Evening Star Newspaper, February 15, 1898, Page 1

SSS SS THE EVENING &STAR. —_— + PUBLISHED DAILY EXCEPT SUNDAY. AT THE STAR BUILDINGS, 3101 Fenrsylrania Avenue, Cor. 11th 8t., by ing Star Ne Cor Th Ear Sag cre Kew York Ofice, 49 Potter Buildinz. ‘The Evening Star Is served to subscribers In the their own account, at 10 cents Copies at the aywhere in the ‘ates «r Canada—postage prepaid—50 ccnis th. day Quintuple Sheet S: postage added. $3.00. ered at the Po.t Office »nd-clags mail matter.) i mail subscriptions must be paid In advance. of advertising made known on application. $1 per year, with it Washington, D. C.. Che Hoen a Star. No. 14,028. SUBURBAN RAILWAY|THE U. S. MARINE BAND| PRODUCTS OF FLORIDA Hearing Given on Bill to Amend Com- pany’s Charter. > CITIZENS REASONS FOR ACTION The Commissioners Take the Mat- ter Under Advisement. a A PETITION PILED Heuce bill to amend the charter of the District of Columbia Suburban Railway Company, was the subject of a hearing given today by the I n- ers. The compeny cesires to afford rai!- road facilities to the northeastern sections cf the city and District, running out on the Bladensburg road, also runring on 12th street extended down from Brookiand to Lincoln Park by a bra‘#h Ine, the main line starting from where the District line crosses the Bladensburg pike, thence aiong the pike to 15th street and Florida avenue, d avenue to 12th and then to A street northeast. Gilbert Moyers explained that the about five or six ed by the finan- crisis which followed. The section of is proposed to supply with s, he explained, is without thence along Mar street Mr. iring to en- he said, ide the city, d that road but o . In er words, stated Mr. Moy- © people in the section are totally communication with the city o road. The has not al- said, was due to both e Commissioners. The to build it is ready to be put out, and the company is willing to agree that work on it shall be commenced within three months after the act is approved, and completed within a year. Connections Columbia and Metropolitan lines, so ople outside the city and in the northeastern section of the city will be able to reach any point of the city or Dis- trict. Presents = Petition. Rev. Dr. W. E. Parsons also urged favor- able consideration of the bill, stating that the road would afford facilities for reach- ing the Lutheran Home for the Aged near Winthrop Heights, where the Lutherans have purchased a tract of twenty-seven acres, and are building the home, several buildings being already erected. Mr. Par- sons spoke of the great number of Luthe- ran people in all parts of the District who are interested in the home, and who earn- estly desire some means of reaching the home. He presented a numerously signed petition, asking for better railroad facill- ties, and stated that he and Rev. Dr. Domer and Mr. John C. Parker had been sppointed a committee to urge the matter upon the Commissioners. Mr. George P. Davis spoke of the efforts of the company to buiid the road, stating that some $13,000 had been expended on it when the financial crisis came. But he said that upon the approval of the bill the necessary money will be forthcoming. In reply to @ suggestion by the Commission- ers as to the narrow condition of 12th street and Bladensburg road, he said he be- lieved those difficulties could easily be overcome, and remarked that there will be little, if any, opposition to the road on that account by the people along the route. He also hoped that the Commis- rs would approve the intention of the company to make an extension of the road to Mount Olivet cemetery. Dr. Gallaudet said he had been informed that the road will give the people of Ken- dall_ Green excellent opportunities for reaching different parts of the city and District, and for that reason he approved the bill. Mr. L. C. Loomis also spoke in favor of the bill, saying that the people of the north- eastern section of the District have for years been barricaded from the city, hav- irg been defrauded of their rights in the matter of better railroad facilities. He sed Commissioner Powell in the mat- but Commissioners Ross and Black that what Commissioner Powell ter, declared had done was ‘from honest and conscien- tious motives. Change in Route Suggested. Mr. F. R. MeCormick said the people of Brookland are net opposed to the road, but he suggested that lth street and not 12th be taken. He also suggested that the sub- urban portions of the road should be re- quired to be first completed. The measure was also approved by Mr. W. J. Frizzell, who explained that a similar bill had sev- eral years ago reached the President just too late to be signed. He spoke of the lack of railroad facilities in the northeastern ‘ctions of the District and city, and par- icularly of the difficulty people have in Teaching Mount Olivet cemetery. He urged the Commissioners to recommend that the work be begun in three months and com- pleted in twelve. Mr. Jerome F. Burke favored the bill, but urged the Commissioners to see that access. be had to the southeastern section of the city, and that a sysiem of transfers, which would enable people to reach all points -of the city and District be provided for. The Commissioners took the matter un- der advisement, and will probably dispose of the bill in a few days. ——— HAVE THE PRESIDENT’S PERMIT. iam Mounted Police May Cross Our Territory Under Arms. VANCOUVER, B. C., February 15.