Evening Star Newspaper, January 27, 1898, Page 1

THE EVENING STAR. —————— PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY, AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 1G] Fenreylvaria Avenue, Cor. llth 8t., by seg Kew York Office, 49 Potter Building. ‘The Evening Star is served to subscribers to the eity by ‘oa their own account, at 10 coats per week, or 44 cents per month. at the counter 2 ceats exch. By United States or Censda—postage prepald—G0 eats ¢ mont Saterday Quintuple Sheet ftar, $1 per year, with foretzn portage added. $3.00. (Entered a’. the Post Office at Washington, D. C.. as secend-<)asa mail matter.) £7 All wail subscriptions must be pald in advance. Rates vertising made known on application. Che Lvening Star. aoe No. 14,012. THE NATION'S GUEST oe ee President Dole of Hawaii Passes an Uneventful Day. MRS. DOLE VISITS MRS. MKINLEY ee A State Dinner to Be Given in the Visitors’ Honor. OTHER COURTESIES ee SHOWN President Dole and his party were astir and by 10 o’clock had breakfasted y to devote themselves to the af-! of the day. At the latter hour Mr. received a little group of newspaper including The Evening Star reporter who ccompanied him from Cumberland. The Star man, realizing that the distin- guished visitor would not discourse upon the all-abscrbing topic of annexation, re- marked upon the beautiful weather which had grected the party, and expressed the hope that it would prove a harbinger of equally pleasant weather for annexation. sident Dole said it was exceedingly pleasant to come frem a warm climate to one where the air was cool and bracing, and yet had bright sunshine with it. ‘The storm in Chicago the morning we left was very violent,” said he, “and was an excel- lent opporturity for us to see a touch of teal winter. The snow was driven along in apparently solid sheets. But this weath- er is superb. The last two days 1 think are the best we have had since our arrival in the country.” He expressed the deep gratification he felt at the many courtesies which were be- irg extended to him, and again politely declined the urgent offers of the other newspaper men to give full publicity to anything he might have to say on annexa- tion. He again expressed his prefere.ice not to discuss the question of annexation, as it would be eminently inappropriate at this time during the pendency of the ques- tion in the Senate. “I shall call on the President during my stay here,” he continued, “and, of course, shall give him such informaticn as he may Gesire respecting pending questions be- tween the two countries. I expect to stay in Washington until the end of next week, when our trip homewerd will begin. We shall go from here direct to San Francisco, aking the steamer there for Honolulu Certainly I should Ike to see the annexa- ticn treaty ratified by the Senate before we leave, but we will not wait if such is not the case.” State Dinner Tuesday Next. Pre lent Dole and his secretary, Major Iaukea, were kept diligently engaged in letter writing until 1 o’clcck, in order to eatch the Hawaiian mail. During the morning Mrs. Dele, accompanted by Mrs. Fetch, enjoyed a ride through Washing- Dole men, i tcn and its suburbs, and made several on friends. The ladies, at 2:30 o'clock, in company with Maj. Heistand, called on Mrs. McKinley at the White House. There have been a large number of call- ers on President and Mrs. Dole, and they ure being deluged with invitations. “The President and Mrs. McKinley request the pleasure of the company of at a dinner in honor of The President of the Republic of Hawaii and Mrs. Dole, Tuesday evening, February first, eighteen hundred ‘and ninety-eight, at eight o'clock.” Other Courtesies Extended. The Vice President and Mrs. Hobart have invited President and Mrs. Dole for | Friday evening, January 28, and the Grid- iron Club for Saturday evening next. The Metropolitan Club, through its president, Judge John Davis, has extended its cour- to President Dole during his stay by making him an honorary member. President and Mrs. Dole and their party py boxes at the Lafayette Square allers have been the Vice and Mrs. Hobart and Mrs. Wil- . 2. Morrisou San- nd, U. S. N., Mrs. rs. William G. Irwin of Honolulu, tary and Mrs. John W. Foster, arner D. Sutton, Crosby S. Noyes, Noyes, William Curtis, Mr. E zleton, Mrs. William Barbour New York, nd Mrs. John T. Morgan, Mr. Frederick Evans, Rev. Thos. S. Golick, Mrs. Stephen Rand, Mr. and Mrs. Jeremiah M. Wilson, Mr. Henry y May, John Grimes Walker and the Misses Walker a Gen. J. C. Breckenridge, U. SA Presidents Exchange Visits. Shortly after the Hawaiian party ar- rived at the Arlington yesterday afternoon, President McKinley paid a formal call on nation’s guest. He was accompanied Secretary Porter and Col. Bingham. As the President passed into the large re- ce of the hotel, ex-President Harrison came out. The gentlemen bowed to each other, and probably thought the incia: as unusual as did the others who observed the meeting, it being rather re- markable for two presidents and an ex- under the same roof at the President McKinley and ons were received by Assistant ry Cridler and Minister Hatch, and were introduced to President Dole, Mrs. Dole, Maj. laukea and Dr. Day. There was a ef but pleasant interchange of cour- nd President McKinley returned to lansion. t's call was almost {mme- returned by President Dole, who Was accompanied to the White House by Mr. Hatch and Mr. Cridler. They were met on the portico by Col. Bingham and taken to the library on the second floor, where President McKinley cordially