser- vice Commission. The removals made by Postmaster Hicks of Philadelphia, Pa., in alleged defiance of the civil service rules, have been taken up by the civil service commission, and an in- vestigation was begun today in the matter. If the investigation here warrants it, special examiner will be sent to Philadel- phia lo prosecute the inquiry further. It is expected that Postmaster Hicks will appear before the commission tomorrow. SCS CORBETI’S CLAIM. MR. Senator Burrows’ Po an Adverse Report. It had beer expected that the committee on privileges end elections would meet to- day to take up the claim of H. W. Corbett to a seat in the Senate fram Oregon on the appointment of the governor of that state, but owing to the absence of Senator Bur- rows the meeting will not be held until next week. Mr. Burrows is the only republican on the committee who will oppose the seating of Mr. Corbett. He takes the position that the decision in the Mantle case is a prece- dent against the appointment of senators where the legislature has had an .oppor- tunity to act which cannot be put aside. His vote will thus have the effect of send- ing the matter to the Senate on an ad- verse report, as without Mr. Burrows the committee 18 a tie. ee age PAYING THE PENSIONERS. The Suggestion is Made That Postal Money Orders Be Used. In reply to an inquiry from Representa- tive Tongue of Oregon the Post Office De- partment holds that for various reasons postmasters could not be required to cash pension checks. The suggestion is made that pension agents might obtain money orders for pensioners in their districts, payable at the office at which they reside, thus saving them the trouble of having their checks cashed at a bank or by other persons. Sheuld this be done the work of paying the money orders would fall largely on pestmasters at third and fourth-class offices, which would make them extra work and entail additional responsibilities with- out increased compensation, z SPANIARD AND CUBAN Race Antagonisms a Problem to Be Solved. PRODUCERS AND THE MONEY LENDERS Bitter Feeling That Exists Between the Classes. LESSONS OF EXPERIENCE ee (Copyright, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special Correspondence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, January 7, 1898. To soften race antogonisms will be one of the future problems of Cuba. Till peace is restored its discussion may seem prema- ture, but the bringing about of a better understanding is one way of leading up to peace. The two classes, they can hardly be called races, since the stock is the same must live together in this island and enjoy its fruitfulness. Weyler did not succeed in exterminating the Cuban people. He de- populated the country of its peaceful in- habitants, but the sturdier element, which supported the revolution, either within the insurgent ranks or from without, survives. It Is the hope of the future. Whatever hap- pens, the Spanish c! will not take up When S their chattels and leave in a mass. they think on the prospect of living under a Cuban government in the bitterness of resentment they threaten emigration. In the past the peninsulars, as they are alled, have been told they were birds of . Who must prepzre to wing their the waters whenever lof its own, But sentiment. There Spaniard to dwell together in concord, room for them both nd a work for each to perform. Whether future government be one of absolute wine autonomy nish sovereignty preserved, the conditions will be sub- stantially the same. The Spaniard in Cuba makes out a goed © for himself, He is voluble in telling of what rtion of the wealth of thy , of how many prop- pendence cr one of g¢ in which the figment of S; is island i erty owners ai nish, of how trade and commerce coudueted by the Spaniards and all enterprises are projected and man- sed by them. me of this is tru me of it Is not. Most of it is based on what has heretofore existed, when Cuba, both politically and industrially, been the d only to the penin- Government favoritism s been is marked in commerce as in public affairs. he Spanish ci have had every en- couragement to drain the riches of this pearl of the Antilles into their own coffers. ‘They early discovered the secret of wealth xiom that he oyster which was open Te which is said to lie in the who would be rich must et others to work for the him. They became s. In spite of all they selves they are not the produ employing for them- Ts, Cubans the Producers. One evening at dinner where the guests were Cubans of prominence this subject came uy. A sugar planter was answering some questions I had asked. “The old tale of the peninsular,” he said passionate- ly, “that the Cubans do not develop our productive forces. It is untrue, who are the laborers that work the sugar plan- tations? Cubans, ninetenths of them. Who are the men you see laboring in the field? Cubans. ‘The Spaniard works in the shade.’ He is the middleman, the money lender, the speculator, the small merchant. Who are the lottery venders? Ask and you'll find that four-fifths of them are Spanish. It may be our own fault that we let others take the fruits of our labor, but at least give the Cuban people credit for their share as producer: The continuance of the war has not been favorable for a full inquiry into the rela- tive share of Cuban and Spaniard in pro- duction, but such information as I have been able to gather has justified this plan- ter’s statement. Outside its recruits from the towns the insurrection is admitted to have drawn its strength from the planta- tions. The few men I have seen working in the fields with hot sun have usually proved to be Cubans and the lottery ven- ders are for the most part of the Span- ish classes. These observations have not been extensive enough to be conclusive. They simply add weight to what others have told me. To the Spaniard proper they ‘are of little consequence. He draws a gen- eral deduction from his own experience. The Cuban is improvident, free handed, short sighted, unreliable in financial trans- actions. The Spaniard from his own stand- point and also from an unbiased point of view is just the opposite of all these things. He is thrifty, close fisted, far-sighted and his financial dealings are trustworthy. It is a simple statement of fact that the standard of commercial honor among the Spanish commercial classes is of the high- est order. This applies to the individual as well as to the class. They have a con- tempt for the Cubans because the latter are not money makers. It is heightened by the knowledge that the Cubans do not always pay their debts. There is a proverb which reflects the dominant Spanish idea of the Cubans as a people—“El Espanol, bodeguero; el hijo, caballero; el nieto, pordiosero—the Span- iard, grocer; his son, gentleman; his grand- son, beggar.” A chapter of race history is contained in this proverb. The ambition of the Spaniard who comes to Cuba 1s to get rich. His first thougbt is to set up as a small merchant, ually as the proprietor of a bodega or ine cellar. Then he enlarges his business. Usually he becomes wealthy beyond his own dreams. After that, the son and grandson, not, perhaps, to dissipate so rap- idly the riches that have been gathered, yet without the disposition to continue in occupations that will insure future income. Beyond this matter of riches is the broader cne of race antipathy. It is a psychological phenomenon that the Cuban of the second generation should be so indifferent to the country cf his parents, and, in the third generation, shculd be violently anti-Span- ish. The fact exists. It raises the question how Spain can even hope to make Cuba a genuine Spanish colony when two genera- tions upset the work of constructive states- men. Politics and policies may change, but the soil and the climate of Cuba do not change. After the ten years’ war many of the Spanish officers and soldiers settled in Puerto Principe. Today the young men of that province are the goul of the in- surrection, and it is a soul in arms, if such a thing might be. A single generation de- stroys the traditions of loyalty to Spain. Tenchings of Experience. While the Cubans admit that improvi- dence has been a characteristic of them- selves, the hard knocks of fortune have be- (Continued on Eighth Page.) - THE AMERIGAN UNIVERSITY Purchase by the Institution of Additional Ground From Mr, 0. 0, Glover. This Will Bring the Line of Property Forward to Nebraska Avenue. A deed has been placed on record by which Mr. Charles C. Glover transfers to the American University about an acre and a half of ground. The purpose of this pur- chase is te bring the line cf the property owned by the university on the Loughboro’ read forward to Nebraska avenue, which is the new avenue to be laid out practically along the present line of the Loughboro’ road. When this avenue is opened up it will pass in front of the property of the American University, intersecting Massa- chusetts avenue extended, which will 2x- tend through the northern end of the grounds of the university. The building which has just been completed by the unt- versity authorities, and Known as the Hall of History, fronts on Nebraska avenue, and this recent acquisition of land will leave the site of the building so far back from the avenue as to give it the fine effect ‘which was intended in the design. The price paid for the land was 15 cents per square foot. The ground for Nebraska avenue, which is to be 1 feet wide, with a reservation of 10 feet on each side, was seme time ago donated by the owners from the Tenley- town road just south of Tenleytown, in a southwesterly direction, to a point where it would intersect with the nerthern line of Massachusetts avenue extended. Mr. Charles C. Glover, who owns a good deal of the land on both sides of this pro- posed avenue from Massachusetts avenue extended to Wesley Heights, has also do- nated the land for this avenue. Mr. John S. Larcombe has also donated ground, and the land necessary owned by the American University will also be donated, so that the right of way’ from the Tenleytown road for