-- ‘There has been some talk that the United States authorities would refuse to allow Inspector Primrose, with twenty-six men belonging to the northwest mounted po- lice, to land at Wrangel, en route to estab- lish @ post on the Stickeen river. dwin Dudley, United States consul, who Sraphed to Washington to this effect, received a reply from Assistant Sec- retary Day that President McKinley had Gesired that the police might pass through United States territory bearing arms. ——S WHOLE HILL IN AN AVALANCHE. Loss of Life Averted by Workmen Havi: HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa., February 15.— An extraordinary avalanche of stone was set in motion at Carlim, fifteen miles south of this place, yesterday. A solid limestone hill, 175 feet high, 125 feet long and IM) feet across, moved from its base i went crashing into the vailey below. it is estimated that there were 150,000 tons of loose rock in the avalanche, and the thunderous noise was heard for many miles. The Hungarians who work in the quar- ries there were away on an excursion and @ possible loss cf life was thus averted. —-—__ Ss. W. Dies at Sea. GIBRALTAR, February 15—The North German Lloyd steamer Aller, chartered for @ cruise to the orient, has arrived here. —- W. Rudolph of Philadelphia, a sa- meningitis. were buried here. passenger, died on the passage of | pital at the point of death. His remains arrested. Further Complications Surrounding the Se- lection of a Leader, Tne Musicians Dissatisfied With Act- ing Leader Larsen—Santlemann Regarded as a Probability. The final dectination of Leader Zimmer- man of the Naval Academy Band to as- sume the leadership of the United States Marine Band, tendered him several months #go0 by Col. Heywood, seems to add new complications to the already vexed condi- S$ surroundirg the question. It is gen- ly bel'eved by those familiar with the facts that Mr. Zimmerman was frightened off from his original intention of taking charge of the Merine Band by reason of representetions that were made to him that the Navy Department would curtail the privileges of the band in regard to accept- ing engagements of a private character and that he would moreover have much trouble in the near future with the labor organt- zations of the District. In conversation with a Star reporter this morning Col. Hey- wood stated that he had not taken up again the question of selecting a leader for the band, because other matters had demanded his attention. He regretted very much that Mr. Zimmerman had decided to decline the position, and said that-the matter of the leadership would again be taken up within a short time and settled. It is regarded as quite probable in well- informed circles that Mr. William H. San- tlemann, formerly a member of the Marine Band and at present the leader of the Co- lumbia Theater orchestra, will be proffered the place. Demoralized and Dissatisfied. It is generally admitted that something must be done and done quickly to prevent the further demoralization of the band. ‘The men, with few exceptions, are dis- satisfied with Acting Leader Larsen’s policy. They declare he has no business cepabilities whatever; thet he has an over- weening sense of what constitutes disci- pline, and that he is constantly running to the commanding officer with complaints about men. Some of the musicians also declare that he is not a competent leader and that the music he selects for the band to play is not calculated to inspire the popular approval which a public band should make the effort to get. ‘The name of Mr. A. Tregina has also been mentioned in connection with the leader- ship. ——_s—_—__ MINISTER ANGELL’S INTENTIONS. Nothing Known of His Purpose to Resign. GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., February 15.— Regent Rogers W. Butterfield of the State University of Michigan has received a let- ter from President James B. Angell, now minister to Turkey, stating that he would resign and be home in time to resume his duties as president of the university next fall. Nothing is known at the State Depart- ment or the White House of the reported intention of United States Minister Angell to resign his ministry next fall. He has given no official intimation to that effect, but there is no good reason to doubt the correctness of the report. INVADERS WERE VANQUISHED. Peace * Been Restored in Nica- ragua. Minister Corea has informed the State Department that he has received a cable- gram from the diet of the Greater Republic and one from the president of the state of Nicaragua saying that the invaders