greet- ed the Hawafian executive. A personal conversation between the two presidents of brief duration followed the exchange of ccurtesies. nt Dole spent a quiet evening at the Arlington. After dinner, at 8 o'clock, he received Minister Hatch, Special En- voy Thurston and a few personal friends. He denied himself to general callers and newspaper men. The Hawaiian party re- tired early, about 10 o'clock, being thor- oughly tired out with the long gourney and the demands upon them throughout. —__2-—______ WILL COME NEXT MONDAY. Expected Arrival of the New Attorney General. It is now understood that Gov. Griggs, whose nomination as Attorney General has been confirmed by the Senate, will come to the city Monday and take the oath of oMice. A few days ego the understanding Was that the governor would send his res- ignation to the legislature Monday and me here Tuesds. There is no extensive accumulation of werk in the Depariment of Justice, and the new Attorney Geueral will not find himself burdened when he comes in. + + New Rale for Pension Attorneys. Commissioner Evans of the pension de- partment has issued the following order: “Hereafter requests of.attorneys for con- sideration of title to fees will not be enter- tained unless the same are filed in this bureau within three years from the date of issve upon which such fees are claimed.” ARMS SOLD TO ENEMIES|| AKE STEAMER LOST Seizure of the Paluchistan Paralyzes Some English Factories. They Had Been Making War Material Which Reached Engiand’s Enemies in Persia. LONDON, January 27.—According to a dispatch from Birmingham to the Globe, published this afternoon, the capture of the British steamer Baluchistan off Mus- cat, Arabia, by the British gunboat Lap- wing, and the seizure of her cargo of arms and ammunition, has temporarily para- lyzed some of the large gun makers, be- cause the London merchants concerned have ordered them to suspend operations. It is added that some of the guns seized were from Birmingham, whence there has been an extensive trade in arms to the Persian gulf. A well-known manufacturer says that on the order of a London merchant he has turned out a hundred rifles and a ton of ammunition weekly for the last three years. The rifles consisted of Martinis and Lee-Metfords, the British army magazine rifle. _——— WARRANTS FOR LYNCHERS’ ARREST Men Who Burned Two Seminole In- dians Are Discovered. GUTHRIE, Okla., January 27.—Deputy United States Marshal Tilghman has re- turned from Pottawatomie county, where he has been for a week Investigating the recent burning of the two Seminole Indians. He states that there is no truth in the report of the arrest of some of the lynchers. The names of a score or more of the mob have been obtained by the officers, however, together with strong evidence, and a large number of warrants will be issued at once, and wholesale arrests will be made before the week is out. oe PLUNGED DOWN FIVE STORIES. Three Workmen Fatally Injured in New York Batlding. NEW YORK, January —An accident occurred today on a new twelve-story building, in course’ of construction on probably result in the death of three men. The injured are: George McNamara, John Hammond and Michael Sea The first two are plas- terers and the last named {fs a laborer. The men had been working through the night on the building by the ald of an electric light. Seaman was on the fifth floor superintending the building of a scaf- fold over an elevator shaft. He suddenly lest his balance and fell down the shaft. On the fourth ficoor McNamara and Ham- nond were standing on a slim scaffold already erected over the eleyator shaft. Seaman, who weighs about 200 pounds, carried the scaffold on the fourth floor with him in his fall, and the three men crashed down to the subcellar below. They were all internally injured and have few chances for recovery. ———— MARYLAND SENDS DELEGATES, Lowndes Names Delegaies to Pere Food Convention. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., January 27.—Governor Lowndes has appcinted the following dele- gates to the pure focd convention which meets in Weshington on March 2: C. E. Coffin, Capt. R. W. Sylvester, D. M. Nes- bitt, Capt. W. S. Powell, Albert E. Thomp- sen, Adam J. Gosmand, Jordan Stabier, George K. McGraw, James D. Mason and W. H. Read. Dr. W. H. Welch of Johns Hopkins has declined an appointment as a member of the state board of health. Ses IMPROVEMENT AT GRAY’S HARBOR. Gov. Proposed Jetty Will Give Twenty- Four Feet of Water. PORTLAND, Ore., January 27.—The con- tract for the construction of a jetty at Gray’s harbor, Washington, has been let by the government to Hale & Kern, a contracting firm of Portland. The contract price is $770,000. The jetty proper will ex- tend seaward about three and one-half miles from the high tide limit of Point Handen. It is believed that the completion of this jetty will give a permanent channel into Gray's harbor of twenty-four feet at mean low water. The specifications were -pre- pared by Captain Harry Taylor, United States engineer, at Seattle, Wash., who has charge of all government works in the state of Washington, and the construction of the jetty will be under his direction. >— 1A MERCHANTS. Seeretary of the Treasury Alludes to Currency Reform. TACOMA, Wash., January 27.