this proposed avenue in a southwesterly direction to Wesley Heights has already been secured to the District. The dona- tion of this property to the District mainly secured through the efforts of Mr. Glover, who wanted to secure that com- manding ridge of land as an avenue for the public use. —-_—__ THE NEW YORK DRY DOCK. Conference at the Navy Department With Constructor Bowles. Naval Constructor Bowles, attached to the New York navy yard, came to the Navy Department this morning to consult with Secretary Long and Assistant Secre- tary Roosevelt respecting the work upon the big dry dock at that yard, now under repair. The constructor dwelt with such emphasis upon the need for the speedy completion of the dock that Secretary Long was impelled to request Mr. Bowles to go with him immedfately to the Capitol in order that he might make a statement of the facts to the Members of the two naval committees, and present his reasons for asking that the money to be appropriated for the work be madé available at once. The department tg strongly disinclined to send another battleship up to Canada to be docked, ‘but the necessity will soon arise as to some of the ships of the North At- lantic squadron, and the docking cannot be deferred long after the return of the ships from their winter rendezvous in Key West harbor. Mr. Bowles also talked with Sec- retary Long as to the merits of the fire- proof woodwork as used in the navy, the subject being before the Secretary in the shape of an unfavorable report from As- sistant Secretary Roosevelt. ——————_-» — TO REPEAL BELT L Provisions of a Bill Introduced by Senator Allen. In the Senate today Mr. Allen intreduced a bill to repeel the charter and all acts of Congress incorporating the Capitol, North O Street and South Washington Railway Company, now the Belt Rajiway Company, in the city of Washington, and all acts and parts of acts amendatory thereof. Thg bill o provides that from and after the pas- sage of this act all money due as wages to those who labor Cn and are operators of this company snall be a first lien on sald railway, its franchises, real and personal property, and shal! take precedence of all mortgages, deeds of trust or other lens or claims thereon, and apy contract in any manner, walving or releasing any such laborers’ lien without actual payment of the wages secured thereby shall be abso- lutely null and votd. —_—__+. COMMISSIONER RICE. CHARTER, Report That His Resignation Ha: Been Tendered. It is stated upon what is belleved to be good authority that the resignation of Civil Service Commissioner Rice is in the hands of the President. Commissioner Rice stated some months ago, it is said, that he pro- posed to resign. BROOKLYN TO GO LATER. Will Follow the North Atlantic Squadron to Florida. It is expected that the vessels of the North Atlantic squadron, now at Hampton Roads, will leave there in a few days for Key West, which ‘will be their headquar- ters during the proposed fleet evolutions and exercises in the Gulf of Mexico. The cruiser Brooklyn, now at New York, was to have accompanied the fleet, but it has been found that she can hardly be pre- pared for sea for several weeks yet, and it has been deeided that the other vessels shall go south immediately, leaving her to join them later ir Florida waters. THE McKESNA NOMINATION. It Will Be Taien Tomorrow by the Judiciary Committee. The Senate jufficiary committee today did not consider the nomination of Attor- ney General McKenna to be associate jus- tice of the Suprefhe Court. This nomina- tion was incidefitally_ mentioned in the committee, but dtfferegit members desired to dispose of the unolijected nominations and the time of the cdmmittee was taken up with those s. The committee will meet tomorrow ider the McKenna nomination. : = ee et MRS. NACK GETs FIFTEEN YEARS. Woman Accuscd of Complicity in the Gulden#appe Murder. NEW YORK, January 10.—Mrs. Augusta Nack, jointly charged with Martin Thorn with the murder of William Guldensuppe, a hath rubber, zt Woodside, L. 1, in June of last year, was today sentenced to fifteen years in the state prison at Auburn. The good time allowance attainable would re- duce the term to ten-years and five months. PES 5 A BATTLE'IN PROGRESS. Caban:‘Insargents Attack Port of Mayarl, Santiago Province. HAVANA, Janyary 10.