Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1898, Page 1

PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDiNGS, JIC1 Ferzeylvania Avenze, Cer. 11th St, by The Evening Star Newspaper Company SH. EAUPFMANN, Pres't. E deceit New York Ofice, 49 Pottor Buildiny. The Exoning Star is served to sulmcribers tn the eity by esrricrs, on their own account, at 10 eents per week, or 44 cents per month. Copies at the ceunter 2 cents each. By mail—anyw re ta the United States or Conada—postage prepaid 50 cvats yer month. Saterday Quintuple SLeet Etar, $1 per year, with foreizn postage added, £3.00. the Post Office at Washington, D. C., @s_secend-cl.sa mat! matter. THAI wali subscriptions rust be paid In advance. Rates of advertising made Frown on application. A SHOCKING SUICIDE Mr. Seaton Perry, Suffering From Insomnia, Ends His Life. SENT A BULLET 10 HIS BRAIN The Community Appalled at the Terrible Deed. PROSPEROUS > POPULAR AND While suffering from acute me!ancholia, Buperinduced by a severe id protracted | eof nia, Mr. Seaton Perry, the | ant, committed suicide a | few minutes after 4 o'clock this merning | shoctir through the head in | bath No. 1713 a Rhed rocm island ots pallet h, exhau ician, ve him, but with- 1 wife exertea mind from y. The malady his ietion, with equal reacsid in severity, and some days ago ly directed Mr. Perry Voyage and to relies SS cares of every desc at least two or three esity weighed ve = because he was to his business, but parent e1 bimssit to it. Yesterday he instructions to his New York agent to cure state rooms and accommodations and make other necessary arrangeme for # Mediterranean voyage for Mrs. Perry &nd pimeelt. He was at his store as usual yesterday, took luncheon, as was his custom, with nis Wife, who came down town each day to jein him at this midday meal, and for his home shortly after 6 0% ent ly in bis characteristic good retired as usual, but awak and cculd not get to sleep minutes after 4 o'clock hi ath room and there he i t. Coroner Carr gave a i th by while suffering from acute melancholia. ‘The Effect in the City. The news of Mr. Perry's death and its tragic character spread rapidiy through the c everywhere it went it shocked | ard appalted. Prot no other man in Washington had a wider acquaintance in nerally and ed by ali classes. nificant of of robust He a sati mned hi © city was simply s it learned of that was sv rrow and dee; widow. conld be and © Of heard warm tri was a gen inion that the nati > less of une valuable nd his y were pra of emphasis, id to the great appy an man as Se lite. ful i taken nis o His Career an Perry wa en Bank. ifts Perry, who n from Montgomery county, Md., where his English forefathers had settled over 150 years before, in 184, and with his brother, Thomas Perry, ¢ self Washin: in the ¢ at the ania av goods busi- corner of 9th nue. The firm puiar and trac 1 soon He mastered same conscientious 2 ant his ma in the busi father he M don in down to his contre commer opene , and it was on the ste near Ub » would court nen they arrives come when he went home would pay his pleasant tations to them when he 1 Intended to Retire at Fifty. It was Mr. Perry's intention to retire business when } 1 reached the aK Years, and his death at this time t ad circumstances is ail the more pathetic from this fact. He we er und leave a ying very great prosperity bstantial fortune. ir. Perry ried Farr of Philadetphia, No children were born of the union. He Was a brother of Mr. R. Ross Perry, the lawy he arrangements for the funeral Rave not becn completed. > DGAR'S Was Presented to the Assistant Secretary Meiklejohn. D. Edgar, speaker of the Canadi ament, who is visiting Washington for M in 1877 Miss Mamie who survives him. SPEA v iT. President by z. par af jays on his wa to Ottawa from Fert Monree, where been rest- ing for a short time, was isitor at the White House today. He came in company with As Secretary Meiklejohn. Mr. shington with letters of tion to Secretary Alger, but the of the latter prevented him fron receiving his guest, and at his request Mr. Mciklejohn has undertaken to extend him of the capital. Mr. Edgar Sterday at the Capitol, most of the apany with Speaker Reed, who out to him the celebrities of nd explained the processes of The Canadian speaker, like his prototype of the British parliament, is not a political selection, and therefore is hot expected to maitifest an open concern in pen matters of legislation or even of diplomacy if the latter nas any political side, so that, as he explains, he is not pre- pured to speak upon the subjects which formed the basis of the last conference be- tween Sir Wilfrid Laurier and ex-Secre- tary Foster. courtesi SP y time in inted werk Che Fvening Star. Juris att WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, JANUARY 14, 1898-SIXTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS M’COMAS’ STOCK IS RISING His Friends More Confident of His Election as Senator. Senator Wellington Makes the Pre- @iction That the Judge Will Be Gorman’s Successor. Special Dispateh to The Evening Star. BALTIMORE, Md., January 14.