Evening Star Newspaper, January 13, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, JV101 Fennsylvania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t, by i Co: Te Brag Ser ee Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to sutecribers to the elty by carriers, on thelr own account. at 10 ecnte per week, or 44 cents per month. jes at the counter 2 cents each. By matl—anywhere in the United States or Cenada—postage prepaid—50 ccats per moath. Satrrday Quintuple Steet Star. $1 per year, with foreten postage added, €3.00. the Post Office at Washington. D. 0.. as sec od-c)asa mal mattcr.| © All wail subecriptions must be pald in advance. Rates of advertising made known on appiicatien THE CIVIL SERVICE Its Investigation Continued by Sena- tor Pritchard’s Committee. EX-FOREMAN OYSTER A WITKESS Thinks His Dismissal Was Caused ; by a Conspiracy. EXAMINER SERVEN’S a VIEWS The tren vest committee hment ation this on civil service and re- of the Senate resumed i into mo! man, present the Pi rember ¢ when the inve: nator Loc who has been a attendant on the meetings of the smmittee, was uneble to attend today be- of business connected with the com- - on printi as the aring today be devoted serv was to y the testim civil ject under testimony a uring th division of the se testimony tion printing ed to his present were Commis: presentative Henry M. of the Republican Nation R. Serven, chief Geo. R clerk, D. Bailey. as- ef examiner of the commission. Mr. oO law h ster a Witness. Mr. upon the s Oyster was the first witness placed ind. Mr, Oyster desired to tes- ng the general application of the y to the government pr! stor Pritchard said he who had been o} 1 subject of the pen his iestimony, and re- er to confine his ks ren He said Mr. Oyster could submit further comr meke in writirg, ed te do se it would be incorpe d of the pre said he had pment pri written as con- civil servi The said, nad post- m with the to the hen they aske who could not 1 it not been m. When he men they had ng were had been t him , but only one of specific, and n of 1 no names of those used him were furnished. The we was that he, the wit- pt @ record of efficiency whi ordered that such Mr. Oyster said gs his record Oyster denied the ed canvassing dan ineffi- nclud- ought r had ntinued. Mr. . Which he t e laws of the co i be investigated by the to see whether his rules een violated. Mr. Sardo’s Views. ought Mr. Albert E. Saréo, who resigned from the government printing office because of his redu was also called to the stand. He had been superintendent of the press roon der Mr. Benedict's first and last administra for twenty by and had been im the office -three years. In reply to ques- minigssioner Procter, Mr. Sardo classification of the office had resulled think the govern- more work after fact that all the sed the as Mr. He replied that he Baker was a head M enedict’s clerk. Practical Examination Sought. Mr. A. R. Serven, chief examiner of the < service commission testified that an effort was made to have all questions asked tn examin the commission bri § out a knowtled, done. He said if one- h questions going the 2 report purported to be smmission questions had ac- asked then the chief examiner ty or thirty-fiv in an insane ght these questions were and after being reported > looked upon seri- asked commission for the questions for a skilled Mr. Serven re 1 they were given twen- average diffieulty to examples in arith- and subtraction and a to write. Where the nk the experience of be of value, the past ts valued as He outlined s of positions. condition of work of the d there are now 10,000 examination papers unmarked. fied that the commission en employes, with forty > clerks detatled from the de- If the commission could select ty wo that are detailed to work with it and ain 1 re . the number of its clerks aced twenty or twenty-five. At he said, clerks are detailed there rily and are not kept long enough familiar with the work. Kind of Clerks Detailed. Pritchard wanted to know ff the de- partments dump their poorest clerks on the commission when the latter needs help. Mr. erven replied that he would not say that, but frequently clerks sent to the com- mission from departments did not develop Se efficiency for the work of the com- jon. rt. Pritchard—“Did the commission at- tempt to see how the appointments in de- partments were apportioned among the 4 WASHINGTON, D. ©. THURSDAY, JANUARY 13, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. The Evening Star is the only afternoon paper in Washington that receives the dispatches of the Associated Press, It is therefore the only one in which the reader can find the complete news of the world, directly trans- mitted by telegraph, up to the, moment of going to press. states before the order of May 6, 1896, went into effect?" Mr. Serven replied that the commission had not gone into that matter. They had merely been careful to see tiat appoint- ments were prcperly proportioned among the states. Mr. Pritchard—“‘Is there any rule or order which ladies are discriminated against?” The civil service rules, Mr. Serven said, allow the departments to say whether they wanted male or female employes. The committee adjourned, to meet at 10 o'clock Saturday morning, when the com- mission will again come before it. Mr. Oyster and His Statement. After leaving the committee room Mr. Oyster said to a Star reporter: ‘‘The com- arison which I desired to make in my evi- ence between the two years of 1S and 1§95 under the spoils system and the two following years under the civil service t a much larger proportion of done during the latter period than was the case during the former pe- while the expenditure was only slight- b: ly in exe The