—At the banquet of the chamber of commerce held lest evening, telegrams were received from President McKinley, Secretary Gage and others. Secretary Gage said in part: “I regret that the pressure of public business prevents me from being present to discuss the question of reforming the currency. Not since the struggle for the resumption of specie payments has a quces- tion pressed for solution which has a greater bearing upon the material pros- ity of our people. ‘You have an empire In the Pacific north- west which is in its infancy. Your city and sister ports of Puget Sound are the out- lets of one of the richest regions in the world. Geographically the commerce of the orient is yours. “Nothing will contribute more to draw capital to your section of the country than conviction that the Sarecnd standard is yond. impairment. Se oe mend tan I have to make contemplates the better security of that standard. GAGE TO TAC —>—_ THIS BEATS. THE KLONDIKE. Samples of Texas Gold Ore Show Wonderful Richness. CHICAGO, January 27.—A special from San Antonio, Tex., says: Returns were re- ceived yesterday of an assay of a sample of ore from the new gold mine of ex-Con- gtessman Thomas Paschal and associate: situated in Gillespie county, north of here, in what is known as the Llano district. The assay gives $15,150 gold to the ton. The owners of the mine say the sample was selected indiscriminately from the vein, and they are enthusiastic over its startling richness. They say the vein is eighteen feet wide. A number of assays of the ore have here- tofore been made, and they ranged from $600 to $1,200 to the ton. The excitement over this new gold dis- trict is increasing here, and parties of prospectors are going out daily to search for rich claims. —__ Meeting of the English Cabinet. LONDON, January 27.-The Marquis of Salisbury presided today at a cabinet meet- ing. It is understood that the ministers discussed the legisiative program, the queen’s speech for the reassembling of Parliament and the far eastern question. City of Duluth Founders in Harbor of St. Joe, Michigan. PASSENGERS SAVED WITH DIFFICULTY Mrs. Tryon Will Die From Ex- posure in Landing. NONE OF CARGO SAVED —————— ST. JOSEPH, Mich., January 27.—The big grain steamer City of Duluth arrived eff this port from South Chicago last night at 8:30 o'clock, and attempted to enter the harbor. There was a tremendous wind from the northwest and a very heavy sea rolling. The Duluth kept on her course into the harbor, and at the mouth of the river struck a bar and was thrown heavily against the north pier, breaking in two immediately. The mammoth steel arches on either side of the boat gave way immediately, and the bow of the boat dropped two or three feet. A large hole was stove in the port side of the boat as she swung around, and she went to the bottom in an hour, leaving only her cabin and part of her bulwarks above water. Tugs to the Rescue. ‘The two big tugs Morford and Protection, which had accompanied the big boat on her trip across the lake, made several des- perate attempts to reach her and get the crew and passengers off, but were every time unsuccessful. The life saving crew was summoned and reached the scene of the disaster in quick time, considering that they had disbanded for the winter. At midnight they had shot a mortar line to the boat and the rescue began. The first one to be taken ashore was August Kernwein, a business man of this city. He dipped into the water several times during the perilous trip and was badly frozen when he Was pulled out onto the pier. The rest of the passengers were taken ashore in this man- ner, one at a time. There were seventeen passengers and twenty-three of the crew. Captain Last to Leave. Captain McLean was the last to leave, he being taken off at 5 o'clock this morn- ing. There were several ladies aboard. The members of the life saving crew took turns going out in the car after them. Mrs. William Tryon ts now dying from the effects of the trip. She was in a delicate condition and was badly frozen, and was seized with nervous prostration. There is no hope for her to live. The City of Duluth is an old boat, but one of the largest sailing on Lake Michi- gan. She has been in the grain carrying trade for many years. She is owned by the Lake Michigan an Lake Superior Transportation Company, and was being operated here this winter by the Graham & Morton Transportation Company. She had a heavy cargo of corn and flour and a deck load of merchandise for local mer- chants. Cargo a Complete Loss. There is no hope of saving anything from the wreck, as there is a very high sea roll- ing. No boat can reach her, and she is rapidly going to pieces. The engineer says that when the boat struck the engine jumped a foot and was immediately torn to pieces. The water rushed in, put out the fires, and the firemen barely escaped up the ladders in time to save themselves. ‘The floor of the cabin deck gave a mighty heave upward, and the passengers were thrown into the wildest confusion. es ARMY AND NAVY. Notes of General Interest Service. The following transfers are made in the 10th Infantry: Second Lieut. M. B. Stokes, from Company B to Company K; Second Lieut. Y. J. Stephens, from Company K to Company B. Maj. John C, Muhlenberg, paymaster, will pay the troeps to January 31, 1808, at Fort Myer, Va.; Fort Washington, Md., and Washington barracks, D. C., in person, and at Fort Mott, N. J.; Fort McHenry, Md.; Fort Monroe, Va., end the arsenal at that point, py express. First Lieut. W. L. Simpson, adjutant 9th Infantry, is granted two months’ leave. Col. Dallas Bache of the medical depart- ment is in the city, under assignment. He is at the EbLitt. First Lieut W. H. Coffin, 5th Artillery, 1s at 1520 C ecticut avenue. Lieut. Henry H. Barroll is in tho city before the retiring board, and is at the St. James. Lieut. H. O. Dunn