Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1898, Page 1

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RELIES ON OUR HELP| ‘UMP OF coLo worth $586] SUGAR TRUST'S WORK = England Makes a Bold Stand Regard- ing Chinese Question. 10 KEEP PORTS OPEN + —— WILL FIGHT Semi-Official Announcement Made by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach. nuary 18.—The country gen- ly pleased by the announce- the chancellor of the ex- LON erally ment m: chequ Michael Hicks-Beach, at in which he echoed the prev i of Mr. our, at Manchester, Indian potic: the government, and added that the mi ters were determined, even at the cost of war, that the decr of Chinese commerce should noi be shut to Great Britain. This declaration is recognized as clearly defining the government's position, and both the liberal and conservative news- papers commend the plain speaking. w China’s Trade. The Giebe, this afternoon, says: “What we want in China is trade. We want to make a market for the commerce of the whole world. Sir Michael Hicks-Beach's announcement of the determiration of the government is clear and resolute. and will tend to peace. It is a pity that other cabi- fet ministers have not spoken thus on other occasions. When the loan is definite- ly_ settle Rus: France and Germany will have to let us know not only whether they intend to acquiesce to the principle we have laid down, bui they will have to be definite! d to give a plain answer on the specific points which have been dis- cussed. In carrying out the policy pro- mulgated, the government will have the Support of the people of this country, and als two countries who above all others are eminently concerned. Both the United States and Japan nize the wisdom and the benefits which are likely to be de- rived from ports free and open.” The St. James Gazette also believes that the “firm statement tends to peace.” Position a Serious One. The Pall Mail Gazette says: “The govern- ment is determined that the Chinese door shall be kept open even at the cost of war. are grave words; but they would be e serious still if they did not represent ention. It is the power that n recoils from acting aa MENERS WANT AN INCREASE. Interstate Joint Convention Opened Chicago This Morning. ICAGO, January 18.—The interstate jcint convention of bituminous coal miners and operators assembled today prepared to do business in a methodical manner. The state delegations had been thcroughly organized and scale committees had been named. The miners made no attempt to conceal the fact that what they want is an ad- vance throughout the field of 10 cents per ton. The operators are far from agreeing with the operatives on this point, and say a t-cent advance is about what may be expected. = RUSSIA'S DESIGNS ON COREA. Czar Gredually Acquiring Absolute Control of the Island. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., January 18— Oriental mail advices state that Russia is keeping up her policy of aggression in Corea. The appointment of a new Russi nister to Corea was taken advyante the ezar’s government. First the@mil- power of Corea w S| of Corea brought under ftary the finance its superintendence. Then, m addition to the coaling station she row posseses, Russia is now making efforts to obtain another on posite Fusan. A peninsula in Iso be occupied by make it either a offi- Russo- it is stated that nm minister employing Coreans jan frontier in various situa icns, and that the railway in a certain part of Corea will be built by contract in joint work with Russia. —_——--— tt Leighton Dead. BOSTON, January Scott Leighton, the well-known Boston artist, died at the McLean insane asylum at Waverly today. He was taken ill with pneumonia at the Revere House three weeks ago and was taken to McLean asylum for treatment for insanity soon afterward. Leighton’s fame rested on his talent in animal painting. He was frequently called the Landseer of the United States. Artist s > — Personal Mention. Col. J. G. C. Lee of the quartermaster's department is at the Arlington on leave of absence. Capt. L. Lomi. at ihe War De 1334 28th stre First Lieutenant Julius A. Penn, 2d Ar- Ullery, is here on a leave of absence. He is at the Ebbitt. Major Frank H. Phipps of the ordnance is here for duty on the board e and fortifications. He is at the Club. . Sth Artillery, registered ariment today. He is at . od Cavalry, is at Club. of the ordnance de- nm the board of ordnance Bae Ayres partment is here and fortification. He is at the Army and Navy Club. George H. Hunter, Cavalry, at the Army and Navy Club. Capt. A. Bowman, 9th Infantry, is in the city, and was at the War Department to- H. Cameron, 4th ry. is First Lieutenant Rebert L. Bullard, 10th Infantry, is at the Ebbitt. mmander Charles S. Sperry of office at the New York > city by orders of the He is at 1732 I street. Commander Perry r registered at th avy Depart- ay. He is a 27 Columbia road. Paymaster Joseph J. Cheatham sre for examination for t the Bancroft. Engineer Thomas W. .aid of the Terror is at 1514 20th street. i nt A. W. Drew, 12th In- bbitt. faniry. r G. Fechet, 6th Cavalry, is here er of the War Department. He is at Cambridge plac First Lieutenant W. Watson, 10th alry, is at the Oxford. ajor W. W. Gray of the medical de- nt was at the War Department to- Mr. George S. Hobbs and family, former- ly of 2516 13th street northwest, are now located at 107 Pine street, Portland, Me., Mr. Hobbs, who was formerly auditor of the Southern railway, having recently ac- cepted & position with the Maine Central Railroad Company at Portland, Me. | Returned Alaska Mizers Bring Back Consid- erable Wealth. | Confirmation of the Report of the Discovery of the Mother Lode at Klondike. SEATTLE, Wash., January 18.