percentage of the total umount expended for labor was consider- smaller during the years 1896 an¢ than during the years i804 and 1805, thstanding the fact that the wages of employes had been considerabi sd during the former period. The de- the amount paid for labor during the two years was about $! showing that the labor of the office was much more efficient during these two years.” BRITISH INTRIGUE AT WORK. Efforts to Prevent Ratification of the Hawalian Treaty. “I know it to be an absolute fact that there is British intrigue to prevent the ratification of the Hawailan treaty. I know that British agents, as well as agents of the sugar trust, are actively engaged in the work of preventing Congress, if pos- sible, from taking the action that all true Americans se muen desire.”” This statement was made last night to a Star reporter Ly Judge Thomas J. Mackey of York, who is in Washington, hav- Med to confer with Former Mi ster Thurston end Minister Hatch. Judge Mackey, as an old military engineer, nas le a thorcugh study of the Hawaiian ion, and his judgment has been sought y not only Mr. Thurston and Mr. Hatch, but by not a few of his old friends in Con- who ure desirous of furthering their ige cf the subject just now under on. argument for the annex "said Judge Mackey “which appears to have escaped the at tention of its advocates, and which ap- ears alike to the honor of the government the United S id the manhood of all Americar. It i In the comir I be an irtly s into Alas spring and summer there of (60 to 100,000 Amer- a. That region yie!ds only gold and ice, neither of which can be sub- sisted on. It has no agricultural resources, i Americons who settle there will prove elves, as they have always done, the rs of states. They must be supplied food frcm distant resources. eau,-the main depot from are distributed in Alaska, rer Hawaii thi it Is to San If we reject the tender of the now by the Hawaiian gov- ment, th ndoning our declared policy for seventy years to resist its ac- quisition by any foreign power, we leave that government free to annex it to any cr natic will be estopped, as lawyers say. objecting to any such action. The iple applied in the courts of equity will 1 against us, which is that he s silent when in gcod conscience he cught to speak, shall not be permitted to in good consctence he ought to rt “England in my judgment, will secure th nd, because their government Is con- an English-speaking race. With England in possession of Hawall, she not only holds the key of the Pacific, but she absolutely shut off supplies for Alaska and secure that whole region, with {ts vast mineral resources, for Americans, and, threatened with starvation, in the event of war between this country and England, must seek British protection, Henee I am satisfied that England's yssession of Hawail means ultimately her quisition of Alaska, if not of California. re could hold the last only, in the event of war, by a series of fortifications, which, in my judgment, as an engineer, would cost this government to construct and equip not less than $60,000,000; while at the same time England, having the advantage of Hawaii as a base of operation, we would be com- pelled to ircrease our navy enormously or abandon the Pacifico coast. 2+ MENACE TO LIVES. Busch Building Declared to Be With- out Adequate Fire Escapes. According te a letter addressed by Henry A. Castle, the auditor for the Post Office Department, to the Postmaster General, and by him referred to the Secretary of the Treasury, the Busch building, the six-story building on E street between 7th and 8th, rented by the United States and occupied by employes of the Post Office and Treas- Departments, is a constant menace to 's of the persons employed therein, tle, the latter part of last month, called attention in his letter to what he claims is a lack of means of escape for the employes therein in the event of a fire. He says it is literally packed from cellar to garret with contents of the most inflam- mable character. All the current transac- tions of the mon order business of the United States are carried on in the build- ing, at least 26,000,000 of money orders, with their separate coupons, reports and other like papers, being stored therein, sub- ject to removal ‘at the close of the ‘fiscal year. “The auditor also stated that there are abcut 300 clerks In the building, of which SZ are on the sixth floor, at an elevation, he claims, beyond the reach of hook and lad- der relief. The entire front of the build- ing is without fire escapes, and the stair- way and elevator shaft are located near the center of the building. Therefore, in case of fire originating anywhere in the lower parts of the building, Auditor Castle pe- lieves that the availability. of the fire es- cepe in the rear, which, he says, consti- tutes the only ma@ans at present of escape, weuld be seriously endangered, and the elevator shaft, he fears, would simply more quickly communicate the fire. The build- irg, he says, is in no sense fireproof, and he regards the situation of all the em- ployes on the upper floors as one of daily and hourly danger. The Secretary of the Treasury has re- ferred the letter of Mr. Castle to the Dis- trict Commissioners, and the latter have referred it to the building inspector, with Girections to have the building examined, the District euthorities having no juris: Giction over buildings rented or owned by the United States in such matters. The bullding inspector will have the building examined at once, and will then report to the Commissioners as to its condition, and as to what further means of escape should be provided. His report and rec- ommendations the Commissioners will transmit to the Secretary of the Treasury. pi THE LATEST ANDREE RUMOR. His Balloon Said to Have Been Seen in British Columbia. STOCKHOLM, January 13.