of the Terror regis- tered at the Navy Department today. He is at the Army and Navy Club. Lieutenant Colonel E. P. Ewers, 9th In- fantry, has been granted leave of absence for one month. Representative Bennett of New York, who recently inspected the New York navy yard, has informed Secretary Long that he was much impressed with the work being done by Constructor Bowles, and is now satisfied that the dock will be saved, not- withstanding its original faulty construc- tion. to the —_—___-e-__ PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. Announcement of Several Important Selections. The President today sent the following nominations to the Senate: Julius Jacobs, to be assistant treasurer at San Francisco, Cal.; Henry C. Bell, colleeter of internal revenue, fourth dis- trict of California; Hart H. North, to be commissioner of immigration at the port of San Francisco; Reuben D. Hill, to be attorney for the district of Kentucky; Hamilton Glover Ewart, to be district judge for the western district of North Carolina. Postmasters: New York—Henry H.. Smith, Worcester; Stephen D. Boyce, Port Jervis. Alabama—Wm. T. Hutchens, Huntsville; Prelate D. Barker, Mobile. Califorria—Moses A. Luce, San Diego; Cc. D. Bonestel, Ventura. Colorado—Brough P. Quaintance, Golden. Mlinois—T. A. Fritchey, Olney. Missouri—John H. Jacobs, Norborne; Jeremiah Fenton, Springfield; Simon Led- erer, Poplar Bluif; Wm. C. Gaston, Keytes- ville; J. C. Brocaw, Harrisonville; Charles W. Fuchs, Fayette; Joseph B. Upton, Bol- ivar. Tennessee—Charles 8. Moss, Franklin. —————-_e__ — Personal Mention. Secretary Gage has accepted an invitation to deliver an address before the Pittsburg ¢ehamber of commerce March 19. Mr. Clifton R. Breckinridge, just return- ed from Russia, is with his cousin, Gen. J. C. Breckinridge, 1314 Conneuticut ave- hue. : Captain and Mrs. George Wiggit. of Dela- ware are viiting friends among the older officers of the navy. They are stopping with Capt. Wm. A. MacNulty, 915 North Carolina avenue southeast, Captain Wig- gin’s brother-in-law. WASHINGTON, D. OC. THURSDAY, JANUARY 27, 1898-FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. If yet 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 miore than three times as many people as read any other paper. INNOCENT MAN ESCAPES Angelo Carboni Was About to Die for An- other's Orfme, Real Criminal Captured in Baltimore Makes a Detailed Confession of the Deed. NEW YORK, January 27.—Alexandro Cia- marello, who was brought to this city from Baltimore yesterday, after confessing that he had murdered Natalie-Brugno, for which crime Angelo Carboni is now in Sing Sing under sentence of death, today made a de- tailed confession. This is what Ciamarello said: “Brugno and I for some time had an ill- feeling between us caused by Brugno pay- ing attention to my wife. After he dishon- ored my name he went about boasting what he had accomplished, and said he did not care for me. In July I had some trouble with him cnd was asked to get a warrant for his arrest. I then said: ‘Leave it to me, and I will kill him.’ Brugno was a very powerful man, and I was afraid to approach kim from the front and give him a fight. “On the Sunday preceding the fight my cousin, Angelo Carboni, had a quarrel with Brugno. On Sunday, September 11, I saw my cousin Carboni on Franklin street. He was down in the street with Brugno stand- ing over him in a striking attitude. I then ‘Look at that assassin. ‘After he has run away with my wife, he now wants to kill my cousin.’ I ran vp. My cousin had gone to the other side of the street. I then stabbed Brugno twice in the side. I remained there for a short time, talking to a man named Gro- cho. There was some excitement, and I walked away. “The next day I went to Philadelphia, and then to Manayunk, Pa. There lesrned that some one was making in- quiries about me, and I went to Milton, Del. I heard of the arrival of a stranger in Milton, and I then went to Baltimore. 1 went to a friend’s house, and was in hiding when I was arrested. And now, if I will have to die, I will die like a man.” Ciamarello was arraigned in the police ecurt, after making his confession. He was remanded until Saturday, when wit- nesses will be present. —— DISPOSING OF THE SPACE. Provisions in the Urgemt Deficiency Bill Regarding the Post; Office. In the House late yesterday afternoon the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted. The report carried a compromise agreement for the disposition of space in the new pest office building, as follows: ‘All of the first floor, including the mez- zanine floors, and so much of the base- mvt as may be necessary and convenient in the opinion of the Postmaster General, by the city post office, and any space in said basement not necessary therefor shall be used for the purposes of the Post Office Department; the second, third and fourth floors, with the exceptions heretmafter pro- vided, by the Post Office Department; the fifth floor by the ‘executive officers of the Post Office Department and 6f the auditor for the Post Office Department; thé sixth and seventh floors by the auditor for the Post Office Department, and 4,000 square feet of office floor space in the fourth floor, to be assigned by the Postmaster General and the entire force of the Post Office Department and of the auditor for the Pest Office Department shail be, on the etion of said building, removed there- to. ‘hat all the space in Said building above the first floor so provided for, other than the fifth floor, shall be assigned as aforesaid on the basis of