—The news brought by the treasure-laden miners who have arrived from the Klondike on the steamer Corona is important chiefly in that it is confirmatory of the discovery of the great mother lode. Welch, Coffin and Burt are authority for the statement that the original strike was made at the upper end of claim No. 30, El Dorado, while two stringers, one at Ni and another yet | lower down, were subsequently located. Throughout the district the discovery is accepted as assurance of the permanency of the district as a rich gold mining field. As to the placer diggings, they continue rich. Powder creek, an atHuent of Quartz creck, has been having a bcom, pans of $3.75 and $4 being a common thing. O7 course, the stream was located as soon as the first important discovery was made. All Gold creek shows pans of $10 to $100, while the miners on Hunker creek, Hender- son, Dominion, the Big Salmon and the Stewart all declare themselves satisfied with the prospect. One of the first men to stake ground on El Dorado and the very last man out of the Klondike country, is Andrew Olsen, known as “The Big Swede.” He is notable as being the owner of the claim on which the biggest Klondike nugget has yet been found. The lump of gold was valued at SOS6. Replying to a request for an estimate of the winter’s gold dust output of the camp, Joe Campbell, one of the returning miners, said: “We have don great deal of figur- ing on that, and it now appears that the output, notwithstanding tne scarcity o1 food and light, will be from $12,000,000 to $15,000,000."" Dr. H. H. Littlefield of Skaguay en the Corona. He has just closed a con- tract with the Canadian government to Fack provisions to Lake Bennett for 25 cents a pound. L. T. Grady, formerly a banker of Fair- fax, Minn., paid $600 for the privilege of walking from Dawson behind a brisk dog team. Muret Anderson, an elderly gentleman of St. Louis, made the trip much after the same fashion. came in ——_>___ TO ENTERTAIN MR. DOLE. Arrangements for the Coming of the Hawaiian President. Arrangements are being made for the en. tertainment of President Dele of Hawaii on a scale befitting his rank as the chief Tasgistrate of a friendly nation. It has been decided that he shall be regarded a the nation’s guest, and that our gover ment shall Lear the expense of his enter- tainment while in Washington. The fcrmal visit pald to President Dole yesterday by General Shafter, United States army, at San Francisco was not by dire yn from Washington, bur it is said that the call Was required by the army regulations. theugh in making it the general displayed a faculty of remembrance that is favorably regarded by the officials here, who had hal n» opportunity to provide for a reception. President McKinley has decided to have the official tour of President Dole begin ai Chicago, and at that point in his overland tour he will be welcomed by the repr sentatives of the President and of United States government. This is brought about by the fact that the representatives wculd not have time to reach San Fran- cisco before the departure of President Dole for the east. The personal reprezenta. tive of the President will be Mr. Thomas Cridler. third assistant secretary of the army will be represented hy Maj. H. O. S. Heistand, assistant adjutant general, and th= navy probably by Lieut. Ccmmander T. S. Phelps, now in this city on leave of absence. The latter oflicer is personally acquainted with the distinguish- ee visitcr. Major Heistand was detailed at Canton during the period of time between the election and inauguration of President McKinley, and consequently is well equip- pec to handie a party in crowds and gen- erally to take care of the many little di that must be arranged for in such a reception as it is proposed to give Presi- dent Dole. The three representatives of the President and of the government will g» to Chicago as soon as they receive no- tice of the probable arrival there of Pres- ident Dole, and escort him to Washington. When he errives here he will be quartered at the Arlington, where Li Hung Chang, Princess Eulalia and other national guests have been entertained, and his comfort will be closely looked after by the gov- ernment_representatives. President and Mrs. McKinley will give a dinner and re- ception in his honor. It is not expected that his stay will be long, and while the exact nature of the powers reposed by the Hzwaiian government in President Dole is not known at the State Department, there is reason to believe that he may be author- ized to act finally for his government in the matter of accepting any amendment may be made in the annexation treaty, ard so save valuable time in the conclusion of the negotiations. ———__-e THE SITUATION AT HAVS Information Received at the State Department. Such information as the State Depart- ment has received as to the situation at Havana is confirmatory of the unofficial dispatches and shews that quiet reigns in the city and that the impression of the officials here that the riotous spirit had cither exhausted itself for the time being or had been completely suppressed by the strong hand of authority is justified. The situation was briefly alluded to in the cabinet meeting today, and was not re- garded as warranting any change in the attitude of