—The locel fi s of Judge Louis E. MeComas express the utmost conf.jence today that he will ultimately be elected United States Senator. A number of McComas’ members of the assemb ty who were at the Carroil- ton this morning were also sanguine of victory, and the general demeanor of the jucge’s followers is much more cheerful than it was earlier in the week. Representative repub.ican business men who advocate McComas are exerting all their influence in his behalf, and the senti- ment of the best men in the party is being breught to bear in his favor upon the cp- pcsition. has unquestionably an any other republi- ant, and his supporters believe strength is kept in hand for a bailoung the unattached mem- chief anxiety is to come in der, will swing over to his side. nator Wellingten, who has been detait ed at th on with neuraigia, leave or Cumberland. The sera- ted McComas’ election. ane GOLD CURRENCY NOTE: McComas in hand thi tor todzy TO ISSUE mes Westland Submits a Pro- posal to India’s Council. LCUTTA, January 14--Sir James land, the finance minister of the coun- introduced a bill today providing for uinst 1d. Mr. Arthur, the paid secretary of ate in London, in behalf of the banks nd chambers of commerce, indorsed the 2sure. The finance ney market was experi cil, the issue of currency notes in India a minister said the Indian neing a period of extreme stringency. The local resource: he added, were unable to supply the de of trade. The scarcity, he ex- was due to the banks remitt their capital home and keeping possible i dia. This policy w before the legislation of 1593, and w in juence of that lexi n. But whi were advancing toward the at- tairment of a 16d. rupee, this sue mili- tate st the transfer of sterling ital to India in exchange. The banks must operate upon nereial principles, and no blame w i to them, Sir Jame d denied the allega- government was holding to starve commerce and : but the recent demands heavy that m that the mey in order force up exchar ate to vent in hand was convertib'lity of the Indian note fore there was no risk from a currency point of view. In conclusion the finance minister satd: secretary of state will draw on the is requisite to the full extent are available, Rut if the continues t point, he a t is is country. CAPT. CARTER'’S Prospect of Sensational Developments Seon to Be Sprung. The COURT-MARTIAL, teh to SAH, Evening S| r. January 14.—The pro- -martial of Capt. O. on ef papers. The Gillette, the prose: Carter has become so strained that friends of both quietly keep m apart. When friends of Capt. Carter turned the tables on Gillette by setting of the loca set against him, resulting +d resignation from the Oglethorpe Club, there was in- 1 into the affair a t personal ich had not € tofor’ e of this i Capi ted cation in the blanket cha ‘coming an Officer con) g matter Carter's private life. ; p behind the whole trial leads face in his er that to spring an am of entle with nd connected a this, which has been hitherto sur pre by mest powerful influences, Capt. Gillette will explode a bomb which will t otficialdom of the whele arn In the ent phase of the cour r V has forgotten in the excited anticipation of what is to come. —.- EACITEMENT AT EARLBORO’, I. Will Vrobnbiy Avenge x of Their aNme EARLPORO’, I ment is still ir urning stake of two ubsequent fear of nd th uprising. n Inc Unite tommisstoner W is holding court at Wewoka, a Ues of the court sre busy pocnas and warrants in an to bring the lyneners to j no at- tempt was made by hers to hide their identity, it is p' > that the lead- ers will be arrested United States thorities. They be tried on the charge of Kidnaping and the murderers by force from the Seminole nation. The killing of the Indians comes under Oklahoma jurisdiction. Tne Indians a sullen. White men who have lived with them for years say that a general out- break will not occur, but there is great that the Indians will avenge them- Ives by killing, one by one, the ieaders of the mob. Ke ————.___ FOUR KILLED, ONE WOUNDED. Result of a Bloody Encounter in jewlic County, K ‘ial Dispatch to The Eveuing Star. BARBOURVILLE, Ky., January M4.— In county yesterday one of the bleodiest affrays in its history occurred on Sandy Ferk creek. The fight, which start- ed with fisticuffs, waxed into a regular but- ue. ‘ifty shots were fired and four men were kille The nam of the victims are Robert Wilson, the latter colored. Willis gess was mortally wounded. It is said the men had been drinking, and it is not thought the killing grew out of the feud which has recently broken out in Leslie county. > New York Finishes Conling. NORFOLK, Va., January 14.—The United States steamer New York finished coaling at Sewell’s Point this morning. There have been no developments, and there 1s no movement at present among the ships. ———— Big Fire at Wharton, Tex. WHARTON, Tex., January 14.