—The insurgents i ing have attacked the port of Mayari, on the north coast of the prov- ince of Santiago dé Cuba. Troops have left Gibare, the northern port in the same proy- ince, to relfeve tlie garrison of Mayari, , D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 10, 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. AT THE WHITE HOUSE The President’s Attitude on Interna- tional Bimetallism. ANNOUNCED BY SENATOR CHANDLER Forced to Deny Interviews to Callers. THE OFFICES IN GEORGIA Senator Chandler had a conference with President McKinley today upon the subject of bimetallism, and he said, after the close of the interview: “The President stands firmly in favor of international bimetailism as promised by the St. Louis platform. He ecrsiders the negotiations with the Euro- pean powers only temporarily suspended on account of the peculiar condition of affairs in India, and it is the President's intention to again send his envoys to Europe as soon as the conditions are favorable for con- tinuing negotiations.” Senator Chardler added the opinion that the President is as earnestly in favor of bimetallism—‘the use of both metals as standard money”—as the senator himself. Declined to See Callers, President McKinley reccived a number of callers up to 11 o'clock today, and after that hour excused himseif to all, including congressmen. The President is fecling bet- ter than on Saturday, but he wants time to attend to public business, but is unable to get it unless he closes the doors of his of- lice to all callers except cabinet officers. Mr. Palmer, the new marshal of the Dis- trict, called ‘early this morning, and was cordially received by the President. Richard Weightman, who recently visited Cuba, had a conference with the President about that country. Mr. Weightman de- tailed the situation as he saw it. He says that there is much suffering and destitution on the island and that Mr. Pepper, The Star correspondent in Cuba, has given in- teresting facts in his letters, Senator Mason and Judge Erwin of Illi- nois were callers. Judge Erwin is being pushed by Illinois republicans for a judge- ship on the supreme bench of New Mexico. ‘The terms of two or three democratic jus- tices are about to expirefi and there is a de- mand for the places. Georgia Offices. Georgia republican leaders are gathering in the city to look after the disposition of three good places in their state. These are the collectorships of customs at Savannah, Atlanta and Bri i oflice is to be filled first. dozen candidates for the position, it but i that Col. Buck, now minister to nd National Committeeman Lyons indorsed J. H. aux is in the city. office, over which there has been months, is still being sought afu tional Commiiteen-an Lyons. The Presideng will also have to settle dur- ing the week tie fight which has been on in Texas for some time. A number of collect- Forships in that state are to be filled. It is said that National Committeeman Grant will Icave the collectorship of customs at Galveston to Representative Hawley, who represents that district and is the only re- publican congressman from Texas. Senator Shoup and ex-Governor Thomas of Utah were at the White House. Liquors Not Served. White House officials will ignore the re- it accusations of a Connecticut preacher named MeNichol, that the President serves alcoholic liquors at his table and owns property used for saloon purpes Asa matter of fact, the President does not serve wine at his private table, making an ex- ception only at diplomatic receptions. He owns no property used by salocns. Sutler Mehone of this city, son of the en. William Mahone, will soon be appointed consul at Nuevo Laredo, it is said. He has been ordered to report for examination. This will make two consular appointments for Virginia. It is thought that one more Virginian will get an ap- pointment. The Rock Island Arsenal. A committee, consisting of Representa- tive Prince of Illincis, James O'Connell of Chicago, president of the International Association of Machinists; Charles G. Dawes, controller of the currency, and others, called on the President today in the interest of the machinists at the Rock Island arsenal. They represented that Commandant Blunt had arbitrarily scaled down the wages of the machinists to the extent of from one cent to fifty-three cents per day, notwithstanding their wages were already lower than those paid for similar work in the immediate Vicinity. They asked the President that action be taken with a view to the restoration of the wagex to their original figure. The President promised to have Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn of the War Department look into the matter. WILL GO TO THE SEA. Devaux, colored. The Augusta post fight for r by Na- Exaggerated Reports of Secretary Alger’s Iiness. Alarming stories sent throughout the west relative to the condition of Secretary Alger have caused the issue of a verbal statement from Assistant Secretary Meikle- john, after Consultation with Captain L. Wood, the army surgeon, who has been at- tending the Secretary during his illness, which has now lasted about a month. Sec- retary Alger was attacked originally by the grip, and this left in its wake’a low type of fever, not typhoid, however, as has been reported, which weakened the patient con- siderably. The persistence of Secretary Alger in keeping at his work, even while confined to his room, undoubtedly retarded his recovery very much, but he has been finally induced to give over the attempt to lok after the department business until he is able to get about again. lt was said this morning that the fever had completely disappeared, and that the Secretary was stronger. He still remains in bed, however, by direction of Dr. Wood, but the physician says that by the end of this week or early next week Secretary Alger will be able to leave Washington for some point not yet selected to convalesce. His friends deprecate the attempts to mag- nify his illness and say positively and em- phaticallye that he has none of the symp- toms of typhoid fever. Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn and Confidential Clerk Mason visited him today and received instruc- tions from him with regard to action on certain matters before the War Depart- ment. He has been constantly advised of the condition of business at the depart- ment and has persistentiy refused to give up entirely the consideration of business Mmatters. His slow convalescence is mainly attributed to that cause. The President has shown a deep personal interest in his case, and has several times suggested that he go away for a season of rest and recreation, and give up the cares and worries of business entirely until he has fully recovered. Secretary Alger haz finally concluded to act on this suggestion, and arrangements are now being made for his removal to the most convenient seaside resort. Although not yet decided upon, the chances are that he will go to Atlantic City for recuperation. Mrs. Alger and other members of his family are with him, and lie is receiving the best care and treat- TWO CENTS. If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease preperty or rent * rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as read any other paper. ESTERHAZY COURT-MARTIAL Retired French Officer Brought to Trial at Paris Today. Court Refused to Allow Counsel for Capt. Dreyfus to Appear as Interpleaders, PARIS, January 10.—The trial by court- martial of Maj. Count Ferdinand Walsin Esterhazy was opened at 9 o'clock this morning under the presidency of General de Luxer. The hall in which the trial took place was guarded by the Garde Republi- caine and only holders of tickets were ad- mitted. Among those who filled the hall were Mme. Dreyfus, wife of Alfred Drey- fus, the former captain of French artillery, new undergeing imprisonment for life after having been convicted of selling important French military plans to agents of a for- eign power, with which affair Esterhaz is said to have been connected; the broth- ers of Mme. Dreyfus, Senator Trarieux, the former minister of justice (who last week wrote a letter asking for the postponement | of the court martial on the ground that to try the case in its present shape only means asking the court to confirm the guilt of Dreyfus), and many officers and deputies. Count Esterhazy appeered in uniform and escorted by republican guards. To Settle Rumors, The clerk of the court said the court- martial was held in order to end the coi tradictory rumors which had been spread by the excited public. Thereupon Maitre -aberie, counsel for Mme, Dreyfus, asked permission to take part in the arguments. Counsel for the government opposed the application, declaring that the court would not reopen the case of Alfred Dreyfus, who he added, had been justly and legally con- demned. The government's counsel also opposed the application of counsel for Mathieu brother of the prisoner of Devil and. to appear during the proceedings. The court rejected both applications and the taking cf testimony commenced. Although there was an animated scene about the neighborhood of the court-mar- tial, there was no demonsiration and the police kept the people moving. Counsel for the government said that a public trial might be inimical to the inter- ests of the national defense, and demanded a cret hearing. The court retired and, after an hour's ab- sence, returned and ‘the president an- nounced. in the name of the French peop! that it had been decided by a majority « five to two that the trial should be publi until the moment when publicity might ap- pear to prejudice the national defense. Yielded to Public Opinion. The court having thus yielded to public opinion, the report of the investigating offi- cer, Major Ravary, was read. It complete- ly whitewashed Count Esterhazy, and w generally regarded being a serious in- dictment of Col. whose arrest, when this tr , is anticipated. Col. Picquart, according to the intran- sigeant, was in the latter part of Novemver sentenced to thirty days’ detention in a fortress. He was an officer summoned rrom the United States to Paris in connection with the Dreyfus affair, and his statements were reported to be the basis of the accusa- Uons brought against Count Esterhazy. The report of Major Ravary does not ad- duce much evidence, except the declaration of the experts that the famous Bordereau note was not written by Count Esterhazy. It contains the count's protest against the “caluminous imputations’” made by Col. Picquart, who, it appears, without authori- ty, caused him to be shadowed. The re- port observes that the colonel is the soul of the present agitation and that he is guilty of serious shortcomings and indis- cretions. Upon one occasion, it is pointed out, when his superiors urged him not to , he exclaimed: ““Oh, they won't do