—Professor Nordenskjold, the arctic explorer, has in- formed the Swedish Academy of Science that the foreign office has received intelli- gence that several persons worthy of cre- derce saw Professor Andree’s balloon early in August, in British Columbia, seven miles north of Quesnclle lake, in the district of Cariboo. The ene regards the news as being of sufficient importance to call for clcser investigation. HANNA IS TIRED OUT Senator-Elect Used Up Over His Struggle for the Place. HIS DOCTOR ADVISES HIM 10 REST Republicans Talk of Reorganizing the House of Delegates. TO INVESTIGATE BRIBERY COLUMBUS, Ohio, January 13.—Senator Hanna left this morning for his home at Cleveland, where he will remain over Sun- day. Among those in the party were his nelgh- bor, Col. Myron 'T. Herrick, and Maj. Chas. Dick, secretary of the republican national committee. Senator Hanna’s physician in- sists on his taking a rest. The strain on him here for two weeks has worn on him severely. He shows it very visibly. All the workers on both sides are ex- bausted. Mr. Kurtz and others are suffer. ing from overwork and loss of sleep. There are many who have been so lively as hust- jers that they are now almost as near a collapse as “the opposition” itself. War in the Legislature. Many of the leaders and workers still re- main to watch the proceedings of the leg- islature, in which body the war Is not over. here were conferences last night for more revolution, especially in the reorganization of the house. “The Kuriz combine” prac- teally turned the organization of tnat body over to the democrats in the dickering on th natorship, although the house has a republican majority of fifteen. Six of the repubiic.n representatives voted with the forty en democrats on senator and other inatters, but still the house is now said to stand fifty-six to fifty-three for reorganiza- the Same as it Stood for Hanna. Two weeks ago boxwell, the republican nominee for speaker, was defeated, fifty-six to fifty- three, but the ligures have since been re- versed. One of the obstructions to imme- diate reorganization ‘s Mr. Boxwell him- self, who made encmics when he was form- erly speaker, and who was generally re- ported to have been the indirect cause of Hanna meeting with what 1s called his “Bull Run" at the organization of the gen- eral assemb! There may be some doubt about Boxwell being put in the speaker's ir, but there is no doubt that an effort Will be made to oust Speaker Mason and all elected on the Kurtz combine ticket. To Oust Gerrish. Chas. Gerrish, who was deputy state oil inspector under Kurtz, was made chief clerk over John R. Malloy, secretary of the republican state commiitee and the person- friend of McKinley, Hanna and Chairman al fi Nash. It is desired especially: by the re- publicans that Gerrish be ousted in favor And there is a general cry of Malloy, st et sing called ‘“‘trait- against i nut undertake consists of ts. By Sena- democrats it has stood 19 to 17 on organization, on the atorship and on everything else. If Sen- «tur Burke should return to the fold at any bod That proce 18 der republicar tor Burke v time Lieutenan, Governor Jones says he will the rascals out’ with his tie vote. Meantime the bribery investigations are to proceed in both houses on charges from both sides of the contenling factions. The senate having udopted a resolution yester- day afternoon for an investigation of the Ouis case, its committee began work last night, but nothing new was developed. Consideration of the Otis bribery resolu- tion was cut off yesterday by the senator- ial balloting, and it was the order of the day. Legislature in Session, Both branches of the |. ature adjourn- ed today ull Tuesday. In the senate those voting yesterday against the Burke resolu- tion for the investigation of bribery changed their votes. Subpoenas were issued for Dicks, Hollen- beck, Otis and others to testify before the committee next Tuesday. In the house there was a long discus- sion on the Otis bribery resolution. As the publicans expect to reorganize the house, an attempt was made to postpone further consideration of the Otis resolution till Feb- ruary 3, so that Speaker Mason would not appoint the committee to conduct the investigation. Speaker Mason announced standing committees today. The house re- fused to postpone the resolution, and it s adopted, fifty-four to five, most of the ‘publicans not votirg. When Scott, one of the dissenting republicans, asked Box- well a question the latter answered that he would not reply to traltors. When Speaker Mason had Boxwell's words taken down the latter said ft mattered not what the chair held, as there would soon be another speaker T. C. Campbell's Suit for Libel. Special Dispateh to The Evening Sta COLUMBUS, Ohio, Januar suit for $100,000 against the Ohio State Journal, growing out of the bribery charges in the senatorial election, was brought today by T. C. Campbell, the Cin- cinnati and New York attorney, who toid of the alleged attempt to bribe Representa- tive J. C. Otis to vote for Hanna. The Journal, in denouncing the charges, re- ferred in a deprecating way to Campbell's reputation. —— McKISSON HAS HIS SAY. Claims He Could Have Been Elected if He Desired. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ohio, January 13.