—Fire last night destroyed G. C. Gifford’s large hard- ware establishment, the grocery store of Frank Blizard & Co. and the dwelling of Samuel Arch and also a large elevated tank. Loss, $65,000; covered by insurance. SEALING AWARDS Report of the Secretary of State Sent to Congress, AMOUNT 10 BE APPROPRIATED See Full List of Claims and the Dam- ages Approved. THE PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE a The President today sent a message to Congress transmitting a report from the Sceretary of State in regard “to the award ef the commissioners appointed pursuant to the stipulations of the convention ot February 5, 18%, between the United States and Great Britain, providing for the settlement of ciaims presented by the latter against the fermer in virtue of the convention of February 29, 1802." In his "message the President says: “The report of the Secretary of State presents a clear epitome of the award and renders unnecessary any extended observations on my part further than to say that I cor- dially coincide with the recommendation apd that our treaty obligations demand Frompt and favorable action by Congress, which I urgently hope may be taken, to the end that these long pending questions jay be finally and satisfactorily termi- nated. The total amount necessary to sat- isfy the award of the commissioners is $473,151.26, which [ recommend be appro- priated.” in his repert, Secretary Sherman details ail the proceedings leading up to the or- anization of the international commission to arrange for the settlement of the Bering sea seal claims, and makes the following extract from the award, showing the name ssel and total’sum, principal and awarded, including persona! claitns: Claimants and Awards. Carolin: ‘Thornton, $: Onward, Pavorit 5.567005, We PL Sayw Beck, $45,058.60; Alfred Adams, Gr 1.17; Dolphin, $50,SS! $33,752.79; Triumph, $2 Juanita, $17. 1 Pathfinder, $20,641.12; Triumph, $2! 115.47; Black Diamond, $: Ki Pathfinder, $1,170,67; Henrietta, $12,021.04; total, $413, Winni- Oscar Ls Personal claims—Daniel Munroe, $5,028.50; Joan Mi ; Hans Cutterm- sen, Norman, $4,1:).42; James Ogilvie, $5,025 James Blake, $4,- 1.42; James D. W $5,252.5%; John. Reilly, $ George P. Fes A. B. Laing, $2, Michael Ke $ s_W. Petit, & C. A. Lundberg, total, $403, Two Other Claims. . The Secretary of State also “It will be perceived that the Commtis- sioners say in their report under the hi of personal claims: ‘Her majesty also pr ted fe ation the following claims, that ii In behalf of the Black Diamond rned by the collector at Oun on 1, 1886, and Ja vain ter ermins jection and we Louis Olsen, $3 our consid to Jul nes aska, if of award that we have no juri: i 's the same.’ “Subsequently the Cemmis mend in regard to these oners recom- two claims, ecting the claims award of the commit one! been presented on behaif of Gre and dismissed as not being within our Jurisdiction, namely, the claims of _ the Black Diamond, arising in the year Iss, and the personal claim of James Gaudin, the commissioners in pursuance of the communication to them from the Seer tury of State for the United States, at her Britannic majesty'’s a ador Washin, dated at’ Washington, Janu- 1 appearing in the pretocol 2, 1807, beg to report as fol- ntioned in s having ut Britain, lows “We by were sustained the owners, ster, Officers and crew the Black Diamond, in connection with the notice given by the collector of ¢! toms at Ounal July 1, 1886, to the amount of §: with interest, at the rate find that 10, of G per cent per annum from Septembc 10, A. D. 1887. nd us to the personal claims of James Gaudin, master of the Ada in Issi, port that the amount of damage vith interest nnum from sustained by him was $1,600, ut the rate of 6 per cent per ber 10, 1887. >py of the communication of the then ury of State and the British amb: ioners is sador referred to by U: zppended hereto. “Lam of opinion that the mount of dam- ages as i by the commissioners re- specting the last named claims should be included in the sum ted by Con- 5 10 the r the con- Vention cf Februar: govern- ment would be enabled te reach an egreement with that of Great Britain for the fival discharge cf the claims in ques- ticn. ack mount Diamond the pr (83,080.83), t ntisfy the claims of the Ss as follows: $5,080.83, sipal, $5,000, and interest the rate of 6 per cent annum from September 10, 1887, to Dec ber 17, 1Nv7. The amount to Hquidate personal claim of Jemes Gaudin, maste the Ada, is as follows: $1,616.16, b: principal’ $1,000 and Interest’ 516.16), the rate of 6 per cent per annum f September 10, 1887 to December 17, 18 “Including these claims, the total recessary to be appropriated to satisfy award would be $173,151.26 “Should you coincide with my views I re- stfully recommend that this report and 1 copy of the award uf the commissioners be premptly laid before Congress with in urgent request for early and favorable ccnsideration.”” Upon this subject article VIII of the con- vention of 1806 says: “The amount awarded to Great Britaia under this convention on account of any claimant shall be pald by the