an average of not exceeding 100 square feet of floor space to each clerk, which space is also to accom- modate current files. “All space on the fourth floor not needed after the assignrrents herein provided for upon the basis fixed therefor shall here- after be utihzed under assignments made by the Postmaster General, to cover the merease of clerical force in the Post Office Department and the auditor for the Post Office Department. The ninth floor of said building shall be used, under the direc- tion of the Postmaster General, for the storing of files for the Post Office Depart- ment and the auditor for the Post Office Department. All the oftice floor space in the eighth floor of said building shall be assigned by the Secretary of the Treasury to clerical forces of offices or bureaus of the government now occupying rented quarters in the city of Washington, on the same basis as to square feet of space in- dicated above as applied to the Post Office Department and auditor's office; and said building, immediately upon its occupation as herein indicated, shail be under the custody and control of the. Postmaster General.” Mr. Hepburn called attention to the fact that the files were to be placed under the roof, which was not fire-proof. Mr. Cannon said the supervising architect Proposed to provide a safeguard against fire by the use of asbestos. +o ____ CALLED ON SECRETARY BLISS. The British Ambassador Accompanied by Canadian Officials. Sir Julian Pauneefote, the British am- bassador, called on Secretary Bliss at the Interior Department today, and introduced Mr. W. B. Scarf, the deputy minister of agriculture, and the deputy commissioner of patents of the Canadian government. After a pleasant chat, the distinguished visitor was introduced to Assistant Com- missioner Greeley of the United States patent office, who explained at length the patent system of the United States and took him through the department. or FOR STATE EXHEBITEONS. Proposition to Set Aside Sites in Rock Creek Park. Mr. Harmer of Pennsylvania introduced a bill in the House this afternoon authorizing the Rock Creek Park commissian, upon the application of the governor of any state, to set aside a tract of land in Bock Creek Park for the construction thereon of state exhibition buildings, provided that no cost shall attach to the United States. = Appointed Militarg Cagiets. The following have been sppoimted cadets at the United States Military; Academy: Donald D. Herr, Mifflinburg {eighteenth district), Pa.; John K. Herr, Flemington fourth district), N. ¥.; Joseph Parks, Elie Rapids (eleventh district), Mich:; Louis G. Dessor-mes (alternate), New’ Orleans (first district), La.; Victor 8. Foster, Houston frst ‘district), Texas; Will L. Bouscaren, Eiloxi (sixth district), Miss.; Horace C. Cope (alternate), Greensburg (twenty-first district), Pa., and David W. Norbon, To- peko (fourth district), Kan. OH Fourth-Class Postmasters. Fourth-class postmastefs have been changed as follows: : ) Maryland—Barclay, Wallace; Mount Vernon, Street; Sharptown, Wight SYSTEM IMPERFECT Oouimissioners? Views of Brown Method of Car Propulsion. ORDER OF DISCONTINUANCE PROBABLE A Hearing to Be Given the Pro- moters Tomorrow. THE CHARGES PREFERRED While the District Commissioners decline to discuss the matter at the present time, it is understood that they have about con- cluded that the Brown underground electric system, as now operated by the Capital Railway Company, is impracticable and im-perfect. It is also understood that un- less the promoters of the system are able to meantime convince the Commissioners that they are in error, the Capital Railway Ccmpany will tomorrow be ordered to dis- continue its further operation. As is well known, the Capital Railway Ccmpany and the Anacostia Railway Com- pany jointly use tracks on certain streets in South Washington. Numerous com- Tlaints have been made to the Commission- ers by President H. A. Griswold of the latter company against the Brown electric system, it being charged by Mr. Griswold that the horses pulling his cars have been frequentiy knocked down and injured by electric currents escaping, as, he alleged, through the imperfections of the Brown system. He has also often charged that because of these alleged imperfections traf- fic on his road has been obstructed, it be- ing explained by him that the Capital rail- way people were constantly repairing their underground system, the character and ex- tent of the repairs being such, he claimed, as to prevent an unobstructed operation of his road. AMdavits Filed. In support of his charges Mr. Griswold has from time to time filed with the Com- mirsioners statements and affidavits of his employes, citizens and electrical experts, and today he filed another batch of these statements, relating to the operation of the Brown system on 11th and M streets scutheast, from the 5th to the 26th instant. A sworn statement of Mr. Paul A. Dra- per, an electrical expert, submitted by Mr. Griswold teday, is to the effect that the Brown system ts being constantly repaired: that he discovered a large number of live boxes, the escaping current in some of them running up to 100 volts and more, rendering it, in his opinion, very dangerous to both pedestrians and horses, and that he found a large number of broken cups. Statements from drivers on the Anacostia road were to the effect that their horses have been knocked down, and citizens re- port the making of repairs on the line dur- ing both the day and night. A statement from Mr. Edward D. Hill of Suitland, Md., showed that