our government in any respect. Minister De Lome has wriiter. the State Department denying the truth of the re- port that the customs officers of Havana have thrown obstacles in the way of land- ing the supplies sent from the United States for the Cubun sufferers. The State Department is satisfied that regardless of any difficulty that may have been experi- enced, there will be no trouble hereafter in promptly placing in General Lee’s pos- session for immediate distribution any sup- plies thet reach Havana harbor in the reg- ular manner. —-e—______ RESULT OF THE VOTE. Election of Directors of Matual Fire Insurance Company. The result cf the election held yesterday by the stockholders of the Mutual Fire Insurance Ccmpany for members of the board of managers, with the vote received by each, {s as follows: Matthew G. Emery, 5,045: James W. Barker, 5,013; Aibanus L. Johnson, 5,918; George T. Dearing, 5 Williim A. H. Church, 5,108; Jesse B. Wil- son, 4,780; Timothy W. Murphy, 4,133; ‘T. A. Lamtert, 1,821. The members of the old board’ were re- élected with the exception of Mr. T. A. Lambert, whose place 1s taken by Mr. 'T. W. Murphy. The officers of the company will be elected by the board. ; oo The District Bin. It is expected that the District appropria- on bill will be reported to the House to- morrow. It is understood the bill is but very little below the current Jaw in amount. Identity of the Spreckels and Have- meyer Interests Shown. HOW THE DEAL WAS EFFECTED Trust Buys Half Interest in Spreck- .. éls’ Beet Sugar Factories. ——___.+—___ OPPOSING ANNEXATION ——_—_+—__—_ The Star published yesterday a statement showing how the annexation of Hawaii would be injurious to the sugar trust. The following statement will show that the trust is net submitting passively to the injury of its interests. In the east the opposition of the sugar trust to annexation is being exercised se- cretly, for the reason that if it were open the trust is in such repute that its opposi- tion would react and create friends for annexation. Science has demonstrated that a man Tay survive without a stomach, but it never attempted to sever the Siamese twins. Although the latter were two sep- arate persons, they were joined together by an indissoluble bond. .Claus Spreckels on the Pacific coast. and the Havemeyer interests in the eastern states are the Siamese twins which together constitute the sugar trust. The American Sugar Re- fining Company, with headquarters at New York, and the Western Refinery Company, with headquarters at San Francisco, are practically one and the same concern. Is nud the Trust Amal- saumated. ‘To properly understand the relations of the eastern and western branches of the sugar trust, it is necssary to go back a few years in their history. Prior to 1887 the American Sugar Refin- ing Company, otherwise known as the “Sugar Trust," confined its operations to the territc.y east of the Misscuri river, the sugar refining industry of the Pacific coast, being under the control of two re- fireries, one of which was owned by Claus How Spree! Spreckels, and the other known as the American’ Refinery. About 1887, the trust having ed prac- tical control of the eastern refining busi- ne: anno 1 its intention of controlling that of the Pacific coast, and purchased the Ameri: n Refinery at San by threatening to freeze its owners out if they did not sell out. It then attempted by the same means to force C Spreck- els out of bu: carried the {sto Africa, however, built a re Pailadelphia and bs competi e trust In its own territory. He also in- ed the California authorities to ta roccedings against the trust refi California on the ground that it roperty of a trust, and as such in viola- tion of the laws of the state. On the petition for the appointment of a receiver and confiseation of the refinery, a temporary receives upon trial of the ument was produced in court showing that shortly be- fore the seizure of the refinery the trust had sold it to Havemeyer and another of the leading men of the trust for $1,000,000, secured by a mortgage back to the trust for the entire purchase price, without in- terest. Notwithstanding the transparency of this transaction, ¢he case was dismissed and the refinery continued to run in the name war of Mr. Havemeyer and his individual asse- ciate It_continued to be, and still is, enumerated, however, among the assets of the trust. Deal on the Pacific Const. After several years of competition Spreckels and the trust compromised by Spreckels selling his Philadelphia refinery to the trust, and the following deal made on the Pacific coast: In order to evade the California law against trusts, a new California corpora- tien was formed, called the “W finery Company,” cne-half of which was subscribed for by the Spreckels refinery aid the other half by the trust refinery. ‘The Spreckels refinery and the trust re- finery were then leased to the new corpora- ticn. It was agreed between Spreckels and the trust that the new company should he under the control of five directors, two representirg the trust interests, two the Spreckels, the fifth to be an umpire be- tween them. The first directors of the new company were Claus Spreckels and his_son John, representing his interests, and Robert Ox- ard and Richard Sprague, representing the trust; while Thomas Brown, cashi of the Bank «-f California, was made um- pire. The directors remain the same ex- cept that Adolph Spreckels, another son of Claus Spreckels, has been substituted in his father’s