—Mayor Robert E. McKisson, the defeated sena- torial candidate, arrived in Cleveland early this morning. He came several hours ahead of the triumphant arrival of Senator Hanna, but in good spirits, and is as bold and defiant against Mr. Hanna as he was when he left Cleveland two weeks ago to fight him. The mayor, in an interview this morning, says that the plars of the anti-Hanna men miscarried. “I could have been United States senator if I had chosen to be,” he exclaimed, ‘but it was at the cost of supporting Gerrard, a free-silver man, for the short term, and that I would not do. It was this which overthrew the plans of the anti-Hanna men. “Lay down? I never will so long as Han- naism, bossism and boodleism is rampant. “More congratulatory telegrams have been received by me for standing out in favor of the republican party in this fight than for any other thing I have ever done. A prominent banker stepped in the Arcade ‘and congratulated me this morning. “He said he was a republican, but had never voted for me in the past. I have not changed and do not propose to change. 1 will simply go on as a republican and will fight corporations hard as ever before. “I will never run on anything else than @ republican ticket for any office. I am a consistent republican, always have been one ands prorone to remain one. None but @ republican has received my support at any stage of the game in this fight. If Sen- ator Hanna can say the same thing of himself, all right. He bolted me on three separate and distinct occasions, commenc- ing with my candidacy for the council. Hanna also bolted Foraker in the fall of ‘88, and also worked against Dr. Hubbard. This makes five distinct occasions on which he employed his influence and money on the other side.” KURTZ TO BE EXPELLED The Republican National Committee to Take Vigorous Action. The Members Said to Unanimously Favor the Retirement of the Ohio Member From the Body. Ore of the results of the recent sena- torial election in Ohio will probably be the retirement from the republican national committee of Charles L. Kurtz, the mem- ber from Ohio. Several members of the committee are now in Washington, and while no concerted action has been taken in the matter, it is known that the opinion of the committee 1s unanimous in favor of expelling the Ohio member, and cor- respondence is now in progress looking to this action. The sentiment against Kurtz and the course he pursued in antagonism to Senator Hanna, who is also the chair- man of the republican national committee, is one of intense anger, seasoned with a great deal of disgust, and the question of the right of the committee to expel a mem- ber, which has already been raised, is not deemed worthy of consideration in conne tion with the punishment of the Ohio mem- ber. Senator Hanna's announcement in his speech at Columbus last night, in which he declared in his capacity as republican na- tional committee chairman that there was no place in the republican party for traitors, is regarded as an intimation to the mem_ bers of the committee thal the proposed expulsion of Kurtz meets with his ap- proval. ——_-e+____ THE TWELFTH CENSUS. Robert P. Porter Declines the Ap- pointment as Superintendent. There is quite an active canvass in Progress for the appointment to the po- sition of superintendent of the twelfth cersus. It is understood that the President has given more or less attention to this matter, and it 1s stated as from a senator that the President had recently told him he had offered the place to Mr. Robert P. Porter, the superintendent of the last cen- sts, but that Mr. Porter had declined to take the place on account of the import- ance of his business interests, which re- quire his attention. It is stated on the same authority that the President renewed the proffer of the position to Mr. Porter, but that Mr. Porter positively deciined, and {t ts now said that the President considers his action in the matter final. It Is stated that the contest for the place is now thrown open, and that the two Mest preminent candidates are Mr. S. N. D. North of Boston, and Mr. Henry Gan- nett of this city. Mr. North was con- nected with the last census, and was in charge of the collection of statistics relat- ing to a certain class of manufacture, and also statistics relating to newspapers und periodicals. He is now the secretary of the American Association of Wool Manu- facturers. Mr. Gannett is the geographer of the geological survey, and held the po- sition of geographer of the last census. Hie is well known in sclentific circles of this clty as well as elsewhere, oe. NOMINATIONS SENT IN. Richard T. Greener Among Those Selected by the President. The President today tions to the Senate: State—Lewis Morris Iddings of New York to be secretary of the embassy of the United States at Rome, Italy; Richard T. Greener of New York to be consul at Bombay, India; John W. Haggart of North Dakota to be marshal of the United States district of North Dakota. Postmasters: New York—Henry Oster- held, Yonkers; Alfred 8. Emmons, Spen- cer; Harriet L. Knapp, Shortsville; Frank A. MoCoy, North Tonawanda; Wm. A. Hall, Hancock; Frank J. Enz, Ithaca. New Jersey—William H. Lashear, Short Hills. Massachusetts—Nathan H. Sears, Millbury E. D. Goodell, Brookfield. Virginia: Cliftord Nichols, Leesburg. Arkansas—Jame Magnoli Colorado—Hera abor, Deny Florida—John W. Garwood, Monticello. In- @iana—Arthur A. Holmes, Sullivan; W. R. Wilson, New Castle; Wm. H. Anderson, Elkhart; Philip L. Andrews, Decatur. 