government cf the United States te the government of her Britannic majesty within six months after the amount thereof shall have heen ertained.” per sm ORDERED TO RETURN. Civil Engineer Menocal to Stand Trial by Court-Martial Orders have been sent by telegraph to Civil Engineer A. G. Menocal, now in Nic- aregua with the Nicaragua canal commis- sion, going over the route of the canal, to return to New York without delay, in order to stand trial by court-martial on charges connected with the alleged defective con- struction of the dry dock at New York. Mr. Menccal obtained leave of absence from the Navy Department several weeks ago and accompanied the canal commission town on the gunboat Newport. He is not a member of the commission, but is watching the:r work as the representative of the Maritime Canal Company. It is ex- pected that he will return to this country in about two weeks. The charges on which he will be arraigned are now being formu- lated in the office of the judge advocate general of the navy, and will not be made public at this time. It is understood that they involve no reflection upon his integ- rity, but are confined mainly to allegations of neglect of duty in failing'to detect de- fective work by the contractors for the construction of the dock. OPPOSES THE BOLT Postmaster General Gary Stands for Party Loyalty. Officials Here Greatly Interested in the Maryland Situation—The Chances for Harmony. Now that the Ohio situation has clearea itself, the attention of officials here, and especially of those closely connected with the administration, is directed toward Maryland, where the scnatorial situation in many of its characteristics runs on par- allel lines to the one which has just been ended by Mr. Hanna’s election. In Mary- land eleven republican members of the legislature, by refusing to go into a caucus ard by affiliation with the democratic mi- rority, succeeded in organizing the house in opposition to the regular republican cau- cus. These same eleven men have an- nounced their refusal to go into a senato- rial caucus, and the general public has necessarily felt some alarm that again by affiliation with the democratic minority scme untried republican or even some democrat might be elected to the Senate as the successor of Senator Gorman. Ir official circles here, nowever, the feel. ing is strong thai the members of the legis lature from Baltimore will not carry their bolt so far as to Stay out of a caucus on the senatorial question when the proper time comes to hold such a caucus. Several ballots may be taken on the sen- atorship before a caucus is held, but that one will be neld there can be little doubt and as little that the nominee of tie cau. cus will receive the entire republican vote in the legislature. ‘That this man will be Judge McComas is undoubtedly the desire of the adminisiration here; but, whether it be McComas or some one else, the prime and first desire of the administration is to Prevent any bolt from the pariy, and to have the republican members of the legis- lature vote and act together in sending a sound money man to the Senate. Friends of the administration have been greatly annoyed by the stories and rumors circulated at Anpapolis and in Baltimore to the effect that Postmaster General Gary had given a tacit approval to the bolt of the cleven Baltimore members of the leg lature. This story is indignantly denicd by people close to Mr. Gary, who say that out- side of Mr. Gary's close friendship and sympathy with the President, which would Icad him to oppose any movement in oppo- sition to the desires of the Presiderit, that his own personal feelings in the matter ar of the strongest, and that he deplores the action taken by the eleven Raltimore mem- bers in the strongest terms, and has been and is endeavoring to bring about an un- derstanding by which all members of the ‘ature will abide by the action of th: rty caucus. Mr. Gar record, s point cut, has always been in the line of arty loyaity as against pariy teachery, and in this matter he does nov intend to swerve from that record even without considering his position in. the cabinet and his relations to the President. CORBETT. AGAINST Adverse Repert en His Claim to a Seat im the Senate. The Senate committee on privileges and clectio today decided to make an ad- verse report upon H. W. Corbett’s claim to a seat in the Senate from Oregon. The vote w 4 to 3 and was cast on partisan lines, except that of Senator Burrows, r: publican, who was absert, but who wa upon his authority, counted in opposition to Mr. Corbett. There were two votes, upon a motion to deciar titled to his scat, the first being Mr. Corbett en- hich was supported Messrs. Chandler, Hoar and Pritchare (reps), and oppose@ by Messrs. Caffery and Pettus (dem.), Allen (pop.) and Bur- rows (rep.). Mr. Spooner (rep.) was paired with Mr. Turley (dem.), the former for and the latter against the motion. A motion wi: Mr. S then made to declare that Corbett wag not entitled to his seat, and was carried by the