who entered the latter state a few days since have been entirely routed, and that conse- quently the republic is still at peace, all the inhabitants being engaged in their usual occupations. RELIEF FOR THE CUBANS. The State Department Has Received Nearly $26,000. The Secretary of State has received the following additional subscriptions to the fund for the relief of the starving people of Cuba: York Daily Publishing Company of York, Pa., $120.66; E. H. Chaney, Leb- anon, N. H., $50; Harris Boughton, Chica- go, Ill, $20; Wm. P. Knapp, New York city, $100; J. S. Gillam, Tyrone, Pa., $25.25; citizens of Massachusetts, through Senator Hear (third subscription), $625; Galen B. Royer, Mt. Morris, Ill, $500. The total contributions of money re- ceived at the State Department to date amcunt to nearly $25,000. Se CONFINED TO HIS HOUSE. Secretary Sherman Suffering From a Cold. Secretary Sherman did not attend today’s meeting of the cabinet, being confined to his house with a cold, which may keep him at home for several days. en Production of Spelter. The geological survey has prepared a tabulated statement, based on the investi- gation by Special Agent Kirchoff, showing tke steady increase in the production of spelter tn the United States from 1882 to 1897. The total production, in short tons, for 1882 was 33,765, in 1892 it was 87,260 and in 1897 it had reached 99,980 tons. a Government Receip' Government receipts from customs today, $736,563; interne! revenue, $190,063; miscel- laneous, $10,193. Expenditures, $1,278,000. —_—e—_____ California Gold Mine Sold. SAN FRANCISCO, Cal., February 15.— The property of the Royal Consolidated Mining Company, located near Copperopo- lis, Calaveras county, has been sold to an English syndicate, represented by J. C. Kemp Vance of London. The price paid was $400,000. The ore, which is low grade, is said to assay about $10 te the ton. Bee Sse Bloodhounds After a Murderer. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. AMERICUS, Ga., February 15.—The body of Richard Lucas was run over by a Georgia and Alabama train near here. An investigation proves that the man had been killed before being placed on the track. Bloodhounds are on the murderer’s trail. See SS Artillery Company for West Virginia. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. CUMBERL&@ND, Md., February 15.— Gov. Atkinson has just authorized the or- ganization at Berkeley Springs, W. Va., of a company of light artillery, the only one in the state. It will be equipped with 200 men, 234 horses and four three-inch steel guns. Harry Gordon Strong will be captain. ae Boy Shot for Snowballing. CHICAGO, February 15.—Angered at @ crowd of mischievous boys who pelted him with snowballs, Rudolph Blank turned upon the youngsters with a revolver and fired several shots at them. One of the bullets struck Joseph Kavanaugh, aged sixteen, who was emong the sno’ -in the forehead and the boy is now at the hos- Blank was Secretary Wilson Talks of His South- ern Trip. SUCCESS IN TOBACCO RAISING Land Found Similar in Cuba. to That ORANGES AND OTHER FRUIT Secretary Wilson of the Agricultural De- partment has returned to the city from a week's visit to Florida, where he went at the suggestion of the President to study the productions of that country. In an interview concerning his observations there the Secretary spoke as follows: “The most striking development I found in Florida was the growth of the tobacco interest. Within the last few years 40,000 Cubans have come over from their native country, many of whom had been life-long tobacco growers, curers and cigarmakers, who understand the art from the planting of the seed to the marketing of the cigar. The Cubans recognize the hummock lands of Florida as being similar to that of the best tobacco land in Cuba. The Americans ‘caught on’ to the business very rapidly. The state statistics show that the Cubans sold last year 160,000,000 cigars, and that the sales of tobacco in all its forms brought Cubans $13,000,000. The United States still pays to Cuba, Sumatra, Mexico and other countries $17,000,000 for tobacco. This the Floridian 1s reaching out for. Notwith- standing the people get 160,000,000 cigars annually from Florida, scarcely such a thing is to be found on the market as a Flerida cigar. They all come north under the Havana name. I found very much the seme condition of affairs in the north re- garding the Florida ciger as I found in London regarding American butter. “The consumer in London is well satis- fied that the American butter is the finest that ever went on his table. The northern epicure, after smoking his cigar, will tes- tify very readily that nothing equals his fine Havana. Then, if you have evidence to prove that it was grown, cured and man- ufactured in Florida, you will convince him, but not otherwise. I made efforts to buy a box of Cuban cigars, grown, cured ana manufactured in Florida, but only in one instance was able to do so.” Work of Experiment Stations. In connection