ing up there, but I will compel them act. They do not realize the terrible campaign which is being prepared.” Col. Picquart Surprised. The report continues with the statement that Col. Picquart, in 1806, was surprised while mining secret documents belong- ing to the general staff, and concludes: “Every step taken in this sad affair, which causes such anguish to all really French hearts, is intended to obtain a re- versal of a judgment legally and justly pronounced. No tangible judicial proof of Maj terhazy’s guilt is forthcoming, nor is there adequate eviaence to support the charge of high treason.” The court then adjourned until 2 o'clock. ———— FORAKER KEEPING ALOOF. Hopes the Ohio Difficulty Settled Satistactoril, Senator Foraker and his son and Secre- tary Benson arrived in Washington today shortly before noon, their train being four hours late. The senator went at once to the Arlington, where he was besieged with callers, but, as he was due at the Senate at noon, he saw no one until he reached the Capitol. The senator, who has been detained in Cincinnati on account of the illness of his son, left there yesterday, the doctors having pronounced the boy out of danger and on the road to recovery. The senator came back to Washington at this time because his presence is needed in the Senate, being a member of the foreign relations committee, and, as the Hawaiian treaty came up in executive session today, it was imperative that all the members of the committee be present in the Senate. Naturally, cn his arrival at the Capitol the senator was besieged by his colleagues as to the news in regard to the Ohio sena- torial battl2, In speaking about the situa- tion, Senator Foraker said: “The senatorial contest is extremely bit- ter, and greatly to be deplored. I have kept out of it, and have had nothing to do with it, except only ty try to make peace. All efforts in this disection huve so far been unavailing, but we hope yet to solve the difficulty in some way that will be as near- ly satisfactory to the party and all concerned as such settlements usually ate. That is all I can say at present, with- out fear of doing more harm than good.” ee UNTIL JANUARY 20. MR. will Be GIVE) Controller Dawes to the Chestnut St. a Bank Creditors. Mr. Dawes, the controller of the currency, has written the following letter to the creditors of the Chestnut Street National Bank of Philadelphia: “It is my belief that the adoption of the Singerly proposition is to the best interests of the creditors of this bank. To the suc- cess of that plan, however, the unanimous consent of the creditors is necessary. It is reportéd to me by the examiner in charge of the bank that at the present date credit- ors representing 70 per cent of the entire deposits have assented, and, if the assent of the state of Pennsylvania is recetved, as expected, representatives of 80 per cent of the deposits will have assented. “Beeause of the condition of certain as- sets and business of the bank and the un- certainty incident to securing all the neces- sary assents, I dezm extended delay preju- gicial to all interests concerned. In view ‘of the large number of assents thus far re- celved, I will allow until January 20 next for the securing of additional assents. If upon that day all depositors have not as- sented, I will appoint a receiver to take charge of the bank and proceed to its liqui- dation, as provided by law.” _——>—>—>———>>>—_—_—_—_—_—_— QUIET AT COLUMBUS Expected Trouble Between Rival Factions Did Not Occur. GOVERNOR BUSHNELL INAUGURATED Outlook Now is That a Deadiock Will Result. CHARGES OF BRIBERY See COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 10.—This has been the most exciting inauguration day ever known in Columbus. Long before neon the strects were thronged with ex- cursionists from the counties. They poured in from every direction. At noon the rail- ways estimated that there had been 15,000 arrivals during the night and day, on the th.rty excursion trains reported in. The Bushnell badges were in the ma- jority, as the Hanna excursions were not beoked to arrive till after noon, in time for the mass convention. During the forenoon the state house was surrounded by crowas yelling for Bushnell. As it was impossible for the crowds to get inside the capit building, the goverror was called out into the grounds, where he addressed the mul- titude and received in review one dvlega- tion after another. The first delegation to which the governor from his home at Spring- , and it included hundreds of working- men from Bushneil’s shops, bearing writ- ten greetings of confidence in him. These demonstrations continued till nocn, wh Goy. Bushnell was escorted to the roty of the state house, where the deci in floral designs and bunting we elaborate than ever before. : more No Canes of Violence. During the forenoon there were no cases of violence reported, although the noise Was loud and continuous. The exercises in the rotunda were according to the usual program. The oath of office was adminis- tered by Chief Justice