the 13th instant his horse, at- tached to his milk wagon, was violently shaken and thrown down, the harness broken and Mr. Hill’s milk spilled by the horse stepping on one of the blocks used by the Brown system on lth street near the Navy Yard bridge. Conference Held. Messrs. Dupont and Thomas of the John- son Company of Johnstown, Pa., the pro- moters of the Brown underground electric system, had a conference with Commis- sioner Black today, during which thcy asked for a further hearing in the matter of the complained-of imperfections of the system. They expressed their ability to convince the Commissioners that the sys- tem is a good one, and they will be heard at 11 o'clock tomorrow morning. It can be stated on the best of authority, however, that the Commissioners are con- vinced to the contrary. That is, they believe that while the sys- tem may possibly be perfected, it is net by any means perfect as now operated by the Capital Railway Company, and that it is about time to stop further experiments. The Commissioners, it is understood, have been informed that boxes used by the com- pany remain alive after cars pass over them, and that the system is a menace to both persons and property as operated here. The method has been given a patient trial here for a year now, and the Commis- sioners are reported as being of the opin- fon that the streets of Washington should no longer be permitted by them to remain a territory for further experiments, es- pecially in view of the fact that other underground electric systems in operation here have demonstrated the wisdom of their use beyond any doubt whatever. The Other Side. In speaking of the matter today, a gen- tleman interested in the Brown system said: “I am well aware that President Gris- wold of the Anacostia road has for some time past been bringing all the influence he could secure to have the Commissioners condemn the Brown system, and should he succeed 1 am satisfied before he can convince the courts, the people and Con- gress of the correctness of his position the Capital Railway Company will demonstrate beyond peradventure that District In- spector Shipman was correct when he stated that the Brown system had solved the overhead trolley question in cities. “We have no fear whatever of the de- cision, as the system was put down under an agreement that it should be satisfactory to the Commissioners. Should they con- demn it, the courts will allow no injustice to be done.” The Contract. It is learned that President Randle, in making a contract with the Johnson com- pany for the installation of the Brown sys- tem, protected his company in what might be considered an extraordinary degree. It was stipulated that unless the system was satisfactory to the Commissioners, the railway company would not have to pay anything for it. Should the rumor above referred to prove true, it is stated by friends of the road that the system can- not be removed by the Commissioners. ‘Thus the Capital Raflway Company would get its system for nothing. ———— MORE THAN THEY WANT. Treasury Officials Discourage the Ac- cumulation of Gold. Treasury offictals believe that the goid re- serve will reach $164,000,000 by the end of this month. The figures now stand at $163,670,000, with a steady daily increase. This is the highest point the accumulation of gold in the treasury has reached sinc2 Au 1890. The treasury has not en- ee this inflow of gold, but, on the other hand, has tried to prevent so muca of it coming. Ever since the reserve reach- ed_$150,000,000 the policy of accumulating gold has been discouraged. —_-e-+___—_ The McCulloch at the Azores. ‘The new revenue cutter McCulloch, which left Baltimore on the 12th of th's month, has reached the Azores Islands, on her way to the Pacific coast. She is going by the Suez canal route, and will travel a total of 23,- 000 miles. It is estimated that she will Le seventy-three days on the trip. Aroun Cape Yorn would have taken fifty-three ays, but it is said the cost ‘n coal would have made the trip much more costly than the present route, whi obtained at IMPORTANT SECRET ORDER From Canadian Minister to Commissioner Walsh at Dawson.” Believed to Be Directed Against Alien Claim Holders in the Yukon Geld Fields, TORONTO, Ont., January 27.—A special dispatch from Winnipeg says: Word comes from Ottawa to engage a reliable man to carry important secret dis- patches from the minister of the interior to Commissioner Walsh at Dawson City overland. Hayes, the celebrated guide of Prince Albert, has been secured. He will make the run in thirty-five days with a deg train. It is believed the government has de- cided not to allow aliens to hold mining claims in the Yukon, owing to the atti- tude of the United States government toward Canadian interests on the Pacific coast. ————— COL, CUSHING SELECTED. Will Be Appointed Com ary Gen- eral of Subsistence. It was officially announced at the War Department today that Col. Samuel T. Cushing, assistant commissary general of subsistence, now on duty at the War De- partment, will be appointed commissary gereral of subsistence, on the statutory re- Urement tomorrow of Brig. Gen. William H. Bell, and that Lieut. Benjamin K. West, 6th Cavalry, stationed at Fort Myer, Va., will be appointed commissary of subsist- ence, with the rank of captain, te fill a va- carcy in the lowest grade of the depart- ment, resulting from the promotions of Lieut. Col. Wm. H. Nash to colonel, Ma}. Charles A. Woodruff to lievtenant colonel and Capt. Edward E. Dravo to major. Gen. Bell, who retires tomorrow on ac- count