with the tobacco industry inquiry Secretary Wilson said he was forci- bly reminded of the work done during the last few years by the agriculture experi- ment stations in mastering the principles that underlie the flavoring of butter and the ripening of cheese. After the tobacco has been grown it is fairly well understood that fermentation along several lines pro- duces the characteristic flavor of the prod- uct, and just as several cheeses are given their peculiar taste through bacterial ac- tion, so, unquestionably, tobaccos grown and manufactured in different sections of the country are flavored by different kinds of bacteria. He expressed the belief that neither the Cubans nor the Americans in Florida knew anything about the principles that underlie the curing of the several to- baccos, but said that Dr. Stockbridge, in charge of the experimental stations at Lake City. fully realizes the requirements of the situation. He has inaugurated a series of research regarding fertilizing and what goes on during the process of fermentation. Nitrogen, potash and phosporic acid are the Secretary said, required in the produc: tion of tobacco. The acid exists in Florida in abundance, nitrogen can be had through growing leguminous crops, and as the pot- ash is found below the salt deposits of the German mines, the Secretary asked whether it might not also be found in this country below the salt deposits. The tobacco rais- ers must have it. : Oranges and Other Fruits. The Secretary also looked into the orange industry and expresses the belief that there is no tropical belt in Florida. Frost will come occasionally and injure the trees, but he believed that protection might be had for the Florida orange, as it sold very high ccmpared with fruit from any cther country. The pineapple industry was pros- pering and was very profitable, and the small fruit industry was quite important. The ribbon sugar cane, he thought, would also succeed in Florida whenever the cul- ture of it was undertaken systematical'y. Mr. Wilson believed there were certainly openings for industrious people in Florida. Jackscnville people had to pay 10 cents a qvart for their milk, and it would be a very fair speculatiun, he said, for northern people to take the cows there to furnish the milk at that price. In conclusion Secretary Wilson expresses the opinion that straight farming will be of more value to the people than the rais- ing of tobacco, sugar cane, vegetables, &c., and that the staple industries of the state would be dairying, cattle raising, sheep raising, bacon hog raising, &c. ——————-+—___ OBJECT TO AYTON MILL'S BILL. Montgomery County Citizens Express Their Views to Legislature, Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. STATE HOUSE, ANNAPOLIS, Md., Feb- ruary 15.—Delegate Gould of Montgomery county introduced, by. request, a petition from the board of commisstoners of Mont- gomery county and 500 taxpayers, protest- ing against the passage of an act to create the office of county treasurer for the county, to be either appointed or elected. Delegate Ayton Mill a few days ago intro- duced a bill providing for the creation of such an official. Senator Clagett’s bill providing for the construction and maintenance of water- works and a sewerage system in Hyatts- ville was favorably reported in the state “Delegate ‘White of Prince George's in Delegate o! ‘s in- troduced a bill today to amend the charter of the Baltimore and Potomac Ratiroad Company. The amendment embodies the requirement that the company shall run one morning and one evening way pas- senger train from Bowie Station, in Prince George's county to Pope’s Creek, in Charlies county, and one and evening train from Pope's Creek to Bowie, to connect with the express trains een. fashington and Bali ; the trains to be run every day in the week, including Sundays. The democrats and certain of the repub- Hcans who are reorganiza! ed to steal a march on the advocates of the measure by forcing the election of Com- missioner Shreyver’s successor today. Speaker Shaefer checked the attempt by recognizing a motion to ,adjourn, and de- claring the vote of the house to be affirma- tive. The governor has appointed George Bibb Brown as notary public, in place of George 8. Davis, resigned, at Kensington, Montgomery county. —- + Death of Geo. H. Hopper. CLEVELAND, Ohio, February 15.