place, and that Mr. Sprague has been substituted by Mr. Rothmaler, fermerly superintendent of the trust re- finery at Greenpoint, L. I. Robert Oxnard was part owner of a Brooklyn refinery which was absorbed by the trust; he ts now the active business manager of the entire Spreckels-Trust business on the Pa- cific ccast, occupying the same office with Claus Spreckels. After the formation of the new company one of the refineries was closed and the entire refining business has since been carried on by the other. Spreckels’ Beet Sugar Factories, The interests of Claus Spreckels and fhe sugar trust are identical in other branches besides the refinery. After the amalgama- tion of the Spreckels and trust refining in- terests, above set forth, Spreckels erected a beet sugar factory at Watsonville, Cal., and in 1897 began the construction of an- other at Salinas. Last summer he sold a half interest in both factories to the sugar trust. The deal was at first denied, but afterwards fully admitted by Spreckels and the trust. Spreckels ts therefore not only wholly iden- tified with the trust in the refining busi- ness, but in his beet sugar enterprises as well. Neither the Watsonville or the Salinas factories refine their own product. The en- tire output is under contract to, and is re- fined by, the western sugar refinery, which is owned in equal shares by Spreckels and the trust, and under the direct management of Robert Oxnard, the trust’s representa- tive. Se much for the identity in interest of Spreckels and the ‘trust. Spreckels’ Hostility to Annexation. The following statement shows the sys- tematic hostility of Spreckels to annexa- tion: Immediately after the overthrow of the monarchy, Spreckels went to Honolulu and tried te induce the government to with- draw its proposition for annexation, pro- posing that the government be continued 48 an oligarchy, in order that the planters mignt continue to import Chinese labor. He caused the United States law against immigration of contract labor to be printed and spread broadcast throughout Hawaii, hoping thereby to create hostility to an- nexation among the planters. ling in his object, Spreckels became a lent par- tisan of the ex-queen and of restoration of the monarchy, and still-continues to advo- cate such policy. For the purpose of injuring the credit of the new government he bought up several hundred thousand dollars’ worth of over- due notes, which had been issued by the queen’s government, which, owing to an empty treasury, inherited from the mon- archy, the provisional government was un- able to pay, and made demand 6n the pro- visional government for immediate pay ment. Thé American merchants of Hono- lulu, learning of his scheme, subscribed tne entire amount within a few hours, took up the notes and held them until the govern- ment was able to pay them. Spreckels appeared before Mr. Blount and gave evidence on behalf of the mon- archy and against the provisional govern- ment. He became so violent in his public denunciations of the Dole gevernment that threats were made against. him in Hono- lulu, and he appealed to Mr. Blount for protection, alleging that his life was in denger. He finally returned to San Fran- cisco, breathing threatenings and slaughter against the Dole government and the ‘“—— missionaries.” Buys a Paper to Oppose Annexation. He thereupon purchased the San Fran- ciseo Call, in the name of his son John, who is absolutely subject to the control of his father. The main object in fe of the Call is to oppose annexation. For months it has devoted one or more editorials al- most every day to this object, and pub- lishes from two to thirteen columns a day in cpposition to annexation, attacking everybody who supports annexation and bestowing extravagant praise upon those who oppose it. As long as Senator Perkins of California had not declared himself in fayor of an- nexation it flattefed him. Since he has de- clared his intention to vote for the treaty the Call has made a series of violent at- tacks upon him, referring to the “yellow dog politicians” who represent the state in Washington, and although John Spreckels is the California representative on the na- tional republican committee, the Call is enthusiastically advocating the re-election of Senator White, the present democratic serator from California, who is leading the opresition to annexation, announcing that there is not another man in the state so fit to represent it. Mr. Claus Spreckels, has been, and is, by interviews in the press, by seeuring the passage of resolutions and the circulation of petitions against annexation, and by every meaus in his power, directly and in- directly, using his influence and his wealth in every possible way to excile opposition to annexation. 3 However quiet the eastern branch of the stgar trust may be, the western end of the ccmbination makes no concealment of its hostility to the measure. NOW A WAITING BATTLE Few New Developments in New England Strike Situation. Hockage Mill Weavers Return to Work—Feeling at New Bedford Continues Very Bitter. NEW BEDFORD, Mags., January 18.— Not one of the clcth mills of the city made any attempt to run this imerning. The experiences of yesterday, especially that of the inciplent riot last evening at the Bristcl mill, showed popular feeling to be so intense that it would be unwise to make any effor Therefore not an engine was Started, even the Bristcl being silent. The thousands of operatives were quiet, and everything seems to have settled down to a waiting battle. Weavers Retarp je Work. FITCHBURG, Mass., January 18.