1- linois—Thomas G. Lawler, Rockford; Smith D. Atkins, Freeport; J. T. Chenault, Ben- ten; Harry C. Claypeol, Were: Dickie, Bunkerhill; Harry B. rd, Du- quoin; Loui. A. Constantine, Aurora; ‘Tho: M. Crossman, Edwardsville. Lowa—Jose| Mallison, Fonda; BH. C. Haynes, Center: ville; Beryl F, Carroll, Bloomfield; Harv Ingham, Algona; Asaph Buck, Keokuk. Kentucky—idwin 8, Linney, Danville Louisiana—J, Emile Breda, Natchite Michigan—Wm,. A. Leet, Ithaca; Calvin Houk, Ironwood; Michael 4. Kern, Me- neminee; John Maywood, Bad Ax Missouri—Wm. H. Haughawout, City; John Whiteman, Marceline. Nebraska—Delbert [2, rman, V: tie; Charles Miner, Ravenna; Charles N. Phillips, Exeter; Henry Gibbons, Kearney Wm. H. Ketcham, Crawtord. North Carolina—Joseph J. Martin, Tar- boro’. Wisconsin—Orlin Andrews, Shawano. Treasury—Second Assistant Engineer Wm. .. Maxwell of Calitornia to be a first as- sistant engineer. Sent these nomina- Webb —_—__—_@_____ THE MeKENNA NOMINATION. The Judiciary Committee Will Re- port It Favorably. The Senate committee on judiciary today decided to report favorably the nomination of Attorney General McKenna to be a justice of the United States Supreme Court. The meeting of the commitice was com- paratively brief, and.was devoted to the reading of the newspaper attacks and let- ters bearing upon Mr. McKenna’s nomin: tion and to a discussion of their merits by the members of the cammittee. This dis- cussion was very generally participated in, one or two of the members expressing the regret that the President’s choice for the office of justice should be made subject to the charge of incompetency, When, how- ever, the vote was taken on a motion to favorably report the nomination to the Senate no negative ballot was cast. — +e ____ THE AYES, HAD IT. How a Bright Private Sgcretmnry Se- cured a .Favor. There ts a certain representative in the House from a western state whose secre. tary is a young lady. She is pretty and she is as bright as she is good looking, being also the possessor of a pair of beauti- ful brown eyes. The other day she called on a cabinet official to ask a favor for a constituent. The ve and dignified head of the de- partment looked at her and said: “My dear young lady, I am afraid I can- not do what yeu ‘ask, although your big brown eyes—— ‘s ci “Then the ayer have {t,” quick as a flash the young lady said, And she got what she requested. Secretary Alger Much Better. Secretary Alger was feporte® much im- Proved this morning, and Assistant Seo- retary Meiklejohn, who saw him at his residence, he will undoubtedly be able to go out in © short time, FILLED WITH RUMORS Many Startling Reports About Havana Circulated. SENATOR CANNON AFTER ADVICES Reassurances Received by the Spanish Minister. INQUIRIES AT WHITE HOUSE gee Great anxiety about the Cuban situation was manifested at the Capitol today. It was difficult to tell whence the apprehen- sion came, but it was apparently genuine and not based entirely on the publications in some of this morning pap ‘The reso- lution offered by Senator Caezon and adopt- ed by the Senate calling on the President for information as to what steps have been taken to protect Americans In Cuba was not the result of newspaper publications. It was based on the belief that the situa- tion 1s at this hour such as to render hos- Ulity between this country and Spain prob- able if steps are not takea to prevent a collision on Cuban soil between the Span- ish and such Americans as are there. The purpose of the resolution, as explain- ed by Senator Cannon, is peaceadle and precautionary. The belief is that there is danger of an uprising among the radical Spaniards in Cula against American®*hav- ing for its object the provocation of war, and that the lives of our consuls and other Americans there are actually in danger. If rioting has not actually begun there it is feared that it soon will unless protec- tion of a character to inspire respect is at onc? provided. A member of the Senate said today that he believed that the President had already taken proper step having issued orders to send naval els to Havana and taken other precautionary steps. This, ne said, would probably not be admitted by the ad~ ministration unless the situation had be- ecme so grave to render conccaiment no longer possible. it would be the policy of the President to do whatever he found necessary tn a way to produce the least possible public ex- citement. The tor said that if what it aght Lad been done actually had conflict would be avoided. If, how- ever, steps had not already been taken, it might be now too late. At all events, it was said, Cergi would at once take a band in the matter if the answer of the President to the Cannon resolution did not show that protection had been provided for Americans in Cuba. The statement is made very emphatically that, though it may now be perfectiy quiet in Cuba, the danger of trouble is there and precautionary steps are by this government, and that the certain way to guard against the pos- of a collision, whicn would lead to is to have naval! prctection at once. Senator Cannon's Resolution. Senator Cannon of Utah presented the following resolution in the Senate, and it was adopted: “Resolved, That the president is request- ed, if in his opinion it is not incompatible with the public interest, to transmit to the Senate at his curliest convenience a state- ment showing what measures are in for by this government in the fsland of Cuba and in waters contiguous thereto to pro- teet the lives, iiberty and property of Amer- ican citizens now dwelling in Cuba. * Senator Cannon was supposed to have me inside information as the basis of his solution of inquiry, but he stated that he had no official knowledge as to the condi- tion ef affairs. He said, however, that he had been told that the “white uadron”” and the torpedo flotilla were under sealed orders to sail for Havana in case their services snould be demanded, and that he simply wanted to ascertain the facts in re- gard to the situation about the American consulate. Senator Hale stated that he was also without official information. He added that he had been informed that there had no attack upon the quarters of American officials and said: “The Cuban people are, however, an