—Mr. Geo. H. Hopper, well known as a large stockholder in the Standard Of! Company, | mingo, TREASURY APPOPSIrMENTs. Difficulty in Securing Good Stenog- raphers and Typewriters. A number of appointments, reinstate- ™ments and promotions are announced at the treasury. The following are the ap- pointments: Mrs. N. L. Wayland, Virginia, $900, office of the internal revenue, by transfer from the Interior Department; Miles Novotry, Illinois, $1,000, office of the controller of the currency, by transfer from the War Department; Sydney R. Jacobs, Wisconsin, $1,400, office of the auditor for the State and other departments, by transfer from the War Department. - The reinstatements are as follows: John J. O'Connell, Massachusetts, $1,200, office of the auditor for the Post Office Depart- ment; Wm. H. Dennis, Massachusetts, $1,000, coast and geodetic survey; Allen C. McDonald, Indiana, $000, lighthouse board: James 0. McClellan, Ilinois, $1,800, oftice of the auditor for the State and other de- partments; Joseph Steiner, Pennsylvania, $720, office of the Secretary. The promotions are as follows: Office of the auditor for the War Depart- ment—Elwyn Greene, Minnesota, $1,200 to $1,400; Mrs. M. Donnelly, New York, $1,000 to $1,200; Mrs. I. W. Whittington, District of Columbia, $900 to $1,000; Mrs. A’ EB. Pres- ton, District of Columbia, $900 to $1,000; Mrs. Mary T. Haywood,:North Carolina, $600 to $000; Mrs. Alice Allmuth, New York, $690 to $840. Ofice of the auditor oe the Treasury De- partment—Frederick Grimmi, Ilinois to $1,800. a: eee aoe omnes ot the auditor for the Interior De- partment—Lucius . Gridley, Michigan, $1 400 to $1,000. SA Sora ice of the supervising architect—c. A. Holmes, North Carolina, $720 to $810, Office of the auditor for the Post Office Department—Miss E. M. Ryan, Pennsyl- ae $660 to $720. ice of the treasurer ‘of the Unit States—H. H. Seltzer, Pennsylvania, 41200 to $1,400; Mrs. Eleanor Nelgon, Georgia, $720 to $900; Mrs. K. G. Walsh, District of Columbia, $700 to $720; Mrs. E. C. Welsh District of Columbia, $660 to $700; Mrs. K. Laskey, District of Columbia, $300 to Bureau of engraving and printing—John Ge es District of Colunibia, $1,000 to Th? foregoing appointments are of inter- est. Two of them are expert stenographers and typewriters drafted from other depart. ments because of the scarcity of experts of this kind in the trsasury. Assistant Secretary Vanderlip has for months been trying to secure a body of expert stenog- raphers from among those in his depart- ment. On two occasions. announcement Was made that examinations would b= had in the treasury of stenographers and ‘type- writers of that department who desired to demonstrate their fitness to ba classed as experts, and who desired promotion. The matter was made voluntary. Each exami. nation, including one fixed for a short time ago, were failures. Few clarks ap- Peared. This state of affairs did not suit Mr. Vanderlip, and he has been adding to e treasury force by acceptir artists from other azpartinentee Conese hose who have been recety. will be aulekly promoted, vou tls way t is claimed that the civil servi - mission does not furnish pi Pe women of this profession and that its cli- sible list is not worth drawing on. This is attributed to the fact that experts in stenography and typewriting secure em- ployment elsewhere at better/salaries than is offered them in government service. Assistant Secretary Vanderlfp is deter- mined to add to his foree of competent stenographers until he’ gets as many as are needed. This will probably be accom- plished by a few clerks losing theif places. ARMY AND NAVY. Montgomery Satis for San Domingo— Personal Notes. The United States ship Montgomery sail- ed yesterday trom Port Antonio, Jamaica, where she had gone for coal, for San Do- where she should arrive today. The vessel is now on her way back to Key West, and it is not thought that she will again touch at any of the Cuban ports en route, although her orders afford full lib- erty to her commander to de so if he sees fit. The cruiser Marblehead has arrived at New Orleans to take part in the Mardi Gras festivities. Capt. J. C. Ayres of the ordnance de- partment is at the Army ang Navy Club. Maj. E. Warner, retired, ts at the Rich- mond. Lieut. Col. the Cairo. Maj. Frank Phipps of the ordnance de- partment registered at the War Depar ment tuday. He is at th N wae ie Army and Navy First Lieut. John B. Beacon, 34 Infantry, is at the Ebbitt. ———-~e—______ SENTENCED TO DISMISSAL. J. H. Gilman, «retired, is at Findings in the Case of Pay Dircctor Billings. Mr. Luther G. Billings, pay director in the United States navy, has been found guilty by a court-martial, which has been in session at the Washingtom navy yard for the past few days, of falsehood and scan- dalous conduct, and has been sentenced to dismissal from the navy, The result of the trial caused the greatest surprise in naval circles, as the accused held the highest rank in the naval pay corps, has a host of friends and has never before been suspected of misconduct. The offense charged against him was in connection with the supply to the navy of an emergency ration. It wes shown that he, as patentee of such a ration, had turn- e1 it over to a stock company, in which he retained an interest, although he had offi- cially denied the interest, and had been instrumental in selling the ration to the government. ‘The amount of profit at stake was so small as.to make his conduct inex- Plicable to the department, but Secretary Long, after a thorough investigation ‘him- self, decided that a court-maftiel was nec- essary, as it was desirable to ‘have it under- stood in the-most formel fafhion that un. der no conditions should gayalkofficers en- ter into connections that. aight place their integrity under the faintest. suspicion. It is felt that this has new-been attained as the result of the convestiom of the ac- cused pay director. : Oo INCREASE IN ERPORTS. January Statement: of the Gureau of Statisticay | The monthly statementiof the exports and imports of the UnitedsStates issued by the bureau of statistics shews that the ex- Ports of domestic merchanslise@uring Jan- uary, 1898, amounted to in- crease compared with J: Ey, 2807, of over $14,000,000. For the sevem: memths ended January 31, 1898, the ingreass was $62,- 118,985. « 4 The total imports of im jaatd, WASHINGTON, D. C.. TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1898—FOURTEEN PAGES. TWO CENTS. If you want to buy, sell or exchange anything, lease preperty or rent rooms, want a situation or want help, it will pay you to announce the fact in the advertising columns of The Star. They are closely studied by more than three times as many people as Tead any other paper. HEARD IN COMMITTEE |'S THE CLara NEVADA Lost? Woman Suffragist Delegations Appear at the Capitol. ARGUMENTS FOR. EQUAL RIGHTS The Seventy-Eighth Anniversary of Miss Anthony's Birth. A MEMORABLE OCCASION The members of the House committee on Judiciary paid a tribute to the devotion of the woman suffragists and at the same time showed appreciation by nearly all be- ing in attendance at the suffragist hearing this morning. It is seldom that more than @ quorum of any committee can be induced to attend a hearing of any sort. Today fifteen members of the committee, out of seventeen were present and manifest- ed a deep interest in the remarks sub- Anna Shaw. Rev. mitted by the women in support of their right to particpate in the “free govern- ment of this land of “liberty and equal rights.” Miss Anthony took occasion to remark, in thanking the committee for their atten- tion, that she had in the earHer times spoken before but two members of the com- mittee and had been glad to receive even that much attention. The arrangements for the hearing were conducted by Harriet Taylor Upton, and Miss Anthony introduced the speakers. The character of the assembiage was one to inspire respect, and the force and intelli- gence of what was said warranted the at- tention and interest shown by the commit- tee. The Delegation. The people who not many years ago thcught that every woman suffragist was a masculine creatur2 who ‘wanted to wear the pants’ would have been greatly em- barrassed in their theories had they been present at the hearing today. Th2re was not a mannish-appearing woman in the as- semblage. It was such an assemblage as may be seen at a popular church on Sun- day, or at a fashionable afternoon recep- tion. The only distinguishing featur> might be that there was not anywhere in this assemblage such an affectation of masculinity as is common among the fash- ionable young women of the period. Each year there have appear2d more young women at these hearings and the average of youth seemed greater today than ever b>fore. Fashionably attired and in good taste, representative of the highest grade of American womanhood, the fifty or sixty women present inspired respect for their opinions without destroying the sentiment of gallantry which men generally feel that they must extend toward women. Miss Anthony's Birthday. The committee was presided over by Rep- resentative Henderson of Iowa, the chair- man, and Miss Anthony was given a seat near him, a little removed from the table. Behind Miss Anthony were gathered her flock of speakers, and the room was crowded with wcmen who appeared as Spectators and supporters of the cause. Today was Miss Anthony’s seventy-eighth birthday, and in opening the hearing she said that this was the fifteenth Congress before whose committees she had appeared to appeal for the rights of women to enjoy the privilege of suffrage. The speakers were provided with manu- script addresses and confined strictly to a limited time in which to present their views. The Address. The first speaker was Ellen H. E. Price, a member of the school board of Pennsyl- vania, who spoke on school suffrage and other limited suffrage. Laura Griggs of Kansas read a paper ‘prepared by Willis Gleed on municipat -suf- frage in Kansas. Mrs. Senator Warren of Wyoming read @ paper on suffrage in Wyoming, prepared ‘by -ex-Senator Carey of that state. Martha A. B. Couine, a member of the Colorado legislature, spoke on suffrage in Colorado. State Senator Martha Hughes Cannon of Utah spoke on suffrage in Utah. Ida Harper. Alace Stone Blackwell spoke on indiffer- nce and opposition of women and Miss Anthony closed with a brief general ad- dress on woman suff: and a strong plea for a resolution amending the Con- stitution so as to provide for woman suf- Bllen H. E. Price said that school suf- frage was one of the most marked dencies of the public school system. eoeducation of the sexes led naturally, she izgton Monday morning, and as that train Owners of the Steamer Do Not Credit Story of Wreck. She Was Sighted Last Wednesday Morning by the Rosalie En Route From Alaska, SEATTLE, Wash., February 15.