—The weavers of the Hockage cotton mill, who struck yesterday against a reduction in wages, thereby compelling the factory to close, returned to werk today. The we ers decided to accept a reduction, which the managers state will not exceed six per cent. The weavers were the only operatives who opposed the cut. AH Quict at Lewiston. LEWISTON, Me., January 18.—Every- thing was quiet at the Lewiston cotton mills today. At the Androscoggin, the only mill where troutle exists, a crowd was gathered about the gates, but no violence wds oflered those who ‘passed through into the mill. A few operatives in ec: pt that of the spinner went in to work. Small mill are ch departmen' and back boys, sections of the Me./ January 18. — The vation here is unchanged from yesterday. The Pepperell, Laconia and York mills remain shut down, and there is every indication of a long struggle and lockout. A committee of York operatives will call on Agent Page today and endeavor to secure an adjustment of their griev- ances on accuunt of the reduction. ‘ORD, » ARMY AND NAVY. Movements of Warships — Orders in Both Branches of the Servicc. The gunboat Wilmington sailed from Bassetere yesterday for Port Castria. The flagship Olympia arrived at Yokohama yesterday. Lieutenant Commander G. B. Harber has been detached from the bureau of equip- ment and ordered to the Texas. Captain C. S. Cotton has been ordered to the Washington navy yard. Lieutenant N. Y. K. Patch has been or- dered home to await orders. Lieutenant S. W. B. Diehl has been de- tached from the naval intelligence office and ordered to the bureau of equipment. Chief Engineer A. C. Engard has been authorized to delay departure from Jan- uary 25 to February Surgeon A. G. Cabel has been ordered home and granted three months’ sick leave. The fcllowing transfers are made in the 4th Cavalry: ‘st Lieutenant Robert A. Brown, from Troop A to Troop G; First Lieutenant Floyd W. Hasris, from Troop L to Troop A; First Lieutenant Samuel G. Jones, jr., from Troop G to Troop L,. First Lieutenant Frank H. Albright, 25th Infantry, is detailed as professor of mili- tary science and tactics @t the University of North Dakota, Grand Forms, N. D. The leave of absence granted Captain David D. Mitchell, 15th Ipfamtry, is ex- tended one month. ai The following transfers are made in the 10th Infantry: Captain John Drum, from Company K to Company E; Captain Ste- phen Y. Seyburn, from Company E to Company K. Colonel Oswald H. Ernst, superintendent of U. S. Military Academy, is granted one leave. mont —_—__+e._—_—_> The Hannegup Heirs. Mr. Gorman introduce@ a resolution in the Senate today authoriging the secretary of the Senate to pay Buncas Hannegan and Mathilde N, Hamnegan, son and davghter of Sellman K. Hannegan, de- cessed, late a messenger on the rolls of the Senate, a sum equal to six months’ salary at the rate allowed Rim as messen- ger. > e+ Director Smith’s Condition, A private telegram from Miami, Fla., states that the condition of Joseph P. Smith of the bureau ef Ajmerican republics is practically une! It is not true that he has suftered ss yelapee, though he is still a very i mand », ‘s “Secretary Alger) Luproves. Secretary Alger continues to improve slowly, but will not be able to resume his official duties forsome time yet. SIEGE OF HAVANA oe Not by an Enemy From Without, but the Foe Inside, GRAPHIC DESCRIPTION OF THE RIOTS Hurrying of Cavalry and Infantry to Restore Order. CRIES OF — THE MOB (Coryright, 1898, by Charles M. Pepper.) Special Correspendence of The Evening Star. HAVANA, January 15, 1895. Havana is in state of siege. It is not be- sieged by an enemy from without. The foe is within fits gates. I am writing on the fourth day of the siege. By the time these lines are printed the semblance of Spanish authority may have been restored. Calm may reign on the surface, and official proclamations may recite that the crisis is over. That is a probability. There 1s also a remote possibility that the drop of loyal Spanish blood, the shedding of which will precipitate revolution, may have been shed. The government may have been put to the test which is to determine whether Spaniard will turn his arms against Span- jard in upholding the policy that was meant to save young King Alfonso his crown. I have witnessed three nights of dread, if not of terror, in Havana. What may be going on in Madrid we can only guess. In the meantime the army of Spain in Cuba has shown as clearly as the insur- gents in the field that it is not for au- tonomy. The way the army has taken to demon- strate its hostility may have struck the mortal blow which is to end Spanish sov- ereignty. The leaders are not concerned with that. They do not look so far ahead, Having shown their own position they sul- lenly await the results which must come from the encouragement they have given the Spanish classes on the island. The de- velcpments are likely to make a chapter history. For that reason I shall su ment the news which the wires of the cable have carried by a connected narrative of what has been going on in Havana these last few da. If the last stage of the present crisis be temporarily averted, it may give an insight into the eiements which are fermenting, and which will shape the course of events !n the near future. If the issue come quickly a better under- standing may be had of the surroun:d. and the conditions under which the last stand is made to keep the banner of Cz tille