above vote re: versed. The voting was preceded by a general discussion based upon a report prepared by Senator Pettys on behalf of the opposi- tion, This report took the position that the question involved is practically the Same as that involved in the Mantle case, and that this case should be allowed to stand as a precedent. Senator Pettus made an argument in fa- vor of establishing a principle of action in such cases and aliowing it to stand, taking the position that there was danger in changing the Senate's course every time Senate the political complexion of the changes. AQUEDUCT BRIDGE REPAIRS. the Work of Repairing Pier No. 4 Has Progressed. Ho Col. Allen reports, in regard to the work of repairing pier No. 4 of the Aqueduct bridge, that the contractors have repaired the cofferdam, have part of the pumpi plant in place, have placed puddling on the eutside of the cofferdam and have put in some interior bracing. Derricks for hand- ling stone and. material have been erected. ‘The false work to sustain the weight of bridge spans has also been repaired. The stairway has been built. Some excavation of silt has been made within the coffer- dam, and the interior cofferdam has been practically completed. About 58 per cent of the face stone required for the work has been cut, and ihe contractors have ar- ranged to get the remainder of the dimen- sion stone heeded from the quarries on the rght bank of the Potomac, above th Aqueduct bridge. a ONLY A’ GRAND SCARE. Major Eskridge’s, Report of Trouble With the Seminoles. Adjutant General Breek has received the following telegram from Gen. Brooke at Chicago, dated last night: “Maj. Eskridge telegraphs from Earl- boro’, O. T., that all is quiet there. Both sides have been excited and threatening. ‘There is no.hestile gathering of Seminoles. None ts probable, and the whole thing was 4.grand scare, which ia all over. In view of this information, I da not deem it neces- sary to send any trcops to the border be- tween Oklaboma ana the Seminole nation, as contemplated by your telegram of last night.” Secretary Bliss is in recelpt of the fol- lowing telegram of yesterday's date from Gov. Barnes of Qkfahasaa, regarding the reported Seminole uprising: ‘Absolutely no disturbance or excitement along the Semi- nole border.” F Postmaster Tabor Confirmed. Among the norhinations confirmed by the Senate today was that of ex-Senator Ta- bor of Colorado to be postmaster at Den- ver. Senator Wolebtt, who is chairman of the committée on ‘post offices, and also Mr. Tabor’s me seeked fcr action imme- diately upon; the opening of the executive session, andithere, beifMg n0. objection, he was confiri without delay. Secretaty Alger,Grows Better. | Secretary Alger continues to improve and was able to sit up in bed this morning. He will be removed to the seashore as soon as he 1s able to stand the journey. Advertising is not an expense. It is a business investment. If you want to invest your money profitably you will therefore put your advertisements in such a paper as The Evening Star, that is read regularly and thoroughly by everybody worth reaching. The Stai is the recognized household and family journal of the National Capital, and has no rival as an advertising med- ium. ri ecient PRESIDENT DOLE/|THE Poputists apPeaL FEELING AT HAVANA Mr. Thurston Explains Why He Comes to Washington. THE SITUATION IN THE SENATE Sugar Trust Trying to Make Cats- paws of Legislators. OPPOSITION DIMINISHING Mr. Lorrin A. Thurston stated to a Star reporter today that he had reccived a tele- gram from San Francisco cenfirming the published statement that President Dole would arrive in San Francisco on Saturday and would come direct to Washington; that the reason for this action of the president was that the Hawaiian legislature meets in regular session in February. tion is to take place,” continued Mr. Thurs- ten, “there will necessarily be some legis- lation to adapt the luws to the changed conditions, If it is not te take place, the refunding of the bonded debt will probably be taken up, which would not be done if annexation is to take place. The present bonds draw 6 per cent interest, and can be taken up at any time. The entire debt can be refunded at from 4 to 4 1-2 per cent by the present gcvernment. There being no cable communication and the mails being so slow and so far apart, and information obtained by letter being at best unsati factory, President Dole determined to come to Washington and obserye the conditions for himself in order to guide him in making recommendations to the legislature.” “If annexa- SUGAR TRUST'S CAT’S-: ws. Honest but Prejudiced Opponents of Hawaiian Annexation. The friends of annexation are gaining courage as the fight over the ireaty in the Senate progress. veloping with greater clearn chief and most persistent opposition that ef the sugar trust. There is 2 th oreti opposition, but this is not extensive, though it i: Hawaiian It is de- th t the is serviceable to the trust in giv- ing a character of respectability to the