excitable race, and I should not be surprised to learn that the rabble had organized itself into a mob and had made some untoward demoustration. If such should prove to be the it would not be witheut precedent in exciting times, no doubt whatever that the governmeat would be very prompt in case of such demonstration ‘to make on by punishing the perpetrators of such an outrage and paying indemnity for any loss sustained. Many Inquiries at the White House. The White House was the scene of a thousand inquiries as to the situation in Havana, but President McKinley is more complacent under the news from there than he was while the exciting events were in progress in Ohio pricr to the election of Senator Hanna by the legisiature. Another “war scare’’ seemed to have seized the visitors to the Executive Ma sion. As a matter of fact, Secretary Long aid visit the White House between 12 and 1 o'clock, and everybody said he had gone up to confer with the President as to the best method of bombarding Havana and ot dispatching troops to Cuba. But not ten words passed between the President and his Secretary on the subject of ships or fighting. A Star reporter knows beyond doubt that instead of instructing Secretary Long to order warships and to shoot everything in sight, the President read to Mr. Long a speech he will deliver in New York the last of this month, which tells of the peace- ful pursuit of manufactures and not of the smell of gunpowder and the yells of fighting and dying men. Secretary Long next talked to the President about the Stevens case. While this conference going on Representative Quigg of York was waiting in the next room obliv- ious of the fact that the President was talking of what he is going to use in bom- barding New York, at the Waldorf, and not vhat is to be used in wiping Havana off the earth. The President told anxious inquirers that he had not received a word from Ha- vana during the day, and expressed sur- prise that the war should be beginning right outside of the White House, and he know nothing about it. Rumors of a Statement. To add to the agony of the day, a story got abroad that Secretary Porter had a statement to give to the press, a red hot official document from the White House, which would make Weyler and the whole outfit quiver in their boots. The story said that the statement would unloose the talons of the American eagle; that it would bring a reproduction of the “rebel yell” in the south, make the east hurrah, warm the cold blood of the north and make the west forget silver and the “crime of ’78.” These vivid stories brought the corres- ndents with a swoop upon the White Tionassand eeponttiesinnccent aan busy secretary to the President. He had no statement to give out and none to make up. Between answering questions of news- paper men and dodging the multitude of importuning office seekers in the White House lobby the secretary to the President got all the athletic exercise he wanted. Advices of the Spanish Legatio: The latest official dispatch received by the Spanish minister, Dupuy De Lome, brought the situation in Havana up to will continue until taken ncon today, and was entirely reassuring. It was from Secretary General Congosto, and said: “Your excellency can affirm that the tu- mult of yesterday has had so little import- ance that not a shot was fired, and there is no knowledge that anybody has been wounded or hurt. The agitation was con- fined to one quarter of the city.” This followed closely on another official dispatch from the same authority, filed at eS about 8 o'clock this morning. It sald “Complete calm. The city has recovered its normal condition.” The Spanish minister has been kept con- Stantly advised of every development with- in the last twenty-four hours at Havana, and he sums up the advices by saying that they show the uprising to have been a riot. pure and simple; that order has been completely restored, and that the authorities have an ample force to afford every protection; that the tumult was con- fined to Spanish and Cuban residents, and that no indignity was put upon any Amer- ican interest or citizen, publio or private. An Unorganized Riot. The official advices began arriving about midnight last night, and have come unin- terruptedly since then. The ez iy ones were in cipher, and it took some hours to decipher them. They told the story of the disturbance fully, and in the main corrob- crated the press dispatches. It was mad. clear that the demonstration was iS SS ganized riot, the participators heing gath- ered up from the streets, without arms or ammunition. It began when a few army officers mobbed the Reconcentrado (news- paper) establishment, that paper being so uKewarm toward autonomy that It was Suspected of having insurgent tendencies. Later, as the people were leaving the shops at the close of the streets were filled with home-goers, the demonstration was begun again by an at- tack on the establishments of La Discus- sion and the Diario de la Marina. The dispatches state that a small group raised a cry against autonomy, some few gave vivas for Gen. Weyler, while some scattered shouts were directed against Gen. Blanco. In the main, however, the vivas were for Spain and the army. The mount- ed police were brought into use and dis- persed the groups, 60 that order was re- act and the city was tranquil by mid- night. Gaarding the Untted States Consulate. During the excitement it appears that United States Consul General Lee was in communication with the Spanish authori- ues. Neither he nor the officials appear to have been apprehensive, but it was deemed the part of wisdom, in order to guard against contingencies, to send a guard of soldiers to the United States legation and