and Arragon floating over Cuba. Preparing for the Outbreak. The government had been preparing for an outbreak. It may have known of a conspiracy among the intransigentes, as the blindly loyal Spaniards are called. Ohristmas. morning, when a crowd ricted in the public square and cried out for Weyler and against autonomy, the first sign was given. On the evening before New Year I saw the cavalry which had been brought ig from the country and con- veniently placed in the side streets for quick work should it be necded. The fact that artillery was planted in houses close by was also known. But the outbreak did not come that night. Nor it permitted a week later at Regla, across the bay, when the spectators who enjoyed the bull fight most keenly were the three compa- nies of regulars. hey sat with their Mausers and Remingtons in a place where their fire could have swept every tier of in the amphitheater. With others I wondered that afternoon what the authori- ties could fear. It could not be a Cuban demonstration, for the patrons of the bull ring are Spaniards. But while the government seemed thus amply forewarned of what the populace might be planning, it could not have known of what the army officers were thinking, else it would have watched the cafes which they most frequent and would have had an eye on the men themselves. Had it been forewarned they would not have lingered in their favorite haunts till after midnight Tuesday night planning the attack on the autonomist newspapers for early Wednesday morning. Their nominal purpose was to resent abuse which had been heaped on the army. That was in their minds, but with it was the purpose of making a demonstration against au- tonomy. The newspapers which had roused their ire were El Reconcentrado and La Discusion. The former is a fly sheet of a journal, recently started, of lit- tle influence and less consequence, but La Discusion is an important journal. It was suppressed by Weyler, and its publication had only been resumed within a fortnight. It represents the radical autonomists. Its former owner is said to be in the camp of Gomez. La Discusion had been criticising high army officers with severity. A word of explanation is also necessary in regard to Diario de la Marina, for it is a source of present irritation and anx- fety. This ancient and respectable paper had not criticised the army. In describ- ing the first day’s rioting it congratulated itself with servile complacency because the officers had not becn in the mob that ai- tacked its office. This was true, but the rioters were after it and they are yet after it. Diario was once an organ of the conservative party. Then it became re- formista. After autoromy was decreed by the Sagasta ministry it became an an- tonomist journal, practically a government mouthpiece. The Havana intransigentes look on it as a traitor to their cause. Some day they are going to wreak their ven- geance. Swift in Action. The officers in their actions that Wednes- day morning wer? swift. It took little time for them to wreck the office of El Reconcentrado. Then they proceeded § a body to La Discusion. It was a gen- tlemanly mob, made up of Heutenants, commandants, captains and two or three majors and colonels. They did not have things entirely their own way with La Discusion. The employes resisted them as though they hai been an ordinary band of ruffans, The order publico, or police, made a show of interfering with them. Gen. Garrick tore the decorations from the breast of one captain who was leading the work of destruction and was himself slap- ped in the face by a subordinate, who <e- sented that a general should object to the method the army had taken to vindicate its good name. The officers destroyed the presses of La Discusion and retired to the street in fairly good order. fome of them lingered long enough to hear Gen. Sclano denounce them for dishonoring the (Continued on Third Page.) AT THE WHITE HOUSE Foreign Affairs Considered at the Cabinet Meeting Today. Many Callers on the President—The Attorneyship for the District. The President toda tions to the sent these nomina- Trezsury—Thacher T. Hallet of Massa- felts to be collector of customs for Bernsiable, Mass. Sholers of Leut: to be praiser of merchandise, Orleans, La. Justice Wm. J. Mills of New Mexico to be chief justice of the supreme court ter- ritory of New Me Postm Woodward, Shelburre F. Bliss, South Hadley F; Ww. district of New s—Merton Z. ville; Geo. F. Brown, N: James A. Burdette, Cedartown; John M. Duff, Tifton. Illincis—D. E. Keen, Mount ; John F. Rector, Cairo; Augustus Gibson, McLeansboro; Jerome B. Stewart, Wilmington; Wm. A. Sticnbarger, Augusia. Iowa—Frank 8. Appelman, Emmetsburg; Milton A. McCord, Newton. Kansas—Eldon Lowe, Fort Scott. Michigan—Lemuel G. Dafoe, Alphena; Henry E. Edwards, Jack- son. North Dakota—Agatha G. Patterson, Bismarck. To be registers of land offices—Archil rdner of South Dakcta, at Rapid City .; Wm. E. Chaplin of Wyoming, al . Wyo.; John Mayhugh of Ne a, to be a general agent of the Indians, Shoshone agency, in Nevada. vy—Passed a ers to be paymasters—E. B. W . W. Simpson, W. B. Wilcox. Ensigns to be lieutenants, junior grade—E. H. Durell, A. H. Scates, F. H. Brown, C. M. Stone, T. Washington. To be assistant paymasters—L . Amie: of Maryland, R. C. Schenck of Maryland, orge Prown, jr., of Indiana. e shortest cabinet meeting since this administration took charge was White House today. It lasted three-qua ters of an hour, Secretaries Sherman and Long departing