—W. W. McGuire, one of the owners of the Clara Nevada, said last night that in the ab- sence of further confirmatory news he be- lieved that the report of the steamer’s loss untrue. On February 3 Purser Beck wrote from Juneau as follows: “Arrived here at 6 a.m., after a very windy trip from Wran- gel. Will arrive at Skaguay Friday night and start home Sunday morning, Iebru- ary 6.” “It will be noticed,” said Mr.McGuire, “that the Clara Nevada is reported to be due at Juneau on her return trip Febru- ary 25. Purser Beck, in his letter, says they would not start from Skaguay til: February 6.” W. R. Daly, one of the crew of the steamer Rosalie, which arrived l:cre last night from Alaska, does not think the steamer Clara Nevada is lost. He said that the Rosalie passed the Clara Nevada last Wednesday morning, February 9, near Juneau, for which place she was headed. The Clara Nevada answered the Rosalie’s signal and passed on, seemingly in no trouble. PORTLAND, Ore., February 15.—Captain H. C. Lewis of the steamer Clara Nevada has been in the employ of the O. R. and N. Company and the Pacific Coast Steam- ship Company for twenty years, and at different times has commanded the steamers George W. Elder, Willimette, Idaho and Michigan. Last August he attempted to take the stern-wheel steamer Eugene from this city to St. Michaels, but met disaster on Vancouver Islan@ G. Foster Beck, purser and one of the owners of the Clara Nevada, is one of the best-known young men in this city, hav- ing lived here the greater part of his iife. He was about twenty-eight years old and the son-in-law of Mrs. R. L. Hawthorne, serge the wealthiest woman in Port- and. ee GEN.. GORDON AT MILWAUKEE. Recipient of Marked Courtesy From a - G. A. R. Post. MILWAUKEE, Wis., February 15.--There was a happy reunion of the blue and the gray in connection with the appearance here of General Gordon of Georgia, who delivered his lecture on the confederacy at Grand Avenue Congregational Church. At a recent meeting the E. B. Wolcott Post, the largest and most influential of the state, decided to tender their services to General Gordon as an escort. The members of the post met the gen- eral at the Pfister Hotel, where, in nehalf of the post, the commander, Wade H. Ric ardson, in’ a complimentary speech, ten- dered to the distinguished leader the cour- tesy of an escort of the post. General Gor- don responded briefly, cordially thanking the members of the post for their cour- tesy and kindness. a MISS FRANCES E. WILLARD ILL. Suficring From Acute Attack of Grip in New York. NEW YORK, February 15.—Miss Frances E. Willard, president of the W. C. T. U., has been seriously ill in this city for the last three weeks. She is suffering from a severe attack of grip. Mrs. Stevens, vice president of the W. C. T. U., said toda: “Miss Willard’s condi- tion is more favorable today than it has been for the last three days, but her condi- tion is still serious. She is suffering from a very severe attack of grip, but the doc- tors entertain hopes of her recovery. Miss Willard is not suffering from cancer of the stomach.” ——.—__. LEGAL DEFINITION OF ACCIDENT. Emteresting Decision by Judge San- born at St. Louis, Mo. ST. LOUIS, Mo., February 15.—In a de- cision of the United States court of ap- peals rendered yesterday, affirming the de- cision of the lower court, wherein Mrs. Sarah I. Smith obtained judgment against the Western Commercial Travelers’ As- sociation for $5,000 on the death of her husband, Judge Sanborn gives the judi- cial conception of the word accident. Freeman O. Smith of this city died from blood poisoning in 1895, as the result of a sore toe, the skin of which had been abraided by a tight shoe. Mrs. Smith atterfipted to collect the accident policy, but was resisted by the association. A jury in Judge Adams’ court gave her judg- ment for the amcunt of the policy. The company appealed. Judge Sanborn held that the death of the defendant had been brought by an external agency, and that it was an acci. dent. “What is not the result of design or prearrangement,” said the judge, “is accidental. No man intentionally wears the skin off his toes, and such injury must be considered accidental.” Remenrotegg cee ena HIGHWAYMEN AT HYATTSVILLE. Charles Sizer Assaulted a Robbed Early Yesterday Morning. Special Dispatch to The Evening Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., February 15.