fight that is being made against the treaty The trust people are trying to keep to the front of the opposition the few men wh are known not to be friendly to the trust, but who are warped against things pro- gressive, and which seem to them venture- some. There are too few of these, how- ever, to effectively hide the creature of the sugar trust crouching behi believed that the hone: Prejudice) will be willing to permit them- selves to be used when they find that the are being made cat's-paws of by their enc- my. the trust. The trust is fighting mi particularly behind the beet sugar inte: ests and appea nd, und it is not onents (through g (o the farmer support. No Menace to Beet Sugar Interests, At this point they are being complete! exposed, and the support they have se- cured for their cause by making it appear that the beet sugar interests will be in- Jured by annexation will almost certainly be taken away from them before a voie on the treaty is had. It being clearly shown that the beet industry sibly suffer from the small importati from Hawaii, and that the sugar tru. alone has a material interest in defeati amnexation. Tre contracts under w trusts derived the benefi: of sugar ¢ tions from Hawaii under the reciy treaty having expired and the Haw being unwilling to renew the contracts, the trust set about, when the Dingley t iff bill wa "r consideration, toh reciproc’ annuliel, The failed in that, and the same motive which annot po: inspired their fight then inspires. that against the annexation treaty, which will make perpetual the free importation of sugar from Hawaii, which they want to Stop, in obedience to the demands of their selfish interes: The trust great a is stance i men who are hones powerful, given however, it and by the few tly opposed to annexa- tion as a matter of policy and who do not yet see how they are being used by the trust. It is a nip-and-tuck fight, w th the outcome not certain. The friends of the treaty think that they will have all the republicans, with possibly one exception, or the treaty when the vote comes. and some democrats who have opposed annex ation are beginning to consider the A= vantage to be derived from coming out for the treaty at a time when it seems to be threatened by disaffections due to the efforts of the trust. Unwarranted Opposition Claims. The Senate went into executive session on the Hawaiian treaty early toda The sion of the treaty is being conducted with great interest, both in the executive session and among senators in private. While it is true that there are rot enough senators committed to the treat ; its ratificat’on at this time, those supporting the treaty intend to continue the disex until the question is thoroughly unc d they are quite confident that a ovgh understanding of the case will make converts to the treaty. The outcome is uncertain, but it ha de- veloped that the claims of the opposition are not fully warranted. Practically ail senators who are not committed to the ty are counted by the opposition as op- sed to it. The fact appears to be that a considerable number of senators have not made up their min and several who de- clare themselves as opposed to the treaty from their present understanding of the question say that they are still open to cenviction and may conclude to support the treaty if their first impressions are overcome by the facts and argumenis pre- sented by the friends of the treaty. A number of senators are in this recep- tive state of mind, and this is very en- courag:ng to the friends of the treaty, wno feel that their cause is a good one, and can be so sustained as to resolve ail honest doubts in favor of the treaty. The sort of doubt hangs around the question that al- ways hangs around a question which de- pends for its solution on the power of ar- gument. The presence of the sugar trust in the woodpile is expected to become more and more apparent as the discussion proceeds. If the matter hangs that long it is ex- pected that it will be made clear on the ar- rival of President Dole of Hawaii where the interests of the trust lie and how the trust influence is being exerted. How the Senate Stands. Sixty votes in the Senate are necessary to the ratification of the treaty. From fifty-five to fifty-seven votes would prob- ably be cast for the treaty if the vote were to occur today. It is believed by the friends of the treaty that the opposition have considerably short of one-third of the Senate irrevocably committed against the treaty. The remainder are counted as either in doubt or open to conviction, though they might vote-against the treaty on the information they now have on the subject. The friends of the treaty believe they will be able to win Over a sufficient number of those who are not: irrevocably committed against the treaty, to secure its ratification. * ———__2-—_____. For the Poor. = Contributions received at The Star office for Associated Charities: Alhambra saloon. 