a yood while before the others left. retary Sherman is under- stood to have reviewed foreign affairs to e extent. The situation in Cuba was referred to, but nothing definite was de- cided on. Secretary Gage was absent, be- i at the Capitol before the banking and urrency committee of the House. Secre- tary Alger was, of course, not present. The New York Judgeship. Senator Platt of New York took up the vacant federal judgesiip with the Presi- dent today. The President, however, will not make an appointment at an early date. It is not thought that the President is sat- isfied with any of the candidates now in the field, and may insist on somebody more to his liking. Two avowed candidates for the judgeship are Representative Israel F. Fischer, Fos- ter G, Backus, former district attorney John J. Alien, former corporation counse ex-Represeatative Wm. C. Wallac: and Alexander S. Bacon. Albert E. Lamb was a candidate, but his name has been with- drawn. Representative Fischer is more largely indorsed than any of the other candidates, but the President seems in doubt about giving him the plece. Representative Southard of Ohio present- ed Frank W. Rickenbaugh to the Presi- Mr. Rickenbaugh is a former Chio- but now lives in Arizona. He is a can- late for district attorney of Arizona. nator Fairbanks of Indiana, Represen- e Grosvenor and Judge Tompson of Obio were callers at the White House. The District Attorneyship. It is said that the President will soon take up the district attorneyship for the cistrict, but up to this time he has not mentioned the subject to those he generally confers with on these matters. Prior to Ch mas the understanding was that Mr. Davis would not be molested for a long time to come. His work is satisfactory to the Department of Justice, and Judge Me- Kenna has all along advised against a ppanee. orgia— change. The Brazilian government has informed the President that will be pleased to have Mr, Charles Page Bryan sent there as minister from this couniry. Various Candidates, Many prominent members cf the Union Veterans’ Union are pushing Willian F. Pierce of Georgia for nomination as consul to Nottingham. Mr. Pierce is a member of the organization and held the same con- sulship under President Harrison. The fol- lowing delegation of the U. V. U. visited the President and requested the reappolut- ment of Mr. Pierce: Representative Strode of Nebraska, Col. H. L. Street, commander- in-chief of the organization; Cols. Meecham, Beck, Middieton, Snodgrass, Jones, Fonda of Iowa and Bowman of North Dakota. Representative Brownlow of Tennessee has indersed Earnest Campbell for district attorney of the middle district of Tennes- see, and has presented Mr. Campbell to the Present. The term of the incumbent will expire op the 28th of this month. Other candidates are A. M. Tillman, Lee Brock and R. A. Haggerd. Charles O. Whittemore, a candidate for district attorney of Utah, to succeed J. W. Judd, the democratic incumbext, 1s in the city, and is pushing his candidacy at the White House, With good chances of suc- cess, it is claimed. Mr. Judd is a gold democrat, and seeks to be kept in office because of his support of Paliner and Buckner. . Senators Clark of Wyoming and Carter of Montana have extended the Presideat an invitation on behalf of both their st visit Yellowstone Park and the west summer, as ke will probably do if Congress adjourns in time. Since the announcement in The Star that the President may go west next summer invitations have reached him from hundreds of cities and towns to stop off with them on his journey. -——_____—_ HENRY BECK MISSING. Family of the Man Disturbed at His Absence. Henry Beck, a baker, whose home is near New Jersey avenue and N_ street southeast, has been missing since Satur- day. He is sixty-five years old. For sev- eral nights prior to his disappearance he had been troubled with insomnia. Once before he went away under similar cir- cumstances. Yesterday a son of the mis- sing man learned that a man had been heard to scream somewhere in the vicin- ity of the M street bridge, crossing the James creek canal, and the crew of th police. beat dragged the canal yesterday afternoon, but made ne discovery. Today Inspector Mattingly was notified of Beck's disappearance and was asked to have the officers make a search for him. It is thought by the police that he will return. home, as he did on the previtus similar occasion. ~ a Mrs. Lane is Better. It wa3 reperted at the Hotel Wellington this afternoon that the condition of Mrs. T. F..Lane, the daughter of ex-Senator Blackburn, who accidentally shot herself Saturday night, was much ithproved. Un- less unforeseen complications arise, her re- COPS ae een en as mluioat “certain. She is“esting much caster, and the effects of aor e ible shock she received are wear- ©: If vou want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease property 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. M’COMAS TAKES LEAD > Receives 34 Votes to Shaw's 11 on Opening Ballots. TEN WORE WILL COME 10 HIM Probability That Republicans Will Soon Go Into Caucus. = ae ereeeers DEMOCRATS FOR GORMAN = - Spectal Di itch to The ping Star. STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, Md, Jan- vary 18.