to the private residence of Consul General Lee. Accordingly, twenty-five Spanish sol- die ere dispatched to the United States consulate, and another guard of twenty- five to the residence of Gen. Lee. They acted as an emergency guard, and it ap- pears that at no time were their services brought into actual requisition. ‘Through- out the disturbance, it is said, there was not a shout among all the vivas against the United States nor a hand raised against an American citizen. Able (o Cope With the Situation. The Spanish authorities at Havana send the strongest possible assurances to Mr. Dupuy de Lome that they are entirely able minimize the demonstration, saying that it was noth- y also make clear an emergency they in to cope with the situation. The ing more than talk, Th that if by any possibilit: should require it—which, o" ver, no way expect—the government authorit is ample to protect every interest. A } body of troops is quartered in the city and these all requirements. This statement is mad: by way of assurance, however, for the av. thorities say the trouble fs at an end. As showing that normal conditions are re- stored, one of the late dispatches states that an insurgent leader, Col. Lopez Marin, mpanied by two others, have turned we in th declared for autonomy, and that Lieut. Col. Aurelio Sambria companions, in Matanzas The Spanish minister went to the State morning Assistant Secretary He con- restoration of order nd of ample power to protect all American Department about 11 o'clock and conferred with Day on the situation in Havana. veyed assurances of a and other interests. All Quiet at Havana. United States Consul General Lee has reported to the State Department from Hevana, under date of yesterday, the facts connected with the rioting there yesterday. While the State Deparument officials do not divulge the text of the dispateh, it is sald that it corroborates generally the newspaper dispatches on the subject. Ac: cording to Gen. Lee's report, the disturb- ence had been qvelled for the time being, but he was apprehensive of another out- break at any moment. Nothing has been heard from the consul general today, so it is assumed at the State Department that the situation remains unchanged in Havana. Gen. Lee didn’t ask to have a warship sent to Havana, and, fn the opin- ion of the State Department officials, that is a sufficient rea: y the assumption that there Is no occasion for sending one. The officials are evidently not apprehen- sive of any serious trouble in the imme- diate future that will require the forcible intervention of our government. ” Condition of the Poor. The disquieting feature of the situation is the horrible condition of the poor in Cuba. According to General Lee's advices, no less than 200,000 people on the island are in the last stages of destitution and are wholly dependent upon charity. To feed these people on a 10-cent ration per day would cost $20,000 daily, which sum is double the amount so far received in con- tributions during the past ten days by the State Department. In the opinion of Gen- eral Lee, no less than 20 per cent of these poor people are surely doomed to death from starvation and disease. In such a state of affairs the existence of any form of organized government is threatened and the antonomy plans of the Spanish gov- ernment cammand little attention. Naval Authorities Seren®, The naval authorities here maintain their serenity, notwithstanding many rumors of radical action, such as the dispatch of war- ships to Havana and like stories. Secre- tary Long was asked whether any of the American ships had been ordered to be made ready to sail for Havana. He replied that while he could not discuss the matter, he would say that he had not made any change in the orders to the battle ship Maine, now lying at Key West. Inquiry developed the fact that the Maine’s last orders were to go out for target practice, ad upon falling in with the North Atlantic squadron to attach herself. Our Vessels in the Gulf. Although there is no expectation at the Navy Department of any trouble just now, still in case it should occur the navy is more strongly represented in Florida and West Indian waters than it has been in the past ten years. At Key West there are the second-class battle ship Maine and the cruiser Marblehead; at Jacksonville the dynamite cruiser Vesuvius; at St. Kitts is the Annapolis, and at Guadaloupe the ‘Wilmington. The Detroit is on her way from Cape Haytien to Key West, where she is now due. The Montgomery is at Port Tampa, Fla. She suffered the injury of four men yesterday at target practice. She has been wired to remain at Key West instead of sailing for Navassa, according to original orders. Nothing From Gen. Lee. No word came to the State Department (Continzed on Second Page.) 2 day’s work, and the e said to be more than enough jor ir arms in Pinar del Rio, and have unother insurgent leader, had turned over his arms, and those of his ——_________., HAWAIIAN TREATY It is Said the Measure Has Sixty Votes in the Senate, INFLUENCE OF THE PRESIDENT Senators Gear and Thurston Are Not in Opposition. MR. MORRIL'S ATTITUD: A great change of feeling was mant- fested today about the prospects of the adoption of the Hawaiian treaty by the Se The fact t Senators Thurston and Gear had withdrawn their active sup- port of the treaty had caused the friends of the measure a great deal of uncasi- ni Today it was learned that both of these senators have not placed themselves in opposition to the measure to a degree that will make it inconsistent for them to cast their votes in its favor, and that in all probability they will do so. The opposition of both Senators Thurston and Gear to the treaty was based upon they