of age, served with credit throughout the civil war in the subsistence depart- ment, and in March, 1865, was brevetted major for faithful and meritorious services in New Mexico. He is a native of Pennsyl- Vania and was graduated at the Military Academy July 1, 1858. After three years’ service in the infantry branch transferred to the subsistence de; and has been attached to it ever si ing regularly promoted through the rious grades until November 14, 1807, when he was appointed commissary general. Col. Cushing, his successor at the head of the department, was born in Rhode Island and was graduated from the West }" Academy July 1, 1860. He also serv. creditably throughout the war of the re- bellion, first in the infantry and then in the subsistence department, and in March, 1865, he was brevetted major for faithful and meritorious services during the wa‘ t 5 hich date Col. Wm. H. Nash, Maj. Wells Willard and Col. Wm. A. Elderkin will have been trans- ferred to the retired list. ——_+ e+ WILL SOUND THE KEYNOTE. Significance of the President's Speech Tonight. President McKinley and Secretary Porter left at 10 o’clock this morning, over the Penrsylvania road, for New York, to at- tend the banquet of the National Associa- tion of Manufacturers at the Waldorf-As- teria this evening. The President will re- spond to a toast, and will make a speech of considerable significance. Senator Frye, who is also to respond to a toast, accompanied the President. Mrs. McKinley did not go. Neither did Capt. and Mrs. Williams of Chicago, who are guests at the White House, and who were expected to be of the party. R. A. C. Smith and Charles A. Moore, a committee from the association, were with the party. At Jersey City a committee of fifty promi- nent members of the association will me the presidential party and accompany them to the Waldorf. The President will leave New York to: morrow morning about 10 o'clock and w reach Washington five hours later. He will receive no visitors tomorrow after- ncon or Saturday, as he will want to make up for the time that is lost. The speech of the President tonight will sound a keyncte to republicans. It is un- derstood that the President wiil advise unity of action in standing by the financial platform of two years ago, and will sug- gcst an aggressive fight from now on against what he considers the fallacies of the silver people. He will point out some of these fallacies, and will urge republicans to fight their common enemy and not to dispute among themselves. In a way he Will express the hope that something may be done by Congress’on the currency and in line with his recommendation to that bedy. The President regrets the differences of opinion in republican ranks and is aware of the opinion in many quarters that the democrats will triumph in the congress- ional elections. He believes that an ag- gressive campaign from now on along the lines of two years ago will solidify the party again and cause a bold front to be maintained egainst the assaults of the sil- ver men, led by W. J. Bryan and others. Despite the arduovs official and social duties of yesterday, the President found tume to sign the nominations which went to the Senate today and to consider pros- pective nominations. This morning the President signed a bill passed by Congress entitled “An act to amend section 2234 of the Revised Statute: The P ident had a conference with Secrctary Gage and other official advisers this morning and ciearly outlined the toue of his specch. It is the understanding he will practically indorse the work of the Indisnapolis conference now in_ session. The President, it is said, will declare that the country’s pressing need is currency reform. —__--e--_____ AN ANVENTUROUS CAREER. i Death of Joseph Heco, ‘tra the Kanagawa Cons The State Department has been informed through Constl General Gowey at Kan- agawa, Japan, of the death at that place of the interpreter to the consulate, a man who has heid the position since 1859. His name was Joseph Heco, and although a Japan- ese by birth, he was*a naturaiized citizen of the United States and had had an ad- venturous career. He is credited with the publication of the first newspaper in Japan. Heco when a boy in the latter part of the fifties, while returning in a junk to Yoko- hama from a visit to Tokio, was »lown away to sea. The junk drifted along across the Pacific for over fifty days, when the Japanese were taken off by the bark Auck- land end brought to San Francisco. There OUT AFTER GEN. RABI SS Object of General Blanco’s Sudden Departure from Havana. ees PRICE SAID 0 BE $300,000 Maine's Arrival Has Caused No Demonstratipn in Havana. Rose i Serr AMERICANS ARE REASSURED Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HAVANA, January 26, via KEY WEST, January 27.