—Mr. Charles Sizer is lying at his home in River- way home from this place. Mr. Sizer took the 12:01 train from Wash- dces not stop at Riverdale he got off at Hyattsville and started up the pike. When near the road that branches off to River- dale Mr. Sizer was attacked by several Se AMENDE HONORABLE Advices Expected Showing Spain Hag Made It. COURSE OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT Something About the New Span« ish Min'ster. DE LOME’S DEPARTURZ + Although there was no discussion of thé Spanish question at today’s meeting of the cabinet, every member who was seen later in the afternoon expressed the opinion that the De Lome incident is practically settled in a manner quite satisfactory and hone orable to the United States and to Spain Advices are momentarily awaited showing that the Spanish government has made the amende honorable in a public manner at Madrid. A Disclaimer Expected. It is officially announced that the end of the incident is in sight, there remaining only the final chapter of the story to be written. Notwithstanding all that has beca. said in the press about the demands oR Spain for apologies or retracwons of the disagreeable things said by Senor Dupuy de Lome in his letter, it can be positively, stated that at no time since the publi tion of the letter has the State Department taken any such course. Instead, it has re- lied entirely upon the sense of propriety of the Spanish government to do all that was Proper and needful to wipe out the unpleage ant impression produced by these staté+ ments, and it can now be said that this course has been fully justified and that thé Spanish cabinet, now being aware of the full text of the letter, is expected within a day or two to make such disclaimer of the letter as is required by the circume stances. The New Spanish Minister. The Secretary of State has received offie cial notice from Minister Woodford at’ Madrid of the selection of Senor Luis Polo y Bernabe as Spanish minister to the Unite ed States to succeed Senor Dupuy de Lome, The new minister is one of the foremost diplomatists of Spain. He is the son of Vice Admiral Polo Bernave of the Spanish naj who was minister to tne United States many years ago, and he, too, is well known here through his previous service as secretary of the Spanish legation. The wife of the new minister is the daughter of Senor Mendez de Vigo, who was also min ister to the United States, and later wes under secretary of foreign affairs at Mad- rid. He is now ambassador at Berlin, Senor Bernabe is aat present in a special department of the foreign ministry at Mad. rid, dealing with commercial matters and consulates. It is thought that his present service as chief of the commercial section of the foreign office accounts for his choice, ag this position has given him a hand in’ the cemmercial negotiations now approaching conclusien. Senor Du Bose Busy. Senor du Bosc, the Spanish charge d’afe faires, was busy at the legation office to« day with extended communications just re- ceived from Madrid. These did not relate to the recent incident, which, as already, Stated, 1s considered closed so far as the Spanish authorities here are concerneg with it. They are now turning their at- tention to other subjects, mainly to 4 new commercial treaty between Spain ai the United States. The instructions now, received will permit Mr. du Bosc to proceed. with the negotiations on that subject, and it is expected that the preliminary talks be- tween Senor de Lome and Commissioner Kasson will now proceed toward comples tion. Senor De Lome’s Departare. Senor Dupuy de Lome, no longer the Spanish minister plenipotentiary, but humble subject of the Spanish crown, left here on the Congressional Limited this af- ternoon for New York on his way to his baronial estate at Valencia. Last evening he gave a farewell dinner at the legation to all the officials of the legation. When ask- ed if he had anything to say on the ev@ of his departure, he answered only with final “good-bye.” So far as could be learn: ed, he made no final calls, personal or offi- cial, outside of the social exchanges wit close friends of the diplomatic corps. Thi extent cf the change accomplished within the last week may be understood by thd fact that over 200 large boxes of the late minister’s belongings have been packed and shipped. PREFER WAR TU AN APOLOGY. Spanish Populace Greatly Excited Over the De Lome Incident. LONDON, February 15.—A special from Madrid says the populace of that city is greatly enraged owing to the belief that the Spanish cabinet has apologized to the United States. The populace, the dispatch adds, are bitterly opposed to such a course, are exceedingly hostile to the government and may make a demonstration. In conclusion, the dispatch says: “The people prefer war to en apology, thinking that Spain will suffer the least thereby, as war would be exceedingly disastrous to the large commerce of the United States.” —<—— BORD NEVILL GETS FIVE YEARS. He Pleaded Guilty of -Fraud, but Denied . LONDON, February 15.—In the central criminal court today Lord Willtum Nevill, fourth son of the Marquis of Abergavenny, who was placed on trial, charged with fraud in connection with the suit of “Sam” Lewis, the money lender, against Lieuten- ant Spencer Clay of the 24 Life Guards ta recover £11,113 due on two promissory notes