Burkett, who was re-clected on the ticket last November with Bushnell. The governor was given unusual ovations when he first appeared on the platform and again when he appeared to er his inaugural address. add) was short and contained no ce to the contest for the senator- the following muy be so con- refere legislating nd acting for the people to secure the best results with the least posstl: iction, much can be done to make the gencral respect [oF gover ment higher and mare enduring. It is certain that our aim must be to regulate and conduct the matters committed to our charge as lo earn this tacit commenda- tion from the citizenship of all degrees An appreciation of the gravity of the task of the difficulties to be encountered, and of the necessity for sincere and honest service, will do much in the ald of those whose desire it is to deserve the good will of their fellow-men for faithful steward- ship rendered. Legislature Reconvened. In addition to the usual conferences, the legislature reconvened in the morning. The inauguration of Gov. Bushnell occurred at noon. The Hanna mass convention wae billed for the afternoon, and the final con- ferences on the senatorship at night. Although the balloting begins in both branches of the legislature tomorrow, it is settled in advance that there will be no election at that ime. The senate wili stand 419 to 17 against Hanna, and the house will likely him a majority of one or more. ; election aniess both houses are d by some one candidate. In the event of Hanna or any one else having a majority in both bodies on Tues- day would meet in joint convention vesday to hear their Ww journals of the previous day read and ap- proved and the result of the vote on sen tor on would be formally and oiticially de- ne of of the mbdly lot, and the joint ballot But when the majority in at houses is different from t other, then the two houses in joint must proceed on Wednesday to b: in case of no election on the legislature must continue to ballot in joint assembly from day to day till some one receives a constitutional majority for senator. Cannot Decide Tomorrow. The vote on Tuesday cannot be at all decisive so far as Senator Hanna is con- cerned, as it is conceded by his workers that the senate will stand 19 to 17 a him on the separate ballots. His majority must come from the house. If the opposi- ticn shows tomorrcw the strength that it c:aims teday, and casts all its vote for one man, there will be an election, as it would then have a majority in both houses on senator as it did have en organization one week ago today. The opposition stil? ciaims the house by at least 55 to 54, which would make the general assembly stand 74 to 71 on joint ballot against Hanna. But even after the members are all re- corded in their respective houses on the roll calls of Tuesday, there is nothing to prevent any of them changing thcir votes on Wednesday, when the minutes of the proceedings of the previous day are read in the joint meeting. and if the record of quick and repeated flops during the past week is kept up there will be no certainty about the final result until a decisive joint ballot is taken and the official announce- ment is declared. Goy. Bushnell’s Inaugural. The inauguration of Governor Bushnell and other events in connection with the in- auguration caused no cessation of the con- férences and the hustling in the senatorial contest. The reassembling of the legisla- ture brought all the members back and the contest was waged more persistently and bitterly today than ever. As Governor Bushnell was inaugurated today for his second term and had one week ago sent an elaborate message to the legislature, his address was unusually brief and without any special reference to the exciting scenes that surrounded him, The governor was most loudly cheered at the close of his address and the cheering continued as long as he was in sight. Al? who could get into “the push” followed him to the executive chamber to congratu- late him. Arrangements were then made at once for the governor and his staff to proceed to the grand stand on the north side of the state house to review the pa- rade. Bill to Elect Senators Direct. In the house today a resolution was of- fered to amend the state constitution, so that United States senators shall be elect- ed by a direct vote of the people. The house adjourned till 10 o'clock tomorrow. In the senate the Bramley fifty-year bill franchise was discussed and an attempt was made to pass it under a suspension of the rules, but it was referred to a special committee and made the special order for 1 o'clock tomorrow, just before the ballot- ing for senator begins. in the Senate there was an effort to linit admission to the lobbies end galieries by tickets during the senatorial ‘balloting, but it was lost. The senate took a recess till 1 p.m., when Lieut. Gov. Jones and other State officers will be sworn in. The etate rouse and all places in the city are crowded. with visitors today. A_ message was received from Gov. nell officially advising the ‘