—The guns of the battle ship Maine command this city in a friendly way. On ore side lies the Spanish war- ship Alfonze XII. On the other is the v-siting German warship Gneiseau. No demonstration, either friendly or hos- tile, hes resulted on shore, nor is any such demonstration now expected, though there is still some fear that the volunteers may show displeasure. Official courtesies are strained, but com- plying with the usual formalities. Some apprehension is felt that the Maine may eutstay her official welcome. Spanish su ceptibilities are being carefully considered, end shore leaves for the men on the Maine are infrequent. The Americans are pleased and reassured. Friendly Purpose Disbeclieved. Nobody pretends to belie the offictal 2ssurances from Madrid or elsewhere about the excessively friendly purposes of the visit, and, with the Maine in the harbor, nobody cares. People will talk of mate interv tion being the rea! pury the visit. Blanco’s trip to Santiago prov is not a military expedition. Its purpose is un- derstood to be to secure presentados for the effect such results produce in Spain nd in the tes. Blanco is said j to have carried jarge sum of money. His hope seems centered on securing the surrender of Rabi, a leadin, surgent general. Rabi's adh is rted to have a valuation of $30,04K), he insur- gents say Rabi is incorruptible. Persisteat s Spain to per- svade him to come in, and he did not hang iries sent to bim in November because they were coerced into going by Spanish authorities. He ed them out of camp with a warnii uently warned his own reiatives against coming With peace proposit my. The outcome of Blanco’s tinal ¢ to reach Rabi is awaited with interest. Confidence of Madrid Not Und Havana dves not understand the dence peace is assured. Havana wants more idence, and is engaged at pres lyzing false crporis of Spanisi victories which caused the rejoicing in Madrid. "PER. don autono- confi- aid to be prevaiiing in Madrid that umed t today. Captain Sig erday that he inicnded a call at the pal: y, and believed will end the official cer connected with the . for the banquet which the Aj are to give in honor of the is noi regarded as a strict- n. ly official funct The Spanish ininister here was advised early in the week of the intention of his government to send a national vessel to the United States, but so far he has not been informed which ship has been chos at what ports she will . ‘The mini said today that he is in no wi over the attempts that have bs belittle the importance of the campaign conducted by General Castelianos in. the mountains of Cubitas. While he repeats the statement he made on the oc the first tidings of the engazement of peranza, that the capture of the town it (which, by the way, he says is identical with Agramenie) is of little consequenc he adds that the importance of the paign lies in the fact that it has d strated the possibility of a Spanish Penetrating the very heart of the enet country. The Dispatch of the Viscaya. The news from Madrid that the sovernment has decided to send the war- ship Viscaya cn a visit to American ports causes no comment in official circles, and is not regarded as having any special sig- nificance, The Viscaya is a formidable craft, larger, faster and more powerful than the Maine. Her points are recorded here as follows: Length, 340 feet; beam, 65 feet; draft, 21 feet 6 inches; two propel. lers, 13,000 horse power, with a 12-inch armor belt and barbettes 101g inches, and an armored deck varying in thickness from two to three inches. Her battery is made up of two 28-centimeter rifies, ten 14-centi- meters, one 9-centin eter (all Honoria guns, x de in Spain), eight 57-milimeters, four milimeters and two machine guns. There are six torpedo tubes. The ship was launched in 1891, cost $3,000,000 and is capzble of twenty-one knots speed, while the Maine is but seventeen and one-half knots. The Viscaya is a first-class ship ig every respect. Disquietude in Congress. There is more than the ordinary dis- quietude in Congress concerning the Cuban situation. When the announcement was made that the Maine had been ordered to Havara it was construed by many to mean that the President was taking the steps referred to by Mr. Hitt, chairman of the foreign affairs committee, in his speech, looking to the settlement of the Cuban question. It has since developed with suiti- cient clearness that the sending of the Maine to Havana meant no more than merely what was conveyed in the orders, and that the President has not in contem- plation any further steps at this time, un- Jess something should happen to compel action, - Impatience of Members. The understanding of this situation has led to the breaking out of impatience among members of the House with a greater degree of intensity than has here- tofore been apparent. This renewal of im- patience has not yet led to further expres- sion in debate, but it is obviously more Heeo was taken in charge by the collector of the port and was afterward made the protege of a Baltimorean named Sanders, who placed him in school. A subsequent patron wes Senator Gwin of California. Heco was naturalized ia the Baltimore dis- trict court, and afterward becam: the captain of the U. Cooper. In 1859, when the United States consulate general was opened at awa, Heco became the first interpreter and held the piace to the time of his death. = SEES RSET ED SRS Gov. Cook of Connecticut Here. Governor and Mrs. Lorin A. Cook of Con- ‘necticut reached Washington yesterday, on their way from the Hot Springs of Virginia, where the governor has been some weeks. They will remain in Washington a returning to Hartford. dangerous than that which finds expres- sion in the Record in irregular debate. It is finding ex, jon now in conferences and private ussions which look more seriously to ection. It has seemed that the wishes of the President would be respected by all republicans and that they would all restrain their sympathy for Cuba. May Insist Upon Action. It appears, now, however, that there is @ strong probability that the Cuban sym- Pathizers will insist upon action within a sort tine, and a radical proposition is expected to make its appearance in the House before long, with a prospect of hav- ing the support of a majority of the mem- It is believed that the situation ing rapidly in Cube is such as to