5.20 National Organization Coramittee’s Protest Against Fusion Policy. Address Insucd at St. Louis leeti Reflects Indirectly on the Na. tional Committee. ST. LOUIS, January 14.—The national or- ganization committee of the people's party, which met here yesteraay, has issued an Address to the people of the United States, in part as fellows: “The fusion movemeat consummated at St. Louis in July, 1895, and the inexeusa ble treatment of our candidate for Vice President in the campaign that followed, Save rise to such dissatisfaction among the rank and file of the people's party as to threaten the absolute dismemberment of the only political organization honestly contending fer the social and political rights of the laboring and producing classes of ine country. Courtesy (o National Commitice, “It has been the purpose always of thi con itlee to be courteous to the na lion committee, and our supreme has been at all umes to promote a harmonious co-operation with said committee that fac- tional differences might be oviite Tated, our party prestige regained and our or ima tion restored to its once splendid estat This committee fecis confident of its abil- ily to show that it is no fault of ours that the national committee is not present a body tod, but it not choose ste valuable time in gling questions of official eti We it to be our sincere purp now a heretofore, to promote in every y the reform movemer lines, and we deem th tous and the dangers threatening sovernment tco imminent to allow @ to consider pers 1 grievances or ‘onts, or to permit wor ed dignity, real imaginary, to overshadow patriotic duiy. £ rv Present conditions our beloved organization is slowly but urely disinie- Srating and our comrades are clamorous ter eggressive ac’ “Having in vata eesumed to be our desire as to over avew ever honorable nt on true popul he issues too m: does us t upertuned those who superiors to permit u: to aid them in the grand work of reorganiz- ing the people's party, that it may accom- plish its glorious mission, we now uppeal to the people, the true source of all polit- leal power.” Referendum Committees Appointed. The referendum committee appomted is as follows: Messrs. Dixon of Missouri, Tracey of Texas, Reynolds cf Ilincis, Ma singer of Indiana and McGregor cf Georgia. A number of rules were adopted for gov ernment of the national organization, ameng them a rul that the national cr eanization committee shall submit to a Vote of the people's party any proposition when petitioned to do so by not Le: 10,000 members of the party. On the adjournment of the orgs commiitee of the people's party the mem. bers of the naticnal committee present m the Laclede Hotel and adopted the lowing resolution: nationa: committee present indorse th ton taken by the organization committoe and recommend that its provision be car. ried into cffect, belleving that such ‘act will harmonize all ¢ in the pa There were seventy-four members of committee present cr represented by prox- d letters, who favored a joint me ing of the national committee and oreani- committee in the spring. F. states were represented at this mecting than ni: ve, the members of the SECRE AUTOGRAPH. He is Careful How He Puts It on Paper. An autograph seeker recently tackled Secretary Gage for his signature as he was leaving the White House, just afte a cai ret meeting. Of obliging disposition, the Secretary of the Treasury sat down to write the signature. The autograph man Indicated 2 place in the middle of the pags for the name. Secretary Gage shook his head and said, “You'll have to find an- her place.” A brother ¢ standing near and wa remark. After signing his name on the tor t of the paz album, Secret age explained that many years ago he had Jearned never to place his name on a lank of pi paper where enough space above it to thing clse to be written. man who ven there was allow for any I Know that tie the signature just then ecretary, ta never The ple at nk pape with th alts that they get themselves in trouble through orders being written above the names. es FAVORABLE REPGRTS AUTHORIZED. Three Local Measures to Be Presented to the House. The Hcuse District committee held a mecting this morning and euthorized a favorable report to be made on three bills, in order to have them on the calendar by next Monday, which is to be District day in the House. The bills reported favorably were Senate No. 467, to regulate cemeteries and the <posal cf dead bodies; Senate No. 1258, for the disposal of refuse, and House No. 6161, for the protection of fish. It’ was determined to grant a hearing next Monday from 10 to 11 o'clock on the Lill authorizing a special election to be held in the District to determine whether the people desire a change in the existi fcrm of government. Any person who dc- sires to cppose the bill will be granted 4 hearing. —__—_—_—_-e.