belleved to be the best advan- of the beet sugar industry. The beot sugar industry has been worked cnerget- ically by the opponents of the treaty in order to get votes against it, but tt is now declared by the best authorities that It is the sugar trust, and not the beet sugar ine , that would gain by @ defeat of the A Mistaken Idea. For a long time Secretary Wilson of the Department of Agriculture was opposed to the annexation Hawaii because he thought such action would lower the profits from the beet sugar industry in this coun+ try, and since the subject has been before the Senate he has made an exliaustive study of the question to ascertain the exact facts in the case. The result Is he has ¢x- pressed himself to a number of friends a8 being satisfied that no harm can come tO the beet sugar industry from the aunexa- tion of Hawaii. The fact is not well known that all tand in the Hawaiian Islands adapted for sugar production has been taken up and plarted, and that the soil has been ime poverished to such an extent that expen> sive fertilization is necessary to raise @ sugar crop. Not only is this the fact, but the coifee crop there pays so well that that staple is being raised in preference to the Sugar cane, and the unt of acreage de> oted to it is being rapidly increased with a corcesponding decrease in the land dee voted to sugar cane. These are important cts bearing on the question. The attitade of Secretary Wilson on this subject will be laid before the Senate today or very shortly, and it 1s expected that his opinion and the facts that will be given a coming from him will have great weight with those who have allowtd the beet sugar argument to influeace them. Secretary Wilson Convinced. Secretary Wilson is known as desiring the building up of the beet sugar industry in this country as the favorite scheme of his administration and there is a general tecling of ecnfidence that he would be the last man to epprove the annexation of the islands If he were not satisfied that it would t interfere with his plans in regard to eet 8 : With Thurston and Gear in line, an@ counting Kenny and Smith as favorable, there would be sixty votes for the treaty. It is understood that McLaurin is very apt to vote for annexati The fact that Mr. Morrill has been a most attentive listener to speeches favoring annexation since the Senate has been holding executive s« ne and his remarks made to other senators believed by many friends of the treaty to mean that he is doubtful as to the way in which his vote will be cast, and that should it be shown that his vote would des termine the question he would likely cast it in the affirmative. Only Republican in Opposition. With Thurston and Gear in favor of the treaty, if they so declare themselves ao- cording to expectations of many, M. Mor- rill would be the only republican in oppose sition, and, as stated, his oposition is now regarded as of a doubtful nature rather than having a firm conviction against the wisdom of the treaty. ‘There are also possibilities of votes fas voring the treaty in addition to those in= dicated. Senator Daniels remarked today that he was still doubtful, though inclined to vote against annexation. Roach and Mitchell are also doubtful. The President is using all the influence in his power to make friends fo The whole situation as it ap is very much more hopeful than ithas be tor several da. ——— MAY GO TO NEW ORLEANS. Pre dent McKinley Hears the Royal Command of His Majesty Rex. President 2iKinley may attend the Mardi Gras festival at New Orleans. The delegation from that city now in W: shington to ask Congress to appropriate money for deepering the Mississippi river channel at its mouth called on the Presi- dent yesterday afternoon. The delegates were piloted by Senator McEnery, Repre= sentative Davey and former Gov. Francis, President McKinley shook their hands core dially and recalled with pleasure his visit to New Orleans several years ago. He referred to the ovation tendered him by the people of that city on the occasion of his making a speech in the auditorium of the Crescent City Athletic Club, when he stood on the famous battle ground where Fitzsimmoas and Hail fought. Capt. T. J, Woodward as representaive of his majesty Rex, read the imperial order calling upon his “cousin,” William McKinley, to attend the annual festival in honor of King Mirth. The invitation was graciously received. While they were talking the President took a fresh carnation pink from the japel of his coat and pinned it on the little grandchild of B. T. Wood, who accompan- ied the delegation. The delegates called on Secretary Long and requested that the white squadron be sent to New Orleans at the time of the Mardi Gras festival. Secretary Long promised that three vessels should be sent. The cruisers Montgomery and Dee troit will be two of the vessels. ————“-~1-—___. EMBLEM OF THE REPUBLIC. Gen. Miles Believes That It Should Be Worn by the Army. While in Europe Gen. Miles observed that the soldiers and sailors of nearly all the great nations wore the insignia of the crown or some other imperial mark upon their uniforms. He believes the idea worthy of adoption in this country, and that the uniform of the soldiers of the United States should similarly display the emblem of the republic. He has accordingly suggested that a national device, preferably the coat-of-arms of the United States, be placed over the chevron of every non-com- missioned officer of the army, and on the collar or other convenient place on the uni- form of every officer. In his opinion, the national coat-of-arms, with the motto, “E Pluribus Unum,” on a@ scroll undern would be an appropriate device for disp! on the uniforms of the United States army.