—The senate and house, voting separately, cast the first ballots fer United tes senator today, with the fo'low sult: Arthur P. Gorman, 42; Lou's jd Bart 34; Alex. .u; 7 ‘an, 6; Isaac A '. Mullikin, 1; Milton G. Urner, 1; L. Findlay, Henry Page, 1; 1. Judge Page received the vote of State Senator Applebarth of Dorchester county, who explained his vote on the ground that he believed the eastern shore should have the senator. McComas’ Supporters Pleased. The supporters of Judge McComas are delighted at the fact that he received a total of 34 votes, or a majority of «il the republicans elected to the general assem- bly, which shows that should a caucus be held he would win the nomination and election With ease to the 34 he received today, of which were cast in the house and 9 in the senate, the judge In addition is th md ch of at least ten more members, an] will in the end get their votes, no matter whether a caucus should be held or not, The indications now are that the Me- Comas people have the fight well in hand and are ers of the situation unless the democrats take part in the contest and de- cide to throw their votes in fav« some one of the republican condidates. Unless sis done, it is hard to see how Judge MeComas can fail to win the fight if his followers hold firm to thtir ndidate. will now be de to bi bout a republican caucus. this movement is successful there will be no doubt what- ever but that Judge M Co: will win the election and succeed Senat r Gorman. Throags of Visitors Presen The morning trains bre ef visitors tod sht down throngs U sections of the the epening of the es senator. N republicans politicians in the state are on hand, and Chairman Vandiver and other leading democrats are here as well. The opinions expressed this morning were as varied as they were confident, and indicated nothing so clearly as how very much at sea they are as to the result. Business and professional men who are in Annapolis today, are hoping that a weck or ten days will see the fignt out. Hun- reds of bills, many ef them designed to institute ne ry changes and reforms in the counties, and are only withheld be- cause they will receive scant attention during the excitement of the senatorial struggle. Senator Putzsel of the second Baltimore legislative district, introduced a bill which provides that the judges of election, regis- ters and ballot cierks shall take an oath of Secrecy not to reveal any occurrences in the registration offices. he bill also provides a pen: disclosures. A bill was intr ator Strobridge into twenty- Charges Against Mr. Kurtz. The board of public works is investigat- ing a number of serious charges brought against State Insuraa Commis Albert Kuriz today. The general belief is that Mr. Kurtz will be removed and Street ctor General Thomas A. Mumford of Maryland militia will be appointed in his place. ballotting for United §' ly all the prominent ty for such deed by Sen- to redivide Baltimore city ur wards. joner eee ney ANACOSTIA RAILWAY. Annual Repert of the Company's Af- fairs Sent to the Senate. The annual report of the An. Potomac River Railroad Compan year ended December 31, 1897, before the Senate today by the V dent. The financial statement of the company follows: Receipis—From passengers, $: WL5G; all other sources, $442.62; cash on hand Jan- wary 1, 1897, $322.46; total, $47,156.64. Expenditures—Payment for repaim of roadbed and railway, including iron and cost of repairs to buildings ani fixtures, $2,419.37; cost of roadved and superstruc- ture, $453. general superintendence, $1,142.29; salaries cf officers, clerks ond agents, $5,425.40; wages paid drivers, $17,- 546.: water and other taxes, $304.04; in- teresi, $3,814.53; provender, $8,838. shoe- ing horses, $1,152.57; oil, chimneys, burrers and wicks, $197.71 freight, rent, &c., $3,208.08; bills payable, $2,650.10; horses, $1,200; legal expenses, $506.21; drivers’ de- pcsits refunded, $280; cash on hand Decem- ber 31, $17.70; total, $47,156.64. A general statement of the company affairs shows total cost of maintaining read and real estate, $832.61; total ex- pense of operating road and repairs, {38,- 751.25; capital stock, $100,000; paid in, 8 (0; total funded debt, $383,691; total fleat- ing debt, $20,421.30; cost of road and equip- ment, $365,922.38; no dividends paid; rate of interest on funded debt, 6 per cent; length cf road in miles, 15.38; number of cers, 44; horses, 121; revenue passengers carried, $1,062,487; transfers and employes, 103,581; total passengers carried, 1,166,068; rumber of miles run, 534,500.95; cost to operate per mile, 7.4 tents. The average time of cars passing over rcad—G street line, 91 minutes; M street lire, 28 minutes; Congressional cemeiery line, 14 minutes. The report says there has been no serious damage to persons or property and nothing has been paid during the year on that account. No empldyes cr other persons have been seriously injured. a Counterfelter Arrested. Detective LaSalle has wired the secret service of the treasury that he has arrest- ed Eugene Mills at Salisbury, W. Va., for making and passing countrfeit $10 gold coins. This is the section where much counterfeiting has been going on for years. The arrest is the first one made by Mr. LaSalle, wao was recently placed on the ferce. He is a Washington man, and is al ready making a record in the service. Mr. LaSalle was for a long time the head door- keeper of the Lafayette Square Opera House and is pleasantly remembered by a multitude of friends. ‘The secret service has also been notified of the arrest of Eliza Osburn at Pocahon- tas, Va., charged with aiding in counter- feiting. She was committeed to jail in de- fault of $1,000 bond. ——____-2+-—___ Funeral of Logan Carliste. NEW YORK, January 18.—The body as laid re Presi- ot