______ DREDGING THE RIVER. Col. Allen’s Report on Operations During December. Col. Allen, the engineer officer in charge of the improvement of the Potomac river, reports that dredging in the Virginia chan- nel was commenced by the contractor, A. M. Clegg, December 21, at the upper end of the channel through the bar above Long bridge. About 3,054 cubic yards were dredged during the month. The contractor mede one cut 100 feet in width and 560 feet in length on the west side of the channel, the depth made being 20 feet at low water. The river was frozen over above the Long bridge December 27, causing some delay in 27, the work of dredging, but navigation was not seriously obstructed. The filling behind the raised sea wall on the reclaimed area was completed Decem- ber 16, and the force employed on the same was Jaid off, with the exception of five men, retained for work of maintenance and repair, ee Jones Hanged in Effigy. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CLEVELAND, Ghio, January 14.—John Jones, ore of ‘the republican bo!ters in the } legislature end a.friend of President Mc- Kinley, was hanged in effigy at Wilmot last night. A card pinned on his breast read: “Traitor Jones.” On the feet was pinned a card which read: “These shoes were woin by Jeff Davis.’ —— ‘ Situation Threatening and Trouble May Occur. ADVICES FROM CONSUL GENERAL LEE —s The Matter Considered by the Cabinet. eo: THE FLEE IN THE GULF ae =s The telegram received by Assistant Se>- re Day today from Consul General Le Ws that the situation In Havana today ning, and that trouble may ur time, notwithstanding the vigoro! soft nish authorities to pr peace. Although he not exa suggest the use of American warsh » tenor of bis message indi- cated the possibility of their iB need in the near existing movement ia arily che ed pcsitively that no vessels 1 to Cuba, but it ene or more will be § the 1 Sor ed States citiz are in mob or other violence Assistant Secretary Day said om tha velepme By long edds the t important phase of the ation i a is Said not to have escaped the attention of ihe Presi- dent and cabinet, and it may be t this so far uls is the object of the wrath of tion says, was as much against 8 rionomy s against the 1 of Spal Was not to ate indi Spain is ¢ and will to such an extent en the efforts of on the islan When the cab’ patch fe stion ck this a short dis- the cabinet e situation. ° cussion, members of profess to feel sutisfied with The Senate resolution calling informa- tion as to n done by the President to saveguard American interests in Havs period of rioting was State Departmemt and over, with a view to de- ng upon the nature of the reply to 2 that the main before the cabinet ¢ is nothing ser pinion s time, but that the government will be epared for No warst will be sent to Hav anish waters. They answer a minute's thin six hours icially said to be ne to Havana on When on it wi t American tr will go th in which interfe phe warships are w they are to make it nec- send one into Spanish wat uid that within six hours af of a riet in Havana several could 4 the spc Inasmuch as this is the necessity of sending one to Havana is not seen. South Te Lorre The North Atlant ,dron, which has been gathering at sail southward should be a ready described b hav “Admiral are sued in the identical form to th ers is ships makt begin The sq un Squadroa “The vis making vision—. The Key unless otherw +. » New . Jowa and Indiana will proceed from st sea rendezvous lat Roads to the fi ituck, North Carolina, 30 north, longitude 75 20 west. in about fifteen fathoms of water, the light house bearing - 7-8 west, distant twenty- five miles, and will remain in that vicint weather permitting, until noon of Sunday, the 16th instant. They will then proceed to a second rendezvous off Cape Fear, > in fiftee: i Frying F tant a nineteen miles, that vicinity until about 6 p.m January 18, when they will proc Tortugas, ‘communicating, possibly, seme light draft vessel with Key West in ng that port. is expected that the Massachusetts will leave the New York navy yard Friday the lith instant, and the Texas on Satur- day, ihe 15th instant. The Massachusetts will endeavor to join the flagship first on the Currituck rendezvous, and if that is missed, then on the Cape Fear rendezvous. It is hardly expected that the Texas will be able to_jomn the flagship on the Curri- tuck rendezvous, therefore directly the Massachusetts joins there (prior te noon of the 16th instant) the squadron will not then await the Texas, but proceed to the Cape Fear rendezvous, and therg it is hoped that the Texas will be able to join by 6 p.m. of Tuesday, January 18. Should the Massa- chusetts’ miss the flagship at both rendez- vous, or should any ship be separated from the flagship by reason of weather or other contingencies, the next, third, and final rendezvous will be the Harbor of Dry Tor. tugas, where they will await the flagship. “While the squadron ts on the Florida aril! grounds, which will include occasional archorege in Dry Tortugas herbor, the post and telegraphic address will be Key West. “The above dates for sailing and ren- dezvous are subject to change due to the completion of repairs to vessels at New York or to heavy weather. Should the Brooklyn, Maine or other vessels partici-